The Korea-Japan match will be held a week after the Space League game.
The outlook for this game was completely different than it was six months ago.
-1.01… … Are the odds real??
-If you bet on Korea winning, you earn 1%? lol
-It was originally 1.05, but after Seong Ji-han received the Space League MVP award, it dropped further haha.
-Do you think the Japanese kids would bet on Korea winning? There are no talented people in Japan these days.
-The situation was the opposite from last year's Liberation Day haha.
Last year's Liberation Day, when the Sword King went to Japan.
And unlike the next Korea-Japan War, where Seong Ji-han rose rapidly and fought the Sword King.
Everyone expected the Korea-Japan match in 2021 to end poorly.
Seong Ji-han dominated the Space League match.
In addition, Yoon Se-jin, who is now considered the second-highest warrior but is still a powerful sword king, participated in the battle.
On the other hand, in Japan, no SSS-level players appeared after the Sword King returned to Korea.
They were ranked lower in the Northeast Asian League.
Korea's easy victory is already planned.
Korean people showed interest in other things rather than the obviously expected outcome of the game.
-Come to think of it, Yoon Se-ah also joined the national team this time.
-Eh? Yoon Se-ah?? No, that's a bit; Didn't you use your family's support?
-└└└ Yoon Se-ah had the highest win rate among the Diamond Archers last month. She used to be good, but changed her bow and went crazy;
-omg… … That family is full of monsters.
-The growth rate really makes no sense lol Two games a day is a complete scam.
Yoon Se-ah is drawing a steep growth curve, as if to show the true value of a long-lasting gift.
After changing her bow, her Void Arrow was firing 7 arrows at a time, devastating the battlefield.
-Still, the gift growth is fast, but if the growth stagnates in the end, it's no big deal, right?
-I know. It's not a good effect or anything.
-It's good to be part of the national team, but I don't know if I'll be active... …
Still, maybe it's because the two members of the family are such monsters.
Compared to Seong Ji-han or the King of Swords, Yoon Se-ah received a poor evaluation from the public.
However, the evaluation of the Korean national team staff was different.
"You're so cute. It will be destroyed."
"The entire army is annihilated!"
To test the newly arrived Yoon Se-ah, the national team played a practice game with the existing team photo.
The performance that Yoon Se-ah showed there was amazing.
"Void Arrow. I knew it was powerful, but... … ."
A void arrow that only Yoon Se-ah can use.
Even a Diamond class warrior could not block this arrow as it disappeared and then popped out.
At first, I thought that people would not be able to stop people from entering DIA, and that high-level users would deal well with this.
Yoon Se-ah, who changed her bow, easily hunted even national-level players.
"Anyway, I didn't know that it would easily pierce even the turtle shell."
"That's right."
Gwi Gap-jin, a defensive formation created by national team players.
An off-standard player like Seong Ji-han could easily destroy it.
Normally, a fierce attack and defense would have to be fought to break this formation.
But to pierce this formation with arrows.
"If Yoon Se-ah continues to grow like this, this year… … "Can't we aim to win the Champions League?"
"Stop drinking kimchi soup already. What kind of victory is this? "It is difficult to guarantee that we will advance to the finals."
Director Noh Young-jun scolded the staff who were making a fuss, telling them not to get excited.
In fact, his eyes were shining with anticipation.
Meanwhile.
"Seaya… … Leader position. Do you want to do it?"
Archer Jin leader Ha Yeon-ju came out to meet Yoon Se-ah coming out of the Battle.net connector.
"no way. "Yeonju, what kind of leader are you when you have an older sister!"
"Someone stronger than me should be the leader. "Oh dear, I can't destroy it by myself."
"Alone. "I did it with Akari!"
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Akari, who came out with Yoon Se-ah, shook her head excitedly when she heard that.
"Together… … I just stood there. "Sea did it all."
"I protested to my heart's content because I didn't have to worry about the future!"
"is it so. "You seem to be very good at keeping the warrior players in check."
"… … Hey, is it really okay for me to join the national team? The archers might need an assassin like me... … ."
This time, Akari was included in the national team roster along with Yoon Se-ah.
My level had grown a lot to 245, so I was at a high enough level to join the national team.
Assassin, a variant class of Archer, was a very unsuitable job to join the Korean archers.
"are you okay. "Our Archer team, in terms of damage, has become more than enough with the addition of SeAh."
"okay. It's not just games where the game maps are head-on. "If you get caught in a dungeon or something, the assassin class will shine."
"ah… … uncle! "Weren't you training?"
Yoon Se-ah looked at Seong Ji-han who approached the Battle.net connector with a surprised face.
No, he disappeared while training again, but when did he come back?
"It's hard to get a handle on this issue, so I've finished my training for now."
"No, do even skilled players have difficulties?"
At Ha Yeon-joo's joke, Seong Ji-han shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm not God, so why would I make everything easy?"
The 4th Destruction Gyeol, Ice Heavenly Blade.
After Pythia said that the true intention of this martial arts skill is related to 'exploration'.
Seong Ji-han practiced this martial art several times at the Void Training Ground.
but.
'I haven't found any clues in my search. It seems like Geomwoo (劍雨) is related... … .'
In the last match, the swordsman cut off the source of the warchief's power.
Even though Seong Ji-han did not specifically order it, it spontaneously extended its sword towards the Uruk warriors.
If exploration is the true intention of Ice Heavenly Swordsman, it must have something to do with his appearance at that time.
However, in the Void Training Ground, ice that freezes the sky is possible.
Geomwoo was not implemented in a large scale like last time.
It really just fell like rain, towards the ground.
When Seong Ji-han was thinking about Ice Heaven and Sword for a moment.
Ha Yeon-ju said with a grin.
"God… … I thought he was a rookie after watching the last game. "I heard there are sacred Korean Christians these days?"
"Seongji Hangyo? What is it? that."
"What can I say? It is a religion that believes in Seong Ji-han. Are you going to become the Messiah who saves humanity?"
"… … sister. "That's a joke, right?"
"Really. "I saw that Yuri was reporting several cults like this, saying that they should be put down before they grow bigger."
Seong Ji-han frowned.
A pseudo-religion that believes the player is a god.
This happened almost when the end was near.
Right now, humanity is doing well, ranking 5th, so why is it that a pseudo-religion is already emerging?
"I guess I was too strong. "Do I have to lose this on purpose?"
"No, Messiah! "If you have started salvation, you must finish it!"
"okay. uncle! Now that this has come to an end, let's go up to the gods and constellations!"
at that time.
"… … Constellations? "What are you talking about?"
"dad!"
Like Seong Ji-han, Yoon Se-jin, who was practicing individually, also visited the Battle.net Center.
Holding two large bouquets of flowers.
"Sea. Congratulations on joining the national team."
"lol. thank you."
"Congratulations, Ms. Akari."
"thanks… … "Yes."
Yoon Se-jin, who handed over the bouquet, looked at Seong Ji-han and said.
"Brother-in-law. "I think I found some clues in what you told me last time."
"You mean combining swords?"
"okay. "It was good that I listened to my brother-in-law."
In his last life, the Sword King went in the direction of combining swords.
When I was struggling alone, it took a long time to find the way, but when Seong Ji-han showed me the direction, progress was definitely faster.
"All of our national team's core strength was here."
At that time, Director Youngjun Noh walked towards the Battle.net connector with a smiling face.
"From now on, I'm going to watch and analyze the video of Japan's last game. Actually, you don't need to see it... … How about it though? "Listening to power analysis together."
"oh. I'll listen. "I wanted to hear it!"
Japan's power analysis.
Since it is no longer a threatening country, there is no need to see it.
"All right."
Now that his training progress was at a standstill, he entered the diversion and power analysis room.
and.
'These guys… … 'Why have you become so weak?'
When I saw Japan's military power in the video, I had doubts.
* * *
=Everyone. The first Korea-Japan match of 2021 is here!
=The Korean national team is cruising with two wins in the Northeast Asia League this year! In the second game, against Chinese Taipei, despite the absence of Seong Ji-han, the team won easily!
=I really like the effects of Seong Ji-han, Sword King, and the two-headed carriage!
=Meanwhile, the Japanese national team is in a bad mood with 0 wins and 2 losses. We ended up losing 3-0 to China and Russia.
2021 Northeast Asia League.
Unlike Korea, which was cruising with 2 wins and 0 losses, Japan was in last place.
=The weakness of not having key players with high gift ratings is holding Japan back.
=But wasn't there a player with a high gift grade in 2019? It seems that Japan's weaknesses have become more highlighted this year.
=That's right. Before that, even though we had the Sword King, our win rate against Japan was around 60%. Japan's characteristic was that it did not have key players, but was equally strong in all positions... … .
=These days, the strength of all positions is evaluated as mediocre. How can things change so much in just two years? You must be desperate for an SSS level gift.
Battle.net player waiting room.
Seong Ji-han thought while listening to the Korean commentator's explanation.
'The problem is not just the absence of key players. It just seems like the players as a whole have weakened.'
What is the change in Japanese power between my last life and now?
The only two things are that the Sword King came back to Korea and Shizuru died.
The presence or absence of the Sword King will not determine the level of other players.
'Did Shizuru edit other Japanese players as well?'
Your editing skills were truly deceptive.
It would have been nice to have used that ability devotedly for humanity... … .
'She's not that kind of woman.'
I didn't know what useless things I could do with that power.
Seong Ji-han looked at the ban process, thinking that it was a good idea to get rid of it.
=Japan, I want to use the ban card.
=Who can use it?
= I think Seong Ji-han showed amazing performance in the previous game, so he seems to be ranked first in the ban... … .
=That's right. You did so well in the last game! Didn't you dominate the Space League!
Although the commentators were more confident than before, they predicted that Seong Ji-han would be banned.
=Uh, huh? however… … The ban card has Yoon Se-jin's name written on it!
The results that came out were completely unexpected.
"… … I?"
Of course, Yoon Se-jin knew that he would participate, so he took out his dual swords and looked at them.
I raised my head in surprise at the narrator's voice.
No, even after watching the game a week ago.
Instead of banning Seong Ji-han, they ban themselves?
"Those guys, what are their intentions… … ."
"well."
Seong Ji-han answered as if he didn't know what was going on.
I could guess what was going on inside.
'It looks like Pythia did something.'
Pythia wanted to meet me at the Korea-Japan game.
For that to happen, it was essential for Seong Ji-han to participate in the game.
"… … Something is suspicious. Be careful. "Brother-in-law."
"All right."
In response to Yoon Se-jin's concern as she was unaware of this situation, Seong Ji-han nodded.
"You're playing in your first game with your uncle?"
"okay. let's go."
He participated in the first set of the Korea-Japan match together with Yoon Se-ah.
* * *
=The map for game 1 is South Gate. This map was chosen by Japan!
=Ah… … Facing a famous player in Southgate? Japanese director, what are you thinking?
Southgate map, where Seong Ji-han has been active.
It was the optimal map for such a transcendent warrior to exert effort, so pulling this map was considered an act of self-harm by Japan.
but.
"It's here! here!"
After the game starts, on the castle wall.
A Japanese player suddenly appeared, looked at Jihan and waved both hands.
"ah. It's a bit difficult to talk about here, isn't it? "I'll invite you to a nice place."
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
I put my palm down from the sky.
"Get off. Apollon."
Grrrr… … !
Then, a huge chariot of flame rose from the sky.
It hit the ground like that.
Kwakwakwak!
The earth shakes with a huge explosion.
Soon, a huge wave of fire rose and engulfed the Korean national team.
especially.
The flames gave priority to Seong Ji-han, who was at the front.
"Ugh… … ."
"W-what! "The light won't go out?"
"Hey, heel!"
Behind the sacred ground, the national team warriors struggled against the fire.
In fact, the fire did no harm to him at the front.
and then.
[We invite you to the 'Sanctuary of Apollo.'] [Would you like to accept the invitation?]Soon, an invitation message appeared.
'The national team is going to have a hard time.'
Fallen sanctuary of Apollo.
It looked like a Greek-style circular temple made of fire.
Pythiaya, it was a space created simply to invite Holy Jihan.
"eww… … No, I can't stop it. bedding… … !"
"Dodge backwards!"
The national team players could not withstand the indirect influence of the flames rising from the temple.
Indeed, even if he is a prophet, is he a servant of God of War?
'Still, the national team will get through this on its own.'
It is impossible to spoon-feed the national team forever.
They think they should overcome this on their own.
"I will accept your invitation."
Seong Ji-han accepted Seongyeok's invitation.