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?’

Lord’s Sword, but it was the first time he

tell me it’s a special sword only given

shook as

How were you so certain of our route? What courage did you have to lay

to Grid that I would show

He emphasized strategy.

to plant a bias in Grid. The bias was that Lauel will use complicated maneuvers and

this situation

up on predicting my movements and decided to focus on moving

know that pressing forward with force was Grid’s specialty.

we used the

"That's right.”

Papapapang!

again shot their bows. But this time, the Korean rankers were prepared and blocked the arrows with their shields. The arrows blocked by

make us uneasy? You guys, you are

across Peak

we wouldn’t use this route and deployed one or two defenders on

asked, “Is that

"You’re all in trouble.”

made an interested

break through this road just because there are

"Let’s see?”

possible for the Korean NPCs to be stronger than the US NPCs. But the level different between the two countries was too great. The US had many strong users such as Zibal, so there difference

‘But.’

he probably set one or two people on every path. As soon

have to somehow

break through and Lauel’s plan would be in vain. They had to hang on. Under the leadership of Peak Sword, Korea maintained a thorough

“There’s one person missing.”

They were members of

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long. Of the eight paths through the forest, it was the

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

the means to win, you had to bet. If this was a gamble where victory wasn’t assured, Lauel would bet

the complicated terrain won’t be a problem for him. Lauel said he

Lauel. But this time, he couldn’t help feeling dubious. It was questionable if Grid would really appear here. What if he

"Hat!"

and the group moved as slowly as possible while Magic Detection was used. Suddenly, he burst out 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, but

It was Grid!

shouted at

“The enemy! Hit him!”

“I understand.”

out their weapons and jumped at Grid. The magicians only used basic attack magic, because they

Chaaeng! Chaeng!

from third advancement classes. Grid couldn’t withstand the attacks of eight people and was

“Die!”

an opportunity and aimed for Grid’s

Puok!

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

would’ve been

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

‘How ridiculous.’

Grid. He was now enjoying

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They’re really

the

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