Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 130

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Chapter 130

Just before Seo Jun chose Eric.

-Anyone curious what those two are talking about?
-Two guys with zero strategy it seems lol
-Bandang just crushes with mechanics, and Yun-ho can’t do anything anyway lolol
-Huh?
-Kael’s not banned? What’s with the confidence lol
-The opponent’s a Challenger
-Yeah the 4-second Judgment Sword is way more broken
-lol he just stomped because the opponent’s unranked, but just yesterday against Wind Blade he looked pretty evenly matched one-on-one
-But you beat Wind Blade, right?
-And you were faster, right?

They expected Seo Jun to select Kael.
It wasn’t certain, but if Kael had survived, shouldn’t he show what he could do?
Maybe he’d specifically asked Ha Yun-ho not to ban him!
Just as the logic connecting to Seo Jun’s request to Ha Yun-ho to play in Lios extended, Seo Jun and Ha Yun-ho spoke for a moment, then Seo Jun’s hand moved to the hero selection interface ahead.

[Escapee Eric]

Against their expectations, Seo Jun selected a new hero.

-Eric??
-He’s actually picking Eric lol
-What is this? A pre-prepared pick?
-100% chance it wasn’t lolol
-Who knows, Kael was prepared beforehand too. Looking at videos of crucial moments outside lolol

[Game starting.]

Summoned onto the Battlefield, Seo Jun immediately moved and turned on the audio he’d muted.
“Ah. You can hear me, right?”
As Seo Jun moved forward, he confirmed that multiple instances of the vowel ‘eh’ appeared in the chat.
Among the Lios players, there was probably no way to see this chat window.
Since this was a Scrimmage, it didn’t matter anyway.

[Inbe just plays defense.]

Mallang, who had gone through the ban and pick phase, entered toward the jungle and spoke.

[Roger]
[Everyone enjoy the game]
[Seo Jun! Please hold your own against the Challenger!]

The enemies seemed to have also chosen to have Inbe play defense only, so not even small skirmishes occurred when they met.
Seo Jun waited in the jungle for Minions to arrive while assessing his body.
“Chains are wrapped around my arms.”
In the League, power is exercised through Possession, so avatars don’t change. The costume touched before the game starts works the same way.
That’s why usually only the essential parts change.
Just as he’d been given a weapon when he selected Kael, now Seo Jun’s arms were wrapped layer upon layer with numerous thin strands of chains.
“How do I do basic attacks?”
Attacks using these chains weren’t basic attacks.

-Just manage it like you’d use Sect Sword Qi
-That stuff’s all similar anyway
-Why’s the Kael god asking something so basic…
-New viewers, especially Kael fans. This guy asks fundamental stuff like this then pulls out all kinds of veteran skills ten seconds later so don’t worry

Seo Jun visualized releasing formless energy from his hand.
In the League, basic attacks from mage Position heroes were usually based on magical power.
‘Interesting.’
Seven years ago, Seo Jun couldn’t play mage heroes.
Back then the capsule was fine with moving the body, but visualization was difficult.
His thoughts didn’t properly translate to the game.
The skills themselves would activate. But it was like using an old computer—the response was just slightly delayed.
That small difference would be very irritating to all gamers, not just Seo Jun.
‘It wasn’t that I particularly wanted to go big with mages after grabbing a sword for so long, but I did regret it.’
An effect appeared as some form of energy gathered in Seo Jun’s hand.
And in an instant, a small blue sphere was generated on his palm.
“Oh? This feels interesting.”
When Seo Jun clenched his fist, the sphere conveyed tension to his hand like an arrow drawn taut on a bowstring.
After fully experiencing the tremor and subtle vibration, Seo Jun opened his hand.
Then the sphere shot forward.
A mage’s basic attack. Damage weaker than cutting with a sword, that kind of basic attack.
“Oh!”
Seo Jun’s eyes curved with delight.

-lololol
-If you’re gonna be amazed like that, at least practice beforehand lolol
-Nah. This is a real streamer, showing even these moments on broadcast
-Ah lol he didn’t practice to get genuine reactions lol

He threw the sphere a few more times into empty space.
Cutting through a bush—a concealment area that hides from enemy vision when entered—the magical sphere flew.
“Hmm, so how do I use skills? Oh, Minions are coming.”
For now he had to go to lane and grow, so Seo Jun returned to the mid lane.
In the distance ahead, an opponent waited, having arrived first.
“Hello. We greeted each other earlier, right? I’m streamer Spoon.”
“Hello.”
The hero Spoon had selected was Dual-Gun Luke. True to his title, you could see a gun with two barrels held in his right hand.
That weapon fires attacks twice in succession with time lag each time, and its characteristic was that if the user landed both basic attacks, the damage was higher than ordinary heroes’ damage.
Instead, if only one shot landed, the damage was less than half of a normal basic attack.
Similarly, a high-difficulty hero where mechanics matter.
“Seo Jun, I’ll do my best—think you can still win?”
Seo Jun’s chain-wrapped arm moved quickly.
Fwip!
Instead of answering, Seo Jun rapidly clenched his hand and released it, firing a sphere.
Thwack!
Precise range adjustment that struck the opponent just before the magical sphere disappeared.
Hiss.
“Was that answer enough?”

-First strike guarantee wins lololol
-Bandang loses first then. That’s how you seize initiative
-Oh he landed that
-Real talk, right at the edge before disappearing

Spoon laughed like he was having fun, just like Seo Jun.
‘That basic attack I just took barely caught the range limit. Coincidence? No way. He asked if that answer was enough.’
It was intentional.
As he stepped forward to land his Dual-Gun shots, Seo Jun retreated backward.
‘In a single moment he realized my range is shorter than his.’
Seo Jun had observed that Spoon wasn’t counterattacking immediately, and in that brief moment he grasped his advantage and was repositioning accordingly.
Spoon noticed this too.
“Fun. Kiting’s usually my specialty.”
Kiting, simply put, was range management.
For ADCs who often fight with long-range basic attacks, it was an essential skill.
Range management was the way to utilize your advantage most efficiently.
Only you attack while the opponent can’t.
“I’m ranged too.”
Seo Jun studied his opponent.
When Spoon retreated backward, Seo Jun advanced. When Spoon suddenly moved forward, he withdrew backward.
Simple-looking movements, but containing the know-how of a Challenger ADC managing range.
And then.
Fwip!
The sphere flew and struck Spoon’s body directly once more.
Again, the range barely reached the very edge.
Barely any different from the first time.
‘Hmm. See this?’
Spoon’s health bar had been reduced once more.
Spoon’s health bar.
Seo Jun’s gaze dropped from the health bar to meet Spoon’s eyes.
Then Spoon’s eyes, which had carried a faint hint of dismissal before, transformed.
“Are you finally thinking of playing properly now?”
“Seems that way, heh.”
Minions arrived.
From here on, proper Kiting became crucial.
If a beginner asks how to land skills on enemies, most would say to first aim for the timing when you’re taking the Last Hit on a Minion.
“Even if your basic attack range is long, if you don’t land my skills, that’s all there is to it, right?” said Spoon, positioning himself while hiding his body behind the Minions he was calculating angles to dive through.
Spoon, positioning while hiding his body behind the Minions, spoke.
“Yes, I know. A mage’s basic attacks mostly have no advantage anyway.”
“Right. This is where it starts.”
Luke had a skill that fired a burst of continuous shots simultaneously while moving.
He needed to be careful about situations where the distance suddenly closed for burst damage. Before, it was a reconnaissance phase so he hadn’t used it.
And Eric’s skills were.
“Hey, how do I use this skill?”
He didn’t know how to trigger it.

-lololol
-ㅂㅅ
-Don’t tell him
-Just visualize it

“Huh?”
Seo Jun focused on the health of the Minions fighting ahead, regardless of whether Spoon was flustered.
And just before the Minion’s health reached zero, he threw a sphere to take the Last Hit and thought.
‘Just visualize it?’
Eric’s skill created a Magic Circle.
After some time passed, this Magic Circle would shoot out chains.
Seo Jun visualized the Magic Circle he’d seen in videos appearing right in front of him.
Then.

[Destruction Chain]

Whoooosh!
The chains wrapped around Seo Jun’s arms moved with a sound and disappeared into some space, and a Magic Circle appeared in front of him.
“Oh!”

-lololol marveling again
-How many times now!
-Sword god (seems happiest when playing mage)
-Come to think of it, he’s basically only used swords lol

Seo Jun’s amazement had no deep reason.
‘I didn’t expect the response to be this fast.’
In the past, Seo Jun had strengthened visualization through action.
Like when he used Judgment Sword, he’d planted the sword in the ground.
Now Judgment Sword just activates with a thought, but before the rework it was a skill without a target, so quickly conjuring it while thinking of the landing point was important.
‘Recently I’ve just done it for old times’ sake.’
For most people it’s an action done for fun and style, like a gimmick.
But for past Seo Jun, it had quite a significant effect.
And since now skills activated quickly without such actions, Seo Jun marveled.
Spoon watched that scene with an exasperated look and attacked the Minions.
He was calculating the angle to dive in.
Three seconds passed.
Chains shot out from the Magic Circle like lightning in a straight line and pierced the Minion directly ahead.

-3 seconds that’s insane
-For real lol
-That’s why she has the lowest pick rate

Destruction Chain was a skill with long delay, shooting chains 3 to 10 seconds after the Magic Circle was created.
When creating the Magic Circle, the chain’s path was also fixed, making it difficult to land on the opponent.
And the longer the Destruction Chain’s delay, the higher the skill’s damage.
That’s why usually when Eric is selected, players pre-place a 10-second Magic Circle and wait, then ambush, or so it’s said.
Currently Seo Jun could create up to two Magic Circles at once.
‘Prediction is everything.’
It’s somewhat different from Kael’s vital point prediction.
Prediction shot.
The kind where you fire an attack ahead and pray the opponent comes to that spot.
Also, Destruction Chain was a Self-Damage Skill that could hit the caster themselves.
A skill that fails if you’re trying to pull the opponent to a desired location but end up getting hit instead.
‘With this kind of response speed, I can manage this.’
Seo Jun created two Magic Circles behind him, in the sky.
The chains wrapped around both arms disappeared one each, and the figure became slightly lighter as red circles floated in empty space.
And about two seconds had passed.
Spoon, calculating angles, dashed forward.

[Quick Shot]

His feet slid forward in an instant charge, and Luke’s skill to fire continuous shots like a shotgun all at once activated.
Spoon’s position suddenly closed the distance to Seo Jun.
‘Skills like Destruction Chain shouldn’t be carelessly used up all at once.’
A fixed path meant it couldn’t be picked back up.
Moreover, if he used up both Magic Circles, he’d have nothing to do for a while.
Spoon, seizing that gap, raised his gun to fire a burst.
‘That’s why you’re a beginner.’
Quick Shot ends with the attack.
But then.
Whoooosh!
Chains shot from the Magic Circle fixed in the sky behind Seo Jun.
Not at the Minion in front, but precisely at Spoon’s position.
‘He didn’t just throw it out there?’
Spoon’s pupils shook, but the fate decided three seconds ago shot forward at high speed with chains.
Thwack!
Spoon’s health, struck directly by the chains, was reduced to a degree incomparable to when he’d been hit by basic attacks.

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