050. New Wave
Taang!
A concept of a void square that feels like a space maze, as if floating in the air. There, a strong gunshot sound echoed.
However, there was no way Takumi could dodge after hearing the sound of the gun. To begin with, not only was the speed of Lee Chang-hyun’s bullet faster than the speed of sound, but the gun Lee Chang-hyun was holding was a gun made of magical engineering that shot ‘ether’.
However, there were variables that even Lee Chang-hyun could not calculate… … .
Every time you use a wormhole, a ripple occurs in the wormhole, causing a slight vibration.
Of course, considering the speed of the bullet, the moment to avoid the wormhole after the bullet passed through was only a split second, but that moment was enough for Takumi.
A bullet that attacked using a wormhole, as if it were a ricochet that ignored blind spots. Takumi felt it right before it hit his body and successfully reacted using [Swift: A].
‘… … !’
However, that doesn’t mean that I was completely unprepared and avoided the situation without being on my guard.
Even though I used the [Swift: A] skill, which is close to teleportation, I was hit by a bullet on my left arm.
‘If only it had been just a little bit too late to avoid it… … .’
Takumi didn’t even want to imagine it. Perhaps the result would have been a direct hit to the vital point. It might have been over right away.
Because it was a completely unexpected blow for Takumi.
Of course, Takumi also knew that all of those wormholes were connected somewhere, and that theoretically, attacks from such an invisible angle were possible.
However, predicting the opponent’s location and organically calculating the wormhole route to get there and actually sniping the opponent was a whole other level of work.
No matter how much experience you have, you don’t have a perfect memory of where the wormhole leads. It was a skill that even Takumi couldn’t do.
after…….
A sense of tension rose that I hadn’t felt even in the Hunters League match between Korea and Japan that I just played.
‘This… … I was trying to do it casually… … .’
As Lee Min-seok said, he was a ridiculous guy. If I thought about it lightly, I was struck by the thought that I might get eaten by Rookie. At that moment, I quickly moved to a square where I wouldn’t get shot even if I changed my orbit through the wormhole.
We needed time to recalibrate our strategies and thinking.
Originally, Takumi’s plan was this. Lee Chang-hyun would choose a normal map, and while they would engage in a long-range battle, Takumi, who had overwhelming stats, would shoot faster, dodge faster, and observe the level appropriately.
After that, it was a picture of easily ending Lee Chang-hyun by catching him from behind with [Swift: A].
‘But the guy doesn’t even choose a normal map, nor does he intend to fight in a visible place… …’
It was an unexpected cleverness. It felt like he had been through a lot of hardships against stronger opponents.
It’s as if you’re hiding all your disadvantages and forcing your strengths onto your opponent.
He couldn’t shake the feeling that he was just playing on the board his opponent had created.
But in that situation, Takumi smiled instead.
There was a sense of wonder that a rookie was showing this kind of play and experience. On the other hand, it felt like a primitive kind of fun.
Takumi, who had no rivals as a long-range dealer in Japan up until now, was living a boring life, so who would have thought that he would meet this guy in Korea, where he had not expected to meet anyone?
They say that guy is not from the first division, but from the third division.
‘Life is something to be lived long and seen… … .’
Of course, I had no intention of losing. Since the guy had shown such great ability, I felt that I couldn’t lose to him either.
Takumi avoided the wormhole exit and destroyed the wall with the rapid-fire crossbow mounted on his right hand.
[Speaker: A] and [Weakness Attack: S] combo. With just two attacks, the walls of the maze-like, shapeless, empty square were easily torn down.
And starting with the first wall being torn down, holes began to appear one after another in this labyrinthine, complex map of the Void Square.
Takumi began to fire the crossbow in his hand repeatedly, destroying the walls with his obsession to completely destroy them.
‘Anyway, if the wall disappears and it’s just me and that guy left, it’s an easy win.’
***
Kukukung… … . Kukukukukung… … .
‘What on earth is going on?’
The sound of something breaking continued to echo from beyond the wormhole. The source of the sound was clearly around Takumi, but it was hard to imagine what they were trying to do.
Takumi’s main weapon is a crossbow modified to fire continuously. What on earth does he do with the crossbow that makes such a loud noise?
Takumi, sensing with his piercing eyes, simply remained motionless in his blind spot so as to avoid the bullets coming from the wormhole.
‘I’m sure they’re coming up with new countermeasures against sniping since the first shot missed… … And that sound and that countermeasure are probably intertwined.’
I could think about it up to that point, but it didn’t come to mind easily.
All he could do was use the wormhole to get away from Takumi’s location, which he had identified with his piercing eyes.
While traveling through the wormhole like that.
Bam.
A small chunk of rock fell from the ceiling.
‘The ceiling… is it? It’s shaking…?’
Yes. This ‘Empty Square’ itself was shaking.
As if… as if ‘breaking a wall’.
That must be what the breaking sound is.
I quickly revived and put in my head the one option I had ruled out because the weapon was a crossbow.
Even during that time, the vibrations continued as if the wall was being destroyed.
‘Are you thinking of breaking down the wall… … .’
The feeling of pieces of the puzzle scattered in my head coming together.
Takumi’s current strategy and future actions are starting to become predictable.
Yeah, Takumi must feel threatened.
‘Perhaps the first sniper was just coming up with a tactic… … .’
Since the opponent was quite far behind him, Takumi must have been surprised by the unexpected blow that threatened him. And he must have thought of a new way to [surely win].
And the [sure win] method that Takumi chose was probably a 1-on-1 battle in a “place with open ground” where sniping from an unseen location was impossible.
In that case, Takumi, who has faster firing speed, destructive power, reaction speed, and even mobility, will easily take the victory… … you might think.
At some point, without me knowing, a smile appeared on my face.
‘Maybe something interesting will happen in this game… … .’
No matter how excellent Takumi’s stats were, I didn’t think he would be pushed back in an all-out battle because the map was ‘Empty Square’.
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***
Lee Min-seok remained alone in the Hunters League players’ waiting room, watching the game.
‘I didn’t expect Lee Chang-hyun to make a save… … .’
The flow of the game was not as one-sided as expected. Lee Chang-hyun chose a very unexpected map called ‘Empty Square’ and used map-based tactics to the extreme.
‘Shooting from a square using a wormhole… … .’
This probably wouldn’t work on Takumi, but rather on melee dealers, tanks, or players with shield-type skills.
However, Lee Chang-hyun was completely considering his opponent’s characteristics, blocking his strengths and exploiting his only weakness, which was his ‘poor defensive ability as a long-range dealer’.
Of course, it was an effective first step, but… … .
While Lee Min-seok was watching the game, the door to the players’ waiting room opened.
“Oh… …Senior Minseok, it’s been a while?”
None other than Jin Kyung-tae, a former member of the Korean national team. It seemed that he had left something behind in the waiting room after the game and had come back.
“Yeah… Kyungtae. Today’s game must have been a bit disappointing.”
Jin Kyung-tae scratched the back of his head and avoided eye contact. Perhaps he was embarrassed by today’s game.
But that was only for a moment. Jin Kyung-tae looked at the screen where the game currently in progress was being broadcast, as if he had found something new to watch.
“Huh? Isn’t that Takumi who ran today? Who is that guy doing a 1-on-1 with right now?”
“Um… … That prospect I introduced to you is doing better than I thought.”
“A promising prospect?”
Jin Kyung-tae tried to think of a promising prospect who could be called promising, and who also used a gun, a distinctive weapon, but he couldn’t think of anyone.
If you use a weapon like a gun, you should know, right? Even if it’s only the 2nd league… … Of course, if it’s the 3rd league, Jin Kyung-tae might not know.
Because I didn’t have enough free time to remember and live with that many players.
But… … . Would you ever pit a player from the 1st division, a player who is qualified to play for the national team, against a player from the 3rd division? And in a 1-on-1 match?
Besides, looking at the current game situation, it seems like it’s going to be a very close match…
“Hey, is that kid that your senior is raising separately? Why didn’t I know about it until now?”
“No, I’m a pro hunter who debuted in the third division this season.”
It was shocking. I couldn’t believe it, but it really was part 3… … . And judging by the fighting, it seemed like a pretty even fight.
Jin Kyung-tae couldn’t believe his eyes.
But that was only for a moment.
As the situation changed, Jin Kyung-tae eventually regained his composure.
“Yeah, that’s right… … . Even if he’s a promising player that the seniors have chosen, the opponent is the Japanese national team… … .”
This was because the future game pattern was predictable.
This was because Takumi, who had the absurdly fraudulent skill of destroying a target by hitting the same spot twice, was destroying the walls of the Void Plaza as soon as he saw them to prevent Lee Chang-hyun from hiding and sniping.
When the walls of the Void Square disappear like this, the only cover left is a wormhole floating in the air.
There is a very high possibility that the difference in basic status will determine the outcome.
Since Jin Kyung-tae had fought Takumi himself, he had a feeling that Takumi would win even more.
So Jin Kyung-tae thought that the game was more or less over and spoke to senior Lee Min-seok again.
“Senior, why didn’t you come all the way to the stadium to meet the Korean national team members? There were a lot of kids who wanted to meet you.”
Jin Kyung-tae seemed to feel sorry for Lee Min-seok, who was staying behind to watch the promising players’ games instead of meeting the representative players.
That’s why Jin Kyung-tae started pouring out words continuously starting with those words.
“If you had come and showed your face before the game started, it would have boosted the kids’ morale… … What I mean is… … Everyone likes you, senior. We even went together as national representatives before.”
However, Lee Min-seok remained silent in response to Jin Kyung-tae’s words, and without giving any specific answer, he focused only on the monitor in front of him.
“Phew… … .”
Jin Kyung-tae couldn’t help but feel even more hurt by that sight. Although they lost, they went through all the trouble to become a national team player, and instead of encouraging them, they were more interested in the matches between Japanese players and third-division players, which was upsetting.
‘It seems like it’s already over… … .’
Jin Kyung-tae glanced at the screen.
The moment when all the walls of the Void Square collapsed, it was easy to imagine Takumi knocking out Lee Chang-hyun in one go with a series of accurate crossbow shots.
So, Jin Kyung-tae blocked the screen because he was frustrated with Lee Min-seok who was just staring at the game screen without listening to him.
Because Lee Min-seok kept silent about what he said and was only interested in other things, he was upset and even hurt.
“Senior Lee Min-seok!!”
But all that came back was Lee Min-seok’s cold response.
Was it because memories of having to lead the team like a boy band in the past and carrying national team members who couldn’t even manage themselves properly came back to me?
Lee Min-seok spoke coldly and heavily.
“Get out of the way. His game is more important than yours right now.”
And when Jin Kyung-tae took a step back without realizing it due to the sudden change in temperature, the match was already over.
“…?”
‘Unbelievable…….’
A third-division player whose name I don’t even know. He was on the verge of victory from Takumi, one of the Japanese national team members who had easily defeated the Korean national team.
fantasy,
