Chapter 33
Chapter 33
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 33
Chapter Title: You Again?
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The viewers were in a full-blown festive mood.
Both the new viewers drawn in by the tournament...
...and Hean and Yura's dedicated core fans had just one thing they wanted from watching the stream.
Dopamine.
This situation was a perfect storm of elements, delivering a massive dopamine hit to the viewers.
Just like the old saying that the best spectacle is watching a fight.
Where else could you catch a hilarious matchup between a toxic armchair advisor viewer and a streamer?
The viewers watched Yura from afar, like people enjoying a fire across the river, thrilled by this rare and exciting matchup.
In truth, Yura's elimination had nothing to do with them, so it really was just a riverside fire-watching vibe.
They'd already sensed her defeat.
Scratched just right by the viewers, Yura shouted.
"No! Why is everyone already assuming I'll lose?! I could win!"
"Eek!"
Yura knew it all too well.
That Third Life was no ordinary player.
She'd seen it with her own eyes—what was ordinary about him?
"......See?"
Gritting her teeth, Yura declared.
"I'll win somehow."
Yura still had an ace up her sleeve.
Her main character was a mage.
Since she'd only ever used mages on stream, they'd assume she'd go mage again.
So Yura pulled out her sub-account mode.
With the tournament underway, Hean took over hosting duties for Yura.
Yura appeared clad in heavy armor.
Not just any knight, either.
Knowing the opponent might counter mage with a knight, she chose Holy Knight to crush them flat.
The viewers were shocked by the completely meta-breaking pick she'd never used before.
Yura felt satisfied seeing their reactions.
It was that unexpected of a move.
Yura looked ahead.
Third Life was approaching.
And he was...
"Huh?"
...a mage.
Hold on.
This crossed the line.
Why are you a mage?
Yura had forgotten one thing: Third Life had never once followed her expectations.
The moment I got matched with Yura, one thought crossed my mind.
'Gotta go mage.'
Not satisfied with just dropping indirect advice, I decided to show her mage play right in her face.
Surely she'd learn something from this.
So I logged in as mage, and there was Holy Knight Yura right in front of me.
She's right.
Holy Knight and mage aren't a bad matchup by any means—far from the worst.
In fact, it's pretty solid.
Mages are the nightmare of melee characters.
But doesn't that just mean they're no longer a nightmare once you close the gap?
And Holy Knights are optimized for closing in.
However.
The mage class varies wildly in skill ceiling based on the player.
No other job demands as much raw talent and skill as mage.
During prep time, Yura bantered a bit more with the viewers before settling into position.
Surprisingly good stance—caught me off guard.
Maybe Holy Knight suits her better than mage?
Head properly lowered, shield thrust forward, back slightly hunched to avoid being pushed back. Foot spacing and angle perfect.
The classic Holy Knight charge stance.
The timer hit zero.
Boom-!
The ground shook as Yura stamped down with heavy footwork and charged. Thud thud thud thud! The basic of basics for Holy Knight skills: Charge.
Seeing her come in with a perfectly formed stance thanks to game buffs and basic skill...
You read my advice post, didn't you, Yura?
A swell of pride hit me.
Good call posting that on the community boards.
That's right.
Charge like that, block like that as a Holy Knight.
Do it right, and no melee character gets close.
Get close? You get bashed.
Attack? Blocked.
Defend? Hit.
Holy Knights have the best defense among melee classes.
But that's only...
...against melee characters.
Yura overlooked one thing.
My post was tailored strictly to 'Holy Knights vs melee characters.'
When I dueled Cruise, he was a swordsman, so I wrote melee-focused advice.
So against a mage like now, you can't just charge in raw.
Without the Holy Knight blessing, doing that...
...means tripping over rocks...
...or slipping and falling.
Kaboom-!
Yura slid in her charge stance and tumbled across the ground.
I looked down at Yura, who resembled a flipped-over turtle.
Main tournament PvP is best of three.
One more round.
A sharply honed ice spear pierced through Yura.
Turtle skewer complete.
I got wrecked.
Cleanly.
Utterly wrecked.
"It's... It's just the first round."
One more chance left.
Yura carefully selected her character.
What to pick this time?
Holy Knight again?
Or her usual mage?
Or something else?
After much deliberation, Yura chose mage.
At least it could land basic hits.
And since she didn't pick mage first round, the opponent might think she wouldn't this time either.
Strike at that gap.
This familiar sight.
Confidence swelled.
Good.
This'll be doable.
With newfound confidence, Yura boldly turned her head, only to face...
"......"
Don't mess around.
...Third Life as a Holy Knight.
The reason Third Life picked Holy Knight was simple.
Just like with mage.
He wanted Yura to see it and learn.
The game started, and Third Life charged just like Yura had.
Yura tried to mimic him.
Make his body heavy with gravity manipulation.
Adjust friction to make him slip...
Kaboom-!
The Holy Knight leaped into the air.
Twisted his body, then fired something black.
Thwack-!
What Third Life did was straightforward.
Gravity manipulation and friction adjustment are magic with fixed ranges.
In other words, step out of range and they're useless.
Normally, you'd shatter spells with blessings, but since Yura skipped blessings last time, Third Life did too and broke through.
Charge out of the gravity zone, leap over the friction area.
Then hurl the shield to one-shot the already frail mage.
In short, he dodged what Yura couldn't and ended the game with a shield toss.
And so...
Main tournament, first match.
Eliminated: Yura.
A streamer was immediately knocked out of her own personal tournament.
The chat flooded with 'lolololololololol' spam.
Yura stared at the screen in a daze.
She lasted barely a minute.
"......"
She knew she'd lose.
But not this overwhelmingly...
Her gamer pride...!
In anguish, Yura slumped down, trying to regain her composure.
But the viewers wouldn't wait.
To keep the tournament on schedule, they needed to push forward immediately.
Yura's match ended so fast there was time left, but accounting for potential drags later, it wasn't much.
Yura spun the next roulette.
Next up: Hean vs player De-yeon.
The moment she saw it, Yura shouted.
"Hean, fighting!"
Yura ignored the chat complaints.
Now, Hean was the only one left who could uphold the rules of Yura's stream.
Yura was out—no resurrection.
Ah, should have added a loser's bracket to mains.
"Milky glow! Hean unni!!!"
Like a gambler who'd bet everything on a racehorse, Yura cheered Hean on wildly—until something caught her eye.
Hold on...
Hean unni's turn now?
Yura checked the bracket again.
Hean was in round 2.
If she won, she'd face a round 1 winner.
If Hean won here, her next opponent would be...
Yura's face went slack.
You again?