341. Frying Pan (1)

,Why is this more efficient than I thought?”

Arang-i is currently rampaging through the top ranks of the Battle Zone with a pistol, sniper rifle, and frying pan.

In long-range engagements, she uses her overwhelming sniping skills to kill opponents. In mid-range, she uses her small body and frying pan to evade attacks, harassing with her pistol as she closes in. And in close-range, she finishes them off with the frying pan.

From the perspective of those facing Arang-i, it was incredibly difficult to deal with her.

First of all, building fights are a disadvantageous start.

In the Battle Zone, buildings usually have a lot of items, so you often have to enter them to farm.

However, Arang-i uses her overwhelmingly small size to hide in the most unexpected places.

So many users have died to Arang-i suddenly popping out that a rule has been established: when entering a building, shoot everywhere first.

But this is actually a very dangerous action. Shooting means you’re announcing your presence, and if Arang-i is in that building, she can immediately confirm that someone has entered by the sound of the gunfire.

The user who entered the building has to keep consuming bullets to keep checking, and eventually, they’ll run out of bullets and have to reload.

If they fail to find Arang-i early on, she’ll jump out during the reload, and a fight will start.

Since she suddenly appears during the reload, there’s no way to win the fight.

You’re just starting at a disadvantage.

However, the top-tier users aren’t just going to take it.

Molotov cocktails were already good items in the Battle Zone, but now they’re essential. Because you just throw them into the building first.

Moreover, users are slowly starting to figure out Arang-i’s playtime.

Knowing that she only plays the Battle Zone for a few hours in the afternoon, Korean time, they avoid entering buildings at a disadvantage outside of those hours.

But the biggest problem isn’t building fights.

Arang-i’s antics quickly spread through the broadcasts of top-tier users.

Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

It’s not a sniper rifle or a pistol.

They’re shooting with assault rifles in bursts, but she doesn’t die.

It was too difficult to shoot and kill Arang-i, who was running while protecting her head and torso with the frying pan.

Her head and torso are protected by the frying pan, and it’s incredibly difficult to hit her 140cm height and limbs that are half as thin as other people’s.

Arang-i easily closes in once again, and just as she’s about to pull out her pistol…

Bang!!!

Click.

,A shotgun!?’

Shotguns aren’t usually used much in the late game.

With few people left and the safe zone getting smaller, people often spot each other from a distance, so shotguns aren’t used much unless in special situations.

Arang-i thought so too, so she approached.

But the shotgun suddenly held by the opponent was a disaster.

As the shotgun fired, the bullets covered the entire space, and no matter how good Arang-i is, the frying pan isn’t as big as her body, so her health instantly dropped by more than half.

,I brought a shotgun all the way here just for you!”

,Is this guy really crazy? He brought a shotgun all the way here just for me?’

Arang-i, judging that she couldn’t win against the shotgun, immediately abandoned her frying pan killer concept, picked up her sniper rifle, and shot the user who was smiling while holding the shotgun in the head.

,Chea-, cheating.”

With those words, Arang-i diligently farmed the items of the shotgun user who fell, and immediately ran to the next safe zone.

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Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

,Wow… crazy.”

Shakon was amazed after watching the video of Arang-i deflecting assault rifle bullets with a frying pan, which was the hottest trending post in the Battle Zone community recently.

,Is that even possible?”

-Arang-i can do it lol

-No, magic and arrows are one thing, but she’s parrying bullets too

-Arang Arang-a, when did you come to the Battle Zone?

-That’s a must-see ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

,Is this user very famous?”

-Yeah, she’s the most famous person in LeoLe

-No one in LeoLe doesn’t know her

,Oh really? This user’s LeoLe nickname

is Arang-i?”

-Nope, her real name is Lee Arang, so they call her Arang-i

-It’s her real name ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

,It’s her real name? Oh, I need to be careful with my words.”

-Never search for Lee Arang on Masble!

,Why?”

Shakon turned on his internet browser without thinking.

Unlike before, almost 90% of internet users now use the Masble site as their primary platform.

He naturally searched for [Lee Arang] in the search bar of the Masble site.

Arang-i, being no ordinary person, had a detailed profile on the Masble site.

,No affiliation? But why is there personal information about her on the Masble site? Ah,”

The family listed under affiliation.

The names of Arang-i’s father, mother, and older sister, which no one living in this era could possibly not know, were accurately listed.

The names of the Masble CEO couple and her sister, who was recently a representative of Korea.

Just from this, Shakon realized how incredibly significant Arang-i was.

,Ho, holy shit. I, I haven’t said anything weird so far, right? Right? I’m not going to get sued, am I!?”

-Nah, don’t worry

-Arang-i is very generous

-She even understands slightly suggestive jokes?

,What!? Wow, really? If my daughter was sexually harassed online? I would just go and kill them. I mean, she has the power to do that in the first place.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-That’s true

-I think it’s because Arang-i said it was okay herself?

,Wow… amazing.”

-Arang-i also has a fan cafe

,A fan cafe? Wow, wait, the number of members is 1 million? Is the number of fan cafe members really this high?”

-Don’t be scared, Shakon, you’re not inferior

,Well… I’m totally inferior, aren’t I? To be honest, couldn’t my broadcast be shut down with just one word from Arang-nim?”

-It’s possible lol

-But she wouldn’t do that, Arang-i is super nice

,I think it’ll be scary if I mention her anymore, so I’ll just play some ranked games.”

-If it’s this time, it’s about time for Arang-i to finish school and start playing Battle Zone ㅋㅋㅋ

-Are you really going to meet her? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-But don’t the top-ranked players only meet the same people?

-That’s true ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The match was found faster than expected.

After going through the loading screen and opening his eyes in the dark plane, Shakon quickly scanned his surroundings.

Usually, when you open your eyes on the plane, you immediately check the map to understand the plane’s route and strategize where to land, but the recent Battle Zone has changed slightly.

First, you take a good look around the plane.

Since everyone has similar builds and wears military-style clothing, and nicknames aren’t visible, you can’t identify who’s who.

But Arang-i is different.

Among the 100 users who entered this match, there is one overwhelmingly small person on the plane.

Everyone’s eyes turned to Arang-i.

,She’s here…!’

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ frick, it’s obviously Arang-i

-She’s so much shorter than the other users, it’s too obvious

-Arang-a, did you abandon LeoLe? Did you abandon it?

Now everyone knows.

That Arang-i is in this match. And that they need to be very careful when entering buildings.

,I’m going to try for a chicken dinner this time.”

Shakon decided to play as safely as possible this round.

==

,There are 13 people left. I wonder if Arang-nim is still alive?”

-I’ve been watching the kill feed, and she hasn’t died

-It looks like Arang-i has almost 10 kills

,Oh? I think that’s Arang-nim?”

Shakon, checking his surroundings with a scope from a high vantage point, spotted a very small figure running diligently.

Shakon turned his scope to look at where Arang-i was running.

,It looks like she’s trying to catch that user?”

Shakon aims at Arang-i’s head, who is hiding behind cover.

,Sorry, but if I want to eat chicken, I have to eliminate you in advance.’

While Arang-i was using a health recovery item, Shakon pulled the trigger.

Taang!

A considerable distance, to the point where you could see the bullet flying through the scope.

But Shakon was also a soldier who worked as a sniper in real life, so he was confident in his sniping skills.

However.

Ting!

Arang-i’s frying pan hit the bullet.

,Huh?”

She didn’t see the gun being fired. She didn’t see the bullet flying. She didn’t even make eye contact.

But she blocked the bullet flying from the side while looking at the enemy in front.

,Ome?”

Arang-i knew at once where the user who sniped her was, but she still ran forward to kill the enemy in front of her first.

Shakon regained his senses and aimed at Arang-i, who was running.

He fired again.

Taang!

This time, she stopped running.

Pak! The bullet hits the ground.

And Arang-i runs again.

,??????????????????”

Shakon reloaded his gun once again.

And fired again.

Taang!

Arang-i raised her frying pan to block the bullet from the user aiming at her in front.

But suddenly, she pulled out her pistol in response to another sniper shot from the side.

Then she fired.

The two bullets weren’t perfectly aligned, but the bullet fired by Lee Rang-i slightly grazed the sniper bullet.

But that slight graze was enough to change the trajectory of the bullet.

The sniper bullet, whose trajectory was greatly altered by the bullet fired by Arang-i, failed to hit Arang-i and once again hit the ground.

,What the fuck?”

Shakon couldn’t believe what he had just seen was real.

,Did she just hit a bullet with a bullet? No, is she not human? Is she an AI? Is, is this even possible?”

Shakon couldn’t believe Arang-i’s crazy actions.

-??????????

-Huh? No, what is that?

-Arang-a, have you finally given up on being human?

-Huh?

-We don’t even know what that is

-Uh uh?

-Wow, that’s a whole movie right there ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The viewers were also surprised by Arang-i’s actions.

Honestly, deflecting bullets with a frying pan. They could understand that much.

Because there are people who try until they succeed on RyuTube sometimes.

But seeing her see the bullet coming, then shoot at it and change its trajectory by hitting it with another bullet, was a situation where they could only give up on understanding.