Chapter 142 - Chapter 142

Chapter 142

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-I'll drop in a crowded area by myself and eliminate as many competitors as possible, so the rest of you can farm in the meantime.

-What if you die, Seo-jun?

-That can't be helped. But don't worry too much. I've really learned the game inside and out.

-And someone who understands the game is now saying they'll do the Lu Bu meta alone...?

Seo-jun had confidently suggested doing the Lu Bu meta and the Gandhi meta at the same time.

They asked for the reason. What advantage was there in doing both at the same time?

Seo-jun answered that it was because it was more fun.

And he added that as long as he did not die, they could secure the game much more stably this way. No matter how one looked at it, the latter reason was makeshift.

Well, of course, if one did not die, wouldn't any meta be stable?

Rumi was still awkward with Seo-jun, so she could not point this out.

Thus, she mentally urged Alpaca and Wind Sword to say something, but strangely enough, Alpaca maintained the stance that whatever he did was fine, while Wind Sword went even further, to the point of blind faith.

-Just like Seo-jun said, we will be at a complete advantage!

'Right. Whatever happens, happens.'

Thinking exactly that, Rumi resolved once more to quickly become close with them.

Still, she had already explained almost all the basics to him. Besides, hadn't he told them not to worry too much?

Although it was hard to trust him, given his track record of asking right before the E-grade players' match if they couldn't just defeat the enemies.

And then, inside the airplane.

The three teammates, excluding Seo-jun, decided to drop last among the 24 participants.

Going to a place with no people to farm items was their goal.

They calculated that no matter how narrow the map had become, because the number of players was originally small, they would have breathing room unless they went to a popular spot.

And Seo-jun decided to head to a place where many people jumped down at once.

So Seo-jun dropped first.

"I'll be going now. Let's meet again later."

"Got it. Don't forget to control your speed! If you don't know how to control it, just drop horizontally! And if there's anything you don't know, radio us!"

"Yes."

Seo-jun plummeted straight down vertically. He gradually receded into a mere dot.

However, they could see that Seo-jun was rapidly closing the distance with the other users who had dropped earlier.

"Wow, that's incredibly fast."

"It looks like Seo-jun will overtake them soon!"

Listening to the conversation of her teammates next to her, Rumi asked.

"It looks like his parachute won't open, aren't you worried?"

"Why would we worry about an A-grade like Seo-jun?"

Alpaca said.

"Ah!"

Rumi understood.

Come to think of it, that was really true, wasn't it?

She coolly admitted it.

That she had been thinking about it wrong all along!

'Surely, even though he's falling first, there must be a way to control his speed!'

And then.

For some reason, it felt as if a thud could be heard from afar.

It was almost as if someone who had become a dot had failed to open their parachute and plunged straight into the ground.

'It must be my imagination, right?'

However, Rumi shook her head to brush it off and said brightly.

"Let's get ready to jump too! We will be leaving the safe zone soon."

How dare she doubt an A-grade player! Rumi quickly banished the Satan lingering in her mind.

***

"Ah! He has defeated player Dokkaebi!"

Arin screamed and continued speaking.

"It's truly insane real-life fighting—no, martial arts skills!"

The broadcast camera, the observer, had been focusing on Seo-jun. From the very beginning until now.

"Although we have to look at other teams at various major spots, I can confidently assure you that the fight that just occurred was absolutely worth catching on camera!"

And Bangju also spoke up excitedly.

-For real lol

-He just completely destroyed him in a bare-handed fight, lololololol

-This guy is a semi-pro boxer? This guy is a semi-pro boxer? This guy is a semi-pro boxer? This guy is a semi-pro boxer?

-Dokkaebi's mental is completely shattered

-No, but does it make sense to get trashed like this...

-He fights so fucking well.

"Player Seo-jun, who drew attention with an unbelievable landing from the start, immediately picked a fight along with a provocation, making it completely impossible for the camera to look anywhere else."

As Bangju grew excited, Arin also seemed excited.

"Exactly, Bangju. How could we look anywhere else! He is creating such a fun angle for us!"

The fact that the parachute would not open above a certain speed was the developer's intention to include fall speed control as a measure of skill.

"Arriving on the ground first is quite a big advantage. But wouldn't it be meaningless if everyone just fell vertically and then opened their parachutes!"

The intention was for players to control their speed as close to the limit speed as possible.

"But, ah. He didn't like that, did he? 'How dare the developers try to stop me?' That's why player Seo-jun just dropped straight down."

"Ah, indeed he is worthy of being the 995-point man!"

"And then he won the bare-handed fight without getting hit even once!"

-And this is commentary?

-And this is a caster?

-Who knows?

-LiOS is always like this!

The chemistry between the two was excellent.

The other commentators watched with lukewarm expressions. No matter how fun it was, wasn't it a bit too biased toward one side?

"Haha. We need to explain the situation of the other teams now, but it seems the fight isn't over yet."

"Yes. If you look around the building, Dokkaebi's teammates are running over right now! To save him from the knocked-down state! One person has already entered the building and is coming up!"

Teammates' locations could be checked at all times through the mini-map. As long as they were not knocked down, they could also talk through the radio.

Bang!

"Player Seo-jun! The moment he saw the reinforcements, he killed them in one shot! And he is heading down! He's just like a hunter!"

***

-Why is it so cool seeing him leisurely climb up after taking down two guys? damn

-He just waited and shot the moment they appeared. And those were all headshots, holy crap

-He'd even be good playing gun heroes in The League, wouldn't he? His aim rivals a special forces soldier

-Still, he's a sword user, what are you talking about?

-Are you a Kael-pest?

Bang!

The moment Seo-jun killed Dokkaebi, the screen quickly shifted.

"Waaah! In the end, because of player Dokkaebi, a whole team has been wiped out by player Seo-jun! Then shall we quickly look at the status of the other teams?"

As a public broadcast, they needed to show all the streamers.

Arin, who had been distracted by Seo-jun's fight, snapped back to her senses, and Taeyang began his commentary.

"Except for the Camp, everyone is farming peacefully. First, we see player Seo-jun's teammates who went to the outskirts of the safety zone."

The observer, looking down at the terrain from the air, zoomed in on one spot.

Seo-jun's teammates were hard at work farming. Since they had not gone to a popular spot, they had to search through more buildings.

"Considering that the remaining five teams went to popular spots, it's a really good choice."

"Is that because there are no competitors?"

This time, the camera moved to the largest building nearby.

"Yes, the caster is correct. Only one team went to the Hospital. In that case, this is the best situation. They get to comfortably monopolize a popular spot."

The Hospital was currently one of the three popular spots within the safety zone.

Items, especially consumables, spawned there in the largest quantities and the widest variety.

"Yes. And now the Airfield is shown. Just like the Camp, two teams have gone to the Airfield. However, a fight hasn't broken out yet."

The Airfield was also a popular spot.

Items spawned in abundance, and a light aircraft could be used right away.

Including the Camp, a total of five squads had dropped at these three spots.

"Now, let's point out one thing here for the viewers who aren't familiar with Ground Zero."

"Oh!"

"In Ground Zero, weapons other than pistols are treated as special and are extremely difficult to obtain. In fact, you should assume they can't be found in the normal field."

"You mean submachine guns, shotguns, and sniper rifles, right?"

"Yes, that's right. Such weapons possess powerful might. As such, obtaining one brings you several steps closer to victory."

"Then where can they be obtained?"

"First is the air drop. It falls from the sky at a random location. And the second method is to go to the underground bunker connected to these three spots and open the secret room!"

The most prominent feature of this map was the giant underground bunker.

The town and military facilities formed around the oasis in the middle of the great desert were connected underground.

And within it lay the underground bunker, and the current safety zone had been generated with the location of the secret room as the center of the circle.

"The range of the storm is intentional. Even if the safety zone shrinks once more over time, due to its size, the center—meaning the secret room—will definitely be included within it."

To sum it up, it meant they should go for it. The secret room.

"Everyone is preparing to go underground. Because they have to fight. And in those preparations..."

The observer teleported back to Seo-jun. Then, it floated high up into the air and illuminated the entire Camp.

"...of course, removing the danger at the rear would also be included. This is the moment the hunter becomes the hunted."

The squad of team leader Lane, who had dropped at the Camp, was approaching the building where Seo-jun was located.

***

After generating an inventory window in the air, Seo-jun reached out, put the frying pan inside first, and pulled out a bandage.

'It's a pity there isn't a first-aid kit or a medical kit.'

He wrapped the bandage, which recovered only a tiny amount of health, around his arm. Then he tore it with his teeth.

However, his health did not recover, so he looked at the chat window.

Did he have to wrap it somewhere else?

-Lmao, please, lol. Every time you show your true colors like this, we feel so embarrassed, streamer...

-You were so fucking cool just a moment ago, though, lol

-I really hope the commentators didn't see this!!!

-Ah, lol, you just have to click 'Use' by touching it while it's in the inventory, lol

Ah.

The moment Seo-jun saw the chat window, he realized what he had just done, instantly assembled an excuse, and spat it out shamelessly.

"I just did that to make you guys laugh. I know everything."

He only grumbled inside, asking why they had implemented the bandages so realistically if they were just going to make people use them that way.

Since he only had two bandages, his health had only risen by a tiny fraction.

"Hmm. At this rate, it's the same in that I'll die in one hit anyway."

It was a bit of a crisis. Who would have thought there would be no other healing items in the building or even on the corpses of Dokkaebi's teammates?

Gradually.

'Considering the time, they should be arriving soon, or they are already on their way.'

Seo-jun walked toward the edge of the rooftop. It was a fairly large three-story building, but there were no railings.

As expected.

There were two people right in front of him.

Bang!

Seo-jun immediately raised his loaded gun and fired at one of the people approaching the building.

Then, he stepped back for a moment.

[SwordGod14 --> Caterpillar]

-Another headshot, holy crap

-He popped out the moment he saw them, what the hell are those reflexes!

-This is a loss from their perspective, isn't it?

-He's so fucking calm, crazy, lol

"It was from above! Let's just get inside the building quickly!"

It seemed they had tried to enter the building while making as little noise as possible.

However, wasn't it an obvious fact that they would never leave Seo-jun alive, and therefore, they would come this way?

'It'll be easier if I reduce their numbers as much as possible.'

Seo-jun did not walk forward again. They would be on guard. Instead, he moved to the side.

This was to check if there was anyone else.

'There is.'

In a brief instant, his arm and the muzzle of his gun tracked the head of the person running rapidly toward the building.

Bang!

He pulled the trigger. The good thing about the rooftop was the openness of the view.

[SwordGod14 --> ILikeKeyboards]

-No, seriously, is his aim insane or what!

-Are you seriously special forces? Mafia? What on earth are you!

-Is he actually better with guns than swords? damn

The person fell to the ground with a thud.

"Another headshot? What. Is he holding a sniper rifle or something?"

"Only two of us are left. Haha, we're screwed."

"He seems to shoot incredibly well. But it's okay, Lane. Thanks to farming a Level 3 pot and a Level 3 vest, even if there are only two of us, we can still manage in the underground."

Hmm.

Seo-jun heard the conversation of the two entering the building. Since they were the only ones making noise here, it was easy to hear them.

"I'll take the lead. Let's handle this quickly."

"Got it, Hwangso."

-Level 3 pot? He's fucked

-He's just fully geared? damn

-The item spawn luck at the Camp is good this match

-No, it's actually bad luck. Since the Level 3 pot spawned, other pots couldn't spawn more at this spot. If it weren't for that, both of them wouldn't have gone down to the streamer at once.

-Anyway, the streamer is seriously screwed? lololol

The Level 3 pot—no, helmet—which luckily spawned at the Camp and a few other fields, had the highest defense excluding the Level 4 helmets that could be found in supply drops and the secret room.

The same went for the bulletproof vest.

Was that person an A-grade as well?

He seemed to be a top lane player.

'This isn't just a minor crisis, it's a pretty big crisis.'

It was an especially difficult situation for Seo-jun right now. If he could not kill him in one shot, he would die.

But not only did he have a helmet that prevented him from dying in one shot, it was Level 3?

'Even if I don't know the exact numbers, I'll have to hit him multiple times.'

Seo-jun fired his gun into the air and then jumped off the rooftop.

Bang!

He had masked it with the gunshot sound to prevent them from finding out that he had dropped to the ground.

His health was reduced to the absolute limit.

But it was no different from before.

-Go farm the corpses of the guys you killed

-There might be a first-aid kit

He did not answer. Not even the slightest noise should be heard.

Seo-jun immediately entered the building.

The moment an enemy looked outside the building even once while he was farming the corpses outside, it would be over.

Boom!

An explosion was heard from above.

The enemies were entering while throwing grenades.

Seo-jun moved in sync with that sound.

And then.

When he went up to the second floor and turned the corridor, he saw the enemies.

Bang!

"Huh?"

The moment he shot the back of Lane's head, who was following Hwangso from behind, Hwangso immediately spun around.

[SwordGod14 --> ButterflyEffect]

However, Seo-jun had already hidden himself behind the wall again.

-Wow! 3 kills!

-Does this bastard not have any hand tremors?

-Seriously, isn't the NIS going to recruit him? lololololol

-But what is the streamer going to do now? lolol

Even if he had not fired many shots, a 100% accuracy and 100% headshot rate were incredible statistics.

Moreover, Seo-jun's positioning movements were clean.

But that was as far as it went.

-Hwangso is coming

-A fully geared A-grade is a bit scary, lol

-The streamer is stealthily backing away?

-Running to the third floor, lololol

-This is impossible, lololol

The viewers predicted Seo-jun's defeat. The difference in equipment was too great. There was no hope for his health either.

And Seo-jun thought the same. So he went upstairs for now.

'Shall I give it a try?'

He did have something in mind. However, he did not know whether it would work or not.

-Lmao, yeah, even if you bash him with that, he won't get knocked down if he has a pot on~

-Since the streamer is in a crisis, it seems he's craving a sword, lol. But there are no swords, right?

-Sword God (Holds a frying pan)

Seo-jun held the gun in his left hand and grabbed the frying pan in his right hand, then spoke.

"Hahaha! Don't worry too much, guys."

Although those were words spoken to the viewers, they were actually meant for the enemy to hear.

"Were you there?"

Holding his pistol with both hands, prepared to aim accurately at any moment, Hwangso slowly approached.

Then, at a slight distance, he stopped, aiming the muzzle of his gun toward the wall.

'He's trying to do something here.'

It was intuition. He knew that Seo-jun was preparing something.

But it did not matter. No matter what the enemy did when he came out, he had no intention of caring and simply planned to shoot.

Since the Level 3 helmet and bulletproof vest made him virtually invincible, it did not matter if he took a few hits.

And then, the enemy came out.

'Now!'

Bang!

Hwangso formed a triumphant smile. He fired the bullet toward the legs, making it impossible to counter and difficult to dodge.

After all, wasn't it a health pool where getting hit anywhere would result in death?

'It's over.'

But immediately after.

Clang!

A strange sound echoed in the hallway.