1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

Chapter 156

1st place in the ranking is the villager

– Volume 7 Episode 9

9. Solicitation (2)

“Until last year, it was impossible to participate in both individual and group exhibitions, but this year the rules have changed.”

Up until the 1st and 2nd Hero Battles, players who applied for participation in the individual battle could not apply for the group match, and vice versa.

However, that rule has been removed due to the intention of raising the overall level of play in Hero Battles a little more.

Even if you apply for an individual event, you can form a team and participate in the group event.

“I know that Hoya is Korean. You have the same nationality as me, and the participation rewards do not overlap, but the online qualifier rewards can be paid in duplicate with the individual competition, so I don’t think there will be any loss.”

“Ummm…”

In response to Capigill’s question, Hoya internally pondered whether to accept his invitation.

To be sure, even if he participated as he said, he did not lose any money.

For that reason, Hoya’s thoughts, which had been slightly inclined toward acceptance, were completely overturned by Capigill’s words that followed.

“If you’re a team member, you don’t have to worry about it. We’ve intensively recruited famous Korean players. There’s also Eriman.”

“…I will decline the invitation.”

“Yes?”

He didn’t want to die to form a team like him.

Moreover, if things go according to the scenario Hoya and Baek Jae-geon planned, it will be difficult for Eriman’s team to avoid the storm.

Capigill, unaware of this fact, was greatly embarrassed by Hoya’s rejection of his invitation.

“Uh, why? Can you tell me why?”

“I can’t speak now. The countdown ended long ago, so we’re going to fight each other.”

Hoya lightly kicked the floor and ran towards Capigill.

* * *

As time passed, the preliminaries for the Hero Battles were closed, and the list of preliminaries was revealed.

-have! Hoya is here!

– Of course it is, you idiot! If you’re not going to participate, why did you raise your grade?

-Hoya-sama’s nickname is on the Korean list! Hoya-sama was Korean!

-That’s already known a long time ago, you fool.

– Hoya-sama, you only participated in solo exhibitions. It would have been nice if he had appeared in a team event too.

At the same time, Hoya’s participation in the Hero Battle became a fact.

And people started to have one expectation.

– In a few weeks, you will be able to see Hoya-sama’s bare face.

-If you go to the offline qualifiers, you might come out wearing them.

-Will the organizers allow it?

-Guys, Hoya hasn’t even passed the online qualifier yet, but he’s already very bad at kimchi soup.- Do you think Wi-nim is the person Hoya-nim will fall into in the online qualifiers?

-If the top Koreans are grouped together in one group, it’s unlikely.

– Yes, no. If Hoya is eliminated from the online qualifiers, I will put my hands on the table.

It was the expectation that he would be able to see Hoya’s face, which was always covered with a mask.

According to what is known so far, the mask he is wearing is not just an ornament, but an item with a debuff effect.

Therefore, there was a strong opinion that Hoya was not intentionally using it to cover his face.

That is, there is a possibility that he is handsome.

There were some who did not think so, but several players were already excited by the anticipation.

And the day after the qualifiers were announced, the online qualifiers started.

* * *

On the day of the online qualifier, 10 minutes before the start of the qualifier, Hoya stopped his hunting and moved to a nearby village to the matching waiting room in Dalian.

The waiting room can only be entered in the safe area, and when the qualifier starts, the character must be in the waiting room to be moved to the field created for the online qualifier.

If the character is not in the waiting room at the start of the preliminary round, it will be automatically eliminated and no participation reward will be received.

Arriving in the waiting room, Hoya prayed inwardly.

‘Please don’t be in the same group as Eriman…’

Only one person in each group can advance to the offline qualifiers.

Eriman said she had to climb high in front of people and then she had to fall, so she wasn’t in the same group in the qualifying rounds.

She has only a 1 in 32 chance of being in the same group, but there’s nothing wrong with praying.

As he was thinking like that, his left wrist seemed to ache for some reason.

* * *

“Hello, Barney TV viewers! Your eternal stylish older sister Barney! Greetings to everyone!”

Barney waved his hand towards the air.

Where she is now was inside her tiny private house where she had gathered her gold and set up in Batenqua.

It was a room with only a small table and chairs to create a modest atmosphere in order to use it for streaming.

On the wall behind her, Initium’s logo was drawn as if it were projected by a projector.

Barney was one of the streamers who won the online qualifier rights from Neo Wars.

It was also the broadcasting rights of the Korean qualifiers, which were rumored to have a very competitive rate of broadcasting rights.

The logo on the back of her is illuminated by a device to show the status of the qualifiers.

This projector-like item will be automatically retrieved as soon as the online qualifier ends.

“Five minutes until the start of the online qualifiers for the Hero Battle! Barney TV will do its best to bring you the online qualifiers vividly!”

– Just tell me it’s a show you’re trying to be honest.

– Duck-up match. I’m trying to get my mind off of work.

-Last year and last year, you won the US qualifier broadcast right, but this time you got the Korean qualifier broadcast right, so you can see inside, right? right?

– How do you free your boyfriend who has been ripped off?

-What I’ve been waiting for for two years is finally paying off.

“Hehehe…, did you find out?”

As Barney said shyly, scratching her cheek, positive words were constantly appearing in the chat window.

After seeing this, Barney coughed and continued.

“Uhhhh! I’ll do the broadcast properly. First of all, I’ll explain the rules for those who are new to Hero Battle.”

In the online qualifiers for Heroes’ War, applicants are first separated by country, and then again divided into 32 groups.

The number of people in a group varies depending on the number of applicants in each country, but an average of 900 to 1,300 people make up a group.

After moving the players in a group to a separate field for the qualifier, the qualifier will be held in a survival format in which the last person in each field is selected, and the duration is 3 hours in total.

“Every ten minutes, the field gets smaller and smaller, and by ten minutes before the end of the qualifier, the field is only about the size of a Yankee Stadium.

The red hologram wall on the outskirts of the field moves once every 10 minutes to narrow the active area.

If you fail to move in time and cross the wall of the hologram, you will be penalized by reducing your HP by 2% every second.

“If you can get over the hologram wall, you can surprise those with recovery skills, but they also don’t have infinite MP. Oh! And the online qualifiers for Hero Battle have just begun!”

Swords crossed behind the logo and pierced the screen, illuminating the village from above.

Apparently, the field theme of this preliminary round was a ruined city.

“Where are you, where are you…”

As soon as the screen changed, Barney jumped over the field by manipulating the button of the item that was illuminating the screen, and quickly started looking for Hoya.

The main purpose was to find Hoya, but since I was streaming, I changed my point of view and didn’t forget to comment when I saw something noteworthy.

I kept changing the viewpoint like that, and after about 20 minutes, I was finally able to capture Hoya on the screen.

“found!”

* * *

“Ugh…, why are you the same Joe…!”

“thanked.”

“Me too, damn it!”

spatula!

The player who encountered Hoya could not withstand his attack and was declared dead and disappeared as a particle of light.

About an hour had passed since the preliminary round had begun, and the size of the field had shrunk by about a third.

And less than half will remain.

Those who will fall early have all fallen, so from now on, we will be wary of each other.

‘And maybe I’m the number one on the border.’

All the people Hoya has defeated so far have been only those whom Hoya has found or met by chance, but no one has come to visit Hoya first.

Such a situation was not good for Hoya.

Even if the players avoided Hoya, they were bound to face each other in the end anyway due to the narrow field.

Even if you defeat everyone at that time, it is possible to advance to the offline qualifiers, but if that happens, it will not look so good on the surface.

The player who snatched the victory at the end when everyone was exhausted while standing by.Hoya didn’t want to be evaluated like that.

So, if the opponent doesn’t come, he has to move more actively looking for the opponent than before.

[10 minutes passed][The wall moves.]

Just as Hoya was thinking so, a system message alerted him of the shrinking of the field.

As a result, Hoya, who was going inside in preparation for the wall to move, was able to find a familiar face he was facing inward like himself.

“Gangnam-sama!”

“Huh? Uh! Hoya-sama……”

The face of Gangnam Firefist who looked towards Hoya at the sound of a voice squeezing him was happy.

But when I realized that the place I am now is a place, the joy immediately turned into amazement.

“Aww! Why the same field!”

Being on the same field meant that they were enemies.

He was a person who didn’t want to be assigned to the same field, but he ran into it, wondering if the prayer he had just before the start was wrong.

The impact was even greater because the corners of his mouth under Hoya’s mask looked very bright.

“It’s nice to meet you all in a place like this.”

“It’s nice to meet you too! I didn’t want to meet you here!”

Gangnam Fire Fist boldly showed his emotions without hiding.

“Why are you chasing after me!”

“Huh? It is……”

After discovering Gangnam, Hoya, who was running lightly next to him, who continued to run, laughed at his words.

“You’re the enemy.”

“Great! Fire Fist!”

Quang-!

As soon as Hoya answered, Gangnam Fire Fist attacked him using the skill he had saved.

The level of rewards for participating in the online qualifiers of the Hero Battle varies depending on the rank.

If you die now, only a little over an hour has passed, you will not receive a very good reward.

When I first participated in the online qualifier, I planned to go to the offline qualifier, but after meeting Hoya, I had to change my goal.

It’s not about breaking through the online qualifiers, it’s about surviving for a long time.

Previously, he thought that Hoya, who came back after a long time, might be weaker than him, but who had already fought Hoya in Dalian Matching, he understood the difference between Hoya and Hoya well.

So Hoya attacked while he was careless, but it didn’t seem to have much effect.

No, the thin ice wall completely blocked the flames of Gangnam Fire Fist, so Hoya did not take any damage.

“See you later, Gangnam-sama.”

“Aww!”

After receiving a death judgment due to Hoya’s relentless attack, Gangnam Fire Fist could see a white fox snoring at him over Hoya’s shoulder just before he left the field.