Hey, Your Champion's Really Good (2)
Before the battle with Lee Gyeongbok began—
Donkak hurriedly called his teammates together.
"The inhibitor is at its limit now. It's ti to bring this to an end!"
Lee Gyeongbok had pushed into the tower and taken over the lane. It was obvious he'd read Money Damas' team's intentions and was beginning to counter.
All five of them charged down to the bottom lane, where Lee Gyeongbok was.
"Look for a kill window before their backup arrives!"
There was only one chance.
They had to decide the fight before PerG-Day's team mbers arrived.
But the situation started turning strangely.
'Split push?'
The opponents weren't coming down an empty lane. So, only the bottom lane duo would be backing up?
'They're jungling?'
The ones revealed through the ward vision that they'd set in the jungle were instead focused on hunting buff creeps.
Donkak briefly felt uneasy, but didn't dwell on it.
'In any case, our goal isn't to win the whole thing.'
There was no way to bridge the gap at this point. He'd endured up to now just for this one mont.
Donkak caught his breath and gave the call.
"We'll break the perfect score!"
The first move was his.
Bursting out of the brush, "Bodyguard"
Zhao Xun pointed his spear charge at Lee Gyeongbok. With the skill activated, his figure shot forward.
"Grr!"
But the ambush was blocked all too easily. As if he'd been waiting for it, Lee Gyeongbok deflected the blow with his soulblade.
But Donkak didn't panic.
The chain combo of Money Damas was only just starting.
"Hyung!"
The top laner, "Rock Golem"
Pal Mite, leapt in and slamd the ground. It was his signature skill, dealing area damage and slowing the enemy.
Yet, Lee Gyeongbok's stamina bar didn't budge.
'What the...!?'
He stepped up onto Donkak's spear shaft and leaped—barely enough width for a toe, but he placed his foot exactly and dodged the skill.
Donkak's eyes flew wide, but he was still confident.
'Good, I figured he'd at least avoid this much.'
No one in Money Damas' team had ever underestimated Lee Gyeongbok. There was a reason Pal Mite was on the follow-up.
No matter what, they needed to force Lee Gyeongbok into the air.
"Got him!"
"Finally!"
At the sa ti, the mid laner, "Clockwork Man"
Orian, and the bottom lane AD Carry, "Master of Firearms"
Pellyos, unleashed their combo attack.
As Orian's chanical orb and Pellyos' bullets flew in from both sides, donkak saw—
'He's...smiling?'
In mid-air, a smile spread on Lee Gyeongbok's lips as he twisted at the waist.
He swung his sword, striking away the chanical orb.
To their shock, the orb, sent flying by the soulblade, intercepted the bullet's trajectory.
"What the—"
There wasn't even ti for shock.
Lee Gyeongbok's body turned misty and, before they knew it, shifted in front of the AD Carry.
"Guh...!"
Diego's soulblade, blue and fla-like, pierced his abdon, and a star icon appeared above his head.
It was the effect of Diego's suppression skill, "Spectral Suppression."
Just as Lee Gyeongbok was about to land a follow-up—
"Not happening!"
The Support, "Deep Sea Giant"
Nautilus, hurled his anchor to block him.
Lee Gyeongbok imdiately twisted away and slamd his soulblade into the ground. Dense mist started spreading around.
Lee Gyeongbok's figure vanished into the mist. That was the effect of Diego's survival skill, "Wraith Mist."
"Surround him!"
Donkak shouted orders urgently.
Inside the mist, diego enters stealth, but its range isn't large, and the mist's duration isn't that long.
'Of all tis, pellyos is stunned.'
If it was Pellyos' skill, he could've targeted him in the mist.
'Did he really calculate all that in such a short mont?'
Lee Gyeongbok took down Pellyos first. The fact that he could make such a calm decision in the middle of an ambush was genuinely astonishing.
As expected, it wasn't going to be easy.
But they were prepared for this.
"Call us cowards if you want! But we can't lose like this!"
Donkak raised his voice.
Though his words were aid at Lee Gyeongbok, the intent was for his team to hear.
If they got intimidated by his previous reactions, their chances would beco even slimr.
"It's alright."
Surprisingly, Lee Gyeongbok responded. His voice from inside the mist was calm.
"This isn't my first ti with sothing like this."
Everyone's eyes twitched at his unperturbed tone. Donkak gritted his teeth and gripped his spear.
"Brother-in-law!"
"Yes!"
The combo began again.
As Pal Mite entered the mist, the newly recovered-from-stun Pellyos opened fire with his shotgun.
Imdiately, the other teammates followed up with their attacks.
'No mistakes. Everyone's performing well.'
He didn't even need to give orders.
The combo, built from their accumulated experience, connected fluidly like water. None of the teammates shrank back.
'But then why...!'
Even so, Lee Gyeongbok didn't fall. His stamina bar had dropped, but only by a trivial amount.
'Why isn't anything landing!?'
And even that minimal damage was from area skills, not direct hits or skill shots.
Then, a ssage popped up in the midst of Donkak's confusion to make things even more complicated.
'All four mbers died at once?'
It was an update on PerG-Day's team mbers' deaths. His pupils rapidly widened in shock.
'No way? Is it because of the ultimate?'
The realization hit him like a lightning bolt.
He tried to urgently open his mouth, but once again the thick mist spread around him.
"Thanks to you, I've learned a lot."
Lee Gyeongbok's voice echoed through the mist.
* * *
Lee Gyeongbok felt good.
'It's unfolding just as I planned.'
His teammates hadn't co to back him up—that had been his instruction. If backup had co, the Money Damas team would've had to retreat quickly.
The gap had already widened; victory and defeat were basically determined.
If even their goal of taking down Lee Gyeongbok failed, money Damas' surrender would be inevitable.
'But that wouldn't be any fun.'
For the broadcast, that was not a desirable outco.
So, he made a decision.
A head-on fight against Money Damas—a 1v5 solo skirmish.
'I'm glad the team trusted .'
It was a sacrifice made in the belief that Lee Gyeongbok would win the solo teamfight.
His teammates had thrown themselves in, intentionally dying to match the death count, all in the sa spirit.
'All the more reason to finish this right.'
Within the mist, Lee Gyeongbok felt his divine energy and senses grow even sharper. With the ultimate's conditions fulfilled, many more options opened up.
He cald his breathing briefly.
'Let's go.'
Diego's blue glowing eyes flared in the mist. At the sa ti, the increasingly blurred figure charged once more at Pellyos, the AD Carry.
"Urk!"
Again, stunned by "Spectral Suppression."
But Lee Gyeongbok didn't retrieve his sword. Instead, he covered Pellyos' face with his other hand.
"I'll make good use of this."
Lee Gyeongbok whispered, activating Diego's ultimate, "Domination."
"Diego's ultimate...!"
Donkak shouted a beat late. But the skill had already been used.
Mist-like smoke drifted from Pellyos' body, and Lee Gyeongbok turned translucent, overlapping with him.
[PerfectPlay clothing money]
The next kill ssage popped up.
And now Lee Gyeongbok's form and weapons turned into Pellyos'.
"What the—!"
"Insane...!"
Cries of shock ca from the surroundings.
Diego's ultimate, upon a kill, allowed him to possess the target champion's body, weapon, and skills.
'This is how it works.'
Lee Gyeongbok instantly switched Pellyos' firearms. Pellyos had a chanic called "Mode Change" that allowed weapon forms to swap.
"Scatter... Guh!"
He fired the newly-equipped shotgun. Donkak, who was rushing in, was hit by the buckshot and blown back by the knockback effect.
"Get him!"
"Hyung!"
"Hyung!?"
The area burst into chaos. But they responded imdiately.
Lee Gyeongbok promptly switched the shotgun to a pistol and fired.
The bullet left the muzzle, hit Orian's chanical orb, ricocheted, and struck Orian for damage.
"What in the world...?!"
Nautilus hurled his anchor again.
Lee Gyeongbok kicked off the ground, spun, and transford the pistol into a sniper rifle. Before his feet even touched the earth, he shot Nautilus in the head.
"Got him...!"
Pal Mite seized the mont to charge, but Lee Gyeongbok, as he landed, activated the ultimate again.
Diego's ultimate could be used again if a kill was successful.
'This ti, orian.'
As he left Pellyos' body, pal Mite accidentally crashed into Pellyos' form.
anwhile, Lee Gyeongbok stole Orian's body.
[Double Kill!]
[PerfectPlay house money]
"Darling!"
Donkak cried and rushed in surprise.
But he soon had to stop.
"Magnet Field!"
With that desperate shout, the chanical orb Lee Gyeongbok was controlling burst into a flash.
Nautilus hastily activated his shield, but the other two took full damage.
'This champion's fun too.'
Lee Gyeongbok leisurely controlled the chanical orb. It felt like he was playing with a yo-yo on invisible string.
His next target was Pal Mite.
'What the—! He's even faster than nuna!?'
Pal Mite couldn't believe it.
The chanical orb, under Lee Gyeongbok's control, was quicker and more precise than the original owner.
Donkak desperately tried to help, aiming for him from behind.
"What the...!?"
In an instant, the chanical orb turned and blocked the spearhead perfectly. anwhile, Lee Gyeongbok charged right at Pal Mite.
[Triple Kill!]
[PerfectPlay al money]
And then ca the third Domination. Instead of Orian, Lee Gyeongbok now shifted into Rock Golem form and faced the two remaining opponents.
"This can't be..."
"Hyung...?"
The two siblings couldn't believe their eyes. The younger one reacted first.
"I'll grab him!"
"What? Wait—!"
Nautilus threw his anchor. Unlike other champions, pal Mite was huge; it seed impossible for him to dodge.
Which is how it played out.
Except for one thing.
"Thank you."
It wasn't that Lee Gyeongbok "couldn't" dodge—the truth is he chose "not" to.
He used the force from the anchor to slam straight down, shattering Nautilus' shield with a booming crash.
Then ca a shower of rock fists.
'Boxing?!'
Jabs and hooks flew in, and the ducking and weaving to avoid the anchor rivaled a pro's technique.
Nautilus' resistance didn't last long.
[Quadra Kill!]
[PerfectPlay body money]
That made for the fourth Domination.
With a giant anchor on his shoulder, Lee Gyeongbok turned to face the last one standing—Donkak.
"How did you...beat all of us...!"
Donkak couldn't grasp what was happening. Was Lee Gyeongbok's champion pool really this deep?
He grit his teeth.
It didn't matter now. He needed to finish it—whatever it took.
Lee Gyeongbok moved first.
The massive anchor flew for him, but Donkak didn't avoid it.
'With this—!'
Dragged by the anchor, he activated Zhao Xun's ultimate, "True Solo."
But his spear only sliced through the air.
"That was fun."
Lee Gyeongbok's voice ca from below.
He had already shifted back from Nautilus to Diego.
The soulblade pierced his abdon, and his senses faded. It was the stun effect from "Spectral Suppression."
'He canceled Domination to dodge ?'
Donkak's jaw dropped.
There was a huge size difference between Deep Sea Giant Nautilus and Diego. At that decisive instant, Lee Gyeongbok swapped back, and the hit point missed.
Soon, diego's palm ca into Donkak's view.
"Good work."
Lee Gyeongbok spoke, using the last Domination.
[Penta Kill!]
[PerfectPlay Donkak]
He stole Zhao Xun's body, gave the spear a quick twirl, and slamd it into the ground.
Then he returned to his Diego form.
[〉My lord! Congratulations on your victory!]
[〉Wow, you really pulled off a solo teamfight! Our boss really is the best!]
[〉It's actually possible?! I an, I did trust you, but still!]
[〉Seeing it myself, it's hard to believe! How do you win with a champ you've never played before?!]
Team chat ssages imdiately followed. Lee Gyeongbok replied with a smile.
"I just observed patiently. Thankfully, it wasn't too hard to learn by watching."
It was no coincidence that he'd built his items around stamina and defense. From the mont he figured out Money Damas' objective, he'd prepared for it.
[〉You learned... just by watching?]
[〉Just like that?]
[〉Maybe the interns don't know this, but our boss is a gifted learner.]
[〉I've experienced it myself. It's a talent heaven gave him. It felt like being possessed by a ghost.]
While Skullkim and Bakjapcho were shocked, Eclipse, who'd had a similar experience, quickly accepted the explanation.
Lee Gyeongbok chuckled even more at that and turned his attention to the minimap.
"Everyone's respawned."
His teammates' icons now appeared on the minimap. With Money Damas' base empty, victory was assured.
"It's ti to go claim the trophy."
The championship awaited them.
User Comments
0 comments from readers