Chapter 23 - Follower

Chapter 23 - Follower

Berry got closer to RedFile and threw a normal quality golf ball at RedFile.

"!" RedFile was shocked because he did not see Berry held it earlier. 'He hid his other hand with his body,' thought RedFile. Also, with the appearance of the high-quality football, RedFile's focus was on the hand holding that ball instead of the other hand.

The golf ball was coming fast at RedFile but it was not that hard to evade. RedFile moved to his left and succeeded in evading the golf ball. His eyes did not stray away from Berry because he had seen Berry hit Shin while the latter was occupied on one ball.

Berry threw another golf ball at RedFile and once again, RedFile managed to evade. Be that as it may, Berry's speed suddenly increased and he immediately arrived in front of RedFile.

'Fast! Even without any upgraded equipment, he is much faster than me!' RedFile was shocked.

Since RedFile's weakness was speed, Berry decided to play with his speed in this battle. He did not run at full speed earlier and did his best to lower his speed while looking natural.

Berry also added the two throws to throw off RedFile's sense of his speed. Once RedFile was occupied with that, Berry sped up and immediately got close to RedFile.

Now that they were close, Berry pushed the high-quality football at RedFile. RedFile wanted to dodge but Berry was too fast for him.

Even so, RedFile thought of something. He weakened his knees and fell below to evade the ball. However, something unexpected happened.

Berry held on RedFile's arm and prevented him from evading the football.

"!!!" RedFile was shocked and the ball hit his face.

[RedFile's HP -4]

"Whoa~ nice move. RedFile is too slow that he is caught in that kind of simple move," the guy spectating the battle enjoyed seeing RedFile's face was smashed with the ball. It was funny and stupid.

"GUH!!! How dare you!!!" RedFile lost his cool. Since one of his arms was held by Berry, he used his other arms with the fiery ping pong ball to hit Berry at close range.

Unbeknownst to RedFile, he could easily yank his arm from Berry's grab because he had a higher attack point than Berry. However, he was too angry and forgot to think properly.

Berry would not let RedFile got his chance. Berry raised his leg and kicked RedFile away from him. RedFile was pushed away by that kick and he rolled on the ground for a few meters. At the same time, the two ping pong balls he held before was let go from his hand because of the roll.

"How dare you!!!" RedFile shouted again in anger. He was angrier than before because he was kicked and rolled pathetically like that.

As the previous two ping pong balls were not in his hand, RedFile immediately took out another two ping pong balls and used Fire Ball on them. With anger consuming him, RedFile did not think long and threw the two fiery balls at Berry.

The ping pong ball with Fire Ball and added with RedFile's attack stat held a total amount of 16 damage. With Berry's 9 defense stat points, he would receive a whopping 7 damage point if the ball hit. Twice of that if both balls hit him.

However, Berry was not panic. With his speed, the distance between them as well as that rash throw, it was easy for Berry to evade.

The two fiery ping pong balls arrived but Berry waved his body left and right thus successfully evaded all the balls. When the balls passed by Berry, he could feel a slight heat coming from the fire.

[Berryier's HP -1]

[Berryier's HP -1]

'The heat can cause damage?!' Berry was surprised but he did not panic because he had 9 more HP left.

In Dodgeball Master, there was a lot of ability that gave this kind of damage. Fire and Electric ability were two of the popular ability with this effect. Feeling the heat or spark from the ability will give 1 damage to the opponent.

RedFile was a bit happy that his attack caused at least a bit of damage. However, he was in a pinch because he only had one more chance to use Fire Ball. The first two went in a bust when he let go of the balls. Another two missed the target. Now, he only had one more Fire Ball UP left.

'GRR!!! If this guy did not kick me, I still have the two earlier fiery balls!!!' thinking of this, RedFile's anger increased again. Even so, his anger did not last long.

Since RedFile was too occupied with his thought, Berry saw that and took that chance to throw the high-quality football at him. The high-quality football flew and hit his face once again.

[RedFile's HP -4]

"YOU!!!" RedFile was angrier but before he could continue to say more, a golf ball came and hit his body. Berry did not want to lose his chance and continued attacking like what Shin did before.

This was the best chance too, considering RedFile losing his cool.

[RedFile's HP -2]

[Battle end. Winner: Berryier. Time Taken: 23 seconds]

RedFile's HP turned 0 and he was teleported out of the field instantly leaving Berry alone there.

"Pfft! That guy needs some anger management treatment or training. He got angry too easily but I will get angry too if my face was hit like that," the guy who watched the battle shook his head while sighing.

"This battle is not as great as before but I can see Berryier make good use of his speed. He controlled his speed and used the two earlier throws to distract RedFile. Hahaha, when he held RedFile's arm is the funniest," the guy laughed when he remembered RedFile got his face smashed with the ball with no chance of evading.

"He strategized a bit in this battle. I can see he keep his cool when the heat gave him damage," the guy nodded.

"Still, that grab is the greatest, kekeke," the guy laughed again. "RedFile lose pathetically in this battle. He got his face smashed. He got kicked. He rolled on the ground like that," the guy shook his head.

"I like Berryier's kick the best. He kicked KOA2468 and RedFile nicely. I should follow him! I want to see more of that kick, kekeke. It will be nice if all his opponents are kicked like that," the guy imagined the situation where Berry kicked his opponent.

"I win," Berry smiled. He felt a bit happy that he won. Although it was a win in a game, a win is a win no matter what. Who did not love that feeling?

Berry was teleported back to the waiting room. Once he arrived there, Berry got the notification of his win.

[Battle Factory Single Versus 2nd Battle

Result: Win

Rewards: 40 Experience Points and 4000G

Finished the battle in under 30 seconds

Extra Rewards: 10 Experience Points and 1000G]

Berry was surprised to see the rewards he got. "Isn't this too much?" Berry questioned. "Now I understand why professional Players focused on the Battle Facility than the missions," Berry added.

This was the most reward Berry got since he started playing. The rewards between the winner and loser were too far apart. He got 4 experience points and 400G when he lost against Shin but he got ten times that when he won against RedFile.

[Insufficient Money Storage. Cannot deposit the money. Please upgrade the slot to receive the money. The player can use the reward money to upgrade the slot] another notification came.

Berry used the whole 4000G and increased the money slot by another 40. He could now store money at a maximum of 5500G.

It was a waste to use all of them in one go like that but Berry found it a hassle to do it every time the slot was not enough. So, he spent all of the reward money for that.

"What time is it?" Berry checked on the time and he had a bit more time left to play. "Should I try another battle?" Berry thought. After thinking for a bit, Berry decided to have another battle.

Berry clicked on the waiting room's screen and applied for another battle. The NPC handling the Battle Facility received the order and prepared for Berry's next opponent.

Berry sat on the bench and waited for the employee to match him against someone else. While Berry was waiting, he got a notification from the Battle Facility.

[Spotty Pot Pot has followed you. You receive a fan. The Channel feature is unlocked. A channel dedicated for you is created by Spotty Pot Pot and is linked under your Other Menu]

Spotty Pot Pot was the guy who watched the battle between Berry and RedFile. He wanted to see Berry kicked a few more of his opponent and decided to follow him.

Berry was surprised by this notification and he checked on his Other menu and saw that under the Chat was a new feature, Channel.

Berry clicked on the Channel and there was a channel with his in-game name, Berryier. Berry clicked on that channel and there was a post from Spotty Pot Pot.

[Berryier's Kicking Achievement] was the title of the post. Under the post were two videos of Berry kicking Shin and RedFile. Since there was only Spotty Pot Pot as his follower, no one was commenting on that post.

Note:-

RedFile's Stat

Name: RedFile

Rank: 1

Level: 3

HP: 10 [10B + 0P + 0E]

Attack: 12 [6B + 6P + 0E]

Defense: 9 [6B + 0P + 3E]

Speed: 7 [5B + 0P + 2E]

Ability: Barrier

Skill

1.Fire Ball [Level 1 {UP 5 of 5}] – Atk+2, Durability -10