Chapter 142
About an hour has passed since the start of the open raid finals.
The Korean team is currently divided into three teams.
The four-person team, including Adela and Ji Soon-chan, is in the lower boss room Area A.
The five-member team, including Kang Shin-woo, Jin Hee-yoon, and Ma Jin-seok, is in the middle boss room B area.
And Shin Ha-yul went to the upper boss room and was carrying out their respective duties.
All of them are proceeding with the strategy without any special variables.
In this way, you can easily win the championship.
“hmm. Too bad. Ha Yul must have gone down the other aisle?”
“… … .”
But things in the world don’t always go as planned.
A variable occurred in area A of the lower boss room, where a team of 4 including Adela and Ji Sun-chan was attacking.
That is not an ordinary variable, but a very large one.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. I’ll put off fighting Ha Yul until later, and I have no choice but to focus on you for now.”
It was just an encounter with the British quartet led by Kyle Bentia.
“I wanted to fight you again.”
Kyle pointed his sword at Adela.
Kyle’s two eyes, which were burning with a competitive spirit, were full of Adela.
“… … I thought you would have gone straight to the lieutenant’s boss room.”
It was a completely unexpected encounter.
Kyle Bentiagan and Dahlia Salentiagan, I thought you would have gone to the Lieutenant Boss Room.
I never thought we would face each other in a sub-boss room like this.
“I was originally going to do that. Because that is the most rational strategy.”
Kyle gently grabbed the sharpened sword and took a stance.
“however. Your opponent is none other than you, right?”
The wind blew.
A stormy wind worthy of the nickname of the Gust Knight.
The wind enveloped Kyle’s body, forming an armor-like shape.
“I felt acutely that Jeong-seok couldn’t be the best option when dealing with you guys.”
The wind blew.
Riding on the wind, Kyle’s body sliced through the air.
Kyle, who had flown right in front of Adela, swung his sword.
Attack with full force from the beginning.
Adela did not react to the attack. He’s not even looking at Kyle, let alone fighting back.
But it’s not that they didn’t respond, it’s just that they literally didn’t respond.
Defense is not Adela’s role in this party.
There was no reason to react.
Kaaaaaaang-!
An octagonal shield was created on the path where Kyle’s three swords were swung.
“Hey, Handsome Guy from England. Aren’t you ignoring me too much anyway?”
Ji Soon-chan.
This party’s shield moved to fulfill its original role.
“If you treat me like someone who doesn’t have it, am I sad?”
Ji Soon-chan pretended to cry with a ‘heuk heuk’ sound.
A tear flowed from Kyle’s eyes.
“… … okay. Come to think of it, you were there too.”
Focusing only on Adela, I completely forgot about it.
Ji Soon-chan, a magician specializing in defense.
This man is not a character to be ignored either.
“Were you there too… … . did you really forget? That’s true… … .”
Ji Sun-chan smiled with an expression that seemed to have hurt his pride.
“I’m really angry!”
Ji Soon-chan swung his fist at the octagonal shield and octagonal gate.
Caang!
Ji Sun-chan’s fist hit the inside of the octagonal gate.
‘Octagonal gate, exit!’
At that moment, the octagonal gate flew forward.
“Wow!”
Kyle’s body, which was facing the octagonal gate and the three swords, was pushed backwards at the same time.
The power was so strong that Kyle couldn’t stand it.
I’m going to go to the middle of the day-!
In that way, Kyle was able to stand up again after stepping back about 4 meters in total.
“wow. What else is that? It’s like seeing it for the first time.”
“I will see you first. Because it was the first time I wrote it.”
At that, Kyle was taken aback.
“There are really no gaps. You kept that number hidden until the very end.”
“Because our captain is cautious.”
Ji Sun-chan erased the octagonal gate and shrugged his shoulders with a free body.
“I was always curious. Where the hell did you get that shield from? I think I heard that your family is not a wizarding family.”
“Isn’t it arcane magic?”
Jisunchan used magic again. This time, it was a slightly different pentagonal shield and pentagonal gate.
It perfectly blocked Maia Nerontia’s wind magic from the side.
Despite the fairly powerful magic that Kyle prepared while buying time, Sunchan Ji’s shield didn’t even budge.
Truly a perfect guard.
It was a perfect defense.
“If that’s not arcane magic, what is?”
“Isn’t arcane magic the intellectual property of obtaining the magic of the past and making it an individual’s possession?”
Jisunchan erased the five-cornered gate again.
“My magic is not like that. My magic is the magic of the past… … It’s not magic from ancient magic. Magic developed by himself. It is original magic.”
“original… … Magic?”
“uh. Aren’t you picky?”
original magic.
It is similar to arcane magic, but it is a type of magic that is slightly different.
If arcane magic is a reproduction of the past, original magic means magic created from nothing.
“lie.”
Maia murmured coldly with sharp eyes.
“You know how difficult it is to create original magic? It’s difficult to create new magic, but that level of perfection… … . It’s impossible.”
Jisunchan shrugged.
“You don’t have to believe it if you don’t want to believe it.”
Jisunchan’s body lowered even further. It was as if he was preparing for a shock.
“Regardless of whether you believe it or not, the fact that my magic is Hayul’s original magic doesn’t change.”
At those words, Kyle, Maia, and the other British team players’ eyes widened.
“Poetry, the magic created by Shin Ha-yul? It’s not magic made by the Blue Mage Tower or other research institutes… … ?”
“uh. It’s a magic created by Hayul.”
The defense magic “Gakmun” in the form of a polygon.
It is a magic that has a total of 5 to 32 polygons, and its strength increases as the number of lines increases.
The developer of this magic is none other than Shin Ha Yul.
It is an original magic that he created by analyzing Ji Sun-chan’s special mana trait.
“… … Nonsense. If that’s true, Shin Ha-yul has already… … .”
Maia’s expression grew even more serious. Sincere fear arose in Shin Ha-yul, who had made that level of magic at the age of 18.
Seeing this, Ji Sun-chan smiled. For some reason, seeing her surprise made her feel good.
“But you How long are you going to keep looking at me like that?”
Ji Soon-chan, who had been lowering his posture, changed the topic indirectly.
“Aren’t you forgetting that this match is an open raid, not survival?”
At that moment, Adela’s mana gushed out like an explosion.
“… … !”
Maia and Kyle’s pupils dilated.
“You guys, please… … !”
Kyle blurted out as if he had noticed the situation.
“answer! Seniors!”
Jisunchan smiled brightly and cast the magic.
“uh!”
“know!”
360 degrees, Ji Sun-chan’s defensive magic that covers all directions.
Two seniors, including Adela, also hid inside.
“my… … !”
It was when Kyle, who had finished grasping the situation, urgently tried to call Maia.
yes!
Adela’s mana filled the space.
The soft moonlight began to shine down on the artificial cave, which should have been dark.
and soon.
‘Circle 5 Moon attribute magic.’
‘Howol’
Inflated.
Howell.
Befitting the name of the moon reflected on the lake, softly.
Moonlight filled the cave.
oh oh oh oh oh-!
The sub-boss monster that was sleeping on the other side of the cave was annihilated in one blow.
[Lower Boss Room Area A Completed!]
[Strategic share, Korean team 100%.]
The fact of the Korean team’s subjugation was delivered to all players as a notice on the open raid terminal.
And, of course, the notice was also delivered to Shin Ha-yul, who was standing in front of the upper boss room.
“Whiyu. I heard you had an encounter with Kyle, but you solved it well.”
While listening, I blew a small whistle at the welcome sound and took a step inside the upper boss room.
[Lieutenant Boss Room Area B Completed!]
[Market share – Korea: 74.7%, USA: 22.7%, Iran: 1.3%… … .]
At that moment, another call was heard.
This time, it was news that a five-person team led by Kang Shin-woo had completed the attack on the middle-ranking boss room.
I was a little worried because they also encountered the American team.
Fortunately, there was no Dahlia over there, so it didn’t seem like there was a big problem.
‘Now I just have to do well.’
Shin Ha-yul took his eyes off the open raid terminal as he trudged along.
jerk, jerk.
The sound of stepping on the sand resonated particularly loudly. uggs, uggs.
The further you go, the more and more sand there is.
Go like that for about 1 minute.
By the time the surroundings were all covered with sand.
The guy showed up.
Kaga gak gak!
The thick, sharp carapace pierced the soft sand and rang out in succession.
A shell with a color similar to that of sand.
The tail is long and curved upwards.
Two gigantic pincers and six legs supporting the gigantic body.
‘Death Stalker.’
An A-rank 5th tier monster sent to the spider river scorpion called the death god of the desert.
He was pushing his huge tail toward Shin Ha-yul.
“Please take care of me. Let’s fight each other fair and square.”
Looking at the Death Stalker, Shin Ha-yul rotated the Infinity Circle.
“know? Aren’t things like poison mutually exclusive?”
At the same time, the mana of the water and ice properties, which are the weak points of the Death Stalker, was raised.
“Ah, the poison has already been removed, so I can’t use it even if I want to.”
Mana soon became a huge ice spear and floated above the head of the servant Ha-yul.
Shyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
It flew towards the Death Stalker.
* * *
Another 30 minutes passed after that.
[The Korean team has finished attacking the upper boss room, Area C!]
[Occupancy rate – Korean team: 100%]
The news that the Korean team defeated the Death Stalker reached all the players.
To the news, most of them showed a flat reaction, ‘As expected, Korea.’
Considering Korea’s potential, it wouldn’t have been that difficult to catch the poison-free Death Stalker. There was no reason to be surprised.
“wow.”
“… … .”
However, the reactions of the British and American teams were quite different.
surprise and astonishment.
The response was that I couldn’t believe it.
“Kyle. Didn’t you say that Adela Steart and Ji Soon-chan met in the lower boss room?”
“that’s right. Including those two, I encountered a total of four people. Even though I was going through it for no reason, I was completely beaten.”
Kyle laughed bitterly.
“You guys have met five people, right?”
“… … that’s right. We met in Area B of the Lieutenant Boss Room.”
Dahlia didn’t see it, but there was a report that Team 2 led by Sarah had encountered Kang Shin-woo’s 5-member group.
“… … Then the real top boss room… … You mean Shin Ha-yul attacked alone?”
“Would that make sense?”
Kyle laughed out loud.
Since there is no Shin Ha-yul, I thought that he would just act like the other team.
I never thought I would have acted alone. Not to mention that he was doing crazy things like attacking the upper boss room alone.
“… … Kyle.”
Dahlia called out to Kyle with a serious expression.
“I really don’t mean it, but… … .”
“You want an alliance?”
“… … okay.”
Kyle or Daliana.
Both of them are strong enough not to lose to their subjects as much as their pride.
Since they are such people, they have consciously avoided forming alliances.
No matter how strong Korea was or how advantageous it was, my pride could not tolerate fighting one-on-one.
That’s why, when a proposal about a grand alliance came before, he refused, saying he would pretend he hadn’t heard of it.
But now is not the time to think about pride.
He defeated the Death Stalker single-handedly.
I hate to admit it, but the current Shin Ha-yul is untouchable.
This is not the time to be proud. Even if it means making an alliance with the nasty England and Kyle, who doesn’t like it, you have to deal with it somehow.
Forming an alliance with Kyle is the only means to counter Shin Ha-yul.
Fortunately, this match is an open raid.
As competition through share is the main content, alliances between each team are allowed to some extent.
“Let’s make an alliance and see the match in the last boss room. is this?”
“… … okay.”
The final boss monster that can be said to be the flower of an open raid.
It has a structure that can never be defeated alone, and is powerful enough to overwhelm all other monsters alone.
As much as it has overwhelming strength, the score that can be obtained is also overwhelming.
If you look at the match there, you may be able to prevent Korea from winning.
“Shouldn’t we make a final struggle?”
“okay. I can’t afford to let go like this.”
Dahlia’s eyes shone with determination.
Kyle’s eyes lit up with fighting spirit.
“Then, gather all the teams and prepare to enter the main boss room… … .”
It was time for Dahlia to quickly explain the operation.
Ki-i-i-!
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“Keugh!”
A ghastly sound filled the arena.
It was like the crackling of tens of thousands of broken radios at the same time, or the sound of tens of thousands of blackboards being scratched at the same time.
It was such a terrible noise that I couldn’t even think normally.
Push, push, push!
Paper weave!
“What, what? Why is the terminal… … .”
At the same time, the terminal devices for open raids that the players were wearing on their wrists spewed out smoke and electricity and became inoperative.
ridge!
Immediately after that, all lights in the arena were turned off.
In an artificial cave where pitch-black darkness settles.
About 3 seconds of silence passed.
By the time the goosebumps have completely stopped.
oh oh oh oh oh oh-!
Hey hey hey hey!
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Cries were heard.
The roar of countless monsters filling this cave.
As if he was angry with someone who was controlling him.
As if cheering for the release of the chains of domination.
It was such a lively cry.
“… … What is this?”
“What is going on?”
The monsters being controlled for competitions filled the entire cave with a slimy murderous intent that could not be emitted.
