A Frontline Soldier Awakened as a Gamer In The War!

“When he infused mana into the ground, I felt an immense, hazy energy emanating from underground! It’s several times larger than the energy I sense from him!”

“Several times larger?”

The energy he sensed from that guy was already much stronger than Muliaron and Kabien. But now, there was an energy underground that was several times larger than that.

‘…Wasn’t he trying to regain his strength? Could it be…’

The sensitive instinct strongly confirmed that what he had expected was correct.

Without delay, he propelled himself towards the guy, who was closing his eyes and smirking when he felt Kaiyan’s presence.

“You’ve already dealt with all my children. Just wait a moment!”

One of the black tentacles that had been stuck to the ground shot up into the sky like a spear, aiming directly at Kaiyan at lightning speed.

It was a strike sharper than the thrust of a knight who had learned advanced swordsmanship. But it was still a thrust.

“Penetrating Stab!”

With a sword infused with the power of fire and Aura, he accurately pierced the approaching tentacle.

Clang!

Just like what happened to Muliaron before, the momentarily resisting tentacle broke weakly, and with the black blood emitted from the Blaze Armor burning, Kaiyan continued to move forward.

In no time, the distance between him and the guy was only about 30 meters.

With one big leap, he could close it in an instant.

“Huff! Haah!”

Swinging the sword, Kaiyan avoided the tentacle that had been partially split and leaped high into the sky. The startled monster, however, summoned two more tentacles and shot them at Kaiyan.

“I’m faster!!”

Whoosh!

An Aura swing mixed with flames.

Swinging the sword downward towards the guy, Kaiyan’s Aura swing filled with powerful energy flew towards Canien at a terrifying speed.

“Die!”

“Hehehe!”

The guy, with his tentacles still stuck to the ground, was unable to evade the Aura swing.

Kwaaaaaang!

Although he couldn’t use Aura Enhancement due to the cooldown, the combined power of the enhanced Blaze Armor and Aura swing exceeded his imagination.

As the Aura shattered and the flames scattered in all directions, it created a massive dust cloud as if a spell had been cast.

‘…Is he dead?’

While waiting for the dust cloud to settle, he tried to sense the guy’s energy, but there was no energy felt in the dust from the recent attack.

After a while, when the dust cloud completely disappeared, Kaiyan, in a tense state, looked at where Canien had been.

“…Did I really kill him? If I had leveled up, I would have been sure… “

The place where the guy had been was now filled with dozens of giant holes, but Canien was nowhere to be found.

Despite thinking that the guy must have died due to the powerful Aura swing, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

A magic circle?

At that moment, a magic circle was drawn on the ground around Kaiyan, and he attempted to step back from it, trying to avoid the magic circle.

“Kaiyan, I used it! Just in case, I’ve cast a defensive spell, so don’t worry!”

“Rieka, why? He’s already dead.”

“…It’s strange. The thick aura hasn’t disappeared yet! It’s even stronger now!”

In response to Rieka’s urgent voice, Kaiyan focused his senses deep into the ground, and indeed, he felt that massive, lingering aura. It was certain that he had killed him.

So, was what he had been attempting not an act to regain his strength?

“What is this…”

Just then, he felt something approaching rapidly from underground, so discreetly that he wouldn’t have known if he hadn’t concentrated his senses underground.

Feeling a sense of urgency, he immediately leaped into the sky.

Papapapak!

The ground at his previous location split open, and something stealthily rose from there.

“…Tentacles? No way!”

It was enormous, to the point that one might think it was a living creature, with black tentacles. However, their appearance was remarkably similar to the tentacles of the creature called Canien that he had just killed. Only…

“…Several times larger?”

Several times larger than the tentacles used by Canien.

It rivaled the size of Muliaron, who was roughly the same size as a Minotaur, making Canien’s tentacles from earlier look pitiful.

“What is that… and what should we do?”

“Kaiyan, the thick aura is rising to the surface! Even now, running away might be…”

“You know we can’t do that. If I run away, as soon as those monster bastards come out, everyone outside the castle will die. Right now, we need to figure out what that thing is and how to deal with it.”

“That… Alright!”

As Kaiyan gazed quietly at the initially calm black tentacles, his senses once again became acute.

Just like before, as he concentrated his senses on the ground, he truly felt the vast, thick aura rising from it. Surely, he had killed Canien.

“What is this…”

Then, he felt something approaching rapidly from underground, so discreetly that he wouldn’t have known if he hadn’t concentrated his senses underground.

Papapapak!

“…This time, there are two.”

Two identical black tentacles, just like the first one, broke through the ground and shot into the sky.

In no time, there were three tentacles protruding from the ground.

The castle courtyard which had initially seemed quite spacious now appeared small due to the continuous emergence of tentacles.

“This won’t work. We need to attack…”

Unable to wait any longer, he clenched his sword and prepared to activate Aura swings to fly towards the tentacles when…

Krrrrunch!

The ground began to shake violently as if in a frenzy, like a massive earthquake.

In the aftermath of that shock, the partially collapsed castle walls and buildings within the castle collapsed with a loud noise, and as Kaiyan leaped high to avoid the collapsing castle walls…

Keeeeeek!

Along with a deafening scream that tortured his ears, Canien emerged from the ground.

“Canien…”

Canien, whom he thought had died with his Aura swings.

However, something was terribly wrong. Canien had grown to an enormous size.

While he still looked like Canien, his size had increased by dozens, if not nearly a hundred times, compared to the tentacles that Canien had used earlier.

To see his face, Kaiyan had to raise his head so much that it hurt.

“…This is bad.”

[It seems really bad.]

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