Chapter 416

We sometimes make the mistake of losing sight of the essence.

Just as chess is a game where you capture the opponent’s king, WoA is a game where you burn down the enemy’s World Tree.

To reach the World Tree, you must continuously strengthen yourself by defeating the guardians that block your path.

To get stronger, you need to kill more objects and enemies to obtain gold and loot.

In order to kill the enemies more effectively, you need to carefully plan the right items, attributes, and combinations.

This is why numerous professionals have conducted research to establish the so-called ‘meta.’

When each side’s tactical abilities are similar, the strategy that leads the overall flow of the game becomes crucial.

However, now we have a phenomenon where the roles are reversed.

Choosing specific combinations to kill the enemy effectively is one thing, but without the tactical ability to support that combination, it becomes useless.

Then the game devolves into a pray-for-the-enemy-to-make-a-mistake meta.

In theory, what is good and what is most suitable are distinctly different.

The two archer combination is only effective at least in the diamond tier.

Whether it’s 40% or 50%, the accuracy rate doesn’t matter.

Adella’s team members were unable to utilize archer-based tactical operations at all on a long-range map.

To secure the chance to deal damage, everyone needs to spread out widely, cover each other’s blind spots, and communicate closely to ensure no one gets left behind.

Such operational skill does not increase in the short term, so alternative measures were devised.

We should find strategies that maximize each person’s tactical ability.

This way, operational execution can become natural with just the knowledge ingrained in them.

Considering the win rates of various job classes by tier in WoA and the counter strategies for each, we examined which classes Adella’s team members were most skilled at and eliminated ineffective strategies one by one.

To find the weaknesses in other teams, we set up three screens to simultaneously enjoy different scrim matches.

“Ultimately, crossing the Santangelo Bridge is the key to victory…”

While others start from the roots, I began from the pillars and tried to establish a new strategy.

Since none of the six are proficient demon hunters, let’s pass on that. It seems we can hire the easiest sword and shield warrior and axe mage, while giving the berserker to Adella.

Here, I created item builds considering the expected healing per second for each healer class, KDA, DPS, survival rate, and object involvement time.

At this point, a question arose.

Can we truly ignore the archers’ attacks during the long-range resurgence meta and cross the bridge?

First of all, the length of the bridge is excessively long.

Even if the tanks take turns absorbing damage, they will be wiped out, and even extreme combinations like 4 tanks and 2 healers, or 3 tanks and 3 healers, or 2 tanks and 4 healers are still at a disadvantage.

Most, if not all, strategies had potential counters, and there was a valid reason for not using them.

Except for one thing.

【Please Title It – 3 Tanks 3 Healers】

“Hmm…”

【Mongolian Speed Tank Heal – 3 Tanks 3 Healers】

[Sworn Sword and Shield Warrior, Axe Mage, Berserker, Paladin, Sage, Summoner]

[Job/Class Rune Details – Speed]

[Sworn Sword and Shield Warrior: Gains increased movement speed when receiving shields from allies.]

[Axe Mage: Gains increased movement speed when charging at 3 or more enemies.]

[Berserker: Gains increased movement speed the lower their current health is.]

[Paladin: Gains increased movement speed when not engaged in combat.]

[Sage: Gains increased movement speed every time a shield is destroyed.]

[Summoner: Summoners cannot purchase speed items. The movement speed of the nearest ally applies.]

A combination with speed-related passives mounted on all classes.

The Berserker and Axe Mage charge to the front, while the Sword and Shield Warrior protects the healers in the middle, allowing them to replenish substantial shields and heals.

“This sounds fun. I want to try it too.”

How exciting would it be to jump in and charge together?

Having shared the large strategy framework, the specific tactics would be established by their respective coaching directors.

As I continued to devise builds late into the night, it was already 5 AM.

Establishing game strategies is this easy, but life is certainly not like that.

With no clear goal, one cannot properly establish strategy, tactics, or builds.

Is eliminating Valpurgis really my ultimate goal?

Just as a new game emerges after one ends, will I be granted another life after this?

Lost in those questions, I could only sadly lick my lips.

* * *

[Asaneko Adella (Adella_SafariDream)]

[World of Arcelia – TTagup Season 2 Qualifying Scrims the Day Before]

[Broadcast Time – 4:56:24]

[Viewers – 18402]

“Hey, run run! Run like crazy!”

“Come on, kill all the archers!”

“Why can’t the enemies block this even once?”

“Ahhhhh!”

“DalTori, what’s wrong? Did you get hit in the vital spots?”

“No! The arrows are just too ticklish!”

The dismal win rate of the Delado Thieves’ Guild had been restored to 50% in just one day.

“The Mongolian meta is insane!”

“Who are we? Descendants of Genghis Khan!”

“Adella, that’s a bit…”

“No matter what, we can’t abandon our Korean identity.”

“Adella, I’m disappointed, woo woo.”

“Ah… no…! By the way, I’m Japanese.”

“Eh? SaraAm?”

“Hey! I’m a person, alright!”

They finished the last scrim with a refreshing victory of 5 wins out of 5.

The previously gloomy Delado Thieves’ Guild had regained its vitality.

Ultimately, the one who laughs last is the true victor.

The Delado Thieves’ Guild, bringing a bizarre item build and a groundbreaking new meta unlike the traditional sturdy 3 tanks and 3 healers, garnered significant attention.

-I’m seriously going crazy hahaha

-Why is it so funny hahaha

-I’ve never seen this combination in my life haha

-This meta is said to be a super rare combination that hasn’t appeared even once in 450 million games ㄷㄷ

-For real, if you’re going to troll, at least go for 6 snipers, who would run a boring 3 tanks and 3 healers?

-Adella, you crazy cat…!

-It’s actually good, right? We haven’t lost once today.

-How did the championship contender end up with a 20-minute cut? hahaha

-I’m worried about the qualifiers tomorrow; everyone can’t sleep.

-Whether to change our combination or not, the mind games are on.

“Thanks for your hard work!”

“Good job! Let’s try to perform just as well tomorrow.”

“They must be seriously stressed. They either have to stick to 2 archers or give up their pride and bring the same thing to fight.”

“No, Adella! Where did you get this adorable thing? Why didn’t I know that speed 33 was this good? I’ve learned something completely new today!”

-The thief only used to play when the thief was trash, but now that the thief meta is here, they’re not using a thief, haha.

-Adella the green frog hahaha

-Delado did this because she hates what others do!

-The proficiency of the berserker is insane. Managing health is really tricky.

-If the thief gets banned, I use the berserker, yeah.

-Great Hwang Delado

-Buy me 10,000 Delamanju Chews!

“Is this what creativity from artificial intelligence looks like…?”

“Did Adella come up with this?”

“Oh, no?”

“Oh, then who did?”

“Well, it’s from… uh, um. A friend I know.”

“A friend?”

-???

-Is it someone you know?

-Why are you stuttering so much hahaha

-This seems really suspicious…

-Delado, I can’t imagine you knowing too many people.

-You’re not talking about ‘that’ person, are you?

-Huh!

-No, no, the chat is starting to heat up again…!

-Is it real?

“Adella, is the person you’re talking about a girl?”

DalTori’s perceptive eyebrows shot up.

Adella step back subtly, shaking off the barrage of attention.

“Ahaha, well, that’s a girl for sure.”

“Is she short?”

“Was she short…? I think so.”

“Is her hair tied in a long twin-tail?”

“Well, it definitely wasn’t short…”

“After getting wrapped up in some recent unpleasant events, she’s been keeping a low profile…”

“Gasp!”

Adella, caught squarely in the twenty questions trap, covered her mouth.

However, judging by her expression, everyone knew who ‘that person’ was: the streamers, the viewers, and even heaven itself.

“See! I told you! It’s Name!”

“Did that strategy come from Noname?”

“Is Name doing well? Please send my regards.”

“Ah, uh, yeah. Seems like she’s doing just fine.”

“No wonder the strategy class was so different.”

Adella quickly suppressed the chat.

She believed in not using subscriber-only chat, but it was impossible to maintain control otherwise.

It also felt odd to keep mentioning someone who was currently in seclusion.

So, streamers began to chatter about the strategy she had devised rather than Name.

Meanwhile, Director Hwang Gu threw a spark into the already extinguished topic.

“I can imagine you must have had a tough time putting our strategy together while you’re so busy. Please convey our heartfelt thanks to her.”

“Oh, it’s nothing. I’m not busy; I just laze around at home all the time.”

“But aren’t you busy with studies or other activities? I know you go to the academy even if you don’t stream.”

“Um, excuse me, Director, shh…! Just a moment.”

“Uh, what’s up? What was that? Adella, I really messed up!”

“It’s okay; you may not know.”

“No! I think I’ve committed a terrible faux pas. Ah, I’m just a human obsessed with games… I haven’t been watching the news lately. I’m really sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

“No need to bow down to me over that…! Anyway, you resigned last week, so it’s not much of a deal—”

Adella abruptly bit down on her lips.

With anxious eyes, she glanced once at the streamers, once at the director, and one last time at the chat filled with question marks.

After clearing her throat, Adella spoke to her fellow streamers in a trembling voice.

“Did you perhaps hear…?”

Startled people nodded their heads up and down.

It was already spilled milk.

“Resigning isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Everyone carries a resignation letter deep in their hearts, right?”

“But you wouldn’t genuinely submit it.”

“Plus, Name is an elementary school student…”

Adella collapsed to the floor, grimacing as she let out a sigh.

“Right. Yeah. Haah… Why did I say that…?”

Today too, I had a hunch that it would end in confusion.

* * *

【D+49】

[Breaking News) Noname, Seviron Academy ‘resignation.’ Future whereabouts uncertain.]

The news of Name’s resignation was planned to be quietly disclosed only to parents just before the start of the new school year next year.

If this news gets known, it would be akin to pouring oil on a blazing thatched hut.

Currently, the attention drawn to Name worldwide was beyond imagination.

In both Eastern and Western perspectives, no one denied its significance.

Even “Sim Cheong” has now become a true classic, its story of a blind man and a cripple now recognized as a genuine classic.

Given that wealthy individuals who have started to recover their vision are now coming to meet Name, the news of her potentially disappearing forever was alarming.

[World of Arcelia Gallery]

[Noname’s Recent News (Adella’s Confirmation)][203]

Resigned from the Academy.

Vanished after spreading the speed tank heal 33 combination.

[Comments]

-Did she really resign? But what’s this below???

-Elementary students can’t resign from compulsory education.

└ No, no, they can. It’s basically a declaration of homeschooling.

└ What’s there to homeschool when they have nothing left to learn?

-There’s a rumor in the gaming industry that games with a tank-heal meta all fail within five years.

└ Farewell, WoA~

└ That’s seriously scary, hahaha

└ But when you think about it, the game is rapidly losing its fun.

-Noname’s poisoning the well!

-Isn’t speed tank heal at least guaranteeing some fun?

└ Fun comes only a few times; if it’s not a celestial realm, it can’t counter any combination.

└ You can’t even nerf tank heal because the damage dealers aren’t weak either.

-Give up the Academy and switch on the stream, Noname!

└ I think she might not stream anymoreㅠㅠㅠㅠ

└ There’s no reason to. She’s not even money-oriented.

└ I think she could earn a lot if she wanted to.

-Is it true that the academy parents threw such a fit?

└ According to a friend, some people did react that way, yeah.

└ That’s sad…

└ As a parent, I somewhat sympathize. That doesn’t mean they did the right thing, though.

[Noname Minor Gallery]

[Where’s my Academy competition? My Noname elementary graduation photo? Nooo][53]

I’ve sent her so many supportive messages in DMsㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

I really hope her mental hasn’t broken.

Please be nice to our Nameㅜㅠㅠㅠㅜㅠㅠㅠ

[Comments]

-It’s unbelievable that Name’s gallery has turned into a dead gallery…

-I believe in Noname. She’ll return as if nothing happened.

-Still, she’ll participate in the national exchange competitionㅠㅠㅠ This is enough.

└ How can we wait until next August?

└ I feel like the darkened Name is going to be really scary.

└ Ho-ho, our Name is a kind and gentle child!

-7 pieces of certification, 8 papers. Now we should show the 9th miracle, right?

└ One day, the vlog might show ‘I tried planting potatoes on Mars.’

└ I’m so upset it’s making me laugh;;

SaeTbyeol, leaning over her desk while checking the community sentiment, frowned.

Gripping her aching stomach, she couldn’t let out a groan… it was a co-ed environment.

With the combination of the TTagup competition, high school finals, and her period hitting her all at once, Saetbyeol was in a very sensitive state.

Even the slightest touch on her shoulder would cause her to bare her sharp fangs and raise her fur, hissing.

Tap tap—

“Kyahhh!”

“Saetbyeol, are you there?”

“Ugh. What. Dahyi.”

“Is your younger sister Noname by any chance?”

“Huh?”