Episode 239: Growth is sudden
For a pro, there are games he absolutely cannot afford to lose.
It could be a do-or-die situation where the team is in a relegation battle, or it could be a situation where they are in the finals and competing against a rival team for the championship trophy.
Or, like the current PER situation, it could be a game that will determine who will take first place in the regular league.
In such games, a lot of unnecessary effort is usually put into such games.
The burden of not being able to lose. And the pain that would come from the aftermath of that defeat.
And it seemed that even I, who had a lot of experience, could completely avoid it.
No, rather, it may have been even more unavoidable because of the painful defeat he suffered before the regression.
After returning, he gave interviews as if he was confident, and he kept winning.
In Part 3, and in Part 2, because [Full Bloom] wasn’t opened. Because the team members were underweight. There were moments of danger, but there weren’t any situations that could be called do-or-die.
Even in dangerous times, there was always something reliable and worth trying at the end.
That’s why I might have been nervous without realizing it in this match where there was nothing like that.
This match has little chance of winning and the repercussions of a loss could be huge.
‘So, I guess he was nervous, thinking of opening [Mankae] even for a moment.’
The moment of defeat will mark the first defeat in PER’s legendary winning record that he has built up since the 3rd division.
The monumental record that has continued to be left in the Korean Hunters League will eventually be broken, and in the end, it will be remembered as luck that they did not meet LTD so quickly.
That’s not all. Although it is called the Korean 1st division Hunters League, the ultimate goal is to go through it and become the best in the world through the international league or the Olympics.
However, if they lose in the Hunters League, their chances of winning in the International League will be virtually denied.
However, in order to become the best player, even in situations where there is a high possibility of defeat and carrying all those burdens, you must believe in your extreme growth and surpass your previous self and not throw yourself into a crisis.
It will not be able to grow.
‘Otherwise, it would be no different from before the regression.’
Kang Jun-hyeok’s [Mana Unleashed] unfolded, the sword’s realm expanded, and numerous slashes began to fly.
It was the beginning of a fight.
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[Caster: Kang!!! Jun!!!!! Hyuk!!! Unleash Mana and pressure Lee Chang-hyun!!!]
I don’t know, but I think that’s what they’re talking about in the broadcasting booth outside.
But for me, it was an extension of the battle I had with Kang Jun-hyeok in the practice match with LTD after I first came up in Part 1.
‘There’s nothing new.’
The moment Kang Jun-hyeok gets hit with [Mana Unleashed], he unleashes a barrage of devastating blows that will split his body in half, and I predict their trajectories with [Piercing Eyes] and dodge them all.
It was just like simulating tens of thousands of battles before the match started alone.
It wasn’t a difficult situation to predict, because all the cases where Kang Jun-hyeok failed to win without even noticing it continued like this, ending it with a single blow from sniping.
At the same time, the odds of winning were incredibly low.
“… … It’s a shame we don’t have any strong teammates this time.”
Kang Jun-hyeok also seemed to be very confident, knowing that if things continued this way, he would inevitably win.
‘……surely.’
This time, there was no Ryu Jae-jun to create an opening. And the probability of winning by shooting a gun or creating an opening with mana equipment was extremely low in the simulation.
But isn’t there a last resort that can be taken even at the risk of a crushing defeat?
That wasn’t it.
Because hunters are fighters, but they are also dreamers.
I just couldn’t do it. It was theoretically possible, but I had a million ways in my head to produce explosive performances.
Of course, that’s mostly an impossible level of difficulty.
“In a one-on-one duel, not having a teammate is actually a blessing.”
After making up my mind, I dismantled the [Piercing Eye] that had been showing a trajectory so that I could avoid Kang Jun-hyeok’s invisible attack.
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How many people have thought deeply about the abilities of the Awakened?
In fact, most hunters try to achieve the best they can with their abilities at least once.
If it’s a gravitational ability, I’ll try to create extremely strong gravity or try to use it in a different direction.
If you have the speed ability, try to see how fast you can get and how far you can move using it.
Interestingly enough, most of them stop at what we might expect to be the limits of their abilities.
If you could make gravity really strong, it seems like you could even create a black hole with that ability.
In fact, it may be the limit of mana, or the limit of talent. Or, it may be a problem with the skill proficiency, meaning that it usually stops at the level where ‘the degree of suppression is felt strongly’.
On the other hand, even if they were hunters with a lot of mana and were very talented, it wasn’t much different.
If they were to increase their speed beyond a certain point with their speed ability, they would only end up as a runaway train, since the acceleration itself was possible, but the speed at which they could perceive and deal with it was not fast enough.
Not being able to devise a way to stop it was also a bonus.
That is, depending on the amount of mana, the player’s physical or specific problems, there were many aspects of his abilities that were more limited than expected.
So, at a time when many players are frustrated by the limits of their abilities and sad that they cannot use their abilities more effectively.
I rather felt the opposite.
‘It’s not that any hunter lacks talent, it’s just that they can’t control their overflowing abilities… … .’
[Mana Unleashed] uses such unstable and unrefined abilities from the beginning, outside the body.
It is powerful enough to ‘completely’ control abilities based on external manas that completely control the overflowing abilities without variables.
Well, if only you could actually control your inner self well.
I thought that any hunter with an ability similar to [Mana Expansion] might be able to use it.
And at that moment, I remembered one of my abilities, and I didn’t leave the team’s private practice room that night.
Was it, of course, just a vain thought?
Or was it really only possible in theory?
Ironically, he had never had a single successful performance in the practice room until the day he was hit by a truck and returned home.
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I changed my strategy because I thought I couldn’t win if I continued like this.
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He focused on each and every mana particle flowing through his body, and dismantled [Piercing Eyes], which was also his most powerful self-defense tool, to prevent depletion.
‘Because what you need to beat your opponent is not defense, but offense.’
The transformation of mana that takes place in the body when using an ability. And the movement is extremely focused.
The steam locomotive became hot as if it was heated by steam and then immediately began to emit that heat energy.
‘I’ve tried countless image training simulations with Kang Jun-hyeok alone… … Out of all of them, this is the only one that has even a slight chance of winning.’
[Full Bloom – Talent Bloom: Complete Body] has been activated.
One of the few failed attempts I’ve had.
Will I succeed this time? I don’t know.
Aren’t you afraid of failing and being defeated and not being able to do anything? If you ask me, no.
Team members who have already successfully completed their fights. And the things they have already been recognized for and built up will still be there.
My body’s senses began to change.
Unlike before, the movements were a little more flexible. It wasn’t a minor change like detailed power control.
To make the body contract and relax more quickly.
Blood flow to the brain increases dramatically, and the speed of thinking becomes dramatically faster.
“… … !”
Accordingly, the speed at which neurotransmitters move has more than doubled, and the speed of response has changed.
Even though I didn’t move my face, my vision shook wildly as if I was riding in a very bumpy car.
After that, it gradually died down, and everything around it seemed as if the flow of time had slowed down and moved slowly.
The reason was that the thoughts, movements, and reaction speeds were all instantaneously accelerated to a level that could not have existed in nature due to the extreme action of the [perfect body].
Thump ㅡ!
At the same time, side effects appeared immediately.
Even for those who are awakened, it is difficult to endure. The acceleration that tests the endurance of the body to the limit has been stopped.
‘But now… … .’
A state where one dismantles even [Piercing Eyes] and focuses solely on the inside, observing and adjusting all internal mana.
To prevent those things, which were pulsing as if they were going to pierce the blood vessels, from destroying the body, I adjusted the thickness of the walls using the mana inside the body.
It felt like I was tightroping from above, doing extremely detailed sewing.
While performing extremely delicate work, you must also balance by greatly changing your body’s center of gravity.
It was an ironic extrasensory experience.
‘Even before the return, I had never been able to properly succeed in a match due to the overwhelming aftereffects and risks of imperfection, so who would have thought that I would only succeed in a real match now?’
It was a challenge, but it could only be called a gamble.
Because I only understood and perfected it in theory, but I never once failed to put it into practice.
‘Besides, it was only half a success.’
Perhaps, unlike before the regression, [Full Bloom] was not opened, so the mana in the body was low, so it felt like the control was relatively easy.
In any case, every moment of maintaining my senses could be called a miracle.
Now I’m stabilizing the delicate work of sewing the inside shut with a needle. The other half.
This time, with my body carefully tuned, I began to move in a way that was almost like tightrope walking.
Concentrate so that you can feel every sensation in your body, down to every single hair.
While moving, adjust your mana so that the balance inside your body doesn’t collapse, and at the same time move to take down Kang Jun-hyeok.
It’s quiet.
In the midst of concentration, nothing could be heard, and all senses were at rest as they should have been.
But in reality, it’s like a swan moving its feet busily under the water.
I was moving, leading my body through a tense tug-of-war between running wild and stability.
It is not apparent on the outside.
‘Maybe it just looks like it’s moving and reacting quickly.’
After dodging the part where Kang Jun-hyeok’s gaze landed, which was probably the area where the sword’s slaughter would occur.
As if he were freely floating through a world seen through slow motion video, I catch up with Kang Jun-hyeok, who is still unable to react and keeps on striking at places where I no longer exist.
A clean and perfectly captured view of the other person’s back.
It felt like my eyes were opening wide.
It was a complete success.
It means doing something you can’t do.
What I thought was theoretically possible was accomplished by using all my body’s breath.
It was a success that I had never dared to try again, embracing the memories of past failures.
It was a moment that made my heart race more than any of the wins I had already achieved.
Thump. Thump.
A scene that I thought was impossible was right before my eyes.
Time is up.
The world that had been flowing like a slow video began to flow back to its own time.
In the blink of an eye, Kang Jun-hyeok saw me move behind him and quickly turned around to try to respond.
Sigh -.
I had already finished all the preparations.
Kang Jun-hyeok looked at me with his eyes wide open, still stabbed by the sword he had created through magical engineering weapon transformation.
A sudden and most critical moment.
Growth happened suddenly at a moment when the weight I was carrying was so heavy that I thought I might get crushed.
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