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

me it’s a special sword only

as

courage did you have to lay forces

siege, I declared to Grid that I

He emphasized strategy.

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

result, this situation

predicting my movements and decided

impossible for Lauel to not know that pressing forward with force was Grid’s specialty. He spoke

we used the

"That's right.”

Papapapang!

time as Lauel’s reply, 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 the ground, trampled on by

make us uneasy? You guys, you are quite

smile spread across Peak Sword’s

this route and deployed one or two

“Is that

"You’re all in trouble.”

made an interested

Do you think you can break through this road just because there are more of

"Let’s see?”

But the level different between the two countries was too great. The US had many

‘But.’

Lauel had set aside plans for any situation, so he probably set one or two

we have to somehow

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

“There’s one person missing.”

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

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

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

bet. If this was a gamble where

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

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

"Hat!"

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

It was Grid!

at

“The enemy! Hit him!”

“I understand.”

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

Chaaeng! Chaeng!

the attacks of eight people and

“Die!”

saw an opportunity and aimed for

Puok!

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

would’ve been enough by

up and attacked. Grid was hit and stated to hurriedly run away.

‘How ridiculous.’

He

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Pant... They’re

the

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