Chapter 25 : 70% Luck 30% Effort (3).

70% Luck 30% Effort (3)

A Forest Bears thick arm swung past Hyrkans head.

Whoosh!

Along with a terrifying sound.

Whew.

Hyrkan did not run in such a terrifying situation. The moment he dodged the attack, he lifted his head up and faced the Forest Bear eye to eye. He was completely unintimidated, as he seemed ready to strike a blow with his sword at any time.

The Forest Bear also didnt take his eyes off of Hyrkan. He expressed fury at Hyrkan and Hyrkan only. He didnt have any room or reason to look away from someone clearly showing hostility towards him.

UWOOOOH!

The forest shook along with the Forest Bears sonorous roar.

And within this sound

Alright, now! Get in here! I drew the aggro perfectly!

Hyrkan gave his command. Responding to his command, a Skeleton Warrior jumped up into the air. Throwing its body to stab the Forest Bears back, the Skeleton Warrior seemed entirely dignified.

Stab!

The Skeleton Warriors knife pierced the bears flesh and dug deeply into its back. The instant the knife pierced into the Forest Bear, the Skeleton Warrior let go of the knife and quickly moved to distance itself from the bear.

UWOOH!

The Forest Bear let out a pain-filled cry as it turned around. It seemed to want to kill whoever stabbed the knife into its back.

Uwoh?

But what entered his sight was not the Skeleton Warrior that stabbed him and ran. Another one was running towards him in a straight line in an obvious manner.

Uwoh!

Without a shred of hesitation, the Forest Bear blew off the charging Skeleton Warriors head.

Thwack!

With a skull-crushing sound, the Skeleton Warriors head flew off far into the distance.

Watching this happen, Hyrkan shouted almost instinctively.

You idiots! Work together! If you see your friend going in and attacking, you should expect the turn-around and go in a breath later or look for another opening! Dont go in so obviously, thats like passing the ball to the goalkeeper!

At this time, the one remaining Skeleton Warrior charged at the Forest Bear.

HEY!

Snap!

Startled, Hyrkan snapped his finger once. The Skeleton Warrior that had been following an obvious path like the one before held up its shield and changed into Defense Mode.

Krrr

Watching the sudden change in movement, the Forest Bear hesitated. The Forest Bear slowly turned to face Hyrkan, while Hyrkan drew his knife and distanced himself. Watching Hyrkan back off, the Forest Bear entered its Alert Mode.

A momentary respite.

Using this opportunity, the headless Skeleton Warrior headed into the forest to find its missing head.

Click Click!

Like a child, the Skeleton Warrior walked with its arms out, and watching this scene from the corner of his eyes, Hyrkan grit his teeth.

Ehew.

The fact that Skeleton Warriors shared their Combat AIs was an undeniable benefit as Hyrkan didnt need to teach them from zero. As a result, his Skeleton Warriors all had superb evasion. Backing off right after an attack and flying in like an arrow on an opening were both the result of Hyrkans education.

The problem was

These brainless idiots well, theyre not supposed to have a brain but

They couldnt cooperate at all.

When one acted, another had to act in response, and another had to act anticipating that response. That was teamwork, but it just didnt work. They didnt act like interlocking gears, but rather separate, independent ones.

As a result, accidents like the one just now happened in battle.

This huge magic power loss

Of course, a normal necromancer would have been able to endure. In the first place, with enough magic power, the skeletons could recover from most damages.

The problem was Hyrkan. As an all-strength necromancer, he didnt have such freedom with his magic power. Damage to his Skeleton Warriors wasnt something he could ignore.

Hyrkan glanced to the side. The Skeleton Warrior had come back with its head, and it was now fitting it back onto its neck. Rather than irritation or anger, the sight caused Hyrkan to sigh.

Yeah, it was my bad for expecting so much from you.

In the end, there was only one answer.

It was my bad for trying to eat a free lunch. Yep.

Hyrkan had no choice but to teach them again from the start.

Damn.

I thought I could sit back like all other necromancers, while the summons did the work

Of course, to teach them, Hyrkan needed to direct the fight from the front line.

I guess its my destiny to fight on the front line with my life on the line.

Hyrkan held up his longsword and charged towards the Forest Bear.

An Jaehyun currently held his tablet PC. In it, 3 videos were being shown. Their content was the same, but they were from a different point of view.

Warlords camera function captured the world from multiple points of view. It was as if several cameras were filming the same scene from different angles. As the video wasnt just from the players point of view, real movie-like scenes could be made.

At the same time, this feature acted as an excellent analysis tool for players.

Analysis was at the core of Warlord. Although Warlord monsters were outstanding, they wouldnt escape the limits of their settings. No, they couldnt. If they did, it would no longer be a game. As such, all monsters showed some signs before executing a certain move, they had a definite pattern to their battles.

Of course, what An Jaehyun was analyzing now werent monsters.

Theyre getting better as the fight goes on

3 Skeleton Warriors, An Jaehyun was currently analyzing their battle.

But its still not enough.

The Skeleton Warriors individual battle ability was actually above his expectation. He was amazed from the bottom of his heart. He even questioned, how did something like this go unnoticed until now?

On the other hand, they were far from perfect. Although they had potential, they still had tons to learn. It was An Jaehyuns role to create a learning curriculum for them. As he had never done such a thing before, An Jaehyun could only let out a sigh.

If I took my classes just as serious, I wouldve been able to go to college.

Although he was saying this, in truth, An Jaehyun was happy to worry over such matters.

Once they learned and gained experience, they would one day show excellent battle ability.

That wasnt all.

Well, no need for me to draw the aggro too long. Once I hit level 40, I can get my Golem to do it.

Necromancers werent just limited to Skeleton Warriors. There were Skeleton Magicians, Golems, and later he could even summon Death Knights. There were even rumors of necromancers being able to summon Bone Dragons.

At the very least, Hyrkan was certain that his battle videos would fundamentally change once he could summon Golems. As Golems had high HP and defense, Skeleton Warriors would have much wider movements with the Golem keeping the aggro.

The potential was there.

I can take it all alone.

Although troublesome, Hyrkan definitely saw the potential. The potential to solo a raid!

Of course, there were still problems to solve.

The biggest of these now was

If only I had more money

Money.

Aside from having money to spare, he had to solve his debts first. He would soon hit the one month mark since his borrowed date, and he didnt have any money left on him. He had to really focus on making money. Before he could aggressively invest money into the game, he had to first pay his debts off.

Lets see.

An Jaehyun headed to his YouTube page. His introduction video had reached well over 40,000 views, and his other videos were also steadily gaining views. Furthermore, he had reached 10,000 subscriber count.

An Jaehyun smiled.

Just looking at it makes my stomach full.

Everything was going smoothly.

But it wasnt enough. He had to make content that would make these 10,000 subscribers happy to pay for his character, Hyrkan. He had to prove he was worthy of receiving their donations, that his character, Hyrkan, had the possibility of becoming a future hero and Ranker.

He had already shown the potential.

What was left

Starting now, Ill focus my videos on level-up speed than battles.

Was result.

Warlord was full of news. Rather, people spent huge effort and numerous attempts to make the news. Although most turned to dust, some become worthy of headlines.

Hahoe Mask Hyrkan.

He was currently on the edge of making the news. The scene of a certain man watching his video was proof.

Amazing.

A blonde man clad in scarlet armor let out a heartfelt praise. Nearby, a red-haired woman discovered the man and approached him.

What are you watching to give such praise?

Watch it for yourself.

At the mans retort, the woman pouted.

Dont you know you cant watch others videos for security reasons?

Oh yeah.

After making a face as if he had forgotten, the man told her the videos identity.

Hahoe Mask Hyrkan. Im watching his battle video right now.

Hearing the mans words, the woman made a curious expression. This was the third time, the third time that she had heard the name Hahoe Mask Hyrkan from this man.

Youre doing that pretty often these days.

This time, its a video of him fighting a Mud Troll. It went up two hours ago, titled Level 20 Achieved. You can look it up at

Im not interested.

The woman clicked her tongue.

To be honest, I dont know why other Rankers are so interested in this player. Whats there to him besides his concept? Hahoe mask and wacky leather fashion. Isnt it kind of disgusting? If someone around me were to wear that, Id never talk to him again.

The man only made a wry smile. He couldnt think of a way to respond to her statement.

But hes good at fighting. Its a style you cant see anywhere else.

With that, the man touched the screen and rewound the video to the part he wanted. Then, he clicked the play button.

A hahoe mask wearing man in a hideous fashion was narrowly dodging the attacks of a Mud Troll. As he drew its aggro, lizard-skulled Skeleton Warriors attacked the Mud Troll one by one. Right flank, left flank. They showed perfectly executed attacks like the gears of a well-oiled machine.

In truth, it was nothing spectacular. Any coordinated team of players would be able to do so.

Only

How did he raise his Skeleton Warriors for them to have such Combat AI? Were Skeleton Warriors Combat AIs always this excellent? No, other necromancers werent like this. Didnt most of them defend first before attacking?

They werent players, but rather, Skeleton Warriors. He couldnt help but be surprised at such a feat. Fighting well alone and fighting well together were entirely different stories.

Of course, the blonde man knew that Warlords monsters and NPCs had superb AIs. If only in battles, they were much better than humans.

Plus, looking at his level, he hasnt even played for long! How did he accomplish so much in such short time?

Hahoe Mask Hyrkan had not played for long, and according to his research, it had only been a month since he started Warlord. Even so, he had managed to create Skeleton Warriors of this degree.

Then

This is only the beginning. If these Skeleton Warriors

Given the time, the Skeleton Warriors AI would improve further.

If these Skeleton Warriors could move as well as Hyrkan himself

One day, these Skeleton Warriors might fight as well as their master.

What would happen then?

How terrifying.

The blonde haired man felt a shiver down his back.

The woman nearby shouted at the blonde haired man.

Stop watching! Soon, its time to hunt. Were going live in 5 minutes. Get up.

Oh.

The blonde haired man got up, and the woman smacked the mans armored back.

Stop caring about that small fry. You are Matador Chev, Warlords 9th Ranker and the leader of the Red Bulls. What you should be looking at is the peak, not the bottom.

At this, the man smiled lightly.

Thanks for the compliment.

If youre thankful, finish it within one try today. We sold 200,000 live tickets. People have paid 2 million dollars to watch your victory ceremony. Dont disappoint them.

The man nodded and fiddled his watch. He turned off the hologram window and materialized an item slot.

Then, a helmet appeared behind his neck, devouring his head. In the middle of the helmet with two frightening horns, the head of an enraged scarlet bull was engraved.

Watching the mans appearance, the red-haired woman shouted.

Red Bulls, prepare for battle!

Red Bulls.

Even amongst the Top 30 Guilds, they were Raid Specialists that placed in the top 5 for raids.