Acceleration

,There are two assassins on the enemy team. Everyone, please be careful.”

Those were the words Bisjeu-seonsu said after being transported to the familiar battlefield with a bright light.

As he said, the enemy team’s composition was two assassin characters and three paladin characters.

,Yeon-nim, is it possible to change characters?”

,My character?”

While I was examining the enemy team’s composition, Bisjeu-seonsu, who had approached me, carefully asked the question.

Suddenly asking if I could play a different character, even though I have outstanding gaming skills, I needed at least some time to get used to it.

,No. I don’t think I can. I’ve only played Samurai.”

,Hmm…”

Bisjeu-seonsu nodded at my words and changed his character.

The Viking character wearing a horned helmet disappeared, and in its place appeared a Butcher character wearing huge heavy armor.

,If there are two assassins, they will definitely both come through the side paths. I’ll block them. Push the center line as quickly as possible and take the capture point.”

,Are you sure you’ll be okay?”

,Butcher users are especially strong against assassins. If the goal isn’t to defeat the enemies, but just to hold out, I can buy quite a bit of time.”

,Hmm…”

,It’s okay. Go ahead.”

At Bisjeu-seonsu’s words, I looked at my teammates’ expressions.

The two knights from White Snake seemed to agree with Bisjeu-seonsu, nodding their heads.

I closed my mouth, seeing that.

He says he’s confident, so I can’t just not believe him.

He’s a pro player, isn’t he? He’ll take responsibility for what he says.

I fiddled with the large katana stuck behind my back and nodded.

,Okay. I’ll try to push as quickly as possible.”

,It’s a relief that Yeon-nim is here.”

The moment that basic strategy meeting ended, the countdown signaling the start of the game began.

The wind blowing around me slightly cooled down the heat of the battlefield.

The countdown started from the number 5.

The moment that number reached 0, as if an earthquake had occurred, the ground shook and a huge shout erupted.

Uwaaaaaaaak-!!!

The NPC soldiers’ departure began.

Everyone on our team except for Bisjeu-seonsu followed behind them.

Having arrived at the center line like that, while waiting for the slow-moving Snow Mage, I examined the enemy team that had arrived faster than us.

As Bisjeu-seonsu said, the number of enemy team members who arrived here was three.

All of them were paladin characters with the same equipment.

A terrifying morning star in their hands. And a triangular kite shield that could cover their bodies.

Heavy armor covering their entire bodies, and a cross-patterned cloth hanging over it, fluttered in the wind.

,Let’s advance. Bisjeu-seonsu asked us to push quickly.”

The Snow Mage had just arrived beside me.

I turned around and spoke.

With Bisjeu-seonsu not here, I was naturally giving orders to the team members, but no one found it strange.

Even though they should have some pride as pros, the two knight users from White Snake followed my words well.

,Please, Snow-nim.”

,Yes!”

Of course, the first to advance was the Snow Mage.

,Heuryaryaryaryat!”

The Snow Mage began to swing his huge halberd around, pushing back the NPC soldiers blocking his path.

With the path opened like that, our team followed closely behind.

The enemy team wasn’t just standing still either.

The three paladin users, with their shields in front, spread out in three directions.

It was clear that their intention was to hold out as long as possible rather than trying to fight head-on.

I jumped out beside the Snow Mage and shouted.

,Attack!!!”

There were only three enemies, and they didn’t even have a proper intention to attack.

In times like this, it was good to charge in all at once and catch them off guard.

At my command, the two knights also jumped out from beside the Snow Mage and ran forward.

The enemies’ attention was diverted.

It was thanks to the teammates spread out widely on both sides.

,Hiyaaaat!”

At that moment, our team’s Snow Mage stretched out his halberd in a straight line.

The tip of the halberd that stretched out far wasn’t very threatening, but it successfully spread out the enemy team’s formation.

Kung-!

Now is the chance. I thought that and was about to swing the blade of the nodachi in my hand.

A very strange sensation that I felt momentarily, my sensitive senses sent a warning to the point where the hairs on my body stood on end.

It was a sensation I felt every day when I was at war in Deron.

Someone is targeting me. I can feel the gazes of very sinister guys hiding in the dark, looking for an opening, and holding their swords in their hands.

I can feel the movement of a sword approaching silently.

I rolled on the ground without hesitation.

Swish-

The wind blowing right in front of the back of my head is chilling.

I swallowed hard and quickly got up.

I didn’t even think about brushing off the dirt on my body.

It was because I felt a very familiar gaze staring at me.

The assassin user, wearing a black mask and fiddling with his dagger, hid himself among the NPCs, avoiding my gaze.

Whether he had activated the assassin’s unique [Aura Block] skill, his nickname, which had been flickering red among the NPCs, disappeared in an instant.

His appearance didn’t disappear. Only the nickname disappeared.

Unlike Deron, the assassins here didn’t have an invisibility skill that could hide their bodies transparently.

I bit my lip and turned my gaze to my teammates.

Bisjeu-seonsu’s words were wrong. The fact that the assassin I thought had gone to the side path was here meant that there was a very high probability that another assassin user was also hiding here.

,Everyone, be careful! An assassin is hiding!”

My warning was successfully delivered. The teammates stopped swinging their weapons vigorously and began to carefully examine their surroundings.

Good. This would reduce the chances of being suddenly ambushed.

I glared at the guy hiding among the NPCs.

I don’t know why, but his gaze felt familiar, and the nickname of the guy who had briefly revealed himself while attacking me felt familiar.

[Thousand Flow Blood Kill Cut]

There is only one person who would use a nickname like that for an assassin character.

Melvin.

The assassin user who attacked me was definitely the guy who used the nickname Melvin in Deron.

,That thieving bastard, acting so cocky…”

Could he have heard my voice?

Melvin, who was hiding among the NPCs, flinched.

Then, he lowered his body as much as possible and started to run away.

I know I can’t let him get away. He attempted a perfect ambush in VRS without even having stealth.

If it wasn’t for me, I would have definitely been caught.

Should I chase him?

No, it’s still dangerous.

I haven’t identified the location of the other assassin user yet.

This might also be Melvin’s trap.

Melvin, a thieving bastard who popped out of nowhere and always interfered with me.

He hasn’t changed even in VRS.

The more I think about it, the more annoying he is.

He sneakily pokes once, and if it doesn’t seem right, he throws everything away and runs away.

And when he thinks he’s escaped like that, he comes back and pokes again.

,Hoo…”

As I recalled the past, my stomach naturally started to churn.

I took a low breath and moved forward.

It will be dangerous. It will be a trap.

Even though I know it, I’m going. This was the only way to catch him for sure.

As I pushed through the NPC soldiers, I felt sharp gazes from all directions.

The sound of weapons clashing was dizzying in my ears. It was mentally distracting.

It was a space where it was difficult to focus on a specific sound.

Then, don’t listen, feel it.

Assassin users mostly have similar tendencies. The approaching feeling will also be similar.

When I was at war in Deron, there were dozens of assassination attempts every day.

I’m the one who has spent that kind of experience and time.

I won’t be easily caught.

I raise my heightened senses even further. It’s similar to thought acceleration.

Feeling the white pain that invades my head, I make the surrounding time slow down.

I examine the movements more clearly, while scattering the noisy sounds.

At that moment, a very strange movement was detected.

An infinitely light and infinitely soft movement.

Freely roaming among the soldiers, it approaches me.

From two directions, too.

As I thought, all the assassins have joined the center.

Bisjeu-seonsu’s words were wrong.

Sharp and keen gazes fly towards my neck and heart.

But this was an opportunity.

I wasn’t stupid enough to miss this opportunity.

,Everyone, just charge and push them!!!”

The moment I shouted loudly, the enemy assassins jumped out from among the soldiers.

A situation where all the assassins, who felt like the biggest threat, were targeting me.

The teammates no longer needed to be passive.

The quick-witted Snow Mage would have definitely understood my intentions.

I put aside my worries for my teammates. The most dangerous one right now is me.

I narrowed my eyes as I looked at the enemies jumping in from the front and back.

What’s needed is a moment.

I find a breakthrough in the split time.

Even if I raised my agility stat to 18, it wasn’t fast enough to avoid all attacks.

Moreover, it was an attack attempted from the front and back.

I had to give up flesh to take bone.

If I’ve decided, I move.

The moment the split time regains its original place, my body starts to move.

The attack aimed at my heart hits my shoulder, and the attack aimed at my neck flies towards my back.

I swing the nodachi in my hand and rotate my legs.

The rotational force that started from my legs travels through my waist and spreads throughout my entire body.

Kwajik-!

I gave up my body without hesitation. At that moment, red blood soared and my vision was dyed red.

But the movement doesn’t stop.

An attack that strikes upwards from below.

As if an Imoogi were ascending with a Yeouiju in its mouth, the pure white blade of the nodachi rotates and soars into the sky.

The chest of the assassin user who attempted to attack from behind is greatly split, and the neck of the assassin user who attempted to attack from in front of me is cut off diagonally.

Chwaaaaaak-!

The blood that burst out late scatters in all directions.

I also suffered a considerable amount of damage, so my legs gave out and I collapsed to the ground.

However, the assassin users who attempted to attack were lying on the ground and couldn’t think of getting up.

Enemy eliminated yeon1111 → Thousand Flow Blood Kill Cut

Enemy eliminated yeon1111 → N.R-aisin

It’s my victory.