Chapter 142
"I'll drop alone into the crowded areas to thin out the competition as much as possible, so the rest of you go farm in the meantime."
"What if you die, Seojun?"
"Then it can't be helped. But don't worry too much. I've really studied this game inside and out."
"You, who's studied it inside and out, now wants to go solo with the Lu Bu meta..."
Seojun had so confidently proposed running the Lu Bu meta and the Gandhi meta at the same time.
When they asked why, what possible advantage could come from doing both at once?
Seojun replied that it would be more fun.
And he added that if he simply didn't die, they could carry the game much more reliably. That latter part was clearly made up on the spot.
Because obviously, if you don't die, any meta is going to be reliable, isn't it?
Lumi was still too awkward with Seojun to point this out.
So she inwardly appealed to Alpaca and Wind Sword, but oddly, Alpaca seemed fine with anything, and Wind Sword went a step further into blind faith.
"Just like Seojun said, this is going to be a total advantage for us!"
*Fine. Whatever happens, happens.*
With that exact thought, Lumi once again resolved to get closer to everyone quickly.
Still, they had at least explained all the basics. And hadn't he told them not to worry too much?
Though his track record right before the E-rank match—"Can't we just kill the enemy?"—didn't exactly inspire confidence.
And inside the plane.
The three team members besides Seojun decided to drop last among the 24 participants.
Their goal was to go where there were no people and farm items.
Even if the map had shrunk, the number of players was so small that they figured anywhere not a hot spot would be relaxed.
And Seojun decided to drop where everyone else was jumping in droves, reading the situation.
So Seojun dropped first.
"I'll be going. See you later."
"Yes! Don't forget to control your speed! If you're not sure how, just fall horizontally! And radio if you don't know something!"
"Okay."
Seojun descended vertically. He gradually shrank into a dot in the distance.
But it was clear he was rapidly closing the distance with the players who had jumped earlier.
"Wow, so fast."
"Looks like Seojun will overtake them soon!"
Lumi, listening to her teammates beside her, asked,
"Aren't you worried the parachute might not open?"
"Why would we worry about an A-ranker like Seojun?"
Alpaca said.
"Ah-ha!"
Lumi understood.
Come to think of it, it was true.
She coolly admitted it.
She had been thinking about it all wrong!
*I'm sure he has a way to control his speed even now, even while dropping first!*
And.
From far away, she thought she heard a loud bang.
As if someone who had become a dot had hit the ground without opening his parachute.
*It must be my imagination.*
But Lumi shook her head, shrugged it off, and said brightly,
"Let's get ready to drop too! We'll be out of the safe zone soon."
How dare she doubt an A-rank player! Lumi quickly fended off the satan lurking in her heart.
***
"Ah! He took down player Dokkaebi!"
Arin shouted and continued,
"Absolutely insane melee, no, martial arts skill!"
The broadcast camera, the observer, had been on Seojun. From the very start until now.
"We need to check other teams at the major spots, but I can say with certainty that this fight was worth the camera coverage!"
And Bangju said excitedly,
- fr lol
- he just wrecked them bare-handed lmao lmao
- this is a semi-pro boxer? this is a semi-pro boxer? this is a semi-pro boxer?
- Dokkaebi's mental is completely gone
- no way destroying someone like this makes sense...
- he fights so damn well.
"From the start, Seojun drew attention with an absurd landing, then immediately provoked a fight and won, making it impossible for the camera to go anywhere else."
As Bangju got excited, Arin seemed excited too.
"That's right, Bangju. How can we look elsewhere when he's giving us such a sweet highlight!"
The parachute not opening beyond a certain speed is the developer's intention to make drop speed control a part of the skill set.
"Landing first is a pretty big advantage. But if everyone just drops vertically and opens their chute, it would be meaningless, wouldn't it!"
The intention is to get as close to the speed limit as possible and control it.
"But, oh. He didn't like that? How dare the devs try to stop me? So Seojun just dropped straight down."
"Ah, as expected of the 995-point man!"
"And then he won a bare-handed fight without getting hit once!"
- this is a commentary?
- this is a caster?
- d'no
- this is just Leos being Leos!
The two's chemistry was perfect.
The other commentators were watching awkwardly. Hey, no matter how entertaining, isn't this leaning a bit too much one way?
"Haha. We should now cover the other teams, but it seems the fight isn't over yet."
"Yes. If you look around the building, Dokkaebi's teammates are rushing over! To revive the downed member! One has already entered the building and is coming up!"
The positions between team members can be checked at all times through the minimap. As long as you're not downed, you can even talk via radio.
Bang!
"Seojun! As soon as he saw the backup, he killed them instantly! And he's going down! Just like a hunter!"
***
- so cool how he took down two and calmly goes up
- he just waited and shot the moment they appeared. all headshots too
- he'd do great as a gun hero in The League. his aim puts special forces to shame
- but he's a sword user, what are you talking about
- are you a Kael fanatic?
Bang!
The moment Seojun killed Dokkaebi, the screen quickly switched.
"Wow! In the end, because of player Dokkaebi, one team was completely wiped out by Seojun! Now, shall we take a look at the other teams' situations?"
Since it was an official broadcast, they needed to show all the streamers.
Arin, who had been fixated on Seojun's fight, snapped out of it, and Taeyang began the commentary.
"Except for the camp, everyone is farming peacefully. First, we see Seojun's teammates who went to the outskirts of the safe zone."
The observer, looking down at the terrain from the air, zooms in on one spot.
Seojun's teammates were diligently farming. Since they hadn't gone to a hot spot, they had to search more buildings.
"Considering the other five teams went to hot spots, it's a really good choice."
"Because there are no competitors, right?"
This time they moved to the largest building nearby.
"Yes, you're right, caster. Only one team went to the hospital. So this is the best situation. They've comfortably monopolized a hot spot."
The hospital is one of the three hot spots currently in the safe zone.
Items, especially consumables, are most abundant and varied there.
"Yes. And now the airfield is in view; just like the camp, two teams are there. But no fight has broken out yet."
The airfield is also a hot spot.
Items are plentiful, and the light aircraft can be used immediately.
Including the camp, a total of five squads dropped across three spots.
"Now. Here, let's go over something for the viewers who don't know Ground Zero."
"Oh!"
"In Ground Zero, non-pistol weapons are treated as special and are extremely hard to obtain. You can basically say you can't get them in normal fields."
"You're talking about submachine guns, shotguns, and sniper rifles?"
"Yes, that's right. Those weapons have powerful firepower. Accordingly, getting your hands on them brings you a few steps closer to victory."
"Then where can you get them?"
"First is airdrops. They fall from the sky at random locations. And the second method is to go to the underground bunker connected to these three spots and open the secret room!"
The biggest feature of this map is the massive underground bunker.
The village and military facilities formed around an oasis in the middle of the great desert are connected underground.
And inside is the underground bunker; the current safe zone is generated with the secret room's location at the center of the circle.
"The storm's range is intentional. Even if the safe zone shrinks once more over time, due to its size, the center—the secret room—is always included."
In short, they're aiming for it. The secret room.
"Everyone is preparing to go underground. Because they'll have to fight. And those preparations include..."
The observer teleports back to Seojun. Then rises up to show the entire camp.
"...Of course, it includes eliminating the danger behind you. The moment the hunter becomes the hunted."
Team leader Lane's squad, which had dropped at the camp, was approaching the building where Seojun was located together.
***
Seojun opened the inventory window in mid-air, reached out, stuffed in the frying pan first, and took out the bandages.
*It's a shame there's no first aid box or kit.*
He wrapped the bandage, which restored very little health, around his arm. Then tore it with his teeth.
But his health didn't recover, so he looked at the chat.
Should I wrap it somewhere else?
- lolololol please lolol every time you show this kind of cluelessness, we get embarrassed, streamer...
- just a moment ago you were so freaking cool lolol
- I hope the commentators didn't see this!!!
- ah lolololol you just have to tap 'use' by touch while it's in the inventory lolololol
Aha.
As soon as Seojun saw the chat, he realized what he had just done, quickly assembled an excuse, and shamelessly announced,
"I did that to make you guys laugh. I know everything."
He just grumbled internally: if they wanted us to just use it like that, why implement bandages so realistically?
With only two bandages, his health had barely ticked up.
"Hmm. With this much, I'll still die in one hit anyway."
It was a bit of a crisis. Who would have thought there'd be no other healing items in the building or on Dokkaebi's teammates' bodies?
Soon.
*Considering the time, they should be arriving soon or already on their way.*
Seojun walked toward the edge of the rooftop. It was a fairly large three-story building but had no railing.
As expected.
There were two in front.
Bang!
Seojun immediately raised his loaded gun and fired at one of the people approaching the building.
Then he briefly stepped back.
[Swordsman14 --> Caterpillar]
- another headshot
- he's out the second he sees them, what kind of reflex is that!
- this is a loss for the other side
- so damn calm lolololol
"It was from above! Let's just get inside the building quickly!"
It seemed they had been trying to enter the building as quietly as possible.
But, it was obvious they couldn't leave Seojun alive, so of course they would come this way.
*Better to thin them out as much as possible.*
Seojun didn't walk forward again. They'd be on guard. Instead, he went sideways.
To check if there was another person.
*There is.*
In a brief moment, his arm, and then the gun barrel, tracked the head of a person running quickly toward the building.
Bang!
He pulled the trigger. The good thing about the rooftop is the open view.
[Swordsman14 --> ILikeKeyboards]
- no way is his aim insane?!
- are you really special forces? mafia? what the hell are you!
- is he better with guns than swords?
Thud, he goes down.
"Another headshot? What, is he carrying a sniper or something?"
"Only two left, haha we're screwed."
"He seems to shoot really well? But it's okay, Lane. We farmed a level 3 helmet and level 3 vest, so even with two, we'll manage underground."
Hmm.
Seojun heard the conversation of the two entering the building. Since they were the only noise source here, it was clear.
"I'll take the lead. Let's finish this quickly."
"Yes, Ox."
- level 3 helmet? we're so dead
- they're just fully farmed?
- camp loot spawn was lucky this round
-No, it’s bad luck. A level 3 helmet spawned, so another helmet couldn’t spawn at this spot. If not for that, the host wouldn’t have gotten both at once.
-Anyway, the host is really screwed, huh? LOL
The level 3 helmet, which luckily drops in camps and a few fields—no, the helmet—has the highest defense except for the level 4 helmet you can find in supply drops and secret rooms.
The same goes for the bulletproof vest.
Was that person also A-rank?
Seems like they were a top user.
‘Not a slight crisis, but a pretty big one.’
Right now, it’s an especially difficult situation for Seo-jun. If he can’t kill in one shot, he dies.
And not just a helmet that prevents one-shot kills, but a level 3?
‘I don’t know the exact stats, but I’ll have to hit him multiple times.’
Seo-jun fired a shot into the air, then jumped off the rooftop.
Bang!
He covered the sound with the gunshot so they wouldn’t notice he had gone to the ground.
His health had dropped to its limit.
But it was no different from before.
-Go loot the bodies you killed.
-There might be a first aid kit.
He didn’t answer. He couldn’t let even the slightest noise be heard.
Seo-jun immediately went inside the building.
If he was looting bodies outside and the enemy even once glanced out of the building, it would be over.
Boom!
An explosion sounded from above.
The enemies were throwing grenades as they entered.
Seo-jun moved in sync with the noise.
And.
He went up to the second floor, turned the corner in the hallway, and spotted the enemies.
Bang!
“Huh?”
When he shot Rein in the back of the head, who had been following Hwangso from behind, Hwangso immediately spun around.
[Geomsin14--> Butterfly Effect]
But Seo-jun had already hidden behind the wall again.
-Whoa! Three down!
-Does this bastard have no hand tremors or something?
-Seriously, doesn’t the National Intelligence Service try to scout him? LOL
-But what’s the host gonna do now? LOL
Even if he didn’t shoot much, a 100% hit rate and 100% headshot ratio is an incredible stat.
Also, Seo-jun’s movements for positioning were clean.
But that’s as far as it goes.
-Hwangso is approaching.
-A fully geared A-rank is kinda scary lol.
-The host is slowly backing off, you know?
-Run to the 3rd floor LOL.
-This is gonna be tough LOL.
The viewers predicted Seo-jun’s defeat. The gear difference was too great. His health was hopeless, too.
And Seo-jun thought the same. So first, he went up.
‘Shall I give it a try?’
He did have something in mind. But he wasn’t sure if it would work.
-Euk LOL nope, even if you whack him with that, he won’t get stunned if he has a helmet~
-Looks like the host is craving a sword now that he’s in a crisis LOL. But he doesn’t have a sword, right?
-Sword God (holding a frying pan)
Seo-jun held the gun in his left hand and the frying pan in his right, then said,
“Hahaha! Guys, don’t worry too much.”
It was meant for the viewers, but in truth, it was meant for the enemy to hear.
“Are you there?”
Hwangso gripped his pistol with both hands, ready to aim accurately at any moment, and slowly approached.
And at a slight distance, he stopped with his gun pointed toward the wall.
‘He’s planning something here.’
It was intuition. He knew Seo-jun was preparing something.
But it didn’t matter. Whatever he did when he came out, Hwangso didn’t care; he planned to just shoot.
The level 3 helmet and bulletproof vest made him invincible, so it didn’t matter if he got hit a few times.
And the enemy came out.
‘Now!’
Bang!
Hwangso smiled with satisfaction. He sent the bullet toward the leg, making it impossible to react and hard to dodge.
After all, no matter where he got hit, his health was such that he would die anyway.
‘It’s over.’
But right after that.
Clang!
A strange sound echoed through the corridor.