Chapter 26
Chapter 26
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 26
Chapter Title: I Shall Become a Victorious Moron
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Triachia ranked game maps weren't fixed to just one.
Out of the many available, a few were randomly selected each season.
The current map was 'Gladiator'.
A classic map that followed faction matchups to the letter.
Considering the matchup cycle of [Humanity > Undead > Dragonkin > Humanity], Im Chan-ho's Undead was slightly at a disadvantage.
But that didn't carry much weight.
STL used most of the current ranked season's maps, so Im Chan-ho had drilled this one to death.
Sure, 2,750 points was a high score.
But bring in any pro who'd made main tournament playoffs, and they'd hit that score in their sleep, right?
Faction matchup disadvantages? Starting position penalties? None of it mattered.
He was going to show them exactly why all those high-level casuals flopped in STL qualifiers,
and why pros breezed through them like it was nothing.
"Guys, I need to focus for a bit. Tone down the chat?"
Start: 12 natural.
Position was scouted, but word was she favored long games, so early all-ins were off the table.
Opponent's worker showed up at Im Chan-ho's natural.
A scout to check his build, not his position.
The moment he spotted it, he turned his scouting skeleton worker—from 7 o'clock—toward 1 o'clock.
Because his ghost ship heading up and skeleton/dwarf going right hadn't crossed paths.
So the opponent had to be diagonal.
"Tch, not raw double timing... basic double then?"
His prediction hit the mark.
Yoo Seo-ha's natural already had a basic barracks, supply depot, and warehouse built,
and the grand courthouse was midway up.
Basic double, zero elf archers.
Im Chan-ho was a bit more disadvantaged.
From Humanity's view, knowing they were diagonal made it an obvious pick.
Too far for early aggression.
"Hi my ass. You little punk, aren't you being a bit too cheeky?"
No reply.
She clearly wasn't watching the stream.
So Im Chan-ho greeted back in chat.
"What the fuck, how is 12 nat raw double?? It's way worse than basic double cuz of faction matchup!"
Normally he'd make two ghouls to cut supply lines, but...
He turned all new corpses into workers.
Using the attack range difference between skeletons and dwarves to worker-snipe workers.
Tough control, so most didn't try it—but Im Chan-ho was a pro gamer.
He needed to close the economy gap even a little.
-Clack! Clack!
The skeleton diligently chased the dwarf, landing moving shots.
But contrary to expectations, the dwarf dodged without getting caught.
Yoo Seo-ha's control was too good.
It took time, but he finally sniped a worker...
Too much info given.
She could rule out necromancer-reaper,
and lock in air liches.
His search worker was long gone.
Trapped in main = dead to elf archers, so pulled out early.
Her build options were narrowing anyway.
Infantry counters to lich.
But to nail it down, check priest timing.
That's why he hadn't recalled the worker.
Charge it in to check her nat troops.
Shockingly, at 4 minutes, zero priests.
"Fuck, hangar first?"
Multi-race council for priests.
Weapons hangar for infantry atk/def buffs.
Usually council first.
For elf range up and world tree mind control fast.
But she prioritized elf archer atk up.
Tricky because diagonal positions.
Delayed upgrades hard to punish from afar.
Too late to switch comps.
Lich tech already climbing in his main.
Couldn't exploit her low army either—he'd skipped ghouls maxing workers too.
No way to deal damage now.
Conclusion: Win fights with lich control.
Only path left.
"Tch..."
Liches finally out, flying to her main.
Third corpse depot not up yet, so only six.
Had to make them count.
Steeling himself, splitting to elf-free zone...
Then chat disrupted his laser focus.
"Huh? For real?!"
He bit—2 seconds exposed liches to AA towers.
Precious ones down to five, rest chipped.
"You bitch!! Play fair!!"
Had to retreat liches from incoming infantry.
Damage dealt: zilch.
Auto-attacked AA tower, but 'that faction' probably repaired already.
But that wasn't what mattered to Im Chan-ho now.
"Holy shit a nurse!"
Younger nurse crushing on him? Why refuse?
Popular too—means hot.
Im Chan-ho hid excitement, feigned calm in chat.
"You motherfucker."
"Hey!! That's killing me twice!!"
Dizziness unlike any before flooded his head.
Could life grind teeth this hard?
Stomach burned. Hard to even reply.
But had to react to her next line.
"Ah."
When did that happen?
Snapping back—her whole army marching to his natural.
No defense. Not even corpse sprayer.
"Ah... for real."
World tree dew elves swarmed his natural.
Buildings and workers massacred indiscriminately.
- I’m_Trench has left the game.
"Ah... dizzy. Ah......"
Burned out less than an hour into stream.
Felt like dozens of games.
That snipe hit its mark perfectly.
But what Im Chan-ho truly feared was different.
Afternoon collab with that demon was still on.
"Guys... can I just rest today...? Apology or whatever, can't handle her this afternoon..."
"Evil bastards..."
Tears flowed at the unanimous rejection.
From his heart, not eyes.