Chapter 28: Who Threatens Me with a Sword to Act Like a Villain? (Part 2)

“Urgh!”

After cutting the neck of ‘that guy’ sprawled on the floor, I lowered my sword and sighed.

‘Siege battles are a bit tiring.’

This map is a siege battle-exclusive map.

Siege battles are a mode where players are divided into attacking and defending sides and fight over a castle.

As the name suggests, siege battles involve not only users but also numerous minion soldiers participating in the battle, resulting in a large-scale war.

That means the number of enemies I have to cut has increased.

“I think the last time I was this tired from swinging my sword so much was when I clashed with an entire division of the Demon King’s army.”

Rubbing my stiff shoulders, I looked around.

I still see many enemies looking at me.

The minion soldiers surrounding me as if drawing a circle, watching me.

And behind them, the opposing users staring at me with pale faces.

Unlike Annihilation, the respawn time is short, and the victory or defeat is not determined by the number of kills, so those users have been killed by my sword at least fifteen times each.

The guy under my feet now has been killed over 30 times.

The reason the game hasn’t ended despite accumulating such a huge record is that our team is relatively less skilled.

Siege battles only end when allied users occupy the castle for a certain amount of time and fill the occupation points, but the occupation points given per user are surprisingly small, so I couldn’t finish the occupation by myself.

My allies aren’t even able to enter the castle.

Thanks to that, those guys have been getting cut down by me for a long time.

I scratched my neck, looked around, and asked casually.

“Aren’t you coming? Shall I go then?”

“Ugh.”

“Ah, damn it.”

The opponents grimaced and raised their weapons as if they had no choice.

It seems they can’t just die without resisting.

‘Good.’

I don’t like cutting down people who don’t resist either.

-Swish!

The second placement match ended.

The record is, of course, 2 wins and 0 losses.

It’s a clean 2-win streak, but there’s still a long way to go.

‘Eight more matches.’

I need to play eight more matches to finish the placement matches.

‘And I have to win all eight of those matches.’

I found out on the internet that I need to win every match to be placed in Platinum tier after the placement matches.

I need to reach at least Platinum to duo with Kim Ji-eun, so I have to win every game.

Of course, Gold tier is also possible for duo.

Since Kim Ji-eun’s tier is Platinum, there won’t be a big problem in duoing.

But after going through all that trouble in ‘that world’, it would be a bit of a blow to my pride to be placed in Gold.

‘So I have to win them all.’

I made up my mind and started a new game.

-Wooong!

With a strange sensation that I’m starting to get used to, the view of the waiting room came into my sight.

But the waiting room was somewhat different from before.

In the first and second matches, the steles in the waiting room were made of silver metal, but in this game, the steles were made of sparkling blue crystals or greenish-blue metal.

I looked at the steles and tilted my head.

‘What’s the reason for the change?’

I thought about it carefully, but I couldn’t figure out the reason for the change.

Is it related to ranked matches?

As I was thinking that, the teammates who would be my allies in this match started appearing in the waiting room one by one.

I looked at the faces of the incoming allies, but I couldn’t find anything particularly special.

It might just be a decoration in the waiting room, but I had a feeling it might be something important.

Well, it’s probably not important right now, so I should ask Kim Ji-eun about it later.

-Chakang!

I checked the map for this match and picked up the two-handed sword again this time.

It’s not that I don’t know how to use other weapons, but they don’t catch my eye right now.

‘I can only use a two-handed sword here.’

So I should enjoy this moment to the fullest.

At the same time, the view changes.

I put the sword on my shoulder and grinned.

The game has started.

Logging in with his main account, Hong Chunseok cursed and adjusted the streaming settings.

Then, his image began to be broadcast again on the streaming window, which had only shown a waiting screen until now.

Only then did Hong Chunseok turn on the microphone and say with an awkward smile.

“Well, brothers. I’m back. Starting the Diamond tryhard stream.”

[Main account? ]

[Idiot]

[Ran away scared ]

[Running away to your main account scared of a girl Pathetic]

[Aren’t you embarrassed]

“No, brothers. What do you mean scared? I just came to my main account because I couldn’t stand playing with those Silver scrubs. Don’t you agree?”

Hong Chunseok made a sly excuse.

However, the viewers did not accept his excuse.

Immediately, mocking chats poured in.

[Hong-coward Recommended-seok]

[If you get slaughtered by a Silver scrub, of course you can’t stand playing with them ]

[But who is that? They’re definitely not Silver. Whose alt account is it?]

[IDK? I think I’ve seen them somewhere]

[They were super pretty]

The chat started to flow in a strange direction.

Seeing that, Hong Chunseok quickly cleared his throat and manipulated the interface to turn on ranked match.

It was to attract the viewers’ attention.

“Ahem, ahem! Starting the try-hard ranked match.”

And, as he said, he took his eyes off the chat and focused on manipulating the game interface.

He knew from experience that looking at the chat in situations like this would make it harder to maintain his mental state.

‘F*cking bastards, it’s just one loss. Why are you making such a fuss.’

Of course, he did do something that was a little, a little bit worthy of ridicule.

From disregarding the female avatar to getting his head blown off twice in a row by the user he disregarded.

Honestly, he did provide the viewers with a reason to tear him apart like crazy.

But, but!

‘No, f*ck, how was I supposed to know that a Grand-master-level player would pop out of Silver.’

Isn’t this just a natural disaster?

How am I supposed to deal with being swept away by a sudden typhoon?

Hong Chunseok honestly felt wronged.

‘Of all the people, it had to be me. So unlucky.’

Of course, if you think about it rationally, it wouldn’t have happened if Hong Chunseok hadn’t started cursing at the female avatar from the beginning, but there was no such self-reflection in his mind.

Only the feeling of being unlucky.

“Sigh.”

Hong Chunseok secretly sighed without others noticing and started the ranked match.

Soon, the game was matched, and he entered the waiting room.

Hong Chunseok immediately checked the tier panels that were set up like steles.

Platinum four, Diamond three.

The average tier of this match was between Platinum and Diamond.

Seeing that fact, Hong Chunseok’s forehead wrinkled.

‘Damn it, if I hadn’t met only idiots recently….’

Originally, Hong Chunseok resided in the upper Diamond ranks.

However, his performance had been poor for the past few months, so his tier had dropped to the lower Diamond ranks.

As a result, he was matched with the top Platinum players.

However, Hong Chunseok showed off without changing his expression.

“Huuuum! Diamond smell. Brothers, isn’t the smell different here? This refreshing feeling that’s different from the place where those trash Silver scrubs were. This is Diamond, I tell you.”

[I see a Platinum panel there?]

[Your recent form is a bit messed up, did you drop this far, bro?]

[I don’t know about Diamond, I only smell Platinum scrub?]

“…….”

Hong Chunseok’s face, who inadvertently looked at the chat, stiffened for a moment.

However, Hong Chunseok has been streaming for quite a long time.

He quickly put a smile on his lips and joked.

“Hey, what are you talking about? Form is temporary, but class is permanent, don’t you know that saying? I’m Hong Chunseok, Hong Chunseok.”

Of course, the corners of his mouth were trembling.

And the viewers seemed to notice that, as they started to ridicule and mock Hong Chunseok again.

‘Damn it.’

Hong Chunseok clicked his tongue inwardly and waited for the game to start.

Anyway, everyone will shut up once the game starts.

Of course, if he doesn’t show a proper performance, he’ll be mocked again, but Hong Chunseok was confident.

‘There’s no way I’ll be outmatched in skill in this tier.’

He was a Diamond upper rank player, and even reached Master once, wasn’t he!

Of course, reaching Master was a year ago, and now his form has completely crashed and burned, but Hong Chunseok ignored that fact.

It wouldn’t make any difference even if he acknowledged it.

And.

-Chakang!

The game started.

The map for this game is Siege Battle.

The nightmare of the 30 consecutive slaughter in the previous match came back, but Hong Chunseok shook his head to shake off the memory.

That happened because there was an alt account of a Grand-master-level player.

It won’t happen again.

“Well, let’s go! Let’s win!”

Therefore, Hong Chunseok shouted “Fighting!” and ran towards the distant castle with the minion soldiers.

And saw.

“……No f*cking way, why are you here?!”

A woman with a two-handed sword.