Gambling often meant leaving everything to chance, rather than planning. Regardless of whether it was gambling or using a detailed plan, these were tactics mostly used by the weak against the strong. The strong didn’t need such things. They just pushed forward, and of course, victory awaited them. It meant that considering such a thing was a futile effort in itself. Yet at this moment, Alley Leader took out a ridiculous gamble that was different from usual.
“Groan...” Choi Eunho couldn’t prevent a momentary groan from escaping his mouth. He had been letting out these little screams ever since the PvP game started. He was crumbling before overwhelming power.
‘How many points did he distribute to the strength stat?’
Choi Eunho wanted to ask, but he couldn’t afford to express his thoughts. Even at this moment, Alley Leader was weighing down on him like a mountain. That wasn’t the only thing Choi Eunho couldn’t understand. Judging by the strength of the collision, Alley Leader definitely wasn’t using magic power. It was a clear fact.
‘Until this spring, most PvP games were like this...’
There was no way Choi Eunho couldn’t know that. He had started his professional career last year, so he had at least one year of PvP experience. From that experience, he knew Hyeonu’s force was one that unconditionally came from the strength stat.
‘Then how is he stopping all my attacks?’
This was what Choi Eunho didn’t understand. Alley Leader had such focus on the strength stat that there was no way he should be able to block Choi Eunho’s attacks, especially with such a small number of points in the agility stat. In addition, Hyeonu’s attacks were clearly slow, yet they still reached Choi Eunho unconditionally. It was impossible to avoid them. The only option left for Choi Eunho was to stop the attacks.
‘How is he following my movements?’
There was no end to the questions that Hyeonu’s actions created for Choi Eunho, and Choi Eunho couldn’t answer them.
Hyeonu’s hand descended toward Choi Eunho’s head again. Once again, Choi Eunho failed to prevent Hyeonu’s attack. The previous attack had already affected his arm.
-The winner of the first game is Gang Hyeonu of Crescent Moon! After a while, we will start the second game.
Chou Eunho disappeared from the arena along with the announcer’s words.
***
Hyeonu took a short break in the time it took for his next opponent to appear.
‘When else can I fight without magic power if not at this time?’
As Choi Eunho had guessed, Hyeonu hadn’t invested any stat points in magic power, not even a small amount. Moreover, he put the minimum number of points into physique. He didn’t give much points to agility, and he overwhelmingly put everything into the strength stat.
Nevertheless, it was Hyeonu’s excellent skills that allowed him to follow Choi Eunho’s movements. There was no other reason. He had predicted Choi Eunho’s movements and acted first. So even though he moved at a slow pace, he managed to catch up.
‘I can use it one more time.’
Hyeonu hadn’t been certain before trying this stats distribution, but now that he had actually used it, he felt it was pretty good. Of course, it wasn’t as good as his original distribution, which really was the perfect style developed through his research. However, today’s stats distribution was also useful as a surprise strategy.
While Hyeonu was checking this and that, a player appeared for the second game.
‘There are... three people left? I have to finish it quickly.’
“I’m sorry. I’m a bit busy today,” Hyeonu suddenly apologized before running straight forward. Without drawing his weapon, he ran blindly toward his opponent.
“What?” The player from Mino Dyrus looked bewildered. He had no choice but to feel this way as he didn’t remember ever hearing an apology in PvP. However, he soon regained stability. He had watched with both eyes how Choi Eunho had lost. There was also the data he had analyzed from Hyeonu’s last six matches.
The Mino Dyrus player looked at Hyeonu’s running movement with a bit of confidence.
‘It’s slow. As Eunho said, he didn’t invest much in the agility stat.’
He felt his mind calm down. When Hyeonu’s movements entered his eyes, the Mino Dyrus player was naturally relieved. He wasn’t lacking strength or practice. He could do this.
‘It is just to this extent...’
Then Hyeonu’s sword moved more than 10 times in an instant. It was like a snake moving through the air.
“Huh?” The Mino Dyrus player managed to roll onto the ground to escape Hyeonu’s attack. If he hadn’t laid down, his head would have flown away at once.
“Crazy!” he exclaimed. It was astonishing. He couldn’t even imagine the movements of the sword. Still, he wasn’t given time to admire this. The serpent that was filled with a terrible killing intent moved again.
‘Quickly, quickly!’
“Come on!” the man muttered in a hurry. It took pure energy to stop this attack, but the man didn’t have the talent to create strong pure energy in an instant like Hyeonu.
Clang! The man miraculously blocked Hyeonu’s blow. Magic power as blue as the sky swirled around the Mino Dyrus player’s sword. He didn’t think about how he made the pure energy and immediately tried to fight back against Hyeonu. His sword stretched out in a flash and stabbed forth, creating a blue afterimage in the air.
Hyeonu moved his feet lightly. This small movement allowed him to get out of the range of the Mino Dyrus player’s attack. Then Hyeonu gently made a diagonal slash with his sword. Blood splattered on the ground like water droplets on drawing paper. The man’s knees dropped to the ground as he collapsed helplessly, without even knowing why he fell.
-The winner of the second game is Gang Hyeonu of Crescent Moon! After a while, we will start the third game.
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