NOVEL NEXT Chapter 47
Since the stream, the growth of the broadcast and YouTube has been accelerating day by day.
Sometimes I wonder if it’s a dream or reality, and there have been times during the broadcast when I rubbed my eyes in disbelief while checking the viewer count.
Especially, I felt the most intense increase in viewers when playing PVP-based online games like League of Legends.
“Hey, please stop targeting me!”
[K-HipHopTopCosmo] – LOL
[Kokkiyaho] – LOLOLOLOLOLOL
[Whirlwind Flower 2] – Seriously, only mids come here LOL
I lost count of how many times I got roamed and once again faced a black screen, I suddenly jumped up and shouted.
Out of the five solo queues I played today, not a single game went without being targeted. Since my main lane is mid, everyone from top to jungle to support and even the ADC comes to mess with me — I’m about to lose my mind.
What’s even more surprising is that my team never cared for me once.
Maybe these guys are just malignant viewers trying to target me but ended up on the same team? I suddenly had that kingly delusion.
“Don’t you see the top is about to go down!? Why are you causing a ruckus in mid!?”
[BlueRageGame] – The top’s falling, so they’re just coming to mid~
[JustWokeUp] – Don’t you know you shouldn’t gank losing lanes?
[Bera666] – ???: Oh mid, just farm while we’re winning the top lane, okay?
How am I supposed to farm while getting targeted in this situation, you crazy people? I could be hugging the first tower, but they’re diving headfirst regardless. At this point, they might as well be headbutting dinosaurs.
[‘Lucid Dream 7’ donated 1,000 Cheese!]
– Who threatens a mage without escape routes?
[Alpaca Hunter] – For real LOL
[Lost Frog] – Our mid champ is such a bug PFT
[29ana] – I tried to hold while pushing but it was pointless LOL
That’s exactly what I mean.
I mean, prior to today, even if there were targeted players, it wasn’t this extreme. What is this, a dating spot in mid? How can I withstand a 3-man and 4-man gank every 30 seconds as they crash into my tower?
While I was doing my best to push the lane, I died without losing much tower health, but I wonder if that’s part of the enemy team’s grand plan.
If I hold out at the second tower, it’ll be hard for them to kill me since they’ll be far away, so they must not be destroying the towers on purpose, making me hold at the first tower just to kill me more. Damn devilish little brats.
“Oh, the enemy team went top!”
Even so, they didn’t seem to plan on targeting only me. As their second tower was being pushed and began to attack the inhibitor tower, the enemy team rushed to our top to take it down.
Good, I’ll grab the CS I missed out on so far during this time. Snatching all the jungle too.
[K-HipHopTopCosmo] – For real, they’re consuming like mad LOLOL
[Ulrahiri] – Does this kid even know what being full feels like?
[MongoSam] – Thinking this won’t bridge the CS gap is pathetic…
As I desperately farmed while spamming my skills, the viewers typed in chat with pity.
Just a moment ago they were reacting to me as if I was pathetic, but now it’s irritating to see them switch sides. But right now, I have to focus on the game in front of me.
I won’t forget the noble sacrifice of our top… Huh?
– Everything is the will of the gods!
While attempting to attack the mid tower to push it down, I was about to witness our lonely top meeting a sad fate when something unexpected happened.
Our top, surrounded by enemies, activated their ultimate, and enormous hands sprang up from all sides, smashing down on the enemies and completely wrecking them.
– Quadra Kill!
[Pink Rabbit] – Whoa
[Catfish With Salmon] – Ilaoi mad movie so insane LOL
[Allfreed] – Truly the emperor of one against many, wow
[Hounyangie] – The enemy mid just looked and got blown up because of top LOL
With the announcer’s comments ringing in my ears, I quietly watched as our top dismantled the inhibitor tower, feeling a surge of emotions in my chest.
Tears, this was surely the messianic figment sent by the gods to save me from these vicious viewers.
– Cosmo: You’re amazing, Top!
– CheeseIsDelicious: Thank you! Hehe
Here’s the perfect time to shower them with compliments; in contrast to the strong, masculine demeanor from earlier, an adorably cute reply came back.
– PinkyLooksLikeAFrog: That person doesn’t seem to be in this tier.
– GoldenSpoon: From their record, looks like it’s a smurf account? The win rate is insane.
– SupportCharIsHere: Win rate 94%, wth
Oh, so it was a smurf account. No wonder their skill shots and ganks were so good for this tier.
[Moscos] – ? Isn’t that Ilaoi from White Blood?
[MyNeighborHani] – Based on the nickname, it seems like it fits.
[PetalThatSank] – Can’t the nicknames be duplicated these days?
[ChuChu] – Definitely must be White Blood; seems like they’re just smurfing for fun this holiday?
While I was marveling at the cool plays and witnessing the mid tower get destroyed up to the second tier, I saw the chat trying to guess our top’s identity.
Who is White Blood? I’ve never heard that name before.
“Hey guys, who is White Blood?”
[AdiosDao] – She’s a female top laner, right?
[That’sItCosmo] – It’s someone named White Blood.
[White Forest] – A wild one for sure, for real.
She’s a woman? No wonder her speech seemed so gentle.
– Cosmo: Are you… White Blood?
– CheeseIsDelicious: Yes, that’s me! Hehe
– CheeseIsDelicious: I’m a fan of Cosmo; it’s such an honor to meet you!
Meeting a female streamer for the first time since the Twip Party felt a bit awkward, but I tried to greet her as casually as possible since we are colleagues.
Then suddenly, the chat exploded with enthusiasm.
[Cro-Magnon] – Look who’s here, the cute one has come!
[WhiteRedBlack] – White Blood, turn on your stream…
[tws2425]
– She came to fill her personal interests, huh? LOLUsually, when a female streamer shows up, the chat would explode with comments like “Oh my, look at the broadcaster’s smile!” or they’d attack me but strangely, our chat viewers were bashing poor White Blood instead.
What kind of concept does she have for her broadcast…
– Victory!
Anyway, thanks to White Blood’s hard carry, the game ended in victory.
As I returned to the lobby, contemplating whether to quit League for the time being, a friend request suddenly popped up.
[CheeseIsDelicious has sent you a friend request.]
Oh, it’s White Blood.
I hesitated for a moment, but since she sent me a request first, I thought it would be rude not to accept, so I clicked the accept button.
Immediately, a one-on-one whisper came flying in.
– CheeseIsDelicious: Cosmo, do you want to duo?
– CheeseIsDelicious: I can carry you to Diamond for free!
That message was a duo proposal.
But I heard White Blood was Master, so isn’t it better for someone like me at Bronze to just play solo? Or she could just duo with another smurf account.
I didn’t have much of a relationship with her, so I wasn’t sure why she was suddenly asking for a duo, but as the traumatic events of today flashed through my mind, I considered just closing my eyes and accepting.
“Everyone, what should I do? White Blood is asking me to duo.”
[That’sItCosmo] – Get that bus rolling!
[Kokkiyaho] – Even if White is a target, playing with her is still a free ticket LOL
[Subject] – Just do what you want, broad!
Hmm, I’m torn.
Honestly, I have a desire to raise my tier, but I’m not a big fan of duos. And if it’s just for someone to carry me, that’s even more…
However, since I’ve never streamed with another streamer before, it wouldn’t be a bad chance to break the ice.
[1st ‘K-HipHopTopCosmo’ donated 10,000 Cheese!]
– Cosmo, do whatever makes you comfortable! We’re fine with anything. Really.
“…Chairman?”
While I continued to ponder, a donation came from the chairman, followed by a voice message.
Suddenly hit by a chill, I couldn’t help but wide-eyed call out to the chairman, but there was no reply.
Wait, what? I get the feeling that choosing incorrectly here could trigger a death flag.
– Cosmo: Oh, I’m sorry, White Blood.
– Cosmo: To be honest, I decided to end the stream after this match today…
– Cosmo: Let’s play together next time.
[Whirlwind Flower 2] – LOL, White Blood got rejected.
[Alpaca Hunter] – LOL, our dude wouldn’t fall for someone like you, you sly little chick!
[Allfreed] – Keke LOL
I decided to trust my gut and sent a rejection to White Blood. To my surprise, the viewers seemed to enjoy this situation, throwing flirty jabs at White Blood for getting rejected.
Who knew rejecting would turn out to be not half bad?
– CheeseIsDelicious: Ah, I see…
– CheeseIsDelicious: There’s nothing I can do then.
– CheeseIsDelicious: Good luck with your stream!
– Cosmo: Thanks!
With encouraging words and leaving a possibility of doing duo in the future, White Blood vanished.
I then exited League, entering Discord for my next content — a viewer singing challenge.
At that moment, another donation came through.
[1st ‘K-HipHopTopCosmo’ donated 10,000 Cheese!]
– I can’t wait for the singing challenge!
It was then that I realized the chairman’s true intentions and gave a small smile.
Surely, the chairman was more interested in the karaoke content than in League of Legends.
At times like these, they could have just told me directly.