Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 63

A massive great sword rushes towards Serin, tracing a glaringly obvious trajectory.

“…”

The desire to parry grabbed Serin greatly, but with a slight frown, she cast it aside in an instant.

‘Don’t think about it.’

To say she would fight without techniques meant excluding skills from the system, she believed.

So once again, she cleverly lifted the great sword diagonally, grasping the upper part of the blade with her other hand to deflect the attack.

At first glance, her stance of blocking the massive great sword seemed reckless.

Even Kang Hyuk, who had swung a great sword thousands of times, couldn’t understand Serin’s unusual posture at this moment.

‘Is she going to block with that stance?’

In the moment their great swords clashed, Kang Hyuk felt something.

“…What.”

Like dew flowing over a leaf.

Kiiiiiing!

A strange sound, hard to define as the clash of steel, echoed as Kang Hyuk’s massive great sword slid swiftly along Serin’s blade, crashing into the empty ground with tremendous force.

Kuwung!!

With the sound of the blade striking the ground, Kang Hyuk, feeling a loss of balance, attempted to hastily lift his great sword.

But Serin was a step ahead.

If the Berserker class is enhanced in power and basic health regeneration, the class of Dancer concentrated all advantages into agility and movement.

Even the smallest actions would show differences, and Serin’s rapid movements transcended Kang Hyuk’s thoughts.

Sahpak.

With an utterly natural motion, Serin deflected the great sword and simultaneously stepped forward, relaxing her grip on the sword and extending it swiftly.

Like a single stroke from a massive brush creating an incredibly beautiful line.

Following the trajectory of Serin’s perfectly extended arm.

The great sword, drawn with immaculate precision, cleanly sliced through the space and shot forward like light.

Pwoook!

She thrust the great sword into the vicinity of her opponent’s heart, driving it deep enough that their bodies nearly collided.

Unlike the previous time when she merely stopped it at his shoulder, this time she seemed fully intent to pierce through, borrowing all the strength of her body.

Simultaneously deflecting an attack, she plunged the sword into her opponent’s heart. Having not exhaled a single breath during that series of actions, Serin finally released a large breath and gazed at her opponent.

She saw the Gosu user staring blankly at her without a word.

The expression on their face was literally one of shock.

The bravado they had just moments ago, claiming to teach her about the great sword, was nowhere to be found.

Against such a user, she had defeated them with nothing but pure skill while wielding a great sword.

That itself made her unusually happy.

Winning against someone always felt new. And the better the opponent, the more satisfying it was for Serin.

The opponent was a Challenger. A user regarded as one of the top tiers.

Although it couldn’t be called a full power match due to the skills being sealed, still, the thrill of defeating a true great sword user with her own great sword was exhilarating.

Gazing at Kang Hyuk, whose breaths were barely mixing with air, Serin smiled with joy and tightened her grip.

Thinking the duel was over with her recent attack, she aimed for a definite conclusion.

Having just witnessed the Berserker’s outrageous regeneration ability moments ago, this time she aimed to literally tear the opponent apart, twisting her great sword that pierced his heart upward.

Not only crushing the heart but lifting it high…

—Victory!

However, even before she could do that, a hologram adorned her vision.

Pwoook!

With the chilling sound of the sword being drawn from Kang Hyuk’s body, Serin, who had been adjusting her disheveled silver hair, burst into laughter.

“That was fun.”

Kang Hyuk, who had been momentarily taken aback by the scene, turned his gaze to the area where the blade had pierced his chest.

With the conclusion of the duel, all wounds were healed, and even the substantial dent in the armor from the great sword had disappeared.

The slipping feeling of impact he had just experienced surpassed mere shock, entering realms beyond Kang Hyuk’s comprehension.

‘It’s definitely not a skill; it’s sheer technique…’

Moreover, the unique sensation of being pierced in the chest had left a chilling impression. The final sensation, akin to something stirring within him, instilled a shivery feeling, even knowing it was a game.

As Kang Hyuk slowly adjusted his armor, he murmured.

“…I think I understand why Plea lost.”

To the user named Lin, there was an inexplicable sense of uniqueness.

A feeling fundamentally different from just being good.

Kang Hyuk couldn’t find the words to articulate this feeling and simply regarded Lin as a monster.

Though he had watched the YouTube video of Plea losing 2:0, he had never imagined he would face such an opponent.

His perception of wielding a great sword as something trivial or merely playlike faded in comparison to the clear superiority his opponent exhibited.

‘A wall.’

The notion of being in the presence of someone who could be termed a genius, currently ruling the ACK pro league, crossed his mind. Perhaps Lin was even beyond that.

Faced with an insurmountable barrier, Kang Hyuk smiled wryly.

He realized that the opponent before him was too powerful for any pretense of bravado.

He had acknowledged Lin as a formidable player long before the match was even decided.

Setting aside that she was a great sword user.

As a user of Another World, Lin displayed a level of skill that invoked sincere admiration.

“Hey… can I add you as a friend?”

Thus, Kang Hyuk asked Lin for the first time. He genuinely felt she was someone worth learning from. Establishing connections with someone like her during his professional career seemed like it would be a great help.

Knowing that Plea had provided various forms of assistance to Lin, he pondered whether to offer professional connections or other equipment items to win her favor.

While mulling over this, Kang Hyuk’s ears caught a tone.

“No.”

Serin’s indifferent voice rang out.

***

[Wow]

[Crazy]

[?????]

[No way, ㅋㅋ that’s not all technique]

[The Gosu lost? What?]

[Did anyone else see Lin smiling at the end?]

[Maybe it was but, ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Honestly, this is a hundred times more fun than recent ACK matches, for real]

[Watch the part where Lin deflects the great sword again, it’s even crazier ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[This feels different from any Dancer I know]

[Seriously, challenger Dancer seems way too different]

Sua, checking the rapidly scrolling chat, felt almost the same way.

She couldn’t believe the result unfolding before her eyes.

Serin really had won.

And it was a great sword versus great sword match.

Against that ‘Gosu’.

Since Sua had also faced Serin before, she knew well how great her skills were. However, despite knowing this, Sua secretly wondered if Serin could actually win against a Gosu in a great sword matchup.

No, in fact, Sua thought Serin might lose to the Gosu.

Her opponent had maintained a Challenger Tier focusing on the great sword for years.

So if Serin were to lose, she was preparing statements to ease the heartbreak, such as it wasn’t her main weapon or she was sorry for calling her out unexpectedly.

Before the duel started, when the idea of fighting without techniques was proposed, Sua felt it would be disadvantageous for Serin.

Yet, having watched from her position as a ‘Colosseum’ spectator, she finally understood Serin’s words.

Serin had never once thought about losing. Her confidence was indeed overwhelming, which is why she had said that.

The pure confrontation without a single parry she had assumed was Serin’s biggest advantage. Thinking back to the usual Another World matches, lacking flashy effects made it seem plain or rough, but Sua found herself drawn to it even more.

In the moment the opponent was pierced through the chest, the words indicating the end of the duel appeared, and as she slowly moved towards them, a smile emerged while observing the Gosu’s expression.

“Looks like he felt the wall too.”

Moreover, the just-concluded duel was without techniques, eliminating any excuses. It was merely a loss due to pure skill, leaving no words to speak.

Considering the prideful nature of the Gosu, it seemed he was quite shocked.

Ding!

‘Maw, a donation of 100,000 won!’

Please tell Lin, as a fellow user, that I’m impressed by her skill.

“Thank you, Maw! A substantial donation of 100,000 won!! I’ll be sure to pass that on to Lin later.”

Beneath that, the chat shifted dramatically, probably due to someone stirring up trouble.

[Right, Plea lost to Lin too]

[Is the great sword at a Challenger level?]

[That was practically a massacre]

[I thought the Gosu had won when Lin appeared in the Colosseum]

[Is Lin not like some kind of professional alternate account?]

[How many pros actually use great swords? ㅋㅋㅋ, maybe Kang Hyuk, but still]

[For real, wouldn’t Kang Hyuk be able to defeat the Gosu?]

[Lin is a real woman; why even mention Kang Hyuk? idiots ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Is there even a female pro who can crush the Gosu?]

[Why not? Joan of Arc exists]

[They say she’s taking a break due to sickness, so what are they on about? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Don’t stir up trouble with a resting player]

[Just stop being annoying]

[The sudden fame Lin is experiencing feels a bit odd]

As rumors about Serin, including her being a professional alternate account or Joan of Arc, circulated in the chat, Sua found it hard to believe. Just yesterday, she had met Serin and knew she was not a pro like Joan of Arc.

Moreover, both Kang Hyuk and Joan of Arc were rising ACK professional players, which seemed funny now that she thought about it.

How highly ranked the duel between the Gosu and Lin must have appeared for names of current pro players to emerge in the chat.

Concentrating on the duel between the two made it hard for her to pay attention to the chat, but now she felt it was necessary to clean it up a bit.

“Viewers, you know mentioning pro players is against the rules, right? It seems some new people have come in, so let me say again that mentioning pro players in my stream could get you banned.”

Bringing up pro players could lead to comparisons or insults towards them, so they had to be altogether prohibited from the start.

[Flack]

[ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Jeongip]

[Hyuk]

[The chat is going wild again, ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Joan]

[Hyuk]

[They’ll all be banned on Plea’s stream tomorrow, ㅋㅋ]

[The manager will probably lose sleep from working overtime, ㅋㅋㅋ]

‘Joan of Arc.’

Then, someone mentioned the name of a player that caught her attention.

Her first thought of an insurmountable wall was a pro player and the current ranking number one in Another World.

……

Soon reaching Serin, Sua cleared her thoughts and smiled brightly.

“Congratulations on your victory, Lin!! But what are you two talking about right now?”