Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 111
Kang Hyuk made a decision.
Since it was impossible to target the greatest threatening entity, White Night, he decided to eliminate the two archers, Silence and Silent, that were nearby instead. Thus, he initiated action with a signal-like glance directed at Jin Hyuk.
Gripping the enormous great sword, Kang Hyuk suddenly stomped forcefully on the ground, unleashing his technique.
A technique only usable by warrior classes wielding a buster sword type of great sword.
—Earth Tremor.
Boom!!!
As if a giant crater was forming around Kang Hyuk, the ground sank beneath him.
Thud!
Boom!
Numerous nearby rocks and stone obstacles jolted from the shock, creating bizarre smoke that momentarily obscured visibility.
At the same time, instead of blocking the front with his great sword, Kang Hyuk swung it backward as he thrust his shoulder forward and charged.
—Shoulder Charge.
Tatatatatat!
Through the murky smoke, countless arrows poured down, striking Kang Hyuk and gnawing at his HP gauge, but Kang Hyuk was undeterred.
Boom!
With a fierce stomp on the ground, Kang Hyuk’s body enveloped in red charged relentlessly forward.
Tatatatatatat!
The continuous arrow rain pierced through the smoke, and amidst the revealed view, a red elf male, Silence, appeared, prepared with a crossbow. Confirming that Silence was within a close distance, he stomped the ground forcefully and leaped.
Boom!
With a thunderous sound emanating from the leap that wasn’t a technique but purely massive momentum, Kang Hyuk flew through the smoke directly toward Silence.
Silence, observing this, chose not to evade. From the moment Min-seong was excluded as planned, victory was already fully on their side.
Rather, he gripped the crossbow tightly with both hands, glaring at the charging Kang Hyuk as he prepared his technique.
—bl**d Rain.
Simultaneously, the crossbow began to violently vibrate, launching countless bl**d-red arrows.
Shushushushu!!!
Kang Hyuk, seemingly possessed, received the onslaught of arrows with his body, letting out a fierce shout as he engaged his technique.
“d*e!!!!!”
—Mountain Break.
The great sword engulfed in a massive light slashed through the air with the intent to tear the sky apart.
Boom!!!
An enormous explosion resonated, seemingly impossible for a weapon like a sword.
Silence, the user, narrowly dodged the instantaneous strike, but only the aftermath of the great sword’s slash created a massive shockwave that stirred a violent windstorm.
Whirrr!!!
“Kuk!”
Caught in the storm, Silence was helplessly flung far away to the wall of the Colosseum.
Even Silent, who was preparing a charging technique targeting the suddenly soaring Kang Hyuk amidst the countless smoke, staggered due to the immense storm.
In that moment, Jin Hyuk, who had caught the signal with a glance, swiftly turned his back on White Night and executed his technique.
—Double Throw.
He forcefully hurled the enormous shield that covered his body while simultaneously throwing the sword he held in his other hand with all his might.
Swish! Swish!
The enormous weapons were thrown in near-simultaneous action.
Silent, staggered by the massive shockwave from the powerful technique ‘Mountain Break,’ momentarily accepted the incoming attack.
Thud!
The shield slammed into his waist, bending his body as if to buckle in half, and simultaneously, the sword struck toward his lowered head.
Thud!
In that instant, Silent transformed into a beam of light and vanished from the Colosseum.
Jin Hyuk, confirming the result, attempted to hide himself quickly, but a massive light was already surging behind him.
The wave of enormous light brightened the entire Colosseum.
Whirrr!!!
After the light’s trajectory was fired, an aftersound echoed.
—White Night.
The sniping light that illuminated everything penetrated Jin Hyuk’s head without any margin for error.
Thud!
“…Ha.”
Kang Hyuk, staring blankly at Jin Hyuk who had transformed into light and disappeared, sighed heavily.
The remaining HP gauge was barely at 10%.
There was truly no way out.
He couldn’t even defeat ‘Silence,’ whom he had just struck down.
Moreover, in the distance, the figure of a woman with a bright white bow smiling broadly came into view, leading him to grind his teeth.
‘White Night… I have to go through three matches against that j*rk.’
The first set was effectively over.
There was no choice to win while facing a ranged class with a great sword without suffering damage.
The remaining number of participants in the Colosseum was now not equal but 1:2.
He could see Silence slowly rising from where he was thrown against the Colosseum wall.
Not everything could be solved with brute force.
Determined to win the second set while feeling frustrated by the unavoidable third set, Kang Hyuk was vexed.
In the rules of the captain’s match, that guy, White Night, was too troublesome of an opponent.
Kang Hyuk, gripping the enormous great sword, suddenly emerged from behind a large rock that concealed him and charged forward.
It was a reckless and desperate charge.
As Silence stood up, he lunged directly at Kang Hyuk.
Soaring between the obstacles as lightly as a bird flying through the sky, he closed the distance to Kang Hyuk.
Thud!
When Silence felt he was within Kang Hyuk’s effective attack range, he aimed his crossbow and fired arrows.
Shushushush!
Kang Hyuk, evading only the vital spots such as his head and heart from the volley of arrows, allowed the attack.
Knowing that just one more hit to a vital point would end it all, he evaded strategically while waiting for a single opportunity.
‘…Just one time.’
Kang Hyuk recognized that no matter how much he struggled here, the opponent would merely toy with him.
The match might already be over, but he concluded that he would utilize one technique so as not to pass the momentum to the next match.
White Night drew her white bow, stringing it to create a white vortex of light aimed at Kang Hyuk, while Silence began unleashing a ceaseless barrage of arrows at the approaching Kang Hyuk through mobility.
Shushushush!
As Kang Hyuk’s HP gauge was being rapidly depleted almost in real-time, just before hitting its end, Kang Hyuk suddenly tightened his grip on the great sword with both hands and made a massive spinning motion.
Vroooom!
From a distance that should never be reachable to White Night, Kang Hyuk unleashed his technique.
—Hell Burst.
Gripping the great sword engulfed in a massive black light, he spun his body, completing one full revolution while swinging the sword with all his might at the end of the rotation.
Woosh!!!
As the massive great sword shot out like a beam of black light.
Silence, aiming at Kang Hyuk, raised the crossbow and prepared his technique to target his head.
—Destiny Arrow.
The bl**d-red arrow, so precisely shot that it could have been a single line, pierced through Kang Hyuk’s head, and he promptly transformed into light, disappearing.
Immediately afterward.
The blackened great sword shot forth at light speed.
—Swoosh!
With the sound of something slicing through the air, it struck hard beside White Night, who had been at a distant position, creating a massive explosion.
Boom!!!!
“…Could you d*e a bit more gracefully?”
Upon realizing that around 80% of her HP had vanished in an instant, White Night felt incredulous, yet,
—Victory!!
She instantly smiled brightly at the golden hologram decorating her vision.
With a victorious performance, she raised her white bow high and waved it.
However, White Night suddenly found herself pondering.
‘What kind of person is Coach Bai?’
The strategist who had recently joined the team.
At first, it seemed like an outrageous strategy, leading to strong objections among team members, but they ended up accepting it, influenced by Coach Bai’s firm belief, leading them to utilize this entire ranged class combination.
Yet, the realization that this strategy really worked felt hard to believe, and the situation struck White Night as amusing.
***
Focusing intently on the first match, Serin couldn’t help but be captivated by a much higher level of play than she had anticipated.
“Wow.”
The physical prowess of each player, their momentary decisions, and the mesmerizing display of spectacular techniques surpassed everything Serin had expected.
Kang Hyuk’s glance targeting a warrior aiming not at White Night but at another player, and the two archer classes strategically restraining Kang Hyuk, while White Night watched from a distance as if sniping the situation.
It truly felt like a match between professionals who had coordinated so well.
—The first set victory for BS, achieving such a result against G1 with an unexpected combination is genuinely remarkable. After the match began, the calm response of the BS players anticipating Min-seong’s ambush was indeed nothing short of a divine maneuver.
—Typically, ranged classes are expected to maintain distance, so Min-seong’s judgment to ambush does hold merit. However, I wonder if BS’s decision to predict Min-seong’s movement and launch a simultaneous attack was truly possible in such a moment.
Once the match concluded, a 10-minute break was announced until the next match, filling the gap with an advertisement while the program called ‘Analysis Desk’ commenced.
Several experts, seemingly knowledgeable individuals, analyses in detail the match between the two teams, but Serin, feeling little interest in results-based commentary, lowered the sound of the analysis desk and spoke up.
“What’s this… Is this really fun? Have the viewers only seen this until now?”
[G1 lost?]
[??? I thought they would win so I was doing something else, and they lost the first match??]
[Seeing Lin ACK for the first time, her exclamations are super cute, seriously LOL.]
[It was truly shocking when I first saw ACK, LOL.]
[There’s a unique thrill to watching, unlike when you’re in it.]
[Kang Hyuk’s technique at the end, aiming at White Night, was truly hilarious, seriously LOL.]
[That was purely luck; he randomly swung the great sword at the end, right? LOL.]
[Kang Hyuk truly embodies the pinnacle of aspiration, even knowing it’s over, he shows his resilience.]
[If he had actually hit White Night at the end, that would have been a legendary moment.]
[Wasn’t Min-seong throwing the match?]
[What are the coaches doing? Min-seong really needs to fix that sudden acceleration, it’s so frustrating.]
The chat was in chaos over the results of the first match.
The broadcast title supporting the popular G1 team seemed to have drawn attention, with the viewership surpassing 30,000, and the impact of G1’s fans amplified the shock of the match outcome.
To showcase previously received sponsorships, I fiddled with the settings. As it happened, the delayed sponsorship messages filled the broadcast screen again.
—Ding ding!!
『G1 losing? You’ve donated 50,000 won!』
《Today, G1 will win 2:0, extending to 7 consecutive wins, right? The TSJ team must be jealous, acting so pugnaciously, LOL.》
—Ding ding!!
『Level of criticism? LOL, you’ve donated 50,000 won!』
《Yep, G1 will win 2:0 today and silence the critics, LOL.》
The messages from the delayed sponsorships were unfortunately contrary to the outcome of the match.
Seeing predictions of G1’s victory post-defeat made an unintended smile escape.
“Pfft…”
And suddenly realizing, I quickly covered my mouth.