147. Reading
The biggest misconception that the general public has when watching the Hunter’s League is that if a Hunter has powerful abilities, they can do anything.
However, in reality, abilities that seem omnipotent in a match are often very problematic.
Even for me, this [Piercing Eye] is the most fraudulent of all abilities, but it requires a lot of mana to use.
In other words, good ability required a corresponding price.
Wasn’t that all? Even if you paid a large price or mana to use your abilities, it was ultimately nearly impossible to change the terrain or have powers that surpassed the power of nature.
‘Oh Je-heon is exactly like that.’
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo -.
The underground parking lot of the apartment where Team PER is gathered. The building crumbled down as if it was about to collapse with a strong vibration as if a strong impact had continued.
“… … ! Chang-Hyeon. It seems like the enemy is attacking from outside. Shouldn’t we go out?”
“No. No matter how hard you hit it from outside, it’s impossible to break it with just its strength. Even if it breaks, it’ll only break part of the upper floor.”
Therefore, it was necessary for the hunter to study the terrain and formulate a strategy while considering the current situation.
In a Hunter’s League like that, you’re giving up map selection?
‘Don’t think too badly of it. Just think of it as a warm-up before the international league.’
That alone would somewhat level out this lopsided game.
***
“Yeah, Je-heon. If you look at the direction, it’s probably the direction you shot from… … So, a lot of mana is detected in the direction of Building 105. Hmm.”
“Senior Junhyeok, what’s wrong? You were throwing meteorites around like that earlier, but not a single kid got hurt? Oh Jeheon, that bastard. Are you trying to joke around or something?”
“… … No. The constitution was not wrong.”
This time, LTD’s artillery. The ability that Oh Je-heon acquired, ‘Summon Meteor’, has strong firepower and I thought the control was pretty good, but…
But that alone wouldn’t turn everything upside down. That’s all.
‘Well… … with that level of ability, the amount of mana consumed would have been ridiculous.’
That’s not all. As if the enemy had in mind our preemptive strike tactic, they had already retreated into an apartment complex in this wide city.
“That apartment complex… … As you know, even if you spray a meteor from above, it will only hit the upper part. Even if you shoot it in an arcing trajectory, it won’t be able to hit the middle floors of the apartments or lower.”
“Tch… … Looks like there’s a quick-witted guy here. By the way, how come he reacts as if he knew about this technique beforehand, even though it’s something he hasn’t used yet… … .”
According to rumors, he has the ability to detect his opponent’s abilities, such as hidden pieces or relics. The thought crossed his mind that maybe that was true.
“So we can’t just leave it to Jeheon… … The six of us should rush in, drive those guys out of the building or to the upper floors, and Jeheon should fire and win.”
The calculations for this match have been completed.
From the beginning, things got a little messy because I couldn’t test the tactics I wanted to… … But the Hunters League is full of variables, so I guess that can’t be helped.
With that thought in mind, I headed in the direction where I could feel the biological mana response.
***
Meanwhile, the response from the Hunters League Joint Training Center where this match was being shown was hot.
“Wow… … Is there such a scale of ability? Isn’t that completely unfair?”
“But considering the large scale of the ability, the effect isn’t that great. Even if you shoot like that, all you’ll do is destroy the upper floors of the building. Look. Over there. Those PER guys are just stuck in the underground parking lot and don’t take any damage.”
“That’s definitely… … .”
The game started and was noisy due to Oh Je-heon’s intense firepower, but the conversation quickly died down.
This was because Jo Ara, who had a certain level of fame in Part 1, watched this match and added a word.
“No. It’s just that the power doesn’t come out because of the terrain. If it wasn’t for the apartment complex, whether it was another building or something else, that ability would have dealt a lot of damage to PER.”
“Hmm… … That might certainly be the case.”
‘It’s been like that since the audition… Lee Chang-hyun. That guy seems to have a strange ability to exploit other people’s weaknesses.’
It’s been a long time since then, but I clearly remember Joara.
I was told to catch a clone, but I passed the practical test by making a gun by myself and scoring extremely well.
That time when we found a hidden piece that even the judges didn’t know existed and changed the flow of the game.
Even though at that time I was looking down from a great height, I felt strange thinking that I could now be in the same position as him.
At that time, I just thought it was a stroke of luck that he went up… …
While I was lost in such miscellaneous thoughts for a moment.
LTD and PER finally entered the apartment and faced each other.
Of course, I thought that if they met, LTD, who dominated the first division, would have a strong advantage.
It didn’t take long for that idea to be completely shattered.
“Huh? Huh?? This is LTD?”
From LTD’s perspective, this game was messed up from the start. Something was going wrong.
***
The new setting added in Part 1 is ‘Pain’.
If you think about it, it’s really simple and doesn’t make a big difference. However, if you think about the countless changes this one change can bring, it’s by no means a light change.
Because of the pain, players do not easily choose to go with the same path.
Because of the pain, once a team starts to fall behind, it becomes extremely difficult to turn the tide.
Because of the pain, you cannot use tactics like throwing away cards recklessly.
There are countless other differences that could be listed.
And that difference was clearly working in our favor now.
“… … They’re coming. Right now… … In the hallway.”
Lee Yeon-ju spoke quietly before the opponent got too close. The PER team members were all hiding in a room on the first floor of an apartment, waiting for my order.
A smile came to my face.
Although you can roughly determine the location using bio-mana detection, it is not possible to know the exact location of the opponent with that alone.
That’s why, right here, right now, our action of lying in wait in the apartment was a situation that could only be fatal to the opponent.
Especially, in an environment like this where the entrance is narrow and opponents come in little by little.
The moment the opponent comes in to explore, while holding his breath.
A truly fleeting moment.
Kim Yu-hyeon’s turrets. Yoon Han-gyeol’s swords that were stuck to the wall and hiding their appearance. The restraints that Lee Yeon-ju was aiming at.
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It all happened at once.
No matter how much of a superhuman the hunter was, he couldn’t avoid attacks from all sides like that.
“That’s why I told you not to do this… … ! Keuk… … ”
‘You were ambushed and suddenly attacked, and the words you blurted out were ‘I told you not to do this… …!’
It seemed like he was being treated quite unfairly.
But what can you do? There are seven people on a team, so in the Hunters League, you have no choice but to follow the orders of one main orderer.
If there are too many captains, the ship may end up in the mountains.
“Ji-hoon got hit! 1st floor, left line!”
I heard Kang Jun-hyeok shouting.
‘It looks like they’ve calculated all this.’
The difficulty of this type of urban combat, especially for the attackers, is beyond words.
The defenders have many places to hide and escape to, but the entrances are limited.
Kang Jun-hyeok must have been fully aware of the disadvantage, because he threw it out as bait, prepared for one person to die.
‘As much as he feels pain, the person who dies in the game will feel great fatigue… … and yet he throws it like this.’
I also got the feeling that Kang Jun-hyeok was making a bold decision just to find out our position.
‘No, rather, I think they know that if the game continues like this, it will be disadvantageous.’
A practice match held to boost morale. There were many spectators watching. They probably thought they couldn’t show a tenacious offense and defense in a match that was meant to show their defense in the international league.
That’s why. Even if one player sacrifices himself, in the end, they’re going to bring out the hidden PER and go all out.
That’s a good idea. It makes sense, too.
‘But now that I’ve read it all, I obviously have no intention of doing it that way.’
“Changhyun… … They’re all coming this way… … Surrounded from all sides… … .”
As expected, as soon as Kang Jun-hyeok figured out our location, he used his team members to surround us on the first floor from all sides and narrowed it down.
but……
“Yoo Hyun-ah. Terrain change. You know?”
“Like I said before?”
Without saying anything, I nodded.
Then, with Kim Yu-Hyeon’s ability [Fortification], the appearance of the place we were in gradually changed, and a hole that could lead to the room on the upper floor appeared.
After everyone moved upstairs through the hole, Kim Yu-Hyeon’s ability was used again to perfectly fill the hole.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of a door being kicked open and smashed in all directions was heard from downstairs.
But that was only for a moment.
As I was quietly laying my ear against the ground, I heard a sound.
“It’s not here?”
“Did they move…? Where on earth did they go? There’s no sign of them breaking anything or anything… … They rushed in after checking all the possible exits.”
“You can’t pinpoint the exact location even though I threw it out as bait? Haa. Are you really going to do it like this?”
“No, I told you~ Lee Ji-hoon can’t do anything properly.”
The noisy sound of LTD.
It seems like I was fooled again this time.
Sometimes there are games like this. Games that can be described as ‘stopped’.
‘So… what are you going to do now, Kang Jun-hyuk?’
The location of the opponent, which was found by sacrificing one person, has become impossible to determine again, and it is difficult to even borrow the power of the meteorite fall that was prepared before the match.
It’s already 7 vs 6. Even if you want to fight there, you have to choose a map that is good for hiding and absolutely do not fight.
Because I know that LTD is a game that mainly unfolds through combat.
This game was completely in the palm of my hand.
I also thought that maybe it was because of my past life that I could torment him like this.
‘Apart from the fact that the team is strong, it’s about using all the elements of the Hunter’s League to the limit. That alone can change the situation 180 degrees.’
By the way, I was a little disappointed that LTD was so weak.
Before I returned, the team that I played Royal Road with… … was it weaker than I thought without Ryu Jae-jun and me?
I also thought about doing that.
But even if it is the Korean league, the first emperor of the first division is the first emperor.
I guess he won’t continue to suffer.
“Changhyun… … Mana… … .”
“know.”
Even though they still haven’t figured out our team’s exact location, the mana in the air that was trembling so intensely was giving them an idea that the enemy was preparing something.
‘Well, since Ryu Jae-jun and I are gone, Kang Jun-hyeok is on the team right now.’
I want the old man to show me some skills.
fantasy,
