Chapter 144

The victory structure of the World of Arseria can be briefly described in three stages.

Capturing checkpoints, defeating neutral bosses, and finally destroying Wigrasil.

To keep advancing the respawn points of allies and allied NPCs, specific checkpoints must be captured.

Additionally, it is necessary to defeat neutral NPCs that can either grant buffs favorable to our side or join us. The judgment is always based on the final blow.

And in all of this, even if we fail along the way, as long as we destroy the enemies’ Wigrasil, we achieve victory in this complex yet simple structure.

To put it bluntly, it felt like a constant League of Legends dragon team fight from the early game, or like Overwatch, where one must also care about acquiring gold and experience to grow.

[Hold the Lunton Nailinglink vs. Prince Friedrich]

[Map: Arseria Forest]

[Lunton Nailinglink has joined your team.]

[Capture the point to gain the advantageous position.]

“Uh… My name is Lunton Nailinglink!”

“Wow, who is this? So cute!”

“True, I don’t think I’ve met her in the story.”

“My name is Lunton Nailinglink…! Oh, we need to hurry! I think it’s advantageous for us to capture area A first when I saw our team, can you follow me?”

Lunton Nailinglink waved her arms in the air. She looked anxious, hurrying us along.

“What should we do? Is it standard to go in pairs at first?”

“Let’s do that. Hey, let’s go to point B together.”

“Yes, brother.”

“Then, Archer, come with me and follow the NPC.”

Naturally, I was paired up with the wizard boy.

Then, what remains is point C, I suppose?

“The healer doesn’t work well with the wizard…”

“Why?”

“Uh… Never mind!”

– Why is the newbie so whiny in the first round?

– Wow, this is really too vulgar, hahaha!

└ For real, this is porn.

– I didn’t know there were still newbies in this game.

– What’s with this composition?

– In the first match with six people, the opponents are level platinum. This is insane, hahaha!

– No matter how much the combat balance is considered, is that even logical?

└ The suffering No Name is already delicious!

– Is there anyone who succeeded in sniping?

– Isn’t that Kariri’s alternate character?

└ What? Is that for real?

└ This must be a coincidence, right?

└ This is definitely a sniper situation.

We started running toward the right C point.

The forest path seemed well-trodden, soaked from the rain the previous day.

The view that felt like it would go on forever opened up suddenly.

A blue cube labeled ‘C’ floated in the sky.

“We’re going to encounter the enemy soon. When I signal, you charge first.”

“But I’m a wizard? Oh right, you’re the healer…”

In the open area, NPC groups were already clashing with each other.

We might be a bit late to the checkpoint, but it wasn’t enough to affect the gameplay significantly.

– But seriously, this composition is bleak, hahaha!

– Everyone should have a knight or something with them.

– If you’re a beginner, it might have been better to send all six to A and ensure taking at least one.

└ No, no, just send everyone to A and let No Name sweep through B alone.

The boy started diligently defeating NPCs.

He wasn’t used to the concept of last hits, so gold was spilling away, but the game should always be viewed on a grand scale.

I sensed the enemy’s presence but couldn’t see them.

I had no choice but to fall into their trap.

I entered point C with the boy and began to increase the capture rate.

“Woohoo, we got it!”

“Wait, isn’t that really just a No Name? When did you clear the story? And what’s up with your combat power?”

Before us were NPC forces, and behind were men wielding axes and crossbows.

They had been waiting for us without acquiring any gold.

“What do we do now? If we get surrounded by melee and ranged attackers, we’re definitely going to die!”

“I’m a healer, so you should be the one to fight.”

“I can’t believe this!”

“What a long-awaited taste of being a newbie! No Name, you can feast on main dishes later, so just wait there!”

* * *

The sky was filled with soap bubbles.

Hot embers burst the soap bubbles with sharp thorns, yet the bubbles refused to diminish in number like tadpoles let loose in a pond.

– The wizard is surprisingly fighting well?

– No, it’s not that he’s fighting well, this is just hilarious!

– Is the healing amount insane or what?!

[Basic Heal]

I didn’t know because it wasn’t used often in the story, but using heal frequently isn’t necessarily good.

It was important to utilize skills in proportion to the square root of the reduced health, as if injecting the right amount of mana into a magic circle.

Don’t use it too often, and if you do, only when you can completely heal.

So, the boy could still stand perfectly fine even with lethal amounts of health (soap bubbles) already spilled.

“I might actually be fighting well!”

Surrounded by soap bubbles, the boy exclaimed. The imagery wasn’t exactly beautiful.

– Hahaha!

– It’s thanks to No Name!

– The healing amount is insane!

– This is the ultimate character! (Hope version)

– It’s only been three minutes since the game started, and there’s this much difference in stats?

– This is definitely broken, hahaha!

– The bubbles are obstructing the view too much. Can’t we just switch it to blood?

“I’m not dying at all.”

“We have to take down the healer first, let’s go!”

Men charging recklessly. At the start of the game, the power difference isn’t severe, so they were making movements to eliminate us.

Though their moves seemed predictable, they already had plans to change direction.

Oh, are you trying your best, huh?

They knew my skills, and as we entered combat, their expressions grew serious.

Drawing my Scwiabona, I split through the charging men.

This was a real battle, a psychological battle between people that wasn’t fully felt in the story.

Who would attack first? Without time to think, an axe swept past me, leaving an afterimage.

“Dodge this…?”

In a multiple combat situation, only minimal movements should be used. I pulled my left foot back, bent my body low, and prepared for action.

The muscle memory from swinging thousands of times a day took hold of my arm.

Starting from my waist and cutting toward the sky.

The blue island sword flickered, and a line was drawn across the man’s throat.

[Critical!]

The man, who had lost half his health in one blow, tried to dodge late, but I never let my prey escape.

The continuing stab made a dull sound as it collided with the man’s armor, but that was intentional. There was one more enemy.

With a sideways glance, I locked onto another target and exerted all my strength into my grip.

I threw the man, who was pinned at the end of my sword, toward the other person.

Then, a spinning Scwiabona delivered the final strike along the line I drew.

“How dare you challenge me up close with a crossbow?”

“But this is a chance to see No Name up close!”

– Are you insane or what? Hahaha!

– What a vicious person!

– I can’t let this fan go, hahaha!

Swoosh—!

I sheathed the Scwiabona and assisted the wizard who was still bleeding.

“Were you an alternate character?”

“No, it’s my main character.”

“How can you do so well? Especially… you’re a healer, but how?”

One class couldn’t use another class’s skills. But where was the penalty?

“If you can’t use skills, hit like a basic attack. It’s hard to explain, so I handed him my sword.”

I stuck close behind the boy, placing my hand over his on the handle.

“Now… just a moment!”

“Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Then feel how your body moves.”

I corrected his foot position and bent his knees for him.

The sword is not something to swing but to synchronize with. Like holding a puppy’s leash, I’d let it bounce freely within my control.

Though everyone feels differently about it.

[Kaizen-style Wrist Cut]

[System: Mittlehauw Judgment]

I couldn’t create a visual wind pressure due to lacking levels, but the soldiers in the path all fell with critical wounds. Gold rattled within.

The strength was all mine, but the trembling came from the boy’s arms.

“Got it?”

The boy nodded. I burst the bubble stuck to his cheek.

This must be blood too, right? He’d probably mistake it for me cleaning up his blood.

“Since we took C, let’s buy some items and join in the center. Object time is coming soon.”

The boy had changed to be more obedient than before.

As soon as it was chosen as a checkpoint, the shopkeeper sprang up from the ground.

Having acquired a lot of gold from the start, I bought items that maximized my attack power.

– Aren’t you raising your spell power?

– You should be going AP, not AD!

– The items were mismanaged!

“I think I need to go physical to win this.”

There were only two melee classes encountered at C. And the gap between our team and the enemies was depressingly large.

It seemed rational to expect there would often be situations where I’d have to fight directly.

[1st Epic Boss: Lena Kylos]

A neutral NPC providing a shadow portal in a useful spot for our team.

We gathered to hunt her, but everyone looked really intimidated.

“We all have at least 2 deaths, and not a single one at 1 death? Oh no!”

“She chased us all the way to our respawn point and waited…! There was nothing we could do!”

“Luckily, we took C. But Lunton has no health left, so she probably can’t fight this time.”

“Are they all at full health?”

“Probably over 90%… They’re likely nearly at max right now.”

“We’re practically outnumbered 6 to 7.”

“But the enemies keep saying weird things like, ‘Give us No Name!’ ‘We want our No Name back!’ ‘I’ll avenge No Name!’ It’s terrifying.”

The boy’s gaze turned toward me.

Other people also began to notice the nickname floating above my head.

[NoName (Priest)]

“Let’s go for now. We need to win the game.”

As soon as I realized that the newbies had suffered tragically due to me, they all made slightly sour expressions.

“What, is that some famous person or something?”

On the way to the object, a dual-wielding rogue murmured. I didn’t particularly respond.

Because I had refrained from using heals to conserve mana before battle, soap bubbles were stuck all over everyone’s bodies.

[‘Graduate Student Save Me’ donated 1,000 won!]

– No Name can turn off censorship mode in the options menu! You might want to do that when you have time!

It seems the viewers were a bit annoyed. As the battle approached, I quickly opened the options menu to adjust the interface.

[Options – Censorship – Bloodstains]

[Warning: Do you want to change soap bubbles to red blood?]

[This setting is not available for those under 15 years old.]

– ?????

– ????

– What is this?

– ?

– What the heck is this?

“Oh right…”

What should I do about this?

“I’m not old enough yet.”

Later, managers claimed that the stream had completely frozen.