The Next Opponent
The game ended just like that. Seoul High and Haneul High's match concluded with Haneul High pulling off a dramatic comeback victory.
"Haha, Kim Taehwan. Looks like you won't be winning this time either."
"Eh, Seoul High wasn't exactly a pushover. That Lee Sanghwi kid, was it? His stuff was nasty. Polish him up a bit and he'll be pretty useful."
With the two coaches finishing their handshake, the players began exchanging handshakes as well.
".......See you at the Blue Dragon Flag."
"Ah, yes."
The player standing in front of me was Lee Byungkyun. After a pleasant handshake, I turned to leave when someone suddenly blocked my path.
"Next time, we'll both be challengers."
It was Park Donghwan.
"Hmm.... First we have to win the Weekend League..."
"Oh come on! I'm trying to declare a rivalry here. Just play along, would it kill you?"
"Haha, I'm honored."
".........Hope we can meet again on the national team."
"Thank you."
After a brief exchange, Lee Sanghwi turned and walked off the field.
Honestly, thank you so much.
Skills
Copy All (L), Lucky Shot (R), Meister (L), Finishing Pitch (R), Pitching Machine (E), Professor (L), Fireball (E) (New!)
Copy All (L): You can copy skills from opponents who meet certain conditions. (Up to 3 skills of higher grade than Legendary)
Lucky Shot (R): Increases the chance of fielding errors on weakly hit balls.
Meister (L): Greatly increases stuff and control. Also raises the batter's whiff rate.
Pitching Machine (E): Repeatedly throwing the same pitch type enhances stuff and control.
Professor (L): Displays the ball's trajectory and landing point as solid lines based on defensive ability.
Fireball (E): Increases fastball velocity + raises whiff rate.
Fireball (E) is one of the best value skills even among Epic grades, alongside Keystone (E) and Ace (E). Its higher form is Rising Fastball (L), but having Meister (L) already is a miracle. Legendary-grade skills aren't something you see often. Even if someone possesses a History skill, if they haven't unlocked it themselves, I can't copy it either.
Maybe it's because my own skill grades are too low.
Copy All (L). If this skill's grade rises to History, maybe I could hold ten History skills?
Haha, what a greedy dream.
If a character like that appeared? Baseball Online's Earth server would shut down immediately!
After seeing off the Seoul High group boarding their bus, the sky had already darkened and the sun was beginning to set.
"Alright, the day students should head home so your parents don't worry, and the dorm students should clean up before dinner. Gather briefly afterward."
"""""Yes!!!!"""""
"Right, ah, one more thing! Gather up before you go!"
While the day students prepared to leave and the dorm students grumbled as they started organizing baseballs and equipment...
"The next practice game has been scheduled. The opponent is Busan High, and the date is this Sunday, four days from now."
Busan High. Last year's President's Cup Golden Lion champions, and the team that crushed Haneul High's ambition—the first high school team to attempt a grand slam by winning both the Blue Dragon Flag and Phoenix Flag.
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Since the timing was awkward, I boarded the only available bus and headed home. I felt sharp. My mood was excellent. If someone asked for the peak of my high, this would be it. The thrill of striking out Lee Byungkyun with a high fastball...
Skill synthesis is now available!
"Huh?"
I unconsciously clicked on the suddenly appearing system window.
Similar skills can be synthesized to obtain a higher-grade skill!
Would you like to synthesize Meister (L), Pitching Machine (E), and Fireball (E)? (The used skills will disappear upon synthesis.)
".......This is tricky."
The system window showed me something.
Meister (L), Pitching Machine (E), and the newly acquired Fireball (E). All of them were pitcher-enhancing skills.
Even if it's Pitching Machine (E), throwing away Meister (L) feels like a waste.....
What was Meister? It was naturally inferior to its higher form, Control Magician (H), but if you had other History skills, it was an ultra-high-value skill that would be prioritized as a support option. Even so, the hope of obtaining a higher-grade skill, a History-grade skill, was enough to blow away my rationality.
Ah, but two Epic grades are going into this.
If Epic becomes Legendary, and Legendary can rise to History, then if the Epic grades are confirmed to upgrade... it means I'm throwing Meister (L) into the trash. No, wait. In the end, it's just one Legendary skill, so I'm only losing two Epic skills.
One in three.
Even a 10% gacha rate gets called a huge bargain. This is 33 percent, 33 percent!
And even if it doesn't work.... if that game exploit works here....
This system, which guarantees a skill one grade higher than a randomly selected grade, has one flaw. I should just try it.
Would you like to proceed?
Yes / No
"I'll accept."
Selecting random skill......
At that moment, the three skills transformed into slips of paper and began mixing inside a cup.
Now!
The moment the cup started shaking, I quickly pressed stop and chose the cup that was returning to its position the slowest among the irregular movements.
The middle one!
You have selected the Legendary (L) skill, Meister (L)!
A History (H) grade skill will be granted!
"Nice!!"
So you can just eat skills like this. My mood soared.
Skill Roulette
Skills appearing: Phoenix (H), Mudeungsan Bomber (H), National Hitter (H), Son of the Wind (H), Big Unit (H), Peregrine Falcon (H), Fox of the Ground (H), Joseon's Cleanup Hitter (H), Rising Fastball (H), Captain (H), Choo Choo Train (H), and many more began spinning before my eyes.
From here on, it's pure luck....!
From this point, no tricks would work.
The roulette contents have changed!
Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H), Iron Arm (H).....
"Huh?"
Wait, Iron Arm......
Skill selection complete
Iron Arm (H) (Locked)
Unlock Condition: Visit the Choi Dong-il Museum in Busan
"........Holy shit."
By real baseball standards...... I'd pulled a game-ending skill. And the timing was perfect—I had to go to Busan this Sunday for the game anyway. This way, I could even save the guaranteed History-grade skill random ticket.
Thank you, Choi Dong-il sunbaenim.
I love you.