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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 32
Chapter Title: Restricted Mobility
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His mobility was restricted.
The enemy knew his position, but he had no idea where they were.
It was a truly disadvantageous situation.
There weren't many ways to turn it around.
'Hide...
Or lure them in.'
Seo-jun slipped into a narrow alley with fewer people, moving at a deliberate pace.
And in that instant, the shadow at his feet morphed into a hand, lunging out to seize his ankle.
If he hadn't stopped immediately, he would've tumbled right over.
Seo-jun said with a startled expression.
"Uh, how many seconds does this bind last?"
It was a skill players used in Assassin's Dawn - Shadows in the City.
Of course, Seo-jun had never used it himself, so he didn't know the fine details.
"Remember this, Unknown. Excessive order stifles personal growth."
A voice came from behind him.
Before any chat messages could tip him off, a menacing axe blade came hurtling horizontally toward Seo-jun's head.
Seo-jun ducked his head sharply to evade it.
With his ankle caught, he couldn't turn his body.
An assassin wielding an axe? Not some barbarian warrior.
Whoooosh!
The axe cleaved through the empty air where Seo-jun's head had been, smashing into the wall. Red bricks shattered and cratered.
"My ankle's free now."
Seo-jun spun his body immediately, grabbing the assassin's head with his hand and slamming it into the wall just like that.
A stun took effect.
"Where do you think you're—"
Normally, a stun would just make them cower for a few seconds, but since this was during a quest, it seemed once stunned, the NPCs wouldn't wake up again.
'Gotta give them at least this much.'
Seo-jun pushed deeper into the alley.
Bro, where you headed?
Aren't tight spaces more disadvantageous?
How would a sparrow or finch know the hearts of geese and swans? Heh heh heh
You don't know either lol
lololololololol
Seo-jun glanced upward as he ventured even deeper.
From the rooftop behind him, an assassin in a hood—nothing visible but nose and mouth—nocked an arrow aimed at Seo-jun.
"Knew it."
And ahead, another assassin was leaping down at him.
The dagger protruding from the back of its hand and the flapping sleeve made it look just like an eagle diving.
"First things first."
Parry the falling blade.
How?
Just time it perfectly to meet the tip of the sword, its very point.
Shhhk.
The shadow-hand climbed up again like vines, grabbing his ankle once more.
Seo-jun ignored it, focusing solely on the tip of his raised sword.
'Make the force vector purely vertical.'
He gripped the sword with both hands, raising it behind his head before swinging.
Claaang!
Perfect hit.
Matched it precisely against a needle-thin edge.
Whoa
How is he that good?
A man born for parries
Creaaak.
A faint sound of a bowstring being drawn.
In virtual reality, personal senses were essentially identical for everyone.
Because the signals went straight to the brain, bypassing sensory organs.
So even Seo-jun, with his low assimilation rate, might hear worse than others.
But Seo-jun caught faint sounds better than most.
For one reason.
He knew which sounds to focus on amid the noise.
Pew!
An arrow shot out in an instant. Seo-jun tilted his head aside to dodge.
The arrowhead grazed his cheek shallowly before embedding in the ground.
Shhhk.
The shadow gripping his ankle vanished.
Seo-jun moved again.
"No end to them."
To Seo-jun, who'd faced worse, it was nothing. But to viewers, it looked like dire peril.
For real
Scary scary
If it were me, I'd die to the first ambush. Confident.
Grab those assassins quick and fail the quest already, bro!
A foul stench pierced his nose.
The streets narrowed further.
Ambushes grew more frequent.
Seo-jun hurled a dagger he'd looted from an assassin toward the rooftops, but they dodged nimbly.
Hitting fully alert NPCs was no easy task.
'Can't even throw it faster.'
And climbing up was out too.
The leg injury penalty blocked parkour.
"Blocked."
Seo-jun eyed the dead-end wall barring his path.
He'd reached a cul-de-sac.
No more room to maneuver.
The enemies knew it too, slowly revealing themselves with oppressive menace.
"Give up, Unknown."
From floor and wall shadows, the rear wall above, second-story windows.
Three rooftop assassins had bows trained on him.
They all stood ready to strike, awaiting orders from the chatting assassin before them.
Trapped...
Huge!
This is what assassins are!!!! The dogs of conviction who got duped by Christina's looks, die already Unknown!
Assassins! Assemble!
Were the assassins herding him?
Seo-jun chuckled reading the chat.
Herding? Please.
"I came here on purpose, everyone."
Roughly dozens surrounded him.
The biggest headache: those rooftop snipers.
The apparent leader stepped closer to Seo-jun.
"Chaos blooms from ignorance, turmoil, and fear. People shirk responsibility and dread the outside. Chaos is the unknown. That's why they seek order. They crave control from something to protect them. But."
Click.
An assassin dagger sprang from his sleeve.
"That path breeds carelessness. They'll sink into comfort, lose potential. Lives no different from livestock fed on fodder. So."
Ah, got it.
True to a game character, extreme ideology.
The moment the speech ended, the assassin signaled. Arrows flew.
"Die!"
Seo-jun charged forward.
Thud thud thud.
Three arrows struck where he'd stood.
He rushed the nearest assassin, parried, snatched the smoke bomb from its belt, and detonated it instantly.
Boom!
Thick fog engulfed Seo-jun.
A momentary lull.
Or so it seemed—only the assassins were briefly halted.
"Argh!"
"Urk."
"Where are you?!"
The alley was narrow but wide enough for several in single file.
Meaning Seo-jun could move freely.
As the rooftop snipers flailed their bows aimlessly, something flew from the fog.
Shiiiing!
Three throwing knives aimed at their shoulders—pre-scouted positions before the smoke, to neutralize the snipers.
'Got 'em.'
Three screams rang out.
'Took out the worst ones.'
Now it was his time.
In the fog, only heads and shoulders of nearby foes were vaguely visible.
And for Seo-jun, that was plenty.
He began knocking them out.
Thwack!
Even if another spotted him, he'd vanish into the mist again.
Thwack!
Another assassin's head met the wall, out cold.
Seo-jun hyung... I'm dizzy...
Something's there then drops, another drops, wtf
Bro got no smoke on screen right? Only us?
Nah silhouettes show fine, screen just whips around too fast to track
By the time the smoke cleared, over a third of the assassins lay stunned.
Seo-jun waved with a grin.
"Got one more."
Finally visible!
What even is that?
Check those hands lololololol
LMAOOOOO real??
Another smoke bomb in his hand.
Boom!
Fog filled the alley again, screams echoing.
This a comedy skit? lololol
Assassins <--- biggest fraud org ever
Whole branch gets wiped by one guy lololololol
Seo-jun hyung is just on another level, period.
They were flexing hard for a 50v1 beatdown seconds ago lololol
How do assassins lose in stealth lololololol
Bro is the assassin!
Seo-jun cleared all the assassins in a flash.
The alley brimmed with sprawled bodies.
A thought crossed his mind.
"This is chaos, right?"
Chaos? What's the big deal?
For real lol
Chaos incarnate
Deeply moved by assassins becoming the chaos themselves.
Actions match words...
You have satisfied the conditions of the hidden quest 'Hunt'.
Return to the abandoned factory and meet Arthur.
You have satisfied the conditions of the affinity quest 'Mercy'.
Meet and talk with Christina.
Notifications popped up.
"Oh, looks like I got all the assassins. Luring them in really is the surest, easiest way. Right? Obviously planned."
He'd thought there were a lot, but completing the quests confirmed it.
Lucky it went as intended.
If one sniper had survived, it'd have been a nightmare.
Quests done now, so.
"Everyone, if I quit the game now, does quest progress save?"
Seo-jun planned to end the stream.
Perfect timing.
????
Of all times, now?
You sane?
Nooooooo don't
Quit mid-quest and it resets for real
Redo it and it's a pain, just head to factory and push a bit more
Christina quest one-shot only. Quit now and poof.
Chat's transparent.
Christina quest was brand new—how'd they know that?
"Really? Guess I'll do it again next time then. Not even hard."
Seo-jun hyung... you're really flipping us off?
lololololol
Everyone's losing it!
This how we do? For real?
Hyung. Holding breath again? I die, it's your loss?
Scroll flew by at breakneck speed.
But Seo-jun ignored it and yelled.
"Screw you!"
Homeless viewers had one place to go.
What Happens When You Collect All Fragments of Order
Christina Affinity Quest Appears!!!
Lmao if Seo-jun had just shown the Christina quest reward we'd be collecting Fragments of Order but he didn't so screw collecting them
Won't X Can't O
Doing jack there demon
Anyone wanna mob the guy who kissed Christina's hand (1/9999)
Jin Seo-jun you jerk. Pretty boy irl social butterfly? Go play irl. Leave games for us please.
For real lol
This one's kinda real lololol
Real!!
It's a concept you idiots (OP)
Assassin losers lol can't get it together?
Academic consensus: hidden quest isn't about users feeling hunted, it's giving chance to crush assassins too
Why Assassins Always Lose to Conviction: Can't Even Assassinate One Guy, SME Vibes
SME lolololol
No apologies to SMEs? That's just a thug gang
Info) Conviction couldn't handle them properly either.
But Conviction lost fair 1v1s.
Breaking) Unknown's atup clip uploaded
Lmao was dying waiting til tomorrow, rewatching now
Unedited watchers MUST watch, haven't seen it yet but it's gotta slap
For real lol
This Man, in Online Games?
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