Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 62
The clash of the great swords, two massive weapons meeting with a heavy and grand force.
The most popular matchup was indeed a great sword vs. great sword matchup.
However, there was no such feeling in the confrontation between Serin and Kang Hyuk.
In fact, it could not exist.
Even applause requires a proper matching of beats, and so did the clash of swords.
—Chaeng!!
Kang Hyuk’s massive great sword met Serin’s sword, causing sparks to fly.
It looked like a fierce struggle, as if they were trying to overpower each other.
But in that intense moment where sparks flew, Lin quickly stepped back and cleverly adjusted the angle of her sword.
As if to let Kang Hyuk’s strength flow past her.
—Kkiiiing!!
Kang Hyuk’s great sword seemed to slide and roughly scraped against Serin’s claymore. Serin maintained her footing, taking a couple of steps back in response.
As she redirected the massive great sword, Kang Hyuk, whose posture briefly faltered, completely shifted his stance and lunged forward as if he was throwing his whole body into the attack.
Unlike the initial attempt to block the attack in a conventional manner, he now charged with a “you d*e, I d*e” mentality, and Serin found that ridiculous.
Thus, she opted for small, probing attacks, chipping away at him.
Whoosh!
Once again, Serin’s great sword mercilessly severed Kang Hyuk’s leg. The seasoned fighter made a grimace at the realization.
Thinking of defending with a great sword was unwise. The weapon had many flaws when it came to defending against specific attacks.
Therefore, abandoning defense, he decided to launch himself into a more frenzied offense. Kang Hyuk changed his approach.
—Chaeng!
—Chaeng!
—Chaeng!
A continuous series of clashes between great swords.
Wielding a massive great sword with such freedom incited a sort of thrill in the spectators.
Even though she was the one being attacked, Serin couldn’t help but admire Kang Hyuk’s form.
The movements were clean. He seemed to have excellent control over his strength, showing no signs of instability even while swinging the great sword.
‘That must have been dangerous.’
If he could use skills, it was likely that she would have been in a disadvantageous position right away; the opposing user displayed remarkable competence in wielding the great sword.
Moreover, moments before the duel, he appeared easily swayed by his emotions, but now he gazed at her with deep, calm eyes.
It was a completely different appearance.
Serin had never seen someone whose personality and style of swordsmanship were so drastically different.
Thus, battling a person felt quite novel for Serin.
After all, a person is an entity filled with ‘variables.’
Each individual has their own style and goals. Even when learning the same technique or wielding the same weapon, each person’s unique form exists.
What they focused on, what weapon they mastered, and their specific personality in handling that weapon—all of that inevitably reveals itself after exchanging blows.
And while facing the user known as Gosu, what struck Serin the most was that the external personality and actual sword-handling style were drastically different.
When blocking her attacks, he displayed genuinely orthodox defense, but when he attacked, he wielded his sword thoroughly unconventionally.
—Unconventional.
Among all things, his pursuit of unpredictability felt refreshing.
On the surface, he seemed to possess a fiery personality and appeared easily provoked by her taunts, but once he grasped the great sword, his demeanor changed entirely.
For instance, like now.
Due to the nature of the great sword, its massive appearance made predicting its trajectory relatively easy.
Ultimately, that meant the opponent could anticipate the attack.
Having a fiery personality, it was expected he would swing hard or deliver straightforward attacks.
However, he would spin his body before swinging the sword, or charge in a fierce manner, pushing her back with his armor while cleverly hiding the direction of his sword’s attack.
And then, at the conclusion, he would explosively swing the sword.
“…Huh!”
Ultimately, Serin widened the distance as much as possible, trying desperately to block the incoming attack.
Chaeng!
At the moment they clashed, it was evident to everyone that Serin’s arm was forcefully pushed back.
One thing was certain—she was utterly unmatched in strength. So, as if utilizing his strength, she tilted her body and moved her feet in response to the rebound of the great sword.
Sway, sway.
Serin’s feet lightly tapped the ground a few times as she spun rapidly, allowing the rebounded great sword to be swept along with her momentum.
The great sword, tracing a near 360-degree arc, moved back in the opposite direction.
‘It connected.’
It was already too late for him to raise the great sword to block her attack.
Reaching the realization that it would be difficult for the user known as Gosu to block her attack, she felt that this was it.
Whoosh!
The great sword pierced through.
Not that she slashed him.
It simply stabbed through.
As soon as she realized that, she quickly yanked her sword back and desperately tried to defend herself.
Thud! At the same time Serin’s sword was pulled out, Kang Hyuk’s great sword forcefully struck her.
Chaeng!
Feeling her entire body shake, Serin blinked and stared blankly ahead.
She was quickly distancing herself from the user known as Kang Hyuk.
And now she was floating in mid-air.
A peculiar sensation seemed to tickle her whole body. It felt similar to being struck all over.
‘If I had aimed my sword just a little more precisely, I would have been dead.’
Moreover, she never imagined the opponent would take such a gamble, giving flesh while taking bone.
Throwing away her shoulder and swinging her sword in such a reckless manner.
Thud!
Afterward, Serin collided against the Colosseum wall, falling quickly to the ground.
“…Unbelievable.”
As she rose, she checked her HP, which remained unchanged.
She had indeed blocked the attack with her great sword.
Then what was the state she was in now?
Holding her great sword, Serin let out a bewildered laugh.
……
“Did I really block that…?”
Upon having her decisive attack blocked, Kang Hyuk muttered in disbelief.
There was truly no monster like her.
People often referred to Plea as a crazy woman, but the real insane one felt like she was the one standing in front of him.
To Kang Hyuk, Lin seemed like an incomprehensible monster beyond common sense.
Her natural movements, almost superhuman reflexes, split-second decisions, and her remarkable ability to block that ultimate attack—all of it made him laugh incredulously.
Glancing down at the wound where his sword had pierced, he saw it healing rapidly due to his Berserker class’s passive, but his HP gauge was now down to about 30%.
As he stared at the silver-haired woman slowly walking towards him, Kang Hyuk let out a small sigh without realizing it.
The fact that she wasn’t using skills felt like a heavy shackle tightening around his chest.
To compete using only basic attacks or the great sword was futile; she was an innate physical monster.
Simply exchanging attacks felt suffocating, with no visibility of openings.
“…Was this her plan?”
In that instant, it crossed Kang Hyuk’s mind that Lin had intentionally said she wouldn’t use skills. However, he quickly shook his head.
Even so, did he think she would go that far?
Furthermore, considering how suddenly this duel unfolded, it seemed more like just coincidence.
“Is that a passive ability?”
Serin asked, looking at Kang Hyuk’s rapidly healing wounds. She wondered if healing at such a speed was not a bit overpowered.
“Well, it’s something that can’t be turned off even if I wanted to.”
Kang Hyuk nodded in response to Serin’s inquiry.
“No, I didn’t mean to blame you. I just haven’t encountered a Berserker class before.”
With that, Serin raised her claymore high once more.
Kang Hyuk too began to grip his great sword firmly.
However, compared to the start of the duel, his gaze was now directed at Serin with a 180-degree different intensity.
‘This person is real.’
It strongly felt like she could realistically overpower even those who ranked highly among users.
“Could you… be an alternate character?”
Suddenly recalling a specific user, Kang Hyuk casually asked.
The key player from the number one ranked team in the overwhelmingly popular ACK League.
He thought of her, the current rank one.
Her unique style of play was quite different, but he couldn’t help but wonder.
Was she perhaps acting under another character’s identity, just like him?
“What do you mean all of a sudden?”
But Serin shot back with confusion at such an unexpected question, and Kang Hyuk slightly shook his head.
“No, it’s nothing…”
Although he had blurted that out momentarily, it wasn’t the time to discuss such matters. Thinking that he would have to chat about it later through Plea, Kang Hyuk lifted his sword high.