One Man Army - Chapter 144
Chapter 144 [Episode 74] Unexpected……. 1
@ Unexpected…..
Sang Hyuk, who had been playing EL Revolution beta for about an hour, after he completed his checks he shut down the EL revolution service and returned to the main server.
Because Sang Hyuk planned to set sail after resting on the Sky Island for only about four hours this time, Sang Hyuk logged out as soon as he returned to the main server.
He had to get some sleep if only for about three hours, so he could function tomorrow, and not hold his friends back.
Sang Hyuk, who briefly closed his eyes and woke up, looked at the reaction of users to the launching of EL Revolution before accessing the game.
[EL Revolution is wonderfully fun! This should have been out from the beginning!]
[It was like they have created a completely new game. And it’s a free service! Daebak(Jackpot)!!]
[I bet it’s not free, right? According to the reporters who attended the briefing, EL Revolution will be selling something like an avatar decoration item, right?]
[This is just an equippable item to change the appearance of your avatar. It’s not an item that affects the game balance, so I honestly if you don’t like it, then it’s fine not to buy it.]
[Raon Soft is not a company that’s playing around with loot boxes, so don’t worry.]
[For me, item and level are lousy so limited mode is more interesting than unlimited mode. Honestly, isn’t limited mode the place to reveal the true EL master?]
[The cr@ppy players are nitpicking about the equipment or level. If your skill was good in the first place, then your level and equipment must be good in the main server too, right? Honestly, I’ve tried both of them, so unlimited has the fun of unlimited and limited has the fun of limited.]
[I’ve been playing for 10 hours now…. it’s really daebak(jackpot). Gladiator Hall was also fun, but this is a perfectly upgraded version of Gladiator Hall.]
[I bet this will be an e-sport. I am a super ajae, who has been enjoying e-sport for 30 years since elementary, and I think it will have a stronger impact than ‘Star Wars’, which created the e-sport genre a long time ago ] (TL note: ajae is a Korean slang for ahjussi, means middle-aged man)
[I’m sure that this EL Revolution is gonna be daebak(jackpot). EL Revolution limited mode would be better than Fantasy Tekken 5, which just came out.]
[That’s right. Fantasy Tekken 5 was not bad…. but it’s not comparable to EL Revolution.]
[But when does the rankings come out?]
[They said it will come out when the beta service end and the full service begins. At that time, they said, there will be solo rank matches too.]
[Wow. When the ranking system is done, it will be bloody.]
[Users who passed the f@rt will be involved, right?] (Ed: The author actually used “f@rt”. We think that the author is saying that some players caused a commotion, by doing well, but hiding their identities, but you can’t hide the “stink” of their high level skills. Yes, the translator and I were very amused when we discussed how to translate this passage. )
[I planned to play the limited mode. I’m just going to give up on playing on the main server and just play in limited mode only in the future.]
[When the pro-gamers appear, all of us will be keeping our heads down anyway, why are you talking so much?]
[Are the pro-gamers special? If you are a ranker then you can become a pro-gamer.]
[Wow, how high is the VRA(Virtual Reality Ability) for pro-gamers?]
[Oh, I’m starting to get obsessed about VRA.]
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As expected, Sang Hyuk was as popular as he was in his previous life. Rather, because of the limited mode, it felt that he became more popular than in his previous life.
Of course, the appearance of EL Revolution was not welcomed by all users.
Users who enjoy the old PvP(player vs player) mode called ‘Field PvP’, claimed that PvP isolated by the system like EL Revolution was not “authentic” PvP.
But they were the minority, not the majority.
And it’s definitely not that the old PvP has completely disappeared. There were conflicts in many places as always, and they would be resolved in the “old style” PvP.
Especially, when guild wars happened, the field became a fierce battleground dripping with virtual blood.
After all, those who were the most vocally nostalgic for the “old style” PvP meant that they were the lame people who had never fought player versus player before.
Sang Hyuk, who looked at the situation, went straight into the game.
And at a similar time to Sang Hyuk, Gye Baek and Dark Knight were also connected.
The Blue Sky Sailing Route quest had already been renewed yesterday, so it was time to go out to the Sky sea.
* * * *
“So you mean, we play EL Revolution’s 3:3 as the three of us, as the team we made, Team Rush?”
“Yeah, right.”
Sang Hyuk chose his words carefully as he steered the Ink Black Dragon to the Skyway.
“You don’t have to, I just thought to try it once, so what do you think? Is that okay?”
“I’m sure it’s going to be the content that represents EL in the future.”
“Is it that much? Is it much better than Gladiator Hall?”
“Yeah, it’s the perfect version of the upgraded Gladiator Hall.”
“Hoooo…. Then, I definitely join in.”
Gye Baek was originally a user who spent almost all his time at Gladiator Hall, so there was no reason to object.
[I also think it’s good… but if that happens, will it disrupt the Middle Layer exploration?]
“Ah, come to think of it, it can be like that.”
Gye Baek nodded and muttered at Dark Knight’s words.
In fact, Sang Hyuk was originally worried about this, so he wanted to play EL Revolution alone as much as possible until he arrived at the Continent of the Sun.
He wanted to reduce the play time to a minimum so that it wouldn’t interfere with the Middle Layer Exploration. However, after he played the EL Revolution in the spare time for a few days, it was hard to stop playing.
So Sang Hyuk came up with the idea that the three of them would team up and enjoy it together.
“Honestly, it’s going to slow down a bit. But that doesn’t mean someone is going to catch up. Other users are still out at Red Mountain, but we’re already past the 14th Sky Island and on our way to find the 15th Sky Island, right?”
The difference between Team Rush and other users was at least two months, even if it was pessimistically calculated. This was the result of the assumption that the other party had a boat as fast as Ink Black Dragon, so it was actually a difference of three or four months or even more.
Especially, when he remembered his past life, it took a long time for users to get out of Red Mountain so he thought that the difference would be even greater.
Of course, Sang Hyuk had no idea about the Reverse One Fleet. Since the Reverse One fleet kept their departure thoroughly confidential and had an almost perfect entry so there was really no information about the Reverse One fleet at all.
If Sang Hyuk used all his power and gotten the information he could have figured it out to some extent but Sang Hyuk was caught off guard this time.
“Every time we dock, we always have a little bit of time left, right? Let’s make the most of that time.”
Gye Baek has been absent from playing PvP for a while, so his body seems to be itchy.
[I also definitely agree to this teaming up.]
Dark Knight, too, had no complaints about teaming up.
“Great, so when we get to the next 15th Sky Island, we’ll play together…. D@mn!”
Sang Hyuk had been nodding as he spoke, but suddenly turned the Ink Black Dagon’s key to the right.
Khuooooong!
A Sky Whale suddenly surfaced out of the Sky Sea! The Ink Black Dragon almost received a serious blow thanks to the powerful concealment provided by it’s camouflage ability.
Instantly, Sang Hyuk had recognized the danger and did a crash evasion maneuver, so no damage was taken at all.
“8th grade Sky Whale…. Ready for an emergency battle!”
The 8th grade Sky Whale wasn’t difficult for Team Rush. They were just a little surprised because it was able to hide itself using camouflage skills.
Sang Hyuk took full control of Ink-Black Dragon on the turbulent Sky Sea and quickly prepared for battle.
Of course, neither Gye Baek and Dark Knight were panicked because a battle with Sky Whale on Sky Sea was so frequent.
This of course was natural.
Team Rush had a 100% adapted to Middle Layer.
Team Rush, who quickly defeated the 8th grade Sky Whale, arrived at the 15th Sky Island in a few hours.
As soon as they arrived at the Sky Island, the three of them joined EL Revolution together.
EL Revolution and the main server shared the friend list, so Sang Hyuk was able to apply for a team directly with Gye Baek and Dark Knight.
Sang Hyuk applied for the team’s first 3:3 fight. The rule of the 3:3 battle was similar to Gladiator Hall with a bit of a difference.
But for Team Rush, the rules didn’t matter much. In fact, Sang Hyuk was strong enough to confront three people alone.
Even with the limitations, Sang Hyuk’s strength was hard for the average user to deal with.
In this situation, with two strong allies, Gye Baek and Dark Knight, the results were easy to predict.
Team Rush battled for exactly five rounds, and all five were victories. The required three victories out of five battles was too easy, even against teams made up of users who ranked at least 1000th in the Gladiator Hall.
“Wow, this is the best….. it was a lot more fun than Gladiator Hall.”
Gye Baek looked very satisfied and Dark Knight nodded happily.
“Let’s run as a team like this often in the future.”
Because Sang Hyuk also enjoyed playing with the two of them as expected, so he said this while smiling.
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Time kept flowing and Team Rush broke through the Middle Layer as quickly as possible, while also enjoying the EL Revolution.
Everything went smoothly. Even if Sky Whales or Pirate Ships were strong, Team Rush was stronger. Especially the strength of Sang Hyuk, who is the center of Team Rush, was amazing to the extent that even the team members Gye Baek and Dark Knight were surprised.
In the main server and EL Revolution, Sang Hyuk, no, Immortal showed why he was the one called the strongest of Eternal Life.
Two months later, Sang Hyuk’s party, who arrived at the 74th Sky Island, had reached almost halfway through the Sky Sea. It took exactly three months to get here.
It took a little longer than Sang Hyuk expected. Sang Hyuk had wanted to break through the Middle Layer in half a year and arrive at the Heavenly World. But this wasn’t as easy as it sounds.
Because not only that Sky Sea was a tougher place than he thought, EL Revolution was also added as a new variable, so it was a half month slower than expected.
Because Sang Hyuk enjoyed showing off his invincible force and played like crazy, it was clear that this delay could have been much worse.
From a common-sense point of view, it took three months to break through half of it, so Sang Hyuk thought that it would take another three months to break through the other half…. But Middle Layer has a rising structure, the further you go, the more difficult the path.
After the 74th Sky Island, 5th grade Sky Whales and Pirates Ships appeared once they left the windless zone (TL note: calm and safe zone), but there was a big difference between grade 6 and grade 5, that could not be compared to an increase by a single grade.
After Sang Hyuk and his party arrived at the 74th island safely, they decided to level up. Sang Hyuk decided to go to level 61 and open an awakened slot by reaching level 61, while Gye Baek and Dark Knight wanted to reach level 58 to get two general skill slots.
It’s been roughly four days since they came to the 74th Sky Island, but they still haven’t reached levels 61 and 58.
At this pace, they would have to stay here for four more days to reach level 61 and level 58.
Sang Hyuk’s party rode on the Ink-Black Dragon and was looking for Sky Whales just off the coast of the 74th Sky Island. They thought they could level up in about 4 days by hunting up to five Sky Whales.
If they could find Sky Whales earlier then they could level up in three or two days, not four days.
So, the three of them focused on finding Sky Whales.
How long they wander around like this?
They saw a suspicious shadow in the distance.
It was most likely a sky whale or pirate ship. But unfortunately, this time the most likely possibility was wrong.
“That…..”
Sang Hyuk was the one with the furthest vision among the three of them.
Seven large Sky-grade Ship caught his eyes.
This unexpected moment…. The unknown strangers had appeared.
Chapter 144 [Episode 74] Unexpected …… 1
Edited by Userunfriendly
