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The Villainess VTuber Rips People Apart-Chapter 176
MadMask, commentating on the match, thought to himself: "Can Aurora really defeat Son Na-rim?"
The Dragon Knight wasn’t a popular pick in professional gaming, but there were a few metas where it had appeared in the past. Sometimes it even showed up as a joker pick.
Most of the time, the game would end before the Dragon Knight could activate their ultimate.
In fact, in the professional scene, the Dragon Knight wasn’t often used for activating its ultimate; rather, it was more commonly used as a disruptive pick with <Reignite>.
Even so, there were occasional times when the Dragon Knight did manage to activate its ultimate, and as far as MadMask knew, no Dragon Knight had ever lost after activating their ultimate.
"So, how do you even deal with the Dragon Knight’s ultimate…? It's still not properly figured out," MadMask mused.
Before the Dragon Knight could activate its ultimate, it was usually stopped, and that was the established strategy.
Once the Dragon Knight activates its ultimate, it’s not the Dragon Knight’s fault. It's the other player’s fault for not stopping them. That was the general attitude in the pro scene.
So, even pro gamers didn’t waste time practicing against a Dragon Knight that had already activated its ultimate.
The Dragon Knight wasn’t a common pick, and it seemed far more efficient to practice with other characters instead.
That’s why, out of pure curiosity, MadMask wondered: "Can Aurora really slay the dragon?"
"I’ve never had mountain climbing as a hobby, but for humanity, Mount Everest is both an object of awe and a source of fear, isn't it?"
At that moment, Laura, picking up the dagger Son Na-rim had thrown earlier, spoke out loud.
"At the same time, it’s an object of conquest."
Laura smiled faintly.
【User 'Polar Bear' donated 1,000 won.】
【That means she’s going to conquer Na-rim, right? T_T】
MadMask nearly burst out laughing as he saw the donation chat come in.
Meanwhile, Laura charged forward, activating the <Infiltration> skill.
[Aurora starts running. With the stealth skill <Infiltration>, Son Na-rim won’t be able to see her. What will Aurora do now?]
[Even as a pro gamer, I’m not sure. But Son Na-rim’s job just got easier. She’ll likely use Breath for a wide-range attack.]
As predicted by MadMask, the breath of the dragon surged out.
Whoosh!
A burst of fiery breath.
Having no idea where Laura was, Na-rim set the entire area on fire. It was like the saying, "Burning down the house to catch a flea."
However, Laura was already gone from the range of the breath.
That’s because Laura had positioned herself between the Dragon Knight’s legs.
"Breath's blind spot…!" MadMask thought in surprise.
Upon further reflection, the only place Laura could have gone was there. It was a place that wasn’t easy to consider.
Still, the speed of the thought process was astonishing.
MadMask had checked Laura’s record, and as far as he remembered, she didn’t have much experience fighting against the Dragon Knight. This was definitely her first time facing a Dragon Knight who had transformed into a dragon.
In a situation where anyone else would panic, Laura calmly picked up a stone.
And lightly threw it at the dragon’s tail.
[Why did Aurora throw a stone at the tail?]
Kaiser asked, but MadMask couldn’t answer right away. He wasn’t sure of the intention.
But soon, Laura’s actions revealed her plan. The dragon swung its tail forcefully.
[It seems Aurora gave a fake-out to Son Na-rim. She was trying to make Na-rim think she was still attached to the tail.]
While Son Na-rim focused on the tail, Laura began to climb up the dragon’s left hind leg.
Na-rim, realizing this a bit late, raised her hind leg with a powerful movement.
The massive physical energy created a booming sound, but Laura held her ground with a stable posture.
[If Laura had climbed the front legs or the tail, Son Na-rim could have shaken her off. With a strong swing, Laura would have fallen off.]
However, the hind leg was the primary weight-bearing part of the body.
Since its range of motion wasn’t wide, it was difficult to shake off Laura from that spot.
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So, Laura climbed up the dragon's torso.
Then the dragon raised its long neck and turned its head. Flames were already flowing from its mouth.
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Whoosh!
Another breath.
Son Na-rim set her own body on fire.
Specifically, the attack seemed aimed at Laura, who was clinging to her.
At first glance, it might have seemed like self-harm, but Na-rim was protected by the dragon's scales. She didn’t take much damage.
Then, Laura moved to the opposite side.
By "opposite side," this meant she had crossed from the left to the right side of the dragon’s body.
No matter how wide the breath was, it was impossible to burn the entire dragon’s massive body at once.
Indeed, the fire only reached the left side of the dragon’s body. Laura, having noticed this, easily dodged to the right.
[Aurora is playing with Son Na-rim!]
"Huh...""Wow...""She’s playing with her!?!""As expected, Na-rim is the side chick, haha""Romance is Sora, marriage is Rion, and the affair is Na-rim, hahahaha"
Ignoring the outbursts from the commentators and viewers...
[The real problem starts here. Aurora has managed to climb on top of Son Na-rim… ahem, she’s succeeded in climbing, but does she have a victory plan?]
The reason the Dragon Knight’s dragon form is so threatening is that, not only does it have high attack power, but it also has a strong defense.
Laura’s weapon, at best, was a pair of daggers.
Meanwhile, Na-rim had transformed into a dragon with an enormous form, and a Sacred Knight's dagger would seem like a toothpick to her.
Whether a toothpick could kill a dragon or not was another question.
[With that, she can’t pierce the dragon's scales.]
Without a powerful attack, it was difficult to inflict damage.
To make matters worse, Son Na-rim began flapping her wings.
Slowly, the dragon began to rise into the air.
Gradually, she started to ascend toward the sky.
At first, the commentators couldn’t tell what Na-rim was planning.
[Son Na-rim is planning to flip her body in the air.]
She was thinking of throwing Aurora off the dragon.
No matter how inhuman Aurora’s physicality was, it was like asking her to survive while clinging to the exterior of a high-speed fighter jet.
Before Na-rim could gain altitude, Laura had to make her move.
And the decisive move was on Na-rim’s shoulder.
[The wound?]
There was a wound on the dragon’s back.
More precisely, near the neck area.
A large and deep wound.
[...That wound was from when Son Na-rim was still in human form.]
There’s a saying that if you want to kill a dragon, aim for its old wounds.
Though the wound in front of Laura wasn’t that old, it was fresh enough.
Due to the earlier skirmish, Son Na-rim had multiple wounds, especially two deep and large ones from the daggers.
The wound from when she was human remained even in her dragon form.
In fact, as her body had grown, the wound had become even larger.
Na-rim had even aggravated the wound on purpose to fill her ultimate gauge.
Since she had given up all her defensive traits, the wound had never healed.
If a human had such a wound, it might seem like a massive cave to an ant.
Aurora—dove into Son Na-rim’s wound.
"Divine Dance."
Laura’s daggers danced.
The soft flesh beneath the hard scales was nothing more than meat.
Wherever the daggers passed, flesh was sliced off, and blood splattered.
The once feared and revered mythical creature—the dragon—began to die slowly from the inside.
The dragon screamed.
Laura burrowed deeper.
Until the dragon took its final breath.
Noa watched the dragon fall from the screen.
Without realizing it, she let out a gasp.
"Aurora is a god…!"
Noble Punch! Noble Punch!... Oh, wait, that’s not it?
Honestly, thinking rationally, she should have been rooting for Na-rim, since Leviathan was a competitor, and Son Na-rim was her direct senior.
But she couldn’t help it.
Aurora was just too cool.
But wait...
"Didn’t I forget something?"
"What do you mean... I can’t talk to her because she’s in the middle of a match..."
You fucking idiot.
That’s just an excuse, like something SuMin would say.
You’ve just been using the match as an excuse to give up on trying.
You know there’s something you could do right now, don’t you?
"Oh, right…! Donation chat!"
At that moment, an idea flashed in Noa’s mind.
In Fantasy League, watching the viewer chat is forbidden. The stream has a 5-minute delay, and using information from viewers is strongly penalized.
So, she couldn’t see the regular chat, but donation chat, which is paid, could be checked by the VTubers after the stream ended.
So, she could donate and increase her favorability!
With that thought, Noa sent her donation.
【Elenoa donated 1,000 won.】
【Na-rim (skin) is inside Laura!】
【Elenoa donated 1,000 won.】
【Dragon Slayer Aurora!!!!】
【Elenoa donated 1,000 won.】
【From now on, I’ll call it Dragon Slayer phenomenon every time I see the Aurora Borealis!!!!】
Later, Noa got scolded by her manager.
She was told off for supporting Laura, the opponent, instead of her senior, Son Na-rim.
Sigh.