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39 – Enduring Advice Level 999 (3)

39 – Enduring Advice Level 999 (3)

“Well, I did, but how can you trust what Iron says?”

Majiya, who said this, was Iron tier.

— Noooooooooooooooo

— I’m going crazy, seriously, lololololol

— Well… never mind lol

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:: Sorry, but aren’t you also Iron tier, teacher? ::

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:: What’s with the Atak lololol ::

— So that’s why you’re Iron lol

— Understood

— Seriously, there are tons of Naore tutorials on YouTube lololol

— Still, Battle Call is Diamond, let’s have a drink lol

— I’ll believe you, you’re definitely Iron

In fact, if Majiya hadn’t said this, there might have been speculation that she was intentionally losing or trolling to drop her rank.

No matter how solid her FPS fundamentals are, it doesn’t make sense that someone who lays down Dark Clouds, vision-plays in them, and takes down a tower in a snap is Iron tier.

“Sis, haven’t you watched any YouTube at all?”

“Didn’t see the need. I was doing fine.”

But those few words just now cleared everything up.

All the Naore teachers, including Komari, smelled the rusty iron emanating from Majiya and were convinced.

This is, indeed, Iron!

Majiya was playing Apola, not Naore.

She was even thinking things like, ‘If I mess up, Komari will tell me anyway,’ and ‘That’ll highlight Komari’s character even more,’ which made her even more reckless.

“Sis, just remember what I told you? This is something even the biggest noobs know. To the point where even those bug-like parasite bastards who rage-quit know it. That’s why they left, because they couldn’t play with you.”

“Aha.”

“I don’t want you to be treated like a bug. So, remember this. For the first 10 minutes, defend your lane. That’s how you survive among these hopeless Ataks.”

Of course. To Majiya, who was listening, that was just another lecture.

Ding——.

With a clear chime, Majiya declared.

“3 Stacks.”

“No. This isn’t a lecture? We were just talking! Why is this a lecture?”

“I said I’d ring the bell if I felt like I was being lectured before we started. I felt like I was being lectured.”

“No. Ugh.”

The first time a brake was applied to Komari, who would spew out harsh words like a dam bursting whenever Naore started.

Even though she doesn’t use swear words, she drags in all sorts of similar words and torments her opponent until they go crazy. But in front of Majiya, she was busy struggling to soften her words once, then soften them again.

The longer-term Leaves knew how unique that was.

— What, no super-angry Mari?

— This is kinda nice?

— There’s a Jikwon D stopping Mari from snapping ㄷㄷ

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— Mari struggling… delicious!!

— Damn it, Jikwon D, are you the strongest even here?

— Please stay in Parallel for a long, long time

* * *

Meanwhile, at Parallel headquarters.

Cheon Do-hee, who had stopped by the operations team on her way home from work, casually took a seat next to Team Leader Kang Ji-ho, who was watching the broadcast with a smile.

“What’s so funny?”

“Oh, are you leaving work? Jia went on Komari’s broadcast today.”

“Oh, that’s today. Look at my memory. How is it? It must be pretty tough compared to other broadcasts. There are a lot of Naore teachers.”

“I thought it would be, but it’s so funny right now.”

When Cheon Do-hee entrusted Jia’s work to Kang Ji-ho, she was actually worried that she might refuse.

After all, she’s a mother raising a ten-year-old son, both parents work, and her rank is equivalent to a deputy manager.

She’s too senior to replace what Majiya does. Even if family issues overlapped and the broadcast report didn’t come up for a day, she thought she would have to understand.

But no.

Kang Ji-ho readily accepted the offer and even told Jia to feel free to go anytime.

The reason was because of a mother’s desire to have a daughter.

She’s raising her ten-year-old son with love, but with both parents working, raising another child wasn’t an easy choice.

It was none other than Majiya who filled that void.

Even though she’s busy with her own work, she would notice when the operations team had urgent tasks and come to help, and she would work as hard as if it were her own job.

She was already biased towards Majiya, but Majiya’s words of concern for her commute home on the day she stood in for Jia on duty completely stole her heart.

She really wished she had a daughter like that.

“How does she know less about Naore than I do?”

“She must have spent all her time doing Battle Call, she doesn’t know anything.”

“But that’s why it’s so funny. But I guess because she’s Diamond in Battle Call, she didn’t listen to anything even people in the same tier said.”

“… For example?”

“Defending each lane until 10 minutes… When someone eats the Shadow that spawns in the alleyway, and when the Dark Knight appears in the center of the map at 20 minutes, join in.”

All of them are tips that are essential for playing the game Naore.

In fact, Do-hee only played it briefly when she was short on content and not broadcasting, so she doesn’t know much about it.

So it’s surprising that Team Leader Kang knows so much about the game.

When she joined the company as a manager from an entertainment agency, her game knowledge was almost non-existent, and her knowledge of internet broadcasting memes was a blank slate.

“Team Leader, you’ve really become an expert in internet broadcasting and games in just three years.”

“Right? I have to raise my son later. And Jia is doing it now, but I thought I’d learn over her shoulder in case I need to help her later. I guess it helped.”

“Later, Jae-woo might hate you for knowing too much. He can’t lie about his game time.”

“Oh, to be honest, I’ll listen to everything…. I don’t plan to raise Jae-woo strictly as a prodigy or anything. Of course, I’ll stop him if he says he’s going to broadcast.”

The two women laughed and watched Majiya, who was running around as Apola.

She had to say what she had to say.

Cheon Do-hee muttered softly.

“Since Jia will be in her fourth year next year, I’m thinking of promoting her to part leader.”

Team Leader Kang immediately perked up her ears.

“Oh, that’s something to celebrate. Is that why there’s a job opening in the operations team?”

“Yes.”

Usually, the competition rate before the interview is set at 4:1.

Team Leader Kang recalled the number of applicants who passed the document screening that Cheon Do-hee had given her just yesterday and muttered.

“I was wondering why 300 resumes came in when we’re only hiring a few people.”

“Parallel must have become quite famous. I didn’t expect 300 people to apply when we’re only hiring three.”

A whopping 100:1 competition rate.

Considering that the competition rate for the first generation of Parallel was 200:1, it was a truly amazing number.

“Anyway, we’re going to be busy after Halloween, so I’m going to hold the interview before then. But I’m wondering if I should only call Team Leader Kang, or if I should have Jia sit in with me.”

In a way, it could undermine Team Leader Kang’s authority.

But Team Leader Kang didn’t take it seriously and said.

Although they are in a team leader (deputy manager)-employee relationship, their duties are clearly divided.

“It’s right for Jia to go in alone. We’re in the same team, but we do completely different things.”

“… I guess so.”

“And Jia is more senior than me in internet broadcasting? I sometimes ask Jia if I don’t know something. So, it’s natural for Jia to look over the broadcasting management personnel who come in as Jia’s replacement.”

Do-hee nodded, saying she understood.

“Thank you, Team Leader Kang.”

“You don’t have to thank me…. But is Jia moving seats when she becomes part leader? That’s a bit of a shame.”

“No. I’m going to pull the partitions towards the president’s office to secure some space. I’m going to distribute the monitors in Jia’s old seat so that the two of them can use them together.”

“Oh. Lucky~. Seeing Jia’s face before I leave work is another joy of my company life.”

Team Leader Kang, who was smiling, suddenly asked Do-hee one thing that came to mind.

“But is it confirmed that the new person under Jia is a woman?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm.”

Kang Ji-ho’s former entertainment agency was a female-dominated company.

Among them, it was a place where fierce power struggles and power struggles prevailed.

Suddenly, thinking back to that time, she couldn’t help but worry that a small part leader like Majiya might be eaten by a subordinate.

Looking at her dealing with Dora or Rain, she wondered if it would be okay.

But that might be because the first generation kids are just too innocent….

“I guess I’ll have to have a meeting with the new recruit once I hire them.”

Kang Ji-ho said, maintaining a bright smile.

“Or can I keep them for a week and then send them to Jia?”

* * *

Of course, Kang Ji-ho’s worries were close to unfounded.

Even if she says she’s scared, there’s no way Majiya would ever be genuinely scared of women.

She might break her fantasies and distance herself, but.

If Majiya was really scared of women, she would have been cowering in front of Komari, who was angry and huffing and puffing.

[Rubber Duck House: 16 hours]

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“Ha. Ugh. Huh. Ugh…. Un… Ugh. Ah, ugh, ah!”

— Aww, good girl, Mari, relax

— Hold on!

— I understand that you’re pissed off, but calm down

:: Anonymous sponsor donated 100,000 Clouds! ::

:: Damn it, next month is cornstarch ::

— Oh no, the Leaves are all withered

— Kyaaa! The attack of Leaf blight!

— Mari, my Leaves are turning yellow

Right now, the whole team has gathered to hunt the Dark Knight that spawned in the center of the map, but Majiya is the only one hitting the Core Turret.

She was so tempted to lecture.

She wanted to tell her that she shouldn’t hit the home base turret there, that she should join her allies and hit the Dark Knight.

She wanted to tell her to switch to Adaptive Skill I and eat the Dark Knight with accumulated damage stacks.

She was holding back because she couldn’t keep up with the Rubber Duck House play time as the Leaves’ sponsorship money piled up.

“Ugh. Sss. Sss. Sss.”

— Mari, sorry I’m a beggar

— Ugh, your lectures hurt the most

— Damn it, you’re the best fighter in Xianyang City

“Hey, everyone. Why are you calling me a bully here? I really went to school nicely. I was beaten, but I never hit anyone?”

But the Leaves were also desperate.

If they didn’t divert her attention like this, Komari would definitely lecture again.

— You smoked and drank, too

— I have proof pictures

— Proof pictures omg

— You’re caught now lol

“Ugh. What proof pictures? I’m really pissed off.”

Meanwhile, Majiya.

After demolishing one Core Turret, she was waiting for the next Demolition Team wave to come.

It was a delay caused by the fact that most Siege classes can fight while being hit by turrets, but Apola can’t.

The reason why Komari tried to lecture?

Because she knew what was going to happen next.

{{The enemy has defeated the Dark Knight!}}

When the Dark Knight is defeated, Siege champions gain siege power, and other champions gain attack power.

In addition, they all gain a movement speed buff, making it much easier to chase enemies.

In other words, the side that defeats the Dark Knight is likely to get an Ace (defeat all enemies) in a team fight and push a lot of turrets.

So if Apola had come to hit the Dark Knight, Jia’s team would have won easily.

Because if you accumulate a lot of stacks, you can hit the final blow with a high probability.

Maybe that’s why the other team knew it, they were busy taunting in the all chat.

[All] Dok-hee Dok-hee: Won thanks to the noob Apola lol

[All] You guys live in Bronze: Kya, promotion match lose lose win win win this is it

[All] Three sets of five hundred if you play three games a day: Apola is a bug lol

[All] Three sets of five hundred if you play three games a day: I feel sorry for the teammates lol

Majiya’s team was likely to lose.

The person who left came back, but they were still angry.

Two people were cut off in the last team fight.

And they even lost the Dark Knight buff, so how could they not be?

Now the opponent’s response was too easy and simple.

One dealer stays in the home base to block Apola, and four people, including the Siege, take the buff and push the enemy’s home base.

But everyone was sure of Jia’s defeat.

Komari, who was fighting with the Leaves about school violence, confirmed the enemy champion returning to the home base and muttered.

“Wait… we might win this?”

— How can you win here lol

— Can’t win;

— The opponent has 5 people alive and even the Dark Knight buff, how can you win

— Fr

Just in time, the allied Demolition Team arrived and Majiya was dashing towards the Core Turret with dignity.

The enemy’s well-grown dealer, Lightning, who had been in the lane with Majiya, also finished returning.

Everyone watching except Komari thought that if they clashed here, Apola would die and the game would be over.

“I’m not just saying it. Look at Jikwon D’s items.”

Generally, Apola raises health and defense items to cover for the lack of durability.

After all, if you accumulate stacks, the turret explodes in one hit, so there’s no need to raise attack separately.

Even if you switch to a dealer class by taking Adaptive Skill I, this fact doesn’t change.

It changes to a form where you use the stacks to explode the enemy tank in one hit instead of exploding the building at once.

But Majiya’s item window was attack, attack, attack.

There were people who mentioned it in between, but the chat was exploding with Majiya’s continuous Iron moves. This was the first time everyone had properly checked it together.

— All attack?

— No way lololol

— Wow, sexy smell lol

— Now Jikwon D is even leading the new meta ㄷㄷㄷ

The reason why Apola isn’t very helpful in one-on-one combat?

Mainly because they go for defense items, and the combat skills and ultimate are for stacking and exploding stacks.

There’s no way for Apola to explode the opponent before the opponent explodes Apola.

And it’s more helpful to the team to break buildings in that time.

But now Majiya is all attack items, and Lightning, who came to block, is also all attack items.

Defense items are a luxury for a wide-area destruction-type dealer who melts opponents with range and area.

In other words, if Majiya can give up the tower for a moment and melt Lightning, the game will change completely.

“Leaves, sorry. Just one lecture.”

— What

— No

— Stop it!!

“Sis, lay down a Dark Cloud and deal with the guy who came to block! He’s also squishy!! Avoid the ultimate at all costs!!”

Ding, the table bell rang.

On the broadcast screen, Komari’s penalty added 1 stack.

[Rubber Duck House: 17 hours]

Boom, black clouds spread around Apola.

In Komari’s view, this fight was in Majiya’s favor.

The enemy she was facing happened to be Lightning, who she had been facing all game, so she would have understood the trajectory and range of the combat skills and ultimate to some extent.

‘Since the opponent is also Iron, if you can somehow avoid the combat skills and ultimate…!’

Kwaaang! A chain of lightning bolts cut through the Dark Cloud in a straight line.

Majiya only avoids the lightning bolts, and doesn’t leave the cloud.

‘Avoided the combat skill!’

Then the opponent charged the ultimate.

In 2 seconds, electromagnetic waves covering the entire range of the Dark Cloud will fall.

2, 1, 0.

Taking advantage of the timing when the ultimate was fired, Apola jumped out of the cloud.

The short stealth effect prevents Lightning, who was charging, from chasing Apola.

The electromagnetic waves cover the cloud as it is.

Kwajijijik!

‘Avoided the ultimate…!’

The stealth is released, and Apola’s position is behind Lightning, in the blind spot.

There’s no headshot bonus damage, but two shotguns aimed at the head fired.

Boom!

1/3 of Lightning’s health was blown away in that one shot.

Komari slammed the desk and shouted.

“Crazy damage, so nice!”

— Wow, what’s with the damage lololol

— Is this all-attack Apola?

— Was Apola’s normal attack always this strong?

The reload time, which normally takes 4 seconds, has been halved by the power of all-attack items.

No matter how well Lightning has grown, all they can do in 2 seconds is normal attack.

Of course, that normal attack is also a serious blow to the glass cannon, and Apola’s health is also being chipped away.

Again, the Double Barrel goes boom!

Lightning’s health is 1/3, Apola has half left.

— We won this

— Lightning’s combat skill cooldown is coming

— You never know what’ll happen if it actually hits.

— FIREEEEEEE!

2, 1, Double Barrel loaded.

At the same time, Lightning’s combat skill cooldown refreshed, but.

Amidst the two champions running around like crazy, Apola’s gun was faster at aiming at Lightning.

The difference in physical ability determined the victory at the crucial moment.

Bang!

{{ScarOnBackIsDoubleBarrelShame >> ThreeSetsADayFiveHundredTotal}}

— KYAAAAAAA

— Crazy, the aim is so fast LOL

— Even if you play like Iron, the FPS skills are still there LOL

— Wow, that was Komari-level just now

The opponent’s praise immediately poured out.

[All] ThreeSetsADayFiveHundredTotal: No

[All] ThreeSetsADayFiveHundredTotal: What’s with the full-attack Double Barrel noob, seriously

Majiya leisurely began to hit the remaining Core Turret.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

Defense pings were incessantly marked in the middle of the enemy’s base, but the enemies were busy marching towards Majiya’s base with the Dark Knight buff.

How could they have known.

That the dealer they sent to stop her would fail to kill even one Apola and end up dying.

[All] ThreeSetsADayFiveHundredTotal: Seriously, look at the pings, are you blind?

[All] YouGuysLiveInBronze: ?

[All] YouGuysLiveInBronze: Wait, you lost to Apola? LOL

[All] YouGuysLiveInBronze: Our Lightning is such a bug;

[All] ThreeSetsADayFiveHundredTotal: Yeah LOL if you can’t stop it, your promotion match is a loss LOLOLOLOL

[All] YouGuysLiveInBronze: Ah damn it-

Clang, clang, clang, clang, the stacks are happily filling up.

Two enemies simultaneously attempted to recall, but the remaining tank and support of Majiya’s team threw themselves to stop it.

[Team] IfRammelDidIt: Apola, push!!!!

[Team] IfRammelDidIt: We’ll cut off their recall!!!

Already at 12 stacks. Time for demolition.

Apola lowers her stance, kneels, and aims at the Core Turret.

The light flowing from the halo becomes a special bullet and is loaded into the chamber.

Pshew—————.

Kaboom!

{{ScarOnBackIsDoubleBarrelShame >> Core Turret}}

Only one thing remained until victory.

Only the enemy’s base, which would disappear within 16 stacks.

The enemies were still busy arguing in the all chat.

The allies desperately blocked the enemy’s recall.

Meanwhile, even the resurrected allies joined in the chaotic fight, so none of the living enemies could return to their base.

[Team] IfRammelDidIt: Push!

[Team] DogThatBarksAtCrazyPeople: Woof woof!!

[Team] LetsGoToBronze: Push it, damn itttttt

“Unnie, destroy it!!!”

— YEEEEESSSSS

— Let’s gooooooo

So Majiya leisurely fired the Double Barrel, stacking up in the enemy’s heart.

Bang!

Just explode it.

{{ Victory! }}

— KYAAAAAAA

— Jikwon D wins!!!

— Omg

— We won like this LOLOLOLOL

— Just tore them apart

— Wow LOL

As the chat, which had become one in heart and mind, admired this unbelievable victory.

Majiya smiled at Komari.

“Carry.”

Ddiririk, the ranked game settlement window appears in the middle of the screen.

[ScarOnBackIsDoubleBarrelShame]

Iron II – 84p ↑

It’s only been one game.

Komari, on the verge of losing her mind, let out a hollow laugh and said one thing.

“Do only these kinds of people live in Iron…?”

A word from the author (author’s note)

I failed to adjust the amount…

Force-feeding a huge bowl of rice…!!!