51. blasting duke
“It’s dark… … .”
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lost again miserably. I want to ‘properly’ hit the guy who is standing right in front of me and taking that nasty victory pose. Every day, I drew a picture of victory by drawing dozens of simulations in my head. A little more and you can win. At that time, if I didn’t back down and hit the face counter! If only one successful bottom defense… … . I was desperate and studied him endlessly. But didn’t someone do that?
‘Everyone has a plausible plan. Until you get hit… … .’
He was just that pair. The defeat he did not want to get used to piled up in front of him.
3:0
He can’t believe that during his 100-loss run, he hasn’t won a single game except for the first 10.
“how… … .”
“Do you want to do it again?”
“Aaaagh!”
I want to run into it right away and beat it, but this is a combat waiting room where you can’t attack.
The manager who was contacted by Sangseong told me. J-TEC is sponsoring an African Hako… … .
He told me to step on him moderately since he was competing where he should have been.
So, pretending to be close friends, I approached and started a battle. As a way of being friends and hanging out… … .
“At first, he wasn’t much to look at… … .”
In the first game, we fought with a close match and lost really narrowly. So much so that it wouldn’t be strange who would win.
I was quite shocked, but I thought it was because of my carelessness. However, in the second game that followed immediately, they lost 3:1. And in the next game 3-0… The next game is 3:1… … .
“I should have noticed then… … .”
The guy was copying himself. It was more like holding the same weapon three times in a row. After losing three rounds, I analyzed the game with a cool head and realized that the guy was moving like a copy of himself.
‘how… How could that be?’
He played Iron Fist for five months. It’s been a month since it was released, but I participated in the alpha test under the name of 1 million YouTubers and gained combat experience. Although he is a 1 million YouTuber, he did not give up on his dream of becoming a pro gamer. He made an excuse that he was aiming for military exemption when he said it would be adopted as an Olympic event, but he made a big picture with the intention of building awareness from this tournament and becoming one of the top players in the forthcoming Iron Fist League.
In the industry, he signed a contract with Sangseong, doing things he shouldn’t have done, and was about to bear fruit in a week, but a stabbing that cut into his lane, which was running stably, ruined everything. Because of the assassin sent by JTEC… … .
‘K… … .’
He felt only one emotion after losing 100 times to an insignificant bastard.
‘wall… … .’
No matter how many traps you dig and unexpected moves, you avoid and block them all. When he gets tired of hitting and backs down, a counterattack begins, and the technique is also vicious. I choose Lee, I choose many… You are constantly forced to make choices. It is not a battle of masters who digs into the gap between attacks, but digs into the opponent’s psychology and beats them. That’s why it’s more troublesome and makes people more angry.
Constantly forcing you to make choices, digging into your psychology, and viciously beating you up, so no matter how hard you try to stay calm, you become overheated and make mistakes before you know it. Then, when they are cornered against the wall, it is the beginning of the terrible rock-paper-scissors game. Also, the opponent must play rock-paper-scissors with both hands, and you must play rock-paper-scissors with one hand.
‘Fuck, I should withdraw from the contest.’
I have already spoken to the manager. Rumors spread as soon as they spread, and there are stories of Sangseong breaking the contract. 20% of YouTube subscribers fell out, and a lot of fans also fell off. If you go to the competition like this? You will become his handmaid, and your blood will speed up and you will fall into the abyss until you are mummified.
“When will you make your professional debut?”
He’s definitely going pro. Since he ate himself as a whale, he will gather a lot of aggro and enter the pros with great success. And until then, he would consult with himself and practice life-or-death to make him fall. However, the answer that came out of his mouth was enough to frustrate him even more.
“Pro? Aren’t you going to do it?”
“What?”
absurd answer… … .
Don’t you play pro with that skill? I can assure you that this guy had the skills to become a world-class Iron Fist pro gamer. By the way… … .
“Not very funny. Seion is better.”
“pup… … .”
Geniuses are real assholes. He drove a nail through his chest until the very end.
* * *
-How can you hit me so easily?
“I can see it.”
-what?
“It’s moving.”
– How do you look at it?
Manager Lee asked about Red Sec on the phone yesterday. But even if you ask me how I see it, I have nothing to answer. I just saw the motion to get up or roll, so I just attacked accordingly. It’s like being surprised that you can even run.
Well, it’s done with the head, so it can be said that it’s a difference in synchronization rate rather than a physical difference, but I don’t think I’m going to pretend to be proud of this.
‘Because it’s a realm of talent.’
Isn’t it just an innate advantage rather than hard work? In the end, I know what the answer they want is, but the reason I didn’t say it was because I didn’t want it to be buried in the fact that everything I’m going to do in the future is my talent. ‘Cause I’m working hard Like right now… … .
“Don’t think otherwise! Let’s do one more!”
“Dyong, dul, dul, I guess.”
“Mr. Junghyun! Talking makes breathing difficult! just one more! just one!”
“Turn it off!”
Push up the barbell with all your strength.
“Well done! uh! It looked like a bone, but it was just a whole bone! ruler! One more while inhaling!”
No, one of those bastards will always be one!
“Ugh!”
“like! good! stop!”
“Puha… … .”
When I put on the barbell, sweat runs all over my body. said the muscular trainer, who seemed to have crumpled a rock inside thin tights.
“Because the basics are good, take supplements and protein steadily, and if you exercise, you’ll be able to get fit soon.”
“Is that so? Whoops.”
“yes. He is moderately tall and has long limbs, so if he puts on some muscle, women will line up.”
“Anyway, a woman… Whoops… I don’t need it.”
“ha ha ha! Yes? Then I need to exercise more.”
I don’t know why my lack of interest in women is the reason I need to exercise more, but after that, I worked out my muscles for another hour, took a quick shower, ate at the restaurant on the first floor, and almost crawled back home.
“Ugh… … .”
If you lie down anywhere, you will fall asleep quickly. However, once I entered the capsule, the tiredness disappeared completely and my mind became clearer than ever.
“What else will happen today?”
It’s fun to solve the things that happen in the manor. When I first started Seion, I only saw quests as a means to gain experience and rewards. However, the more he did the quests in Podina’s Territory, the more he began to enjoy them.
Yesterday, I patrolled the south side of the castle with my soldiers, clearing out looters. Interestingly, if you belong to a territory, even if you are not a looter, you can be immediately executed without losing honor points.
It is praised by residents and general users because it performs the same duties as the police to maintain public order.
“Today, let’s build some rapport with Mr. Theo.”
There was a lot to gain from getting close to a high-ranking official in the territory. Even if it’s not a new skill, the tier and level of my skill can be raised through the special skill that person has, and the target of the recent attack was Theo Lindston. She sits at home under the pretext of witchcraft and becomes a full-time housewife, but in the past, it is worth looking forward to having equal powers with Karen Lindston. However, when I logged in and woke up in my little house in the inner city, I was startled by the message in front of me.
[Hidden Quest] Convocation Order
-Meet Karen Lindston.
-Reward: EXP 100 exp
“what.”
The reason I’m puzzled is because I didn’t do anything to get the hidden quest until I logged out. The last thing I did was patrol the slums, and all I had to do was beat up three looters and hand them over to the chief of the guard. After leaving the house, I headed straight to the Ranger Tower where Karen Lindston was.
“Oh, are you here?”
Karen, who was contemplating something with a large map spread out on the table, looked at me as I entered the office and said,
“Yes. Strider.”
Standing in front of her, I bowed modestly. In the past, I just casually called her Karen, but as it turned out, she allowed it because of her high level of intimacy. Mr. Karen gestured to me.
“Come here and look at the map.”
When I approached and looked at the map, there were red lines drawn on the map.
“This is the infiltration route we found from the guys from the Baron Carmerson territory who kidnapped the Count’s daughter the other day.”
On the map, it is divided into the China Empire and the Kingdom of Korra, but in fact, its meaning was distinguished using natural features, not borders from a modern point of view. If you read the setting, it is said to be the concept of territory in the past Middle Ages, but anyway, you can come and go freely except for some key points.
But that didn’t mean they were completely free, because there were rangers monitoring the elements of the territory. And the fact that they broke through their surveillance network meant that there was a fatal hole in the territory’s defense.
“Are you in the south?”
“okay. Due to the southern Polos Forest monster area, we didn’t have many Polos Rangers guarding it, but it was confirmed that a path was created as a result of a recent change in the monster area. here… And here.”
Karen pointed to two places on the map with her finger.
“okay. So, are you saying that I should go and check it out?”
“no. The confirmation has already been completed through the Polos Ranger Strider. The mission for Mr. Kay is different.”
“which… … .”
When I questioned her, Karen took a small piece of red waxed parchment from a drawer and placed it on the table.
“It is the name of Count Podina.”
[Hidden Quest] Infiltrate Baron Carmerson’s territory and carry out the bombing operation on Carmerson’s estate.
– Count Podina cannot forgive Baron Carmerson for trying to kidnap his daughter. However, he decided to use a ‘special’ means because he had to avoid a conflict with the China Empire as much as possible. Deliver Count Podina’s anger to Baron Carmerson.
– Blow up the statue of Van Hakra Camerson
-Reward: 30,000 exp, 100 gold, territory contribution +100
-Special reward: Differential payment according to the performance of the bombing operation
* * *
“Wow… … .”
The parchment on the table… No, to be precise, this is a magic scroll.
[Magic Scroll – Explosion] [Legendary] [Level 8]
What is the legendary level 8 Explosion magic? It certainly doesn’t seem to end with a simple explosion. The hidden quest given to me was to burrow into enemy territory and carry out the blast operation.
To be precise, it was to blow up the 5m bronze statue of Van Hakra Camerson, the progenitor of the Camerson family located in the inner courtyard of the Camerson estate. The meaning contained was never light.
According to Mr. Karen, the Camerson family proceeds in front of this bronze statue when succeeding to the headship. And the reason why I, who had been in the territory for less than a month, was sent alone to destroy such a treasure was because of various special circumstances along with Mr. Karen’s positive recommendation.
“First of all, it means that he is a person from the little-known territory. Since it is a territory that has crossed the border for a long time, they are familiar with each other’s internal affairs, so if a key person in the territory who is worthy of such a mission is absent, he will quickly become irritated.”
“okay. But wouldn’t it be impossible for me alone to do such a thing?”
It’s like infiltrating a foreign country and into a hostile territory. Twenty people were sent from the Camerson estate side, but only one from this side. And that’s me… … .
“That’s because I recommended it to the Count. Mr. Kay’s status is low, but he’s just a member of the company, and if he has enough achievements, he’s a person who can quickly become the backbone of the territory.”
‘Aha.’
I wondered why the contribution to the Hidden Quest was so high, but there was such a back story.
By the way, if you accumulate this contribution, you can rise from a normal ranger job to an intermediate ranger. Intermediate, then senior, and then become a strider leading a group of rangers. What does that mean?
seminoble.
Although he has not received an official title, it is said that he is treated as a single-ranking nobleman within Podina. Of course, they are one step away from real nobles and receive a salary rather than a manor, but the status of a noble has a great influence on the improvement of specs within Seion, just like a job.
“Trust me and leave it to me.”