Chapter 85: Chapter 85 – Veteran and Newbie, Versus! [4]

Entering the game, RoninKnight and MadLad appeared in the clearing. Both of them had different weapons: a shield and sword for the former and a greatsword for the latter.

They agreed to start immediately and gave out the sign to the production crew. After receiving confirmation that it was already live, RoninKnight pressed the start button.

[Fort Siege Start!]

[3...2...1...]

[GO!]

"Oh! The RoninKnight and MadLad pair are moving at a fast speed! They are trying to face the barbarian army from the front! It's different from the world record run, where they try to only deal with enemies that keep them from reaching the fort! How brave!"

Evelyn commented excitedly, raising her voice to match the atmosphere.

On the screen, MadLad rushed forward with his greatsword. It looked heavy, but he dragged and swung it without any problem.

Swoosh!

"Hahaha! Come on! Come on!" MadLad laughed crazily as he hacked the barbarians into two. He had no technique whatsoever, but his strength was praiseworthy.

Unable to defend against the greatsword, the barbarian army was forced to back up. Seeing that, MadLad stopped and shouted.

"Bro!"

"On it."

RoninKnight ran forward, passing MadLad on his way. He was quicker and could use his shield to defend against the incoming arrows.

Using this chance, MadLad chose to run toward the hill to climb onto the wall.

"Oooh! He's running. I see, so their plan is to make a diversion and take the flag after they manage to do it!" Evelyn analyzed quickly and turned to StoneSword, "As the world record holder, what's your comment, StoneSword?"

"That's a good strategy." StoneSword nodded in approval.

"MadLad is also using a greatsword, so his movement is quite limited. It's good to make the barbarian army fear him first and then aggro them to RoninKnight, who has a shield. I believe after MadLad manages to climb up the wall, RoninKnight will enter the fort."

"I see! That's a deep analysis." She nodded in understanding.

Just like what StoneSword had predicted, the pair did exactly that strategy. Max observed while humming in disapproval.

"He could climb faster than that..." He unintentionally blurted out, getting everyone's attention.

"What do you mean by that, Breeze?" Evelyn asked, appearing innocent.

— Yeah, what do you mean?!

— Don't be arrogant, newbie! MadLad already climbed as fast as he could!

— He has a greatsword. Think about that too!

The viewers didn't seem to like what he blurted out too.

Realizing that, he cursed in his mind, 'Shit, my mouth!'

'Some people say luck is a part of skill. I guess they meant something like this.'

It sounded unfair, but it couldn't be helped as the game was designed like it.

Passing the tightrope was difficult for MadLad. He had a hard time doing so and moved ever so slowly, trying to balance himself.

Meanwhile, RoninKnight had arrived at the dining room where Gargantua was and fought him. Sparks flew by as their swords contacted each other.

Clang! Cling!

"The fight has started, everyone! Look at the sparks that were sent flying when their swords clashed. It looks so cool!" Evelyn added to the excitement with her comment.

RoninKnight appeared calm as he exchanged fiery blows with Gargantua, a barbarian twice his size. Their battle was intense and destroyed the long table inside.

Clang! Clang!

"Ugh!"

"Hahaha! Knight, move faster!"

Loud clanging sounds from a sword hitting the shield, metal meeting metal, echoed loudly. Before long, RoninKnight managed to see an opening and thrust his sword.

"Hah!" He shouted loudly.

Pierce!

The sword went through the armor, going straight into Gargantua's heart. The giant vomited blood, and his body slowly fell.

"Bas...tard."

With that as the last word, the boss was felled. On top of the fort, MadLad was also able to take down the flag and protect the area from the incoming barbarians until the other knights arrived and put up Rami Kingdom's flag.

"They did it!" Evelyn exclaimed excitedly.

The celebration occurred on the screen as they finished the run. RoninKnight looked up and saw MadLad raising his arms through the hole in the ceiling.

Letters began to appear in front of them, showing the result.

[Fort Siege Successful!]

[Final time: 00:50:25]

They managed to enter the top 30 in the speedrun ranking with their time.

"That's amazing." Max clapped his hands like the others, congratulating them.

As expected, ignoring their personalities, the streamers invited to this program are skilled.

'I wonder what kind of strategy StoneSword and LilyPixel will pull later.'

Both RoninKnight and MadLad still had one more run before it was StoneSword's turn. And Max's turn would come after that. But he couldn't help but get excited.

'Aah... I want to play soon.' He sighed.