Chapter 992

A hotel in Eungwang-gu.

This hotel is currently being used as a lodging by the Chinese national team.

The Huangming Foundation offered to provide lodging for both the Chinese and Japanese teams, but both countries declined.

In the tiger's territory, the Japanese foxes could not sleep comfortably, and the Chinese knights had no intention of staying long.

They used their influence in each team to escape the tiger's den, using excuses such as scheduling issues and sponsor requests.

However, they could not relax as long as they were in Eungwang-gu, the sacred territory of the powerful clan.

Even now, the knight of the earth's echo was not letting his guard down.

He took off his mask only after setting up a triple barrier.

At that moment, Lu Boyuan's voice was heard in the hologram playing the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Korea-China-Japan Exchange Match.

[The first event is! 'Random Otherworld Conquest'. [Let’s form an attack force and a defense force and meet tomorrow!]

In the dark room, the Earthquake Knight stared at the hologram emitting a faint light.

The faint light source revealed part of his facial skin that had been hidden all along.

As a side effect of forcibly circulating the supernatural waves in his body to suppress his illness, his skin was blotchy and his blood vessels were abnormally protruding.

In particular, the area around his ears had turned the gray of the West Stone, so he used a disguise item to hide it, but it was not completely hidden, so he had to cover it with his hair.

The Earthquake Knight looked at the delighted Lu Boyuan beyond the hologram and thought.

‘It’s not that I’m unlucky. If a disadvantageous task had come up, I would have been held for a long time to prepare a countermeasure.’

In fact, the Earthquake Knight didn’t care what the Chinese team’s results were in this exchange match.

It would be troublesome if the students he was in charge of were underperforming, but he didn’t care about the team’s overall performance.

However, since the Earth-Echo Knight was here as a coach, he had to do the bare minimum.

No one would blame him for not attending the opening ceremony due to his physical condition, but if he neglected strategic planning or student guidance, his position would be in immediate danger.

So he was glad that the event had already been decided on.

Trrrrr… … .

The Earth-Echo Knight poured water into a transparent glass with the team mark symbolizing the three knights’ oath engraved on it.

When the glass was half full, the Earth-Echo Knight poured the Ineungpa along the team mark engraved on the glass.@@novelbin@@

Then the water surface rippled and a few seconds later, a familiar mask appeared.

It was the mask symbolizing the Water Shadow Knight.

[The odds are shaking because it has been revealed that you are the coach of the Chinese national team. And since the first event is favorable, it’s even worse. Is being a coach fun?]

The Knight of the Water Shadow made a pointless remark as soon as he appeared.

Betting sites specializing in international players had been gambling with large amounts of money and player points even before the opening ceremony began.

The Knight of the Water Shadow was interested in petty gambling simply because he was bored.

It’s not that he didn’t have anything to do, but the Knight of the Water Shadow had been waiting in the hideout for several months since the other two Grand Crosses had been infected with the plague.

‘That guy brought the Yellow Rose Knight who was infected with the plague, and he’s fine alone… …!’

The three knights’ oath looked down on him when they exterminated the rats of Seodol who had been hiding in their base.

Since their goal was to put a certain cat tribe into a deep sleep or kill them, they couldn’t possibly value a rat that couldn’t even do anything in front of a cat.

The result was this plague.

The Yellow Rose Knight, who was bitten by a rat, was infected with the plague, and the plague spread within the three knights’ oaths, centering around those who came into contact with her.

If she had blocked it with a special ability or item in advance, only the Yellow Rose Knight would have been the victim, but after learning of the plague’s existence, it was already too late.

Only the Water Shadow Knight, who usually covered his entire body with armor, was safe.

Of the three knights, there was no way to know when the disease would worsen and kill them or render them unconscious.

So, in preparation for the eventuality, the Water Shadow Knight restricted his actions.

“Of course, it’s more fun than being stuck in the base. It doesn’t matter whether you gamble or not, but don’t get caught. It would be annoying if rumors spread that one of the team masters was rolling money in a private gambling table.”

[Any more scandals would be difficult, right? I’ll be careful not to get caught.]

The Water Shadow Knight never said no even if it meant dying.

However, if he had self-control, he would have avoided the catastrophe of abusing his intellect and becoming a full-body armor.

The Knight of the Water Shadow himself really liked the armor, and he didn’t regret using his intellect or cloning humans with intellect at all.

[Have you decided which way to go? The Knight of the Yellow Rose has already made up his mind.]

“I don’t need to hear what the Knight of the Yellow Rose is thinking. He was prepared to burn down his rose farm if only he could get rid of that plague, so it’s obvious.”

The Knight of the Yellow Rose tried to kill the rat that spread the plague, but it wasn’t easy.

Recently, Seodol had been saying that there were many interesting things happening in the Korean Peninsula and had no intention of going abroad, so it was difficult to target him.

Also, even if they managed to kill Seodol, there was a high possibility that only the plague would remain, so they couldn’t just touch him rashly.

That’s why the knights decided to solve the plague problem first.

[The Knight of the Yellow Rose says that it would be better to deal with the clan than to leave the plague alone.]

“As expected. So what do you think?”

[I think it’s not fun and dangerous to join hands with a secretive guy. However, I’m still interested in him and it would be a shame to throw him away. So I’ll respect your opinion.]

The Three Knights’ Oath always moved according to the majority vote of the Grand Cross.

The Knight of the Water Shadow was now practically handing the choice over to the Knight of the Earthquake.

The Knight of the Earthquake was already inclined, but he still had many concerns.

‘The clan already fully understood the situation here and was ready to make a deal.’

The Knight of the Earthquake thought back to the moment when he had met Hwangho directly and the information he had obtained through his secretary.

Hwangho knew that Cheongho’s body was somewhere intact, and that the Three Knights’ Oath held the clue.

So, Huang Ho did not even greet the Japanese team, but he personally came to see the Chinese team and indirectly proposed a deal.

He said that if you want to know about the epidemic, contact him, but also send the Chengdu city data.

After contacting him through his secretary, I found out that Huang Ho was really preparing to make a deal.

“I’ll make a deal with the tiger clan.”

[I see… … Aren’t you afraid of being bitten by a tiger?]

“The leader of the tiger clan was anxious. He seemed to know that we had the clue he had been looking for for thousands of years. If we roll the bait well, he won’t be bitten.”

The knight of the earth rumbling muttered to himself in annoyance.

“As soon as we get the serum of Seodol, we should kill all the rats and cats.”

* * *

I was convinced that the oath of the three knights was not tied to the mastermind and the superior-subordinate relationship.

The basis for my thinking was that all of Grand Cross were alive.

The mastermind was merciless in the face of failure, and although the Three Knights' Oath had been failing frequently recently, none of the Grand Crosses had died or gone missing.

The two were in a trading relationship, but it seemed that the mastermind was not in a position to give orders to the Three Knights' Oath.

That's why he used Seodol's plague to plot a way to get to them.

'If Hwang Ji-ho pretends to be busy, they'll feel like trading, and if he gets the serum from Seodol and uses it as bait, he'll be able to find a clue.'

The faster the work, the better.

If the mastermind found out that Hwang Ji-ho had made contact with Grand Cross, he wouldn't just sit back and watch.

So it was better to move quickly, taking advantage of the chaos of the Sino-Korean-Japanese exchange.

Since there were two in Japan, he decided to give the two national teams some leeway by playing a trick on Coin.

Since China was chosen first today, the three knights’ oaths were likely to move and contact Hwang Ji-ho.

That’s why I’m waiting for the call now, but my thoughts didn’t last long.

It’s because my name suddenly came up.

“Then, Yishin is confirmed as the attacker.”

“Agree.”

The residential area, the athlete-only accommodations set up around the Jiik Hall.

There was also the Eunryeon Hall as a candidate for the accommodations, but since the influence of the power there was strong, it was evaluated as good for training but not good for resting, so everyone ended up staying in the residential area.

While the selection team was gathered, they were having a heated discussion about selecting the attackers and defenders in preparation for tomorrow’s event.

Since the random other-worldly attack was one of the expected topics, the attackers and defenders were decided in advance, but some team members grew in the middle and the opposing team’s abilities were taken into consideration and readjusted.

Anyway, my position seemed to have been decided while I was lost in thought for a moment.

“Unanimous. Then I’ll write down my name.”

Yeom Jun-yeol's name appeared on the hologram.

If I had to choose one of the two, I wanted to join the raid team, so I decided to accept it without any objection.

Now it was time to decide the team members.

"Then let's start with deciding on the raid team. Who wants to apply?"

Whoosh!

For a moment, the air in the conference room shook as if a wind had blown.

Almost everyone raised their hands.

All the second-year students, and all the third-year students except Heo Chae-ah and Jeong Ha-won raised their hands. Jeong Ha-won followed suit when he saw Dokgo Mi-ro raise his hand.

"Uh, I want to fight with Senior Jo Ui-shin. Can I raise my hand now?"

Cha Seok-won raised his hand belatedly, and the other first-year students looked around and raised their hands too.

"... ... There weren't this many applicants for the raid team just now."

Yeom Jun-yeol also raised his hand as he said that.

If they accepted all the applicants, only Heo Chae-ah, the supporter, would be left in the defense team.

Cheon Dong-ha, who participated as a staff member, said coldly.

“First, candidates, put your hands down.”

“Ugh! I’ve been practicing handling Gwang-rim!”

“No for the first match.”

Starting with Ma Jin-seung, the candidates lowered their hands one by one with dejected faces.

Still, there were many who raised their hands.

In particular, there was a strange sense of tension among the second-year students.

Fellow second-year students since I was chosen as the raid team, it seemed like I wanted to go with them.

“I matched up with Yishin the most during the training camp! Senior Heo Chae-ah seems to be supporting the defense team, so I’ll go as the support.”

“Huh? I don’t mind being in the raid team… … .”

“That makes sense. Then I’ll add your name to the raid team.”

Park Seung-hyun’s name was added to the raid team chaos.

The tension grew because there weren’t many spots left.

“How about we decide it through a fair sparring match?”

“Agree.”

Everyone nodded here and there when Andain and Dokgo Mi-ro suggested it.

Maeng Hyo-don started to warm up instead of wearing his protective gear, as if he was planning to fight with his bare hands right away, and Joo Soo-hyuk silently took out his Dubitna-rae item card.

It’s good to be motivated, but if we spar now, wouldn’t it just drain your energy?

At that moment, the arrow turned to me.

“It’s not a good idea to fight among ourselves right now and waste our power. Let’s hear Yishin’s opinion on this matter.”

My eyes were drawn to Cheon Dong-ha’s words.

It was time to decide whether to leave it here and watch the national team spar with each other, or to decide for myself.

The gazes my playable characters were giving me were so harsh that it felt more difficult than dealing with the three knights’ oath.

I opened my mouth with difficulty.

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