Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 215

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Chapter 215

-Dokkaebi dodging that lol
-Why are you running away lol lol
-Imagine Bang Ju just standing firm in whatever lane you go to

The viewers laughed at Dokkaebi’s detection of the season 2 gank.
‘What is it? Or not?’
Seo Jun was uncertain about his own instinct.
The best way to detect a gank is to know where the enemy jungler is and place a ward beforehand.
So you can just see it.
But at special timings like just now, you’re never prepared.
At such moments, skilled players sometimes catch on to a gank just from the opponent’s movement alone.
“You’re coming, aren’t you, Dokkaebi?”
Seo Jun decided to ask directly.
“No, I’m not.”
“But I saw you laughing?”
“Ah…….”
“That was a lie.”
So you are coming.
Seo Jun adjusted his rotation accordingly, relaying new orders to Alpaca.

-lol he really lied so naturally
-Hat didn’t laugh though
-lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

Going for the jungle camp on this side would risk Alpaca losing out physically, so it should be avoided.

[Alpaca, go to the top-side jungle and start with the camp I’m pinging.]
[Roger.]
[And if Dokkaebi goes top, cover immediately. Wind Sword, watch out for ganks too.]
[Understood.]

The finals were a best-of-three format.
Even if they lost here, there’d be another chance—but for Seo Jun, it meant something else.
That even if they won, the next round awaited.
The viewers thought Seo Jun won easily, but he’d never had an easy match.
Game constraints were far more powerful than people realized, so Seo Jun gave his all in every play.

[Rumi, ward the tri-lane.]
[Wind Sword, in about thirty seconds, push the lane and go deep to secure vision—should be fine.]
[Alpaca, check bottom.]

While issuing these commands, he managed minions simultaneously, conjured an Orb through imagination, and attacked Hat. This was his current best.
He channeled his focus so that the words “try harder” wouldn’t come later.
Of course, weaving in jokes or trash talk happened naturally without thought…….
No—it was deliberate, for the sake of the broadcast’s entertainment.
Regardless.
When fighting Keryl.
Even when two-versus-one with bayonet arts.
When landing that final hit on Spoon, and the secrets hidden until then.
He’d given his all to everything.

[First Blood!]
[Wild Alpaca –> Rune Thief]

[Nice gank, Alpaca!]
[Dokkaebi appearing from behind, just like Seo Jun said.]
[Right, so Rumi will handle it instead, like I mentioned…….]

Seo Jun explained the team fight plan once more over voice, then waited.
To see what would happen.
He wasn’t trying to secure victory in this three-on-three engagement.

[Dokkaebi –> Not Rumi]

[Double Kill!]
[Dokkaebi –> Ha Yun-ho]

“Ha. Victory’s in sight.”
Hat smiled.
He’d naturally assumed a three-on-three fight meant Dokkaebi would win.
But Seo Jun had warned them about the counter-gank from the start.
“Or is it?”

[Double Kill!]
[Wild Alpaca –> Support Bug]

[Nice! Our deaths weren’t in vain.]
[I had faith in you, Alpaca!]
[It’s over. Seo Jun, next orders!]
[Well done.]

This wasn’t breaking even.
“We got ahead.”
“How so?”
“If Dokkaebi just trades and steps up, top lane keeps accumulating advantages.”
The opposing team’s structure required Dokkaebi to farm and feed that lead somewhere.
“Then mid is…….”
“Mid?”
Two Orbs flew and lodged themselves in.

[Health – 32%]

“I’ve been winning there from the start, actually.”
“Damn. I need to base.”
Hat tried to capitalize on the moment the Orb moved away to strike again, but that only worked the first time.
Seo Jun negated Hat’s basic attack with his own, and whenever Hat tried to close in for a damage trade, he evaded what he could and traded carefully.
Hat recalled, and Seo Jun pushed the lane before recalling himself.
Landing a solo kill was tough.
This was a tournament.
A place where you faced a prepared opponent because you knew them.
And since Hat had already been caught once, a solo kill would be even harder to secure.
Both sides were doing their absolute best.
‘Hmm.’
After basing, Seo Jun laned against Hat while weighing his options.
Use Alpaca to dive and secure a mid kill.
Or trail Dokkaebi and keep creating even-matchup scenarios.
The former had one certainty: he’d take the kill. He’d make sure of it.
The latter—holding even trades—had low probability of lasting long.
Just maintaining an even scenario spoke volumes about how much his teammates had improved.
Though they probably didn’t feel it themselves.
Seo Jun replayed the rotations in his head.
If Dokkaebi ganked bottom, cover immediately, or if an even matchup angle showed, gank bottom first to pull Dokkaebi in.
If top, likewise provide cover.
Mid was…….
Well.
“Risky though?”
At Seo Jun’s murmur, Hat flinched. In that instant, Seo Jun knew with certainty.
This was genuine danger.
The jungler was far away, and Dokkaebi could very well be near mid.
And from Hat’s reaction, he definitely was.
The reason he’d read Dokkaebi’s movements so easily until now was because he’d placed wards excluding mid gank possibilities.
But if Dokkaebi had decided differently?
“Too late.”
Hat stepped forward, out beyond his tower.
Seo Jun had pushed the lane all the way to the enemy tower.
And.
Dokkaebi burst from the nearby bush.
This time, it was a real gank. At this level of certainty, he wouldn’t back off.
Seo Jun didn’t flinch, just smiled with playful mischief as usual and asked,
“Do we win if I hold?”
If enough time passed, bottom lane would come up. Alpaca too.
The answer came from behind.
It sounded completely confident.
“Let’s see.”

* * *

“Oh! Dokkaebi finally! Is he going for a gank? A mid gank?”
“Seo Jun’s in trouble.”
“Penguin, are you prepared to stand by those words?”

-Finally overcoming his fear? lol lol lol
-He was totally scared at the level 2 gank
-For real lol
-Isn’t he chickening out again?

“Penguin, what does it mean for Seo Jun to be in danger?”
“Generally, a jungler’s gank presents danger to a laner.”
Bang Ju, acting as caster, answered with something everyone already knew.
“I see!”
Arin, who’d naturally asked for more details, nodded along gamely.
He’d explain anyway.
“To elaborate…….”
There we go.
“Id is vulnerable to ganks. No mobility, poor sustain, and actually lacks mana when outnumbered—plus his Orbs can pop, attacks get divided.”
“So a one-on-one specialist, then?”
“Precisely. But he’s ganking anyway? Alpaca’s at base right now, and bottom could arrive, sure. The lanes are pushed, but both should arrive around the same time.”
“Slowly though.”
Bang Ju added a supportive note.
“Right.”
“So if Dokkaebi attempts the gank here……?”
Arin’s eyes glowed with anticipation as she watched the screen.
Dokkaebi was reaching the mid bush. If he crossed it now……?

-If he gets scared again, he’s genuinely washed
-Real talk, either go or don’t
-No way lol
-Does he want his streamer career to end?
-At this point, let’s just have him removed from Lirios

“From Dokkaebi’s perspective, it must’ve been complicated too. The other lanes weren’t working out well. Alpaca—more precisely, Seo Jun’s rotations were vicious.”
Bang Ju analyzed why he was ganking now.
“Bottom did fall to Wealth Gap in the scrim, but now Wealth Gap seems to be overwhelming?”
“Right. Meaning they have to try mid.”
Penguin and Tae-yang commentated next, and as Arin voiced the viewers’ concerns,
“The issue is…… whether he can overcome his survival instinct…… Ah!”

-Survival instinct lol lol lol lol
-Oh? Dokkaebi’s at mid
-Is he clearing the bush?

Dokkaebi, indifferent to their worries, emerged unhesitantly from the bush into the mid lane.
“Wow! Gank! Seo Jun’s noticed it too!”
“Two-on-one! Could we finally see Seo Jun’s first death? It’s Id, it’s Id! The gank-vulnerable Id!”
“Honestly, regardless of the game outcome, I think it’d be fine if he died even once during the tournament. Really.”
“Penguin, is there still lingering bitterness?”
“There isn’t.”

-But seriously, just once I want to see him die
-He dies this time
-If you get even one death off this guy, I’ll acknowledge your victory, Dokkaebi!
-No but the game’s close right now! Hat can win! Hat can!
-Thus ends the fool who bet on Hat
-Wealth Gap wins this lol lol

“Ah. Ishin is approaching! Ishin’s Passive! Energy gathers in both hands and both feet!”
Ishin.
Dokkaebi’s most-played hero.
Just as Hat hadn’t banned Seo Jun, Wealth Gap hadn’t either.
“Once both hands and both feet each strike the target, a spin kick becomes possible!”
The Yongho Gak—Ishin’s knockback skill that locks an opponent in place for a guaranteed hit.
“If Dokkaebi connects all his attacks and uses Yongho Gak, Seo Jun’s definitely finished!”
Two hands and two feet wreathed in energy approached.
Ishin was a close-range martial artist hero. With higher movement speed but still difficult to land hits reliably.
But with two fighters, and already in the thick of battle, diving in meant unleashing powerful successive strikes and the Yongho Gak skill for devastating damage.
“Ah! Seo Jun dodges Dokkaebi’s kick!”
“It makes sense to attack the legs first—hardest to land anyway!”
“Hat’s Magoongak: Laser!”
Bang!
Hat struck his staff into the ground, and from its tip, a laser beam scratched the earth as it advanced.

[Magoongak: Laser]

The laser ray scraped the ground toward Seo Jun.
Seo Jun sidestepped to avoid it, and that side was the shortest path to Dokkaebi.
Dokkaebi’s kick came immediately after.
He’d handled punches in easier situations, so this time he was determined to deal with at least one leg strike.
“The kick comes right where he evaded!! Finally, the first one!”
That moment.
An Orb appeared seemingly from nowhere and blocked the kick by striking Dokkaebi’s foot.
“The Orb! It’s the Orb! It was advancing toward Hat, but when did he call it back!”
Both struck with weapons, so Dokkaebi took no damage.
But Seo Jun’s mana fell as the Orb received the strike.

[Mana – 81%]

-Wow, defending with the Orb
-When did he summon that back
-lol the other one’s returning to Id too
-??? This guy lol lol lol lol

“Ah! Seo Jun’s called back the remaining Orb too! This burns mana fast, so he’s losing resources, but if he’s holding out……?”
The viewers answered for Arin.

-That changes everything lol lol
-Hold until the teammates arrive
-Hang in there, Hat and Dokkaebi… just get one kill!

He summoned the second Orb again, the two now forming a protective shell around him.
“I’m holding!”

[Mana – 69%]
[Mana – 54%]
[Mana – 39%]

Mana chunks fell away by the second.
Even so, Seo Jun couldn’t block everything.
Dokkaebi successfully landed both right and left hand strikes.
But this was a race against time, and urgency was on Dokkaebi’s side.
“Alpaca’s halfway here!”
“Bottom too!”
“Still holding? Two attacks left!”
Hat pressed from behind, firing lasers to guide movement and basic attacks trying to destroy the Orbs.
Dokkaebi, determined to land those final two strikes and unleash Yongho Gak.
Yet despite their combined assault, Seo Jun remained composed, evading and moving his Orbs to intercept.
Dokkaebi’s face crumpled in real time.
And finally.
“Ah! Dokkaebi’s instinct was right! Alpaca arrives straight from base! Rumi too! The situation reverses!”

-Damn it!!!!!!!
-Ah lol lol lol lol you shouldn’t listen to reason lol lol lol lol lol lol
-So no first kill again?
-Please just one kill!!!!
-Just one leg attack landing!!!!
-Honestly I bet on Wealth Gap but I just want to see Seo Jun die once lol lol lol lol lol lol
-lol me too

Dokkaebi’s instinct had been vindicated.

[Double Kill!]
[Geomsin –> Hat]
[Geomsin –> Dokkaebi]

And once again, Seo Jun hadn’t died.

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