“Round 2 has ended. The winner is Lily’s team once again!”
“Wow… Honestly, Leo’s team’s strategy showed significant boldness. They attacked both Lily and Chuka Chip’s teams at the same time.”
The commentator Lacl said as he watched the returning players, especially focusing on Lily.
“That’s ridiculous.”
“I can’t believe it.”
“It might have seemed reckless, but they actually got very close to success. If they had been just a little slower, Leo’s team would have won.”
“Indeed, it seems that Lily’s team has an edge over the others.”
Black Cloud and Black. Leo approached the core after cutting them both down.
While Black Cloud showcased a powerful presence, capable of capturing the well-grown Iron and Freytion in an instant, Leo was no ordinary user either.
After slicing through Black Cloud, he deflected Black’s greatsword and plunged a sword of light into his heart.
It truly was an insurmountable wall.
But.
“Was it intentional? Or just a coincidence?”
Before Leo could touch the core, Chuka Chip’s team got eliminated.
The reason was the core destruction caused by the Unicorn.
Although the summoner Dinosaur is alive, he was not completely eliminated, so he remained on the field in an uncontrolled state.
The Truck Shield tried its best to block, but stopping the Unicorn’s advance was impossible.
At a similar time, Leo’s team also got destroyed.
“I think it was intentional. In fact, players Lily and Yena entered Leo’s castle almost simultaneously. Lily ignored the Dinosaur and the summon, while Yena dealt with them as they entered.”
As Yena entered like that, Lily greeted her with delight.
After a brief greeting, Team Choco was soon eliminated, and Lily smashed Leo’s team’s core, finishing Round 2 in victory.
[How did it end exactly like that? LOL]
[Didn’t they wait for the Unicorn to eliminate Yena’s team on purpose?]
[Looks intentional.]
[What timing! LOL]
[Lily Queen, no joke.]
[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
[Lily is a god…]
[Leo was really impressive, but now it’s all about the centipede.]
[Whoa!]
[Lost again!!!]
[Let’s go for group bullying now~ Let’s go for group bullying now~ Let’s go for group bullying now~]
Luna smiled.
“After eliminating Chuka Chip, Lily observed the situation and slowly moved towards Leo’s team’s castle. Not to head for her own team’s castle or break the core with all her might, but instead…”
In a situation where every second counted, she moved slowly.
He moved.
It was a somewhat suspicious movement considering the house was under attack.
But there was a plan behind it all.
‘Rather, Leo was trying to turn the tables with what he had laid out.’
“Perhaps from the very beginning, Lady Lily’s team intended to use Leo’s team. That’s what I think.”
“In that case… as Luna said, can we evaluate that Lady Lily’s team is amazing not only in skill but also in tactics?”
“That’s right.”
[Isn’t that too much of a stretch? LOL]
[Luna really is a die-hard Lily fan, haha]
[???]
[Die-hard Lily fan, whoa]
[Isn’t this just a rough guess?]
[Leo is really a centipede]
[Can we tone down the bias a bit? ;;]
[Isn’t it biased?]
[Yeah, it’s not~ Lily is super strong~]
[Oh, really! Oh, really! Oh, really! Oh, really!]
[Luna knows a thing or two, huh]
[Lily does think a bit, haha]
[Lily winning is a “fact,” you know?]
Kim Yong-woo nodded with a smile.
The screen shifted, and now the third round, which could possibly be the last, was approaching.
“The long-awaited third round is left. Lacl, what do you think?”
“Actually, until now, it was a one-horse race for Lily’s team. The skill differences were clear, and their tactics were pretty impressive too.”
But.
“From now on, Leo’s team and Chuka Chip’s team will likely form an alliance to stop Lily’s team. Will Lily’s team be able to fend this off? I’m curious.”
“Indeed, if the two teams cooperate, it won’t be easy for Lily’s team to make moves. We’ll have to see how Lily’s team plays. Alright! Let’s take a short break and come back for what could be the last round!”
[Lily is going to win anyway, bye]
[Leo, please let’s win at least one round]
[HAHAHAHAHA]
[Sometimes you just want to scream “Lily for life!”]
“Eh…”
Yena sat in the waiting room, staring blankly at the ceiling.
“Why did we lose?”
“…Good question.”
Laguiel was sulking and Truck Shield was just wiping his shield.
And in the corner, Choco was mumbling something unexpectedly.
Why was he all alone losing his mind like that?
“Ugh… this is driving me crazy!!”
Stretching out, Yena leaned back against the comfy sofa, recalling the situation from just moments before.
Lady Lily standing in front of the core.
She wondered why she was there, but instead of asking, she ran straight ahead.
I wondered if there was any spirit, but I charged ahead without asking.
To stop the unicorn, we must smash the core and eliminate Team Leo.
I don’t know why Lady Lily isn’t breaking it, but she needs to do it right now…
“The third round will end early. Much faster than this.”
Mana, filled with sound, brushed past Yena’s ear.
Before I could ask anything, a blue message occupied a corner of Yena’s vision.
[The purple team’s core has been destroyed!]
[Destroyer – Dinosaur is Alive.]
The dagger edged closer to the core, but the body was already transforming into blue particles.
At the same moment, Team Leo’s core was also destroyed.
It seemed like a coincidence, but it felt like more than that.
As if everything had been planned.
“Ah, how the heck do we win this?”
“First, should we form an alliance… with Team Leo?”
“But the person we’re talking about won’t be able to win just by teaming up.”
It’s like peeling an onion—new abilities keep coming out.
When did she even learn the invisibility technique?
Still, I can’t avoid forming an alliance, so I’ll just have to extract Lady Lily as much as possible…
“Charge…”
“Um?”
Choco raised his head.
His bloodshot eyes sparkled amidst his golden hair.
“Let’s charge together.”
■
“Charge, huh?”
“Yes.”
Before the match began, Leo tilted his head when he met Yena.
The original mock siege war was supposed to be a triad, so the teams weren’t really supposed to chat amiably, but this third round is different.
Team Lily already has ‘two wins’ under their belt.
According to the game’s rules, if one team secures two wins, no alliance penalties apply until another team achieves the same.
Leo looked up at Yena and made an X with his hands.
“Impossible! Lady Lily isn’t someone you can just win against by ganking. We’d have to lure her out somehow.”
“I thought so too. But is that really the answer?”
Team Lily already has three grand generals, including Lily, Black, and Black Cloud.
Even now, buffs aren’t really effective, so it’s hard to see Team Lily as just a ‘Lily-only’ team.
“You know from experience. Even if Lady Lily disappears, we can stall quite a bit.”
Leo, who had already fought against everyone except Lily, knew the odds were there, but he’d need to spend some time against Black Cloud and the mythical item-wielding Black.
“About five minutes, roughly.”
In that five minutes, Lily would have enough time to break through all defenses and smash both teams.
“To draw out Lady Lily, a worthy price is needed—like Lord Leo or Choco. But if those two drop out, who’ll attack Team Lily?”
“To do it, a price is needed. Like Lord Leo or Choco. But if those two are out, there will be no one to target Lady Lily’s team.”
The unicorn, being a pet horse in front of Lily, can be ignored.
Leo nodded slightly.
“That makes sense.”
“Then…”
“But still, a direct confrontation is a no-go.”
Instead.
“How about we try this?”
■
The much-anticipated round 3.
Blue particles engulfed us, transporting me and my teammates to the castle.
“Is it the last round?”
“If there are no variables.”
“But… can we really use that?”
“Yes. Well, it might hurt a bit. But there should be no serious problems.”
I replied to Devil’s question while assessing the situation.
Currently, our team is ‘Red.’
Since it’s the third round, it was clear that the two teams wouldn’t fight and would target us instead.
Of course, thinking ahead, we wouldn’t become complete allies, but they must have felt it during the previous two rounds.
“With that mindset, we can never win.”
“Shall we proceed as discussed? I’ve sent the soldiers first.”
Black approached and said this.
I glanced at him for a moment.
“The skill is similar, but… he’s lacking in talent.”
Black and Chuka Chip are comparable.
Depending on the situation, victory or defeat could shift easily.
However, after a brief training session, it was clear that Chuka Chip was far more talented.
Leo was already in a league of his own.
“…Lady Lily?”
“Oh. First, everyone will come together, so we can’t do it like before.”
So.
“Black, you go for the attack.”
“…Me?”
Black, looking confused like a question mark.
I’ve been playing aggressively until now.
Instead of defense, I’ve been actively attacking, breaking down castles one by one.
But suddenly switching to defense now…
“I feel like if I go out, everyone will swarm me. Oh, it would be good to take Devil along too.”
“Me?!”
“You’ve got to make good on what you’ve learned.”
From now, I’ll unleash everything I’ve been hiding.
I turned my head.
‘Locking on.’
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