Bam Pa Ra Bam Pa Ba!
[Lily has donated 1,000,000 won.]
─Miss Yena, you’re really skilled; I think you could be a Grand General too.
“Ah~ Our Lily oppa…? What the heck? Is that the Real Lily?!”
Yena jumped up from her seat at the sudden donation.
A random 1 million won donation.
And it’s from a super familiar nickname and speech.
[?]
[What’s going on?]
[I really think it’s true.]
[Lily’s in the room right now, it seems.]
[Lily, turn on the broadcast!]
[LOL!]
[Lily is here.]
[Throwing a hundred, huh?]
[Lily’s been getting a lot of donations today, haha.]
[Devil’s happiness is skyrocketing.]
[For real, lol.]
“Lady Lily acknowledged me! See? I could totally be a Grand General, right?”
Yena beamed as she placed her character on one of the three castles on the panel.
The illustration showed the two-headed Yena holding a dagger with a cheeky expression.
The Devil just stared at the chat window filled with question marks.
Yena playfully ruffled the Devil’s hair and excitedly spoke.
“Ah~ Anyway, thank you so much, Lady Lily~ Next New Duel Park, I’ll be a bit more—”
Bam Pa Ra Bam Pa Ba!
[Lily has donated 1,000,000 won.]
─Everyone, Miss Yena is really skilled. It’s not just about using skills; her way of handling power is, in my opinion, outstanding.
“…Lady Lily?”
Bam Pa Ra Bam Pa Ba!
[Lily has donated 1,000,000 won.]
─I called it a skill, but it’s actually a super difficult technique. The fact that she mimicked it in one go is impressive; honestly, I think she’s the best among the rankers I’ve seen.
“Excuse me.”
Bam Pa Ra Bam Pa Ba!
[Lily has donated 1,000,000 won…]
“…Lady Lily. Am I getting ‘goroshi’ right now?”
[LOL!]
[LOL!]
[Getting smacked with money, goroshi ON!]
[Lily: “All the rankers I’ve met are beneath Yena” statement. Shock!]
[Goroshi, haha!]
[Lily: “Any ranker below Yena is just food” statement…]
[Haha, Yena is the best!]
[Yena’s land is acknowledged.]
[But is Lily an older sister?]
[? Right?]
[Did you just change ‘oppa’ to ‘noona’? I remember that last time T-Soon called her like that too.]
“…Uh. I’ll put it down…”
Yena grumbled as she took her character off the panel and placed it in the box.
I detached the characters and put them in a container.
The characters entered pitifully.
‘? What’s going on?’
The one who caused the commotion didn’t understand.
■
“First of all, what do you think about this?”
After a long journey of 4 hours, the selection of 12 mock team members divided into 3 teams was finally completed.
Yena arranged the panel so it was visible on the camera and showed the members of Team 1.
Team 1 – Leo Team
Grand General – Leo (Spirit Sorcerer, utility, capable of handling all positions)
General – Freytion (Mage)
General – Iron (Tanker)
General – Devil (Fighter)
“Let’s start with Team 1. They are actually the favorites to win.”
“…Not bad, huh?”
Devil nodded.
Although it was a bit disappointing that Lily wasn’t there… no, it’s really nothing, but anyway, the balance itself was quite solid.
The position lineup was nice too.
[Looks good]
[Seems well balanced?]
[The balance is already broken just by having Leo ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[If only Leo wasn’t there, it would be fine]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[Even looking again, the fact that he can handle all those positions is 10 levels of cheating ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[Leo and Devil’s synergy seems fine too]
[It’s bad for Devil not having Lily ㅋㅋ]
“I think if there aren’t any major variables, it will probably turn out like this. Agreed?”
[Agree]
[Agree agree]
[The problem is Leo, but we can’t not include him, so I agree]
Then, Team 2~
Team 2 – Black Team
Grand General – Black (Warrior, great swordsmanship that’s insane, essentially a Magic Sword Master)
General – Laguiel (Angel Guild archer)
General – Truck Shield (Just a shield)
General – Redberry (Mage)
“Team 2… looking at it now, Team 2 is also solid.
The balance between Team 1 and Team 3 naturally led to most of the ‘rest’ gathering in Team 2, but looking like this, Team 2 is quite strong too.
[Team 2 seems a bit scary?]
[Team 2 seems strong]
[Isn’t Team 1 just a lower version?]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[Truck Shield is super scary; if he just charges in with the shield, no one can stop him]
[For real ㅋㅋ]
[Lily will block him; sorry]
[But isn’t Team 3 a bit too unreasonable?]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[Team 3 is more legendary]
[YenaDantang donated 50,000 won.]
─Yena, aren’t you being too greedy?
“No, YenaDantang oppa. What am I being greedy about? It’s obviously a ‘fair’ team balance, right?”
Yena laughed as she enlarged the panel for the last team.
Team 3 – Lily’s Team
Grand General – Lily or Chuka Chip (Probably one of them)
General – Lily or Chuka Chip (Yup)
General – Yena (Assassin, technically at Grand General level, but we agreed to let it slide just this once, seriously Grand General level lol)
General – Dinosaur Is Alive (Druid, summons animals)
Sure, there’s a drawback of having no front-line tanker, but there are two Spearmen and a Druid to support them.
And the ultimate disaster of absolute ambush, the slayer of the ADC, the terror of the ADC. Plus, Yena.
Isn’t this a perfect balance?
[Look at how long my comment is lololololol]
[Lily, Choco, Yena? That lineup…]
[There are only three Grand General levels, is this right?]
[There are two though]
[Honestly, if three of them push in, Leo can’t stop them]
[First, Yena ambushes one, slices, and then the two Spearmen tear the rest apart lol, no matter how high you hold that shield, it won’t matter]
[Isn’t that a bit much?]
[Is Team 3’s balance insane or what?]
[Dinosaur is pretty strong when summoned too]
[If it goes like this, we’ll already wreck the game at level 3 and one castle will fall, leading to a 1v1 scenario]
“I don’t know. Anyway, let’s call it a day here! Just look. This is how teams will be selected.”
[Yeah, absolutely not~]
[LOL]
[^dream^]
[Fact: Lily and Choco will be on the same team and Yena will go to the other team]
[For real lol]
■
“First, Leo, Choco, and I need to separate.”
“We should split Iron and Truck Shield as well…”
“It’s better to share the Mage positions as much as possible. I can stick with Leo, but having the same Mage breaks the balance.”
At the same time, the organizer Black and his acquaintance Freytion were in the midst of adjusting the team balance for the 12 confirmed Generals.
The most basic balance involves splitting the three top-tier Grand Generals.
Next is the distribution considering the compatibility between the Generals.
Rankers and pros can ignore some differences in compatibility, but overcoming different strengths at the ‘same’ level of skill isn’t easy.
That’s why compatibility is such an important issue.
Even if the team leaders are selected and teams are formed on March 7, if the team leaders randomly pick members, the balance can break.
So, the chosen method is line-by-line selection.
The selection method is by line.
For example, if team A has Lily, Yena, and the Devil, then team 1 can only take Lily from team A.
That way, each team can secure balanced positions, and no matter how well the team leader picks, the balance won’t be drastically messed up.
Freytion nodded and picked up the blue-haired character from the center panel.
A spearman with a cute two-headed face, Lily.
“What are you going to do with this person? If you throw her into any line, the balance will just get wrecked.”
“Hmm… I don’t know.”
To be honest, I’d want to give her the Grand General position.
Popularity aside, if the items, stats, and equipment balance are good enough, I think we can match even a Grand General.
But if you ask me if she absolutely has to take the Grand General position, I want to say no.
I wouldn’t know if there were no other options, but right now, there are three people too close to the Grand General position.
“Forget it. By that logic, Miss Yena is also a problem, and there are too many variables.”
They’re all rankers in the top 300, each with serious skills. Their potential is overflowing.
Not only is this a historically strong lineup, but this year’s mock siege war is also being divided into three teams, so nobody knows what variables will arise.
“Let’s just hope for the best.”
It would be great if they came to our team.
“…You’re not seriously trying to pick first with your organizer privileges, right?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, you brat.”
I almost said it but decided against it.
■
Time is relative.
For some, four days might feel like forty days, while for others, it could feel like four seconds.
And my time was moving extremely fast.
I wake up at the same time every day, wash up, grab some food, and sit in front of the monitor.
There’s always been a lot in my message inbox, and one new message has just arrived from a friend request.
[You are invited to team selection for the mock siege war with Lady Lily.]
─The location will be held in the neutral city of the Devil of Angel, ‘Runos’ Plaza, and the way to get there has been sent in-game in advance…
“March 7th.”
The day for the mock siege war team selection is approaching.
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