Cloudy Sky's Masterpiece...
The CloudySky in the video spoke clearly.
The battle mage retreated safely and caught his breath. In front of him, a Viking with noticeably reduced health was brutally slaughtering soldiers with a one-handed axe.
After a few seconds of standoff, the moment the skill cooldowns reset—
The battle mage placed his magic circle so the Viking stood dead center. At the same time, his figure vanished and reappeared beside the Viking. The Viking immediately hurled a tomahawk. CloudySky blocked it with a perfect defensive stance. Simultaneously, the battle mage’s counter skill, Mana Discharge, activated.
Blue lightning-like mana erupted in all directions. But the Viking didn’t dodge. He took the full damage and kept charging.
His entire body flushed crimson as he surged forward, slamming into the battle mage with his shield. The battle mage dodged with minimal movement and began stacking damage using his range advantage.
Then came the battle mage’s mind-game guard play.
He raised his hand as if preparing a spell. This time the Viking didn’t fall for it and charged furiously. The sharp tomahawk tore into the battle mage’s shoulder.
The battle mage’s health dropped sharply. Yet without panicking, he used the brief opening to land two quick basic attacks and stack more damage.
The instant he moved to land the next basic attack, he canceled the motion and suddenly raised his arm again.
The Viking, convinced it was another fake, swung his tomahawk once more.
But this time it was real.
A bolt of mana lightning crashed down.
Crackle—crack—CRACKLE!!!!
The Viking’s health vanished in an instant.
And then the barrier’s effect kicked in.
Any spell cast on top of the barrier could be recast once within five seconds.
The battle mage raised his sword as if to swing again—
Only to cancel it immediately and lift his other hand.
Thinking it was a spell, the Viking obediently moved into a defensive stance.
But before the defense animation even began, CloudySky had already canceled the magic motion.
A perfect read of the opponent’s psychology.
The moment the defensive stance started, he drove in a mana-enhanced basic attack that ignored the block entirely.
Shuk—shuk-shuk—
The Viking’s health had fallen to a level where death would be no surprise.
He immediately activated Boiling Rage.
The lower his health, the less damage he took, while massively boosting attack speed, movement speed, and attack power.
At the same time, the Viking’s ultimate activated.
For 15 seconds, recover a fixed 200% of damage dealt. Upon death, enter Indomitable Will: lose all reason for 7 seconds, charge at the nearest hero, and attack wildly before collapsing.
The moment you allowed even a single basic attack, you’d witness something like a miracle—watching a critically injured patient on the verge of death suddenly turn into a perfectly healthy young man ready for discharge.
But CloudySky didn’t panic at all. In fact, it was exactly within his expectations.
He landed another basic attack.
The Viking’s frenzied axe immediately came flying in with terrifying speed.
Yet—
Whoosh—
The battle mage’s figure suddenly vanished.
He had teleported to the outermost edge of the magic circle on the ground.
The battle mage’s skill.
Normally increases movement speed and empowers basic attacks. When a magic circle is on the ground, it upgrades to a blink. Cooldown reduces each time a basic attack lands.
Thanks to the rapid stack of basic attacks during that short window, the cooldown had already reset.
From a distance, a bolt of mana lightning flew out.
The Viking was knocked back and took damage, but the massive damage-reduction buff kept him barely alive.
The Viking swung his axe at nearby soldiers to recover health. Since they weren’t heroes, the efficiency was only one-fifth.
By the time Viking’s Pride ended, he had recovered roughly eighty percent of his health in one go.
The battle mage, however, sat at around sixty-five percent.
At that moment, the Viking actually had the health advantage.
Yet CloudySky simply wore a cold smile, as if victory was already certain.
When the next barrier cooldown came up, the Viking—his ultimate wasted—collapsed helplessly.
It was a complete and utter victory.
[That’s how you deal with Vikings.]
The chat beside the screen flooded with countless messages of admiration.
When Cloudy showed off an amazing play, the chat spammed slashes. It meant the sky had grown so cloudy that it was raining. On the other hand, sloppy plays would prompt sun emojis, meaning the clouds had cleared.
The donation message popped up in close-up.
A low, heavy, painfully nerdy voice read it aloud.
Clink~
CloudySky let out a small chuckle.
The video immediately cut to the next fight.
An incredibly fierce battle unfolded.
It was so thrilling that I forgot to even put the spoon in my mouth and just stared at the screen.
The grains of rice on my spoon never made it into my mouth until the video ended.
Only after the video finished and the next recommended video started did I resume eating.
It had cooled a little, but it was still delicious.
I played the next video and this time focused on eating, finishing every last bite.
I kept gasping in admiration at the parade of super plays unfolding on screen.
A few minutes later, the enemy nexus shattered and the victory screen appeared.
With a low, cool voice, Cloudy said “Carry,” and the screen slowly faded to black.
The outro showed a white-furred cat stretching its paw toward the recommended-video side with a soft pat, pat, and the video ended.
It almost felt like the cat was threatening me to click and watch right now.
…Well, it’s kind of cute, I guess.
I hate cats, but watching them like this in videos is fine.
Maybe I’ve grown attached after seeing this outro so many times.
I don’t know.
Maybe it’s because it’s CloudySky’s cat.
Hup—
I picked up the empty bowl and stood, heading to the kitchen. I washed the dishes right away.
If I don’t do it immediately, I’ll get lazy and put it off later.
People are inherently weak-willed, after all.
If you don’t handle yourself strictly, you’ll slack off in no time.
…Hmm, should I have another ice cream for dessert?
—Yeah. Exactly like that.
The thought had barely formed before my body—without any chance to resist—had already opened the freezer.
Hmm~ hm. Should I go with this one this time?
I bit into a fish-shaped ice cream, returned to my seat, and immediately started typing a post on the Celt Gallery.
Heh.
Then shall we get started?
I have things I need to do.
My body had been itching for it anyway.