A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 72

[Rene]

[Today, I’m going to play AOS mode]

[New Dimension | 1523 viewers | 01:23:45]

“Ah, found it….”

I use dismantling on the treasure chest I discovered.

If I eat this, I’ll get 630 gold at level 3.

While going home to buy items sounds nice, climbing up to find the remaining treasure chests is also a good plan.

Alternatively, I could drop down to help our bot line, which is slightly struggling.

As I was contemplating this and waiting for dismantling to finish, I spotted the enemy jungle on the mini-map.

Thanks to my earlier early-game gank to secure vision in the enemy jungle.

The enemy was level 3, but once I finished dismantling here, I’d also be level 3, so that part doesn’t matter.

My character is an assassin.

Glancing at the mini-map, I noticed our bot line was still struggling slightly due to matchups.

And suddenly, our mid’s HP dropped dramatically.

They probably exchanged skills back and forth.

While I was piecing the situation together, dismantling finished, and I reached level 3.

“I’m going in!”

I immediately made my way into the enemy jungle.

─?
─Rene, I’m the jungle, going there is just crazy!

─Are you looking to die or what, lol?

─You’re a Traveler, you crazy girl.

─A low-level traveler without items challenging an assassin?

─Fact: Even if you hit level cap, a Traveler can’t beat an assassin.

─Is there even a character that a Traveler can beat in AOS?

The chat window seemed to question my decisions for some reason.

Where’s the more accurate judgment than this?

Maybe the Rebongi don’t really know much about AOS?

No, they might just be teasing me.

“Hmph…”

Expressing a bit of dissatisfaction, I arrived at the enemy jungle.

Thinking about the direction they moved, they must have come this way.

My guess was correct, as I spotted a thief searching through a treasure chest.

Using acceleration and leap skills, I rushed towards the thief, who promptly stopped dismantling and used back attack on me.

“With this, I’ve won…”

I immediately used Slippery Move to ignore the damage from the back attack and spun around, swinging my Warhammer with full force.

Bang!

With a powerful impact sound, the thief was pushed back significantly, and his HP dropped by about 5 percent.

Of course, I had no intention of ending it there.

I needed to follow up to secure a decisive victory.

Whoosh!

Ducking under the thief’s poke skill, Dagger Wisp, I stepped forward with my left foot.

─?
─Wait, Dagger Wisp can’t be dodged?

─How did you do that, you crazy girl?

At the same time, I jabbed my elbow deeply into the thief’s chest to restrict his movements, then turned my body widely to strike his side with my Warhammer.

Crack!

“Ugh?!”

With the sound of bones shattering, the enemy groaned in pain.

However, it seemed the thief had a good grasp of AOS strategy, as he dashed towards me again, using Dagger Wisp once more.

And then came the Flayer.

Flayer, though short-ranged, was a very low-numbered guaranteed hit skill in New Dimension’s AOS mode.

With decent damage too, it was definitely one of the skills one should avoid getting hit by.

Yet, I was already too close to the thief, and it was impossible to dodge the combo of Dagger Wisp and Flayer.

─I’m about to get hit by this.

─Screwed.

─Why did you even engage?!

Grind.

With an unpleasant slicing sound, over 40 percent of my HP was gone.

Thanks to passive skill Blood Loss and the trait Accumulation activating together.

Then, the thief quickly swung his dagger again, aiming to finish off my quickly dwindling HP.

But that was a huge miscalculation.

From the moment he used back attack on me, the fight was already lost; now, charging in again was just sealing his fate.

─Quickly use Blink and get out, Rene!

─You’re really done for, lol.

─From the moment you engaged, you were already lost.

I dodged the thief’s dagger and swung my Warhammer. I couldn’t dodge all of Dagger Wisp, but dodging as much as possible was fine.

Anyway, even if I got hit by all of Dagger Wisp, Blood Loss and Accumulation wouldn’t activate.

─?
─What?

“Alright, gotcha?”

As a result.

With the message ‘First Blood’ flashing, the thief died.

After evading the late-arriving enemy mid, I quickly returned home and bought items.

─?
─No way, how did you even pull that off?

─Is the thief just terrible? It makes no sense to lose like that.

─Info: The jungle character is a Traveler, lol.

─Is the Traveler broken then?

─If an assassin loses early, they’ve got no talent for AOS.

“Everyone, so, um… what I mean is…. Well, the enemy jungle met me, and from the moment they didn’t run away, I won…”

─Are you saying an assassin should run from a Traveler? You crazy girl.

─Are you playing a different game than me, teacher?

─Seriously, why would they need to run, lol?

“Honestly, that’s true…”

None of the skills I chose are purely attack skills.

Acceleration is purely a buff skill, and saying Slippery Move and Leap are attack skills is debatable.

In other words, it means I’d be at a disadvantage in immediate combat.

But what if the battle drags on?

Using a buff skill like Acceleration that greatly boosts stats for a long time clearly gives me the advantage.

Pure attack skills can deal direct damage, but their early cooldowns are quite long.

In fact, in that last battle, the enemy assassin only used a short cooldown Dagger Wisp and didn’t use any other skills after the first try.

Moreover, I could delay the activation of the thief’s passive and traits by using Slippery Move, and even if I ran, I have Leap with a short cooldown to chase.

The traits I chose are far superior for prolonged fights, making the gaps grow even larger.

“Look, everyone…? I’m strong early, right? But the enemy jungle lost because they engaged me…”

─Ugh, I can’t accept this, lol.

─That was an actual carry, though.

─I’m sorry, I lost, Rene…

“When I first said that I’m the jungle, everyone thought I was an idiot and said there’s no way I can carry from jungle…”

But I carried.

The Rebongi who called me an idiot eventually revealed their malice.

“But I’ve proven it again with results…. Hmph…”

─Why am I mad when I’m amused, seriously?

─I wish someone would shut her up.

─You crazy girl…

─Set aside your intelligence and gain instincts…

─Proven by results (just relying on physical skills).

─Even a support can carry if they do that, you crazy girl.

“Then now that I’ve proven I’m not an idiot… can I delete this phrase?”

As I said this, I tried to erase [I am a fool who forgot my promise with the Rebongi and cleared Albion Hunt without broadcasting, not recording a separate video at all] but—

─Shadow-fighting here, lol.

─That’s different from this situation, Tenny.

─If you’re so mad, bring the Albion Hunt video, lol.

─For real, I was waiting for that.

─The moment that is deleted, it’s war, Rene.

“Ugh…”

Unfortunately, that failed.

So unfair.