Episode 32 Tag (5)
“That kid, isn’t he a bit too fast for a human?”
I muttered as I glanced at Lee Do-hyeok, who was pursuing me from afar at a terrifying speed.
At that moment, Go Joo-yeon, who was running away with me, looked towards Lee Do-hyeok and then stopped walking with a determined expression on her face as if she had made up her mind about something.
After Go Joo-yeon suddenly stopped like that.
As she turned her body towards Lee Do-hyeok, I stopped walking and asked her in a questioning voice.
“what’s the matter?”
“First, go.”
“⋯Is there anything we can do?”
To my question, Go Joo-yeon nodded slightly and then pointed to Lee Do-hyeok, who was quickly closing the distance between them in real time.
“I, the check.”
“You know that attacks can’t make physical contact with each other, right?”
“There is a way.”
At the same time,
Go Joo-yeon immediately bent down and squatted down, using her small hands to diligently gather up the snow that had piled up to her calves, and before long, she had created a snowball the size of a baseball.
And then.
-Phajijik-
Go Joo-yeon filled a snowball with her brain power and threw it with all her might at the running Lee Do-hyeok.
-Shooooong!-
Despite being quite a distance away, a snowball flies like a bolt of lightning, aiming precisely for Lee Do-hyeok’s head.
At that moment, I thought of the unique ability that Go Joo-yeon possessed.
[100% accuracy].
Once you decide on a target, it is the ability to hit that target without fail.
Go Joo-yeon used her unique ability, [100% Hit], to aim at Lee Do-hyeok with a snowball instead of a bow and arrow.
-puck!-
“Ugh⋯⋯.”
Meanwhile, Lee Do-hyeok quickly raised his arm to block a snowball with brain power flying towards his head.
However, due to the uniqueness of the brain attribute that made opponents stiffen and its destructive power, Lee Do-hyeok could no longer advance and had no choice but to stand still.
-Evil-Evil-
“⋯⋯.”
Leaving behind Lee Do-hyeok who had stopped.
I squatted down again and looked at Go Joo-yeon, who was quietly rolling up a snowball, and at her small hands, which were red from touching the cold snow with her bare hands.
I expressed my gratitude to Go Joo-yeon, who worked hard for the team, even if it was only through words or expression, by carefully brushing away the snow that had piled up on her head with my hand.
“Thank you, I’ll ask you. Jooyeon-ah.”
Could it be because of my sincere gratitude?
Go Joo-yeon stopped rubbing her eyes for a moment, raised her head, and stared at me.
And then she answered with a bright smile that was completely different from before.
“Yeah, don’t worry.”
“Hey, catch that kid quickly!”
“Okay, Dohyuk!”
Meanwhile, Lee Ji-ha, who had been following Lee Do-hyeok at a slightly slower pace, passed by Lee Do-hyeok, who was stiff and unable to move, and closed the distance toward us.
Unfortunately, Go Joo-yeon’s unique ability [100% Hit] had a cooldown time to switch targets once they were chosen, so she couldn’t stop Lee Ji-ha who was running towards her.
‘No, I think it would be better to keep keeping Lee Do-hyeok in check. Lee Ji-ha seems like I can somehow shake him off.’
I left Go Joo-yeon behind, who was starting to ball up a snowball again, and started running to avoid the approaching Lee Ji-ha.
Fortunately, Lee Ji-ha’s abilities weren’t that high, so he couldn’t close the distance between me and him as I ran away.
“Hehehe… Hehe… Stop right there! You punk!”
I glanced at her as I heard Lee Ji-ha’s earnest voice coming from behind me.
Lee Ji-ha’s face was pale and she didn’t look too good, perhaps because she had been running around in the bitter cold.
‘I’d rather completely eliminate Lee Ji-ha and reserve my stamina and magic power just in case.’
Thanks to the
After thinking it over quickly, I decided to implement the plan I had come up with on the spot after getting inspiration from Go Joo-yeon throwing a snowball earlier.
Okay, for now.
I stopped right there, just as Lee Ji-ha wanted.
‘There’s only one chance. I’ll wait for Lee Ji-ha to come as soon as possible.’
“Heh… heh heh, you look tired too.”
Seeing me standing still, he must have judged that I was tired. He raised one corner of his mouth and ran towards me, dragging his tired body, to catch me.
-Tadadak-
“[recall].”
However, I calmly used Aegis’s [Summon] ability without being shaken even as Eijiha approached, and immediately Aegis, which had been stuck in the snow field earlier, was summoned over my left hand.
In that state, I waited for Lee Ji-ha to come a little closer.
“Hehehe! It’s our victory!”
After that, the distance between me and Lee Ji-ha was approximately 7 meters.
I grabbed the side of the shield with my right hand and quickly threw Aegis at Eijiha.
-Whew!-
Aegis, which had left my hand, flew towards Eijiha’s legs like a disc with quite a threatening momentum.
“Where did you get your tricks!”
Lee Ji-ha easily dodged the Aegis flying towards him by jumping as if it was ridiculous.
And⋯⋯.
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-puck-
“Kkuuuuck!”
Lee Ji-ha, who was preoccupied with Aegis, was hit in the head with a snowball full of wind magic power that I threw, and fell backwards.
Not sure if the snowball I threw had hit him properly, but Lee Ji-ha was lying on the snow field, unable to get up.
By the way, the reason I waited for Lee Ji-ha to get as close as possible was so that I could hit the snowball right on Lee Ji-ha’s head.
Because I don’t have a unique ability like [100% accuracy] like Go Joo-yeon.
Anyway, I’m glad that the strategy I came up with on the spot worked out well.
I continued to watch Lee Ji-ha, who was lying as if dead, and slowly stepped back to distance myself from her.
‘It looks like he really fainted. Lee Ji-ha is really easy.’
After dealing with Lee Ji-ha without much difficulty, I looked at Lee Do-hyeok, who was helplessly being attacked by Go Joo-yeon’s snowball from afar.
‘[100% Hit Rate] is really a scam. It seems even more difficult to avoid because it already contains brain magic.’
Lee Do-hyeok tried to approach me while avoiding the snowballs thrown by Go Joo-yeon as much as possible.
Since Go Joo-yeon’s snowball was difficult to avoid without concentrating, Lee Do-hyeok was in a situation where he couldn’t do anything.
If Han Su-yeon could just find Ryu Seong-min, it seemed like our group would easily take first place.
‘It would be perfect if there was at least some popcorn.’
When the situation became more relaxed, I stood still with my arms crossed and watched Lee Do-hyuk.
Meanwhile, Lee Do-hyeok, who was concentrating on avoiding the snowballs, stopped dead in his tracks when his eyes met mine, which I was watching peacefully.
-puck-
Immediately after that, Lee Do-hyeok was hit in the head by a snowball thrown by Go Joo-yeon because he was standing still.
But he still just stared at me without making any movement.
‘What? Why are you looking at me so scary?’
Go Joo-yeon must have sensed that Do-hyuk Lee’s atmosphere had changed strangely. She stopped rolling up the next snowball for a moment and tilted her head to look at Do-hyuk Lee.
After standing there blankly for a while, Lee Do-hyeok soon moved his lips and appeared to utter a word.
yet.
The atmosphere surrounding Lee Do-hyeok began to change drastically and ominously.
‘⋯No way.’
At that moment.
I recalled the unique ability that Lee Do-hyeok possessed in the novel, and immediately turned around and ran forward with all my might.
[3-minute strengthening].
A unique ability possessed by Lee Do-hyeok, which explosively increases strength, agility, stamina, and magic power for exactly 3 minutes.
In contrast to Ma Jin-seok, who had the [Battle Mania] ability specialized for long-term battles, Lee Do-hyeok’s unique ability [3-minute enhancement] was a unique ability for short-term decisive battles.
The reason why Lee Do-hyeok’s unique ability is for short-term battles is because after 3 minutes, he becomes exhausted and cannot move his body.
However, even though it is a double-edged sword ability with a strong penalty, Lee Do-hyeok, who used [3-minute enhancement] in the work, showed an overwhelming appearance.
Also, Lee Do-hyeok, who was probably using [3-minute reinforcement] at this point, was at the level of a lower-middle-ranking B-class player, and was able to put up a close fight against Choi Kang-ho, the strongest player in the first year.
Of course, as the novel progresses, many monstrous characters appear, so Lee Do-hyeok, who used [3-minute enhancement], was not able to show much impact.
‘But at this point, in the early stages, he’s a total thug.’
As a side note, Lee Do-hyuk had quite a few nicknames because of his unique ability.
It was called by many nicknames by readers, not its real name, such as Cup Ramen, 3-minute curry, combat power meter, and rabbit(?).
‘Anyway, that’s not what’s important.’
As I glanced behind me while maintaining my speed, the rabbit… no, Lee Do-hyeok had already passed Go Joo-yeon in front of me and was approaching me at an unbelievable speed.
Although it was late, Go Joo-yeon tried to throw a snowball at Lee Do-hyeok, who passed her in the blink of an eye, to restrain him, but unfortunately it was not enough.
Perhaps because of his ability that had increased by leaps and bounds, Lee Do-hyeok ignored the snowball containing brain magic power as if it had nothing to do with him and ran straight towards me.
‘If things continue like this, it’s only a matter of time before we get caught. In that case⋯⋯.’
After a brief moment of contemplation, I stopped running and stood still, raising both hands in a sign of surrender.
In the first place, it is impossible to outrun Lee Do-hyeok, who has used his unique ability, by just running for 3 minutes.
then.
Han Soo-yeon had to hold out as long as possible, using the final strategy she had in mind until she could find and catch Ryu Seong-min.
‘Lee Do-hyeok will probably try to touch me within 3 minutes anyways because of the penalty. Until then, I can only hope to hold out as long as possible and let Han Su-yeon catch Ryu Seong-min first… .’
Lee Do-hyeok, who had been running towards me at a speed different from before, stopped right in front of me, probably thinking that I had given up when I stopped. He then made a confident expression.
‘At least step 1 was a success.’
Fortunately, Cho Kang-soo’s decision to stop and not run away from Lee Do-hyeok was the right one.
If I had kept running away from Lee Do-hyeok, who had a time limit of 3 minutes, he would have tried to catch me somehow within the time limit without stopping to follow me.
As I expected, Lee Do-hyeok thought he still had some time to spare and didn’t stop me right away.
And then he opened his mouth with a sneer on his lips to mock my giving up.
“Ha! You’ve already given up. How pathetic. Sooyeon must really regret it. She teamed up with someone like you. So if she had teamed up with me earlier, this wouldn’t have happened and she could have easily gotten first place⋯⋯.”
“Hey, Lee Do-hyeok. Do you like Han Soo-yeon?”
“What, what? This kid! Don’t call Sooyeon and me by our names with that lowly mouth of yours. How dare you, a low-class person,⋯⋯.”
Lee Do-hyeok seemed to have been hit hard by my sudden question, and instead of answering, he suddenly started shouting at me.
Meanwhile, I continued speaking without paying attention to his reaction, in order to carry out the second stage of the operation.
“Lee Do-hyeok, isn’t that it?”
“Ha! I already figured out your plan a long time ago. You’re just trying to buy time by using tricks. You pretended to let it go because it was so obvious. Did you think I’d fall for it?”
At that moment, Lee Do-hyeok, who had already noticed my plan to buy time, reached out his hand to grab me.
But I didn’t panic. I just raised one corner of my mouth, made the most vile expression I could, and recited the tragic lines.
“Han Su-yeon, you’re a bit crazy.”
-Tiring-
[Aegis’s special ability
-bang!-
“⋯What did you say?”
As if my sudden remark had not gone through his mind, Lee Do-hyuk looked quite agitated and glared at me with eyes filled with subtle anger, and instead of a hand, he extended his fist.
However, I paid no attention to Lee Do-hyeok’s sharp reaction. I maintained a mean expression, shrugged my shoulders, and spoke in a relaxed tone, driving a wedge into his chest.
“Oh, tell me again? Han Soo-yeon was really amazing. I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration because she was so good.”
“This f*cking kid!!!”
-Tiring-
[Aegis’s special ability
-bang!!!-
Lee Do-hyeok was now truly enraged by my whining, and he started swearing and glaring at me as if he was going to kill me.
Although Lee Do-hyuk was oozing with the intent to kill me, the second stage of the operation I had envisioned was successful.
The second stage of the operation was a plan I had planned in advance, before the game of tag against Lee Do-hyeok even began.
It was not a strategy to have Lee Do-hyeok ‘capture’ me, but rather to provoke Lee Do-hyeok and induce him to hit me, and then use Aegis’ [Guardian] ability to buy time.
And, as expected, it was as I expected.
It was really effective to touch his feelings by telling him a story about Han Su-yeon, who he likes.
By the way, it was said that Han Su-yeon’s ‘skill’ was amazing.
Of course, it seems like Lee Do-hyeok misunderstood on his own.
anyway.
I made a sinister expression and delivered the final blow to Lee Do-hyeok, whose eyes were bloodshot from anger.
-Shh-
“You didn’t know? Han Soo-yeon was awesome ‘Today’ too?”
“f*ck!!! I’m gonna kill you!! You f*cking bastard!!!”
-Tiring-
[Aegis’s special ability
[Player ‘Kim Baram’s’ unique ability
[You have lost the favor of the character ‘Lee Do-hyeok’. You will receive 50 VP. Lee Do-hyeok’s current favorability toward Kim Baram is ‘Hate’.]
-bang!!!!!-
Lee Do-hyeok’s attack, filled with rage, was blocked by the last remaining Aegis’ [Guardian] ability without any significant change, and at the same time, Lee Do-hyeok’s favorability rating for me went down from ‘distrust’ to ‘hatred’.
Meanwhile, the operation ended successfully as expected, but on the contrary, I was very anxious.
‘Huh…? I can’t stop it now… This is a big problem.’
In fact, there was also a third phase of the operation.
I prayed that this would not happen, but if Han Soo-yeon really couldn’t find Ryu Seong-min in time, I was planning on just getting beaten up by Lee Do-hyeok and eliminating his team.
‘I don’t think I’d die from getting hit once.’
No, I feel like I’m going to die.
When I saw the murderous atmosphere that Lee Do-hyeok was giving off, my thoughts immediately changed.
Lee Do-hyuk, who was exuding a murderous aura that made my skin tingle, seemed to really intend to kill me because his fist was filled with magical power that could be seen with the naked eye.
-dump-
Feeling a threat to my life at the threatening sight of Lee Do-hyeok, I unconsciously took a slow step backwards, but then my feet got tangled and I collapsed in the snow.
[That’s it. That’s it. Group 3’s attack caught Group 1’s defense, so Group 1 is eliminated. Everyone worked hard. Now, both groups, please come out of the experience hall.]
‘Phew, I survived.’
At that moment.
Fortunately, Han Su-yeon happened to do it at that moment, and the news of Group 1’s elimination was heard through the loudspeaker magic.
however.
Lee Do-hyeok, who was already blinded by anger, had no intention of stopping, so he ignored Baek A-rin’s words and swung his raised fist at me.
Huh…? What the…?
Hey, stop! It’s over, you crazy bastard!
