Episode 251 Week 14 Battle (3)
That tiger is a spiritual being, so it knows how to use mana, and its entire body weight is put into each attack, making it difficult for even melee classes to block it.
Needless to say, I’m a wizard.
‘You must avoid it at all costs.’
The moment the tiger’s paw was about to strike my face, I slightly turned my body and stepped to the side.
As soon as Beom-i realized that he had clawed at the air, he quickly turned his body and landed.
However, the place where it lands is usually not the ground but ice.
The guy couldn’t avoid slipping either.
And to take it a step further,
– Boom!
A burst of compressed air pushed the tiger back violently.
I take my eyes off the guy who is quickly moving away and cast Windforce on Park Na-ri and Jeong Su-ji.
-Whew—
“Uh, uh uh uh.”
“That, that’s enough… … .”
Two people staggering and floundering like balloon dolls at an event venue.
It’s like standing on an ice rink, barely maintaining your balance, but someone keeps pushing you from the side.
As the wind continued to blow, Jeongsuji fell sideways again.
[Crystal 23%]
‘Charging is smooth.’
“Khuuuuuuuuu!”
When I turned around again, I saw the tiger running towards me at a terrifying speed.
I held the sapling upright on the ice and stretched my other hand forward.
[branch line]
[Chillwind]
[Windforce]
-Whew!
A wind blew, cold and physical.
Then, the speed of the tiger that was charging towards him gradually slowed down, and eventually he was pushed back.
Just pushing against the slowdown is very effective, but now that a blizzard is coming and the ground is slippery, the effect is even more pronounced.
“Grrrr.”
“Hey, you bastard!”
But Park Na-ri is also a promising prospect.
There was no way I could just watch.
At some point, a green glow comes out from the staff and lands on Beom-i.
– Pfft!
‘Debuff reduction.’
“Crrrrrrr!”
Thanks to this, the tiger was able to escape its stupor and become agile again.
It suddenly jumped to my side, then swung its front legs as if to sweep a wide area.
The mana contained in the claws draws three crescent moon lines.
I surrounded the sapling with a dark cloud and cast a wind barrier before retreating.
The crescent moon lightly tore through the shield, but was eventually canceled out by a collision with a dark cloud.
A tiger that keeps following you and swinging its front paws as if it won’t give you any leeway.
I narrowly avoided the attack, and took advantage of the brief opening to cast Windforce on Park Na-ri and Jeong Su-ji.
-Whew—
“eww.”
“ah…….”
While Jeong Su-ji slips and falls again and the magic she was casting is canceled, Park Na-ri loses her balance and stumbles, but still manages to complete the magic.
You could say it’s the difference between 600 points and 1,000 points.
– Pfft!
A halo of light appears on Beom-i’s body again.
Since the buffs keep stacking, the longer the battle goes on, the more advantageous it becomes for that side.
‘It won’t be very long though.’
[Crystal 61%]
The charging will finish soon, so just hold on until then.
A front leg swinging diagonally.
I leaned over to dodge and simultaneously blasted the compressed air.
– Boom!
Again, Beom-i slid down the ice, but the distance was shorter than before.
I can guess what buff Park Na-ri just applied.
‘Weight gain.’
The less the tiger slips, the more opportunities there are to attack, and the more destructive power each attack has, so it’s not a bad choice.
As expected from a promising player, he learned a variety of buffs.
‘By the way, it’s almost time to end.’
All buffs have a duration.
The green light that had been on Beom-i’s body began to fade and eventually disappeared.
This means that the ‘debuff reduction’ buff that Park Na-ri used in response to Chilwind has been removed.
That means,
‘You’re saying I can use Chillwind again?’
-Whew—
The cold wind slowed down Beom-i’s movements considerably.
“Krrrrrr.”
Then the guy looked at Park Na-ri and let out an annoyed cry.
Roughly translated, it would be something like ‘Oh, what is our team doing!’
“Oh, my, I’m sorry.”
Park Na-ri cast a new debuff weakening spell in a fluster.
At this point, I think Beom’s name should be put on the scoreboard instead of Park Na-ri’s.
Of course, even these petty infightings are opportunities for me.
Also, Windforce is cast towards Park Na-ri’s main force.
-Whew—
“Ugh.”
And then Jung Soo-ji struggles again, falls down, barely gets up, and struggles again.
But fortunately or unfortunately, Jeong Su-ji’s disgrace ended here.
– Boom!
Because a magic bullet was stuck in my temple.
Jeong Su-ji’s body twisted sideways as if stretching, and then she fell flat on the ice.
And then it disappeared, enveloped in a white halo.
[Jung Soo-ji – % Park Na-ri 92%]
I glanced briefly toward the sanctuary.
‘Honestly, I didn’t expect it.’
Visibility was poor due to the blizzard, making long-range shooting unfeasible.
So, all I expected from the calligrapher was to charge the crystal, but he managed to hit the magic bullet despite the bad weather.
I feel this once again, but your eyes are really nice.
“Crrrrrrr?”
The tiger quickly retreated instead of pounced.
The next moment, a blue beam of light passes by.
I felt very satisfied.
‘Support for sniping. Very good.’
When we’re done, I should buy you some hot chocolate.
Then he asks Park Na-ri.
“Do you want to do more?”
“ah…….”
[Crystal 94%]
Charging is almost finished.
No matter how they knocked me down, the match would be over before they even reached the sanctuary.
“Grrrr… … .”
Beom-i was also showing that he did not want to fight anymore, because through repeated attacks, he had learned that ‘that person is cold and annoying.’
In addition, Jeong Su-ji was rendered incapable of fighting without doing anything, and the calligrapher’s support fire continued.
Park Na-ri’s arms drooped as if she had thought about this.
[Kim Ho Seo Ye-in Win]
vs
[Jung Soo-ji Park Na-ri Lose]
As I came out using the teleportation magic circle, I was immediately surrounded by warm air from all directions.
The calligrapher also appeared with a bang, wearing his hoodie pulled down even further and pulling the strings tightly.
“Why did you become a hooded human?”
“cold…….”
Even though I gave it elemental resistance and used four hot packs, it looks like it’s particularly weak to the cold.
Of course, this environment was harsh on everyone.
Nearby, there were students gathered in small groups, chatting away. They looked stiff, as if they had just finished a game like us.
– No, is it okay for it to be this cold?
– I almost froze to death.
– You almost died, I died.
There are very few teams like us who even prepared hot packs.
Park Na-ri’s team held on thanks to their stamina, but teams without that would have lost stamina in the snowstorm and been unable to fight.
You must have been hit hard by the snow and ice, so you should prepare at least the minimum items for the next game.
in other words,
‘Now it’s impossible to eat raw.’
In the first match, there was a gap in information and items between us and the opposing team, but now the conditions are almost equal.
In that case, it’s better to take a breather and go rather than rushing to catch the next game.
You also need to wait for the 35 minute cooldown to grant elemental resistance.
So I asked the calligrapher in a subtle way.
“Want something to drink before we start the next game? Something warm.”
“Something warm.”
An exclamation mark appeared above the calligrapher’s head.
We left the arena for a moment and walked to the concession stand.
“… … .”
“Is it worth living now?”
“huh.”
The calligrapher slowly releases her hooded human mode as the outside temperature gets warmer.
On the other hand, I was not only unharmed by the cold, but my whole body was still like a block of ice.
When I put the back of my hand on the calligrapher’s cheek,
“My hands are still cold. Look.”
“!!!”
The calligrapher suddenly cowered and then walked away with a jerky gait.
He looks at me with wary eyes, hesitating whether to reach for his inventory or not, but it looks like he is about to take out the Kim Ho pot.
“I hate cold things.”
“I won’t do it.”
Then the calligrapher slowly approached me and placed a hot pack in each of my hands.
“Your hands are warm.”
“thanks.”
But wasn’t this one originally mine?
I didn’t really feel like I needed to bother with it, so I just walked around fiddling with the hot pack.
We soon arrived at the store and each bought a cup of hot chocolate and sipped on it.
It seems like everyone thinks similarly, and the duo of Jung Soo-ji and Park Na-ri also entered the store and ordered a cup of hot chocolate each.
Then, when their eyes met, the two began to whisper quietly, and then Jeong Su-ji approached and stammered.
“There it is.”
“huh.”
“I wish you could give me the replay, privately… .”
Jeong Su-ji’s face was red with shame, as she was busy performing art on the ice throughout the game.
And that disgrace was saved in full as a replay.
The most serious thing is that her pair is the promising Park Na-ri.
If you just register it in the student store, it will sell like hotcakes, but your dark history is completely recorded there?
It’s like changing jobs from a woodcutter to a clown.
I accepted it readily, because I thought I knew how he felt.
If you think about it, I was the cause.
“Yeah, what’s wrong with that?”
“……thank you.”
Jeong Su-ji breathed a sigh of relief.
And as a token of his gratitude, he takes out two random rank-up cards and hands them over.
If you make the replay private, you will lose points, so this is meant to compensate for that to some extent.
“I’ll go first.”
“Okay, thanks for your hard work.”
After the duo of Jeong Su-ji and Park Na-ri left, I handed over a random rank-up card to Seo Ye-in.
“Okay, here’s one for you.”
“huh.”
Calligrapher didn’t really care whether points were accumulated or replays were saved, so she accepted Jeong Su-ji’s offer without asking for permission.
But since we are a team, it is right to share the rewards.
The calligrapher looked down at the random rank up in her hand.
“… … .”
“Write it right away?”
“huh.”
– Paaaaat—
The magic scroll slowly began to glow brightly,
– Push push… … .
It turned to ashes and scattered.
While other things may be possible to push through with the power of the lucky charm, random rank up is not so easy.
Because it is not affected by probability-related skills/traits.
But thanks to that I got one more stamp.
[Stamp Coupon (C)]
▷Stamp 7/10
‘There really isn’t much left now.’
A random rank up is also provided as a sub-quest reward, so the goal is right in front of you.
Of course, to complete that you’ll need to successfully complete the remaining matches.
“Now that my body has warmed up, shall we go again?”
The cooldown time is almost over.
But the calligrapher avoided eye contact and slowly moved to the side.
It seems like he feels reluctant to go into the snowstorm again.
I approached him and comforted him gently.
“Let’s play just one more game.”
“… … .”
“Once this is over, I don’t have anything else this week. Let’s just charge one more crystal. Then I can rest.”
“……pillow?”
“Let’s look into that positively too.”
I lured the human sloth into the arena with some candy-coating and set up a match.
While waiting, I checked the items,
‘I don’t need to use any more points.’
The pointed soles are still there, and the hot packs still retain heat.
Of course, this time, the hot pack is the calligrapher’s share.
Soon our names and our opponent’s names appeared on the scoreboard.
“… … They’re here again.”
The supporters eat it all
