Chapter 45
Chapter 45
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 45
Chapter Title: My Gun Barrel Shines, and the Trigger Judges the Enemies... (Read More)
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My gun barrel shines, and the trigger judges the enemies...
Battle Lounge.
The battle royale game that's become synonymous with the genre itself.
Twenty-five squads of four players each kick things off, battling it out against a shrinking safe zone until the last squad standing claims victory.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the most successful mainstream game in the battle royale genre, but ironically, the game's difficulty is sky-high.
After all, coming out on top against twenty-four other squads? No easy feat.
Still, my decision to dive into this game was straightforward.
Battle Lounge has a thriving collab streaming scene among streamers.
And it hosts a ton of streamer tournaments.
As is typical in battle royales, the farming phase can drag on forever.
To give an extreme example: you could spend twenty-five minutes grinding like a madman, only for the first firefight to end you with a headshot on the opening shot. That's battle royale for you.
In other words...
Battle Lounge gives you endless time for banter and teamwork with your squadmates.
No game is more perfect for collabs.
Of course, I have zero intention of becoming some isolated island VTuber.
Streaming is my life.
Not figuratively—literally.
If I don't stream, I die. So yeah, no exaggeration there.
For internet streamers, networking is way more crucial than you'd think.
Big corporate streamers with established followings can afford to go solo.
But I'm a total newbie who just debuted.
Lean on whoever you can, whenever you can.
Enter every tournament you're eligible for.
That's why picking up some Battle Lounge experience will help my stream in all sorts of ways down the line.
⚙ DONATION ⚙ Myriad Stars Evangelist donated 2,000 won. So, streamer, have you played this game before?
"Nope, first time."
I told you guys.
I don't play games at all normally.
I spend my gaming time watching Ayase's streams instead.
"But I've watched a ton."
💬 Chat — Viewer That line on. — Viewer Ao, macro #1 again lol — Viewer She's watched a lot, sure ffs — Viewer ??? : Loader? I've watched a lot. — Viewer ??? : Horror game? I've watched a lot. — Viewer What good does watching do when her aim's dogshit — Viewer She might actually be decent with guns...? — Viewer Military-service high school girl incoming dddddd "No, Battle Lounge is different, okay? It's a team game. I've watched enough to pull my weight."
— Viewer Loader's a team game too, no-practice-newbieeee — Viewer Myriad Stars, what you doing, grab this troll — Viewer Cult leader gets reported for trolling today vs doesn't — Viewer Duck battle — Viewer You joking? Duck battle — Viewer Balance-ruining duck battle — Viewer Getting reported for trolling and preserved in Battle Lounge gallery is the template. ⚙ DONATION ⚙ Anon donated 2,000 won. Since we're here, let's go for the universe's first hidden achievement: get labeled a troll in every game we touch lmaoooo No, this time it's really different.
Battle Lounge is a team game.
...Though Loader is technically a 5-man team game too.
In MOBA-style games, your lane is predetermined from the start.
Screw up lane phase hard enough, and recovery's impossible—you just get bused by your teammates.
But in battle royales like Battle Lounge...
If you've got a teammate who can actually shoot...
You can totally ride their coattails.
My role? Human backpack.
Smoke grenades, frags, ammo, meds, you name it.
If I play support backpack for the team...
I can carry my weight without firing a shot.
— Viewer Okay, she knows her place at least — Viewer Thinking about it, she might actually chicken a battle royale for real...? — Viewer Theoretically possible if she gets a good team ㅇㅇ — Viewer Loader she couldn't win cuz she'd rack 20 deaths solo, but this one's theoretically winnable. — Viewer Chicken dinner king incoming? — Viewer Chicken king confirmed? "No way in hell am I doing Chicken King."
Today's goal is just a chicken dinner—victory—not that.
I got burned once already.
The moment I declared no Chicken King ever...
📜 MISSION DONATION 📜 'NotReflectingMyriadStars' Mission: 1,000,000 Won!
🎁 Mission: Eat the Chicken
"Aigoo, Chairman's dropping another massive offering...!"
The same chairman who suggested "Loader Placement Exam" last time.
Threw down a million-won mission donation.
Not thrilled with the nickname, but...
A million won. A million.
Honestly, even Reflecting Myriad Stars would approve.
Right?
Bonk!
"Ow."
— Viewer ? — Viewer Why'd she bonk her head suddenly? — Viewer Here we go again — Viewer WWE on. ...Or not.
Battle Lounge has twenty-five squads per match.
Theoretically, grind twenty-five games...
Bound to snag a chicken eventually.
Plus, now I've got the perfect excuse with this million-won mission.
"Let's go chase that chicken."
Time to show the faithful what a true level-4 backpack looks like.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ My gun barrel shines.
The trigger delivers judgment.
Gladly avenging the heretics,
Repaying blasphemy with blasphemy.
Oh, Reflecting Myriad Stars,
Place me by your side,
Set me among your devotees.
Those who seek to shatter others' faith
Shall lose their own.
That is...
The will of Reflecting Myriad Stars.
...My ass.
"Gyaeeeeeeeek!"
My gun barrel did shine, sure.
But judgment? Not even close.
My aim shot straight to the heavens.
I spotted the enemy first, unloaded thirty rounds... and missed every single one.
For real?
This game is a hundred times harder to play than it looks.
Recoil control is insane.
Human backpack only works if you survive the early fights.
Survival? Try four games straight first-blood'd.
Yeah.
Five games in a row, dead last out of a hundred.
⚙ DONATION ⚙ Dogshit-Troll-Jia donated 1,000 won. Isn't this straight-up talent? ⚙ DONATION ⚙ Backrit donated 3,000 won. Getting first-bloody in this game ain't easy, four in a row is nuts kkkkkkkkkkkkkk ⚙ DONATION ⚙ Great-Mount donated 4,000 won. Crossed the unpleasant valley, now it's hilariously fun kkkkkkk "No, this is straight-up bullshit! It's not my fault—it's the teammates!"
— Viewer Teammates were braindead tho kkkkkk — Viewer Average casual game ㅇㅇ — Viewer Mad? Go ranked lol oh wait — Viewer Can't do ranked cuz level restriction Not proud of the first-bloods, obviously.
But the teammates weren't blameless either.
Big hot drop.
Short for "big city headplant" or "head-first into the metropolis."
The playstyle where you ignore safe farming at drop and dive headlong into the ultra-dangerous big city for nonstop action from the jump.
Maybe cuz it's casuals and victory doesn't matter...
Four games straight, matched with dopamine-junkie hot droppers.
Four big hot drops in a row.
I wasn't even planning to shoot...
At this rate, forget backpack—I'm not even meat shield material.
But I didn't give up.
Next game starts, and yup—another squad of dopamine-addicted hot drop maniacs.
Goal this game: survive.
Drop in the big city, bolt straight into a building without farming, hide in the bathroom, and lock the door.
Shiver shiver shiver.
Shiver shiver.
— Viewer Horror game? kkkkk — Viewer What you doing ffs kkkkk — Viewer Ao full AR parts outside, what!!!!! Dunno.
Farming shmarmin', this game I'm dodging first blood no matter what.
After hunkering in the bathroom for about thirty seconds...
Player count drops from a hundred to seventy in a flash.
Good, done!
First blood averted.
Mission accomp—
Footsteps footsteps footsteps.
Rattle.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
"Gyaeeeeeeeek!"
Crisis always strikes when you're letting your guard down.
The bathroom door flies open.
Some freak in a bunny mascot head...
Unloads on me.
I screamed at 200% capacity.
Thought my soul left my body...!
This game.
Isn't battle royale—it's horror.
Somehow, I was my team's last survivor.
This...
Feels hopeless.
One more game.
Just one.
If the next one's hopeless too...
Mission money, collabs, tournaments—screw it all, I'm out.
— Viewer Fact: next game changes nothing ㅇㅇ — Viewer Pubs always like this kkkk — Viewer Oh she turned on the game to shoot guns lol — Viewer If it was serious she'd do ranked lol oh "..."
Yeah, next game probably won't change a thing.
Pub matches seem full of nothing but hot drop dopamine fiends.
⚙ DONATION ⚙ PineapplePizzaWithSauce donated 10,000 won. Jia, pro tip? "What's that? Thanks for the ten grand, but if it's another weird tip..."
⚙ DONATION ⚙ PineapplePizzaWithSauce donated 10,000 won. Go to settings now, turn on in-game voice. Game starts? Spam 'hello' first. After that, Reflecting Myriad Stars' grace will be upon you. "Aao, knew it was a weird tip!"
— Viewer Nah? — Viewer That's legit pro tip? — Viewer Oh yeah there's that method — Viewer This is it ffs — Viewer Voice on turns hot drop maniacs into safe-zone clip-farmers, rewires their brains ㅇㅇ "...That's actually a pro tip?"
Why?
How's turning on in-game mic a pro tip?
As I questioned it, chat exploded with "Hard to explain, just try it."
Made no sense to a non-gamer like me, but...
Fine, nothing to lose.
Game starts.
[Hot drop?] [Hot drop it is.] [Let's go.] Yup, matched with three more hot drop dopamine addicts.
Okay, turn on mic, say hello, and they normalize, right?
I flip on in-game voice.
"Hello."
Delivered the viewer-endorsed pro tip verbatim.
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The vibe shifted.
A few seconds of silence.
Then...
[Play it safe?] [Clip farming now and then ain't bad.] [Let's chicken.] The hot drop dopamine maniacs...
Turned into clip-farming safe players off one hello.
So...
Why the hell does that work?