Chapter 80: MAX swearing

“Just one more win until Masterrr!!”

Here, there’s someone just as desperate for the Master tier promotion as Winter.

“This time for sure! Definitely! Absolutely! Going to Masterrr!! Queue up right away!!”

Streaming on the ‘Pasta’ platform under the nickname ‘PermaDiamond’, he was a 10-year hardcore League specter.

He was also a Diamond resident ghost who had never once achieved a tier higher than Master.

Living up to the nickname, properly.

“But… why is it so quiet today? Did everyone go out to play?”

The placement match content at the very beginning of the season.

And the struggle-to-escape-Diamond content right before the season ends.

These were the bread-and-butter contents that boosted PermaDiamond’s viewership by more than double the usual.

But for some reason, even though today was the last day of the season, the chat was quiet.

Looking now, the viewer count was even lower than usual.

[[Anonymous donor has donated 1,000 won]]

[[Everyone went to watch Winter’s Master promotion match LOL]]

“Aigo~ Anonymous hyungnim! Thank you for the 1,000 won donation! But… Winter? Who’s that?”

[-Aww! Perma-shichi!! Read the community forums!!]

[-This guy only knows League LOL]

[-Well, there is. A VTuber struggling to get to Master just like you.]

[-Rather watch a young and bouncy VTuber nunna’s stream than an old and sick ahjussi’s promotion match, right? Ah LOL]

Watching the sparsely appearing chat, PermaDiamond scratched his head.

“Haigo~ Don’t know who it is, but they must be having a tough time at the end of the season. Alright~ Anyway, let’s go for this season’s final game!”

Just as the champion selection ended and the 10 IDs were displayed on the loading screen.

[-???]

[-??]

[-Wait, that’s…]

[-Isn’t the opposing Fiora, Winter?]

Countless MIA pings started appearing in the chat.

“What, what’s going on? What is it? Is the opponent, like, famous?”

PermaDiamond’s eyes widened as he checked the ID.

The most noticeable thing was that there were a whopping 4 IDs containing the word ‘Winter’ across both teams.

Adding to that, his team’s mid laner was the LoL World Championship winning jungler with 400k YouTube subscribers, Sun Wook (a.k.a. Chanhap).

“Wow~ Our team’s mid is Chanhap hyungnim! This game is YouTube content material. Right?”

[-Chanhap hyung isn’t the important thing right now LOL]

[-That barcode nickname opponent, it’s Winter LOL Just confirmed LOL]

[-Kya~ PermaDiamond vs. Kim Winter… zzizzi is getting magnificent…!]

In a short moment, the chat window was raging out of control.

The viewer count also instantly surged, breaking PermaDiamond’s lifetime broadcast record.

Trickle-down effect, properly enjoyed.

‘Th-this is an opportunity!!’

PermaDiamond unknowingly clenched his fist.

Even if only half of the newly arrived viewers stick around.

No, even if only 10% stick around, it’s a success.

“Wow~ So it means only one of us, Winter-nim or me, can go to Master?”

Even the narrative is absolutely perfect.

This isn’t just YouTube content material, it’s lifetime video material.

“What? Winter is originally a mid laner? Huh, well! Looks like I’ll have to give her a proper lesson on the man’s lane!!”

And so the game began.

PermaDiamond’s Jax ambitiously hit level 2 first and charged at Winter’s Fiora, but…

[First Blood.]

The one whose head got smashed wasn’t Winter, but PermaDiamond.

[-Lvl 2 LOL Solo LOL Kill LOL]

[-???: Looks like I’ll have to give her a proper lesson on the man’s lane!!]

[-Really so bad LOL]

“Hey~ It’s a handicap, a handicap. Starting seriously from now on.”

And exactly 2 minutes after saying that.

[You have been slain.]

“…”

PermaDiamond got solo killed once again.

This time, it was even a tower dive.

“…Is that person Diamond? Why are they so good? Are they boosting or something?”

[[SongiSongi has donated 1,000 won]]

[[Info: Winter’s peak top rating in the season before last was Grandmaster, and excluding last year, she finished the season above Master 300 points for 3 consecutive recent years.]]

“No, why are you telling me this now?! No wonder she’s f*cking good!!”

[-Thank you, SongiWagon!!]

[-Ah, lift your head PermaDiamond. Losing to a ‘Master’ is nothing to be ashamed of]

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The start wasn’t bad.

Thanks to the opposing laner overextending somewhat, she quickly got 2 kills and established a foundation for growth.

But the problem was the other lanes.

“As expected…”

Winter slightly furrowed her brow.

The jungler was consistently just farming camps, playing a different genre of game alone.

[HamgyongdoStickyRiceSausage: Tool ** stop f*cking eating cs]

[WinterGreymon: I don’t take orders from those weaker than me]

[HamgyongdoStickyRiceSausage: Hah;; Should have known when you were **ing in the chat]

[WinterGreymon: If you don’t like it, leave ㄱ]

The bot duo, who had been fighting since champion select, were still keyboard warring now that the game had started.

Mid was at least human, but perhaps because the opponent was the former pro gamer streamer, Sun Wook, the lane kept getting pushed in.

“…”

Winter said nothing and silently focused only on her lane.

If she had her way, she wanted to flame in chat right away… but held back tightly.

[-Winter nunna’s avatar is going to get wrinkles too LOL]

[-Uh oh… turning black, turning black…]

The chat window was instantly flooded with arctic fox emojis.

Winter’s expression while holding back bad words did resemble a sullen arctic fox.

Winter unknowingly bit her lip hard.

The kill score difference had already widened to nearly double.

Even the few kills were all Winter’s.

At this rate, they might really lose.

[IliilIlI: Group for Herald]

Winter, having taken down the enemy top laner, called her teammates via chat.

And so began the hectic 4v5 team fight in front of the Herald.

Winter succeeded in quickly taking down the enemy ADC, but…

[An ally has been slain.]

[An ally has been slain.]

[Enemy Double Kill!]

[Triple Kill!!]

Winter’s four teammates were instantly wiped out.

[Shutdown.]

[Enemy Double Kill!]

Winter too died futilely, surrounded by the enemy jungle, mid, and support.

[HamgyongdoStickyRiceSausage: 15 gg]

A short chat message appeared on the gray screen.

“Th-this…”

At that chat message, the thread of reason in Winter’s mind snapped ttuk-.

“These dog-like bastards, I let them off easy!!”

Angry Fire Winter descended once more.

[IliilIlI: You inhuman **s]

[IliilIlI: You **s who just play League after eating, can’t you even breathe right?]

[IliilIlI: Just leave ** you **]

At Winter’s rapid-fire chat, exceeding 700 characters per minute, not only her teammates but also the viewers couldn’t keep up.

After forcibly injecting manners like that.

[WinterGreymon: I listen well to orders from those stronger than me]

[WinterGreymon: I will do as commanded, WinterTaichi]

Starting with the problematic support maturing.

[HamgyongdoStickyRiceSausage: Now that I look, Top-nim is well-farmed, shall we trust and try again?]

[HamgyongdoStickyRiceSausage: Support-nim, let’s try properly once]

[WinterGreymon: ㅇㅇ I will show you what an egoless tool is]

The bot duo who had fought throughout the game achieved a dramatic reconciliation.

[JangchungdongKingWinterJokbal: I’ll defend base as much as possible, while Winter-nim split pushes ㄱ]

Not only that, the jungler who had been playing an RPG game alone finally started playing a proper team game.

Of course, the mid laner who had been working hard from the start silently focused on his job.

[IliilIlI: Splitting, chat actively if you don’t see enemies]

[IliilIlI: If enemy **s come for me, take advantage yourselves]

After Winter started actively shotcalling, the tide of the game began to turn.

During a standoff in front of the Dragon, Winter’s team jungler stole the Dragon and died heroically, marking a turning point.

Winter created a highway in the top lane, sweetly collecting the bounty.

Then, as the enemy team’s top and jungle came down to stop Winter heading towards the bot lane.

[An enemy has been slain.]

[Double Kill!]

Winter won the 2v1 engagement with spectacular control.

[-What did I just see…?]

[-Didn’t she proc all four vitals in like 2 seconds??]

[-Seriously insane control]

While Winter pushed the inhibitor and advanced towards the twin towers, the other teammates grouped together and tied down the opponents.

[Victory!]

Fiora’s blade destroyed the twin towers and then the Nexus, ending the game just like that.

Amidst the flashy animation of the Diamond emblem changing to the Master emblem.

The mission funds that had been quietly accumulating in a corner of the screen burst out all at once.

[Mission Success!]

-Achieve Master

[PureWinter_nim and 10 others have donated 1,320,000 won]

[Mission Success!]

-Curse Refreshingly

[WinterNunnaHeueung_ and 54 others have donated 3,926,000 won]

[Mission Failed…]

-Don’t Curse

[SongiSongi_nim and 4 others have donated 14,000 won]

Winter stared blankly at the results screen with a dazed expression, then finally let out a long sigh, hoooooo-, as if the ground would collapse.

“Thank you to everyone who donated, everyone who set missions… Today’s broadcast ends here. Tomorrow will probably be a day off… I’ll be back the day after tomorrow. Everyone have a good night…”

Winter immediately ended the broadcast and neatly organized the tracking equipment attached to her body on one side of the desk.

Then, she slowly got up from the chair, dragging her legs towards the bed.

And…

“Wu, wuuu… Uwaaaaang- I’m ruined! Everything’s ruined!!”

Burying her face in the pillow, she burst into the tears she had held back.