Chapter 121

The League was a game where one fought by accepting the memories of heroic existences that had existed in the past.

Its medium was the Hall of Heroes, called the Tower of Remembrance.

In other words, it was simply the game’s shop.

Here, players could also proceed with various events.

Seo-jun had dropped by this place the previous day and bought a hero. Since he did not have game points, he bought it with cash.

This hero was a hero that Seo-jun used to enjoy playing in the past.

Standing in the center of the Tower of Remembrance and queueing for a game, Seo-jun turned his gaze for a moment to check his streaming status.

[Jin Seo-jun – 22,000 people watching]

The number of viewers was increasing.

Because the default setting for sorting when entering a category was in descending order of the number of viewers, Seo-jun’s broadcast was in a position visible after scrolling down just a tiny bit.

Sixth in The League category, that was the position of his stream.

Since it was in the upper tier even among mid-sized streams, there would be viewers who newly discovered Seo-jun because of this.

“Which hero am I going to play? Am I going to carry a sword? You will see it right away, so I will refrain from spoilers.”

Seeing once was better than hearing a hundred times.

-He’s not even ready, lololol

-Isn’t he going to buy a hero in the pick screen and play it right after this? Lol

-Everyone, what is good? Tell me quickly! It’s starting soon!

-I can see it, I can see it

They did not believe him.

“I will show you what an experienced newcomer is.”

Seo-jun’s confident voice flowed out into the broadcast.

But when had Seo-jun not been like that?

Since Seo-jun had been consistent when playing Dawn of the Assassins and when playing For Chivalry for the first time, his sincerity did not reach them.

-Sure you will

-He’s a newcomer but skips the experience with his physical mechanics, lolololololol

-For real, lol

-Stop talking bullshit and show us something worthy of a newbie

By now, the viewers did not expect even in the slightest that Seo-jun would do poorly.

After long experience, they had learned that with physical mechanics of Seo-jun’s caliber, he would do well in whatever he did.

However, because the only time Seo-jun showed any openings was when he played a game for the first time, they were looking forward to it.

What kind of strange trolling would he do again!

Just as Seo-jun was staring at the chat window with dumbfounded eyes, the matchmaking succeeded.

When he pressed accept, his body was teleported to the waiting room.

A total of ten people were standing in two lines of five, facing each other, and the side opposite Seo-jun was shrouded in dark shadows.

“I got Mid.”

In The League, one could select a preferred position in advance before matchmaking, and these positions followed the general AOS rules.

To explain the game’s positions, which were divided into a total of five:

Top.

Going to the upper lane among the lanes divided into upper, middle, and lower, it was a position mainly for tanks or initiators.

Because they spent a lot of time alone, their personalities tended to become a bit strange easily.

Mid.

The position that went to the lane in the middle.

As it was easy to go to the lower or upper lanes due to geographical characteristics, its influence in in-game battles was large.

ADC.

A ranged dealer who went to the bottom lane.

Support.

An occupational group that went to the bottom lane along with the ADC to support them.

Jungle.

The spaces between the lanes in the game were called the jungle, and this was a position that killed the monsters in this jungle while going to help each lane.

These were the most general roles by position, and it was also possible to make variations.

However, that was something only seen very occasionally when discussing strategy with team members in advance for a tournament.

In almost 99% of games matched randomly like now, people tended not to care what others did in their respective lanes.

Unless someone picked an outright troll character.

And the character Seo-jun chose was a character that was halfway in that category.

[The memory of Kael, the Agent of Radiance, dwells within you.]

[“Greetings. Let us go judge evil at once.”]

As soon as Seo-jun finished his selection, a sigh was heard from beside him.

“Ah…”

He shut his mouth immediately because he did not particularly want to fight, but the meaning of that sigh was conveyed clearly.

-lolololol

-He bought Kael?

-The stream host pulling out a pest champ in his very first game, lololol

-Since it has come to this, let’s just play all the bug heroes!

Kael, the Agent of Radiance.

In the game’s lore, he was an inquisitor and swordsman of the religious order blessed by the god of light.

The points to be careful of were that the difficulty of operating him was high, and

Kael’s ultimate was a skill that summoned a giant sword falling from the sky to execute enemies.

Indeed.

Kael’s ultimate was cool. It possessed a romance that stimulated the dreams of men.

High difficulty and flashy play.

What did that mean?

-Still, the stream host probably won’t be a Kael-pest

-No matter if he is the Sword God, he won’t be able to resist the Sword of Judgment falling from the sky, lololol

-Who played a Kael video for the stream host yesterday? Lol

-Thinking of the Kael-pest bastard I met yesterday is making me angry again

-Suddenly appealing to collective PTSD, lololol

Many pests were generated.

Here, the “pest” attached to the end of a hero’s name referred to those who lacked the skill but chose that hero simply for their own fun, regardless of the situation or matchup.

If one became teammates with them, losing that game was almost guaranteed.

The reason why insults came out reflexively even though they naturally thought Seo-jun would do well was because they had suffered so much from them.

Kael was one of the six representative pest characters.

‘The perception is the same as seven years ago.’

Seven years was a time during which it would not be strange if great changes occurred in the game multiple times.

Yet, having the same perception meant

‘Kael is a classic.’

A value that did not change easily.

He liked it.

It was a thought that, had the users of The League heard it, would have collected all kinds of question marks and curses.

As Seo-jun wore a satisfied smile, the selection time ended.

[3]

[2]

[1]

[The game starts.]

They were spawned at the respawn point called the fountain.

Seo-jun went to the middle path corresponding to his position, the Mid lane.

He encountered an enemy walking toward him.

-No invade or invade defense, lol

-Because they are beginners

-It’s right to do what you want to do

In the AOS genre, there were monsters that periodically and continuously appeared in the three lanes (like the soldiers in For Chivalry), and they were called minions.

And an invade meant crowding into the enemy camp and fighting together early on before these minions appeared.

As this was unranked, that is, the beginners’ tier, they did not pay much attention to such elements.

“Hello? Your nickname is cool!”

The enemy pointed his crossbow at the space above Seo-jun’s head.

The hero whose memory dwelt in the opponent was Shan the Tomb Raider. He was a hero who used a crossbow.

“Thank you.”

Seo-jun expressed his gratitude and stepped back slightly.

-Why aren’t you speaking informally?

-Does this mean you are of the Orthodox Faction now!

-The sight of you being polite is very hypocritical

“Come here.”

“I don’t want to.”

“Ah, bummer.”

Seo-jun was melee, and the enemy was ranged.

Now, when minions could not come and act as shields, it was difficult to gain an advantage no matter how well Seo-jun fought.

[“A good choice.”]

Kael’s reverent voice echoed in his head.

‘It has been a long time.’

The League had a dialogue mode with the hero whose memory was accepted.

Although this dialogue mode increased the fun in the middle of the game through small talk or enhanced immersion,

its original purpose was, by all means, to act as a guide for beginners like right now.

[“A sword cannot help but fall short against a crossbow.”]

[“There are several ways to compensate for this. The Blessing of Radiance is that very method…”]

And it was certain that the current contents were a dialogue appearing because Seo-jun did not do the tutorial.

Seo-jun frowned.

Since it was explaining Kael’s own skills from the beginning instead of giving minor game tips.

-No matter who looks at it, this is tutorial content, right?

-The game company thinks of the users this much, lolol

-Wait, stream host, you said you looked through everything yesterday!

The viewers were indeed quick-witted.

Seo-jun immediately pulled up the settings window and turned off the dialogue mode.

“I do not need this.”

The reverent voice that had been explaining enthusiastically vanished as if a phone call had been cut off.

-pfft, lolol

-Explanation-pest out!

-Game company: Ah, listen to it, will you! Lolol

[Minions are spawning.]

On the map in a corner of his vision, the minions were shown to be marching. They would arrive soon.

“From now on, prepare to get unilaterally beaten up by me.”

The enemy held the crossbow, which had been slung over his shoulder, with both hands and aimed at Seo-jun, then began to taunt him.

He was in a stance to shoot immediately as soon as Seo-jun entered his range.

He came all the way in front of the turret’s firing range to provoke Seo-jun.

-He’s acting cocky toward the stream host trusting in his range alone, lolol

-But melee really is bad

-Normally you just get beat up unilaterally, lolol

Range could be seen as almost absolute in a fight.

Therefore, the game company balanced it by giving various adjustments.

In ways like setting the basic attack values, physical health, and defense of ranged characters low.

And for melee characters, they created structures to overcome that range.

“Kael has movement speed and an invincibility skill. Right?”

Seo-jun said in a low voice.

The minions were approaching.

And Seo-jun narrowed the distance using the minions as shields.

The enemy whittled down the minions’ health with the crossbow while backing off, maintaining a certain distance from Seo-jun.

Seo-jun carefully examined the enemy’s body.

Kael’s passive.

[Eye of the War God]

Another name for the god of light was also the god of battle.

Kael, the agent of such a god, had received several blessings, and one of them was this passive, Eye of the War God, which allowed him to see the enemy’s vital points at all times.

Currently, at one spot on the enemy’s body, a sacred white light was flickering, drawing a small circle.

As he kept staring at that place, a humming sound effect was heard.

“If I thrust at that spot, I gain temporary movement speed and attack speed.”

Since additional damage was also dealt, the most important ability for Kael was the ability to target those vital points.

The vital points changed continuously.

Even if one moved far away and approached again, or if a certain period of time passed without attacking.

Finally, it also changed if one succeeded in attacking a vital point.

If he succeeded in a vital point attack, the very next vital point would be generated.

That could be a circle that had to be thrust like now, or it could be a trajectory that had to be slashed.

When the next vital point was attacked, another vital point would appear again.

If one succeeded in attacking the vital points a total of three times within a certain time like that, one stack to use a skill would accumulate.

[Blessing of Radiance]

A skill that temporarily granted crowd control immunity and invincibility.

It was the second skill to overcome the melee disadvantage.

“I heard the Blessing of Radiance is that good?”

Its performance was good enough to be counted as one of the best skills if one looked purely at the effect instead of the conditions.

“That invincibility skill? Sword God-nim, will you be able to use it? Among the Kaels I have met so far, there was not a single person who used that skill.”

But the enemy asked. He must have thought it was directed at him.

-A Kael-pest saying this, lol

-Other guys went and instilled some weird confidence in him, lololol

-He doesn’t get called a pest for nothing, lol

-To be honest, even slashing vital points has quite a high difficulty, but having to attack three randomly generated vital points within a certain time? That’s hell, lol

-Even the opponent can see the vital point generated on themselves, so they can counter it, lol

-The stream host will probably use the skill easily

As the viewers said, the reason Kael’s difficulty was high was because of the vital points known to be randomly generated.

However, did the game company really dislike regularity?

Seo-jun had known the answer since seven years ago.

‘Let’s see if it changed.’

Seo-jun immediately dashed out from behind the minions.

The enemy’s crossbow, which had been clearing minions, was aimed at Seo-jun.

“Die!”

Thwack!

The first shot, Seo-jun turned his direction irregularly and made it miss.

The second arrow grazed him slightly, and his health decreased.

While Shan, whose reload was a bit slow in exchange for each shot being powerful, was reloading his third arrow, the enemy came into the edge of Seo-jun’s attack range.

Clang!

A shattering sound like breaking glass was heard.

Seo-jun’s extended sword had thrust at the white light circle, the vital point.

“Ugh.”

Subsequently, even before a new vital point was generated, Seo-jun’s sword was already moving, fully utilizing the increased speed.

A split second passed, and a new vital point appeared. And Seo-jun continued without stopping his movements.

Clang!

The newly generated diagonal line of light shattered.

And at that moment, the enemy finished preparing to shoot his third arrow aiming at Seo-jun’s head.

“Farewell.”

The enemy thought that as they had gotten closer, he could deal massive damage as long as he hit the head.

Clang!

However, even in the meantime, Seo-jun had already attacked the third vital point without hesitation.

‘Blessing.’

Having accumulated the stacks, Seo-jun’s body was enveloped in a faint white light.

[Blessing of Radiance]

Swoosh!

The third arrow flew precisely toward Seo-jun’s head.

However, it could not pierce Seo-jun and bounced off.

“Huh?”

The eyes of the enemy who shot the arrow widened.

The viewers were surprised as well.

-???

-What is this

-Holy crap, that’s fast?

-Did he memorize the vital points???

-If vital points could be memorized, would just anyone play Kael?

-No, seriously, what is it?? Lololol

The reason was too simple.

It was because the time it took from when Seo-jun slashed the first vital point to when he used the skill was only two seconds.

“Now you have seen it, right? Kael’s skill.”

“Ye… Yes?”

“I will show you plenty of it in the future too.”