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Jumin Kwon and his teammates went into final inspection in the waiting room before the first match of the finals.
They looked at the skeletons adorned with decorations that showed off their individuality.
“Any problems?”
“The SST logo is also on it well. No problem.”
As the broadcast became a huge hit, many companies offered sponsorship for Lightning, who made it to the finals.
Lightning, with SST’s logo on the skeleton’s chest, with SST, who offered the best conditions, as the main sponsor.
So said Kwon Jumin, who did the final inspection.
“It’s definitely going to win. Understand? Don’t be vigilant!”
“Of course!”
“How much money is at stake!”
Lightning has already won more than 10 million won in the preliminaries alone.
However, from the finals, the amount of prize money in the match was different.
It is conducted as a tournament like the preliminary round, and the prize money for winning the first game is 10 million won, and the prize money for winning the first game is doubled after that.
In addition to that, the amount of donations received from sponsors also varies depending on the outcome of the match, so Lightning is determined.
Then the door to the waiting room opened and Baek Sang-ho came in and said,
“Are you ready?”
“Yes!”
“If you don’t know, I’ll say it again. The condition for victory in the finals is the neutralization of the opponent. Whether it was smashed or immobilized.”
Unlike the preliminaries where targets were used for fear of damaging the skeleton, the finals require a serious swordsmanship.
But Kwon Jumin was confident.
It was an opportunity to properly use the fighting skills that he had learned and mastered.
“And don’t forget that our parts are robbed by the opposing team the moment we lose the match. It’s sad to lose, but isn’t it too tragic to lose even the treasury weapon you’ve made?”
At that, Jumin Kwon said while stroking the skeleton’s right arm.
“It would be. Because if I lose this, I will be upset and will not be able to sleep.”
What the organizers delivered to them, who were enjoying the joy of qualifying, was to come up with a part that could show off their unique individuality.
Kwon Jumin, who put his head together with Baek Sang-ho and thought about it, came up with a part for the right arm.
However, the right arm had no difference in appearance from the right arm that had been attached to it before.
And that was the point Kwon Jumin and Lightning aimed at.
An operation that confuses the opponent by making them unable to recognize what their parts are and what their functions are.
Of course, when the match is broadcast, everyone is bound to notice it, but at least until then, it can faithfully function as a secret weapon.
At that moment, the voice of the narrator came out from the monitor in the waiting room.
-uh! This time, Ceron Group Chairman Han Ji-hyuk also attended!
At that, Kwon Jumin said with a surprised expression.
“The president himself?”
If that’s the case, I can’t get any further.
Jumin Kwon said looking back at the team members.
“The president also came, but if we lose, what will the head of the center, Sang-ho Baek, be? is not it?”
“right!”
“Never lose!”
As Lightning strengthened his resolve, Baek Sang-ho said with a smile.
“like. We are going with that momentum.”
When the time came, Lightning went to the arena with the skeleton.
Then, the opposing team appears from the other side, and the information of both teams is revealed on a huge electronic board.
Kwon Jumin, who found out about the opposing team’s secret information, said with a firm expression.
“The Gangbuk Manse Team.”
It was a playful team name, but their skills were real.
A strong team that advanced to the finals by showing off their outstanding skills in Seoul and placed 5th in the voting for the championship.
Baek Sang-ho also said with a firm expression.
“I met a difficult opponent from the beginning. Instructor Kim Se-ho is one of the top programmers in our center.”
An educational research center where only those with recognized skills among programmers can enter.
Even within such an education and research center, it’s a team with one of the best programmers as an assistant.
But the villagers were not discouraged.
Their facilitator is Baek Sang-ho, the best programmer that even Kim Se-ho, a lecturer, has no choice but to give up.
Anyway, knowing who the opponent was, Jumin Kwon checked the parts on the skeleton.
“tail?”
A long tail behind a skeleton painted in red and gold.
Those were the parts of the Gangbuk Manse Team.
Kwon Jumin immediately grabbed the console and said.
“What can you do with that tail? swing?”
Jumin Kwon adds an algorithm to deal with the swing attack.
“Tell me everything that comes to mind.”
After that, the team members who had organized their thoughts began to share their opinions one by one.
“I hit my leg with that to balance…”
“Is it for tying?”
Team members discussing ways to use tails one after another.
Jumin Kwon, who added various countermeasures for the tail, said with a smile.
“As expected, hiding secret weapons is the answer.”
Instructor Se-ho Kim said with a click.
“Which parts are you going to hide?”
Then the leader of Gangbuk Manse said with a firm expression.
“Where?”
“Neither do I.”
Se-ho Kim said looking at the leader.
“I think we will have to do a search battle first. Be as defensive as possible.”
With that said, the leader and team members immediately entered the algorithm setting.
Kim Se-ho looked at Baek Sang-ho and said.
“What do you think, Chief? Or Lightning?”
It is not known to what extent Baek Sang-ho was involved, but Kim Se-ho felt like he ate one shot due to the lack of information.
But that didn’t mean I was going to give up.
“Chief of the Center. We will definitely win this time.”
Baek Sang-ho is always praised as the best programmer for his unrivaled ability.
Kim Se-ho, who has worked tirelessly to catch up with such Baek Sang-ho, nevertheless, Baek Sang-ho’s wall was always high.
But combat isn’t something that programmers have been doing professionally.
So maybe this is the first chance to defeat Baek Sang-ho.
Then the leader said.
“Setup is complete.”
“like. Let’s try it.”
That’s how the first round started.
Jumin Kwon said while watching the game.
“Send to explore.”
Obviously, the skeletons were fighting fiercely compared to the preliminaries.
However, Kwon Jumin, who set the algorithm, was well aware of it.
This fight is nothing more than a search battle.
The skeleton of the opposing team was extremely restrained in the use of tails to the extent that the addition of multiple algorithms for tails was insignificant.
Baek Sang-ho nodded and said.
“I will. Teacher Kim is a very cautious person.”
“Because you have a cautious personality…”
That means that they cannot use their tails recklessly unless they bring out their secret weapon.
Kwon Jumin thought for a moment and said.
“Then I have to choose one of two ways. One is to use prudence to take out the secret weapon early and finish it in one shot, or to misunderstand our parts by giving it a fake. What would you do if you were the head of the center?”
Baek Sang-ho, who was worried about those words, said.
“If it were me, I would give it a fake.”
“Fake.”
Kwon Jumin looked at the opposing team and said.
“Just as the center director knows Lecturer Kim well, doesn’t Lecturer Kim also know the center director well? So you can predict that we’re going to use fakes?”
“It could be.”
Then Kwon Jumin smiled and said.
“Then why don’t we go ahead and go the opposite way?”
“Well?”
Suddenly, Jumin Kwon controls the console at high speed, and Lightning’s skeleton, who was continuing the offensive, suddenly begins to widen the distance.
Kim Se-ho said with a firm expression.
“what?”
Kim Se-ho, who had an anxious heart, said.
“Short the distance.”
A leader who modified the algorithm in real time to access Lightning’s skeleton with the console in response to Kim Se-ho’s words.
But as their skeletons approached like that, Lightning’s skeletons continued to circle the arena to widen the distance.
“what? Why are you trying to widen the distance? Are you going to use the parts?”
If so, this is your chance to know what your opponent’s parts are.
However, Kim Se-ho was a person who knew Baek Sang-ho’s perfectionist tendencies better than anyone else.
Baek Sang-ho, who does not tolerate even an inch of error, has always liked to have perfect control over all situations.
That Baek Sang-ho doesn’t even check this side’s hand and draws a card first?
Even through appearance, you have an edge in information over this one?
Kim Se-ho said with a smile.
“It’s a fake.”
Kim Se-ho is convinced that they are digging traps through fakes because they are only continuing their exploration battles.
“Then don’t get caught. Widen the distance.”
When the leader manipulates the console at Kim Se-ho’s words, the skeleton of Gangbuk Manse stops narrowing the distance and stops.
“Probably waiting for us to rush in. It’s only the first game, so there’s no need to overdo it.”
“All right.”
Two skeletons with such a distance apart.
Then, as the distance widened, Lightning’s skeleton suddenly leaned back and pulled his right hand toward his body.
Seeing that, Se-ho Kim said with his eyes shining.
“right hand. This is to make the right hand mistaken for parts. I am sure.”
“What should I do?”
“Once you strengthen your defense settings once again, you can respond at any time…”
That’s when the instructions were given.
Lightning’s skeleton suddenly raises his crouched body and leaps towards the skeleton of Gangbuk Manse.
“uh!?”
I thought it was a fake, but I was surprised to see Kim Se-ho suddenly jump and run.
“episode. evasion! Avoid it!!”
Kim Se-ho, who felt strange and rushed to dodge.
However, the leader’s reaction speed was significantly reduced to immediately change the previously set defense algorithm to an evasion algorithm in response to the sudden leap of the skeleton, which is far superior to humans.
“ruler. for a moment!!”
In the midst of such a rush, Lightning’s skeleton swung his right hand at the skeleton of Gangbuk Manse.
Then, the skeleton of Gangbuk Manse crosses its arms and mobilizes its tail to block it according to the previously set defense algorithm.
However.
Kuwang!!!
As soon as the right arm wielded by Lightning’s skeleton strikes both arms of Gangbuk Manse’s skeleton, both arms are smashed with a tremendous roar and the Gangbuk Manse’s skeleton is plunged into the floor.
“mi. crazy?!”
Kim Se-ho is well aware of the detailed specifications of the skeleton, so he knew well that that power was not the power that could ever come from a basic arm.
In other words, the attack that has been carried out with a wider distance is not a fake, but a real attack.
“uh. Hurry up…”
But even before Kim Se-ho’s words were finished, the right arm of the Lightning Skeleton fell towards the body of the Gangbuk Manse Skeleton whose arms were smashed.
And the huge force on his right arm smashed the body of the Gangbuk Manse Skeleton as it is.
Se-ho Kim, realizing that he had lost, said with a bewildered expression.
“…that power is a foul.”
In the preliminary round, considering the lack of skills of the participants, the algorithm was manipulated during the maintenance time between rounds, but since all the teams in the finals were excellent, the rule was deleted for the excitement of the match so that if you can do it during the match, you can tweak the algorithm. Again, the decision was right.
Skeletons that would have hit and hit only according to the algorithm in the preliminary round played a more exciting game with the algorithm changing in real time during the match.
But no matter what, I didn’t know that in the first match of the finals, even in the first round, there would be a match like this.
I said with a smirk.
“Are you daring?”
Both parts of the skeleton were made by me, so I knew better than anyone how things were going.
First of all, Kangbuk Manse’s tail was a part that maximized its utility as a third arm and leg.
On the other hand, Lightning’s right arm literally has the power of a single blow, but if you swing it just 3 times, it becomes rigid for 30 seconds due to overload.
Of course, there’s no magical limit, but it’s a side effect that I set for the balance because it implements the power that Lightning wants, but anyway.
“I didn’t know you were going to use that openly in the first round.”
Originally, that tail wasn’t a bad part either.
By using the tail, you can take various postures that cannot be done with only two legs and two arms, and you can use more diverse attack routes. .
However, Se-ho Kim was vigilant because he thought that there was no way to bring out his secret weapon right away in the first game, and the misunderstanding was the difference between victory and defeat.
“It would be embarrassing. Instructor Kim.”
As much as I don’t know the side effects of those arm parts, I think from the perspective of Kim Se-ho, it’s a destructive power that breaks the balance.
Besides, how embarrassing it would be to lose without even using the tail properly.
“By the way, wouldn’t it be substantial if the tail was added to that right arm?”
It is the right hand that goes down the moment it is caught by its long tail.
I mean, the combination is pretty good.
“It’s definitely fun, too.”
The more teams rob parts in the future, the more combinations there will be and the more fun the game will be, right?
I got up from my seat with a satisfied look on my face and walked over to Lightning.
“Congratulations. Lightning team members. And Center Manager Baek.”
Then Kim Se-ho came up to me and said,
“episode. President. The attack just…”
“It’s balanced.”
I cut off Kim Se-ho’s words because I knew exactly what Kim Se-ho was trying to say.
“I can’t give you more details because there are still matches, but it’s not like you can use that power indefinitely.”
“that. I can.”
Then Baek Sang-ho approached Kim Se-ho and said,
“thank you for your effort. Instructor Kim.”
Then Kim Se-ho, who was depressed, said.
“I thought it was a fake, of course.”
“If it were me, I would. But it was Lightning who made that decision, not me.”
“…is that Lightning’s judgment?”
“Yes. Aren’t we facilitators? So I thoroughly advise when Lightning asks for help, and I never get involved in the game.”
Kim Se-ho, who took the lead like a director, and Baek Sang-ho, who entrusted everything to Lightning as an assistant.
This difference was the deciding factor between the two teams.
“Anyway, this is a Lightning win.”
After announcing Lightning’s victory, I removed the tail of the shattered Gangbuk Manse Skeleton and said:
“Of course the new owner of this tail is Lightning.”
I handed the tail to Kwon Jumin and said,
“Take it. And congratulations again.”
“go. thank you!!”
“I hope to study the tail well and show you a better match next time.”
Having arranged the situation like that, I said to the camera that was filming all the scenes.
“Then the Skeleton Competition. I hope you all enjoy it. thank you.”
Games in which variables are created with infinite variables, such as winning new parts and using those parts to create new combinations.
In addition, when the rules were changed and the finals, which changed even more vigorously, were aired, the heat got even hotter.
While people were so excited about the skeleton match, I found new possibilities for combat algorithms there.
“There are a lot of interesting combinations.”
Strange parts are made and the parts are combined to create bizarre combinations that have never been imagined in the Seron Undead Corps.
From a four-legged skeleton after robbing several leg parts to a skeleton with an infinite attack concept with several weapons instead of arms.
After looking at the various combinations like that, I looked at Lightning’s skeleton and said.
“Still, this is the best.”
Lightning, who succeeded in snatching the tail, went on to win.
Lightning won the second match following the first match and obtained leg parts. After that, the secret weapon, the right arm, was revealed on the air, but Lightning succeeded in thoroughly hiding the side effects after the third time by somehow winning within three attacks. .
Thanks to this, Lightning has become a popular team that is now considered as a strong contender for the championship.
“Once this tournament is over, we’re going to make the teams look like a pro and then have them take turns playing each other once or twice a week.”
Only this time, the robbery was held for the fun of the competition, but then the parts should be open to all teams so that the teams can combine and research parts on their own.
“good night. great.”
By studying the algorithm in this way, the algorithm necessary for the reconstruction of the undead corps is reinforced.
At that moment, Kim Deok-bae’s voice is heard knocking on the door.
“President.”
“Come on in.”
Kim Deok-bae, who entered the president’s room, said.
“A proposal came in and looked at it, but it was rejected because it did not fit the purpose of Seron. Still, I thought the president should know, so I came to report it.”
“What is your suggestion?”
“This is a proposal to use a skeleton for a game as a skeleton for a gate.”
As soon as I heard it, I knew what it was.
“Who made the offer?”
“This is a small guild.”
As it is a skeleton made from monsters in the first place, the skeleton for competition has the same specifications as the lower level Awakeners.
Of course, you will want to use that fighting power.
“If it is a skeleton that ordinary people can control, they say that ordinary people will be able to fight directly by assisting the Awoken beyond the work of a porter.”
assistant?
I don’t know yet, but I don’t know for a long time.
As one programmer operates hundreds of worker skeletons, the teams make a large number of skeletons based on their algorithms and then put them in the gate.
So what’s the use of the Awoken?
As long as there is a skeleton, even ordinary people can hunt.
It’s so sad that they send out proposals without even realizing that they’re kicking their own rice bowls.
I said with a smirk.
“You refused.”
“thank you.”
“There will be no future skeletons to be brought into the gate… um?”
Wait a minute.
Teams that take their own algorithm-based skeleton and respond in real time.
Isn’t this actually a skeleton commander?
“uh?”
This is an algorithm, and if you sleep and increase the size of the sport, you will be mass-produced by skeleton commanders, right?
The biggest drawback of the necromancer is that the command system is only passed on to the necromancer himself.
Unlike Seron’s undead corps, which has no personality, each commander has a different fighting style.
“Wow.”
this is it
This is a revolutionary way to catch my annoyance and efficiency at the same time.
“Vice President.”
“Yes. President.”
“What was my budget for Skeleton Sports Shoes?”
“It was planned to invest 200 billion won this year.”
“Let’s increase it. also several times. As soon as the competition is over, announce the establishment of the league and proceed immediately.”
If that’s the case, there’s no reason not to.
The success of the sport is no less than the rebuilding of the Undead Corps.
I said with a bright smile.
“Let’s run like crazy in a large-scale battle where one team controls dozens or more skeletons.”