episode_0004

The priest I was aiming for was farming CS while sticking closely to the turret.

Instinctively, I gauge the distance between the turret and the enemy.

Enemy mages have low defense and health compared to long-range classes. Moreover, I wasn’t wearing any armor for efficiency’s sake.

In other words, if I take even one hit, I’ll immediately see the respawn screen.

Someone once said that a super play and trolling are just one step apart. If this succeeds, it can turn the game around, but if it fails, I’ll have to endure my teammates’ scolding.

However, there was no hesitation.

Hiora’s battle content is not significantly different from the format of existing AoS or MOBA games. There are attack lanes at the top, middle, and bottom, with turrets positioned in between.

And there are 5 members on each side, totaling 10 players, attacking and destroying the enemy’s core to win the game.

A unique aspect is the third-person back view perspective, tilted for immersion.

Unlike other content where equipped items carry over, in battles, their effects are significantly reduced. It’s not simply about having equipment; you need to level up and spend gold to unleash their full power. Additionally, the shop’s equipment was generally better. Therefore, fairness issues didn’t arise much.

However, external equipment had the advantage of customization according to personal preferences. So, whether to use shop-provided equipment comfortably or customize one’s own gear for the game was an individual choice.

Most people leaned towards using shop equipment, which isn’t very efficient, to begin with.

– Are you ready? Are you ready?

– Mage, fireball launch!

As soon as the priest lifted his foot to go for the CS, fireballs poured out from the character’s left hand.

The fireballs, with a slight range, landed near the turret, forcing the priest to unavoidably step out of the turret’s range.

And that was exactly what I was aiming for. The low spell power fireballs from the weak mage couldn’t deal critical hits to enemies. It was all to lure the priest forward.

Soon after, the ground beneath my character’s feet began to glow white. I lowered my stance and bent my legs, assuming a jumping posture. In an instant, the enemy horse moved right in front of the priest.

What I wrote was the level 1 skill of a warrior, “Leap.” It was a skill that was often discarded when setting up because its channeling could easily be interrupted and it had a long pre-delay, making it inefficient. However, it had sufficient performance for launching a surprise attack. Immediately after, I cast the rogue’s ultimate skill, “One-Inch Slash,” with the sword in my right hand. It was the rogue’s basic ultimate skill, with a range so short that you had to be almost right next to the target, but it boasted powerful damage. Even if the rogue had stealth, it was a skill that was difficult to evade. The priest, unable to react in time, was hit by the skill and fell down.

“[Yanglowon Friendship Breaker] has slain [Newborn God]!”

– “Is it you again?”

– “GOAT”

– “Just ‘click’”

– “Wapakya~”

– “Yangchinbr! Yangchinbr! Yangchinbr!”

– “Great Chin Br”

– “Dodged the fireball and died right away, huh?”

– “You were too complacent being next to the tower lolololol”

– “Wait, isn’t this too unfair? Using several job skills?”

– “Influx? Try it yourself, Red Horse.”

Just a moment ago, after a messy team fight, the atmosphere in the chat suddenly changed completely.

The in-game chat is a place where opinions about God and dick change every second.

If I may make an excuse, if my teammates had moved as I intended during the team fight, we could have easily won. However, my teammates didn’t know how to support the priest, and as a result, we lost.

One could argue that I’m blaming others with my explanation. But if there is a rational reason, it’s also possible to blame others because we are human.

One advantage of the enemy horse was that it was difficult to face because no one had experienced it before. On the other hand, our team also didn’t know much about the enemy horseman. At best, we only knew that he used multiple skills.

It wasn’t easy to find teammates who understood the enemy horseman, and I myself wasn’t sociable enough, so I just played ranked games.

[Kang Dong-ho (Warrior): What’s wrong with the priest? Can’t he even take CS while sticking to the turret? Now he’s getting killed by the enemy horse?]

[Sae Sal-i Dot-a-na (Priest): No, the enemy horse is using something weird.]

[Kang Dong-ho (Warrior): It doesn’t matter what the enemy horse uses. I saw earlier that he didn’t deal any damage at all.]

[Sae Sal-i Dot-a-na (Priest): Am I supposed to deliberately die? Do I look like a fool for enduring it?]

Meanwhile, in the overall chat, the political quarrel between the fully enraged warrior and the priest continued.

-He’s here! The enemy horse’s ultimate skill!

-If you get killed by the enemy horse, you won’t be able to regain your composure, lolololol.

In the end, there was only one winning plan for the enemy horse in ranked games: to gradually dismantle the opponent from within.

Although the enemy horse could use skills from various professions, the number of skills was limited, and they couldn’t acquire the core skills of each profession.

Furthermore, due to the limitations of low-quality stats, even if they used the same skill, its efficiency was low.

However, team games don’t always follow the displayed stats alone. If victory were determined solely based on character specifications, why would anyone play the game?

In the end, the opposing team, plagued by internal divisions, couldn’t coordinate properly and could only suffer defeat.

[User A has donated 10,000 won.]

“Congratulations on your winning streak~ Well done.”

“Oh, thank you so much for the generous 10,000 won.”

While other streams might have rooms where they throw around 10,000 won like 1,000 won, for a male streamer, especially in a skill-focused stream, receiving 10,000 won was truly valuable.

Naturally, my mouth opened wide, and laughter burst out.

In fact, when I thought about it, the act of receiving donations itself was remarkable. Who would casually throw 10,000 won to someone they didn’t even know?

Although it might be easier online, it wasn’t something to be taken lightly.

“Well then, I’ll end today’s broadcast here. Everyone, well done.”

Today, too, I filled 20 hours of broadcasting. There probably wasn’t anyone who watched from beginning to end, but a few viewers kept the stream running in the background and occasionally came to chat.

-Already ending the stream? Lost your initial enthusiasm (streamed for 20 hours).

-Yukba~

-Obangal

-Don’t you announce the next broadcast time?

-I just turn on the stream when I wake up, so I don’t make separate announcements.

After ending the streaming, I fell into deep thought.

Now, what should I do next?

If I didn’t have to worry about making a living as a streamer, I would have chosen it without hesitation. However, I had to face reality. The company I applied to wasn’t a large corporation, but it was a well-known mid-sized company.

If I missed this opportunity, I couldn’t guarantee when the next one would come.

I didn’t want to say things like taking a break from broadcasting or temporarily quitting while joining the company. I couldn’t just leave it in a mediocre state without doing any broadcasts. If I were to join, I planned to focus only on work without playing my favorite games.

“Sigh…”

Even though I was sitting alone in an empty room from the beginning, when the chat stopped coming, a sense of loneliness overwhelmed me.

I wasn’t sure if I should continue broadcasting to overcome this feeling.

“I should retire.”

Without realizing it, my voice came out. And the moment I heard that voice with my own ears, I felt convinced that I should do it.

“Um… Are you there?”

Suddenly, a woman’s voice flowed out of the speaker.

When I checked the voice, it was the YouTuber I met earlier, Arisa. Didn’t she leave the Discord room?

“Oh, yes. I’m here. Did you hear what I said earlier?”

“Yes? What did you say?”

“It’s nothing. What’s up?”

“Oh, nothing special. I just wanted to thank you for teaching me today…”

“Well, you can say it during the broadcast.”

“I thought it wouldn’t be polite, so I was planning to tell you after the broadcast.”

She waited until the end of the broadcast just to say that?

She seemed a bit old-fashioned.

“Okay, got it.”

“Okay. Then…”

“Oh, wait.”

“Yes?”

After thinking for a moment, I spoke up.

“I said I would teach you the game next time, right?”

“Yes.”

“Let’s do it tonight, right away.”

“So soon?”

“Why not? Don’t you want to? If you don’t want to, you don’t have to.”

“Oh, no! Not at all! I just thought you wouldn’t be interested.”

“I changed my mind.”

“Oh… Well, that’s a relief. See you in the evening then.”

“Yes.”

I confirmed that Arisa left the Discord room and closed the window.

The reason for the change of heart was simple. Even though I had decided to retire, I still had a strong desire to accomplish something.

Although I’m just a small-time streamer, I’ve had some tips and know-how from broadcasting. There’s only about a week left until I start my new job. I planned to generously teach Arita and Neon before leaving.

Come to think of it, I wonder what Arita looks like in person. I became curious after hearing her beautiful voice.

With such a lovely voice, one would imagine she has a pretty face as well, but I know reality isn’t that fantastical.

It’s rare to find a woman who is good-looking in terms of appearance, figure, and voice all at once. While one aspect may be good, the probability of everything being good is low.

Well, if she were that kind of woman to begin with, she wouldn’t be a YouTuber, right? With singing skills comparable to a professional singer, she would have pursued a career as an idol or singer long ago.

It might be a bit rude, but I decided not to have high expectations for Arita’s appearance. Besides, what good would it do to have expectations when I won’t even meet her in person?

With those thoughts in mind, I fell asleep as if fainting. As soon as I opened my eyes, I was ready to start the collaboration.