Chapter 253
Chapter 253
Inside a glass sphere in China.
"More. Hurry up!"
The Chinese magician, Jegal Heon, urged his colleagues.
"Jegal Heon-nim. The score difference is five times. Do we really need to rush like this?"
"Yes. It seems that Sung JiHan's power doesn't count here."
"Right. It's just based on the score."
Using the Eight Trigrams Overlapping Skill, he drew the gun ☰ from the Eight Trigrams.
He kept looking down.
"But if he knows that his score isn't increasing, will he just stay still?"
"Well..."
"He will definitely come this way. We have to finish him off before that, and widen the score difference!"
"Ah, I understand."
"Lightning Storm!"
Jegal Heon, who drew the gun ☰ of the sky, struck the magic circle with enhanced lightning magic.
The already enhanced magic was amplified through the magic circle.
A huge lightning bolt, surpassing the size of the glass sphere, was about to strike the ground.
"Uh..."
"T-The magic disappeared in the middle!"
The lightning, which was about to strike the ground with great force, suddenly stopped in the middle.
When the magicians looked down at the transparent glass floor with trembling eyes,
A massive whirlwind of darkness was approaching at a terrifying speed.
"That... is Sung JiHan's martial arts, right?"
"What... What the hell. He came this way?!"
"Damn it. Who said the score didn't go up...! We should play according to the spirit of the game!"
"Do you think the enemy will give us a break just because we say that? Either defeat him quickly or use defensive magic!"
While Jegal Heon shouted at his fellow magicians who were calmly talking about the spirit of the game,
Swoosh...!
The massive whirlwind of darkness disappeared in an instant.
Knock. Knock.
From the crack above the glass sphere in China, a knocking sound could be heard.
"Hello."
Sung JiHan, who had suddenly emerged from the crack, waved his hand from above the sphere.
Just a moment ago, he had set up the Am Hon Wayu far away, but now he had entered this place.
"Well, already..."
"To be honest, I was going to break this right away."
Thump. Thump.
Sung JiHan lightly tapped the glass wall.
"But what if the game ends and I lose?"
Shoooo...
Drawing the Shadow Sword, he lightly drew a line with a single stroke.
Shaaaak!
The players were split in half simultaneously.
More than ten magicians were swept away without even being able to resist.
Except for one person, Jegal Heon.
Before Sung JiHan's attack could reach him, a blue shield appeared and protected him.
"Kuk. You came so fast..."
Thud!
Seeing the barrier shattering in front of him, Jegal Heon rolled his eyes.
A 1:1 with him was the same as dying.
"...Inferno!"
He attempted to use a powerful fire magic, not on a magic circle, but on a glass sphere from China.
"Uh, uh...!"
Before he could finish the spell, his mouth and hands were involuntarily blocked.
Completely immobilized by the control of the spiritual space, Jegal Heon was unable to move.
Sung JiHan looked around, trapping him.
"We only need one survivor."
Among the 15 magicians summoned from China, everyone except Jegal Heon had died and disappeared.
The magic circle from China was quickly occupied by Sung JiHan.
"Oh... Sung JiHan. Since the score wasn't going up, he decided to invade instead!"
"I could have destroyed the glass sphere from China, but it could have ended the game, so it seems like he decided to occupy it until the score of the Korean team goes up."
"What are the game rules exactly?"
"Originally, the game would end exactly one hour after the game starts. And depending on the purification level, the score would be calculated to determine the winner. But it seems like occupying the opponent's glass sphere is not mentioned in the map description."
"Well, that's true. The distance between the glass spheres of Korea and China was incredibly far apart. This method is something only Sung JiHan can do."
The map only allowed magicians to participate, the Punishment of the Magicians.
The players participating here did not intend to raise their score using magic.
They did not even think about attacking the glass sphere of others far away.
-Even when the score didn't go up, I was terrified, but now I feel comfortable again.
-For real, the score difference is gradually narrowing. If the score is reversed now, it seems like Sung JiHan will destroy the Chinese glass sphere, right?
-But isn't it a bit excessive to end the game just because you destroy the sphere yourself? If that works, from now on, the one who goes ahead can just destroy their own sphere and end the game.
-It seems like they're just trying to test the waters since it's the last game. It's not a difficult task for Sung JiHan to suppress or destroy it anyway, lol.
-Wow, but Korean magicians are weak... The score difference is not narrowing quickly, lol.
-Without Sung JiHan, it's also difficult to break the barriers that are created on the ground, sigh. We need to solve this power imbalance.
When Sung JiHan occupied the Chinese magic circle, their score no longer increased.
The score of the Korean national team also rose very slowly, perhaps due to their lack of firepower.
"There are 20 minutes left!"
"National team magicians, you need to give it more strength!"
"Ah, another barrier is about to appear...!"
"If we break that, we might be able to catch up to the score that China has left behind..."
"It won't work."
Sung JiHan, who was practicing martial arts on the Chinese glass sphere, let out a small sigh.
He thought that the national team magicians would naturally finish it if he had done this much for them.
He never expected that they would still be unable to catch up to the gap that was created in the beginning.
If he made a slight mistake, they could have suppressed everything and even lost due to exceeding the time limit.
"Let's go."
Sung JiHan floated Jegal Heon and went outside together.
In the distance.
The glass sphere of the Korean national team, which looked like a dot, was pouring out flames and lightning.
But even at a glance, it was clearly weaker compared to the Chinese sphere.
It would take an eternity to break the barriers on the ground with that.
"I'll break it instead."
Outside the glass sphere.
Sung JiHan exerted force in both feet.
Thump. Thud...!
The glass shattered in an instant.
Intense currents surged through the phoenix spear in his right hand.
Swish!
The spear, leaving Sung JiHan's hand, disappeared into the clouds in no time.
혼원신공混元神功
Cheonnoesingyeol Cheonnoesingyeol
Cheonjusimpan Cheonjusimpan
And not long after.
Flash!
A hole was pierced in the sky next to the Korean national team's base.
The window of a massive lightning strike directly hit the ground.
"Ah. Sung JiHan's sky window narrows the long distance!"
"It's possible to use it even from that distance. This player... truly has no limits!"
"The national team's magic, starting the attack again through the broken barrier. The score is rising!"
"Oh. Finally, a comeback...!"
After confirming the score reversal, Sung JiHan looked at Je Galheon, who he had summoned.
"Je Galheon. Let's meet again in the next Space League."
Although they were enemies in the national team, they were teammates in the human representative team.
After shaking hands with him, Sung JiHan clenched his fist.
Bang!
Then, Je Galheon exploded and logged out.
After eliminating all the Chinese players like that, he checked the progress of the game.
"Even without survivors, the game doesn't end."
If a map like this comes up next time, I just have to eliminate everything from the start.
After going through the confirmation process, Sung JiHan looked down at his feet.
The glass sphere that was China's base.
What will happen if I destroy this too?
"It's a test."
Crackle!
When Sung JiHan exerted force on his foot, the glass wall split apart and red currents surged through the glass shards.
Then, in an instant, Je Galheon was entangled in the explosion and the melting glass sphere.
China's base disappeared in an instant.
"The enemy team's magic circle has collapsed, and the punishment ritual can no longer proceed."
"The score of the 'China' team will be finalized like this."
On the screens of the surviving players and the game broadcast, system messages appeared.
Even if the enemy team's base is destroyed, the game continues on the Mage's Punishment map.
"I have to break it right away next time."
Sung JiHan looked down as glass fragments fell to the ground.
A face that showed an unparalleled calmness.
At first glance, it seemed too easy, to the point of feeling boring.
And.
"The game has ended."
"Korea wins."
The five games ended like that, with the opponent completely annihilated.
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"Ah... I can feel the calmness of a strong person from Sung JiHan."
"The fifth game. It ends like this..."
"Sung JiHan. He clearly shows why he should never be banned."
The Chinese commentators lost their energy after watching the game footage of Sung JiHan completely overpowering them.
"It's a shame about the fourth game. If we had banned Sung JiHan then, the game could have been decided there."
"In the next game, he must be banned no matter what. Korea has many outstanding players like Yoon Sejin or Yoon Seah, but none of them can match Sung JiHan."
"As a coach, pursuing a complete victory and then getting hit by a single blow."
"Still... It's fortunate that this player will be on the same side in the next game."
"He's a disaster when he's an enemy, but the most reliable player when he's on the same team."
=You must never be banned at that time, Sung Seon-su!
However, the tone of the Chinese commentators mentioning Sung JiHan was not that aggressive.
Although he was an enemy during the national team matches.
But when he was the representative of humanity, he was a more reliable ally than anyone else.
-Crazy Buns... We won all the games!
-The coach should have continued to ban Sung JiHan, but he let his guard down in the fourth game and what is this comeback loss...
-The coach should be fired and a new person should be appointed!
-We would have won if we were banned in just one of the fourth or fifth games...
-Ha. Did we ever lose to Buns?
-Except for the early days of Battle.net when the game was not properly established, no.
-I'm even more annoyed by that bored expression.
Unlike the calm tone of the commentators, Chinese viewers went crazy after losing first place.
Sung JiHan's arrogant expression hitting rock bottom appeared on the front page of China's portal.
Overseas media also revealed the result of the game by putting that expression on the front page.
"JiHan. Finally, I see your face!"
Meanwhile, inside the penthouse.
Sung JiHan was having tea time with Sophia and Yoon Se-ah, who came to visit his house.
"Uncle. Did your face get properly captured? You look so arrogant."
"Se-ah. What are you talking about? This is the composure of a strong person!"
Swoosh.
He smirked while looking at his own face shown by Yoon Se-ah on her phone.
"I became too smooth after the fifth game. The fourth game was actually more tense."
"Ah. The fourth game. JiHan... I was so worried during the fourth game. I never even dreamed that JiHan had supporting abilities."
"Me neither. Now it seems like there's no weakness in Uncle at all?"
"Well, the ban is the weakness."
Actually, if the Golem Duel map was drawn again, he still couldn't use the Celestial Divine Power that consumes life force, so he still had weaknesses.
But Sung JiHan didn't mention this even in front of Sophia.
"Well... If I had been banned in the fourth game, I would have lost. In China, they were going crazy asking why I wasn't banned in the fourth game and saying that the coach should be fired."
"But JiHan hid his supporting abilities. At that time, wouldn't it be reasonable to think that the Chinese coach made a rational choice?"
"Yeah. It's all hindsight."
"Ah. But if that's the case, does it mean the need for support power disappears? That's a shame..."
"We still need support power. Because I can still be banned."
"Oh! Then what about me? I can speak Korean to some extent now. I can communicate well with the supporters!"
Seeing Sophia immediately stepping up when it was mentioned that it was needed, Sung JiHan let out a bitter smile.
Even after seeing the result of the Golem Duel, there was no sign of giving up.
"Don't you get any love calls from the United States?"
I hear suggestions to join the national team. But I want to win the Champions League with JiHan in Korea~"
"Seon-su... Just accept it now. Mr. Masid has been asking about naturalization lately. Let's make a dream team!"
"...Sophia is one thing, but why are you like this?"
"Why? We have to win the Champions League! There's nothing we can't do as the scouts of other countries, right?"
Whether it was because they joined the national team or not, their desire to win the Champions League had become stronger.
Even Yoon Se-ah, who used to just watch Sophia's story, tried to persuade Sung JiHan.
Actually, Sophia was there during the fourth game.
And Masid was there during the fifth game, so they wouldn't have been so badly defeated by China.
"Enough."
While Sung JiHan was clapping his hands in response to their persuasion.
[The Holy See's 'Brain God' urgently contacts you.]
[He appeals to you to tell him about the operation of the enemy's lightning.]
A message arrived urgently from the Brain God, who had received the chair and lost contact.
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