Season 2: Chapter 241: Mecha Leg (2)

Season 2: Chapter 241: Mecha Leg (2)

The shelf life of a jet was known to be six months. Kim Yi-Seo was well aware of that. There was no way he didn't know what every player knew.

— Knowing this and still doing it, trash bag, lol

— This is how it sells

— Tsk tsk, crazy for money...

Thus, he was criticized even more. Everyone was certain that he was doing this knowingly. The company deliberately made the jets not last long. That way, people would keep buying the new ones. The newly released jets were stronger. This was an obvious fact.

However, there were exceptions. Sometimes, old jets were used correctly.

— Where is that winter sword from?

— Wow! It was a romantic item because it could only be matched with game money.

— Could that be a counter?

— ?? Is that winter sword real?

— A counter, damn it??

As varied as the jets were, developers or high-ranking users sometimes didn't foresee certain matchups appearing.

For instance, a jet launched just yesterday could be countered by a jet released two years ago. Such matchups were hard even for old users to find.

With so many users and many ongoing games, it would eventually be discovered. Yes, everyone thought that way.

Many players happened to uncover these matchups by chance. The developers were just randomly assigning attributes without keeping matchups in mind.

"Funny joke."

Kim Yi-Seo drew his sword emitting a chilly blue coldness.

"It's all planned."

Whooooooosh!

Before him, Almond flew toward him with a high-capacity engine.

[Engine Thrust: 40%]

[Engine Thrust: 56%]

[Engine Thrust: 78%]

Given the long distance, the thrust rapidly filled up.

'Come on.'

Kim Yi-Seo, as if waiting, drew his pale cold sword and stared at the fast-approaching Almond.

He muttered, “Now!”

When Kim Yi-Seo swung his sword. Almond backfired his engine as if he had been waiting.

Whooooooosh!

Almond suddenly stopped.

“He backfired and stopped!!”

Whoosh!

Kim Yi-Seo's sword passed in front of him.

'He dodged?'

Afterward, Almond soared up again.

Boommm!!

“He moves like a UFO! What amazing control!!”

“And nearly all the thrust has been filled!”

As Almond ascended, these words appeared in his view.

[Engine Thrust: 99%]

He had reached almost full charge in thrust.

'It's done.'

Almond aimed at the crown of Kim Yi-Seo's head below.

Screeeeech!

Raising his right leg high with the last thrust, he struck down from above. An immense noise accompanied the smashing attack.

"Crazy...!"

Whooooooosh─!

Kim Yi-Seo raised his sword to block. Despite blocking, due to the features of the mecha series, the immense pressure still resulted in significant damage.

"Kugh!"

[Kim Yi-Seo]

[HP: 89%]

Kim Yi-Seo lost more than 10% of his health even after blocking.

“What insane control!!!”

“A full power attack at 100% thrust for the first hit!!!”

“How many times did he change the direction of the engine thrust?!”

A tremendous cheer filled the venue at the first successful hit.

"Wowwwwwwwww!"

"Really! Is he really winning!?"

"Damn! Almond, I believed in youuuuuuuu!"

It felt like the first human footsteps on the moon. The audience felt such a thrill.

[Current Viewers: 51,000]

Thanks to that, Almond’s viewers also surpassed 50,000. Naturally, the chat was scrolling at a speed hard to read with the eye.

— Wow

— It feels refreshing!

— Headshot, wow

— What was that move just now??

— A UFO?

“Kim Yi-Seo counterattacks!”

Whooooosh!

Kim Yi-Seo's ice sword swung toward Almond. It froze the air as it swung, but—

“Useless! Almond jumped again and dodged!”

He couldn't knock down Almond. Hovering in the air, Almond thrusted his engine again and changed direction.

Boommm!

With a huge explosion, Almond's new model moved directly behind Kim Yi-Seo.

[Engine Thrust: 57%]

He had moved quite the distance, so the thrust quickly soared to over 50%.

“His engine control is so flexible!”

“Those seeing this for the first time wouldn't know how difficult this is...”

“Like talking while doing a spinning kick!!”

Bang─!

After spinning a couple of times, Almond appeared. His entire body spun around and struck Kim Yi-Seo.

Kim Yi-Seo swung his sword, but that wasn’t enough to block. He was hit directly this time.

Immediately upon landing, Kim Yi-Seo's sharp sword struck him.

[Almond]

[HP: 94%]

While the damage wasn’t as high as the mecha leg, the onslaught of attacks did considerable damage.

— Wow

— Waited just for this moment

— Ah, so sad, damn sad

— Could he lose like this???

Almond's health began to drop at a frightening speed.

'There's no way to block.'

He couldn’t block the sword strikes. Jets could block other jets, but the mecha leg without any engine acceleration was too slow to block Kim Yi-Seo's sword strikes.

Whoosh!

The mecha leg flailed about in the air and Kim Yi-Seo's sword strike penetrated sideways.

"Die!"

Pwook!

The cold pierced deeply into his body. The surroundings also turned white as mist.

'The cold...'

It had been accumulating in one place for a long time.

'I need to get out of here.'

“He’s getting continuously hit by the sword strikes!”

“Ahhh...! It's too painful!?”

Swoooosh! Swish!

Almond’s health continued to decrease. Suddenly, he had lost half.

[Almond]

[HP: 48%]

Almond gave up on moving with the engine and simply ran.

“He’s running away like a mecha leg out of fuel!”

Once the mecha series ran out of fuel, the performance of the jet fell below 30%. Of course, it wasn't that Almond had run out of fuel. The engine was just barely functioning. Effectively, it was the same issue.

Kooong... Screeeech!

Still, Almond tried to operate it bit by bit while attempting to escape. However, Kim Yi-Seo was not about to let that happen.

"Where do you think you're going!"

Fweeeeng...!

Kim Yi-Seo activated the winter sword's special move. This technique froze everything in a straight line.

Crackkkkkk!

The brutal sound of ice forming struck and passed Almond. Not being trapped inside an iceberg and merely being struck was somewhat fortunate. Indeed, Almond managed to dodge the special move by rolling.

“He dodged it!?”

“He dodged that in the middle of everything!”

However, his escape had been delayed.

Tap—

Kim Yi-Seo chased down Almond and blocked his path.

'Just once.'

Almond sharply opened its eyes.

'It’s not that cold here.'

As he moved away from the area with the harsh cold, he could slightly use the engine again.

'He doesn't seem to know.'

Almond didn’t show it either. Once Kim Yi-Seo was careless and launched a major attack, Almond would counter him. Countering would be difficult since the scrap mecha parts slowed him down.

He needed to anticipate it instead of just reacting. Could a player with no experience in this game anticipate the opponent's attack? Impossible.

Almond had long given up on that. However—

'I'll just focus.'

Almond decided to trust his incredible reaction speed. He chose to watch the opponent’s shoulders and waist instead of the sword. That was where the movement started.

'Here it comes.'

A sword strike was coming. Kim Yi-Seo's avatar was grinning with his mouth wide open, already sensing victory.

This was the opportunity.

[Engine Thrust: 28%]

Ziiiiing!

With a high-speed whirring sound, the engine began to turn again.

[Engine Thrust: 55%]

Almond quickly went over 20% more thrust.

'More.'

To gain as much thrust as possible in one place, a simple spinning kick wouldn't do. Almond's body spun around, completing one full turn.

Swoosh!

The sword strike grazed past his back.

“He do-dodged it!?]

With the added rotation, his leg soared up.

'If it's an axle...'

A spinning back axle kick.

'This will do some serious damage.'

[Engine Thrust: 84%]

Although it wasn’t 100%, this was the best he could do given the thrust accumulated from spinning in place.

Fweeeek!

With the rotation, his foot lashed out.

“Back, it’s a back kick!”

Kaboooom!

With crimson flames, the engine blazed as if it was about to explode.

"!?"

Kim Yi-Seo noticed the engine burst too late. His eyes bulged.

Kooong—!

Almond's heel struck right next to that ludicrous face.

“Counterattack!”

“The continuously beaten Almond suddenly launches a counter!”

“A counter with a back kick! This is huge!?”