057 – Matchmaking (4)
Rakan and Irene walked through the water lily forest as usual, chasing traces of monsters and participants.
By the third day, the seeds of the monsters had dried up and it was difficult to find them.
Now, in order to get points, the only way left is to steal the life coins of the participants.
At that time, a wizard suddenly jumped out of the bushes and performed magic.
The two blue magic circles spread out in her right hand shone brightly.
It was a 2nd circle battle magic 5 rounds of magic bullets.
Magic bullets are used as a deterrent in wars between wizards.
Although the destructive power is weak, the casting difficulty is also low, so it can create magic quickly, so it was useful when making a surprise attack or breaking the opponent’s casting.
Todo Do-dong!
Five bullets fly straight and straight.
It was almost impossible to block all the magic bullets that were flying as fast as arrows at this distance.
However, Rakan and Irene already knew that the wizard would surprise them.
Rakan and Irene immediately switched seats as soon as the magic flew.
Doo-doo-doo!
All of the magic bullets bounced off of Irene’s wide sword.
“······shit.”
The wizard bit his lips.
A wizard who uses magic is like an archer who doesn’t have arrows on his strings.
We need to close the distance now.
Irene rushed.
It looked like his jaw was going to tingle because of the vicious momentum, but the wizard grinned.
It was because Plan B was also devised in case Plan A did not work.
The magician jumped out of the tree next to the wizard.
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Just before Irene swung her sword, the swordsman’s kick flew toward Irene’s side.Sequencing doesn’t really kill people.
It was just a matter of breaking the outer barrier of the double barrier magic hanging on the buckle.
At this angle, distance and timing, it was almost impossible to avoid this kick.
However, Irene twisted her body in the middle with an acrobatic move.
‘Nonsense!’
The swordsman’s kick barely passed, and Irene’s kick and sword flew towards the wizard and the swordsman respectively.
The swordsman blocked Irene’s kick with the gauntlet he was wearing on his forearm, and the wizard deflected the sword with the pre-cast 2nd Circle Tactical Barrier.
“Ahhh!”
However, the tactical barrier placed by the wizard on Irene’s greatsword broke and flew away.
The swordsman could barely hold on, but his hands were numb.
“hot!”
The magician reached out towards Irene’s body, which was still floating in the air.
This time, he tried to grab the wrist or shoulder, not the striker.
Irene had no intention of defending against the swordsman’s attack.
Because I believed in Rakan.
Rakan’s mana barrier magic enveloped Irene.
The magician’s hand was blocked by the mana barrier.
Although there was a strong sense of resistance, the magician shattered the mana barrier with his fingers and flew towards Irene’s body.
However, the brief time when the magician’s hand was blocked by the mana barrier was enough time for Irene to regain her body’s balance.
Irene evaded the swordsman’s fist and inserted a great sword into her side.
“Uh-huh!”
The outer barrier was shattered and blocked by the inner barrier, but the swordsman rolled the floor a few times like a baseball hit on the right time and crashed into a tree.
The swordsman’s buckle turned blue.
death has been dealt with.
Then Irene ran straight to the wizard.
The wizard calmly cast, but when Irene’s heavy sword flew in, the casting failed and the magic circle was shattered.
Clink!
With the sound of glass breaking, the external barrier magic broke, and the sword stopped at the wizard’s side.
The inner barrier was not hit.
However, the wizard slumped down as if the strength in his legs had loosened.
The swordsman leaned against the tree and raised his hand.
“…we lost.”
Among the teams Irene and Rakan had met so far, this team had the best combination and was the strongest.
It’s a pity that he knew there was going to be a surprise attack, but if he hadn’t noticed, Irene and Rakan would have been killed.
The magician took out a life coin with his name from his bosom and threw it at Irene.
Irene received Life Coins.
The life coin was written as Basserman.
Basserman was a name that even Irene knew.
He was the heir to the Leo family, one of the few wushu families in the empire, and was rumored to never be able to win once he had his wrist.
Irene would have struggled quite a bit without Rakan’s help, as Charlotte also tried 12 times to defeat Wasserman.
Basserman got up, brushing the dust off his body.
“I didn’t know it was going to be like this at all.”
“If I had held my wrist, I would have lost.”
“In the end, I didn’t get it. So it’s lost.”
The wizard took out the Life Coin with trembling hands.
Rakan, who was watching from behind, received the Wizard’s Life Coin.
The life coin was marked Konya.
Konya was also a very famous combat wizard within the Imperial University.
He was famous for being the fastest in the Imperial University in terms of casting speed, and he was talented enough to send a love call from the Iron-Blood Magic Corps.
Rakan drew water from his waist.
“Drink some water and calm down. I think your leg is loose.”
“ah······. thank you.”
Konya drank the water Rakan gave her and took a deep breath.
“Did you really learn magic on your own?”
“no. The Master is different.”
“ah······. Also.”
“There seems to be a rumor going around that he learned it by himself with a magic book, but it’s absolutely not.”
“Still, the magic seemed to be very sophisticated. Do you think you will be able to use circle 2 magic any time soon?”
Konya was slightly amazed when she saw the barrier magic applied over Irene.
Although it was a simple mana barrier of 1 circle, it was strong enough to temporarily block Basserman’s hand.
“The 2nd circle is still… For some reason, it felt like I was drawing a different picture with two hands, so it was very difficult. I think we need more practice.”
“Actually, magic starts with the 2nd circle.”
Konya handed Rakan the water bottle.
“Thanks for the water. I’m not even upset because I lost so overwhelmingly. You will be number one soon.”
“Irene would do it. What have I done?”
“Weren’t the points shared jointly? Then the points should be the same, right?”
“I decided to buy food and water with points instead of carrying it.”
“To say that it’s going to be carried away… well, that’s because it’s the two of you…”
Rakan reached out to Konya.
Konya took Rakan’s hand and stood up.
“If you just take off your clothes and fix it, join the magic club. There is a club where magicians from commoners gather, like Rakan and me. If you go there, maybe you will find the answer to the second circle magic.”
“ah······. Yes. I’ll think about it.”
“Then I’ll just go. I wish you good news.”
Konya and Basserman left for camp.
Irene and Rakan put life coins in their pockets.
They smashed 8 teams in the morning alone.
A total of 160 points were obtained thanks to that.
In the middle, I also caught white fur monkeys and goblins for a total of 201 points.
It seemed like we could reach the target of 3,000 points if we went on like this.
“Are you going to join the magic club?”
“No, I don’t have time for that.”
Rakan was busy over the weekend, breaking daily quests and taking magic lessons from Nadal.
There was no way I could do something like a club.
“Shall we go after lunch now? How about simple jerky?”
“I think it’s fine.”
At that moment, I could feel the popularity above my head.
Zeng-!
Irene immediately turned around and blocked the surprise attack with her bayonet.
“Hey, it was a surprise attack with the right aim.”
It was Charlotte.
Rakan immediately tried to cast a spell.
But I couldn’t.
It was because Ephrin appeared beside him.
Rakan stopped casting magic and drew his sword.
Zeng!
Rakan, who barely blocked Ephrin’s attack, swallowed a sigh.
“Where are you going to use magic!”
Rakan admitted that he had been vigilant.
I should have kept using Advanced Search, but I was so focused on my conversation with Konya that I didn’t know who was approaching me.
Of course, it was also thanks to Tigris that Charlotte learned how to kill a parasite.
Charlotte and Irene were in full rage.
Whenever Charlotte and Irene’s swords collided, a shock wave was released and leaves fell like snow.
Ephrin continued the attack.
Zeng-! Zeng-!
“I’m a senior, but since it’s my first meeting, I won’t say half-heartedly. How many points have you accumulated?”
Rakan couldn’t even open his mouth because it was too much to defend against Ephrin’s attack.
“・・・・・・About 1,600 points!”
Rakan pushed Ephrin away.
But Ephrin skillfully clings to Rakan.
“I collected a lot. We got just that much. Those who drop out here will not be in first place. right?”
Rakan understood why Ephrin kept talking.
Ephrin was trying to lower Rakan’s concentration.
By asking questions one-sidedly, he was trying to create a gap and finish it quickly.
Rakan shut his mouth and focused on Ephrin’s attack.
[Right foot walk.]
Rakan’s advanced search ability unfolded, and he quickly pulled out his right foot.
“I know how to avoid this. Magic swordsman knows how to use magic while wielding a sword, would you like to try it?”
The current composition of Rakan and Irene was very unfavorable.
Currently, Rakan could never defeat Ephrin, and Irene could never defeat Charlotte.
Originally, Rakan and Irene should have attacked Ephrin first, retired Ephrin, and attacked Charlotte together.
‘How do I do this…?’
Then, something strange caught Rakan’s eyes.
[Something huge is breaking through the ground.]
[The trees are shaking violently.]
[The trees are about to attack Irene, Rakan, and Ephrin.]
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1. Escape immediately.
Rakan’s body stiffened for a moment, and Ephrin put the sword into the gap.
Rakan judged quickly.
Rakan did not dodge Ephrin’s sword.
Clink!
The outer barrier shattered, and Ephrin’s sword struck Rakan’s inner barrier.
When the barrier was broken, Ephrin cheered.
“Keep it up! uh······?”
Rakan entered Ephrin’s arms, hugged him, and immediately poured magical energy into the artifact.
Whisper-!
Trees smashed over where Rakan and Ephrin were.
Seeing this, Charlotte and Irene were terrified.
“Rakan!”
“Ephrin!”
Charlotte and Irene stopped fighting each other and ran towards the fallen trees.
However, the attacks of the roots and trees coming out of the ground had no choice but to stop and retreat.
“shit!”
Charlotte and Irene continued to mow down trees and roots that were flying with their backs to each other.
Although they were distracted by the attacks from all directions, Charlotte and Irene moved as if they were one body, thwarting all attacks from all directions.
Suddenly, a forest keeper jumped out from among the fallen trees.
– Whoa, whoa!
After taking a moment to catch her breath, Irene reflexively checked the ruby necklace hanging from her neck.
‘Nope······. Don’t be weak.’
If it was in danger of death now, the Holy Sacred Heart of Lover would have already worked.
Charlotte bit her lip.
The thought that Ephrin and Rakan were buried between those fallen trees filled my head with anger.
Charlotte stared at the forest keeper.
“I’m going to kill you…”
“senior. Calm down. Ephrin-senpai will be alive.”
“······What? how?”
“At the end, I saw Rakan moving with Ephrin-senpai in Blink.”
“Blink? How is Rakan?”
“It’s an artifact. You got it from your master.”
Charlotte sighed in relief.
“Then can we be the only ones to care?”
“yes. As long as you hold on, huh?”
Clink! Whoops-!
At that moment, the forest keeper’s body suddenly began to burn.
– Goo!
The forest keeper glowed like a living firewood.
I don’t know why the fire suddenly started to burn, but Irene and Charlotte saw this as a great opportunity.
Irene and Charlotte quickly ran towards the forest keeper.
Burning vines flew in from all directions in the forest keeper’s riot, but Irene and Charlotte quickly avoided and blocked them and moved forward.
In the end, Irene was the first to arrive.
“Aww!”
Irene’s greatsword flew toward the forest keeper’s shoulder as if it were splitting the sky.
puck!
As the hard skin of the forest keeper softened by the fire, Irene’s greatsword pierced at once.
However, Irene’s strength was slightly lacking.
He dug to the edge of the forest keeper’s heart, but in the end he couldn’t cut his heart, and he stopped in the middle.
Irene bit her lip and tried to pull out the sword, but the forest keeper’s super regenerative ability was revealed and the sword was swallowed.
– Whoa, whoa!
“Shit.”
When the sword didn’t come out, Irene eventually let go of the sword and fell backwards.
“I didn’t have enough energy…….”
“Damn what now?”
Without Irene’s Greatsword, I couldn’t even approach that forest keeper.
Moreover, the problem was that the fire on the forest keeper’s body was starting to go out.
Then, something like a glass bottle flew in and hit the forest keeper’s face.
Tap!
And the forest keeper’s face caught fire.
– Whoa, whoa!
The forest keeper cried out in pain as his eyes burned.
“Hey! X bastard!”
Irene, Charlotte, and the forest keeper reflexively followed the source of the voice.
It was Rakan.
Rakan lit the wooden staff that tied the jacket on fire and shook it.
“Catch me baby!!!”
– Goo!
The forest keeper threw a vine towards Rakan.
* * *
[Quest Success!]
Undressing in front of Irene.
Get 500 Points!
Rakan got rid of the glimmering quest window in front of him.
[head]
He quickly bowed his head to avoid the vine.
“Ike!”
Rakan was very funny, but he was avoiding all the flying vines and trees.
Because the forest keeper’s eyes were burning, he could not aim properly, and Rakan’s advanced search ability was very deceptive.
Rakan glanced at the red ruby necklace fluttering from his neck.
did not shine
That must have meant that Rakan was able to overcome this situation well enough.
Because Tigris explained that it wouldn’t work unless you were really in danger of dying.
[Behind the left thigh.]
[Right flank.]
[Under feet.]
Rakan rushed forward, avoiding the warnings of the advanced search.
If time goes by like this, Tigris will surely come to the rescue.
– Whoa, whoa!
The fire on the forest keeper’s body has already begun to go out.
The forest keeper’s regenerative ability was truly beyond imagination.
Rakan pulled out the last remaining Molotov cocktail from his pants pocket.
It wasn’t just a Molotov cocktail, it was a “Molotov cocktail made with Ride vegetable oil.”
It was a Molotov cocktail that could burn even a live tree at once, causing an explosion and burning strongly when it came into contact with water.
Although it was worth 100 points each, it was well worth it.
threw it at him
He blocked the Molotov cocktail with a tree.
“shit!”
It was easy to hit when the Forest Keeper was preoccupied with Charlotte and Irene, but now it’s almost impossible.
In addition, the lost right eye came back.
[Right leg, left flank, head, heart.]
As soon as the forest keeper’s sight returned, they attacked from four directions at the same time.
‘can not avoid.’
In the end, I decided to use the third and last blink.
Whisper-!
As Rakan’s body disappeared, trees and vines mingled with each other, making a bizarre sound.
Now there was really no way to avoid it.
The forest keeper frantically pursued Rakan.
chin-!
Rakan tripped and tripped over the roots that rose beneath his feet.
thump- thump-
My heart was pounding like crazy.
I didn’t have the courage to look back at the thought that I could really die.
Rakan barely looked back.
A giant forest keeper approached with a smile.
Its vines flew towards Rakan’s face.
The idea was to get into Rakan’s eyes, nose, mouth, and ears and make a mess inside.
‘please······!’
As Rakan’s eyes began to tinge with despair, someone came out of Rakan’s side.
“Good work. Rakan.”
It was Tigris.
The sword of Tigris was drawn diagonally twice.
A beautiful silver arc that flew in the shape of an X cut all the vines and cut out the forest keeper’s heart.
– Whoa, whoa…
The forest keeper died in vain.
[Quest Success!]
Surviving the Forest Keeper
Get 3,000 points!
Rakan moved backwards with the relief that he was alive.
Rakan said, gasping for breath.
“Isn’t this necklace too vague to activate?”
“You must have decided that a romantic relationship is something you guys can get through. In fact, it was.”
“There is nothing easy in this world.”
Tigris went towards the body of the charred forest keeper.
Irene’s greatsword was stuck in the forest keeper’s chest.
I pulled out the bayonet and checked the condition of the bayonet.
The blade was very dull, and the guard side was slightly warped.
‘I’ll have to tell you to go back to the dwarf’s forge.’
“Master!!!”
I saw Charlotte and Irene running over the forest keeper’s body.
It must have been difficult to chase after the forest keeper made a mess around, but he followed me.
Irene asked urgently.
“What about Rakan!”
“live.”
Irene let out a sigh of relief as she looked at Rakan smiling hehehe.
And I felt something shudder.
“hey. Rakan.”
“uh? why?”
“What the hell were you thinking of doing that? And what the hell is that fire?”
“uh······.”
Both were very difficult questions to answer.
Rakan glanced at Tigris.
“….. what a secret?”
“What? secret?”
“Ah rain… ah ah ah ah ah!”
Irene grabbed Rakan’s shoulder and shook it.
“Where else are you trying to imitate Master? Come on tell me right now! What were you thinking of turning off Forest Keeper Aggro? You’re weak and you’re falling!”
Charlotte and Tigris had never seen Irene so excited.
“stop. Irene. Everyone has at least one secret.”
Irene calmed her excitement at Tigris’ calm voice.
Irene could not figure out how Rakan set the forest keeper on fire, but Tigris decided that Rakan was hired because of that ability.
“I don’t know what your abilities are, but don’t gamble with your life again. okay?”
Rakan swallowed his saliva at Irene’s serious gaze and made a promise he couldn’t keep.
“······okay.”
Irene grabbed Rakan’s hand and lifted him up.
Charlotte asked Tigris.
“By the way, how did this forest keeper come into this place?”
“I do not know. Now we have to investigate.”
Tigris handed the Black Dragon to Irene.
“Go to the blacksmith I told you before and fix the sword. It seems that the day has become very dull.”
“Yes. All right.”
Irene also lost her sword when she came here, so she was going to stop by the blacksmith to fix it.
“By the way, how is the sequence match?”
“I don’t know that yet. The school will inform you of the results soon.”
“That’s too bad. Coin really hard… huh?”
Charlotte checked the coin pocket tied around her waist.
“Uh… just a minute.”
I couldn’t see the life coin pocket I was wearing around my waist.