Genius’s Godlike Game Broadcast

Chapter 203 : The Only Sword in the Universe (1)

The Only Sword in the Universe (1)

After the end of the first set.

The viewers watching the broadcast exploded with excitement. Surprisingly, though, the reaction was even hotter on the restreaming channels than on the main one.

― WTF? Is this that Yami?

― I thought Yami was just a troll champion who came from Japanophilia.

― Purple is Korean, isn't he? Why is a Korean more ninja-like?

― I swear, I've never seen a Yami player like this.

Not understanding Korean, those viewers paid no mind to the commentary and instead focused all the more intensely on the game.

So, they watched Purple's play in its entirety and couldn't hide their amazement.

And most of all—

― Was Purple's main champion always Yami?

― Lol, I never understood why the opposing team banned Yami.

― Same here! I thought they were making fun of PerG-Day's team!

― If he's this skilled, isn't it more nonsensical not to ban him?

― You can't call this an amateur tournament anymore.

― I used to think picking Yami was for trolls.

― Why didn't we know about this?

Most of the foreigners were brought in by seeing Elephant's interview and posts on Reddit.

In the first place, perfect Yami became an issue during Lee Gyeongbok's debut, within less than a month.

The real reason the name Purple became widely known was because of the Demon Must Cry broadcast, so there was a significant gap.

Therefore, they knew nothing about Perfect Yami until now, and witnessing it this time delivered a huge shock.

― Lol, if you look at the early Q-tube videos, you'll see it.

― Seeing these reactions, you realize how many people haven't joined the membership yet.

― If you watch the recent PerG-Day introduction video, you'll get it easily.

Long-time fans who already knew about it kindly explained. Other viewers sighed in regret.

― OMG, if I'd known, I would've studied Korean ahead of time.

― Same. It would've been even more fun if I could follow the commentary...

― It's not too late! Purple will show us even more amazing stuff in the future!

― I heard in Korean, you use different words when talking to someone older for respect? That's why it's hard to learn?

― Nah, there's a fix for that. Just add "Yo" to the end!

― You add "Yo" when talking to older people? Does that mean respect?

― Lol, so Korea is the country of hip-hop now? Expressing 'Respect' by saying "Yo."

As these misconceptions about Korean increased, the long-time fans rushed to clear things up.

― This is getting weird, but learning Korean is a little different.

― But I get the feeling. I also want to learn Korean because of Purple.

― Someday, I hope to join Purple's channel directly!

-lmfo, till then, I'll make do with the membership videos.

― Luckily, watching those even multiple times doesn't get old!

― Right. The perspective is completely different!

With membership talk coming up, people's attention shifted that way.

― Wait, what do you mean by a different perspective?

― You didn't know? If you join the membership, you can watch from Purple's POV.

― Yeah, group A's match videos are already up.

― Lol, and even the dubbing is 'Perfect!'

― Dubbing? What do you mean, dubbing?

― WTF! Why are you telling us now?

― I need to join right now!

-lmfo, shouldn't this vital info be on Reddit?

Now learning about Q-tube's membership, viewers immediately flocked to the channel.

With the chat calming down for a moment, the long-time fans chuckled.

― As expected, 'Perfect Wave' is irresistible.

* * *

Break time ended, and the second set began.

This time, PerG-Day used the ban cards first.

[The opposing team has been banished from the battlefield: Champion 'Fiddlesticks'.]

Donkak saw that and let out a deep sigh.

'Well, at least I can take solace in the fact that we made them use a ban card.'

All the scrimming for the finals wasn't a complete waste.

Although Lee Gyeongbok couldn't be stopped in the first set, it paid off in harassing the other teammates.

"Honey, what are you doing?"

Donkak turned his head.

His teammates were looking at him with exhausted faces.

"What's there to hesitate about? We have to stop Purple!"

"Nuna's right, hyung."

"We came to an agreement during the break, remember?"

"Yeah, hyung. There's no need to drag it out, is there? We all experienced it firsthand..."

During the break, in addition to mental recovery, they'd held a strategy meeting. The result: an unanimous agreement to use all ban cards on Purple.

'Is this really correct?'

But as the final decider, donkak hesitated. It wasn't an easy decision to invest all their bans into one person.

'And all for the remaining sets, too...'

Perhaps because they'd been tormented so thoroughly.

His teammates abandoned all their other contingency plans and agreed to only be wary of Lee Gyeongbok.

'Alright, it was a unanimous decision. It's not like it's wrong, and for the sake of teamwork, we should do it.'

So Donkak opened his eyes wide and steeled himself. He then proceeded to ban Yami, lagnel, and Barzan in sequence.

"That's all the sub-champions banned now."

"Phew, now I can relax a little."

"Hyung, you did well."

"Hyung, let's win this time!"

Encouraged by his teammates, he smiled. But inside, his mind was racing.

"As I said during the break, this time there's a high chance of a position swap. You have to do well, honey."

Judging from the previous match, PerG-Day's strategy involved a position swap between Genome and Lee Gyeongbok. Their midlaner wife's performance was key.

"But considering what Purple said on his stream, there's a possibility he'll just pick Shaka himself."

"With that physical ability... stealth and single-sword... Ugh, just picturing it is terrible."

"Still, we can survive the early gank phase. We just need to be careful not to let him snowball too much."

Donkak explained, then proceeded to pick his champion. His figure changed, transforming into a brown-barked tree creature.

"Byan should be enough."

His pick was "Forest's Dweller"

Byan. Uniquely, a jungler whom the creeps didn't attack.

Instead of fighting, the mechanic was to wait a set time beside a creep, and then the creep would leave gold and disappear from the jungle.

"Don't hesitate to use your rooting skill if you need to gank."

"Don't worry. I'll focus entirely on surviving."

There were also skills that could lock down the enemy, making it easier to avoid fights.

At his words, the other members smiled. The champion selection phase ended, and both teams' champions were revealed.

Without anyone saying a thing, all of Money Damas' teammates fixed their eyes on Lee Gyeongbok.

Then, together, they all flinched.

'What the—...'

Donkak kept a straight face as team captain. But inwardly, he was quite shocked.

Lee Gyeongbok had picked a jungler, but not Shaka.

He'd chosen a completely unfamiliar champion.

* * *

Wanggeom and the commentators looked at the open champion select and exclaimed in unison, as if on cue.

"Wow! What is this!? Master Lee, master Lee is out on stage! Master Lee's a good champion, but he's never really been welcomed in tournaments, you know?!"

"That's right! He has no crowd control, so he's really tough to play! That's why no one expected this pick! Did Purple prepare Master Lee!?"

"No, this is! There's no need for Purple to specially prepare! For Master Lee, the passive and empowerment skills are so dependent on the player's physical ability! With Purple's mechanics, it's a perfect match!"

As the name 'Master Lee' implies, he was a champion themed around "Mastery."

The commentary continued, but then their eyes went wide as a message arrived.

"Hold on, breaking news! You know we provide stats after each match, right? That's when we also check the champion history next to the player."

"Yes, that's right! But we've now learned, unbelievably, that Purple really didn't prepare specifically for this! No practice record at all! He's never even played this champion—not even once! And he's pulling it out for the finals!?"

Lee Gyeongbok had never played Master Lee before. Not even once, not even in practice.

The commentators were shocked by the fact, but the chat was full of anticipation.

― Lol, why would Godple even practice this?

― Seriously lol, is there a need to practice?

― Ah haha just because there's no record doesn't mean he has no experience, you know?

― Already proven enough elsewhere, right?

― Is this that "experienced rookie" meme?

The reason viewers weren't worried at all.

It was because every champion came with its own title—Master Lee's being 'Cosmos Swordsman.'

― The Unique Sword is picking a swordsman-type champ? It's over, isn't it?

― Ah haha, the Only Sword in the Universe has entered the stage!

― This is seriously as cheat-code as Perfect Yami.

― Byan's about to get firewood'd, lol

Lee Gyeongbok's sword skills were already legendary. The fact that he had zero practice was totally irrelevant.

"Alright, both teams are going with bold approaches. What will the result be? CrazySmurf Grand Finals Game 2, starting now!"

The game began.

The commentators checked the minimap for both teams' movements.

"Ah, neither team is trying to invade this time."

"That's right. Team Money Damas spent all their ban cards on Purple, right? The rest of PerG-Day's players are on their primary champions. On the other hand, money Damas's team is on their sub-champions."

"Correct. And Purple's Master Lee is such a wild card. And Donkak's Byan, just like its appearance, is a herbivore jungler. This basically means Purple has a free kill angle just by himself!"

Hardly had the commentary finished when Lee Gyeongbok crossed into the enemy jungle.

"Oh! Purple is following the path exactly!"

"Byan, by nature, clears camps in a different order. Looks like Purple read that, doesn't it?"

"Ah! Byan's in danger! He's run into Purple before even taking down a creep!"

"He's running away without looking back! That's the right call! He loses if they trade damage!"

"Smart move! Master Lee is a walker-type champ with no movement skill! As long as you run away, you can live!"

― Lol, donkak not Donkash (wordplay: run/kakash in Korean)

― This is correct for Byan, though, haha

― Riot Games, are you watching? Give Master Lee a gap-closer!

― I'd be frustrated too, lol!

Donkak was running, with Lee Gyeongbok chasing close behind.

"Oh? He's even using Bramble Field! He's determined to open up some distance!"

"Purple's not overcommitting. Smart call. He already disrupted the jungling so he should just take the lead!"

Donkak even used skills, feeling uneasy despite the distance not closing.

"Donkak's ward is destroyed! Now the snowball gets rolling slowly! Donkak wastes the ward, Purple gets the gold!"

"A ward isn't that expensive, but when both players are skilled, it matters. Over time, that piles up."

"Purple is ahead in both vision control and economy from jungling... Wait, what's this!?"

The commentators shifted from calm explanation to shock as they saw the next move.

"Purple is racing down the mid lane! Looks like he's going for a dive!"

"Ah, this! Genome did this earlier to Caffeine with Shaka!"

"He's entering the tower's range! Wow! Unlike Genome, he dodges every shot!"

― Lol, how can Genome and Godple be the same?

― Weren't the commentators taking a dig? Lol

― Look how they spun it, haha

― Open humiliation in front of 350,000 people lmao

― For Chu, this is nothing

― Would've been controversial if it was public bathing

― Why bathing, what the hell, lol

Lee Gyeongbok activated a skill. Green aura flowed along his blade.

"Cosmic Aura is up! With Purple, this is scary!"

"That's right! Once Cosmic Aura activates, mastery attacks ignore defense—pure damage! At Purple's speed, health is like a snowman in midsummer!"

"Genome rushes in for backup! It's a pincer attack! Byan is running in panic!"

Donkak tried to rotate in time to save his wife, the midlaner, but couldn't make it in time.

With the coordinated attack from Lee Gyeongbok and Genome, her stamina melted away in an instant.

"Wow, this is incredible! The true Cosmos Swordsman! If Master Lee was real, he'd look like this!"

"Master Lee is so skill-dependent that people even bash players, calling them 'Mari-chung' (slang), but after today, master Lee's pick rate will spike! Too cool!"

"First Blood! Purple's daring gank nets him First Blood!"

― Lol, here come the copycats again

― Ranked games tonight are doomed

― Please stop copying already!

― Wow! Laser sword, elden fan!

― Guess we have to play with ban-pick rules tonight, lol

With the midlaner killed, the casters were full of praise.

"Is this really his first time on this champion? Unbelievable skill!"

"Purple just sent a message to Donkak."

"A message?"

"If Donkak doesn't die, the other laners will. That's the message. There are plenty of champions to kill even without Byan around!"

-???: Go ahead, keep dodging! I'll just gank lane again!

― Donkak's stuck between a rock and a hard place, lol

― Yeah, if he backs off too far he can't back up like what just happened

― Avoiding jungle fights will turn into a marital spat

― Marital spat, what the hell, lol

The commentators barely had a moment to breathe.

While they talked, the mid tower collapsed.

"Oh!? The tower's gone!? The pace is lightning fast!?"

"Purple and Genome took down the tower, but the turret bonus went to Purple? What does that mean!?"

"Destroying the first tower drops bonus gold, which usually goes to the lane champ—especially the midlaner. But giving it to the jungler, Purple, shows where PerG-Day is focusing their efforts!"

"Turret Blood," or "Turret + First Blood," was the term. Normally, it went to the high-priority laner, especially midlane.

― Boss takes the money—just standard Black Company things.

― Haha, is this another concept play?

― But honestly, it's most efficient to give it to Godple.

― Lol, better Purple spending it than Genome.

― Whatever, as long as he spends it well!

As viewers expected, Lee Gyeongbok immediately used the gold.

"He's spent all his First Blood and Turret Blood gold on items! But it's all movement speed options!?"

"As I said, master Lee's passive and boosts are key. Normally, stable trading means health, defense, or tank builds."

"But the Only Sword in the Universe doesn't need that! He never dies! Such confidence!"

"Ah, he bought running shoes even though he's a walker-type. 'Now I run. Run all you want—I'll catch you!'

Shows commitment to ganking and jungle fights!"

Wanggeom's comment made viewers crack up.

― Crazy running shoes, lol

― What even goes through his head to say that?

― That's so Wangmyeongsu, lol

― The MS build from Perfazan—that's always been Godple's signature

What everyone who watched Lee Gyeongbok's streams knew:

― If he grabs hold, the game's over.

― Truly, the Black Company's CEO!

― Chasing down fugitives is our boss's expertise!

If he catches you, you lose.