Chapter 4: The Invisible Blade

Leni’s choice was the Assassin.
It was undeniably her most confident class and the most suitable for solo carrying.

“Haa… Everyone, look forward to it. I’ll show you what carrying with Assassin looks like.”

And it was a class with as much risk as its carrying potential. If her growth was stunted even once, she would never be able to catch up to the opponent.

The final match of the promotion series, with her back against the wall.
Leni, who boldly drew her blade at the end. Naturally, the chat exploded without end.

[Undisputed #1 win rate, undisputed #1 most played. Assassin Leni enters ]
[Reverse bettors, are you paying attention? Reverse bettors, are you paying attention?]
[Let’s go]
[I can finally see Bronze!]

“Haa… I think it’s over.”

Those who bet against her, myself included – the ones who bet on her loss – started to get nervous. To think she would pick Assassin here.

Until now, in such crucial matches, Leni’s routine was to pick a safe champion like Guardian or Mage and lose due to the team difference.

This thrilling taste of declaring a carry here was something completely new. Thanks to it, even the frontal lobe of my brain was tingling.

-Welcome to the legendary battlefield.

Thus began her final match, carrying the hopes of countless people.

“Alright everyone, I’ll start by getting a solo kill~”

A confident solo kill declaration.
As streamers usually do, everyone thought it was just talk… but…

-LeniNing has slain an enemy.

It actually happened.
Leni’s dagger pierced the enemy Mage’s throat. It was an insane, crazy physical play, dodging all of the opponent’s magic.

[What did I just see?]
[Leni Assassin! Leni Assassin! Leni Assassin!]
[She’s not Iron level at all?]
[Mom! I want to be Leni’s dagger when I grow up!]

“No way…. Is this for real?”

“Lord~ I’ll send two more.”

-LeniNing has slain an enemy.
-LeniNing is unstoppable.

It wasn’t just a solo kill. She also took down the Ranger and Guardian who came from other lanes to catch her. It was a splendid solo play that didn’t require anyone’s help.

“…”

Click!

A frantic anxiety washed over me. Now that the Assassin was on a roll, unless she made a huge mistake, it was safe to say this was her carry game.

Is my journey to sniping her going down the drain like this?

No, this was beyond sniping; 3 million points were at stake.
I diligently saved them for two years without a single gamble… and this is going to disappear?

Ugh… My mind is reeling. I started biting my nails even faster.

“Cut~”

-LeniNing is dominating the battlefield.

Her score was now 6/0/0. Thanks to her performance, the team score was also significantly ahead at 11 to 3.

[Sister!!!! Take me!!!!!]
[It’s] (Message blocked.)
-User banned. Reason: Inappropriate chat
-User banned. Reason: Inappropriate chat
-User banned. Reason: Inappropriate chat

The chat was moving beyond simple excitement and into madness. Half were praises from those cheering for her carry, and the other half were messages stating that users had been banned for countless curses.

“Snipers, why are you feeding…”

I didn’t type anything in chat. If I got banned from her channel, almost half of the joy in my life would disappear. Of course, I had multiple accounts.

Anyway, I was showering the enemy team with colorful insults. Judging by their nicknames, at least half of them were snipers, so why were they so bad?

Sniping and feeding to your target? There was nothing more disgraceful. They were incredibly stupid, tarnishing the image of snipers.

-LeniIWantYou is on a killing spree.
-LeniIWantYou is dominating the battlefield.

Fortunately, did they have any thoughts in their heads? The enemy sniper, a Dark Mage, started to perform well.
True to its reputation as OP, the Dark Mage had considerable late-game carry potential, so it was worth believing in.

“Wow… guys, the Dark Mage is suddenly scaling up. If this keeps up, we might have to focus on capturing points.”

[Scared? You’re not going to 1v1 the Dark Mage?]
[Good. Let’s play it safe~]
[Ah, boring. Killing the Dark Mage and carrying would have been a YouTube highlight.]

“Sorry for being boring. But I need to rank up now~”

Leni started grouping up with her teammates. No matter how fed she was, getting caught out would be a huge loss.
There’s that famous saying, isn’t there? The one who benefits later is at a greater advantage. It was a natural principle that also applied to LoL.

What if the Dark Mage stole her kills? That would be an instant turnaround.

-Blue team has captured Red team’s second point.
-Blue team has captured Red team’s third point.

Leni’s team was on a roll.
A capture composition consisting of Warrior, Assassin, and Mage. With the Warrior opting for a tank build, it was a composition with a perfect balance of damage and tankiness.

And with the extremely fed Leni taking all the aggro, it was difficult for the enemy team to stop them.

Only one point remained until victory. All players began to gather there.

Leni’s team had to break through, and the enemy team had to defend.

“Haa… It’s the last one, so I’ll focus.”

[Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go]
[Reverse bettors, are you paying attention? Reverse bettors, are you paying attention?]
[Carry mode ON GG]
[Nooooooooo]

“Please… Stop them….”

All I could do was clasp my hands together and pray. The battle for the first point began with that desperate wish.

At the forefront of the battle was, of course, Leni.

-LeniNing is legendary.

The beginning was smooth as well. Her Assassin cleanly one-shot the tanky Guardian. The damage of the almost fully built Assassin wasn’t something even a tank could withstand.

-LeniIWantYou is on a rampage.
-LeniIWantYou is legendary.

However, the enemy Dark Mage was not to be underestimated. He had been steadily collecting kills and matching Leni’s growth, so he wasn’t easily pushed over.

-LeniNing is legendary.
-LeniIWantYou is legendary.

While their kill relay, like a tug-of-war, continued, another message echoed across the battlefield.

-Red team has captured Blue team’s first point.

The Red team’s Rogue, who had been stubbornly playing solo, had finally done it.

The capture score was now tied at 2-2. Both teams had only one point left to victory.

[LeniNing(Assassin): Guys, just stop the Rogue. I’ll try to break through alone.]

Finally, Leni typed in chat for the first time since the game started. The idea was to divert all other forces to defense and carry alone.

No teammates objected. Though risky, it was the option with the lowest chance of defeat.

-LeniNing is legendary.

And as Leni killed another member of the opposing team, only the Dark Mage and she remained.

“I’ll kill him here and end it.”

With confident determination, Leni’s Assassin charged. Since the Dark Mage was a class inherently weak in close combat, it was a natural strategy.

It seemed like the opponent was putting up a good fight, but there was a limit. In the end, her dagger pierced his abdomen. The Dark Mage, who had desperately held on, collapsed miserably.

“Nice!!!!!!!”

[yessssssss]
[That’s it! That’s it!]
[Kyaaaaaaaaaa]

Thus, everyone was certain of victory, but there was one point that everyone missed.

The kill log didn’t appear.

-You have been slain.
-LeniIWantYou is legendary.

“Huh??????????”

The opponent suddenly appeared from behind. Leni fell due to the magic he used.

It was ‘Clone Jutsu,’ one of the Dark Mage’s unique skills.
No one expected it. That’s because ‘Clone Jutsu’ required an exorbitant cost to learn, so it was a garbage skill that no one used.

While everyone was stunned, a message appeared in the game chat.

[(All)LeniIWantYou(Dark Mage): Did that get your heart racing? lol]

“You son of a!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

At that single sentence, Leni roared. That’s how serious she was about this promotion series.

The Dark Mage, who danced excitedly in front of Leni’s corpse, used teleport. It was also one of the spells with a near 0% pick rate due to its high cost.

-Whoosh!

The teleport’s destination was the Blue team’s third point. And the result…

-Red team has captured Blue team’s third point.

=Defeat!=

Leni’s complete defeat.

“…….”

[Did that get your heart racing? lol Did that get your heart racing? lol Did that get your heart racing? lol]
[Normal bettors OUT! Normal bettors OUT! Normal bettors OUT!]
[Like the village head would ever leave the village~~~]
[yessssssssssss]

Leni and the normal bettors were completely out of it. The broadcast’s chat now completely belonged to the reverse bettors.

-Ding!

And another message from the Dark Mage appeared in the game results window.

[LeniIWantYou(Dark Mage): Iron stuck. Meaning Leni is stuck in Iron.]
[LeniNing(Assassin): You]
[LeniIWantYou(Dark Mage): lol]

-LeniIWantYou left the game.

“That!!!!!”

[LeniIWantYou! LeniIWantYou! LeniIWantYou!]
[lollollollol The teabagging was insane]
[Mom! I want to be LeniIWantYou when I grow up!!!]

Leni, completely humiliated. She began to lose her composure and rage.

It was called ‘teabagging’ in technical terms. What the Dark Mage just did.
Intentionally going easy on her, finishing her off at a dramatic moment with skills meant for humiliation.

I wondered if there could be any more perfect teabagging.

“Good. Good!!!!”

A sigh of relief escaped, and a smile automatically formed on my face.
Her promotion had successfully failed, and a whopping 7.5 million points came flooding into my account. How could I not be happy?

[Broadcast has ended.]

“…….”

After a while, Leni’s broadcast ended. But I didn’t get up. No, I couldn’t.

A strong wave of post-nut clarity washed over me.
Of course, it wasn’t because I regretted pouring out dopamine over a mere broadcast. There’s no way I’d regret something this entertaining.

It was because of a yearning that began to boil deep within my heart.

“…….”

What if I were LeniIWantYou?

What if it were me who inflicted that terrible teabagging on her?

What if I were the one who led everyone’s excitement?!

[Rank game starting.]

Ah. I couldn’t stand it.
To achieve this noble goal, I finally awakened as a demon.