Acceleration

,Wow, waaah! You’ve already captured it?”

A huge heavy-armored soldier stomps forward. The halberd in his hand looked quite threatening.

I smiled awkwardly and took a step back.

,I got lucky. There was only one opponent coming to stop me.”

I said that and unfolded the map.

Except for me and Snow Mage-nim, the other six were still in a heated power struggle in the central line.

I skipped the central capture point and took the capture point closest to the enemy’s camp.

Because of that, the enemy’s respawn area was pushed far back, so it was clear that it would take a considerable amount of time for those who respawned to join the battle.

,Here, Snow-nim, can you watch over this place?”

,Me?”

,Yes, well, that character has a slow movement speed, you know.”

,Ah, that’s right…”

The huge bulk, who had been fidgeting awkwardly next to me, slumped down dejectedly.

It seemed like she wanted to do something with me, but I didn’t think it was possible with that huge Butcher character.

,I’ll go help with the central capture point. Just hold out. If it looks like you’re going to die, just retreat.”

,Yes, sir!!!”

Snow Mage-nim answered coolly.

I always liked that her answers were so loud.

I left her behind and exited the capture point.

A small dot marked on the map was speeding along.

My figure running towards the central line would also be marked for my allies.

Was it because I had taken two capture points? Our team’s score was rising rapidly.

In comparison, the enemy’s score didn’t seem to move at all.

It was because I had taken the enemy’s capture point.

If we took the central base, we would be able to win without any problems.

Thinking that, as I started to cross the single-log bridge, I could see an enemy running quickly from the other side.

,Kuaaaaaaak!”

With a short shout, the opponent’s figure gradually revealed itself.

Silver gleaming gauntlets, and a long claymore held in his hand.

That was all the Knight user’s equipment that was revealed.

Seeing that he wasn’t even wearing armor to cover his body, it seemed like he had thrown off his armor in order to move quickly.

Had he given up on the power struggle at the central capture point?

I tilted my head and blocked the single-log bridge.

,Get out of the way!!!”

However, the opposing Knight raised his claymore threateningly, as if he had no intention of stopping.

It was a sword characterized by heavy and strong attacks. As someone with insufficient Strength stats, it would be difficult for me to withstand the incoming attack.

But, I won’t back down.

There was no tension. Even after confirming the opponent’s identity, that thought remained unchanged.

W.S

The team name attached to the opponent’s nickname.

White Snake.

A team that uses swordsmanship that bends like a snake.

It was a team that had a significant influence on the completion of my current swordsmanship.

There was no path to deviate from the central line.

In order to return to their capture point, they had to pass through this single-log bridge.

Slowly, very slowly.

But accurately.

My gaze watched the enemy’s movements, and I began to predict the future.

Acceleration.

The surrounding sounds disappear.

The moment a white pain covers my head, the surrounding scenery begins to blur like melting watercolors.

In that blurry world, I capture only the opponent’s figure completely.

Faster.

I divide 0.1 seconds.

Feeling the pain rising to the extreme, I draw out all of the opponent’s attacks.

The sword, bending like a snake, was shaking greatly and flying towards my neck.

I don’t react. It’s just a movement I’ve read in advance.

Beyond the blurry afterimage, the opponent’s real movement is captured.

As if superimposed on the afterimage I had drawn, the opponent was moving exactly as predicted.

What I need is a fleeting moment.

I finely divide the time that others cannot perceive and use it efficiently.

Now-

The moment I moved my stopped body forward greatly, the stopped time began to flow.

The melted scenery regains its original appearance, and the disappeared sounds rush in instantly.

,Get out of the waaaaaay!”

As expected, the blurry afterimage scattered, and the opponent’s sword began to fly in.

The heavy claymore’s blade cuts through the wind, creating a threatening sound.

Tat-!

With a greatly extended leg, my upper body moves forward.

At that moment, the blade, which had been maintaining a precarious gap, grazed past the end of my neck.

The moment I felt a slight stinging pain, I also swung my sword.

The long blade of the nodachi shakes like a white snake.

As if crawling on the ground, the white snake swims in the air.

At that moment, with a feeling of kwaduk-, the enemy’s body falters.

Losing strength and staggering, he collapses in the same posture as he was running.

It grazed.

The sensation felt at my fingertips was clear.

Chwaaaaaak-!

The greatly swung white snake eventually succeeded in snatching the opponent’s neck.

Watching the opponent’s head fly far away, I slung the nodachi in my hand over my shoulder.

Pungdeong-!

With the opponent’s staggering body falling into the raging river as the last thing I saw, a kill log appeared in the upper right corner.

Enemy eliminated yeon1111 → W.S-zansen

A perfect finish.

I quickly crossed the swaying single-log bridge.

***

An exhibition match between Deron’s Arena Rankers and VRS professional players had begun.

Of course, all the progress was being broadcast to everyone through internet broadcasting.

A total of 32 games were being played at once.

This meant that 32 broadcasting channels were also turned on at once.

32 broadcasts. There were broadcasts where people flocked, while there were also very quiet broadcasts with no one even watching.

This was because many people visited the broadcasts because of the fame and popularity of individual players, rather than watching the game itself.

Among them, there was one channel that was breaking the record for the overwhelming number of viewers.

It was the broadcast where Wild, a member of W.S, was playing.

He was currently the highest-rated player in VRS.

It was natural for people to flock to him.

-His form is insane today lololololololol

-Wow lololololololol

-Pyankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

-One shot, one kill lololololololol

He was originally one of the people who was evaluated as a promising talent.

Wild, who reached his peak in his early 20s, was showing overwhelming skill.

Whenever the heavy claymore scattered light as it was swung, the opponent facing him would invariably fall.

It was useless to block with a shield.

The sword, bending like a snake, would penetrate the opponent’s shield and pierce their vulnerable neck.

Even the Butcher character with the best defense, who could only be played in capture battles, was powerless in front of him.

Facing the Butcher user, Wild quickly approached, grabbed the handle of the sword upwards, and held the sword short.

Immediately after, the direction of the sword rotates in the opposite direction.

Eventually, Wild ended up holding the sword upside down in a strange pose.

However, those who were playing VRS did not feel anything strange about this appearance.

In order to effectively strike an opponent wearing solid plate armor, it was necessary to use a technique called the Mordhau like this.

Holding the sword upside down, he swings it like a blunt weapon.

The firmly erected crossguard acts as a hammer.

Kwang-!

Quickly rotating around the Butcher user, he swings the claymore like a blunt weapon.

The huge and glittering armor was instantly crushed, effectively preventing the Butcher user’s movements.

If Wild was the player that VRS players were paying attention to, then the player that Deron players were paying attention to was, of course, Blood Demon King, Yeon.

It was an event in which only Korean server users participated. Except for Yeon, there were no others who had clearly built up recognition.

The number of viewers for Wild’s game exceeded 100,000, but the number of viewers for Yeon’s game did not exceed 10,000.

It was natural. Yeon was only a famous user among Deron’s Korean users, and had not yet made her nickname known to VRS users.

However, as the game progressed and the broadcast time lengthened, the number of viewers for Yeon’s broadcast gradually began to increase.

A small girl’s customization.

A very strange stat combination that threw away Strength and Stamina stats.

A very provocative equipment state with no armor at all.

The weapon she used was also as large as her height.

She had more than enough of the minimum conditions to attract people’s attention.

Viewers who had simply come for fun or out of fandom began to stare blankly at Yeon’s appearance.

Yeon did not move normally from the start.

Using her small body and agility stats raised to the limit, she quickly slipped out towards the side path.

However, she did not run along the path normally.

Like a small squirrel, she climbed up the trees and began to sprint, stepping on the branches.

She had started running straight through the long path that she had to go around.

-What? You can run on trees?

-Is there a ninja in VRS?

-She’s a ninja, she used to be a gold ninja

-Who is this person? Is she a Deron user?

-I can’t see her panties here…

-Her customization is so pretty lololololololol

Viewers began to get excited by her refusal to be ordinary.

The chat also soared rapidly, showing the viewers’ good reactions.

The number of viewers did not drop. It maintained a certain level or higher.

As time passed, VRS users who were wandering around looking for other broadcasts to watch began to flow into the broadcast.

The influx led to more influx. The number of viewers, which had been hovering around 5,000 to 6,000, eventually rose to 9,000.

At that moment, Yeon, who had been running through the forest, reached the enemy’s capture point.

1 minute and 20 seconds after the start of the game.

It was a speed that she would never have been able to reach if she had run along the path normally.

The small girl, gasping for breath, headed towards the enemy’s capture point without being disturbed.

The VRS users who were watching thought.

That the girl would soon change direction and fall to the opponent who had come to defend the capture point.

As they had expected, the enemy user who had gone to the side path changed direction and started running.

The way he was gasping for breath, as if he hadn’t thought about stamina distribution because he was running in a hurry, was impressive.

She showed an unexpected way of playing, but the opponent is a professional player from N.R. That little girl will be finished now.

The VRS users who were watching thought so.

The N.R affiliated Assassin user, who had drawn his weapon, began to rush in quickly.

The rushing speed was very fast. Thanks to the special skill of the Assassin character, the efficiency of agility was higher than other characters.

While everyone was watching the clash between the two with tension.

Yeon, who had been standing blankly, began to move.

As if seeing into the future, she swings her sword towards the empty air.

It was a strange feeling. Even though the distance from the enemy was far, there was not even a hint of hesitation in her actions.

Seogeok-

Everyone who was watching the broadcast opened their mouths blankly.

A single exchange.

The minimum movement that the little girl used to blow off the head of the N.R affiliated professional player.

It was as if the N.R affiliated Assassin player had brought his neck to the girl’s sword.

As if possessed by something.

It was a very strange sight.

But it was an undeniable fact.

The player, whose neck was cut off by Yeon’s long katana, fell to the floor as a cold corpse.

At that moment, the chat window soared as if exploding.