Taming Master

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Gulp.

A quiet, dark office where even the sound of someone's salivation sounds hostile.

All the members of the planning team sitting in the office were anxious to look away from the big screen.

“P-please…. ”

“Be strong...! ”

Three teams of people staring at the screen with their hands together, whether they want something desperately or not.

In their ears, you hear the excited voices coming out of the screen.

- Ian's sword moves dazzling and stops all Kai's attacks!

- Can you do this? All of the skills that were coming at us in an instant were completely drained away by a weapon blocker!

- As expected, Ian! A summoner is a colorless swordsman...!

All of the work of the planning team's associates who also have a lot to do now was stopped because of the last match of this article match.

The symbolism of the Knight Feud final was something we had to watch from the planning team's standpoint.

Especially for Planning Team 3, there was another reason to see this match.

“Please, you can do this, Kai. ”

“If you can't catch it, it's over.... ”

“Wow, you're stopping that? ”

Somehow, not Ian, the ranker of the Korean server, but the employees of the planning team that are cheering for Kai, the ranker of the U.S. server!

“Don't do this, Kaia.... ”

“If I had two Mythical Equipment, I'd have to pay for it.... ”

And what happened to the staff (?) of course.

Exactly 20 minutes from now.

I heard a shocking story from Nazi Chan.

- Wait a minute.

- Why, sir?

- By the way, this... is a serious problem.

- Why are you suddenly so anxious…?

While we were all cheering for Ian and Lotus together, Najchan suddenly began to tell a meaningful story.

- What if, what if.

- ……?

- If Lotus catches Calderas here and wins...

- What if he wins?

- I'll take all the guild perks.

- Of course it is.

- It's not like they're giving you really good equipment or giving you special skills as a reward... is there a problem?

The connection between Ian's ongoing quest and the privilege that came with the winning prize was reminiscent of Najchan's story.

First of all, the privileges the winning guild in Knight War had:

* All guild members who have reached the top 10 in Knight Feud receive the 'Knight's Blessing’ effect until the next Knight Feud. (All Combat Skills +5%, All EXP Gain +5%, Death Penalty –50%)

* A guild that won a Knight War can operate another Knight until the next Knight War.

* Users selected as the full MVP of Knight Feud will be awarded the title and effect of 'Knight of Perforation’. (Perforation Knight: All Transcendence +30% Amity +20 with all NPCs)

In fact, this privilege could in some ways be seen as a small reward for Kailan's biggest PVP content winner, Knight Feud.

That's why three planning teams weren't paying much attention to it.

But the problem was, if the person who took this privilege became Ian,

The reason was as follows:

- Two problems.

- Two things?

- First of all, Lotus has one more knight...

- Well, that certainly gives Ian wings.

- But it's not that fatal, and actually the second biggest problem.

- The second thing... is what?

- It's called "Knight of Perforation."

- ……?

- I'm sure the winning team will have an MVP today, and that would be Kai or Ian.

- Yeah, right?

- Getting more fame doesn't really mean much, but the problem is intimacy.

- Yes……?

- What's that supposed to mean, sir?

- Think about the quest Ian's going on right now.

- The Spirit King Quest...!

- Cough...?

- Are we clear on that? Why I said it was a serious situation.

At the moment, Ian was practically the sole proprietor of the contents of the Spirit System.

For this reason, we already had the best affinity with key NPCs such as Spirit Guardians and Spirit Kings, which is why 20 is added to the process.

According to Kailan's system, the Amity gained by quests or rewards is greater than Max's.

As for Ian, the moment he received this reward, his intimacy with the Spirit King Trowell broke through Max.

And the problem was simple.

- Ian's category for Trowell... will be wider.

- That's right.

- If we go into synergy here, we'll roll two Knights by two...

- Hell.

Otherwise, for the three teams that were in the middle of the night to keep up with Ian's content progress, they had no choice but to hope that his title, "Content Destruction Booster" or "Perforation Knight", would somehow fall into the hands of someone other than Ian.

Of course, even if Kai takes the title of the perforated knight, the content of the system is not so different from the destruction.

But from the standpoint of Planning Team 3, it didn't matter.

You weren't their concern.

Late Night Preservation Law (?), but it doesn't matter if it's just you who's working late.

“Well done, Kai...! ”

“Wow, Kai suddenly looks great. ”

“Khh, you predict Ian's attacks like that again? ”

“Let's win, please. If I win here, I'll join the Kai Fan Club from today. ”

However, this eager aspiration of the planning team members was never easy.

- Ah, the moment Kai's attack...!

- What's going on here?

- Ian's body leaves a mark and disappears!

One indispensable condition required to achieve your team's aspirations.

- Burr, lightning bolt!

- The lightning of judgment strikes!

The condition for Ian's defeat was the condition that he had never met since he was known as a ranker.

* * *

The PVPs of rankers are completely different from those found in the Arena.

Unlike ordinary PVPs, which are pushed into each other's deals continuously and the user loses their first life depletion.

With the exception of Knight Classes, rankers' fights were almost one-handed.

In particular, the PVPs between the two at the top of the global standard were even more severe.

They were both users who were more set towards destruction than tanks, and were unable to withstand each other's attack when weapons were blocked, evaded, etc.

Ian, Kaigan, and their swords should be put to death as soon as they're hit.

That's why the two battles were a series of tensions.

Who makes the first mistake and allows the opponent to attack?

Because that one time, the outcome of all these fights, might be decisive.

Prevents all attacks without making mistakes and, conversely, induces the enemy's mistakes.

This is what Ian had to do to win now.

‘Only if you create variables can you induce mistakes.... You'll need a design for that. ’

Ian and Kai only bumped into each other once before the Knight War, but at least they knew each other better than anyone else about the PVP style.

Each other's unique abilities and physics.

And the style that runs the battles.

If it wasn't for PVE, we wouldn't have fought like this with anyone but each other.

Maybe it's too obvious.

So now Ian was hiding as much of what Kai didn't know.

I did not show it on the battlefield of God's words.

Hidden cards such as the unique abilities of the Judge's Blade, acquired by the recent content progression.

They were Ian's weapons.

And with Ian's design, Kai also seemed to feel instinctively.

“Can't you fight a little cooler? ”

“Hmm…? ”

“Such a classy style of fighting. I don't like it. ”

In fact, unless Ian collapsed, the advantage was Lotus.

Lotus was the one who had to defend the forward base, Calderas was the one who had to retake it, and Lotus' troops who had achieved the highest tech had the upper hand.

As a result, Ian was relaxed and Kai was in a hurry.

That's why Ian instinctively showed more conservative play.

‘Well, maybe we don't have to anymore. ’

The sword blooming from Kai's red sword begins to thump more ferociously and violently.

And after confirming it, Ian began to prepare to mark the end.

The diary of two tighter and more fierce rankers than any PVP has ever seen.

But there was a clear difference in that tension, and that little difference was something only Ian could feel.

Over 20 minutes into the battle, Ian knew almost everything about Kai.

‘It will be the return of destruction...'... and then, I'm sure, the storm will continue to erupt. ’

Kai's attack pattern was never simple.

However, even in all of those cases, the patient could not avoid Ian's analysis.

“The result has been determined from the beginning, Kai. ”

“ ……? ”

“In the past, and in the present. ”

“What the……! ”

As soon as Kai's sword was about to pierce Ian's heart, Ian's new stature became blurry and split in several places.

He used Summon Incarnation to demonstrate high difficulty control to absorb Kai's melee attacks in a snap.

But so far, Kai was also expecting a breakthrough.

Ian's unique abilities, the Whirlwind of Destruction, were all swept into the Whirlwind.

Kai's new statue, which turned into a single storm, swirled into Ian's body on a whirl.

“This is it, Ian. ”

Ian nods, smiling and hearing Kai's heavy voice.

Like Kai said, this is it.

‘Yeah, it's over. But that will be the end of you. ’

The last time Kai used his unique ability, Storm Breakthrough, was the best assassination technique to instantly infiltrate into the wind and ambush enemies.

It was one of the most unique abilities that was difficult to cope with beyond the unique abilities of the elusive assassin class.

And the big reason that this technology is so tricky is this:

You can't target the caster until you're hit by a storm attack.

But those penalties were meaningless to Ian, who intended all of this.

Before the new Kai melts in the wind and reaches Ian.

Kwam! Kwam! Kwam!

The ‘Lightning of Judgment’ had fallen, the most powerful broad-spectrum skill in existence.

Ta-da!

Of course, it wasn't lightning charged against many, so it was impossible to kill Kai with this single blow.

But there's one thing Ian was after.

This shock caused the Kai storm to miss.

You little...!

As soon as the storm broke out, Kai's new model was exposed again, and there was no way to respond to Ian's predicted attack, even under the circumstances.

“Cough-!"

Ian's elbow burns steadily towards Kai's back, who lost his center due to the lightning strikes.

Phew!

Then, toward the direction where Kai bounced off, the three Judgment Swords descend in succession.

Kwam-Kwa-ang!

And with it.

- Kai, captain of the Knights of Calderas, is dead.

The final battle of the Knights War has been averted.