Chapter 401 - 401

Chapter 401

Right after the news broke that a bloody game competition between idols would be held, we took care of the scheduled tasks one by one.

First, everyone was curious about how long Kang Si-yoon, who had boldly challenged me, could last.

"I vote that he will give up after less than two hours."

"What do you mean by two hours? It has to be within one hour."

"He wouldn't give up that quickly, would he?"

"Then how many minutes do you expect?"

"Um...… 30 minutes?"

"Hey, even if you're Si-yoon, you can't last 30 minutes!"

While I and Kang Si-yoon were setting up for the match, the audience sitting next to me started betting on the prize money.

Of course, it wasn't real money, but the prize was precious chocolate snacks that Heo Yu-bin had saved up.

You might say that Heo Yu-bin would lose out, but surprisingly, Heo Yu-bin was the first to suggest this arena.

Then he bet on Kang Si-yoon giving up within 30 minutes.

It is the shortest expected time among the members.

Kang Si-yoon grumbled as he heard the members talking noisily behind him.

"I really will win today."

"I think that kind of competitive spirit is very good, Siyoon."

"For some reason, I'm suspicious of you even when you say encouraging words. No matter how I look at it, it seems like you're teasing me."

"Hmm, I'll leave that to your imagination."

was loaded into the playbox, and the screen for selecting characters and maps became larger.

"Oh, here we go!"

"Get me the popcorn, the popcorn."

"But we're going to have dinner soon. Is it okay if you eat popcorn?"

"If you talk while eating, it will be digested quickly, hyung!"

The atmosphere in the audience was also heated up, and Kang Si-yoon, who was staring at the TV screen with a burning gaze next to me, was also seething with competitive spirit.

This is a very good situation.

This way, I can also check my skills at my leisure.

Yoo Minha, who seemed to be in charge of the relay, watched our selection phase and gave us diligent comments.

"Ah, Kang Si-yoon, if you look at the character he just picked, you can roughly guess how he'll play, right? Payez is a hero with a variety of offensive skills, but doesn't he have particularly good defensive skills? He can also recover points on his own, and he also has the ability to temporarily reduce damage taken. It seems like he's trying to withstand Player Karis' offense for now. Oh, on the other hand, let's take a look at Player Karis' pick."

I thought he would be sloppy, but surprisingly, he speaks like a real game commentator.

I deliberately showed him several picks and created a smoke screen to give him more opportunities to talk.

"Oh, you're going to pick Ariola? I've never seen Player Karis use this before. Oh, the moment I say that, Kyuriul appears! Isn't Kyuriul the character that Player Karis used a lot when he beat up our Hyungbin hyung? I remember him using evasion to suck Hyungbin hyung's soul out!"

"Well, Caster. I think you don't need to tell me such unnecessary information."

"He was thinking of picking Kyuriul, but another hero appears in the pick window! Oh, is he going to be strong from the start? Hawk, which could be called Player Karis' signature pick! As far as I know, when Player Karis picks Hawk, the damage he has received has never exceeded 80%.

If this continues, Player Kang Si-yoon, the first player, could be destroyed from the start!"

Yoo Min-ha was very happy that the moment to show off his knowledge had come, but it was a time of humiliation for those around him.

"Hyung, pick quickly! Min-ha, you're starting again!"

"... Min-ha Hyung, your voice is too loud."

"Oh my, how can you speak in such an important competition!"

"Pick quickly, hyung!"

I accepted Heo Yu-bin's plea and immediately fixed my pick.

Actually, I thought about choosing 'Hawk' from the beginning as Yoo Min-ha said and killing Kang Si-yoon's spirit once, but I held back for now because I thought it would be too cruel.

Instead, I chose the hero 'Salt Mary'.

Right away, a questioning voice came out of Yoo Min-ha's mouth.

"Oh, he choose Salt Mary! This is a bit unexpected? I've hardly ever seen Player Karis play Salt Mary......…. Even his performance is evaluated as being far behind the other heroes that were shown earlier, so it makes you wonder how he will attack Player Kang Si-yoon with this!"

Literally, 'Salt Mary' is a hero who doesn't receive very good reviews.

Kang Si-yoon, who has been playing with us for almost 2 years, also knew this.

"Hey, if you take it easy from the first game, you'll really die. Seriously, don't do that."

"Don't worry, Si-yoon. I never intended to take it easy from the beginning."

"T-that's right? Then that's fortunate."

Kang Si-yoon's voice trembled slightly, as if it was really fortunate.

I coolly handed over the map selection to Kang Si-yoon.

The first game started as he chose the most basic map, the castle map.

"Huh? Huh? Why is this? No, wait a minute! This doesn't move!"

"Ahem hum."

"Huh? Huh? Why is this damage like this! No, wait a minute, this is really weird!"

"What's weird?"

Throughout the match, Kang Si-yoon could only cry.

There was a reason why I chose 'Salt Mary' over many other heroes.

The reason why 'Salt Mary' is underrated is because it is a mechanism that requires you to use sleep and stun to your advantage, but there are many reviews that say that her movement skills are weak and her survivability is not good.

However, if you just hit the sleep and stun debuffs at close range, you can use the passive damage increase and skill cooldown reduction effects to fool your enemies.

'Only low-level people say that you can't hit sleep.'

I used subtle movements to properly dodge Kang Si-yoon's close-range attacks, and quickly put him to sleep and run away by approaching him just within striking distance.

The so-called hit-and-run strategy.

Thanks to that, Kang Si-yoon had to spend about half of the match in a completely asleep state.

In Yoo Minha's words, he literally died while standing.

The damage increased and the ending was truly pitiful, as he was knocked out by one of my melee attacks.

"..."

"Why are you speechless, Siyoon? We've only just had one more fight, haven't we?"

"You're cheating."

"This is a clear skill, but what kind of cheating-."

"If this isn't cheating, then what is it!"

In the end, Kang Si-yoon, who was completely exhausted after just one game, shouted.

Heo Yu-bin, who saw that, instinctively felt his victory and puffed out his chest proudly.

"Am I right? Si-yoon hyung is mentally weak, so he can never last more than an hour."

"Si-yoon, this is disappointing."

"If you really give up already, what are you going to do in the actual match later?"

"I haven't given up yet? Why are you making me look like someone who gave up?"

Surprisingly, Kang Si-yoon quickly regained his will and challenged me again.

Even the pick he chose this time was 'Hawk', my main hero.

"I learned a lot from getting hit by you."

"Wow. I'll be looking forward to it."

"Can't you show a little bit of a surprised or bewildered reaction?"

I wasn't surprised, so how could you say something like that, Siyoon."

"Okay. This time, I'll definitely win."

I was impressed by his determination, so this time I chose a hero called 'Petal', who was out of my main pick.

A hero with almost no attack ability, who lives off of vitality recovery and skill reflection gimmicks.

However, Kang Siyoon didn't calculate my reflection skill and worked hard to deal damage, but was knocked out by flying all the way to the end of the map.

"But how does he handle such a character so well? I don't know how he does it even when I'm watching him. Did you guys eat and do this?"

Chae Eun-gyu, who has no talent for games, couldn't help but be impressed while watching my game play.

Song Hyung-bin nodded immediately at his words.

"Did they really eat and do this?"

"That's amazing........"

"...But Siyoon hyung can't do that?"

"Ack!"

Today, as always, Ji Yooncheol's attack flew in gently, and Kang Siyoon fell forward without being able to gather his strength.

Was it because he achieved two consecutive losses in just 20 minutes? He didn't seem to have any intention of refuting Ji Yoon Chul's words.

"Do you want to do more, Siyoon? I'm ready for anything."

"I'm really curious, but how many of these characters do you know how to play?"

"Hmm, if I have to be specific, I can play any of them."

"Huh?"

I thought deeply while listening to Kang Siyoon's absentminded words.

"When I think about it again, I think it's okay no matter what comes out. I just have to play them all once and get used to the combos."

"Then from the next round, you'll play with random selection. Okay? Okay?"

"Well, it's not bad. I can think of it as practicing for the competition."

I gave myself a handicap.

However, my wide hero pool easily surpassed these conditions.

-Κ.Ο!

-Κ.Ο!

-Κ.Ο!

For a while, TV only showed scenes of Kang Si-yoon's character flying around with his arms outstretched.

The moment 'Hawk', whom he had confidently picked, lost three times in a row, Kang Si-yoon raised both hands and surrendered.

"I'm sorry for attacking you! I won't look down on you again!"

"Hey, Si-yoon surrendered! How much time has passed?"

"Oh. This might be a bit ambiguous? It's been 44 minutes!"

It wasn't 30 minutes or an hour, it was a really ambiguous time.

In the end, after a long discussion, it was said that 44 minutes was closer to 30 minutes, and the final winner was Heo Yu-bin.

"Hey, but I don't have to worry about ."

"That's right. Isn't it proven as of today? Karis hyung can carry any hero."

"As expected, he's worthy of our human weapon!"

Through my brief confrontation with Kang Si-yoon, I was able to let everyone know that I am still alive.

Then the next day, we all watched the placement tests for and together and were able to organize Seleste's gaming skills.

"...Is this right?"

"Can someone take Karis to a hospital? I think we need to really check if he's a real person or not."

"Hyung, be honest. You're an AI, right?"

"I'm a perfect person."

"But does this make sense?"

Yoo Minha pointed to my computer screen and snorted.

"How can you win 9 and lose 1 in your first placement test?"

"Diamond tier is cool. I got bronze."

"Hey, didn't Hess even get diamond? What kind of diamond collector is that?"

The members were speechless after seeing my overwhelming placement results.

However, I wasn't satisfied at all.

"Hmm, personally, I wanted to get to Master level, but it seems like it's hard to get there with just one deployment."

"No, how high are you planning on going?"

"Hey, if you keep doing this, won't you suddenly disappear one day and debut as a pro gamer?"

No one could refute Song Hyung-bin's ridiculous words....

"Why do you think that could really happen?"

"That's right."

"Hyung, you should never disappear or leave the dorm. Do you understand?"

"Why are you suddenly making me a deserter? That would never happen."

Ji Yoon-chul, who had been taking pictures of my monitor screen with his cell phone, nodded with a satisfied expression.

"......I think we'll definitely win."

I smiled at Ji Yoon-chul's words.

We'll win, you say.

If I wasn't going to get first place, I wouldn't even participate in the competition.

Meanwhile, there was another surprising piece of news that was delivered to us while we were busy preparing for the game competition.

It was the news of the debut of Ken Hashimoto, who we met in .

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