Guild Boss's Ambition

De──fend──

De──fend──

I don't know whether the cheering from the audience really had an impact on the game, but the shield warriors that Lian'er and her friends supported really turned the tables at the last minute and successfully won the game. Lian'er and her friends, who were fully invested in the game, hugged each other warmly because of this.

By the way, Huabi-san should be supporting the defeated swordsman.

His bunny ears drooped particularly low after the game, and he looked quite lost.

"I am bored……"

"What on earth am I here for?"

Observing my friends' reactions silently, I couldn't help but feel sad for myself for just following the crowd. Why did I agree to attend this party? Wouldn't it be stupid to attend an event just because it included someone? Speaking of which, have I been too obsessed with Lian'er recently?

Even though Miss Lan Nong from the Stone House asked me to help look after Lian'er, judging from Lian'er's current condition, she has already successfully integrated into our class, and she will be fine even without me.

Or should I just go back to my old social circles?

I tried to put Lily and Columbus on the other side of the scale with Lian'er.

With a thud.

The scale in my mind was very biased and it suddenly tilted towards Lian'er and the others.

As for why this scene appeared, it was probably because I felt a kind of alienation from Lily and the others. I knew that Lily and Columbus would not become lifelong friends. The magnetic field between them and I was not right. Our acquaintance at this moment was only because of our relationship as classmates. If we graduate in the future, our friendship will soon become like strangers.

Of course, future development may not be as pessimistic as I imagined.

but……

For example, if one day, my identity as Painted Skin was exposed...

So, will Lily and the others accept me?

My own answer made me very disappointed.

The only friends I can trust are Sister Agatha and Lian'er.

If others treat me well, I should try my best to repay them and return the favor.

Therefore, it is natural for me to improve my friendship with Lian'er.

Whether something is meaningful does not entirely depend on whether it is interesting or not. Even in the current boring arena competition activity, it also means spending time with Lian'er and others. That will make us gradually develop a tacit understanding that we are the same group. In order to establish that tacit understanding, occasionally forcing ourselves to do things we don't like is also worth the investment.

I am probably similar to Lily and Columbus in that I weigh the pros and cons in this way.

In this feeling of not enjoying it at all, I watched the first match and then silently watched the second match. The second match was also boring and exciting. I tried to clap along with the audience. That was the latest way I found to make time pass faster. It was not until the third match that President Ehard competed, and it was the only match that I was slightly interested in.

I always have the habit of collecting information about my friends, such as their birthdays, hobbies, and family environments. By collecting a large amount of information about my friends, I can often find the most comfortable position in a complex interpersonal network. I don't like to be in the spotlight, nor do I like to be bullied. I like the normal and ordinary feeling of mediocrity.

however……

When I was among Lian'er and the other two, I seemed a little too mediocre.

Everyone is very energetic and has clear goals.

Want to be a detective?

Ever since I found out that my father was an exorcist, I rarely have such thoughts.

Probably only when asked: "Tsui Si (Zi Feng), do you have any dreams?"

Only then would I bring up the word detective to make do with it, right?

"Look, look, it's our guild leader's turn to appear!"

Although she hasn't officially started work yet, Taimi over there seems to have completely regarded herself as an employee of the Stone House. She excitedly pulled Lian'er's arm and cheered with her. At the same time, the rabbit boy with a martial spirit couldn't help but clench his fist to cheer for her idol, and then shrank back into his seat dejectedly.

Seeing this, I whispered to the boy, "Is Huabi still unhappy?"

Facing my approach, he dodged in the opposite direction and stammered, "Uh, it's okay, watch the game."

Since he seemed fine, I was too lazy to care about his boyish thoughts, so I followed his gaze towards the competition venue. But at this moment, Lian'er's pet dog Xiaoban suddenly jumped onto my thigh. I originally thought that it hated me, but judging from its current behavior, it should have basically let down its guard against me.

Just like the image on the promotional leaflet, President Ehard appeared in a heroic light armor. The azure on her back was very eye-catching. The long-handled battle axe in her hand looked very light, but in fact it should be very heavy. It can instantly launch a huge impact force and can stab, chop, attack or defend.

I don't know how she did it, but President Ehard in the arena found our position at a glance and waved towards us in full view of everyone. Because of her special action, the audience sitting next to us suddenly cheered even more enthusiastically - she is really very popular in this arena.

"Lord Ehad, it's time for revenge, kill that scantily clad busty woman!"

"Use that move now! Use that stolen move to knock the opponent down!"

Amid the voices of condemnation from many female crowds, a mature woman with a voluptuous figure and wearing a tight leather jacket slowly walked out of the competition field from the aisle. She was a woman who deliberately showed off her beauty and looks. Judging from her equipment, she should be a ranger who was good at using bows and arrows and dual swords. The host called her - the Heart Hunter Lola.

"Heart Hunter...what a bad title."

Unlike the longbow I used angrily, the bow hanging on the back of the Heart Hunter Lola at this time is a shortbow. It is a short-range weapon that is more suitable for arena combat. The advantage of trading power and range is that it is light in weight and can be quickly drawn and aimed. It is one of the most suitable long-range weapons for kite tactics today.

There are two best ways I can think of for melee professions to counter kite tactics.

The first type is to put on heavy armor to comprehensively improve one's own defense, forcing the opponent to fight with him in close combat.

The second is to give up the armor, speed up your movement, catch up with the opponent, and then force a close combat.

As for President Ehard's current outfit, I would least recommend it. The armor with mediocre protection will only slow her down and make her be worn out by the enemy's kite tactics. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. Since President Ehard has already lost to the opponent once in the past, she should be able to predict the opponent's tactical arrangements.

Probably because the weapon I used was similar to that of the opponent, after paying a little attention and analyzing the content of this competition, I was able to get involved in it, slowly immersing myself in the role of the heart-hunting girl Lola, and even began to simulate in my mind the situation when I personally fought with President Ehard.

Even if I were to step onto this battlefield, I would also use the same equipment as the Heart Hunter. (The leather jacket needs some fabric)

first……

Keeping your distance is the only way to fight against melee fighters.

Wu──

The duel horn suddenly sounded.

The heart-hunting Laura took action immediately. She bent her bow and shot the arrow so smoothly that my naked eyes could hardly keep up with her rhythm.

Please! I am a painted skin!

In just the first half second, I clearly realized that Laura and I were not shooters at the same level.

……

……

18. The Style of Arrow Dance (Huabi)

(Huabi-Cottontail)

Arrow, like lightning.

When I noticed it, it had already passed through Senior Ehard's afterimage and crashed into the protective wall at the side of the competition field. Senior Ehard on the other side had also run across half the distance of the arena and was about to attack the Heart Hunter Lola.

For a light knight, the senior's movement speed is unusually fast. It is wishful thinking for any archer to use kite tactics in front of her. However, the Heart Hunter Lola is not a pure archer. Her body movements are not as fast as those of her predecessors, but they are very clever and strange. She can be invisible for a short time and mislead the enemy's afterimage at the same time.

People call Laura's body movements "Substitute Steps".

It was because of this [Substitute Step] that the senior was unable to lead the situation of close combat last time.

So, what about this time?

The result this time was exactly the same as last time. The senior was still trapped by Laura's body movements. Every time she thought she was about to catch up with the opponent, the opponent's figure would disappear with the touch of the battle axe. At the same time, Laura's figure and those insidious and tricky arrows appeared in another direction. It was simply a one-sided attack.

However, although on the surface she was only defending but not attacking, Senior Ehard also defended very well with miraculous skills. If Laura had not suddenly used that cunning and tricky trick in the last battle, the senior with a rock-solid defense would not have been defeated so easily. And I am very sure that in the last failure, the senior's strength must have been improved.

The battle of the previous minute was simply a replay of the previous battle.

Both of them moved very fast, so fast that it was hard to keep up with them. In order not to miss any of their moves, I did not even blink. I had a strong feeling that this match would not last too long. The fastest would be the next moment, and the slowest would be the next minute. The winner would be decided between Senior and Laura.

Although wild intuition is often just an illusion, it can occasionally bring us positive effects when facing things beyond our knowledge. When my eyes were almost dry and I had to blink, the heart-hunting girl Lola finally couldn't stand the harassment of Senior Ehard, and used the unique stunt she used that day in this stalemate battle.

曾！

I was concentrating on staring at the afterimage of the clone, but was blinded by the bright light.

Last time, Senior Ehard became blind because of this and lost the competition in a short period of time.

Since the audience seats were far away from the stadium, the strong light had very limited impact on us. After just over a second, my sight began to recover. Before my vision was fully restored, I was eager to look for the two people on the field.

This time, the senior did not give up the battle. She blocked the sneak attack under the strong light.

Laura's sneak attack this time was the same as the method she used to defeat her predecessor last time. It was rumored that this flying knife was the masterpiece of a certain dwarf master craftsman. Even we orcs could not hear the sound of its throwing at a close distance. If we were blind, it would be even more difficult to determine the direction of the flying knife and make an effective defense.

But I don't know how Senior Ehard did it this time. Not only did she successfully block the flying knife, she also took this opportunity to greatly shorten the distance between herself and Laura. In that brief moment, I seemed to see a trace of fear on Laura's face, and saw the female knight with wide-open eyes and a long-handled battle axe charging towards her position.

Faced with the female knight's charge, the archer drew his bow and arrow in panic, trying to suppress the female knight's advance with the sharp arrow.

"Too late. The arrow was not released in time. Senior dodged the flash of light."

I made a judgment in my mind, but when the battle axe was raised and about to chop down, the senior suddenly stopped moving, squatted down suddenly, and jumped high into the sky! Thanks to this timely jump, another cold arrow from her back did not succeed. In just three seconds, Laura changed her position with the [Substitute Step].

That panicked phantom was just Laura's acting!

Based on my observations during this period, in addition to consuming a certain amount of magic power, the Heart Hunter Lola's [Substitute Step] should also have a cooldown time of five to ten seconds. According to their current positions, Lola simply does not have enough space to perform the next [Substitute Step]. The situation is bound to develop into a close combat that is advantageous to the senior!

"Let's take her down in one go!"

Admiring the exciting duel in the arena intently, the melancholy from the lounge gradually dissipated. This kind of senior Ehard is indeed the one I want to follow. Her fighting is full of the grace of a knight. No matter how cunning and difficult the enemy is, she still smiles and patiently handles every link in front of her.

The battle situation was dazzling.

At this white-hot moment, the figure of the female knight was falling in the air, and the Heart Hunter Laura was aiming at her on the ground. She pulled the bowstring to its full length, and the arrow on the string immediately flew off the string with great force. But in the end, Laura's dangerous plans failed one after another, and she had already fallen behind. The female knight who had taken the lead could easily dodge the arrow──

Swish - sniff -

Why...

Didn't dodge?

As I stared in astonishment, Senior Ehard's chest was shot through by an arrow. If his lungs were damaged in this situation, then the outcome of this battle would obviously fall into Laura's hands, but...

It was clearly an arrow that could have been dodged, so why did the senior deliberately let herself be hit?

"Is this a deliberate match-fixing?"

Amid the exclamations, I don't know who said that.

"Hey, hey, you can't do this? I paid a lot of money for you to win it!"

"Hahaha, what a surprise! I'm going to get rich this time! Hahaha!"

The gamblers who used money to insult the competition said some bullshit that made me clench my fists. I suppressed my emotions and didn't turn around to beat them up. But Tracy next to me exclaimed, "How amazing! He actually predicted the trajectory of the arrow to that extent at that moment. Could it be that President Ehard is also a good archer?"

"What's the meaning!"

I hurriedly grabbed Tris's shoulders and asked, and Taimi and her classmates next to me also looked over.

Hearing this, Cui Si first pushed my hands away uncomfortably, then pointed to the sky of the arena and said fearfully, "Don't, don't, don't use so much force, okay? Well, the angle of the arrow just now was 74 degrees. With the strength of the arrow just now, the arrow will pass through the gap in the arena's protective shield and fall outside the arena."

It turned out to be the case.

Although stray arrows may not necessarily hurt innocent people when they fall outside the arena, from a knight's perspective, the one in ten million casualty rate is too high to accept. However, after suffering the heavy blow from that arrow, the senior may have lost all avengeance. In other words, her legend of 100% successful revenge in the arena will soon end...

"The winner is Menger-Ehard!"

When I thought that the senior's personal record was about to be interrupted, the host's high and excited voice came from the narration platform. After listening carefully, we immediately understood the reason. It turned out that the heart hunter Lola herself noticed her mistake, so after senior Ehard was injured, she took the initiative to surrender to the referee.

It was a truly educational scene.

In this dramatic turn of events, Senior and Laura hurried away, apparently to treat their injuries together.

It's a pity that the world is always full of bad people. The man who was shouting about getting rich by surprise just now suddenly became furious and started cursing. He cursed Senior Ehard's hypocrisy and insulted the determination of the heart hunter Lola when she admitted defeat. On the one hand, he called the former a hypocrite, and on the other hand, he demoted the latter to a bitch who wanted to build a chastity arch.

And the worst part was, that jerk was sitting right behind me, drooling all over my ears—

"It's really intolerable."

Without any comprehensive consideration, the string of common sense in my mind suddenly broke. I stood up in a rage, climbed to the upper level of the audience, grabbed the collar of the dirty gambler and started beating him up. During the beating, I vaguely heard the shouts of Tracy and the others, but their voices were immediately drowned out by the cheers of other busybodies.

The scene suddenly became chaotic. When I came to my senses, the gambler had been beaten into a pig's head. If the fight continued, I was afraid that someone would die. I felt guilty about this.

"What's wrong with me? Why do I hit someone all of a sudden..."

I hurriedly checked my surroundings and found several security guards running towards us in the distance.

"Run, run, the cops are coming!"

"Hahaha, it's fun to fight. I'm going to dodge first!"

"Go, go, you idiot, don't stay here—"

When the security guards showed up, all the people, whether they had been hitting anyone or not, dispersed. In the chaos, Taimi and Tracy held my body tightly on the left and right, blending me into the crowd, and then quickly escaped from the arena. The scene immediately turned into an unbearable farce.