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As soon as the respawn zone opened, Significant rushed straight towards me, as I was standing at the front.
So I tried to use an evasion skill, which was fast, but not enough to make me unresponsive to other attacks after that, but before that, Yoo Chae blocks the attack and shoots off a skill at Significant as a counterattack.
“Hyung, let’s go.”
Nice timing. I was grateful for Yoo Chae’s consideration and ran across the street to the other side where a lot of Fever Guild members were gathered after passing by Significant.
<System> Early Evening guild has earned 10 points!
<System> Early Evening guild has earned 10 points!
<System> Fever Guild has earned 10 points!
<System> Early Evening guild has earned 10 points!
As almost 80 users gathered together to fight, the surroundings quickly became a mess. It was much harder than expected to find one character in the midst of a hectic battle.
Fortunately, Drink some water and Let’s do this, who found the newbie before me, informed us of the location.
“It’s at 1 o’clock now! but it just disappeared.”
“Uh.”
“She’s here at 3 o’clock.”
“I’ll go.”
I immediately turned the screen on and moved to the 3 o’clock direction that Let’s do this said. When I arrived as quickly as possible while using my evasion skills generously, the newbie’s username I was looking for came into sight.
‘Melody chord. That’s him.’
A male character with dark blue hair was fighting while vigorously wielding the blue gem-studded staff I was looking for. They said that Fever had strengthened it, and the jewels definitely shimmered brighter than the last time I saw them.
Just in time, our guild member who was dealing with Melody Chord died and its opponent seat was empty. I deliberately used my D skill to make her aware of my existence.
[All] Melody chord: ??
Noticing my presence, Melody Chord reflexively pressed the evasion skill, and hit the entire chat. I ignored it and used the basic combo for now.
The opponent used an evasion skill a while ago, so she can’t avoid my restraint skill. As expected, Melody Chord, who had been bound, was hit by a series of skills, and her physical strength dropped to 10% at once.
Still, it wasn’t a user who couldn’t see avoiding the last W skill with control. Melody Chord, who was taken aback by the sudden attack, quickly regained her balance and used her D skill at me this time. When I saw that, I thought deeply.
‘The number is obvious.’
It was an ulterior motive to slow down my movement speed with a floor board and use restraint or attack skills.
Then, the reactions I had to do were also divided into two. If the opponent uses restraint, evade with the evasion skill, and if the opponent uses an attack skill, evade it with control.
The character, Melody Chord, raised her staff towards me. That was the motion seen when using the attack skill R skill. I predicted the line of sight and angle the character was looking at and avoided it to the right. As expected, the opponent threw the skill to the left.
As I lightly dodged the attack, Melody Chord suddenly used a restraint skill. Anticipating that, I dodged to the right and immediately avoided the restraint skill with the evasion skill. This whole process took less than 2 seconds.
The most important thing in the fight between Dark Mages was the restraint skill. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the winner was determined by who got restrained first.
‘That means……’
I, who avoided Melody Chord’s restraint skill, clearly had the upper hand. The opponent seemed to be aware of that, so my Q skill was easily hit. Since she doesn’t have much stamina anyway, she must have decided that it would be better to die and be resurrected.
<System> Early Evening Guild has earned 10 points!
When Melody Chord died, the gauge rose a little more. It wasn’t even half filled yet, but it wasn’t a relaxed situation.
“I killed her, but I didn’t get the staff. From now on, I will only kill Melody Chord.”
“We’ll follow.”
To my words, Drink some water got close to me and answered. Instead of Yoo Chae, who could not come to me because he was blocked by Significant and Fever guild members, I headed to the opponent’s respawn zone with Drink some water, Let’s do this, and Harn.
As I approached the respawn zone, roughly clearing out the guys who were blocking my way, I saw Melody Chord that just revived and came out. The opponent also stuttered for a moment after seeing me, then hurriedly raised the staff.
Even so, the difference in skill between me and her was so great that there was no way for Melody Chord to win. Besides, the kids will keep the Fever guild members in check so I could focus on the fight with, of course, the pure tanker Drink some water and the healer Harn.
‘No matter how good her weapon is, it’s not easy to win if the difference is this much.’
The fully revived Melody Chord attacked first as if determined to see me with about 20% of my blood gone. Again, I didn’t use the restraint skill recklessly, but that didn’t change anything.
If you don’t use restraint skills with each other, the only thing you can use in the end is non-target skills, and that’s directly related to the control fight. Having noticed all of Melody Chord’s way of fighting in the brief battle that had just taken place, I mechanically avoided the skill.
‘You have a habit of throwing your skills to the left. I can’t counterattack with a skill and move at the same time. I don’t know which skill you’ll use first, but I can roughly guess.’
A game of skill with PVP like this has no choice but to include personal skills. And each individual’s attitudes are revealed in personal skills.
Melody Chord was not a user who couldn’t play games. Rather, she did quite well. If this game was not Zenoris, but Hero, then Melody Chord was an average Platinum, and if she were lucky, she’ll be skilled enough to take a Diamond tier.
So in the end, that barely means anything for me.
The difference in physical strength gradually widened even though they did not use the same restraint skills and fired non-target skills. Melody Chord, which was full blood, continued to hit with skills, and eventually the blood dropped to 30%. I must have lost my composure, so I made mistakes frequently.
As soon as I saw that the cornered Melody Chord couldn’t stand it any longer and used an evasion skill, I immediately used the restraint skill I had saved. The character of Melody Chord’s collapsed when I hit the E-W-Q combo. Unfortunately, the staff did not drop this time either.
[All] Melody code: ;
Melody Chord, who died twice by the same person, blew a sweat mark and went to the respawn zone. I checked the time in the meantime. It was not a bad record after about 2 minutes.
When Harn’s wide-area heal skill filled up his stamina to some extent, Melody Code came out of the respawn zone again. Different from before, the distance to get there was less, so when I approached slowly with the mind of going for a walk, Melody Chord, who found me for the third time, immediately hit the chat.
[All] Melody chord: ?
[All] Melody chord: what is ur problem?
I didn’t have to answer anyway. This time, when I used the E skill immediately, Melody Chord, which hadn’t reacted before, was immediately bound. Melody Chord, who had been beaten in succession, fell down for the third time. The time taken was 1 minute and 30 seconds, 30 seconds less than before.
[All] Melody Chord: ????
Melody Chord, who disappeared into the respawn zone leaving behind a lot of question marks, sneaked out about a minute later.
She must have waited for me to go somewhere else before coming out... Unfortunately, my purpose was only one Melody Chord, so there was no chance to move. Melody Chord, who faced me again, started talking to me in a way that implies that she clearly couldn’t stand it anymore.
[All] Melody Chord: No
[All] Melody Chord: why are u doing this;;
There was no response from me again this time. Rather, the more I try to chat, the more someone else might notice that I keep killing Melody chord for the staff, so it’s better to ignore it and kills her again.
When I used the skill without saying anything, Melody Chord wasn’t as bad as before. She seemed to have been in a bad mood, although she seemed to focus on the fight. But she died less than two minutes later.
Melody Chord, which repeated the resurrection and death about two more times, sent a whisper to me, as if she couldn’t endure it any further.
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Hey, look here
[Whisper] Melody Chord: I’m fㅅcking done with this
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Tell me why you are crazy about killing me
‘I think he said she had a good personality.’
Recalling what Sudal had said with Discord, I scratched my cheek. No, well... even if she has a good personality, she deserves to be beaten up.
Anyway, using whisper to chat with me won’t change anything. If I mention the weapon for nothing and Melody Chord takes the staff away somewhere else, the plan will be ruined at that moment.
And the gauge was already going over 60%. As they battled in large groups at the west gate, the gauge filled up faster. The situation was tighter than originally planned.
As I tried to kill him one more time, while ignoring the whispers, Melody Chord continued to send another chat.
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Hey, look here nim
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Are you waiting for that item to drop?
I see, your game skills aren’t bad, but your eyes are pretty good at understanding the situation. I clicked my tongue and tapped the keyboard.
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: I’m just practicing with the same person with the same job Dark mage ㅋㅋ
[Whisper] Melody Chord: You don’t have to be politeㅋㅋㅋ
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Nim, It’s your item that u lost rightㅋㅋㅋㅋ;;
“......”
With that said, I took a look at my character. The gray robes on the outside looked like rags, and the staff he was holding was brown without any accessories, so it looked like a wooden staff.
This is… getting a bit out of hand. Unlike my staff, who looked like a withered tree, the staff, which Melody Chord is holding, had blue jewels shining brightly.
When I thought that, I suddenly got a little annoyed. That was originally mine.
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: What if your item’s good, huh
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: I’ll keep killing u until the item falls
[Whisper] Melody Chord: I admit that you’re better than me
[Whisper] Melody Chord: And that’s not what I want to say
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Nim, would you like to have this staff?
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: ??
[Whisper] Melody Chord: I’ll drop it
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Will you have it?
At the proposal that I had never imagined at all, I felt uncomfortable rather than happy, and my eyebrows furrowed.
‘What, it’s as if she’s trying to deal with this garbage?’
Come to think of it, didn’t Sudal say that the staff was forcibly received from Significant to her? Does it make sense to throw away such an expensive weapon to a user who has never met me before?
Is it a trap or not? More information was needed to make a definitive decision.
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: no
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: What if you change your words?
[Whisper] Melody Chord: What ㅋㅋ
[Whisper] Melodic Chord: Scared?
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: I’ll just keep killing you like this
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: I think I’ll just take it when it drops
[Whisper] Melody Chord: ;;
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Picking up items that fell during the selection to sell is not a good idea
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: Yes, I’m not a user that sells.
Gradually, the chatting time started to grow although it’s a waste of time. I’ll just have to continue killing as I’ve been doing. When I regained my composure, I fired the skill again, and Melody Chord, who had hit it as it was, hurriedly sent a whisper.
[Whisper] Melody Chord: ah, f1ck
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Nimㄱㄷ
[Whisper] Melody Chord: I still have something to say
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: What is it?
[Whisper] Melody Chord: I’ll drop my staff when I die
[Whisper] Melody Chord: and finish this
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Fever will win anyway
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: ?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[whisper] I’m Sleepy: Why do you think Fever would win?
[Whisper] Melody Chord: You guys don’t know what we’re doing here right now
[Whisper] Melody Chord: It’s too late already so I’m sure Fever will win this one
After seeing the chat, I felt an ominous feeling. The attitude of the opponent, who was overly confident, was too intrusive to be simply a thrown word.
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: what are they doing?
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Will you take the staff?
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: I’ll take care of that
[whisper] I’m Sleepy: What is Fever doing?
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Nim
[Whisper] Melody Chord: Have you checked the location of our ELMe kids?
ELMe? Elemental Mage? Where are they located...……
‘......Wait, no way?’
At the West gate with many complicated alleyways. A large group of 40 people. The Elemental Mage members of the Fever Guild whose location cannot be confirmed. Having come to a conclusion in an instant, I hurriedly exclaimed.
“Kim Yoo-chae!”
“Gasp, ugh, yes?”
Yoo Chae, who heard my call, was so surprised that he shucked in a breath and answered with a trembling voice.
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor: Meimei
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