Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 166

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Chapter 166

-Manager, open the Point Betting fast!
-Why can’t the manager open Point Betting!
-Why are Pado’s crew making such a fuss here ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Go watch Pado’s room then
-Nah, it’s boring and we’ll get stomped anyway
-Nah really? I can already see us winning, eating Evela, and smashing the Nexus ㅋㅋ

It’s still early in the match, but there’s much to regret.
It could be because the positions are poorly set, because there’s still not enough time, or because the teamwork isn’t synchronized yet.
Whatever the problem is, we have to overcome it. Otherwise, dangerous situations could arise.
For Seo Jun, Capsules are essential expenditure—unlike others for whom they’re optional.
So of course proper practice is necessary.
‘Let’s win first and think later.’
We have to win this game right now.
If we win the team fight here, we can finish it right away. We’re in the jungle near the enemy’s main base.

[Seo Jun, wouldn’t it be better if we aimed for when the enemies grab Evela?]

If we pull back a bit more, there’s the Unwanted Visitor in the Ravine.
Aiming for that moment would have a higher chance of victory, but.

[If we wait that long, we can’t finish the game. Let’s win here and end it now?]
[Haha. Yes!]

-That’s so clean
-Thank goodness Wind Sword’s alive. If it were Yun-ho……
-Wind Sword can’t win either
-Can’t say about that, but I’m sure if it were Yun-ho, the Abbot wouldn’t have chosen to fight ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ

High risk, high reward, as they say.
Seo Jun didn’t rush at the approaching enemies.
He was ready to receive them.
Having fewer people meant a lower chance of positioning exactly where you wanted.
Unless there was a narrow space you could lure them into.
So from now on, he had to stand still in his position and stay sharp—no reckless charges.
He batted away the incoming arrow and exchanged a glance with Wind Sword.

[Just pin down one of them for me.]
[That much I can definitely do.]

More than that—if it were Wind Sword, he could even finish one off and come help.
If Seo Jun could mark the other three.
Specifically, Seo Jun and his Clone together.
It wasn’t 5v5, but it was still a team fight.
Since the enemies were three and coming together, separating with the Clone to fight separately was impossible.
Skills flew with the arrows.
Pado was in front, with the ADC and jungler attacking from behind.
Wind Sword naturally took on Mental, the support.
Mental was support, but with CC abilities, it was better for Wind Sword to catch him quickly and come help Seo Jun—they’d already exchanged glances and agreed on this.
As skills approached and the Kama was swung,
Seo Jun had already visualized everything in that space and reconstructed it in the third person.
The path of enemy skills and the positions he needed to block drew themselves in his mind.
The important thing was that even though the image was drawn that way, Seo Jun himself was one but also not one.
Using third-person space awareness like this usually happened when fighting together with allies.
‘Well, if it’s an ally, it’s an ally.’
Really, spatial awareness just happened instinctively, so there was no point dwelling on it.
Seo Jun batted away the first arrow to reach him. By twisting his body slightly to the side as he blocked, a small bomb like a grenade flew past him.
With just this, the turn passed to Pado. The arrow left the bowstring timed with Pado, just a hair earlier.
But there was no concern.
Clang!
As the bomb passed, the Clone that had been moving in advance blocked half of Seo Jun’s left side and parried the Kama.

-ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-Does this bastard really have two brains?
-We were counting on the Clone! 5252

“By the way, my partner here has quite a long lifespan.”
“It’s not that long!”
Seo Jun passed the Clone and thrust his sword at Pado. It was an honest attack aimed at the ribs.
“Should be long enough to finish this fight.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ smack talk activated
-If he loses after talking like that it’ll be embarrassing ㅉㅉ
-I can’t stand this. He’s been showing off since earlier. I’m giving him a 10-minute chat ban. I’ll take full responsibility.
-Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
-Is this the manager’s dignity? Is this the manager’s dignity? Is this the manager’s dignity?

The weapons of Pado and the Clone separated, and an arrow flew to cover Pado’s right side.
Boom!
And from behind, the small bomb that had bounced a few times on the ground and fallen further away detonated.
Even as the arrow flew, Seo Jun maintained his honest attack, so Pado moved his Kama along with his center, shifting slightly from center to block.
Slightly—but if Seo Jun didn’t abandon the attack, he’d block it completely and the arrow would lodge in Seo Jun.
Only then did Seo Jun abandon the attack, twist his body, and evade the arrow.
Had he been 0.1 seconds slower, he would have taken the arrow directly.
‘That’s enough.’
That minute shift would make it hard for the Clone’s flanking attack to be blocked.
Thud.
The attack succeeded as he’d thought, and Pado panicked.
Since it was the Clone from the ultimate, a Mark was created too.
And.
‘Now.’
Seo Jun, who’d seized the flow, erased the smile hanging from his lips.
He’d already been at maximum focus, but now he needed more.
Controlling two bodies simultaneously—perhaps only Seo Jun could do this.
Because it required perceiving the actions of two bodies as a single unit.
For example, when swimming, a person simultaneously kicks their legs, pulls water with their arms, and occasionally turns their head to breathe.
That’s also multitasking. And it’s easy to do because repetition makes you familiar with it quickly.
Because it’s repetitive, once familiar, the body moves reflexively without thought, so consciousness isn’t needed.
Or rather, if you become conscious, the body can get tangled up.
So how did Seo Jun move simultaneously?
The answer was that for Seo Jun, fighting motions were as easy and unconscious as repetitive tasks, even if the necessary posture changed drastically every moment.
Of course, taking in the entire space at a glance, quick judgment, nearly unconscious action.
Constantly adjusting these three things without pause required enormous concentration from Seo Jun.
‘But it’s possible anyway.’
Two shadows formed a perfect coordination, pressing down on Pado.
It wasn’t one defending while the other attacked.
Pure offense.
Despite interference from arrows and bombs, from the moment Pado lost the flow, Seo Jun prioritized only attacks and pressed forward relentlessly.
It looked like two masters fighting one person together.
Pado couldn’t respond properly, and his health dwindled rapidly.

-Wow, even while doing that, he’s dodging or blocking ranged attacks ㅋㅋㅋ
-The unavoidable ones, the Clone blocks by taking the hit instead
-Tali didn’t land a single hit so zero stacks real?
-Just landed one hit ㅋㅋㅋㅋ On the Clone though!
-Ah thank goodness the manager banned Pado’s crew now it’s peaceful

And when Pado’s health dropped to about a third, Seo Jun smiled again.
“You can’t act recklessly now, can you?”
Seo Jun, along with the Clone, turned away from Pado and began heading toward where the enemy ranged heroes were.

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[Geomsin –> Mental]

Wind Sword quickly eliminated Mental.
In a team fight, what mattered was Focusing.
In constantly shifting combat, you pin down one enemy and the whole team concentrates firepower to immediately Retire them.
But in the recent exchange, there was no need to worry about that.
Not because of insufficient numbers.
‘The three enemies are too busy handling Seo Jun to have the leisure to target me.’
This was clear.
Before the fight even started, Wind Sword trusted Seo Jun and didn’t even glance that way, focusing entirely on quickly eliminating Mental.
As a result, Mental didn’t last long and died.
There was a skill gap, and he was a support anyway.
Wind Sword turned around.
Now he should go help.
But.
“Huh?”
Four people.
No, counting Seo Jun’s Clone, five people were tangled up in close combat.
‘A brawl?’
No.
Once the fight came into view and clarity, he could see.
‘What’s he doing?’
Seo Jun was persistently targeting one person. While batting away, dodging, and blocking attacks coming from the side, back, and front.
And Pado and 1898 were in close proximity to Seo Jun. They seemed to be trying to stop him at any cost. But the attacks weren’t bold.
“If we can’t catch him now, it’s over!”
“Damn it! Cursed Clone! We can’t even attack the Clone!”
Why would it be over?
Wind Sword, who’d been watching blankly, recalled the enemy health bars from before 2v4, no, 3v4.
‘Ah!’
He realized why the enemies were so desperate.
Geomsin wasn’t originally used like this. Absolutely not.
He was a hero who hit with basic attacks and slipped away with skills.
Accordingly, when reaching the late game, the damage from Geomsin’s Mark was massive. Seventy percent of damage dealt.
With no attack skill, if you landed many basic attacks through the Clone, you could expect high bonus damage.
And the current enemy health was below a third.
The Bomb Mage that Seo Jun was targeting would go straight to death the moment the Mark detonated after one more hit.
‘He took their lives hostage.’
There was a reason the attacks seemed desperate yet cautious.
Pado and 1898 were on borrowed time—they’d die the moment the Clone burst.
Seo Jun was using this.
The previous combat situation became vivid.
“We have to protect home anyway, so even if we die, just dump everything! We have to do something!”
As the Clone’s time neared its end, the enemies finally gave up their lives.

[Execution Scythe]
[Bomb Mage’s Lunchbox]
[Great Explosion]

The charged crescent blade, the CC skill, and the Bomb Mage’s ultimate flew at Seo Jun like a final death throes.
The crescent blade shot far faster than the arrow, and the bomb that cleared the area rose up and fell vertically, detonating.
If both hit, Seo Jun’s death was almost certain to expect.
But when the flames cleared, what was revealed was Seo Jun with his sword lodged in the Bomb Mage.
And the fading Clone.
And Wind Sword could tell immediately once the flames cleared, because the Clone and Seo Jun were distinguishable.
‘His position changed after the explosion.’
Judging by the health that had worn down not much, did he dodge the Execution Scythe?
The blade that spread at nearly the fastest speed in the league?
He could’ve switched positions during the Great Explosion, which was far easier to time. Cunning—no, remarkable skill.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Simultaneously, three Marks detonated.

[Geomsin –> Pado]
[Geomsin –> 1898]
[Geomsin –> Fuze]
[Triple Kill!]

With the finishing announcement, Seo Jun turned to look back.

[Finish!]

“Let’s push for the Miller now.”
“Yes! But can we finish with just two?”
“The lane’s good and there’s three, remember?”
“But Clone’s gone right now.”
“Skill’s off cooldown.”
“Ah…… right!”

-The fact that he does this even until the end ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah freaking Clone-focused!
-Manager! Pado crew, lift the chat ban quick! Come at them directly
-Let’s just go ㅋㅋ

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“What do we do?”
Rain wore a troubled expression.
They were gathered in the lobby, watching the match end.
“Looks like we’re definitely in Hell Group?”
Two days ago it was uncertain, but seeing it today made it clear.
Their group had only strong teams.
Of course, two days ago Rain wore the same troubled expression.
“Are you worried?”
Streamer Evela beside her asked.
“Yes.”
“Couldn’t we manage with a Triple Ban?”
It wasn’t strange to use up all ban cards trying to counter A-rank players.
Though even with a Triple Ban, she wasn’t sure they could properly defend.
“That feels like too much burden on the others…… Especially when Hwang-so has to face Wind Sword, a former Challenger, even if it was years ago…….”
Rain’s head turned toward where streamer Hwang-so was.
Hwang-so had been a true man’s concept streamer since the early days, fitting his name.
The important thing was that the true man concept came from being bad at talking to women.
Like right now.
“…… No worries. Can handle.”
He’d gone to a small tournament once and frozen up from nervousness during an interview, which was misunderstood as a true man concept, and that exposure built his streamer reputation—a secret he’d never told anyone.
It was also a secret that every night after streaming, he watched nature documentaries and wept at the harsh realities of the wild.
At least during games he didn’t get nervous, thankfully.
“That guy’s doing the concept again.”
It’s not.
“Why not? I think it’s cool.”
Another streamer chimed in.
“But can you really handle it? Our ace as expected! I’ll just do my best to hold on!”
Hwang-so nodded in response instead of speaking.
If he spoke here, the tension would lock his throat and he might crack.
After clearing his throat briefly, Hwang-so spoke. Tersely.
“If he grows, worth trying.”
But besides him growing well, there was another omitted condition.
That he’d have to pick a hero in a favorable matchup against the hero Position Seo Jun chose.
For instance, if Seo Jun played an Assassin, he’d need to pick a Bruiser who could mark assassins well.
In that case, at least defending itself would be worth trying, wouldn’t it?
Anyway, it was just his thought, and he’d said this entirely to reassure his teammates.

-Did he say that can be suppressed?
-Yeah, Dokkaebi did it too, so let’s go with Bruiser or Tanker and play defensive pressure!
-Hehe Pado that guy was our weakest anyway
-Four Heavenly Kings meta broken ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Hwang-so knew well that there was no good getting nervous before a fight.
The problem was his teammates didn’t stop there.
“Then Hwang-so! When you do the MVP interview later, make that declaration of war!”
Evela shouted with excitement.
“That’s…… ”
Did he really have to do that?
‘I just wanted to ease their worries a bit…… ‘
“That’s!”
“Wow. Is our team a villain too?”
“A true man after all!”
“Kyaa!
Everyone waited with eyes full of interest for Hwang-so to open his mouth.

-He also did show and prove, so let’s go Hwang-so!
-Looks like something’ll burst in every interview ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-They won’t skip this, right? Surely not?
-Then gotta quit streaming ㅋㅋ

Hwang-so ultimately couldn’t open his mouth and nodded weakly.
‘Sigh.’
He’d tried to help but ended up being cornered by his teammates instead.

-Now that’s our guy!
-Don’t curse, just take it easy ㅋㅋㅋ
-Remember they’re new streamers, don’t attract too much aggro
-??? For new streamers sure good at attracting aggro ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Just do it! Just win and it’s fine!

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“Now! We have three of today’s MVPs! Before that, Player Hwang-so! We heard you have something to say to Player Seo Jun—is that right?”

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