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?’

it was the first time he heard of

tell me it’s a special sword only given

shook as he

of our route? What courage did you have to lay forces here for an

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

He emphasized strategy.

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

this situation was

up on predicting my movements and decided to focus on

forward with force was Grid’s specialty. He spoke loudly, causing Peak Sword

words, we used the route that you

"That's right.”

Papapapang!

prepared and blocked the arrows with their shields. The arrows blocked by the shields fell to the ground, trampled on by

to make us uneasy? You guys, you are quite empty. Don’t you have

across

were anxious that we wouldn’t use this route and deployed one or two defenders on the

asked, “Is

"You’re all in trouble.”

an interested

Do you think you can break through this road just

"Let’s see?”

and items of the NPCs, making it 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 of 10 troops didn’t

‘But.’

had 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 as

then, we have

Under the leadership of Peak Sword, Korea maintained a thorough defense. Lauel

“There’s one person missing.”

No other words were needed. They were members of the

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Forest. It was very narrow, had many obstacles and was long. Of the eight paths through the forest, it was the route that took

Skull and eight NPCs were using this path. Their mission was to grab the feet of Grid, who would appear here. If Grid didn’t show up, they would move to occupy the Korean castle. But Lauel

was a gamble where victory

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

who appreciated 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

It was Grid!

at the

“The enemy! Hit him!”

“I understand.”

magicians only used basic attack magic, because they had to keep the magic spells in

Chaaeng! Chaeng!

withstand the attacks of

“Die!”

an opportunity and aimed for

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

would’ve been enough by

hit and stated to hurriedly run away.

‘How ridiculous.’

chased after Grid. He was now enjoying

***

They’re really

the United

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