Black Online-Chapter 159: Prediction Master

Fang Raon and Incognito sat down at a separate table—away from others—and opened up the General’s Game.

Meanwhile, Nick and Anna were the spectators.

"3v3 match."

Incognito said.

"Sure."

Fang Raon said.

They joined into the match, and the selection phase started—three soldiers and one skill per soldier—and they started with selecting the classes.

’What should I choose? Rock showed me the possibilities that this game offers, and I can try to become more creative now.

’Think out of a box...’

Fang Raon thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Incognito looked at him briefly before starting to choose his three soldiers.

He was the master of prediction, and many times he’d been called a cheater by his opponents—they accused him of being able to see what soldiers his opponents chose before the match started.

In the end, no foul-doing was ever proven, and in the end, Incognito’s innocence was proved.

He just had a strange ability of prediction—almost as if he could see the future.

’I’ll do that.’

Fang Raon chose his soldiers and pressed the "Ready" button and waited for Incognito to choose his.

"..."

Incognito pressed something on his screen—he finished selecting the soldiers and skills—and he also pressed the "Ready" button.

At that moment, the hologram of the battlefield appeared on the table in front of them, and their soldiers appeared near their towers.

"Interesting..."

Incognito said as he looked at Fang Raon’s soldiers.

There were only two soldiers—Tank and Helper—while the third one seemed to be missing somewhere.

’Assassin...?’

Incognito wondered.

’He chose three Warriors?’

Fang Raon thought in surprise.

[Game Start!]

[59:59...]

’It looks like the match also has a time limit, but one hour is a lot. I don’t think the match will be decided with time.’

Fang Raon thought.

And at that moment.

He controlled his Helper—it jumped into the back of Tank—and Tank, while piggyback carrying Helper, started running down the beach.

Incognito decided not to make a movie—he was simply waiting by his blue tower.

"...It looks like Incognito has already started his predicting phase. He is already thinking of hundreds of possibilities that Fang Raon might’ve come up with."

Nick said with a smile.

"My brother is not a predictable person. I think Incognito will be surprised."

Anna said.

’True that, but unfortunately for your brother, he is in for a rude awakening.’

Nick thought with a sigh.

It was only going to be a matter of time before Fang Raon realized the sheer gap between him and Incognito.

And fall into the depths of despair.

’Assassin... Assassin... What if... Hmm~’

Incognito rubbed his chin.

In that moment, Tank—who was piggybacking Helper—arrived near the blue tower and saw the three Warriors guarding it.

"Tank’s Charge!"

Fang Raon ordered.

With a fearless charge, Tank started charging at them like a raging bull, and Helper wrapped its hands around Tank’s forehead.

’The plan is simple—I’ll attack head-on with Tank while Helper keeps healing him—and with his already enormous base health, he won’t go down no matter what!’

Fang Raon thought.

With the heavy sword in hand, Tank swung at the Warriors, and they moved simultaneously and dodged the slash.

Warriors were moving fast. Expertly. And with amazing precision.

’There is a big difference between the average players and the top players in General’s Game—the biggest gap is with the control of soldiers.

’Average players can only make their soldiers do simple actions—slash, dodge, jump, run, and such—but top players can do much more.

’And Incognito is showing world-class control abilities right now—he is controlling all three Warriors at the same time, and they all look like world-class swordsmen right now!’

Nick admired.

The Warriors ganged up on Tank and started slashing him down—the health started dropping drastically.

"Heal!"

Fang Raon ordered with a serious expression.

Meanwhile, Helper healed Tank’s health back to full, and the Warriors then started targeting the Helper on Tank’s back.

They had to get rid of the Helper before they wanted to kill Tank.

Tank swung the heavy-looking sword. It managed to block all three Warrior attacks.

’What?!’

Incognito’s eyes widened in surprise.

The sole Tank pushed the Warriors back, and while it wasn’t as quick as them, its sword strikes were perfect!

With having to control three Warriors, Incognito’s attention was divided, and it struggled to keep up with the Tank’s movements.

Fang Raon had a slight advantage since he only had to control one soldier.

He didn’t need to control Helper as it was being carried by Tank, which was exactly his plan for this.

He knew that Incognito would start targeting his Helper once it started healing Tank.

And thus, he decided on this—to have Tank carry Helper—so he didn’t need to control Helper and could only focus on Tank.

He needed all his attention on only Tank. Otherwise he wouldn’t be able to defeat Incognito.

Still...

Whenever he played against average players, Incognito was still able to destroy all his opponents even when he controlled many soldiers at once.

’This guy... is not average at all.’

Incognito frowned.

’However... My secondary plan does not seem to be working. Why isn’t he reacting to the threat of the Assassin? There is no way that he would be ignoring it!’

Fang Raon thought with a frown.

"Very impressive indeed~ You must be wondering why I haven’t thought about your Assassin, aren’t you?"

Incognito said with a smile.

’What? Can he read my mind or something?’

Fang Raon thought with a shocked look.

"Seeing that look of ours means that I have guessed correctly. Well, there is a simple reason for it as I already know what your plan is."

Incognito said.

"...You do, huh?"

Fang Raon’s lip twitched.

"Your Assassin—does not exist—you only joined this match with two soldiers instead of three to trick me.

"You wanted me to either send one of my soldiers to search for your Assassin or keep simply thinking about your Assassin.

"If I had done that, I would have had one less Warrior to deal with your Tank, and if I were distracted by your imaginary Assassin, I’d be at a disadvantage during battle."

Incognito said with a serious look.

"..."

Nick crossed his arms and sighed.

It was just a matter of time—but even he was impressed now—as Incognito again showed his scary prediction abilities.

He just didn’t understand how he could predict it correctly.

"...Tch."

Anna clicked her tongue in annoyance.

She had been cheering for Fang Raon for all this time, but she had to admit that Incognito was just too hard of an opponent.

"You also didn’t want to bring another soldier because it also "divides" your mind—when there are three soldiers in the game, your mind gets split into three sections.

"One section for each soldier.

"You have to control all three minds at the same time—which is difficult—and it gets harder the more soldiers there are in the game.

"With you not bringing three soldiers and only two, your mind was only split in two—it gives you a huge advantage in control.

"Which is why you’re able to fight all three Warriors of mine with only your Tank.

"This is the reason why it is so hard for casual players to get into General’s Game because of the immense difficulty."

Incognito said.

’Damn...’

Fang Raon thought.

In that moment, two of Incognito’s Warriors stabbed the third Warrior—a team kill—and the Warrior vanished.

’Why did he kill one of his soldiers?’

Fang Raon wondered in shock.

"With one of the soldiers dead, my mind is getting together now—I don’t have my mind split in three sections anymore—only in two."

Incognito said with a smile.

The Warriors attacked—they were even faster than before—and the Tank suffered under their speed.

With the increase in speed, Tank couldn’t defend in time, and the Warriors overwhelmed Helper with their attacks.

"Ah."

Fang Raon exclaimed.

Helper dropped to the ground—and then vanished—he was only left remaining with one soldier, but he was without support.

Tank kept fighting back, but with two versus one, the Warriors had the upper hand and slowly shed off the health.

Slowly... Slowly... Slowly...

In the end.

Tank vanished from the battlefield, and the two Warriors stood victorious on the beach—the blue tower was the only one left standing.

[Winner—Incognito]

"Good match."

Incognito said.

"Ah..."

Fang Raon’s shoulders dropped, and he just looked at the General’s Game—he was filled with disappointment.

It was the same feeling.

When he lost to Lock Manchester without being able to do anything—this was the same—the feeling of going against someone that was vastly superior.

A feeling that he hated!

"Incognito..."

With a cold look, Anna looked at him, and Incognito’s body turned cold in fear. The coldness in her eyes was something he had never experienced before.

She was able to see that her brother had become sad, and thus, she was getting very, very angry.

"D-Don’t be too disheartened. You’re a newish player, aren’t you? You’re very good, and I don’t say this to just everybody.

"If you are interested, I have a proposal for you."

Incognito said.

"A proposal?"

Fang Raon raised an eyebrow and let him finish.

"There is a tournament coming up on the 6th floor—the General’s Game tournament—there are all kinds of players competing there.

"You can try your luck at an Amateur League, get some experience there, and I honestly think you can win that.

"I will also be participating, but in the Professional League."

Incognito said.

’...General’s Game tournament?’

Fang Raon was intrigued.