The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 445

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Chapter 445
Chapter 445
“Now, the second match of the main tournament! Only sixteen teams remain!”
As the world championship progressed, the roar of the Tournament Arena grew ever more intense.
Though only two matches had been held so far, the scale of those two matches was extraordinary.
Simply listing those two matches by country’s footage would take several days to watch through.
As time passed, people who had watched each country’s broadcasts could not help but develop even greater interest in the world championship.
And among all the attention, what captured people’s greatest interest was, of course.
“Koooooorea!”
“Korea! Korea! Korea!”
“Oooh Korea!”
Korea.
First place in the preliminaries.
First place in the main tournament’s first match.
It was Korea that had demonstrated not merely a first-place record, but performances that transcended imagination in the matches themselves.
Not only Koreans but people worldwide could be said to have tremendous interest in the Korean Team.
In the midst of this.
“First, I shall announce the sixteen teams that have advanced to the second match of the main tournament! First, the mysterious magical powerhouse composed of five mages! The French Team!”
“Wooooow!”
The formal team announcements had begun.
The magical powerhouse, France.
The land of knights, Britain.
Mongolia, home to archers of perfect accuracy, and others.
Truly, only strong teams remained.
Though Korea had achieved such a brilliant victory, the other teams were also displaying strength equal to or greater than last year.
And so, after the introductions of the other teams concluded.
At last.
“From the preliminaries through the first match of the main tournament, securing first place with overwhelming skill! This year’s greatest championship favorite! The Korean Team!!”
Korea took the stage.
“Woooooooow!”
The scorching roar that filled the Tournament Arena.
The Korean Team, revealed within that thunderous applause, ascended the Tournament Arena with confident expressions.
Like true protagonists.
And so, as all sixteen teams took the stage.
“Now, I’m sure you’ve all been wondering! The second event of the main tournament! The competition format that will eliminate twelve of the sixteen teams and determine the final four! Allow me to introduce it!”
Once again, a massive hologram materialized above the Tournament Arena.
However, what appeared this time was not a map.
“What is that?”
What materialized in the hologram was a colossal Altar.
A towering rectangular Altar.
Four sets of stairs extended in all directions from the Altar.
Atop them sat four thrones, majestic and imposing like something out of a film.
“The name of this competition event is none other than! ‘Throne Conquest’!”
– Throne Conquest?
– There are exactly four thrones. It looks like the four teams that seize those thrones win.
– So the area around that Altar becomes the Battlefield?
– Now the teams are really going to fight seriously!
– The preliminaries and main matches were entertaining, but teams clashing and battling each other is definitely the most fun!
– Yeah, this is it! Second fighting spirit!
“Yes, that’s correct! The victory objective is to seize those thrones! To be precise, the four teams sitting on those thrones when the match ends are the victors!”
Throne Conquest, in its truest sense.
The match was won by whoever occupied the thrones.
To explain in greater detail.
“The match duration is two hours! The format is freestyle! You can rush to the thrones and sit from the start, or you can hide and wait for your opportunity until just before the match ends!”
That was how it worked.
Of course, even this was merely the Announcer’s sanitized explanation.
Once the match began.
– Some teams will probably just attack every opposing team they see lol
– Yeah, the most certain way to win is to eliminate all other teams and be the last four standing.
– What if fewer than four teams remain?
– The detailed rules just got released and apparently if only four teams remain, the match ends regardless of time left.
– Oh, that’s pretty good?
Beyond what the users were discussing.
All manner of unconventional strategies would undoubtedly unfold.
It was a match that made me eager to see which team would claim the thrones and how.
“The spawn positions are starting lines positioned sixteen directions away from the thrones at the center of the Altar! Just like the capsules installed in the Tournament Arena!”
The competitors returned to their positions.
After loosening up briefly, the competitors began logging into the capsules one by one.
And so.
“Now, right now! The second match of the main tournament! Throne Conquest begins-!”
The second match of the main tournament had begun.
* * *
“Now, Throne Conquest has begun!”
With the Announcer’s cry.
A massive field where Throne Conquest was unfolding was revealed through hologram.
The field was circular with the thrones at its center, and each team was being summoned at sixteen positions around that circle.
“The key point to watch here is how each team acts!”
– China seems like they’d charge straight for the thrones based on their nature.
– Mongolia might hide around the throne area? This match seems perfect for archery, so Mongolia should perform well.
– The French Team is the same. They could just prepare large-scale magic around the throne area.
I was looking forward to it.
Which strategies would each of the sixteen teams choose?
This game was the perfect opportunity for each team to fully leverage their strength and advantages.
The first team to appear on screen was the British Team.
A team composed of four knights among its members.
I expected them to charge recklessly toward the throne and then adopt a defensive strategy, raising their shields high.
“Wait? How is this happening! The British Team is circling the perimeter instead of heading for the throne!”
– ?
– What are they doing?
– Does the British Team need to circle the perimeter?
– What’s going on?
– They look like they’re searching for something.
That wasn’t it.
The British Team was searching for something while circling the perimeter from the moment the game started.
The problem was.
– Huh? Japan too?
– Mongolia also seems to have climbed to high ground and is examining the perimeter?
– What’s going on with everyone?
– What’s out there on the perimeter?
– Is there a hidden piece or something?
– There didn’t seem to be anything like that.
– Why is everyone acting like this?
Other teams were displaying the same behavior.
Even more so.
– Huh? Britain and France just encountered each other.
– Are they fighting?!
– They’re ignoring each other and going their own way?
– It looks like they’re having a conversation.
– What are they saying?
Even upon discovering other teams, they ignored them and continued their perimeter search.
What on earth was happening?
Since the Announcer couldn’t quite understand the situation either, he enlarged the hologram and decided to listen in on the conversations the teams were having.
As a result.
People could immediately understand why the teams from each country were behaving this way.
“Find the Korean Team!”
“We can’t let them set up that magic circle again!”
“The throne battle is decided by whoever sits on the throne two hours from now! First, we stop them from setting up the magic circle, then we head for the throne after one hour!”
“Understood, we just need to hold out for one hour! It took almost two hours to install that magic circle on Monster Island, so if we can hold them off for one hour, they won’t be able to set it up!”
“It seems the other teams are thinking the same way.”
“Find the Korean Team or carefully examine the ground. If a magic circle is installed, we destroy the terrain entirely to erase it.”
“Yes!”
That was right.
What they were searching for was the Korean Team and the magic circle they would draw.
And for good reason—this field where the Throne War was taking place was circular, just like Monster Island.
But what if Korea deployed the same strategy here as well?
Drawing a magic circle along the outer edges of the field, then leaping toward the throne at the center just before the match ended to activate it?
If that happened, all sixteen teams would undoubtedly suffer catastrophic damage.
Considering the power that had brought the boss monster to the brink of death, anyone without exceptional stamina would likely perish without resistance.
Therefore, the most threatening element right now was the Korean Team’s magic circle.
This was why all fifteen teams except the Korean Team were scouring the outer regions, searching for traces of them and their magic circle.
– This is insane lol
– Are all fifteen teams really checking the Korean Team?
– The Korean Team that the British Team fears and the French Team trembles at.
– Fact) Indeed.
– What is even happening lolol
All fifteen teams except the Korean Team were searching solely for traces of the Korean Team and the magic circle they would draw.
In that situation, what was the Korean Team—the center of attention—actually doing?
Were they really, as everyone expected, splitting up and patrolling the outer regions to draw the magic circle again?
As everyone’s curiosity intensified.
“Let’s check the Korean Team’s status!”
Through the hologram, the Korean Team’s movements became visible.
And the Korean Team that appeared was.
“Huh? The Korean Team hasn’t split up? And their current position doesn’t seem to be on the outer edges?!”
Acting contrary to everyone’s expectations.
That was right.
While the other teams patrolled the outer regions to check the Korean Team.
Korea was.
“W-wait! The Korean Team! They’re right in front of the Altar! They’ve been charging straight toward the throne since the match started!!”
Rushing directly toward the throne.
* * *
The second match of the main tournament.
The Throne War.
The moment I received the map layout along with the objective.
“The field is circular.”
Tae-ryeon noticed it first.
The meaning behind her words was simple.
The grand Taegeuk circle strategy.
The secret to securing an overwhelming first place on Monster Island.
In other words, her statement was a question of whether we would execute the same strategy again, but.
“It will probably be difficult.”
“Haha, now that the Taegeuk Formation strategy is exposed, won’t all the other teams move to counter it?”
We shook our heads.
And rightfully so—the Taegeuk Formation could only be used when no one knew about it.
Even though the lines Tae-ryeon and I drew on the ground weren’t ordinary, players could easily erase them if they made up their minds to do so.
Far from being countered by everyone, if even a single team decided to circle around the perimeter and erase the formation, the Taegeuk Formation wouldn’t activate at all.
We couldn’t use that strategy again.
But.
“We can still exploit that psychology, though.”
“Pardon?”
We could use this to our advantage.
“As you said, the other teams will have no choice but to counter our Taegeuk Formation. In that window, we seize the Throne beforehand.”
“That’s not a bad idea.”
“It’s a solid approach, but ultimately the team on the Throne when the match ends wins, right? Even if we claim the Throne first, it seems difficult to defend it alone against fifteen teams.”
“I’ve thought about that too.”
“I’d love to hear the details, but the match is about to start.”
“I’ll charge straight for the Throne first. I’ll explain the plan as we move.”
“Sounds good.”
“Haha, then I’ll trust only you again this time, Mir.”
There wasn’t time to explain everything.
But fortunately, my teammates trusted me.
The moment the game started.
Whoosh!
Toward the Throne.
Toward the Altar.
I sprinted in a straight line toward the center of the field.
“Once I reach the Throne, I’d appreciate it if everyone prepared to harass enemies through long-range attacks. Million, I’d like you to block attacks directed at me.”
“Understood, Mir.”
“Long-range attacks, huh? It’s been a while.”
“Haha, naturally.”
And so I began explaining the strategy.
However, there were still parts of the explanation that felt incomplete.
“No matter how skilled you are, Mir, you can’t possibly counter all fifteen teams by yourself, can you? We can perform long-range attacks too, but realistically, you’re the only true long-range attacker we have.”
The opposition numbered fifteen teams.
In terms of player count, that’s seventy-five people.
As she said, no matter how well I shoot, countering all seventy-five is difficult.
If they were mediocre, perhaps. But these opponents were the top five elite fighters from each nation.
No matter how hard I tried, blocking them all was impossible.
So.
“I’m planning to secure an alliance.”
“An alliance? But we didn’t arrange anything with any team beforehand, did we?”
“Yes, so we’ll be recruiting starting now.”
“Recruiting…?”
I intended to form alliances on the spot right here.

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