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Chapter – 04
The streamer, who had almost reached the battlefield, paused and looked around.
Some players who had quickly rushed in after clearing the monsters outside also stopped and alternated their gaze between the subway rails and the gate.
The streamer muttered.
“This is honestly the worst possible situation.”
The gate was located at the very end of the station—the final point where the subway train had to pass through.
Naturally, the boss monster wouldn’t die just because it got hit by a train.
If the boss went down onto the tracks and stopped the subway, or attacked the passing train and crushed it from the inside, it would cause the highest possible civilian casualties.
That’s because the system was designed so that if you mindlessly kill everything, the boss appears at the most dangerous timing.
—[(Run Candy) donated 500 won: Do you not want to make money?]
As the robotic voice read out the donor’s message, the streamer flinched and looked at the chat.
“Ah! I’m going!”
Strictly speaking, mission success or rewards didn’t matter right now.
If he properly captured Chicken Puncher’s battle footage this time, a 1,000,000 won donation was waiting for him.
Black monsters poured out of the dark gate like waves.
They spilled across the rails.
Then the boss monster’s roar echoed through the subway station.
GROOOOAAAR—!!
The moment the streamer desperately arrived at the scene, he heard someone speaking on a call near his ear.
“Stop the subway and evacuate. We’ll hold the monsters off.”
It was one of the team members.
[“That’s wrong! We can’t slow it down—”]
“Do your best to stop it. Sorry, but we don’t have any other option right now.”
The streamer, who had just arrived, asked a male character who had finished a call.
“Who did you call?”
“The subway operator.”
“Ah.”
Ideally, the train should pass through without stopping to avoid casualties, but one player judged that it might not be possible.
The streamer roughly understood the situation and glanced at Chicken Puncher.
So it’s going to come to that.
In Hell Mode, getting a subway to pass safely was already extremely difficult.
Thud. Thud.
The massive boss monster, with a body ready to burst, slowly crawled out of the gate.
Its slime-like huge mass completely blocked the tracks.
KROOOOAAAR—!
SCREEEEEECH—!
The roar of the boss monster and the subway’s emergency braking screech tore through the players’ eardrums.
Because sound was also part of the pain system, some players grimaced.
ChickenPuncher, who had achieved a shocking 90% kill rate within just five minutes, glanced at the subway.
A constellation-wide AoE skill activated.
Green light burst from her eyes, forming a massive green net that slowed down both enemies and the subway itself.
The train, unable to slow properly, entered the station and began smashing into monsters on the tracks.
CRASH! CRASH! BOOM! KABOOM!
SCREEEECH—!!
After hitting four monsters, the subway came to a sudden stop.
It had almost reached the boss.
The players’ eyes widened at the overwhelming AoE skill that was hard to believe even while watching it directly.
The streamer, equally stunned, muttered blankly.
“…A constellation AoE skill?”
—What the hell?
—Whoa
—What kind of skill is that?
—Is that hacks?
—GOF physics is insane, no mercy at all
—That’s not a normal star skill
—Is that Diamond-tier normal? Hidden class?
—Chicken Puncher always had this output
—No wonder she came here to train
The output of constellation skills depends heavily on the constellation’s inherent stats and the player’s match rate.
In GOF, match rate is basically equivalent to skill.
Because it increases as combat proficiency improves.
Some stunned teammates snapped back to reality at the sound of something being pounded.
Thud thud thud!
Chicken Puncher, after wiping out 90% of monsters in five minutes and stopping the train with a constellation skill, was calmly finishing the remaining enemies.
Barehanded.
The black, flesh-like monsters—made even more grotesque due to the absence of blood—lay scattered on the ground.
—…?
—Which one is the monster again?
—lol
—She’s deleting them in one hit
—How much buff is she stacking? She’s basically a DPS with a support attached
—Chicken Puncher tearing monsters apart barehanded
—As expected, my queen
An alarm echoed through the stationary subway.
Beep beep beep!
Then the subway doors opened, and civilians who had been commuting flooded out.
“Ugh!”
“Eek!”
Some screamed at the sight of monsters everywhere.
As monsters reacted to the noise and tried to rush civilians, one teammate activated a constellation skill and raised a large shield to block them.
BOOM! BOOM BOOM!
As passengers evacuated, the situation became urgent.
“Exit is that way!”
Lower-level players naturally moved to the rear and helped civilians escape.
Raid maps made minimizing civilian casualties extremely important.
While teammates carried out their roles in coordination, the front line began the real boss fight.
More precisely, the boss finally began its attack.
Black tentacles shot out.
BOOM!
WHIP— WHIP!
Players who had formed a defensive line scattered in panic.
Even the streamer, who had stayed near the front to capture footage despite not leveling much, quickly retreated.
Ssssshhk.
Wherever the tentacles touched, everything melted, accompanied by screeching rail-like sounds.
The boss’s massive, acidic body bubbled dangerously as it charged toward the players.
KROOOOAAAR—!!
Players who had retreated in different directions unleashed their skills as if waiting for it.
BOOM! KABOOM!
FLASH! KABOOM—!!
Colorful explosions erupted everywhere as constellation ultimate skills and finishing moves poured out.
—What? I can’t see anything
—If the subway had hit the boss, the front cars would’ve melted
—Damage is too low
—Chicken Puncher already took most of the levels
—If you hit the core, HP drops instantly, but slimes make it hard to find
—Annoying boss type
—Is this second rampage phase already?
ChickenPuncher, who had seemed to step back for a moment, suddenly clenched her fist and charged forward.
Constellation light exploded.
Something struck a clearly visible weak point on the boss.
BOOM—!
The boss’s core was forcibly blown out of its body, and its rapidly decreasing HP dropped to zero in an instant.
Deprived of its life source, the boss collapsed like melting sludge.
“…Huh?”
The streamer let out a dazed sound at the sudden end.
[
The boss monster has been successfully defeated. The gate will close shortly and results will be calculated. Please finish cleanup.]
It was really over.
—Huh?
—Whoa…
—??? lol
—What even is this lol
—Is this a perfect clear lol
—It ended in one cycle lol
As a finishing screen, a TV news broadcast of the subway gate incident appeared for each user.
Footage showed players fighting on-site.
Highlights of stopping the train and defeating the boss were shown as results were tallied.
Deaths: 6 (B)
Severely damaged station entrance/interior, melted rail sections, and heavily crushed train cars (A-)
Site suppression time: 9 minutes 37 seconds (S)
Each player’s performance and contribution were displayed.
Finally, rewards were issued.
The streamer, expecting nothing special, widened his eyes.
“The rewards are triple?! Whoa, I knew time bonuses mattered, but this much? The difference between S-rank casualty/property results and this is huge!”
Then the real reward appeared.
—One-cycle clear is legendary
—[(RunCandy) donated 1,000,000 won]
—Whoa, one million
—Congrats
—Are they a Chicken Puncher fan?
—Probably guild-related
—[(Don’t ignore toxicity) donated 50,000 won: If we can keep filming Chicken Puncher, this stream will blow up]
—This was insanely fun. Can we do a few more runs with Chicken Puncher?
—Let’s try battle royale
—Chicken Puncher doesn’t seem interested though
—Raid map rewards are basically pocket change lol compared to ranked PvP rewards
“Thank you, Run Candy!”
As the streamer shouted in excitement, a system notification appeared.
[<Notice>
Chicken Puncher has left the map.]
“This is insane.”
“Seriously strong.”
“A bulldozer. Doesn’t listen to orders at all.”
“Is she even a domestic Hunter?”
“Yeah, I was thinking that too. Her skill is undeniable, but she doesn’t seem familiar with Hunter protocols.”
“That’s what makes it good.”
“Yeah, the wildness is amazing.”
“She didn’t say a single word the whole time. Probably because she’s used to 1v1 matches.”
“Maybe she has voice chat muted.”
As some viewers had guessed, the donor “RunCandy,” who funded the 1,000,000 won ChickenPuncher filming mission, was from a guild.
Upon hearing news of a rare S-class Chicken Puncher appearance, Hunters and staff who were having a company dinner rushed over.
“So the rumor that Chicken Puncher is Player Rank 1’s alt account was false. Her fighting style is completely different from Hunter Baek Hee-an.”
“What did you think after seeing it?”
Everyone turned to one person.
“……”
Hunter Baek Hee-an.
The owner of the top-ranked GOF account “IAN,” who is also the world’s number one Hunter in reality.
A legendary Hunter who achieved first place in the game and then also became the world’s top Hunter in real life, giving GOF rankings unprecedented authority.
