Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 110

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Choosing Kang Hyuk as the first player seems to be a conscious decision made with BS’s ace player, White Night, in mind. Additionally, within Team G1, there appears to be a strong trust in Kang Hyuk, as reflected in their choice.

When G1, having chosen the ‘Blue Side,’ first revealed Kang Hyuk, BS on the ‘Red Side’ promptly revealed their two players by picking them in a quick succession before their selection time ran out.

There was no hesitation in their player selection! It was as if they had anticipated G1’s choice, which is truly surprising.

This is a bold choice. Selecting White Night even after seeing Kang Hyuk and additionally choosing the long-range class, Silence, makes their intention difficult to decipher.

From the quick picks, it seems BS might be taking a strategic approach.

On the ‘Red Side,’ BS had to choose two players after seeing Kang Hyuk. Their choice was ‘White Night’ and ‘Silence.’

Then, upon seeing BS’s players, G1 smoothly and quickly picked two players without any hesitation.

G1 also pulled out their swords. They chose the assassin class Minseong and the balanced warrior class Jin Hyuk, completing their player selections.

To achieve balance, rather than including a long-range class, it seems they opted for an aggressive melee combination. Personally, I believe G1 has put together a solid combination.

As G1’s player selection concluded, only the reveal of BS’s final third player remained.

BS is now featuring another long-range class, the portrait of the Silent player?

If there’s not a single short-range class to form a front line, the safety of the long-range players they have chosen becomes significantly compromised…

But there’s once again a quick pick! BS! Completing their combination with all three players being long-range classes!

However, as the phrase indicating that the selection is complete appeared alongside the portrait of Silence, the caster shouted.

In this significant match where the final playoff ticket is at stake… they really have chosen such a combination.

The female commentator voiced her uncertainty about this all long-range combination.

This is truly remarkable, BS seems to have determined that a standard combination against G1 would be too difficult, thus making such a bold attempt in this important match.

I’m curious about the assessments of both commentators regarding each team’s combination…

With all player selections complete, the commentators began discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each team’s combinations.

As the countdown indicating that there were 30 seconds left until the match began appeared, the UI for the player selection started to fade away, gradually revealing the massive Great Colosseum.

16. 15. 14.

As the countdown continued, illuminating the Colosseum’s screen more prominently.

I stared at the completed players and combinations of both teams, and suddenly a thought struck me.

“Why do I feel like G1 is going to lose?”

Saying it casually, I didn’t have any solid reasoning; it was more of a gut feeling.

[????]

[What does that mean]

[What is Lin talking about lol]

[How trashy is an all long-range combination lol]

[If that gets penetrated even once, it’s just going to crumble immediately]

[If I get matched with that in a random matchmaking, I’d be surrendering right from the start]

[I’d dodge immediately lol]

Even as I watched the rapidly rising chat, to be honest, I didn’t have much basis for saying such things either.

Even now, the commentators still stated that G1 had the advantage in terms of objective power and combination, and the chat was also predicting a victory for G1.

“Don’t you think viewers feel there’s a hidden strategy in BS’s combination? To me, it doesn’t seem like a baseless gamble.”

From the beginning, I didn’t really know the players of these two teams well, nor did I know all their classes.

But, just the fact that BS showed such unwavering confidence in their player selections bothered me.

It felt as if G1 was anticipated to pick Kang Hyuk first, then BS swiftly picked their players. It was strange that they also quickly chose Silence, of all players.

Didn’t the commentators often mention that an all long-range combination is odd?

Yet, the fact that they chose as if they had already predicted something made me wonder if there was something more to it.

“If the picks were this clear-cut… does it mean they predicted everything?”

I wondered if BS was really making a gamble in this significant playoff match.

While Serin was having such thoughts, time passed by,

1. 0

The countdown ended and the first match began.

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As the countdown concluded, the colossal Colosseum came into view.

In the gigantic circular arena, six beams of light emerged at once.

On the right, at 1, 3, and 5 o’clock, G1’s players Kang Hyuk, Minseong, and Jin Hyuk appeared, and on the left, at 7, 9, and 11 o’clock, BS’s players White Night, Silence, and Silent were revealed.

“In ten seconds, the duel will begin.”

Along with the beautiful voice of a woman, a massive hologram appeared throughout the Colosseum announcing the waiting time for the duel.

During the ten-second wait, the players glanced at their opposing players across from them or exchanged brief opinions with their allies.

“No matter how I look at it, this all long-range combination is strange.”

Kang Hyuk, shouldering his great sword, murmured, as if the situation was odd.

Looking at Kang Hyuk, Minseong chuckled as he threw his dagger into the air.

“They probably think they can’t beat us. Who makes an all long-range combination? In rank matches, you’d get cursed out for that.”

With such confidence, Minseong, an assassin class, was like a nemesis to long-range classes.

Both the long-range and assassin classes were weak, but the assassin, thanks to innate agility, was better at avoiding attacks, and their ability to use darkness to approach made it easier to close the distance compared to other melee classes.

“Minseong, just don’t let your guard down.”

Jin Hyuk smiled as he gave a warning, wielding a one-handed sword and a large shield as a warrior class.

With a sword and shield, Jin Hyuk also had a decent matchup against long-range classes. Jin Hyuk was almost certain of winning this set.

As the G1 players chatted and warmed up, the players on BS’s side did not utter a word.

Each one waited, weapon in hand, for the countdown to end.

Thus, a subtle tension enveloped the entire Colosseum.

1. 0.

As the brief countdown of ten seconds ended,

“The duel begins.”

All players were made aware that the duel had started.

***

Kang Hyuk laughed in disbelief as he watched Minseong fall helplessly from a distance.

“Are you kidding me…”

With a fierce groan, Kang Hyuk raised his great sword and quickly positioned himself to block.

Tutu-tutu-tut!!!

The sound of countless arrows striking his great sword echoed, causing Kang Hyuk’s body to shake incessantly.

‘d*mn it… I can’t move.’

An indiscriminate barrage of arrows meant to not allow movement.

The all long-range combination was extremely unstable, falling apart in an instant if breached, but if they could avoid that, it was a different story.

Looking at the mere numerical advantage, there was an overwhelming power difference between 3:3 and 2:3.

Then, just moments ago.

As soon as the duel began, Minseong used a surprise attack to ambush White Night, and it was as if the opponents had anticipated this as three players simultaneously unleashed their skills.

Therefore, when Kang Hyuk and Jin Hyuk, who were both about to launch forward, could only be taken by surprise.

Using a charging technique, they managed to score a direct hit on Minseong, who was caught in the three-person assault and immediately vanished into light.

And as a result, reality showed that they were now infinitely on the defensive.

Shoo shoo shoo shoo!

Numerous arrows were shot around them to cover almost all angles.

Each individual attack wasn’t necessarily concerning, but the coordinated onslaught of two long-range classes was like an endless rain of arrows.

While it might be possible to ignore this rain and attempt to retaliate, that could only happen once at best.

If they recklessly committed themselves to an attack, their HP gauge would drop in an instant.

“Of all things… two crossbowmen.”

Gritting his teeth, Kang Hyuk glanced to the side.

Bang!!!

Jin Hyuk, wielding a giant shield, tilted his body violently as if struck by a sniper b*llet.

Although Jin Hyuk was slowly advancing toward White Night, they didn’t naturally have a good matchup.

A shield was certainly a good armament against ranged opponents, but it was weak against archers like White Night, who focused power into a single shot.

Tutu-tutu-tut!

As he remained aware of the rain of arrows, Kang Hyuk pondered what to do.

There was no way he could approach White Night, who was sniping while ignoring the two archers, while wielding his great sword.

Even now, he could endure against the two archers only because Jin Hyuk was drawing their attention.

Then, White Night, holding a longbow, momentarily glanced toward Kang Hyuk.

Despite the distance, Kang Hyuk felt White Night’s gaze upon him.

Then, White Night openly waved an arm, twisting his mouth into a grin as if to mock him, causing Kang Hyuk to unintentionally bite his lip.

Tutu-tutu-tut!!

Meanwhile, the two archers continued bombarding him relentlessly.

“…Seriously, Minseong is such a b*stard.”

Gritting his teeth, Kang Hyuk’s frustration surged.

If at least they had gone by the book, or if Minseong had acted more cautiously, the situation wouldn’t be as dire as it was now.

He thought to himself that Minseong wasn’t usually this thoughtless, but perhaps it was confidence stemming from never having lost against this team, or the momentum from their six consecutive victories was too much, leading Minseong to make a grave mistake today.

Even if Minseong had made mistakes, it was incredibly rare for him to use a surprise attack right from the start of the match; how could the opponents have countered as if they had predicted everything?

“I heard a new coach was assigned to BS midway through the season. Is it because of that guy?”

Lost in such thoughts, Kang Hyuk deflected an oncoming arrow while sending a small glance toward Jin Hyuk.

Not towards White Night, but at the nearby Silence and Silent.

Even with both of them blocking the archer’s attacks, ultimately, the only path left was self-destruction.

They had to gamble for victory.