I Regressed but the World Didn’t Fall Apart

The Double Axe is Innocent (1) – [It Kills Two]

010.

From the viewpoint of Black Oak relaying the scene, Ido-hyuk’s play was somewhat bewildering.

“T-There was a giant zombie.”

– What? What? What?

– Did he cut it in 5 seconds for real?

– No way, lol, he’s insane

“…There wasn’t.”

Grind, grind…

A giant zombie, its neck half-exposed, making growling sounds.

Its accurate name is Fat Boomer.

Due to spewing out hard-to-avoid acid, it was classified as a creature with quite a high difficulty level to defeat.

During gameplay, Lee Dohyuk and Jeean encountered not one, not two, but three Fat Boomers.

Yet, it took them only a few seconds to deal with all of them.

Next was the Neck Hugger, followed by the Eggrande.

This time, even a giant zombie.

Black Oak, who still couldn’t adapt to Lee Dohyuk’s gameplay.

[“Dohyukchu” has donated 10,000 won.]

– How did you do that?

[“Spoon Killer” has donated 30,000 won.]

– Thought it was a safe asset, followed Black Oak with an axe mission, but started feeling nervous, so annoying hahahaha. Let me go first.

– No way;;; Seriously doesn’t make sense.

– Is Lee Dohyuk a rookie? Is Lee Dohyuk a rookie?

– Is that person Lee Dohyuk? Who was he originally?

– What’s with him? Just trained with an axe in a small room?

Of course, viewers were the same.

With all the questions and donations, the chat window quickly filled up.

“Thank you, Dohyukchu-nim! Spoon Killer-nim! Oppa. Look at this nickname. Seems like you’ve already become Oppa’s fan.”

Jeean reacting to such donations.

She had been faithfully performing her role since a while ago.

Reading the overflowing chat and donations, and responding to them.

Of course, cheering was also included.

“My fan? Hmm… Thank you for the donation.”

Seems like a new fan base has emerged.

Initially, whether it was chat messages or donations, Lee Dohyuk, who used to stay silent, was now responding to some of them.

“Just now, how did you do that? Um… I mean.”

For example, explaining tactics like he is now or answering the barrage of questions.

“Those chubby guys, instead of spitting acid from their mouths, have slow attacks. In other words, you just need to watch out for the acid. So, like what I did earlier, look at the direction their mouth is facing, dodge, then approach and aim for the neck.”

Lee Dohyuk explaining diligently.

Having easily recalled the tactics upon seeing Fat Boomer’s movements.

Lee Dohyuk kindly concluded his explanation.

‘There’s no reason not to be kind.’

Just for killing a few chubby zombies, they were generously donating tens of thousands of won.

Truly grateful people.

– ? hahahaha

– Seriously, no words to say.

However, viewers just couldn’t quite accept Lee Dohyuk’s kind explanations warmly.

– hahahaha no, but how do you do that?

– If that works, I’ll dodge bullets too hahahaha

– Information) How to avoid a gun: Dodge while looking at the gun barrel direction.

– Ah, I see! What a useful tip!

In reality, it’s easier said than done. How many people could actually follow that advice?

Even if you brought in famous streamers and pro gamers with insane skills, there might be a few who could pull it off after several attempts. But for ordinary gamers like the viewers, it was an impossible task.

Moreover, Ido-hyuk was showcasing such gameplay in a full-dive game today without any prior practice.

– Who is this guy, really?

– Seriously, at this level, even the pros in Reality Mode would be no match for him, right?

– hahahaha, even if Zeratul himself showed up, he probably couldn’t match this.

It wasn’t unusual for such comments to appear in the chat.

Zeratul is a renowned pro in Korea in the field of Reality Mode full-dive, one of the few world-class pro gamers in Korea, which, despite being a former gaming powerhouse, now hears whispers of being a gaming underdog, especially after the global trend of full-dive.

In other words, Zeratul is one of the leaders of K-Culture.

On the first day of his broadcast, Ido-hyuk was being compared to Zeratul.

– Nah, what’s with the talk about kills and pros here?

– No matter what, he’s not a pro.

Of course, not everyone agreed with such comparisons.

Especially the comparison between pros and broadcasters was a heated topic in the internet broadcasting industry.

The chat was starting to heat up.

But not for long.

The burning chat was quickly subdued by Ido-hyuk’s following words.

– Wait, how can you dodge by looking at the direction of the open mouth?

“Um… It’s hard to dodge by looking at the direction the mouth is facing?”

Ido-hyuk seemed confused after reading a chat, as if not understanding.

‘Can’t do this?’

After a brief moment of contemplation, Ido-hyuk remembered a different technique.

With a sigh, he opened his mouth.

“Oh! Then focus on the movement of the neck muscles. To turn your head, the neck muscles have to move first. I saw earlier that the muscle twitching signals the spitting of acid.”

Ido-hyuk’s guide on avoiding acid, part 2

If it’s difficult to dodge by looking at the direction of the mouth, then dodge by observing the movement of the neck muscles.

Having finished his explanation, Ido-hyuk looked proudly at the chat.

– ?

– hahahahaha

– Oh, I see;;

– No, that’s something only you can do.

Of course, even though no one could follow up on part 2 after failing to replicate part 1.

– Information) How to avoid a gun 2: Pay attention to the movement of the finger about to pull the trigger.

– Oh, I remember seeing that method in Detective Conan.

– I saw it in The Matrix, hahahaha.

– These guys above are so outdated;

– Seriously, when was the last time you watched Conan or The Matrix?

The progress after that was swift.

“That’s the second boss, right?”

The second boss room they had reached in no time.

Normally, they would have to evade fixed creature spawning points and barely make their way through random encounter creatures to arrive, but…

-hahahahaha, check out that clear speed.

-Is this a hack-and-slash game?

-Feels like watching a martial arts game;

However, the situation was a bit different for Lee Dohyuk.

Without any specific weapon farming, he roamed the map and slaughtered every creature he encountered.

As a result, less than an hour after defeating the first boss, he was facing the second boss.

“Judging by its size, it’s likely to have slow movements. Seeing the decay around the armpit, that seems to be a weakness. I’ll keep targeting that area every time it raises its arm.”

What kind of strategy was that?

Upon hearing Lee Dohyuk’s explanation, most viewers had the same thought.

But they couldn’t really criticize.

-hahahaha, sure, go for it.

-Oh, didn’t he break it with a flamethrower because it had double fire damage?

-Where did he get a flamethrower from?

-Got it as a drop, but it was too heavy, so he threw it away hahahahaha

-Oh, as a cheerleader, he doesn’t need that kind of thing hahahahaha

In reality, Lee Dohyuk was executing that absurd strategy quite well.

Moreover, Lee Dohyuk’s performance, upon closer inspection, had been consistent all along.

A playstyle from Lee Dohyuk that resembled a certain pattern.

Kawaaah!

When a monster appeared,

Whoosh- Swish! Fwoosh!

He handled the axe like a ghost and brought down the monster.

Kkieeak-

Undoubtedly, the bosses in “It Kills Two” were each malicious creatures that raised the game’s difficulty to extreme levels.

But in front of Lee Dohyuk, they seemed to just flail around like promotional balloons, only to end up torn to shreds.

“See, I was right, wasn’t I? The armpit was the weakness.”

-Exactly, good point.

-My armpits hurt just watching.

-I feel itchy all over.

-He keeps hitting the boss with a hand axe, no wonder the boss is getting wrecked.

Of course, viewers were ecstatic about Lee Dohyuk’s consistent playstyle.

It was a natural reaction.

If every battle ends one-sidedly, following a similar script, how would that be?

This one pattern was a new spectacle they had never seen before.

There was no reason to find fault with that pattern.

Even after clearing the second boss, Lee Dohyuk showed some changes of his own.

“Oh. There’s another hand axe here. I’ll take care of this.”

While investigating the floor after defeating the boss, Lee Dohyuk found another hand axe.

-Whoa, dual axes.

-What’s 1 divided by 1? Anyone know?

-It’s 2, aaahhh!

In that moment, a famous saying from an old game came to mind.

[Dual swords are science.]

Of course, in the era of Full Dive games.

This saying became applicable not only to old games but to all games.

Unlike traditional games played with a keyboard and mouse, in Full Dive games, players had to move their bodies directly.

Naturally, players who could properly handle the combat style of wielding a weapon in each hand, whether dual swords or dual axes, were extremely rare.

No, it was not just rare; it was practically non-existent.

Hence, dual-wielding weapons were a science and a symbol of defeat.

But at the same time-

-“That” axe on fire!

-Wheelwind coming?

-Woahhh!

It was the epitome of a man’s fantasy.

Of course, that was when one could handle dual-wielding weapons well, but who was Lee Dohyuk?

Keyak-!

Encountering dozens of zombies on the next floor.

All of them were mutant creatures.

With glowing eyes, the zombies rushed towards Lee Dohyuk and Jian.

-What difficulty is this, lol.

-Why are there dozens of them popping up?

Originally, there would be around ten zombies in this section.

But due to the increased difficulty, the appearance of regular creatures had multiplied several times.

Viewers who had tuned in to the broadcast via Black Oak were now over 500, making Jian Chu’s broadcast selected for the [Rapidly Rising in Popularity] category, attracting new viewers.

-It’s in reality mode, lol.

-?? If that’s reality, then what?

-Newbies, take a seat

-If you slack off, you’ll understand why the difficulty is like this

-By the way, it’s not 3 days, it’s 3 minutes

Existing viewers explained to these new viewers.

Of course, calling them existing viewers was a stretch since they were all first-day viewers who had just seen Lee Dohyuk today.

They, too, had not fully grasped Lee Dohyuk’s true nature yet. And now they were rushing towards dozens of zombies.

-Insane.

– Intensity, look at that;;

Viewers expressing concern about that appearance.

Even among the existing viewers who had been watching Ido-hyuk’s broadcast since earlier, there were those typing worried chats.

– No matter what, dealing with dozens at once is no joke, right?

– If those dual axes get tangled just once, it’s an instant death;;

-Hmm… That’s why you shouldn’t show it off too much… Seems like he’s overly excited this time.

The utilization difficulty of dual axes is extremely high.

Add to that a situation with dozens of opponents.

No matter how Ido-hyuk had been slaughtering all his previous battles unilaterally.

This time, it was expected to be challenging.

In other words.

Whether it was viewers who had newly found the broadcast, or viewers who had been watching Ido-hyuk’s plays from the start.

They all didn’t know for sure.

What Ido-hyuk could do, and where his limits lie.

——Thunk!

That’s why,

-Wow

-???

-Whoa

Everyone could only have similar reactions to Ido-hyuk’s dual axe play.

—Thud!

The first thrown axe sliced through a zombie’s neck.

Crack!

The next one collided with the next one’s skull.

Kee-ak-!

Perhaps even zombies have some camaraderie among themselves.

The remaining zombies screamed as they saw their fellow zombie die helplessly.

Dozens of zombies immediately rushed towards Ido-hyuk.

While twisting the handle, Ido-hyuk pulled out the axe embedded in the skull.

Even in the midst of that, he raised the other axe to block the attack of a mutant zombie.

Clang-

The hardened nails of the mutant zombie clashed with the axe Ido-hyuk raised, sparks flying in the air.

“This is the advantage of dual-wielding weapons. You can attack and defend with both hands. At the same time.”

Ido-hyuk even showed the composure to deliver a broadcast-worthy line.