[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-191":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Black Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462784,1913,"Chapter 191: Outplayed?","black-online-chapter-191",191,"\u003Cp>The holographic screen appeared in front of them—Choose your soldiers and classes—and the countdown also started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This guy comes off as arrogant.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought as he looked at West.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West had that pompous expression on his face, as if he were God among mortals, and it annoyed Raon to no end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also gave him an opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I can use his arrogance against him. I believe, without a doubt, that he’ll just attack me with full force straight from the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I think he wants to crush me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, a plan formed inside his mind, and he rubbed his chin before reaching his hand towards the holographic screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll do this...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fang Raon’s Team]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tank - Skill: Mountain]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Helper - Skill: Heal]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warrior - Skill: Crescent Slash]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll do the same plan as I did against Incognito. I’ll have Helper stand with Tank, drowning him with heals so that he won’t die, and with Warrior, I can focus on fighting.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he then pressed the \"Ready\" button, and at the same time, West was also ready, as he had chosen his soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[West’s Team]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Assassin - Skill: Quick Slash]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Assassin - Skill: Stealth]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mage - Skill: Mist]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countdown slowly ticked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding! Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Fang Raon suddenly received a message, and he opened the chat window out of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rock: West is master of Assassin class. This means he is extremely formidable in close-quarters combat. DO NOT attempt to fight him. Go for his tower]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon looked at the message, then wiped his hand across the air to make it disappear, and nonchalantly threw a side-glance at Rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rock acted like he didn’t see the glance as he was just staring at his own opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...Do not fight him in close quarters, huh... Well, that happens to be exactly what I am planning to do.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did have some time to change his soldiers, but he decided not to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[00:00]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countdown reached zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, the holographic battlefield appeared on the table in front of them, and they finally saw each other’s chosen soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West scoffed pompously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arrogantly thought that his opponent chose the worst possible soldiers to go up against him, and he already thought that the game was won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bad move... a bad move...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like he planned to whisper those words, but just barely loud enough for Fang Raon to hear him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I don’t mind knocking him down a peg or two.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he controlled his Helper, who jumped onto the shoulders of Tank, and then Tank started making his way down the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warrior followed right behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of West’s Assassins disappeared—he used Stealth—and the other Assassin and Mage started walking over to the village square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Two Assassins and a Mage...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before Rock’s message, he believed that West was going to use Assassins as they were the strongest close-quarters class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, his soldiers made their way down to the center of the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village was abandoned. It wasn’t bustling with life like the real version of the village. It was like a haunted ghost town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon caught the sight of West’s Mage and Assassin standing near the old well—they had been waiting for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, the Mage’s grimoire opened up, and thick mist poured out of one of the pages, enveloping the street in a dense fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It became hard to see more than a few feet in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Go inside.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon gave a quick order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Tank smashed through a locked door, barreling into a building, and the Warrior followed in his footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I stay out on the streets with that mist, I’ll be doomed. Assassins are such a fast class that I wouldn’t be able to do anything if I didn’t see them coming.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist kept also pouring into the building, but it just hovered near the floor and didn’t rise any higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Where are you hiding~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West said with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his Assassin walked into the building, twirling those claw-shaped daggers around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He is planning to fight both my Tank and Warrior all alone? Where is that other Assassin of his?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now obvious that West’s Mage was going to be absolutely obvious, as its only spell was the Mist spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t do any other spell, so it was just going to be far away from the fight and let Assassins handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Go!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon ordered his Tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Tank pulled out his heavy-looking sword and swung it down at the Assassin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the sword kept coming down, the Assassin just kept twirling his daggers, and he then jumped over the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick Slashes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The daggers slashed through the air—slashing across Tank’s burly body and even through Helper’s flesh—and the Assassin then landed behind the Tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Fang Raon’s Warrior clashed swords with the Assassin, and they fought fiercely like their lives depended on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Helper healed both her and the Tank—restoring their health back to full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I see now why he attacked all my soldiers just with his Assassin. I have to control three soldiers at the same time, while he only has to control one.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought with a dark look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West didn’t have to control his Mage—the Mage was just somewhere in the village hiding—and he had no idea where that other Assassin was at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I might have a hunch about what he is doing with his other Assassin...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tank then resumed fighting, and both he and Warrior were fighting as hard as possible against the Assassin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t really doing any damage to the Assassin, and Fang Raon was spending more of his mental energy by controlling more than one soldier at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Yeah, I will lose like this. He is outplaying me in every way.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It started to dawn on him why Rock didn’t want him to fight against West in close-quarters combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon hadn’t played all his cards either, and there was a reason why he decided to fight West like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a reason why he escaped into this building, and it wasn’t just because he wanted to escape the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crescent Slash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, his Warrior’s blade started glowing red, and he started doing crescent slashes—they cut through the air with a whistling noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassin, controlled by West, did front flips and back flips while dodging those slashes—not a single one of them landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those crescent slashes sliced through the wooden walls and the support beams of the building—as cleanly as a knife through butter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The building started trembling. The ceiling began to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He is planning to bring this whole place down on us!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West thought in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he immediately ordered his Assassin to sprint out of the door, but before it could, the door collapsed, trapping them inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon ordered his Helper and Warrior to go under Tank, and then his Tank shielded them with his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mountain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tank’s body became as hard as a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH~ The building collapsed on top of them, and the Assassin got crushed under several tons of rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dust billowed up around them, creating a cloud of debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tank rose up from the rubble—seemingly unharmed—and so did the Helper and Warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Assassin has died!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West received a notification that drained all color from his face, and he never thought such a thing was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was tricked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Since the beginning... He planned this!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West thought with an ugly expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan didn’t go as smoothly as Fang Raon intended, as he didn’t want to only kill one Assassin, but wanted to kill all of West’s soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just didn’t anticipate that West wanted to attack him with just one soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Time for the plan B.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ordered his soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, his Tank lifted Helper to his shoulders and started running—the Warrior followed right behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were heading straight towards West’s tower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’God damn it!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West screamed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ordered his stealth-using Assassin—wherever it was currently—to start running for the tower as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I don’t have to fight at all. If I don’t let any of my soldiers die for the next twenty minutes, I will win when the timer reaches zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is why I chose Helper so I can keep my soldiers alive. He just has one Assassin left, and that one has no offense-oriented skill as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I don’t want West to go after my tower, so I need to put pressure on his tower so that he’ll come to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If he still plans to go for my tower, I have both Warrior and Tank that can cause more damage than a sole Assassin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ve checkmated him. What will he do now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same question that lingered in West’s mind—his head was pounding with questions—he also wondered what the hell he should do now.\u003C\u002Fp>",1573,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.438Z",1,"novelbin.me","14b0fef7031beb2db56bf5cc3ec03e6d070f0f2f28f95f8feed89c9d387171c3","black-online-chapter-192","black-online-chapter-190",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]