The moment Hyeonu’s staff touched the ground, red flames engulfed Aike. Aike waved his hand at the flames covering his body. The white divine power around his arms started to stop the flames, swiftly extinguishing them. Then seconds passed by, and Aike couldn’t find any more flames.
“......!!!”
Yet right then, Aike felt a cold sensation on his back and quickly leaned over. It was an instinctual action that saved his life because a white spear suddenly appeared in the air at that very moment. If Aike had stayed still, his heart would’ve been pierced.
‘Unfortunately, his senses haven’t changed.’ Hyeonu left his regret behind and moved the ice spear that he had created. The ice spear rose in reverse and soared into the sky. It seemed like it would stab straight into Aike’s back.
Just then, Aike quickly turned his head. With one glance, Aike caught sight of the ice spear’s movements and rolled his body across the ground without hesitation. His judgment was appropriate, but it was also the worst action he could have taken. It was a great move to avoid the attack of the ice spear, but Hyeonu’s immediate response turned it into the worst decision.
The ice spear quickly reversed again and headed down toward Aike’s back on the ground. Firing instantly, the spear moved forward at an explosive speed. Just before it pierced Aike’s body, something white appeared around Aike’s torso.
This white light was the barrier Aike was using. He was able to block Hyeonu’s attack with it. Aike gripped his sword and stood up quickly from the ground before charging at Hyeonu. Aike’s sword, which was currently glowing white, seemed to pierce Hyeonu.
Hyeonu’s feet moved quickly. His agility and strength stats were low, but they were still superior to his body in reality. Simultaneously, abundant magic power flowed throughout his body. The white light from Aike’s sword hit the ground, digging a pit into the floor. However, Hyeonu wasn’t there. He had already moved three or four steps out of the range of the attack.
Right then, a crimson-red fire spear appeared in Hyeonu’s hand. He grabbed it and ran to Aike.
Aike’s expression became distorted when he saw Hyeonu run over with the fire spear in hand. He didn’t know how much Hyeonu believed in his skills, but Aike knew there was still a difference in stats.
‘It’s ridiculous that he’s ignoring this...’ Aike thought. A priest had some degree of flexibility when it came to the stats distribution. They didn’t need to devote too many stat points to divine power like a magician had to do for the magic power stat, so some points could be spared to be used for the strength, agility, and physique stats. Of course, it didn’t appear that way in melee combat.
‘Am I that easy, Alley Leader?’
Aike gritted his teeth.
***
“What is going on now? Player Gang Hyeonu is rushing to Aike with a fire spear!” The host expressed his doubts about Hyeonu’s strange behavior. This host lacked professional knowledge about Arena, but of course, he still knew a lot more than ordinary people.
Nevertheless, his knowledge just wasn’t enough compared to that of the commentators and professional players sitting on either side of him. He couldn’t grasp the hidden intention behind Hyeonu’s current actions and had to ask the commentators.
The commentator on the left of the host started to answer the host’s questions. “Player Gang Hyeonu’s choice right now is a great risk. At first glance, it seems like a good choice because it is a melee battle between non-melee classes. But in reality, that is actually not the case.”
This commentator had quite a serious expression. His eyes widened like he was surprised, and he couldn’t take his eyes off the screen because he felt Hyeonu’s choice was really amazing.
“The magician is a class that has the most limited stats distribution in the event. They are somewhat forced to distribute most of their stat points to the magic power stat as they need a lot of magic power to use magic,” the commentator said into the microphone, without his eyes ever moving from the screen. He was staring at the screen as if he was going to pierce it.
The commentator continued, “On the other hand, the priest class is less limited. Just distributing only half your state points to divine power will be good enough to fight with. The stat points should be distributed according to the buffs, barriers, and divine power used during combat.”
“I see. So that means the judgment Player Gang Hyeonu made might be bad. But... I don’t think it will be like that?” the host remarked.
The scene on the screen appeared in the eyes of the commentator who warned about the potential worst-case scenario. In it, there were two men attacking and defending fiercely. One man was fighting with two spears in his hands, a red spear and a white spear, against the second man with a white sword. It was quite spectacular that the first man was able to deal with two long spears at the same time. In particular, exclamations naturally flowed out from the viewers upon seeing the gravity-defying movements of the spears.
“Player Gang Hyeonu’s cooldown time for the ice spear has already finished, and he is using it to put pressure on Player Aike. It is the first time in my life that I’ve ever seen two spears being used at the same time.”
The commentator’s words were the same as what the viewers felt as they watched the battle through the screen. It was their first time seeing a battle involving two spears. This was also the same for Aike, the person who was actually fighting in the battle. His mind was in a state of chaos due to the attack style he was seeing for the first time.
‘What the hell is this?’
The anger he felt from seeing Hyeonu rush at him with the spear had long disappeared. Aike was now full of confusion. It had been fine at first. A spear was tricky to deal with, but it wasn’t that hard. He had fought back while being attacked. The problem was that another spear suddenly appeared in Hyeonu’s hands at some point.
From then on, hell unfolded before Aike’s eyes. The magic spears were unaffected by gravity. They floated in the air and even moved according to Hyeonu’s will. Aike was literally in a state of dealing with two attackers.
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