Chapter 76
Chapter 76
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 76
Chapter Title: The Genius Awakened's Streaming (5)
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"What... the?"
A silence fell.
Countless question marks flooded the chat window.
JerryKim's mind was in the exact same state as the chat.
*What... What just happened?*
He hadn't even seen it properly.
Blue lightning had flared violently, and in an instant, three Neglishes lay brutally slaughtered on the ground.
He hadn't used a powerful holy relic, nor had he unleashed a life-draining ultimate skill.
He'd done it casually.
As if it were nothing, he'd wiped out three 5-star monsters.
"Are you planning to stand there for the full 30 minutes?"
A smirk played on Oh-jin's lips as he waved a hand at the stunned JerryKim.
"If you're not going, I'll go alone."
"W-Wait!"
JerryKim urgently tried to stop him.
Of course.
There was no reason to wait around.
*Tatadadak!!*
He kicked off the ground and sprinted into the tunnel.
"Ugh! Dammit!"
He could see JerryKim frantically chasing after him from behind.
"Aworororo!!"
"Awor!!"
The deeper they went into the tunnel, the more Neglishes appeared.
*Two on the right. Three on the left. And...*
Two assassin-type Neglishes hiding beneath the floor.
*When I didn't know there were assassin types, I couldn't sense their presence.*
But now that he knew they were hiding...
...it wasn't hard to pinpoint their locations by mixing in a little of the Canes Venatici Stigma.
"Gatling Shot!!"
As if refusing to be outdone.
This time, JerryKim swiftly fired his arrows.
*Dududududu!!*
Arrows made of blue light shot toward the Neglishes like a machine gun.
"Aworororo!!"
It was certainly a powerful technique, but...
*...the accuracy is terrible.*
Oh-jin smirked and extended his arm toward the Neglish that had been turned into a pincushion by the barrage of arrows.
*Thwang!!!*
The sharp weight at the end of the wire pierced right between the Neglish's eyes.
"Ah...!"
"You said the person who gets the last hit gets the kill, right?"
"Grk!"
JerryKim bit his lip fiercely.
-LMAOOOOOOOOOOO holy shit;;
-Fuck, where's that bastard who said Noerang was 3-star???
-There's no way this is 4-star????
-wtf am I watching right now??
-FUCK I bet my whole month's salary!!!!
-THEUPSETISREALTHEUPSETISREALTHEUPSETISREAL.
The chat exploded at the sight of Oh-jin overwhelming JerryKim.
"Dammit!"
JerryKim let out a harsh curse without realizing it.
He chewed his lip, his expression anxious.
*I can't lose like this!*
Tens, no, hundreds of thousands of people were watching.
If he lost without even putting up a decent fight, that label would follow him for the rest of his life.
"Krrruuuh!"
He summoned his mana with all his might.
The sudden surge of mana made the circuits throughout his body scream.
But.
"Arrow—Blast!!"
This was a fight he couldn't afford to lose.
*Kwa-gagagagagwang!!!*
Tens, hundreds of arrows swirled and descended upon the three Neglishes on the left.
"Awororororo!!!"
The muscular fishmen were swept away by the arrow storm and collapsed to the ground.
-Ooooooh!!!
-JerryKim! JerryKim!!
-Let's gooooooo!!!
-Mom if I win this I'll be a good son I swear!!!!
The viewers went wild at JerryKim's performance.
"Hah! Hah!"
Without a moment to check the chat's reaction, JerryKim collapsed, gasping for breath.
A powerful wave of exhaustion crushed him after using so much mana at once.
Just then.
"Awor!!"
*Pwak!!*
Two Neglishes burst through the floor and lunged at JerryKim.
Sharp, purple poison-coated spines aimed for his neck.
"H-Hieeeeeek!"
A pathetic scream escaped JerryKim's lips.
He tried to get up in a hurry, but his body wouldn't move as he wanted after expending so much mana.
"H-Help..."
*Twang! Twang!*
"Aorororok!"
The wire wrapped around the charging Neglishes' bodies.
Electrocuted by the blue lightning, the Neglishes writhed in pain.
"H-Hic!"
JerryKim flinched, staring down at the corpses of the Neglishes that had fallen right in front of him.
If he had been just a little slower.
The poison-drenched spines would have riddled his body.
"That's a unique scream you have."
Oh-jin chuckled and retracted his wire.
-Hieeeeeek wtf LMAOOOOOOOOOO
-Ahahaha this stream is legendary for real lol
-My Jerry-chan isn't like this ㅠㅠ!
-JerryKim's reaction is hilarious hahahahahaha
The chat window was soon filled with messages mocking JerryKim.
"Urgh..."
JerryKim pushed himself up, his face burning.
"Let's go deeper inside."
The only way to redeem himself from this humiliation was to show a performance so amazing it would blow the viewers' minds.
But.
*Pzzzzzzzzzt!!!*
"Aworororo!!!"
As time went on, the gap between him and Oh-jin only widened.
"N-No way..."
JerryKim's jaw dropped in disbelief.
The number of Neglishes killed in 30 minutes: Oh-jin 24, JerryKim 7.
It was a gap so wide, it was embarrassing to even say he'd fought well despite losing.
-wtf;;; Does this even make sense?
-How is this 4-star in any way LOL
-So what about my salary fuck?
-Favorites bettors got rekt lol? Feeling dizzy yet?
-Noerang! Noerang! Noerang!
-Mom I wanna be Noerang when I grow up! Mom I wanna be Noerang when I grow up! Mom I wanna be Noerang when I grow up!
The chat, which had been demanding a "lesson" before the match started, had completely shifted to praising Oh-jin.
"It's been 30 minutes, hasn't it?"
"......"
JerryKim stood with his mouth agape, looking utterly defeated.
"Didn't you say you were 4-star?!"
he shouted accusingly.
"When?"
"Huh?"
"When did I say I was 4-star?"
"...Ah."
JerryKim's mouth hung open with a dumbfounded expression.
Thinking back, Oh-jin had never once said he was 4-star.
From the moment they first met.
No, even before they met.
He had been completely fooled.
By none other than.
Himself.
"Then what on earth..."
What star-rank was Noerang?
"5-star. I'm 5-star."
Oh-jin held up five fingers.
"5-star...?"
JerryKim's eyes widened.
It was certainly surprising that an Awakened who debuted just over half a year ago had reached 5-star, but.
"E-Even if you are 5-star, how could you..."
Among the Awakened, overcoming a 1-star difference wasn't all that rare.
But that was only when the opponent had a mundane Stigma.
JerryKim was an Awakened of the Zodiac, one of the top-tier constellations among hundreds.
*To still lose this overwhelmingly means...*
*Gulp.*
He swallowed dryly.
Just as the Zodiac Awakened overwhelmed those with mundane Stigmas...
...did it mean that before Polaris, the Zodiac was no different from a common, run-of-the-mill Stigma?
"Crazy..."
JerryKim stared at Oh-jin with trembling eyes.
His expression was like he was looking not at a human, but at an alien who had descended from space.
"Well then, I'll be taking this?"
"Ah..."
He let out a regretful sigh, looking at the sack.
He wanted to snatch the sack back, even if it meant insisting the bet was just a joke, but he couldn't do that in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers.
"...Yes. A promise is a promise."
*Squeeze.*
He clenched his fist and nodded.
There was nothing else he could do but gracefully admit defeat.
-Whoa;;; He was 5-star??
-Holy shit LOL wasn't it just two months ago that the news said he became 4-star??
-That's faster than Nokjonseong;;?
-Breaking) JerryKim loses all the holy stones he collected for a month.
-Breaking) Favorites bettors also wiped out.
-Ah JerryKim you idiot, you should've asked his rank before making a bet.
A quick glance at the chat showed it was, as expected, in chaos.
It was filled with insults that crossed the line.
He wanted to just end the stream, but...
"Well now~ isn't it about time to settle the point gambling?"
Ha-eun approached JerryKim with a wide grin.
"...Yes."
JerryKim nodded, his expression listless.
As she said, there was still the matter of settling the point gambling they had set up before the bet.
-ICANTEVENICANTEVENICANTEVEN!
-VOIDVOIDVOIDVOIDVOIDVOIDVOID.
-MOMIMSORRYMOMIMSORRYMOMIMSORRYMOMIMSORRYMOMIMSORRY.
-The underdog is invincible and Noerang is a god. The underdog is invincible and Noerang is a god.
Since most viewers had bet on JerryKim, the announcement of settling the points sent the chat into a frenzy.
JerryKim scanned the chat and let out a short sigh.
"Then, I will announce the ID of the person who earned the most points!"
JerryKim shouted, his hand on the point settlement button.
"—Huh?"
Ha-eun's eyes shot wide open.
"W-Wait a minute!! Why are you suddenly announcing the ID!!!"
"Huh? Why? It's Toichi's policy."
JerryKim looked back at Ha-eun as if asking what she was talking about.
"W-W-What? W-What kind of policy is that? The streams I watched before didn't have anything like that!!!"
"...That's only for small-time streams. Toichi partners like me have to disclose the full results of point gambling."
It was a rule to prevent illegal activities like match-fixing, requiring full disclosure of who won how much.
"Then, the announcement..."
"W-Wait!!!"
Ha-eun urgently tried to stop JerryKim.
"Cancel it! Let's cancel the point gambling!!"
"Huh? What's this all of a sudden."
"Nunna?"
Oh-jin and JerryKim frowned at her.
"T-The viewers voted without knowing Oh-jini's star rank, right?"
Ha-eun continued with an awkward smile.
"So it's void!! This one is void!!!"
Her desperate shout sent the chat into an uproar.
-fr this should be void.
-NunnailyNunnailyNunnaily.
-wtf where's the logic in thatㅡㅡ no one said he had to reveal his rank beforehand.
-Idiots lolol would you have even bet on Noerang if you knew he was 5-star?
The chat's reaction was sharply divided.
Those arguing for it to be void and those arguing what difference it made began to fight fiercely.
"Whoa whoa, everyone calm down."
It was the streamer's job to manage a chaotic chat.
"There was nothing in the betting terms about revealing his rank, so I'll proceed with the settlement."
JerryKim said in a firm voice.
There was the reason that if he actually followed Ha-eun's words and voided it, his public image would plummet, but.
*I lost everything, so you guys should lose too.*
Honestly, there was also the petty thought that he couldn't be the only one to lose.
*It's not like my own money is on the line anyway.*
Who cared who lost?
"Then I'll announce first place. It's probably the person who bet big on the upset earlier."
"Aaaah!! S-Stop!!"
Oh-jin caught Ha-eun as she tried to rush JerryKim.
"Stay still, Nunna."
"Let go!! Let go, you bastard!!"
It wasn't hard to figure out that the reason she was acting this way was because of the 'ID'.
*What on earth did she use for an ID to be acting like this?*
He held the struggling Ha-eun in his arms and tilted his head.
*Something like 'Reaper of the Black Eyes'?*
Seeing her react so violently, it must be an incredibly childish ID.
*Tsk tsk. My sister really doesn't know the value of money. Why would she try to void this just because some silly ID gets revealed?*
He smirked and shrugged.
Whether it was 'Reaper of the Black Eyes' or 'FallenAngelPower', what did it matter?
The upset had paid off on a 460 million won bet; there was no way he was letting it get voided.
"The first place for this point vote is—!"
"Aaaaaah!! N-No!!!"
"'CutiePatootieOhjiniSlurpSlurp'!!!"
"......"
"......"
*...Slurp what?*