Chapter 148

League of Streaming is the representative tournament with the largest scale and buzz among competitions that streamers participate in.

While it’s named after The League as the main game, it also had a scale that lived up to the name in other ways as well.

Once the tournament starts, it’s safe to say that any other topic struggles to break through in other games. No, it gets buried.

Since moving to virtual reality, the streaming market has grown to the point where there are no users who only play games, and the transformation of gamers has been successfully achieved.

The characteristic of Travu is that they can’t resist streamer tournaments. ^[1]

Even if it’s a game they don’t know, they can just watch and learn as they go.

And The League is a game that most people know anyway.

Moreover, famous streamers are guaranteed to participate.

That’s why it wasn’t strange that almost everyone was crowding into The League category from the start.

[The auction seems to be going weird?]

This was a post that went up when Tae-woo bid 750 points on A tier prospect Seo-jun.

-For real lol

-Two weird team captains LOL

-This is why the tournament operations team divided by skill level. At least take some decent teammates lol

That wasn’t it.

The biggest reason was that if they divided by position, they’d have to recruit all participating players with similar tier levels for each position, which would greatly limit recruitment.

Also, the possibility of the auction failing was actually higher now.

[That streamer is a bit much to bid like that from the start…]

[Sigh. Mental seems to have dropped out of that competition]

[Ugh tsk tsk. When doing LOS auctions, A tiers should always be jungle…]

[Honestly, A tiers are fine except for top]

[What’s wrong with top!]

[Anyway, isn’t his synchronization rate 10? It’s too stupid to bid everything from the start just for this guy]

The public opinion of those who were chattering like this ultimately didn’t change even after the bidding for Seo-jun ended.

[The commentary is trying to cover for him but this doesn’t make sense]

[All-in right away? Don’t make Yoon-ho a team captain next time]

[When you think about it, there are 3 team captains who went all-in…]

[Phew! Mental almost got caught!]

[Wow but from now on, Ha Yoon-ho’s team has to take only people everyone else discarded lol]

That’s right.

Even at this point, everyone was just looking at it skeptically.

And when the expected results came out as they guessed, public opinion gained even more strength.

It was natural, but the results came out worse than expected.

[3 mids in ABC tiers? I knew this would happen.]

==

Of all things, the best players are all 3 mids. And they’re the ones who went unsold because they only play mid lmao

Looks like the historically weakest team is born

==

-There’s a reason for going unsold

-I was totally expecting this—except I wasn’t.

└This time everyone really predicted it lol

-But this is really severe. The A tier mid seems to have outstanding skill at least, I wonder if he’ll go to another lane and learn?

└It’s a loss not being able to go to your main lane, but what can you do. The B tier guy, Windstorm Sword, went to another lane and is doing terribly, so the A tier guy should yield for the team too lol

└For real lol this is why you shouldn’t go all-in

[Honestly, Jin Seo-jun <–this bastard getting attention is kind of annoying]

==

They say his synchronization rate is 10 too.

Someone with a lower sync rate than a Travu like me getting attention from ‘three captains from successful major S tier teams’ in the ‘Travel’s biggest tournament’ LOS is so annoying

==

-This guy is for real lol

-But it is annoying

└Just say it’s because he’s handsome

└Thinking about it, that’s probably right? (OP)

-Anyway, this auction seems totally fucked

[Tae-woo <–this bastard is actually smart as hell]

==

He can take mid as his sub-position and focus power on bottom. Plus he screwed over his friend. Total genius.

==

-Isn’t the last part his real feelings?

└OP was the one who said Jin Seo-jun was annoying earlier lmao seems like the OP just hates handsome guys

-Tae-woo definitely isn’t handsome though. So nothing he does is annoying

└Why are you being mean to Tae-woo LOL

That’s right.

After the auction results came out, people gave their one-line reviews and the conclusion was that Ha Yoon-ho’s team clearly had problems.

And a minority also said things like this.

[Jin Seo-jun needs to prove himself]

[Yeah, stop whining and if you ate up all those points, you need to carry]

[If they crash out of groups, it’s his fault]

Of course, these posts didn’t get upvoted and were quickly buried.

Because they incite conflict. And the responsibility for the auction lies with the team captain anyway.

In any case, the reason they watched LOS today wasn’t just for the auction.

Skirmish.

While the true meaning of skirmish comes from practice matches called scrims, since they were having the first competition right after teams were formed today, they could at least see who was relatively good at games.

More importantly, if they missed this, wouldn’t it be the same as not watching the first episodes of a drama?

That’s how the first E tier game for laughs passed by.

[It was basically pure entertainment competition lmao]

[That’s why the retreat meta came out lol]

When the next game, Ground Zero, was revealed, people rushed en masse to the Ground Zero community.

[Ah. Taste this overwhelming numbers offensive]

[Rural countryside community, this is the true ‘weight class’ of League]

[Stop the spam!]

[Excuse me, we’re still in the top ten games, you know? We’re #1 in the battle royale genre, does that look like nothing to you?]

[Still, in front of League you’re countryside bumpkins right?]

[Our main base is Ground Zero but for now I’m joining the troublemakers from League lol]

[Go make noise in the League community!]

[We can make noise there and here too. It’s not like we’re short on people]

Just because they invaded doesn’t mean the innocent Ground Zero users suffered.

Because didn’t it got mention earlier?

Even though it’s a League tournament, it’s essentially a Travu tournament.

And most game users are Travus.

In other words, except for a few, they’re all guys who were in the League community anyway who came here and are pretending to be invaded and acting wronged.

Anyway, the Ground Zero community users entered predictions about the game results in groups of threes and fives.

[Personally, it’s Wave. This guy is insanely good at this game. This is just free points]

[Wave is totally acknowledged.]

[Spoon <–this bastard showed amazing aim when he used to say he was an ADC main. It’s on another level.]

[ADC Challengers who shoot a lot of guns are kind of scary lol]

[So what about the controversial Jin Seo-jun?]

==

His sword skills are truly godlike, I’ll acknowledge he’s A tier.

But that’s that and guns are a different story, what do you all think?

==

-He’ll probably be decent but can’t carry

-His aim will be good too. But the feel is completely different

-Can’t win. First time playing the game and there’s a lot to consider

-Ground Zero is all about positioning. This is hard to get without playing

Their prediction for Seo-jun’s performance was ‘can’t win.’

However, when the game started.

[Lmao he’s provoking from the start]

[The entertainer talent is insane LOL look at him throwing away his gun]

[Of all people to have a fistfight with Goblin lol]

When the broadcast focused on Seo-jun, the situation started to reverse.

[He wins this??? He wins it?]

[He’s beating them with low health in a 1v1]

[His aim is insane too. Just cleared a whole squad]

[Next squad incoming!]

After easily clearing them and with Seo-jun’s clean play where not a single shot missed, his win probability went up about 10%.

However.

[Ah lol this one’s dead]

[Level 3 helmet with just a vest. If it’s not a one-shot, there’s nothing he can do]

The community users quickly predicted Seo-jun’s defeat again.

Of course.

[Crazy, what did I just see?]

[Ah lol bullets can be parried LMAO]

[Isn’t this bastard the god of Ground Zero?]

[I’m grabbing a frying pan right now!!!! How can I hold back after seeing this?]

[Victory goes to the frying pan. No room for debate]

[This bastard will probably dodge bullets without even looking later]

This was when Seo-jun first deflected a bullet with his frying pan.

* * *

-How did you dodge that first one, streamer

-Someone among us told him, right? Let’s check the replay right away!

-I was mainly watching chat and there were no chats like that, though???

Currently, Seo-jun had returned to the front of the bunker entrance after avoiding the sniper.

There were walls on both sides, and since he’d instantly identified the sniper position as being to the right, he could take cover behind the walls on either side.

‘How did I dodge it?’

No matter how much you’re in a war where you face death every moment, people inevitably have moments when they let their guard down.

Their mind gets tired and they might loosen their tension for a moment, or the situation might actually be fine enough to make them careless.

However, Seo-jun knew well how dangerous those moments were. He also knew well that people who died that way.

“Just focus, focus.”

Actually, if you focus, you can probably dodge by hearing the faint sound of cutting through the air.

Thunk!

The bullet barely grazed the top edge of the wall and embedded in the opposite wall.

If he’d ducked his head even slightly less, it would have hit directly.

“Hmm. They’re not saving bullets.”

Didn’t the gun only have 20 shots?

-Focus on what

-Streamer. Are you a school teacher? Hurry up and reveal the secret!!! Why are you the only one using cheat codes!

-Just confess. Say it’s hacks and clear your conscience

-The frying pan thing didn’t make sense from the start lmao

-Even a level 3 helmet gets one-shotted

-Wave who shot the gun is currently genuinely frustrated

Seo-jun ignored the chat and activated his radio.

Rumi answered immediately.

[I’m coming!]

[Rumi-nim. There’s an enemy positioned at a distance sniping here.]

[Really? Then Seo-jun-nim, you should snipe the enemies too!]

That’s not it.

Somehow her faith seems excessive from earlier.

[Hehe. Seo-jun-nim, which direction is the enemy?]

[North.]

The wall Seo-jun was leaning against was north.

[Then don’t worry. If it’s north of the airfield entrance, it’s close to the edge of the boundary, right? They’ll have to move soon, right? Windstorm Sword-nim who’s driving said so.]

Actually, there had been a notification that the storm would move soon, so he couldn’t keep harassing for long.

Seo-jun was convinced and waited.

He didn’t go toward them with his frying pan.

He could block sniper rifles too, but the distance was too far.

By the time he got close, they could just take the plane and leave.

[The storm is approaching.]

After about 30 seconds, a notification appeared and a faint engine sound could be heard in the distance.

Vroooom!

The plane was taking off and moving.

And.

“Wow! Finally meeting you! And when there’s only one team left!”

An open-top car arrived in front of the bunker entrance.

They’re really happy to see him.

“Same here.”

Rumi was waving from the back seat, Alpaca was waving from the front passenger seat, and Seo-jun quickly got into the seat next to him.

Then the open-top car immediately departed.

At the same time, the blue background storm began approaching from behind.

“At this rate, we probably won’t get hit by a single shot.”

Windstorm Sword, who was driving, said.

And.

Ping!

The sound of a bullet hitting the vehicle and bouncing off rang out.

“Ah, don’t they run out of bullets?”

Windstorm Sword complained while driving.

-They went ahead to get positioned

-It would be really hard to hit from there, right? Must have been lucky

-That’s not Wave shooting right now. For real I think it was luck

A plane could be seen flying high in the sky, going far ahead of them.

“Should we shoot too? Seo-jun-nim might be able to hit them?”

“Think so?”

“Yes!”

Seo-jun heard that and took out his sniper rifle from inventory, then put his eye to the scope.

This sniper rifle had mounting equipment, but apparently it was fine to just hold and shoot like this.

The expanded view showed the entire small plane in one glance.

That’s how far the distance was.

The magnification wasn’t tremendously high, but it was the maximum magnification in the game.

Seo-jun, who finished preparing in an instant, aimed at the enemy.

‘Their roof is open too.’

It was far and small. And moving at high speed.

The car Seo-jun was in was also moving.

His arm naturally kept adjusting.

Meanwhile, Seo-jun memorized the speed of the bullet that had flown earlier in his head, aimed ahead of the plane, and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

“Even at that distance, Seo-jun-nim could probably hit at least the front engine of the plane!”

Alpaca said.

Since the front part of the plane with the largest area was worth aiming for, it was the only countermeasure possible in this situation.

So Alpaca naturally assumed Seo-jun had aimed for the plane.

But.

[Sword God14–> Fuse]

Alpaca momentarily got question marks above his head.

He hit? A person?

“Ah. You meant to shoot the engine?”

Seo-jun laughed sheepishly while keeping his eye on the scope and fired the next shot without taking it away.

Bang!