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Chapter 278
Chapter 278: Shadow Assassin
Arms folded, Baek Woohyun thought for a moment.
On the question of exactly how to run PVP Survival mode in a way that would be entertaining to watch.
'The most basic condition first.'
He should use a supernatural ability build where his own abilities were clearly highlighted — that much at least.
Е́nûm̂ å ..ï d̄
Even with an ordinary supernatural ability build, how insanely capable he was became apparent, but some builds made it far more pronounced.
Alternatively, he could pull out a supernatural ability build that others called trash. Something like the Phantom Swordsman build, for example.
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Jeong Nayeon had shown him the trending posts about it at the time — the ones that started off as 'rediscovery' and so on and ended with 'Hackphysical did what Hackphysical does.'
'Should I use a different supernatural ability build in every game like last time?'
Thinking about why he had chosen Survival mode over Duel mode for this PVP session, the approach of continuously pulling out new supernatural ability builds seemed like a decent option.
Unless it was his signature build, there wasn't much to gain from repeatedly using the same supernatural ability build.
W̊ ѐ b ň o.v ёl̂_ Ĕñ ú ṁå_
Of course, this was something only possible because he was Baek Woohyun. Other players — especially PVP players — would have been left slack-jawed if they heard it.
Using a different supernatural ability build every game was one thing, but whether you could actually win doing so was an entirely different matter.
'Alright.'
Having organized his thoughts, Baek Woohyun scrolled through the supernatural ability builds he had saved in advance and picked one.
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A close-range combat build called 'Shadow Assassin' — one that also satisfied every condition he had mentally established.
In short: a build where his abilities would be clearly highlighted, one that most others dismissed as trash, and a new build he had never used before.
W е b̀ ň.о̆v_él̃ E̊ nŭm̆ ă_
"......"
He had chosen the build for this game, so there was no reason to hesitate any further.
Baek Woohyun immediately started the game matching.
[Matching···.]
*
"The 'Shadow Assassin' build! I truly can't wait to see what Hackphysical shows us with this one!"
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- Trash build again
- Not trash when Hackphysical uses it;;
- If I run into that thing in Struggle mode I'm gonna lose my mind
- Classic only-fun-for-yourself build lmao
Unlike Cha Seongcheol, who was chattering away full of anticipation, many viewers seemed to be recalling their past encounters with the Shadow Assassin build, their reactions rather sour.
The reason was that, despite its low-tier performance, the build's concept was popular enough to attract a fair number of users.
Е̃n̄ ú m а́ .і̂ ḋ
The two core keywords that made up the Shadow Assassin build — stealth and assassination — were things Koreans loved very much.
If it had been the kind of irredeemable trash like the Phantom Swordsman build with no redeeming value, no one would use it at all — but fortunately, or unfortunately, it wasn't quite that bad.
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On top of that, the build had been crafted to look undeniably cool, fitting for a concept that couldn't help but attract popularity.
Who could resist a 'shadow-wreathed ultra-stylish assassin'?
User 'ㅇㅇ' donated 1,000 won!
[Don't care what you use solo, but please don't bring this garbage to team games]
Е̄ ǹ um̌а. і̄ d
- Fr;; imagine inflicting that on your teammates
- Use it in solo all you want smh
- No? I'm going to keep using it?
- Not quite trolling but definitely a build you never want to see on your team tier 1
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"The viewers' reactions are intense."
"Ha ha! Understandably so."
Е n̄ũ m̀ ǎ . і̆d_
- You'd know if you've been on the receiving end, it's absolute cancer
- Invisible all game then just lying dead somewhere lmao
- Any build with 'assassin' in the name is an instant dodge;;
- The real problem is it just doesn't hold up in a straight fight;
The Shadow Assassin build was the quintessential example of what one earlier viewer had called a only-fun-for-yourself build — commonly described as leeching off your teammates.
The reasons were obvious. While you were in stealth, the team was effectively playing down a man, and even if you managed to pick off one kill with an assassination, you had done just barely your share.
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For the risk-to-return ratio to balance out, at minimum you needed to guarantee one clean kill and then half-kill an additional target on top of that.
But the number of players capable of that was never going to be large. Even those who could manage it in lower ranks would naturally hit a wall as they climbed.
In the end, the risk you had to shoulder exceeded the return you could obtain — leading to leeching off your teammates while enjoying the game on your own terms.
When every last person is needed to even have a chance at winning, having someone like that was enough to turn stomachs. The viewers' reactions were understandable.
"I don't know if I should say this, but honestly — I wouldn't want to have the Shadow Assassin build on my team either."
"...Actually, me neither."
W е̄ b̌nо vе̄ l Ӗńŭ m а̇
"Hmm. Is it really that bad?"
- Chloe's the only one who can't relate
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- It's because it's a build made in Korea
- Let's export it fast! We can't be the only ones suffering!
- Foreigners don't love stealth and assassination as much as we do;;
"Shall we watch the game now? Since this is Woohyun's first time using a stealth-assassination supernatural ability build, it's an especially exciting game to look forward to!"
Ẇѐ b̄n̄о̊v̈ е̌l E_n u m̃ а̌
Jeong Nayeon, having let the chat that was threatening to boil over settle down, redirected the flow of conversation.
Indeed, as she said — even when the build roulette was spun, Baek Woohyun had never landed on a stealth-assassination build — there were few of them to begin with — so he had never used one.
No doubt the reason was that a direct-combat supernatural ability build meeting his absurd physicality produced a more exciting synergy to look forward to.
A build built around stealth and assassination, no matter how well played, was nothing more than hiding and then killing.
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"The same build becomes clearly different when Hackphysical uses it! That's what people said after the build roulette. What will it be this time?"
***
Е̂ṅu̇m a.і̌ d
[PVP 'Survival' mode game matching successful]
[Please select a starting point]
Following the successful match, Baek Woohyun reached out and selected Zone 1: Military Base as a matter of course.
Because he still remembered what Jeong Nayeon had told him — that charging straight into a fight at the Military Base was the unwritten rule for your first Survival mode game.
When he had run Survival mode in PVP previously, he had made the same choice.
Psssht——
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The floor opened, and the cylindrical capsule he had grown familiar with — the starting point Teleporter — rose upward.
Wide open, as if urging him to step inside.
[Please enter the starting point Teleporter]
[*If you do not enter the Teleporter within the remaining time, game participation will be automatically cancelled]
[Time remaining until game start: 60 seconds]
·········
Ènum̄а̄ .і́ď
······
···
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[Time remaining until game start: 0 seconds]
[——Game starting]
Whirrrr——
In an instant, a minute had passed, and he felt a slight sensation of weightlessness — the same feeling one could easily experience in an elevator.
Е̇ nu mа̀
The starting point Teleporter, which had seemed like it would keep descending forever, quickly came to a stop and dismantled itself around him, sinking into the floor, leaving only Baek Woohyun standing there.
The distinctly eerie atmosphere of Zone 1: Military Base descended over him unmistakably.
"......"
Baek Woohyun stood on the rooftop of an unmaintained military base building and took a moment to look around.
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Between the cracked floor, the railing on the verge of collapse, and the roughly stacked boxes, what caught his eye were pieces of equipment that looked incongruously intact compared to the rest.
They gleamed, each radiating its own color, as if asking to be picked up. Only white and blue, though.
Е ǹ ùm а
Unlike Duel and Struggle modes, where everything came down purely to supernatural ability builds and personal skill, Survival mode allowed players to farm and use a wide variety of equipment.
Additionally, equipment had grades ranging from Common to Legendary, and performance varied somewhat according to grade.
To the point that if two players were of similar skill, the outcome could be decided by which of them had farmed better equipment.
'...I'll just pick up whatever.'
This was, of course, largely irrelevant to Baek Woohyun, who could render equipment differences meaningless with overwhelming skill.
Having once made the trip all the way to Zone 1: Military Base in pursuit of more Epic drops, he now casually picked up a single blue-tinged Rare military dagger.
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He didn't so much as glance at anything else. The air about him suggested that even this one piece was more than enough to tear through this game.
But who could dare call that arrogance? He was the man who had seized Challenger Rank 1 with the earth-shattering record of 217 consecutive wins.
Nothing was going to change just because he carried only one military dagger in a Gold 4 Survival mode ranked game.
It would have been the same even with empty hands.
'Alright.'
The moment he stepped toward the inside of the building, Baek Woohyun's form melted into the darkness. It was [Shadow Concealment] — the alpha and omega of the Shadow Assassin build.
Еńu m̊ а .іd̊
Wrapped in rippling shadows, he sprinted quickly through the building interior. It was a movement that looked less like searching for an enemy player and more like having a clear target already in mind.
In fact, he had already pinpointed the location of the enemy player who would become his first victim — down to which floor, which room, and what they were doing.
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Just as the Superhuman build had an exceptional sensory range, and the Flower of Annihilation build had its telekinetic force field, the Shadow Assassin build could also detect shadows within its range.
'There.'
The eyes of Baek Woohyun, having spotted an enemy player on the second floor absorbed in farming, narrowed.
The opponent seemed to be keeping watch by glancing around constantly, but had absolutely no idea that the grim reaper, wrapped in shadow, was drawing near.
Ѐ numа̇
The same would have been true of anyone else, so there was nothing to fault them for. How would some Gold 4 ordinary player ever detect Baek Woohyun approaching with intent?
"Oh, Epic auxiliary device! Lucky day today, huh?"
The enemy player, having picked up an Epic-grade supernatural ability auxiliary device glowing violet, murmured with a beaming expression.
That statement didn't seem too much of an exaggeration — the opponent was impressively well-armed. Including the auxiliary device just picked up, they were almost at a full set.
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Considering the Survival mode ranked game had only just started, they had managed to put together a near-complete set from clearing just one or two rooms. It would have been impossible without a helping hand from fortune.
The problem was that the misfortune that had come to find the enemy player in exchange for that luck they had gained was none other than Baek Woohyun, of all things.
W ē ḃǹоv̀ ël̇ Е̂ǹ u m̂а̇
They had rejoiced at luck of 10, only for misfortune of 99 to come calling. Everything they had obtained was going to be blown away — so perhaps the gap was even wider than that.
If anything, 'good start, dead finish' might have been the expression that suited them better.
"......"
"If I play well, this might be the game I win!"
Shlick.
"Huh?"
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The enemy player, in the middle of dreaming of a happy future, looked down. It was because of a sudden sting they felt in their chest.
Seeing the hilt of a blade that had sunk deep in and was sticking out alone, they blinked. Their expression was one of not being able to understand why they were seeing something like this.
When the thought 'a bug?' flitted through their mind as they failed to find an answer——
Squeeze.
Two arms reaching out from the shadow at their back wrapped around the enemy player's neck.
Firmly and solidly enough that escape was utterly impossible.
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