Swordmanship Veteran's Game Stream Chapter 166

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-Manager, open the door quickly!

-Why is the manager unable to open point betting!

-Why are the Pado fans making a fuss here lolololol

-Why don't you guys just go to Pado's room too

-Nah, it's not fun and they're going to get wrecked, so I'm not going

-Not really? I can see the future of winning here, taking the worm, and destroying the Nexus, you know? lol

Although it was still the early stage, there were many regrets.

It could have been because they decided on the wrong positions, it could have been because they still lacked time, or it could have been because their teamwork did not fit well.

Whatever the problem was, it had to be overcome. Otherwise, a dangerous situation could arise.

Since the capsule was an essential expense for Seo-jun, he was in a different position from others who could do without it.

As such, he would of course make them practice properly, but...

‘Let's win first and think later.’

He had to win the game at hand.

If they won the team fight right here, they could end it just like that. Since their current location was the jungle close to the opponent's main base.

[But Seo-jun, wouldn't it be better to target them when the enemies are catching the worm?]

If they backed off just a bit more, there was the uninvited guest of the rift.

Although targeting them at that time would yield a higher probability of victory.

[If we wait until then, we won't be able to end the game. Let's just win here and end it now, shall we?]

-I'm glad Wind Sword stayed. If that were Yun-ho...

-Even if it's Wind Sword, I'm telling you they can't win.

-I don't know about that, but I'm absolutely sure the streamer wouldn't have chosen to fight if it were Yun-ho lolololololol

It was originally high risk, high return.

Similarly, Seo-jun did not rush at the approaching enemies.

He intended to strike back if they came.

Having fewer people than the opponent meant that the probability of positioning themselves as desired was low.

Unless there was a narrow space to lure them into in the first place.

That was why, rather than rushing out for no reason, he had to stand still in his spot and focus his attention.

He deflected an incoming arrow and exchanged glances with Wind Sword.

[Please hold onto just one person.]

[I can easily do at least that much.]

More than just easily, if it was Wind Sword, he might even be able to come help after dealing with them.

Provided that Seo-jun marked three of them well, that was.

Precisely, Seo-jun and his clone, the two of them.

Although it was not a 5v5, it was a team fight situation.

Since there were three opponents and they were coming together, it was impossible to fight separately from the clone.

Skills flew in along with arrows.

Pado was in the lead, while the AD carry and the jungler attacked from behind.

Wind Sword naturally took charge of Mental, the support.

Although Mental was a support, he possessed crowd control skills, so the two of them had already exchanged glances and shared the opinion that it would be better for Wind Sword to kill him quickly and then come to help Seo-jun.

The moment the skills approached and the kama was swung.

Seo-jun visualized everything in that space and reconstructed it in third person.

The paths of the enemy's skills and the positions where he had to block them were drawn in his mind.

The important thing was that in the image drawn like that, Seo-jun himself was one, yet not one.

Perceiving space in third-person like this was usually used when launching a coordinated attack with an ally.

‘If this is also an ally, then it is an ally.’

Actually, there was no need to split hairs, since the act of simply perceiving space was done instinctively.

Seo-jun deflected the arrow that arrived first. Thanks to him slightly twisting his body aside as he deflected it, a small bomb like a grenade grazed past his body.

With just this, the turn passed to Pado. Although the arrow was a bit early, it had left the bowstring to match Pado.

But there was no worry.

The moment the bomb passed, the clone, which had been moving in advance, blocked the kama while half-covering the left side of Seo-jun's body.

-I'm telling you, this guy really has two brains.

-Hey, hey, I believed in the clone!

“For your information, my companion has a rather long lifespan.”

“It's not that long!”

Seo-jun passed by the clone and thrust his sword at Pado. It was an honest attack targeting the flank.

“Because I think it will be enough until the fight is over.”

-lolololol trash talk on

-If he loses after saying that, it'll be a total embarrassment tsk tsk.

-Sigh. This won't do. That person has been acting up since earlier, so I will mute them for 10 minutes. I will take all the responsibility.

-Jo-Am! Jo-Am! Jo-Am! Jo-Am! Jo-Am! Jo-Am!

-Is this the dignity of a manager? Is this the dignity of a manager? Is this the dignity of a manager?

The weapons of Pado and the clone, which were locked together, separated, and an arrow flew in from Pado's right to cover him.

Also, behind them, the small bomb, which had bounced a few times on the ground and fallen a bit far away, exploded.

When Seo-jun maintained his honest attack despite the arrow flying in, Pado slightly moved his kama from the center along with the center of his body to block it.

Minutely, but in a way that if Seo-jun did not give up the attack, he could block it just like that and the arrow would pierce Seo-jun.

Only then did Seo-jun withdraw his attack and twist his body to dodge the arrow.

It was so close that even if he had been 0.1 seconds later, he would have been hit cleanly by the arrow.

That minute change would make it difficult to block the clone's attack heading for his flank.

Just as he thought, the attack succeeded, and Pado panicked.

Because it was a clone from the ultimate skill, a mark also appeared.

Having seized the momentum, Seo-jun wiped the smile that was hanging on his lips.

He was already concentrating to the maximum, but now he had to do even more than that.

Handling two bodies at the same time was a task that was perhaps only possible for Seo-jun.

Because it required the task of perceiving the actions of the two bodies as a single entity.

For example, when swimming, a person performs the tasks of splashing their legs, pulling the water with their arms, and occasionally turning their head to breathe all at the same time.

This was also multitasking. And the reason this was easily possible was that it was a repetitive task, so one quickly became accustomed to it.

Because it was a repetitive task, once one got used to it, the body moved reflexively without thinking, so consciousness was not needed.

No, rather, if one became conscious of it, the body could even get tangled.

Then, how did Seo-jun move simultaneously?

The answer lay in the fact that even if it was not a repetitive task, and even if the posture he had to assume at every moment changed rapidly, the action of fighting was an easy thing for Seo-jun to perform as unconsciously as a repetitive task.

Of course, the field of vision to grasp the space at a glance, quick judgment, and actions close to unconsciousness.

Adjusting these three continuously without any rest was a task that required an incredibly immense amount of concentration even for Seo-jun, but...

‘Anyway, it's possible.’

The two shadows began to press Pado, drawing a perfect harmony.

It was not a case of one side blocking and the other side attacking.

It was solely a one-sided offensive.

Despite the interference of arrows and bombs, Seo-jun pushed forward with only attack as his top priority from the moment Pado lost his momentum.

It looked like two experts launching a coordinated attack on one person.

Pado could not cope properly, and his health steadily drained.

-Whoa, damn, even in the midst of that, he dodges or deflects ranged attacks lolol

-The ones he absolutely can't dodge are taken by the clone instead while it attacks.

-Tali couldn't even hit a single shot in the midst of that, 0 stacks, is that real?

-Just hit one lolol. Of course, on the clone!

-Ah, now that Jo-Am banned those Pado squad guys, it's so comfortable.

And when Pado's health was about one-third left, Seo-jun smiled again.

“You won't be able to act rashly anymore, you know?”

Together with his clone, Seo-jun turned away from Pado and began to head toward the location of the enemy's ranged heroes.

[Wind Sword --> Mental]

Wind Sword quickly killed Mental.

Originally, what was important in a team fight was focusing.

In a constantly changing battle, if you bit one person of the opponent team, everyone would concentrate their attacks to force them to retire immediately.

But in the skirmish just now, there was no need to worry about such a thing.

Rather than because they were short on people.

‘It must mean that the three opponents have no leeway to target me because they are busy dealing with Seo-jun.’

Even before the fight, Wind Sword had trusted Seo-jun, and without even looking in that direction, he had focused as much as possible on killing Mental.

As a result, Mental died without being able to stall for much time.

It was because there was a difference in skill, and also because he was a support.

Wind Sword turned back.

Now he just had to go help.

No, including Seo-jun's clone, five people were tangled up in close quarters.

As he began to grasp and lay eyes on the battle properly, he was able to see.

‘What are they doing?’

Seo-jun was tenaciously targeting one person, all while deflecting, dodging, and blocking attacks flying in from the side, rear, and front.

And Pado and 1898 were in close proximity to Seo-jun. They seemed to be trying to stop him somehow. However, their attacks were not bold.

“If we don't catch him now, it's over!”

“Damn it! Do something about this damn clone! I can't even attack that clone!”

Why did they say it was over?

Wind Sword, who had been watching the fight blankly, recalled the health of the enemies just before it became a 2v4, or rather, a 3v4.

He realized the reason the enemies were so desperate.

Zen was not originally a hero used like that. Absolutely not.

He was a hero who hit with basic attacks and slipped away with skills.

As such, when it came to the late game, the damage of Zen's mark was massive. It was 70 percent of the damage dealt.

Since he had no offensive skills, if he landed many basic attacks through his clone instead, high additional damage could be expected.

And currently, the opponents' health was below one-third.

The Bomber whom Seo-jun was targeting right now also had enough health that he would go straight to the grave the moment the mark exploded if he got hit just once more.

‘He took the opponents' lives hostage.’

No wonder their attacks were desperate yet seemed cautious.

Pado and 1898 were on borrowed time, destined to die themselves the moment the clone exploded.

And Seo-jun had taken advantage of this.

The previous battle situation was vividly drawn in his mind.

“Since we have to defend our base first, even if we die, let's just pour everything in! We have to do something!”

Whether it was because it was almost time for the clone to disappear, the enemies eventually gave up on their lives.

[Executioner's Scythe]

The charged crescent-shaped sword qi, crowd control skills, and the Bomber's ultimate skill were shot at Seo-jun as if in a final desperate struggle.

The crescent-shaped sword qi was shot at a speed much faster than an arrow, and a bomb that would blow up the whole area went upward before falling vertically to explode.

If both hit, they could reasonably expect Seo-jun to die.

However, what was visible once the flames cleared was Seo-jun, who had run his sword through the Bomber, and...

the clone disappearing.

And since Wind Sword could distinguish between the clone and Seo-jun, he could tell immediately the moment the flames cleared.

‘Their positions swapped after the explosion.’

Seeing that the lost health was not that significant, did he dodge the Executioner's Scythe?

The sword qi that spread throughout the area at almost the fastest speed in The League?

Even though it would have been enough to swap when the Great Explosion, whose timing was much easier to grasp, went off instead of the sword qi. How wicked—no, what an amazing skill.

Three marks exploded simultaneously, and...

[Sword God --> Pado]

[Sword God --> 1898]

[Sword God --> Fuse]

Along with the finishing announcement, Seo-jun looked back.

“Now, let's go push.”

“Yes! But can we end it? There are only two of us.”

“The wave is good, and I'm telling you there are three of us.”

“You don't have your clone right now.”

“The skill cooldown is back up.”

-Look at him doing that until the very end lolol

-Manager! Unmute Pado's fans quickly! Just you wait.

-Let's just go now lol

Rain made a crying face.

They were gathered in the lobby, watching the match come to an end.

“I think we are definitely in the group of death?”

Although they had been half-doubtful two days ago, it became certain after looking at it today.

Only strong teams were gathered in their group.

Even two days ago, Rain had made the exact same crying face, though.

The streamer Caterpillar, who was next to her, asked.

“If we ban three of them, won't it work out somehow?”

It was not like it would be strange to use up all the ban cards just to keep an A-grade in check.

Although, even if they banned three, it was unknown whether they could block him properly.

“But then it feels like too much of a nuisance to the others... Especially since Hwangso, even though it was a few years ago, is facing the former Challenger Wind Sword...”

Rain's head turned toward where the streamer Hwangso was.

Since the early days, Hwangso had been a streamer with a macho concept, true to his nickname.

The important thing was that his macho concept stemmed from the fact that he was not good at talking to women.

A situation like the present, that was.

“……No need to worry. I can handle it.”

He had simply gone out to a small tournament and frozen up out of nervousness during an interview, which was misunderstood as a macho concept, and that blew up, allowing him to build recognition as a streamer; this fact was a secret he had not told anyone.

It was also a secret that every night after finishing his stream, he would watch animal documentaries and tear up at the coldness of the wild.

Still, it was a relief that he did not get nervous at least when playing games.

“That hyung is playing up his concept again.”

“Why? I like it, though.”

Another streamer chimed in from the side.

“But you say you can handle it? As expected of our ace! I will really just hold out as much as possible!”

Instead of an answer, Hwangso nodded his head.

If he spoke here, his vocal cords would tense up too much, and his voice might crack.

After clearing his throat for a moment, Hwangso spoke. Shortly.

“Worth a try if I scale.”

However, there was an omitted condition other than the fact that he had to grow well.

Namely, that he had to select a hero that counter-matched the position of the hero Seo-jun chose.

For example, if Seo-jun played an assassin, he would have to choose a bruiser who could mark the assassin well.

In that case, he thought that at least blocking him would be worth a try.

In any case, it was merely his own thought, and this was spoken entirely to reassure his teammates.

-He can contain that?

-Yeah, even Dokkaebi did it, so let's pick a bruiser or a tank and go for tight defense!

-Huhuhu, that guy Pado was the weakest among us.

-The Four Heavenly Kings meta, holy crap lolololololol

Hwangso knew well that there was nothing to be gained by getting intimidated in advance before the fight.

The problem was that his teammates did not end it there.

“Then, Hwangso! Make a declaration of war just like that during the MVP interview later!”

Caterpillar spoke, shouting "Oooh" with his mouth.

“Did he really have to do that?”

‘I just wanted to relieve their worries a bit...’

“Wow. A villain in our team too?”

“As expected of a macho man!”

Everyone waited for Hwangso's mouth to open with eyes full of interest.

-That guy also showed and proved, so you go too, Hwangso!

-Looks like every interview is going to be intense lololol

-He won't chicken out of this, right? Surely?

-If he does, he should quit being a streamer lol

Ultimately unable to open his mouth, Hwangso gave a weak nod of his head.

In his attempt to help, he had unintentionally been publicly executed by his teammates.

-Let's not curse and take it easy lolol

-Considering the opponent is still a rookie streamer, don't draw too much aggro.

-??? For a rookie streamer, he draws aggro f*cking well lolololol

-Let's just go for it! We just need to win!

“Now! We have invited today's three VIPs! Before that, Player Hwangso! I heard you have something to say to Player Seo-jun, is that correct?”