I Regressed, But the World Isn’t Destroyed - Chapter 85



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Episode 85 [Iron Fist] – EVO Held (4)

When the first set between Lee Do-hyeok and Ga-tak ended, the stadium erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

The audience went wild at the sight of the underdog defeating the top dog.

But when the second set ended, it was the complete opposite.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Silence descended upon the conference hall.

When people are truly shocked, they tend to be speechless.

And that’s exactly what the EVO crowd looked like right now.

Everyone was shocked, holding their heads or gaping.

Maybe about 1 or 2 seconds passed like that.

“Wow!!”

“Whoa!”

A cheer erupted that seemed as if the stadium would float away.

It’s as if he’s just come to his senses.

“This is… This is…! What the… is it?! ”

“This is crazy! This is a crazy result!! How many seconds did it take for the match to end! First kill! And then crushing! The flowing, continuous attacks knocked out Gatak! He couldn’t even properly extend his hand!”

The commentators also expressed their admiration, breathing out hot breath.

-?

-Is it true that the affair ends this easily?

-Wow… What did I see…?

-He’s not even a pro? What the…

It was a change, a great change.

A complete defeat for Gatak.

That too was a perfect defeat!

From their perspective, I wondered what was going on.

On the other hand, there were also those who took the current results for granted.

-sssssssssssssss

-From now on, this is the Lee Do-hyuk Gallery!

-wwwwww As expected, the East is the best when it comes to games

-Hmm, is that so? Hmm, is that so?

-? What are those guys doing?

Viewers in Korea and Japan.

In their eyes, the results were just what was supposed to happen.

-Ouch-

-Click here to add points~

-Ah, the dividends are so delicious lol

Of course, there were some surprising points.

Lee Do-hyeok won both sets perfectly.

I knew I would win, but I didn’t expect that Gatak wouldn’t be able to reduce Lee Do-hyeok’s HP even by a single bar.

Even the loss of the first set was a situation where Gatak had already reached the maximum attack speed.

Even to those who knew Lee Do-hyeok well, the fact that he ended up losing without being able to hit him even once was a shocking result.

In addition, there were two sets that ended at lightning speed.

-But Dohyuk sensei’s form seems crazy haha ​​he’s perfect

-Really today is so fast

-When has that not happened?

But it’s already been a month since they found out about the streamer named Lee Do-hyeok.

They knew exactly what to do in such a situation.

-Ah haha, it looks like Lee Do-hyeok is doing Lee Do-hyeok again

-I suddenly realized how amazing it is

-Yeah, I checked again

I just had to give up on understanding Lee Do-hyeok.

Viewers are now quite familiar with Lee Do-hyuk.

But the commentators’ reactions were different.

“This is crazy! No matter how many times I watch it, it’s still crazy! I can see that blade isn’t just one, but five or six! How on earth did you dodge all those attacks?”

“Did you read all of Gatak’s arm movements? Or did you just rely on instinct? Whatever it was… Amazing physique! It was like watching Kwabna in the finals of the last tournament!”

“Are you talking about the scene where I evaded or guarded all of Gullof’s attacks? But in my opinion, the current scene is even more… …”

The commentators keep talking while watching the replay screen.

Everyone’s cheeks were flushed with excitement.

In particular, Asus is spitting out a lot of spit and talking nonsense.

Shh …

Lee Do-hyeok opened the capsule and came out.

At that moment, another cheer erupts.

Even though I was quite far from the audience, I felt like my ears were suddenly blocked.

Lee Do-hyuk looked around the audience.

“────!! ──!!”

People who cheer him on enthusiastically.

There were also some who called his name with awkward pronunciation here and there.

In fact, it’s a pretty familiar sight for Lee Do-hyuk.

When he and his comrades defeated a legion of aliens.

When he first killed the ruling species.

When the 8th great invasion was successfully repelled by the 9 heroes including him.

There were quite a few people who cheered him on in a similar way.

Of course, if we look at the meaning contained, the cheers then and now are by no means the same kind.

Still, it feels strange.

“Waaa …

Not a bad feeling.

This too has its own flavor.

Not directed at a savior, but pure admiration and enthusiasm from a fan’s heart.

“…hmm.”

‘This isn’t so bad.’

At first, I started streaming just for the money, but looking back now, I think it was a good choice.

I should say that there are many things to enjoy in many ways.

especially……

“Lee Do-hyeok! It was a perfect, perfect match! You showed overwhelming performance in both the first and second sets! And that was against one of the favorites, Ga-tak!”

Winner Interview.

Lee Do-hyeok opened his mouth.

“Champion… candidate…?”

“…yes?”

We won the game, so we can’t miss this.

“Hmm… Is that it?”

-lol

-Kya hahahaha

-Again hahahahahaha

-Our shameful brother who spreads throughout the world ㅠㅠ

-Who is the favorite? Who is he? Hahahahahahahaha

* * *

The players’ waiting room of a certain club.

“Isn’t that guy completely crazy?”

“That’s right. I knew you were good at hitting, but I didn’t know you could do that against a Gatak…”

“No, not that one. Hehe, that one is really too much.”

First the Ultimate Fighter, then Iron Fist.

Those who enjoy fighting games in Korea cannot help but know about the two disasters that appear in these games, [Humgeujeongdunga].

Of course, it is now safe to say that there is no Iron Fist Pro insider who is unaware of its existence.

First of all, all of the Iron Fist pro teams in Korea have had a history of contacting Lee Do-hyeok at least once.

Even though everyone heard the same rejection.

‘Want to try being a pro?’

‘If the salary is this much and I don’t have to participate in training or anything like that, then I’ll do it.’

‘????’

To be exact, all the clubs gave similar answers, and I thought it was a polite rejection.

Of course, Lee Do-hyuk was 100% sincere.

In any case, Lee Do-hyeok’s Iron Fist Pro contract fell through, but thanks to that, anyone working in the domestic Api Propan could not help but know about Lee Do-hyeok.

I am very familiar with Lee Do-hyeok’s skills, as well as his past actions, appearances on broadcasts, and fighting style.

“No matter what, it’s like that. Who would have thought they’d show that even at EVO?”

But today, looking at it, I felt like I needed to add one more thing to the analysis report on Lee Do-hyeok.

‘It’s more than you know… maybe he was sincere back then’

– He said.

If Anatole, Beyond, Tsuki, etc. had seen this, they might have crossed out the previous sentence and written, ‘It’s even worse than that.’

anyway.

The domestic professional teams that watched the one game between Lee Do-hyeok and Ga-tak were left with a sour taste in their mouths.

“A Korean streamer? Why doesn’t someone like that go pro? Get some information quickly!”

“What? It’s been a month since I started Iron Fist? Hey, what the…! What the hell are you talking about? You’re not looking for it properly?!”

While other overseas clubs were busy trying to figure out who Lee Do-hyeok was and what he did, they kept hearing strange rumors – like Lee Do-hyeok only had one month of Iron Fist experience, or that his full-dive experience was only two months – and they were suspecting that this might be a dirty act of information interference by Korean professional clubs to prevent Lee Do-hyeok from being stolen by other countries.

“Sigh… Fuck… .”

There was one pro player who prepared for his next game with a shit-eating face.

“Player Akuma. It’s your turn to enter now.”

It was Akuma.

Anatol and Beyond are the first generation who came over from Ulfa and started playing Iron Fist, while those who debuted as pros by playing only Iron Fist are called the second generation.

And Akuma was one of the most anticipated players among those second-generation pro players.

Post-Anatol, Post-Beyond were once his nicknames.

But now, he is not a post-who-who, but simply called Akuma, a top-level pro-gamer who made his level known to the world by advancing to the quarterfinals of the last world tournament!

Of course, the only flaw was that they were a bit sluggish after that, and the best they could do was make it to the round of 16.

His professional contract was set to expire at the end of this year.

In other words, this EVO was a golden opportunity for him to increase his value.

That’s why Akuma was trying to somehow advance to the main tournament, and then to the quarterfinals, semifinals, and beyond!

“Group H’s second match begins! Akuma vs. Jade! The winner of this match will face Lee Do-hyuk first, right?”

“The luck of the draw… sucks…”

Akuma glared at his own hand that had just picked Group H.

* * *

All matches in Group H have been completed.

Lee Do-hyeok – 3 wins, 0 losses

Gatak – 2 wins, 1 loss

Akuma – 1 win, 2 losses

Jade – 0 wins, 3 losses

The two who advanced to the main tournament from Group H were Lee Do-hyeok and Ga-tak.

Akuma, who had never thought of overcoming the wall called Lee Do-hyeok in the first place, thought of pouring all his strength into the fight with Gatak.

But in the end, by a narrow margin, they failed to overcome the wall of the Gataks.

As a result, she was eliminated along with Jade, who came out as the 3rd seed and lost all her matches.

Lee Do-hyeok won all matches without losing a single set, following the first match.

Not all of them achieved perfect victories.

The third match against Akuma.

Interestingly enough, in the second set after winning the first set, Tetsujin, chosen by Lee Do-hyeok, was caught in Danila mode.

Lee Do-hyuk made a few mistakes while using Danila’s sword, which resulted in him being hit by Akuma’s attacks.

Even so, it was impossible for him to immediately become proficient at handling a weapon he had never handled before.

“I have to say this one thing! Where on earth did this kind of player come from?”

“Where is it? It’s the country of the fighting races. Another genius has emerged from Korea!”

However, there is no longer a blind person who would deny Lee Do-hyeok’s skills just because he did not achieve a perfect victory in every game.

“… Phew.”

There was one place where the atmosphere became dark.

Wanted’s player waiting room.

Wanted, who is considered the strongest among the 2 seeds, was the opponent that Lee Do-hyeok would face in the round of 16.

“Tch! Those damn developers. Why did they make something like that!”

Wanted grumbled.

Tetsujin, the character released in the last patch, was a headache for many pro gamers participating in this tournament.

It would be hard enough if the fighting style just changed every round, but on top of that, they made it hard to figure out what that fighting style was.

In the past, you could tell Tetsujin’s style by looking at his fighting stance, but this time he didn’t use that method.

Of course, even top-level players who mix and match compensation and non-compensation cannot use all movements like that.

It was possible to know the opponent’s mode by checking their steps, attack, and defense movements.

But conversely, this means that a verification process is needed to find out the opponent’s mode.

For top-level experts, a moment might be enough, but at the same time, even that moment could make a big difference.

Of course, for the sake of balance, Tetsujin also had a corresponding trade-off.

Iron Fist is a form of mimicking another character’s fighting style, but it cannot change body shape, arm and leg length, or hitbox.

There was one big drawback to this.

‘Sometimes I feel a sense of disconnect when using the correction movement.’

Any player good enough to compete at EVO should be able to handle all characters at a high level.

But even so, there was a reason why Tetsujin’s pick rate was not that high in this tournament.

Only those who choose are being chosen.

The reason for this was that when performing corrective movements according to body type, some movements did not fit Tetsujin’s body type and could sometimes feel uncomfortable.

This was a disadvantage that offset the advantage of being able to confuse the opponent.

Clank-

[GET READY FOR THE NEXT BATTLE]

As time passed, the match between Lee Do-hyeok and Wanted finally began.

“Now, let’s start the match! The second match of the round of 16!”

“Wanted player who lost to Tsuki but won all of his subsequent preliminary matches and played well! And the only 4-seed survivor who faces him is another genius from the country with the highest ratio of Shinza ranks! Idohehehehe!”

Bb-

First you choose a character, then you choose a battlefield.

The countdown begins soon.

[3…]

[2…]

Right then.

“Ahh! It has been revealed what mode Lee Do-hyeok’s Tetsujin is in.”

“… … !”

[1…]

Wanted’s eyes widened slightly as he took a pose.

This could be seen as an advantage for him.

Shh.

Because I was able to immediately eliminate Tetsujin’s greatest strength: the ability to confuse his opponents.

Besides, its performance isn’t that good by professional standards.

This character is easy to activate and has many powerful combos, making it a good character for beginners to intermediate to advanced players.

In other words, it meant that there were many combos that were easy to read for advanced players.

Kwak-

“hmm…?”

At that time.

Lee Do-hyuk expresses surprise.

It was because of the familiar feeling I suddenly felt in my hands as the game was ready.

“I can’t help but know what mode this is.”

The commentators added their comments.

Unless you’re an idiot, you probably know what mode Lee Do-hyuk’s Tetsujin is in right now.

Because he had a baseball bat in his hand.

[MODE: Trevor]

Anyone who saw it could see that his Tetsujin was in Trevor mode.

-It’s been a while, this cool and heavy feeling… Has it only been two days?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Anyway, it’s about time I got a taste of it

─Kkaang!!

Lee Do-hyuk wins set 1!

A total of 21 successful attempts!

But I wonder if he wasn’t satisfied there.

“Wow, that’s the most perfect Trevor player I’ve ever seen.”

“Perfect… right?”

“Of course! That tenacity in thoroughly aiming only at the opponent’s head! And yet the evasive ability to not get hit even once!”

The second set started next.

“Ah, the moment I spoke, the two lines completed their character selection… Huh?”

“This time, Lee Do-hyeok didn’t pick Tetsujin. Haha. Did he listen to Asus’ commentator?”

Bb-

[READY]

Lee Do-hyeok, who has completed preparations.

The character he chose was not Tetsujin.

But what he was holding in his hand was the same as set 1.

Cool and heavy… baseball bat.

Whirik-

Lee Do-hyeok turned it around in his hand as if he was happy to see it.

A look of genuine satisfaction.

[Lee Do-hyeok – Trevor]

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

-Ugh hahahahahaha

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋWhy are you suddenly choosing Trevor?

-Ah haha ​​I really can’t follow your cooking skills

-Really lol

-F*ck, how many bowls are you planning on making?

Beyond the Asian servers, a cold wave was sweeping over EVO.

─Kkaang!! Bang! Bang!