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?’

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

special sword only given

as he

route? What courage did

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

He emphasized strategy.

wanted to plant a bias in Grid. The bias was that Lauel

result, this situation was

predicting my movements and decided to focus on moving

fact, it was impossible for Lauel to not know that pressing forward with force was

we used the route

"That's right.”

Papapapang!

were prepared and blocked the arrows with their shields. The arrows

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

spread across Peak

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

“Is that

"You’re all in trouble.”

an interested

think you can break through this road

"Let’s see?”

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 mean victory was

‘But.’

situation, so he probably set one or two people on every path. As soon as

we have

had to hang on. Under the leadership of Peak Sword, Korea maintained a thorough defense. Lauel

“There’s one person missing.”

They were members of the same guild, so he didn’t want to

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

appear here.

had to bet. If this was a gamble where victory wasn’t assured, Lauel would bet it

be a problem for him. Lauel said he would

of the people who appreciated Lauel. But this time, he couldn’t help feeling dubious. It was questionable if Grid would really appear here. What if he used a

"Hat!"

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 who else could

It was Grid!

at the

“The enemy! Hit him!”

“I understand.”

at Grid. The magicians only used basic attack magic, because they

Chaaeng! Chaeng!

classes. Grid couldn’t withstand the attacks of eight people and was forced on the

“Die!”

opportunity and aimed for

Puok!

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,

would’ve been enough

avoid Grid’s counterattack, Skull kicked up and attacked. Grid was hit and stated to hurriedly run away. He was trying to survive and accomplish his purpose, running

‘How ridiculous.’

He

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Pant... They’re

the United

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