Chapter 141
-You crazy bastard crazy bastard crazy bastard crazy bastard crazy bastard
-Is he seriously taunting? lololololololololololololololol
-This isn't his first time meeting that streamer, right? lolololol
-How could it be his first time? He's just doing it on purpose.
-I want to believe he taunted thinking the guy was a regular player, not a fellow streamer.
Ah, right.
Seojun was startled while reading the chat.
Maybe because he was flustered after landing? He had naturally thrown out a taunt without even realizing it.
‘Seems like I’ve been streaming for too long.’
Taunts like this weren’t really part of Seojun’s nature. How kind and upright had his character always been?
Taunting was purely for entertaining the stream, an act that went against his instincts.
But since he did it unconsciously, it was fair to say it had become a habit.
That was why he thought he’d been streaming too long.
‘Hmm. That’s right.’
Seojun added,
“Here he comes. Just as planned.”
His nickname is Dokkaebi?
Who was that again? Feels familiar.
-That landing was just as planned? lolololololol
-You deliberately lowered your HP to lure him in!
-With just a sliver of health!
-So you’re saying you won’t get hit even once?
Seojun answered the chat. Once the tournament’s main game began, he wouldn’t be able to read chat, so maybe this was the only moment in Lioss where he could communicate while playing.
“Well, isn’t it possible I won’t get hit at all?”
And then.
Whoosh.
Flutter.
Dokkaebi, who had been descending slowly from the sky with a parachute, cut the line and landed on the rooftop where Seojun stood.
Soon after, more people could be seen landing one by one on surrounding buildings.
Dokkaebi, meeting Seojun’s eyes, smiled warmly.
“Hello. You’re Seojun, right? I’m the streamer Dokkaebi.”
“Hello. I’m streamer Jin Seojun.”
Right.
Streamers should be polite like this.
The fact that he had just thrown manners out the window and taunted was long erased from his memory.
“I’m an A-rank player like you, Seojun, but you won’t get hit even once? That’s a bit hurtful.”
He was A-rank?
-He’s a Challenger jungler.
-I’ve got his official account on, listening to commentary, and they say he’s good at boxing too, almost semi-pro.
-In the first place, he’s the Kim Shin master who does Hero Muay Thai, isn’t he?
-Kim Shin lololol so that’s why he’s a goblin? lololol
-It’s not Muay Thai, you idiot. And his name’s not Kim Shin either, f***.
After quickly absorbing the information, Seojun smiled sheepishly.
“Oh, haha. You heard that?”
“Yes. Maybe because I was right above, I heard it clearly.”
“I’m sorry. I wasn’t trying to disrespect you.”
Seojun said it cleanly like that and took his stance.
Judging that further talk was pointless, Dokkaebi likewise let an appropriate tension fill his body.
He knew Seojun’s words weren’t meant as disrespect.
‘Geniuses are like that.’
He was certain the reason Seojun threw away his weapon and taunted him was definitely not because he had given up on the game.
Even if he made a mistake from the very start by jumping off the plane wrong, and even if he didn’t know how to land and took fall damage, those could be passed off as unintentional trolling.
He’s a rookie streamer anyway. A rookie in virtual reality too.
But if he openly trolled, the aftermath would be quite harsh. That was something all streamers who constantly monitored public opinion knew instinctively.
So Seojun must be.
‘Truly believing he can win without getting hit even once.’
Dokkaebi.
Since he, too, was a genius, he could understand and accept Seojun’s thinking.
‘A genius... Unfortunately, I’m the same.’
Hoping the fight would end quickly so Seojun wouldn’t get too much hate, Dokkaebi lightly threw out a punch.
Whiish!
It was a light, probing jab.
But its preparatory motion was optimized, making it powerful.
An attack from Dokkaebi, ranked among the best even among amateurs, that could end Seojun in an instant.
But what entered Dokkaebi’s vision was Seojun’s fist growing larger and larger.
Thud!
A dull impact sound rang out.
“Sorry.”
“How on earth...?”
For a moment, he forgot he was broadcasting and let out a pride-wounding remark.
But what came back was.
Thud!
A punch from the other side.
* * *
[Dokkaebi has been knocked unconscious by your fist.]
“Oh. He’s knocked out.”
Seojun looked down at Dokkaebi sprawled before him.
He wasn’t talking to Dokkaebi.
-He really didn’t get hit at all lol
-Honestly, I’m not that impressed he won lololololololol
-For real, I’m not that surprised the streamer didn’t get hit in unarmed combat... What’s wrong with me
-Challenger jungler, near-pro in real life? Ah lol, tell the streamer to come to the gym.
-What the hell goes on in that gym that makes Kim Taewoo and the Heavenly First Swordsman hate it so much??
-Everyone’s standards have gotten way too high. Go to the tournament room; you’ll see the proper reactions lolol
Dokkaebi remained completely still, as if in shock.
“Seriously, how...? Wait, what’s this? What did I get hit by?”
Normally, once you lose your pace, it’s hard to properly remember what happened until you regain your senses.
It’s an experience so chaotic it feels like a storm is raging.
Seojun had pushed him hard from the start, intending to end it quickly.
“First, I’ll go pick up my pistol.”
He had thrown it far behind him, but fortunately it hadn’t gone over the edge to fall below.
The reason Dokkaebi had responded to the taunt a moment ago was probably because he judged it was fine—since he would only need to land one hit anyway even if Seojun went to get his pistol.
Also, just in case, he had landed between Seojun and the pistol.
But what does it matter? He lost in the end.
After retrieving his pistol, Seojun examined the rest of the rooftop. There were no recovery items like first aid kits or bandages.
“Why aren’t you killing me?”
Dokkaebi asked, looking at Seojun.
“Aren’t I killing you?”
“Haha. Yes, you are. I’ll be logged out soon.”
Seojun chuckled inwardly.
No matter how new he was to this game, and even if he hadn’t heard the explanation from his teammates, wouldn’t anyone be able to tell that state wasn’t properly dead?
What’s more, he himself had asked why he wasn’t being killed.
The will to live can cloud one’s eyes this much.
Seojun shrugged naively and sat down near Dokkaebi.
“No first aid kit. Should I wait here until your squad comes?”
“That would be best, don’t you think?”
“You think so? I’m good at fighting but bad at the game.”
“Ah, I think I know what you mean. I used to be like that too, back in the day.”
“Hahaha.”
“Hahaha!”
He naturally made conversation with Dokkaebi.
The more friends who can help, the better.
-A sudden chat session lolololololol
-You’re bad at the game? Seriously?
-Just so you know, Dokkaebi won’t be logging out soon, so be careful, streamer.
Most of the chat trying to give Seojun information was helpful.
But not now. Because Seojun already knew Dokkaebi’s current state.
Knocked out.
In a match with squad members, when a player’s HP runs out, they fall into this state. If they take additional damage while knocked out, they die completely, and if a squad member comes to help and revives them, they survive.
So right now, Dokkaebi was distracting Seojun as much as possible without being noticed. While waiting for his squad.
‘Definitely, his squad is coming. As long as one of them lands a hit...’
And then.
Bang!
“Die!”
Someone tried to approach the rooftop entrance while thrusting a gun barrel forward.
But the gunshot had rung out not from the entrance, but from Seojun’s fingertip beside Dokkaebi.
The moment that someone revealed just a tiny bit of their head, they took a bullet to the forehead and died instantly.
“Huh?”
[Sword God 14 --> Grass77]
A kill message popped up. And Seojun immediately stood up.
His naive expression was gone.
Seojun simply smiled as if enjoying himself.
“A headshot really is an instant kill without even a knockout. Alright then, let’s go see how many more came into the building. Dokkaebi, please wait a moment. I’ll be right back.”
“Huh?”
Leaving behind Dokkaebi’s bewildered voice, having lost count of how many times he’d said “huh” in the last 10 minutes, Seojun went downstairs.
And hearing the gunfire ringing out below and seeing the kill log floating before his eyes, Dokkaebi squeezed his eyes shut.
Bang!
[Sword God 14 --> a13#5]
A short time later, the next fight broke out.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Just from the gunfire, he could tell it wasn’t Seojun. It was probably his squad members shooting in panic as a threat.
A feeling of guilt toward his teammates welled up.
The sound of indiscriminate gunfire faded. The tense tension of the fight happening on the lower floor could be felt even up here.
Being knocked out, there was nothing he could do.
Bang!
After that, a single gunshot rang out from inside the building.
And just as he expected, the kill log...
The kill log appeared.
[Sword God 14 --> JjajangMan]
‘He planned this from the very start!’
Since it would get hard for them if he died, as an A-rank, his squad members would have radioed and come to help right away.
He had believed that. And Seojun had believed it too.
Step.
Step.
Step.
Seojun came back up the stairs he had gone down.
Without hesitation, yet leisurely and gently, he aimed the gun at Dokkaebi and immediately pulled the trigger.
“I’m back.”
Bang!
At that moment, Dokkaebi’s chat was like this.
-Damn lololololol
-Instant noir movie right there.
-Ah lol, because of this bastard, the whole squad died and he died too, I’m going to watch from that room.
-Are you guys abandoning Dokkaebi?
-Abandon!
* * *
[Sword God 14 --> Dokkaebi]
“First squad handled easily.”
Leaving Dokkaebi’s truly dead body behind, Seojun went down from the building.
“I was lucky.”
-All headshots, insane lololololololololol
-The essence of one-shot one-kill.
-This guy can’t do anything wrong.
-I’m a viewer from Dokkaebi’s stream just now. What the hell happened?
“I just saw them and shot them in the head.”
That really was all it was. Become aware of an enemy’s presence through sound, prepare in advance, then shoot when you see them.
There aren’t many people who can perform this action faster than Seojun.
However, two kinds of luck were at play here.
First, the three members of the enemy squad came in separately, perhaps because they immediately rushed to save Dokkaebi.
If they had come together, from Seojun’s perspective, where a single hit would kill him, he would have had to fight a much more troublesome battle.
Second, it was a battle structure where Seojun had taken position first and the enemy had to break through him.
If he had to break through an enemy who had taken position, he couldn’t end a fight this easily.
An enemy who has taken position first can aim and fire before Seojun can.
“In that sense, something feels lacking.”
Two squads had landed at this camp spot. Since the kill log would have shown that Seojun dealt with one squad, the other one was definitely holding a position and staying wary.
Seojun’s current goal was the Lü Bu meta, and if that happened it would be a huge nuisance.
So Seojun was feeling regret.
That was when.
An item in a corner of the building caught Seojun’s eye.
“This is...?”
Instinctively, Seojun shot at the item.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Not a scratch.
“Guys. What is this?”
Could it be that its durability is infinite, after all?
Seojun bent down and picked up the item.
-We’re screwed. The strongest weapon on earth is in the streamer’s hands.
-Damn lolol He tested if bullets bounce off right away. No one told him, his instincts are insane lolololololol
-You have to be at that level to be a Weapon Master lololololololol
-Knocking someone’s head with that is an instant knockout lolololol
The item now held in Seojun’s hand was.
A frying pan.