Chapter 133
The chains wrapped around the arm extended to launch a magic sphere all came undone at once.
The chains floated briefly in the air, then were sucked away behind somewhere as if an invisible force pulled their opposite ends.
Clatter!
[Liberation]
It was Erik's ultimate.
As Spoon dodged the chain of destruction, the chain was able to kill a minion, providing Seo Jun with just enough experience points.
And as Seo Jun immediately used his ultimate, he drew trajectories in his mind in an instant.
‘One hit and they die.’
Trajectories that were absolutely unavoidable and not tangled.
Twenty.
The deeper and more precisely he tried to realize them, the more his mind got tangled, an amount that would eventually not go as planned.
As such, he didn't need to use all twenty. One hit would kill, and he was confident he could land it without creating an absolutely unavoidable situation.
But wouldn't this be more fun?
As a streamer, it wasn't bad either.
The problem was the twenty trajectories surrounding the two of them.
What was needed at times like this was instinct, not reason.
If you try to cognize, they start to tangle.
Seo Jun drew all angles, ranges, and trajectories as quickly as possible, relying on sensation as if in a trance.
And he projected that image.
‘No matter where they go, they won't be able to dodge within 3 seconds.’
Magic circles appeared.
Spoon looked around and then looked at Seo Jun last. He didn't show any sign of dodging.
Seo Jun smiled contentedly.
- He's using all 20 at once
- Wow sh*t hahahahaha
- But the streamer is also inside the magic circle?
- Doesn’t matter if he gets hit
3 seconds.
2 seconds.
1 second.
Thwump!
The tips of the chains shot from all twenty magic circles at once turned the inside into a wasteland.
“You think I'll get hit?”
The chains that had formed behind Seo Jun stretched out, grazing his arms, legs, and face.
When he looked ahead, Spoon, who had been standing still, was impaled by a chain flying from behind.
[Double Kill!]
- Crazy hahahaha
- Kya!
- Freaking pro
- He perfectly wins a 2v1 against a Challenger, sh*t hahahaha
- This guy's real identity isn't a sword, it's chains!
- The god of war himself hahaha
- No, that's freaking insane sh*t
Seo Jun smiled contentedly at the result that had come out as he'd intended, without tangling.
“They would have been hit no matter where they went. The only spot that doesn't get hit is where I'm standing.”
Hmm.
Or maybe they could have dodged by weaving around in a very ridiculous posture, but he didn't bother mentioning that.
[Oooooh?!]
[What happened in mid?!]
[I was on my way to help, but Seo Jun-nim already killed them! No, what did you do? Anyway, I'll go straight to top.]
[If only we play well, we can win this, right? Haha, since we're the only holes. Yunho, please let's do well.]
Streamer Rumi.
She was one of the streamers who did the most collaborations with Ha Yunho, with a tier of low Gold and a position of support.
She was now in the bottom lane with Ha Yunho.
Clatter.
The chains coiled back around Seo Jun's arm like snakes.
Seo Jun said.
[Thank you. Just don't care about winning or losing and have fun.]
The outcome of the game wasn't important.
It was just a friendly match, and Seo Jun had already won his own game.
‘This is more than enough for an A, right?’
If he got a B, a situation could arise that was worse than not participating at all.
If he had become a B, he could have definitely won.
But if he took the capsule and quit, that would be different. He would continue streaming afterwards, and winning like that and creating a lot of antis would be a catastrophe.
So, assuming he had already received an A, Seo Jun relaxed.
- Why act so nice?
- Favorable impression farming on
- Look at this guy playing it safe just because it's a streamer in-house
- As soon as he gets a bit close, his true nature will come out, haha
These viewers were raining on his parade, but they were still precious.
[Yunho? Yunho! Where are you going! Stop!]
Hmm.
Streamer Rumi was shouting in all-chat voice.
[Seo Jun-nim said not to care about winning or losing, and you're just feeding, you damn Yunho!]
The bot lane situation seemed bad.
Ha Yunho's tier was Silver. In Rios grade terms, that's E.
For reference, a team leader at E was actually on the good side.
Because when bidding for high-tier users, you didn't have to worry about position.
Consider if a really good player overlaps positions with the team leader.
Other skilled team leaders would hesitate even once more before bidding for that player, but an E-grade team leader?
Since they'll end up yielding and going elsewhere or going to their main position with little difference, they can just bid.
In other words, having a wider range of choices meant a higher likelihood of building a good team.
Though you'd only know when you see the auction results.
[An ally has been slain.]
[RainRidingBullet --> Ha Yunho]
[Enemy double kill!]
[RainRidingBullet --> NotACrane]
The enemy AD carry got a double kill.
[Seo Jun-nim, I'm really sorry.]
[Haha. I made a mistake! We were holding out well until now.]
[No, it's really okay.]
Seo Jun didn't mind. This game wasn't about winning.
He really didn't care, okay?
[An ally has been slain.]
[TopLanePlayer --> Mallang]
[Enemy double kill!]
[TopLanePlayer --> TopLikePerson]
Apologies flew again to Seo Jun, who was left alone.
[We also had a gank gone wrong. I'm really sorry! Truly!]
[This was my fault.]
[No, it's my fault for going for a bad gank.]
A failed gank.
It means the jungler came to gank but the ganker got killed instead, just like what Seo Jun did earlier.
They're all nice, but they're bad at the game.
The tier balance was matched pretty well, though.
Seo Jun just accepted it and said.
[It's okay. Let's just have fun.]
- Are you gritting your teeth? hahaha
- Now you're alone hahaha
- You say let's have fun? You're not pissed, right?
Well, if teammates are bad, you can lose. There were quite a few losses 7 years ago.
If it were individual matches, maybe, but The League is a team game, isn't it? And you can't always win.
‘If I really grit my teeth and try hard, I might not know with this game, but.’
As he'd said earlier, his game was only up to this point.
He really is fine, so stop.
* * *
Riven.
It was undeniably the site with the most traffic among all game communities in Adventure.
It's said that if you go viral here, a streamer can earn a year's worth of money in just one month after the issue arises.
Of course, you need a topic on par with a streamer tournament or a pro tournament.
The time Seo Jun discovered Kael's pattern also recorded many views, but overall it wasn't enough to become a hot topic.
Just the Kael board that became a hot topic was about the size of the current Dawn of Assassins community.
This might have been possible because Kael is a typical troll champion.
For an Erik board, not many posts go up, showing the pain of a niche hero.
Anyway, Riven was a major community among majors.
And as countless people gathered, countless topics were posted.
The streamer in-house would probably be included in that.
But even this in-house was a topic that would just have a few posts and then be over.
[Point in-house going on]
[Why watch that? Aren't they the same people we always see?]
[We watch for that flavor]
[There's a new face]
[Looks like a showcase or something]
And it would have ended like this.
But now, after a bit of time, Riven suddenly started getting flooded with posts on the same topic.
[...holy sh*t crazy]
[Wow... just wow...]
[Erik is completely overpowered]
[Those who didn't watch probably lost at least half their lives]
[Anyone watching the point in-house right now?]
==
Suddenly a double kill appeared and I was flustered.
So I watched the replay and saw an insane play.
No, does this make sense?
==
- Wow sh*t. I felt exactly the same hahaha
- While watching Ha Yunho, I took that exact route too. So freaking awesome haha
- What are you guys talking about?
└Talking about the point in-house
└I want to join the conversation, someone tell me
└For real haha, what did you see?
└(link)
Clicking the link leads to a post containing a clip.
And in that clip was a shocking video.
Spoon, a Challenger AD carry with some recognition on Riven.
I get that he joined the in-house and went to mid.
But why is he losing?
Why are they getting solo-killed by Erik of all champions?
The clip was a short video.
Still, it thoroughly contained the scene where he got predicted exactly and hit by the chain for a solo kill.
But perhaps because the content was so shocking, they wanted to know the context.
- What is this, give the original
- What happened?
- So he got wrecked 1v1. Who's the opponent hahaha
Since it's from Erik's perspective, following the clip shows the owner of that perspective.
[Jin Seo Jun? This guy won a 1v1?]
==
Isn't that the Kael thing from before?
The vital points thing was freaking amazing, and he's pretty good at Erik too.
==
A poster reflected on past memories and said this.
However, if it were just this, the posts wouldn't have exploded suddenly and be continuing to increase even now.
- It's not just 'pretty good'
- Do you think he only won a 1v1? He won a 2v1.
└Bullsh*t (poster)
└(clip)
└??? Sh*t? What? (poster)
Not only the author of this post, but many users who hadn't watched the in-house started watching Seo Jun's plays one by one.
And naturally.
It started to blow up.
[Wow sh*t, shots every 1 second and they all hit haha. It's luck, right? But that doesn't make sense, even if it's luck it doesn't make sense]
[He wins a 2v1 against a Challenger AD carry and Diamond jungler? That easily?]
[This isn't the Erik I know]
[The video isn't rigged, right?]
[I can't believe those are predictions.]
Posts about Seo Jun began to fill Riven to the point where there was no one left who hadn't seen.
He did so shockingly well.
Is it possible to toy with a Challenger and counter-gank with predictions every 1 second?
[Erik <-- what the hell is this?]
==
He was broken, constantly shooting high-damage skills every second
No wonder Challengers get wrecked
Nerf urgently needed
==
- Seriously? hahaha
└Yeah (poster)
- Does that look easy?
- Why do you think Erik has been 5th in pick rate until now? Because even if you shoot three at once, it's hard to hit even one. And you're saying he'll predict 3 seconds ahead and shoot every 1 second? Are you crazy?
└Really? I didn't know. (poster)
└Then Seo Jun <-- what the hell is this guy? (poster)
└hahahahahaha look at that super quick change of attitude
└I can relate to this comment haha what is he really? Seems like he's freaking smart?
And talks related to assimilation rate also began to pop up one by one.
[But like with the Kael pattern last time, his talent seems insane. Doesn't he also have an assimilation rate over 100?]
==
Currently there are 4 people in Korea with over 100, if one more is added it becomes 5.
Then Korea would have the most people with over 100!
As expected, the gaming race!
==
- As expected, Fantasy Korea!
└Fantasy Korea did exist!
└That was a typo, you idiot
- Oh? Hahaha seems possible
- Assimilation rate doesn't mean much. It's official tsk tsk
└If it's over 100, it matters. Surface gives special management. This is also official.
- I am curious
└What's certain is it's probably freaking high
└For real haha