Swordmanship Veteran's Game Stream Chapter 164

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When Alpaca noticed the pathing of the enemy jungler and told Seo-jun, and Seo-jun told him not to come.

At that time, heated debates erupted in the chat window of the broadcast and online communities.

Concerning what Seo-jun was trying to pull off, that was.

Since what he was aiming for was, to exaggerate slightly, on the level of being utterly absurd, it was a natural course of events.

"-Multitasking? lol lol lol Is that really why he picked Zen?"

"-Multitasking is an exaggeration, isn't he just trying to suppress them with mechanics? lol"

"-Is Pado of a weight class to be suppressed? It's not like he's some Plat or Diamond, he's a Challenger in his own right!"

"-A Challenger in his own right lol cute. Our streamer is unranked!"

"-Pfft lol lol lol lol"

A term meaning unranked, which, simply put, refers to a newbie without even a rank.

Although Seo-jun was an A-grade, he was unranked!

As signs of an imminent battle in the mid lane appeared, the observer positioned the camera around mid, simultaneously capturing the enemy jungler approaching and Pado gauging the angle.

“How will it turn out?”

“For now, a fight is likely to break out.”

“Player Seo-jun seems to have made up his mind, so he'll probably test it out once, wouldn't he?”

“Yes. But will he really play a 2v1 with two clones? Is that what he's aiming for?”

Because it was not certain yet.

Could it not be that Seo-jun had just moved his body around a bit due to a fascinating sensation?

"-Seriously, that bastard is just a complete attention seeker lol lol lol"

"-Given the tutorial and the parachute incident, he really seems like a total attention seeker."

"-Since streamers are supposed to be attention seekers anyway, let's just say it's our streamer's true calling."

"-Tsk tsk tsk, how could ordinary people understand a genius?"

"-Genius (Can't open parachute) (Needs tutorial) lol lol lol lol lol lol lol"

One of the commentators reading the chat almost burst out laughing. If they laughed out of nowhere, all eyes would focus on them.

In truth, the others were also reading the chat.

Therefore, they were also holding back their laughter all the same.

At any rate, the chat was a bit spicy.

"-Just be the tournament's clown."

"-If he loses this game too, then honestly..."

"-Not even this game, if he just gets bitten by the jungler right now and loses, he'll be the ultimate laughingstock."

"-No, like, from a common sense standpoint, is a 2v2 even possible by using clones? It's not like they're standing side by side taking turns hitting each other, you know?!"

The chats they saw in that manner were skeptical.

“Haha, but everyone, there is still no evidence that Player Seo-jun is aiming for that.”

Just as Arin tried to calm them down for the moment, the fight began.

"-lol 'no such intention' my foot."

"-He sends it straight to the jungler without a shred of hesitation lol lol lol lol lol"

"-While he fights Pado himself lol lol lol lol what incredible confidence."

"-Will this really work?"

The caster had nothing more to say either.

Now, the only thing left was to watch.

To capture both fights, the observer was looking down from a slightly high, diagonal angle.

Therefore, they could see everything at a glance.

"-Did that guy just deflect an arrow?"

"-No, can't you see him dodging the kama and stabbing right now?"

"-No, I'm telling you, he deflected another arrow just now!"

"-No, he even successfully landed an attack on Pado?"

"-No, lol lol lol lol what is this?"

As the fight commenced, the situation was turned on its head.

The moment Pado disappeared, Seo-jun swapped positions with his shadow.

Just like when Pado had used his tracking skill, Seo-jun's vision flipped as well.

What came into his view was the enemy jungler, 1898, whom he had seen from afar, and the surrounding terrain.

Seo-jun immediately attacked the minion he had kept his eye on beforehand.

Since he had moved his shadow close by in the first place, he only had to stretch his arm out to the side.

“I hit level 6 first.”

The moment the jungler arrived to gank, Pado had to share the experience points obtained from minions dying in the mid lane.

Therefore, while Seo-jun had reached level 6, Pado still needed to take down one or two more.

Since 1898 still had a long way to go to reach level 6, he was not a target of concern.

Seo-jun immediately used his ultimate skill.

It was activated as he visualized the opponent's shadow becoming a clone.

According to the lore, it was said to be the ultimate secret of the Shadow Art.

The moment Pado looked back, Pado's shadow broke away from its owner and took on a different form.

Without a sound. Completely unbeknownst to even the owner.

Unless one had a usual habit of checking whether the shadow under their feet was doing fine, it was not easy to notice.

Now, the owner of that shadow was Seo-jun.

It could be used as if it were another body of his, just as he willed.

Seo-jun immediately moved that shadow.

The moment his eyes met Pado's, who had turned around, he plunged the blade into the opponent's back.

"-On top of that, even the mark damage accumulated earlier!"

"-All he has to do is accumulate mark damage again, and Pado will be at death's door soon lol lol lol lol lol lol lol"

"-I believed in you!"

"-So you had a plan all along!"

“They say the shadow created by the ultimate is much better, right?”

At the same time, Seo-jun spun his body and deflected the arrow with the assassin's blade in his right hand.

He had grasped the fact that the enemy jungler was attacking, and that position was roughly set.

If so, it was entirely possible to deflect it by watching the shot while spinning.

Seo-jun spoke through his clone as he moved.

It would definitely be heard even if he spoke from this side, but it looked cooler that way.

“Did you say phase 2? And that one is the real body, right?”

While Seo-jun circled around toward the enemy turret, 1898, who was moving away from him to the side, spoke up as he released the bowstring, as if he had heard what had been said to Pado.

“Yes. And pulling back in that direction won't work either.”

Since Seo-jun was not approaching him, he seemed to have let his guard down.

The position had already been established.

Seo-jun took up a position where he could face the enemy jungler while still being able to look toward Pado.

To put it simply, he went behind the original position of the jungler. So that he could deal with 1898 while keeping his clone in view.

Even while taking up his position, Seo-jun kept glancing back briefly to control his clone.

"-Since Pado will be at death's door if he gets hit even once, he can't do a thing, right?"

"-No lol but seriously, this makes no sense, against our streamer who is dealing with both at once lol lol"

Of course, to put it nicely, the clone's movements were not natural.

It only blocked the opponent's attacks with the bare minimum of movement and followed up with subsequent attacks.

The kama and the assassin's blade clashed.

At the same time, an arrow flew from the front left.

Seo-jun's focus repeatedly shifted from beyond to the front, and then back to beyond.

For the viewers watching this, it was a baffling sight.

"-Even if it's dizzying, it's just fucking fun, right?"

"-lol lol lol lol lol lol lol Ah, our streamer is completely crushing a 2v1 with two bodies, how could it not be fun?"

"-Anyone who was swearing in the broadcast chat earlier?"

"-Are there still forced haters? The streamer is a clown? lol lol lol lol lol lol lol Yes?"

Had they ever understood Seo-jun's movements and plays?

The situation itself, where he fought two people simultaneously, was simply absurd and entertaining.

And Seo-jun, who could not see whether they were laughing like this or not, was exerting extreme concentration.

He kept Pado in check as much as possible while simultaneously deflecting the incoming arrows.

The fight would be over soon.

Because it was an ultimate—no, an ultimate secret—the duration of the clone was longer than standard skills, and the number of swaps was higher, but it did not exceed 15 seconds.

'It is a bit frustrating.'

Currently, Seo-jun was fighting with pure skill without any tricks.

It was possible because he did not hesitate or get tangled up over what movements to make, and his judgment was swift.

Seo-jun, who had to pay attention to two instead of one, did not play in a way that actively utilized variables.

Therefore, the fight was being maintained in a tight balance.

But it would end soon.

For the moment an opening appeared, both the opponents and Seo-jun would tear into each other without mercy.

Seo-jun's arm swung down from top to bottom.

The arrow aimed at his thigh was deflected away.

At the same time, the sound of a kama blocking Seo-jun's attack was heard from afar.

“Guys. This is truly the unity of offense and defense, right? Wow.”

Seo-jun did not forget that he was currently broadcasting either.

He was faithful to his profession.

"-Why are you the one marveling at your own play lol lol lol lol"

"-lol lol lol lol It's not that offense and defense become one, but rather he attacks with one body and defends with the other body, so it's the unity of offense and defense lol lol lol lol lol"

"-Don't try to be funny here too lol lol lol focus on the game!"

"-But is it about time for the Terror Arrow to come off cooldown?"

"-It seems the match will be decided now."

"-Go back to your own stream/room."

"-Nope, can't help it because it's easier to see here~ If you're annoyed, ban me."

An opening in the fight emerged.

The gazes of the three in the mid lane were directed precisely toward a single spot.

A magic orb of Pado's team's minion was flying.

The landing spot of that orb was a ranged minion of Seo-jun's team, whose health was almost depleted.

The moment the orb made contact, experience points would be granted.

It was the moment they had been waiting for.

Immediately, 1898's arrow glowed, and Pado retrieved his kama and pulled back further.

To use his ultimate skill.

The moment everyone entered a state of extreme concentration, Seo-jun made the first move.

He swapped positions and moved in front of Pado.

As if he had expected it, 1898 aimed at the distant Seo-jun and shouted.

Tali's ultimate, Scythe of Execution, is activated after consuming a mark on the enemy hero and gathering energy by charging the scythe for 3 seconds.

While it can unleash a powerful, wide-range crescent energy wave, it has the drawback that movement is drastically slowed down during charging, and it gets interrupted if the player is attacked.

Once it was charged and the energy enveloped the kama, free movement was possible from that point on.

‘He probably came in person to stop it, abandoning his clone control now to completely finish me off.’

Pado did not lose when fighting Seo-jun's clone.

Rather, he even succeeded in driving his kama into the clone twice.

Pado was also exerting extreme concentration just like Seo-jun, and Seo-jun was, after all, using a clone.

The two marks on Seo-jun's clone generated that way.

Those marks were also capable of charging the ultimate, as they were judged as marks on an enemy hero.

Since the original intent of that condition was to prevent charging in advance when the enemy hero was not around, it fit the intention.

‘One will be used to charge, and the other...!’

Toward the position of the clone that went toward 1898.

“Try to finish it like this, then.”

Pado provoked him while looking at Seo-jun.

The ultimate clone was capable of swapping positions one more time.

Thus, Seo-jun could come right into this center.

1898 aimed his bowstring at the place where Seo-jun's clone stood, and Pado readjusted his grip on the kama.

“Even if it ends like this, your gank failed, you know? You know your top laner died, right?”

“Hehe. That is true. But don't you think it's a waste? My health is almost depleted.”

Now it depended on Seo-jun's choice. If Seo-jun jumped into them using his last remaining position swap, the battle would resume.

If not, it would end like this.

Seo-jun chuckled, stretched his neck, and stared straight ahead for a moment.

“Then shall we try it?”

He swapped positions.

Immediately after, with Pado on the left and the jungler on the right, they launched their attacks toward Seo-jun.

Along with five arrows spreading out like a casting net, a kama flew in.

Seo-jun chose to block the kama instead of the arrows. A choice to avoid giving any more marks.

Pado swung the kama with all his might, hiding his delight as much as possible.

He grit his teeth and discarded distracting thoughts to the utmost.

Discarding all distracting thoughts, such as the combat situation afterward or his purpose of drawing Seo-jun's attention, he focused solely on the current battle.

Was it perhaps thanks to the assistance of the arrows flying from behind?

At this very moment, Pado was able to push Seo-jun back.

Upon hearing 1898's voice, Pado stopped his attack and relaxed his arms.

Seo-jun's assassin's blade flew toward his face.

The assassin's blade stopped right before his nose.

“Nice! Pado-nim! Now!”

Because the jungler had forcibly widened the distance and moved out of range, the effect of the Terror Arrow had activated.

It was the reason he had pushed Seo-jun back.

Pado immediately began charging.

He could get Seo-jun.

It would be his first death.

The light gathered in the kama gradually stabilized. The display gauge floating before Pado's eyes approached the end.

Seo-jun's feared state would end soon as well.

But by then, he could use the ultimate.

If hit by the ultimate, falling into a near-death state would be no exception for Seo-jun either.

1898 approached. If they played a 2v1 like just now, they would be more than capable of catching Seo-jun afterward...

“I told you it isn't a 2v1.”

Seo-jun, who had read Pado's thoughts, said.

Yet, the voice did not come from the front.

“Just like a moment ago, too.”

Along with the bewildered voice of the jungler who was approaching once more, Seo-jun, released from the fear, stood up.

The kama, whose charging had been interrupted.

His health, which had plummeted to a near-death state.

The voice coming from behind.

What this meant was only one thing.

The thing he had been missing.

‘He brought that over even in the middle of fighting like that?’

Did he put an automatic movement feature on the clone or something?

“The one who drew attention by pressing hard was not Pado-nim, but me.”

Seo-jun chuckled and explained through the clone until the end.

He thought the enemy also had the right to know.

The Seo-juns in front and behind opened their mouths simultaneously.

Honestly, he just wanted to try doing this.

““Then, let's finish this now.””

The shadows in front and behind simultaneously thrust their assassin's blades at Pado.

"-No, when did he bring it over!"

"-I was staring with my eyes wide open at the streamer's broadcast, why didn't I notice either??"

"-When he was charging, I really thought the streamer was done for lol lol lol"

"-In the midst of that, a surround-sound death sentence, chills"

"-Surround sound, my ass lol lol lol lol lol lol lol"

“Wow!!! This is insane!”