Chapter 8: The Kill-Stealing Machine Awakens

Welcome to the legendary battlefield.

“Haa… Let’s go.”

Fortunately, no one left the game.
Thanks to that, the game started without a hitch, and I moved my character to the top lane, trailing behind Leni.

‘But this team composition is legendary.’

Seriously, wasn’t it a bit much? An Assassin and a Ranger in the same lane… Anyone who knew anything about the game could foresee a disastrous future.

But this was Iron. The purest of the low elo. No combination of champions was out of the ordinary.
So neither Leni, her viewers, nor our teammates thought anything of it. It was everyday life here.

“Hmm… I think the Ranger is my fan, so let’s do our best together.”

[Sleeping with the sniper]
[That’s just a troll, not a fan lol]
[lol]
[Stop sniping, don’t they know it’s boring?]
[(Emoticon of a raging fire)]

“Hey everyone, you’re all doing this because you like me, right? Who would want to play with someone they hate? So I should embrace this with my broad generosity.”

[What about the swearing in the last game of the previous promotion series?]
[Positive Leni today, huh lol]
[Broad lol generosity lol]

Did something good happen during her break? Leni was much more generous than usual. It was quite amusing.
Yes, Leni. I look forward to seeing how long your broad generosity will last.

“First, before we start, let’s greet our teammates.”

[LeniNing(Assassin): Nice to meet you all]

Leni’s chat message, dropped into this merciless battlefield. A greeting more refreshing than a randomly eaten lemon. Perhaps thrilled by this, another teammate sent a passionate reply.

[MangwonDongRonaldo(Warrior): Shut]
[MangwonDongRonaldo(Warrior): the up]

[lollollollollollol]
[What’s with the real reaction lollol]
[Ugh~Shut~ up~]

Using profanity in chat wasn’t good behavior. But at least in this battlefield, it was hard to see the Warrior’s anger as abnormal.
LoL, a game teeming with countless terrifying trolls. Among them, those who initiated friendly greetings were usually the most horrifying kind.

Of course, Leni’s greeting was probably purely well-intentioned, but it would be terrifying from other teammates’ perspectives.
Perhaps it came across as a threat to ruin the game at the slightest provocation.

“Wow~ The Warrior is giving us a warm welcome. Let’s do our best together.”

-Click

(Ignoring user’s chat. – MangwonDongRonaldo)

[Block lol ed lol]
[Saying ‘let’s do our best together’ while blocking lol]
[Anyway, let’s do our best]

-Minions have spawned.

“Everyone, let’s really focus now.”

As the game officially began, Leni declared her focus. I also took my eyes off the broadcast on my smartphone and concentrated solely on the game screen.
Of course, my ears were still tuned to Leni’s voice.

Anyway, why did I choose Ranger?

‘Because there’s no better class for kill-stealing than Ranger.’

In this type of game, ranged damage dealers generally had it easy when it came to securing kills, but there was another reason.

The [Snipe] skill.

[Snipe], a passive skill activated when equipped with a ‘bow’, had the effect of ‘executing an enemy with 10% or less health with a 5% probability upon a successful attack’.

It seemed broken at first glance, but it didn’t make Ranger an overpowered class.

‘The attack speed is too slow.’

The developers said they were pursuing realism or something. Anyway, due to that balancing patch, the Ranger had, without a doubt, the slowest attack speed of all classes.

–Whoosh! -Thwack!

I calmly fired arrows, starting my build-up.
The build-up for kill-stealing.

All probabilities in LoL were dependent events. As someone who gave up on math in their first year of high school, I wasn’t sure if this was correct.
Anyway, to put it simply, if a skill with a 50% probability didn’t activate this time, it would definitely activate next time.

Like a lottery with a fixed number of winning balls. Once a success occurred, it felt like getting a new lottery box and drawing again.

What? But how did I, someone who never played games, know this advanced information?
It was all thanks to YouTube Shorts. What could I do when the occasional informative videos were so entertaining?

Anyway, I slowly attacked the minions, carefully selecting only those with 10% health or less.

-Whoosh! -Thwack!

‘This is the 13th time….’

And I failed to execute 13 times in a row. Theoretically, the next execution probability was about 15%. But I was about to start gambling.
Wasn’t the probability of failing 14 times in a row around 30%? So, the next execution probability was practically 70%.

Wrong? Of course, it could be wrong, but I decided to trust my gut.

-Whoosh! -Thwack!

I hit both minions and enemy champions, waiting for the right moment.

“This person must be a really kind fan. They’re giving me all the minions. And their trading is pretty good too.”

[A truly loyal subject]
[I’ve never seen a loyal subject in a promotion series lol]
[Touched]

“Everyone, don’t be too harsh. It’s about time I had an easy game~”

Surprisingly, Leni was defending me. Was this the famous Stockholm Syndrome? Tsk tsk. She’ll only come to her senses after getting severely backstabbed.
She’s been through this so much, and she still doesn’t recognize a sniper?

About three minutes passed. Leni started to move.

“Now, it’s time to kill, right? I’ll show you right now.”

As Leni spoke, her character disappeared into stealth. Her target was the enemy Mage with only 30% health left.

She intended to use the Assassin’s passive skill, [Dark Strike], to eliminate the opponent. I also focused on my bowstring.

-Clang! Clang! Clang!

Leni’s dazzling sword dance shattered the Mage’s shield and mercilessly cut him down.

“Did you see that, everyone? A kill right off the bat…”

-First Blood!

-SuperRedFlavorLeni has slain an enemy.

“Huh…?”

[lollollollol]
[Wow, that execution lollollol]
[yesssssssssssss]
[Insane luck]

“Ugh, so close. But it’s good for the team’s growth~”

[Manage your expression lol]
[So close  lol]

Leni was still smiling. Well, it was still early, so she probably thought it was just bad luck.
Yeah, it wouldn’t be fun if she crumbled already. I was looking forward to seeing how long she could hold on.

“Got him?”

-SuperRedFlavorLeni has slain an enemy.

“Ah…”

[Got him? The sniper did]
[ salty lollollollollol]
[Execution god lol]

“I really got him this time.”

-SuperRedFlavorLeni is on a killing spree.

“Ha…. They’re really good at catching kills….”

[yessssssss]
[Clenching her jaw lol]
[Season 39 Clenching Leni enters lollollol]
[Kya~ That’s it]

No matter how much her Assassin struggled, no matter how much damage she dealt, it was meaningless against the ‘execution’ system.
Honestly, I didn’t expect to succeed three times in a row, but the heavens… no, the system was on my side.

Ta-da!

“This is it.”

Returning to base, I immediately bought an item. There were plenty of good equipment items, but I chose the consumable item ‘Giant Slayer Arrow’.

It was an item that dealt fixed damage equal to 5% of the target’s maximum health, and due to its broken nature, it was very expensive.
Naturally, no one bought this arrow in the early game. It was an item to be purchased in the late game when fully equipped.

But I didn’t need to wait.

‘Kill-stealing is the top priority.’

Late game or whatever, my goal was to see Leni explode as quickly as possible.

With this arrow, I could trigger the execution on opponents with 15% health, so how could I not buy it?

“This is my chance!”

Leni, trying to be clever, aimed for a solo kill the moment I returned to base.

-You have been slain.

“Ugh, seriously! It wasn’t just 1 HP!!!”

[yessssssss]
[Season 4391 Annoyed Leni lol]
[Yep, it’s all skill~]
[Where did the broad generosity go?]

“Phew~ Almost gave away a kill.”

No matter how strong an Assassin was in the early game, it was difficult to win a 2v1. Especially when she wasn’t even ahead in terms of growth.

Seeing her overextend like that, unlike her usual playstyle, she must have been quite upset.

I prayed earnestly for her.
Please hold on as much as possible and explode at the end. Because the real fun is just beginning.