Chapter 311
Clang!
Clang!
Grrrr!
The tranquil highland that cleared one's chest up to the heavens was now filled with noise.
The rustling footsteps of beasts preparing to attack, the howls of fighting beasts, the countless noises from skills activating, and even the sound of shattering glass.
With less than 20 minutes left of the 11th day, the highland instantly turned into chaos due to the appearance of the Black Curtain.
There are opinions that since the hounds the participants hunt are a type of dog, it was a dog's mess from the start.
Nevertheless, one participant felt deeply resentful toward the being who created this situation.
[Brother! How did you come here again! You traitor! Stop interfering! If you have a conscience, you shouldn't do this to me!]
The hunt started to be blocked.
The Black Curtain that appeared suddenly, with swift and precise movements, marked Yon and spared the hounds.
[If you keep this up, I'll really just go to a hound and die? Since brother hit me once, if I die, it'll be your kill, right? Like how if someone hits you and you die to a minion or turret, it counts as a kill.]
[Heh heh. Threatening suicide. You've grown a lot.]
Seojun looked warmly at Yon with a teacher-like smile.
And Yon felt a chill.
Damn it.
When he looks like that, he's really dangerous.
But Yon did not back down.
It was too unjust to back down.
[Ah, brother. You really are a bad bastard!]
[Why is that?]
[Hmph. Let's just confirm this. Brother, did you know I was here when you came?]
[Yes. I can know all the information near the portal.]
[Ah, I really should just die. Take the kill at least.]
[Hmm... That's a bit problematic?]
[Why. What. I'll die.]
[It's not that; no matter how much you curse me, I want to spare you.]
[... Are you feeling guilty? Huh?]
Seojun chuckled.
And just then, with a great rumble, a wave of green energy that started from the passage spread out and swept past them.
The muscles of the nearby hounds twisted, their bodies grew larger, and their teeth began to sharpen.
It was the process of transformation. In a little while, they would no longer be hunting those enhanced hounds but would have to block them.
Seojun's eyes also glowed green.
[Here too, it's entered stage 2. Then now.]
[What.]
[Shall I kill? Not you, but your friend.]
[Just a moment! Brother, can you kill? According to what Shin-geom said... Don't come! I said don't come!]
That "don't come" was not directed at Seojun.
Yon had already discussed with the others that if Seojun came and the passage transitioned to stage 2, they would immediately gather at the location of one of the two.
Wouldn't they need to buy time?
Annoyingly interfering with the Black Curtain and preventing him from touching other areas.
It would be even better if they could catch him, though they knew he wasn't someone who would be caught.
There was also the desire to hit him legally at least once.
But if Seojun could kill, the story changes.
However.
[I came? There he is.]
[Run...!]
The events unfold in an instant.
Seojun approaches. Naturally, the hero who thought himself invincible lets his guard down.
Strictly speaking, he only considered offense.
Seojun precisely and cleanly exploits that point, cutting and cutting again with his sword.
[I said don't kill that friend! And just give me points!]
[I don't want to?]
[Farewell, Yon! I'm leaving like this!]
[If you kill, there's no penalty? Huh?]
There was no need for a sword to split the highland's soaring sky.
He kills in an instant.
Because he missed the timing once and Seojun decided to push him hard.
[The attack power is bizarre, but it's not insanely strong? It's slightly ambiguous...]
[That's the penalty.]
[Yes?]
[The more you kill, the more your strength drains. Especially stamina.]
[Hmm... Why are you telling me?]
[Just because.]
Green light seeped out from Seojun's body.
Amidst that, Pyeon-i could only sigh.
That was the third kill just today.
[Kyaaak! My strength is draining away.]
[Does it really hurt?]
[No. That was acting.]
[So how much do you plan to drain? Even if you're penalized, you won't be able to keep killing indefinitely, will you?]
[Until my base stamina reaches the same level as yours.]
[I see. And you're sparing me?]
[I'll do that much for you.]
[Brother, it's dinner time, so come out of that room. We'll all gather and wait at the cafeteria entrance.]
I really need to hit him once.
[Yon. Just diligently block the passage that's turned stage 2 or whatever comes next.]
[Yes. But I'm curious: even if your stamina becomes an ordinary level, can you really handle it?]
The greatest characteristics of typical Black Curtains or bosses are high stamina, powerful attack power, and area-of-effect skills.
And Seojun gives up those advantages.
Is it worth giving that up just to kill a few people?
The limits seem clear, too?
Yon absolutely saw it as not worth it.
And Seojun answered.
In another moment where everyone's attention was focused.
[Won't that make it a bit more of a match?]
He said.
* * *
The day before, after Seojun committed murder, the global broadcasting crews and communities were in an uproar.
[He's taking a penalty?! Isn't that insane?]
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Is it really declaring that he'll completely give up a health pool with six times the stamina?
Did I hear that correctly?
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- That Korean must have been really frustrated hahaha!
└It seems like he endured a long time with that personality!
-At this point, acknowledge he endured a lot. Now let's kill everyone!
└Didn't you hear the conversation with that Pyeon-i yesterday? Even if he kills a lot, it's only 9 people. And that's only by killing right after creating stage 2 passages—9 people! For that, he gives up six times the stamina?
└└He told us the reason.
[Will that person really kill more?]
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Stamina is essential for a Black Curtain.
It's a must. Because they have to fight one against many.
So why kill more?
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- He told us the reason, I said.
└What is it?
└└He said from the start, stamina wasn't necessary. He's just confident he won't get hit.
└└└Crazy Korean
[Can't he just not get hit even once?]
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It's that simple, right?
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-Crazy Korean
-Is he Korean? Koreans go around saying this kind of thing.
└I'm American, you bastard.
└Let me tell you a chilling fact. Right now, even in Korea, opinions are split about half and half.
Indeed.
Even in Korea's The League community, Seojun's actions were incomprehensible.
Actually, they did understand.
[Banjang is... originally this kind of guy...]
[Again, a guy who creates his own penalties lololol He's just a crazy bastard lololol But because he's always won despite that, he makes you have expectations lolololol]
[It's hard to have expectations this time? Killing more here would be a bit...]
[No lol He just has to not get hit?]
[Seems like Banjang got really pissed about them literally hunting him and acted impulsively, upvote lolololol]
What kind of person was Seojun?
A person who seeks out hardship. If it meant screwing others over, his own hardship didn't matter.
Because.
[Because I can do this anyway ㅇㅇ I said I'll win, right? Even like this lololol I'll win!!!!!!]
Because he won.
The image he built up that way became Seojun's identity and the source of his popularity.
[You think he'll really give up?]
[I don't know, let's watch]
[If he loses like that, fans might be okay but his popularity might cool down instantly... I'm a bit worried]
Thus, as the 10th day ended, people left countless speculations.
Mainly, the side claiming he wouldn't do it again clashed with the side claiming that if it's Seojun, he'd just kill them all.
But on the 11th day, when Seojun got 3 kills.
And then made such a statement.
[???: This is a bit more of a match.]
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Lolololololololololololololololololol crazy bastard lololololololololololol
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Fanatics began to go wild.
-I believe again this time lololololol
-Without a stamina buff, he declares the balance is right like this lolololol
-Humanoid bosses don't actually have high HP, you know lolololol Banjang knows the game well lolol
-The story is perfect too. Kael wasn't consumed by some trivial power; he simply fell nobly!
Noble fall.
That's right.
It makes no sense for Kael to be dragged around merely by power.
The choice to side with the other world and try to destroy the world was entirely the fallen Kael's own decision.
Kael wouldn't be dragged around by power!
In this situation, the fanatics began to go wild.
And the haters also began to go wild.
[No lolol He's really kicking away the championship?]
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If you think about the items, he could have won, but this is not it lolololol
Isn't this intentional trolling?
Feels like he should be cursed the hell out.
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-Why would he be cursed?
└Because it's intentional trolling. And because he'll ruin the history book (OP).
└That's the participant's freedom.
└Cursing is my freedom too (OP).
-That guy needs to drop his pride tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk "I can still beat you all like this" that thing.
└Usually they call that arrogance, tut tut.
└Banjang has the right to be arrogant, doesn't he?
└Top-tier pros might have had the right to be arrogant when fighting amateurs until now. But not now. He forgot that and just did as he always did.
-Oh wow. Wasn't it just the Banjang squad here? Why is it so heated today?
└Does it look like it wouldn't be heated? Because he's going to lose lol
└Yeah, he just has to not get hit~~~!!!
[Overseas is even more heated, and it's hilarious that you can see quite a few overseas Banjang squads lolololololololol]
[Let's just properly sort out the situation once]
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With stamina reduced to one-sixth and killing roughly 9 people so participants become 27, is that beneficial?
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-ㅇㅇ It's beneficial.
└Why?
└First, by utilizing the fact that Banjang can't be killed wherever he goes, he can ignore the pros who try to interfere right away and open many stage 2 passages. When stage 2 passages open, from what I heard, you're basically tied down until the final day, and even after that, the timing for closing the passage and joining the final fight varies for each.
└So he can reduce them by 9, and also take an advantageous fight later... and... still giving up six times the stamina is, ah sh^^t Banjang, you just lose.
└This bastard explained diligently and then drifts, hilarious lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
-As I said, he just has to not get hit, brother... Do you understand?
└Yes... (worship)
* * *
[Won't that make it a bit more of a match?]
[Wow.]
[Right, everyone? I'll still win even like this. Don't worry. It might be a bit chaotic out there, but trust me and don't bend!]
[So you do know. Can you handle the public opinion?]
[Winning is all that matters. I can't see it right now anyway.]
Currently, the people enjoying this situation the most were the viewers in the Banju room.
-lolololololol
-Banjang! Banjang! Banjang! Banjang! Banjang!
-This is the way lololol Can't see the community until it's over anyway lololol
-Mindset of "I'll see it if I win" lololol
-The ever-typical Banjang who just sets everything on fire and is comfortable himself lololol
[And a victory is only a true victory if I win by my own power.]
-Kyah!
-Wow!
-It's only right to win by your own power, kya!
-How is a Black Curtain winning without buffs normal, you crazy bastards lololol
-Instead of giving buffs, it's an unwritten rule to penalize them so they can't kill freely in the mid-game.
-True, other Black Curtains all had restrictions too. The mid-to-late game was a battle of who could secure the most advantageous position within those constraints, in the end.
[Ha... So brother, what are you doing now?]
[Looting. I bought Peon's Gloves.]
[So ruthless. The people on the train, including me, you're not killing them because you know they don't have points, right?]
[......You caught me.]
[You couldn't possibly be able to buy the entire Destroyer's set, right? All top-tier items like that?]
Seojun answered.
[I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.]
[Ah, just go already! I'm truly disappointed in you, brother, so be prepared to get properly smashed. I won't go easy on you because of public opinion.]
The next day.
As he had foretold, Seojun killed five more people, lowering his stamina to the same level as the other participants.
And as he purchased the Destroyer's item that filled the last slot previously occupied by Peon's Gloves, he smiled with satisfaction.
[Now, I'll definitely win.]
20 item slots.
Seojun had something he could rely on.
And right at that moment, Shin-geom also completed his quest.
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