569 Reckless Challenger (3)

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About 10 minutes after the battle began.

Ralph's party falls into a complete panic.

Challenger NPC (?) was unreasonably high.

Moreover, even after 10 minutes of fighting over what this guy looks like, we still haven't been able to figure out his class.

What the hell was the developer thinking, creating this balance-decay fraud character? ’

Ralph stares at the geek who makes his way through the arena.

At this rate, it almost looks like you'll be extinct for a few more minutes.

‘We have to find something. ’

In fact, if the challenger's combat abilities were overwhelming, all three would have given up in the first place.

But that wasn't the problem.

Obviously, the challenger's numerical pack itself did not overwhelm three people.

It could tell just by the damage it was inflicting when it was attacked.

‘Even if I hit it high, it would be at transcendent levels 11-12.... What the hell is that movement? ’

Transcendent levels 11-12 are similar to the difficulties of the 11th and 12th floors, which are painted with a Spirit.

And that's already a level we can clear easily with the power of three people here.

But that maniac was out of his wits' minds.

I feel like it's worth a shot when I face the sword, but when I start fighting, I'm pushed unilaterally.

Moreover, looking at the shape of swapping weapons from bow to spear, I was about to lose my mind.

"Hoo, how do we catch this rat? ’

Now that Ralph had seen the life gauge drop to 20 percent, he bit his lower lip slightly.

Inisko and Chesk still have between 30 and 40 percent of their lives left, but the opponent still holds more than half of their lives.

Considering the life force that had been cut from the beginning, it was an equally shameful result, given that it was a one-on-three battle.

Ralph bites his lip and looks at the challenger again.

The next moment, two eyes met in the air.

And out of the mouth of the darkened challenger, a murmur of a voice echoes out.

“Tsk, I can't believe I'm praying for three generations..." ”

“Son of a bitch...! ”

Ralph is furious.

When has he ever been treated as one of the most talented servers in the United States with more than 10 million users?

Even for NPCs.

“Die, asshole! ”

Ralph, who was already on the way up, finally explodes.

Ralph's new brother-in-law, who was suddenly overwhelmed by energy, began to crowd fiercely.

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“Wow, this guy is really crazy.... ”

“It's definitely cool and glamorous. ”

Kylan monitoring room from LB.

Designers Park Ki-hoon and Kim So-young from the marketing team were staring at the screen, forgetting.

I turned the video back and watched it again from the beginning of the battle.

“Ha, Soyoung doesn't feel this emotion because he hasn't played a game. ”

“Am I supposed to be impressed...? ”

“You said you like soccer, right? ”

“Yes. My boyfriend is a soccer fan.... ”

Park Ki-hoon, who put on a little mojo, slowly opened his mouth again.

“Now, I'm going to exaggerate that scene a little bit and compare it to football.... Think of Park Ji-seok as the dominant, Macy, and Hat-trick in Match A. ”

“Oh, is that it? ”

“I know. Of course Ralph or Chesk isn't one of those players, but he's still the top ranker on the U.S. server. ”

Ian on the screen was literally running around like a piece of meat that met water.

Alternating between the three weapons and fighting equally against the three American rankers was like reminiscing of an action movie by itself with no editing whatsoever.

But most of all, domination was the last scene of the battle.

Two people who were focusing on the video stood up at the same time.

“Oh!”

“Oh, it's dangerous! ”

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Ian leaps into the air after evading Ralph's attack.

And the three people who run at the same time according to Ian's movements.

The three people who made every effort to attack started swarming towards Ian at the same time, and there was no way anyone could see it.

I don't know if I can tread on the ground, but there's no way I can change direction while I'm still in the air.

It's a common denominator.

At the next moment, Ian's hands flashed up.

Let's get this over with. ’

The summoners of Inisko crowded Ian at the same time, but Ian didn't look embarrassed at all.

Instead, only one side of his mouth is slightly curled up.

Pow, pow, pow!

Ralph's group's gun attack blazes at Ian.

But Ian's vital gauge was completely intact.

No, Ian's life force has risen higher than before.

- You triggered the Guardian's Blessing!

- Creates the Spirit Shield.

- The Spirit Shield absorbed 94.5 percent of the challenger "A (unknown)" 's attack!

- The Spirit Shield absorbed 82.48 percent of the challenger "C (unknown)" 's attack!

- The Spirit Shield absorbed 75.48 percent of challenger "B" 's attacks!

-Survival reduced by 15,783 due to unabsorbing shocks.

- Recovers 33,850 damage from absorption.

An item that Ian acquired from Sharon, the Guardian's Pearl.

The Guardian's blessing, which is the unique power attached to the Vatican, was triggered.

“ ……! ”

“What the...! ”

Of course, the 'Spirit's Shield’, which can be created by the Guardian's blessing, is activated only once on the first attack and also has a cooldown time of 30 seconds.

However, for one second the shield is created, it absorbs all attacks being hit.

although the farther away from the trigger, the lower the absorption rate.

Ian made the most of this.

They deliberately induced their attacks at one time, resulting in as many attacks as possible.

Then, did Ralph's entire attack come within one second of the shield holding?

Of course it's not.

As a result, Ian triggered another skill in time for the shield to disappear.

- The Summoner's unique ability of the ‘Elkalix’ triggers the 'Dragonic Barrier’.

- Temporarily all aggressors will be released.

- Challenger??? ’.

-Durability of Dragonic Barriers reduced by 25

-Durability of Dragonic Barriers reduced by 17

Ian summoned Elkarix from a distant location as well as triggering the Guardian's blessing. He was then able to activate it in conjunction with Elkarix's unique ability.

And this was Ian's skill association to minimize damage.

If Ian had used the Dragonic barrier in the first place, it would have been destroyed without even halving the damage.

If I had, Ian wouldn't have done more than 30,000 damage.

This was the intermediate stage, and Elkarix's transcendent level was now just level 4, so even with the fierce specs of Dragonic Barrier, it is still weak.

However, after triggering the 'Spirit's Shield’ first, absorbing the strongest attacks from the first, the barrier's durability remained.

Despite receiving all the remaining attacks.

“What kind of invincible shield are you wearing? ”

“It's a bug! ”

The three Ralph Tribunes are embarrassed, and suddenly they look stunned.

And this was, of course, a natural reaction.

They haven't even figured out that Ian's a summoner, other than the existence of Elkarix summoned to the corner of the Arena.

For those who don't know Ian's skill mechanisms, the situation is beyond comprehension.

Ian mutters to himself, smiling.

"Bug? You'd better die if you're stupid...!" ’

Ian's new brother, rising from the air, begins to fall back to the ground.

Ian, who held back the judgment of the Spirit King, forcefully lowered his spear at the three-faced room.

Boom, quad, quad!

And that wasn't the end of it.

After Ian's death, an enormous storm swept over their heads.

Kuaaaaaa-!

Ralph's party's gauge of life, slashing down in an instant with a loud bang!

- The Summoner "Elkalix" triggers the Dragon Breach.

- Summoner Carseus triggers the Dragon Breach.

- A lot of summoners are triggering the Dragon Breach.

Recently summoned Ian's summoners launch all their attacks against Ralph's group, and Ralph's group is completely defenseless.

- You defeated the challenger ‘C (unknown)’.

- You defeated the challenger ‘A (unknown)’.

- You defeated challenger ‘B (unknown)’.

Ralph's party leaves the arena without even knowing it.

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“Ahhh...! ”

“Khh, this is it! ”

Short elasticities that resonate throughout the monitoring room.

Whether Ian's battle was so chaotic, everyone's gaze was fixed on the screen.

And when the battle was over, they were excited and began to brag.

“Wow, Shiva, are those the U.S. server rankers? ”

“Khh, I'm drunk on noodles. That concludes the debate as soon as this video is released. ”

“What controversy? ”

“Have you not been in the community lately? Paste Bait is the world ranker these days. ”

“Aha.”

“At least someone there compared Ian to Ralph. I'd like to pay for this video. ”

And of them were the leaders of the planning team, Nazi Chan and Kim Delay.

“Wow, so Ian is Ian. ”

“What's wrong with Mr. Kim? ”

“It's new every time I see it. I heard there was such an adventure, but I didn't expect three American rankers to win so overwhelmingly. ”

Kim Delay shaking his head, sighing again.

However, Najchan asked with a curious expression.

“Hmm? Control differences were overwhelming, but they didn't actually win the battle, did they? ”

“Yes?”

“Actually, the last one was Ian's gamble. If those three idiots hadn't taken the bait, we wouldn't know what would have happened. ”

“Hmm? Why is that? Ian wasn't even summoned until then. ”

And after Najchan and Kim's conversation, the noisy monitoring room was silent in an instant.

Even within Kylan's LB developer, there were rare figures who understood the game as well as I did.

“Do you think Ian didn't summon the summoner until the end, because he overestimated his abilities? ”

“Weren't you th-that? ”

“Of course.”

Najchan shakes his head.

And pointing to the screen where the video was floating, he said again.

“Hey, Ian, do you see the levels of the Summoners? ”

“Oh, I see……. Level 4 Level 3 Level 5……. It looks like an average of four levels. ”

“That's right."

“Ian is a level 9.... Why are the summoners so low? ”

“Ian has put off leveling up summoners for a while to raise spirits. ”

“Aha!”

The members of the household who realized that they had not thought of it, each of them hesitated.

In Najchan's story, there were sharp parts of Ian's battle that he was unable to catch.

“On the other hand, the summoners of Inisko have an average level of six. Even Griffith King is level seven. And Ralph and Chesk are level seven. ”

“Well, yeah. ”

“If you had summoned summoners in this situation from the beginning, what would have happened? ”

Najchan asked with a smile.

And after a while, Kim's mouth slowly opened again.

“The summoners must have been cut off one by one. ”

“That's right. And the level of the Beaver, the tanker, is the lowest, making it even harder to operate the summoner. ”

“Aha…! ”

“That's why Ian saved the summoners until the end. ”

Thanks to him, the members of the inner circle once again hold their heads together.

After hearing the commentary, I recalled Ian's play, and it felt like Ian's design was more touching to the skin.

After the conversation between Najchan and Kim Delay, the monitoring room began to roar again.

After reviewing another version of Ian's all-time combat footage, everyone began to talk.

And again, Nazi Chan fixed his gaze on the screen and watched Ian play with an interesting face.

‘Yes, Ian, let's show them who is ranked # 1 in the world in this war. ’

In Najchan's mind, looking at Ian on the screen, a few users' identities suddenly passed by.

Even with Nazchan taking pride in being more knowledgeable of the game than anyone else, there were some players who had a level of ability comparable to Ian.

Imagining the day Ian and them met, Najchan began to shake his heart.