"Finally started, huh..." I burned a cigarette while staring at the television. "Huff."
The place where they compete, the Abyss of Hell, has an area of more than 3,000 m². But because there are restrictions there, the area is likely deducted. The place was also filled with several hot holes that gushed upwards. They will be bothered by it, especially around them is hot lava. The chances of getting into the lava were 35% if they weren't careful.
There are also several hills and boulders to be hiding places for long-range attack classes, such as: Hunter, Mage, and Cleric. For the Mage or Hunter class who have fire elemental magic skills, it might be an advantage and an advantage for them.
I hope that Helena will use fire-element arrows and attack the enemy linearly with the «Cross Shots» skill. I look forward to it, especially when she aims at her target. However, Helena has an opponent that is quite troublesome for her, namely the Sniper. If Helena was within the firing radius, bad things would happen, and it would be troublesome for her.
"Lena and Kahfi... will definitely handle it easily."
"Ah, you're right, Tiara."
You understand best about your friend, right, Tiara.
The match had been going on for 30 seconds, but no one had attacked yet. The formation of the two teams was already in place, and some of them were stalking their opponents. But strangely, the captain of Meralco's team, Bodic, was calmly standing in the middle of the place with his shield and sword thrust into the ground, and no one attacked him, even though he had been standing there since the match began.
If I looked at him carefully, I would find a magic rope connected to his body, the Tanker, Bodic. Likely, it came from Maiden hiding nearby. They seemed to have devised an ambush plan with the Tanker as bait. I have a feeling that near the tanker there is not only the maiden, there are 2 people behind the rock, the maiden and the dual sword.
The television screen continued to highlight Bodic, who was still standing there.
"What happened, man? Did nobody attack him? Actually, what is the Bengawan team doing right now? Can you explain, Miranda?"
"I don't know, Coki. But it seems, this is a tactic from Meralco's team, using the captain as bait."
"Looks like, no one wants to attack that person," I said.
"No, I'm sure... Lena must have realized something."
"Realizing something? What is that?"
"Behind that person is a rock, right?"
"Hmm."
"Actually, there wasn't a single person there."
Tiara's words made me a little surprised. Then, I asked again, "So… who was there? You saw that magic rope, right? Isn't it connected to him from that rock?"
"It's just a clone, which the Maiden created."
"Clone?"
"The Maiden divides his MP to create clones there. In other words, the Maiden would not reveal himself so that his enemy would not find out. It seems, the Maiden has anticipated this and is careful."
"Oh, I see. So, my hunch is wrong. Ah, shit!"
I did it… I did it again.
"No, you are not wrong. Under the rock, there is someone who is waiting there."
"Eh? What do you mean?"
"You know, when the match hadn't started yet, the 1st Dual Sword disappeared. I'm sure, he must be hiding there."
"Oh, I see. You know a lot, Tiara."
"You taught it all, didn't you, Daylon." Tiara smiled at me.
"I? Oh yeah... ha ha ha ha. Eh? Which one, huh?"
"You forgot about it?"
"No, I didn't forget it. Ha ha ha."
Shit, I don't remember that. I did it… I did it again.
"Oh, what's that?!" Suddenly the male host said, it made me look straight at the television.
"Cannon Spear!" the Lancer from the Bengawan team threw his spear straight at Bodic and made him have to lift the shield. After that, the Lancer dashed towards him and took his spear. "Die!"
Several attacks were launched by the Lancer towards the Tanker, but the Tanker was able to ward off using his shield.
"You're great too huh... The number one tanker in Southeast Asia."
"Oh really. Thank you for the compliment. But..."
Suddenly a large rock shattered after the tanker said that.
"You're hooked, young man."
The 1st Dual Sword suddenly jumped high after crushing the rock. And he said, "Surprise..."
However, the jump was too high, even 2 times that of his body, the jump.
"Hehehe, I was surprised." The Lancer suddenly smiled in front of the Tanker while constantly attacking him. Then, the Lancer shouted, "HELENA! NOW!"
"Fire Shot!" An arrow that was coated in flames was thrown by Helena from a distance, about 100 meters. And the arrow was aimed at the 1st Dual Sword.
At the same time, the tanker suddenly smiled and surprised the Lancer.
"..."
"Once again, you were hooked, young man!"
Suddenly, the rope connected to the tanker's body moved and merged into the Lancer's body.
"Flash!" The 1st Dual Sword who was at the top suddenly moved to the front of the tanker.
"What?" The Lancer panicked because he did not think that he was on top. They both switched positions, and it made an arrow that came from Helena aimed at the Lancer. "N-No!!!"
BOOM! The arrow hit it right, but didn't reduce his HP Bar.
Not only that, the audience was shocked by the tactics of Meralco's team, and suddenly another player, the 2nd Dual Sword, appeared from the direction of the hill. The 2nd Dual Sword jumped up and was ready to attack the Lancer who still hadn't hit the ground.
The 2nd Dual Sword crossed his two swords as he said, "Fiery Cross!"
After he said that, his two swords lit up as if covered in flames. After a while, when the 2nd Dual Sword was almost approaching the Lancer, his two swords were pushed forward and created a firebird that was aimed at the Lancer's body.
BOOM! The Lancer was badly hit by that attack and made his HP drop drastically to 8%.
The Lancer can't stand it anymore, no matter what. This is because of his fault and that of his team. Their team was too confident and didn't bring a Cleric into the tournament. The Lancer can't heal its HP, like it or not, the Lancer just dies because it can't be helped anymore.
"Ah, ah. One for one." I spoke while shaking my head.
"No, it looks like something will happen next."
"What do you mean, Tiara?"
"That Lancer must have known about this."
"Hmm..."
"You just watch!"
What Tiara said made me curious a little. Because of that, I immediately turned to the television quickly and watched the Lancer.
And sure enough...
"Oh, what happened, man? The Lancer suddenly jumped with his spear while still in the air."
Before the Lancer fell to the ground, he jumped with his spear and lunged at the 2nd Dual Sword.
"What?"
"You think I'll just die like that? Too bad…"
In fact, the Lancer when jumping upwards, also carried his spear. Is he acrobatic? Very cool.
After that, when the Lancer got behind the 2nd Dual Sword, he kicked him hard onto the ground.
Without thinking, the Lancer put his spear at the three people below while aiming at him. Then he said while throwing his spear, "Dragon Impact!"
The spear rushed through and it made the tanker have to lift his shield up to ward it off. The tanker was preparing to brush away his spear, but unfortunately, that was what caused him to create gaps all over his body.
Helena, who was still in place, was aiming her bow at the tanker. After Helena was sure of her aim, she fired her arrow. "Cross Shots!"
An arrow coated so thick with fire magic, Helena released it from the arrow. And right under the arrow, Kahfi was running towards them while tapping his shield with his sword.
Since the 2nd Dual Sword was lying on the ground due to the kick from the Lancer, all that was left to dispel Kahfi was only the 1st Dual Sword.
If you ask, where are the positions of the Maiden and the Gunslinger, then the answer is only one, which is that they are being cornered by the Barbarian, Evan. Why do I know? It was because suddenly the camera was on them.
"Kyaa... it's Evan." The audience cheered as the camera focused on Evan.
"What really happened, Miranda? Why is Evan all of a sudden on that hill?"
"I don't know either, Coki. But it looks like the Meralco team is in a corner right now."
"Will the first round be won by the Bengawan team?"
"Judging from the current conditions, it looks like the Bengawan team will win the first round, Coki."
Evan raised his large sword to the side, level with his chest, and said, "You two have nowhere else to go. You can't help your friends either."
The Maiden and the Gunslinger kept moving backward as they thought about how to escape Evan. Behind them, nearly approaching them, was a chasm filled with hot lava. If they kept retreating backward, they would enter the abyss.
Why don't they just fight back? Ah, it was something useless to do, they couldn't because they were typical long-range attackers, and Evan was typical melee attackers. So, it's useless. The two of them had already found their position, it was their fault — or perhaps, because it was Evan's intelligence that made their whereabouts known. I have no idea.
However, I was strangely smiling at that, almost laughing.
"Already completed…"