◈ 095. [Side Story] Dalian
barracks. gymnasium.
“What’s going on?!”
“They say a game is floating!”
“Who and who?”
“The lord’s bodyguards and the new ones!”
“Wow crazy. Don’t you have leftover snacks from yesterday?! Bring it!”
… The surroundings are noisy like a market floor.
This place is full of excited mercenaries who came to see the news that Dalian will be held.
“Dalian… . It’s been a long time since I’ve had a non-real battle.”
“I’m still more used to Dalian!”
On one side of the gymnasium, Lucas and Evangeline are a duo of SSR-level knights.
“… .”
“… gulp.”
“Can I really… … .”
And on the other side, a challenger – a party of 5 N-rank heroes.
Both sides stand with wooden swords and shields.
“Would you be okay without us… ?”
“… I think we’ll fight better without us. huh.”
Damian and Lily are watching with a lot of faces under the gymnasium.
me? I am in the middle of the gymnasium. First of all, it is a referee.
“The victory condition is complete suppression of one party.”
I looked around and raised my voice.
“Missing your weapon, being pushed out of the arena, being ringed out, being in a situation where you can no longer use your weapon, raising your hands or shouting surrender. If so, it is judged to be suppression.”
The rule on the suppression side should have been this. More important safety issues.
“Use of skills is prohibited. It is also forbidden to cause serious injuries. Salcho is also prohibited, of course. As far as suppression goes. From my point of view, if there is a match, I will immediately settle the win or loss. Do you have any objections?”
Both nodded.
“Are you ready, miss?”
“That’s right, mister.”
Lucas and Evangeline didn’t even have a special strategy meeting.
The two have already teamed up and battled monsters. There were times when they mixed swords and spears with each other.
It would be more efficient to deal with the situation according to the situation rather than having a verbal meeting before the sparring.
On the other hand, the N-class party side.
“… The above is the changed operation.”
Whispering whispers, we are in the middle of our last meeting.
“good. Just do it the way you trained. got it?”
At Dion’s words, the rest of the party nodded.
“Okay, Dion… !”
“Let’s try it!”
Dion looked around at the party members and nodded resolutely.
“good… let’s go!”
Five members of the N-rank party walked forward with spleen expressions on their faces.
“I don’t know what strategy they planned.”
On the other hand, Lucas and Evangeline raised their wooden swords and wooden spears with calm faces.
“I won’t finish it at once.”
“I’ll hit you so it doesn’t hurt~!”
Take it easy, Yonsuks.
I raised my hand up and then jerked it down and shouted.
“Okay, get ready… start!”
At the same time,
taat-!
The N-class party ran forward first.
Their party composition is simple.
three warriors. two thieves.
Warrior is an all-weather class.
You can use most of the weapons, and you can play the role of a dealer and a tank very well.
Although it has the disadvantage of ‘not being able to do this in the second half’, which is a chronic weakness of this hybrid class, it is a very powerful damage tank in the early stages due to its versatility.
And rogues are melee dealers.
If the conditions are met at medium to short distances, you can put an overwhelming burst of damage. But again, the problem is the harshness of this game.
Even if you get hit ten times, you die in one hit.
A thief, a melee dealer in light armor, must always walk a tightrope with risks equal to his dealing ability.
‘Let’s see how they fight?’
What strategy did you come up with to confidently challenge the main party? I watched the sparring with little expectations.
And the movements of the N-rank party were simple.
Taat! Tadadat!
Dion, the party leader, turned to Lucas.
The other four dove toward Evangeline.
“Please let me see the dance that I have only heard about! Better knight!”
Dion shouted, straightening the wooden daggers in both hands and slashing at Lucas. Lucas’ eyebrows twitched.
“I don’t ejaculate in my hand just because it’s a wooden sword.”
Booung-!
Lucas’s wooden sword cut through the wind and made a terrifying noise.
The wooden sword that was swung horizontally possessed ignorant momentum, as if it would split Dion’s waist in two.
Poof!
However, Dion didn’t catch it or throw it away, but just lay back on his back and barely dodged the wooden sword.
It just slides across the floor and rolls behind Lucas.
Dion let out a low laugh hahaha with a pale complexion.
“Haha what! Driver of Depshow who can be avoided much more than I thought?”
“To bluff… .”
Lucas straightened his wooden sword and straightened his posture.
“I’ll finish it right away.”
Meanwhile, the other four mercenaries were approaching Evangeline.
Evangeline smiled contentedly and fixed the spear and shield.
“Ehehe, did I look more dangerous? Is that why four of you came to me?”
“… .”
“You have good eyes! I’m four times stronger than that old man-”
The four mercenaries rushed at Evangeline, who was babbling excitedly.
Evangeline licked her lips and raised her shield forward. With a posture that seems to block any attack the opponent makes.
but.
The mercenaries had no intention of ‘attacking’ in the first place.
Quaang-!
“uh?”
A groan escaped from Evangeline’s mouth.
Three of the mercenaries who rushed at her did not even draw their weapons. Everyone grabbed their shields and launched a melee charge.
Shields collided with each other, making a dull sound.
As it was, the three warrior mercenaries began to push Evangeline back.
“No wait wait! really?! Are you really going to do this?!”
Evangeline, who was pushed helplessly for a moment, was pushed to the end of the gymnasium at once.
If you are pushed out of the gymnasium like this, you will be ringed out. It is a suppression judgment.
Frightened, Evangeline gritted her teeth and lowered her stance. The tip of the toe that had been pushed out slowly stopped with a jig-sound.
Even though three strong adult men pushed them away with all their might, Evangeline stood up and held on with her shield.
“Huh-!”
Instead of stopping there, Evangeline started pushing the mercenaries in reverse.
Disapproval flashed across the faces of the bewildered mercenaries.
“Ugh… ?!”
“What’s so strong… … !”
Evangeline began to slowly push the mercenaries away with unbelievable strength that came from her small body.
Right then.
Taat!
The thief mercenary on standby rushed behind Evangeline.
It was the female thief who was the highlight of this party. She apologized with a sharp thrust of her wooden dagger.
“I’m sorry, lady!”
“Eww?!”
The dagger was aiming for Evangeline’s toe, and Evangeline, who couldn’t be shot, jumped up and dodged the attack.
And that was it.
“Eh?”
Evangeline’s body, which lost its center of gravity, which had been holding on tightly, immediately lost its balance and shouted,
“Uh-ri-a-a-a-a-a-ap!”
“Push away-!”
The three warrior mercenaries immediately pushed Evangeline back with all their might.
“Whoaaaagh! Wait wait wait wait-!”
Evangeline, who lost her balance, tried to hold on somehow, but it was impossible.
Kudangtangtang!
In the end, it rolled outside the gymnasium… … .
Evangeline rolled on the floor and straightened her body with a quick motion like a squirrel.
And when he saw me, he screamed.
“Wait a minute foul! Isn’t this foul?!”
“Yeah, no. ring out. You are overpowered.”
“Where is this? Can’t you just give me one more chance, huh?!”
I shook my head reluctantly. Where is there such a thing in the game?
‘Evangeline has the [mistake-filled] trait, but even taking that into account, the N-rank heroes did a good job.’
Even if it is 2 to 5, the difference between the grade and level of the main party and the N-class party is the difference between heaven and earth.
It overcame it with momentary concentration of personnel and a surprise ring-out tactic.
This is what these guys did well.
The four N-rank heroes gave each other high-fives and turned back as Evangeline yanked her hair and screamed ‘Ahhhhh’.
It was to subdue Lucas, who was now left alone.
but.
“Ah~ I’m sorry guys.”
What unfolded on the other side of the gymnasium was a hopeless sight.
Lucas was holding Dion by the collar with one arm and holding him up in the air.
Dion, who was making a surrender gesture with his hands up, murmured dejectedly.
“This knight is too strong… .”
The next moment, Lucas lightly threw Dion out of the arena in his hand.
Kudangtangtang-!
“Heuk!”
Dion, who managed to get the fall, managed to pull himself together.
that buck that buck
Lucas growled low as he moved towards the rest.
“next.”
The faces of the N-rank heroes turned pale in an instant.
***
In the end, the remaining members of the N-rank party were caught by Lucas one by one and thrown out of the arena like balls.
I laughed bitterly as I watched the N-rank heroes moaning on the floor.
‘There is a grade difference, but the level difference is also big.’
Lucas’s current level is 37.
On the other hand, the average level of an N-rank party is in the mid-teens. In the first place, a confrontation does not take place.
‘Still, the first strategy with wit was fine.’
Of Lucas and Evangeline, Evangeline took advantage of the fact that Evangeline was more immature and made her ring out at once. The five of them then pincered Lucas.
The strategy itself was fine. It was a problem because Lucas was stronger enough to break the frame of that strategy.
“haha.”
Dion, who was sitting on the floor, smiled dejectedly.
In the end, it was Lucas who stood in the middle of the gymnasium at the end.
It was the victory of the main party.
“I should have guessed, but I can’t even compete.”
“It wasn’t bad though.”
Grab the hand of the winner, Lucas, and swipe upwards! after listening
After slapping the depressed Evangeline on the shoulder.
I came down next to Dion and smiled.
“Designing tactics tailored to the opponent. And the determination to put it into action.”
Dion scratched the back of his head. A shy smile hung on the corner of the young man’s mouth that resembled a chick.
“More than anything… That wick that can attack an enemy bigger than itself without flinching.”
I looked around. The main party members and N-rank heroes were all listening to me.
I nodded heavily.
“That could be said to be the No. 1 virtue needed by those who deal with monsters.”
For Giant Killing.
You must be able to fight without backing down against an enemy bigger than yourself.
That alone is a great talent.
“I apologize for looking down on you and not using you properly.”
I raised the N-rank heroes hand in hand one by one.
“And I apologize in advance.”
I, who lifted Dion up last, wickedly raised one corner of my mouth.
“Since you have proven yourself useful, you will be driven to death from now on.”
“It is what I wished for, Your Highness.”
Dion smiled ambitiously even with an innocent face like a chick.
“If I was going to hide in a corner and live a thin and long life, I wouldn’t have become a mercenary in the first place.”
I didn’t expect this at all, but unexpectedly, the previously neglected personnel came into my hand.
Power level N.
The weakest party among the combinations I used in the game and here.
The second sub-party – It was the moment when the ‘Dion Mercenary Corps’ was called up to the first team.
