The Newbie Is Too Strong's
211. The Flood Strategy
“So how is your strategy to destroy their overwhelming defense, Lia? Looking at the scout from Puncak Bakti High School Team alone can not do anything on that sturdy wall.”
“What Senior Areka should worry about. Don't we also have an arena destroyer on our team?”
“Who? Ah, Sabrina.”
“Yapc. Of course as a former member of that club, I can know very well that Senior Sabrina's flood will not be enough to break Senior Eren's sturdy shield. However, I'm sure my dear Luca will handle the rest. Isn't that right, honey?”
“Yes, leave it to me, Lia.”
“Diana and Senior Areka will also support you from behind. Then as a joker card in the arena, we need Senior Yuda's strength.”
“Eh, me?”
“I've seen Senior's combination attack with Senior Sabrina. It will be very well applied to break the sturdy defense of the Eden Foundation High School.”
“But, Lia. Is it okay you do this? Wouldn't your coach at the Silver Hero Club scold you about leaking the ability of a prospective member athlete to the other party? You hear all the talented players from Eden Foundation High School will be recruited by the Silver Hero Club. After all Eren, Gajel, and one more archer player they have officially entered into your Silver Hero Club right?”
“Just relax, Senior Areka. If it's just like this, the coach will still let me. After all, if analyzed just a little, they fell a lot, then they did not have the qualification at all as Silver Hero.” Club athletes
At least, that's the chat we had at the brief meeting yesterday. Thus, in this third round, the representatives of the team were me, Senior Areka, Brother Sabrina, Brother Yuda, and Diana.
Then our opponent supposedly kept the same formation they always used, a shielder as the center, a scout as a sub tank, a cleric as a rear guard, and a scout as a sub tank, as well as a mage and archer who acted as the main attacker.
After arriving the cue from the match referee, the opponent's mage and archer immediately launched their long-range attack. The attack can be easily repelled by Senior Areka, then Kak Sabrina began to summon flood into the arena.
It appeared that the opposing team's formation was slightly swayed by the chest-high flood. However, whether it was his skill or what, it appeared that thanks to the light shining around Eren's body, the team's formation remained stable despite being hit by such a flood.
I carried Diana forward using the power of floating from my griffon shoes.
Diana immediately floated dozens of her kunai to the opponent. But as expected, Eren can fend it off well through his sturdy shield and the kunai scattered everywhere.
From the beginning, that was the plan. The kunai-kunai was not for attacking, but rather was made to deliberately stick at the boundary of the area made of those energy clumps.
A reckless strategy from Diana that miraculously gained the approval of Lia. Kunai-kunai who stuck in the sky border area was Diana's footing to perch in the sky.
I started to execute my team strategy by attacking their back line. However, the cleric was no less harsh than Eren.
That's where all members of the Eden Foundation High School Team were stunned by the skill that was then launched by Diana.
“Skill: sense of confussion”
Who of the members of the Eden Foundation Team as the forerunners of the Silver Hero Club will not know that style. It was a phenomenal style that became an icon for Kak Andra.
“Andra, that damn kid. Finally he betrayed the team too.”
“Don't panic, Gajel. Keep hold of position.”
Of course what Eren and Gajel thought was wrong about from the beginning where Diana learned the style was not from Brother Andra, but Diana learned it by studying directly through the same teacher as Andra's sister, Deborah Briar.
“Ah, how is this? My body movements are weird.”
Looks cleric keeper back line began to falter. I took advantage of the opportunity to attack him.
“Trang.”
Unfortunately, what greeted me was precisely Eren's sturdy shield. Even though I failed to assimilate the cleric, obviously things are still going according to plan.
I took one item among the five items in my inventory that were listed in this round match.
It was a kind of powder given by Chika.
I also sprinkled the powder onto every player of Eden Foundation High School Team whose defense had been opened due to Diana's skill which they did not expect.
Instantly debuff a tremendous decrease in stamina on every member of the opposing team that was hit by that powder.
However, Eren still did not lose his focus and was able to block each of my attacks very well. As soon as the effects of Diana's skill disappeared, the mage and the opponent's archer began to help her attack me.
I dodged it very well because from the beginning, my goal was indeed to distraction.
There's a colleague of mine who's been hiding in the water there for a long time who served as the real executor.
“Slash.”
Unfortunately seeing his partner game over, instead of immediately taking a responsive attitude, Eren even panicked at crucial moments then lost his calm.
It was also used by Senior Areka back there to carry out attacks.
“Skill: the spirit of Lutfi is limitless, so do not give up the same oppression’
Senior Areka stared as if Gajel was the target of his attack. Eren's teeth burst out in anger as he held on tightly to his best friend to protect her.
In the final seconds, Senior Areka predicted there would be no more chances for him to eliminate Gajel from the arena regarding protection from Eren, he also turned his target on the archer.
And the attack actually landed heavily on the body of the archer which instantly made it game over in the arena.
Then, a little sneaky thought arose in my heart. Utilizing a panicked opponent, I attempted to attack Gajel from behind.
Since the agility of a shield was slow, surely even if it was still able to be on time, surely Eren would no longer be able to protect Gajel perfectly. And it's clear what the team left of them will do.
‘Skill; steal’
That is, the opponent scout according to my prediction stole the dagger I was holding.
Gajel laughs at me without a gun anymore near him.
Perhaps he was thinking of taking revenge for the defeat he had suffered in that previous individual match against me.
Unfortunately, I immediately betrayed that hope. When he thought I had no way to avoid his attack, Gajel was shocked to see me stopping in mid-air as if a car was braking suddenly.
It was all thanks to the trapping rope I had wrapped earlier on Diana's kunai that was set at the boundary of the area in the sky. I also swiftly pulled the rope and soared into the sky, avoiding the attack of Gajel.
The two of them did not notice at all that his scout partner in the back had been poisoned about the dagger he was holding.
Yes, the dagger he had just stolen from me was the basilisk's poisonous fang dagger which if not its master was holding it, then it immediately spewed out poison through its hilt.
It didn't take long for any opponent scouts to game over in the arena.
I just eliminated the opponent scout with a little trick. Maybe someone thinks that such a way is not gentleman and I understand very well what that means. It's just that this is the fighting style of a principled assassin if you don't kill, then you will be killed. We will do everything we can to survive in the fight.
I am just saying this and have no intention of making you understand me like that.
“Tidaaaaaak!” There was a desperate cry from Eren.
Desperately, he used his shield which he covered with aura as a boat to bring his remaining companion, Gajel, out of the place.
Of course we all don't let that happen. Me, Diana, and Brother Yuda then chased after him. Similarly, Senior Areka who is currently in the floating bubble Kak Sabrina, also incessantly launched his attacks on Eren and Gajel.
But what is this? How come we look like villains chasing the protagonist and his heroine who are trying to escape from the hands of criminals?
With the instructions from Senior Areka, I immediately pulled Kak Yuda out of the flood.
It seems that this is the time to perform the ultimate attack from Sabrina with the absence of the opponent scout who has super counter-attack skills and Eren's condition that no longer allows to do absolute defense.
“Skill: lightning”
The lightning current struck and shook the flood with Eren and Gajel who were above it.
However, the moment we thought that everything had ended in the defeat of the opposing team, our hope was instantly betrayed by Eren.
Eren managed to defend well from that lightning strike. Not only that, he was able to protect his best friend, Gajel was very good too.
Kak Sabrina's ultimate attack has been an absolute failure.
But it doesn't end there.
Eren groaning. Instantly, a beam of light enveloped him and the trees began to come out from behind his shield.
What makes me not believe is that as a resident of Gardenia, I know very well what a tree is. It is the seed of the tree of the world.
A moment later, the seeds of the world tree went berserk and ravaged the entire arena.
I somehow survived thanks to hanging on the boundary of the area. But not for Diana and Sabrina. They were hit by the raging seed of that world tree and instantly game over from the arena.
With the departure of Kak Sabrina, the flood immediately disappeared from the arena.