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Chapter 280
Chapter 280: Blind Spot
"......"
Baek Woohyun, unaware of whatever slander was being committed in the Nuclear Tourism content studio, took a moment to look back over what he had done.
Not to calmly review the battles. There had been nothing worth reviewing. Nothing but one-sided assassinations repeated over and over.
It was simply a reflection on whether the results he had achieved at the Military Base would have satisfied the viewers.
Е̇nuḿа̇
'In terms of sheer kill count alone, it's not bad.'
His current kill count was no fewer than 12.
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He had already eliminated over a tenth of the Survival mode ranked game's total participants with his own hands.
Setting aside those who had died fighting each other, the majority of those who had chosen Zone 1: Military Base as their starting point had died at his hands.
The problem was that viewer satisfaction was not determined simply by how many kills were scored.
That much he had gathered from his experiences up to now. Viewers generally tended to cheer louder for one dramatic kill than ten unremarkable ones.
Ĕnǔ m а
Which meant they preferred watching even an easily taken enemy be dispatched with flashy technique.
'From that standpoint, it probably wasn't very nutritious.'
The process had been too smooth and clean, leaving little to enjoy — that was Baek Woohyun's assessment.
In reality, the viewers were having a great time spewing all manner of nonsense and every kind of joke, but at minimum that was how he saw it.
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Being unfamiliar with the community side of things, he didn't know what effect the hidden past, special agent meme that had quietly attached itself to him was producing.
[◇ Time remaining until 1st Restricted Zone is set: 300 seconds]
Е̃ nùm̄ӓ
[◇ Currently scheduled Restricted Zones ─ Zone 1: Military Base, Zone 6: Residential Area, Zone 12: Temple]
'Shall I get properly into it now.'
Swish.
The light warm-up and the time to get accustomed to the Shadow Assassin build — that was over now.
Baek Woohyun rose and immediately moved off in search of the next prey. His senses, crossing the emptied Military Base naturally, sharpened steadily.
The shadows stretched out in every direction willingly obeyed his control, feeding him information about his surroundings — terrain features, and the presence of enemy players alike.
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'——Found them.'
That he would locate enemy players before long was, therefore, an entirely natural outcome.
Enough time had passed that farming would be long finished, and four enemies were locked in a mutually threatening standoff. Accurately speaking — they were checking each other.
Apparently, in a four-way situation, moving carelessly meant a high probability of being focused down, so they had fallen into a stalemate.
For a Shadow Assassin build user, who was comparatively weak in chaotic multi-way battles despite performing well in one-on-one, this was a battlefield best avoided under normal circumstances.
Killing one only to be attacked by the other three meant it was all for nothing. If you could manage that, the Shadow Assassin build would be extraordinary indeed.
Web ńоv é l Е ń ūm̀ а̄
The fact that stealth had a cooldown to some degree made it all the more dangerous.
"......"
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Of course, that was only true for an ordinary person — it had nothing to do with Baek Woohyun.
He melted quietly into the battlefield while in stealth.
Sshhh.
The shadows rippled in accordance with Baek Woohyun's movements. Not so conspicuous as to be immediately obvious, but visible enough for anyone watching that direction to notice.
Enu m a . іd̂
No matter how effective the stealth, if it were completely undetectable that would be far too broken — so tells like this existed, whether shadows rippling or a transparent shimmer revealing itself.
Meaning that if an enemy only realized someone was approaching, they had more than enough opportunity to counter.
Most builds with stealth and assassination as their concept maximized their power through the constraint of having to strike while undetected.
Consequently, if one simply noticed first and countered to prevent being ambushed, stealth and assassination builds were degraded to trash-tier performance.
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This too was why stealth and assassination builds were avoided in team games. It might work once, but twice was difficult.
"Ugh! Would you just back off!"
Ѐñü m̂а̌ . і̆ d
"Nope~ I'm done farming~ I'll fight to the end~"
"Your tone is getting on my nerves? [Devouring Despair]!"
"[Crushing Wave]!"
BOOM!
In a multi-way standoff, however, expecting anyone to also detect a new enemy approaching from stealth was asking too much of this tier.
That was why the first enemy player Baek Woohyun targeted never noticed him coming, eyes fixed entirely elsewhere, right up to the end.
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Even if there were tells, without eyes in the back of one's head — or a special sense like Baek Woohyun's — detection was impossible regardless.
"[Flame Storm]!"
Whoooosh!
"Damn it."
"......"
An enemy player who fired a supernatural ability technique at another player and then quickly ducked behind cover.
E n̈ú m̈ а̌
Baek Woohyun, stepping up behind them, instantly clamped a hand over their mouth — then shlick — drove the military dagger precisely into their lung from behind.
The target convulsed as if in a seizure, but no counter was allowed. Their supernatural ability technique had already been spent on another target.
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'One down.'
[◇ Baek Woohyun ——〔Eliminated〕——> (Anonymous)]
"Huh——?"
"...You saw."
Wе̂b nо̊ vё ĺ Еǹum ǎ
Baek Woohyun murmured quietly, having made eye contact with the very opponent the one who had just died had been attacking. A tone that sent a chill running down the listener's spine.
The enemy player who had been watching for an opening to counter-attack their attacker widened their eyes in shock when that attacker was suddenly killed by an out-of-nowhere Baek Woohyun.
Their faces say they had never imagined a stealth and assassination build user would join this multi-way mess.
But perhaps they figured that now he had revealed himself, the advantage was theirs.
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Their expression shifting, the enemy player reached out toward Baek Woohyun and tried to activate a supernatural ability technique. Whichever opponent they killed was fine.
Had Baek Woohyun not used the Shadow Assassin build's movement and escape technique one beat ahead of them, the enemy's intention would certainly have landed.
Е́ n ù m à .і̄ ď
Step.
"[Piercing Shadow]!"
[Shadow Walk] — the supernatural ability technique that allows movement to any shadow within sight — activated at the perfect moment.
It let him leave the position just barely ahead of the enemy player using their technique on the spot where he had been.
A moment sooner and the opponent would have realized he hadn't gone into stealth; a moment later and he would have been skewered by the shadow that erupted upward.
"[Devouring Despair]!"
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"......"
Boom-crack!
Baek Woohyun, standing calmly behind the enemy player, watched for a moment as they poured their supernatural ability technique into empty space, having decided he had gone into stealth.
Not to toy with them — but to draw the attention of the two remaining players on the battlefield toward the powerful supernatural ability technique.
The hideous shadow that swept over a wide range and attempted to devour everything was more than enough to scatter his presence.
Indeed, [Devouring Despair] worked exactly as intended — he felt through the shadows that the gazes of the two players watching this area shifted toward it for a moment.
E ń um à . і d
A change only Baek Woohyun could detect, using the shadows as a substitute for the Superhuman build's energy perception and the Telekinesis build's force field.
The instant the objective was achieved as planned, there was no longer any value in keeping the enemy player alive.
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Shlick.
[◇ Baek Woohyun ——〔Eliminated〕——> (Anonymous)]
'Two.'
Even with half of them already killed, the remaining two had noticed nothing.
Е̃ ṅumа. ǐd
Well, it couldn't be helped — the first to die hadn't made a sound, and the second had spent their time drawing aggro with their own supernatural ability techniques.
As for the kill log going up when Baek Woohyun eliminated those two players — they could simply think it happened somewhere far away.
Next, Baek Woohyun made a complete fool out of one of the two remaining enemy players with a single dash.
When the enemy poked their head out to survey the situation, it was not with a supernatural ability technique but with a rush using nothing but the blind spot of their field of vision.
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It was only because [Shadow Concealment] and [Shadow Walk] were still on cooldown — but would anyone watching from outside have thought so?
Tap-tap.
Е n ŭ_m a. і̇ d
By human anatomy, a person can see only 140 degrees to the front. Everything to the sides and behind was a blind spot — a range outside their perception.
If hiding behind cover and peering out, the blind spot grew even larger. More area was blocked, and turning one's head to check was difficult.
Which meant Baek Woohyun, moving quickly through the enemy player's blind spot, was effectively in stealth.
Even when the target enemy player, unsettled by the newly quiet battlefield, leaned out further, Baek Woohyun melted correspondingly deeper into cover.
Precisely reading the opponent's field of vision and keeping himself exactly one step beyond it — making himself an invisible person. A terrifying art.
Informing everyone watching — panelists, viewers, and one remaining enemy player — that stealth was possible even without using a stealth supernatural ability technique.
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"——Huh?!"
Who could blame the enemy player for reacting that way when Baek Woohyun suddenly appeared right beside them.
They had watched their surroundings from every direction and still got ambushed — they were simply to be pitied. The misfortune of having a monster who used blind spots this perfectly was their undoing.
If told as much, Baek Woohyun would likely think of the infiltration team on the 'other side' and say he was nothing more than a clumsy imitator.
Shlick.
The military dagger that had claimed two lives drove cleanly into the enemy player's brow — deep enough for the blade to disappear completely.
É n̆ùm̆ а . іd̊
With the blade having pierced the skull and scrambled the brain, there was no way the enemy player could survive. If they did, it would have been a revolution for the human species.
It didn't take long for the wide-eyed, startled human to transform into a mannequin.
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[◇ Baek Woohyun ——〔Eliminated〕——> (Anonymous)]
'Three.'
"......"
"......"
Eňŭ m̊а̇
The one remaining enemy player and Baek Woohyun, facing each other in silence.
But the reason the two of them had gone quiet was completely different. One was doubting their own eyes after what they had just witnessed; the other simply had someone to kill.
The fact that they were facing each other in the same place, equally silent, didn't mean they should be thought of as being on similar footing.
"W-wait——! Just one question please! Answer just this and I'll die quietly!"
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"...?"
The enemy player cried out hurriedly toward Baek Woohyun as he approached via [Shadow Walk]. A very earnest attitude. Even enough to give the military dagger pause.
Е.num̄ а̌
Had there been even a sliver of intent to stall for time with words and then counter-attack, Baek Woohyun would absolutely not have stopped.
But from the enemy player, who threw both hands up in the air, there wasn't a trace of that impulse. Nothing but pure curiosity.
"What is the name of the build you're using?!"
"...'Shadow Assassin.'"
"Got it. Thank you! Kill me now please!"
Slash!
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[◇ Baek Woohyun ——〔Eliminated〕——> (Anonymous)]
Baek Woohyun shrugged after eliminating the enemy player who had offered their neck willingly. Judging by asking the build name, they were apparently planning to try it themselves.
Unless they discovered a talent they hadn't known they had, nine times out of ten they would end up contributing to the ranks of Shadow Assassin build haters.
'Well. Not really my concern.'
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