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Ian killed ten users of the Horse Faction in an instant.

This was possible because Ian's combat strength was exceptional, but it was closer to a perfect design outcome.

‘Haha, human greed is endless, and we repeat the same mistake. ’

Like the ten rankers who were just killed by Ian, Ian also risked his life for a hundred Contribution Points.

Even if it was just last week, the contribution of 1,000 to Ian was enormous.

That's why Ian knew what a powerful lure this flag was.

‘It was really God's trick to wait without going right in. ’

Ian, who defeated the scout leader Cargo, hides near the flag point and waits for the time to come.

They waited deliberately until the progress of the horseman users installing the flag had gone up by more than half.

That way, they wouldn't be able to stop flagging easily, and they would have to resort to Ian's attack, so they wanted the perfect timing.

“But they were greedier than I expected. I didn't know you wouldn't put a flag next to your comrade when he was dying. ”

Ian shakes his head and stares at the horseman users who collapsed around the flag point once.

Then he squeezed his hand and frowned slightly.

It's because everything was perfect, but there was one thing I disliked.

“At this rate, it's too easy.... ”

Ian came to this battlefield in the first place to become more familiar with new ways of fighting.

In other words, he participated in the battlefield to ‘practice’ before challenging the ritual of the warrior, because he had not become a practitioner.

‘There's nothing I can do. It's a little dangerous, but we have to be bolder. ’

Ian originally intended to stay at this H Node and continue dealing with the horsemen.

By using a powerful lure called the Flag Point.

But the difficulty is too low (?), we decided to revise the plan a bit.

"You can't die fighting. I have to switch to Plan B."

Ian came out of the H Node without delay, with a clear plan.

It didn't matter if one of the horsemen came and captured this Node easily.

If Ian keeps running wild, the Heavenly Military Faction will be the last to lose.

And it was not arrogance, but confidence.

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Ian achieved what could be an overshot in the first plan.

The place he headed out of the Node was the main Node.

Heading to the 'N’ Node, which is located in the order next to the main Node where the Horse Camp is currently attacking.

And the audience, including Caster Heines, who realized Ian's destination, had no choice but to doubt both eyes.

This was completely ‘crazy’ to be seen on a common sense ship.

- Ah, the route Ian's on, it looks like he's headed for the ‘N' Node. I can't wait to get inside Ian's head and see how he feels!

Let's talk about the structure of the battlefield for a moment. There are 20 Nodes in the Flag Battlefield up to A-T.

Among them, the first letter, K-T, was the letter referring to the main node.

And the concept of the alphabet was very simple.

The later the number of letters, the higher the level of the node.

And, of course, the higher the level the Node, the more complex the Fortress and powerful neutral monsters were guarding it.

In that sense, the value of H Node, Ian's sole conquest, was higher than expected.

Among the sub-nodes, ‘I’ and 'J’ were the most valuable of them all, except for the two.

Then why do viewers, including Najchan, think that Ian, who easily captured H Node with solo play, is headed for N Node?

The reason was the natural difference between a sub-node and a main node.

J Node, which is the highest level of sub-nodes, was much less than half the value of the next alphabetical K Node.

Moreover, from the first main node, K Node, difficulty increases exponentially.

Therefore, entering the ‘N’ node, which was three steps higher than K, was forced to leave Ian's skill and appear to be suicidal.

- Not this one, Ian. Even if Ian Got wants to eat the main Node by himself, he's a herd.

- What the hell are you doing? No matter how much control I have, there's no business in Dagu....

- Well, what would Ian God--?

- How? With an N Node, there must be hundreds of wax archers guarding it from the Fortress. No matter how powerful the spear is, there won't be a chance to stab it.

Even Ian's followers could see how reckless Ian's gait was, as the majority of the Korean server's viewer chat rooms were halfway through the crowd.

- Now, Ian has really moved all the way to N-Node. Will Ian really go into the Node like this?

- Tough call, Mr. Hines. If Ian captures the Node because he has an incredible number we don't know about, a large army of horsemen will be here soon.

- Yes, I just checked the approximate situation, it was almost occupied by the L-Node!

- But why are we even looking forward to this?

Haha, that's because none of the scenes that Ian Gad showed you today were normal.

But the situation is strange (?) The more I did, the more the viewers' expectations increased.

The more reckless the situation, the higher the expectations for Ian's walk.

And momentarily, just before Ian stepped on the N Node's turf.

YTBC's broadcast room was temporarily frozen and a chat window filled with thousands of people was temporarily frozen.

As if time had stopped, everyone focused on Ian's march.

But then the next moment.

- Ugh……!

Hines looks at you and unwittingly gives you a lift.

Immediately prior to entering the N-Node area, Ian was acting abruptly.

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- You have entered an empty bunker.

-An architectural trait called concealment is triggered.

- Up to 15 minutes from now, the bunker will enter the cloaking state.

-If you attack an enemy or move out of the bunker within the bunker, the cloaking state will be automatically released.

-If an enemy uses the Detecting family magic, the cloaking state will be immediately released.

Just as there were neutral zones and neutral monsters, there were extraordinary neutral buildings throughout the flagyard.

Whether a Heavenly Military Faction or a Horse Military Faction, there are structures that can be used by anyone as needed.

A 'watchtower’ structure for observing large areas of the battlefield, or a 'spring of recovery' for rapid recovery of health.

And the kind of hollow bunker Ian was hiding in right now was that neutral structure.

These structures exist only within the scope of the node.

Here, in the scope of the Node, we are not talking about the inside of the Fortress guarding the Node, but about the outside range.

But the interesting thing was Ian's situation.

Ian was definitely in a bunker inside the Node in District N. He was not targeted by neutral monsters guarding the area.

What the hell is going on here?

‘Khh, that works. There's nothing wrong with what I saw in the last battle. ’

Monsters at the Neutral Node recognize him as their enemy the moment the user enters the Node's range.

And in that ruling, there were two conditions.

First, step on the land of the Node.

Second, it can be found in the eyes of the defenders guarding the Node.

It is recognized that one of the two conditions must be met to be within the scope of the node.

And now that Ian has avoided both of those conditions, he was able to enter the bunker inside the Node without being hostile to the monsters.

‘The area of the neutral structure is also not recognized as the land of the Node. ’

The way Ian avoided these two conditions was simple.

The ‘Dimensional Wax Soldier’ at the N-Node Observatory cast his unique ability to 'Wing of Darkness’ in the gaps that turned his gaze, approached the bunker as soon as he was in midair, and fell into it.

It was a very clever move to avoid being caught in the wayfarer's sight.

You can ask what this means if you go outside the bunker, but it was a key strategy for Ian's plan B.

Ian was going to wait right here for the battle between the Neutral and Horse groups to begin.

‘If all the neutral monsters' aggressors are focused on the Horsemen, then we can leave here. ’

From the standpoint of neutral monsters, Ian is the enemy and the horsemen are the enemy.

Because of this, we will have to attack the target first, and Ian is aiming for the timing.

"If you fight in a turbulent battle, you will have the best control skills. I dispersed Aggro, so I won't die in vain... We'll fight our way to the limit and have the perfect time to die fiercely. ’

Ian, situated in the bunker, begins to unwind.

Even if Aggro is decentralized, the majority of the horseman's users are determined to go after Ian.

Ian was planning to take an ally on his back, not a friendly 'Neutral Monster’, and fight a war with the War Party.

And Ian was sure.

This will be the most difficult battle Ian has fought in recent years.

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Whoa-!

T-t-t-t-t-t-t.

The rumbling sound of war echoes through the skies.

A rumbling drum that echoes through the battlefield as if it were a representation of the strength of the camp occupying the first Node in an instant.

Kelta, a veteran of the horse camp, has begun giving orders with a very satisfied expression.

“Men, listen up! ”

“I've got orders! ”

“Our horseman faction will use this momentum to take over the next Node immediately! ”

“Whoa!”

“There is no retreat. Only straight! With our power, we'll be able to crush the cunning plans of the Heavenly Violent Faction! ”

Unknown cause for Heavenly Military Faction (?), but Kelta thought the horseman's strength was clearly great.

He's been to the Flag Battlefield several times so far, but it's the first time he's captured the first Node so quickly.

‘It would be a big mistake to think you've lost a subnode and won a victory. It's much more important to take advantage of the Main Node. ’

Once he regained his confidence by capturing the first Main Node, Kelta began skillfully leading the camp.

Most importantly on the battlefield, any soldier's deception.

It was not his strategy to push like a storm before the soldiers were demolished.

The scouts sent to the southern subnode have not returned yet, but they mean nothing.

The fact that there were no Nodes occupied in the north meant that they ate one of the Southern Sub-Negative Nodes in the Heavenly Army Faction.

And the location of the N Node towards the Horseman's camp was not far away, so the troops of the Horseman's camp were able to reach their destination soon.

“Forward shield! ”

Chuck! Chuck!

At the behest of Kelta, the soldiers of the warlord's camp move swiftly.

Among them were users, but most of them were as obedient as the NPC.

After a variant like Ian, the general's orders on this flag battlefield were almost absolute.

“If we tread on the Node's territory, they will surely crawl out of the Keep. Wait for it! It's all-out war! ”

Soldiers of the horseman who came forward relentlessly to the N-Node range stopped in place with their shield guards in front of them and formed a march.

And after a while.

Like Kelta said, the gates of the Node Fortress begin to open as one.

Two-two-two-two!

Thousands of dimensional wagons pouring out of the gates.

After confirming it, Kelta pulls out her sword and raises it.

The sword was then forcefully stretched out towards the front.

“Light bulb, charge! ”

“Waaaah!”

Soldiers of the Armed Forces and Neutral Forces who are beginning to face the wars between chaotic nations at such a large scale.

However, the balance between the two factions that seemed initially tense began to return gradually to the dominance of the War Faction.

Although the power itself was strong in the horse army at the beginning, it was because of Kelta's excellent command.

“Hehe, great! Break through the defenses and take the fort! ”

Kelta commands you with a confident voice, riding on the back of a red Pterosaur.

But after a while,

“Hmm…? ”

Kelta's expression begins to distort gradually.