The battle between William and Gu on. At this point, Wilim’s drone was o away from colpsing.

  As expected, he’s making quick work of it. William nodded. And, he even dodges the follow-up shots every now and then. As I thought, using two drones against him would’ve had diminishiurns.

  An Assault Drone was slower than the Droid in practically every way, so its shots were always deyed. As suo matter whether William summoned one drone or a thousand of them, it wouldn't make much of a difference long as Gunz sidesteps everything in a timely fashion.

  Hmph. This is just more proof that I’m right. William thought. I’ve always been saying that, at high-level py, the drones aren’t nearly as big of a threat as some people make them out to be.

  Wilim recalled the numerous debates he had with his fellow clubmates. These oafs had the audacity tue that Droid was a broken css because of the Assault Drones.

  Even though the css didn’t make it to the top of the tier list, some salty clubmates still pined about it just because William stomped them with Droid. Hmph, these scrubs.

  So, thank you for proving my point. William praised his oppo. With that said, you could’ve taken this a step further by exploiting this mid-range fight with your cutss. Why don’t you?

  Even though Wilim was riding his momentum, it was extremely dangerous for him to front a Pirate from mid-range. After all, Gunz could s his gun for a cutss at any moment and force the fight into melee range, in which the Pirate will have a tremendous advantage.

  Is it because of the drohat was William's best guess.

  Fighting in melee range would funz to give up on shooting down the drone. On top of that, he might struggle to sidestep the drone’s shots because they’ll e at him from point-bnk.

  So, perhaps Gunz was wary of these disadvantages?

  But, surely a pyer of your skill knows how to dodge from point-bnk. As long as you keep moving around, you'll naturally evade the shots.

  Dodging from point-bnk was both the hardest and the easiest thing to do. While it was impossible to dodge the attacks oion, it was very easy to dodge most of them “by act” simply by moving around nonstop.

  He should know that much, right? William wondered. Hmm. Maybe he doesn't have enough experience against Droid? It's not a popur pick, after all. Then again, this is basic execution knowledge...

  It was a mystery. Even though William brought this fight into a dangerous mid-range, Gu his bde sheathed. It boggled William to no end.

  But, I don't have time to solve this mystery right now. William shifted his focus back to the fight in front of him. There was no time for any breathers against an oppo like Gunz.

  ZAP! William fired another shot. As, the ser beam missed, as did the drone’s follow-up shot.

  Hmph. That's what I get fetting distracted by idle thoughts. Oh well. I suppose going into the final part of the battle with equal health is fitting enough.

  They were both around 50% HP. In that sehe battle was still young. They still had more than half a health bar to gh.

  As, William was fighting on a timer here. His damage output will drop substantially once his drone dies, and said drone was already o away from dying.

  What’s munz's terattack was immi. And so, the drone’s fate was sealed...

  Not if I have anything to say about it. William celed his recovery animation into Deflector Shield, the only skill he hasn’t used until now.

  The Droid summoned a semi-transparent psma shield in front of him. It was a tool he could only produow that he was Lv. 7, with 5 batteries at his disposal.

  The Assault Drone already occupied 2 batteries, and the Deflector Shield cost another 3. Together, the two skills spent his entire “MP bar”, so to speak. But, it was going to be worth it.

  The shield had plenty of HP, making it a great panion for a squishy marksman. What’s more, it was big enough to even cover the drone h behind William.

  BAM! As expected, Gunz's retaliation came out instantly. There was no doubt this sharpshooter aimed his shot perfectly at the drone, like every time before this.

  As, the bullet failed to hit the drohis time. It collided with the semi-transparent shield and ricocheted aside.

  "Crap!" Lars blurted. Nice shield timing, dang it! That was an animation cel, right? Yep, this dude is the real deal.

  It retty much impossible for Lars to beat that timing. He fired his terattack as soon as he got the ce, but it was already too te at that point.

  Irospect, maybe he should’ve taken that st hit like a man without wasting any time on sidestepping. That would’ve allowed him to get rid of that pesky drone ond for all at the expense of losing a small amount of HP.

  I totally should've dohat, but oh well. Lars shook his head. So, you finally popped dat shield, huh. I was w when it gonna e into py.

  Anybody who dueled Droid before was intimately familiar with the infamous Deflector Shield, the cheating ehat allowed Droid to steamroll duels. That psma thingy was tanky as heck, so shooting it down during a duel wasn't a real option. By the time Lars destroys it, his HP will probably drop down to like 20% or less.

  I could try aiming for his legs instead, but I doubt I gonna win like this...

  Deflector Shield wasn't invincible. The psma shield wasn't big enough to fully cover both the Droid and the drone h over his shoulder.

  Therefore, when casting the shield, the Droid had to make an important decision. He could either summon a shield that covered his body and legs, leaving only his head and drone exposed. Or, he could pce the shield a little higher, leaving his legs exposed in exge for c his head and drone.

  Winner chose the tter this time, which was rarer. Dude must be feeling really fident to leave his legs exposed like this.

  And, that fidence was well-justified this time. Lars didn't see himself winning uhese circumstances, not while Winner's drone was still afloat.

  Welp, guess I'll have to wait this o. Lars cluded. It’s time to back away for a bit... oh. Oh no...

  He was so preoccupied with the intense shoot-out that he didn't pay enough attention to his position! Nuuuuu!

  The battle started close to the tower area so Lars felt very fy about his position. However, at some point, he strayed real far from the tower! To make things worse, Winner somehow rotated to staween him and the tower area!

  It's like we sed pces, yo! When did that happen!? It’s sick but dang it! Lars produced a dry ugh. Yo, I’m in deep shit, ain’t I? Now I get why sometimes his shots felt so predictable. He mostly shot to my left side to make me dodge right a lot! Sneaky little...!

  Indeed, Winner pyed him for a fiddle. Dude orchestrated this whole thing!

  While pretending to fight seriously, that mastermind led Lars by the o a disadvantageous position! How was Lars going to get out of this jam!?

  DarkestCymore