Chapter 9 : Chain Scythe
Chapter 9: Chain Scythe
“……”
The man, Baek Woohyun, merely glanced at Kang Soyul without giving any answer.
He even just turned his body as if it was too bothersome to deal with her and moved his steps. Toward the opposite side from where Kang Soyul had entered.
Of course, Kang Soyul wasn’t one to just let him go. With years of broadcasting experience, how could she miss such good material while standing there blankly?
She quickly followed behind him and continued speaking.
“Since we’ve become the same party like this, it’s fate, so can I go with you? I won’t get in the way! I’ll help with all my might from the side! Though I might not be helpful, I’ll try!”
“……”
“I’m called Kang Soyul! I do personal broadcasts on Tricky! Oh right, I’m broadcasting now too, but is it okay if you appear on the broadcast?! Of course, privacy protection mode is on!”
“……”
“Still, there are people who don’t like it, so I asked. Um, does your not saying anything mean it’s okay? If not, just say the word and I’ll turn off the broadcast right away!”
—To this extent for easy riding……
—Lolㅋㅋ For 150,000 won, I’d acknowledge itㅋㅋ
—Since they’ll carry, who cares if they tried to kill her onceㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—The fact that he’s steadfastly ignoring her is funny tooㅋㅋ
—ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Where’s your conscience
“You’re allowing it, right? Thank you! By the way, what’s your ID? As I mentioned earlier, I’m Kang Soyul, and my ID is the same. I made it the same because it was bothersome.”
Kang Soyul, who had subtly stuck to him, chattered incessantly. It was an attitude that didn’t care at all whether Baek Woohyun ignored her or not.
Viewers giggled, finding her actions quite amusing as she followed him without any concern even after nearly dying by Baek Woohyun’s hand right after meeting.
There were also chats saying her struggle for easy riding was pathetic, or that the bus driver deserved respect.
It was an appearance showing that viewers didn’t take it very seriously either, since she’d only nearly died once in a game and stopped midway.
There was also the reason that Kang Soyul’s appearance suddenly crying out to spare her was comical.
“I’m reeeeally curious, so can I ask why you’re clearing the tutorial mission with only supernatural abilities without using guns?”
“……”
Uuk.
“Eh, no! It’s just a minor curiosity! You don’t have to answer! Yes!”
Kang Soyul spoke urgently toward Baek Woohyun, who had stopped. Because she thought the question she’d asked had somehow offended him.
When Baek Woohyun’s eyes changed back to inverted eyes, she even screamed “Hieek!” and hastily retreated to hide behind debris.
……Though Baek Woohyun was merely glaring beyond the corridor without even glancing at her.
—She’s bouncing lolㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—The other party has no interest but she hastily hidesㅋㅋ
—I’m embarrassed watching this fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—Empathetic shame MAXㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Naturally, ridicule from viewers poured out.
After all, it looked truly laughable how she swiftly ran away when Baek Woohyun hadn’t even shown intent to attack, just opened his eyes wide.
Though Kang Soyul knew well that she’d been somewhat pathetic, she reflexively shouted in frustration.
“…I wasn’t scared!”
—? Then what
—Don’t say things that make no sense;
—Even a passing dog would say she was scared
—ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
“This is… I mean, taking cover! I took cover! To provide support with a gun from behind!”
Kang Soyul, who quickly drew out a gun, positioned herself using the debris beside her as if that had been her intention all along.
Quite fortunately for her, the debris was in an appropriate shape to use as a shield.
For a suddenly thought-up excuse, she thought it was reasonably convincing and made a triumphant expression while looking at the chat window, but.
—Ah, yes. I’m sure you were
—Anyone can see you were trying to take cover ㅇㅇ;;
—Pathetic, Soyul
—Why is the embarrassment ours to bear
‘DogThatBarksWhenSeeingPatheticPerson’ donated ‘1000 won’!
[Woof woof!]
“Euheum!”
There was no way the viewers would believe it.
It was all too natural since she’d even screamed “Hieek!”
Kang Soyul, who coughed, tried hard to cool her flushed face by fanning with her hand. While reproaching herself for saying useless things out of frustration.
While she was shooting a comedy skit with viewers like that, Baek Woohyun took out a chain scythe.
Having let the scythe part hang down, he began spinning it with wrist strength while holding the chain, and soon a creepy sound heung heung heung echoed.
It was an appearance like when the thunder god from some old hero movie spun his hammer. Only differences were that it was a chain not a string, and what was attached at the end was a scythe not a hammer.
It was around then that enemies revealed themselves.
“It’s an escaped Test Subject!”
“Kill them! No need to capture!”
The security guards immediately thrust their gun muzzles forward as soon as they discovered the two people, Baek Woohyun and Kang Soyul. It was an action without any hesitation.
However, Baek Woohyun had been prepared since before the security guards appeared, and thanks to that, he could move one step faster than they pulled their triggers.
He threw the scythe he’d been spinning at the enemies as if shooting it before they could shoot him.
Shwiik, puuk!
“Keuak!”
The thrown scythe drew a bizarre trajectory of extending in a straight line then twisting, piercing through the head of the security guard at the front.
The moment the security guards were flustered by the sudden situation, Baek Woohyun pulled and swung the chain.
Seogeok!
Then surprisingly, the scythe came out of the dead enemy and scraped the neck of the security guard beside him, as if someone was directly holding and swinging it.
The wide-eyed security guard couldn’t even properly scream as he tried to stop the blood pouring from his neck.
Of course, with more than half his neck torn off, that couldn’t be possible.
“Wow…”
—What’s that again;;
—Chain scytheㅋㅋ First time seeing someone use thatㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—Jayce of chain scythesㄷㄷ
—How do you use that kind of weapon without assistance??
The security guards’ bodies froze at the fact that two people had died before they could do anything.
But they shouldn’t have. They should have pulled their triggers in the time spent trying to understand the situation.
That would have been the last chance given to them.
Taat—!
Distance rapidly closing simultaneously with kicking off the ground.
As the synchronization rate shot up, everything entering Baek Woohyun’s vision began to slow down.
Enough to clearly see even the security guards belatedly turning their gun muzzles toward him rushing in.
A rampage of senses created by forcibly raising the synchronization rate one more level through heightened concentration.
It was a phenomenon called ‘domain’ or ‘slowed world.’
‘──’
Baek Woohyun advanced at high speed through the world where silence had descended while examining the security guards.
It was to find the optimal timing.
Because evasion achieved at the most perfect moment was the method to deal with enemies without damage.
Thus finally, the sight of power entering the security guards’ fingers placed on triggers entered his eyes.
‘—Now.’
Tat! Tadadadang!
Almost simultaneously with Baek Woohyun, who kicked off the ground again, digging to the security guards’ left, a hail of bullets poured onto where he’d been.
If his reaction had been slightly slower, by now his particle barrier would have been shattered.
Conversely, if he’d dodged slightly faster, the aim would have followed before the trigger was pulled and he’d have suffered the same fate.
Since it was evasion achieved at such perfect timing as he’d initially wanted, the security guards couldn’t react immediately.
“Fall ba—”
Tadadang!
The security guards’ intention to first create distance ended in failure.
It was because Kang Soyul, who had been watching for an opportunity from behind, attempted warning shots. It was shooting with the intention of restricting their range of action rather than hitting them.
A security guard who had his guard pierced while only paying attention to Baek Woohyun stopped in surprise.
Of course, that was only for a very brief moment.
Just a few seconds, lightly flinching and stopping level.
But for Baek Woohyun, those few seconds given like that were enough.
Hueong, seogeok, puk! Seogeok!
“Keueok!” “Kkeuk!” “Aaak!”
The chain scythe that swept through like a storm cut down three security guards in one go.
Only then did other security guards urgently turn their gun muzzles, but Baek Woohyun had already moved to avoid the gun muzzles they aimed.
Because he knew very well that the most important thing when facing gun-wielding enemies was avoiding the line of fire.
He continuously moved, disrupting the security guards.
By not being in the same place for even a moment, he made it impossible for enemies to properly aim at him.
“Da, damn it!”
“Hit him! Hit him somehow!”
“It’s impossible! He’s too fast!”
Flashy movements using not only the floor but walls and ceiling as footholds!
It was truly evasive maneuvers close to ‘divine skill.’
The security guards frantically tried to aim guns at him, but it had no meaning. By the time they aimed, he’d already disappeared from there.
Movements that were devastatingly dazzling continued, too much for mere mob security guards appearing in a tutorial to catch.
Puuk!
“Keuaaak!”
Moreover, Baek Woohyun would instantly approach and stab a dagger into any security guard showing an opening.
And naturally leave before being aimed at afterward.
It was truly a perfect hit-and-run.
When two people died simultaneously with the battle’s start, then four more died without landing a single bullet, the surviving security guards’ faces turned pale.
Because they finally realized they’d stepped into a monster’s maw without any countermeasure.
“This is seriously crazy.”
—Seems like a sub-account made by a pro
—What proㅋㅋ Which pro can do that?
—Never seen a pro player using chain scythe ㅅㄱ
—ㄹㅇ Insane physicality;;
Kang Soyul, who had been watching for another opportunity after one round of warning shots, unconsciously opened her mouth wide.
Truly, it couldn’t be helped given the battle.
To avoid bullets by escaping the line of fire before pulling the trigger.
Wasn’t it like content that would appear in a troll post uploaded with a title like ‘How to deal with gun-wielding enemies.txt’?
Compared to this, using the novel weapon of a chain scythe wasn’t even that surprising.
As viewers seemed to have the same impression, the chat window was also in total chaos.
Though they’d had expectations from the sights seen coming here, the performance Baek Woohyun was showing now was truly monster-level.
“I don’t know Reverse Planet well, so… that’s ridiculous, right? Right?”
—Yes, it’s ridiculous
—That person’s even no assist, right?
—ㅁㅊ; Now that I think about it, yeah
—It’s just a tutorial, stop making a fussㄴ
“Even if it’s a tutorial— no wait. That has nothing to do with being a tutorial or not.”
Kang Soyul, who read one viewer’s chat, tilted her head. It was an expression that she genuinely didn’t understand the put-down about it being just a tutorial.
How could they type such a chat after seeing how Baek Woohyun was fighting now?
He was practically toying with a unit of security guards armed with rifles while trying to grasp victory without any damage.
However, whether this was the sentiment of only one viewer with a nasty disposition, other viewers unanimously ridiculed that viewer.
—Tutorial or whatever, it’s just crazy rightㅋㅋ
—What would you do if they rushed at you like that in PVP. What could you do?
—I’d get torn apart immediately;
—From what I see, that person 100% can’t aim even with full assist and would die going “uhbuhbuh” ㄹㅇ
—ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
‘CurrentDiamondTier’ donated ‘1000 won’!
[Whatever PVP it is, confident I’d get wrecked if I met someone doing that ㅇㅇ]
“Thank you for the donation, CurrentDiamondTier! Right? I thought something tremendous had changed in overall virtual reality game skills while I was only playing hipster games. Anyway, by the way—”
Kang Soyul, who shrugged her shoulders, turned her gaze to Baek Woohyun.
In the brief time she’d conversed with viewers, he’d already dealt with two more.
Still without a single bullet grazing him.