Chapter 286 – Diamond Rank Battle
I returned to the place surrounded by the blue wall.
[There are 45 participants in the 3rd round.]
As soon as I entered the room, I heard the manager’s voice.
I could see that 25 people were eliminated in the previous round.
[Round 3 then begins.]
“It seems like there is no rest in ranked matches.”
“It seems that the summoning app considers physical strength as basic.”
“I like that. I’m fresh.”
There was literally no marathon in the ranked competition.
It seemed like it continued to show the next problems until the last 10 people remained.
[The theme of round 3 is cooperation.]
“This time it’s cooperation.”
[When summoned to a new dimension, there are frequent situations where you end up merging with an opponent you met for the first time. Even if your inclinations do not match, you must move forward together to solve the problem.]
“That’s right.”
I sympathized with the theme of round 3.
There were users who were summoned and met for the first time and pulled out a sword or asked to drink poison, but in order to gain ratings, you had to become friendly with them and resolve the conditions.
[So, the teams I didn’t like the most were the entrants. In other words, 5 people come together to form a team.]
“Uh huh.?”
[Nos. 2, 9, 13, 27, 33. You are an unlucky team. Ace number is Christian Convo user number 2.]
Four beings suddenly appeared before my eyes.
At first, I had the misfortune of seeing the man with angel wings number 2 and the three female users number 9, 13, and 27.
“Are these guys who thought I was unlucky?”
“…”
“…”
“…”
“…”
In the awkward silence, the only one who answered was angel number 2.
There was a time when I thought I was out of luck with angel wings.
However, the eyes of those three women seemed to widen for a moment when they saw me rather than the angel wings.
I guess my title is “Sex is always included in the list.” Because of the phrase, it seemed like female users were not looking at me kindly.
“They say I’m unlucky… That’s understandable. The difference between me and heaven is the difference between heaven and earth.”
‘It’s not you. It’s me.’
I almost said that, but I just didn’t say anything.
I spoke with courage in an awkward situation.
“… Whether we like it or not, we’re on the same team… Let’s try the third round first…”
“Uh.”
“Okay.”
“…”
“Good opinion, human.”
Among the sour reactions, only the angel responded positively.
He seemed like a pretty good guy.
Above all, the angel seemed to have no particular feelings or thoughts when looking at the four of us.
So, I wanted to give it the highest score in the mental aspect.
“I forgive your evil hearts. Let’s do our best.”
“Thank you for forgiving me, Angel Wings.”
“You can call it a convo.”
“Yes. My name is Park Ja-geun.”
“Park Ja-geun. I understand.”
He may seem unlucky from the way he speaks, but isn’t he still the ace of our team? And he didn’t seem to hate me that much.
Rather, the problem was the three women over there.
It felt like they were looking at me like I was a bug.
“Admin. So what are we doing with this team?”
[You will play against another team. Compete through various missions such as occupation, defense, takeover, and battle. If you exceed that score, you will advance to the next round. The team’s advancement score is 100 points.]
“I see… Just because you’re superior alone doesn’t mean you can advance to the next round. Let’s go together… Hehe… Good. Who is our team’s first opponent?”
[The unlucky team’s opponent is a smelly team. The enemy team’s ace number is 10.]
“If it’s number 10…”
“Was it a topless druid? He was a guy who smelled like rotten swamp when you were next to him.”
“Ah. I remember.”
I don’t know, but others knew about number 10.
[The goal of the battle is to compete for the golden apple.]
A 3D holographic terrain background appeared in the middle of the room. Next, it was the manager who explained the goal.
[The golden apple is located in the central giant tree. Just pick as many golden apples as possible and take them to your formation.]
“It’s easy. As long as I have my wings, all the golden apples belong to our team.”
The angel spread his wings and expressed his confidence.
Obviously, if you leave it alone, it will bring you the golden apple on its own.
“Then… The four of us will guard the apples Mr. Convo brought. Since we have wings, it will be much faster than the speed at which an individual can supply apples.”
“It’s not bad.”
“Why don’t we do that.”
Hehe… That’s good. I’ll get all the golden apples by myself. I’m Ace.”
With Convo’s confident smile on his face, our team was summoned to the battlefield.
-Tsu…”
The battlefield is in the forest.
And I saw a huge tree in the distance.
[Round 3 objective match begins. Each team must pick as many golden apples as possible. The team with the most golden apples wins, and the time limit is 1 hour. The count begins. 10.9.8.]
“This round is going to be pretty fun. I’m the one moving on to the next round.”
[3.2.1. Beep!!]
With the sound of the whistle, the curtain of our team formation disappeared.
At that moment, angel male convo number 2 flew up.
Aiming at a large tree, it disappeared in an instant, and we stood guard on the spot.
-Trudging.
… I just looked at the three female users sitting down without warning.
Number 9, feeling my blank gaze, opened her mouth.
“Why? There’s nothing to protect right now anyway.”
“Yes, of course.”
Girl number 9 was quite harsh.
The clothes were something to wear freely and however you like.
Leather outfit, pink and blue, not feminine at all.
I also put on some crazy makeup on my face, so it wasn’t clear whether I was pretty or ugly.
-Crash. Kklik. Kklik.
And it seemed like he was a user who used a gun as a weapon.
He grinned while fiddling with his shotgun.
“You sit down too.”
Next, girl number 13 looked at me and told me to sit down.
“Hmm. I will watch from here in case the scent team attacks.”
“… So that’s how you did it?”
“…”
Thank you or something. There are good things to say, such as “Cheer up.” The 13th daughter looked like Sun Han-yang, but her tone of voice was a bit harsh.
And the final girl, number 27, has said nothing from the beginning until now.
It seemed like my guess from earlier was correct.
It seemed like they all saw me as an unlucky, spoiled guy.
No matter how well I got along with women, it was difficult to seduce women who were wary like that from the start unless forced.
I also decided to let go of the idea of being popular and do something that would allow me to advance to the next round.
“Then… I’ll be on guard and create a trap around the formation.”
I left our formation without even hearing a response from the three women.
-Tsu. Tsu.
“I can’t see clearly because of the bushes… If this continues, I’ll be suddenly attacked.”
“That’s right. I think it’s best to be as careful as possible when moving alone.”
The forest was so thick that it seemed dangerous to go far.
“Should I blow up all the grass and trees.”
“Then the team formation could be easily discovered.”
“That’s not possible either. Miss. I think it would be better to just make a warning sound when someone approaches. If you do it wrong, the team could suffer as well.”
“I think so too.”
I tried to make a trap using the traps I made in the Demon King’s dungeon, but it seemed like it would be difficult.
So, we decided to make a signal line that only sounded a warning sound and return to the formation.
-Shoo!! Chubbuck.
After setting up the trap and arriving at our team’s formation, I also saw the angel convo who had arrived with me.
“I brought you golden apples.”
-Patter!
“Oh.”
“As expected, you are an ace angel.”
“That’s right. If we continue like this, we will win.”
“…”
Everyone was happy to see the huge quantity of golden apples.
“Huh?”
However, the golden apple I caught gave me a strange and ominous feeling.
There is only one golden apple visible above the formation.
“Wait a minute. Are these all golden apples?”
“Can’t you tell when you see it? I’m sure.”
“… It’s strange… The number of golden apples only went up by one…”
“That can’t be possible. If this isn’t a golden apple, what can I say? I’m more suspicious.”
“Wait a minute. Jeonghwa.”
Let me use purification while looking at the apple.
The golden color slowly peeled off and a red color appeared.
“This is not a golden apple, it’s just an apple.”
“No.!”
“Wait. The rest… No way! Purification!”
I used purification while looking at the apples piled up.
Then, the golden skin peeled off and a red apple appeared.
“This is the work of the smell team.”
“How can I… I can’t believe I was fooled!”
Our team has one golden apple.
-Tiring… Tiring, Tiring.
The smell team’s golden apples rose to a whopping 20.
“It’s a big deal.”
“Damn. Angel man! I can’t even choose one thing right!?”
“I was just picking apples. It is not my responsibility to distinguish.!”
Did you say that there is only one difference between Carrie and Troll?
The convo in front of me immediately became a troller.
“It can’t go on like this. If I pick another apple, there won’t be a fake!”
Girl number 9 shouted in excitement.
“I will go with you. I will use purification and bring only real golden apples.”
“When are we going to purify them one by one? The gap is already widening! This won’t work! We have to go to the enemy formation and take the golden apples!”
“Fine. Let’s each take care of ourselves. We have nothing to protect.”
“Here. There is one.”
“You’re noisy, angel. Are you making a fuss with just one golden apple!?”
“That’s right. What did you say earlier? That it’s easy to advance to the next round? That the only one who will advance is you? Oh, my… Unless you’re unlucky…!”
“Okay. I’m sorry.”
Is it similar to the failure of a man working outside?
Conbo was eating a bowl of cursing among the women.
“This is your last chance. Men. Pick the golden apples carefully. We will steal them.”
“Keep in mind. Then… Let’s all go on our own.”
Our team eventually abandoned our formation and everyone went outside.
It felt very bad, but I couldn’t help it.
No matter how hard I struggled, I had to somehow increase the number of golden apples.
