It was a technique that consists of first pinpointing the direction of the enemy attack and the amount of power behind it. Then diverting the force, and changing the flow of the attack causing it to miss. In addition, it used up 50 mana, and was hard to use. It didn’t just require technique, you needed to advance quickly and calculate your position. Something only masters could do! The master deflected the attack another 5 times. "Oh…." All the confidence Gran had disappeared. The master asked quietly, "Who are you? A monster? Man? You’re stronger than a death knight, so… do you drop better loot?" Gran could not say a word. Somewhere he had made a serious mistake. Of course, he didn’t stop, and tried swinging, but that was when the master easily countered him and began to attack. Bam-bam! "Hmm… Not dead yet?" "Kiiya!" Gran due to his high health and good armor stayed alive. His teammates didn’t idle, they were moving to surprise attack the rest of the Geomchis. "These guys are monsters too?" "Students, now they come to us. We don’t have to search anymore!" "Look at the one on the left – oh my!" Perhaps other players when realizing that they were facing the Dwichigi Quartet would run away because they didn’t want to get a player kill status, but the Geomchis didn’t even know about this concept. In a sense they were more brutal than the Quartet. After a variety of wounds, the killers quickly died. A few hours later the Quartet met again. "What happened?" "Ahh… I don’t even want to think about what happened yesterday." "So…you’re not going to get revenge?" The Quartet fell in a serious predicament. And as always Gran came up with an idea. "No, we can’t give up on revenge." "I agree." "But we aren’t strong enough." Levi showed weakness. After yesterday’s events he didn’t want to face them ever again. "We’re in a guild now. Let’s get them to help." For the Quartet, Rosenheim was like a haven. There hadn’t been a large guild formed to police there, so crime flourished. The Dwichigi Quartet had joined the Jamaica Guild . Because the guild very badly needed strong players, they accepted the Quartet. The killers immediately contacted their friends in the guild. With lies, the Quartet managed to rally up 300 men. "Kill them!" "Wow!" The Dwichigi Quartet with the support of 300 soldiers attack the Geomchis. They were warned in advance about their opponents’ strengths so they had assassins sniping with crossbows. "Ahh!" "The enemy!" Many of the Geomchis were killed in the first minutes of the surprise attack. Assassins attacked from behind and slit the throats of many. The survivors, standing back to back, began to block one attack after another. "Damn, these guys are stronger than we thought." "Everyone get back, use ranged attacks." "Ice Storm!" "Lightning Bolt!" Many deadly spells flew toward the brave warriors. So far they had never encountered magic, so they were caught off guard. The massive attack dropped their health substantially. "Damn!" The Geomchis, not holding back their anger, cursed. If their enemy approached them, they wouldn’t hesitate to rush in for an attack. But the enemy stood back, attacking from afar with a barrage of spells and arrows. And because the Geomchis didn’t use shields their health began to decline rapidly. "Even if we get taken down like dogs, we’ll at least get one of you!" Some of the students broke away from the group and rushed at the enemy, but the spells became concentrated and they quickly died. "Oh my God…" "Who are they? Why did they attack us?" For the first time since they started, their faces were lodged with anger and despair. Sometimes they were dying of hunger, but now they were being killed by unknown players. Geomdchi2 shouted: "Master get back!" "I see. Fall back…" "To where?" "Into the woods! Everyone fall back into the forest. We’ll have more cover there." "Yes sir." "Follow me." The first and second swords went on to create an opening. In a wedge type formation, they fended off most arrows, but could not oppose the magic. After suffering heavy losses, they managed to escape into the forest. "We’re alive!" "How many of us are left?" "A little more than 260, Master..." "…Almost half of us have died." The Geomchis sighed; all they could do now was rest and bandage their wounds. However, they were poor and didn’t have many. "Look! They’re coming!" While they rested their pursuers got closer. "How did they find us?" "Apparently they have some thieves or hunters. They can track us." The Geomchis were gripped with frustration. As martial artists they could not cover their tracks. They had to run deeper into the forest. But now they were tired, and they were still constantly receiving ranged attacks. "Geomdulchi, samchi, and everyone else!" "Yes, Master." "We’re listening." "Should we split up so that half of us can survive. Or will we fight!" "Sir, we are men!" "Let’s show those bastards what we’re made of!" Now the Geomchis drastically changed their strategy. They didn’t run, using the forest, they hid and used surprise attacks. However, their wounds were very heavy. Their enemies were using magic and even their priests were treated. Gradually, starting with the weakest, the students began to die, until only the instructors were left. "Uhh, Master!" "We’re sorry, live on!" When their health reached 0, in their final moments of life, they would look at the master. In the end, only their master survived. "…" In the dojo, there was dead silence. The students and instructors were focused on one capsule. The one where their master lay. And now after some time Ahn Hyun-Do, their master came out. "Master!" Jeong Il-Hoon, Choi Jeong-Beom, Ma San Bohm, Lee Ying-Up and all the pupils were so tensed that their breath trembled. Usually it was in the nature of Ahn Hyun-Do to stay silent but then he slowly said, "He killed me…." "…." "He called himself Gran, and then slit my throat." Everyone finally exhaled. The students and instructors were furious! To them Ahn Hyun-Do was their role model. Yes ,he had some eccentricities, but in swordsmanship he had no equal! Once upon a time, before coming to the school, they doubted his skill when they heard about it. But as they watched him fight, their doubts dissipated. Their idol, to die and be humiliated caused them to rage. But Hyun-Do looking at their angry faces laughed. "It’s been 30 years." "…?" "I told Jean that it had been 30 years since I’ve lost a fight." "But there were too many enemies!" "No, Ile-hoon. The number of enemies and their level cannot serve as an excuse. But now don’t you think Royal Road has become more interesting?" "Yes Master!" The students and instructors, caught up in the answer instinctively. Ahn Hyun-Do clenched his fist. "It’s perfect. We are like real soldiers and we should take on everything with all of our heart!" The instructors and trainees became caught up. "Ohh! It’s true!" "I like intense fights!" "Let’s repay their offence, a hundredfold." However they froze as their master went up to do something. He walked up to the blackboard and began to write in chalk the names.
Gran, Halman, Margaux, Levi and the Jamaica guild
And in front of each name he wrote – enemies! He said with a smile, "Don’t erase." "We won." Gran and the other members of the Quartet celebrated their victory. With lies, they got the Jamaica Guild to help and destroy the Geomchis. Now they went over dead bodies to divide the loot. They loved the taste of killing, but with no less pleasure they enjoyed splitting the loot. After all, with just a few days you could get valuable weapons and armor that took months to obtain. "Let’s see what they left." With greedy looks Halman and Margaux were to first to search. But soon their faces contorted in surprise. "Nothing…" "No! It can’t be!" "There’s nothing valuable!" "This is ridiculous, look again!" Gran and Levi carefully searched for items. However, they only found several swords in urgent need of repair and barley bread, lots of barley bread.