Chapter 246
Chapter 246
=Everyone, thank you for waiting so long! The Northeast Asia Regional League starts today!
=Starting from this week, the Korean national team will face a tough race. After playing two consecutive matches against Taiwan and China, we have to prepare for the Space League!
=Because of this tight schedule, there were rumors that Sung JiHan would not participate in the match against Taiwan, but Sung JiHan is included in the lineup!
=They say that even a tiger does its best to catch a rabbit! The Korean national team has put forth their full strength against Taiwan!
A race from hell that started at the end of March.
Fortunately for the Korean national team, the first opponent was relatively weaker Taiwan.
-The commentators are being too harsh. Treating Taiwan like a rabbit? LOL
-They are relatively weaker, aren't they?
-Even though Taiwan is considered to be in the middle to upper tier in other leagues, they ended up in the Northeast Asia League...
-Yeah, the Northeast Asia League is the worst LOL. It's not even comparable to the leagues in Western Europe.
-Of course LOL. If Taiwan went to Western Europe, they would be at least in the middle tier, right? This place is the real hell.
-Even if the Golem map comes out today, we won't fall behind and can watch comfortably LOL.
-Yeah, even if we do a crazy summoning like Japan, we will win LOL.
With the advantage in strength.
Unlike the previous match against Taiwan, Sung JiHan's inclusion in the national team lineup had viewers optimistic about victory from the start.
Even the map selection for the match, the Golem Duel, was the same as the one Japan showed in their victory against Korea.
Since Taiwan's supporters were weaker than Korea's, they couldn't make use of it.
No matter what happens, Korea will win this game.
This perception is not only held by Korean viewers.
-Sung JiHan is here... Why is he participating in the national competition instead of focusing on the Space League?
-We will win 3:0.
└ Even if Sung JiHan didn't participate, it would have been 3:0, right?
└ That's true... Who can stop Yoon Sejin and Yoon Seah?
-Rather than Taiwan's national ranking going up, it seems like them protecting humanity's ranking in the Space League is the way to avoid a dungeon.
-They are already doing that...
Taiwan's viewers were also sharing the same sentiment.
Meanwhile, in the waiting room of the Korean national team players.
Yoon Seah glanced at Sung JiHan, who was staring at the screen intently, and leaned her head towards him.
"Uncle, why are you looking at it like that?"
"Hoo Taek's match."
"Ah... That old man player? He was strong. I was surprised when he swept our national team."
Hoo Taek, the old man player who won the first match.
His strength definitely surprised many players.
However...
"But still, he was defeated too easily..."
Yoon Seah glanced around and whispered to Sung JiHan.
"There were many evaluations saying that our national team warriors were so weak that they were easily defeated."
Hoo Taek faced the Korean national team without Sung JiHan and Geomwang.
If these two were absent, the world's strongest warrior lineup would instantly become the weakest.
Although the old man player's strength was strong, he was not considered to be on the level of Sung JiHan or Geomwang.
He also failed to show an impressive performance afterwards.
However...
"No. It's not that they were defeated because they were weak. Even if the American warriors came, the result would have been the same."
"Well, that's true..."
"Ah. His sword was so overwhelming. I wish I had seen it earlier, it's a shame."
Sung JiHan couldn't take his eyes off Hoo Taek swinging his sword.
If he had seen this match in the past when he didn't have a soul, he might have had the same evaluation as Yoon Seah.
But now, seeing Hoo Taek's sword with a soul, he could understand how high his level was.
"I hope we can face each other in this match."
"Uncle, you won't be able to participate anyway, right?"
"We'll see about that."
"Ah... Are you expecting a case like last time? Like during the Russia and Japan matches."
It was only natural to expect Sung JiHan to be banned.
Looking at the cases of Longinus and Pithia.
They somehow convinced the coach to let Sung JiHan participate.
"If you want to play against Dongbangsak, make sure he doesn't get banned."
Sung JiHan had expected that.
"Oh, the Taiwan national team... They won't ban Sung JiHan!"
"Instead, they chose to ban two players ranked 1-10!"
As he had expected, the Taiwan coach did not ban Sung JiHan.
Instead, what he pulled out were random bans on two players ranked within the top 10.
"Save Sung JiHan?"
"What confidence, Taiwan..."
This choice was unexpected, but there was an aspect that could be understood.
"No, this seems like leaving everything to luck lol"
"That's right. Even if they ban Sung JiHan, they'll still lose the game if Gyeomwang survives."
"Are they just praying for one of the top two to be banned lol"
"Indeed, in the end, it's a prayer meta."
Even if they ban Sung JiHan, it would be difficult for Taiwan to defeat the Korean national team with Yoon Sejin's wife.
The Taiwan coach, while hoping that one of the top two would be banned, threw the ban cards.
"Good. I can fight against Dongbangsak."
Sung JiHan stood up to prepare for the match.
The probability of those ban cards actually working was very low.
He would be able to participate in this match.
However...
"Oh. Oh..."
"1st and 2nd place. Both are banned!?"
"What is this? How did these cards work...!"
"Huh? Really?"
Yoon Saea blinked as she saw the ban results.
The first match where both Sung JiHan and Yoon Sejin were banned.
[Oh...]
Even after the Taiwan coach had pulled out the ban cards, he had a bewildered expression upon seeing the results.
"...It worked?"
"Luck is on our side."
"Still, it's fortunate that it turned out this way for the Taiwan match."
The national team players were surprised by the ban results.
However, they were not greatly shaken, perhaps because the opponent was in a weakened state.
"Does this mean we'll play the first match without our full lineup?"
"Hey! We're still here too...!"
"Who was it that got exposed by Taiwan last time?"
"Uh..."
Instead, they were preparing for the match in a relaxed manner, making fun of the lineup without Sung JiHan and Yoon Sejin.
"Hehe. It worked out well. I'll be the MVP of this series~"
Yoon Saea confidently declared that she would win the MVP as she entered the first match.
"The Korean national team... Even though Sung JiHan and Yoon Sejin were banned, they dominate the first match!"
"Yoon Saea's arrows. They're even stronger than last time! No one can stop her! Oh. But she avoided Huh Woontak?"
"It's the first time I've seen someone dodge that Void Arrow! Yoon Saea focuses her arrows on Huh Woontak... but he manages to dodge all ten shots!"
"Oh... But still, he dies after getting hit by the last arrow!"
"Yoon Saea dominates the first match!"
The arrows only had a little trouble hitting the elderly warrior from Taiwan, Huh Woontak.
She completely outshined the rest of the players and won the MVP for the first game.
"You got the MVP."
"Congratulations, Se-ah."
Sung JiHan and Yoon Se-jin congratulated Yoon Se-ah for winning the MVP for the first game, but...
"Um... but..."
However, Yoon Se-ah, who won the MVP, didn't look happy.
"Ah, that player, Heo Woo-taek. It feels a bit suspicious."
"Avoiding the arrows?"
"Yes. And even on the 11th shot, I could have dodged it, but it felt like he intentionally let it hit me..."
"I saw it that way too. He was definitely targeting you."
Yoon Se-jin agreed with Yoon Se-ah's words and stood up from her seat.
"I should talk to the coach. Instead of banning players from the top 1 to 10 like in Taiwan, we should ban that player."
"Ah, sister. Please don't talk about banning."
"Huh? Why?"
"I, I made a promise to that player to face him once."
"Ah, I see..."
Yoon Se-jin nodded her head, deep in thought.
"Then, instead of asking the coach to ban him, let's ask him not to ban Heo Woo-taek. The coach might try to ban him in advance."
"Yes. I will ask him too."
With that, the two went to coach No Young-jun to make their request.
"Alright. I won't ban Heo Woo-taek."
The coach immediately agreed.
"Heo Woo-taek is quite good... There's no need to ban him just to fulfill Sung JiHan's request."
Now, Sung JiHan had become a player greater than the team.
Because of a player like Heo Woo-taek, there was no need to refuse his request.
Instead of banning Heo Woo-taek, coach No Young-jun wrote down the name of another supporter from Taiwan on the ban card.
=Taiwan coach. This time... we ban Geomwang?
"No, this time... we won't leave it to luck... and we'll save Sung JiHan!"
Even the Taiwan coach saved Sung JiHan in the second game.
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-Unlock Sung JiHan...
-Did the Taiwan coach go crazy?
-Even if Sung JiHan and Geomwang were banned, we still won. This game is not worth watching.
-Is this what it feels like to support a strong team... I don't feel any tension at all.
-No need to feel tension. Just want to be a fan of a strong team lol
-Really, I was getting tense and then a dungeon appeared next door lol
After the overwhelming victory in the first game.
Seeing Sung JiHan being unlocked in the second game, Korean viewers already predicted the result as a victory.
=The map for the second game is Train!
=This map where two trains run side by side... usually favors teams with long-range power!
=Of course, our Sung JiHan can hit that long distance powerfully, so it doesn't apply to us!
=And on top of that, our team is already strong in long-range power with the powerful Korean archers and Yoon Se-ah joining us!
=This game is absolutely unwinnable!
With Sung JiHan being unlocked and a map that favors Korea, even the Korean commentators were optimistic, commenting that there was no way they could lose.
Ku-gung. Ku-gung.
Two trains running side by side, keeping their distance.
Looking at the Taiwan train, Yoon Se-ah measured the distance.
"Uncle. Can I fly to the Taiwan train for a bit? I want to win the MVP for the second game too."
She asked with a smile to Sung JiHan.
With the victory already secured, they were now focusing on the MVP.
Sung JiHan shook his head.
"No. It's too late for that."
"Huh? Why is it too late?"
"Look over there."
Sung JiHan pointed his finger at the sky.
Hovering in the sky was Huh WooTak, an elderly player from Taiwan.
"Huh... That person. Can he fly? When did he go up there?"
"He went up and came back."
Whoosh!
As Sung JiHan flew towards Huh WooTak using his aerial skills,
No, Dong BangSak stroked his beard.
"You're here. My successor."
"I am your successor. But I don't plan on becoming a god's servant."
"That's the only path you can take to survive. Eventually, you'll end up doing it."
"I'd rather die than become a servant."
"Well... It seems you need some education."
Sss...
Behind Dong BangSak, the Taegeuk symbol appeared.
With black and white patterns intertwined, slowly rotating clockwise.
The world.
Started to be sucked into it.
"Hmm...!"
The Taegeuk that sucked everything, even this world.
If the power of the Abyssal Wave became hundreds of times stronger, would it have this kind of power?
Krrrr...!
Even the trains in Korea and Taiwan that were far away.
Couldn't resist the power of the Taegeuk and were flying towards it together.
Sung JiHan immediately summoned the Void and exerted all his power.
"The Void. Using a dangerous power..."
As the energy of the Void spread through Sung JiHan's body, he resisted the movement of the Taegeuk.
Dong BangSak frowned.
"If you become my successor, you'll have to get rid of that power. You'll have to work with me forever. What's the use if you die quickly?"
"That won't happen."
"Tsk. You really need focused education."
Sss...
Dong BangSak reached out his hand towards the floating Taegeuk.
Then.
Before his hand could touch it.
The Taegeuk, which was rotating clockwise, momentarily stopped.
And started rotating in the opposite direction.
"I will draw the Taegeuk Sword. If you can't handle it... you'll just be a second-rate god."
And as he put his hand into the Taegeuk.
The world crumpled like a piece of paper.
And.
From within the crumpled world, a white sword emerged from the Taegeuk.
Unleashing darkness.
"This is...!"
Even the realm of the soul, darkness that surpassed it in an instant.
Sung JiHan's entire body was quickly submerged in the Taegeuk's demonic power.
[The second match will now end.]
The national representative match ended in the shortest time in history.
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