How was a boat supposed to deal with a zombie?
If anyone actually tried to fight a zombie with a boat, Gu Yu would definitely laugh.
That tiny bit of damage was even weaker than bare fists.
The boat itself did no damage and couldn't inflict any, so bringing it out now
was to take advantage of one of the Block World's major features.
The Wood Boat Theorem!
All he had to do was slowly approach the zombie, then place the boat on the ground.
The zombie, which had been fighting fiercely just moments ago, suddenly stopped and turned its gaze toward the boat.
It was as if the boat held some hidden magic.
After freezing for a second, it was sucked into the nearby boat and appeared in the seat behind.
"All right, buddy, head back."
After a brief moment of thought, the Iron Golem understood what Gu Yu meant. It stepped back and stopped attacking.
After all, Gu Yu had made it, and the Iron Golem technically belonged to him.
It had some connection to the mysterious product of "alchemy."
It wasn't as rigid and uncommunicative as it was in the game. It could understand simple commands.
"Good thing it understands me."
It had taken him ages to find a Zombie Villager. Dealing with one as troublesome as the game version would've been a real pain.
"I've got a Golden Apple, but no brewing stand. Where am I supposed to get a Potion of Weakness?"
He needed a Blaze Rod to kill a Blaze, but he didn't have the gear to venture into the Nether yet.
After thinking it over, Gu Yu decided to take the Zombie Villager home first.
The Zombie Villager was ferocious. Its speed and strength during the fight had been obvious, but the world's underlying code held it back.
Sitting in the boat, it couldn't attack. It could only stare wide-eyed, helpless to do anything.
It was easy enough to transport.
In the shadows, the Korean viewers were stunned.
"He's sailing off with the zombie in the boat!"
"So the boat really does have something to do with fighting?"
"It was fighting the Iron Golem so fiercely. Why did it stop moving as soon as it got in the boat?"
"Gu Yu knows magic. Did he use magic on the boat?"
"Huh?"
Park Sam-chang's smug grin froze.
He'd seen Gu Yu make crops grow faster and get logs to grow.
Back then, he'd guessed that Gu Yu had a skill of his own. Judging by what he'd seen,
it probably sped up the growth of certain plants after he killed a certain number of monsters.
Something connected to farming and agriculture.
But how could he use it on a boat now?
"He must be hiding his abilities!"
After a few seconds of thought, Park Sam-chang reached his conclusion.
"Those crafty people from Kyushu! Gu Yu's skill is definitely more complicated than it looks!"
He could farm, and he could trap monsters. All the signs
really did seem to point to "magic"!
"Since you know magic, there's an old saying in Kyushu."
"Fight magic with magic!"
Park Sam-chang looked into the distance and spotted a special hostile creature.
It looked like a villager, but it was definitely no villager. A prominent mole sat atop its big nose.
A Witch!
A creature with a low spawn rate, slightly stronger than zombies and skeletons!
It attacked with potion magic, inflicting all kinds of negative effects on its enemies, such as damage, poison, and slowness. It could also heal itself.
It was incredibly versatile and powerful!
He'd observed that Iron Golems would attack creatures like skeletons and zombies, but not Witches.
Perhaps their similar appearance to villagers confused the Iron Golems.
But that gave Park Sam-chang room to make a move!
"I'll lure the Witch over and catch Gu Yu off guard!"
"Great God Gu Yu has another trick up his sleeve?"
"Awesome! He used a boat to deal with it!"
"If I'd known he had this, I wouldn't have worried for so long!"
"Like Park Sam-chang said, it's probably a skill effect, right?"
"He hid his skill so well, then went and lured their boss over!"
"Killing that thing would definitely get a lot of rewards. I can't wait!"
"But it looks like Great God Gu Yu doesn't want to kill it?"
The viewers watching Kyushu's feed cheered.
This was a hidden monster. Defeating it the normal way could cost them who knew how many resources.
Now all it took was a boat to keep it completely in check!
"Let's expand the room first."
To keep the Zombie Villager from being killed by some accident outside, Gu Yu decided to keep it at home.
He definitely couldn't kill it. He was counting on it to give him diamonds.
He quickly used some stone to make a four-by-four enclosure and penned it inside.
When he stepped outside, Gu Yu's eyes lit up.
"Wow! A wild Witch!"
He'd just been wondering what to do about a Potion of Weakness, and now one had shown up!
When a target was three blocks away, the Witch had a 25% chance of throwing a Potion of Weakness!
He made another boat, tied the Witch to it, then sailed it into the room and shut it in with the Zombie Villager.
While the Witch was in the boat, its potions couldn't hit him.
He got lucky. The Weakness effect triggered on the third try, and then he got out of the boat and fed the Golden Apple to the Zombie Villager.
"Done!"
Now all he had to do was wait for it to turn into a villager!
Outside, Park Sam-chang had just evaded the Witch and hidden in the shadows.
"The Witch is skilled in magic. It should be able to break free of the boat's restrictions!"
"Then it'll smash the zombie's boat, and they'll attack from both sides!"
It was a lovely plan, but when he actually looked over,
Gu Yu appeared!
The Witch threw magic at Gu Yu!
Gu Yu was at a huge disadvantage!
Gu Yu defeated the Witch without taking any damage!
Once it was sucked into the boat, the Witch might as well have gone blind.
Every potion it threw landed somewhere distant, always falling one block short. They couldn't reach Gu Yu at all.
Not only had he failed to get any rewards, he'd lost a boss instead!
When the time limit ended, Park Sam-chang was forcibly teleported back to the island.
"Damn it!"
His anguished cries echoed across the entire Mushroom Island.
"Brilliant!"
Fries watched the fight and praised Gu Yu again and again.
Whether the boat's effect came from a feature or magic was still up for debate.
But that had definitely been a satisfying fight to watch.
"Little Korean, you wanted to use us as a weapon and profit from it?"
"Looks like that weapon was too sharp and cut your own hand!"
Those who harm others will be harmed in return.
In the end, the boomerang always comes back around!
"Fries, do you think that was a skill or a feature?"
Even though he was pleased, Dean Qi hadn't forgotten his responsibilities.
"I'm not sure. We've never used a boat from such an unusual angle before, but my gut says it's more like a skill."
It could trap zombies and prevent monsters from landing their attacks. That was far beyond what he'd thought a boat could do.
The skill explanation made more sense.
Dean Qi nodded.
"Make a note of it for now. If possible, we should discuss it with Gu Yu."
The best way to confirm something was to ask the person who'd done it.
From worrying about everything at the start to gradually looking forward to what came next, Dean Qi's attitude had changed without him even realizing it.
"Once we clear the game, I'll have to discuss Block World with him!"
Gu Yu's standing in his mind had gradually surpassed Fries's.
What came next was still uncertain, and Fries was more focused on the present.
He switched views, frowning.
"These people really don't know when to quit."
After hearing the commotion on Gu Yu's side, Mark and Jeter lay in wait nearby, watching for their chance.
They were fully armed and well-stocked with arrows, like venomous snakes concealed in the shadows.
Ready to spring out at any moment and deal Gu Yu a fatal blow!
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