Chapter 79
Chapter 79
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 79
Chapter Title: There Might Be Times I Can't Catch Up
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At moments when it seems like joining up might be necessary, she appears there like a ghost.
The spot where Jeon Jeonseol's retreat ping had been ignored was suddenly swarming with more enemies than allies—it was like something out of a fairy tale.
Sure, that could happen after mid-game once teammates linked up and vision control was secured.
But her near-prophetic predictions never missed, even in the early game when most of the map was shrouded in fog of war.
It was a perfect metaphor: a regressor who defied time, playing like someone who'd already experienced the game once before.
Didn't novels love that trope?
The kind where someone loops back in time, knows every future event, and counters them all in advance.
💬 Chat
— Viewer
What regressor lol, must read a ton of webnovels
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She really plays like she has divine insight
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Why can't anyone just say it looks like map hacks
Vulcan's lips twitched as he glanced at the chat.
He really wanted to blurt out, "Looks like map hacks."
Without prior info, he probably would've slipped up and said it outright.
Her gameplay was just too unreal.
She played like she had full vision of the map, enemies' sightlines and all.
Normally, people wouldn't think "regressor" or "prophet"—they'd scream "map hacks."
But she was a monster pushing 80% win rate in Challenger, undeniably different from the rest, Victory's acknowledged rival. Without that context, he'd have called it out.
"This flashy mechanical skill, landing hits and dodging perfectly— that's just icing on the cake. Icing. The real core is map reading, macro, decision-making, rotations. She plays like she's seen the future."
"Playing Wolf Rider, a fighter-tank in this meta, but assassinating like a solo laner, picking off the Illusionist main? Nightmare fuel."
"No wonder the heavenly tiers started perma-banning Illusionist lately."
"She was always seen as meh—never picked, let alone banned."
If it wasn't hacks, all you could do was rave about her play.
Vulcan unleashed a torrent of praise.
Listening in, Scraper pointed out the hard-to-buy part.
"Her mechanics are way too good to call 'icing.' Combat prowess is insane. Remember the recent Dagger Acrobat dojo challenge? Our teammate Cherryot got wrecked too."
"Dude, why bring up your embarrassment?"
"Nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone who challenged lost that day."
💬 Chat
— Viewer
Skip Victory lol
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Sound attack is cheating anyway kek
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Shh! Mentioning that incident gets you banned
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This is Once's room tho?
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Enhaat! Hiyat! Haaat! -Deleted message-
Once didn't react to chat, just quietly banned the line-crossers.
No need to draw more aggro by responding.
"Can't dismiss that firepower as 'icing.'"
"Best soldier and top general to boot?"
"You know, that Romance of the Three Kingdoms analogy. Lü Bu's brute force with Zhuge Liang's strategies."
Scraper kept using novel-inspired metaphors—a refined hobby for a fresh-faced pro gamer who hit the gym religiously.
Did his days feel twice as long?
"You read a ton, huh?"
"I'm a bit intellectual, yeah."
"But didn't Lü Bu have brains too?"
"Games nerf his intelligence for balance."
"Reality's unbalanced."
Vulcan chimed in on Once's assessment.
"Jeon Jeonseol! How can you stack stats like that solo? Game-breaking!"
"Novels call it a 'Munchkin.'"
"How much do you love novels?"
"Not the protagonist here, so moving on—focusing on the play. How does anyone do this? Too good."
"Victory didn't shout her out for nothing."
"Bet even Victory's sweating now. Might lose first place?"
⭐ Superchat
— Anonymous donated 1,000 won
"Keep praising—when's the analysis? This is the post-game breakdown room."
"Analyzing right now. She's just that good. Lü Bu force, Zhuge Liang brains."
"Analysis and praise the same?"
"Breaking down greatness is praise."
⭐ Superchat
— Anonymous donated 1,000 won
"Calling Vulcan just to say she's good lol? I could do that."
Vulcan was a solo queue ranker known for meta mastery, OP picks, and in-game calls.
Weak mechanics meant he ate hits he shouldn't, unlike Jeon Jeonseol's precision.
Yet he clutched wins through sheer grit.
That landed him a coaching gig.
Even he was just gushing praise.
Everyone knew she was good. They wanted why.
"Everything's good" wasn't enough.
Chat grumbled faintly.
Once knew it was time to deploy his ace.
"Knew it'd come to this—got Jeon Jeonseol's personal replay. Fresh from yesterday. Illusionist banned again, so she picked Ward Master."
"Ward Master's a team-dependent pick."
"Also sets the tempo."
Ward Master was utility classified: AoE silence, stun, damage amp debuffs—endless enemy harassment.
Zero damage output made her pure support.
Non-targeted persistent ground skills demanded pinpoint positioning—advanced user only.
"Too many mains, so sacrificial pick?"
"Great for the team, but you hate playing it?"
"Coach, don't say that—you always force me."
"In 5-stack tourneys, she's broken."
Solo queue and scrims were different beasts.
Voice comms for optimal synergy vs. solo judgment calls.
Random teammates made predictions tough.
Short Ward Master rundown done, they fired up her replay.
"This 1x speed? Must've hit wrong."
"It's 1x."
"Tweaking settings? Testing something?"
"Nope."
Once denied Vulcan and Scraper's suspicions.
He'd been shocked too at first.
Jeon Jeonseol fixed motion sickness complaints by switching to spectator view.
Personal POV was now rare.
"If this is her secret, normies can't copy."
"Genius. Or god?"
💬 Chat
— Viewer
Scraper joining the worship now
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Sneak worship ㄷㄷ
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Jeon Jeonseol is a god
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Her view looks like cosmic horror tho
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God_Viewing_Humans.jpg
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God panning CCTV over humans would be hilarious kek
"Viewers, anyone gonna hurl watching this?"
Scraper fretted over the audience's stomachs.
💬 Chat
— Viewer
Even that feels cosmic horror
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Trying to grok Jeon Jeonseol's vision breaks your brain
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Outer God Jeon Jeonseol ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
He felt the wall for sure.
Once had hit it with Victory before, now Jeon Jeonseol, and again watching this POV.
Another layer.
Genius was different.
Play beyond human was different.
"But shrugging 'genius tier' means you'll never catch her."
"Planning to?"
"Probably can't. But wanna try—get as close as possible."
Scraper's eyes widened at Once's fire.
Rare even among pros.
"Pro mindset. See you in league this year?"
"Not necessarily pro... might get hate saying this."
Once swallowed hard.
"Blamed talent when Victory walled me—'how beat that?' But Jeon Jeonseol does too. Then it hit: two exist, why not three?"
"Not one-of-one, so chaseable?"
"Might never catch—even her toes. But wanna try. As far as I can."
Why not pro though?
Scraper held back.
Didn't wanna push pro supremacy.
Grinding solo queue was valid.
That's gaming.
Denying it was un-gamer, pro or not.
Scraper remembered obsessing over ranks pre-debut.
Tourneys mattered more now.
"So, dissect this view: what she's seeing, info gathered, judgments made. Too dizzy—0.25x speed."
A quarter pace.
Normies needed slowed time x4 to adapt to her vision.
"Still dizzy."
Hmm, might need slower.
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