Chapter 169
“Do you know Alley Leader’s ranking right now? It is impossible for you to know . What am I expecting when you don’t even know my ranking?” Rain said .
Mascherano wanted to refute Rain’s words, which seemed to disregard him . However, he truly had no idea, so he could only keep silent .
Rain continued to say, “He is currently ranked 1,536th . There are three weeks left until the end of this arena season . ”
“1,500 . . . Since Alley Leader’s win rate is 100%, he will probably go up to master level in a single stream . ”
“Yes, there is only a short time left . You might meet him if you do a stream in the arena today . ”
“Still, is this enough of a reason for you to be wary of him, Rain? His performance is fantastic, but I think you’re good as well . . . ?” Mascherano praised Rain sincerely .
Simultaneously, Rain took out his smartphone . “Thank you for the compliment . But you will understand how much of a monster Alley Leader is if you look at this . ”
Mascherano stared at Rain’s smartphone . He became immersed enough to forget to breathe . After a while, Mascherano finally opened his mouth . “Does this make sense?”
Mascherano was busy stroking the goosebumps on his arm . “Is this possible? I think I would die if I did that . ”
The video Mascherano watched was part of Hyeonu’s stream . To be exact, it was a video of him taking a mission during the ranking battle .
“I also didn’t think so, but it is real . ”
“Does it make sense to win with skills restricted against a player ranked in the 3,000s?!!!”
The problem was that the mission involved limiting skills . Alley Leader had swung his sword without using any skills . Even so, there had been signs of him letting the opponent go . Despite several decisive opportunities, he never dealt the final blow until a certain amount of time had passed .
“It is worth being vigilant . No, it’s okay to be afraid . I would feel miserable to be treated like those ranker,” Mascherano said in a helpless tone .
There was even a feeling of shame . He couldn’t believe he was in the same rank as a monster like that .
Rain ignored Mascherano’s words and finally brought up the reason why he came . “That’s why I’m here . Besides what’s known from the videos, what do you know about him?”
“There is no such thing . There is no streamer who has revealed as much as Alley Leader . He showed everything except for his face . His class, skills, level, and pet information—he hasn’t hidden anything . What more do you want to know?” Mascherano lashed out at Rain .
“Is that so? Then I just have to focus on leveling up . I have to try harder so that my spot won’t be taken away . ”
“Don’t be so serious . In any case, I will be hit a lot earlier than you . Come to think of it, this makes me feel pretty bad? I have to listen to someone complaining when I can’t even sit on top of the rankings . ” Mascherano quickly started smiling .
It didn’t seem like he would be able to win . There were 20 rankers still above him .
‘I don’t have the confidence to beat them . ’
He didn’t know why he had to focus on the rankings this season when there was still the next season . This time, it was reversed, and Rain started to scold Mascherano . “Don’t you have any competitive spirit? Is this the time for you to act like this?”
Nevertheless, Mascherano didn’t feel bad at all and kept smiling . “I already can’t do it . I will aim for next season’s ranking battle . ”
“Hello, everyone! I am Alley Leader, the man who is aiming for first in the arena rankings . I welcome everyone . It is nice to meet you . ” Hyeonu greeted the viewers .
Today was a very important day . It was the day when Hyeonu decided to rise from the platinum rank to the master rank that was beyond the diamond rank .
-Is today’s the stream when he gets the master rank?
-If he streams long enough to show that, I’ll eat this hat in my hand .
-I think the diamond ranks should be scared .
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What’s wrong? We have Alley Leader . Ignore everyone .
Hyeonu’s expression fell when he saw the chat messages . There were no good words on such an important day . It was all about when the stream would end .
“What am I? You want me to lengthen the stream? Since you said so, I can’t do it for long . ”
The attitude of the viewers changed dramatically at Hyeonu’s words .
-Who said such messy things? Crazy . I would scold you if you were here .
-Today is the day when Alley Leader will be ranked first .
-The undefeated number one . Kyah~ Take it .
-I will be drunk on Alley Leader today .
Hyeonu smiled as he saw the messages praising him . In the meantime, comments appeared that caused Hyeonu’s eyes to widen .
-If you are ranked first, I will give you 10,000 gold coins .
-You have 10,000? I have 50,000 .
-I will treat you!
‘10,000? 50,000?’
They were gold coins promised by rich people . However, Hyeonu’s mood soon went down sharply . He realized that it was impossible to receive the gold coins today . It wasn’t that he couldn’t win . How could he win and increase his ranking if he wasn’t matched with anyone in the ranking battle?
‘In my last stream, I waited 20 minutes for just one match . ’
“I’m grateful for the words . Aren’t these completely virtuous pledges? If I want to get the top ranking today, won’t I have to stay all up night for two or three days?”
The viewers started to laugh at Hyeonu’s words .
- Of course, I’m teasing .
-Alley Leader was fooled again .
-Deceived . ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-His heart is probably shaking right now .
‘These people?!’
Hyeonu soon found a place to relieve his stress . Still, he ultimately chose to relieve his stress somewhere else . He couldn’t get angry with his audience after all .
“Today, I’m going to stream seriously without any missions . ”
The chosen ones were the opponents he would meet in the ranking battle .
-It is a calm stream .
-Today, I’m looking forward to seeing who among the rankers will be humiliated .
-Most of the opponents he will meet with now are streamers or pro gamers .
-I should pray for them in advance . Anyone who is caught will be killed . He is really scary right now . ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ
The innocent players of the arena were thrown into a fire .
[The ranking battle has started . ]
The message that said the ranking battle had begun appeared, and Hyeonu stared at the opponent in front of him . The platinum ranker took a step back from the pressure that Hyeonu was emitting .
‘Let’s do it in an overwhelming manner . ’
Hyeonu didn’t intend to let the opponent go today . He didn’t receive any missions, so he didn’t need to drag out the ranking battle for two minutes . In the previous ranking battles, Hyeonu had received gold coins, so he dragged out each of the battles to two-minutes-long as a minimum courtesy to the audience . There had been numerous gaps in the opponent’s defense, yet Hyeonu hadn’t hit them . Behaving in such a way brought unintentional stress to Hyeonu . As a result, Hyeonu had actually been under a considerable amount of stress without his knowledge this whole time .
“Hello? I am Alley Leader . Please subscribe to my World channel . ”
Most of the platinum-ranked players were from a world commonly referred to as the Celestial World . Thus, they were mostly polite to the current Hyeonu . The problem was that Hyeonu was in a bad mood, so he was only polite with his words .
“Yes, hello . I am Streamer Goni . Please take care of me . ” The swordsman introduced himself as ‘Goni’ while continuing to step back . It was to instinctively avoid Hyeonu .
“You are a streamer, so I won’t waste your time . Let’s finish it quickly . Isn’t time money for us?”
The moment he finished speaking, Hyeonu emitted a red energy toward his opponent .
‘Fighting Energy Emission . ’
It was a strong and intense energy .
[Player ‘Goni’ has entered a ‘slowed’ state . ]
‘What is this . . . ?’ Goni was quickly perplexed by Alley Leader’s skill that tied up his ankles .
However, he hadn’t obtained a platinum position by playing around . Soon after, Goni used his skills to turn off the CC .
‘Lake’s Blessing . ’
[Lake’s Blessing has been used . ]
[The status abnormalities have been removed . ]
[Magic power recovery speed will increase for five minutes . ]
Goni’s body shone with a soft blue light that soon cut off Hyeonu’s fighting energy . As Goni sighed with relief, he thought, ‘It is terrible from the very beginning . By the way, I didn’t know CC can be used like this . . . ? Is Alley Leader the type to use all his strength from the beginning?’
Then a message appeared in front of the doubtful Goni’s eyes .
[Player ‘Goni’ has entered a ‘slowed’ state . ]
Goni’s expression was perplexed when he saw the message .
“This is a continuous skill . It isn’t an activated one . ” Hyeonu rushed toward Goni with a bloody smile .
[You have won the ranking battle . ]
After Goni, Hyeonu won easily against streamers, professional gamers, and all types of rankers . It was a massacre . Hyeonu literally crushed the arena’s platinum rankers . They collapsed hopelessly in front of Hyeonu’s Fighting Energy Emission and ridiculous stats .
-The diamond rankers are being slaughtered .
-Are they running away? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Real time ) The streams of several arena streamers have ended . ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The scared ones are running away . ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The audience’s conversation didn’t end here . The viewers started to discuss the Celestial World that they had never been to before .
-Honestly, aren’t platinum and diamond pretty much the same? The diamond kids are just the ones going back and forth from the master rank .
-I admit it . Honestly, apart from the rankers, platinum is almost the same as diamond .
-Based on that logic, doesn’t bronze = diamond? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No, the platinum and diamond ranks are really very similar . It isn’t like the people of the deep sea where after winning two or three times, you will rise up before falling . I don’t know because I haven’t been there . ^^
-Shivers .
The viewers argued well even with a topic that wasn’t anything special .
Hyeonu clicked his tongue at the sight of the chat window . “Don’t fight . I’ll teach you precisely . ”
-This is Alley Leader’s definition of the arena .
-I’m ready to write it down .
-Spread it to the community the moment the stream is over . In the future, this will be the definition of the arena rankings .
Viewers were thrilled . Alley Leader was inserting a spoon into the bait they had been spinning among themselves .
“The deep sea is the deep sea . It is a place where players are gathered and there are the most possibilities . ”
-I admit it .
-I admit to the possibilities of the deep sea .
“The bronze and silver medal ranges are similar . The only difference is the level . ”
-I admit this too .
-It is the item difference . There seems to be little difference in skills .
Hyeonu smiled when he saw that they generally agreed with his opinion .
‘I know it all since I experienced it . ’
“It is a bit different starting from the gold medal . From here, there is a clear difference in skill . So . . . ”
Hyeonu stopped talking for a moment . The audience’s messages also stopped . All the viewers were focused on Hyeonu’s moving lips .
Hyeonu’s mouth soon reopened, and this was followed by a shocking remark . “What does it matter? It is just a little difference between bad and a bit better . It is like a child playing jokes . If you care about this, then you should hunt one more monster to gain 5 gold coins, or just watch my stream . Why are you arguing about it?”
Hyeonu simply defined the bait that was heating up the community . A viewer summed up Hyeonu’s shocking words in one line .
-In any case, you are all weaker than me .