I Have a Reason to Hate Streamers

Chapter 194

Hero furrowed her brow.

The sharp pain radiating from the inside of her knee was the cause.

Her ligament area had been neatly sliced.

As a result, her leg felt stiff, as if something were catching with each movement.

It wasn’t a minor wound, but now, it didn’t hurt as much as it used to.

There were simply too many injuries by now.

The repeated battles had clearly put Hero at a disadvantage.

Her greatsword couldn’t land a hit on Ga-wol, but the sharp scimitar continued to leave scars on her body.

Just when it seemed like the tip of the blade was properly tracked... she would snap back to find herself deceived, with a life at stake.

She was being relentlessly gnawed at.

No, would "gnawed at" even be the right way to put it?

This wasn’t about dealing small, lingering cuts with distance and speed.

This was about the maliciousness of disturbing her greatsword itself.

The moment her concentration wavered even a bit, that blade would dig into a vital point.

[Passive: For a Glorious Death]

[Resists strength loss from tendon and ligament cuts.]

[Target: W Titans Hero]

In most cases,

anyone facing Hero knew exactly how to handle the situation.

If I had to classify it, there were three main ways.

Lift a shield and block her strikes, use speed for hit-and-run tactics, or use the difference in range to strike from a distance.

Most of those strategies didn’t work.

If you use a shield, you break her guard.

Someone who fumbles and tries to poke here and there is finished in one blow.

But Ga-wol wasn’t any of that.

He entered the gap without hesitation, disappearing smoothly,

and while not even slightly scared, he walked right up to her greatsword, only to avoid being slashed.

It didn’t feel more amazing than performing acrobatics on a tightrope.

But the one thing I couldn’t understand:

Ga-wol seemed familiar with this outrageous technique.

Even with his eyes growing dimmer, his sword swung gracefully.

‘Amazing. It’s one thing for a pro gamer of this skill to suddenly appear, but how could he be used to a situation like this?’

A strong person naturally carries arrogance.

It’s not that they’re inherently arrogant.

It’s simply a natural phenomenon.

No matter what the opponent does, they’re confident in handling it.

They expand their options and are willing to take risks for higher gains.

To others, it looks like a cocky play.

But with Ga-wol, I didn’t feel that kind of arrogance.

It was like... he was thrown into this game after having only fought stronger opponents.

He seemed flawless, as if he’d been in such battles all his life.@@@@

As a result, the emotion Hero felt was quite simple.

A swordsman with better skills than her kept insisting on a meticulous, cautious play.

To someone on the receiving end, it felt like a truly underhanded tactic.

“This is really pissing me off! I’ve never been this humiliated!”

I can tell for sure.

Ga-wol isn’t playing this game with his wits intact.

Yet, no matter what, her skills can’t touch Ga-wol.

This game... if it goes on like this, she’s not going to win.

There have been opponents who’ve defeated her before, but none have treated her like this.

Hero’s face twisted with frustration.

I love you, my son.Son, is kendo fun?

I had been feeling the pain in my left leg even before the water rose.

I felt like my blood was boiling, as if my veins were melting.

So this flooded battlefield wasn’t a risk for me.

It had finally become a fair environment.

[Active: Spirit of Fighting]

[For 12 seconds, all stats increase by 8%, and physical penetration increases by 16%...]

[Caster: W Titans Hero]

[Passive: Screaming Blade]

[Gain attack power proportional to lost health. Maximum...]

[Target: Sigma Ga-wol]

I moved my legs, following the flow of the water.

That woman’s insane strength didn’t lose meaning in the water.

She was a little slower, but only just.

Now, she carried waves instead of wind.

But this was murky water.

There were plenty of ways to deceive and disrupt my opponent.

In this situation, where only silhouettes are visible,

could I distinguish between the scabbard and the blade with my limited senses?

Her health must be low by now.

I grabbed the scabbard as if it were a sword and swung it.

Instinctively, the greatsword blocked the middle, while the real blade stabbed at Hero’s knee.

It landed a valid strike. The sensation at my fingertips confirmed the hit.

Next, I switched hands to reverse the scabbard.

I tried to push it outwards, but Hero wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice.

‘Then, I’ll just increase the attempts.’

On land, weapons fall quickly when released.

In water, however, they sink slowly, giving enough time.

Switching the positions of the scabbard and the real sword, or momentarily separating them, became easy deception.

I moved the real sword from left to right. Then from right to right again.

It seemed like I had two weapons instead of one, disrupting Hero’s focus.

It didn’t work as well as I expected. Just like when facing dual swords, she quickly adapted to my tactic.

She was a seasoned swordswoman.

She managed to defend against both blades with her greatsword.

But that means I could lure her with just the scabbard, right?

I pulled her greatsword outwards with the scabbard.

The moment I judged her defense had opened enough,

I threw the scimitar straight into her heart.

“...?!”

It was a gap in her thoughts.

It was hard to predict that I’d throw the one real sword.

It wasn’t an ideal posture for throwing, so the strength was lacking.

Doesn’t matter.

I’ll make up for the lack of strength starting now.

I leaned back as if I were tumbling.

Pushing off the ground with both arms, my body moved forward.

I pushed the sword lodged in Hero’s body with my leg, widening the wound.

The damage had been building up for a while now.

After tearing her diaphragm and heart, she wouldn’t survive.

[‘Sigma Ga-wol’ has defeated ‘W Titans Hero’.]