The Eve of the National War

"Using a city as the battlefield, among all the factors I once told you could affect victory in battle, terrain would become overwhelmingly important."

"Oh."

"Below A-Rank, there wasn't an absolute qualitative gap between participants of different ranks. A wounded B-Rank with insufficient energy might not necessarily beat a C-Rank in peak fighting condition."

"Everyone was still human with special abilities and somewhat stronger physical capabilities, so they couldn't ignore many external factors."

"Oh, oh."

"Depending on how much intelligence you had, the quality of your overall judgment, your experience assessing battle conditions, and so on, what decided victory or defeat could often be something as simple as a bus stop sign, a collapsed ceiling, or a small villa."

"Oh, oh, oh."

"For a C-Rank Ranked Battle, opponents had only just made up for shortcomings such as lacking defensive methods, insufficient mobility, or inadequate offensive power. They had only just formed a proper combat capability and moved beyond the stage of 'ordinary people with a few superpowers.'"

"The scope of battle would probably be limited to a few buildings or one or two streets. Whether the winner was decided in ten-odd minutes or it turned into a drawn-out chase-and-hide struggle, either was very likely."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh."

"So making good use of the surrounding terrain and arranging a strategy favorable to yourself was essential for victory. But your opponent would probably do the same."

"Although tomorrow the other side would likely uphold the spirit of a Knight's duel and send only one person to face you, facing an opponent superior to you in both experience and strength on your first deployment would still be very difficult. But..."

"Show some confidence, Fang Ran. You're a participant."

"...Mm."

By the time Fang Ran left Su Qun's room, it was already late