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[Party] Drink some water: If you want Rahee too
[Party] Drink some water: It’s settle for trade;;
[Party] Mocha Bread: In that case, should I send the tanker to the other side?
[Party] Yoo Chae: Hyung
[Party] Yoo Chae: Me?
[Party] Yoo Chae: I want to be on the same team as Hyung…
[Party] I’m Sleepy: ?
[Party] I’m Sleepy: You said you would practice this with me
[Party] Yoo Chae: Ah...
[Party] This is Dorahee: haha
[Party] Harn: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
As expected, a good buffer is good. That Yoo Chae guy is greedy and wants everything to go his way. Well, he’s good in raids, but he’s even better in PVP.
[Party] I’m getting lazy: Then the tanker, Drink some water
[Party] I’m getting lazy: Gilma-nim, you should come to our team
[Party] Manaolingnam: But then it would be…
[Party] Manaolingnam: Isn’t it newbies vs Water*Yoo Chae?
[Party] Mocha Bread: it can’t be helped
[Party] Mocha Bread: There is a buffer on the other side, but we have a tanker thought
[Party] I’m getting lazy: I think we need to drive a stronger dealer to Sleepy-nim’s side?
[Party] Crazy hunting friend: yeah
So I, Dora-hee, Park Seungjin99, TheHunter, Crazy hunting friend, and Manaolingnam became Team A, while Yoo Chae, Drink Some Water, Harn, Bright Clouds, Mocha Bread, and I’m getting lazy became Team B.
[Party] TheHunter: Will you talk to discord first?
[Party] I’m Sleepy: No, I won’t be talking
[Party] I’m Sleepy: I want to focus
[Party] Crazy hunting friend: Then let’s just join without a microphone this time
[Party] Harn: Good
[Party] Bright Clouds: Which percentage are we going for?
Unlike Field PVP, Arena PVP allows you to adjust the damage percentage in the room settings. Usually it’s set at 60-80%.
[Party] Drink some water: Shall we go with the usual arena settings? 80?
[Party] I’m Sleepy: maybe let’s go with 60?
[Party] Drink some water: 60? ok
In battle, the less the damage deal goes to the opponent, the more skills you can use.
Of course, it is also necessary to set it to 80% and check how much damage it takes to destroy the opponent, but currently it’s more urgent to use the skills more than checking damage dealt.
[Party] Drink some water: Then today let’s go with 60
[Party] Drink some water: Let’s do 80 tomorrow
<System> Room settings have been changed.
When the damage percentage setting was finished, the screen changed and a view similar to the Roman Colosseum unfolded in front of my eyes.
<System> Arena will start after 60 seconds.
[Team] This is Dorahee: How should I go?
[Team] This is Dorahee: Is it okay to just fight?
[Team] Manaolingnam: Yes Yes
[Team] Manaolingnam: If you want to see it like a raid, you can see it like that ㅋㅋㅋ
[Team] Park Seungjin99: Like Raid fr
[Team] Park Seungjin99: But now you have to kill the opponent instead of the mob.
[Team] I’m Sleepy: Because Rahee is a buffer
[Team] I’m Sleepy: I think you can do the same like u do in a Raid position
[Team] This is Dorahee: Okay haha
The waiting time was only 60 seconds, so it was difficult to make a detailed plan. There’s only 30 seconds left.
[Team] TheHunter: Sleepy-nim takes on the role of Gilma-nim
[Team] TheHunter: Then, I will go against I’m getting lazy
[Team] Park Seungjin99: Well then, I’ll go against Mocha ㅋㅋ
[Team] Crazy hunting friend: I’ll do my best
[Team] Crazy hunting friend: blocking Water-nim and Harn-nim
[Team] Manaolingnam: Drink some water is a tank
[Team] Manaolingnam: You have to kill the dealers next to you to quickly win, okay?
[Team] Park Seungjin99: Probably block Bright clouds-nim
[Team] Park Seungjin99: I’ll go for the healer
[Team] Crazy hunting friend: ok ok
As soon as Manaolingnam’s chat was over, the final countdown began. A red number appeared on the top center of the screen, and a sand breeze blew over the arena.
<System> 3, 2, 1
<System> The battle begins! Survive to the end to win!
When the Arena started, the opaque wall that stood in the way disappeared. At the same time, a pure white light burst from the other side, and a shield with its wings spread wide was formed. It was the skill effect of the pure tanker Holy Knight, Drink some water.
[Team] Crazy hunting friend: Let’s go
[All] TheHunter: I’m getting lazy, I will take on you ^^
Infighter(I’m getting lazy) and Warlord(TheHunter), who are fairly strong, took the lead quickly. With a “Diriring”, Dorahee, who was standing behind me, played the lyre.
<You have received the buff from Buffer This is Dorahee! Attack speed increases.>
<You have received the buff from Buffer This is Dorahee! Defense increases.>
<You have received the buff from Buffer This is Dorahee! Health recovery speed increases.>
I’m getting lazy, who narrowly avoided The Hunter’s skill, spoke out his astonishment.
[All] I’m getting lazy: no
[All] I’m getting lazy: Do you have a conscience? Fk
Warlord, with low skill cooldown and strong damage, was a difficult opponent for sharp shooters with a low skill cooldown and a lot of evasion. Knowing this, TheHunter stubbornly clung to the sharpshooter, I’m getting lazy.
[All] I’m getting lazy: Ah, get lost already — —
[All] TheHunter: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] TheHunter: ^^
Mocha Bread, who was caught by TheHunter, hurriedly turned, but Park Seungjin blocked it.
[All] Park Seungjin99: Hello? ㅋㅋ
[All] Mocha Bread: hi;
Mocha Bread summoned the spirit and deflected the bullet fired by the gunslinger, Park Seungjin. Park Seungjin’s gun and Summoner, Mocha Bread’s wand flashed in a pale golden color, clearly visible through the skill effects.
Everyone basically wears 8 lvl or higher weapons. Crazy Hunting Friend also went deep into the opposing team to kill the tank, Drink some water and the healer, Harn, so now the only ones left in our camp were me, Dorahee, and Manaolingnam.
[Team] Manaolingnam: If you want to kill Tank and Healer
[Team] Manaolingnam: I might have to blow a Meteor
[Team] I’m Sleepy: How long does it take?
[Team] Manaolingnam: I have to fill the gauge
[Team] Manaolingnam: At least 1 minute and 30 seconds.
[Team] Manaolingnam: About 2 minutes is required
Meteor is the ultimate skill of an Elemental Mage. It took a long time to fill the gauge up to 100 and to cast, but it was a skill with tremendous power.
It was almost the only way we could win, with no healers, no tankers, and only one buffer. On the other hand, the opposing team will somehow try to stop the ultimate skill.
‘As I expected you to come.’
I used a chain to face Yoo Chae that flew right in front of us in an instant. Well, I knew that Yoo Chae would come here, so I took this position too.
While Meteor is being prepared, I have to protect Mage and Buffer from Yoo Chae by myself.
[All] Manaonlingnam: Here comes the Prayer Meteor
To fill the gauge, Manaolingnam’s character gathered the staff to the center and closed his eyes. I clenched my fists one last time, and then put my hands on the keyboard.
Kiiing, Chaeg! There was a sound from the long golden chain of Yoo Chae, and there was a red light. It was an effect that appeared when using Chain Burst, one of Chain Blade’s skills.
‘That’s no joke.’
Chain Burst was an individual buff skill that only Chain Blade had, which adds a defense penetration effect. Even if I get hit, it will hurt a lot, but I can’t believe he even used a bystander buff skill.
Still, I can’t lose. With Dora-hee’s buff on my back, I quickly used my skill.
First, let’s try the Dark Mage’s basic skill combo. It was a chained attack that inflicts magic damage, starting with CC that binds the opponent for 1 second and stuns them for 0.3 seconds.
The key sequence is E-W-Q-R-1-4-W-Q -D-W. Here, the flat strokes should also be properly mixed in the middle. It was a combo in which the non-target skill with the strongest damage was firmly inserted after being constrained with the E skill. Of course, it has a long cooldown, so the next skill has to be set to be controlled next.
When I used the E-skill bondage towards Yoo Chae that came within range, a small blue pattern in the form of a rhombus (◆) appeared on the character. It was a display of the Dark Mage’s hidden passive skill, ‘Stack’. As that mark increases, the damage increases as well. A maximum of 5 stacks can be stacked.
I moved my fingers quickly, pouring out all the combos on Yoo Chae. The total time it took was about 2.5 seconds, and after my bondage was released, Yoo Chae did not move and hit the combo until the end. No, I was right.
He got hit on purpose so that I could check how much full combo deal I got.
Yoo Chae’s stamina was cut in half. The fact that the HP of the dealer was at 60%, while the Chain Blade skill was cut in half meant that most dealers could be killed in an ordinary PVP.
Chiing, kuaang!
As soon as my turn was over, Yoo Chae swung his chain strongly as if he had been waiting. Seeing the effect of cracking the floor with a loud roar, I was terrified and avoided the attack with an evasion skill.
“You crazy–”
Even though I avoided it, the distance between the chain and me was close, so some blood was splattered. I was again reminded of how big a difference there was between him and me.
Chaehaehaeng! Haeng!
The chain moved non-stop. Since the chain moved like a snake, it was not easy to dodge. Since the start of the arena, I felt the full sincerity of Yoo Chae, who has not chatted even once and has only concentratedly attacked indiscriminately.
After having a tough time dodging the attack, I realized that I was too far away from the buffer and mage that I had to protect. In the first place, Yoo Chae was thinking about the timing to kill the Buffer and Mage while adjusting it so that I could avoid it properly.
‘This foxy bastard…….’
The moment I realized that, I was exclaimed with swearing and admiration at the same time. Yoo Chae was not only a good control, but also knew exactly how to solve the game to his advantage.
I hurriedly flew away when I found the chain that was being shot towards Manaolingnam, who was casting Meteor. Even if I die, the Mage has to live. When Meteor was complete, this fight was over.
And at that moment, someone, who no one had expected, was attacked by Yoo Chae.
[Team] This is Dorahee: Ah
[All] Yoo Chae: ㅋㅋ
Dora-hee’s character, who was implementing buffs, suddenly lost her stamina and was thrown backwards. Then, she got hit a second time by the chain swinging and died. It didn’t even take a second for that to happen.
‘You want to kill the buffer, not the mage?’
What the hell? I thought it would definitely kill the mage casting his ultimate skill. After being flustered by Yoo Chae’s completely unexpected behavior, notifications came up.
<System> Team B’s I’m getting lazy was killed by Team A’s TheHunter.
<System> Team A’s This is Dorahee was killed by B-team’s Yoo Chae.
TheHunter, who defeated I’m getting lazy, chatted with 30% of his HP left.
[All] TheHunter: A close cut!
[All] I’m getting lazy: Aww Fk
[All] Drink some water: no
[All] Drink some water: Aren’t you supposed to kill Manaolingnam? Why kill the buffer
Fortunately, this was an exchange for one person at a time. With Dorahee being already dead, I had no choice, but to intervene with the evasion skill to protect Manaolingnam from Yoo Chae. With the mage alive, we still had an advantage.
That was what I thought.
<System> Team A’s Team A’s Park Seungjin99 was killed by Team B’s Mocha Bread.
[All] TheHunter: ?
[All] TheHunter: Park Seungjin-nim What man— —
[All] Park Seungjin99: Ah, I know I died;;
[All] Mocha bread: ㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Mocha Bread: The comeback of a turn around?
[All] Harn: The turning point~
[All] Harn: Let’s go ㅋㅋ
‘…I can’t do this.’
The favorable situation became disadvantageous again with the death of Park Seungjin. Unlike our situation, where the buffer was dead, the opponent had a tank and a healer alive, so there was a big difference in recovery strength.
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