Episode 9. Tedman’s Siege (2)
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Ted fired Charged Lightning every time his mana and cooldown recovered.
Thanks to stacked shamanic spells, the 10-minute cooldown was reduced to 1 minute.
At the same time, his mana recovery also filled to nearly maximum every minute.
Thus, the conditions to fire Charged Lightning every minute were complete.
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A large-scale area attack detonating every minute!
But the unit of damage was different from ordinary area attacks.
Masses of lightning dealing over 15,000 damage struck deep into the enemy camp in real-time. In an instant, countless users on Pateuk’s side began dying off.
“Huu… that skill is terrifying no matter how many times I see it….”
“Everywhere it touches, the enemy camp is getting obliterated.”
“Enemy troops, siege weapons, and established positions are all breaking in one hit. Does this even make sense?”
Everyone watching the situation, including Ryonghaen, gasped in horror.
Established reinforced defensive positions typically had durability reaching several thousand. Even cannons couldn’t destroy them in a single hit.
Yet the bullets Ted fired from his musket destroyed even those defensive positions in one blow.
Because each and every shot was overwhelmingly powerful.
Watching Ted’s skills, the participating users harbored questions.
“Damn, how is the range reaching all the way over there?”
“Right? It looks to be about 1km….”
“Is that guy a ranker? No, I’ve never seen anyone like that among the rankers in the Caron Kingdom… and since it’s a siege battle, his nickname isn’t showing either.”
The siege side was maintaining a distance close to 900m.
In Face Chronicle, area attacks flying as far as 900m were extremely rare, and even if they existed, their accuracy was poor.
If something possessed both attributes, its price and grade were bound to be incredibly high.
Yet the attack fired by the user with the teddy bear head showed accurate hit rate at such a distance.
And it had powerful destructive force to boot!
‘Whew, it barely reaches the front of Pateuk’s camp.’
Ted naturally knew this fact as well.
The distance from Sauron’s outer wall to Pateuk’s camp was about 900m.
This wasn’t just some arbitrary number.
The maximum attack range of ordinary long-range area weapons like mortars was about 800m.
Pateuk’s side had established their position some 900m away to avoid the long-range weapons that Count Sauron’s territory side could fire.
“Damn it! What is that! It doesn't make sense!”
“What kind of lightning mass… what the hell….”
“Ugh, we need to move the troops quickly!”
To the Pateuk side’s staff officers, an attack flying from the outer wall to their camp was impossible.
But… at the point where Ted’s musket, Black and White, was at +19, the impossible became reality.
‘Now they’re moving too.’
Black and White’s range was 45,585.
Ted, whose Six Desires Constellation connection rate had exceeded 23%, could utilize a range of about 10,500.
Since each range point equaled 10cm, Ted’s attack could extend about 1,050m.
‘Yes, run for your lives.’
Burning with rage toward those who had bound him to this siege, Ted fired
Around that time, Pateuk, which was being reduced to scorched earth, had been diligently pulling its camp back.
Slowly, but surely. Figuring out the range of
But even after retreating over 100m, Charged Lightning still poured down.
Even though they were over 1,050m from the outer wall, Ted’s attack reached them.
The reason was precisely leveling up!
Ted, who was mowing down countless users, quickly accumulated explosive experience.
When his level rose, the Six Desires Constellation’s connection rate rose. Then naturally, the musket’s range rose along with it.
‘I have to hit as many as possible before they get further away!’
Ted resolved himself and continued to spam skills.
In mere tens of minutes, the casualties exceeded the thousands. Belatedly, the high-ranking Law Daoists on Pateuk’s side began deploying Shield and other skills to minimize damage.
However, their efforts were of little use before the overwhelming damage. No matter what shield stood in the way, it would shatter and break through to destroy its target.
In the end, they chose evasion magic rather than defense. That was rather more efficient.
But by then, the damage had already grown uncontrollably large.
Ted: 17,275
Ted smirked as he saw the three rabbits steadily piling up.
If things continued like this, not only could he gather considerable experience in the siege he thought would shackle him, but he could also end the siege itself quickly.
‘So this is it. The meaning that +19 holds for me.’
Around that point, Ted was able to realize something.
Since starting his new playthrough, Ted had repeatedly found himself in unlucky situations.
The start was the reset of his level 637 character that he had raised for 10 years.
Apart from that, when his account bank was suddenly frozen overnight.
When the exclusive skill he thought he was lucky to get was
The battle with
Despite struggling desperately and doing all sorts of things to escape the siege, he ultimately got entangled in this very siege.
Those things had steadily blocked Ted’s path forward.
‘But….’
The answer to all that misfortune was precisely the +19 Black and White.
The utterly useless
The battle with Roan, which should have been a hundred-deaths-out-of-a-hundred situation, was also won. It was possible because he had the +19.
And this siege he was inescapably entangled in now, too…….
—Have you only realized it now… foolish one.
At that moment, a four-leaf clover with eyes, nose, and mouth walked out inside Ted’s head.
That guy was the
—You have already used up a lifetime’s worth of luck.
‘Right? Even I think so.’
—That weapon created by your lifetime’s luck shall become the one and only key that opens the locks of all misfortunes yet to come.
‘Hmm….’
—But merely grasping the key cannot unlock the lock. Since the key has been given, it is your part to unlock them.
‘Thanks for the advice.’
—So don’t grab my neck again from now on.
‘Alright!’
—Hm!
For the first time, Ted exchanged a firm handshake with him.
It felt as if his head was clearing up.
The +19 Black and White.
The utilization of a lifetime’s luck was only beginning now.
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Ted, having finished his delusion, used Charged Lightning once more.
A massive bolt of lightning shot out from the outer wall of the Count’s territory as if exploding.
The sight from Pateuk’s perspective… was truly a disaster.
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“He’s insane…….”
Chalsu muttered with an expression far stiffer than usual.
“What the hell is that attack! How can such a magic or skill even exist!”
It was an attack far outside the common sense he could understand.
Magic with a range exceeding 1km?
Yes, that was possible.
But if its attack power was tremendous as well?
That was a bit scary. Because that meant it was grand magic.
And firing such grand magic at 1-minute intervals?
That made no sense at all.
Such a powerful skill required materials befitting it.
Even
The
Moreover, dozens of materials were needed every time she activated the skill.
Among them was a high-grade mana stone costing up to 2,000 gold.
Yet the cooldown was long.
Powerful skills should have such costs.
“Damn it! Miss Ruri! What do we do!”
Chalsu hurriedly headed to where the rankers of the Daiichi Empire were staying.
An hour ago. Tenichi was seen resting with a tired appearance after bursting all his skills alone.
“Haha, was there chaos outside?”
“Chaos? Chaos? Can you call this chaos? It’s not even been an hour since the attack started from the Count’s territory, and already 20% of our troops have been killed in action!”
“Ahahahaha! Yeah, I was honestly a bit surprised by that too! Hahahaha!”
As always, Tenichi laughed cheerfully.
An attitude as if he were reading about a sad incident on an internet forum.
‘Does he think it’s someone else’s business? This son of a bitch….’
Just as Chalsu was clenching his teeth and holding back curses about to burst out.
“I saw it too. It was truly amazing.”
Shaman Sage Ruri suddenly appeared beside him and spoke.
She was holding a dark red bundle in her hand.
A bundle very familiar to Chalsu.
But given the situation, Chalsu, whose vision was going dark, couldn’t properly see the bundle and looked into Ruri’s eyes.
“M-Miss Ruri. What on earth should we do in this situation? At this rate, we can’t even approach the walls, let alone siege them. Our forces have already retreated 200m.”
“Hmm… I see. It seems there’s a monster we never even imagined. If it has come to this, we can’t sit still either.”
“Is that so? You must have some method, right? As expected of the Daiichi Empire’s rankers……. But, since the situation has come to this, might I ask what kind of method it is?”
“Yes, well. I shall briefly tell you the plan going forward.”
In fact, Chalsu had delegated authority over this battle to them.
Chalsu himself had merely been arranging troops and preparing for battle according to the information they had provided.
Yet Ruri, who until now had only said “I’m sorry, but the details are guild sensitive information” whenever asked, opened her mouth for the first time.
“Originally, the plan was for Tenichi to break the gate alone today and enter full-scale battle tomorrow.”
“Yes.”
“But the situation has changed. We are entering full-scale battle today.”
“Yes?”
“When Tenichi’s skill cooldown returns, we will enter the siege immediately. Then, while I hold back the
“Ah!”
Chalsu had thought until now that Ruri had come here merely to use
If that was the case, she had already used it once so her job was done. Therefore, he thought she was just sitting there playing the role of a staff officer.
However, if she was entering the battle directly, the story changed.
‘Right. There’s still a high chance for this!’
Chalsu hurriedly sought the advance assault squad.
Until now, they hadn’t even logged in. He didn’t know what they were so busily doing.
When he contacted them saying it was an urgent call, soon four members including
“Is it time for us to go in now?”
“Yes. Now is finally the time to set the board in motion!”
Watching Chalsu’s back, Shaman Sage Ruri smiled broadly.
‘At this rate, I might win without much effort?’
The three conditions of
1. A shaman sage capable of using shamanism, Ruri herself.
2. A demonic beast whose body is dead and only its soul remains.
3. A powerful body capable of reviving the demonic beast.
Pateuk’s current situation was very negative.
It wasn’t someone else’s problem. Because if they failed to capture the siege, a huge stigma would remain on them as well.
However, Parasitic Shaman Sage Ruri’s heart was extremely positive.
Because the third of the three conditions… a very special-looking third condition had appeared.
‘I don’t know what kind of user the one firing lightning is… but this
Looking at the dark red bundle in her hand, she smiled broadly.
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Several hours later.
Ted fired
Soon, when Pateuk had gone far beyond his range, his skills stopped.
Now they had gone too far for even Ted’s attacks to reach.
At the same time, the hundred or so shamans who had continuously cast stacked spells were also depleted.
Since it was non-combat time for them as well, they were urgently recovering mana using potions.
‘The proficiency is a shame.’
Just a little more and proficiency would reach 100%.
That meant the Six Desires Constellation’s ability,
‘A shame. But it’ll happen soon enough.’
But then.
“Huh? They’re charging at us!”
A soldier’s urgent voice.
For some reason, Pateuk’s camp, which had only been retreating until now, began advancing.
And very fiercely, as if waging an all-out war.
“Shamans! Everyone, get up!”
Ted roused the shamans who had been sprawled out like wilted greens until then, focusing on mana recovery.
And then, he adorned his body with all sorts of shamanic spells.
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Soon after, Ted’s skills activated in succession.
After firing off a few skills, the lacking 1% proficiency slowly filled.
‘Finally…! What will come out?’
Ted held his pounding heart and watched the changing Skill Stone.