Episode 139 Week 8 Mentoring, Strategy Battle (1)
Strategy class.
Teacher Seo Cheong-yong wrote a word on the blackboard.
[Guardian]
“Okay, let’s do a quick review. What did you say the role of the guardian was in the dungeon?”
The model student in the first row raised her hand and spoke.
“I’m protecting it.”
“What are you protecting?”
“That… … varies from dungeon to dungeon.”
“That’s correct. In the last strategy battle, we personally became the guardians and watched over the statue of the goddess. Then, should I tell you what I felt while defending it, one by one?”
Several students raised their hands, and Seo Cheong-yong pointed to them one by one.
The first student to be named opened his mouth.
“No matter how well you defend near the statue of the goddess, you’ll still take some damage, so it’s better to just prevent monsters from entering the temple.”
“That’s right. The ultimate goal is the statue of the goddess, but allowing anyone to enter the temple is a loss in itself. In fact, it was basically the same as temple defense. Again?”
Seo Cheong-yong then pointed to the second student.
“It felt like it became a lot harder to defend once the side wall was breached.”
“Why did it feel difficult?”
When Seo Cheong-yong asked again, the second student thought for a moment, recalling his memories, and then answered.
“… … I think it was because I was confused about where to prioritize blocking and which side to block first.”
“You saw it right. As the number of defensive points increases, the defender needs to make choices and distribute his forces. However, there is no guarantee that the distributed forces will exactly match the enemy’s forces, so it becomes more difficult than when blocking just one point. Also, what’s next?”
The third student to be named opened his mouth.
“I had the hardest time when the beheading goblin appeared.”
“Really? Why was it the hardest?”
“Because I was busy blocking that, I didn’t have the energy to block other places. So places that weren’t blocked before are now blocked.”
“That’s it.”
Seo Cheong-yong looked quite satisfied, perhaps because he was getting the answers he wanted.
“Let’s summarize. In order for the enemies to destroy the statue of the goddess, which is their ultimate goal, they first had to infiltrate the temple. Since the main gate defenses were not easily breached, they broke through the side walls to create a new attack route and disperse the defenses. Finally, they used a strong card, the Decapitator, to force the enemy to concentrate their power in one area, leaving other areas vulnerable. Do you understand this?”
Everyone nodded or gave a small ‘yes’.
Seo Cheong-yong smiled kindly and said.
“Then, remember what we just talked about, and this week we’ll try to be on the offensive.”
The blackboard was wiped clean and the rules and environment came to mind.
MAP:[Cave]
RULE:[Crystal][Strong Enemy][2 People][Random Rule]
“Does everyone understand the Crystal Rules now?”
When the Crystal Rule came out for two weeks in a row, half the people’s faces were wrinkled and half the people’s faces brightened.
Naturally, the criteria are divided into whether you suffered a loss or gained a profit because of the new rules last week.
While the existing PvP rules of Deathmatch were decided through a head-on confrontation, the Crystal rules do not guarantee victory even if the combat power is high.
Even if your fighting power is somewhat low, you still have a chance of winning if you charge your crystals well.
For example, since Jo Byeok lacked movement and pursuit skills, he ended up giving the match to me without being able to fully demonstrate his skills.
I also heard that guys like Shin Byeong-cheol who are good at running away were able to recover their scores quite a bit during this opportunity.
Even now, you look as excited as a fish in water, so I guess you think that if you just run away well during the strategy battle, you’ll get a high score.
‘It’s too early to be happy.’
It won’t be as easy as you think.
One major difference is that the Crystal duel was one-on-one, while the Golden Week duel was two-person.
As expected, Seo Cheong-yong took out two crystals.
One has a red glow and the other has a blue glow.
“Okay, there’s one sanctuary, two people, and two crystals. You can only charge one at a time. What does that mean?”
“… … ?”
“… … !!”
Most of them tilted their heads, but the quick-witted students caught the point that Seo Cheong-yong was trying to make.
“Is it true that one person charges while the other assists?”
“That’s right. What if we apply what we just reviewed? What should we do?”
Penetrate enemy lines, disperse enemy forces, and induce concentration to achieve objectives.
Song Cheon-hye raised her hand and spoke in a calm voice.
“The supporting side needs to exert strong restraint to draw aggro.”
“That’s right! You answered well today.”
Seo Cheong-yong was generous in his praise, saying that teaching was rewarding.
At that moment, a student in the corner raised his hand.
“Teacher, I have… … .”
“Okay, tell me.”
“What… … is the strong opponent?”
Everyone hoped that the Goblin Decapitator would come out again, but things couldn’t be that easy.
As you can see from the precedent, this school designs its curriculum for the fun of screwing over students.
And ominous feelings never go wrong.
Seo Cheong-yong smiled meaningfully.
“Didn’t you all doze off during Professor Cho Ok-soon’s class? The answer is there.
“… … !”
The students’ faces all hardened.
Mrs. Cho Ok-soon’s Monster Ecology.
Because I remembered what monsters we covered in class recently.
‘Ogre.’
* * *
Ogre.
A monster that ranges between mid-boss and boss level, it’s like a walking tank.
The leather is so tough that most physical attacks only damage the skin, and its magic resistance is similarly high.
It was the first monster I encountered when I entered the game world, and after hitting it a few times, I immediately decided that I couldn’t catch it.
In addition, despite having a body that is much taller than a human, he is agile enough to rival superhumans, and possesses the [Superhuman Strength] trait, so each blow has tremendous destructive power.
Even melee classes need to be careful, and ranged classes with weak bodies can be half dead if hit with just one attack.
‘Of course, they won’t bring the basic specs as they are.’
It may be possible to bring it down a level or two, but since the basic specs are between C and D ranks, even a level or two lower rank will be incredibly strong.
It was natural that the sound of crying would be heard even before the battle began.
– Is the difficulty level real?
– Jumping straight from a beheader to an ogre?
– Running away from the ogre? While recharging the crystal?
– There are two people. You have to draw aggro too.
– I’m going crazy, really.
While everyone else was in a mourning mood, Go Hyun-woo, the embodiment of positivity, was radiating bright energy today as well.
“Oh my, you’re someone I’ve always wanted to fight. The time has finally come. Aren’t you excited, Brother Kim?”
“I just do that.”
“Well, I guess it might be a bit lacking compared to Kim Hyung’s skills.”
Go Hyun-woo nodded his head, seemingly convinced.
I wonder what level of skill he thinks I have.
Anyway, since I had some other business to attend to, I handed over the bundle of papers I had prepared.
“Okay, take this.”
“What is it?”
Go Hyun-woo took the bundle of papers, flipped through a few pages, and his eyes immediately deepened.
Because it was a dungeon strategy guide.
“… … Are you going down?”
“Uh. Tonight.”
“There are two strategy books… … .”
“Memorize part 1 first.”
“Okay, I understand. I’ll take note of it in advance.”
There are two main goals I want to achieve this week.
The first is dealing with the fencing club.
‘It’s about time to go in, Heuksabang.’
According to what I heard from Dang Gyu-yeong, the conquest of Heuksabang will be completed this week at the latest.
And the moment you enter the dungeon, you will realize that there is a guest.
I played tag with the Black Ark and used Inferno Fist a lot, so there were a lot of traces left behind.
It’s even stranger if you don’t notice.
From the perspective of the fencing club, it would be upsetting if someone came in first and started a fight, and the Black Death Room was a dungeon that even had priority bidding.
We were exercising our influence at the club level by using our right of first refusal, but someone ignored that and got in.
It became absolutely impossible to just let it go.
Even if the stolen reward is considered reward, if they ignore the right of first refusal and pass it over like a fool, there will be second and third attempts to invade the stronghold of the swordsmanship club.
So, they will do whatever it takes to find me and make an example of me.
‘Honestly, I was wrong.’
I admitted it readily.
At the time, I went ahead with the Heuksabang because it was the best way to get more than Hancheol with my skills, but I also knew that it was a mistake and that I would have to make up for it later.
Even if it is not a moral issue, anyone would be afraid of being at odds with a powerful force like the swordsmanship club.
I was no exception.
‘I’ll have to deal with them later.’
If things go wrong, we won’t be able to trade properly, and it’s scary to think about all the vested interests we’ll lose.
For this reason, it is beneficial to maintain friendly relations with clubs.
But, with the swordsmanship club, I’m already off to the wrong start.
To fix that, you have to either vomit back what you ate, including the whole year, or prepare compensation equivalent to that.
Additionally, if you prepare a ‘small castle’, you may be able to appease their anger to some extent.
‘So I have to go down.’
To get something that the fencing club would like.
Plus, I get my share too.
The second goal, as always, is to upgrade your specs through mentoring events and sub-quests.
But this week is a little more special than usual.
First, let’s recall the sub-quests from the previous week of the Grand Finals.
[Sub Quest: 7th Week PvP Battle] (Completed)
▷Goal: Complete 3 rounds of PvP. (3/3 wins)
▷Reward: 1st Mentoring Event – 4th Week Additional Bonus (Large)
He won both matches against Cha Hyun-joo and one match against Jo Byeok, completing the match with maximum rewards.
As a result,
[Event: 1st Mentoring](In progress…….)
[Remaining period: 6 days]
▷Grow faster with the help of a mentor.
▷Increased probability of acquiring skills/traits
▷Increased skill/trait growth rate
▷Bonus enhancement (large) applied… … .
▷4th week additional bonus (large) applied… … .(New!)
Ranked items have been quite efficient over the past three weeks thanks to the bonus enhancements, and sub-quests have added even more efficiency.
It was a consideration from the system to try hard as it was the last week of mentoring.
But before you run,
‘Finishing this first is the priority.’
[Sub Quest: 8th Week Strategy]
▷Goal: Clear the dungeon before the attack
▷Deadline: ~Sunday midnight
▷Compensation: Differential payment based on performance
You need to get into the real world as quickly as possible, earn points, and clear quests.
Because you get a skill book as a reward.
The plan was to raise the rank of the skill I had learned as much as possible over the course of this week.
And the skill book that will be given to me when I clear the sub-quest with the maximum achievement level is.
The second piece of [Spiral Explosion], following [Twister].
‘One point explosion.’
