163. Temple
After declaring that we would disperse and charge individually, I too was rushing into the temple where there were a lot of mana protectors installed.
There were many parts that were in disarray, and even the ceiling often had holes in it.
‘Well… … Even so, it seems difficult to break it down.’
Perhaps he had been clever enough to look through my old match records.
In places that could be taken down, there were mana protectors installed like pillars.
By the way, it was quite exciting because it was one of the maps I’ve played on recently and had a unique landscape.
Now that Hunter’s League is being turned into a sport, it’s easy to lump it all together as a kind of map…
In the past, when the first generation of hunters explored the tower themselves, they would explore together, as if they were doing archaeology, to find out what kind of place it was and what they used to do there.
It was definitely a place that aroused my curiosity.
‘What god did they serve?’
Well, it may be a useless thought.
This is not a map with any unique features, and I haven’t looked at the relics that appear mainly on this map, but I thought that maybe the characteristics of the relics and the gods served in this temple were related.
While I was walking inward with all sorts of thoughts going on like that.
“Has anyone encountered the enemy yet?”
Suddenly, I had a thought that something was a little strange.
Perhaps they were planning to spread out, deploy their mana protectors, and then go around looking for relics to individually defeat our team.
No one has encountered the enemy yet?
“… … This doesn’t seem to be it.”
“me too.”
“Yeonju, you still don’t get the feel of it?”
“……huh.”
Originally, Lee Yeon-ju was supposed to inform the opponent of their movements, but it seemed that because there were so many mana protectors installed, she had difficulty in determining their location.
It was unexpected information. Installing mana equipment in multiple places to confuse the opponent’s location.
It probably wasn’t an intentional tactic, but it seemed to play a big role in this match.
‘It’s not good that I still don’t know the opponent’s location at all… … .’
Are they gathered or scattered? Are they above or below?
Knowing them allows you to read your opponent’s tactics to see what they’re aiming for and how they’ll play out, but that’s impossible right now.
At that moment, I thought that it might be quite a headache.
A strong reverberation of mana was felt from ahead.
It was an aura that could not be considered a mana protector.
‘They wouldn’t have installed mana protectors if they were all gathered together like that… … So the strategy was to gather together and eliminate them one by one. And I was the first opponent.’
I figured that since they weren’t used to the first part of the game, they would leave me out and fight each other individually. It seems I was wrong.
but……
‘I rather like it.’
Showtime has begun.
***
“Is everyone ready?”
TAM’s leader and main dealer, Jo Soo-yeon, who plays the role of striker, asked.
To that question, all the team members nodded with solemn and solemn expressions.
Losing this match means being relegated to the second division.
That’s why it was more special and prepared more diligently than the other matches in Part 1.
“stop.”
The TAMs, who had been moving in a group, stopped, held their breath, and hid behind their mana protectors.
As expected, Jo Soo-yeon’s gesture was visible. It was as planned. There was a target ahead. It meant that Lee Chang-hyun was there.
It was perfect. A 1 vs 7 situation. The opponent was a team where Lee Chang-hyun, the ace, had a huge stake. Furthermore, this terrain was difficult for Lee Chang-hyun to perform well in. Even if he showed strong force, he would never be able to take down 7 people.
He lacks stamina, so he’ll hide behind the mana protector and induce a war of attrition.
Jo Soo-yeon held her breath and nodded.
Then, suddenly, a battle broke out.
The first leader was Jo Soo-yeon.
For this battle, I brought a whip that was shorter than usual.
He had honed his flexibility and technique so that he could attack even enemies hiding behind walls.
In an instant, he attacked Lee Chang-hyun, who was between two mana protectors.
The guy was laughing.
“… … ?!”
But anyway, this street was Jo Soo-yeon’s street.
In this close range with so many obstacles, swinging a longsword or shooting a gun would be very disadvantageous compared to Jo Soo-yeon’s whip that she had prepared in advance.
Besides, it’s not just Jo Soo-yeon who’s after Lee Chang-hyun right now.
Shh …
As expected, while the guy was hesitating to fire his gun, Jo Soo-yeon’s whip struck first with a powerful blow.
“A whip? Sounds good, huh?”
A narrow area. An indoor space where it is difficult to avoid being hit by the sky. So I thought that Lee Chang-hyun, who specializes in aerial combat using mana equipment, would not be able to avoid it… …
‘You avoid it by bending your back like that?’
Lee Chang-hyun was avoiding it with movements that were almost acrobatic.
‘But it doesn’t matter.’
Lee Chang-hyun has to deal with 7 people.
The moment he dodged the whip, another TAM team member who was hiding in another direction headed towards Lee Chang-hyun’s legs, who was standing unsteadily.
But here again, an unexpected situation occurred.
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“You brought a whip and a bunch of team members with you like this.”
Yes, it was a posture that could never be avoided unless you used mana equipment. When another team member attacked in that posture, Lee Chang-hyun raised his pistol and fired a perfect defensive shot.
Tantang tantang!
An unstable posture, but that doesn’t mean I couldn’t move my arms and upper body.
It was as if the guy had multiple eyes, and in that state, he fired a defiant shot with his proud dual pistols to prevent the TAM team members who were following him from getting any closer and attacking.
“Get behind the mana protector!”
‘Whew… …He really isn’t an easy guy.’
It was already halfway to the plan, but it wasn’t easy.
‘… … But. I expected this to happen.’
No matter how good a shot he is, there’s no way he can easily attack us, who are fighting from cover behind this mana protector.
If we just engage in a war of attrition, it will end there.
It seemed like they were very relaxed… … TAM prepared for this match day and night, gritting their teeth. They absolutely could not lose.
The moment I was about to send the signal to re-enter.
I could hear the guy spitting out softly.
“Fit the [Mana Protector] here.”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
It was a much more powerful destructive force than usual. It was a huge roar, as if the ground was shaking.
I knew about it through information, but was it because it was much bigger and more powerful than I thought?
Before I knew it, I was biting my fingernails out of nervousness.
If the mana protector breaks, this plan is over.
The guy was going to collapse the building, escape, and engage in an aerial battle.
If you were behind cover, it would blow the cover away along with it. That was absolutely unacceptable.
First of all, Jo Soo-yeon. There was nothing wrong with the mana protector she was holding onto… …
“Is everyone okay?”
Even though I could still hear the huge gunshots and the crashing noise, I asked my team members with a sense of urgency.
“Uh. I think I’m okay.”
“Me too. I don’t think there are any broken mana protectors. No. They’re all perfectly fine.”
Only then was Jo Soo-yeon able to breathe a sigh of relief.
I made up my mind.
Yes. Just do this. If you induce a war of attrition like this, the guy will use up all his mana and get exhausted in his pool.
And his teammates will be killed by us before they can even provide support.
“Okay then -!”
The moment I looked to the side, thinking it was time to go on the offensive to drive the guy back.
… …
TAM’s teammate who had been hiding in the same mana protector. Oh Ji-heon was down.
A feeling of pressure that tightens momentarily.
What? Why? I definitely avoided it.
In such a narrow space, it would be impossible to align the orbit.
The guy’s abilities have already been analyzed.
There’s definitely no one else around but that guy.
Why. What is it. What’s happening. What’s happening?
My eyes felt dizzy.
There was a team member who died without making a single sound.
I thought it was completely safe, and it actually happened in a safe zone where I could block the opponent’s blow.
It was behind cover.
“Jo Soo-yeon – The orders are too slow… … Lee Dae-ron said he’ll give them time until the rest of his team joins up. Kids! Let’s go in!”
No, I still don’t know what that guy did.
“Kik. Mana Protector is the best, so why are you holding a rifle? You might as well just use a pistol. Suyeon, you’re exactly as you say. If we just keep fighting the attrition war, I can easily devour you like a weak beast.
“Huh? Hey, kids. He’s raising his gun again. You don’t have to fight, just fight a war of attrition, so get behind cover!”
“Fit the [Mana Protector] here.”
The guy muttered the same thing again, but his teammates’ reactions were different than before.
“What good is it to try to fit a mana protector when you can’t even scratch it? It would be better to just endure it without doing anything. Are you so flustered that you don’t even realize it? Hehe.”
No, the guy is up to something without us knowing.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
That huge gunshot was heard again.
Once again a strong tinnitus began to ring in my ears.
Mind. I have to come to my senses. I had to give the order.
We couldn’t just let TAM’s team members, who hadn’t detected the anomaly yet, keep pounding away at it.
“Guys. Guys!”
“Huh? Why? Things are going well, so don’t talk so loudly. Your ears already hurt.”
Phew… … Thank goodness. Maybe nothing happened this time.
Just as I was thinking that, I heard my teammate’s voice behind my earphones.
“… … Uh… … Hyunsoo. Lee Hyunsoo! No… … This guy… … What’s wrong? Did he get shot? But there’s a mana protector between this Lee Changhyun and us… … .”
This time it was the other way around.
The exact same thing that happened to Jo Soo-yeon was still happening.
I couldn’t understand it at all.
If you look at the wound, it is clearly a gunshot wound, but even if the trajectory changed a little, it was not a path that could have been hit.
No, maybe it’s such an important game. Maybe I lost my cool in an unexpected crisis and couldn’t figure out what was going on.
closing eyes.
Take a deep breath.
Anyway, the guy wasn’t making any moves right now.
‘I feel like it’s waiting for me for some reason.’
Taking advantage of that gap, I looked at the wounds of Oh Ji-heon, who had died first, and the surrounding area.
All that was visible was the mark where the bullet had hit the wall.
It was a bullet mark left on a random mana protector that had nothing to do with Oh Ji-heon’s location.
A bullet fired from a direction that could never hit me. And I could be sure that my thoughts were not wrong.
Go straight from the direction the bullet was fired, unless you turn completely in the opposite direction.
‘Turn in the opposite direction… … .’
no way……
“Do-tan… … shooting?”
It was ridiculous.
Because I’ve never heard that something like that was possible.
Because it’s impossible to precisely adjust the orbit of something like a rocket.
Common sense… … Common sense.
haha……
Standing before the fallen body of Oh Ji-heon, Jo Soo-yeon collapsed without realizing it.
This stage has been prepared with a perfect strategy, a perfect defense, and even a countermeasure called attrition war.
But paradoxically, there was no such thing as a safe area on this stage to begin with.
Beyond the mana protector, he saw Lee Chang-hyun smiling leisurely at him.
“You noticed it sooner than I thought. You made a big fuss on purpose to hide it. You’re quick-witted.”
His smile, which if seen anywhere other than at the stadium, would have made you think he was a cheerful guy, gave me goosebumps.
Grayish, yellowish light from outside filtered in through the collapsed crevices of the temple.
The sky was filled with clouds. The light leaking through the gaps revealed its presence by illuminating Lee Chang-hyun through the collapsed gaps.
As if he were saying that he was the god of this place.
fantasy,
