Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 201

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Chapter 201

Spoon had to track both the cascading Chain Magic Circles that rained down every second and his opponent’s movements with his eyes.
Yet despite his frenzied concentration, he was smiling.

[Left.]

Whoosh!

[This time, right.]

Bang!

[If I land even one hit, you’ll come toward me and refill my mana too.]

[Sacrifice]

Free. Exhilarating.
Black chains pursuing his movements with feverish intensity through his extreme focus. And he dodged them and counterattacked while barely conscious, hearing only Gong Beol-le’s calls.
He was experiencing a liberating sensation unlike anything before—his highest concentration paired with his highest play.
‘I’m going to win.’
If he kept fighting like this, Seo Jun could never catch him.
‘I’m going to win, damn it!’
His eyes never stopped scanning the surrounding Magic Circles. All of them were near his opponent. Then Gong Beol-le’s voice came again.
Instinct. And reason.
The two battled for control of his brain, driving his body toward the optimal choice—the path to victory in combat.
His movements were light. Had he ever felt this light before?
His opponent wasn’t just fighting him alone.
Alpaca had retreated, his health drained, with enemy support. Ha Yun-ho was dead. Wind Sword and Rumi were dealing with the Jungle top. So his opponent was fighting three of them—including Gong Beol-le.
Yet his opponent approached with ease, dodging the attacks Wind Sword swung while continuing to fire chains at him.
Magic Circles kept generating, his play driving Spoon back was almost miraculous.
But for his opponent.
‘No sign of victory.’
What second rune his opponent had bought still hadn’t been revealed.
So Spoon assumed it was an ultimate-related rune.
Damage amplification and ultimate.
‘Are they stacking?’

With that ultimate. That skill level where he formed a circular dome with twenty Magic Circles while never getting hit himself.
‘When will he use it?’
Just moments ago would have been the right time. Seo Jun had interrupted his skill with a basic attack, and Spoon had no choice but to wait out the long cooldown.
His opponent had bet and won.
He felt slightly flustered, but his opponent hadn’t used the ultimate.
Now the skill cooldown had also cycled back.
‘Just…’
He needed to deal with the other teammates first.
Even if this moment was thrilling, he had to think about the game. So Spoon turned his attention, and the moment he tried to use a skill to attack Wind Sword—
A gap appeared.
In the movement of his Mid evading Seo Jun’s attack.
The opening wagged its tail at him.
‘That’s definitely a trap.’
His opponent wouldn’t make a mistake.
It was right to aim for Wind Sword.
That reasoning invaded his mind.
But his instinct redirected the Quickshot, pulling his body deeper into the battlefield with Seo Jun.
If he missed the follow-up here, he’d fall into the trap, but it felt like he could land it.

High-speed movement in an instant.

Twenty Magic Circles blanketed the sky above Spoon.
The memory came back.
The memory of feeling that inescapable helplessness.
But this time his instinct was right.
Spoon fired a single luminous bullet with his two barrels combined at maximum speed, and—
A moment late, as Seo Jun’s orb came to cut his follow-up, crossing paths with the luminous bullet, Spoon had a direct intuition.
‘I’ve won.’
The follow-up won’t be blocked. Dodging is out of the question.
His opponent had failed to interrupt with a basic attack, and his cooldown shortened.
‘If I move back and use the skill immediately, I might be able to escape entirely.’
He could completely exit the dome’s range.
Even if this was all planned out.
Even if the Magic Circles deployed in the dome could attack from outside rather than inside.
That’s fine. Once he escaped, the chains fired from the opposite side wouldn’t have the range, and even if four hit him by calculation, he wouldn’t die.

The released chains burst forth in unison.
Thud!
Chaotic, but they didn’t collide with each other.
A different pattern than what he’d seen before.
The only space to dodge was where his opponent stood.
‘Wait. If the chains are designed like that, then the second rune isn’t the ultimate….’
The moment his thoughts flickered and alerted him that something was wrong.
The instant Spoon’s eyes shot upward and saw a Magic Circle—
‘Wait, when did that…?’
“Twenty seconds. Got it.”
A voice kindly told him the truth.

It was all a blur.
He thought Alpaca had retreated, but instead he was pushing Mid.
The chains that relentlessly drove Spoon changed targets to his teammates.
His teammates naturally couldn’t dodge and got swept away.
And then.
Well.
The Nexus fell, and they lost the game.
Yeah.
That was it.
The dream of a royal comeback crumbled in an instant.
So now he was finding out what happened through the broadcast.

[Oh! That’s right! It was created one second earlier! But why?]

Really dirty.
Petty.
Does he really want to win that badly?
Isn’t he just a scammer?
Spoon spared no internal praise.
But he couldn’t voice any of it—the broadcast was live.

[He fooled you with that?]
[Wouldn’t you be fooled? He bought the rune but didn’t use it! And the damage from chains that did hit was definitely stronger than before! This isn’t the first time Seo Jun’s played dirty!]

-pulls off scams so damn well ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-maybe Spoon just needed a diet huh? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ah ㅋㅋ fasting meta lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-they were trying to look after the other guy’s health… only now do i understand
-Spoon be real nice to this guy got it?

Why is keeping him from farming minions healthcare?
Spoon glared at the chat.

[If they knew in advance, there’d always be a way to dodge it.]
[How?]
[Just run far away. Out of range—haha. He gave twenty seconds.]

If he’d caught on just a bit faster.
Then victory would’ve been easy.
Even though his opponent had hidden it so cleverly, there were strange points he could’ve noticed earlier.

[Yes. It was designed from the start to win the game as efficiently as possible!]
[But even so, landing it must be difficult, right?]
[Exactly. You’d think no one could land that, but….]

-<<<< the person who landed it
-idiot
-ㅋㅋㅋ
-go watch Off the Record or something, what the hell did he do with Gong Beol-le
-it was the best strategy Spoon. just if it didn't land

[No. It just suddenly appeared in the sky with no warning.]

They were still broadcasting through Spoon's vision now.

[Yes.]
[But Penguin, when exactly did you catch it being created?]
[No. I was just enjoying the fight, then at some point I thought, ah, he must've laid it. And when I tried to find it, it showed up occasionally in Spoon's vision.]

"Right. Even a neutral observer has to focus hard to barely see it—how was I supposed to notice in that situation?"

[Seo Jun should be busier having to predict constantly, but he moves with ease. No urgency whatsoever.]
[And seventeen seconds in! Seo Jun gives an opening. He completely turns his gaze and arms to Mid. Then Spoon has no choice but to go in, right? The opponent can't interrupt the skill? Gotta get the damage in. Gets below half health.]
[Then wow! Seo Jun smiles here!]

-the smile means= Spoon you're really gonna fall for that?
-the timer kept running

[From above now, the distance shows whichever direction he went, Spoon could've escaped outside. Yet with that tiny difference, he guided Spoon.]
[Spoon's skilled so he instinctively felt that spot was shortest and headed there.]

It wasn't just that one thing. The positioning, direction, the Magic Circles drawing attention before—all of it was designed.
If he'd just taken it inside, he wouldn't have gone down in one shot.
'Heheheh.'
A twenty-second chain fired down from the sky at him wearing a vacant expression.
Complete defeat.

[maxed out strategy for real have you ever seen a mage like this before lol I freaked out]
[FYI his nickname is actually Geomsin lol]
[Man! You're pulling out every strategy under the sun from the first game right ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[So meanwhile he uses Liberation to make twenty and still doesn't land even one what a badass lol]
["Be quiet or get out," Seo Jun told his teacher.]

-fr he's badass himself
-wait ㅋㅋㅋㅋ is he a soccer player or something

[Seo Jun can count to infinity. Twice.]
[The reason Qin Shi Huang searched for the elixir of life was because he wanted to see Seo Jun's era.]

"So that's how he won!"
"Damn! I knew you could trust him!"
"Didn't you worry about Alpaca not landing it?"
He heard chatter from beside him.
The replay on the broadcast was nearly finished.
Seo Jun turned to the viewers and spoke.
"Ah. You all see it, right?"

-See what?
-??

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-good upvote ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-occupied

A single post was receiving many upvotes and rising.

A message came anyway saying the interview was soon, so he had to close it.
An alert chimed.
Seo Jun closed the previous window and took the video call as before.
"Hello."
It was Arin.

-bad bastard
-lol I actually landed it? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-look at that asshole smiling the whole interview ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

"Hwang So. I'll come find you too. And if Hwang So manages to kill me, I'll send all the donations I received during practice straight to you."

"Man. Isn't even that provocation some kind of calculation?"
"Even if the Wealth Gap wins, if it breaks Mental's composure, that's good for us though…."
"Our team's ace is already…."
They all turned their heads at once toward Spoon in the distance.
And they.
After hearing Seo Jun's remarks, discovered Spoon—standing and clapping in appreciation that at least he wasn't the only one being targeted.
"Actually, his morale seems fine?"
"No way? I think that looks weirder?"

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