Overgeared

Chapter 429

There were a total of eight paths in Anterava Forest.

Some paths were intricately intertwined like mazes, some paths had numerous obstacles, and some were narrow enough to only allow single file movement. Of course, there was also a wide road. They all had different appearances. The paths had different lengths and travel times, but they all had one thing in common.

They would eventually lead to the castle. Yes, no matter which route was chosen, they could reach the enemy castle.

‘This is the difficult part.’

How could they win by moving forward while defending against eight paths? There were too many variables. It was virtually impossible to produce definitive results. But Lauel believed. When the environmental and military conditions were equal, the most important factor in designing a strategy was the enemy’s tendencies.

Lauel was confident of victory because he perfectly understood Grid’s character.

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The path through the center of Anterava Forest.

It was the path that took the shortest amount of time to reach the enemy castle, and was flat, so many people could move at the same time. The South Korean side made their way along it. It was meaningless to go against Lauel’s genius, so they judged it was better to concentrate their power in one place and play a quick game.

Of course, this was expected by Lauel.

“Welcome.”

“...!”

The Korean army moving along the path were surprised and stopped. It was because the US team ambushed them from the forest on the left and right. The tankers immediately raised their shields, but...

Puk! Puuoooook!

Pepepepeok!

“Kuak!”

"Kkuk!”

The US archers had already fired their arrows and the magicians finished casting their spells, causing a great deal of damage to the Korean army. It was difficult to block arrows and magic that was suddenly fired. The Korean troops were confused because of the sudden ambush.

"Hit them!”

Puaaack!

The US tankers and close damage dealers lead the way, assaulting the Korean army. Zibal was planning to trample on South Korea, but...

‘What?’

Did the NPCs have different levels? It was strange. The NPCs that the US and Korea received should be equal, but the Korean NPCs seemed better. It was difficult to overwhelm them, despite starting the battle with a perfect ambush.

“Che.”

Zibal was tied up by three NPCs. In the rear of the Korean formation, Yura was firing her magic bullets while the magicians cast spells to counterattack. There was a brief lull.

“Get ready!”

Lauel appeared as the Korean representatives were hurriedly organizing the troops.

“As expected from Grid. He properly took advantage of the Great Lord's Sword.”

‘Great Lord’s Sword?’

was the

it’s a special sword only given

shook as he felt

so certain of our route? What courage did

the beginning of the siege, I declared to Grid that I would show great

He emphasized strategy.

bias was

a result, this situation

up on predicting my movements and decided

forward with force was Grid’s

used

"That's right.”

Papapapang!

bows. But this time, the Korean rankers were prepared and blocked the arrows

You guys, you are quite empty. Don’t you have 10 less troops than

smile spread across Peak Sword’s

this route and deployed one

“Is

"You’re all in trouble.”

an

can break through this road just because there are

"Let’s see?”

different between the two countries was too great. The US had many strong users such as Zibal, so

‘But.’

separated from the main force alone. He selected another route and was moving down that way. Lauel had set aside plans for any situation, so he probably set one or two people on every path. As soon as they encountered Grid, they would be killed as soon

we have

in vain. They had to hang on. Under the leadership of Peak Sword, Korea maintained a thorough defense. Lauel looked at

“There’s one person missing.”

needed. They were members of the same guild, so he didn’t want to cruelly give

***

obstacles and was long. Of the eight paths through the forest, it was the route that took

was to grab the feet of Grid, who would appear here. If Grid didn’t

means to win, you had to bet. If this was a gamble where

has flying magic, so the complicated terrain won’t be a problem for him. Lauel said he

It was questionable if Grid would really appear here. What

"Hat!"

laughing at his frustration and anxiety. It was because the symbol of Grid, his items, could be seen from far away. There was a helmet on his head so the ID couldn’t be seen,

It was Grid!

at the

“The enemy! Hit him!”

“I understand.”

because they had to keep the magic spells in case of an accident. But that alone was

Chaaeng! Chaeng!

expected from third advancement classes. Grid couldn’t withstand the attacks

“Die!”

and aimed for Grid’s

Puok!

was overgeared. Grid’s defense was so strong that Skull couldn’t cause much damage, but he didn’t panic. Maybe it was because he lost composure from the plan going wrong, but Grid was moving terribly, unlike what he showed in the recent target processing match. He was so weak that eight NPCs

been enough by

to the ground to avoid Grid’s counterattack, Skull kicked up and attacked. Grid was hit and stated to hurriedly run

‘How ridiculous.’

chased after Grid. He was now enjoying

***

Pant... They’re really

the United

Korea was on the defensive. They couldn’t move easily because their health and stamina were at the bottom. The United States had completely surrounded them, but couldn’t relax either. Most of their NPCs were hit hard by the South Korean NPCs. But what could they do when the US representatives like Zibal were more active than the Korean representatives? The Korean NPCs were 1-2 times stronger