Chapter 354
Seojun was shot and killed.
It was a perfect shot.
Yet even though he had died, no one panicked.
Not even Seojun, the person who had been killed.
Just as the enemies had deduced, it was an intentional death. After dying, Seojun examined the map that had appeared before his eyes and chose to be reborn in the secret hideout above the base.
And when he opened his eyes and was able to move his body, what filled his vision was a Tier 4 workbench occupying an entire wall, so dazzling that it could only be described as magnificent.
-Wow
-Oh my god
-Is that a Tier 4 workbench? It’s freaking huge lol
-What the hell did they go through just to see that workbench?
At the two workbenches that required relatively few materials to build, two players were busily crafting items.
“Good work.”
Seojun rose and placed his hand on the box beside him.
The box opened, revealing the inventory slots, and he collected the equipment he had placed there in advance.
“Just as planned, we’re right on schedule. Everyone, this result was only possible because those two worked incredibly hard without making a single mistake.”
Of course, reaching Tier 4 was not the end of everything. It was not over yet.
The reason the attacking team had deliberately gathered resources until the very last moment before beginning the raid, despite Seojun being able to reach Tier 4, was not simply to block him at the last minute and annoy him.
Their mindset had been, “Even if he reaches Tier 4, what can he actually do?”
In the end, what he had to do was—
Before losing every item and becoming incapable of mounting any counterattack at all—
“Now, I suppose it’s time to counterattack?”
He had to show them.
Why things had to be this way.
-What does Tier 4 even do?
-Looks like he’s busy duplicating frying pans lol
-Right, don’t frying pans here have terrible durability?
-The durability sucks, but they deflect bullets lol
Seojun watched the two people in front of him.
To open the workbench interface, one had to sit at the workbench.
The time required to make an item was practically nonexistent.
So the reason they had been sitting there for so long was simple.
They were making a huge number of items, which was why it was taking so long.
Of course, it did not even take a full minute, and soon they turned around to welcome Seojun, fully armed.
“Seojun, you’re here?”
“How’s the situation at the base?”
“The entrance should be breached by now. How many did you make?”
“We filled everything.”
“Throw them over quickly. Then follow me. Let’s deal with the outposts first.”
Seojun filled his item slots, left their base, and headed toward the northern outpost.
That was how he met Lloyd.
* * *
Bangju had been watching public opinion ever since Seojun died—or rather, even before that—so he knew the situation well.
“It’s complete! The Sword God has been given a sword! It’s over now!”
People were skeptical.
More precisely, everyone except most Koreans was skeptical.
The small number of Korean Last players watching this match, and the vast majority of players around the world.
For one thing, Last players around the world were already doubtful that Seojun could deflect bullets.
They accepted that it might be possible to use one to block a blow to the head now and then, but could it really be used directly in combat? Absolutely not.
More importantly, even if Seojun had used it effectively before, hadn’t his opponents been much weaker?
Seojun’s current opponents were the best veterans in Last, as well as the Hunter Team, who had defeated those veterans in team battles.
And though they had not yet shown their true capabilities, the special forces were also among his opponents—perhaps the most dangerous of them all.
“Admit it’s over! Admit it already!”
And the viewers from around the world who had watched the stream and believed that Seojun could deflect bullets, that he could use it in combat, said this:
Sure, it’s possible. But couldn’t he still lose?
The difference in strength was obvious.
“Come on! Just watch!”
-Hahahahaha!
-The logic that the Sword God will win because a frying pan is a sword is absolutely flawless!
-No, we’re being serious, you foreigners!
-Ah, you common mortals who don’t know what it means for a sword to be placed in the Sword God’s hand!
-Lmaoooooooo
“Ah! The northern outpost! They’re engaging right away!”
When the outpost had been built, Seojun had watched it from a distance through a scope.
Since the enemy had seen the shape of Seojun’s fortress and confirmed that it was completely defense-oriented, they had not bothered to conceal the outpost, saving him the trouble of searching for it.
And the moment Lloyd shouted in disbelief and fired his gun—
Seojun deliberately—truly, deliberately—swung his arm.
He did not merely hold the pan up to meet the bullet.
He did not move slowly.
He swung it incredibly fast.
Even though the bullet and the frying pan had to collide in the space of a single instant, he went out of his way to swing it.
Whoosh!
Clang!
The bullet aimed at Seojun’s abdomen was deflected.
“Ah! He swung it! He’s swinging the sword!”
-Huh???
-Wow
-Look at him going out of his way to swing it lol
-Lloyd’s face lmaoooooooo
-He should’ve unloaded with the rifle!
“Player Lloyd is firing more! He’s firing in bursts!”
There was about a one-second delay.
The bullets came at regular intervals, targeting various points on Seojun’s body.
Normally, when changing targets like that, the muzzle would wobble and the bullets would miss.
But these bullets landed accurately.
On the frying pan.
“They’re not missing! Yes! The bullets aren’t missing the frying pan! Hahahaha! Lloyd! You should have called your teammates!”
While trying to land the shots himself, Lloyd had allowed Seojun to approach right in front of the outpost, and Seojun attached a bomb.
Boom!
The other sentries arrived belatedly, but they were shot and killed by Seojun’s rifle.
-Isn’t he sweeping through them way too easily?
-This is what happens in fights between super-high-level players with perfect aim. Once they spot each other, it ends quickly.
-That’s true lol Usually, battles take a long time because neither side gives the other that angle.
“Yes! Think of those famous PC-game battles between aim hackers from back in the day! The moment either one stepped out from cover, they died instantly! It was just an absurd situation! Ah! The sleeping bag has been destroyed!”
The two attached bombs destroyed the outer wall, and Seojun moved on to the next outpost as he spoke.
[From the next outpost onward, I’ll have to snipe them before moving in. It’s fortunate that Lloyd was a little lacking just now.]
“He said ‘lacking’! He probably doesn’t mean that Lloyd was lacking in intelligence or anything like that!”
-Lol
-Is Bangju’s commentary insanely accurate?
-For real lol
Seojun easily destroyed the next outpost.
It was not merely his imagination that dealing with them first through sniping seemed far easier than approaching them.
“Every shot hits! Ah, they should have built the outpost properly!”
Now and then, Bangju switched the screen to show the situation at Seojun’s main base.
At first, it was a complete mess.
After hearing about Seojun’s assault on the outposts, they had initially laughed and said that if he abandoned the base like that, it would only be looted faster.
But the northern outpost was being destroyed far too quickly.
On top of that, the Hunter Team also had to prepare for the forces raiding them.
Lloyd, who had died, the sentries originally stationed at the base, and three additional people had committed suicide and left to reinforce the defenses.
How many people remained?
Of the original twenty-one, people had left to defend each outpost, leaving thirteen.
Subtracting the four members of the Hunter Team who had gone out, there were nine.
Their opponent had five people.
Yes, they could win this.
However, the difference was no longer overwhelming. When the northern outpost was destroyed in an instant, they actually began to feel threatened.
But they were veterans.
As the eastern outpost was destroyed after the northern one, headquarters issued an order.
“‘Just come to the center!’ they say! Ah! An excellent decision, wouldn’t you agree? Now that Seojun has come out, they need to commit more people to stop him! But if they send more people outside, they won’t be able to climb the central tower! In that case, they might as well—!”
A war of attrition was no longer viable.
Fifteen people gathered at the center, and the third outpost was destroyed.
And after a short while—
[Done! Nice! The sleeping bag’s destroyed! Check the rest, too!]
[Is all that remains catching that person?]
[Let’s tell him to come up!]
[No, we should fight outside.]
Seojun’s main base was cleared out.
Baek Doyul and the other team members resisted desperately, but they could not stop the three intruders coming from above and the twelve people climbing up.
In the end, the team members respawned at the outer base.
The supplies placed there were enough to arm roughly one more person, so it was fair to consider the game over.
Yes.
The reason one could torment the losing side all day after winning a fight was the same as now.
They had no way to resist.
No matter how many times they killed them when they tried to gather resources, the team, reduced to primitive men, could not fight back.
“Now, the attacking team has decided to search one last time before leaving the main base and deal with Seojun, who is destroying the fourth outpost before returning! No matter how strong Seojun is, fighting out in the open field would be impossible! But—!”
-It’s over, holy crap
-Confirmed common mortal lol
-Admin’s been cut!!! LMAO
-There’s no way he can win this
-What are you talking about? Aren’t you watching the admin’s stream?
-??
That was when it happened.
Bangju brought up Seojun’s screen, which he had not shown since the destruction of the third outpost.
And Seojun was not far away.
Under normal circumstances, he would have been destroying the fourth outpost.
“But what if the battlefield is still the main base? What if it’s inside the building?”
[All right, everyone, come back to our house. I’ll prepare the weapons. I’ll kill all the intruders.]
Instead of destroying the outpost, Seojun returned to the main base.
Thanks to that, Seojun was currently standing on the first floor of his house.
“There’s a chance of winning!”
In any case, if they wiped everyone out here, the one remaining outpost would be meaningless.
-Does he really have a chance of winning? LMAOOOOOO
-Admin, you’re too late. The team members are all far away.
-He lost because he stubbornly insisted on going Tier 4 lol
-Fifteen against one is freaking ridiculous lol
-He’s going to get bullied by the Slayer Team too, hahaha
Bangju remained upright and confident.
“I told you, we’ve won.”
* * *
“This was all calculated. Even if I had stayed at the main base from the start, we would have been pushed back. There’s no way to beat that many people, no matter how you play. If you get shot, you’re dead.”
Even if Seojun had won once while coughing up blood, the enemies would simply have rearmed themselves at the outpost and come back.
“But it’s different when I’m holding a frying pan. This is a sword, after all. We can win easily.”
-Lol I don’t understand your logic at all, admin lol
-What insane confidence
-But if he can block everything, he’s technically right lol
-To be honest, overwhelming Lloyd alone isn’t enough. Prove it, admin!
-So you’re saying you’ll beat fifteen people by yourself?
-If you win, I’ll sign that a frying pan is a sword!
“Anyway, this was the one and only scenario in which our team could win.”
If they lost here, the enemies would have no choice but to give up.
Seojun’s team would rearm themselves, and only one outpost would remain.
More than anything, after losing fifteen against one, would they really attack again?
-Wow! I believe you, admin!
-The one and only possibility!
-There are still way too many enemies, though.
-But he has a sword. A sword.
With only his viewers able to hear him, Seojun voiced his concern.
But that was not what mattered.
“Everyone, should I go up? Or should I catch the people coming down? Which would look cooler?”
-LMAOOOOOO
-What a lunatic, what a lunatic, what a lunatic. Even in this situation, that’s all he can think about lol
-Going up would definitely look cooler lol
-Standing guard and catching them as they come down would look cool too
-This is exactly why he’s the admin
There were fifteen enemies.
His team members had reportedly been pushed all the way back to the bedroom without killing even one person, overwhelmed by the sheer difference in numbers.
That was fine.
Perhaps they were intoxicated by the success of their raid by now?
Seojun shrugged.
“Well, let’s just go up. But first…”
Seojun took out a grenade, threw it outside, and began climbing the stairs.
“I should let them know I’m here, right?”
Through the final battle that day, Seojun showed them—
Why he had needed Tier 4.
Why the frying pan was a sword.
And, finally, why he was called the Sword God.
Bang!