He had only responded to a fight that had come to him when he could no longer endure it.
He had never imagined this loser might have been rank 1.
No, this was not what he had meant to do. Yeonjun felt as if the reaction from when he had defeated Bingsu was overlapping with this.
He hated it. He felt suffocated, as if everyone would lift him up however they wanted, making him out to be some amazing person, and then laugh at him the moment he fell.
No, this isn’t it…
For a moment, Yeonjun’s vision went white, and before he knew it, he said something ridiculous.
[Whisper/Ignis: I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were a ranker.]
[Whisper/Ignis: Would you like to take the title back?]
BbungBbungBbang, whose face had gone bright red as he sat in front of his monitor, breathing hard from the shock of being dropped without landing a single hit, immediately answered.
[Whisper/BbungBbungBbang: Are you mocking me right now?]
Startled by BbungBbungBbang’s sharp reaction, Yeonjun typed in chat.
[Whisper/Ignis: No, that’s not what I mean.]
[Whisper/Ignis: I really don’t plan to do high-end content anymore.]
[Whisper/BbungBbungBbang: ?]
[Whisper/Ignis: No, really. I don’t have time anymore.]
[Whisper/Ignis: I think it would be better for you to keep holding the title.]
And at that moment, in Yeonjun’s head, a demon wearing DoHaesal’s character customization suddenly whispered, as if gently teasing him.
‘But isn’t it kind of wrong for someone who can’t even maintain stacks to be a ranker?’
At the same time, an angel wearing DoHaesal’s character customization whispered as well.
‘Hyung, you don’t want to become famous in the game again. You don’t have the time or stamina for high-end content either. Just give it back to the person who originally needs it, okay?’
Neither of them was wrong.
No matter how much the PvP scene had declined, back when Yeonjun had been firmly occupying first place, even the people up to third place had known how to maintain stage 3 on their own to some degree, even if they were not as good as him.
But for someone with only this level of movement and this level of reaction speed to be the representative Flammer was a bit of a problem.
He had no intention of doing anything, not as someone who had already quit, but if affection for the Flammer class alone were the measure, then naturally there was no one who could match Yeonjun.
While Yeonjun was conflicted between the two, the rabbit he had thought was an angel grinned like a devil and whispered in a wickedly sly voice.
‘Instead, only give it back when he beats you. Wouldn’t that be fair?’
That sounds plausible. Slightly intoxicated by the excitement of tasting victory after so long, Yeonjun’s reason had gone a little numb, and he acted on it.
[Whisper/Ignis: But if you want to take it back,]
[Whisper/Ignis: You have to beat me.]
What was this, saying one lemon contains one lemon’s worth of vitamin C, as if he were informing him of some grand truth?
With what felt like a metal spike lodged in his chest, BbungBbungBbang’s face flushed red and blue as he struggled to answer.
[Whisper/BbungBbungBbang: ???]
With a confused expression, BbungBbungBbang sent Ignis another duel request.
A moment ago, his loss had been because he had let his guard down too much and allowed the first hit.
Since he had lost the lead in an instant and eaten the combo exactly as it came, it was only natural that his paper-thin player body had not been able to endure.
Just like Ignis had done to him earlier, all he had to do was land the first hit quickly, trigger stiffness, and win with a combo. And the result of the second round, which began with that stubbornness, was:
[System: BbungBbungBbang has become unable to act and ends the 1:1 duel.]
[System: Winner: Ignis]
It was not a bit different from the first round.
[Whisper/BbungBbungBbang: ♡♡ No, ♡♡ how did you do that there ♡♡]
[Whisper/BbungBbungBbang: Aren’t you ♡♡ using hacks? ♡♡]
[Whisper/BbungBbungBbang: Don’t use hacks.]
[Whisper/BbungBbungBbang: One more match fair and square ♡♡]
I’m not using hacks. You’re just slow.
He was the one who could not play, so who was he calling a hacker?
The small bit of sympathy Yeonjun had still had for BbungBbungBbang until just a moment ago vanished instantly.
In less than five minutes, Yeonjun added another PvP victory to his win-loss record and glanced at the clock. Before he knew it, the clock was pointing to two. No matter how the whole company had a half-day off in the morning, he really had to sleep now.
[Whisper/Ignis: I have to go to work tomorrow.]
[Whisper/Ignis: I’ll accept a duel again next time if we get the chance.]
Leaving behind only that short line, as if he were Cinderella or something, Ignis logged out with a click. The entire server began burning in real time.
| [Server Board: (Nacht Server)] [Title: I organized the Ignis vs. BbungBbungBbang video.] [Post] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMEdhOpeStoBE I summarized only the highlights from rounds 1, 2, and 3 so you can watch each of them. The two of them didn’t talk in general chat, so I don’t know what happened. A report suddenly popped up in a circle I belong to, so I went to watch, and fortunately the recording came out well. If you enjoyed it, please subscribe and like. [Comments] – Wow, thanks for the clean summary. Seeing it like this, seriouslyㅋㅋㅋㅋ If someone didn’t know, it would look like hacks. His movement was crazy back then too, but even now it’s amazing. – In Flammer-related posts, people always say, “A legend is a legend,” “current rankers can’t even reach half of Ignis,” so I wondered how good he could possibly be, but his reaction speed is just on another level. Even if it’s the same class, grouping them together makes no sense. – Until now, I thought Flammer only had high theoretical damage potential and a paper-thin health bar, so what was even fun about it? But seeing a good player use it, the hit feedback is no joke. ㄴ It feels like he’s playing a different fighting game by himself. The impact when crits trigger was insane. – “The original.” That one word says it all. – Other unpopular classes kept getting big reworks as their concepts or playstyles changed a bit from the early days, but I thought Flammer was stubbornly sticking to its initial concept to a ridiculous degree… Seeing this, I get it now. It was a class designed from the beginning to be played like this. ㄴ That’s true, but Flammer still needs to be reworked. Just because one person is good doesn’t mean everyone can keep suffering. – I don’t know about anything else, but this is the first time I’ve ever felt bad for a rankerㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㄴ 2222 Wow, how does he fail to land even one hit and just lie down? ㄴ Ah, it’s even more miserable because you can see him trying to think it through, damn. First round: He lost because he got hit first. Second round -> Then I should land the first hit -> He failed to land the first hit and got destroyed again. Third round -> Don’t rush in recklessly. Wait a bit, then land the first hit -> He almost succeeded in waiting and landing the first hit, but stiffness didn’t trigger, so he got countered and lost. ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ No, the physical skill gap is just too hugeㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ – Aren’t all the rankers who lost to BbungBbungBbang stress-smoking right now? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㄴ They’re probably going, “I lost to that?” ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ |
| [Server Board: (Nacht Server)] [Title: I know this kind of ruins the mood, but as someone who was active in 2012,] [Post] Ignis-nim’s physical skill has declined. That’s true. (Link) There are some old videos left from when he opened matches like this before, almost like clearing Flammer rankers one by one. Back then, it was a one-minute cut. The fact that it’s become a three-minute cut now means his physical skill is dead. He’s still amazing now, but I see some people saying he hasn’t lost even one bit of it because of nostalgia goggles. [Comments] – Yeah, I felt this too. But I think some of it might be because of the equipment? We might need to watch a bit more. – If this is him declining, how good was he before he declined? – I think right before he disappeared was his peak. It still felt like he was playing a different class by himself, but late 2011 to early 2012 was seriously just beyond compare. He wasn’t called the elementary schoolers’ president back then for nothing. Punishment Eye, who appeared around 2014, was at least able to get a tiny bit close to Ignis, and after that, it was almost the Flammer dark age… (See more) ㄴ Wow, that’s long. ㄴ Someone wrote a whole thesis in the comments. |
From people moved by Ignis’s return, to users remembering the nostalgia of those days, to users seeing him for the first time now and gathering in amazement at his very existence, the entire free board, regardless of server, was burning with talk of Ignis.
And just before that, before Yeonjun lost his head, cut off his tail, and ran away, there was someone who had been coldly shut out.
[Whisper/DoHaesal: What is this?]
[Whisper/DoHaesal: ♡♡ Hyung, after running your mouth to me about how your control was dead,]
[Whisper/DoHaesal: What is this??????]
[Whisper/DoHaesal: Explain.]
[Whisper/DoHaesal: Try explaining.]
[Whisper/DoHaesal: And you’re just going to fish after this?]
[Whisper/DoHaesal: Hyung, were you saying you were going to become a ♡♡ fisherman who catches people?]
[System: You cannot send whispers to a user who is not connected.]
“Hah.”
So after cutting someone’s throat at super speed, he ignored him the whole time and logged out? Feeling a rush of betrayal, Haesal immediately opened Open Messenger.
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