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◈ The Seven-Time Hero Goes Live ◈
Chapter 26: Swarm (2)
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Jun-il was probably the person here who knew the most about Goblin Swarms.
No, maybe he knew more than anyone in the entire dimension.
There was nobody else who had been a Hero twice, yet he had done it seven times.
He had experienced a Goblin Swarm in five of those seven Hero runs.
The worst had undoubtedly been during his first run, when he knew nothing.
One member of the Hero's party and an entire company of soldiers traveling with them had been wiped out.
They had all been seasoned knights capable of handling mana, yet that had still happened.
If not for Maylin, a mage capable of providing wide-area firepower support, the Hero's party would likely have met the same fate.
A mage.
Right. They needed mages.
‘There are mage classes over there too.’
There were mage classes here too.
They just were not much use.
They kept failing their casts.
Click... Click!
Only a sound like a lighter that had run out of gas came out. No magic followed.
“N-no! It won't cast! What's happening!?”
“Ugh, uuuugh...”
The mages despaired.
‘They're panicking.’
Mages were overly mental creatures.
Their state of mind affected them greatly.
Even simply feeling anxious could disrupt their spell formulas.
That was why, during his days as a Hero, mages had always stood at the very center of the formation, where they received the greatest protection.
But what about now?
They were completely exposed.
It did not look like he could count on those mages.
‘Can I do this alone?’
In that case, Jun-il would have to handle it by himself.
He checked his current strength.
[Current Constellations Watching: 413]
[Inheritance of Incarnation ‘Hero - Yulian’]
[4.33% Complete]
He had broken through the 400-viewer wall.
The Goblin Swarm had drawn Constellations to the scene, gradually bringing in more viewers.
A situation designed around bad luck had instead become good luck for Jun-il.
“This is amazing.”
Jun-il ended up saying it out loud without thinking.
The Constellations were confused.
-?
-?
-Amazing?
At the same time, they began to hope.
Could he really get through this situation...?
-Can he seriously do it?
-???: Goblins? They're my protein source...
-LOL Well, he is the Goblin Slayer
-Fuck, he really likes them LOL
-This guy is completely insane LOL
Still, many Constellations were doubtful.
-But is this guy actually something special??
-Isn't he just bluffing?
-He's going to fight this?
-Leveling up??? LOL
It was only natural.
‘It's been a while since I showed them what I can do.’
The Constellations who had arrived since this morning had never seen Jun-il's abilities.
All he had shown them so far was whining about being F-rank and finding shit in a bathroom.
It was time to show them something.
Jun-il was about to get to work.
‘Inventory.’
Whoosh.
A black sphere appeared around him.
He reached into it and pulled out a black mask.
-Ohhh
-Transformation time?
-Is he going in?
-L4GS! L4GS! L4GS! L4GS!
Snap!
Jun-il put on the mask and practiced a pose.
-Fuck LOLLLLL
-What is he doing? Nobody can see him LOL
-This guy's in full superstar mode LOL
-He's seriously insane;
-What a fucking idiot
-Isn't he just an idiot?
-His confidence is insane LOL
While the Constellations were briefly distracted by his pose, he quickly murmured to himself.
‘Shop.’
Ding.
[Anytime Shop]
He opened the Shop.
‘I've got it, so I should try using it.’
He bought a BGM from the Shop.
Jingle.
[Cool BGM]
He did not know how cool the BGM would be, but he had plenty of Coins, so he decided to give it a try.
Thump, thump, thump...
A fairly cool bass line began to play, followed by polished guitar.
-Ohhh
-What?
-There's music too??
-Damn, L4GS has his own BGM too??? LOL
-Is he really an Extra? LOL
-Nice
‘Oh. I like this.’
After cracking his neck and finishing his stretches, he concentrated mana in his lower abdomen.
Then...
‘Here I go.’
Boom!
He kicked off in time with the drums.
-Nice
-Ohhh
-What is this
-Hunting starts?
-Damn~
Even a trivial scene looked impressive with cool BGM behind it.
Snick...
He extended the blade of his box cutter and swung it without slowing down.
“Skreee!?”
Slash!
The Goblin's head flew off before it even knew what had happened.
Three or four at once, too.
Not just the Goblins, but the nearby Awakeners were shocked.
“U-urgh!? What was that!?”
“F-fuck, who are you!?”
At the question of who he was, Jun-il turned his head.
The Awakeners stared at his mask in surprise.
“D-don't tell me...”
Jun-il did not bother answering.
He simply tapped his mask with the box cutter.
Tap tap.
It meant their suspicion was correct.
“L-L4GS!”
“The Line 4 Goblin Slayer!?”
Boom, boom, boom!
Just then, the drums and bass boomed through the area.
-Nice
-Damn
-Why does this look so cool, fuck LOL
-Jun-Thor has arrived
-He's just a crazy guy in a mask, but the BGM is unfair LOL
-Swagger has taken over his body
-Is this a movie trailer LOL
-The mask tapping is such insane swagger
-The catfish guy is here
“L-L4GS is here! Fuck, we're saved!”
Word that L4GS had arrived spread in an instant.
“...L-L4GS?”
“The Line 4 Goblin Slayer. He's basically considered one of the strongest fighters right now.”
“That masked guy?”
“Yeah. Didn't you see the articles?”
“B-but what can he do alone? There are too many of them right now.”
Even the Awakeners' murmurs sounded like part of the BGM.
Boom!
Jun-il kicked off and plunged into the Goblin horde.
“C-crazy! He's just going in there?”
“Holy...”
“Isn't that... too much?”
Slash!
Blood erupted along his path as Goblin heads flew.
“Skreeeeeeee!”
“Skreeee!”
Goblins surrounded him from every direction.
No matter how strong someone was, being surrounded and attacked usually left them helpless.
But Jun-il was different.
‘Next, here. Then there.’
Slash!
The next Goblin, and the one after that.
Their heads flew off, spraying fountains of red blood.
He knew Goblin habits too well.
He swung his box cutter as if he could see one second into the future.
-Wow
-Nice
-This is it
-Damn
-He's fucking insane
-Is he possessed?
He was, quite literally, a demon at killing Goblins.
He looked possessed.
Wheeeeeeeng!
Right then, the guitar let out a ghostly wail, creating a thrilling rhythm.
The Constellations went wild.
-Wow
-Damnnn
-So this is L4GS, fuck
-This rush is insane
-L4GS hunting show, damn
-The BGM fits perfectly LOL
Boom!
Just as the music headed toward its climax, Jun-il shouted behind him.
“What are the mage classes doing!? You need to fire!”
“...U-us!?”
No matter that Jun-il had inherited Yulian's strength and possessed countless battle know-how, some things could not be done.
‘It's hard alone.’
To finish this, they absolutely needed wide-area firepower support.
That was the nature of a Goblin Swarm.
There were too many to kill one by one.
“W-we kept failing our casts earlier...”
He knew.
He had seen it earlier.
‘That's why I'm pushing myself.’
The reason Jun-il had rushed into the Goblin horde and recklessly drawn aggro.
It was to show them something.
That someone strong was guarding the front.
“Try again. It'll work now.”
“Y-yes...?”
“I said it'll work now!”
They had no idea what he was basing that on.
But somehow, they trusted him.
“Wind magic and fire magic, together.”
Snap!
He pointed precisely at someone with a wind-type magic skill and someone with a fire-type magic skill.
‘How...?’
‘What? He knows?’
It was only because he had watched them fight behind a rock earlier.
But it felt different to the people he had singled out.
‘A-as expected of L4GS.’
‘If we do what he says, we'll live.’
They closed their eyes and focused on casting again.
Vwooom!
Magic circles with elaborate patterns formed in the air.
“It... it's working!”
Fwoosh!
An enormous fireball appeared.
“Me too!”
Whoooosh!
Blade-like wind compressed with a vicious sound.
Now they only had to fire.
“Now!”
As he shouted, Jun-il briefly closed his eyes and focused.
Vwooom!
He scattered his mana into the air.
“Firing!”
Whoosh...
Wind and fire danced together as they flew forward.
Devouring even the scattered mana greedily, the fireball grew larger and larger, while the wind became sharper.
When it struck the Goblin horde, grinding through the rocky earth...
Kwooooooom!
Dozens of Goblins were swept away in an instant.
“This can't be.”
“T-this... This actually works?”
The mages were shocked despite having cast the spells themselves.
Spellcasting was greatly affected by one's mental state, so in extreme anxiety, they could not even cast properly.
But when their minds were stable?
The effect became stronger.
They instinctively realized it.
‘It's because of L4GS.’
‘That person...’
L4GS was holding the line at the front.
His overwhelming combat power and confident commands.
“Melee classes and tanks, stay right in front of the mages.”
“Y-yes!”
His presence was strengthening the mages' spells.
After all, he did not doubt himself even a little.
He was certain he would control this situation.
It was neither arrogance nor youthful recklessness.
It was something so natural and practiced, as effortless as breathing.
It came through clearly in his voice.
“Cast again!”
“Yes!”
Vwooooom!
The mages began casting.
“Grrrrrrrr!”
The Swarm Goblins ran on all fours toward Jun-il.
‘Here.’
Slash!
Jun-il cut down four of them in one blow.
But the Goblins did not care.
Driven mad, they charged at him even more fiercely.
“Graaah!”
“Bark!”
Jun-il took another step forward instead.
‘This way.’
Slash!
Another three or four were sent flying in a single blow.
-Damn
-There isn't an opening
-Wow, insane
-What is this;
“Fire!”
“Firing!”
Kwooooom!!
The newly cast magic struck the Goblin horde again.
Fire riding the wind violently tore through the Goblins.
The mountainside, once covered in green, was dyed red.
A moment later.
[Playback Ended]
The music passed its climax, and Jun-il stopped it.
Not a single living Goblin remained in front of him.
Drip... Drip...
Countless streams of blood flowed red and sticky down the foot of the mountain.
-Damnnn
-He did this???
-Holy shit
-He's fucking insane
-That's all of them???
-Insane
-This guy is seriously on another level
-If you were fucking thrilled because you thought this deceitful bastard would die today, upvote...
-Wow...
The Constellations' reactions were not all that different from the Awakeners'.
“...C-crazy. We did it. We won.”
“No way.”
“L4GS is a god...”
The only difference was that the Awakeners' legs gave out beneath them.
‘Understandable.’
They only had bodies enhanced by stats and a few skills.
Mentally, they were the same as ordinary modern people.
No matter how strong their bodies were, they could not help but be exhausted.
They had fought under the pressure of possibly dying for the first time, and the difficulty had been at the highest level.
But the rewards were sweet.
Vwooom!
“I-I leveled up! I went up two levels, holy shit!”
“Me too!”
“Level 10! I made it! I'm alive!”
Their levels had risen enormously.
Then what about Jun-il, who had commanded this battlefield and turned the tide?
How much experience had he gained?
[Experience]
[37%]
His experience had only risen to 37%.
-The experience-point screwjob is fucking hilarious LOL
-He cut down all of that LOL
-The cheetah is laughing... Anyway, it's laughing...
‘For fuck's sake...’
Could there be discrimination like this?
It was enough to feel unfair.
Jingle!
A message suddenly appeared with the sound effect.
[An Anonymous Constellation has donated 15 Feeling (FL)!]
[An Anonymous Constellation has donated 10 Feeling (FL)!]
[An Anonymous Constellation has donated 20 Feeling (FL)!]
-Oh, triple donation LOL
-This much of a donation in a place with not a drop of potential...?
-Damnnnn
-Coin donations are cheap, after all~
-It makes sense, honestly
-But it really was incredible
‘Huh?’
It was not even a Hidden Mission, but now he could simply see the donation details.
‘Coin donations?’
Last time, they had called the donor a whale or something.
Was this a cheap donation?
Donations that had an actual effect, such as items or experience, were apparently expensive, but these were not.
‘But I can use them.’
Story Coins were normally useless to characters.
But Jun-il was different.
Once good items appeared in the Shop, he would be able to buy them.
‘For now, there are only BGMs. But it said I could upgrade it...’
That was not all.
The number of Constellations had also risen considerably after that battle.
‘Oh. Five hundred.’
[Current Constellations Watching: 501]
He had broken through 500 viewers.
[Inheritance of Incarnation ‘Hero - Yulian’]
[5.01% Complete]
Yulian's inherited power had exceeded 5%.
[You have successfully inherited a portion of the memories of Incarnation ‘Hero - Yulian’!]
Then a new power awakened.
Footnotes:
“Catfish guy” is Korean reality-show slang for a striking new male arrival who suddenly changes the atmosphere.
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