Episode 506 Week 13 Joint Battle (2)
Kwak Ji-cheol stared at Kim Ho across from him and crumpled his expression.
“I had no luck from the first game. There were many other opponents, so why did I have to do this?”
“Is it really that pessimistic?”
The bold man said as if he was puzzled.
“I don’t know much about the author, but I’ve heard rumors that he’s a coward. If that’s true, I think it’s a blessing in disguise.”
“… … There was such a rumor.”
Kwak Ji-cheol smiled bitterly.
That’s because I remembered going in thinking I was a real coward and getting really devastated.
Baek Jun-seok joined the conversation.
“Rumors are not to be trusted. Old ones are even more so. From what I’ve seen in person, he’s a formidable opponent.”
Isulbi also gave her opinion.
“I don’t know about anything else, but scores don’t lie. Not everyone can get over a thousand points.”
“… … That makes sense.”
At this point, even Damdaen seemed to agree.
At that moment, Kim Ho waved his hand happily and seemed to be saying something with his gestures.
Kwak Ji-cheol noticed what it meant and checked the message.
“… … He asks if he can return it privately.”
“What did you say?”
“Not yet. It’s not something I can decide on my own.”
All five must agree to make this match private.
If even one person refuses, it’s impossible.
It seemed like there were more than one or two people expressing resentment.
Damdaen and Isulbi each said a word.
“I understand that you have the skills, but isn’t replay a separate issue? There doesn’t seem to be any reason to accept your request.”
“There is no merit in keeping it private.”
When it’s public, points come in little by little, but when it’s private, there’s nothing.
They’re not adding anything extra to it.
Just in case, Kwak Ji-cheol asked a question.
[Kwak Ji-cheol: What do we gain by keeping it private?]
[Kim Ho: Less annoying]
I had a rough idea of what he meant.
‘If we get crushed 4 to 1, we’ll probably be in trouble.’
Even more so if the process is recorded in a replay.
If someone else had said something like that, I would have laughed, but when he said it, it didn’t sound so ridiculous.
But would it be right to tell this to Damdaen and Isulbi?
Kwak Ji-cheol thought for a moment and then came to a conclusion.
‘… … I think it would be better not to do it.’
Since he has never been beaten like that, Kim Ho’s provocative comments won’t come across as threatening.
It’ll just make the atmosphere awkward for no reason.
[Kwak Ji-cheol: It seems difficult]
[Kim Ho: Is that so?]
[Kim Ho: I can’t help it]
The bold one asked.
“What did you say?”
“I guess so.”
“I guess you just stabbed me.”
“Maybe. Let’s stop talking here and decide on a plan.”
Dewdrop said it was no big deal.
“I think it would be okay to go the orthodox way?”
Two melee fighters tie up Kim Ho, while two magicians pour out their firepower.
The bold man nodded in agreement.
“For now, it looks good. There’s no reason to gamble when the odds are stacked against you.”
Kwak Ji-cheol added a word.
“Everything is good, but prepare magic on a large scale and with the widest possible range.”
“Then the vanguard will also be swept away?”
The rest of the party expressed their doubts, but Kwak Ji-cheol insisted even more strongly.
“Be careful. You have to do that to hit that guy.”
“… … Okay, I’ll believe you this time.”
She could have pressed the button thinking, ‘What kind of orders are you giving when the score is low?’, but Isulbi didn’t do that.
I thought that in times like these, it would be better to follow the advice of someone with experience.
Soon, the four members of the joint team finished preparing and the countdown began.
[3]
[2]
[1]
[Start!]
[Kim Ho 100%]
vs
[Baek Jun-seok 100%]
[Kwak Ji-cheol 100%]
[100% Bold]
[100% drizzle]
[3:59 remaining]
Kim Ho approaches with quick steps.
Looking at him, the brave man let out an exclamation of admiration.
“I guess rumors can’t be trusted.”
If he was a coward as rumored, he would have turned his back and left as soon as the game started.
But he seemed determined to fight head-on, even though he was outnumbered 4 to 1.
Of course, that is what we hope for as a joint team.
We face each other and move forward, closing the distance.
Within seconds, Kwak Ji-cheol and Lee Seul-bi stopped in their tracks and began to chant their magic.
It was judged that the opponent had entered the shooting range.
Mana gathers and forms complex spells.
Accordingly, around Gwak Ji-cheol, grains of dirt the size of fingernails float, and around Isulbi, water droplets float.
Meanwhile, Kim Ho and the melee classes were accelerating their pace and rushing at each other.
Baek Jun-seok slashes his sword twice like lightning.
Kim Ho dodges the sword that flies in the shape of an X by moving in a zigzag pattern.
Following this, Boldan clung to him and threw a punch, but Kim Ho dodged it without any hesitation and passed by him.
At the same time, the wind was gathering and compressing in his hands.
‘I am the target.’
Immediately, Baek Jun-seok raised his mana while holding his shield in front.
But the next moment, Kim Ho turned around and struck the bold man who was following him.
– Phew!
His body was shot backwards like a cannonball.
[Bold 100%→97%]
This time, Kim Ho waved his staff at the wizards.
As a thick wall of ice rose before their eyes, Kwak Ji-cheol and Lee Seul-bi exchanged words.
“It seems like they are trying to limit the field of vision.”
“Yeah, I see.”
If your eyes are covered, then even if you complete the magic, you won’t be able to manifest it.
Of course, this wasn’t much of a hindrance to a skilled wizard.
Continue the quest while walking around the ice wall.
But then, something like a translucent steamed bun flew right in front of Kwak Ji-cheol.
“……government ordinance?”
– Phew!
A burst of compressed air slammed him into the ice wall.
There is a dull thud and a sound of my head hitting the wall.
Seulbi realized this as she saw the Silph approaching her.
‘The ice wall was an illusion.’
It blocks the view, draws attention, and draws the spirit closer.
– Boom!
Isulbi was also hit by Windforce and hit her head on the ice wall.
The magic is, of course, canceled.
Meanwhile, the bold man who had flown backwards was charging forward at full speed.
At this, Kim Ho turned his head and looked at himself.
A notification message is printed out in a stream.
[The ‘Addiction’ status effect applies.]
[The ‘addiction’ status effect is… ]
[‘Addiction’ state… … .]
[Bold 97%→94%→91%]
‘When on earth will I have to read this!’
Was it when you got hit by the sword?
Or maybe you stepped on something while not paying attention?
Of course, such questions were not important at all.
– Phew!
Because the situation of flying backwards was no different.
“Nooooo—!”
His cries quickly faded away.
Baek Jun-seok swung his sword while occasionally pulling out his shield, but there was no way Kim Ho would be hit.
Dodge slowly and cast two skills in succession.
-Whew—
A whirlwind gathers around Baek Jun-seok and becomes tightly compressed.
At the same time, the wind was also compressing around Kim Ho, and it seemed like something big would happen if he left it like this.
“What the hell.”
But there was nothing he could do.
Other than swinging a sword that doesn’t even fit.
‘It’s going to explode soon.’
Baek Jun-seok, feeling a sense of crisis, hid behind his shield again and wrapped mana around his body.
– Pfft!
However, the defense-ignoring effect of the spiral explosion shattered it.
Kim Ho stretched one hand forward towards the defenseless man, and the destructive gust charged to its maximum was released.
– Kwakwakwakwa—!
“… … !”
Baek Jun-seok felt his consciousness fading due to the tremendous shock.
Eventually, he dropped his shield and fell to his knees on the ground, disappearing in a bright light.
Kim Ho, who immediately takes a step forward.
– Wedge wedge wedge—!
Gravel and water bullets rain down on the spot where he was just before.
Of course, the ones who blew them away were Kwak Ji-cheol and Lee Seul-bi.
They click their tongues and say each word.
“Didn’t you say it didn’t fit?”
“There is no other way.”
– Boom! Boom!
Even at this moment, Sylphid was circling around, firing wind magic.
They were blocking it by layering barriers, but it didn’t seem easy to maintain this state and connect with large-scale magic.
So, we are putting in a check and balance as we please.
‘Baek Jun-seok was hurt, and Dam-dae-han should do well… … .’
[Bold 77%→73%→70%]
When the poison overlaps, your stamina is dropping in real time.
It probably won’t last long.
Even the bold person himself became more anxious as he knew that fact.
‘It can’t end like this!’
If he had allowed a fatal blow like Baek Jun-seok, it would have been considered a lack of skill, but he just flew around comically and then ran out of stamina?
It is an act that not only harms oneself but also the reputation of the martial arts club.
‘I don’t think my senior will just let it go.’
Imagine Kim Gap-du’s angry face, and Dam-dae-han becomes even more desperate and desperately uses his lightness technique.
Kim Ho looks over as if he senses someone approaching him.
And when he tried to wave his hand, Boldan immediately raised his air power.
‘A thousand pounds of metal!’
– Boom!
Plant both legs deep into the ground.
With this, I was planning on enduring that damn wind spell once and then counterattacking.
But what he saw was an index finger pointing at him and a blast of cold air shooting out.
– Boom!
There was a small explosion and the affected area was covered in ice.
Only then did Damdaen realize that he had been deceived.
“bloke……!”
Kim Ho shrugged his shoulders and turned around again, dodging the pouring water and earth attribute magic spells as he approached Kwak Ji-cheol and Lee Seul-bi.
Then, as I point at them with my staff, a whirlwind begins to gather.
-Whiooo—!
I feel like this is clearly different from what I wrote to Baek Jun-seok.
Alarm bells rang incessantly in Isulbi’s head.
“Oh, I have to run away.”
Even Baek Jun-seok, who was a knight, was helplessly destroyed by that whirlwind.
What is being cast now seems even more powerful than that, so any defensive magic they have put up will be instantly crushed.
Kwak Ji-cheol seemed to have similar thoughts and tried to avoid the attack, but that damn spirit was the problem.
– Boom, boom!
Whenever they tried to get out of the barrier, they would repeatedly cast wind magic and push themselves back in.
As the two wizards struggled, the air in the area became more and more compressed, eventually causing a huge explosion.
– Kwaaaaang—!
“… … !”
“… … !”
Kwak Ji-cheol and Lee Seul-bi fell out and rolled on the floor.
They happily transform into particles of light and disappear.
Kim Ho slowly turned around after seeing the sight and spoke in a calm tone.
“I said let’s keep it private.”
“… … .”
The bold man sank into silence.
Then suddenly he opened his eyes wide, clenched his teeth, and gathered the last of his strength to kick the ground.
Clinging close to the opponent and throwing punches.
But just as he had expected, the fist just kept hitting the air.
Kim Ho, who had been avoiding him, looked straight at him.
It was as if he was asking, ‘Is this enough?’
The next moment his hand was thrust forward, and there was an explosion of compressed air.
– Boom!
Boldan thought as he flew backwards.
‘How can you be this strong… … .’
The supporters ate it all
