강한 반응의 샌드백 패기
After a satisfying slurp.
Followed by a deep, contented swallow.
Yeah, the perfect blend of slightly spicy ramen and tuna mayo kimbap was the undisputed king of meals costing under three thousand won.
There might be people who disagree, but… well, whatever.
I cleared my plate in one go.
The sandwich was delicious too.
The smooth egg flavor still lingered on my tongue.
Haa.
The satisfaction that bubbled up lazily after a full belly drained the strength from my whole body.
My lower half slid off the chair a little.
I was almost lying back on it.
Uh-hm… something, I feel sleepy.
Thinking about it, I’d burned myself out all day, so it was weird that I wasn’t tired.
Even though Celt of Heroes wasn’t exactly the most physically demanding game.
Yet it was full tracking VR, after all.
“…Ughh.
I raised my weary arm to stretch.
And while I was at it, I sat up straight, my heavy upper body finally obeying.
Maybe I should log in a bit after all.
I wasn’t quite ready to sleep yet.
And I needed to hit Grand Master top to have a name card ready for 1v1s against players who actually did well.
But I should brush my teeth before queueing… ugh, I didn’t want to get up.
Thinking that way, I peeled myself off the chair that kept clinging to me.
Then I pulled out the VR gear from the box.
“…I should play as Luluna.
The first time I played Luluna, the character I chose as the crafter, it was because her stats were completely destroyed.
Her win rate and pick rate were at rock bottom.
Even though she was a specialist in 1v1 duels, she had the worst win rate in the glen lane.
And her late-game carry strength? Nope.
Her teamfight ability? Also no.
Luluna’s concept was to grow through strong 1v1 power and then spread that influence to the other lanes.
So the natural pick was the glen lane, where fights were 1v1.
But as I said earlier, Luluna was statistically weak against almost every other glen character.
Only when I looked at the top-tier stats did she edge ahead slightly.
A character with no sense of how to play, completely unplayable.
When I first saw Luluna, my impression was exactly that.
But that was precisely why I felt a certain charm in her.
Of course, fighting against strong characters didn’t bring any sense of achievement?
And the opponent wouldn’t accept the loss and would mental-game their way to victory by calling it a “saekki character.”
That kind of thing was boring.
It left a nasty aftertaste.
So I decided to play the weakest character, Luluna.
The catharsis of beating the strongest character with the weakest one.
It was like a poor kid from the village giving a rich kid’s son a taste of his own medicine with violence at school.
And that was how I broke the backs of users who carried saekki characters with Luluna.
Good for them.
I could almost hear the voices of every Luluna user saying it.
—Heh.
I quickly put on the VR equipment on both legs and spun the queue.
Then I headed straight to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste.
I brushed my teeth meticulously and rinsed my mouth.
Wiped the moisture from my hands with a towel and came back to the computer.
The queue was still not up.
[Waiting for a matching opponent.]
[6:48]
“The queue is slow today.”
Those mad guys.
It’s not even past noon yet and they’ve already dropped.
Are they all out showing off and making friends?
Just as I was thinking that.
Kuung.
The queue popped up.
“Is that some kind of magic spell?”
I quickly equipped the tracker on my arms and put on the VR headset.
—Pat!
[Some of the pre-made team members have left.]
Another peaceful scene in Celt of Heroes today.
“Is this dodging?”
How much longer do I have to wait?
Thinking that, I took a sip of water.
Fortunately, before thirty seconds passed, the game popped up again.
No one had suddenly started picking on me earlier.
Did they dodge because they didn’t want to play with me?
…Well, it doesn’t matter.
In this pick phase, there was no chat at all.
Getting a bit lonely, should I send a greeting?
…Hmm. I won’t poke the hornet’s nest on purpose.
There might be a long-horned wasp that comes out.
A bear that was trying to get honey might pop out too.
—Dong!
All countdowns ended and the game screen lowered.
Then the game client loading window appeared.
The enemy team’s composition… wasn’t bad.
We probably needed to grab an early lead hard.
Then I suddenly spotted a familiar name from the enemy team.
[ChurumEokgoSipeumda]
—Oh.
I’d planned for this first game to be a bit sloppy.
“If it’s like that, the story changes.”
—Hee.
The first queue was fun.
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{Enemy eliminated!}
TeolbaeulSlayer (Crafter - Luluna) > ChurumEokgoSipeumda (Sniper - Goro)
{Ally taken down!}
Michae (Lancer - Kartia) > TeolbaeulSlayer (Crafter - Luluna)
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{Enemy eliminated!}
TeolbaeulSlayer (Crafter - Luluna) > ChurumEokgoSipeumda (Sniper - Goro)
{Double kill!}
TeolbaeulSlayer (Crafter - Luluna) > SaJeHyeomOhReulMeomChuJuyoSeiyo (Priest - Ren)
{Ally taken down!}
Michae (Lancer - Kartia) > TeolbaeulSlayer (Crafter - Luluna)
[All chat]
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Hey
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Hey you bastard
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Luluna Luluna
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Add me on friend request after it ends
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: I’ll kill you, change your name to ***aa
ToroRogieo: Your Luluna nickname is good kek
EulEommaNeunGoryeoIn: But what is that guy spouting about cats since the beginning?
(Enemy) Michae: Sounds like a psycho
(Enemy) UliHyugminPoeo: It does seem that way from what I see...
{Enemy eliminated!}
TeolbaeulSlayer (Crafter - Luluna) > ChurumEokgoSipeumda (Sniper - Goro)
[All chat]
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Ah
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: The concept is seriously overlapped
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Intentionally killing only me, bastard
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Luluna
(Enemy) Michae: Sorry, but the concept is nothing special either, friend
(Enemy) ChurumEokgoSipeumda: Ah1gari
(Enemy) SaJeHyeomOhReulMeomChuJuyoSeiyo: I need a Goro report, please please ㅜㅜ
By now the enemy Goro’s scoreboard was 0/8/2.
Out of those 8 deaths, I created 7 of them.
Once with ally help, but the rest were all solo kills.
The remaining 1 death was Goro who was joining the center lane alone after being sniped, starting a fight and dying.
Even though the enemy lancer kept trying to gank at perfect timing, I recorded a few deaths, but in the end we secured every kill trade.
—Heh.
Ah, it’s fun.
The sight of him howling in pain like that was hilarious.
After a long time, I was facing a hitting opponent.
Every time he died, he would act all dramatic, complaining about being hurt, like a Shiba Inu running around wildly.
Sorry but friend.
In the real world, you’re probably living a much better life than me-
But not here.
You have a real world to return to, but I don’t.
{Ally is going berserk!}
TeolbaeulSlayer (Crafter - Luluna) > ChurumEokgoSipeumda (Sniper - Goro)
So, please bear with me.
Think of it as the cute pride of a child.
***
After killing him a few more times.
The chat window filled with Goro’s sharp, exhausting insults.
I smiled as I stored each one in my mind.
At least he didn’t curse my parents.
I secretly wished he would.
Let’s curse together.
How does it feel being used as the garbage of society?
This bad person.
Teasing him lightly with chat would probably get a stronger reaction, but I don’t do that.
The reason… is that my heart isn’t that cruel.
I don’t want to add salt to the wound of an angry person.
I’m not that bad either.
—Ding! Ding! Ding!
Help ping on the epic monster [Valor the King of Pomor]
The enemy Goro who was supposed to block the left glen lane had died, and the dungeon runner Kartia had gone to the right riverbank to help the ally priest who was wandering.
Our dungeon runner assassin Sein sent the signal to enter the epic dungeon on the right side of the glen lane.
SejiSeji: Only Luluna
SejiSeji: Come in
TeolbaeulSlayer has said ‘Understood’.
Normally it was a very early timing, but-
If Luluna had grown that much, the story was different.