Chapter 123
For the sake of Hyeop, users research martial arts moves.
They delve deep into anything they can sink their teeth into—form applications, practical uses, countering opponents’ moves—and find ways to utilize them.
Because what they’re delving into here are martial arts moves, it often happens that these can be used in other games, or even in real life.
That’s why users of Hyeobeul Wihayeo are seen as something special.
But in the end, their research is no different from what other game users do.
[On the patterns of Judgment Sword Kael]
[Why Kael users, no matter how bad, must keep playing Kael to build up a feel for him!]
[Experience is the only answer to getting good at Judgment Sword.]
The essence remains the same: users study skills and build proficiency to get better at the game.
The only difference is whether that proficiency is the kind of skill you can take to other games or not—and that’s what makes Hyeobeul Wihayeo stand out.
What Kael users look for is the pattern of Kael’s vital point generation.
Unlike movements that can be used just by picking up a weapon in other settings,
this pattern, no matter how much you practice, only shines when you pick Kael in The League.
That’s how most games are.
Even with shooting, the crucial feel changes from the weapon to the type of bullet, so besides the basic fundamentals, it’s often not very useful elsewhere.
But then, are you playing games to fight well in real life?
[No one is good from the start. Even if you get flamed, just play!]
[You really do get the hang of it and speed up if you play a lot lololol]
[When the opponent tries to stop me from popping their vital points, surprisingly studying swordsmanship helps.]
No.
You play games just to have fun.
Why do you research?
Obviously, to beat your opponents.
Sometimes, when you pull off a crazy play so good you can’t believe you did it yourself, it’s so fun you lose sleep over it.
[Kael Judgment Sword 16-second cut]
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I’m a Bronze Kael myself.
It was a fluke, but insane, right?
(video)
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-Insane
-That’s a certified god gamer ㅇㅈ
-He blocked the enemy skill with invincibility, sliced the vital point the moment he saw it, sliced it again the moment he saw it, Kya!!!! The combo was sick
-I thought it was a state of no-self
└I think it really was a state of no-self
-At this level, I think it should be played at his funeral
└We will now watch the deceased’s amazing play lolol
└Pass it down to your kids later. Keep it as a family heirloom forever.
-I want to kill all you Kael freaks. Don’t you see in the video? That bastard is 0 kills 9 deaths
└No lololol I just checked and it’s hilarious
└0 kills 9 deaths legend lolol
└That’s because he’s a Bronze Kael freak! (nodding)
People love super plays.
Whether they do it themselves, a pro shows it, or a total stranger uploads it, they love it.
Gamers are the kind of people who even exclaim in admiration when the enemy in front of them pulls off an awesome play.
In such a world, the super play Kael users watch is popping vital points.
Breaking through the opponent’s interference, predicting the next location to some degree, making the optimal decision in every split-second exchange, and popping vital points quickly.
The ultimate is cool, sure.
With that impact, even the Kael freaks call him Judgment Sword Kael or just Judgment Sword, instead of Agent of Radiance Kael.
But considering that before the rework, when you didn’t have to pop them quickly, it wasn’t this popular, it becomes clear what they’re passionate about.
Speed.
Then, some news reached the League’s Kael forum.
[Yo, you Kael freaks. They say a 4-second Judgment Sword happened?]
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For real?
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-Stop talking nonsense lolol
-If a 4-second Judgment Sword is possible, wtf lololol is that even a hero? It’s broken as hell
└4 seconds means it takes 0.6 seconds to slash each vital point lololol is that even possible?
└Looking only at speed, it’s more than possible.
└That’s when you just swing wildly, ignoring all the vital points.
└If a 4-second Judgment Sword becomes possible, the whole Kael vital point system will probably get nerfed.
-But if it’s a fluke, isn’t it possible? I think a god gamer could get lucky and land it just 6 times.
└I think that’s it too
└There are people who just keep challenging against a target dummy and sometimes get lucky and hit 9 or 8 seconds; I think it’s that.
└That’s the most likely.
At its fastest, using the skill takes 8 seconds.
If you pull off a 16-second Judgment Sword, people call it a legendary play.
So 4 seconds?
There’s no way it came from normal gameplay.
Therefore.
They thought it was just someone swinging at a still target dummy with no resistance, guessing the next vital point like a test question, and getting lucky 6 times in a row?
Even lotteries have winners; maybe that could happen?
They thought like this.
But because a post was posted proudly on the free forum, the misconception was quickly corrected, and Kael’s forum went wild.
[It’s real?]
[Broadcasting in Travel]
[What the hell????]
Like elsewhere, The League’s free forum had the trait that no matter how amazing a post was, unless it escalated into a fight or controversy, it would pass on to other topics.
Even so, the 4-second Judgment Sword became a topic on the free forum too, and quite a lot of related posts went up.
But the reaction wasn’t as intense as over here.
Kael forum.
The holy land of Kael freaks.
[What the hell!!!! Is there a pattern!!!!]
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Am I the only one drooling right now?
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-It was against normal players, and beginners at that... Hmm......
└Does that matter? What matters is that there’s a pattern. (OP)
└Dummy or beginner, it doesn’t matter; the existence of a pattern itself has been proven. (OP)
└True lol I’m drooling too
└If we just memorize the pattern, the time would be shortened like crazy even if it’s not 4 seconds lololol I can’t hold back
They were hopeful.
If they learned the rule, they could shorten the time much more than all the guides and lecture videos so far.
And since he’s a streamer, wouldn’t the chance of him telling them be high?
But before that, there was a question to be asked first.
[So who is that guy? What’s he?]
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I read the comments on the free forum and they said it’s his first game with Kael and in the League?
How does he do that? What is this?
Seriously, what kind of person is he?
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-Don’t call him ‘that guy’. He is the esteemed one who will teach us the pattern.
└Will he really teach us easily?
-He figured out the pattern by watching videos beforehand. He’s always been like that.
└For real, the streamer is consistent lolol
└You guys, share what you know. What kind of smurf is he?
Regarding who Seojun was.
It wasn’t that no one knew.
On the contrary, quite a few did.
Coincidentally, Hyeobeul Wihayeo was on a break, so there was plenty of time to wander around.
[Do you know about the Musou Play? Do you know the Dominator?]
[Do you know the texture that appeared in Dawn of the Assassins?]
[Do you know the Absorption Art?]
[Do you know the Heavenly Demon Divine Art of Hyeobeul Wihayeo?]
Stories about Seojun flooded out one after another.
[Crazy lololol]
[So many are pouring out lololol]
[I got even more curious after seeing all that. What kind of person really is he?]
-Honestly, we’re curious too
-He’s just an ordinary college student
Seojun’s past achievements were revealed along with a link to his iTube.
A trail of footprints that could only inspire trust!
Now that they were convinced it was real, not a cheat or some fabrication, only one problem remained.
[Do you think that streamer will tell us?]
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If only he knows it, it’s super broken. If everyone knows it, it’s a guaranteed Kael nerf.
And is it just a nerf? The game company might change the pattern or completely remake it.
Wouldn’t it be better to keep the honey for himself? Though that also assumes the game company would leave him alone even if he’s solo.
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-That’s a fair point
-As a 10-year viewer of the streamer, I’ll say this. He does tell us, but we won’t understand it.
└10 years lolol
-So what do we do?
The conclusion boiled down to one thing.
[Let’s beg for now]
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That seems right.
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-Let’s show them our tenacity
-Kael freaks, move out
-Keu. In the midst of that, a 2-man ult is being performed on the current stream!
└2-man ult?? That’s insane
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Seojun’s eyes met the two enemies approaching him.
He could no longer leave his team’s mid-laner dying, so the jungler and the support from the bottom had come.
For reference, the enemy mid-laner was still a cold corpse.
‘It does feel like they’re a bit late, though.’
Originally, beginner junglers’ main job isn’t to go help users in other lanes, but to farm monsters in the jungle and grow.
Still, with the team’s mid-laner dead this much, it’s not strange for them to come mid.
To Seojun, the support coming up was more surprising.
They rushed at Seojun immediately.
It seemed they thought he would run away.
But instead of backing off, Seojun moved forward, closing the distance faster.
The jungler is a Wild Predator.
A hero who transforms between animal form and human form to fight.
The support is a Soul Snatcher, whose main feature is a Grab, a CC skill that pulls an enemy hero if it lands.
[Throwing Spear]
The long-range spear thrown first by the Wild Predator reached right in front of Seojun’s eyes.
Seojun used his invincibility skill.
He had stacks built up from before.
“His skill is on cooldown! Pull him!”
Just as the Soul Snatcher was about to use his binding skill on Seojun,
Seojun, who had closed in to close range, saw a diagonal slash drawn in light in his eyes.
‘First, the snatcher.’
Shing! Shing! Shing!
In a short time, barely under 2 seconds.
The moment the support reflexively auto-attacked, Seojun charged his skill.
“Wha, what......”
A look of bewilderment spread across the face of the user who had picked the Soul Snatcher.
He clearly heard it.
The sound of vital points bursting, ringing out three times.
Shing! Shing! Shing!
Even in that moment of bewilderment, Seojun’s sword did not stop.
Behind him, the Wild Predator, now transformed from human form into beast form, pounced.
[Ambush]
The support also threw his Grab skill at Seojun to follow up,
[Blessing of Radiance]
Both skills were nullified.
Seojun turned his body and changed his target to the jungler who had ambushed him.
The mark of heresy had already appeared above the support’s head.
Just as the sword was about to move smoothly, the jungler transformed from panther form to human form.
The vital point changed as well.
He must have aimed for this.
‘He has good understanding.’
But following and slashing the newly changed vital point was not difficult.
Shing!
A vital point shattered.
From then on, it was overwhelmingly in Seojun’s favor.
The jungler, with his good game sense, tried to protect his vital points by changing his body and blocking with his spear.
But from the moment the first attack was allowed, only Seojun knew the location of the next vital point to block, so it could be considered over.
Three more bursting sounds rang out.
-Blessing of Radiance looks like it’s gonna get a cooldown lolololol super broken
-Ultimate has a cooldown; it’ll probably become like that
-No, it’s getting nerfed ㅠㅠ
-Actually, there’s nothing to nerf. It’ll just be a targeted nerf against the streamer.
-But is this a 2-man ult?
Seojun’s sword, now entering the moment of invincibility again, moved unimpeded and gracefully, finishing it.
The mark of heresy also appeared above the jungler’s head.
-Kya
-It’s seriously broken
-A 2-man ult is legendary even if someone is stomping noobs; it’s really hard to see
-Pubstomping streamer lololol
The duration of the mark of heresy is 30 seconds.
To see a 2-man ult, you have to leave one person alive with the mark and then raise another mark within 30 seconds.
It’s a difficulty level hard to see without a gap like a Challenger facing Bronzes.
In fact, a Challenger once happened to meet Bronzes in a custom game, and the first successful in-game 2-man ult was exactly this.
When Seojun thrust his sword into the ground, a tremor spread.
“Ah, why is this...?”
“Block it!”
The jungler, looking at the sky, shouted, but unfortunately, their heroes didn’t have an invincibility skill.
[Judgment Sword]
Between two rifts that formed in the sky, a giant sword descended.
Boom!
[Double Kill!]
-At least Master, confirmed
-I think he’d even devour Challengers
-But the Kael freaks said they were coming to beg; why aren’t they here? What are they doing?
-At this rate, won’t he eventually do the first 3-man ult, 4-man ult? lololol
-A 4-man ult is seriously horror
-If the game company doesn’t do a targeted patch, we might get to see it with luck lololol
After that, whether the enemy team talked, a surrender vote came out after a short while, and the game ended in victory.