Chapter 133

CHAPTER 133

The chains wrapped around the arm Seo Jun had extended to fire a magic orb all unraveled at once.

For a brief moment, they floated in midair.

Then, as if some invisible force were pulling from the opposite end, they were dragged rapidly somewhere behind him.

Shrrrk!

[Liberation]

Evic's ultimate.

While Spoon had been dodging Chains of Destruction, one of the chains had killed a minion and provided exactly the amount of experience Seo Jun needed.

That allowed him to level up.

And the moment he activated his absurd ultimate, countless trajectories flashed through his mind.

One hit is enough.

Trajectories that could never be dodged.

Trajectories that would never intersect improperly.

Twenty of them.

Trying to calculate all twenty with complete precision would only tangle his thoughts into a mess.

Which meant he didn't actually need all twenty.

One hit would kill.

And he was confident he could land one without creating an absolutely unavoidable situation.

But wasn't this more fun?

It wasn't bad from a streamer's perspective either.

The real challenge was the twenty trajectories surrounding both players.

At times like this, reason wasn't what mattered.

Instinct was.

The moment he consciously tried to process everything, his thoughts would start tangling.

Every angle.

Every range.

Every trajectory.

Seo Jun relied on pure intuition, almost as if entering a trance, drawing the paths as quickly as possible.

Then he projected that image into reality.

No matter where he goes, he won't escape within three seconds.

The magic circles appeared.

Spoon looked around before finally looking at Seo Jun.

There was no sign that Seo Jun intended to dodge.

Seo Jun smiled in satisfaction.

• He's really using all twenty at once.
• Holy crap LOL.
• Wait, isn't the streamer inside the magic circles too?
• Doesn't matter if he gets hit.

Three seconds.

Two seconds.

One second.

THUD!

The tips of chains erupted simultaneously from all twenty magic circles, devastating everything inside.

And—

"You're saying I'd get hit?"

The chains generated behind Seo Jun brushed past his arms, legs, and face as they shot forward.

Looking ahead—

Spoon, who had remained motionless, was skewered by a chain that had flown from behind him.

[DOUBLE KILL!]

• OHHHHHH LOL
• KYAHHH!
• Absolute monster.
• He completely won a 2v1 against a Challenger LOL.
• The sword wasn't his true form. The chains were!
• He's literally the God of War LOL.
• No, that's actually insane.

Seeing everything unfold exactly as he had imagined, Seo Jun smiled with satisfaction.

"No matter where he went, he would've gotten hit. The only safe spot was where I was standing."

Hmm.

Well, maybe if Spoon had contorted himself into some ridiculous pose and dodged in the weirdest way possible, he might've survived.

But Seo Jun decided not to mention that.

[OOOOOOH?!]

[What happened in mid?!]

[I was on my way to help, but Seo Jun got them first! No, seriously, what happened? Anyway, I'm heading top immediately.]

[If we just play well, I think we can win this game! Hahaha. The only weak link is us. Yoonho, please play well.]

Streamer Lumi.

One of the streamers who collaborated most frequently with Ha Yoonho.

A low-Gold player whose role was support.

She was currently in bottom lane with Yoonho.

The chains wrapped themselves around Seo Jun's arm again like snakes.

Seo Jun spoke.

[Thanks. Let's not worry too much about winning or losing and just enjoy the game.]

The outcome of the match wasn't important.

This was only a friendly match.

And Seo Jun had already won his own game.

This should be enough for an A rating.

If he somehow ended up with a B instead, it might've been better not to participate at all.

Had he been placed in B, winning the tournament would've been almost guaranteed.

But what if he took the capsule reward and quit?

He planned to continue streaming afterward.

Winning too easily and generating massive resentment would be a disaster.

Since he was fairly certain he'd earned an A, Seo Jun relaxed.

• Why are you pretending to be nice?
• Farming goodwill ON.
• Look at him acting all polite because it's a streamer scrim.
• Give it time. His true nature will come out LOL.

Even viewers who constantly teased him were precious.

[Yoonho? Yoonho! Where are you going?! Stop!]

Hmm.

Lumi was shouting over all-chat voice.

[Seo Jun said not to care about winning or losing, so you're just throwing yourself away, you idiot Yoonho?!]

Things weren't looking good in bot lane.

Yoonho's rank was Silver.

In Rios terms, that meant Tier E.

Ironically, Team Leader E wasn't a bad thing.

When bidding for high-tier players, you didn't have to worry much about role conflicts.

Imagine a truly exceptional player becoming available.

If another skilled captain shared the same role, they'd hesitate before bidding.

But an E-tier captain?

Since they'd often be giving up their role anyway, it didn't make much difference whether they switched positions or not.

They could simply bid without concern.

In other words, they had more flexibility when building a team.

Though, in the end, everything depended on how the auction unfolded.

[An ally has been slain.]

[BulletsThatBurn → Ha Yoonho]

[Enemy Double Kill!]

[BulletsThatBurn → NotActuallyACrane]

The enemy ADC secured a double kill.

[Seo Jun, I'm really sorry.]

[Haha. I made a mistake. We'd been holding on pretty well until now.]

[No, it's okay. Really.]

Seo Jun genuinely didn't mind.

This game wasn't about winning.

He really meant it.

[An ally has been slain.]

[TopPlayer → Maltang]

[Enemy Double Kill!]

[TopPlayer → TopLover]

Now left alone, Seo Jun received another apology.

[Looks like our side got counter-ganked too. I'm really sorry! Seriously!]

[That's my fault.]

[No, it's my fault for forcing the gank.]

A counter-gank.

Just like what Seo Jun had done earlier, a counter-gank meant that the jungler came to gank, only for the side that initiated it to end up getting killed instead.

Everyone was nice.

They just weren't very good at the game.

The team tiers had actually been balanced fairly well, too.

Seo Jun simply accepted the situation and said,

[It's fine. Let's just enjoy the game.]

• Is he gritting his teeth right now? LOL
• He's all alone now LOL
• "Let's enjoy the game"? You're not secretly mad, right?

Well, if your teammates played poorly, you could lose.

That had happened plenty of times seven years ago.

If it were a solo game, things would be different.

But The League was a team game.

And you couldn't win every time.

If I really wanted to, I could probably hard-carry this game too.

But as he'd already said—

His game had ended there.

He really didn't care.

Seriously.

Riven.

Among all of Adventure's gaming communities, it was unquestionably the largest.

People often said that if a streamer blew up there, they could earn in a month what would normally take a year.

Of course, that required a major event, such as a streamer tournament or a professional tournament-level topic.

Previously, when Seo Jun had discovered Kael's attack patterns, it had generated plenty of views.

But it hadn't become a site-wide sensation.

The Kael board alone had become roughly the size of the entire Dawn of Assassins community.

Perhaps that was possible only because Kael was one of the most popular heroes.

The Evic board, meanwhile, perfectly embodied the misery of an unpopular hero.

Hardly anyone posted there.

Regardless, Riven was the king of gaming communities.

And where there were many users, countless topics emerged.

The streamer scrimmage was one of them.

Originally, it was supposed to be just another minor topic.

[Point scrimmage is happening right now]

[Why watch that? It's always the same people.]

[That's exactly why it's fun.]

[There's a new face.]

[Looks like some kind of showcase.]

Normally, that would've been the end of it.

But some time later—

Posts with the same topic suddenly began flooding the front page.

[... Holy shit.]

[Wow... I can only say wow...]

[Evic is broken.]

[Anyone who didn't watch just lost half their life.]

[Anyone watching the Point scrim right now?]

I freaked out when I suddenly saw a double kill.

Went back to watch the replay and saw something completely insane.

Seriously, how is this real?

• Dude, I reacted the exact same way.
• I was watching Ha Yoonho and followed the exact same rabbit hole LOL.
• What are you all talking about?
• The Point scrim.
• I want in on this. Somebody explain.
• Seriously, what did you even see?

Someone posted a link.

Clicking it brought up a clip.

And inside that clip was a shocking scene.

Spoon.

A Challenger ADC with a fair amount of recognition on Riven.

Apparently he'd joined the scrim and was playing mid lane.

That much made sense.

But—

Why was he losing?

Why was he getting solo-killed by Evic?

The clip was short.

Yet it clearly showed Spoon getting predicted perfectly, hit by chains, and solo-killed.

The footage was so shocking that people immediately wanted the full context.

• What is this? Post the full video.
• What happened here?
• Wait, he got destroyed 1v1? Who was his opponent? LOL.

Since the clip was from Evic's perspective, viewers naturally discovered who the player was.

[Jin Seo Jun? He won the 1v1?]

Wasn't he the guy from the Kael weak-point thing?

That was pretty crazy too.

Looks like he's good at Evic as well.

One commenter recalled Seo Jun's previous appearance and wrote that.

But if that had been all, the posts wouldn't have exploded the way they were now.

• Good at Evic? That's an understatement.
• You think he only won the 1v1?
• He won a 2v1 too.

• No way.
• Here.

(clip)

• ????? What the hell?

Not only the original poster, but countless users who hadn't watched the scrim began looking up Seo Jun's gameplay.

And naturally—

The community caught fire.

[He's firing chains every second and they all hit LOL. Is it luck? No, that makes no sense. But even luck doesn't explain this.]

[He beat a Challenger ADC and a Diamond jungler in a 2v1? That easily?]

[This isn't the Evic I know.]

[This clip isn't edited, right?]

[I can't believe those predictions are real.]

Soon, Riven was packed with posts about Seo Jun.

To the point where it was impossible not to see them.

He had played that well.

Could someone really predict movements every second and casually counter-gank a Challenger-level player?

[Evic <-- What the hell is this character?]

So this guy was actually broken?

Infinite damage skills every second.

No wonder even Challengers get destroyed.

Nerf immediately.

• Are you serious? LOL.

• Does that actually look easy to you?
• Why do you think Evic has one of the lowest pick rates in the game?
• People can't even land one hit when firing three chains at once.
• And you think predicting where someone will be three seconds later every single second is normal?
• Are you insane?

• Wait, really?

• Then shouldn't the question be:

Seo Jun <-- What the hell is this guy?

• LOL. Fastest opinion change ever.
• Honestly, that's the real question.
• What is he?
• His brain must be ridiculous.

Eventually, people began discussing Synchronization Rate as well.

[Between this and the Kael thing... doesn't this guy's talent seem insane? What if his Synchronization Rate is over 100?]

There are currently only four people in Korea with a Synchronization Rate above 100.

If another one appears, that makes five.

And Korea would have more than any other country.

The nation of gaming strikes again!

• As expected of Korea!
• Hwan-guk was real!
• You absolute patriot LOL.
• Wait... actually, that's possible.
• Synchronization Rate doesn't matter that much. Official statement.
• It matters above 100. Surface officially manages those people separately.
• Now I'm curious.
• One thing's for sure.

His Synchronization Rate is probably insanely high.