< Psychic Wars - All-Star Game (2) >
Episode 203
Because he did not belong to any professional team, he was not affiliated with—even though he was a member of Tricky TV—to be honest.
Naturally, an amateur player, who was not even registered as a professional player, overtook Khan and Vlad to take the first place in the All-Star Game voting.
Even those who voted were surprised by the result!
If the All-Star Game voting had been held at a normal time, it wouldn’t have been this far.
It would have been quite a save, but still, it would have been unreasonable to go beyond the strongholds of Khan and Brad to become number one.
However, these days, Dohyun was in the midst of a hot topic through the ‘Leave Hoonsu’ program in full swing.
Even the game played in episode 1 of ‘Keep Hunsu’ was ‘Psychic Wars’!
In addition, the reaction of the 4th episode ‘Samurai Hearts’ is not to mention.
Meanwhile, the voting for the All-Star Game was held, so the result was as expected in a way.
-I want to see Kratos do Psychic Wars!
-Why aren’t you good at fighting on TV?
– I need to make it an event match;
– Did everyone vote? do it unconditionally must!
In addition to that, fans of Dohyun and fans of Psychic Wars also contributed to the voting craze.
It was an unprecedented situation that the first place voting for the All-Star Game was not a professional player, but an amateur player who did not even debut.
How did the professional players react in front of this situation…
“Things like that happen, too.”
It was…
Khan shrugged his shoulders.
So did the players around him.
It is true that they were quite surprised to see the results of the All-Star Game voting.
Hopefully, no one expected that Dohyun would surpass Khan and take first place.
But if you ask how it affected them, the answer is simple.
“It doesn’t really matter. Whoever wins first place.”
At all, it had no effect at all.
Of course, some of them felt a sense of relative deprivation, and there were certainly others who were offended that an amateur player took the first place in the All-Star Game.
However, Dohyun, who took first place in the vote, did not participate in the Korean All-Star team due to regulations.
In the midst of all this, talking about this and that is just nonsense, so I just thought it was going to be like that and passed it on.
Because I didn’t mean that I wanted to win 1st place just because I was Dohyun.
“Last year, there were times when an idol member appeared in an event match and got the qualifications to vote.”
“It was pretty chewy back then.”
“Did you say 17th?”
It was also because I had already had this experience once.
At that time, they weren’t taken away from the top spot as they are now, but if they made a mistake, an idol member who didn’t know anything could have joined the All-Star team.
Compared to that, this is medicine.
“Honestly, I wish Kratos would make an All-Star game.”
Besides, Khan himself, who was pushed to second place, said this publicly, so what more should I say?
“How strong it will be when we are on the same team.”
Can’t taste it again as if it’s a pity.
At his words, the toaster, who met Do-hyun in the semifinals of the physical strongest match, struck back.
“Certainly, if Kratos had been there, this All-Star Game would have been a win-win.”
“Ah, but it’s not too much of a win with just one amateur player. There are so many great aces like America’s ‘Captain Arta’, Germany’s ‘Kungen’, China’s ‘Wang Tau’, and Japan’s ‘Sakamoto’. .”
The objection to Toaster was Zeta, who was selected as an All-Star Game nominee.
Zeta, a rookie who made his debut this year, was not selected as a participant because he did not show much performance in the physical strongest match.
However, since then, he has shown great performances, made a mark on Psychic Wars fans, and was honored to participate in the All-Star Game as a candidate for the coach’s recommendation.
That’s why his face was full of confidence that he couldn’t hide.
In a good way, it is expressed as a rookie player’s ambition, and in a bad way, it can be called pride.
“Regular matches, but the All-Star Game is a 10-on-10 irregular match. No matter how strong you are, it would be impossible to win with just one player. Thinking of common sense.”
“Well, you might think so. Unless you’ve met Kratos.”
Toaster ignored Zeta’s words and passed it over.
It was because his patience was not shallow enough to argue with a candidate like that.
Zeta had an expression that he wanted to say more, but the conversation did not continue because Khan, the subject of the conversation, turned his head and looked elsewhere.
“Brad, are you watching that again?”
“Yeah, well- that’s right.”
It was Vlad, who was on one side, that Khan spoke to.
Brad, who was watching the video with a hologram floating in front of him, shrugged at Khan’s words.
Then Khan smirked and said to him.
“They say they’ve been watching since Pizza War. Do you still have anything left to see?”
“The more you look, the newer it is. These days, I’m looking for a Trickers video. Even back then, it was a ridiculous monster.”
“Triggers. The Colosseum video is definitely worth seeing.”
“Yes. The rest of the opponent’s level is low, so I can’t take it as a reference, but that’s really great.”
Brad’s eyes twinkled.
Khan, who participated in the Trickers as a commentator and watched the scene clearly, also sympathized.
He was the one who said he was the god of fighting during the broadcast, so it’s only natural.
It was because he had crazy physical and fighting skills.
“To be honest, I think Kratos’ greatness lies in his combat skills rather than his physical abilities.”
Brad leaned against the back of the chair.
In the hologram video he put up in front of him, Dohyun was in the middle of a battle.
After pouring out the attacks that are pouring on him with a single sheet of paper, he hits or blocks them with his own hands and feet, then hits with his body what he can withstand.
It was amazing to be able to fight like this.
-“That’s enough to be a true god of battle, God!”
“Of course, the physical is crazy. No matter how good the fighting skills are, if there is no physical support to support it, it’s just a delusion in my head.
“Huh, I’m the opposite. The physical that can demonstrate that kind of combat skill looks more amazing.”
The difference in the way Khan and Brad looked at Dohyun was due to their characteristics.
Khan overcame his lack of physical strength—of course, in the world of the highest level professional—only with his own fighting skills.
Although lacking in combat skills, Brad was recognized as an ace in the professional world for his physical talent that allowed him to enter the ‘realm’.
Because they have different strengths, what they feel great when they see Dohyun is different.
“Well, actually, either way is a monster.”
“That’s right. I honestly didn’t think there would be a monster like me and Khan combined. I was called a genius. Haha.”
“It must be that there is a sky above the sky. And that’s what I felt at the pizza battle. A real ‘genius’ would mean such a monster.”
“Khans too?”
“Yes. Kratos is a real monster.”
This was Dohyun’s frighteningness.
The physical alone is superior to that of Blad, who is considered the top in the pros.
A combat skill superior to that of Khan, who became a legend in the harsh professional world with only one combat skill.
The story is that the monster that seems to have been upgraded by combining Khan and Vlad into one is Dohyeon.
It was a joke, but it was real.
“In that sense, what do you think of this event match, player Brad?”
Xenix, who was listening to the conversation between Khan and Brad, asked.
Unfortunately, he met Do-hyun and was robbed in the first match of the last physical strongest match, and he was aiming for a chance to restore his honor through this event match.
Second, whether that is possible.
The goal is to set it high in the first place.
“Are you referring to the sword god raid by this event match?”
“If that’s the case, honestly, there’s only one thing I can tell you.”
At Xenix’s confirmation, Vlad grinned.
Combination of Dohyun and Psyker for events.
Because the only answer that came from there was laughter.
“It’s not meant to be broken.”
“······· Is that much?”
“Anyway, Kratos, who has crazy physical and combat skills, uses a powerful event psyker? If you think about the event psyker during the last All-Star Game, the story is over.”
In the last All-Star Game, the All-Star team managed to win against the developer-controlled event psyker.
Recalling the memories of that time, Xenix trembled.
Certainly, it was good to see that there was no chance of victory if Dohyun controlled a psyker that maintained the performance of that time.
Likewise, Shia, who was listening next to him, sneaked in and said.
“If the developer had an idea, wouldn’t they have nerfed the power of the event psyker? I believe so.”
“‘Sword God (劍神)’ needs an additional nerf.”
At the declaration of the operation team leader, the development team leader raised his glasses without a word.
In the video displayed in front of them, Dohyun was checking the event psyker ‘Swordsin’ given to him in the midst of it.
A special psyker ‘Sword God’ that can demonstrate different abilities for each phase.
It means that he is in the process of trying out the abilities possessed by that ‘sword god’ and getting used to it.
“Even if it’s an All-Star game, it’s too much. If we send it out to an event match as it is, we’re going to get a lot of insults.”
This was not the sole opinion of the head of the operation team.
It was the overall opinion of the management team who saw Dohyun dealing with ‘Sword God’.
I’m sorry for the give-and-take format, but I thought that an additional nerf was needed even if there was a way to ask for forgiveness from Do-hyeon, who is currently dealing with ‘Sword God’.
That way, the event match will have a raid-like form, and there will be less insults.
“Do you know that ‘Sword God’ now has less than half the output compared to last year’s event psyker?”
At the words of the development team leader who had been silent, the operation team leader nodded.
“That’s right. The level of the person controlling it is different, so we nerfed it a lot from the design of ‘Sword God’ in the first place.”
“But do I still need to nerf it further?”
“Yes. Unconditional.”
The manager of the operations team replied sternly.
No, that was a notice, not an answer.
You absolutely have to nerf it.
It was a notification that contained a strong will enough to make the development team leader shut his mouth.
“When added to the official battlefield, you can leave it as is. Tests have adjusted the ability to the most appropriate difficulty when controlled by a bot. But not when controlled by Kratos. It has to be nerfed.”
“Is that enough?”
“Yeah, that’s about it.”
The development team leader turned his head and looked at the video.
In the video, Do-hyeon was just floating 20 swords in the sky, manipulating them freely and handling his abilities.
Twenty swords flew through the air like a single organism.
Even the head of the development team, who was not very good at the game, looked at the giant net drawn by the swords, as if it would cut down everything that came at him.
And the next two phases.
‘Dohyun went crazy.’
There was nothing else I could do but do that.
As if to show what a true swordsman is, he was just destroying everything.
All 10 bots given to play were smashed in an instant.
“·······Good. Let’s nerf it.”
The development team leader saw that and nodded.
I had no choice but to put it that way, because it would be an event match or something, God’s hand would destroy it.
The manager of the operation team smiled brightly at his answer.
“Okay. For Kratos, I have to ask for forgiveness.”
“Yeah. But it’s a really crazy ability. It’s handled so well that it has to be nerfed.”
“That’s why I’m called a genius.”
As the operation team leader laughed, the development team leader shook his head.