chapter 422
422 – Unfair Talent
“Hmm – congratulations to the vice guild leader. You’ve recruited a really great talent. Since they talked so much about it on TV, I was curious to see how good they were, but it seems they’re even better than I heard. Through rumors.
It wouldn’t be easy to control so many summons at the same time.”
Hehe… What’s causing this much fuss? It’s still too early to be surprised.”
Kang Yeon-soo waved his hands as if it was no big deal at the words of another executive sitting behind him.
But I had no intention of hiding the laughter that burst out.
Hehe, our Skeleton Knight didn’t even move a single step. Isn’t that so cool? Ryuhwa?”
“… Yes. Well, it’s strong.”
The executives who had their students on their side had to swallow bitter smiles as they saw Kang Yeon-soo smiling brightly.
In particular, Pomegranate Hwa, who had shown strong confidence before the national team selection, became even more upset.
‘How can one grow that much in such a short period of time? What are those monstrous werewolves and summons?’
I didn’t even take out the black drake that I saw when defeating the great monster and the giant golem that was in the latest information.
‘Is that Skeleton Knight the strongest summon? Actually, I feel less energetic than last time. There’s no way monsters can control their energy…’
Pomegranate Hwa had many questions, but she shook her head and clenched her fists to her student Hwa-ryeon, who was waiting.
Her her actual performance her her her, ‘Hwa-ryeon’, received her teacher’s support her her in a heartless manner, but her her her mindset her her her as she entered today’s national team selection competition was full of her own will her her her her.
“Shouldn’t the assholes be put to death for applauding a bitch who handles such filthy monsters? They’re just cheering like dogs when they see her face…”
Although she saw Lee Yeon-hee for the first time today, she had already heard the story to the point where her ears were burning.
A wicked bitch who entered the guild through the back door by gently slapping her tail at Kang Yeon-soo.
She also didn’t like the shamelessness of joining the team yesterday and immediately participating in the national team selection competition.
“Good. I will educate that bitch and clearly show the world that I am the unrivaled ace of the White Knight Guild.”
She glared at Lee Yeon-hee as if she were going to kill her with her burning eyes.
‘Open your eyes kindly.’
For a long time, I never understood why that woman was so evil that she glared at all the people in the world as if she were going to tear them to pieces.
Anyway, Hualien participated in the second game.
The opponent is Shin Hee-won, who is impressive in red full body armor.
He is Cha Mu-yeol’s disciple and is a pure tank who enjoys hand-to-hand combat using [Thorn Shield] As his base.
‘It’s been a while, Heewon…’
Old colleagues that I had forgotten began to come into view one by one.
Shin Hee-won and I went through the dungeon together a few times, and he left a good impression on us because of his simple and calm personality.
As Hwaryeon entered the stadium, JooA and Arin also showed interest by taking a few steps forward.
“Wow, is that person Hwaryeon the psychopath?”
“The energy you have is amazing…”
“Do you think he’s famous?”
“I’ve heard this story a few times. It’s said that even if you make eye contact, you’ll use a skill.”
“Wow… I guess I should be careful.”
Yeonhee’s expression hardened a little, as if she realized that Jogi wasn’t the only one to be careful of in the White Knight Guild.
The game started soon.
“Sssss- hoo-“
Hwaryun let out a unique breath and immediately materialized twenty fire arrows in the air.
– Wow!! Twenty chants at the same time!!
– It’s a real talent, talent.
– Fuck… Leave that kind of talent to kids with good character like me.
‘I’m definitely jealous of that.’
Chanting multiple spells of the same spell at the same time, rather than firing them in rapid succession or overlapping them, is difficult even for me. That’s 20… I can’t help but say it’s the realm of talent.
Puffpuffpuffpuff!!
Soon, dozens of flaming arrows hit Shin Hee-won’s armor, causing a terrible firestorm.
‘Uhm… It must hurt. Still, it is an opportunity for Shin Hee-won.’
Her ability is to receive an opponent’s attack and return a certain percentage of damage back to the caster.
Magic was no exception, and it was clear that the rune composition was centered around the ‘Rune of Thorns’, which deals counter damage.
As expected, Hualien’s shield, which received damage from the counterattack, became noticeably lighter.
An unreasonable situation in which damage will occur to oneself if the attack is successful.
– Heung!
But Hualien didn’t care much.
There was no participation list, but since all information on hunters likely to participate was obtained in advance, there was no way there would be no preparation plan.
Woouuuuung──
‘Huh? Are you just going to press it with force?’
However, Hualien did not seem to have any particular strategy. No, you probably think it’s unnecessary.
– Wow!!
This time, she manifests as many as 30 fire arrows and draws the figure 8 by floating them in the air.
The excitement of the spectators soared at the amazing performance, and Shin Hee-won, who was competing against him, began to avoid the attack instead of receiving it like he did in the first turn.
‘Libisenax’s protection, which restores magic when an attack hits… I heard that it has many other effects. It’s definitely a scam in one-on-one.’
The battle between spear and shield did not end as easily as expected.
There is a saying that even though tanks are a bit lower in rank than dealers, they take the battle to the Middle Ages, and that’s exactly what happened now.
However, Hwaryeon was using only one Fire Arrow, and even though Shin Hee-won was giving her best, the match was tight, so it was obvious who she had the upper hand of.
-Kyahahahaha!! Let’s see how long you plan to endure. You dirty hedgehog bitch!!
Anyone can see that Hualien is full of leisure.
However, it is natural to want the underdog to win.
The spectators and I cheered for Shin Hee-won in unison.
– Wow… The blessings of ‘Libicenax’ are amazing. Look at the magical power being restored.
– I’m so fucking jealous… Fuck. I’m spending 30% of my income on mana potions.
– It’s a world where if you’re lucky and meet a good god, everything becomes easier. Damn it.
I also saw many people who had feelings of envy and jealousy, and it is inevitable for any human being to have such a reaction.
So, someone said that it would be easier to just think that I did not receive any talent because I committed a lot of sins in my past life.
‘If you think about it that way, what mistake did I make to be a skeleton…’
While I was lost in other thoughts for a moment, the game began to suddenly tilt to one side.
Shin Hee-won’s solid defense began to break through.
‘Hwa-ryeon… You really have an insane talent. It would have been of great help even if he hadn’t died suddenly. If that were the case, Yeonhee might not have died.’
As I recall, Hwa-ryeon was found murdered by someone just before the appearance of the Orc corps commander.
Strictly speaking, only her clothes were found, but judging from the traces of her blood scattered around her, it would be correct to assume that she was dead.
It wasn’t just Hualien.
Many talented people from the White Knight Guild disappeared within a month before and after the appearance of the Orc Commander.
I didn’t know what the hell was going on, but if Jogiman was involved, there was one thing I had to do.
‘Increasing strength as quickly as possible.’
As expected, the conclusion was that way.
And we must deal with our adversaries as early as possible and grow.
Close to the Lizardmen and great villains, and far away to the leader of ‘DOH’ and great monsters.
Fortunately, only the head of the province and Jogi were quiet these days.
“Wow, I’m going to die if I do that… Shouldn’t I stop you?”
The game, which was so one-sided that Bae Joo-ah was quietly worried, ended with Shin Hee-won’s withdrawal.
Cheeek-
The full body armor turned red like the sun on a summer day, and Shin Hee-won was panting heavily with her face shield down.
“Well, you had a hard time-“
“What, this bitch has become weak, right? You’ve been living at the training ground every day, and this is all you’ve got? I guess you’ll be seen messing around at the training ground just one more time. I’ll roast your whole head.”
“Ugh…”
Hwa-ryeon, who even made an unreasonable comment to the person greeting her, turned her head back and smiled while giving us a thumbs down.
“Oh my, are you doing that to Yeonhee?”
“Well, I guess so… Why are you doing this to me… Is it because you don’t like the fact that I started competing right away after just joining?”
“Oh, that’s right. The moment I signed the contract, I was a member of the same guild and it was really good.”
‘If you think of it as a parachute, it could be so. Still, he goes too far.’
The executives watching from above were already bickering over Hwaryeon’s behavior.
Cha Mu-yeol, who is active as a host, showed an attitude as if it was no big deal, but other executives strongly complained to Seok Ryu-hwa.
– That kid named Hwa-ryeon. Should we just leave it like that? If you think that a person like that will later become the representative of the guild, the future is bleak.
– It is obvious that our guild’s reputation will be tarnished.
– How about just taking that kid and becoming independent…
Pomegranate flower seemed to be showing patience, but at the word independence, her seizure button was pressed and she continued to have a heated argument with the disputing executives.
-You’re laughing. Aren’t you the ones who are tarnishing the guild’s reputation because you are distracted by the food the guild leader throws at you? What do you do if you’re an S-class hunter? If you only play ‘Nando’ games that make money, isn’t your skill improving?
-What, what?! Have you said everything?
– What are you going to do when you’re done?
Jo Gi-man was very upset because he had no suppressor, but Yeon-soo looked at me, shrugged her shoulders and gave me an expression that showed no answer.
It seems that there is no particular sanction for that level of fighting.
‘It’s a lot of hard work.’
It was impossible to forcefully control members of the same guild, so that was solely the realm of management and politics.
Anyway, the round of 16 and quarterfinals went by smoothly.
Because Hualien showed so much intensity, the other games were quite boring.
Our quarterfinal opponent was an assassin for the first time in a long time, but this time he was cut out of the lineup of three alpha-level summons.
“Ha, surrender!! Surrender!!”
“Kruk?!”
Alpha Rakan looked at me with an expression that did not understand why an opponent who could fight better would stop.
‘It’s a game. The game… How many times do I tell you that it is not a matter of life or death?’
It would have to be full moon soon to be able to communicate with Rakan… Normally, he had the intelligence of a fish, so there was no answer.
‘Fortunately, Sang-min’s student didn’t appear to participate… In the end, it’s just Hwa-ryeon and that guy over there.’
Aside from Hualien, one more person stood out, but it did not attract attention as a strong enemy.
‘Even that bastard can smell the scent of Jinhwasu…’
Looking at the group hanging out around me, I saw that they were Park Jin-gon’s students again.
‘I can’t keep hiding it. I’m about to show my claws…’
We watched the last game of the quarterfinals and then had dinner with JooAh, Arin, and Yeonsu.
“Nothing, right?”
Those were the first words Yeonsu said after taking us to a fairly upscale Japanese restaurant.
“Oh, no! This is so much fun!”
“Yes, yes!”
It was clear that the scale was not as large as expected.
This may be because many people gave up and headed to the dungeon in the first place because of the existence of Hwaryeon.
“But we’re always like this. We’re just pretending to do something, pretentious and pretentious. I cut it all out.”
“Wow, I think that’s really nice.”
“That’s right. I like practical things!”
Joo-a was good at social life, so she was good at pleasing Yeon-soo, and Arin also tried to help in her own way.
“By the way, Yeonhee.”
“Yes, sister… No, vice guild leader…”
“Oh, really. When we’re alone, we just call her sister. Anyway, that’s not important. How does Ilwol become stronger? Does she go through a step-by-step evolution like monsters?”
“··· Yes?”
“Every time I see it, it’s so different. Everything, starting with the hardware. Now I feel quite a bit of weight, and is it perhaps the skills of the summons that are putting pressure on me now?”
“Uh…”