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.

***

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

a special

shook as

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

I declared to Grid that I would show great

He emphasized strategy.

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

this situation

predicting my movements and decided to

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

used the route that you

"That's right.”

Papapapang!

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

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

spread across Peak Sword’s

were anxious that we wouldn’t use this route and deployed one

“Is

"You’re all in trouble.”

an interested

can break through this road

"Let’s see?”

the NPCs, making it possible for the Korean NPCs to be stronger than the US NPCs. But the level different between the

‘But.’

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

then, we have to somehow

Under

“There’s one person missing.”

other words were needed. They were members of

***

Of the eight paths through the forest, it was the

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 convinced that

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

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

help feeling dubious. It was questionable if Grid would really appear here. What if he used a different route? The United States would only be able to rely on

"Hat!"

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

It was Grid!

shouted at

“The enemy! Hit him!”

“I understand.”

attack magic, because they had to keep the

Chaaeng! Chaeng!

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

“Die!”

opportunity and aimed for Grid’s

Puok!

he was overgeared. Grid’s defense was so 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

would’ve been enough by

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

‘How ridiculous.’

Grid. He was

***

Pant... They’re really

is the

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 NPCs, so