Chapter 125
Nine of us, as if besieging the three of us.
We stood in a position to protect each other’s backs and entered a battle posture.
“I don’t think you have any intention of quietly handing over the glass flower.”
A man who appears to be the representative of the Union.
Paul, a 4th-circle magician belonging to Team Canada, said in a cold voice.
“Then I will take it by force.”
At the same time as Paul took a step forward, the other eight people also took a step forward at the same time.
Two steps each.
After settling in a position that can surround us to some extent, move mana.
Magic that is quickly completed.
I moved mana to counter those magics.
I’m not really trying to defend myself.
What I’m trying to do is literally respond.
In other words, counterattack.
Defense is not my role in this party.
“Sunchan.”
“know!”
Soon-chan lowered his stance and slammed both hands on the floor.
coo-!
Sunchan’s palm collided with the floor, and a loud crash rang out.
Ooh, ooh!
Resonance of Mana.
The mana flowing from Sunchan’s palm soon wrapped around the three of us, forming a sphere.
“Do you think you can stop it with just that much defensive magic?”
Paul laughed like it was funny.
A mocking expression, wondering if they could stop their pincer attack with 4th circle defense magic.
“uh. You think you can stop it?”
Soonchan laughed just like Paul.
Paul, who thinks this magic is ridiculous, is actually more ridiculous.
“… … You’re black. merchant.”
“what. Did you even research about me? Does this feel good? You mean I’m also on the list of things to watch out for?”
Fire, fire!
Whii-i-!
At that moment, the magic of the nine people was completed.
Four fire magic and five wind magic.
Maybe it’s because I put a lot of time and effort into it, but it has quite a bit of power for a 3rd or 4th circle magic.
‘The synchro rate is considerable.’
Magic as if it was supposed to be used together from the beginning.
It’s not a magic that feels like it was hurriedly prepared by accidentally forming an alliance today.
‘Did you form an alliance before the match started?’
It’s not easy to use magic that shows that much synchro rate.
Considering the degree of perfection of the magic, I think it was prepared for at least two days.
In other words, it is highly likely that they formed an alliance two days ago.
‘if so… … .’
My eyes shone sharply.
All sorts of hypotheses about this situation ran through my mind.
But that’s for a while.
‘No, it could still be a guess. It’s not too late to come to a conclusion after observing the situation a little longer.’
I erased the hypothesis that came up just now from my head.
Resolving this situation is the first priority. Organizing your thoughts comes after that.
Fire, fire, fire!
Wind magic and fire magic became one with each other and became a storm of flames.
A magic that contains 9 people’s worth of mana.
It was a powerful magic that could not be stopped by ordinary 4th circle defense magic.
No, it would be difficult to block it even with 5th circle magic, let alone 4th circle defense magic.
That combination magic has such a powerful mana.
“It’s worth it. Ha-yul might be slightly more powerful than magic.”
but.
That’s just a story limited to the defense magic of ordinary wizards.
“But that is all.”
That doesn’t apply to Sun-chan.
Sunchan smiled and moved Mana.
At that moment, a change occurred in the old form of the barrier.
There are angles here and there, and the contrast deepens.
Ugh!
Soon-chan’s shield quickly turned into a 24-sided shield.
The amount of mana held is the same, but the density is completely different from before.
Quaaaaaaang-!
The 24-sided barrier and the coalition magic collided, and a deafening roar rang out.
“There is only one thing more powerful than Hayul’s magic.”
Sunchan’s barrier, which he thought would be shattered, remained in place without any movement.
Its appearance is like a strong castle.
“… … Are you blocking it?”
“Everything else is inferior to Hayul’s magic.”
At the center of the strong castle, Soonchan laughed.
He looked like a competent general who defended the castle with blood and blood alone.
“Such magic cannot pierce my shield.”
The storm of flames slowly lost its momentum and dissipated.
quickly, very quickly.
The combined magic of the coalition turned into remnants of mana and scattered into the air.
“Senior CNU.”
“know.”
At that moment, senior Kang Shin-woo and I moved.
Whoops-!
Senior Kang Shin-woo’s Shin-yeong bounced off like a bullet and pierced one side of the coalition’s encirclement.
“Ahh!”
“Cuck!”
Present two punches and four kicks in turn to the three half-fazed people.
The three screamed and flew through the sky.
“!”
“This bastard!”
The coalition, finally coming to their senses at Shinwoo’s counterattack, moved to respond immediately.
however.
‘The awl of the earth.’
My actions were faster.
While Sunchan was concentrating on defense, the mana he scattered in advance became an awl of the earth and attacked the attackers.
“Aagh!”
“Turn it off!”
The assailants screamed as they were hit directly by the awl of the earth.
The earth awl triggered from zero distance completely incapacitated them.
Poof!
In the meantime, Shinwoo-senpai moved again.
Lightly punched the attackers’ stomachs one by one as they struggled in pain.
“Keuk!”
“Knock!”
The attackers lose their minds one after another.
“This is… … !”
Had he read The Awl of the Earth in advance?
Paul dodged the awl by jumping into the air.
Paul’s Shin Young, floating in the air, fell freely toward me.
At the same time, mana is concentrated in the right hand.
It seems that they are planning to fly into me and cast magic at close range.
“die!”
Red filled my vision.
The combination of the red color of the flame and the subtle red color emitted by the fire attribute mana created a quite dreamy scene.
“Anyway, it’s a bit like asking me to die.”
I held out my right hand toward the ball of fire that flew at me.
‘Target magic, Flare Buster.’
That’s when the magic approached about 3 meters away.
‘All conditions for interference have been met.’
I moved my mana and delivered my will to Paul’s flare buster.
‘Interference (干涉).’
After weaving the loop of truth, the ability to process interference that has evolved further makes this possible.
‘It twists the magic’s trajectory 150 degrees.’
At that moment, the direction of the flare buster was turned 150 degrees.
“… … !”
The magic flew towards Paul, who was falling down on me.
As if he never thought that his magic would come back, Paul’s eyes trembled in surprise.
“Kuk!”
In order to block his own Flare Buster that returned, he somehow moved his mana.
‘late.’
that situation. There is no way to stop the flare buster at that timing.
Aaaaaang-!
Paul didn’t respond at all.
After being hit directly by his own magic, he flew back into the sky.
“big… … omg.”
Paul crashes into the floor as it is and rolls over the ground.
dump!
It rolled on the floor several times and crashed into the wall.
There is no movement.
Perhaps he lost his mind and passed out.
“This is all over.”
As if senior Kang Shin-woo had confirmed the fainting of the other eight, he approached me and reported it like that.
Beep!
[Canadian team eliminated]
[Competition score +30 points]
[Portugal team eliminated]
[Competition score +30 points]
[Dutch team eliminated]
[Competition score +30 points]
A notification popped up on the terminal announcing the elimination of the three teams.
It was like a buzzer announcing the end of the battle.
My tension was relieved somewhat.
“Whoa. It comes out hard from the start.”
Soon-chan approached me with a tired expression.
The defensive magic Sunchan used earlier was a kind of special move that consumed considerable mental strength and mana.
Having used such a technique to its maximum output, it is bound to be tiring.
“hmm.”
Senior Kang Shin-woo frowned with a subtle expression.
It’s a look that makes you feel bad about something.
“That’s strange.”
“What’s wrong?”
Sunchan tilted his head.
“Plunder is an act of literally ‘plundering’ materials possessed by the opposing team. As such, battles for plunder often take place in the latter half of the game, not the beginning.”
“That way, you have more to take away, right?”
“okay.”
There’s no point in plundering early on when you don’t have much.
It’s just a waste of time.
It is more beneficial to accumulate points by gathering or hunting during that time.
“Moreover, our team’s power is the strongest among the participating teams. I don’t understand why they’re aiming for such a team from the very beginning.”
“I’m sure it’s strange when I hear it.”
Soon-chan’s expression also became serious.
“What do you think?”
Senior Shinwoo turned his gaze to me.
“I also have the same thoughts as senior Shinwoo. This raid is strange.”
I quickly organized my thoughts by repeating the information I obtained from the previous raid.
“This is my personal reasoning, but most likely the purpose of the coalition is to sabotage our team. It’s not like you get points by looting.”
“… … get in the way indeed. Was it like that?”
As if Shinwoo sunbaenim understood right away, his eyes shone.
As someone who was born in the Shenwugang family and went through all sorts of politics, he must have understood right away.
“Are you disturbing us? why? What kind of resentment do you have?”
On the other hand, Sunchan still had an expression of ignorance.
For Sunchan, who was not born into a wizarding family, this political situation must have been difficult to understand.
“In a word, it is unacceptable for us to break new records. This is it.”
“ah.”
Sunchan widened his eyes.
“You’re joining hands and forming a coalition to sabotage to stop us from breaking records?”
“uh.”
I want to avoid becoming a victim of setting new records.
It was an attack with strong intentions.
“It’s a plausible hypothesis, but isn’t it a little too conclusive to conclude it with just one raid? Maybe you just thought 9:3 would be worth it… … .”
“There is more evidence.”
I turned back and looked at the glass flowers floating on the swamp-like land.
“Earlier, they told me to hand over the glass flower, but they didn’t even pay attention to the glass flower.”
Sunchan’s expression became pitiful.
“Thinking about it, that magic… … . The glass flower was also within range of the attack.”
Wouldn’t those who tried to steal the glass flower not care about the glass flower being damaged?
“okay. They didn’t care if the glass flower was broken or not.”
“The reason I didn’t care if the glass flower was broken was because I wasn’t interested in the score. This is it.”
“yes.”
An early raid that won’t do anything good.
Even though he asked for the glass flower, he didn’t even care about it being damaged.
From what they’ve seen, it’s clear that their purpose isn’t to score points, it’s to hinder us.
“Then it’s a pretty difficult situation.”
Senior Kang Shin-woo’s expression became more serious.
“why? The Union must have already been defeated. Isn’t it over?”
“Why do you think there will be only one coalition?”
“… … Are there more?”
“okay. There will definitely be more.”
Sunchan narrowed his eyes.
“I think at least ten teams. There will be more of that. There is no way that only three teams formed a coalition with a country as strong as Canada.”
It was a pretty reasonable inference.
But it’s a little clumsy.
“no. It’s not just about 10 teams.”
Kang Shin-woo missed the biggest piece of information that could be obtained from this raid.
“There are at least 20 raiders who will target us… … . No, there will be over 30 teams.”
If I’m right, this situation is not such a trivial situation.
There is a background behind this incident.
