Chapter 163

-Ah lol just call Alpaca

-An assassin doing 2v1 but trying to play like a bruiser

-What’s a bruiser?

-Tanky but good damage dealing, reliable warrior bros.

[Shadow Arts]

The skill activated instantly, and shadows covered his body in a flash.

Temporarily, the shadows moved so that neither the naked eye nor the system could distinguish between shadow and main body, main body and shadow. While summoning a clone in the spot where Seo-jun was standing.

And Seo-jun was simultaneously reading the warning signs and thrusting out his right arm.

Forward, sideways, into the body.

Wave prepares his stance in advance before using skills and gets ready to strike.

It’s subtle enough that most people wouldn’t notice, but such habits only serve as good hints for Seo-jun.

However, such habits can also become traps in reverse.

If it had been Lee Dong-soo, he definitely would have used the fact that the opponent was targeting that habit.

So what about Wave?

‘Did he really try to bait me?’

Seo-jun asked himself this question in the brief moment his body was already moving.

He thought about Wave’s skill level and combat sense that he’d seen.

However, since strategies can’t emerge without preparation, this kind of thing can’t come out impromptu.

It’s more about examining preparedness than combat sense.

And if it’s Wave.

‘He said he’d give his best, right? It does seem like a trap.’

However.

If it was a trap, he’d expected the position of the incoming attack, but Seo-jun’s arm was already moving.

To the spot where it would fly if it wasn’t a trap.

But Seo-jun didn’t panic or regret it.

This wasn’t spilled milk.

Clang!

Because there was another body.

The stealth broke.

As expected, Wave’s kama was revealed and its position proved it had been a trap.

But at the end of that kama was an assassination blade.

Not Seo-jun’s assassination blade, but the clone’s assassination blade.

‘Just block both.’

Seo-jun made eye contact with Wave, whose body was revealed while he’d been spinning his kama.

Seo-jun saw a slight hint of resignation in Wave’s eyes when his prepared move was blocked, and immediately read through the action of swinging his kama that he intended to continue.

At the same time, the jungler appeared behind Wave.

Seo-jun smiled while looking straight ahead.

Not sure if it would work or not.

‘Just try it.’

As Seo-jun exhaled deeply, two bodies moved and split apart.

* * *

People can use both arms simultaneously. They play instruments, type on keyboards, and show intense movements.

Legs are the same.

Walking, running, kicking, swimming.

Whether good or bad at it, once you get used to it, you do these things naturally.

However, for newborn babies, even simply moving was difficult.

This was the result of countless practice that happened naturally while growing up, the familiarity gained from it.

‘Then wouldn’t using two bodies also become natural once you get used to it?’ was what Zen users thought.

But this has fundamental limitations.

Vision exists in only one body.

Consciousness and senses are the same.

Also, unlike other associations, moving one body is too complex.

Moreover, if it were four arms and four legs attached to the body, you could fully utilize those given resources.

But if there are two bodies, it’s the same as having two battlefields.

Even if you become accustomed to handling two bodies at once, the human brain isn’t well-suited for multitasking, making combat itself difficult.

The positions of opponent and you, opponent and clone, clone and you.

And the attacks.

Fighting one enemy, the things you have to think about become double, no, triple or quadruple.

Even after overcoming those two difficulties and fighting, there isn’t an enormously huge advantage.

In that case, it would be much better to put the clone behind you to ensure safety for retreat.

Of course, there would be advantages when facing two people.

But wouldn’t that be even more impossible?

At that time, there would literally be 2 battlefields.

That’s why C-tier jungler 1898, who had joined the Mental team with 5 points, snorted when the shadow first separated and approached him.

Quite loudly, too.

“How is it?”

Is that why? The shadow in front of him that blocked his attack spoke.

Gulp.

1898’s Adam’s apple moved. He swallowed his saliva.

It wasn’t that he was overwhelmed by the presence. What presence could a shadow have?

But.

‘This is the main body, right? Clones can talk too though.’

He was uncertain.

1898 considered using his skill.

If it was a clone, there was no need to use a skill. It would disappear over time.

In the advantageous 2v1 situation, there was no reason to waste a skill on a clone.

Especially if the current hero and skill had been prepared targeting Zen for this situation.

So he was going to use his skill if he was convinced that the shadow in front of him was Seo-jun, but he still wasn’t sure.

“Stop it!”

He aimed his bow, where mana flowed like the body of a bow, and shot an arrow.

Night Hunter Fear.

A ranged jungle hero who uses a bow and arrows that mana flows through.

Pew!

A pure white arrow made of mana flew smoothly.

And.

The shadow deflected it with his assassination blade.

Second one.

Pew!

He blocked the third arrow too.

Gradually the distance with the shadow narrowed.

‘No matter how you look at it, this has to be the main body!’

Wave was on the other shadow’s side when he glanced over, not coming here as he’d expected a position switch.

It looked like they were fighting, but would the clone die soon?

Then!

‘I have to hit him while he’s close to me now.’

He activated his skill and released his fingertips.

‘By the way, I think I made eye contact with that shadow over there, but that was probably my imagination, right?’

[Terror Arrow]

The moment the arrow left the bowstring, it immediately split into 5 and flew.

When hit by this arrow, the caster Fear and the opponent’s body with the arrow stuck in it are connected by magic for a while.

If the distance increases and the chain breaks in this state, the opponent falls into a terror state.

But if you keep maintaining close distance, Fear’s arrows go out five at a time like when using skills.

So if you time it well, it’s a good skill for tying down Zen.

Since you can inflict guaranteed terror if they run away.

It’s not quite a counter, but it would be a lie to say he hadn’t aimed for this against Zen.

One of the five arrows that spread like a casting net stuck into the shadow’s thigh.

With the distance almost right in front of his nose, it would definitely have been impossible to avoid or deflect all five.

If he’d just switched positions with his clone, he could have avoided it, but the shadow approaching him never once looked back—toward the side where Wave and his clone were.

‘So he can’t carelessly switch bodies without knowing the situation behind him…’

Wait.

What’s going on?

His hand, which had been loading the next shot with a confident smile, stopped for a moment.

And.

The shadow stabbed his body with a sword.

‘If this is the main body and that’s the clone, the clone should have been destroyed long ago and the skill should have ended…’

The shadow that was now naturally twisting its body and trying to slash his neck in front of him never looked back once.

If the clone behind couldn’t move properly, there’s no way Wave wouldn’t have finished it off by now.

Then.

The remaining possibility is.

He’d missed with his arrow.

‘Was this the clone?’

He immediately tried to check Wave’s situation.

But.

Slash!

The horizontal line the clone he’d thought was the main body drew with its sword blocked this.

* * *

“Let’s focus on this side properly!”

The kama dominated space and rushed at Seo-jun like a pack of wolves trying to tear him apart.

Hanging from strings, gripped in hands and swung, freely changing range and moving in hard-to-block ways.

But.

“Why do you keep looking elsewhere!”

Those attacks were easily countered by Seo-jun.

More easily than the previous fight.

Rather, the assassination blade aimed for Wave’s legs and torso.

Also, Seo-jun’s—no, the shadow’s—gaze wasn’t entirely focused on Wave.

Rather, it seemed to linger more on what was behind him.

Wave found this extremely annoying.

But he couldn’t check behind him either.

Stab.

If he got careless, he’d get stabbed like now.

He could guess what the opponent was doing.

Still, even if his head accepted it, there were things that were hard to believe.

‘He’s really simultaneously fighting the jungler with his clone?’

It didn’t make sense.

It was absurd. When he’d first sent the shadow, he’d wondered what the hell it was, but he hadn’t paid attention since Seo-jun had launched the first attack.

But the jungler wasn’t coming.

Then there was only one possibility.

It couldn’t be that he suddenly wanted to farm like Goblin and gave up ganking.

The shadow that went first.

In other words, Seo-jun’s clone was holding him back.

Even so, he’d allowed an attack against Seo-jun?

“You seem more impatient than before.”

The shadow’s mouth opened.

This was definitely the main body, and what moved behind was the clone.

He didn’t know the situation behind him, but his gaze kept changing.

Clang!

Their weapons clashed.

Clang!

Wave swung the opposite kama, but it was likewise blocked since the opponent also had 2 weapons.

And at that moment, the opponent’s gaze still wasn’t on him.

Beyond that, behind.

While he was busy looking around, Seo-jun leisurely kept his gaze on the other battlefield.

No, it felt more like he was comprehensively taking in the whole.

This felt really bad. It seemed to clearly show the skill gap between him and his opponent.

He didn’t think the difference would be this much.

No matter how much he admitted the opponent was better, that degree was another problem.

Wave gritted his teeth and used his skill on a nearby minion that had been hit by his kama to reverse the situation.

‘If I become invisible, he’ll focus on this side.’

[Mark Tracking]

And at that moment.

The shadow flickered.

Seo-jun had switched positions.

‘Is the jungler about to die?’

He hurriedly looked behind. Since he’d seen Fear’s arrow in the leg of the shadow that had briefly switched, he wasn’t worried.

‘The skill will disappear soon.’

That remaining time would also be spent in a terror state.

Plus the ultimate was almost ready. They’d started fighting a little after hitting level 5.

If Wave could use his ultimate, the situation could reverse.

The opponent would hit level 6 first, but Zen’s ultimate is summoning one more clone.

Not using his own shadow, but using the opponent’s shadow to summon his clone silently behind the opponent.

Just like now.

The moment Wave’s gaze reached where the jungler was, he felt the sensation of a blade touching his back.

Drip.

His health bar decreased.

“How?”

While Wave looked back again, the jungler in front shouted.

“He switched bodies and immediately hit a minion instead of me!”

Was he one minion away from level 6?

He’d aimed for that and switched positions, then immediately used his ultimate.

Pop!

At the same time, Seo-jun’s original shadow ran out of time and disappeared, and the mark that had appeared on Wave exploded, dealing damage.

With little left until level 6, Wave’s health was also left with little.

“This time, try fighting my clone. This is Phase 2.”

He was now facing Seo-jun’s clone.

“Phase 2? How many phases are there?”

Wave’s voice trembled slightly as he spoke with a slight smile.

He couldn’t confirm it, but if Seo-jun could use his clone like his main body.

It was a crisis for Wave.

-Phase 2 insane lmao

-So right now it’s the clone? Before this, the main body was here and the clone was fighting over there???? Simultaneously???

-What the hell is going on lol does anything show up if you look at Seo-jun’s stream over there?

-Nothing much shows up if you look at that stream lol just watch this stream

-If he loses to a clone too, that’s embarrassing, Wave, hang in there

-Is he really going to get completely wrecked?

-Tali’s ultimate, let’s go!