LRAB Chapter 9
Chapter 9
End of Round 1: Choi Chang-young's Team Loses
After Choi Chang-young was taken down, his team, now outnumbered 6 to 5, was quickly defeated in the team fight.
"...What just happened?"
However, Choi Chang-young could only tilt his head in confusion. He still couldn't understand how that Dark Knight had seemingly appeared from the sky.
Luckily, his curiosity would soon be satisfied.
[Round 1 Highlights]
After each round, a highlight video plays.
In the video, naturally, the unarmored Dark Knight stood out.
The Dark Knight swiftly defeated a scout zombie before scaling the cave wall and rapidly ascending to the ceiling.
???Was that even possible???What is this?Is this a bug???
The viewers were filled with questions.
But Choi Chang-young had no answers for them either—he felt the same way as the viewers.
Koo-gwa-ga-ga!!!
A loud crash echoed from the video.
It turned out that a wall made of bones had risen diagonally from the ceiling.
"...Hey, isn’t that the Dark Knight's wall skill?"
The Dark Knight's second skill, Wailing Wall.
Despite being a tank character, the Dark Knight lacked crowd control (CC) abilities. The first skill, Chains that Bind Souls, was somewhat like a CC skill, but it was inferior compared to other tank characters’ CC abilities.
Instead, the Dark Knight was known for having a "wall" skill.
In other words, Wailing Wall was the Dark Knight's signature skill.
"Usually, it’s used to split the enemy formation or block their retreat, right?"
Yep, exactly.This is the first time I’ve seen it used like this.Can you even do that??Who would use a wall like that? LOLIn theory, you can place it anywhere with a large enough surface...
While the viewers were still incredulous, Laura climbed onto the Wailing Wall.
She then slashed her sword to intentionally drop icicles and waited on the ceiling.
When Choi Chang-young appeared, she launched an aerial ambush.
Amazing...Did she make a non-slippery wall because the cave wall was too slick?She’s a total pro, LOL.Is she insane??No wonder she’s undefeated in duels, LOL.How could anyone beat that?
"Attention, soldiers. Gate Conquest is a best of five."
Choi Chang-young spoke as if to calm his viewers.
"We may have lost a round, but now we’ve seen how this person plays... it’s not so bad. We just need to be careful of the ceiling next time. I’ll make sure we win the next round."
Virtual iTuber Gallery
[General] Captain Getting Wrecked, LOL
(Highlight)
Dark Knight sends the Captain flying with a wall, LOL.
[Comments]
The Captain’s getting owned, LOL.? I still don’t get what happened?? ᄂ The Dark Knight set up a wall under the Captain’s feet. ᄂ Did the wall have an airborne effect??? ᄂ Strictly speaking, it was a knockback effect.He got sent flying and died from fall damage, LOL.Is this that alt-account smurf? ᄂ (Author) Yep, she reached Platinum in duels undefeated. ᄂ That’s crazy, LOL. ᄂ Even Gaemi got wrecked by her. ᄂ Gaemi gets wrecked by everyone. ᄂ Gaemi... did you get beaten again...?Why does Gaemi get beaten up everywhere, LOL.
Facing the Third Round After Two Consecutive Losses
Once again, Choi Chang-young found himself confronting the Dark Knight.
Is this one of those obsession arcs?This is totally love...Comrade! This is what we call brotherhood!Sniff...
"Hoooo..."
Choi Chang-young exhaled deeply.
Being utterly trounced in two consecutive rounds stirred his competitive spirit.
He wasn’t usually one to obsess over victory, but the fact that he felt like he could win drove him crazy.
As a Necromancer player, Choi Chang-young was well aware of the matchup with the Dark Knight. The Necromancer had a slight advantage.
Assemble! Charge!Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!Attack!! Assemble! Charge!Annihilate the Dark Knight!That’s a one-man army, damn.Is there a character who can tank, deal damage, and buff all by themselves?How are you supposed to stop that?How do you beat a fully grown Necro~?Koo-gwa-ga-ga!!Crazy...Did they just use the knockback effect of Wailing Wall for mobility???It was all for the propulsion!You thought they couldn’t get through the undead horde? Guess again! (*But they could?!)Who uses a wall like that, LOL. (Round 3)
Choi Chang-young couldn’t react in time. Who could have guessed the Dark Knight would close the distance in such a way?
In the second round, he’d deliberately stayed outside the range of Wailing Wall, remembering how he was launched by it before.
He’d assumed that no matter what skills the Necromancer used, they wouldn’t reach the Dark Knight. So, he focused on overwhelming with his undead while maintaining a safe distance.
As a result, he hadn’t prepared any skills.
And his arm was cut off.
"Aaargh!!"
Choi Chang-young screamed. But he stretched out his hand, hoping to stall until his undead soldiers could return.
However, he couldn’t even graze the Dark Knight’s clothing.
The Dark Knight’s blood-red sword was now right before his eyes.
Literally just a centimeter away.
Boom!
Then, everything went black.
His vision was gone.
LOL, I can’t see anything.Holy crap, that’s insane, LOL.Literal dark vision, LOL.Is this why they’re called the Dark Knight, LOL.
Even though he’d lost his vision, he could still see the chat on the stream. How fascinating.
Not that he wanted to find out this way.
With a sigh, Choi Chang-young collapsed.
"Good game. You really carried, Dark Knight."
When the game ended, the Paladin who had cursed earlier was now all smiles.
"You’re really good, Dark Knight. Want to duo up?"
"I’m logging off now."
I exited the lobby immediately.
I had no interest in teaming up with anyone, and I especially didn’t like people who flipped their attitudes so quickly.
So, I returned to the adventurer's tavern. Picking up the menu on the table, I pulled up the game results.
Even though I’d left to avoid staying in the same room as that Paladin, I still wanted to review the results since this was my first Gate Conquest match.
"For a first match, it went pretty smoothly."
Replaying the match in my head, I didn’t think there were any major mistakes in my play.
However, was it perfect? That was a bit unclear. The fact that the Necromancer kept coming to me definitely helped.
I didn’t expect him to chase me down so persistently across three rounds. It covered the Dark Knight's lack of tracking ability and allowed me to win smoothly.
‘But things won’t always go this well.’
For now, this was just placement, so the MMR probably wasn’t very high.
As the MMR increases, I suspect that the focus on information warfare will intensify. I’ll likely need to expand my character pool later on.
There’s always a chance the Dark Knight could get banned.
"Hmm?"
While reviewing the game results, I tilted my head in surprise.
[Necromancer] Virtuber_Choi Chang-young 0K 3D 0A
"So that Necromancer was a Virtuber, huh."
Then this match might have been broadcast.
With that thought, I closed the results and queued up for the next match.