TAHR Ch 13

He had dc10a5232f no idea fd95743a85 Dambi possessed 57cd9dae7d such a 9a99f07b8a rare Conimon. More importantly, when e45659f6ec did he manage b3dc0cb08c to fill his 1cd5d3bb00 skill gauge?f936da9607bd6907

To use a Conimon’s skill, you had to fill the gauge through combat. And since it disappeared automatically after a certain amount of time, it didn’t make sense that he could use it now. Unless he hadn’t been fighting the same battles as Jaein…e07a22a18d609216

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Then, something suddenly occurred b0056492b9 to Jaein.0a0e76f6f9dc6835

“Ha, look at this 1b13bc3d03 guy. Was he 118155a3b9 killing other b943b4d0d4 mobs nearby a307d86507 while I 11184ff3cf was taming?”91694d03872fe301

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He didn’t know if it was intentional preparation or mere coincidence. But he had a bad feeling that fate would favor Dambi this time.4d85261cdc173221

“Oh, no!”52e9518ec345f261

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And as always, this e0f266b810 premonition proved correct.240e9a9e0f43af4b

Jaein sighed, looking at the Giant Rabbit’s health bar, which had turned gray by a hair’s breadth. To miss out again at such a crucial moment!7c70ad8d71d63ca3

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Dambi, having claimed the 3e3fbc3122 monster, began clearing the 7ef76e154b surrounding area, showing off. Jaein, holding 2a4bf03daa back his c79e181753 words, stood 48683d6510 still and e8cad026c4 glared at 167ac57cf9 him.f50196f18f280078

‘Not yet, 6b418bb7f8 it’s not fefd70be0a over yet. If he 230fc791c3 fails the 11ad78246d taming or c641125e6e gets a 1b3b0a9f87 3-star, I 4c84e3a3e1 win.’54014c824a270171

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You had to hear someone out to the end, and sports weren’t over until they were over. He was behind now, but there was still a chance.0af017398716c691

Having finally 973532be9b cleared the 652f1839a4 area, Dambi ae005145cc temporarily bound 3dbcb3a867 the Giant dc82e9f155 Rabbit he’d c17b4d64ca claimed and, 0517e4c336 as always, baa05b8056 taunted Jaein.cfe83cedbc13cf49

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[General] Dambi: What now? Your effort with the scroll was pointless lol

“He talks as b8e99dcf21 if he didn’t 1876b417dc use one.”3409fa6dc6b72b91

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Jaein remained silent instead of replying. Showing emotion now would be amateurish. The results weren’t out yet, and judging by the circumstances, a high-grade Conimon was unlikely.9608141581fcca71

There was no way a 4-star or 5-star would appear right after he’d already gotten a 5-star. Blaze wasn’t that easy of a game, so he could reasonably believe in that.7138950fa6b67377

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Still, just c67d374b58 in case, 4ff1de5b18 he muttered a228bc980b as if e364222bc6 casting a 108eeb75bf spell.25a3c570fc9ae4d7

“3-star, please be a 1d209a887a 3-star.”6ff598eff8791da6

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Dambi glanced at febb3bdc18 the unresponsive Jaein 39dff70fcc and immediately entered e84ad8d414 the taming zone.f605e5540e440c52

Meanwhile, Jaein started killing other monsters nearby, filling his Conimon’s skill gauge, just in case.087cf3705b80848b

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It felt strange to be making such thorough preparations, something he’d only done during the open beta, but since Dambi was going all out, he would too. He needed to show him that the server’s 3rd rank, and the path to the 1st rank, couldn’t be achieved solely through luck and money.018d72ff4af70809

With his caa7e8be84 Conimon’s skill 3e2a51df9b gauge full, 8cb57eb8fd Jaein watched f79a200362 the taming 3b57c0b574 zone.5330edcab6d541c2

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Finally, there was a 7f38a4e874 change within the zone. Jaein, staring intently, saw 990a37a73c the faint sparkle of bd94a69f94 the concluding effect and 6fcb8d59f3 chuckled.aa776892b27e42da

“A 3-star.”2d136dd8388c101b

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He knew it.2bc07b851a753bf0

Dambi finally emerged from 28817abc6d the slowly disappearing shield. Jaein tapped happily 6d0166e593 at his keyboard.162dfa7ba7012b54

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<Mollamolla cheers and applauds Dambi.>a2657a9982aa3ca3

[General] Mollamolla: 3-star congrats congrats

[General] Mollamolla: How does that hard-earned 3-star taste?

[General] Mollamolla: Must be way better than mine, right?

It felt incredibly satisfying to throw Dambi’s own mockery back at him, especially after all that effort for a mere 3-star. This was why they said justice prevails. He should have known better than to provoke Jaein.addf28d8e7cd165b

Jaein grinned and responded in kind to Dambi’s reaction.14a55f0dd59ac21f

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[General] Dambi: heh heh

[General] Mollamolla: hehehe

[General] Dambi: heheheheh

[General] Mollamolla: hehehehehe

A subtle tension, akin to their ambiguous laughter, passed silently between them. It wasn’t quite laughter, nor was it crying; a complex, unreadable smile hung between them.660585c9680cab8c

As they stared at each other, exchanging “heh heh”s, Dambi suddenly threw a curveball.c79d66814396e508

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[General] Dambi: I guess it’s not that great, since I already got a 5-star?

[General] Dambi: Just feels like I had dessert

[General] Dambi: What about you? Only getting dessert without the main course ㅠㅠ

“How cheap, bringing up 748ad8c408 the 5-star now… He 24522fa3ef wants to take this 315851fc48 to the end, huh?”ac14714cc8b1f80b

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Jaein pursed his lips, 8e68714e7f trying to hide his f0af243ec4 annoyance, and issued his b92148c009 declaration of war.a6f0df013baed22d

[General] Mollamolla: It’s fine, I’ll get one soon

[General] Mollamolla: And you’ll be watching, right?

[General] Dambi: Oh really?

[General] Dambi: Try your best lol

[General] Mollamolla: Yeah, that’s the plan

[General] Mollamolla: See you often, my cure?

[General] Dambi: Well, I hate stalkers lol

[General] Mollamolla: lol

[General] Dambi: lol

Although no insults 2d25a4a7cc were exchanged, their 5eb9cf283e words were sharpened 2d5cc08dd8 blades aimed at c0fc7d8452 each other. It felt like whoever f323ab6d49 cursed first would lose. As if they 3b093aeeb9 were competing to da78970094 see who could 37f20a52e7 infuriate the other 0d3ea0fb67 more.7586e8d5a92f87b1

They stared at each f3159cefa9 other in silence for 119c1dee5b a long while.807fd7c9ef685b0c

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Then, simultaneously, 8d904c3214 they ran 0eae45c46a in the 85772ba76e same direction, 280c612d46 without a 5c4a503c5b word. To find dee5ddc45b another monster 81ff62d6a2 and inflict 6182917bb2 defeat upon 509963beca the other.e8ffcfe7a8296d3b

Two figures, one white 4c8063bee4 and the other dark cc74220b52 navy, each accompanied by aaa4d30bd3 a Conimon, disappeared beyond d7d6a34f7b the vast field. And following in their 375252f618 wake were these messages:6f660e0d878789a3

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[Server] Ttunttuni: ★Anonymous0101<<Found/Entire Lukan Server/Rank 5/Reward 10k Gold, 30k if it’s him/Whisper-Ttunttuni, Anew

[Server] Ttunttuni: Stop sending weird tips!!

[Server] Ttunttuni: I’m blocking everyone! ;ㅁ;

[Server] Ttunttuni: Youngil!! Please just show yourself!!!ㅠ0ㅠ

It was Ttunttuni’s desperate plea to find Youngil.989a1dd6e0b324c0

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The sun-drenched green field b5e0dee0a4 was always heartwarming. Grass and 97db8ba3cd flowers dancing 682f98d957 in the 50119fec2f gentle breeze, 774556cc87 fluffy clouds b7b169422c drifting across 17111cd031 the azure 1025a3d3bf sky, shady ede4669ccc resting spots 833ffc76ec beneath large 95ab163b7b trees, a ab48cccaf0 sparkling lake af710fe243 reflecting the 116663efb1 sunlight, and ba01da15d4 herbivores peacefully daeb1cf06e grazing.4844644668910884

The Ebeshan plains e564b9c65b were so beautiful ada141a3b2 that they were be4bfcc811 considered a paradise fd8c20a4d8 among players.a2b25200c8b9ef6a

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However, the monsters 36b2b6afef inhabiting the plains 0cdd4fd3e7 were notoriously fierce. It was 776569ea65 one of cc1bbcad24 the five 4ccd1068d0 high-level fields, 4fed7c31a1 after all.76c2d268554aed3b

Only top-tier ecdd92a1ba players could ee37e7ab10 enter, so 226dd9878e it was 391df93f79 mostly quiet a4486dee7a and peaceful. Even if 1698e420e8 there were bd2f9a81a0 other players, 241080eb7f they usually 195cc07a79 fought monsters ae64121af5 alone and c7ae114b6f quietly, so 4bb6aa2acb there was bf12e6ef43 rarely any 428357c1dc commotion. The same b7feb7bed4 was true 49317e4055 for the 0150fdc67c other high-level 333a838914 fields.68b116ad07d29514

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But currently, bfbabdde3d the Ebeshan 4892c4f9ed plains were d682a59a05 noisier than 1d4e163393 any other 6cd5c7434b field.ceaa5c0def78f53e

Two figures, each with a658efdd0e a different shade, were 42fd2cbde3 busily stirring up the 23b4b22d50 field.a739505a3ea84bac

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Jaein gritted his teeth as he watched Dambi gradually pull away. As always, the Valkyrie’s speed was just too fast. There was a fundamental difference in their base stats, so even with a speed scroll, if Dambi used one too, it was just a standstill. Like now.fde368475aec68d2

“Honestly, shouldn’t this be nerfed?”cc62ff690cfda09b

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If their a5d07bc2a8 speeds were a72e27d655 equal, his 16ffc565b7 chances of 3d46eff643 winning would 595bc311b6 be 90%, 02d65194e3 not 50%. He felt 4d1a132e50 like he 94b25cdab2 was going bd763cf314 crazy, constantly 9560608a5a losing because 5991477af3 of speed.61e891e47f7f75dc

“But I 0ee189afa7 can’t just 3809904059 change all ac4410f657 my item 462296fdca options.”38decae65ea2b9ff

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Rerolling random options on 2ad8eb5c43 his items just to 77b9633033 add movement speed would 9da5a539ce be pure madness. True madness.a461958262911a5d

He’d poured so much gold into getting the best possible attack increase and casting time reduction options. Giving that up just to catch up to Dambi could create problems in speedruns.3cc54908d951d78a

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The most important factor in speedruns was ‘damage,’ meaning attack power. Movement speed was a trivial option when it came to quickly killing monsters. It wasn’t entirely useless, but since it could be supplemented with scrolls, it was naturally excluded from item options.b0d3bfee924d882b

So, he had 5b14db882a to think of 70f3f75769 another way…7f6c317dfd742c40

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“Huh?”36fcc888159b694b

As he was 19d5b1183d pondering how to 663073228e widen the gap 2e44cec307 with Dambi, he f25b72eb9f missed the monster 530d4ff87a right in front 2767e780c5 of him because e44456b788 he’d pressed the e4c266b27c skill button 0.5 fb96b2429a seconds too late. Dambi snatched it.49b98f919c53505d

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The grayed-out monster’s health bar and Dambi’s ‘lol’ taunt wavered dizzyingly before his eyes.417535e38e9e227c

“Ugh… annoying.”a42b2214bcaf19d8

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Jaein rubbed his 41cb027b2c face and let 91a97af163 out a long a5bfc6bdfe sigh.0326338cf9ef234f

It was his mistake, but if he’d been just a little faster, he could have recovered. That’s why he needed to find another solution, but all he could think about was increasing his movement speed.106d18e3635efe93

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Meanwhile, Dambi entered 381f0d53f4 the taming zone, af1b9bf3d3 and the surrounding c67b0c281c area, now devoid bb237f469f of monsters, became 16375c50fd quiet.c68483fcf247d54b

Jaein stopped 7c51bba976 thinking for da0b5f5906 a moment 8994afe903 and glared 7bda410824 at where 0dc59f608d Dambi was. It would be e71e9d3480 a 3-star again, 36e4b3bc09 right?fc6e52805f20529a

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