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?’

heard of the Lord’s Sword, but it was the

a special sword only given

shook as he felt

courage did you have to lay forces here for an

to the beginning of the siege, I declared to

He emphasized strategy.

in Grid. The bias was that Lauel will use

a result, this situation

gave up on predicting my movements and decided to focus on moving

forward with force was Grid’s specialty. He

other words, we used the route

"That's right.”

Papapapang!

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

to make us uneasy? You guys, you are

across Peak Sword’s

wouldn’t use this route and deployed one or

“Is that

"You’re all in trouble.”

an interested

through this road just because there are

"Let’s see?”

had redistributed the roles 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

‘But.’

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 possible and Grid would advance to

have to

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.”

expected. No other words were needed. They were members of the same guild, so he didn’t want to cruelly give

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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

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

this was a gamble where victory wasn’t assured, Lauel

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

was questionable if Grid would really appear here.

"Hat!"

the symbol of Grid, his items, could be seen from far away. There was a helmet on his head so the

It was Grid!

at the

“The enemy! Hit him!”

“I understand.”

magic, because they had to keep the

Chaaeng! Chaeng!

advancement classes. Grid couldn’t withstand the attacks of eight

“Die!”

saw an opportunity and aimed for

Puok!

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

been enough

and attacked. Grid was hit and stated to hurriedly run away. He was trying to survive

‘How ridiculous.’

after Grid. He was

***

Pant... They’re

is the

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 than the US