Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 216

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Chapter 216

Dokkaebi’s team didn’t fall apart after the Ganking failed.
Still, Dokkaebi had realized that even at the optimal moment, the gank wouldn’t work—and so he stopped looking toward mid lane altogether.
He had reflected deeply on it.
That running away had been the right call!
Ganking wouldn’t work. Neither would grouping with Top or Bottom lane.
And who was responsible for that?
“Who am I?”
“The ADC protecting Seo Jun.”
“Yes! That’s the one!”
“Yun-ho, how many times is this? And it’s not really like you protected us either, right? Even without us, Alpaca would’ve arrived anyway……”
“Stop! That’s violence.”
“Sigh.”
Bottom lane had won.
They’d taken a kill in the laning phase. Without any help from the other lanes.
So how could Dokkaebi possibly borrow Bottom’s strength to go to Mid?
“Haha. But you know…”
They had just fought, returned home, and come back to lane.
When Ha Yun-ho stopped attacking minions for a moment, Rumi asked him.
“What are you thinking about? We’re even winning the game.”
Right on cue, victory notifications came from Top lane as well.

[Wind Sword –> a13#5]
[Wind Sword –> Dokkaebi]

-Insane Dokkaebi 2 deaths lmaooooooooooooo
-Got counter-ganked twice today lololol
-Alpaca! Alpaca! Alpaca! Alpaca!

[Nice work. Good ambush setup, Alpaca.]

Hearing the Ace’s calm, unexcited voice, Ha Yun-ho glanced back and forth between Rumi beside him and the enemy team—those who had died early and returned home late.
“Why did we lose last time?”
“Why?”
A voice came from ahead.
“Because I’m better.”
Streamer Jandi. The enemy ADC. She and Ha Yun-ho were close, with one notable fact: she was E-Rank.
“What.”
Ha Yun-ho’s expression hardened immediately.
“Right. That’s not it, Jandi.”
“Yeah, I just made a small mistake this time, so we lost… Rumi, don’t you remember our practice game?”
“The practice game… yeah, it was all Dokkaebi’s help. Right, that’s how we lost before.”
Ha Yun-ho nodded and raised his Sniper Rifle.
Griffith—one of the ADCs with the longest attack range.
He aimed at enemy Jandi, who was positioned between minions, with a basic attack.
Bang!
“Yes! Look how well that lands. Without Dokkaebi, you’d be food!”
Streamer Jandi’s eyes filled with confusion.
Why was his aim so good all of a sudden?

[Health – 92%]

Streamer Jandi, her health reduced, moved forward and fired arrows in counterattack.
It was an auto-attack exchange that made E-Ranks’ hearts race. The D-Rank Supports beside them continued managing the lane by hitting minions.
And Jandi’s arrow passed right by Yun-ho’s side.
It wasn’t a mistake.
Being E-Rank doesn’t mean you’re a newbie.
Ha Yun-ho had dodged it.
“Haha. I can see all the attacks coming! This is how it should’ve been before!”
Rumi realized Ha Yun-ho was exaggerating.

[What’s up with you, Yun-ho? Really, what’s wrong?]

That was a question about whether something was mentally off.
The teammates hearing the team voice just let it slide.

[Nothing.]
[Then why?]
[The enemy attacks are just so visible……]

His voice sounded a little melancholy. Seeing attacks clearly should be good.
Why was he like this?

[Rumi, Yun-ho. Let’s just finish this game. We need to seal the win.]
[How?]
[Like this.]

What was the Ace about to do?
He was just mid lane, normally—

[Currently slaughtering.]
[Geomsin –> Hat]

Ah, I see.
Rumi understood right away.
That Seo Jun’s statement was just him bragging about getting a kill in front of her.

[Like this.]

To be honest, as one gamer to another—
‘It is pretty cool.’
I’ll admit it!
“Hehehehe. I mean, Jandi, you can’t see this at all!”
Why is he really like this?

* * *

“We won!”
“Nice!”
They won Game 1. After destroying the Nexus and ending the match, they gathered in the Lobby. But it wasn’t over.
Game 2 remained.
Game 2 would start in 10 minutes. That was too short to review the previous match.
They couldn’t even rewatch the replay, so all they could do was gather their thoughts and regroup in that brief window.
They couldn’t check the chat either, obviously.

-Game 1 victory!
-Easy peasy
-Bangjang championship! Bangjang championship! Bangjang championship! Bangjang championship! Bangjang championship! Bangjang championship!
-Points boom Points boom Points boom Points boom Points boom
-Should go to their room instead
-But they can’t see the chat anyway so what does it matter
-Let’s trash-talk the bat guy lol

Seo Jun offered an easy smile.
“Thanks so much, everyone, for getting this far. Great work.”
“Woah!”
“Just one more win! One more and we get the Capsule!”
“Haha. I can see all the attacks, right?”
“Why have you been like this the whole time.”
Watching the varied reactions, Seo Jun got to the point.
“Listen up, everyone. Game 1 was really carried by Alpaca and the Bottom lane—you all played so well.”
“Hehe, thanks!”
“I just listened to what you said and moved accordingly, that’s all.”
“No, really, you did great. Even if you followed my calls, your team was the one actually fighting. All I could do was make sure you weren’t fighting in a disadvantageous situation.”
There were times when fights started unfavorably. Dokkaebi’s game sense was just that sharp.
But Seo Jun was confident that at least he’d prevented outright losing positions from developing.
His teammates understood this. That they’d won because everyone played well.
However.
“Game 2 is going to be harder.”
“Really?”
“From the mid to late laning phase, I noticed Dokkaebi was reading my movement patterns.”
“I didn’t see that at all?”
Rumi was surprised. The other teammates were too.

-For real????
-I’m not even sure
-Bangjang might be overthinking?
-Check Dokkaebi’s stream
-No mention of that currently
-Bangjang is currently rallying and encouraging his teammates lol

“Honestly, I don’t think we’ll get the same scenario as Game 1.”
Seo Jun spoke openly and laid out his conclusion right away.
“Really?”
“It’s hard to believe.”
“I thought if it was you, Seo Jun, you could even levitate in mid-air.”

-Rumi rumi
-How do you levitate lol
-lol

“If I could do everything, why would I have placed risky bets before?”
Seo Jun gave a little shrug.
“After the laning phase ended, there was such a big power gap that the opponent’s options were limited. That’s why I could lead things the way I wanted. But if Game 2 starts fresh again……”
“It’ll be difficult, right?”
“Yes. No, I’m being serious. Why are you looking at me like that?”

-lololol Just look at those eyes of disbelief
-Hard to believe when you say it’ll be difficult
-Bangjang has literally never died once and you’re telling us THIS?
-Honestly even we’re skeptical

“Okay, say it’s a crisis. Then what do we do? Do we have to figure out a strategy right now? At least we played one match, so if we think about it in that time……”
Rumi asked practically whether they needed help.
“We could lose one, sure. Um. Without Seo Jun’s help, Jungler would be… actually, one loss wouldn’t be too bad, you think?”

-AlpacaMaster without bangjang is trash but he’s got confidence now lol
-For real lol
-Hey, why you gotta do Alpaca dirty like that, he fought well!
-So is it really a crisis?

Everyone was pinning their hopes on the fact that they still had a chance even with one loss, when Ha Yun-ho laughed.
“Hahahaha!”
“What. What is it.”
“Why?”
“Huh?”
“Seo Jun! You’ve got a method, don’t you?”
Ha Yun-ho locked eyes with Seo Jun, his voice full of certainty.
The corners of his mouth rose. He looked like he was telling his friend to hurry up and reveal what he’d been hiding.
Seo Jun wasn’t swept along. He spoke with a still-serious expression.
“I do have something in mind. Shall we try it?”
But the act was already see-through.
“I knew it!”
“Honestly, I had faith that there’d be something. Um. I’ll admit it. My faith was weaker than yours, Yun-ho.”
Wind Sword murmured seriously.
“Awesome. No predetermined routes!”
Alpaca cheered.
“So what’s the method?”
“Rumi. It’s like this……”
“Yes!”
“Isn’t it a bit presumptuous?”
“Huh? I’m sorry! Sorry! Sorry!”
“No, not you, Rumi. The enemy.”

-What kind of nonsense is that lol
-What’s rubbing bangjang the wrong way? I seriously don’t get it
-It is pretty presumptuous. If bangjang says so, then it is
-Dokkaebi’s panicking lol
-Rumi lol The apology was way too fast

“Now then, Alpaca. It’s time we bring out what we’ve been preparing all along.”
“Huh? But what exactly did you prepare?”
“Let’s go to the Ban-Pick phase! And you all asked me to do this. You remember, right?”
When was that?
His teammates loved that Seo Jun won them games, but they couldn’t help but feel uneasy each time he did this.
What was he going to do?

* * *

One minute before the Ban-Pick phase began.

-Huh lololol Why does bangjang’s statement have all his teammates looking so awkward?
-So awkward lol Do they look like they just swallowed crap?
-So what did he prepare?!!!!
-Alpaca said he has no idea
-Ugh bangjang you bastard! Why mute on the final game!!!!
-Will it really be the final game though?
-Dokkaebi fans dropped out lol It’s so funny how they keep interjecting and doing their hopium spiral since earlier lololol

The viewers were bursting with curiosity.
In a few minutes, when the Ban-Pick phase ended, the truth would be revealed. But to make them wonder while muting the strategy explanation—

-Such garbage
-Evil of evils goat
-Lol Even the casters dropped their usual commentary and started theorizing lol
-The most likely scenario is just that he’s going Jungler himself!
-Yeah makes sense

Ban-Pick phase began.
First came the bans.

[Banned Champion – Wild Predator Agnis]
[Banned Champion – Escaped Convict Eric]
[Banned Champion – Massive Grasshopper Jyks]
[Banned Champion – Drunkard Batang]
[Banned Champion – Pursuer Jasain]
[Banned Champion – Queen’s Spider Nihar]

Out of six bans, five were Jungler champions—same pattern as Game 1.

-Why Nihar? Does Alpaca play Nihar too?
-Seems like bangjang predicted he would
-Soldier Spider Nihar is pretty busted lol
-lol A jungler good enough to earn that nickname
-Oh bangjang’s expression is souring!

That was the moment.
The mute was lifted, and Seo Jun’s voice came through the broadcast.
“See? That’s presumptuous.”

-???
-What’s presumptuous about it
-Got predicted????
-Lol

Pick phase started.
“Wind Sword, go with what you normally pick.”
Wind Sword made her usual first pick.
“And Alpaca and I—we decided we’d do the Bottom lane picks for you guys, right?”
Seo Jun explained it to the viewers as he spoke.
“Yes.”
Soon, Alpaca and Seo Jun, the second and third picks, selected their champions.

[Wild Alpaca – Mother Leah]
[Geomsin – Ascended Phael]

-Oh! Mother Leah!
-Mother!!!! Bless us with heals!!!!
-Fire-attribute ADCs are hyped lol
-Ha Yun-ho is picking Phael??? As ADC???

Phael was a close-range champion at Level 1, but as levels increased, his range expanded until he became a ranged champion.
His greatest feature was that his Ultimate skill could grant a long-lasting Invulnerability buff.

-Something feels off?
-Phael ADC…???
-He normally goes Top or Mid
-They wouldn’t prepare that

Soon the enemy’s third and fourth picks selected their champions. Dokkaebi picked Ishin here.
The same sense of foreboding.
And then, Seo Jun’s serious expression softened into a smile. He spoke to the viewers.
“Isn’t it presumptuous to keep not banning Kael?”
Picks four and five.
Rumi and Ha Yun-ho selected champions for Alpaca and Seo Jun.

[Not-Jandi – Jewel Guardian Loran]
[Ha Yun-ho – Radiant Proxy Kael]

-Yesss! Kael’s out!!
-Nerfed Kael! Still super broken
-Time for the final show and prove
-But Loran? Loran??? Why pick a Support champion????
-Wait does this mean Jungle Kael?
-This comp is super weird lol
-Whoa hold up dude lol
-Why
-How many Invulnerability skills are there?
-??
-Loran’s Ult grants Invulnerability too right lol And Support is Mother lol Bangjang you’re not planning to die are you lol

Three Invulnerability skills.
And a healer.
A composition that would make the enemy side want to vomit appeared for what could be the final game of the match.

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