For Omelet, today’s stream mattered a great deal.

[Tutorial First Place]

[1,190,000 won]

It wasn’t just because of the massive prize money.

‘Today’s the turning point for my stream.’

Omelet had stubbornly stuck to Siege mode until now. Today marked his first ever Survival mode stream. And this was the very first match.

[Breaking: Omelet plays survival mode LOL]

[Is this for real? We’re actually seeing Omelet play survival.]

[Holy shit, he really did it LOL that snitch bastard]

Whether people liked or disliked Omelet playing Survival mode, today drew attention no matter what. The video would get explosive traction when it went on YouTube later.

[Survival mode? Pfft...!]

What if he slapped a mocking face on the thumbnail with a caption like that? He also thought of a title.

[My First Ever Survival Mode Playthrough]

People would click just to see whether Omelet won or lost, whether he was good or bad.

It would guarantee massive views. Not just because he was a mega YouTuber with two million subscribers, but because of how long he’d criticized Survival mode. No, he had practically looked down on it.

[#MakeLILGreatAgain]

He had spent years pushing slogans like that, preaching about preserving the true game.

All of it felt like a buildup for this exact moment. In the end, he had turned on Survival mode. It was like the Pope announcing a livestream conversion to Buddhism. Of course, people would swarm in.

‘I have to show them.’

The outcome had to be convincing. If he did well, all that attention would turn into applause. If he failed, it would become ridicule.

***

All fallen teammates could be revived at the Sanctuary of Resurrection, but another condition existed. The player had to remain inside its area for ten seconds.

[1/10 seconds]

The timer wouldn’t move at all if players from another team entered that area.

Almond’s eyes went wide. “What? The time isn’t moving. Is this a bug?”

— Read the manual

— You read tutorial tips so hard, how do you not know this LOL

— There are people in here!

— LMAOOOO

The time wasn’t progressing because players from other teams were inside the Sanctuary. Not just one or two, but an entire crowd was pouring in. The only saving grace was that they started fighting each other.

“Kill them! That tank over there!”

“N-No!? Hey! But still, kill them!”

One team had mistaken another team for Almond’s allies and charged in without hesitation. One was Omelet’s Team One. The other was Team Five. Neither side bothered explaining since they all had to fight anyway. They simply responded with violence.

“Doesn’t matter. He’s alone! Start here!”

“O-Okay!”

From Team Five’s perspective, it made more sense to fight the intact five-man squad than target a lone player.

“Raina-sama! Raina-sama, fight with us!”

They even tried to recruit Almond.

“What!? They’re on different teams!?”

Hearing that, Omelet’s team finally realized it.

‘They’re five too?’

They had charged straight into a five-versus-five fight.

Boooom!

By then, attacks were already flying.

“D-Damn it, fall back!”

As an ally panicked and tried to retreat, Omelet bellowed at him, “No! No! Go in! Push!”

He shaped his hands like pistols and thrust them forward.

Click!

His hands transformed into black machine guns as a skill activated.

[Slip ‘n’ Bang Bang Bang!]

[Bonnie performs a sliding dash and fires both machine guns in a wild barrage. Cooldown: Eight seconds. Cooldown will decrease for each successful hit.]

The core skill of Terrorist Bonnie allowed the most freeform moving shots among ranged damage dealers.

When using it, he always shouted the familiar sound effect, “Skrrrraaah!”

His aim landed perfectly.

Dududududududu!

— Oh, that angle’s sharp

— Damn, all of that hits?

— This is it

— Engage, holy shit

With massive damage stacking, Omelet instantly slipped behind the enemy.

“Got their back~!”

In a brief lapse, he closed in on Team Five’s damage dealers. With Bonnie’s kit, unloading at close range left most dealers helpless.

Dududududu!

Bonnie’s rocket launcher followed after the flurry of machine-gun hits.

[Ruuuumble... Boom!]

[Combines both machine guns into a Hextech rocket launcher, dealing wide-area damage and knocking enemies back. Cooldown: five seconds. Cooldown reduced on hit.]

KRAAASH!

The rocket exploded in a brilliant display of colors, blasting enemies in all directions. The squishiest mage was knocked straight toward Omelet.

— Whoa

— That rocket knockback was insane

— Damn

— This is it

Dudududududu!

Omelet turned the mage into Swiss cheese with Bonnie’s machine gun.

[Omelet is unstoppable!]

[Omelet → lilrookie]

“Bug cut!”

— Whoa

— Damn

— Teamfight is over

— Bonnie is going wild

— Pony Bonnie!

“Bonnie behind!”

“Kill Bonnie!”

The enemy bruisers dashed toward him, but Bonnie’s passive activated the moment Omelet secured the kill.

[Bonnie Pony!]

[Upon killing an enemy, movement speed and machine gun fire rate will increase drastically for seven seconds.]

“Skrrrraaah!”

Shooo!

With perfect spacing, Omelet darted back at blistering speed and slipped past the bruisers’ dashes. A storm of machine-gun fire was waiting for them.

“Uh!?”

“Gah!”

Dudududududu!

[Omelet Double Kill!]

[Omelet is on a rampage!]

[Omelet → BigFanfare]

— Skrrrah~

— Make LIL Great Again! Make LIL Great Again! Make LIL Great Again!

— This is it LOL

— Holy shit

— He’s insane

— Bartender, pour me some beer, holy fuck

— Omelet the Majesty!

Omelet felt it clearly as chants erupted around him.

‘Yeah. This is perfect.’

Right here, in front of everyone watching, he would prove that his skills worked in Survival mode too. Survival mode was just a lesser version of Siege.

‘Now. This is the moment.’

Ssssk!

Omelet dragged the muzzle across his knee, drawing blood.

“Contracts or whatever, I love blood. Want to spill a little more!? Kya-hahaha!”

He used his ultimate skill.

Clank.

Weapons forged from crimson blood materialized.

[Ultimate Skill – Everyone Together, Boom Bang Bang Boom Bang Boom!]

Bonnie unleashed every weapon she had in a devastating forward barrage. She fired all her rockets, missiles, machine guns, and grenades without sparing anything. This technique obliterated everything ahead with overwhelming firepower.

KRAAAASH!!!

“Drdrdrdr! Kack-kack! Bang bang! Skrrrah~!”

— Kyaa, LOL

— Even the showmanship, LOL

— Skrrrah~

— This is it, LOL

— So satisfying~ skrrrah~

Dudududududududu!

The final volley was meant to seal a flawless teamfight victory. Countless blood-red muzzles spat fire as enemy health bars plummeted at breakneck speed. However, Omelet became completely rooted during this skill.

Sliiide.

‘What? He’s just standing there.’

Omelet had briefly forgotten about the player hiding in the bushes behind him. A moment of carelessness occurred.

‘Huh?’

He sensed someone and tried to cancel his ultimate skill.

Boom!

“Eh!?”

[Mana Exposure]

Whoosh!

In an instant, blue flames swallowed his view.

‘Raina.’

He immediately recognized that it was the Raina from earlier.

‘Raina isn’t that good.’

Omelet threw himself to the right and activated a dash.

[Slip ’n’ Bang Bang Bang!]

Shooong!

Sliding forward, he unloaded his machine guns.

Dudududududu!

Every shot dug cleanly into Raina.

— Kyaa, that aim

— Oh

— He’s using it insanely well

“Ea~sy!”

Countering Raina was simple. Superior mobility could break her target combo.

BOOMBOOMBOOM!

As if she’d been waiting for it, Raina’s arrows slammed in right along his dash path.

[HP: 51%]

Her range had reached farther than Omelet expected.

“This reaches!?”

On top of that, her firing speed felt absurd.

“E-Every shot hit?!”

The accuracy was outright ridiculous.

[Mana Exposure]

[Mana Exposure]

Back-to-back Mana Exposures occurred. Three stacks on a ranged damage dealer’s health pool basically meant the end.

[HP: 3%]

“No, fucking...!?”

Boooom!

Those were Omelet’s last words.

[The enemy is Legendary!]

“Legendary...?”

[LazySoldier → Omelet]

Omelet finally understood. That guy was the one who had gotten the pentakill earlier.

— Whoa, what?

— Huh?

— He died??

— LazySoldier??

— Holy shit LOL

— Wait?

Ding!

[You have become a rune champion!]

[Move closer to an ally!]

The screen turned black-and-white as Omelet became a rune champion. He bounced along toward his teammates.

“Hey! Hey! Save me! I, I’m dead. Save me!”

His rune champion hopped closer. Strangely enough, his allies were running away.

“Where are you going!?”

“T-That thing! What is that!? Run!”

Behind him, a level eighteen Raina with blood-red eyes was in hot pursuit.

[Roll]

Whoosh!

She closed the distance instantly with a forward roll.

“No, what kind of Raina rolls into multiple enemies?”

Omelet’s backseat commentary fell flat.

Boom!

One ally went up in blue flames.

[Enemy Double Kill!]

Even the enemy beside him died.

Boom! Boom!

[Enemy Triple Kill!]

They dropped in seconds. It wasn’t surprising. Everyone had been fighting each other nonstop. Their health was already scraped bare.

— It’s your fault, you bastard LOL

— You stacked all her combos for her LOL

— Holy shit, what a troll

— That snowball is rolling hard LOL

— Troll, LOL

Raina had already built up an absurd number of stacks through Omelet.

“W-What the hell!? No matter what, there are still people here!” he shouted.

Some resistance did exist.

Slash!

An assassin dashed in, slashing at Raina.

‘What?’

Whoosh.

With fluid movements, Raina slipped aside effortlessly.

‘That didn’t land?’

The assassin’s speed was meaningless against her razor-sharp focus. At best, he was a slightly faster mosquito.

Boom!

[Enemy Quadra Kill!]

Raina dodged everything thrown at her and landed every shot she fired.

Omelet understood instinctively.

‘Who is this?’

This wasn’t a normal player or a hacker. The answer was already filling the chat.

— Mom, I want to grow up to be Almond! Mom, I want to grow up to be Almond! Mom, I want to grow up to be Almond!

— The return of LazySoldier, damn

— That guy is Almond?? LOL

— It’s Almond??

— Did Almond debut survival mode too?

— Ah, no wonder. Thought it was rune invisibility LOL

— Holy shit LOL

— Legendary

— This is Almond’s survival mode debut stream, right?

‘Almond?’

Almond was from a different platform, but everyone in the industry knew his name. A streamer who had burst onto the scene like a supernova. Raina was his signature champion.

“No... this makes no sense.” Omelet felt crushed. “Why him, of all people?!”

[Penta Kill!]

In that moment, Omelet’s Survival mode debut had turned into Almond’s pentakill highlight reel.

“This was supposed to be my content!”

— Kyaa

— Whoa

— LOOOOOOL

— Please keep going, Omelet-sama

— Insane

— ??? Your stream was fire, bro

— LOOOOOOOL

— Holy shit LOL

— Hey, get a little closer so we can see Almond

— Put on some music, Omelet, jeez

Boing, boing.

The rune champion bounced and screamed, “Please! Please, someone kill him! Kill that Raina!”