Black Online-Chapter 205: Anonymous
"Pay attention to me!"
Sunny growled angrily.
She noticed that Fang Raon completely looked distracted as he looked elsewhere, which made her feel disrespected.
’I should end this now.’
Fang Raon turned back to the match.
In that moment, his soldiers arrived at the Red Tower, and without further ado, his Tank started hacking his sword across the tower’s thick stone walls.
"Earth Wall! Earth Wall! Earth Wall!"
Meanwhile, his Mage kept casting the Earth Wall skill, and soon, there were nearly fifteen thick earth walls surrounding the soldiers.
"Argh..." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
Fang Raon looked uncomfortable.
It took great effort to cast all those Earth Walls, but since it was part of his plan, he had to do it despite the pain.
’This is a risky plan. If this doesn’t work, I might not have enough mental energy to defeat Sunny in a combat.’
At that moment, Sunny’s soldiers reached the vicinity of the Red Tower, but they were blocked by all those earth walls.
"Go straight through!"
Sunny ordered.
Her Tank smashed into the earth wall, and it cracked, but it didn’t completely break down.
She couldn’t go around the earth wall, as there were many earth walls surrounding the Red Tower, so she could only try to go through.
Her soldiers also couldn’t really climb the earth walls, as they were quite high, and she didn’t have Assassin in her ranks.
To make earth walls taller, it takes extra mana to use, but in this situation, it depleted Fang Raon’s mental energy more.
However.
It was all worth it.
"Keep smashing through!"
Sunny screamed.
Her Tank and Warrior kept trying to break through, and finally, they managed to break through the first wall.
However.
There were still at least four walls between her and Fang Raon’s soldiers.
"Keep going!"
Sunny shouted in panic.
Meanwhile, Fang Raon’s soldiers were quickly chipping away at the Red Tower’s health.
[Red Tower - HP: 715/1000]
’It will be really close.’
Fang Raon thought with his arms crossed.
CRASH!
Another wall crumbled.
[Red Tower - HP: 532/1000]
"Hmm..."
Fang Raon rubbed his chin.
In that moment, he controlled his Mage, and cast yet another Earth Wall in front of Sunny’s soldiers.
"Come on, fight me like a man!"
Sunny screamed angrily.
’Maybe choosing Ranger was a wrong choice. It would’ve helped to have Warrior to damage the tower quicker.
’Well, that’s something to account for in the future. I am still new and learning, so gaining more experience is always good.’
Fang Raon thought.
BOOM~
The wall of earth got crushed, and Sunny’s Tank then started going for yet another earth wall.
[Red Tower - HP: 300/1000]
Watching from the balcony above, Bunny was gritting her teeth while holding onto the railing like she wanted to crush it with her hands.
"Come on, sister, crush him!"
She shouted.
CRASH!
At that moment, there was only one earth wall between Fang Raon’s soldiers and Sunny’s soldiers.
’I got him!’
Sunny smirked.
"Earth Wall!"
Fang Raon’s Mage cast yet another earth wall, but after doing it, his Mage started fading out of existence.
"Damn..."
In that moment, his Mage disappeared.
[Mage has died!]
When Mage’s mana has completely depleted, if he keeps doing more spells, he will actively damage himself.
Thus, because Fang Raon kept making him use more spells, Mage was stuck in a dangerous cycle of self-harm.
Thus, he ended up killing himself.
It was fine, though, as that was part of Fang Raon’s plan to keep Sunny’s soldiers slightly more occupied.
’My brain hurts.’
Fang Raon massaged his temples and felt like his head was being pounded against a wall.
[Red Tower - HP: 100/1000]
In that moment, the red tower had less than 10 percent health left, and Sunny’s soldiers broke through another earth wall.
There was only one remaining.
"Hurry up!"
Sunny screamed at her soldiers, but that wouldn’t do any good, as it was her who was controlling them.
They wouldn’t be able to get any quicker no matter how much she yelled and screamed at them.
[HP: 75/1000]
[-25 HP]
[HP: 50/1000]
[-25 HP]
[HP: 25/1000]
CRASH!
At that moment, Sunny’s soldiers smashed through the last line of defense.
"Go!"
Sunny screamed.
Her Tank thrust his longsword through the back of Fang Raon’s Tank, and it went cleanly through his body.
However.
Fang Raon’s Tank had strength for one last swing, and he swung his longsword at the Red Tower’s stone walls.
The sword made contact, and at that moment, the walls of the Red Tower cracked and shattered like glass.
[-25 HP]
[HP: 0/1000]
[Red Tower has been destroyed!]
"Nooooooo!"
Sunny screamed.
In anger, she controlled her Warrior and killed Fang Raon’s Tank, and Ranger, even though it wouldn’t do any good.
[Winner—Fang Raon!]
"Sister!"
Bunny screamed, tears streaming down her face.
Clap~ clap~ clap~
The audience clapped loudly at Fang Raon for his victory, and many were impressed by this newcomer.
They hadn’t heard about him, but he had officially reached the semifinals of a very prestigious tournament.
’With that, I’ve guaranteed some of the prize money.’
Fang Raon thought with a smile.
In that moment, he turned to look over at Rock’s match, wondering how that was going, and he came face-to-face with a shocking sight.
Rock was holding his head in his hands.
The match had ended, and with a smile on her face, Anna was looking at the scoreboard, the clear winner of this round.
She destroyed Rock.
It really wasn’t a close match.
’Rock... lost.’
Fang Raon squinted his eyes.
With that, Anna stood up from the table, flipping her long hair over her shoulder, and confidently walked away from the game.
However, while walking past Fang Raon, she whispered.
"I’ll be waiting for you in the finals, my dear brother~"
"..."
Fang Raon looked over his shoulder at her and sighed before turning back to Rock, who was still holding his head in his hands.
"Master, are you alright?"
"...Hmm? Yeah."
Rock raised his head, looking pissed off, and he then scratched the back of his head.
"I chose a wrong strategy. That’s on me. That’s how it goes on General’s Game."
Rock shrugged his shoulders.
In that moment, Sunny’s twin sister, Bunny, came running over and hugged her sister, who was also at the brink of tears.
Then, both Bunny and Sunny angrily glared at Fang Raon, like they had found a new sworn enemy to hate.
"That’s enough, girls."
At that moment, Lady Diana walked over and wasn’t quite happy about the antics of the twin sisters.
When they heard her, Bunny and Sunny pouted, but they still bore hatred, not wanting to let go of their grudge so easily.
"You did really well, Raon. Good luck on the semifinals."
Lady Diana said with a smile, smiling as warmly as a mother would, and she emitted kindness and gentleness.
"Thank you."
Fang Raon nodded.
"...You also did well, Rock."
Lady Diana said nervously, but Rock ignored her altogether and asked Fang Raon, "Shall we go?" without paying any attention to her.
"Sure."
Fang Raon walked after him, and they left.
"..."
Lady Diana let out a long sigh.
...
After finishing with their quarterfinals matches, Fang Raon and Rock headed straight back for the cottage.
There weren’t any more matches today, and the last matches were going to be held tomorrow.
With his loss, Rock was officially eliminated from the tournament, but he was proud to have made it as far as he did.
"Hey, how did it go?!"
They then heard an excited shout, and saw Della running over as she finally returned from the Battle Island.
She couldn’t return any sooner, but after she came back, she visited the tournament hall but saw that all matches had already ended.
"I made it to the semifinals."
Fang Raon said with a smile.
After hearing that, Della looked very thrilled and happy for him, and she then looked at her grandfather, curious about his result.
"I lost in the quarterfinals."
Rock said with slight bitterness.
"Oh..."
Della looked sad to hear that, but she still thought that reaching the quarterfinals was amazing, and she told him that.
After all, there were 256 players participating, and Rock reached the top 8, which was an amazing result.
"Welcome back."
At that moment, Elena waved at them, as she had been waiting over at the cottage for all of them to come back.
She did spend a few hours over at the Sun Festival, but when her feet started getting sore, she returned to the cottage.
"Mom!"
Della hugged her mother and then sat next to her.
"Shall we all head over to the Sun Festival?"
Elena asked with a smile.
Since they were all now free, they had time to enjoy the festival together, and Della’s eyes shone as she wanted to go.
But then...
Ding~ Ding~
"Hmm?"
Fang Raon pulled out his chat window, and he suddenly received a message from an anonymous source.
However.
He had a guess as to who the sender was.
[Anonymous: I’d like to hear your answer now. Everyone will be waiting over at the Killua Temple]
’...Father.’
Fang Raon thought.
"Sorry, I can’t come to the festival. There is something I need to do."
He said.
"...Is everything alright?"
Della asked.
"Yes, it’s nothing serious."
Fang Raon said with a smile and walked away.
However.
Della noticed that there was something odd about that smile, as if he were really forcing it to look natural.
"..."
Rock watched him walk away and had a guess where he was going, as he was supposed to meet his father tonight.
