Chapter 51 : Pentakill
Chapter 51: Pentakill
If this had been a slightly higher tier matchup, there would have been quite a few rebuttals that even so, 1v5 would be impossible.
However, this was a newbie zone—presumably—filled with newbies who had just started Struggle, and it didn’t look very difficult for Baek Woohyun to go on a rampage here.
After all, when pro players leveled up their sub-accounts, they would often show themselves smurfing through low-tier sections.
The only thing that made a few people express doubt about whether it was possible was that 1v5—that is, facing the entire enemy team alone—was almost never done.
-“······.”
However, Baek Woohyun’s movements, who had no way of knowing what the viewers were chattering about, were unhesitant.
He ran straight through the city that was the background for this game without wandering. His movement line was as if he knew the way perfectly.
In fact, terrain information for the maps that appeared in Struggle existed in his head. This was because he had familiarized himself with related information through prior research.
Moreover, there was also a lot of other Struggle-related information. Among them were even somewhat deep information like strategies and tactics according to maps.
-“─ ───!”
-“── ─ ─ ───!”
Thanks to rushing out like the wind, before long Baek Woohyun could hear people’s voices coming from far away.
There was no way teammates would have arrived first and been chattering after abandoning the cargo and running here faster than him, so those must be the enemy team.
Holding two swords spread like wings in his hands, he lowered his body and increased his speed. It looked like an eagle flying low over the ground.
-“Move move move!”
-“We have to go quickly to completely block them!”
Was it because they judged they had the initiative since they were the blocking side?
The enemy team truly seemed to have no guard up at all. Starting with their voices that grew louder the closer the distance became, loud enough to hear everything.
Exposing their position so boldly was an act impossible without concluding there was no chance of being ambushed.
Of course, it was hard to say their judgment was wrong.
In an escort battle, the attacking team had to push the cargo to win, which meant they had no choice but to have their position fixed near the cargo.
Since the attacking team trying to ambush while abandoning the cargo would fail to achieve the victory condition and be at a disadvantage instead, it was natural for the defending team not to worry about being ambushed.
Therefore, the defending team’s judgment was sensible.
Their only misfortune was just one thing.
The fact that a monster who wasn’t sensible had pounced on them as they proceeded with sensible judgment.
-“Eok-“
Seogeok!
Baek Woohyun turned the corner and sliced the neck of an enemy team member who appeared, utilizing even the momentum of his charge.
He was someone who had given up supernatural abilities and invested all resources solely in physical abilities, so he possessed overwhelming strength.
On top of that, the force of his rush was added, and he was ambushed while off guard—it was obvious what situation would unfold.
The blade sliced through the enemy team member’s neck like cutting butter, and the enemy who had been smiling just moments ago became a mannequin without being able to do anything.
He died with a definitive instant death judgment before blood could even spurt.
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> TooEasy]
However, Baek Woohyun’s gaze had long since left the falling mannequin. He immediately flashed his Inverted Eyes and looked at the next enemy.
There were still four enemies left to kill, so he had to reduce their numbers as much as possible while the advantage of surprise existed.
He who tilted his body forward extremely as if about to fall kicked the ground hard. Behind him, asphalt broken by overwhelming leg strength flew out.
-“······!”
The next target’s eyes widened as they saw him charging fiercely. It was an expression just now recognizing that a teammate had died from an unimaginable ambush.
Naturally, the enemy couldn’t make any response and ended up facing Baek Woohyun who had reached right in front of them. Meaning they had semi-forcibly entered close combat.
And that meant they had become the sacrifice of Baek Woohyun’s twin swords.
Seo-geok!
Two swords swung in an X-shaped cross!
For an enemy team just starting Struggle, Baek Woohyun’s attack was far too strong and fast to receive.
The blade that remained sharp even after already slicing one person’s neck, backed by superhuman strength, quartered a person.
The fate of the enemy team member sliced into pieces was the same as their previous teammate. Before blood could flow from the wound, they received a definitive instant death judgment and became a mannequin.
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> Mutsu]
“Did it take about ten seconds from encountering them until two died?”
“Roughly that much. Really, one person died as soon as their eyes met, then immediately another died right after.”
-People who said 1v5 won’t work, where are you?
-Two people instantly deleted so 1v5 won’t work ㅇㅇ
-That was exactly it
-1v3 is totally possible lol
It was so fast that jokes even appeared in the chat saying the reason Hackphysical couldn’t do 1v5 was because two enemy team members died as soon as it started.
That meant the scene of two enemy team members dying simultaneously with the start of combat had impressed the viewers that much.
Even though there was the advantage of surprise, they died the moment they encountered him, so it couldn’t be helped.
-“Enemy! It’s the enemy!”
-“Uh uh, uh-!”
Only after losing two teammates did the enemies start reacting. It was a far too belated reaction.
Even if it had been 1v5, it would have been questionable whether there was a chance of victory, but two had already been taken down. There was no way just three could overcome Baek Woohyun.
Of course, if the three people here were pro players famous for their skill, the story would be different, but that wasn’t the case either.
Taaat!
Baek Woohyun, having seized the advantage, pressed his offensive without hesitation.
He abruptly thrust his body into the middle of the three enemy team members.
This was a dangerous choice that could result in being jointly attacked from three directions and dying just like that.
Even Cha Seongcheol who had been watching inadvertently cried out in shock at the sight.
“Uh uh?! Wait, if you go in like this here-“
-Huk
-Did he misjudge the angle?
-He’s screwed
-“[Wind Blade]!”
-“[Lightning Spear]!”
-“[Shadow Spike]!”
The enemies weren’t fools either, so they didn’t just stand still watching Baek Woohyun who had entered between them. They unleashed their supernatural ability skills toward him.
It was done simultaneously as if coordinated, and even if unintentional, a joint attack from three directions simultaneously was established.
Just as it seemed Baek Woohyun would helplessly be hit by the three-way joint attack─
-“Haaaat-!”
─With an intense kiai, Baek Woohyun’s body whirled.
It was a full-power rotation with blades spread like wings at the front.
The storm of blades thus created pulverized everything within a certain range in one blow.
Not only the supernatural ability skills the three enemy team members had just thrown, but even they themselves were torn to shreds by the momentarily swirling storm of blades.
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> ICat츠]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> Lee Gyeongsik]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> Dae Hwang Jun]
“No, this is, uh- wa-“
“He ground up three people at once…?”
-Yo you motherfucker lol
-Does this really make sense lol
-What kind of human mixer is this? lol
-What do you mean misjudged the angle lol
After the storm that arose in a short time subsided, kill logs appeared belatedly announcing that Baek Woohyun had ground up three enemy team members at once.
Along with this, Cha Seongcheol, Jeong Nayeon, and the viewers finally realized. Baek Woohyun hadn’t just thrust his body in first—he had entered after seeing his own definite angle.
What others judged as the danger of being jointly attacked by three people, he had viewed as an opportunity to take out three people at once instead.
It meant the level difference existing between them was that great.
-“Huuu…”
Baek Woohyun, standing alone among the dismembered mannequins, exhaled calmly.
For someone who had faced five people head-on—though there was the advantage of surprise, anyway—and smashed them, it was an extremely calm reaction.
But for him, this was natural. From the start, he hadn’t thought fighting five ordinary people was even slightly dangerous.
Since the level of danger he thought of was different from Cha Seongcheol, Jeong Nayeon, and the viewers, naturally everything would be the same as usual even after it all ended.
“I wonder if he’ll get reported for hacking by his own teammates.”
“Heu- It’s scary that that could really happen.”
“Suddenly disappearing alone then enemy team pentakill? No matter how I think about it, it seems like hacks. But ta-da, it was actually Hackphysical~”
-Suddenly getting a pentakill alone from the start really does seem like hacks for real
-Won’t another hack controversy get posted on the community?
-Huk! Summoning the administrator a second time!
-Then it would be really funny lol
‘DieStanding’ donated ‘1000 won’!
[The fact that the teammates are pushing the cargo well in the meantime makes it even funnier lol]
As Baek Woohyun, having finished his maintenance, began moving again to find the enemy team, Cha Seongcheol and Jeong Nayeon chatted with a much more relaxed attitude.
Since they had already shown him achieving an overwhelming victory against five people, not a trace of worry appeared on the two people’s faces.
After realizing that numerical superiority was no help at all before Hackphysical, they could watch much more comfortably.
‘Well, this match is won.’
‘It’s the newbie zone so it’s a natural result.’
Cha Seongcheol, Jeong Nayeon, and the viewers already thought this game was as good as over.
No matter what the enemies tried, they couldn’t break through Baek Woohyun alone, so how could they reach the teammates pushing the cargo?
Even if necessary, the teammates pushing the cargo would come to help, and then the power gap would become even greater and uncontrollable.
The progression of the first Struggle game that followed was indeed as they thought.
The enemy team, having tasted the bitterness of being annihilated by a single person, appeared wary of surprise attacks unlike at first, but Baek Woohyun wasn’t someone who could be stopped just by getting their minds straight.
-“No, what-!”
-“Euaak!”
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> TooEasy]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> Mutsu]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> ICat츠]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminated]–> Dae Hwang Jun]
The time it took for the enemy team to be annihilated by Baek Woohyun once again wasn’t very long.
They endured slightly longer than when ambushed, but even that was only about enough time for a few sword strikes. There wasn’t a very meaningful difference.
It proved once again that even without surprise attacks, there was no way Baek Woohyun could lose to ordinary people who had merely obtained abilities.
Yet the next attempt that stubbornly continued without giving up also had the same result.
The enemy team, having faced their third annihilation by a single person without even getting close to the cargo, ended up throwing the game away entirely.
They holed up in their base waiting for the cargo to reach the target location, then executed a surrender vote simultaneously with the end of the first round.
[Struggle ends due to enemy team surrender]
-“We won…”
-“Uh, um-“
The allied teammates who saw the system message saying Struggle ended due to the enemy team’s surrender made awkward expressions.
In fact, it was an unavoidable reaction for them. During the first round, all they had done was stand by the cargo chatting.
Since they hadn’t done anything, it was hard to purely rejoice in victory. Especially if it was a victory due to someone presumed to be a hacker.
-“······.”
Of course, Baek Woohyun didn’t care at all about the allies’ reactions sending suspicious looks. Whatever they thought had nothing to do with him.
Even if one of them had good initiative and reported him as a hacker, what problem would there be when the administrator had firmly stated he wasn’t a hack?
It was also due to his personality of being indifferent to those who weren’t comrades. Should we say he didn’t expend effort on people he’d see once and be done with?
Moreover, he would continue doing Struggle from now on, and regardless of what the game rules were, he planned to go all out in taking down enemies.
Each time he would easily win against four or five people alone, so solemnly declaring to people he met anew each match that he wasn’t a hack would also be ridiculous.
Therefore, for him, the best thing was to just do what he had to do regardless of what looks he received.
[Would you like to start PVP Struggle mode game matching?]
[Yes/No]
Anyway, controversies about whether he was a hack or whatever would all get buried if he just kept winning.