The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 78

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Chapter 78
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Jeong Si-do curved his lips elegantly and twirled his short sword with fluid grace.
“This is really….”
[⚠System: Gate has been closed. 2/3]
Two of the three Gates opened by the Third Gate event had already shut.
“Disappointing. Where is Baek Hee-an and what is he doing?”
Ranking 1st: Immortal-Sarda119
Ranking 9th: HZERO
Jeong Hee-ji’s ranking had already climbed to 9th.
Whatever had happened to Baek Hee-an, who had been in first place, his ranking score hadn’t budged since earlier.
“Is he just taking a break because he’s bored?”
Jeong Si-do shot a sharp glance at his younger sister, who was subtly taking Baek Hee-an’s side.
“I told you not to defend that bastard.”
“It’s not about defending him, it’s just… he’s genuinely skilled.”
Annoying as it was, that much was simply objective fact.
Jeong Si-do stared intently at the ranking board.
“Even so, isn’t this too relaxed? Did he log out to grab a meal? At this rate, I’ll win the championship far too easily.”
“Don’t get careless. Move quickly.”
Bang! Bang bang!
Jeong Si-do lightly dodged his younger sister’s playful gunfire and glanced toward the final Gate, then paused to look elsewhere.
He’d spotted a Player who had begun fleeing the moment they saw them.
Whoosh.
[Penumbra Shift]
Jeong Si-do vanished like a shadow, then materialized from within the darkness.
“Gasp! You, Jeong Si-”
The hands of Jeong Si-do, who emerged from the shadows, moved with playful lightness and speed.
Squelch, squelch squelch, crash!
Pieces of the Opponent Player’s avatar tore away from their body.
[Player ‘Immortal-Sarda119’ has been eliminated.]
Jeong Si-do, who had struck vital points with his short sword and even torn off an arm in an instant, smiled with satisfaction.
As an assassin with close-range specialization, the damage coefficient was already high, and four critical hits had triggered.
‘This is what Battle Royale is all about.’
Jeong Si-do had never been particularly interested in hunting monsters.
He felt exhilaration only in tearing apart people.
“Hurry up!”
Jeong Si-do watched his younger sister, who had moved ahead and was urging him on with a languid smile.
‘The champion of Battle Royale will naturally be me.’
Even as he moved toward the final remaining Gate, the gap between him and Baek Hee-an continued to widen.
“Wait, isn’t that Jeong Si-do?!”
“Scatter!”
Jeong Si-do hunted down the Players positioned at the chokepoint alongside Jeong Hee-ji.
Thud! Thud-thud! Crash!
Clang!
The overwhelming disparity in power combined with the assassin’s signature mobility skills made it absurdly easy for Jeong Si-do to catch and eliminate the Players.
“This isn’t even fun.”
His Constellation hummed in agreement.
Jeong Si-do was someone who genuinely loved and enjoyed God of Fighters.
A virtual lawless zone.
In a space devoid of morality and law, I wielded a blade no thicker than a scalpel, piercing human vital points and tearing through bodies at will.
Shredding monsters and shredding people were fundamentally different acts.
Committing every atrocity forbidden in reality, Jeong Si-do felt an intoxicating sense of liberation wash over him.
‘Baek Hee-an, come quickly.’
Speak of the tiger and it appears.
1st Floor Lobby.
Baek Hee-an was processing monsters in front of the passage leading to the Third Gate’s location.
Lee Do-jin stood beside him.
“I’ve been waiting.”
Clang!
In the meantime, Jeong Hee-ji eliminated a monster charging toward them.
Jeong Si-do twirled his short blade and smiled obliquely.
“Where were you that you’re only arriving now?”
Unlike reality, where formal speech had become his default, Jeong Si-do spoke almost entirely in casual tones within the Game World.
“Isn’t this a bit too leisurely for something that isn’t a siege?”
It was a jab at Baek Hee-an’s ranking being pushed down to second place.
Flash!
Jeong Si-do and Jeong Hee-ji instantly retreated with movements as swift as lightning.
[Halobreak]
Crackle, boom-crash—!
As Baek Hee-an unleashed his Constellation’s area-of-effect skill, the monsters in the vicinity burst apart in an instant.
After clearing the surrounding area, he spoke.
“I came because I have something to tell you.”
Pause.
At the mention of having something to say to him, Jeong Si-do hesitated slightly.
“What is it?”
“The NPCs are people.”
“…What?”
“I’m not sure how it happened, but civilians are trapped inside Seoul Station. We need to save them.”
“?”
Jeong Hee-ji also looked bewildered at this unexpected statement.
“What on earth are you talking about…?”
Jeong Si-do was momentarily dazed before bursting into laughter.
“Ahahaha!”
Jeong Si-do clutched his stomach, laughing for a long while.
If this had been reality, it would have been so hilarious that tears would have streamed down my face.
“Ahaha, really. How disappointing. Haha! Wait, isn’t this something to be disappointed about? Now that I think about it, Hunter Baek Hee-an’s glass mentality was already famous, wasn’t it?”
“Difficult as it may be to believe, it is the truth.”
As Baek Hee-an reiterated and emphasized his point, Jeong Hee-ji finally took interest.
“Explain in detail. NPCs are people?”
Until that moment, Jeong Si-do’s face, which had maintained a smiling expression, went rigid.
“Hee-ji.”
He drew a sharp line deliberately to restrain his younger sister from falling for that statement.
“No matter how realistic it is, treating NPCs like people just because of some graphics? You should be ashamed as Korea’s representative Hunter.”
At the insulting remark, Lee Do-jin’s expression hardened like stone.
“That’s harsh language, sir.”
A mask-like smile returned to Jeong Si-do’s face, which had turned cold.
“Perhaps that was too cruel for someone with a glass mentality. Hunter Lee Do-jin should take better care of his lord’s mental state.”
Jeong Hee-ji looked up at Jeong Si-do with a fed-up expression.
“Brother. You might as well just curse.”
“You need to get your head straight.”
“Hee-an has always been someone overflowing with a sense of justice. That’s not a bad thing for a Hunter.”
“….”
A surge of emotion.
Jeong Si-do’s expression twisted.
If this were reality and not the Game World, veins would have bulged across my forehead.
‘Taking his side again?’
They say raising children—no, a younger sibling—well is pointless, and my only younger sister had her eyes blinded by a man, trampling all over her brother.
Jeong Si-do glared at Baek Hee-an.
‘Justice, my ass. My eyes don’t deceive me.’
Contrary to his hooligan-like appearance, it wasn’t Baek Hee-an who possessed unexpectedly strong sense of justice—it was Hwang Beom-young.
Baek Hee-an’s actions stemmed from an extremely mechanical sense of duty.
‘It’s not even a Hunter’s aptitude.’
That’s why every time he returned from missions domestically and abroad, his mental illness flared up.
“I have only this to say. I have made my position clear. Whether you believe it or not is your judgment.”
That was the end of it.
This was undoubtedly a sophisticated psychological tactic to shake the soft-hearted Jeong Hee-ji.
“Stop spouting nonsense.”
Snap.
Black smoke effects erupted from Jeong Si-do’s hand.
[Riftwind Blade]
A basic area-of-effect skill.
An absurdly overpowered area skill possessed only by assassins with short attack ranges.
Assassin skills are generally broken, yet Players who choose the assassin class are extremely rare.
The death rate is far too high because approaching from point-blank range itself is difficult.
If one covets the assassin’s skills and wants to focus on magic, it would be better to simply become a Mage instead.
However, naturally, Jeong Si-do’s skill level was in a different tier.
“We’re busy, so we’ll take our leave.”
The problem was that the opponent was Baek Hee-an.
Baek Hee-an immediately retreated.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
Crash!
Jeong Si-do’s attack struck empty air.
Baek Hee-an, who had vanished alongside Lee Do-jin, revealed himself from a distance.
Teleport.
An absurdly overpowered movement skill for Mages with virtually nonexistent physical defense.
“Tch.”
Jeong Si-do’s eyes narrowed.
‘Slippery as an eel.’
Monsters that had been squeezed out from within the passage where the Gate lay began spreading throughout the area once more.
Rather than chase Baek Hee-an, Jeong Si-do hunted monsters while speaking to his younger sister.
“What are you doing? Focus.”
Jeong Hee-ji spoke in a serious tone.
“Besides what we caught earlier, Hee-an’s ranking score hasn’t changed much. The same goes for Hunter Lee Do-jin. These two really do seem to be rescuing NPCs.”
“Someone must have deceived them. By the time the tournament ends, they’ll be too embarrassed to show their faces.”
Jeong Si-do clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘Still haven’t overcome the trauma. There’s nothing to be deceived about, yet they fell for something as trivial as the Game System.’
Then a small voice was heard.
“Um, Jeong Si-do.”
“Shh! Be quiet!”
The reactions of all Players who spotted Jeong Si-do during the tournament were similar.
The king of Battle Royale.
Jeong Si-do vanished smoothly.
Jeong Si-do, emerging from the shadows, wielded his short blade.
“Gasp!”
“We’ve been found!”
“U-use a Constellation skill!”
Desperate light erupted from the three Players in the vicinity.
But calling upon a Constellation was useless.
Bang! Bang!
Jeong Hee-ji’s ranged support whittled away at the Players’ health, causing them to falter for a moment.
Whoosh-crack!
[Reaper’s Domain]
Wind blades swept across several meters, shredding the Players’ bodies.
As their HP drained at a terrifying pace, Jeong Si-do’s blade found every vital point with surgical precision.
Crash! Crash! Crash—!
“Ugh!”
“Gah!”
Assassin skills.
[Fracture Point]
[Stigma Rush]
With each inevitable critical strike, countless Players vanished.
My ranking score climbed steadily.
‘Foolish.’
A smirk twisted across my lips.
Thanks to Baek Hee-an’s blundering, the Third Gate would fall entirely to the Jung Siblings.
“Let’s move.”

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