The Newbie Is Too Strong's
237. Determination Duel (4)
In the sixth round of the match, when I thought that maybe I would not get an opponent in terms of the selection of the opponent starting from the lowest rank, I thought, I was unexpectedly challenged by the current rank 14, e-sport vrmmorpg from Lucifer, Didi's sister.
It was only natural that since the lower ranks were naturally aware that this was their last chance so that if they did not defeat a high ranked opponent, they would be finished soon.
As a result, it was Kak Ferdi with a rank in the middle who did not get any opponents to compete.
I actually know Didi less well than I know that she is an experienced shield.
We also competed and as expected, he was indeed according to his nickname, the impenetrable shield from Indonesia.
Unlike Senior Areka who still has a gap in the lower area and Eren who is weak in his blind spot, Didi did not have a prominent gap at all. He also tends to rarely move and always be on the defensive so it is a bit difficult to apply traps to him.
The only thing I can count on is to use poison. Perhaps he had also analyzed my previous matches, so he might have known that I had two types of poison.
One poison is effective if one uses an aura like the one I previously used on Senior Asario. The other one was effectively avoided with an aura defense like the one I used on Brother Ferdi.
I also tried to combine the two to make Didi sister confused. However, I didn't expect him to have such sharp instincts. When I threw the poison aura type, he immediately defensified with his physical shield, but when I threw the ordinary poison type, he blew it away with his aura.
I can say that Didi is not the hardest opponent I have faced, but the hardest record is still held by Kak Ferdi, but he is the most difficult opponent I have broken through his defense. Well, it was only natural since he was a shield.
But when I applied my cross-dimension slash that was not as good as Senior Asario, apparently it worked on Didi.
He had trouble predicting the direction of my wild slash that did not know which way to attack. Unlike Senior Asario who focuses the amount, I train my skills to be able to move more randomly so that it is not easy to predict the opponent.
That was how in the end, Didi sister was hit by a combo of cross-hitting slashes in my lens, then when her defense began to falter, I used a rope to restrain her. Didi's sister thrashed, but the more she thrashed, the more the rope tightened her.
I did not expect that Didi Brother who I expected to have great strength, was unable to escape the entanglement of my trapper rope and that's how he game over because he was entangled firmly in it.
Besides my match, in my batch this time there were two matches that did not lose.
The first was Eren who challenged Lia.
Who would have thought that Lia was so skilled at using the direction of the trajectory of her magic gun shot to penetrate Eren's defense in the gap of his blind spot many times. Eren was game over because he did not manage to avoid Lia's attack on the blind spot.
Then the second, was a decision that I could not have expected came from Senior Areka who was usually calm-minded. He challenged Kak Malik, the champion one while this competition.
But the most unexpected thing, he was able to survive the ice aura of Kak Malik quite well. Brother Malik until it is necessary to take seriously to face Senior Areka who even when facing Senior Asario alone he does not look serious.
But from the beginning, the difference in strength was clear enough that when Kak Malik was in serious mode, Senior Areka's shield was easily split by the ice aura of Kak Malik who all split his body in two. Well, the results were reasonable when Senior Areka was defeated by Kak Malik.
That is how the sixth round match ended in my batch. Actually I was quite curious about the match in another batch because there was a match of fellow Silver Hero players namely Kak Medina versus Kak Andra and Kak Glen versus Senior Asario. But what power, I didn't get a chance to see it in person.
But well, after this competition ended, I was also able to watch the re-recording that had been hard-pressed while being recorded by Kak Kirana at this time.
Then with the end of the match in the sixth round, announced again participants who can advance to the next round. Apparently, this time who can go, there are only eight players left.
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The top eight participants
Malik (White Star) 539 points
Luca (White Star) 488 points
Lia (Silver Hero) 413 points
Asario (Silver Hero) 359 points
Andra (Silver Hero) 328 points
Ferdi (Shadow Park) 270 points
Brian (White Star) 188 points
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In the seventh, eighth, and ninth round matches, opponents are directly selected by the committee.
In the seventh match, I met Brother Andra.
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[POV Andra]
He was a boy who suddenly caught Miss Lia's attention.
I don't hate him since he's such an innocent and polite boy.
However, as time went on, I secretly put envy on her. He quickly became a core player at the club where he joined.
As one of the athletes at the club with a lot of talented players, I had expected that it would not be easy for me to break through in the first team. But Miss Lia did, even in the first year she joined.
While me?
Three years ago I joined the Silver Hero Club, I was always stuck in a reserve position. And next year, I'm about to graduate and be at the crossroads of my career determination.
There were senior and junior barriers that blocked me between myself and Senior Mark, Senior Medina, and Senior Glen, so that somehow I showed some self-efficacy, I will not be able to surpass them even if I confidently say that I am better than them.
I need a truly special brilliant achievement to be able to be mastered by Coach so that I can be like Miss Lia who surpassed them despite the age gap.
However, no matter how much I showed my talent as a talented scout compared to the others, I was still unable to surpass those first-team players.
That is compounded by the presence of new scouts who are also with special talents who have recently joined the team. He has a steal skill and blind spot view that is not on me. If he grows, it is even me who will be overtaken by him instead of me being able to defeat the seniors.
Ah, why do I feel that my future in the team is so bleak?
That's why, Luca, even though I didn't show it on the surface, actually, I envy you so much.
And in this match, how much I want to beat you.
Well, even though I know it's impossible since you're the same as Miss Lia, it's a very brilliant athlete who's capable of surpassing other talented people. It's not like this me who is just with mediocre talent.
Therefore, go ahead, Luca. Win this competition with Miss Lia. For my sake is also the one who has always been a loyal supporter of the two of you.
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“Congratulations. The winner is Luca from White Star.”
The announcement from the referee of the match ended the dream of Andra.