The arena, where dirt and sand had been evenly laid, lost its original appearance. There were now pits all over the place.
“With the way things are going... there will probably be no shared duties? They will just stand behind Hyeonu like a folding screen,” Kim Seokjung remarked. He looked like he hadn’t shed a single drop of sweat.
In fact, players didn’t sweat in Arena. There was only one case of sweating—when there was a psychological change in the player. Of course, this was such a case. For Kim Seokjung, fighting against the five Crescent Moon players was just like going out for a walk for digestion after a meal.
‘I’ve been watching, but... it is serious, serious...’ Hyeonu thought.
Gang Junggu didn’t even stretch out his fist properly. The moment Kim Seokjung went on a rampage, no one in Crescent Moon could respond. Lee Hoon’s defensive wall collapsed, and they were all helpless. Everyone failed to stop Kim Seokjung’s attacks more than five times. Sunny’s undead were destroyed instantly by Kim Seokjung’s skills. From his fighting skills to his character specs, Dwayne was inferior, so he had to collapse in an instant.
There was no need to say much about Mason. He was able to complete the magic casting before Kim Seokjung arrived in front of him, but he never got to use the completed magic. Kim Seokjung’s fist touched Mason’s body first, and that was the end of the battle.
“Hyung-nim, aren’t your standards too high? I don’t think there is any team that won’t be destroyed if you do this.” Hyeonu floated down to the earth and appeared behind Kim Seokjung.
‘You went too hard...’ Hyeonu remarked inwardly. Kim Seokjung’s standards were too tricky. Based on his skills, any team would have a similar result.
‘Of course, if we play on the same terms...’
No professional team could beat Kim Seokjung under the condition of having no absolute ace like Hyeonu. It showed that an ace’s presence was that big. One superstar could change the game. The best example of this was Alley Leader—Hyeonu himself.
Gang Junggu frowned and said, “Honestly, you can finish the siege by yourself. But you don’t want them to be pushed by another team without you, so you asked us to do this.”
Hyeonu’s words were contradictory. If they couldn’t handle one Kim Seokjung, they wouldn’t be able to handle the aces of other teams. The aces might not fight as well as Kim Seokjung, but they were still better than the five of them. Crescent Moon would lose if Hyeonu didn’t fight.
“What does that mean? The aces will be fighting me anyway,” Hyeonu replied. He thought differently. The aces of each team would be forced to take charge of Hyeonu anyway. Otherwise, it would eventually be a team battle. A showdown between the six Crescent Moon players and 12 members of the other team. If they knew about Hyeonu’s debuff, they would definitely want to avoid that composition.
“Then what is the point of splitting up like that? If winning is your goal, just beat them all up.” Gang Junggu looked unconvinced by the explanation. He couldn’t understand it. Why did Hyeonu want to leave the easy path?
“They helped me, so I would like to give them a better title. For each of them, I want to create an image of someone who is talented, not someone who has no presence in Crescent Moon,” Hyeonu answered simply. He wanted to help his teammates’ future. Of course, it wasn’t really for Dwayne, Mason, and Yuri, who originally had separate jobs unrelated to Arena. Sunny and Lee Hoon were the ones Hyeonu had to take care of.
‘This way, it won’t be noisy later...’
Right now, no one was aiming an arrow at the two people. Yet once time passed by, and the memory of this moment was eroded and distorted... Obviously, the public would say things hundreds of times.
‘There are already too many precedents.’
He was especially worried since they were from South Korea. Hyeonu knew better than anyone how professional gamers were attacked in the past. After all, he was also a Korean young man interested in games back then.
“If you say so... I won’t bother saying anything else. But not now. At this point, they will easily lose to that mischievous guy’s team,” Gang Junggu said. He was referring to Mascherano. Despite losing to Reina’s New York Warriors and missing out on the Winter League win, Mascherano’s Red Bull America had been one of the heroes of Arena Week in the past.
“It’s okay. Aren’t you helping us from now on? We’ll work hard so there will be a real reversal,” Hyeonu replied.
As they listened to the conversation between the two men, the expressions of the Crescent Moon players weren’t good. They were doing the hard work, but their opinions were already excluded.
“Although I have nothing to say... I still think this is too much,” Lee Hoon said sullenly.
Yuri heard it and raised her eyes sharply. “Watch your mouth. Will you be responsible for the increased intensity of the training?”
Mason responded to Yuri’s comment like she was right as he also had complaints but he hadn’t expressed them outwardly. “That’s right. Be careful what you say. You should keep those things to yourself, just like me.”
Just then, Dwayne comforted the other team members with a serious voice, “Don’t be too dissatisfied. Mister Gang and the other two—they are working hard for us.”
The atmosphere instantly became solemn. The others knew it as well that all of the preparations were for them.
“Now, I think we can start practicing right away. This training will be a three against five battle,” Hyeonu said while approaching them with a smile.
***
“Hah, hah.”
“Sigh...”
There were gasping sounds everywhere.
Hyeonu approached the Crescent Moon players who were collapsed on the ground. He said, “That’s it for today’s training. We will do PvP training next time. Don’t forget to hunt hard until the next training session. If you rest because you are tired, today’s training will be meaningless. Levels and items are the basics.”
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