The Extra Villain's Second Chance: A Hero's System-Chapter 21 - 20 - How To Fight Multiple Enemies Simultaneously

Why was Lev able to survive until the world was almost conquered by demons in his previous life?

The reason was not because he knew that this world was similar to the novel Hero's Destiny. If he only relied on the information in the novel, he would have died when the world experienced a major catastrophe that was not recorded in the novel, because there was already the word 'The End' at the end of the story sentence.

Aside from his motto—run if you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, and surrender if you can't run—there was one more thing Lev relied on. That one thing was his personal strength.

Not some overwhelming power like a mage capable of toppling mountains, nor the Aura of a supreme knight who could split the ocean with a single swing of his sword. Instead, it was something as simple as a technique for fighting multiple opponents at once.

Given that he had been through countless battlefields, this technique had saved him many times.

Swoosh!

One by one, the soldiers launched their attacks.

Lev analyzed their approaching footsteps. He observed the movement of their arm muscles to gauge how many seconds remained before their strikes landed. He even pays attention to the direction of their gaze and the rhythm of their breathing.

Lev gathered all that information in just the blink of an eye.

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'Lucky for me, that guy isn't the first to charge.'

The person Lev referred to was Pox, the one with the highest stats.

"Quickly catch young master Lev! Don't let him get away for hurting young master Boris!"

It seemed like he was the type to mobilize his friends to exhaust the opponent.

Lev felt grateful for Pox's decision.

'Let's eliminate the weakest.'

To execute a technique against many people, the common thing to do was to eliminate the weakest person.

Are you afraid that your opponent is pretending to look weak? On the battlefield, there is no such thing as feigning weakness. They only exist in fictional storybooks. In the real world, the weak will always be weak.

Pow!

"Puha!"

Break!

"Arrgghh."

Lev arranged for them to advance one by one by moving to and fro. He made sure he was not surrounded. If viewed from a distance, Lev might look like he was dancing on a field of snowdrops flower.

Each time one person advanced in front of the other, Lev counterattacked after dodging their attacks. Some he simply hit with the back of his sword as he twisted his body, others he kicked right at their knees when they misstepped.

When they received Lev's attack, they automatically fell down whimpering and stopped chasing him.

Their agility stat was not too different from Lev's, but they still failed to catch him. Just to launch an attack they had to scramble for each other's turn.

Perhaps they thought that they couldn't attack him because of the full body armor covering their bodies so they opened their armor.

They had clearly made the wrong decision.

Indeed, they managed to make the attack formation more organized and managed to surround Lev. However, they still lost their main protection.

'And here I was worried because I couldn't penetrate their armor.'

Now he was free to launch a fatal attack. Their hands, ears, and feet became the target of Lev's sword.

By utilizing the dexterity stat that was much higher than theirs, Lev managed to play an agile sword movement. He utilized his wrist to rotate the sword hundreds of degrees.

That way, he could deflect their attacks and perform critical strikes.

Slash!

'1...'

Stab!

'2...'

Pierce!

'3, 4, 5...'

Inwardly, Lev counted one by one the opponents he knocked down.

He did not kill those he knocked down, but Lev's attacks could be said to be very fatal. There were even some of them who lost their limbs.

Finally, they stopped attacking and stood in fear. Their response was natural when they saw their friends scattered on the ground.

There were only five people left standing.

The reason why Lev broke their limbs was not to torture them. He just wanted them to be scared so they would stop attacking him. He knew they were only attacking him on Boris' orders, not out of personal grudges.

Furthermore, this was also part of the tutorial grid when fighting multiple enemies at once. The secret to fighting a large number of enemies was to be ruthless. Disrupt their psychology, that's the key.

[Congratulation! You have acquired the skill: Battle Sense.]

Who would have thought that what he was doing would make him earn a skill?

[Description: When the experience of life and death has accumulated in your soul, you can feel the flow of battle. You can automatically sense your opponent's movement, the most effective moves to make, and what decisions to make.]

"If you stop now, I'll let you be treated by the priests."

Lev made an announcement that made them waver even more.

Until finally, his plan seemed to be working... or so he thought.

"What are you guys doing? I'm your captain, listen to me and move quickly! Attack him! If young master Boris wakes up and we fail to subdue young master Lev, we will be killed."

When everyone seemed to have given up, Pox, who had unexpectedly been clinging to Boris' body, shouted loudly to the other soldiers.

Despite hearing Pox's orders, it seemed that the other soldiers were able to use their brains and chose to stop attacking.

Lev took advantage of that condition by throwing a pouch full of Aurum coins to the soldiers and said, "Use that money to go to the Holy Church. It will be enough for the priests to give you treatment."

The pouch belonged to Boris. He took it after making Boris faint. So, basically, he had nothing to lose.

Despite the anti-climactic ending, Lev thought that everything was resolved. He also reassured the soldiers that he would make sure Boris wouldn't do anything to them when he regained consciousness.

One thing Lev didn't expect... Pox picked up the pouch he threw and scattered the money. "Hey, if you don't want me to mess up your family, you better obey my orders! Otherwise, I'll take your wife and kids. Then, I'll play it out in front of your eyes!"

He was acting like a madman. He held a spear in his hand and pointed it at the soldiers.

When they heard Pox's words, the soldiers looked like they wanted to attack Pox. However, judging from the mouth movements of one of them, Lev knew that they didn't dare to fight back because Pox was receiving strong support from Boris.

"We can't be angry. We're just ordinary people. We could really endanger our families if we don't do what our superiors tell us to do."

"I know! But still... Ugh! Alright."

They were forced to just firmly hold their weapons and bite their lower lips. As Lev had expected, it was not just in the noble world that a hierarchy existed. In the military world, it seemed like the hierarchy was even more restrictive.

They charged forward toward Lev. Behind them, Pox looked ready to deliver the final blow-slapping.

"Tch!"

From behind Lev's body, the sun seemed to be disappearing. Darkness slowly enveloped the garden where he stood. Along with the darkness of the night, Lev's face also looked darker.

When he heard what Pox said, anger also rose in Lev's heart. "Playing with their children and wives? What an interesting idea."

[Mana string (lv. 1) - activated.]