A blood mist that stained everything in every direction.

The surroundings turned red in an instant, and seeing that, Kyou and Kurosawa Ren frowned.

And unlike those two—

As the blood mist scattered, Seong let out a small laugh and said,

“Kyou-nim’s side isn’t in a good spot.”

At Seong’s words, Mihael and the chat immediately started peppering him with questions.

“Huh? Why is that!?”

Mihael asked, and Seong was about to answer, but he looked at Luna instead, and Luna blinked—then understood what he meant and replied.

“Embris-nim’s skills are usually blood-based, and when blood gets sprayed everywhere like that, it becomes hard to predict where Embris-nim will appear from. Plus, attacks can come from all directions, so that’s why.”

At Luna’s friendly explanation, everyone nodded.

Just like she said, Kyou tried to clear the blood mist with lightning, and Kurosawa Ren swung shadow wind to disperse it, but Embris and her party had already vanished into the blood mist, and now there was no telling where they would pop out from.

Then, in the middle of that—

Blood mist bloomed behind Kyou.

Kyou noticed it a beat late and wrapped himself in lightning, but it was too late.

Embris emerged behind Kyou with only her upper body showing, and formed spikes of blood.

He called them spikes, but a massive conical pillar appeared and speared toward Kyou, and Kyou quickly pulled the lightning he’d been about to swing into his own body and formed a barrier.

Kyou blocked the blood horn just in time.

But—

FWOOOMPH———!!!

He thought he’d stopped Embris’s horn with a split-second decision—

But Usagi from Embris’s party burst out from behind and stabbed a blood sword into Kyou’s back.

“Kuugh.”

In terms of split-second judgment and combat sense, nobody could catch Kyou—

But in teamwork like this, nobody could catch Embris.

Kyou tried to cut Usagi down right away, but just like that, Usagi vanished into the blood mist, and Embris stepped in to block Kyou.

Kyou’s physical ability, wrapped in lightning, was unbelievably powerful—but that was just as true for Embris, the apostle of the Blood Lord.

Embris’s body was transcendent—she was a devout apostle who served the King of Blood, and a true vampire who even surpassed purebloods.

When their fists collided in midair—

Blood and lightning burst outward in every direction, creating a shockwave.

KWAAAAAANG————!!!

KRAKRAKRAKRAK———!!!

SHWAAAAAAAH————!!!

The lightning jutted out in sharp spikes and spread everywhere, and the blood shattered under that lightning, making the blood mist even thicker and denser.

Judging by the clash alone, lightning looked like it had the advantage—

But if you looked at Kyou’s expression, you could tell he was at a disadvantage.

Just like that, the blood mist thickened again.

Embris hid her body once more, and Kim Che-geon and Meirin—who had charged forward late—came back.

Then, while Kyou was being held up by Embris, Menma and Chako pulled back from Kurosawa Ren, whose HP had been cut down to almost half.

-Wow, that teamwork is insane???

-Kurosawa Ren got shaved to almost half HP;;;;

-This is crazy.

-No, their mind games are that fast???

-Isn’t it also a matchup advantage?

-Nnnn, if Kyou’s party’s teamwork had been in sync there, they wouldn’t have gotten done like that......

-Yeah;;;

-If Kim Che-geon and Meirin hadn’t jumped out, they wouldn’t have been able to pressure Kurosawa Ren like that in the first place.

-And Kyou got hurt too, so it’s bad for them.

Everything the chat was saying was true, line by line.

Because of one split-second decision, Kyou’s party had taken a huge loss.

That was why Mihael sounded even more excited as he spoke.

“Ahh!!! Embris-nim’s party takes the lead and grabs the first point!!! Party leader Kyou-nim and party member Kurosawa Ren-nim have taken serious injuries!!!”

As Mihael commentated like that—

Luna cut in partway.

“That doesn’t mean Embris-nim’s party has a complete advantage.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

At Luna’s sudden statement, Mihael asked back, sounding genuinely surprised.

It was an impromptu event, but the commentary chemistry was excellent.

Embris’s party and Kyou’s party were still trading blows, and the battlefield itself was tilting in Embris’s favor—

But Mihael listened closely, thinking Luna must have a reason for saying that.

And the chat wasn’t any different.

-?????????

-Embris’s party looks way more favored though???

-They don’t even have a healer, do they????

-Exactly????

-Something coming?????

In the moment the chat was flying—

Meirin suddenly pulled out a brilliantly shining, yellow light spear and threw it at Kyou and Kurosawa Ren.

It could’ve looked like a sudden team kill—

But in that instant, Embris’s party popped out to block the spear, and Kyou and Kim Che-geon stopped them, and Kyou and Kurosawa Ren took the shining light spear dead-on.

-??????????????

-Team kill??????

-What is this?????

-Huh??????

-No way??????

While the viewers were spamming in shock—

The moment a healing animation popped up,

Everyone had no choice but to be stunned.

Who would’ve thought Meirin had support-type abilities like that?

While everyone was shocked, Luna was nodding like she’d expected it.

“Meirin-nim has healing abilities, so it’s not a situation where you can say it’s one-sidedly favored.”

“Ahhh!!! I see!!! But why didn’t we see it before......?”

“Maybe there just wasn’t any need to use it.”

“Ah.......”

Luna answered Mihael’s question firmly.

And watching that, the viewers couldn’t help laughing.

-lolololololololololol

-Why didn’t you heal? You heal when you get hurt!!! lol

-If you’re not hurt, using a heal is overkill lol

-Luna’s so brutally firm lololol

-lololololol so funny.

-Mihael’s reaction is hilarious too, he never even imagined it lol

-Yeah, like there’s no way you never get hurt lololol

-That’s only because it’s Kyou’s party lol

In a party hunt, “there was never a reason to use heals” didn’t really make sense—

But the chat went wild saying that if it was Kyou’s party, it was totally possible.

Of course, regardless of that, the fight between Kyou’s party and Embris’s party continued fiercely.

Embris’s party, using blood, chose a rotation-style engagement—

And Kyou’s party, using their own shining instincts, tried to catch them no matter what.

In the immediate exchanges, Embris’s party did have the upper hand.

However—

“Ah, it looks like the tide is changing little by little!? What’s happening!?”

As Mihael said that and glanced at Luna—

The chat turned into a sea of laughter again.

-lololololol no, if he doesn’t know, he always looks at Luna

-lololololol

-So he outsourced the commentary, is that what this is????

-lololololol so funny.

The reactions were great, and Luna explained well, so it was killing two birds with one stone.

At Mihael’s question, Luna answered without even frowning once.

“Even if Kyou-nim’s party’s teamwork isn’t in sync, if you look at them one by one, they have instincts that surpass Embris-nim’s party’s talents, so I think they’re gradually getting used to Embris-nim’s party’s tactics.”

At Luna’s words, Embris’s party’s tactics gradually changed.

They stopped hiding inside the blood mist to attack, and instead started attacking through the blood mist, and they stopped hiding their forms altogether.

Kyou’s party was startled by the new method and couldn’t adapt at first.

But the moment they revealed themselves, Kyou’s eyes gleamed and he scattered lightning.

At the same time, Kim Che-geon’s eyes gleamed and he charged in.

Their job grades were lower, but once Kim Che-geon—another genius on par with Kyou—and Kyou stepped up, Embris’s party was pushed onto the defensive in an instant.

As Embris’s party started getting driven back, the commentary got hotter too.

“Ahhh! This is insane!!! Kim Che-geon-nim and Kyou-nim are charging in like mad!!! Their targets are Usagi-nim and Chako-nim!!!”

“Embris-nim made a bad call.”

At Luna’s sharp judgment, Mihael nodded without even realizing it.

-Is Hael-ham nodding because he actually knows?

-This is literally us in class lololol

-He’s gotta at least pretend he knows to get paid!!!!

-Shh, he’s doing office life.

Whether the viewers teased him or not, they agreed with Luna’s assessment.

If Embris’s party had simply answered back even after Kyou’s party adapted, things might have changed at least a little.

Revealing themselves was the bad move.

Embris tried to block Kyou a beat late, but Meirin and Kurosawa Ren latched onto Embris, and no matter how strong Embris was, she couldn’t shake both of them off instantly.

So Menma joined in to try and stop Kyou and Kim Che-geon from taking out Usagi and Chako—

But the three of them couldn’t handle Kyou and Kim Che-geon.

The situation flipped in an instant. First, Chako dissolved into blood and disappeared, and after that, it was Menma.

Usagi tried to endure the attacks no matter what, ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) but lightning raining down made her body scatter into blood, and Embris also took down Kurosawa Ren and Meirin—

But the remaining members were, of all people, Kim Che-geon and Kyou.

Those two also took heavy injuries while fighting three people, but Embris frowned as she looked at them.

Compared to those two, Embris was in significantly better condition, but—

KRAKRAKRAKRAK———!!!

The lightning that came crashing down—

And—

SLASH———!!!

She had no way to withstand swordsmanship infused with subtle, profound principles.

In the end, Embris was forced down by lightning and blade, collapsing and dissolving into blood like her other party members—

And in that moment, Kim Che-geon also went down from Embris’s final blow, and Kyou was able to bring Embris down with only the slightest bit of HP left.

“Kyou’s party winsaaaaah!!!!”

And just like that, Kyou’s party won.