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　The beginning was surprisingly quiet and gradual.

　Second, who took the lead, took out a Mithril Buckler and glanced at the preparations for the Flying Wheel Shield Technique.

　Linlin, who was in the rear, took out his Mithril Compound Bow and showed an interception with the penetrating effect of the Angular Row Archery.

　Second, he put away his shield while canceling the skill, and immediately prepared for the Dragon Horse Body Technique. He closed the gap with a dash punch, aiming to hit the ground the moment an arrow was shot and jump up.

　Slightly reluctant to take that approach, Lin Lin Lin put away his bow from the skill cancellation, took out the spider silk and began to prepare for the 《Long Horse Thread Manipulation》.


　In this state ...... for some reason, they took a breath for each other.



''Why did you stop?''

　Before I knew it, Prince, who had moved to the side of Raspberry Bell, the referee, spoke up with a question.


'We'll take each other's ideal form,'

Ideal?

An ideal form is an ideal form. It's an excellent form that is easy to win, so much so that it would be ideal if it were made like this. Is that okay?　A match between advanced players is basically divided into three stages: the beginning, the middle and the end. But each of them has different goals.


　Raspberry Belle held up three fingers and began to give a solicitous explanation to the Prince. However, his gaze never wavered from Second and Linlin.


''The early stages are the phases where we prepare each other's stance. We're going to aim for the ideal form and hold each other in check, aiming to build a stance that we're good at and block the stance that our opponent is good at at at the same time.

Wow. So what about the middle?

It's a trick game. It's like trying to build up a slight advantage in a difficult game, and somehow deceiving your opponent into a winning formation.

The endgame.

It's a choking game. In my opinion, ...... is a great way to read through it all, step into it without fear, and decide on a paper-thin game.


　After receiving the explanation of the beginning, middle, and end of the story from Raspberry Bell, Prince tilted his head, not quite understanding it.

　The only thing he clearly understood was that the two people in front of him were doing something very advanced, something that even the former Tenmoza could not understand.


''I don't know, but anyway, I guess we're at the beginning of the process right now: ......

But that's not all.

?

It's the beginning of the highest peak (...) in the world. So I'll be cautious about .......


　Yes, Raspberry Belle is right, Second and Linlin are proceeding early on, carefully and deliberately chewing out each move.

　So far, a fixed form. It was the latest form of the Tahiyuka, the procedure that had been popular just before they were cracked.

　Tahyuca refers to a set trail in the early stages of the game, starting with the shield, flying, bow and horn. The first letters of each are Ta-Hi-Yu-Ka. It is sometimes called the "deathbed" because it is so difficult and is always next to death.

　This Ta-Hi-Yuka is a set of "counter-attack" trails. The opposing form is the one in which the near and far sides confront each other, with the first side aiming to close in on a short-range attack and the second side trying to block it with a long-range attack.

　The rivalry is based on the question, "Which is stronger, the knife or the gun? It's similar to the battle of the two. Most will answer with a gun, but these advanced men will say, "It depends on "It depends on the distance.


"There is never a straight path in the early stages. The path in the beginning is never a straight line.

　The second is moving fast, approaching with a knife at the ready, and the second is aiming calmly and calmly, holding a gun at the ready.

　Even though they were proceeding as planned, the two of them were concerned that they might deviate from the established track at any moment. That's not a shallow deviation or anything like that. A top-ranked research hand that has taken a long time to think through. A pitfall-like move, like being suddenly thrown into zero-gravity space, might be waiting for them somewhere.

　That's why we can't run as fast as we can. They must always be cautious and interrupt their thinking. They know this from experience. They know this from experience, and it's disgusting.

　A fixed trail is a technique that allows you to think less during a game, a technique that reduces the time it takes to think by doing your thinking in advance.

　But at their level, they deliberately think during the game. In testing, it's like reviewing. It is a process to improve accuracy. By doing so, they force their opponents to think during the game as well.


............

　Linlin glanced at the upper right corner as he tilted his head and quickly returned his gaze to the second.

　It wasn't that there was anything in particular in the upper right corner. This was a habit of Linlin's when he was thinking.


''Well.''

　The reading (...) came in. The Second discovers Linlin's habits with a keen eye, and takes a deep breath as if preparing for a barefoot dive.

　...... It was a feeling he hadn't felt in a very long time.

　The ring slipped slickly in his clenched fist. It was the first time since he came to this world that he had sweaty hands in a match.


　Then, suddenly, the match resumes.

　The Second began to dash in with the ready-made 《Long Horse Body Technique》.

　Linlin tried to catch Second with the spider silk radiated by the 《Long Horse Thread Manipulation》, but Second punched the ground just in time and jumped up into the air.

　Just as he was set in stone, and just as he had read. Lin Lin Lin calmly cancelled the Dragon Horse Yarn Manipulation and started chanting the Fire Attribute, Sang-No Type, Wind Attribute, Ni-No Type, Wind Attribute, Ni-No Type, and Synergy while discarding the spider thread. It's a [magic magic magic], commonly known as "flamethrowing," that spreads two wind and two on top of fire and two on fire and two. With this, Linlin's aim was to attack the landing that we could never avoid (・・・・・・・・・).

　Naturally, Lin Lin Lin knew this was coming.

　And then - all of a sudden - a new move appeared.


...Transformation.


　The moment Second jumped up, he "transformed" in the air.

　With this one move, it could be said that they moved from the beginning to the middle of the game. Raspberry Bell seemed to feel the same way and muttered quickly, "This is the middle stage.

　《Transformation》 is one of the skills that can be activated without being tied to the skill rigidity time. Its main purpose was emergency escape, hence it felt slightly strange for Linlin to activate it at this time.


''...... Oh.''

　But the quintessential former world number five pro. Lin Lin Lin was able to see through Second's new aim in an instant. Then, he let out a convincing voice, loud enough that Second couldn't hear him.


''Assu.......''

　Immediately afterwards, I glanced at the top right corner, sucking in a breath through the gap between my teeth to get a reading.

　The meaning of Second's early activation of Transformation. The aim was to let some of the six seconds of the eight seconds of invincibility during the transformation that he couldn't act freely pass in the air.

　Basically, the longer the invincibility time was available, the more advantageous it was to take advantage of it, but the opinion that the last two seconds were what really mattered in the Transformation was also correct. This is the result of researching where these two seconds should come from, and that's what this second move is all about.


Good.

　After Lin Lin Lin finished reading for less than a mere two seconds, he immediately activated his flame radiation.

　Early magic magic for early transformation. This was his conclusion.

　In fact, it could be said that this response was the best. Hence, Second couldn't bear to raise the corners of his mouth.


''Seimitsu-ryu'' - a nickname from Linlin's professional days.

　He was called that because of his deep and precise reading, like an AI, and because he never made a mistake, no matter how difficult the situation was.

　...... hasn't waned. Nor has it waned in the slightest.

　The Second was very happy. That Linlin was still enjoying Mevion.

　He had mistakenly thought that he had become disgusted with it. But apparently that was unfounded, he reminded himself after seeing the sharpness of this reading. He hadn't diminished in any way since his time in the service. This was proof that he had continued to be a Mevion even after coming to this world, for whatever reason.


'Tsundere warfare, right?'

　Smiling as he uttered the Tenmiza Warfare Technique that Lin Lin Lin had created, the Second landed into the blazing flames.

　There were only four seconds of invincibility left; with two seconds to elapse, he could act.

　But the visibility is terrible. The flames that rippled in the sizzling wind hid Linlin's figure well. There was a little less time to wait for it to quiet down. In other words, he would have to somehow make use of the two seconds he could act invincibly with poor visibility.

　But that's the same for the other side. This is still a research area for Second.


'Come on, Angolmore.

　Six seconds have passed since you activated your transformation. From this, he could act invincible for 2 seconds.

　Second immediately activated 《Spirit Summoning》, hiding Angolmore in the flames, and himself sprinted to Linlin.


''(Hot ...... not!)　Not hot!　I'm not hot at all!

　Angolmore chanted the Thunderbolt Attribute, Sangno Type while holding back the flames with his spirit.

　One second passes. The flames gradually dissipate and his vision opens up.

　When the distance between him and Linlin was closed to a certain extent, Second equipped the Mithril Spear and activated the Flying Wheel Spear Technique.

　A rush and thrust with the spear. The speed of the thrusts has increased immensely as his AGI has increased due to the buffs caused by his transformation. It would be extremely difficult to respond after seeing this.

　In other words, ...... Ling Ling Ling has already been countered.



'--Anemone.


　Calling out names.

　On the other side of the fire, the 《Spirit Summoning》 had already been activated. The one summoned by Lin Lin Lin was a beautiful woman with white skin and a slender figure, the top of her long white hair was a dark purple and red gradient, and she wore an ostentatious milky white robe, a beautiful woman with hanging eyes and a high-flying atmosphere.

　She is Anemone, the great spirit of the wind.


''!


　The second was a rare look on my face (・・・・・).

　He was surprised, puzzled, and then frowned, "Shucks.

　Anemone was the spirit with the most power against Angolmore among the four major spirits. In other words, it could be said that they were incompatible.

　Linlin knew the Second's emissary spirit. On the other hand, Second did not know Linlin's emissary spirit. The difference between the two was a huge result here.

　Second wanted to wrap his head around it, "Why didn't I think of that possibility? But now we're in the game. No time to think about anything else.


'Blow it up, human.'

　At the same time as Anemone's high-handed voice, she activated the "Wind Attribute, Sanno Type" from her.


''Humph, don't get carried away with your figure, little girl!

　Angolmore hit it with the Thunder Attribute, Sangno Type to cancel it out.

　The lightning attribute has no disadvantageous attributes, and its damage is a flat 1.1 times the damage against the four attributes. Therefore, it has an unshakable advantage over Anemone.

　So, why is it so difficult to defeat Anemone? The reason was Anemone's quickness.

　Each of the great spirits had characteristics that the other spirits did not have. In the case of Salamandala, it was the manipulation of fire that did not take the form of magic. In the case of No Miedes, an immense defense in exchange for bluntness. In the case of Anemone, it was swiftness.

　And Angolmore was not that quick of a spirit. Hence, even if he won in overall strength, he was often at the mercy of Anemone's quickness.


''I see. ......

　Second looked dejected and cancelled the 《Flying Wheel Spear Technique》 and stopped his rush.

　Lin Lin Lin, on the other hand, unleashed the 《Fire Attribute, Sanno Type》 《Tame Attack》 that he had accumulated for about four seconds at that moment.

　The invincibility time for 《Transformation》 was already over. The only way to deal with it was to avoid it.

　Therefore, the second connected the Flying Wheel Jousting to the Guiama Jousting, a forward jumping attack, and avoided it by jumping toward it.

　It's the time for both of us to be hardened after using the skill.


''So far, this is the middle stage.''

　At this interval, Raspberry Belle opened her mouth.


'Who has the upper hand?'

Ling Ling Han.


　Raspberry Bell answers Prince's question immediately.

　Yes, the war situation is not good for the Second. Although they have put out the spirits, they haven't been able to use them very effectively due to the problem of compatibility. On top of that, Linlin still has a Transformation left.

　The one who won the tumultuous midfield battle and built up an advantage was Lin Lin Lin.


''So, is that so ......?''

　But it didn't look very much like that to Prince.

　The reason is simple. There were too many things he couldn't see.


'You can be wary of your opponent's tricks, third-rate or not.

...... Are you trying to tell me that I'm less than a fourth-rate person who can't even be alerted?

I know. I can't even understand a single fragment of what you two are doing.

Tsk. ......


　Prince couldn't argue with that. In fact, it was only natural that he didn't understand.

　Seeing him in such a state, Raspberry Bell continued.


''By the way, it's third-rate to be able to alert the opponent's tricks, second-rate to be able to deal with them, and first-rate to be able to deal with them.

I'm a fourth-rate kid, and that's a first-rate kid. Shut up.

"Chappie.

What?

"If you can block his tricks, you're top-notch. The two of them ...... blocked it as a matter of course, but they also countered with more tricks.




　Prince couldn't help but exclaim.

　He didn't even know how far ahead of him those two, and the woman in front of him, were, or how far away they were.

　If I had to describe that feeling in one word, it would be fear. It is an unfathomable fear, like when you imagine yourself in a pitch-black sea with no known depth of water.


The better you get at it, the more you block out what they want to do and let them do what they want to do.


　Whether he knew Prince's inner thoughts or not, Raspberry Bell dared to say it simply.

　If Prince had heard those words before this match started, he would have only thought "huh". But now he was no longer aghast at ...... what and how to do such an ultimately difficult thing.



.............

　With them in the background, Lin Lin glanced at the top right corner and thought something like, "That new move is backfiring this time, but it looks like it's worth studying.

　The second, in contrast, had finished being depressed for a while ...... and this time he had a big smile on his face (・・・・・).

　Lin Lin Lin's face was like "it's out, it's out," and she renewed her vigilance.

　Seven smiles - an all-too-famous word that every Mevion player in the world knows. It's the smile that SEVEN smiles for a brief moment as we approach the middle to end of the game.

　Why is it so well known? Linlin and Raspberry Belle know why. They've seen it in their eyes over and over again.

　Hence, they can't help but tremble. Even if they have seen it thousands of times, tens of thousands of times, they will never get used to it. Because the awe of him, deeply engraved in my soul by years of experience, overflows.


...... Entering the endgame, y'all.


　At the same time as Raspberry Bell muttered, the second started to move.


　Finally, the endgame begins.

　The endgame, which he likes most and excels at most - the endgame.