Black Online

Chapter 218: Dominant Puppeteer

"No!"

Remu panicked.

He told his Warrior to destroy the tower faster.

[Blue Tower - HP: 733/1000]

’It’s too slow!’

He thought with an ugly look on his face.

Meanwhile.

Fang Raon’s soldiers destroyed the clones, and they were met with the unguarded Red Tower that was still full HP.

"Go!"

He shouted.

Mage’s Flame Spirit, which was a cute blob-looking thing on the Mage’s shoulder, breathed fire at the tower.

Assassin slashed the daggers across the tower’s base, and the Tank smashed his heavy-looking longsword against the tower.

The health was dropping drastically, and at this rate, his soldiers would destroy Red Tower way faster!

’Argh, what should I do?’

Remu panicked.

He realized that while he was panicking, he made a mistake, as he should’ve used Switch immediately to save the two clones.

His Warrior was only able to use Clone Rush once, and three clones were also the limit, so he couldn’t summon more clones.

’If I switch the location between my last remaining clone and one of their soldiers, it will be even worse.

’He can then try to stop me from destroying Blue Tower while his two last remaining soldiers can just destroy my tower.

’But, if I don’t do something, I will lose!’

Remu gritted his teeth.

He decided to do something risky, and there was a small chance that it would work, but he really had no other choice.

"Switch!"

His clone disappeared. It replaced Mage. And the Mage appeared near the Blue Tower.

"Attack my Warrior!"

Remu shouted.

His Warrior stopped attacking the Blue Tower, and instead turned to Fang Raon’s Mage, and started attacking him.

He was trying to kill the Mage!

Meanwhile, Fang Raon’s Assassin stopped attacking the Red Tower and started attacking the clone to kill him quickly.

"..."

Fang Raon stayed quiet.

He took a quick glance at the health of the Red Tower.

[Red Tower - HP: 501/1000]

It was already halfway.

"Argh!"

Remu groaned in annoyance.

After using Switch so much, he was feeling the effects of it, and he felt like he was feeling extremely weak.

It was very taxing to switch people long distance away, and he couldn’t do that much more, or he might pass out.

’I will fight through!’

Remu thought angrily.

The flames engulfed the surrounding area as Mage’s Flame Spirit fought back against the Warrior.

Warrior blocked the fire with his shield, but he couldn’t really approach Mage, as it was dangerous, and he might die if he were being reckless.

"Switch!"

In that moment, Remu changed his tactic and changed Warrior’s location with Fang Raon’s Assassin!

Near the Red Tower, there were Remu’s Warrior and his clone and only one of Fang Raon’s soldiers—the Tank.

’He tries to kill my Tank...’

Fang Raon thought.

But his lips curled, as that was fine too, as there was something that he wanted to do over at the Blue Tower.

His Assassin and Mage went after Remu’s Mage!

Mage was hiding, but Remu didn’t know about it. He had actually been keeping a close eye where he was at all times.

Because.

He wanted to kill the Mage no matter what.

Then, Warrior and his clone started attacking Fang Raon’s Tank, and it pretty much only defended with the heavy-looking sword and the big shield.

He wasn’t trying to fight back much.

’Let’s do this!’

Remu switched again—this time the location between the Helper and the clone.

’With Helper assisting Warrior, there is no chance for the Tank to beat the Warrior, and this clone can go protect the Mage!’

Remu thought.

The clone ran after the Assassin and Mage while Remu’s Helper distanced himself from the fight to give support further away.

’I know that Remu is smart and he has thought many moves ahead, but I am sure he hasn’t thought about this.’

With a smile, Fang Raon controlled his Tank, and lunged at Warrior furiously, the longsword swooshing through the air.

Warrior blocked with the shield. It was a heavy strike. The Tank then kept pushing onwards, and the Warrior struggled.

’I might be defeated in strategy. But in a direct battle, I will not lose. I plan on becoming the greatest battler in General’s Game history.’

Fang Raon thought.

It was something that he had intensely been training for to make sure that if every other plan of his failed, he would rely on his combat skill to destroy his opponents.

And it was obvious instantly.

Tank was dominating the Warrior, who was desperately trying to keep up, but his shield was being chipped away.

He couldn’t survive much longer!

Meanwhile, Fang Raon ordered his Mage to fight the clone with the Flame Spirit while his Assassin used Shadow Step to look for the Switch-using Mage.

’He is controlling all of his three soldiers, but I still can’t defeat him with Warrior, even though I am only using Warrior?’

Remu couldn’t believe his eyes.

He wasn’t actually controlling the clones. He could, of course, only give them orders, but he couldn’t control them like other soldiers.

Those were completely controlled by AI.

Which was completely fine, as it meant that he didn’t need to waste his brainpower to control even more soldiers during the battle.

Therefore.

He should have had a huge advantage in this fight between Warrior and Tank, but somehow, he was still losing!

SPURT!

In that moment, Tank’s sword shed blood finally as his heavy blade cut through Warrior’s armor and into his chest.

"Heal!"

Helper healed Warrior’s wound, bringing him back to full health, but Remu was sweating profusely, as he was really pushing himself to his limits.

’Stronger. Faster. Better.’

Fang Raon thought.

Tank danced around the Warrior, moving faster than it should be possible with his big boy, and he kept injuring the Warrior more and more.

Helper was starting to struggle to keep up, and Remu was feeling lightheaded as he really couldn’t keep this up.

’If Remu was younger, he could keep up longer, but because of his old age, he will drain his mental energy quicker.

’It is one of the reasons why General’s Game is called the younger people’s game, and that’s why, you really can’t compare Chi-Go with this game.’

Fang Raon thought.

If Remu were twenty years younger. Maybe only ten years. The outcome of the match might be completely different.

And at that moment.

Fang Raon’s Assassin found the hiding Mage, and attacked him instantly with the bloodthirsty dagger.

"Not happening!"

Remu shouted, and he snapped his fingers, trying to switch the locations between his Mage and Raon’s Mage, but he couldn’t!

’Oh no, I’ve completely wasted my mental energy. I can’t use Switch anymore!’

Remu cried out in shock, and then he realized something and found out that he had been outplayed.

’I’ve been played like a fiddle... This is exactly what Fang Raon wanted.

’He used his Tank to injure my Warrior, so I would use Helper to heal him and therefore... drain my mental energy enough so I wouldn’t be able to use Switch to make my Mage escape.

’I would’ve figured out that plan with Read easily, but... I need to be in perfect mental condition to use Read.

’I am exhausted mentally, and thus, I don’t have enough strength to use Read... He must’ve figured that out, so he formed a plan to nullify my ability of Read...

’He has thought of everything... I’ve been completely outplayed!’

Then.

The Assassin killed the annoying Switch-using Mage.

At the same time, Remu didn’t have enough energy to even control his soldiers anymore, and the Tank quickly killed the Warrior.

And then lastly, he went after the Helper, who wasn’t even trying to run away, and killed him as well.

[Mage has been killed!]

[Warrior has been killed!]

[Helper has been killed!]

[Winner—Fang Raon!]

Clap~ Clap~ Clap~

Thunderous applause reverberated throughout the tournament hall, and everyone was shocked that Remu actually lost!

They had been completely underestimating this newcomer!

"...Wow, he actually defeated Remu, and didn’t it look like... It was complete domination by Fang Raon?!"

"...Yeah, now that I think about it, it really didn’t feel like the fight was ever close, as if Fang Raon had complete control from the beginning."

In their eyes, it felt like he was some god hovering over the battlefield, pulling puppeteer strings with his fingers, controlling everyone and everything.

Remu looked defeated.

Clap~ Clap~ Clap~

Lady Diana was clapping her hands while watching from the front row, a small smile playing on her lips.

She was sitting with Sunny and Bunny, who looked grudgingly at Fang Raon, but even they had to agree that he was quite impressive!

...

"Wohoo!"

Della excitedly cheered with happiness radiating from her face, and even her mother was clapping her hands with a smile.

"Mm."

Rock just nodded his head in approval.

It looked like he was satisfied with him but had few complaints, as he believed that there was always room for improvement.

...

"...Heh~"

Anna saw that her dear brother won, and thus, she smiled deeply and turned her attention back to her own match.

It was still going, and nothing was really happening in the match, as Anna had been just buying some time.

Her opponent, Tristan, was pissed, as he could tell that Anna really wasn’t paying any attention to the match.

It was as if she had just been waiting for the other match to end.

"Time to win this~"

Anna said with a smile.