Episode 231
Thunder Bear Tago.
A boss and raid target with a default difficulty due to its fast speed, requiring you to disable its gimmick to slow it down and overcome it.
The gimmick and its disable are standard, and because the difficulty is moderately tough after disabling it, it’s said that defeating Tago solo grants a civilian certificate.
The boss’s front paw comes down.
And from the moment it started moving subtly, Seojun knew.
‘It’s fast.’
Incomparably faster than when it was a statue.
In absolute numbers, the difference might not be great, but to Seojun, it was huge.
Of course, it was still slower than him.
It was exactly as Sik-sik Corner had described.
‘Surprisingly, he nailed the key points.’
The attack speed of Thunder Bear Tago is slightly slower than players.
This could mean it’s hard to dodge basic attacks.
But what Sik-sik Corner wanted to emphasize was that deflection is difficult.
Because the faster the projectile speed, the narrower the precise timing to deflect becomes.
And if the enemy’s attack speed eventually becomes faster than your swing speed?
Deflection would be entirely impossible.
But.
In the end, it’s all about timing.
If your body knows that moment, that rhythm, it’s not difficult to grasp.
Therefore.
As Seojun’s sword, having stepped slightly back along with the front paw, came down simultaneously.
A slash was activated.
When the two weapons were at Seojun’s shoulder height.
When the sword was perpendicular to his body, parallel to the ground, and finally perpendicular to the front paw.
Colliding was only natural.
Even if the timing was as narrow as a thread, and even if it was a difficulty where even skilled players, who had honed their senses to some extent, would rely on luck and attempt many times to land it.
To Seojun, it was just a bit harder than expected, but still easy.
Kwaaang!
[‘Sword God 1’ has incapacitated Thunder Bear Tago!]
“Huh…?”
Seojun looked back at Thunder Bear Tago, which had driven its huge front paw into the ground and been incapacitated.
“Why?”
Laughing.
“Ah, no, this? In one go…? No, is that possible?”
“There’s a message for ordinary people who can’t figure it out, you know. What are you curious about?”
“That’s not it….”
“Unlike Sik-sik Corner, you all saw it, right? How I did it? This much is easy, isn’t it?”
-For real lol I saw it clearly
-Ahh... the host’s deflection? Saw it well
-Fact) Only saw it
-Really just saw it lol
-All viewers are acting like ordinary people lololol
-Compared to the host, we’re indeed ordinary people lol
[MatSikSikKoneoroYeonmyeongham: No! Wth!!!!!!! Even skilled players who seriously try have less than 20% success rate deflecting Tago in full buff state lololol Does this make sense!]
-Oh, this is the real bro lol This is the real host, Sik-sik Corner
-It does look difficult
-Let’s go try it too!
[MatSikSikKoneoroYeonmyeongham: Try it one more time]
“One more time? Ah. Just how much more do I have to prove? Everyone.”
Seojun grumbled full of laughter and looked back again.
-lolol
-It’s your fate, man
-Then please play within common sense!!
-Honestly, this is the host’s fault
-Before 5-man dungeon, even former pro Penguin said he’d lose, lol
Just in time, Thunder Bear also regained its senses and stood on two legs.
This time, a swipe.
Since it’s the right front paw, the attack proceeds from left to right from Seojun’s perspective.
And when targeted, Seojun spun his body to the right while simultaneously moving backward.
And the sword, moving with his body, once again precisely met the front paw.
[‘Sword God 1’ has incapacitated Thunder Bear Tago!]
-Kya!
-Now he’s even putting on a circus show lol
-That bastard intentionally spun
-Why?
-Just to show he’s so freaking relaxed
[MatSikSikKoneoroYeonmyeongham: Wow... No, even just one deflection in a raid is good... no... wow......]
“Really?”
[MatSikSikKoneoroYeonmyeongham: Well, wouldn’t it be?]
“Hmm… is that so?”
-lolol Is that so?
-lolol That joke is originally viewers poking the streamer, so why are we getting poked?
-Actually, newbies who haven’t played Last Chronicle don’t really get poked lol But current players watching the stream will be super pissed lololol
-I’m scratched lol My wish is to be the raid hero with one deflection...
Looking at the chat and reactions, Seojun realized that deflection was far more important than he thought.
‘Was it really that much?’
What he said earlier was just a joke, though.
[MatSikSikKoneoroYeonmyeongham: No, wow, man. You’re really a freaking amazing person......]
[MatSikSikKoneoroYeonmyeongham: Now I see......]
Look at this.
After showing it properly in real combat, the internet tyrant started using polite speech.
“But what’s the effect of deflection besides incapacitation?”
“Huh? No, why do you ask?”
“Come to think of it, I never heard an explanation of the effect.”
“No, the tutorial… Ah, right. You skipped it.”
“Yes.”
-lolol
-It wasn’t intentional though
-Ah, that tutorial tsk!
“The reason people cheer when a deflection happens in a raid is all because of the incapacitated state.”
“What exactly is incapacitation?”
“First, it’s a free damage time.”
“I see.”
Meaning a time to freely deal damage.
“There’s additional damage. 30%. It varies by raid, but usually if you hit 3 to 5 counters or succeed in deflecting once, it gets incapacitated and you get a damage window.”
“Aha.”
“So someone who can freely succeed at deflecting anytime, you’re really….”
“Really what?”
While talking, Seojun kept deflecting.
Success rate was 100%.
“Wow… If you just played a proper class, everyone would really want to recruit you….”
Watching that, Sik-sik Corner felt regret.
Because as a gamer, the desire to see a top-tier skilled gamer go crazy with a proper class was blazing fiercely.
Seojun was an even more incredible person than he thought.
“What’s wrong with a beginner?”
He was incredible in another sense as well.
“Sigh… Still, you’ll lack damage?”
“That we can check from now. Start a timer. If the gimmick and such don’t matter for speed, we don’t need to do them, right?”
“Yes.”
Since he hadn’t dealt proper damage yet, it would be enough to gauge.
Sik-sik Corner watched Seojun repeat the remaining skills after deflecting: 2-stage slash, 3-stage slash, and Thrust (one of the basic skills).
‘As expected.’
It was clean.
And.
From the moment they started timing, 8 minutes and 10 seconds later, Seojun was able to take down Tago.
“How’s this?”
“Well, even with the worst character, gunner, only having skip privileges, it comes out around 8 minutes when taking it down….”
For reference, boss HP is fixed regardless of number of people.
“Still sucks.”
“But it’s doable, right?”
At that moment, he despaired.
This can never be persuaded.
“Fine… play beginner. No, don’t you want to be top damage in raids?”
“If I play a proper class, I’ll get first place for sure. Isn’t the fun of the game getting first with a beginner?”
“Aha.”
Sik-sik Corner gave up thinking further.
-lolol That’s right
-Getting first easily is boring, kya
-But with a beginner, you probably can’t get first lol Raids are fought together, and if the host deflects, everyone gets free damage time
-Yeah, true
-If the host had also used gunner and kept deflecting while taking down Tago, it would’ve been around 6 minutes. The difference is bigger than expected.
-But anyway, he’s doing his share lol
-Yeah... balance it out somehow like this
* * *
After coming out of the raid, Seojun ignored Dangso, who was grumbling about why he was being abandoned and why he wasn’t waited for, and created a guild.
Guild name: Sword God Squad.
To be precise, one of the viewers had saved the guild name in advance and handed over the guild master position to Seojun.
And after accepting as many as possible on a first-come basis, only those with ‘Sword God’ nicknames.
“If you cause talk or trouble, immediate expulsion.”
He told the guild members to raise the guild level on their own and ended the stream.
He announced in advance that the next day he’d do equipment enhancement, the highlight of RPGs.
In line with that, the secretary said he’d plan what to do.
Dangso grumbled and stayed to enjoy the game more.
The guild members who joined Sword God Squad started a chat room among themselves to figure out how to grow the guild the fastest.
And afterwards, the over 70,000 people who watched the stream began launching Last Chronicle one by one.
[lolol But deflecting looks kind of doable?]
==
I’m a Last Chronicle newbie who’s pretty good at parrying.
With this much, even if not 100% success rate for deflecting, I think I can at least skip the tutorial.
==
-lolol
-I think you won’t be able to skip and will be a tutorial model student
└You’ll learn everything properly as the developer intended
└I’m verifying, go ahead (OP)
└30 minutes passed. When are you verifying?
└Go ahead (OP)
└1 hour passed. When are you verifying?
└Go ahead (OP)
-Be honest, man. You can’t parry, can you?
└No, f*ck, hitting exactly that slightly protruding part on the spear shaft is an unimaginably high difficulty. I’m really freaking good at parrying (OP)
└Even if I somehow hit the timing once in a few tries, that angle difficulty is ridiculous (OP)
└For real? I should go try it too
[I’m a real veteran from the Last Chronicle beta. The tutorial skip difficulty is really as hard as full-buff Tago.]
==
It’s beyond imagination.
I watched the stream and went thinking I’d just grab the title, but I struggled.
If Tago is about timing, this is about angle.
Both difficulties are similar.
^^ But what’s with that streamer? Succeeding without failure?
I thought it was easy lol
==
-Really lol It looked so freaking easy
-They said he’s a pro in other games, so I thought he’s just decent, but this is beyond imagination?
-I’m a mage, and I wish our raid had someone like that lol
Most of the users in Raven were chattering about deflection.
Just as Seojun hadn’t noticed that deflection had a much higher status than he thought.
Most veteran users, like Sik-sik Corner, hadn’t noticed that Seojun was even more outstanding than they thought.
But as they tried the tutorial skip again themselves, and as Seojun showed in Tago, people gradually came to understand the situation.
[Let me sum up the current situation]
==
Newbies: In awe that deflection is harder than expected
Veterans: Wtf is that monster?
==
-Lmao
-This is correct
-I’m genuinely scared
[Feels like the world first clear will definitely be stolen? lololol]
==
Assuming the Four Heavenly Kings can be deflected, it’s a sure thing.
If the developer realizes this will be f*cked, let’s fix it well!
==
-Now asking for revisions lol
-But he’s a beginner?
└Even as a beginner, if you just deflect like hell, the damage is still last place but somewhat decent. In raids, when other classes also have free damage during incapacitation, isn’t that the strongest?
└Hmm... is that so?
-But there are gimmicks, so the Four Heavenly Kings won’t be incapacitated 80% of the raid time, right?
└Even assuming that, two incapacitations would be more than enough for one person’s share lol
└When you hit max level, you can do more than one share lol
[Beginner <-- utterly broken class]
==
Crit rate synergy? Additional damage synergy?
This is a constant incapacitation synergy.
It’s insane.
Devs not doing a balance patch?
==
Synergy refers to buffs that can be given to party members.
Usually, they briefly boost party members’ damage by about 5-10%, but incapacitation gives 30% and can be constant.
This was the part where veterans felt the greatest sense of crisis.
-Whoa, so playing beginner is incapacitation synergy, whoa
└Ah lol From today, when I’m making parties, I’ll unconditionally accept beginners lolol Beginner synergy is a broken class!!!!!!!
└Me too lol
[The team that solves the gimmick first gets the world first clear]
==
This is unchanging.
But if your damage is strong, and you can skip basic patterns.
You can challenge the gimmick more times in a short period.
==
Of course, even though they felt a sense of crisis, there were still differences of opinion.
[Must bring him to the raid party. It’s truly a must.]
-No way his play will be perfect continuously. No way it’s even easy for him lol
└For real lol
-World first clear might take 3, 4 days. It’s a battle of concentration
└No way he has good concentration lol
└For real lol
-I’m saying there may not be that many opportunities to just incapacitate in raids, so it’s not a must
└I think if he can do it, you must bring him
└Yeah, he’s a streamer, right? How do you bring him?
└Since it’s come to this, I’ll draw aggro and join that party...
Still, as a result, Seojun had shown play worthy of drawing viewers’ attention.
Naturally, the topic shifted to tomorrow’s broadcast, and interest in Seojun was maintained.
[Will that person reach max level? He should have plenty of money.]
==
Among streamers, there are few normal people who aren’t pushovers doing moderate cash items, but they do exist.
==
-lolol
-Most are pushovers lol
-In the first place, spending money is a content in itself lol
-Please have bad luck, please
└Failing enhancement lolol getting pissed and quitting lolol That’ll do!
* * *
And.
A message popped up in the chat room of the Solarin Guild Monster.
-Should we gather users who really have Lunaon characters?