The Tyrant of Kelgal Declares Defeat
Yeah, right?
“Got it. I'll do it that way.”
Got it. Since we've reached a perfect agreement, shall we wrap this up?
With those words, she held a brief, thoughtful silence like she was pausing to edit, then suddenly shifted the tone with a sullen sky.
Alright! So, I've invited a master today, right? How did it feel to play on stream like this, Master?
Caught off guard by the sudden host, Ha Yunseo froze.
“…Huh? …Um… Well… it was, it was fun…”
I see. You said that, huh. Ufufu. Today, Lulu is this strong. Anyone can show off peak-era performance anytime if they handle her well. It seems this spot gave a lot of people a good chance to learn that.
I was watching from the side, and wow, Lulu is really strong. No matter how nerfed she is, the Lulu who can parry that well is the strongest in Celt of Heroes.
Then, Master? Is there anything else you'd like to say before we finish?
“……Um… Ah, um… Well… I love Lulu… so much… Please… okay.”
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-Whoa -Couldn't hold back and immediately turned into a female voice lol (deleted message) -Where did that confident girl go from earlier lololol -Uuuh… Kel-bongs are a mess.. -Those who don't do 1v1 are just basically ‘femaile’ themselves lol (deleted message) -Ah… responses are coming in -I want to do everything I have in my head with Basile lol lol (deleted message) -----
Then, today's master guest session will end here.
Thank you all for watching for nearly three hours. Thank you to everyone who supported me too.
I'll distribute the donations well and pass them to Master.
Thank you for coming on today, Master. I hope we can meet again next time.
“…Yeah. I was really grateful today too. That promise I made today… don't you ever forget it… okay?”
Puhuh. I'll remember it well. Really, thanks for your hard work today.
“…Ah, yeah! Hyrin, thanks for your hard work too.”
-딩딩
The sound of Discord leaving the voice channel.
Ha Yunseo ended the Discord call.
Hyrin, who had been left alone in the call, left the voice channel as well.
She immediately joined Hyrin's live stream.
Hyrin, who had taken off her VR gear and turned on the cam, spoke.
Well then, I'll take a short twenty-minute break to readjust. There were so many things today, right? Please bear with me while I do a little mental care. I'll be back for the main broadcast in two parts. It's not like I'm at 130 challenge or anything, but lately there are too many people farming the score. So I think I should start climbing toward IN 50. Anyway, I'll be quick. See you in twenty minutes, everyone.
With those words, Hyrin's cat video began to play.
Ha Yunseo checked it and closed the browser.
-헤헿
Ha Yunseo's heart was about to burst. 1v1 against Hyrin. And winning it 3-2.
She couldn't control the excitement.
“……As expected, Hyrin. I didn't think you'd go all the way to 3-2.”
To be honest, in the first and second games against the masked player, Ha Yunseo hadn't gone all out with full sincerity.
She'd deliberately let the opponent hit her for fakes, and she'd even allowed some hits on purpose.
But that didn't mean she was intentionally losing.
She had just wanted to stage dramatic moments. At every second, Ha Yunseo was filled with the desire to cut off the masked player's throat with genuine effort.
In those two lost games, the final loss hadn't come from some pure skill gap.
‘It was purely her skill that let her perfectly change her pattern in such a desperate situation.’
As expected, Hyrin is amazing.
“…Next time, I wonder what crazy thing you'll show me.”
Ha Yunseo thought that with a silly grin.
Her heart pounded with enormous expectation.
Her whole body was trembling. The feeling of being alive completely took over her.
Hmm, hmm. This is it. This is it.
That's why I'm still scraping by and surviving.
As she bit into a piece of chocolate, she was lost in a brief moment of ecstasy.
-딩~
Discord message notification.
She glanced over. It was Hyrin.
[Hyrin: Thanks for your hard work today.]
[Ha Yunseo: Ah, yeah. Really, thanks for your hard work too.]
[Hyrin: There were a lot of crossing chats toward you today. Were you okay?]
[Hyrin: If you want, I can send you the list of nicknames.]
[Ha Yunseo: Ah, no, I'm okay.]
[Ha Yunseo: I don't really mind that.]
[Ha Yunseo: More than that, are you okay?]
[Ha Yunseo: A lot of weird people came because of me today…]
[Ha Yunseo: I'm really sorry…….]
[Hyrin: No, it's fine. It's okay.]
[Hyrin: Who knew this would happen?]
[Hyrin: It's like I caught measles.]
[Hyrin: Thanks to this, I should be able to respond a little more calmly next time.]
[Ha Yunseo: That's good, then.]
[Hyrin: That aside, what I said earlier. Are you really going to do that?]
[Ha Yunseo: What?]
[Hyrin: What I said about accepting 1v1 challenges.]
[Hyrin: Are you really going to do it?]
[Ha Yunseo: Yeah.]
[Ha Yunseo: I was actually about to upload the recruitment post.]
(Hyrin is typing a message…….)
[Hyrin: ……Haa.]
[Hyrin: Don't hold back at all. Understand?]
[Ha Yunseo: It's fine. I said I don't have the confidence to win.]
[Hyrin: That's good, then…]
[Hyrin: Oh, but where are you posting the recruitment post? On Kelgal?]
[Ha Yunseo: On Kelin gal.]
(Hyrin is typing a message…….)
(Hyrin is typing a message…….)
[Hyrin: ……What?]
[Hyrin: Where?]
[Ha Yunseo: I just posted it.]
[Hyrin: No.]
[Ha Yunseo: I'm going to go challenge for 1v1.]
[Ha Yunseo: Fighting on stream, Hyrin!]
[Hyrin: Just a sec?]
(Hyrin is typing a message…….)
(Hyrin is typing a message…….)
(Hyrin is typing a message…….)
Hyrin immediately opened her phone and went to her gallery.
As expected, Kelin gal was under ruthless attack from Kelgal.
Hyrin covered her face with both hands.
“No way… Ah…!! Really!! If she posts that there…!!.”
Hyrin was in a mood to cry.
***
That day, until 12 o'clock, Ha Yunseo had enjoyed 1v1 matches with countless people.
Numerous Grand Masters. Hidden experts in Master tier had put out challenge requests.
But Ha Yunseo had declared she wouldn't give even one Advantage. She was in complete sincere mode.
To avoid any variables, she didn't play the way that lured the opponent by letting them hit her on purpose.
She didn't want to create hope of victory, and she even gave up the joy of lightly shattering that hope with a simple flip.
She just mercilessly stomped on the ants like they were bugs.
Six hours of bloody battle.
Over two hundred challengers.
Every time, groups made up of entirely new people without retrying.
But not a single one had cut down the health of the swordmaster—Glen—Lulu by even one point.
A one-sided slaughter with not a single wound allowed.
So, after the promised 12 o'clock, one post appeared on Kelgal.
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★[ㅇㅇ] Title: Kelgal declares complete defeat to Hairball Slayer
{Photo of a Japanese high-ranking official signing a surrender document}
Declaration.
12:07 PM on Month Day, Year 202X.
Today, the entire Kelin gal, even with a cheeky kid's copy of the swordmaster—Glen—held high, could not land a single valid hit on the majestic swordmaster—Lulu, the queen of Kelgal.
Therefore, we, the Kelgal group, acknowledge defeat and officially recognize from today that Lulu is Glen's hard counter.
We bow our heads in apology for the rudeness shown to the queen.
Also, despite putting up a pick that was extremely disadvantageous in terms of matchups and fighting hard, we apologize to the NCX NineStar—Heo Jaeyeon player who was mindlessly farm-harvested by the stupid Kelgals.
(Frog photo bowing head) (9Star's Glen photo hitting one valid hit on Hairball Slayer's Lulu) (Heo Jaeyeon profile photo with arms crossed in serious expression) Ah—
I'm sorry for doubting.
One day, the one who will defeat TwoStep—Shin Sehyuk and become the GOAT of KCL All-Time Number One Legend Solo Lane.
(Worship icon) (Worship icon) (Worship icon)
If anyone questions this result, under the queen's name, the speaker's ID will be fully searched on the internet and treated as 『Sincere Glen Killer』 type.
Thank you
(Jerry photo bowing head)
Recommended: 3971 Not recommended: 123}
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Ha Yunseo had perfectly carried out Hyrin's warning: “Don't hold back at all.”
***
After that day, it became hard to find purely vulgar and one-sided mindless slander posts about NineStar—Heo Jaeyeon on Kelgal.
Of course, there were still some users who disliked Heo Jaeyeon to some extent, but the massive wave of fierce slander that had been like group madness had vanished from sight.
An official defeat declaration from the rarely-seen “villain trash group Kelgal” and the countless Kelgal users who followed it without a word.
That unusual sight spread the news to various communities.
Community education for harassing a young player. Titles like that were twisted in many ways, and countless posts and videos poured out.
All Kel of Heroes related Shorts were spotlighting Kelgal's bad behavior and the sudden takedown by the Hairball Slayer.
Countless comments insulting Kelgal. And the emerging tide of sympathy for Heo Jaeyeon player centered around the community.
International humiliation. The symbol of the collapse of Korean Kel of Heroes.
Even people who had lightly mocked with those tags suddenly began to cheer for Heo Jaeyeon with one heart one mind at Kelgal's unseen bad behavior.
Even accounts that had been slandering Heo Jaeyeon's lack of skill yesterday were now posting cheering comments for Heo Jaeyeon.
The public opinion that flipped overnight like turning one's palm.
And from NineStar—Heo Jaeyeon's passionate fanbase's perspective, it was a situation where the corners of their mouths would naturally rise.
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[Anonymous dc] Title: Even though I couldn't sleep for days because of the slanders on my Jae-yeon… T_T
{Still, it turned out well so I'm really glad… T_T
I wonder what our Jae-yeon did wrong to be so vulgarly slandered… Every time I read the comments, my humanity was really crushed T_T T_T T_T
Hairball Slayer? Every time I heard those words about an old man because of this person, it really hurt my heart, but seeing this person this time educate the Kelgal trash, I feel a little at ease haha haha lol lol T_T
I think the nickname is weird, but this one was pretty satisfying in the end lol lol lol lol lol lol 👍👍👍👍}
-Real lol lol lol lol lol so cool lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
-This really… I hated that Hairball person but seeing Kelgal trash cleaned up, my heart feels so empty~ I was really thankful to that person that day, I almost cried T_T T_T T_T
-I wrote a lot of posts slandering that person but I deleted all of them… lol lol T_T T_T T_T T_T Sorry auntie! ❤
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[Anonymous dc] Title: Thinking about it, the reason we slandered Basile too was because of Kelgal trash
{When I thought about it carefully yesterday, no matter how much I thought, if it wasn't for those Kelgal people, our kind Jae-yeon wouldn't have slandered Basile so much…
Of course, Basile had no crime other than playing solo lane? Basile wasn't going around town bragging that he killed Jae-yeon's solo kill…
He was just quietly playing, and those Kelgal trash took the game footage and slandered Jae-yeon without reason… T_T Ah… Even now thinking about it, I'm so angry… T_T
This is just my opinion, but… the Kelgal trash were biting at our Jae-yeon, so we reacted by slandering Basile out of rebellion… I'm really reflecting on it now as someone who joined in… T_T T_T T_T T_T}
-Whoa!!! This is exactly what I wanted to say!!!
-In my position at the time, even without slandering Basile, I felt like we were no different from Kelgal… T_T…
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ㄴMy words are really…
-Real Kelgal bad behavior makes me sick every time I see it -From now on, even girls shouldn't slander each other…… T_T
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Just a few days earlier, the villain fanbase that had been pointing coordinates on Kelgal and rallying total attacks had suddenly changed to friendly toward the Hairball Slayer.
If it were a lie to say that the old grudges that had mercilessly trampled Heo Jaeyeon and mocked him in the community had been completely washed away, but anyway, they no longer showed hostility toward her.
Rather, there were even people showing goodwill toward her.
So, Ha Yunseo had escaped the ruthless murder step list of Kel of Heroes' malignant fanbase.
From Hyrin's perspective, it was the most fortunate thing in the world.