Swordmanship Veteran's Game Stream Chapter 169

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-Do you know what our team needs to do in order to win?

Keryl had asked the members of Team Self-Twisted Fate a moment ago.

The leader of the team was Keryl. Originally, A-grade players mostly took on this role.

To be precise, those who were the most theoretically knowledgeable or who knew enough while possessing leadership skills took charge.

This was because if those who were the team leaders in the system also took on the role of in-game leader, that team could become a sinking ship just like that.

Such as Ha Yun-ho's team, Ha Yun-ho's team, or Ha Yun-ho's team.

-Is winning even possible?

-We are at 0 wins and 2 losses...

-It would be great if we could just pass the group stage. To think we are destined for a quick elimination because we got teamed up with Kim Tae-woo again! But with Team Bat and Heavy Mental, aren't we also in a group of death?

The team members were naturally negative.

Although they had not faced their group stage opponents because they were only playing scrims, they had no choice but to view them all as strong.

They had also lost all of their scrims.

-It is not a group of death.

-It is true that Group A over there is hell, but we are not exactly easy either...

-Because we are here.

The reason it was not a group of death was because they were the guardians of balance.

In the group stage, it only took one team getting eliminated.

But what if that one team was as good as decided?

Then it was an easy group.

Except for the team itself.

-Anyway, hyungs and nunas. We came here to win, didn't we?

-I came here to increase my viewer count, though.

-Oh, oh, new viewers!

-Can't miss out on that.

Of course, there was no one who disliked winning.

-So, what do we have to do to win?

-We have to play well.

-Oh. This is totally on the level of a 'the day you were born is your birthday' tier answer.

-Ten years have passed during the ten years you slept!

-In order to change, change is necessary! Mmh!

-If the economy gets better, we can escape the recession!

After fully mimicking a politician from an island nation, they laughed sexily.

No explanation was needed for what the joke was. Since the joke itself was not actually sexy.

For reference, the last line was spoken by Keryl.

-So how do we play well?

-We cannot compete in terms of mechanics.

-Why? Why are you looking down on us?

-Just because a young punk plays games a bit well, what does he think of his elders! Sigh. Tsk, tsk.

Having grown close before they knew it, they reacted immediately, but Keryl was just as close to them.

-Honestly, you guys aren't good.

-Hmph, you don't know how to respect your elders.

-Nuna, there's not much of an age difference between us.

-Anyway, the reality is that, except for the bottom lane, we don't have anyone who can decisively win their laning phase and carry. Our jungler, who needs to relieve lane pressure, is also on the lower side.

-What about me? I'm still a C-grade, though?

-Tae-woo hyung, you are fine. But can you stop Pado-nim or that friend of yours?

-Right now, Team Bat's mid laner is also quite skilled, can you handle them?

What was impossible was impossible.

Because the condition Keryl had mentioned was carrying.

Of course, even if it had been about winning the laning phase right away, Tae-woo would have backed down anyway.

-So we must play well in terms of macro play instead of mechanics. That is the way for us to survive and, furthermore, win the tournament.

-You mean we'll completely focus on that? Since we don't have much time.

-Tae-woo hyung is right. Through the past scrims, I have sufficiently grasped the path we need to take. The enemies all have their strengths. However, there is no team whose strength is macro. There barely were any in the previous tournaments either.

It was partly because building teamwork was difficult, and partly because it wasn't particularly necessary.

But if Keryl had seen some sort of possibility...

-Let's just hold out in the laning phase as much as possible.

-Don't we just need to follow Keryl-nim's shotcalls throughout the game? I think Keryl-nim is already picturing that kind of setup.

It was the moment the grand strategy of Team Self-Twisted Fate, with 0 wins and 2 losses, was decided.

The problem was Tae-woo.

That what that guy, Jin Seo-jun, had said in the interview was aimed at him.

In fact, everyone knew.

So when he was about to ask...

-Of course, you know there's nothing we can do right now, right?

-Yes. There is no answer.

So he beat around the bush.

-Then, by any chance, if we make it to the main tournament and end up playing against Wealth Gap, do you have any ideas on what we'll do?

-No, I don't. Your friend's mechanics are just hopeless. You saw it in Ground Zero too, didn't you?

This was The League, after all.

Those words did not come out.

Since he had already witnessed more than enough of his mechanics in The League as well.

-What about picks and bans? Isn't there a way to block him with a hero... no, a way to counter him?

-From what I can see, it seems that hyung really is playing everything for the first time. Now that this has been confirmed, it's meaningless to look for counter picks. I have a strong feeling that whatever he plays, it will work. The only way to stop him is through macro, but we can't align our teamwork right now. Still, don't worry. Macro starts with the picks and bans, and we will have a tremendous helper to prepare for that starting from the main tournament. I will reveal them tomorrow.

Whatever the case, it meant there was nothing they could do tomorrow.

Thus, their meeting ended.

Keryl had never asked Tae-woo to dig up any information.

“You game-obsessed lunatic who even stole someone else's line, do you call yourself a friend?”

It was just that Tae-woo had gotten scared and checked to see if the interview was actually true.

“I don't know about the line, but I think the chicken is here? I think I hear the elevator.”

“Hey. Run the vacuum cleaner quickly. Otherwise, don't even think about eating.”

“I don't want to? Why should I when I ordered it?”

Seo-jun looked at Tae-woo with a smile.

It was a smile that said, “Go ahead and try.”

His face showed that he could not guarantee what the consequences would be.

It was a gaze that meant he would destroy him in some way or another in the future if he did not clean up those crumbs.

Tae-woo stood up and strode out to the living room where the vacuum cleaner was.

Then, after changing the brush head, he returned and vacuumed the bed.

After all, it was true that he had done something wrong too.

Tae-woo muttered as he sucked up the crumbs he had dropped.

“Please go easy on me, you son of a bitch.”

But would it really be that hard to just hold out? Truly?

Had he been too scared?

“Yeah, if I just hug the turret, it might not be a big deal.”

[Sword God --> Kim Tae-woo]

[Sword God --> Gyeolbyeok]

“Ah! As soon as Player Kim Tae-woo arrived, he was inside the tower, but Player Seo-jun immediately dove and killed him! Ah! What on earth is this!”

[Blessing of Radiance]

“In the midst of that, it's Player Seo-jun's Kael escaping alive with invincibility!”

“Isn't this too pitiful? He really grit his teeth.”

“That's why, why did they leave Kael open? Why on earth! Self-Twisted Fate! It really seems like they are constantly twisting their own fate!”

“Hmm. Didn't they probably think the result would have been the same even if they had just targeted three bans at him?”

Keryl had thought that way and simply handed Kael over to Seo-jun.

Since he judged that revealing their cards would be meaningless anyway and had no intention of winning.

Since they were already at 0-2, wouldn't it be better to just make it a clean 3 losses?

They could make the enemy lower their guard.

If they managed to win even just the first match of the group stage that way, their chances of advancing would skyrocket from then on.

Keryl was setting up his pieces step by step.

And all that hardship...

“Team Leader Kim Tae-woo! He almost swore at his jungler, but he held back. Is his true personality coming out?”

“I heard that Team Leader Kim Tae-woo, just like Team Leader Ha Yun-ho, has a good personality and a strong tendency to play for fun, so this is quite surprising?”

“Yes. He is showing a highly displeased look.”

Tae-woo had to bear all of that suffering.

-Of course he can't hold back

-Because they are classmates! Hahaha

-A close friend is on the enemy team? Then you have to destroy them even if it means diving under the tower.

-Because that's what friends do! Yes!

-Honestly, friends are just people you want to destroy and tease for no reason lmao

-That's men's friendship

-Rather, if you can't tease each other, there's a high chance you're actually awkward friends lmfao

“Player Kim Tae-woo, unable to play for fun. After dying, he trudges back to the lane. It's already his third death. It seems his mental state is heavily shaken.”

“Ah! At that moment, Player Seo-jun leaps in again! Has he resigned himself to his fate now?”

“It seems a bit too early to resign himself, we haven't even reached the halfway point yet.”

“You mean 10 deaths?”

“His team members are looking at Player Kim Tae-woo and laughing, saying something. Asking why he can't hold out.”

“The fact that the capsule has a built-in battery must be so regrettable for Team Leader Kim Tae-woo.”

Arin asked at Bangju's words.

“If the capsule didn't have a built-in battery, and if I were Player Kim Tae-woo, I would have immediately rage quit, flipped the circuit breaker, and pretended there was a power outage at home. Or actually caused a power outage.”

“Aha! Wouldn't he get penalized for that?”

“I don't know either!”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Crazy commentators lmfao

-Is he really going to hit 10 deaths?

-Lmao the real weakest team is Self-Twisted Fate

-Early elimination gg

“Do you think it will end like this?”

“Our team's support is Keryl of Analysis! As time goes by, all of your movements and those of your team members will be seen through, predicted, and blocked. So, you could say the probability of your team winning this game has nothing left but to go downhill.”

Tae-woo said confidently.

His team members were all dead.

And only Tae-woo, who had died before them, had respawned a little earlier.

Meaning, Tae-woo had just respawned.

Yet, since such a Tae-woo was able to converse with Seo-jun.

“So what? It looks like it's about to end now anyway?”

It meant that Seo-jun was standing in their base.

“Huh? Oh, you're right.”

Seo-jun struck the last remaining hit on the Nexus with his sword.

The Nexus's health depleted, and the game ended.

-Tae-woo, wake up lmfaooooooooo

-Destroyed a friend completely, how's that? lmao

[GG! Today's third game has ended, drawing this official LiOS scrim to a close!]

[We could say that the last game was a very heartwarming match where we could catch a glimpse of friendship. What do you think, caster?]

[I agree. That friendship of seeking out a friend no matter the situation!]

-Seeking out a friend somehow to... kill them lololol

-This is friendship???

-I like how clear his goal is

Seo-jun watched the broadcast after logging out of the game.

[We also cannot leave out Player Ha Yun-ho, who was farming carrots until the very last moment.]

[It's safe to say that Team Leader Ha Yun-ho actually spent the entire game just cultivating carrots.]

Seo-jun's gaze shifted to the side.

There was a hero that had a badger-like appearance, used poison needles, and planted poison mushrooms.

Ha Yun-ho had chosen this hero. Along with a special skin.

For reference, that skin changed the mushrooms into carrots.

Ha Yun-ho broke out in a cold sweat and avoided Seo-jun's gaze.

‘Still, no one noticed.’

As expected, Lee Dong-soo was an excellent bait.

‘Even if they had noticed, it wouldn't have been of much use though.’

Since all the team members were gathering starting tomorrow, Seo-jun felt the need to make more solid preparations.

Ha Yun-ho's rebellion was stronger than expected.

[Now that the scrims are over, Travel's largest-ever point betting has just opened!]

[It's to predict the winning team, right?]

[That's right! Everyone, please place your bets carefully. The betting period is generous, lasting until the start of the main tournament! You can place your bets while watching how each team prepares.]

[Points are constantly going up right now!]

[Teusu viewers? Everyone, stop! Once you choose a team to bet on, you can only add more points to it; betting on another team or cancelling is impossible! Place your bets carefully, everyone!]

The reason it was called Travel's largest point betting was none other than this.

First of all, the scale of participating viewers was on a completely different level.

And there was no 250,000 point limit on the maximum amount that could be bet at one time.

[I told you to stop betting! If they play terribly in practice and you regret it later, I'm not taking responsibility!]

Seo-jun checked the channel point betting opened on the official account.

Around 10,000 to 20,000 points had already accumulated for each team.

[Channel Points Prediction]

[Guess the LiOS Winning Team!]

[Just One Bite] - 14%

The ratio of the points bet on each team to the total points bet was shown. They were all about the same.

‘The big spenders haven't invested yet.’

This betting was a huge opportunity to inflate one's assets (?) all at once.

Since there was no limit.

And because the choices were split among six teams, there was no clear favorite.

The return ratio would unconditionally be several times the amount of points bet.

Of course, the probability of losing was just as high. Therefore, one had to be careful.

The points bet on Team Wealth Gap suddenly took up 99% of the total point ratio. The bar graph shot all the way up.

It meant that someone had put in a mind-boggling amount of points.

Subsequently, a notification message popped up on the interface.

[+ 30,000,000 Points]

[30 million points? Who is that?]

[No, what kind of beast is that on earth!]

Soon, the nickname of the user who had bet those points could be confirmed.

As they were proudly pinned at the top of the list of the people who had bet the most points.

The protagonist was the current number one wealthy person on Travel.

[I Am Joseon's Assassin]