I Regressed, But the World Isn’t Destroyed - Chapter 36
Only Noblemtl
036.
“···her.”
Anatole paused for a moment and burst out laughing.
I saw my opponent waving his hand and smiling as if to tell me to do the same thing he did.
‘Is this what they mean by ‘provocation is followed by provocation?’
It feels quite new.
Just a little while ago, when I encountered an unidentified opponent.
Anatole wasn’t nervous at all.
There was no reason for that.
In the world of Ultimate Fighters, he has always been the best and always will be.
You have to try to be an opponent in ranked games.
He was said to be a mysterious master who had made a name for himself, but that was all.
I didn’t think there was any reason to be nervous.
however···
-?
-and
-Who are you meeting with?
-Anatol was pushed?
-This is provocative ㄷㄷㄷ
The workshop just now.
An eerie feeling that passed by in an instant.
Is this an illusion?
“Yes, that’s right.”
Anatole’s lower body bent.
I wonder if it was a mistake.
“You’re pretty good at it, huh?”
It was time to find out
Pfft!
Anatole’s legs hit the ground.
He used his dash to close the distance in an instant.
Anatole’s body shot out like a shell.
A mirror match between Hawken and Hawken.
Here the opponent usually has two choices:
Either step back, or face the charge together.
Pavat-!
The opponent chose the latter.
An opponent who closes the distance in one breath like Anatole.
hook-!
Then, Anatole’s back dash followed!
phut!
The opponent’s lost leg struck the air.
That was exactly the moment Anatole was aiming for.
hook!
The place Anatole was aiming for was the opponent’s temporal region.
It’s not in his nature to just take the beating.
Tsk tsk!
Anatole’s leg exploded where intended.
‘Are you reacting to this?’
But Anatole’s expression was not satisfactory.
The blow was shallow.
Just before it could hit him properly, his opponent’s arm blocked his leg first, reducing the impact.
Boom!
Then, the opponent’s leg quickly stretched out and kicked Anatol in the stomach.
His face was distorted.
Anatol also blocked his opponent’s attack just before it happened.
But it wasn’t blocked properly.
The heaviness was clearly evident in the raised arm.
He was the one who suffered the loss.
“Oh my.”
Anatole pulled back.
A situation where you underestimate your opponent in a previous attack and suffer significant damage.
This time I suffered a loss again.
Unlike Anatol, whose HP had already been reduced by 1/3, the opponent’s HP was only slightly reduced.
-and
-Really?
-Are you really a mysterious master?
-Is it because it’s only been a year? It’s been a while since I’ve seen Anatol being pushed around;;
The chat window was a complete mess.
It can’t be helped.
Who is Anatole?
Even Hawken is one of the characters he mainly dealt with.
Anatol once won a competition by using only Hawken.
Because of that, there was even a ‘Hokken fraud theory’ going around at the time.
In other words, Anatol is a skilled player who is never behind in his proficiency with Hawken.
But, Anatole, who is so overwhelmingly powerful than Hawken right now?
-Who is that guy?
-Tsk tsk tsk I shouldn’t have been surprised that you caught a black woman
-No, I guess it’s because it’s the first time? I can’t get the hang of it because it’s so easy -ㅇㅈ
-It seems like you just let your guard down lol
But I also understood it to some extent.
Just recently we were doing a replay of the Iron Fist tournament, and now we’re just turning on Ultimate Fighter.
This is a ranked game that I started playing right away, not after warming up in practice mode.
Even according to Anatol, this is the first time he’s played Ultimate Fighter in a year.
‘You don’t get it?’
A small laugh escaped Anatole’s mouth.
It’s been a year since you played Ultimate Fighter, so you still don’t get the feel for it?
And not someone else, Anatole?
And what, are you letting your guard down?
Anatol himself knew best that the present loss was not due to that reason.
The exploration battle that happened earlier.
Even just from that brief exchange of words, Anatol was able to gauge his opponent’s level.
More than just a casual gamer or amateur gamer.
It may not be your average professional football player.
Perhaps one of the few competitors who once threatened his position.
‘I thought it would be like this.’
But that wasn’t it either.
This is an opponent who has something that Anatol has never felt from the top-level players he has met so far.
It wasn’t just a matter of skill.
Skill is skill, but… something more than that, an unidentifiable sense of discomfort has been getting on Anatol’s nerves since a while ago.
If he doesn’t figure out what it is, he’s probably going to lose.
Sasak-
Anatole approached his opponent cautiously.
Close the distance, move sideways while keeping a close eye on things.
This time I tried to dash but it was cancelled.
He pressured his opponent by continuously changing his foot posture, direction, joint movement, and gaze.
But no matter how many fakes you give, there is no significant reaction from the other person.
Is it that you can’t react, or that you don’t react?
Considering the skills the opponent has shown so far, it would obviously be the latter.
Phew-!
As expected.
As soon as I made up my mind to step forward, the opponent’s attack came flying.
If I had reacted even a little later, I would have been hit in the chin and left floating in the air.
“···Phew.”
Anatole’s concentration reaches its peak.
How does one see through one’s own movements?
I thought I had erased everything, but I wonder if the habit remains.
That thought occurred to me suddenly, but now was not the time to worry about it.
Anatol is currently suffering a lot of damage to HP.
In the end, it was he who had to take the risk.
Phew!
Anatole’s fist slammed into the air.
The opponent only then started to move.
An attack that comes in precisely at the moment when you withdraw your fist.
Pavabak!
There was an exchange of attacks and defenses, with each using their fists, feet, and elbows.
Deflect the blow, knock it out, throw it out, and then retreat again.
The attacks and defenses were intertwined at such a fast pace that viewers had no choice but to reverse the speed.
A high-level workshop that will make you stick out your tongue.
-and···
-Chewing me;;
-They’re both crazy, really
But Anatole’s expression was gradually hardening.
While the battles were going on, Anatole continued to suffer losses, albeit small ones.
I reached out but couldn’t reach, I couldn’t properly deflect the blow, my outstretched arm was caught and almost broken.
The damage that accumulated little by little also affected HP.
-What the hell is Anatole Pescatore?
-ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-????
A familiar situation to seasoned fighting game viewers.
At first glance, it may seem like they are trading equal levels of attack and defense, but in reality, the damage they take is bound to be different.
The term “cut” means that the difference in damage taken is accumulated and reflected in HP through the game system.
And in the Ultimate Fighter games they’ve seen so far, it’s obvious that Anatol is the one who’s getting the most damage from his opponents.
-Anatol is being pushed in close combat?
-Wow… Is this real?
Hwaruk-!
And then, the flames soar.
‘Hongyeongak?’
Anatole’s eyes flinched.
One of Hawken’s skills, Hongyeonkak.
A red flame rose and obscured the view.
‘Is it a mistake?’
Anatole stepped back hastily.
Hongyeongak is one of the most frequently used skills by Hoken users.
However, it is not appropriate to use it in a situation where there is an exchange of attacks and defenses like now.
The mechanism of Hongyeongak, of course, includes the striking distance, the delay from when it is activated until the hit judgment is made.
Anatole knew that without the slightest error.
hook-
That’s why it came with perfect timing.
In Ultimate Fighter, it is possible to cancel a skill after activating it, but there are limits to this as well.
There was a point in each technique where it could not be canceled after a certain action.
In the case of Hongyeongak, the angle of the knee extended beyond a certain level was the standard.
‘just now!’
Anatole’s body spun around as he saw his opponent’s spread legs.
If you get out of striking range like this and use the stiffness time of Hoken’s Hongyeonkaku to insert a technique with a large preparatory movement right before the stiffness is released.
He will be able to reverse the HP situation so far and achieve victory.
That was the moment.
‘Hongyeongak···’
No it wasn’t.
Something felt different.
It was something close to intuition.
You shouldn’t have turned your body like this…
-bang!
The thought didn’t continue.
Anatole’s back was bent like a parachute.
His right foot hit his forehead exactly.
It was just a little bit, but it floated in the air.
The opponent didn’t miss that moment.
In Ultimate Fighter, being airborne meant exposing your vulnerability to your opponent.
Boom!
A series of consecutive attacks.
Anatole’s body rose into the air once again.
Taat!
Now the opponent jumps into the air, stomping on the ground as if he were going to burst it.
And only then did the thoughts that had been interrupted come back.
‘You were doing all the movements yourself?’
Most games, including Ultimate Fighter, have something called compensation.
It’s a given.
A game character with superhuman abilities in speed, strength, and everything else.
To deal with this, game corrections were essential.
Just because you’re a pro gamer doesn’t mean you’re a superhuman.
They are just superior to others in many ways, such as reacting slightly faster, having better dynamic vision and motor skills, having superior senses, and adapting better to correction.
Of course, there are differences in level even among professional gamers.
Being able to fully adapt to the corrected movements and theoretically bring out the character’s performance perfectly is what separates a top-level pro gamer from one who is not.
Furthermore, the ability to fool the opponent and diversify patterns without relying on compensation for some movements determines whether one is top-notch or not.
Depending on the level, even among those top-tier gamers, they are divided into the top tier, and Anatol was a man at the top.
But even for Anatole, the current situation was incomprehensible.
The true nature of the feeling of discomfort was discovered at the end.
The opponent has never relied on compensation so far.
[KO]
‘..Is that possible?’
Questions swirled through Anatole’s head.
**
Viewers said that Ultimate Fighter is a game that has been around for a long time, even after it became popular.
‘Why is that?’
Lee Do-hyeok couldn’t understand it.
Why on earth is there a game like this?
Is it really that great that Iron Fist replaced that spot?
Pot! Papat!
Are there many opponents of this level?
Kwaaang!
The stray leg dug roughly into the ground.
Avoid this?
The rising dust momentarily obscured the view.
‘That’s fun.’
The corners of Lee Do-hyuk’s mouth rose slightly.
He swung his arms without hesitation.
The opponent’s swung fist was blocked by his hand.
Lee Do-hyuk doesn’t stop there, twisting his arm.
The opponent’s movements to retrieve the thrown fist were halted.
At that moment, Lee Do-hyeok’s other hand swung like a whip.
Bam!
Accurate hit.
Next is···
“ah.”
[KO]
[victory!]
At that moment, a victory notification appears.
“It’s already over again.”
Lee Do-hyeok expressed his regret.
It was just about time for things to get really fun.
Since a game is a game, it ends when all HP is lost.
Because of that, it’s already been several times that I’ve tried to get excited but ended up in vain.
‘I guess I should go soon.’
Lee Do-hyeok checked the time.
[Humgeujeongdunga: It was fun. I’ll go now.]
If you chat like that, you will get a reply right away.
[First winner of the Ramen Pulling Contest: Yes, I understand. It was fun for me too.]
I was wondering why all the ultimate fighters had mute all.
Lee Do-hyuk realized from the chat that the other person had asked earlier, “By the way, did you intentionally turn off the communication function?” that it was his setting.
But even after that, he still only communicated through chat.
‘Did you come up with the concept for nothing…’
That’s why I thought of coming up with the concept of a taciturn genius gamer on my own.
Of course, it was also because it was not on air.
I’m a rookie streamer who just finished my first broadcast, and I didn’t want to hear people say things like, “You’re going to see me tomorrow, but you’re going to go play a game alone?” because I didn’t want to know if my identity was revealed through my voice.
And while I was at it, I was thinking of getting first place in Ultimate Fighter and revealing that fact on TV.
‘It seems like there isn’t much time left.’
His account originally had 21 wins and 0 losses.
The rank of a master, which he had only to win one game for, had long ago been achieved, and now he was on the verge of reaching the heavens.
[Record: 26 wins, 0 losses]
Because we have already added 5 wins to our previous record.
Of course, these were 5 wins only from the right in front of me.
It was possible to continue the match through the revenge match system, but since he was the best fighter I’d ever faced, I kept accepting the revenge match.
‘I guess I’ll meet more interesting opponents when I reach the top of Cheonwicheon?’
Iron Fist, which is more popular, will have more such opponents.
A situation that makes you excited just thinking about it.
‘I’d like to meet this person up there too. I should add him as a friend.’
Currently, the only person in the friends window is the black girl.
I feel sorry for her, or maybe even her only friend, but this was a much more fun opponent.
It seemed like he had quite a bit of talent as his skills got better as he went on, compared to the first game.
Perhaps if the opponent continues to improve, they will be able to meet at a higher level.
‘I think I sucked at MMR too much···’
And to cheer them on.
In the hope that you will try harder.
[Humgeujeongdunga: You’re talented. I sent you a friend request, so let’s do it together again next time.]
It was Lee Do-hyeok who ended the game with such a chat.
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