Chapter 246. < Episode 79. Raid Race (3). >
8.
Raid Race.
A method in which several parties compete for one boss monster.
“You know what’s important in a raid race, right?”
To win these raid races, two things were needed.
One is to get to the boss monster faster than your competitors, and the other is to leave your full strength as much as possible when standing in front of the boss monster.
“That’s right, pacing.”
What was needed for this was pace control.
In order to adjust the pace, players tried to reduce potion consumption as much as possible by estimating the speed of competitors and switching to item settings that focused on physical strength or magic recovery whenever the time came.
“Every time I take a break, I switch items to the recovery set, save even a drop of potion, and check my fatigue before the next battle…. It’s really hard.
The work was much harder than it looked.
Competition was more of a problem than anything else.
If the other side raises the pace, anyway, it is inevitable to be nervous from the point of view of it.
However, like a marathon, it was impossible to attach a pacemaker.
One more thing, the pressure of not knowing when to fight a herd of maned hyenas was very great.
“In Gold Valley, unlike normal fields, the location and timing of the maned hyenas are more troublesome.”
Especially in Gold Valley, there were cases where a group of maned hyenas appeared from behind or from above the canyon.
There are times when you are suddenly under siege.
“If you fight once while surrounded, your stamina will drain. Ugh, just imagining it is scary.”
And after being surrounded once like that, there were many cases where the face was broken.
“Gold Valley is such a tough place.”
There was nothing wrong with Midas explanation.
Nonetheless, no one agreed with that statement.
[Rapo sponsored $10,106.]
[Rapo: I’m not saying it’s wrong, but it sounds like bullshit because it’s a BJ great mage.]
He’s probably right, too, since Midas’ actions after entering the dungeon didn’t contradict what he said.
There was no pace adjustment in BJ Grand Mage’s move.
It was like that even now.
king!
“Oh Lucky, you found a maned hyena?”
Rather than rest after the battle, Midas moved.
It wasn’t even moving steadily while being wary of the surroundings.
sprint!
“Everyone, I will deal with the hyenas over there. blizzard!”
Then, as soon as the monster appeared, the wide-area magic cast in advance was immediately activated.
The battle began immediately after that.
“Guys, just hit it!”
king!
“Yes Master!”
The battle, too, was nothing regular.
As soon as the wide-area magic ended, the rest of the group were individually eliminated.
A battle in which the word “pacing” is nowhere to be found.
In fact, it was usually the way it should be broken.
Inefficient battles lengthen the battle time, naturally fail to adjust the pace, and waste time in battle again.
– Crazy I got more than half of them already!
– No, how can you end the battle so quickly when you fight so ignorant?
However, in the battle of the BJ Grand Mage, such a point could not be found.
– Even if it’s like Lucky or Gold Silver, it’s no joke with BJ Grand Mage. You sweep it like a real double pistol, right?
In particular, BJ Grand Mage’s fighting style was exceptionally brilliant.
Like a melee dealer, it was almost miraculous to dodge all of the maned hyenas’ attacks at close range, while quickly hitting the mane hyenas’ golden target with the magic held in both hands.
– How the hell do I have to play the game to be like that?
– If you fight like that, you think you’ll get 50 game overs?
That’s how fast the battle speed was indescribable.
– Oh, I can’t communicate because I’m just fighting.
– Let’s take it easy! huh? Do you drink potions too? huh? Are you chatting too? huh?
– It doesn’t rest once it enters the canyon. Let’s take a little time to go to the bathroom as a human being!
To the extent that viewers stick out their tongues.
At the same time, there were those who guessed the reason for BJ’s actions.
[Sasaki Kojiro sponsored $10,107.]
[Sasaki Kojiro: It’s not easy for the other party to adjust the pace when it comes out like this. I like the design.]
[Gustav sponsored $10,108.]
[Gustav: It’s simple but effective enough after provocation in the beginning. I wonder how the midfield guild will be able to stick to the pace control.]
BJ Grand Mage is taking such an unreasonable step not just to show off, but an attack to break the pace of the midfield guild. If not, there was no reason to be so overbearing.
[Merlin sponsored $10,109.]
[Merlin: It’s impossible to go indefinitely like this without adjusting the pace. Because the magical power will never be able to withstand it.]
And there was no way to maintain such an unreasonable battle.
It means that it is an action that has been laid in many ways.
– He is also a BJ master mage.
– Are you trying the chicken race?
– It looks like you really want to destroy the midfield guild.
Viewers also exclaimed in admiration and cheers at the plan of BJ Grand Mage.
“The battle is over. What did you say? It’s hard to see the chat window during battle.”
Of course, Midas had no such intention.
There were two reasons why Midas wasn’t adjusting his pace right now.
‘I don’t have enough magic to do this.’
First of all, there is no need to adjust the pace because there is no shortage of horsepower.
‘Okay, let’s go into the boss battle first with this momentum.’
Another reason was that Midas himself had to reach the boss monster before the midfield guild.
It wasn’t for a landslide victory.
‘I’ll have to clean up the shit I put on.’
No matter what you say, isn’t the source of this incident yourself and no one else?
But what if the midfield guild suffers damage and annihilation or a similar blow due to this incident?
From the point of view of the midfield guild, there is nothing pleasant about it.
‘I can’t tolerate harm to customers. It’s okay.’
Above all, the midfield guild was one of Midas’ reliable customers.
Therefore, another plan was prepared for the customer.
‘I go first and catch it hard, and if it doesn’t work, I ask for help and finish it together.’
If the situation didn’t work out, I had the idea of reaching out and catching it through cooperative play.
It’s really a win-win.
‘A midfield guild would surely treat the service with respect.’
In addition, if the story ended like that, it was clear that the midfield guild would repay them in some way.
‘Whoop whoop.’
Just imagining the reward brings a smile to Midas’ lips.
‘The audience likes it too.’
Of course, the most important thing was to satisfy the viewers watching this live broadcast right now.
There are no advertisers without viewers.
The midfield guild is an important customer, but if it were to choose between the midfield guild and the audience, Midas could choose the viewer without hesitation.
Being that kind of Midas, he didn’t hesitate.
‘Now then, let’s go hotter.’
What viewers want to see is a record that comes out when the player runs with all his might, not a leisurely run.
“Then, shall we take a short break here?”
Midas stopped galloping for the first time with those words, and viewers were delighted with that fact.
– Finally resting here.
– Well, how do you run?
– Wait, go to the bathroom!
Taking advantage of that gap, viewers also began to take a breath.
However, that leeway did not last long.
Midas, who took out a bottle of potion from his inventory, quickly ate it up and said.
“Now rest. Let’s run again.”
– already?
At the sight of Midas drinking only a bottle of potion and ending his rest, the atmosphere in the chat window that had subsided began to boil.
In fact, Midas didn’t even need that.
‘It’s really the first time I’ve ever been so full of magic.’
Drinking the potion was just a show, and now his mana had never fallen below 70%.
“Then let’s go up even hotter this time.”
That’s why Midas stepped forward more confidently than ever.
“Blaze Golem.”
Midas he added a blaze golem to his powers.
“I’ll run with you four.”
Midas sped up the race.
9.
Ten minutes after entering Gold Valley.
“Tanks hold the line!”
“Don’t fall for dealers and tanks!”
The midfield guild was advancing through the canyon, showing an organized appearance that anyone would admire.
– Wow, the midfield guild is no joke.
It’s like a really great party.
ㄴ Even if you compare it to the 10th guild now, it seems that there is nothing to beat except for the level?
ㄴ That’s right, items are also full of legendaries, right?
More than 20 million viewers couldn’t hold back their admiration.
In fact, donations were coming in more than ever.
– Look at the number of viewers. You easily broke the highest record in the Jungwon Guild!
– At this level, it’s worth catching the event match.
– You did a good job even if you lost.
It was a joy in many ways.
However, none of the members of the midfield guild enjoyed this situation.
I couldn’t enjoy it.
‘I’m losing to BJ Grand Mage.’
Because at this moment, they were reporting the race situation of BJ Grand Mage in real time.
Of course everyone knew.
‘BJ the great mage is overdoing it.’
‘I’m going to play psychological warfare now. I’m going to make it too hard for us to fall out.’
That BJ Grand Mage was deliberately provoking.
“Let’s all go this way.”
“Good pace! Don’t overdo it, let’s go steadily!”
“We are still far from the boss!”
Knowing this fact, they repeatedly told each other about it.
You shouldn’t get caught up in the pace of BJ’s great mage.
In other words, it also meant that they were self-aware enough to tell each other over and over again.
‘I need to adjust my pace.’
‘Never be in a hurry. never.’
Now, the spirit of holiness in their hearts is repeatedly demanding that they counter the provocations of the BJ Archmage, and if they are wrong, they may lose their pace with the request.
I couldn’t help it.
Aren’t all the people gathered here like fighting dogs who have gathered to rise to the top?
If I had acted calmly and calculatedly in response to these provocations, I would never have come to this point.
Moreover, the provocation they suffered was not just a simple provocation.
‘Damn it, but if I keep going like this, it’s going to look so funny, right?’
‘PK is a fucking bastard.’
Prior to entering Gold Valley, he had already been provoked beyond common sense.
Honestly, it was as if my pride had been trampled down without a trace.
‘Am I stuck?’
‘I really have nothing to lose, so wouldn’t it be better to just try it here?’
That’s why it’s inevitable that the spirit of victory will burn even more.
Breaking news was heard from them.
– BJ Grand Mage declared a break!
– BJ Grand Mage has stopped!
The news that the BJ great mage, who was running rampant without looking back, has stopped!
‘also!’
‘It seems that the limit has been reached.’
The Jungwon guild members were delighted with that fact.
“Everyone adjust your pace!”
“There is no hurry!”
Along with that anti-color, I trampled on the feeling of trying to catch up while the guy was resting.
“I’m going to get tired of myself anyway!”
“In the end, if I can’t catch the boss monster, it means nothing!”
Over and over again.
The midfield guild, who started to take care of themselves like that, broke news again to them.
– uh? run?
– You drink a potion and go hunting right away?
– I pulled a blaze golem! four!
– what? How many?
– Four!
Embarrassment began to rise on the faces of the guild members in the midfield at the absurd breaking news.
‘A blaze golem? four?’
‘Does it have the magical power to maintain it?’
It was then.
“Everyone, don’t forget the initial plan!”
Yehwa, who had been silently watching the situation, notified everyone in a loud voice.
“We go at our own pace!”
It was only then that the facial expressions of the guild members in the midfield were able to change into the same expression.
‘It’s going as planned.’
The moment when the Jungwon guild members once again properly grasped their shaken hearts.
That was the moment.
[Azmo sponsored $10,000.]
The wind blew toward their hands.
[Azmo: Isn’t it a bit like staying still when BJ Grand Mage comes out like that? huh? Were you scared?]
A very strong wind.
10.
Gold Valley was huge.
300 maned hyenas and a party of 30 were fighting so small that I didn’t even think about it!
thud!
However, in front of four Blaze Golems, even that Gold Valley felt cramped.
From the point of view of the viewer, it is difficult to breathe.
Keheng!
Of course, the blaze golem was not breathless for the maned hyenas facing the wall moving in real time.
The appearance of the Blaze Golem was like a dead end to the mane hyenas.
As soon as you touch it, it will be engulfed in huge flames and a huge fist will fly.
It was a terrible thing to imagine having to deal with Lucky and Gold and Silver Jackpots in a limited area, including Midas, who had been running rampant without such things until now.
– Now it just feels like a bulldozer.
Of course, the hunting speed had to be much faster.
‘Wow, since we picked four, the amount of mana consumed is no joke. There’s no room left.’
At the same time, the rate at which Midas’s magical power was consumed was bound to be that much faster.
‘Well, if you pull it out like this and want it to have enough magic, that’s crazy.’
Of course, this was to be expected.
‘Well then, the performance should be good enough.’
That’s why Midas thought to stop the performance here.
This would be enough to make viewers go wild.
‘Now, the two blaze golems are getting drunk… … .’
It was around that time.
By the time Midas adjusts his pace.
– uh? The midfield guild has started running!
– The midfield guild has raised its face!
– Jungwon guild runaway!
Suddenly, the chat window became a mess.
‘huh? Runaway? why?’
While Midas tilted his head at that fact, he immediately heard a sponsor chat.
[Azmo sponsored $10,110.]
[Azmo: I set a fire for BJ Grand Mage.]
At Azmo’s words, Midas made an expression as if he didn’t know why.
What did you do in the midfield guild chat window over there?”
A question naturally came up, and Azmo answered it right away.
[Azmo sponsored 10,111 dollars.]
[Azmo: I decided to pay for the dinner when I arrived at the boss room first. Imagine what the cost will be. What is clear is that I have more money than the midfield guild. Very.]
Dinner expenses!
The moment the word was mentioned, it was only then that viewers could understand the situation.
– Azmo bet the prize!
– As expected, Azmo! You know how to start a fire!
The chat window was filled with praise for Azmo, who threw a hot fire into this heated competition.
On the other hand, Midas responded calmly to Azmo’s remarks.
“Oh, you don’t have to spend money. If I put on something like that, it looks like I’m working hard to pay for the dinner, right?”
There is no need for that.
“Well, since you walked in anyway, I can’t do it moderately. I have to work hard even if I see Azmo-sama’s sincerity.”
But since I have sincerity, I will do my best.
-Wow, that’s the cost of the dinner. The prize money Azmo bet on must be huge, but the reaction of the BJ master mage is calm, isn’t it?
ㄴ For BJ the great mage, it would be the level of a real dinner party.
ㄴ Well, it’s because he’s a BJ great mage who won’t kneel anywhere when it comes to money.
Viewers licked their tongues at the sight.
Of course, Midas’ intentions were different.
‘I have to reach the boss before the midfield guild unconditionally.’
We must somehow get to the boss room quickly!
Midas held on to that resolve more firmly.
It wasn’t because of the prize money.
Midas wasn’t stupid enough to lose his pace at this moment, blinded by the prize money.
The problem is that it has become so unreasonable.
‘If I do something wrong, the plan might go out of style.’
Earlier, Midas had already made a plan based on arriving at the boss room before the midfield guild.
In other words, it’s very bad for him to have the midfield guild arrive first.
And now, the midfield guild has chosen sprint.
‘Damn it, I’m going crazy.’
Of course, Midas did not have the option of adjusting his pace.
“Okay then, let’s run like this!”
It was the moment when the raid race, in which both sides did their best, began.
