The pro gamers on streamer Hain’s team were the top and mid laners from the league’s third-place team, the Dragons.

Karla and Light.

Even though they placed third this season, they were evaluated as top-tier pro gamers in the country.

Hain and the other two streamers were also skilled players with ranks of Master and Diamond.

They were friends who specialized in streaming “League of Storm” in the ‘Haeki Crew’, where Hain was the crew leader, if I recall correctly.

To be honest, I didn’t have any particular ill feelings towards those friends.

However, I planned to take this opportunity to properly take down that girl Hain.

“<Team SB> and <Team HainYeeHaekiHae> will start their first match!”

Today’s caster for the Doomsday Tournament was streamer Godtae, but the commentators were at a level that could rival the pro league.

A man who was active as a legendary pro gamer during the PC era of “League of Storm” and later became a legendary internet broadcaster.

Cloud Boxer, Kim Hyun-woo.

And along with him, Seok Dong-joon, who showcased fantastic synergy in the pro league.

It was as if they had directly copied the pro league commentators for this event.

This also proved how much Twipod was invested in this Doomsday Tournament.

As soon as all players connected to the capsules and launched “League of Storm”, the tournament began.

The rules were the same as the pro league.

After the ban-pick process, the actual match started.

Our team’s pre-prepared ban-pick strategy was very simple.

“Sha.”

“Yes.”

“Is it really okay to ban like this? Both the top and mid laners on the opposing team are pro gamers…”

Curmulz expressed concerns about the ban-pick strategy I had prepared.

The reason was simple.

Instead of targeting the pro gamers who could decisively influence the game,

“Isn’t banning three support heroes a bit much?”

It was because we were blatantly targeting the enemy team’s support, Hain.

Ordinarily, it would be best to suppress the opponent’s carry potential as much as possible in the ban-pick phase.

Banning a few of the top and mid heroes could weaken the power of the opposing pro gamer duo.

But that wasn’t what I wanted.

Listening to Curmulz’s words, I slowly asked King Jong-woo.

“Hmm, King Jong-woo.”

“Yes.”

“You can hold out by hugging the tower, right?”

“Of course. Don’t worry about that. You saw it during the scrims, right?”

During the two weeks of preparation, King Jong-woo had shown a very impressive performance.

Holding out persistently against the opposing team’s pro mid laner.

Of course, our team’s jungler, Templar, had also helped, but King Jong-woo’s stable laning phase was certainly one of our team’s strengths.

“Hain’s rank is practically Iron. If it weren’t for her duo, she’d still be crawling in Iron.”

My unfiltered words made a few of my teammates burst into laughter.

But it was really true.

I had heard that Hain was still in Iron just three months ago.

If she hadn’t been duoing with her “Haeki Crew” colleagues, she would likely still be stuck in Iron.

Moreover, she could only play three heroes.

If we banned those three heroes?

It was obvious just thinking about it.

A very entertaining scene would be created. The one I wanted.

Contrary to our three support bans, the opposing team was focusing their bans on our jungle.

It was a means to check our pro jungler, Templar.

The ban-pick process ended, and each team moved to the battlefield with their chosen heroes.

[Welcome to the Legendary Rift.]

The hero I chose this time was <Wanderer>.

A hero that required considerable physical skill, known as a ‘science’ champ that oscillated between trolling and carrying.

It was one of my main heroes back in elementary school, and in the virtual reality version, I liked it a lot because I could wield a sword.

As soon as the game started, I spoke to our team’s jungle, Templar.

“As I said before, this match, just go bot and only kill the support. You get what I mean, right?”

“…Are you sure that’s okay, hyung?”

“Yeah. Even if it means we die together, just keep killing the support. Only kill the support. I’ll handle the rest.”

Our strategy for this first match was unified into one goal.

Relentless hunting of Hain.

Exploiting the enemy’s weakness was natural for victory, but this time it was a bit different.

Anyway, after giving simple instructions to my teammates, I headed straight to my top lane.

Karla, from the Dragons, who would be my direct opponent, was quite famous among fans.

Overwhelming physicality and murderous gameplay centered around that physicality.

A player who had never lost a lane in the pro league, quite a formidable opponent.

Originally, those two pro gamers were planned to join our team.

Both were said to be close to Curmulz.

Curmulz told us about the weaknesses of the enemy pro gamers during the preparation process.

Unlike the almost flawless mid laner Light, Karla had a very fatal weakness.

That was.

“Wow! Who do we have here! Our villain! I always watch your streams in our dorm. I’ve been wanting to meet you so much…”

“Haha, I’ve heard a lot about you from Curmulz.”

“Let’s have a good match. Your overwhelming physicality on stream is honestly intimidating. Please go easy on me.”

Karla was an enthusiastic member of the Evil Gang.

In fact, the reason Karla wanted to join our team was because of me.

I smiled as I looked at Karla, who was speaking to me cheerfully.

And we exchanged light attacks while maintaining a stable laning phase.

How much time had passed like that?

[Our ally has achieved the first kill!]

Along with the pleasant notification, a victory cry echoed from our bot lane.

The death of the enemy support, Hain.

That happened just three minutes into the game.

And it was only the beginning.

[Our ally has slain an enemy hero.]

[Our ally has slain an enemy hero.]

[Our ally has slain an enemy hero…]

Following my orders, Templar persistently hunted down Hain, even attempting reckless dives.

As a result, the score was now 4 to 1.

Our team’s one death was solely from Templar’s dive.

In just 10 minutes, Hain had recorded 4 deaths, setting the stage for the next phase.

I started exchanging attacks with Karla and spoke to him.

“Karla, the bottom lane seems a bit noisy, doesn’t it?”

“…Haha, it is a bit.”

“I heard you had a tough time during practice…?”

“You heard that from Ji-hwan hyung, didn’t you? Yeah, Hain was a bit…”

Ji-hwan hyung was Curmulz’s real name.

Listening to Karla, I smiled pleasantly and casually brought up the topic.

“It would have annoyed me too. I heard she blames others a lot? If it were me, I would’ve lost my temper. Karla, you’re really too kind, just as I heard.” ꭆаℕо฿Еꞩ

“Well… I got a request from the coach…”

“Oh, from the coach? Still, you have your pride, don’t you?”

“That’s true. Honestly, the team atmosphere is a bit weird. If I had played with you, Sha, it would have been really fun…”

The manipulation had already begun.

I started the engine leisurely while chatting.

2.

Hain was furious now.

0 kills, 5 deaths, 2 assists.

That was her pitiful state, not even 13 minutes into the game.

“Why isn’t anyone coming to cover when their jungler is diving so many times!”

“Sis, it’s too late to go bot now… We should focus on top and mid instead.”

“Damn it, this is so frustrating!”

It is said that a person’s true nature comes out when things don’t go well in a game.

Moreover, since the game’s voice chat wouldn’t be leaked externally,

Hain’s harsh swearing spilled out, but none of her teammates said anything to her.

Even the streamer ‘Kitkat,’ who was in the bottom lane with her, couldn’t say a word.

“When they banned three supports, you said we’d win easily, didn’t you? If you knew I couldn’t play this hero, shouldn’t you have taken care of the bot lane?”

Since the enemy team banned all the support heroes she could play, she had no choice but to pick <Fairy Sorcerer>, a hero she had barely played.

If she had used a hero she was familiar with, the situation wouldn’t have gotten this bad.

But the game had already taken a severe turn.

There was no news from the pro gamers in top and mid, and the jungle ganks focused on top were also fruitless.

The enemy top laner, streamer Sha.

That damned guy was annoyingly leading the lane against a pro gamer.

In the end, Hain, unable to contain her anger, started harshly blaming her teammates.

“Karla, why aren’t you taking advantage when the jungler only ganks top?”

“The enemy is really good. He’s probably the best top laner I’ve ever faced.”

“A pro gamer can’t even dominate an amateur? Are you really a pro gamer…”

Hain, who was babbling whatever came to mind, stopped talking.

Even she, who lacked awareness, understood the meaning of her words just now.

She had insulted the pride of one of the top pro gamers in Korea.

Karla was silent for a long time, then ground his teeth and spoke to Hain.

“Hain, there’s a limit to patience. You keep pushing forward recklessly and getting killed. Why don’t you just stick to the tower from the start?”

“What can I do if their jungler keeps coming?”

“Did you even ward? You said you were giving orders. You do nothing and keep blaming us. Anyone can see that the game is like this because of bot lane.”

Hain was left speechless by Karla’s sudden words.

During scrims, Karla had never shown this side.

But soon, she ground her teeth and spoke to Karla.

“I’ll call the coach after this game. No, seeing Karla lose to an amateur, the coach…”

“Sure, do whatever you want. Tell the coach, tell your viewers, spread it everywhere.”

“What, what?”

“If you’re the team leader, you should at least analyze the opposing team’s games. An amateur? Do you see their top laner as an ordinary amateur?”

Emotion started to seep into Karla’s voice.

Even the mid laner Light, who had been silently listening, agreed with Karla.

“If the bot lane had played it safe, the game wouldn’t have come to this. Even if it was even, we could have won.”

The fragile team cohesion shattered with a single small stone thrown.

While they argued in team voice chat, the health of the bottom turret had dropped to a critical level.

Three more hits and it would be destroyed.

Noticing this belatedly, Hain tried to retreat with Kitkat, but

Woo-woong.

Suddenly, a strange effect started from behind them.

The enemy’s teleport.

And there was only one player on the enemy team who could teleport.

Sha.

Sha’s sufficiently grown <Wanderer> appeared and immediately attacked, swiftly taking down Kitkat next to Hain.

[An ally turret has been destroyed.]

Simultaneously, the bottom turret collapsed, and Hain was left alone, surrounded by enemies.

Effectively, she was as good as dead.

She had already accepted her death and glared at Sha, who had teleported in, trembling.

The leader of the Evil Gang who tormented her endlessly, the king of villains.

She wanted to ruin him for daring to challenge her.

But everything was going the opposite of how she had planned.

Even her boyfriend, Jackson Oh, said there was no way out at the moment, and they were on the verge of losing the Doomsday Tournament, which they thought they would win.

“Damn it.”

All she could do was spit out a rough curse.

Wiiing.

But the situation turned out differently than she expected.

All the enemy team members who had her perfectly surrounded began to cast return spells simultaneously.

Deliberately leaving Hain alive.

“Honestly, you look too pitiful, so we’ll let you live. You must be getting scolded by your teammates a lot, right?”

Sha grinned as he looked at Hain.

“And to be honest, your KDA looks the best right now, right? 0/5/2. That’s the Ulsan area code. Hey, later, try getting a sponsor from Ulsan. Or maybe 053? 062? Just say the word. We can adjust your KDA to look nice. Area codes are within our control, haha.”

“You, you bastard!”

A blatant mockery.

Finally, unable to contain her rage, Hain spat out a rough curse.

Tears were streaming down her face from sheer frustration.

Sha didn’t miss this iconic moment.

Sha, who had crept up right in front of Hain, smiled slyly and spoke.

“Hey, are you crying?”

“I’ll… destroy you.”

“It’s too early to cry already.”

Speaking like a true villain, Sha brought his mouth close to Hain’s ear and finished his words.

“It’s just the beginning. I’ll make sure you have a fun day.”

Her nightmare had only just begun.

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