Quarterfinals (2)

It was the evening before the game that a variable occurred in the quarterfinals, which were expected to go smoothly.

-The first high-ranking priest's whereabouts have been discovered.

The Queen has brought news.

"how?"

-I heard the news from the priests who had deserted after following him. It is said that there are more priests running away because they have questions about the first higher priest.

That was good news.

The priests who were suspicious of the actions of the corrupted High Priest continued to leave.

"He must have been mentally cornered. The priests must have been suspicious after seeing the leader's agitation."

When Seo Moon-yeop saw the fallen high priest the other day, he saw that his mental strength was 31/100.

After losing even his most precious colleague, the 5th Advanced Priest, and the work he had been preparing for failed, his mental strength may have declined even more than at that time.

If it is below 31, it means that it is not superhuman, but inferior to ordinary human beings.

There was no way the priests who followed him would not notice.

-that's right. The priests who defected to us also said the same thing. I can see that he is gradually weakening mentally, but he said that there can be no such phenomenon for the high priest who worships the light of the beginning.

The Queen agreed.

Anyway, since the traces have been discovered, we must find and deal with them quickly.

However, Seo Moon-yeop frowned.

"I have a game tomorrow."

-That's not what's important.

the queen said

"So, how much of that guy's leftovers are left?"

-Now, they say it's about to be counted on one hand.

"Then can I just send Pietro?"

-well. Why don't you ask Pietro directly?

The Queen wasn't sure either, because she didn't know much about fighting.

Seo Moon-yeop went to Pietro and told him the news.

Pietro nodded.

"It's faster for me to go alone."

"When we met before, he wasn't a normal guy, was he?"

Seo Moon-yeop recalled the fight with the fallen high priest the other day.

-Target: Corrupted high priest (underground person)

-muscle strength 95/95

- Agility 93/93

- speed 82/82

- Endurance 89/89

-Spirit 31/100

- Skills 82/82

-Aura 245/188

-Psychic Powers: Follow, Oath, Warrior's Memory

-Follow: Correspond with an existence beyond the distant time and space.

-Oath: Pledge of allegiance to an existence beyond time and space by mortgaging your soul, and in return you get an aura that transcends the limit.

-Memories of warriors: Reproduce the martial arts of warriors that you have actually seen.

With 'Follow' and 'Oath', he obtained an Aura beyond his limit.

It was very dangerous for a non-human underground person to have an aura like that.

At that time, Seo Moon-yeop was able to deal with the fallen high priest skillfully because the target of 'Memories of a Warrior' was the Manin-leung Emperor, whom Seo Mun-yeop had fought hard for.

However, he could be a tricky opponent for Pietro, who is not a warrior like Seo Mun-yeop.

"I know all the tricks of the first one. No problem."

Pietro affirmed.

"Well, if you are, that would be it. Then go."

Seo Mun-yeop decided to entrust this task to Pietro. It would be difficult for him to lose himself because of tomorrow's game anyway.

'We'll have to play without Pietro. I can't help it.'

The important thing was not the game, so I had no choice.

Pietro disappeared by moving through space to defeat the fallen high priest.

And Seo Mun-yeop went to Baek Je-ho and said.

"I don't think Pietro will be able to play tomorrow."

"what? why?"

Seo Mun-yeop shamelessly said to Baek Je-ho, who was taken aback.

"It seems that fighting against the motherland is mentally difficult."

"..."

Baek Je-ho was at a loss for words because he was dumbfounded.

However, Seo Moon-yeop was serious without a change in his facial expression brazenly.

"Tell me again. Who says it's hard to fight against your country?"

"Pietro."

"Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not joking. Even if he's an insider, his body is Italian. He says his body doesn't listen well because he betrayed his motherland and is criticized."

"What kind of sophistry is that? Before, he fought well against Italy in the evaluation match."

"Ah, that was an evaluation match."

"According to what you said, you're saying that his body reacts differently between the warm-up match and the World Cup quarter-finals?"

"huh."

"Does that make sense! What's the matter?"

"Oh, because it's real. Anyway, Pietro disappeared somewhere, saying that he would not be able to play tomorrow due to mental shock."

"Then what about the game! I don't mind being criticized by Korean fans, is this?"

"He doesn't care about that."

"Your words don't make sense!"

"Anyway, I know that. Don't worry about tomorrow's match."

Seo Moon-yeop tapped Baek Je-ho on the shoulder.

"What are you worried about when I am here?"

Baekje-ho groaned softly in pain.

It was because of Pietro's presence that he was able to devise tactics based on one-fight fights.

As long as Pietro was there, there was a belief that they had an overwhelming advantage in group battles, so the Korean national team was able to win and win, and all the opposing teams were afraid of a head-to-head match.

Now that it has become a perfect one-man team for Seo Mun-yeop, the Italian national team will come out boldly. Seo Moon-yeop is the only thing you need to be careful about.

But Baekje-ho did not know.

Seo Mun-yeop was thinking of opening the sealed psychic power tomorrow.

***

-Korea vs. Italy met again in the quarterfinals. The other day, in the warm-up match, Korea showed a complete destruction of Italy's tactics without giving up a single set.

-Yes, the tactics of the Italian national team to suffocate the opponent with unlimited containment play was the same as that of Paris Lumiere, but they were defeated by Korea's counterattack when retreating after containment. Because of that, today's quarterfinals must have been quite burdensome for Italy, but today's news

is there?

-Yes, Pietro Anella has been removed from today's roster. I'm speculating that he might have been conscious of the public opinion of criticism in his home country, Italy.

-It was unexpected that Anella had been interviewed as if she didn't care at all until now. It's a blessing for the Italian national team as one of the Korean national team's powerful one-two punches is gone.

- As a Korean, it's not a bad look. But I can't help it. It's a psychological problem. It's unfortunate for Korea, which has benefited a lot from Pietro Anella's performance, but I think we should understand.

-This put a lot of weight on Seo Mun-yeop's shoulders.

-Yes. However, as a player who is accustomed to carrying the burden, I look forward to a good performance in today's match.

It was sudden.

When Pietro did not participate, the atmosphere in the Korean national team was turbulent.

"Have you had a mental burden?"

"I wasn't like that person."

"Are you a person with feelings?"

The Korean national team players looked at each other and whispered.

Players from the same YSM were more puzzled. It was because the Pietro they had seen so far seemed to have no emotion at all.

Chae Hyun gave them a warning.

"Stop the pointless chatter. How can you know the person's heart just by looking at the outside? We have to understand and fight even harder for that part."

"yes."

"Yeah you know."

Although the burden of Pietro's absence came, they couldn't be dissatisfied. In the first place, Pietro's joining was unexpected luck for Korea.

Thanks to that, I came to the quarterfinals, so it was ungrateful to criticize only for today's work.

Both teams converged in the hallway to enter the stadium.

Unlike the turbulent Korean team, the Italian national team was rather bright.

Chichi Lucas approached his teammate Baek Ha-yeon.

"Lady Luck smiles at us."

"Hmph, but we're going to win?"

Baek Ha-yeon snorted.

Chichi Lucas laughed.

"You don't know how fortunate I am to be able to safely make it to the semifinals."

"You say that after my uncle won, right? When I saw it before, I couldn't even use it."

"Are you worried? Don't worry, it's not too much of a burden since you just need to block Seo Moon-yeop well."

Baek Ha-yeon glared at Chi-Chi Lucas as if she was mean.

"If we lose today, we should at least start a forest fire to vent our anger."

"Don't touch the forest!"

When Chichi Lucas lost his temper, Baek Ha-yeon giggled this time.

"The Antarctic is gradually increasing, but it turns out that the Arctic is melting more, so it's a deal. Earth is being destroyed, do you have time to be here?"

"Huh!"

Chichi Lucas was traumatized.

Chichi Lucas was so agitated that her teammates struggled to calm her down. Eventually, Chichi Lucas came to his senses only after his colleagues promised to invest in the desert greening project.

Chichi Lucas pointed at Baek Ha-yeon with a hand that was still shaking.

"Hayeon! you are really evil! Do you enjoy destroying the Earth so much? Nature has to be protected."

"Hohoho, what can I do to win? In fact, I secretly sent someone to set fire to your forest in the desert, did you know?"

"Cheuk! that's a lie It must be a lie..."

Chichi Lucas is confused again.

At that time, Seo Moon-yeop, who had been watching their quarrel pathetically, spoke.

"Ha Yeon-ah, stop teasing her. Would it be okay to make fun of a kid who is trying to do good?"

"Hey, it's because I provoked you first. They say you just need to stop your uncle. Do you think I am a decoration?"

"Um, but it's my one-man team, right?"

"I'm going to get scolded!"

Seo Moon-yeop giggled and said to Chichi Lucas.

"You too, calm down. I'll put the guys with the awesome abilities into nature conservation later."

"Really?"

"Yes, there are kids who are good at digging. Earth's ecosystem is a piece of cake for them."

Recalling the people who make dungeons even deep underground, Seo Mun-yeop replied roughly.

"Okay, I promise!"

Cheech Lucas regained his composure and burned with enthusiasm.

Baek Ha-yeon asked Seo Moon-yeop with a dissatisfied face.

"Uncle, why are you keeping him alive!"

"Today, Uncle is invincible. You don't get bored when you have a little bit of an opponent."

It was sincere.

Seo Moon-yeop felt sorry for the Italian players.

It was clear that today's fight would be a one-sided game.

'I'm a little sorry that the amplified analysis plan seems to be using cheat keys.'

It was Seo Moon-yeop, who had already reached a fraudulent level in terms of physical ability and aura.

It was to the extent that he could win even if he fought without using any superpowers.

However, Seo Mun-yeop was planning to write an amplified analysis plan here. If you can see the opponent's abilities as well as their movements in advance, the match is already over.

In order to alleviate the problem of Pietro, who suddenly fell out, Seo Mun-yeop was planning to win today's match as overwhelmingly as possible.

Soon after, players from both teams entered together.

Cheers echoed through the arena.

Fans from Italy and fans from Korea also shouted victory together.

The match has begun.

The first set of dungeons is Dragon's Nest.

It was a dungeon inhabited by monsters resembling dragons, and the remains of a huge dragon filled the dungeon, serving as a structure that complicated the terrain.

In fact, they are not dragons, but ancient underground monsters, but mankind just named them dragons.

The dragon had the appearance of a crustacean insect surrounded by a shell as hard as metal, had four legs and a long tail like a lizard, and had wings like a dragonfly on its back.

It was quite tricky because it doesn't hurt easily even when it hits with an aura, and it replaces the aura with fire or paralyzing gas and blows it out.

Each dragon is strong and forms a group, so 11 people had to go hunting together.