VRMMO no Shien Shokunin ～Top Player no Shikakenin～

Chapter 85: Aiming for weaknesses and trump card

Hi there, long time no see.

Yup, I’m still not dead (yet).

Why did this chapter take this long? Well..you could say that I did get a bit busy but…if I were to be honest it was more me getting lazy (because I was tired) during that time and eventually forgetting to work on the chapter. So yeah, my bad.

Regarding this chapter, there’s a skill that was a bit hard to find a way to make it work in English so I just left it as it’s read, it won’t appear much in the following chapters so I guess it’s not really a deal breaker as long as the readers know what the skill does.

Will have some free time for the following couple weeks so I’ll attempt to have the next one done in the next couple days. (Let’s pray that I can motivate myself to do so)

Anyway, not much else to say here, enjoy the chapter.

Right after the match started, just when I was going to start charging my MP up, I was assaulted by a whip at the same time I heard the sound of the wind being cut.

Luckily, it only hit the area around my legs so I didn’t take any damage, but the range was far longer than I expected.

Furthermore, the problem was that I was unable to see the trajectory at all…so I should take it as it’s impossible to see.

With the physical attack of a mage it would be too weak to count as a damage source, so it can be expected that it was used mainly to stop me from chanting and MP charging.

「Yumir!」 (Hind)

「Oh! Here I go!」 (Yumir)

This time, we’ll be the ones going on the offensive.

The orders I gave Yumir this time were extremely simple and not very precise.

In other words…

「Kuh, so you are going to aim for me!?」 (Herrscha)

「Fuhahaha! 」

It was to focus on recklessly sticking close to Herrscha.

The audience grew excited because of Yumir’s fierce attacks from the get go.

With our distance growing, we were currently mutually isolated, if Walter were to focus on targeting me it would be pretty dangerous.

However, I had confidence about something.

「Ojou-sama!」 (Walter)

「!! Walter, you idiot! I told you many times to not let Hind get MP—Kyah!」 (Herrscha)

「For you to look away, you sure have it easy, huh!? Take this! I’ll chop those annoying drills of your!」 (Yumir)

「I-I can’t do that! To let Ojou-sama alone as she’s being attacked! I’ll assist you!」 (Walter)

Walter won’t come my way, definitely.

After being called master by him, I had been in contact frequently with Walter, it seems like Herrscha’s family’s butler training was the real deal.

From the contents of the worries that were in our conversations, they were very strict by today’s modern standards.

It was ingrained in his body…that no matter what happened, he should protect his master.

Even if it’s a game, I doubt that the docile Walter will be able to ignore that.

Making use of that, I was able to quietly charge up my MP.

I have the feeling that it’s quite the dirty tactic, but if Herrscha is unable to recover from this strategy that takes Walter’s nature into account, we’ll probably win at this rate.

I’ve more or less charged up my MP, so I started casting plenty of buffs and heals on Yumir.

Herrscha is doing a good job at running away and Walter’s defense is solid, however, Yumir has already managed to bring Herrscha’s HP down to around 50%.

…Will they be able to get out of this situation?

「Kuh, at this rate! Guess we don’t have any other choice…Walter, we are going with Plan B!」 (Herrscha)

「-!! Yes, ojou-sama!」 (Walter)

「Ooh!? What’s going on!?」 (Yumir)

Walter went from playing defensive to going on the offense.

He passed through Yumir’s sword and went towards her body.

Furthermore, both of his fists were emitting light-

「No good! Get away, Yumir!」 (Hind)

「Eh?」 (Yumir)

「Haaaaaaaaaah!」 (Walter)

Walter is an 『Qigong type』 among the martial artist types.

They are able to inflict status ailments on strong foes and their resilience is higher than other martial artist types, this skill…

「Denebuh!?」 (Yumir)

『Hakkei・Yabu』, it’s a powerful skill that for the short duration of 5 seconds, you are able to release attacks that disregard the opponent’s defense.

It goes without saying that, in a state that was akin to being defenseless, Yumir was knocked out by the rush of blows and rolled on the stage.

This made the armor that Selene-san went through so much trouble to make look bad. Furthermore, this situation is not good.

I was completely careless…! I knew about the skill, but Walter didn’t use this skill in the group stages at all.

Even though I thought that we wouldn’t get into trouble as long as I was careful about 『Raging Flame』, to think they would be able to counterattack this well…

…No good, both of them are coming this way!

Because I wasn’t being vigilant of Walter’s skills, I still haven’t finished casting 『Revive』!

「That was a trump card that we were saving for the finals! Feel honored, Hind!」 (Herrscha)

「Prepare yourself, master!」 (Walter)

There’s another 8 seconds until 『Revive』 finishes casting…!

I moved towards the edge of the stage to gain as much distance as I could.

As if to showcase how fast he was, Walter shortened the distance in an instant.

Damn it, his physical ability is high! 5 seconds left!

Don’t panic, dodging should be the only thing I take pride in.

Let him come closer until the last moment…then roll through his flank to slip through his kick.

Even though the system would stop your casting if it judged that you have taken damage…alright, 3 seconds left! He didn’t hit me!

「Walter! Hurry up and stop his casting!」 (Herrscha)

「Y-Yes!」 (Walter)

At the same time they talked in a panic, 3 attacks flew towards me.

A punch from Walter thrown from an imperfect stance along with a whip attack from Herrscha after having cast 『Fire Ball』 flew towards me simultaneously.

Only 1 second left, please make it in time!

「Daah! …Ouch!?」 (Hind)

「It grazed him…!? We did it! This marks the end for you, Hind!」 (Herrscha)

I ran towards the 『Fire Ball』 since it looked to be the easiest one to dodge, but from the 3 balls that she shot I was grazed by the last one.

Having confirmed their victory, she had Walter stand in front of her as she started chanting a big spell.

However, I picked up my staff and took up my stance again as I smiled at Herrscha and Walter.

「…Who said that it was over?」 (Yumir)

「「!?」」

Immediately after, Walter was swept away in an instant by lightning.

While being covered in lightning, Yumir sharply rushed in front of his eyes.

Seems like since I cast it while facing the 『Fire Ball』, I was able to make them both miss the visual effect of my 『Revive』.

As a result, Walter was taken by surprise and unable to dodge Yumir’s sharp attack, taking a direct hit to the side.

Yumir’s war cry echoed throughout the stage.

「The ones that are going to lose, are you guys!」 (Yumir)

「O-Ojou-samaaaaaa!!」 (Walter)

「Walter!」 (Herrscha)

Taking the 『Burst Edge』 filled with Yumir’s fighting spirit, Walter’s small body was blown away while spinning in the air.

Being unable to properly take the fall, his body made a loud noise as it fell powerlessly on the stage.

There’s no doubt that he became incapacitated there.

I looked back at Herrscha after making sure of that and was quite surprised that her eyes were still filled with the intention to fight.

It seems like she didn’t lose concentration even while Walter was being blown away, on top of her hand there was a gigantic fireball already being formed.

「It’s not over yet! The match hasn’t been decided yet!」 (Herrscha)

「Nuuooooooooh!? Hind, isn’t that fireball even bigger than the emperor’s!?」 (Yumir)

「Is this the time for comments like that!? Run away!」 (Hind)

She must have casted it along with the mage skill 『Concentration』…!

It’s a skill that empowers your magic by offering a part of your HP, judging from the MP she’s been able to charge up until now, she probably has also used 『Mana Conversion』, she most likely has barely any HP left.

It’s literally the last attack fired after giving all her remaining life.

She probably was aiming to crush both of us with this attack, but it also means that if we survive it’s our win!

「Doouuuuuuraaaaah!!」 (Hind)

「Nuooooooooh!?」 (Yumir)

I rushed over to Yumir, after breaking her posture, I threw her as far as I could with my strength.

I felt as if my back was going to break from the weight of the armor…however, it seems I was able to successfully throw her far enough.

Like that, I ran towards the huge fireball myself.

「Nuah!?」 (Hind)

「Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind!」 (Yumir)

The same way I used it in the battle against the Emperor, I used the Shinto Priest’s high magical resistance as a shield against magic.

If we can’t dodge it, I should at least keep damage to a minimum…!!

Besides, even if it comes to the worst case scenario and I’m taken out, it doesn’t change the fact that it’ll be our win if Yumir is left.

The reason I ran into it myself was to keep Yumir as far away as possible from the radius of its effect.

Once the fire settled down, my remaining HP was…

「1!? I was left with 1 HP!? I’m alive!!」 (Hind)

「Ooh, what luck! It’s the first time I’ve seen it in this game, being left with 1 HP!」 (Yumir)

「This…has to be a lie right? The attack I put everything I had in…rather that crushing both of you, to think I was unable to defeat even one of you…」 (Herrscha)

Herrscha was dumbfounded at the sight of what she was seeing and dropped to her knees, then she finally declared that she was surrendering.