Balaur.
Humanity has encountered this race once before.
-You appeared in the Balaur rehearsal game, right?
-ㅇㅇ You fired your breath as soon as you entered the map. It was strong.
-Still, Seongjihan was cut off.
-Because it was a hatchling back then... … .
The rehearsal map opened by Seong Ji-han, the 'Blue Back Dragon' who showed a strong presence in the chaotic battlefield.
Although they were eventually defeated by Seong Ji-han, it gave a strong shock to viewers watching the game.
Are you going to fight monsters like that in the Space League? The dragon race that made you cringe.
After only the third game, we were playing against humanity.
='Red-headed dragon'. They are a strong team currently in second place.
=If you're in second place, it looks like you won both games like us and are earning your usual points.
=I have to win this time and change my ranking.
As the opponent for the 3rd match was decided, one of the ranked races that had been ranked as ?? was opened.
The 'Red-Haired Dragon' is the highest race, ranking second among them.
Seong Ji-han thought while listening to the ranking of the dragon clan.
'It looks like the dragon race hasn't met the elves yet.'
If we look only at racial specifications, the dragon race is definitely superior to the elf.
However, they always showed weakness to the World Tree Elves.
In the future, all races in the league will be opened.
Whenever the results of their matches came out, the Balaur never once defeated the World Tree Elves.
'Well, other than the dragon race, there was no other race that defeated the World Tree Elves... … .'
A world tree elf who ranked 1st to 5th in the Space League and Bronze League.
They are undefeated, except in matches where they are matched against each other.
Still, no matter how strong the elves are, the dragons can still win one or two games.
Until humanity was demoted, the World Tree Elves were firmly maintaining 1st to 5th place.
'This time, let's shake up the entrenched top ranking.'
Unlike my last life.
This time, Seong Ji-han himself decided to come forward and shake up the rankings.
He watched as the directors of both races came out.
And, on the screen.
=Uh… … .
=This time, the table doesn't appear?
=Here… … Are you above the clouds?
The director's office where both races criticize each other.
The scenery was completely different from usual.
"hmm… … ."
Upon entering the director's office, Director Davis, who was standing on a cloud, rolled his eyes and slowly walked forward.
Tuk. Tuk.
I was worried that if I took one more step, I would fall.
'Fortunately, this cloud can be stepped on... … .'
The cloud did not disappear like smoke, but supported Director Davis' body.
Davis felt relieved and walked slowly.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
He suddenly saw a shadow falling in his direction and looked up.
OK.
[…] … .]A red dragon as huge as a mountain suddenly appeared on the spot without any warning.
=Me, that opponent. Are you a dragon… … .
=It's big… … It's much bigger than the Balaur we saw at rehearsal!
During rehearsal, a dragon species several times larger than a hatchling.
When Director Davis saw the gigantic creature, he realized why the director's office had turned into a cloud.
In the old director's theory, that huge body wouldn't have been involved.
and.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssss… … .
The red dragon's bright yellow eyes move and look down at Director Davis.
"eww… … !"
Davis sat down on the cloud without realizing it.
The dragon's gaze did not contain any special power.
Also, even if it had been included, Battle.net's mental protection provided to the director by default would have blocked it.
'That dragon itself is scary... … .'
Director Davis felt an instinctive sense of threat just by looking down at the gigantic creature.
-Davis, why were you scared? Haha, you're losing the battle of momentum like this!
-Ugh, but if I were there, I would probably pee… … .
-Oh, he still woke up. My legs are shaking though.
-ㅇㅇ I have to select with the van.
Davis, who had been sitting down, somehow got up and grabbed the cards when the select and ban cards appeared in front of him.
'First of all, we'll have to do an exploration battle.'
There was no information about the dragon race.
Coach Davis is the most versatile of the many ban card options.
I chose the option of randomly banning 3 people from 1st to 10th place.
'Select card... … It's Valhalla.'
Even among human players, he is a saint of a different class.
To give him a solid push, Coach Davis brought out the warrior map Valhalla.
and.
Flash!
When light exploded in front of my eyes, I was startled and took a step back.
"ah… … Wow, it was a card."
When the light disappears, what is visible are two cards drawn by the opponent.
Among them, the ban card was turned over first.
=The Balaur and ban cards are the same as Director Davis. We are banning 3 of the top 10!
[Out of the 1st to 10th ranked players of the 'Red-Haired Dragon Clan,' 3 are banned.] [The 1st, 3rd, and 5th ranked players were banned. They cannot participate in one match.] [Of the players ranked 1st to 10th in 'Humanity', 3 are banned.] [The players ranked 3rd, 4th, and 7th were banned. Cannot participate in 1 game.]-Oh, you lived a holy life!
-And the first place dragon clan is also banned haha.
-It sure seems like this director is good at banning. I'm lucky haha
I chose the same option, but the van option worked in favor of humanity.
Coach Davis breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Seong Ji-han, who ranked second, survived.
'Now all I have to do is use the select card well… … !'
The best result is if only the Valhalla map is selected.
Swish!
Coach Davis watched as the opponent's selection card was turned over.
=The opponent's select card is... … uh. It's a chaotic battlefield! Wasn't this the map we played during rehearsal?
=That's right. At that time, 10 races took turns competing, and this map. It looks like it can be used 1:1 as well.
=It was a very advantageous map for flying races. Dragon Clan, it seems they have chosen a map that makes the most of their talents!
The dragon tribe chose a map that was advantageous to them.
Director Hana Davis saw this and smiled slightly.
'Player Seong Ji-han showed us how to win on this map.'
A chaotic battlefield where you lose when the number of players participating in the game falls below 10%.
Seong Ji-han overcame this penalty by trapping the human players inside the Mangwibongsin.
'It's best to get caught on a warrior map, though. Even if you get caught in a chaotic battlefield, it's not that bad.'
Coach Davis saw the opponent's card pop up and thought positively.
[The map for Game 1 has been decided.] [Game 1 will be played on the survival map, 'Battlefield of Chaos.']Seong Ji-han, who saw the map decided in the waiting room, predicted the outcome of the game with a calm face.
'The first game will be difficult.'
* * *
A battlefield of chaos.
The start of game 1 seemed to be going well.
[Receives race correction.] [For each Balaur, 50 players are summoned equally.]Just like in rehearsal, it is a chaotic battlefield where each dragon summons 50 human beings.
Flash! Flash!
The human national team began to be summoned from all over the chaotic battlefield.
"uh… … "Am I participating too?"
"I thought I was heating a bench for 10,000 years... … ."
The battlefield where all 2,000 national team players showed up.
[All players selected as race representatives have been summoned.] [3,000 more players are needed.] [The remaining players will be summoned according to ranking.]In order to fill the number of people, even people who were not selected for the national team began to be summoned from Earth.
"oh. "You're competing while watching TV!"
"It was like that last time in Uruk… … "There are many opportunities to participate secretly!"
"good!"
The top players who were not in the 2,000 players for the national team were happy to get the opportunity to play.
=Uh… … As many as 5,000 human players have been summoned... … Does this mean there are 100 dragons?
=That's right! Also, unlike the last rehearsal map. Humanity players are spread across multiple regions! 500 people are placed in 10 locations!
=Ah. Additionally, the defeat conditions were different from those in rehearsal. If there are less than 20% survivors, you lose... … !
The voices of the commentators watching the game became more serious.
Unlike the rehearsal, the game's starting situation was unfavorable to humanity.
-If this is the case, does it end when the number of survivors falls below 1,000?
-Ah, if they are scattered all over the place like this, Seong Ji-han will not be able to confine the players like last time ㅡㅡ;
-ㄹㅇ At that time, it was a shame to lock everyone up and carry them alone... … .
-Ah, the quality of the players back then and now is different. Back then, they were a burden, but now they are representatives of humanity, so why bother holding on to something sacred?
Although the level of my fellow players was low during rehearsals.
The representatives of humanity participating in the Space League match are comprised of only the strongest among humanity.
Although viewers felt somewhat uneasy about the personnel deployment situation, they did not think that humanity would be pushed aside so easily.
And, it wasn't just viewers who had these thoughts.
"Inventory."
As soon as he was assigned to the chaotic battlefield, Seong Ji-han took out a sword from his inventory and tried to use Mangwibongsin.
At that time, Barron was watching from the side.
"Jihan… … You can't believe it. "You're not planning on trapping us in that sword camp like you did during the rehearsal, right?"
"Are you going to do that?"
"no! "Don't do that!"
I hurriedly stopped him.
"We are representatives of humanity! Just like in rehearsal, it's not a burden! "We too can face the dragon!"
"We need to save 1,000 people. "Didn't you see the conditions for defeat?"
"Why don't we get them down to 20% or less before we die down to 1,000 people? Why do you think you'll lose without even trying? "We are the strongest of mankind!"
Phew.
Seong Ji-han sighed slightly.
This bastard. Why didn't you troll?
He looked around.
"okay… … "Is there any reason why we can't fight the dragon?"
"Dragon Slayer. "If not now, then when?"
"During the last rehearsal game, the participating players were Platinum, so they were pushed back like that!"
Many players are listening to the conversation between Seong Ji-han and Barron, whispering to each other and sympathizing with Barron.
Perhaps because they were chosen to represent the human race, they were all reluctant to be trapped within the Ten Thousand Demons without even fighting.
"Inventory."
Seeing that reaction, Seong Ji-han opened his inventory and put the sword back in.
He could have ignored their opposition and used the Ten Thousand Demons Like a Dictator.
'Even if you do that, if a few people run away, you'll lose anyway. 'It would be better to try it once.'
A chaotic battlefield map where the odds of winning were slim anyway.
Seong Ji-han decided to make the players of the human national team aware of reality.
"okay. "Let's fight sometime."
"oh. good! I use my own magic... … ! Dragon guys. "Where is he?!"
Barron got excited and tried to use magic when Seong Ji-han obediently put his sword away.
"no. "It's a great magic trick, go to sleep, and try to block it."
"what… … ."
When he pointed his finger to the sky, his eyes immediately became filled with astonishment.
That's right too.
"Breath, it's flying."
A huge flame burns the entire sky.
Because it was falling rapidly in this direction.
"baby. Absolute Shield… … !"
Players, including Baron, hastily used defensive magic.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The fire breath swept away the players.