Chapter 8: Artisan Invitation Stone (3)

[Victory]

It wasn’t perfect, but I thought I did my part.

As I rotated my stiff wrist and looked to the side.

“Wow…”

A stunned Han Byeo-ri.

[Seo-ha!!! Seo-ha!!! Seo-ha!!!]

[Farewell, Rave… a mere commoner who only made it to the World’s semifinals without me]

[Different from someone who got 20 deaths and got recorded. Right?]

[Seo-ha is a legend… Seo-ha is a legend…]

I could see the chat praising me.

‘Of course, they’re difficult opponents if you meet them for the first time.’

I had met the Rave and King duo countless times in my past life.

From the domestic league LCK to various international tournaments, event matches, and solo queue.

They were opponents I had faced countless times.

The mid level 2 gank after taking just one buff.

The mind games to try to eat the enemy mid when there’s a gap.

I had experienced and countered all of them.

“Have you ever met Rave in solo queue?”

“This is my first time.”

Han Byeo-ri, who had switched to a casual tone at some point, asked as if she couldn’t believe it.

Using casual tone was more comfortable than honorifics.

“But how did you know about the mid level 2 gank?”

“I saw it a few times on YouTube. I also saw it in this year’s Worlds group stage.”

[She even watches the group stage?]

[There’s someone who watches that, I acknowledge]

[You have to do this much to reach Challenger…]

While I was communicating with the chat, a notification rang on the client.

“What… it’s really Rave?”

“I think so?”

I remember receiving a friend request like this in my past life.

Rave sends friend requests to people he thinks have decent skills.

It was the first time I received recognition from a pro gamer since I turned into a girl, so I felt good.

[A middle school girl who received a friend request from one of the 5 best mids… A middle school girl who received a friend request from one of the 5 best mids…]

[The 5 best mids? From now on, call it the 6 best mids]

[They’re making a fuss over one solo queue game LOL]

[Yeah, leave if you don’t like it~]

“Then shall we go to the next game?”

“Yeah, let’s go right away while we’re winning.”

[Let’s go for 1000 points while we’re at it]

[Is the 1st place cutoff 1100 now?]

[Wow, she got 27 points for winning in Challenger]

The chat became active again when we queued up again.

As if they were asking questions to a friend they met for the first time at the beginning of the semester.

The viewers kept asking useless questions that made me think, ‘What am I going to do with this information?’

“Keyboard? I don’t have a preferred company. I’m just using the one I got as a service when I bought the computer.”

[A master doesn’t blame the equipment]

[The person next to her got a full setup because she said it was an equipment problem… Oops!]

[Are you perhaps dissing Han Byeo-ri, who consulted that she’s Diamond because of equipment problems?]

[Is this a girl’s fight? Is this a girl’s fight? Is this a girl’s fight?]

“Don’t say that. Equipment is all about self-satisfaction.”

[Han Byeo-ri proved it with Grandmaster anyway, right?]

[Equipment accusers LOL]

[But her eyes are really big]

[Cute cute cute cute cute]

“Right, right. She’s pretty and she speaks well.”

Han Byeo-ri hugged me as if I was admirable.

Even when I was a man in my past life, she was a person who was comfortable with physical contact.

[Game found!]

“Can you… show me Zoe?”

After the next game was found, Han Byeo-ri carefully asked me as I moved the mouse around to choose a champion.

Zoe.

Zoe wasn’t a bad pick in the high elo queue.

Since it was a tier where they knew how to snowball, a strong laning phase worked well.

“I’ll pick her if I can, depending on the jungle composition.”

“Really?”

“I’m good at Zoe too.”

After waiting, the champion our jungler picked was Kindred.

A carnivorous champion who is strong in skirmishes, a good combination with Zoe.

In addition, Ornn was in the top lane, and Xayah and Rakan were in the bot lane.

There was no reason not to pick her.

[Yay! It’ll be fun. Right?]

She wasn’t a pick I liked that much, but if Han Byeol wants me to show her, I should show her.

****

TOP: Ornn

JG: Kindred

MID: Zoe

AD: Xayah

SUP: Rakan

VS

TOP: Yasuo

JG: Zac

MID: Vladimir

AD: Ezreal

SUP: Senna

The enemy team had Yone, Zac, and Vladimir, three mid-to-late game champions.

On the other hand, our team had Kindred and Zoe. It’s not bad in the late game, but it’s a combination that’s good to snowball if you can.

I chose Ignite to have a strong laning phase.

[lovekindred(Kindred) pinged danger.]

[lovekindred(Kindred) pinged danger.]

[lovekindred(Kindred) pinged danger.]

Our jungler suddenly started to ping danger in mid at 1 minute 30 seconds, before the laning phase even started.

Judging by the nickname, he seemed to be Chinese.

Based on my past life experience, he probably wanted to counter jungle, so he was asking me to push the mid lane.

After the minions arrived, I pushed the mid lane hard.

[lovekindred(Kindred):]

He gave a thumbs-up emoticon and went into the enemy jungle.

After that, the game was one-sided.

Kindred, who always entered the enemy jungle with me after I pushed the lane first, grew by eating the marks as he pleased.

“Wow, 4 stacks already?”

The 4 stacks, which were treated similarly to the promised level 16, were stacked in 11 minutes.

It was a disaster for the enemy team.

The bot lane, which was trying to endure by clearing the lane as much as possible, survived after using their ultimates after a tower dive.

The enemy top laner, who was pushing the lane to maintain an advantageous position, was killed by Kindred’s two auto-attacks and one skill.

“Wow, Zoe’s passive auto-attack wasn’t blocked by the wind wall?”

“You didn’t know?”

“Yeah, so I always used it after the wind wall ended.”

“Um, how should I say it… it’s because it’s a straight line, not a projectile.”

[Professor, the pace is too fast]

[You can go to Challenger if you do this. It’s easy, right?]

[I can see the vision beyond the wall with Zoe’s ultimate LOL It’s the first time I’ve seen it in 3 years of watching Han Byeo-ri’s stream]

[I think she could have been invited as a Zoe master LOL]

As a result, we won the game easily.

I wondered if it should be called a game when the enemy bot duo, who had matching nicknames, went AFK.

But we won, so it’s okay.

[+28 Challenger 858LP]

****

[3 consecutive wins! 3 consecutive wins! 3 consecutive wins!]

[Are we going to 1000 points? Are we going to 1000 points? Are we going to 1000 points?]

[We’re going to Mars, we’re going to Mars, we’re going to Mars]

[Yoon Seo-ha, I am a middle school girl who will stand in the sky (fabricated)]

It had been 3 hours since the stream started.

Was it because we played 3 games in a row, or was it because we barely carried the last game that we should have lost?

I felt exhausted.

‘I need to exercise more.’

I recently started exercising with my father to improve my physical strength.

The reason why there is a difference in skill between men and women in sports such as Go or chess, where physical characteristics are not very important, is also physical strength.

For a pro gamer who has to play two international tournaments a year, physical strength is a must.

‘But it’s strange that my mechanics got better.’

It was fortunate that there were no negative factors in the mechanics.

My weak wrist seemed to be stronger.

I can just build up my stamina.

“Then… shall we do the feedback later and eat first?”

Perhaps she noticed my condition, Han Byeo-ri suggested eating instead of the feedback content she had originally prepared.

Most of the participants in Master Invitation ate at the end, so it wasn’t a strange suggestion.

[How can she eat with a mask on LOL]

[Streamer, at such a young age…]

[Streamer’s big picture, streamer’s big picture, streamer’s big picture]

[Face reveal! Face reveal! Face reveal! Face reveal! Face reveal! Face reveal!]

I was wearing a mask now.

I can’t eat with a mask on.

“Ah… that’s right. Then is Master Invitation over for today?”

When Han Byeo-ri hesitated for a moment and announced the end of the stream.

[Get out]

[Are you kidding? Are you kidding? Are you kidding? Are you kidding?]

[Are you telling me that my middle school girl Challenger Master Invitation is over here?]

“No, think about it, is it right to do that to someone who was kind enough to come here?”

[That’s true]

[Who was the one who asked for a duo with a diamond and then asked her to come out on Master Invitation?]

[Please don’t end my middle school girl Challenger Master Invitation…]

What should I do?

Actually, the answer was obvious.

I didn’t even intend to wear a mask, but she gave it to me.

Seeing her in trouble made me feel sorry for her.

“I don’t mind. Let’s eat.”