Overgeared Chapter 754:
Chapter 754
The stronger the predator, the more prideful they were . They weren’t cautious when hunting small rabbits . Patience and strength were the basics . It was important to do their best when competing with the same beast .
Clink!
The second half of saint sword drawing . Kraugel was doing his best to stop Yura . He was very wary of her since she was also qualified to draw the saint sword .
‘There’s a slight difference in movement speed due to the difference in basic stats . I need to deal with her before entering the safety zone . ’
Kraugel hadn’t achieved level 300 before entering the National Competition . His stats failed to reach the third awakening and were generally lacking . He needed to be tenacious to make up for this . Kraugel placed his hands on the sheath at his waist .
He aimed for Yura’s predicted path and drew White Fang . It was Space Sword, one of the ultimate skills of a Sword Saint .
Supaak!
“ . . . !”
Kraugel’s silver-coloured sword cut the earth, rivers, trees, rocks, mountains, and sky . The landscape in his field of view was cut in two . All except for one thing . It was Yura . The moment Kraugel’s sword reached her, she used Hell Leap to make Kraugel’s technique useless .
-Wow . . . !
-How does she match the timing like that?
-I have goosebumps .
The crowd and viewers had already been impressed by Yura several times . From what they saw, there was only a difference in class between Kraugel and Yura . People thought that if the Demon Slayer class had the ability to fight the Sword Saint class, she wouldn’t be in the position of a fugitive .
But that was just their perspective . Kraugel dominated Yura in all ways, albeit subtly .
“You can’t run . ”
“ . . . !!!”
Yura was surprised when she emerged from a black hole . It was because Kraugel stood before her .
‘He read the path?’ Yura noticed . ‘It’s my mistake!’
The problem was that she chose the shortest route to reach the saint sword as soon as possible . Kraugel read her thoughts . The cause of her defeat was a failure to overcome her anxiety .
Sakak-!
A white flash projected towards Yura’s trembling eyes .
[You have suffered 5,900 damage . ]
White Fang descended towards Yura again .
Sakak-!
Chukakakakak!
Kraugel didn’t lose momentum after hitting Yura once . He used tricky orbits to deal with Yura .
“Ugh . . . !”
Yura’s vision kept flashing red . She attempted to defend against Kraugel’s attacks but it didn’t work . Kraugel perfectly analyzed her behavior patterns and his super sensitivity supported his analysis . Yura had only one option left to counterattack .
Tang!
Tang tang!
As Yura was caught in a storm of swords and bled out, she aimed her magic gun at Kraugel . But Kraugel read her gaze and the direction the muzzle was pointing in, moving in advance to avoid the bullets . In the end, eight of the ten bullets shot by Yura were deflected . On the other hand, Yura allowed seven out eight hits by Kraugel . The difference in health between the two people greatly widened .
『 It seems to be over . 』
『 Ah, Player Yura is really miserable . After all this, she’s missing the medal . 』
Yura’s performance had been dazzling through saint sword drawing . She quickly met the requirements of the saint sword with a good strategy and overcome the difficulties experienced in the process with her strength and wits . The commentators and the crowd had no doubt that she would win a medal for her country . But now Kraugel from the United States was about to trample on Yura and South Korea’s dreams .
『 As you all know, the players in South Korea are very shallow . Apart from Grid, Yura, Peak Sword, and Toon, all participating players are unknown . 』
『 The experts guess that apart from Grid and Yura, the other players can only obtain silver medals at most . 』
『 It’s desperate news for South Korea that Yura is being eliminated without winning a single medal . 』
『 It’s a pity . The Korean people will feel a great deal of heartache . 』
The commentators were telling the truth . The rules were revised so that one player could only participate in two events . The elimination of Yura was a painful loss for South Korea . Even if Grid won two gold medals, South Korea would stay at the bottom of the rankings as expected . Then the Korean players wouldn’t receive any buffs .
“Meteor Sword . ”
Kwa kwang!
Kwa kwa kwa kwang!
Kraugel’s sword fell like a meteor and continuously struck Yura’s injured body . Yura used her skills to resist, but her health was currently at the bottom while Kraugel’s was close to being full . Kraugel was several times stronger than last year after becoming a Sword Saint and was on a different level from Yura . At this point, people thought the winner of the one on one PvP was determined . They started speculating about the results of the events that hadn’t yet started .
Then Kraugel prepared to deal the final blow to Yura .
‘End it . ’
Kraugel decided after checking Yura’s health gauge . He precisely calculated Yura’s health and defense figures during the course of the battle and used a charging skill . He prepared to deal a blow to Yura’s heart while simultaneously opening the distance, in order to avoid a counterattack from Yura in her immortal state .
"Jajinmori . ”
Peeok!
A secret technique obtained from the East Continent . It was a kick that unfolded without any preliminary movements, striking the enemy and pushing him away . He kicked Yura’s abdomen . At the same time, Yura’s health was depleted, she entered the immortal state and fell far away from Kraugel . Kraugel naturally didn’t approach her . He judged that he could prevent her from accessing the safety zone during her five seconds of immortality .
"Huhut . ”
In this desperate situation, Yura laughed . Kraugel’s actions were within the range that she anticipated . Since she was far away from Kraugel, she cast a spell that took some time to use .
“Hell Summoning . ”
“ . . . ?!”
Kurururung!
The Demon Slayer class exerted great influence in **** and operated with a penalty on this middle world . It was too unreasonable to call it a legendary class when it couldn’t exert its abilities outside of **** . That’s why the skill set involved a **** summoning . It was a field magic that allowed a Demon Slayer to show 100% of their abilities by transferring over a certain random area of **** .
Shaaaaaah-
A dark curtain fell . A radius of 1km around Yura was flooded with demonic energy and turned black . It was the moment when the bright Bruton Island was contaminated .
『 Hup . . . ! 』
The world was astonished . Hell Summoning was a unique magic used by Great Demon Belial! How could a player use it?!!
“Um . . . ”
Kraugel was also surprised . He frowned as he was contaminated by the demonic energy .
[You have entered **** . ]
[You are affected by a strong evil energy . ]
[Your body is exhausted . Attack power, defense, and agility will decrease by 30% . ]
[Health won’t recover naturally . ]
[You have received a mental blow . Mana regeneration rate will slow by 50% . ]
[You have resisted . ]
‘The status resistance is meaningless . ’
Yura was strong . Kraugel became vigilant and grasped White Fang .
Jjeejeeeong!
Yura leapt over the boiling hellfire river reached Kraugel in an instant and used three joint attacks . It was a much faster and stronger attack than before .
‘Kuk . . . ! She managed to keep this trump card hidden so far?’
He understood her thoughts . It was uncomfortable for players to reveal their true power in the National Competition, where everyone in the world was watching . It was better to hide as much power as possible . But if she had to release it to the public, shouldn’t it be in a better situation? Kraugel felt negatively about Yura’s Hell Summoning .
'Revealing it in a situation where defeat is already determined . . . She isn’t that stupid . ’
The summoning of **** was too late . Even if Yura was strong in hell, the gap between the two people’s health was too big to be reversed . The outcome of the battle couldn’t be changed . She should’ve summoned **** earlier or not summoned it at all .
Kraugel thought this as he avoided two bullets that flew from Yura in the darkness . He moved his sword while enduring the heat of the hellfire flowing near his feet . It was a counterattack aimed precisely for when Yura’s immortal duration ended .
But .
Sakak-!
Kraugel couldn’t cut Yura . He was a bit confused because he hadn’t yet been able to adapt to the sudden change in landscape . Yura used Hell Leap and left the battlefield . It was a retreat using her last remaining mana .
'I can’t miss her!’
The moment that Kraugel used White Light Steps and was about to pursue Yura .
Kiyaaaaoh!
“ . . . ?!”
Kurururung!
A **** bone dragon emerged in sky that contained thousands of **** eyes and blew a poisonous breath at Kraugel . The **** summoned by Yura was a habitat for the **** bone dragon . It was extremely good luck from Yura’s position .
“Kuk!”
The **** bone dragon was a powerful high level named monster that would make a player scream . Kraugel gave a rare scream as he was attacked by it . He suffered a critical injury as he flew back .
At this time .
Surururuk!
The **** vanished . The **** summoned by Yura only had a duration of a minute or so . In that short period of time, the situation of saint sword drawing dramatically reversed . Breaking everyone’s expectations, Yura was going to reach the safety zone first .
The only area where PvP was impossible . It was the central area where the saint sword was stuck .
『 Y . . . Yura . . . . ! 』
『 South Korea’s Yura will be the first master of the saint sword!! 』
Who would’ve imagined that someone other than Grid would win a confrontation with the sky above the sky? No, it was the opinion of most people in the world that even Grid couldn’t win against Kraugel . Yet Yura pulled it off . . .
Puk!
“ . . . !”
『 . . . . !! 』
One step . One step was lacking . Just before Yura entered the safety zone, dozens of swords rushed at her . It was the long-ranged skill of a Sword Saint, which caused 10 swords to be released from his inventory to hit the target . It was one of the skills Kraugel wanted to hide until he met Grid .
“Ugh!”
A sword stabbed Yura’s ankle . Fortunately, she kept her life because she drank a potion . However, she fell down while entering the safety zone . Then . . .
Teook!
Kraugel jumped over her . He reached the saint sword first .
『 K-Kraugel wins! Kraugel has won the gold medal by drawing the sword first! 』
『 Ahh, Player Yura has ended up with the silver medal . It is really a waste . But she fought well . I admire her . 』
“Waaaaaaaah!”
Huge cheers shook the Tokyo Dome . The premiere of the 3rd National Competition was fierce and gorgeous .
***
The Korean team’s waiting room .
"Well fought . You fought really well . ”
On the screen, the sight of Yura tearing up could be seen . It was the first time she had ever looked so frail . She became a legend before Kraugel and actually achieved a higher growth, but she eventually lost . Was it because her efforts were lacking?
No . In fact, Grid knew better than anyone . It was purely-
‘The difference in talent . . . ’
Humans were relative . A person who was praised as the best would end up being humble in front of someone better than them . Grid had been through this painful reality many times . That’s why he could figure out what Yura was feeling right now . He was able to feel her desperation .
‘I’ll get revenge for you . ’
Talent?
'I will overcome it with items . ’
Grid’s blood boiled . After witnessing the victim of Kraugel’s talent, he wanted to win even more .
After that . Four more events took place and South Korea didn’t win a single medal . On the first day of the National Competition, South Korea’s medal status was only one silver medal . But this one silver medal was very valuable . South Korea, which originally should’ve been at the bottom of the rankings, ended up being near the top of the overall rankings .
At this time, no one knew what this small difference would lead to .