Four Split Personalities

[This guy... could he have some issues with his sexual orientation?]

Watching Ramorok’s figure disappear at the end of the street, Motan instinctively raised his hands to hug his shoulders, shivering a bit, feeling not quite right.

What does it mean to only care about things you’re interested in!

And what do you mean by looking forward to seeing me tomorrow!

The way you talk is really easy to misunderstand!

Even though objectively speaking, the possibility of Ramorok being ’interested’ in him in some peculiar way isn’t very high, recalling the awkward farewell words from earlier, Motan felt a chill down his spine.

"Never mind, never mind, I don’t want to think about these messy things."

After shivering for a while, Motan forcefully patted his cheeks, forcibly expelling the smiling, gentle-looking figure with at least five figures of death from his mind, muttering softly: "The focus now is, how to handle the Holy Spear Knight Academy in the group battle..."

Since he could drop offline at any time, he didn’t return to the regular audience seats to meet up with Yu Chen and the others after gathering the ’necessary intelligence’. Instead, he planned to find a quiet place to sort out his thoughts after the Diesel team’s group battle ended, so he left the arena immediately.

Simply put, just like Ramorok, who also flashed away after the heavyweight match ended, Motan actually didn’t take those likely-to-be-shattered-by-the-Snow-Bathing-Sword teams seriously. Not because he was arrogant, but because he, bearing ’a lot of’ battle experience, knew very well that if the Holy Spear Knight Academy with the Snow Bathing Sword was to be regarded as an imaginary enemy, then respecting all opponents equally and treating every possible team as potential stumbling blocks was essentially self-destructive.

Focusing entirely on the group battle with the Holy Spear Knight Academy was enough. If Liya Delin and the others lost to some small team before that, it either meant they were too weak, or this exchange meeting was too insane, neither of which were Motan’s responsibility.

Moreover, having just seen the ’practical’ performance of the Diesel Family’s young members a while ago, and already being confident in Liya Delin and the others due to frequent training together, Motan knew clearly that aside from the Snow Bathing Sword, which had already transcended conventional levels, the ’quasi-Diesel Iron Riders’ team that trained with specifications only three levels below Jadka, and cooperated flawlessly in group battles was essentially invincible before meeting the Holy Spear Knight Academy, as long as they didn’t hold back too much.

And according to the tournament schedule, both sides, after winning, being assigned to A the zone and C zone respectively, would meet only in the finals, so the time was still relatively plentiful.

Especially since Motan has already vaguely found some clues...

[The chance of winning is not nonexistent.]

Bathing in the slightly scorching sunshine due to the season, Motan took out his treasure navigator from his pocket, attempting to return to the temporary residence shared with Yu Chen, while recalling the last match he saw before leaving, between the young members of the Diesel Family and some local team whose name Motan didn’t remember.

In fact, it wasn’t just Motan; other spectators had no impression of the unfortunate team that encountered the Diesel representative team in the first round either. As for the reason... it was because they exited too quickly.

Perhaps provoked by the previous performance of the Snow Bathing Sword, the Diesel team, which usually preserved their strength during the exchange meetings, went into a frenzy this time, launching a group charge without hesitation the moment the referee announced the start of the match.

It was that very common type of group charge where everyone holds their weapons, riding their mounts, clattering forward.

Since there was no strict formation, the group charge should have been easily broken.

It’s just the kind of group charge every knight is familiar with.

And right after the Diesel team began their charge, the opposing team, having enough reaction time, acted immediately, opting for the optimal solution when facing a preemptive charge in open terrain, which was to circle their highest defense, heaviest twenty-plus heavy knights on the outside, with other forces gathering in the middle in a circular defensive array.

In less than five seconds, without any communication, the academy team on the left of the stage silently completed their formation. Whether in formation speed or in the nuance of layer and pressure, it was textbook-level.

In real-world history outside the game, such a slow-moving formation with almost zero offensive capacity usually only restricted infantry, and was easily broken by cavalry charges, so it was often used when one side was at a severe disadvantage, rarely being used as an ’opening move’.

However, in this sword and magic-filled world of The Realm of Innocence, even though the circular battle array is also inclined towards defense, its generalized use is extraordinarily high. Its appearance frequency in various battles is almost equal to basic formations like the ’line formation’, ’trident assault formation’, and ’conical formation’.