Chapter 42
Chapter 42
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 42
Chapter Title: First Scrim Victory
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Ha, I can't even show this off...
Believe it or not,
I never once insisted to Suha unnie or Eder hyung that "I'm sticking with the tambourine no matter what!"
In fact, even if the team told me to wield the Holy Book—a weapon that's zero fun, zero thrill, exclusive to denture-wearers, and a one-trick pony for stability—I would've accepted it with a smile.
That's how serious I was about this tournament. I was ready to put in any effort to make it to the main bracket.
I mean, who wouldn't crave a PC boasting an RTX 5070Ti and—that long thing!
Of course, my teammates...
💬 Live Chat — Anon Saintess Nice unnie is tambourine all the way! Seemed like streaming came first for them.
Yeah, fair enough.
These folks are full-time streamers with Ias as their bread and butter.
Unlike me, who's just dipping my toes in the streaming world, if Ias tanks for them, their livelihoods go down the drain.
They're people with futures, visions—unlike me, who has zilch.
So they had every reason to make this tournament as entertaining and flashy as possible.
My tambourine was just one of those gaudy decorations, I guess.
Still, different mindsets about the tournament didn't mean I had any complaints about my teammates.
I'm not chasing some grand championship dream anyway. Making the main bracket? This attitude was plenty to get us there.
Eder hyung might be getting on in years, but he's proven his physical prowess and instincts as the Kindred Ghost ages ago, and...
Suha's a bit dim, but teach her and she puts on a decent show.
Toss in me—a super elite who's talented in both brains and brawn, and works her butt off to boot—and main bracket qualification was a done deal.
And above all...
— Anon Whoa, this is brutal. No way we lose, right? — Anon Unnie... go easy, just a bit! This tambourine thing... way more usable than I thought.
Even I knew it had a rep as a screwed-up weapon.
Short range, low damage, and it seals your skills to boot—
The moment you equip it, shackles clamp your limbs, a blindfold covers your eyes, and a gag stuffs your mouth. High risk, zero reward—total garbage.
I only used it for that quick dopamine hit from streaming; never planned to stick with it long-term.
— Anon I... I can't control my power... Saintess Nice: Recent Record 24W 0L That is, until I racked up a devastating 24-win streak in solo queue PvP, purely for personal skill grinding.
— Anon Why's this so good? The stiffness it inflicts in PvP more than offsets all those flaws—it's straight-up broken.
As I mentally rewrote the tier list for instrument weapons,
the moment I thought, Hey, maybe the tambourine could work in the actual tournament—
💥 CRITICAL HIT! 💥 -Bang!
"Ah."
— Anon Kyaaah! — Anon Anon donated 1,000 won! No way to win this one — Anon lolololololololololololol — Anon Can't approach at all — Anon Nothing we can do — Anon gg ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Freedom Victory! [2] [VS] [1] "Sigh... Ranged classes are just tough against."
I'd practiced over and over, but beating ranged classes with an instrument weapon was impossible.
Melee classes have to close in to hit me anyway, so no issue there. But ranged? They keep their distance.
Dash in with a mobility skill? They just dash away. Endless loop.
The textbook way for melee to catch ranged is loading up on hyper-mobile skills to gap-close in a flash.
But ta-da~ Instruments can't use skills!
So yeah, eat bullets.
Thud.
Watching my beehive-riddled character crumple, a sigh slipped out unbidden.
"Felt like... I could've done better..."
— Anon Pfft lol — Anon Already got 2 kills and whining? Feels like a wall ㄷㄷ — Anon Info) You did everything possible — Anon Even White Dragon Pavilion couldn't win this for real "Unnie! Good work!"
"It's fine, Nice. You took down two by yourself—that's plenty."
Still, I'd downed their lead and the next guy before tapping out, so I did my part.
Now Eder hyung and Suha just needed to finish the last one standing, and we'd win.
"Alright, time to wreck 'em!"
Following me out, Eder hyung slung his electric guitar confidently over his shoulder and stepped from the cage—
💥 GUNFIRE! 💥 Bang bang! Bang! "S-Save me! Dodge this one—arghhh!"
—only to pathetically beg for mercy from the enemy and scamper away.
— Anon Anon donated 1,000 won! Hyung, just go die lol — Anon lolololol — Anon Just running all day? — Anon But movement's godlike, dodging everything lol — Anon That gunslinger's aim real?? And fine, running's one thing...
"Kyaaaooow!"
...but why the weird screams, dude?
"Eww."
"Uh... yeah... that's a bit..."
Mute the mic, and it'd edit into a "Kindred Ghost Eder PvP Movement Madness" highlight reel.
But his voice alone flips the vibe.
Is this the caliber of a 1k-average-viewer streamer?
New title: "Thirty-Something Geezer Flees Gunfire Rampage."
Hmm... come to think of it...
Should I start a YouTube too?
Eder hyung and Suha both get over half their revenue from it.
To hit those numbers, I'd need an editor and thumbnail artist,
but uploading raw VODs should be doable solo.
Gotta ask Suha and unnie.
Anyway, that's neither here nor there.
💥 GUNFIRE! 💥 💥 CRITICAL HIT! 💥 -Kuhwaaaak!
— Anon Anon donated 1,000 won! And as always, I get wrecked — Anon What're those screams? — Anon Hate to say it, but... damn — Anon Dies so ugly lolololololol Work's work.
"Uh, Eder hyung... mind some feedback?"
"Mm? But why 'hyung' again..."
"You died really ugly."
"...? This feedback?"
"Oppa... sorry, but even I thought that was..."
"Suha?"
Even teammates need honest feedback.
Ignoramuses twist it into "pure harassment," but whatever.
"Screaming 'Kyaaak! Woooh! Kkiyoyoyol!' while fleeing was honestly pretty ugly."
"Wh-what? I didn't... I wasn't that bad..."
"Worse, oppa."
— Anon Anon donated 5,000 won! Crazy bitch mimicking it lololol — Anon wtf lol — Anon This ain't feedback, it's roasting lol — Anon Why's she suddenly calling him hyung? — Anon Wanted more "oppa" but gg ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Freedom Victory! [2] [VS] [2] From a comfy 2-0 lead, they'd tied it up in a flash.
— Anon Last one's Suha, we good? — Anon Can Suha clutch? — Anon Just one point and we win, worth a shot — Anon L, gg Chat soured with our undisputed weakest link, Suha, up last—"We losing?" vibes.
"I'll win this."
Suha strode confidently from the cage, facing the gunslinger's barrel—responsible for two casualties already.
"That's a death flag."
"Unnie, we're teammates, right?"
"Mm... gulp... Yeah, cheering hard."
"...Spit out whatever snack's in your mouth first."
— Anon Anon donated 1,000 won! This pig bitch eating again "Mmph..."
Anon has been kicked. "I'm not a pig."
— Anon ?? lololol — Anon Paid ban! — Anon Saintna ain't a pig tho ㅇㅇ — Anon Ban hammer swift ㄷㄷ Lee Min-uk back then? Couldn't argue. But Lee Min-ji's build is solidly non-pig.
Mentally immature, filial piety offender, total psycho bitch, sure...
But her self-management? Impeccably thorough. Curves where they count, flat where they should.
Honestly, Lee Min-uk would've averted his eyes meeting her.
— Anon Anon donated 1,000 won! Pls show us? — Anon Saintna, cooldown on proof pic over yet? — Anon Proof pic seemed faked on second thought, massive + — Anon Post another Saintna proof if you got a conscience fr — Anon Anon donated 1,000 won! Call her pig = 100k fine "Oink oink."
— Anon Duel ain't over, crazy bitch — Anon What a moneygrubber — Anon Oinks right back lololol — Anon Anon donated 100,000 won! Didn't expect her to do it instantly "Thanks for the 100k."
— Anon Still don't know Saintna lol — Anon She's the type who prices insults and harassment lol — Anon ok recorded — Anon Me too pls anon Munching the feed my precious cash cows tossed...
💥 CRITICAL HIT! 💥 -Kuhwaaaaaaak!
Freedom (All): ???????? Freedom (All): Huh? Why's there an awakening skill Freedom (All): No way, playing from inside the cage? Freedom (All): Bard sheet music gauge fills??? Suha Yam (All): Trade secret! Freedom (All): Whoa Freedom (All): No clue whose idea, but Freedom (All): Wall felt;;; With the gunslinger's scream, the victor was decided.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Suha Yam Victory! — Anon Anon donated 1,000 won! Wtf when did it end — Anon ???? — Anon Why'd Suha win? — Anon Room leader aggro'd, missed it — Anon How'd she win?? "Saw that, right? My play just now!"
"Saw the awakening crystal clear, Suha."
Lying's a sin, but say I missed it chatting? She'd sulk for sure.
"Mm, saw it... nice."
"...Reaction's kinda meh...?"
Placating her? Headache just thinking. Sin it is.
Confess at church Sunday.
Anyway, first match: our win.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [3] [VS] [2] Game ended. Returning to lounge... Saintess Nice (All): CUT Not flexing winner's veto? Rude.
"Unnie! That's all-chat!"
"Knew that."
"Teabagging normies? How could you!"
"...Teabagging bad?"
Why?
Genuinely curious.
Why's it bad?
Freedom (Lounge): Sorry, one of our teammates has a broken keyboard Freedom (Lounge): Can't continue... Freedom (Lounge): Really sorry... Eder (Lounge): No worries Eder (Lounge): Let's rematch sometime ㅎㅎ And so, Nice Squad's first scrim ended 1-0.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 📰 Saintna Gallery Title: Hello, it's Saintna Writer: Saintess Nice Hello everyone, Saintna here. I knew about this gallery my fans set up, but sorry for the late intro. Reason for this post: important stream announcement. Yup. Off-streaming today. Thanks. 💬 Replies — Anon ? — Anon wtf reread thinking my eyes wrong — Anon Checked gal first post is off-stream notice???? — Anon Where you at crazy bitch — Anon 공?지 — Anon Wanna see you die?? Wanna see you die?? Wanna see you die?? Wanna see you die?? Wanna see you die?? — Anon Joke, right? — Pure Advisor Anon donated 1,000 won! Wasting divine gauge spamming purification... If you'd saved it for now, three DPS would've lived... shame.. "Unnie's off-streaming, so why's she trolling my stream?!"
— Anon wtf lolololololol — Anon Why she here instead of streaming — Anon Seeing Suha get hit after ages lololol — Anon Missed Pure Advisor Pure Advisor,
return...!