Episode 232: Reinforcements
Usually, when the map is maze-like or too large, the game often becomes longer.
The large map had the advantage of allowing for a variety of terrain features, relics, and neutral monsters, allowing for a variety of tactics, but ultimately, it meant that direct combat was more likely to be postponed.
But this match was different.
[Caster: Is it because the starting points are close to each other? Small-scale skirmishes between LTD and PER are already expected!]
A situation where there is more than one place to focus on and it is difficult to easily grasp the current situation.
So what was being projected was not a screen, but a 3D map of the current labyrinth and a hologram showing the locations of each team member.
And once the traffic was visibly cleared, the situation became clear.
[Commentator: As the initial commentator had predicted, small-scale skirmishes are occurring simultaneously. To summarize… … It looks like it’s going to go like this.]
Ryu Jae-jun and Han Ji-soo VS Oh Je-heon and Min-jeong
Lee Yeon-ju and Kim Yu-hyeon VS Ah-hyeon and Lee Jun-seo
Lee Seong-tae VS Lee Ji-hoon Lee Garam
[Commentator: And it seems like Kang Jun-hyeok has also encountered Lee Chang-hyeon. There seems to be no way to avoid a fight… … ]
While the commentator was commentating quickly as if he was rapping.
The first person the screen focused on was Lee Seong-tae.
[Caster: The other side is just starting to fight, but Lee Seong-tae… … is fighting two people alone. He can’t last long. Will the first match be decided here?]
Lee Seong-tae continued to swing his spear fiercely to buy time, but with Lee Ji-hoon’s support, Lee Ga-ram, who was not hurt, came in fiercely again, forcing Lee to gradually become more defensive.
Soon, I was reaching my limit.
[Caster: Ah… … Ah! But what is that?]
Suddenly, a sword was flying behind Lee Seong-tae’s back.
***
Originally, there was no team called PER in Lee Seong-tae’s plan.
I didn’t plan on staying with my original team for very long, but I originally planned to go to a famous top-tier team.
I don’t know if it’s possible, but I thought LTD or SAA with Jin Soo-hyuk would be good.
Since I originally had that kind of mindset, I thought that entering PER was a momentary mistake.
Just like a consumer who makes an impulse purchase because of a sales clerk’s flashy words.
… … And at first, I thought Lee Chang-hyun was a strange guy.
But as one day passed, two days passed, and we continued to train together more and more, and played games together, and now that we’ve played quite a bit of the regular season in the blink of an eye, my thoughts have changed a little.
‘PER, which I thought was nothing special, was causing a storm in the first division. No, in the Korean Hunters League.’
At first, I thought that PER would be at least mid-low tier at best. However, the winning streak was unstoppable, and the team members’ skill improvement speed was also amazing.
It was a sad and comfortable atmosphere at the same time. I also liked how they worked together to win and developed together.
I also thought I knew where Yoon Han-gyeol’s skills, which he often encountered in ranked matches, came from.
On the other hand, I also thought this.
In the past, a rookie who was thought to quickly fall apart in ranked matches. While Yoon Han-gyeol had risen to a similar level and score as him, he was actually marking time.
Now, even in ranked matches, Yoon Han-gyeol and his win rate were almost half and half. It was as if they had completely caught up.
At that time, a thousand thoughts came to my mind.
Am I doing it right? Am I doing something wrong? Or am I missing something? Those kinds of thoughts.
At the same time, I envied Yoon Han-gyeol who was continuing to move forward.
What I saw in the meantime was the scene where Yoon Han-gyeol picked a fight with Lee Chang-hyun last time.
It starts with Lee Chang-hyun being thrown into a pack of lynxes who want to bite him, 4 vs. 1.
It was certainly not an equal fight, nor a fair fight. But the guy must have wanted to win so badly. He challenged Lee Chang-hyun to a fight.
The progress was unexpected.
Indeed, his genius did not go anywhere, as he was able to instantly kill three of the top ranked players.
But the moment of reversal that happened right before Yoon Han-gyeol was finished off. I could see it in the trick Yoon Han-gyeol used.
‘Obsession. You were hiding your feelings of wanting to win at any cost, by any means necessary.’
Since coming to PER, I have never seen Yoon Han-gyeol win against Lee Chang-hyun.
Even before coming to PER, Yoon Han-gyeol probably kept losing to Lee Chang-hyun.
But still, the guy was seriously thinking about beating Lee Chang-hyun.
A tool to overcome one’s limitations, by any means necessary.
That was a trick for Yoon Han-gyeol and a mana device for Kim Do-jun.
What he didn’t have. So he gave up. A weakness that he couldn’t help but have. In order to win, Yoon Han-gyeol was trying to overcome anything.
Only then did Lee Seong-tae realize why he was standing still while Yoon Han-gyeol, who had similar skills, was continuing to advance.
‘… … Certainly, I have the ability and the innate limitations. I honestly thought I could beat Jin Su-hyeok or Kang Jun-hyeok one-on-one. I never thought of it that way and tried.’
What I didn’t have was an indomitable spirit.
I was determined to hold out with both evil and brute force, and then eventually find an opening, a weakness, and win in an instant.
“You know very well, Lee Seong-tae, that even if you hold out, there’s nothing you can do, right?”
“It’s 2 to 1 anyway, so it’s brave to hold out. Melt.”
Even though LTD’s Lee Garam and Lee Ji-hoon pushed them to the end, they entered a defensive posture and held out as long as possible, but they were provoked.
Still, he did not respond.
If it were me, I would have responded passionately and fought, and if I lost, I would have laughed it off, saying it was an unavoidable situation.
I didn’t avoid it like that.
He calmly crouched, defended, and endured. He did not engage in a fight in an unfavorable situation, but waited for a moment when he could win. He waited for a moment of opening that might occur.
Even if you lose 100 times, just one last time. The one who wins that one time is the winner.
Blocking, blocking, and blocking again. The techniques he had honed to aggressively exploit his opponent’s weaknesses had now become the skill of not creating any weaknesses.
‘Still… … It’s starting to… … get dangerous.’
Haa. If I had known this would happen, like when Yoon Han-gyeol almost beat Lee Chang-hyun, I should have prepared some kind of secret weapon. The thought crossed my mind.
No, since it’s a team battle and not a 1v1, such a customized strategy doesn’t really mean much.
In the end, I thought it was going to be a mess.
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Perhaps what the viewers were expecting was Lee Seong-tae’s unique spear technique of sharply and aggressively striking without hesitation, no matter how many opponents there were.
All I did was ‘lose as slowly as possible’.
Perhaps sensing that he was tired, Igaram’s punches became more fierce. He kept coming without fear of getting hurt, so it would probably be difficult to block him anymore.
‘It’s like a fucking maze map.’
Eight, what a mess. My luck is so bad.
Still, I think we fought well.
One flash of brilliance. It’s just that a lucky opportunity didn’t come. Unlike in the past, when there was no chance of winning against an opponent, instead of just clashing and collapsing, he showed his fighting spirit until the end, so he bought some time…
‘… … That guy Yoon Han-gyeol. He prepared so much and fought 4-on-1, but in the end he lost to Lee Chang-hyun.’
It occurred to me that I must have felt really dirty.
At that moment, seeing Igaram’s fist flying in front of my eyes, I thought that it was too much to do anymore.
Something flew from behind and struck Igaram’s fist.
visor!
Surprisingly, it was Yoon Han-gyeol’s Lee Gi-eo-geom, which Lee Yeon-ju had said was quite far from this location.
At the same time, Yoon Han-gyeol’s voice rang out from the earphones.
“Haa… … I searched as hard as I could, but I only found a way to join up with another person. But it seems like you’re a bit more crowded than usual? Do you think you can hold out until you get there yourself?”
“It’s slow. Can’t you see there are already two people over there?”
Lee Seong-tae, who was almost the first to drop out of the game, was scolding everyone, but he had a smile on his face.
***
After the game started, the first thing I heard was Chang-Hyeon’s order. Then, Yeon-Ju recited each person’s position.
The problem was that the map was a ‘maze of dimensions’, so just because coordinates were close didn’t mean they were actually close.
So, Yoon Han-gyeol had no choice but to worry about who was the closest guy to join and which way to go.
‘Normally, I would just go in the direction the musician tells me to go… … But it’s difficult because it’s like this.’
In such cases, Lee Chang-hyun, who usually gave detailed advice to each individual, was for some reason silent.
Maybe I didn’t even know there was a battle going on.
In this situation, I had to figure it out on my own based on the instructions Chang-Hyeon had given me before the game yesterday.
“… … Anyway, the reason we’ve arranged the participants like this is so that each individual won’t be pushed aside by the higher weight class LTDs. Please keep that in mind.”
Yeah, we talked about that.
‘So that no individual is pushed aside… … .’
I had a feeling that Lee Chang-hyun might have even considered that something like this could happen.
However, Yoon Han-gyeol is in a higher weight class in terms of PER in interpersonal combat.
If he couldn’t find his way here and join the battle, it meant that there was a high chance that other team members would be attacked together, or that he would face an opponent of a higher weight class than himself.
In the end, back to the starting point, the conclusion was the same.
Whether they are enemies or allies, you must quickly find them and fight them or join them.
But since I had been wandering around aimlessly without any results, I couldn’t help but become increasingly impatient.
If things had continued like this, the game could have ended without any effect on the outcome.
I thought that it wouldn’t work if we just moved forward like this.
‘I have to find my way… … .’
I couldn’t find it with just the location coordinates, I had to know the route and path to find it quickly.
Is there any way to do that?
Wouldn’t it be possible to meet other people faster if you stay still in a situation where everyone is moving?
While my thoughts continued to wander, one thing flashed in my mind.
‘Is it possible that it won’t work with the Leegi sword?’
Previously, Lee Jun-seo had subdued himself with the power to immobilize Mana.
In other words, the winning sword was connected to Yoon Han-gyeol and Mana.
Then, wouldn’t it be enough to just shoot the seven winning swords in different directions to find the opponent?
Once you find your opponent, you just need to follow the path of mana that the sword is connected to.
When I thought about it that way, I realized there was no need to move any further.
Just sit cross-legged as if you were a practicing monk, shoot the seven swords in different paths, and concentrate on the reactions.
I thought it would take quite some time after that. Maybe it was because the direction was good.
Finding it was a breeze.
Besides, it’s a pretty critical situation.
“Haa… … I searched as hard as I could, but I only found a way to join up with another person. But it seems like you’re a bit more crowded than usual? Do you think you can hold out until you get there yourself?”
He called back the six swords that had been sent in different directions and focused his consciousness on the swords that had joined Isungtae.
“Just hold on a little longer until we can join.”
First of all, this one.
***
Meanwhile, the place that the commentators focused on the most was the battlefield where Lee Seong-tae, Lee Ji-hoon, and Lee Ga-ram were fighting.
It was only natural that a variable was suddenly occurring in a battle that was almost over.
[Caster: Ah… … Ah! But what is that?]
Yoon Han-gyeol’s Igi-geom suddenly flew to the place the caster was pointing at and blocked Lee Garam’s punch.
[Commentator: It appears that the sword that Yoon Han-gyeol swung in all directions to find his teammates has arrived there!]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋCrazy octopus leg influence]
n Cut of the LTD guys who were catching one of the guys and straightening their shoulders~
N But he uses the sword like that to find his way. Haha, that’s really cool.
ㄴ But even if just one sword flies, it won’t be of much use, right?
N yeah, it still seems like it would be disadvantageous.
And while there were many stories about the sword that arrived like that.
Contrary to expectations, the battle structure started to become much more complex.
It was not only because Lee Seong-tae found a chance to recover, but also because the situation changed from being much more unfavorable to a better situation than expected.
Even though the Leegi Sword was an attack ability that Yoon Han-gyeol was proud of, it was at a level that was a bit questionable.
[Caster: Even so, it’s still 2 vs. 1, but it seems like LTD is having less power than expected… … Is there a reason?]
[Commentator: Ah… … That’s it. Even though it’s a 2-on-1, Lee Ji-hoon’s role is to cover and defend the attacking player rather than attacking together?
In other words, even if the defense is increased, the attack power does not increase. Up until now, the breakthrough power that could break through Lee Seong-tae has not increased. In this situation, if Yoon Han-gyeol joins… …
While the commentator swallows his words.
Was it because quite some time had already passed?
[Yoon Han-gyeol, who was acting all excited while helping with just one stick, enters the main body ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
N The original 7 black ones are the best, lol
N Ah ㅠ Lee Ji-hoon should have been closer to Kang Jun-hyeok.
N Is this really going to flip over? LOL
N I don’t know, but maybe this situation can be turned upside down?
“Haa… … Haa… … Are you still alive?”
Yoon Han-gyeol, who had followed the sword he had thrown first, had arrived behind Lee Seong-tae.
fantasy,
