NABC Chapter 25
Chapter 25
On the spectator screen, Camellia's stamina gauge plummeted rapidly.
Despite this, the warrior's relentless barrage of attacks showed no signs of stopping.
She seemed determined to showcase her honed skills, unleashing a storm of blade strikes.
Only a few seconds remained before her stamina would be fully depleted.
After this outburst, she'd likely switch back to defense.
If she prolonged her attacks or made herself too vulnerable to a counterattack, her spear would once again glow with power.
Which meant, her weakest moment was right now—when she believed it was still "her turn."
"Look out, look out! The counterattack is coming before the warrior’s stamina runs out!"
As the majestic spear thrust toward the sky, a subtle shadow crept toward Camellia’s ankle.
The chain scythe used a tree as leverage, silently changing direction to aim at her rear.
But Camellia wasn’t one to easily fall for such a trick.
Her body spun half a turn, the spear skillfully switching direction to deflect the scythe.
At least, that was the plan.
However, the chain halted just short of its target.
A mere finger’s breadth separated the two weapons. With no contact, there was no trigger for a counterattack.
This unexpected situation left Camellia's mind racing.
'Was the chain too short? Normally, this would be a miscalculation. But...'
The memory of her crushing defeat from the last round surfaced.
Was it truly a mistake from an opponent who had shown such skill—or was there something else at play?
To Camellia, the latter seemed far more likely.
Her gaze darted around, finally looking upward in realization.
There, hidden among the branches of the forest, shadowy chains were descending upon her from the blind spots in her vision.
The spot where she had dodged was soon obliterated, leaving a crater in the ground.
That was close.
Had her reaction been even a second slower, this match would’ve ended right there.
As Camellia caught her breath, Sulbbang’s voice boomed on the stream commentary.
“It’s not over yet! Did you see that? Camellia just narrowly avoided disaster, but now she’s lost track of Gawol’s position.”
“And the warrior’s Sixth Sense passive is gone now, right?”
“Exactly. No more relying on skills to detect the ambushes. It’s all up to her raw abilities now!”
Just as he finished speaking, the chain scythe surged forward again.
Against an ambush from a top-class assassin, no amount of preparation guarantees a flawless defense.
Despite her razor-sharp reflexes, the scythe scraped across her forearm.
It was fine. Just a graze, not a fatal blow.
But before she could even register that thought, the attack hadn’t ended.
A skill-powered shadow chain crashed down.
Camellia parried it, but as the chain coiled, the weapon reversed direction.
The scythe she had just dodged came flying back again.
To make matters worse, a horrific system message appeared in the corner of her screen.
[‘Ancient Demon’s Curse’ is now applied.]
[All stats reduced by 8%, movement speed reduced by 20% for 4 seconds.]
[You will take 2% max HP damage per second.]@@@@
There were times when certain weapons had so few users, or their effectiveness was so low, that developers compensated by giving them disproportionately high effects.
Sulbbang just admitted defeat, lol.So, seriously, what’s happening?I play an assassin, but is that even the same class I use?Chain, clone, dagger, chain, clone, dagger... I’m losing my mind, lolol.Was this game always this brutal?Kill... me...
I have no hope of ever pulling that off, lol. Count me out.
[Comments]
Is Gawol really that good?
└ I feel like I’ve hit a wall.
[Post by: OriginalCreamUdon]
[Title: Don’t Queue Up for PvP Mode Right Now, lol]
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(Attached image: 6v6 mode, 8 assassins in the queue.)
Don’t do it. The sound of chains is driving me insane.
[Comments]
lololololol.
[Post by: Anonymous (411.40)]
[Title: Tried to Copy Gawol’s Combo]
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(Attached video: practicing chain scythe direction change using trees.)
I watched the second round against Camellia and tried to copy the moves.
As you can see, the chain direction changes pretty well.
Seems like the system was designed for this, with some auto-correction.
(Attached video: chaining skills with the scythe direction change.)
But the correction is minimal here, so it takes a ton of practice.
I’m hitting about a 5% success rate.
And this is the real problem...
(Attached video: chain scythe combo, movement skills, shadow teleport.)
(Attached video: assassin getting killed by their own chain scythe.)
See how the camera spins wildly with the movement spam?
Even trying to imitate this makes me dizzy. Just don’t do it.
[Comments]
The scythe hitting your own head is hilarious, lol.Is that even the right combo? It looks a little clunky.
└ I think there’s something else in the mix, but I’m not sure what.(If you don’t know, go figure it out.)
└ If I knew, I’d be going pro by now.
[Post by: Anonymous (321.134)]
[Title: Is Yurang Streaming Soon?]
Apparently, they’re going to break down Gawol’s second qualifier match.
They’ll probably focus on the Camellia fight.
[Comments]
Who’s Yurang?
└ You don’t know Yurang? Do you even play Infinity Black?
└ He’s a bard expert, but his game sense is on another level.
[Post by: Anonymous (321.134)]
[Title: Yurang is Now Live]