’Stealth!’
Fang Raon commanded the Assassin soldier, and the tiny soldier immediately turned invisible to everyone’s gaze.
He then looked across the island towards the red side and saw that Rock commanded five soldiers to start heading down the left-sided road.
After Rock’s tiny soldiers moved a small distance, he then started controlling three other soldiers and made them follow after the first group.
’It looks like Rock can only control 5 soldiers simultaneously, but I only count eight soldiers of his being at the left road.
’One soldier has stayed behind at Red Tower. It is mage. However, I can’t see his tenth soldier anywhere, so it must be Assassin using Stealth.’
Fang Raon thought.
He then commanded his Assassin soldier and made it run down the right path to avoid Rock’s group of soldiers.
The rest of his soldiers stayed behind at Blue Tower, guarding it.
"Haha, taking a defensive approach, I see!"
Rock said with a laugh.
’I am sure he can count, and he has already seen that one of my soldiers is missing, but how can his Mage stop my Assassin?
’I am quite worried about Rock’s Assassin, but he is most likely trying to sneak up behind my army to take a few down.’
Fang Raon crossed his arms, eyes scanning the battlefield, trying to see any movements of his Assassin.
Rock’s army was slowly making their way down the left side, but because he had to move such a large group, Fang Raon’s assassin was going to reach Red Tower way faster.
Assassin was also the fastest class.
In that moment, Fang Raon’s Assassin arrived at the Red Tower, and the staff-wielding Mage looked oblivious.
"...Hmm, it should already be the time for your Assassin to have reached my tower."
Rock said with a cold smile.
"?!"
Fang Raon frowned.
In that moment, the mage in front of the Red Tower used [Detection Magic], and the Assassin’s [Stealth] skill stopped working.
’Detection Magic? I had no idea that could be used to find the Assassin.’
Fang Raon thought with a sigh.
He realized that he had been outplayed, and his lack of experience and knowledge about the game’s mechanics played a part in that.
"Haha, look out!"
Rock shouted.
In that moment, Rock’s very own Assassin appeared behind Fang Raon’s Assassin’, and cut him down.
Instead of attacking Blue Tower with his Assassin, Rock left it behind to guard his own tower to kill any soldiers Fang Raon had sent to attack.
[Fang Raon: 9 soldiers]
[Rock Rose: 10 soldiers]
"Time for the ultimate attack. Go, my army!"
Rock laughed.
The rest of his army attacked Blue Tower with full force.
’I have a number advantage over his attacking force. I have not lost just yet!’
Fang Raon thought.
In that moment, he commanded the Mages to form an Earth Wall and Flame Wall in front of the Blue Tower.
’Shield Wall!’
At the same time, his Warriors created a shield wall in front of the Helpers, and Tank activated Intimidation to stop the attacking army.
"Rallying Cry!"
Rock commanded.
One of his Tanks used Rallying Cry, which nullified Fang Raon’s Tank’s [Intimidation] skill, boosting the morale of every soldier of the attacking force.
"Intimidation!"
In that moment, the second Tank of Rock’s Army used Intimidation, and Fang Raon’s army’s morale dropped to an all-time low.
"Protection Armor!"
Rock commanded.
Helper of his army wrapped every soldier in Protection Armor. It was basically green holographic armor.
It added 100 extra health to every soldier.
In that moment, Rock’s army’s Warriors—four of them—all attacked Fang Raon’s army at once, swinging their swords.
"Rapid Slash!"
"Rapid Slash!"
"Rapid Slash!"
"Rapid Slash!"
He equipped every Warrior of his army with the same skill—Rapid Slash—it was an extremely quick slashing attack.
It was too much for the intimidated soldiers of Fang Raon’s army, and they got cut apart like butter.
It didn’t take long for all his soldiers to have died.
[Game’s Over!]
[Winner is Rock Rose!]
"Hahaha, I won!"
Rock clapped his hands while laughing heartily.
"Well played, I got completely crushed, haha."
Fang Raon said with a smile.
He wasn’t mad about losing, even though he was a very competitive person, as he knew that Rock must’ve played this game thousands of times before.
"Do not sweat over it. I play this game with every student of mine. I also frequently play with my granddaughter.
"I have easily had over five thousand matches, and I have probably lost less than ten times in total, hohohoho!"
Rock laughed.
Fang Raon quickly checked the time, and it was pretty late, but he didn’t want to end his day in such devastating loss.
"I’d like a rematch."
"Oh... Do you now?"
Rock’s eyes shone in curiosity, and he smiled and nodded. He accepted the challenge.
Usually, when he crushed his students, they would get discouraged and give up. It was also a test for them.
Rock usually stopped teaching whoever gave up that quickly, as they would be a waste of time and energy.
In that moment, over at the bar, the music shifted from dancing music into a quick-tempo banjo song.
It was like someone was revving the banjo’s strings.
Crack!
Fang Raon cracked his knuckles, entered the match, and chose his ten soldiers, and equipped them all with skills.
***
[Fang Raon’s Team]
[Ranger - Skill: Arrow Rain]
[Ranger - Skill: Arrow Rain]
[Ranger - Skill: Arrow Rain]
[Ranger - Skill: Arrow Rain]
[Tank - Skill: Mountain]
[Tank - Skill: Mountain]
[Tank - Skill: Mountain]
[Tank - Skill: Mountain]
[Helper - Skill: Heal]
[Helper - Skill: Heal]
***
[Match Start!]
As soon as the match started, Fang Raon pushed his mind to the absolute limit and started controlling five soldiers at first.
Then, he kept pushing and managed to move his sixth soldier as well, and his head started pounding a little bit.
It was still not bad.
’Seventh!’
Fang Raon’s eyes turned bloodshot, and he managed to control the seventh soldier.
Seeing that, Rock forgot to move his own soldiers, and he looked at Fang Raon with a shocked expression.
’He can control as many soldiers as the best General’s Game players? It is already difficult to control two or three soldiers at the same time, which makes the skill gap even more huge.
’Which is why most of the players never get into General’s Game because of its difficulty!’
Rock thought to himself.
However, Fang Raon wasn’t done!
He pushed his mind further and controlled the eighth... ninth... and tenth soldier. He was controlling them all!
’Are you fucking kidding me?!’
Rock screamed inside his mind.