Chapter 6
Chapter 6
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 6
Chapter Title: Twisting the Troller's Wrist
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Hong Eun-seol had just turned on her stream.
The girl who always hung out with her at school, Yoo Eun-chae, was the first to jump into the broadcast.
'...Eun-seol's gotten super popular.'
Eun-chae had mastered even the depths of internet streaming without making a fuss about it, so Eun-seol's worries from school felt hilariously out of touch.
'Still, this much is whatever.'
She'd offered to be her manager just in case Eun-seol got hurt by chat trolls, but Eun-seol was handling her audience taming like a pro.
"Gonna do any missions? I can absolutely do them, no cap."
Right around the time she finished bragging about her favorite gear and gushing over ST, just as the game was about to start, a pride battle erupted between the viewers and Eun-seol.
Eun-chae saw it and jumped right in without hesitation.
Of course, it wasn't pure hate—she was just egging on the donations.
'Haven't heard her talk smack like that in ages.'
When Eun-seol got fired up like this, she'd push through whether it killed her or fed her.
The last time Eun-chae saw that side was the madness of camping outside a restaurant for three hours every night for two days straight to snag a Proud autograph. Once Eun-seol latched onto something, nothing could stop her.
Of course, if her LOC skills were trash at the core, grit alone wouldn't cut it—but in Eun-chae's eyes, Eun-seol's talent wasn't stopping here.
"One win nets me just over twenty points?"
She'd already clinched a game, marking the real climb's start, and scribbled a tiny "1-win streak" under her notepad announcement.
"Don't think I'll need ten. Nine wins should hit Diamond."
Luckily, thanks to some butterfly effect, promos and such had been scrapped earlier, so theoretically, Diamond before stream end wasn't impossible.
The ban/pick screen popped up, but she just fiddled with her champ selection, leaving the ban slots empty. Yeah, that looked pretty weird to most people.
"Pros have to play everything anyway."
She didn't remember the exact rules now, but eventually, you'd get rules where you couldn't repeat champs.
With all sorts of wild comps and picks popping up, no need to narrow her experience pool.
"Ugh, seriously. Bronze or Master, it's all the same crap."
Even more so when Grandmaster started tasting off after a few years.
Looks like one line pissed off more than a few folks.
"...Does that mean I shouldn't snipe?"
"...Hmph. Keep that up and I'll get serious."
Bringing out my old personality.
Even pros have preferred champs they excel at.
She wasn't playing ones that pros called a cut above, which would break the game outright—but if they kept pushing, that changed.
Especially her bully-specialized pool, packed with faves she crushed on.
As long as my team didn't have four trolls, there was always a way to win.
Ban/pick time left a bit, but I picked without hesitation.
Concept's a romance-packed duelist, but sadly, that romance leads countless players to lose their parents in Twisted Canyon.
But nail early lane control, and no champ breaks games better.
The worry? First-person view buffs were better than expected—if they dodged every swing, that was it.
'But if they could, they wouldn't be in this tier.'
No matter the buffs, there's a limit.
Aim center mass, and it hits regardless of view.
"Land 'em all, dodge 'em all, you win."
No Q misses in laning phase
💰 Reward: 10,000₩
Even a mission like this popped up.
"Minion hits count?"
"Laning phase around 10-15 mins then."
Pros scrim all sorts of lanes and roles, but solo queue drags laning due to comms issues, so rough estimate.
"I'll autopsy all your chats and hold a police station meetup."
"So behave. Got it?"
Definitely different vibe from pro chats—kinda chaotic.
'...Come to think of it, Eun-chae said she'd watch.'
Midnight nearing, no contact yet.
No need to ping her to watch.
I refocused on the game screen.
Before minions hit lane and start trading, pre-hit a minion with Q to fill a stack.
Opponent ain't dumb—pokes with autos, but mage autos? Barely a tickle compared to ADs.
But lean forward even a bit to smack back? Pay the price.
Fake a backstep, pivot forward, land another Q, then auto spam.
From there, they mindgame with movement, I just auto.
My base MS edges higher, so once in auto range, lane's done.
Slap Ignite, trust the broken runes of the era, chase to the end.
Dodge their nontarget skill leisurely, no need for autos even.
They know pausing to smack means dying faster.
Chasing till their bar's near empty.
Predict Flash, Q3 on landing spot.
Flash myself for killing auto.
Just over two minutes in.
Sorry for opponent, but in this tier, nontarget mage = big pricey minion.
"Team top said they sniped me? I'll farm your score blank, tuck sleeves and come roam."
If my team's got a troll, turn their laner into one too.
Balance restored, game won.
The TP-ing opponent base-rushing home in under a minute? No surprise.