Episode 290 Week 16 Battle (4)
Cha Hyun-joo glared at the calligrapher for a while, then raised the corners of her mouth in a belligerent manner while holding her bow.
“That’s good. I was planning on fighting him again anyway. Consider it a change in order.”
The calligrapher also faced Cha Hyun-joo without avoiding her gaze, but it seemed that he did not like her in many ways.
“You keep saying bad things.”
“Bad words? Hey, try to put yourself in my shoes. Don’t you feel like cursing?”
“… … ?”
The calligrapher glanced at me and tilted his head as if he didn’t understand at all.
“I don’t know.”
A thick tendon appeared on Cha Hyun-joo’s forehead.
However, as if he had entered a battle stance, his eyes were cold and sunken.
As the two people stared at each other,
– Crunch,
A trap was added somewhere in the passage, a metallic sound was heard, and this was the signal flare that opened the battle.
– Doo doo doo!
– Kiririririk!
Seo Ye-in and Cha Hyun-joo shoot magic bullets and magic arrows at each other.
Blue rays of light intertwine in the air.
‘Long-range artillery battle.’
You can win by avoiding your opponent’s attacks and hitting with your own attacks.
Seo Ye-in avoided the arrows by using Feather Step, and Cha Hyeon-ju also used her own movement skill to step left and right.
However, there is one more condition for this dungeon.
‘It’s full of traps.’
If you move to avoid the opponent’s long-range attacks, you will inevitably step on a trap.
Will you step on the trap to avoid the arrows?
Or will you get hit by an arrow without stepping on the trap?
You have to make decisions more manly than anyone else.
– Doo doo doo doo!
The calligrapher walked diagonally, firing his assault rifle repeatedly.
But the ground she stepped on was pressed down by about a finger joint.
It’s a stepping stone.
Immediately the passage began to shake,
– Kukukung!
Walls were coming in from both sides.
The calligrapher moved forward, fearing that he would become a flat pancake if he got caught between them, and manipulated the dark clouds to deflect the arrows that seemed like they would not be able to be dodged.
Cha Hyun-joo’s situation was not much different.
– Kiriririk!
As she stepped onto the edge of the magic circle while firing arrows, a lightning explosion occurred from its center.
Although I wasn’t swept away, I was damaged by a few stray currents.
“Tsk.”
While clicking her tongue briefly, Cha Hyun-joo moved her hands and feet busily.
– Kiriririk!
– Tutututu!
Meanwhile, I was watching the two men’s battle from a safe position.
‘Cha Hyun-joo is still one step ahead.’
Both sides are moving quickly, so a precise hit is not allowed.
But when the magic arrow passes through Seo Ye-in two or three times, the magic bullet barely reaches Cha Hyun-ju.
This means that Cha Hyun-joo’s overall skill level is slightly more advanced.
‘I guess it’s because the specs are different.’
In terms of control, the calligrapher has the edge, but the range of skills and characteristics is somewhat narrow.
It is even worse when compared to promising players.
Cha Hyun-joo also realized this fact and was using her advantage to launch different attacks each time.
– Kiriririk!
Once again, the magic arrows drew a blue line.
But this time, not at the calligrapher, but at the walls, floor, and ceiling around him.
At first glance, it looked like a futile effort, but the arrows bounced like balls when they hit the wall and shot straight into the calligrapher.
‘Jump.’
Much harder to read and dodge than projectiles flying directly at you.
“… … .”
Nevertheless, the calligrapher leisurely glanced left and right, then took one or two steps as he crossed between the arrows.
There were a couple of feet that were damaged when they were bounced off by the dark clouds.
Still, in my opinion, that was a very good response.
‘The problem is that this isn’t the end… … .’
– Kukukung,
The ceiling shook and then came crashing down again, as if they had stepped on a trap again.
While the calligrapher was busy trying to avoid it, Cha Hyun-joo’s bow was aimed at her.
A huge amount of mana gathers in the arrowhead, gradually increasing its size.
‘A decisive move.’
And just as the calligrapher was about to escape the danger of the collapsing ceiling, an arrow flew out of the bow.
– Kwaaaaah—!
The arrows drew a straight trajectory like a thick ray of light, but split into dozens along the way and fell like rain.
The calligrapher simply watched with indifferent eyes the attack that seemed absolutely unavoidable.
And just as the arrows were about to hit my body,
– Flash!
I had the illusion that his gray eyes were shining sharply.
Then, the new form of the calligrapher glided forward.
“Slurp.”
It’s a combination of bullet time and ghost shadow.
The arrows seemed like they would hit the calligrapher, but they would eventually narrowly miss him.
As the distance between the two quickly narrowed, it was a strange thing for me to watch.
‘You’re saying we should start a melee here?’
It has the advantage of being a ghost shadow, and the hit rate is higher when shooting from close range.
But is it really necessary to get that close?
The reason was quickly apparent.
Seo Ye-in approaches Cha Hyun-joo closely.
Instead of firing her magic gun, she suddenly put her hand into her inventory.
The thing that was taken out was wide and round, had a handle, and was painted black.
‘… … frying pan?’
Seo Ye-in grabbed a frying pan and hit Cha Hyun-joo on the head without any mercy.
– Bam!
Cha Hyun-joo’s new car shook violently with a refreshing sound.
And then he opened his mouth slightly as if he was dumbfounded and looked at the calligrapher.
“I, I’m like this… … .”
– Bam!
As he cut off those words, the second blow struck.
Eventually, Cha Hyun-joo’s pupils dilated and she fell to the floor, and soon disappeared into a bright light.
He was rendered incapable of fighting.
Since it was just the two of us left, the scoreboard showed the result of the match.
[Kim Ho Calligraphy Artist 1st]
While the calligrapher was staring blankly at the scoreboard, I approached him and asked.
“You did well, but where did you get that?”
“I borrowed it.”
“where?”
“In the kitchen.”
“To use it as a weapon?”
Then, as if she had just been watching, the calligrapher lifted the frying pan slightly.
“Secondary weapon.”
I heard that this secondary weapon is being produced separately by the Hyesung Group.
That’s just for temporary use, right?
Then, a thought suddenly crossed my mind, so I asked again.
“Where did the pot go?”
The calligrapher put away a kitchen frying pan one by one and took out a pot instead.
The outline of my head is still clearly visible,
“Kim Ho-nabe.”
“Yeah, why don’t you use that?”
Then, the calligrapher shook her head and hugged the Kim Ho pot carefully.
“no.”
“If you hit it with that, it’ll be Kim Ho-hyun’s pot?”
– Nod,
“I feel dizzy.”
I’m addicted to the taste of kitchen utensils.
If I had known this would happen, I should have just not gotten hit in the hammer game.
But it seems too late to turn back now.
“Let’s go out for now.”
“huh.”
* * *
As soon as we left the stadium, we scanned our student IDs at the terminal.
And while waiting for the match to be made, I reviewed the battle from just before.
“How was it, fighting one-on-one with Cha Hyun-joo?”
“Strong.”
“Fight well.”
In fact, Cha Hyun-ju secretly expended stamina breaking the ice wall, suffered damage from traps while chasing us, and even defeated the duo of Ilgong and Leegong monks.
As a result, he probably didn’t have much stamina left and his powerful skills/traits were on cooldown, but he actually seemed to be one step ahead in the one-on-one fight with the calligrapher.
It was truly the performance of a promising prospect.
“If you stick to me when I’m fine, you’ll lose.”
“huh.”
The calligrapher nodded as if he acknowledged it, but a hint of triumph could be seen in his eyes.
‘There’s nothing wrong with having a rival.’
Because I will practice that much harder.
Cha Hyun-joo will also constantly strive to not fall behind and become stronger, so the virtuous cycle will continue.
Soon, the second match was made, and the calligrapher and I entered the teleportation magic circle.
Our view suddenly changed and we were greeted by a small room with walls on all sides.
And after a moment, the countdown began.
[3]
[2]
[1]
[Start!]
“Let’s finish the second game quickly.”
“It harms.”
We began to move through the labyrinth at a brisk pace.
In the previous game, there were so many traps added towards the end that there was nowhere to set foot, but now that the game has just started, it feels very spacious.
When the road branches out into several paths, you can use the help of the fortune radar.
“Are you going straight?”
“Go straight.”
“right?”
“left.”
“Okay.”
We had been moving quickly, but almost at the same time we slowed down.
Because I felt a faint presence in front.
As expected,
– Wedge!
Sticks like chopsticks flew in.
They were targeting the area around us, not us, and seemed intent on tripping the traps.
So I countered by mixing Windforce with Twister.
-Whew—
The chopsticks’ trajectories were slightly deviated by the strong whirlwind, and they ended up stuck in the wrong places.
And the identity of the person who threw the chopsticks is,
“No, who is this?”
As expected, Shin Byeong-cheol.
It seems like the game hasn’t even started yet, but judging by the fact that we’ve already met, the starting point must have been nearby.
I asked.
“Weren’t you supposed to get 400 or 500 points?”
“Yeah, 503 points to be exact.”
“Somehow we got matched.”
“Hehehe, there’s a reason for everything.”
Shin Byeong-cheol let out a low laugh and pointed to the team member sitting behind him.
“You know, I’m a bit popular this week, right? I brought in someone with real talent.”
At Shin Byeong-cheol’s gesture, the male student stepped forward a little more.
But that face looked quite similar to someone, so I asked.
“What is your relationship with Senior Jeong Jong-myeong?”
“Hey, my brother, I’m Jeong Jin-myeong.”
“I see.”
Jeong Jin-myeong was also a magician class, but like Jeong Chong-myeong, he didn’t seem to have any special characteristics.
A magician without any attributes.
There is a high possibility that he belongs to the white magic club.
‘The score will probably be pretty high, too.’
The calligrapher and I have an average score in the early 800s.
Now that the match has been established, their average scores will be similar.
Considering that Shin Byeong-cheol revealed that his score was 503, this means that Jeong Jong-myeong’s score was at least 1,000.
It’s almost like playing with promising prospects and leaders.
“He is truly skilled.”
“Hehehe, that’s what I told you. I said you’d regret it, right?”
Shin Byeong-cheol let out a rare, confident smile.
Jeong Jin-myeong did not agree with that and looked at us and said.
“Let’s get started. We’re wasting time.”
As he said, there was no time to have a leisurely conversation.
Because you never know when traps might be added.
And the other side, with one person worth 1,000 points, didn’t seem to have any intention of avoiding combat.
While Jeong Jin-myeong was raising his mana, Shin Byeong-cheol took a position slightly in front of him as if to protect him.
But at that time,
[Ice Wall]
A thick wall of ice suddenly rose between the two, blocking the passage without a gap.
Shin Byeong-cheol turned his head back and fumbled with the ice wall in embarrassment.
“No, hey! What is this?”
“What the heck, it’s a partition.”
I answered nonchalantly and nodded to the side, and the calligrapher nodded her chin slightly in response.
Then he took the frying pan out of his inventory and held it in his hand.
“I’m left alone… … .”
The supporters eat it all
