Ark the Legend 1-12

by Yoo Seong

  “Dog, go! Go! Go!”

  Snap! Snap! Snap!

  The hell hound was 1/3rd the level of the sacrifice. The Relief was level 30 so the hell hound was only level 10. The hell hound couldn’t do any real damage. However, biting the Rama warrior’s ankle was enough to stop his movements for a bit. The itching and biting wouldn’t stop!

  ‘I would be having a hard time if fighting directly……’

  Now the Rama warrior was a mass of bleeding flesh. The Rama warrior was in a critical condition while Ark had only lost 30% of his health. The result of the battle was already confirmed. In the end, the Rama warrior was in a desperate state and screamed.

  –Kuack! Dammit! This bastard, I’d rather just die! Ack! Hik hik hik!

  The Rama warrior was covered with blood, tears and a runny nose. He really looked pitiful. So Ark said fondly.

  “You don’t like it?”

  Ark had suffered for 30 minutes in the jail. Ark was the type to always pay back a grudge with interest.

  “You are a warrior. Exert your power a bit more. Do you understand? You suddenly want to die? Don’t lose courage so easily. A miracle might happen if you don’t lose courage. Hang in there.”

  Ark’s encouragement caused the Rama warrior to try and attack again. After 15 minutes. The Rama warrior was almost dead and Ark’s battle suit only had 5% mana left.

  ‘Should I finish this now?’

  “18 Barrage!”

  Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

  The fists of the Hyper Drone poured out indiscriminately!

  -Achievement + 100.

  The Rama warrior finally died and received the achievements. The Rama warrior was thankful to Ark for granting his wish and went to heaven. Anyway, the battle suit disappeared after 18 Barrage and the hell hound was also unsummoned. The hell hound melted down and the smears of flesh disappeared.

  “The sight of a dog emerging from someone’s flesh with their face is disturbing but the 5 star rated skill is quite good.”

  The results were satisfactory.

  “Now, shall I start working earnestly?”

  Ark whistled and approached the supplies box. He poured his bag full of Zaliman ore into the box. Some messages had appeared after he took the SMT-518 out of the supplies box.

  -Achievement + 7.

 

  He was given achievements for obtaining the enemy’s supplies. Therefore Ark emptied his bag into the box and packed all the supply items.

  -You have seized the enemy’s supplies box and gained 322 achievements.

  Killing the two warriors chasing him gave 120 points, the medic and Rama warrior respectively gave him 80 and 100 points. And obtaining the supplies box gave him 322 more achievements. That was a total of 622 achievements! If he combined it with his previous achievements then that was a total of 1,870 points.

  ‘Besides, the items can also be used!’

  But sadly he couldn’t take all the items. Ark once again dumped out all the Rama supplies in his bag. He gathered the minimum food and bullets needed for survival. He then combed through for the expensive items and packed it in his bag along with the Zaliman ore. Ark discovered an unexpected item while he was doing that.

  Mana Battery Pack (×2)

  Item Type: For Mana Charging

  A battery pack used to increase the mana charging rate of the Rama’s battle suit. If the battery pack is operated then the mana charging speed of the battle suit will increase. This effect only applies to the Rama’s battle suit.

 

  ‘There is an item to quickly charge the battle suit?’

  When thinking about it, the federation battle suits also had a battery to restore their energy. It was impossible for the Rama to not have an item like that.

  ‘The batteries for the federation’s battle suits are expensive so this should be equivalent to that price.’

  Of course, this battery was exclusively for a Rama so he couldn’t sell it in a federation area. But he had no ideas about selling it. The Rama battle suit was an essential item for Ark. He went back to sorting the items. The health recovery ampoules were also expensive so he filled 25% of his bag with them. The remaining 75% spots left were filled with Zaliman ore. He looked at the heaped up items but there was no more time.

  ‘I have to cross the snowy mountain before the scouting unit returns!’

  He had to live and return. That was Ark’s main priority. He exited the building and it was a bunker disguised as a snowman. It was 300 km from the federation’s base. It was slightly further away from where he entered hibernation state but there was a relatively gentle slope in front of the bunker. This was one route to cross the snowy mountain.

  “Although I experienced some difficulties, I got some achievements and items as a result. I also inputted the location of the Rama main base into the Carrier MR-II! At first I thought it was unlucky but now I seem quite fortunate.”

  Ark laughed at the thought. Ark didn’t know that Valencia had snatched the Carrier MR-II. He had received the 5,000 achievements and silver medal of valour meant for Ark. But it was better for him not to know. If he knew then he would probably die from the shock. The snow storm that had lasted for a fortnight also weakened. The long storm was coming to an end

  ——————————————————————————————-

  “Did you check?”

  An old man asked with a nervous expression. Another man with a huge body and dark face shook his head.

  “They all told me the same thing.”

  “Did he really desert the army?”

  “I don’t know whether he really deserted but it has been a fortnight since he returned.”

  The huge man sighed with an unpleasant expression.

  “He went through quite a bit of trouble in the meantime. This is a disputed planet and I’ve overheard enough to know what type of treatment the prisoners received…..that guy’s situation is the same. The prisoners seemed to be bullied by the regular troops. Some prisoners were so desperate that they gave up.”

  “Oh my god! Those difficulties……”

  The old man sighed with a tearful expression. The large man looked at the old man for a while before asking.

  “What do you think?”

  “Huh? What did you say?”

  “That guy. He was a prisoner so his situation was serious. If he couldn’t endure then he would give up. Actually, that is true for quite a few prisoners. But this is that guy. Would that guy give up so easily?”

  The old man wiped his tears with a handkerchief. And he shook his head with disapproval.

  “No! He is not that type of person!”

  “I thought like that as well. We know better than anyone that he won’t give up so easily. Both the regular troops and prisoners spoke badly about him. They suggested that he had been bullied. I can’t believe their words. And there are also some people that talked differently.”

  “People who talked differently?”

  “Do you know the female office in charge of the prisoner’s supplies, Irina? I don’t know why but she is the pretty female with a cold expression. Anyway, she said that he was bullied for a bit but he had been doing quite well recently. I also got the same results from the prisoners who followed him.”

  “The prisoners who followed him?”

  “That guy had prisoners following him and calling him Hyung-nim. I heard those prisoners are now in a difficult situation after he disappeared. Because that guy was the one who obtained food, the prisoners are starving to death.”

  “Starving to death? He gave his food to them?”

  “Yes, that’s right. Anyway, this isn’t a problem that we can interfere in. I went to look for those prisoners and they talked a lot about their Hyung-nim. They believe it is impossible that he gave up.”

  “Then they think…..?”

 
; “He’s still alive somewhere.”

  The huge man touched his beard and answered.

  “He was missing as soon as the storm started. He might be isolated somewhere because of this storm. The communication won’t work and he couldn’t request any help. That is the most persuasive answer right now.”

  “If that is true…..then how can we help?”

  “If communication is interrupted then the best way will be to search but…..”

  The man looked at the weather before continuing.

  “We came here because we have a contract. We can’t possibly act independently.”

  “That’s right.”

  The old man replied with a sigh.

  Wiiiii!

  –Everybody gather! All prisoners, mercenaries and troops gather at the square in front of the base. All troops need to gather in the square by 14:00 so that equipment can be checked and supplies distributed. I repeat. All troops……

  Sirens started ringing and a voice was heard through the loudspeaker.

  “It has started. We should go.”

  Both men headed towards the square in front of the base. The soldiers soon gathered at the square after hearing the broadcast. There were 400 regular soldiers with the mark of a spacecraft around a blue planet, 100 people wearing the garb of the prisoners and 200 mercenaries sent from Istana.

  “Everybody listen up!”

  A loud voice was suddenly heard.

  “200 years ago, our forefathers left for the frontier to ensure the survival of the human race. They were able to conquer numerous hardships and finally built a new home in the Milky Way galaxy. But the history was never calm. Our enemy is obvious! It is dirty Rama aliens who made a mess of our galaxy! Our ancestors have a long history of blood shed with the Rama. And we are still encountering them on a large number of planets.”

  The garrison commander of Beltana stared at the soldiers with blazing eyes.

  “We can’t forget about the blood shed by our ancestors! We have to shed blood to protect our children and grandchildren. Now we’ve finally got a great opportunity.”

  But Haman’s eyes looked at the young man next to him. The young man was the leader of the 1st armoured platoon Valencia! Haman looked at Valencia with a trusting expression and said.

  “I don’t doubt Valencia’s loyalty. Despite the snow storm, he somehow managed to discover the location of the Rama’s main base. We can finally end the long battle!”

  “Waaaaahhhhh!”

  “Hooray for Platoon Chief Valencia!”

  The regular troops cheered after Haman’s eloquent words. Haman raised his fist and shouted.

  “Now proud soldiers of the galactic federation, let’s head to our victory. Our victory on Beltana will be the starting point to drive the Rama out of the Bellin constellation!”

  “Waaaaahhhhh! Let’s go!”

  “Let’s get revenge on the vile Rama!”

  Ku ku ku ku! Ku ku ku ku! Ku ku ku ku!

  There was a ponderous engine sound and 5 large Memeod advanced forward. Dozens of bikes surrounding the transport and the mercenary squadrons followed behind.

  All of the vehicles had the same navigation coordinates.

  X-@$!#! Y-!#$!#!

  It was the coordinates of the Rama base that Ark had sent. The final decisive battle for Beltana was going to begin.

  Space 6

  Touching Reunion

  -Roaaaaar!

  On a frigid snow covered mountain. 10 bikes were descending down a relatively gentle slope. It was the Rama clan riding die to side in a steady formation. The Rama warriors were wearing white armour and camouflaged with the snow! The snowy mountain was ‘The Border’ between the Rama and the galactic federation and they were the Rama scouting unit positioned there. Their main duty was to intercept any scouting units from the federation. But right now their purpose was different.

  -Stop!

  The bikes were descending the slope. The lead Rama warrior raised his arm and shouted. All of the bikes stopped moving and gathered around him. The Rama warrior looked around at the other members and said.

  –Did you find any traces of him?

  –I found some marks along the way. But all of them are considerably in the past. The last mark I found ends 1 km away from here……

  –He seemed to have crossed the border a long time ago.

  The Rama warrior bit his lip at the words. The situation didn’t seem that good. A few days ago, they heard the Carrier MR-II that belong to the federation and increased the patrols around the border

  When they found a signal light and searched the perimeter, someone from the federation was found in hibernation mode.

  ‘He might have something to do with the incident at the base.’

  That was easily guessed. Therefore the squad commander of the scouting unit captured the enemy and brought him to a bunker for questioning. And other scouting units started searching the area for anyone else. After completing the reconnaissance mission, they had returned to the bunker one day ago.

  ‘Meanwhile the squad commander and medic…..’

  Looking at the context, it must’ve been caused by the one locked in jail. The base was attacked by the federation but there was no traces of a trail. And how did that guy who was handcuffed escape from jail? Moreover, the prisoner even managed to kill the Rama warrior and the medic. But that wasn’t the main problem at the moment.

  ‘The important thing is that he managed to escape!’

  And it was highly likely that guy knew the location of the Rama base. If he managed to return to the federation base then they would now its position. He had to stop him no matter what it took. He had to kill the guy to delete the GPS information recorded on the Nymphe.

  –Catch him! It’s been 18 hours since we left the bunker. He escaped on foot so it is possible to catch up!

  The Rama warriors immediate got on their bike and chased after the prisoner. However, they reached the other side of the border and still couldn’t find him. And on the other side of the border……

  –It has become more difficult.

  The Rama warrior looked around with irritation. There were a lot of cliffs so the places to move were limited. The other scouting units were also searching near the bunker and the border. It was an area that 10 units could search effectively. However, that changed if the prisoner had crossed the border. Extensive plains unfolded beyond the border. Finding one person in a place like that was like finding a needle in the desert. The escapee was heading towards the federation base but it would’ve already been over if they knew the location of the base.

  -Vice squad commander-nim, what do we do now?

  –As long as there is the possibility that he knows the location of the base, we can’t give him up. The situation on Beltana will become dangerous if they get their hands on that information. We have to stop it somehow!

  –Then…..?

  –He’s moving on foot so he couldn’t have gotten very far even if he crossed the border. It should be a maximum of 20 kilometres. So the search area will be set at 40 km. We will split into three and move in the 9, 12 and 3 o’clock direction. If we can’t find him then we will change the direction of the search to 10, 1 and 4 o’clock. There is a snow storm so we should eventually find a trail.

  -Understood.

  Ku kwa kwa kwa kwa! Ku kwa kwa kwa kwa!

  The engines of the 10 bikes roared and shot forward. The snow gradually subsided as the bikes moved into the distance.

  Shake, shake, shake…..byong!

  A pile of snow nearby started shaking and the head of a person emerged.

  “Heh, those fools. They still don’t understand the situation?”

  The person was Ark who the Rama scouting unit were looking for.

  “Don’t you know those movements are completely obvious?”

  Ark crawled out of the pile of snow and laughed. However, Ark still wasn’t safe. He might’ve escape from the bunker by killing the medic and Rama warrior but the
re are still scouting units roaming around this area. Many of the scouting units had to return to the bunker within 24 hours. The time they left the bunker was unknown so they could return after 10 hours or 20 hours.

  ‘But if they have to return by tomorrow then they wouldn’t be back in the next few hours. If I find a proper route then I can cross the snowy mountain in 10 hours. They have to return to the bunker within 10 hours so if I cross the snowy mountain then I don’t need to worry about being caught.’

  There was just one problem. The area beyond the mountain were endless plains of snow. It wasn’t easy to find a person in that place. However, that only applied when there was a distance.

  ‘There is 10 hours between us but they will be riding bikes. They can catch up in 30 minutes by riding the bike. And I will be easily spotted if they get within a few kilometres and there will be no way to escape. In that case……’

  Ark took out an item. It was something now indispensable to Ark, the shovel!

  ‘……Hide!’

  Pa pa pa pa! Pa pa pa pa!

  Ark dug a hole in the snowy mountain. He entered the hole, covered it up and used the Withdrawal skill to hide himself. The scouting unit couldn’t spot the hiding Ark and moved far away. Of course, they weren’t chasing him blindly. They divided into 3 groups and searched in a systematic method. No matter what direction Ark escaped in, he would’ve been caught by the net. However…..

  “I already heard everything you stupid bastards.”

  It was the reason he was hiding in this location. The path through the snowy mountain wasn’t straight. But that changed once the mountain ended and the snow fields began. He couldn’t escape blindly so he had to work out some strategies. This spot was what he came up with when thinking of a strategy! It wasn’t accidental that he overheard the scouting unit.

  “Huhuhu, the biggest mistake is that you didn’t know your opponent is Ark.”

  In fact, Ark was also astonished by the change in himself. Ever since starting Galaxian, Ark had been making successive mistakes. First he broke his dagger on R-14 and then he was entangled with a criminal hamster and got arrested.

  ‘Am I really Ark?’