Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 56

The Arena tournament’s round of 128 and round of 64 have concluded.

Despite the tournament ending, the public’s interest showed no signs of fading.

Naturally, the hot topic among people was Yeo, the small girl.

She wasn’t a pro; she was just a regular player in Deron.

It was extremely rare for a typical player from Deron to defeat a professional player in the midst of the Arena tournament.

Yeo had already been catching a lot of attention before the tournament began.

However, starting from today, when the tournament was broadcasted, even more people began to take notice.

Facing off against professionals, she exhibited an unyielding spirit.

With her ever-confident smile and overwhelming skills against the pros.

During the round of 128, many tried to undermine Yeo’s abilities.

To players of VRS, the Arena battles in Deron seemed off.

But in the round of 64, public opinion turned upside down.

An opposing professional player, Storm-inzk, acted as if he were disregarding Yeo.

This was being broadcast live. Surely, inzk was not clueless about the situation.

Yet, he did not hesitate to provoke her. Such actions were enough to incite resentment among players of VRS.

Everyone thought Yeo would get angry and take off inzk’s head.

But it was different. Yeo remained calm, not falling for the provocation.

The small girl started to imitate the swordsmanship stance she used in VRS, taunting her opponent.

Sadly, the details of the conversation between the two players were not revealed, but it was clear that inzk fell for Yeo’s taunts.

After hesitating for a moment, inzk began to adopt the same stance as Yeo.

And so the fight began. As if reenacting their match in VRS, the two exchanged sharp sword strikes.

But this wasn’t VRS; it was a place where non-existent stats allowed for impossible movements.

The girl moved in a bizarre way, leaping high into the air and stabbing her sword into inzk’s neck.

Regardless of what the viewers thought, it seemed that inzk acknowledged Yeo’s skills.

He approached the match with a demeanor contrary to his usual self.

He engaged the match more cautiously, with careful and sharp movements.

But once again, it ended with Yeo’s victory.

As inzk collapsed onto the ground, he removed his helmet to reveal his bare face.

His expression showed no sign of dissatisfaction.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[LMAO!]


[Blood Demon!!! Blood Demon!!! Blood Demon!!! Blood Demon!!!]


[Pro players getting wrecked LOL] [6]


[If this were VRS, it would’ve been different LOL] [5]


[Where are the VRS fans? LOL Your pro got wrecked LOL] [2]


[Just saw her underwear when she jumped] [21]


[inzk getting punished LOL] [3]


[The second Holy Sword has dropped on the server LOL] [17]

As Yeo’s winning streak continued, users in the Deron gallery began to explode with emotions they had been holding back.

Their resentment grew tremendously, having been mercilessly beaten by the influx from the VRS gallery.

It was an undeniable defeat. The aggro players who had come from VRS began to disappear quietly.

Meanwhile, a post filled with questions arose in the VRS gallery.

[VRS Gallery]

[Is this Yeo person a pro???] [12]

(In the highlight video of the round of 64)

If you watch this video, Yeo and inzk are both taking the same pose.

This is a swordsmanship style only used by the Storm team.

Sure, there are many who imitate swordsmanship, but how many can actually execute it?

It’s impossible unless they have practiced alone while watching videos.

And, if you look closely, they mix in other styles with the Storm team’s swordsmanship.

This person is definitely not a regular player. You can tell she’s trained professionally under a swordsmanship instructor from a pro team.

(In the highlight video of the round of 128)

Here too, you can see at the last moment when her sword flickers strangely.

This is swordsmanship used by the W.S members.

In my opinion, it feels like they’re just putting on a show to debut a pro player.

[Comments]

[Is the debuting player a girl?]


No [It’s just for character setting]


No [Female characters are weak, though.]


No [Not in this game.]

[She’s really pretty LOL VRS characters were all ugly male characters because of strength points.]


No [Seriously, I hate it when guys are crammed together.]


No [Female characters are weak.]


No [But agility points are high?]

[Watching this, I’m off to install Deron.]


[What’s this, you nerd?]


[So which team is she on???]


No [Isn’t it Storm?]

However, this post didn’t garner as much attention as the author had hoped.

Users who played VRS had little interest in the game Deron.

So, the user headed to the Deron Online gallery to craft a new post.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[A middle school girl as a Blood Demon has to be a middle schooler in real life] [37]

(A video explaining the side effects of having a different body in virtual reality and reality)


(Profile information for VRS pros)


(Scrap data and unnecessary memes captured)

We all know that when playing VR games, people create characters that resemble their real-life selves.

If there’s too much difference, it can cause side effects in daily life.

Even VRS pro players don’t set up characters too differently from their real bodies.

But look at Yeo.

She’s exactly the person known as a middle school girl or Blood Demon here.

(An image of inzk and Yeo facing each other)

According to the player profile, inzk’s height is 178.

He looks a bit taller due to the armor he’s wearing, but he probably didn’t change any settings when creating his character.

In contrast, take a look at Yeo.

You’d have to estimate her at what, 145? 140?

But despite that, she moves incredibly well, and her control is not lacking at all.

This means she’s perfectly commanding this small character.

This suggests that in real life, she likely has a height not too different from this character.

It’s hard to believe an adult male would be 140.

So, Yeo is certainly a small woman in reality.

Most players of virtual reality games like VRS and Deron tend to make their characters look similar to themselves.

While they may alter their faces completely, many keep the proportions of their height and limbs the same.

Given that these are games where you physically move, this was the typical choice.

Even those who played in a manner that was completely different from their real selves would often create a new character after some time.

This was due to the reason that if the disconnect with reality was too great, they couldn’t play properly.

Everyone knows this fact. But it’s something that hasn’t been given much thought.

Then, a post that instilled certainty appeared. There weren’t many publicly released gameplay videos of Yeo, but now her skills were revealed to many.

The atmosphere in the gallery that had been cheering for Yeo’s victory and mocking the VRS pros turned upside down in an instant.

*

Day 2 of the finals.

October 15 (Saturday)

Round of 32 begins.

The opponent I faced in the round of 32 was a wizard wielding a staff.

Dressed in a blue robe, it seemed they specialized in ice magic.

The opponent was not a professional player, just a typical user of Deron.

“Blood Demon!!!”

During a brief waiting period.

He waved at me from across the arena.

Under the large hat, his face was lit up with a bright smile, reminding me of a fanboy.

Had I become too famous? Occasionally, people would greet me like they were meeting a celebrity.

Since he wasn’t a user from an opposing guild, there was no need to act coldly for no reason.

That title of “Blood Demon” was a bit grating, but since there was no malice, I waved back and smiled.

“I’m a fan!!!”

The wizard user bounced around excitedly at my greeting.

The waiting time was coming to an end. I draped my sword over my shoulder, wearing a peculiar smile as I observed my opponent.

The end of his staff wasn’t rounded; it seemed to have a sharp blade.

This was not an average spell-casting wizard. This was a battle mage who preferred close combat.

I had identified their ranks: 1st rank, 2nd rank, and 4th rank.

But the issue was with the 3rd rank.

There were no effects on his body indicating a specific job.

After a brief scouting time, the match began.

The opposing wizard unleashed ranged attacks as if showcasing his specialties.

These were rapid attacks from 1st and 2nd rank, with extremely short casting times.

Ice arrows shot forward, quickly covering the area ahead.

Their accuracy wasn’t particularly high, but there were plenty of them.

I calmly closed the distance while deflecting the ice arrows.

Clang!

Pieces of blue ice shattered upon contact with my sword, scattering everywhere.

At that moment when the distance was almost closed,

Suddenly, a blue wave emanated from the body of the opposing wizard, and he vanished from the spot.

This wasn’t a blink to increase distance.

I sensed a presence and coldness right behind me.

Clang!

As I swiftly turned and swung my sword, I was just able to block the incoming attack from his staff.

He showed no surprise. It seemed he had anticipated this and immediately used his next skill.

Chop!

The sword clashed against the staff, starting to freeze.

This was a freezing skill designed to momentarily halt my movements.

There was no time. I immediately used the [Charge] skill.

At that moment, the ice covering my body shattered away in a blue aura.

Using the charge at close range doesn’t yield high damage, but it had the effect of nullifying my opponent’s control.

As I pushed the opponent back, I swung my sword. In that moment, a blue barrier formed in mid-air, blocking my attack.

This was the activation of [Mana Barrier], a basic defensive ability of a wizard.

But it seemed the ice caster class added a freeze effect on top of that.

A faint frost began to settle over my body.

The freezing debuff effect started to stack.

My attack speed and movement speed began to slow down gradually.

The opposing wizard had constructed his job tree solely thinking of PVP.

If I carelessly closed the distance, I would surely be at a disadvantage.

Yet, I had no choice but to close the distance.

This meant I had no other options.

The opponent, who had been idly casting icy skills at a distance, began to close the gap as the debuff stacks became significant.

Since he preferred close-range attacks, he had no choice but to approach me to finish the match flawlessly.

As soon as the distance was close, I used the leap attack to shorten the distance.

Boom!

Our swords met head-on.

With that one strike, the opponent’s barrier broke, but his health did not decrease.

In that moment, a peculiar smile spread across the opponent wizard’s face.

– It’s a trap.

Realizing this as I did, the wizard and I both used blink.

We reappeared at the same spot where the match had begun, where the opposing wizard had stood.

As soon as we landed, small lights flashed from all sides and explosions followed.

Bangbangbang!

My health plummeted rapidly as my vision blurred.

The opposing 3rd rank class was a magical scholar.

Thanks to countless magical landmines, my health dropped quickly, activating [Combat Continuation] as a result.

All the passive abilities unique to berserkers were triggered, yet I was frozen and unable to move.

This match was my defeat.

In the Arena, some special skills are heavily nerfed due to balance issues.

[Combat Continuation] was one of those skills.

The duration of [Undying] is 1 second.

The time taken for the freeze to wear off is also 1 second.

As my cold body began thawing, I collapsed to the ground.

Winner.

[Snow Mage]

1 win, 0 losses.

Loser.

[Yeo]

0 wins, 1 loss.