Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 200

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Chapter 200

-Why’d he pick that Rune lol lol lol lol lol lol
-Wait, why didn’t he buy it earlier?
-He only uses 3 skills too, that’s such a problem. He’s throwing away the Rune?
-If he loses doing this, it’s actually rock bottom
-Villain choke lol lol lol lol lol

Three seconds to ten seconds.
The cooldown times of the Destructive Chain Magic Circle.
As the duration lengthens, the difficulty of landing the Destructive Chain—which requires anticipating the trajectory beforehand—naturally increases.
But that comes with its own returns.
Damage.
The difficulty rises, but the damage doesn’t scale proportionally with it; yet it’s true that damage grows higher as time extends.
‘Still.’
Ten seconds rarely gets used.
At best, it’s only used when lurking in a bush to set up an ambush.
And even then, other heroes lurking in bushes can usually trigger or cut their skills whenever they want to land a blow, whereas
Eric can only pray that the enemy arrives at the exact moment the Magic Circle activates.
At that precise location.
An ambush only becomes possible when you can control at least one of two things: time and space.
Eric can control neither.
That’s why using the Magic Circle at ten seconds almost never happens.
In that case.

[Destructive Chain: The cooldown of the Magic Circle extends to 20 seconds. Damage scales accordingly.]

What would be the Pick Rate of the Rune Seo Jun selected?
A Rune that grants the ability to use it up to twenty seconds when even ten is difficult—fulfilling the role with that.
How many users would throw away that chance for a one-tier-stronger spec?

-Does anyone do that? Even as some weird strat lol lol lol lol lol lol
-What weird strat?
-You know, duo with a hero that pulls the enemy to your desired location, hide, and one-shot them? That kind of strat?
-20 seconds would definitely be a one-shot lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
-Yeah normally the damage boost is highest when going from 3 to 4 seconds, and from 9 to 10 seconds it barely goes up, but 20 seconds would definitely one-shot any ADC for sure.
-Eric doesn’t stick with 3 seconds for nothing, I’m telling you? The damage return per time investment is most efficient at shorter times. Sure, longer times mean stronger damage. But efficiency is the point.

[Seo Jun, you think you can land it?]

Alpaca came through on the team voice. He was currently making his way to join them.
It’s team voice that enemies and commentators watching can’t hear, but viewers can, so it doesn’t mean much.
Of course, if keeping secrets ever becomes necessary, one can mute the broadcast briefly before speaking.

[Yes.]

The teammates had known about this strategy from the start.
So there was no real need to explain. Just tell them which Rune was picked.
Naturally, from the pick phase where heroes were selected, they’d watched the enemy composition and shared countermeasures.
Among them, there’d been a joke about killing with a 20-second Magic Circle.
The teammates wondered if, with Seo Jun’s Foresight, there might actually be real possibility in it.
Of course.

[But you said in the pick phase that predictions beyond 10 seconds are almost impossible.]
[If it’s impossible, we make it possible another way.]
[Understood.]
[What’s our job then? Wait, aren’t we just being left alone? Ha ha ha.]

It was Wind Sword who said that, not Ha Yun-ho, who’d been fighting alone all this while.
Seo Jun let out a soft laugh and began attacking the incoming Minions.
He cleared the Minions quickly, pushing the Lane.
The fight would come soon, and Minions served an excellent function as meat shields.
‘Even this deep in, they’re still not coming.’
Seo Jun had pushed up near the enemy Mid’s second Tower.
Towers were arranged in a line: from the initial meeting point with the enemy, pointing toward the base—first, second, and third Towers in front of the Inhibitor, then the twin Towers at the base itself.
He could see one of Ha-Yun-ho’s teammates eyeing him from in front of the third Tower. Where was Spoon?
Right beside Seo Jun was Rumi.

[You did well even while they were ignoring you. Pushed the second Tower in Mid.]
[That’s true. We didn’t even lose our first Tower. We got lucky.]

Teammates were prowling nearby, ready to enter Mid from the jungle at any moment. To keep the enemy from catching them from behind.
The enemy would be nearby too.
There’s no knowing when or how the Teamfight will break out.
While he could induce the space of a Teamfight, Seo Jun didn’t really do that.
How exactly should they fight to land it? Where should they fight for more advantage?
He hadn’t found answers to these questions.
His teammates seemed to trust him absolutely, but he was always someone who challenged without fully knowing everything.
Same went for the streamer.
Viewers wouldn’t believe it, of course.
“You guys are holding a prayer ceremony hoping I miss, right? Time to check the replies.”

-lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
-Some chats are gonna feel so attacked

The next Minion wave arrives.
Rumi spoke over team voice from beside him.

[Seo Jun, should I pull Spoon? Or not?]

A sweet worry.
Seo Jun kept clearing the Minions, making clear there was no need for such concern.

[You can’t pull him anyway, right? Just do your best. Landing it is my job.]

All the teammates laughed together.

[Yes! But… shouldn’t this be Gold tier……..]

The opponent is Challenger.
They probably picked the Rune for Cooldown reduction. But how would he land it?

[Rumi. I told you, but you’re…… huh? Wait, right here!]

How does a Teamfight usually start?
It begins when one person gets caught or ambushed.
As they counterattack or flee, the teammates naturally converge.
Already on high alert, they started moving from the moment a red dot appeared close to Ha Yun-ho on the minimap.
Seo Jun and Rumi did likewise.
They took the shortest route.
There was no worry the enemy team would ambush them in bushes along the way—if they met, they’d just fight.

[Just as predicted, Cooldown as expected! Every 3 seconds? 2.5 seconds? He uses Quickshot!]

Ha Yun-ho relayed the information. Alpaca arrived first, then Seo Jun got close to the fight.
The enemy team—four of them—plus the fifth member from Mid would soon arrive on the Battlefield.
Wind Sword, on the opposite side, would be a bit slower.
Didn’t matter.
Ha Yun-ho’s health was below half. The enemy’s health was full, thanks to Gong Beol-le.
Didn’t matter.
They quickly briefed each other on used skills and tangled together like a complex knot.
Similarly.
‘Doesn’t matter.’
He wiped away all the details—how much health the enemy had left, what skills to watch out for.
‘They’re focused on protection and healing anyway. No threatening crowd control to shut down my movement.’
So he focused entirely.
Right now on Spoon, diving from front to back of Ha Yun-ho, sliding to Alpaca’s side, landing the follow-up energy sphere after Quickshot.
Most of all, the place Spoon had entered was in front of Seo Jun and Rumi.
‘He knew and entered anyway.’
Even though he’d entered alone at the center of a triangle, even meeting Seo Jun like that, Spoon showed no expression of mistake.
Rumi panicked at first but regained her senses, and Alpaca and Ha Yun-ho rushed in.
Magic Circles began appearing one after another. Seo Jun’s unique combat style.
Bang! Bang!
Meanwhile, Bullets fired, enhanced critical basic attacks from the Rune targeting Alpaca, and anticipating this, Seo Jun clenched his fist then released it.
Boom!
The sphere Seo Jun conjured from the side stopped him.
But one shot got through to Alpaca.
Spoon slipped backward, as if teleporting at high speed.
But he didn’t forget to land a follow-up on Ha Yun-ho.
However, failing to time the grab, Rumi, who moved to protect her teammate, took the hit instead of Yun-ho.
At the same time, the Chain from the Magic Circle chased after Spoon. As if knowing he’d back away.
Splash!
The Chain caught the C-rank Mid who burst out from the side instead of Spoon. Like Rumi had.
A tanky hero. Gong Beol-le behind them would heal safely anyway.
Alpaca and Ha Yun-ho hesitated. Should they push or not?
Seo Jun moved forward without minding them.
Ha Yun-ho began engaging the enemy Top coming at him from the side.
Seo Jun kept his eyes forward.
The Chain shoots out.
A Magic Circle forms.
Spoon used a skill to move to Seo Jun’s right. He fired the follow-up at Alpaca, who was heading to help Ha Yun-ho. Two gun muzzles converged into one compressed shot that hit Alpaca square-on.
With that, the skill cooldown would’ve dropped significantly again.
Despite the skill’s high damage, he wasn’t firing at Seo Jun because he must not fail the follow-up attack.
‘He can catch Alpaca too if he plays it that way.’
The Chain generated three seconds ago knew Spoon would dive in from the side again.

[Destructive Chain]

Two seconds remain until Quickshot.
Still hearing Gong Beol-le’s call, Spoon sidestepped, moving away from Alpaca.
“Your Kiting is impressive.”
“Just that Chain?”
“You realize if we fight here and lose the Teamfight, the game could end, right?”
“I’d like to fight further up, but can we? They’re pressing. Besides, I trust my teammates.”
While speaking, the Mid who’d taken the hit for Spoon rushed at Seo Jun.
But this Chain had predicted even that, firing not at Spoon directly in front but at the Mid beside him.
Whoosh!
The Mid’s health dropped sharply.
He seemed flustered by this unforeseen situation, but not Spoon.
Rather, Spoon, who was preparing for the next attack, gained a one-second window and didn’t waste it.
He attacks Alpaca, but still has basic attacks left for Seo Jun.
But he couldn’t block one shot, and Alpaca’s health dropped below half.
Alpaca rushed at Spoon without hesitation, giving his all.

[Quickshot]

Look at that.
Spoon didn’t back away—he dove in deeper.
The shot flies at Alpaca. Moving to the rear in an instant, Spoon’s attack found its mark before Alpaca could respond.
To block the follow-up, he’d have to hit Spoon, but if it’s not an attack that’s already in flight before he moves, he’d be too slow.
All he can do is block the basic attacks.
Bang!
Pow!
If both shots land, extra damage applies.
Bang!
The Mid reached close to Seo Jun. Gong Beol-le was further back in safety, watching.
But now, from this moment on, Seo Jun concentrated all his Chains on Spoon.
‘Is this it?’
Seo Jun hadn’t summoned a fourth Magic Circle during the Laning Phase.
Also, during the Laning Phase, chains he was confident would land were set to a four-second delay instead of three, and he’d attacked with them.
But he’d summoned it one second early so attacks went out every second—that hadn’t changed.
In other words.
The opponent must’ve thought, seeing a four-second attack land:
‘He enhanced the damage with a Rune.’
Of course.
Who would do such a thing?
Specifically, who would lay such groundwork, hide a Throwing Blade like this?
‘Twenty seconds.’
Who would think he’d use a twenty-second Magic Circle?
‘If it lands, it’s over. If it fails, it’s over too.’
It would only work once.
Once known, it’s such a long time it would never land. That’s why he’d hidden it.
The three Magic Circles he’d currently created were at low altitude, keeping his perspective automatically at his eye level.
And so the Chains rained down.
And then.
Higher than that sky.
At four meters above the ground.
Seo Jun summoned the fourth Magic Circle for the first time at a timing even the viewers wouldn’t catch.
The count began.

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