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Published at 2nd of July 2020 01:40:42 PM
Chapter 171

Chapter 171


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After streaming, Hyeonu kept touching his smartphone .  He sent several messages and then called someone . “Kale? Have you started work already? I’m not interrupting your rest, am I?”

Nike’s Kale was the other person on the phone . -Already? It is almost time to eat lunch .  It has been a few hours since I entered my office .

At Kale’s words, Hyeonu dropped the smartphone and checked the time .  It was 11 p . m .  This meant it was 10 a . m . New York time .  As Kale told Hyeonu, it was past early morning over at Nike .  Hyeonu smiled and changed the topic . “I see . Have you seen my stream?”

-I didn’t see it myself, but I was told what happened .  Did you want something?

Hearing Kale’s words, Hyeonu nodded . “I want information on the streamers . I hope I can receive it tomorrow when I wake up . ”

-Are you talking about any streamer specifically?

“Please gather information on the streaming times for arena streamers who have a higher ranking than me . Something interesting might happen tomorrow . ”

Hyeonu was using Nike correctly .  He didn’t have to waste time and effort investigating .  Instead, he should use his management for these types of things .

-You want to snipe them .  I understand .  I will send it by email by tomorrow morning .  Do you need anything else? Do you need material items or skill books? Kale asked Hyeonu to use the rights stated in the contract .

However, Hyeonu refused . “I don’t need them . ”

There was no need to receive them .  The level of skills that Nike could acquire probably wouldn’t be any use to the current Hyeonu .  The material items were even worse .  Rather, Hyeonu could sell the material items he had obtained if he wanted . He didn’t need to get them from somewhere else and use them .  Currently, the player who was present at Arena’s leading hunting grounds was Hyeonu .

“Only I can get the level of items and skills that I want . Thank you for Nike’s favor, but I don’t need it right now . I will ask if I need it later . I am grateful for your thoughts . ”

-I understand .  Such a request is always possible, so please don’t hesitate to speak .  Additionally, the creation of the professional team will take a bit more time .  It requires more professional manpower than expected .  The process is tricky . . .  Still, don’t worry too much .  If it doesn’t work, we’ll go in the acquisition direction .

Kale talked about something Hyeonu would be curious about .

‘It is rather strange that the result would come out so quickly . ’

“I understand . Please proceed slowly . I will believe in Nike . Then I’ll call you back next time . ” Hyeonu nodded and ended the call .

Then he murmured in a small voice while slapping his cheeks with both hands, “A pro team . . . ”

The name of his professional team was one that would represent a turning point in his Arena story .

‘Let me sleep on it . ’


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Hyeonu lay his heavy body on the bed, unable to overcome the sudden surge of fatigue .

 

 

Hyeonu looked at his laptop and sang a strange song . “Which one should I choose? Please guess!!! Ding dong daeng dong!”

A file was open on Hyeonu’s laptop, showing a blend of English and numbers .  It was the information regarding the streaming times of the streamers which Hyeonu had requested for .  Hyeonu stared at his laptop for a long time before finally deciding . “I’ve decided on you!!!”

Streamer Nine Steel—if he had to be defined in one word, that would be ‘troublemaker’ .

Nine Steel had the ability to show brilliant battles, but his words and actions were always controversial . He proved that strength and personality were separate .

‘I didn’t like him since that time . ’

Did this mean that Hyeonu hated him? That wasn’t it .  Hyeonu simply wasn’t interested in Nine Steel in the first place . He only knew about Nine Steel from the file Nike sent him .  Nine Steel wasn’t some terrible criminal, and Hyeonu had no reason to hate him .  Still, if Hyeonu had to give a reason, then it would be that it just… It just ended up like this . Even if it wasn’t the same for his opponent .

 

 

-Steel, why didn’t you take part in the ranking battle yesterday?

-?? You don’t know? He was scared of Alley Leader .

-Ah, is that so? Our Steel turned out to be a chicken?

-Do you know now? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ He is the well-known coward of World .

Streamer Nine Steel frowned when he saw the messages in his chat room .  He wondered if yesterday’s decision was poisonous to him .  ‘No, I did well . Otherwise, the viewers would’ve left . ’

Nine Steel smiled and made an excuse for yesterday’s escape . “No . Brothers . When did I run away? I was just a bit tired and needed rest . Wasn’t it time to rest?”


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Nine Steel knew himself .  His personality might be crap, but he was one of the best arena streamers in terms of strength .

‘It’s over for me the moment I lose in a humiliating manner . ’

Wouldn’t he be humiliated if he failed to fight against Alley Leader and got defeated? The image Nine Steel had accumulated so far would be shattered .  For his image, Nine Steel had reduced his sleep to focus on hunting and invested more than half the money he had earned into buying items .  Such efforts would be wasted with a single defeat .  Thus, he ran away .

‘I can live if he steps on someone else . ’

Based on what he had seen of Alley Leader’s skills, he would have no chance of saving his reputation after meeting Alley Leader .  Of course, once Alley was ranked first, they could meet without it being an unlucky encounter .  This was because it wouldn’t matter by then .  After all, it was natural to lose to the person ranked first in the rankings, even if it was Nine Steel who was on the verge of entering diamond .

“Today I got a ranking battle quickly . I think it is a good sign, Brothers . ” 

Nine Steel saw he was matched in a ranking battle and turned to the chat room .  However, the reaction he got from the viewers was strange .  Additionally, the number of viewers started to increase dramatically .

-Uh, yes . Start quickly .

-You couldn’t escape today?

-I came to see Nine Steel receive justice .

-Is this where the famous Nine Steel is stepped on like gum on an asphalt road?

‘What does this mean?’

Nine Steel questioned the unexpected words .  “No, Brothers! What does this mean? I’m going to be stepped on . . . ? I am Nine Steel . I don’t know about my personality, but my skills are real . ”

Even the viewers who would’ve usually sympathized with Nine Steel to some extent disagreed .

-Eh, no way .

-You will be well stepped on .

-Your opponent is Alley Leader .

-It will soon be broadcasted as Alley Leader’s highlight video .  Okay? Hundreds of millions of people are watching .

Nine Steel trembled like a man who had seen and heard something he shouldn’t have .  “A . . . Alley Leader?”


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The moment he spoke, Nine Steel’s ranking battle opponent, Alley Leader, appeared .

 

 

Hyeonu gave a silent cheer when he saw the familiar man standing in front of him .

‘The sniping was a success!’

Then Hyeonu turned on the streaming mode straight away .  Why did he have to suffer this hardship? Wasn’t it for his own stream? All this hard work would be meaningless if he didn’t turn on the streaming mode .

[Sniping Nine Steel’s stream . The sniping was a success!]

The stream’s title clearly portrayed the situation .  It was a bit irritating, but there was no exaggeration .  Rather, it was 100% true .

-Kyah! I was caught off guard .

-No one could expect when the grasshoppers will start crying out .

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Today is the day Nine Steel will fall into the gutter! Scream loudly~

-This is really the first time it is continuous streaming .  It would be good if it was usually like this .

Hyeonu greeted the audience with a smile . “Hello? I am Alley Leader who succeeded in sniping . The first sniping will soon begin . The next sniping could be a few hours away or tomorrow . ”

He was about to pridefully show off to the audience when an information window appeared in front of him .

 

[The ranking battle has begun . ]

 

“The ranking battle has begun . Viewers, you’ll see it in a moment . Please enjoy it to your heart’s content . ”

After he finished speaking, Hyeonu turned his head back toward the man in front of him .  This person seemed to be relaxed .  However, he shouldn’t have such an attitude considering the low level of his fighting ability .  

‘What are his skills? They are as lousy as his terrible behavior . ’ Hyeonu scoffed and slowly pulled out his single-edged sword .  Then instead of wielding his sword, he opened his mouth and said, “Hello? I am Alley Leader . It is nice to meet someone who is in the same industry . Let’s get started . ”

Nine Steel was already half out of his mind .  ‘It is real, real!!!’

He hadn’t rested at all in the past year since he started streaming his ranking battles .  Yet, last night, he broke his own rule and used some excuse to take a break from streaming .  It was all so he could avoid Alley Leader .  There were many streamers who could be called assholes .  He succeeded as a streamer because he had the skills to do so .  If he lost, he would lose that image .

‘I can’t let it be taken away here!’

Nine Steel grasped his weapon—a long red sword .  He pointed his sword at Alley Leader, who was watching him with indifferent eyes .

“Bah, do you think I will lose so easily? How did I get to my current position?” Nine Steel said .

Then he moved .  Nine Steel’s movements made him seem like a leopard racing through the Serengeti .  It was extremely fast .  Nine Steel’s sword seemed like a beast that was about to bite Hyeonu .  “Huup!”

However, if Nine Steel was a leopard, then Hyeonu was a tiger .  He made heavy but fast movements as he easily blocked Nine Steel’s attack .  Hyeonu’s sword was covered with a dark pure energy that pushed at Nine Steel’s red pure energy .  The leopard couldn’t penetrate the tiger’s defense .

The subsequent battle was extremely one-sided .  This was Hyeonu’s overwhelming dominance .  Nine Steel was crushed beyond belief .

-Crazy .  Is this the Daniel cosplay he showed on Masked Fighting King?

-There is nothing lacking when it comes to situational judgment, design, and control .  In short, he is perfect .

-Honestly, I thought it was due to the items and stats .  But this . . .  It doesn’t make sense .

Hyeonu was a clever hunter, and he literally hunted Nine Steel .  There wasn’t the overwhelming power he had shown so far in his streaming and videos, but it was overwhelming in a different sense .  If Hyeonu had previously been a sharp spear that could pierce anything, then he was currently a suffocating iron wall .  That wall was now holding Nine Steel’s neck and preventing him from breathing .

Hyeonu’s sword once again blocked Nine Steel’s sword .  Nine Steel had already returned uselessly to his original position dozens of times .

‘I’m going crazy, crazy . ’ 

Nine Steel bit his lips .  This was a scam .  How could there be such a skill difference between the same players? It was like an adult playing with a child .

‘I can’t lose . ’

Nine Steel wouldn’t have a chance to recover if he lost so helplessly .  He prepared for a final counterattack to keep his dream .  “Berserk . ”

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