Chapter 47: You’ve Made It

When people express their grievances, it’s better to empathize with them from the side.

When people are emotionally drained, they tend to seek someone to lean on.

If someone responds to them, the chances of opening up their heart are higher.

Just like right now.

[All][doooq][K’Sante]: If this is really top, I’d understand.

[All][doooq][K’Sante]: But my team is just blaming me, it’s really ᄏᄏ so unfair.

“It seems like there were a lot of accumulated emotions.”

Seeing him speak like that, it seemed he had a lot built up.

Well, if I were beaten all day by the opposing top, I could understand how he felt. No one plays a game assuming they will lose the lane.

[Omniscient Cthulhu: ᄅᄋᄏᄏ]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: How much has he built up to be pleading like this to the opposing top?]

[But it was Damha who was hitting, though ᄉᄇᄏᄏ]

[K’Sante asking for sympathy after getting beaten, is he like a beaten husband or something?]

[Hwanhee: Why is he doing this to the person who hit him? ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[Seems like the hypnosis app is a huge hit ᄏᄏ]

There’s a saying that the person who got hit knows the pain best.

When hitting someone, you consider where to strike for maximum pain, so you can roughly guess how much pain the other person feels.

“I didn’t hit because of personal feelings. I hit because I had to win. If I had personal feelings, this wouldn’t have ended like this.”

[Omniscient Cthulhu: I’d like to see a lane with personal emotions involved…]

[That said, isn’t the game pretty much over now?]

[The game’s wrecked already, just…]

[If top’s in this bad of a shape, there’s no way we win ᄏᄏ]

[But since it’s not another champion, but Draven, we might still win]

[Kang Hoomin: If Draven gets targeted, he’s just done.]

What’s being said in the chat is true.

No matter how well Draven grows, he’s essentially a ranged champion.

He forces damage onto the opponent based on his range.

That’s why if the opponent targets Draven through focused fire, he’ll explode immediately.

‘I need to be careful.’

That’s why it’s really important to monitor the opponent’s position and play strategically.

“Be as safe as possible, but also bold.”

It might sound strange, but to win the game, you have to play like that.

Safe yet bold.

That way, you can gain the upper hand while minimizing losses.

[Omniscient Cthulhu: I was about to say what nonsense, but…]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: After watching the play, I think I get it now ᄏᄏ]

[I totally understand now.]

[This is the one-hit teacher.]

[Hwanhee: If I were in the other person’s shoes, I’d be mad ᄅ]

[Why is it so intense, really? ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[Live Harin crying now ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[Thinking about Harin crying, this is… Oh no, why am I getting chills?]

[You have been temporarily suspended!]

[Ao, f***ing lesbians.]

[Why are they so desperate to flaunt their lesbian vibes?]

Harin must have been frustrated as well, but there wasn’t much to be done.

Still, losing on purpose wasn’t an option.

“It’s the top lane Harin chose. You have to deal with it.”

[Omniscient Cthulhu: The top lane they “chose” (didn’t choose, got auto-assigned)]

[How can there not be a single correct statement in one sentence? ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[Unbelievable.]

[Hwanhee: By the way, Dama’s map control is insanely good.]

[This is it, this is it.]

[I was an alcoholic, violent, and a single mother of nine children, but after witnessing Dama’s beautiful and masterful Draven play, I was stunned. I am now a governor, astronaut, and self-made millionaire. Thank you, Dama.]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: What kind of template is that?]

[That’s the first vegetarian I’ve seen in my life.]

[What even is that?]

[This is giving me a headache…]

Ignoring the chaotic messages in the chat, I continued playing the game.

“Wow, f***. This guy is seriously the worst of the worst.”

[20==]

[K’Sante, that crazy bastard.]

[Is K’Sante even human? Is K’Sante even human? Is K’Sante even human?]

[Is this for real…]

[If they just play it safe, the bot lane will carry, so why is top overextending?]

[I really want to kill them ᄏᄏ]

[Buster Call incoming~ Buster Call incoming~ Buster Call incoming~ Buster Call incoming~ Buster Call incoming~]

You have been temporarily suspended!

[What the hell is a Buster Call?]

[Buster Call is way too much.]

[Knowing full well that streamers hate Buster Call spam, this kind of chat is just ᄉᄇᄏᄏ.]

I usually try not to insult my teammates, but K’Sante was just too much.

There’s a limit to how much you can feed.

Still, what can you do?

The game was already over.

“Just don’t pull some dumb Buster Call crap. I get that the guy sucked, but once the game’s over, it’s over.”

Muttering that to myself, I logged into Twiss and entered Dama’s stream.

“Oh, their viewer count has really gone up. When I checked before, they didn’t have many.”

[Viewer count: 231]

[Is that a lot?]

[Seems like a small-time streamer, hmm…]

[This small fry’s viral marketing is so disgusting ᄏᄏ.]

You have been temporarily suspended!

[What viral marketing? ᄏᄏ]

[I just go to streams because they’re fun. That viral marketing comment makes me want to choke someone to death.]

[Cough, cough.]

[But yeah, I’ve watched their stream before, and it makes sense for them to gain more viewers. Their stream is solid.]

Maybe I contributed a little to Dama’s channel growth.

Harin clicked on the stream while thinking about it.

“I overdid it. My head hurts.”

Unlike usual, she had paid attention to every single detail during the game, leaving her utterly exhausted.

It felt like she had used up the concentration she would normally spread over three games all at once.

But there was no other choice.

Harin had to win.

And in the end, she did win.

[Omniscient Cthulhu: You won, have a drink.]

[ᄅᄋᄏᄏ If you’d lost after all that, it would’ve been so depressing.]

[Draven’s kill score: 13/0/2 ᄉᄇᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ.]

[That’s a truly ideal top lane ADC score ᄅ.]

[This is what a top lane should be like.]

[Kang Hoomin: I wanted to see Harin get their head smashed in at least once, too bad.]

[When the top lane solo kills everyone, the remaining four just focus on the ADC ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ.]

[Was League of Legends always this easy?]

[Hwanhee: Watching this makes me uncomfortable ᅲᅲ.]

[That’s because you’re a top lane supremacist.]

Still, satisfied with the win, Harin was about to take a break and sit back for a moment.

[Harin: Wow, you guys are really too much.]

[Harin: How could you beat up our top lane like that?]

[ᄅᄋᄏᄏ.]

[Absolutely demolished.]

[Ah, this is too sweet~.]

[Harin, I’m going to enjoy your delicious rank points~ ᄏᄏ Harin, I’m going to enjoy your delicious rank points~ ᄏᄏ Harin, I’m going to enjoy your delicious rank points~ ᄏᄏ Harin, I’m going to enjoy your delicious rank points~ ᄏᄏ.]

[Omniscient Cthulhu: The rank points are pretty tasty, though ᄏᄏ.]

“Well, Harin started it first, so…”

If Harin hadn’t been the one to declare that she would make me cry first, I wouldn’t have gone this far either.

But since Harin started it, I just responded accordingly.

“Still, the ADC wasn’t as good as I thought.”

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Gasp.]

[Gasp.]

[Gasp.]

[What did you just say?]

[Hwanhee: Hey, hey, hey, stop it.]

[You’re not supposed to say that…]

[Hey, you bastard!!!]

[…Do you have a death wish?]

[Are you trying to get killed by Harin’s ten million followers?]

“I’m kidding. You were really good. It’s just that you were playing ADC in this match, so I can’t say much.”

I thought about how I would’ve played if I had been the ADC in this game, and honestly, I couldn’t think of a way to win either.

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Did you just say everything you wanted and then brush it off as a joke?]

[Hah… Dama was fun, but I guess I can’t watch their streams anymore. Farewell.]

[Why are you scaring off a perfectly fine streamer? ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ.]

[Harin: It’s because I played badly that we lost, that’s all.]

[oo: Yeah, you were really bad. You think you’d lose if you played well?]

[Hey, hey, hey.]

[Calm down, calm down.]

“Well then, everyone, let’s calm down. I’ll take a short break and then jump back into solo queue.”

Since she hadn’t played many games today, she figured she could play a bit more.

With that in mind, she kept playing.

The next day.

As usual, Harin started her stream.

But—

[Omniscient Cthulhu: Did you see YouTube???]

[Harin, did you watch YouTube??]

[Harin, you’re on YouTube, you idiot ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ You’re famous now ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ.]

[Kang Hoomin: You’ve blown up now ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ.]

[Heading into the spotlight, huh? Well, yeah, I guess it was bound to happen.]

[Goodbye… It was fun while it lasted.]

[Well, well, let’s keep up the streams diligently from now on.]

The chat was in chaos.

“What the heck, what’s going on? Someone explain it to me.”

She needed to hear the explanation to understand the details.