Chapter 26 – Broadcasting Equipment (1)

In the fifth training ground of the Vallaran Royal Academy, a miracle-like event was unfolding.

Class C.

It was a place where only trainees who had built up a decent level of skill could enter, but at this moment, they were nothing more than spectators.

There were two protagonists in this place.

Sanson, a knight of the Timothy Marquisate, and Henry Camilton, a Class C trainee.

Offense and defense were decided from the start.

Knight Sanson attacked, and trainee Henry defended.

However, the fact that such a relationship had been established was enough to astound the trainees present.

Blocking, deflecting, evading.

Although they seemed like simple reactions at first glance, Henry had not allowed a single clean hit to Sanson.

The sponsorship messages popping up endlessly.

But there was no time to rejoice.

Clang! Cl-clang!

For receiving a knight’s strikes was not an easy task for Henry either.

Cold sweat poured down like rain due to extreme focus.

Even then, it was likely because the other wasn’t serious that he was holding out this much.

But to the other trainees?

Henry’s performance was perfect for calling forth admiration.

“He, he blocked it again!”

“The knight must be going easy on him, right?”

“Of course! But even if he is going easy… doesn’t it feel like he is getting progressively stronger? As if testing him…”

“Is Henry going to end up entering the Timothy Marquisate? Becoming a knight all at once from Class C!”

A fierce reaction arose.

Trainees who used to look down on Henry in the past were even mixed among them.

It was just that they had developed a looking-down attitude because he lacked skill.

Afterward, those feelings had led to jealousy or embarrassment, but the moment they faced that sight now, they changed to an attitude of ‘recognition.’

Of course, Bane Timothy was an exception.

‘Why is he going easy? I must have told him clearly!’

Bane had ordered him to scare Henry Camilton.

Naturally, that method should be demonstrating overwhelming power!

As things stood now, wasn’t it rather instilling confidence in him instead?

‘I want to step forward, but…’

No matter how much of a Bane he was, he could not bring himself to step forward in this place.

Because as an academy trainee, Bane Timothy must not display such an ugly appearance.

Even during that time,

Henry was blocking, deflecting, or evading Sanson’s attacks, which were gradually rising in level.

‘It’s manageable.’

It was manageable.

That was Henry’s honest assessment.

Something unimaginable in the past.

To begin with, it was natural that it would be impossible with Henry’s current level of mana.

What made this possible was solely his overwhelming ‘proficiency.’

At least in the basic areas,

Henry possessed skills that were overwhelming compared to anyone else in Class C.

Moreover,

[You have blocked a fatal attack.]

[You have blocked an overwhelming attack.]

[The target’s level is extremely high! Swordsmanship proficiency increases by a large margin!]

With every moment he received an attack, Henry realized that his skills were gradually rising.

‘To think even this influenced swordsmanship proficiency!’

Swordsmanship proficiency.

By using Rousseau’s training ground and using Rousseau’s sword, Henry had been able to achieve quite a large growth.

In other words, environment and equipment affected the growth speed.

On top of that,

the level of the opponent also seemed to be one of the highly important factors.

“Whew. Impressive.”

At that moment, Sanson withdrew his sword and spoke.

Unlike Henry, not a single drop of sweat was on him.

Additionally, conviction was now written on his face.

“Did you say your name is Henry Camilton?”

“Yes.”

“What do you think of the Timothy Marquisate?”

“I have thought of it as a place where a patriarch who knows honor resides.”

“Other than that?”

“It is difficult to speak carelessly about things I have not experienced. I do not know much.”

Henry noticed.

That the first bite was finally coming.

Regret and excitement arrived at the same time.

The reasons were twofold.

The expectation of soon being able to execute ‘Oop Oop’s’ mission, and the regret that the 50,000 won sponsorships had stopped.

‘He could have struck a few more times before moving on. To think he gave up already.’

How could such an opportunity be common?

However, leaving the regret behind, Henry focused on dealing with Sanson for now.

‘He seems satisfied with the answer I just gave as well.’

It was not rude, yet not servile either.

It was clear he thought it was an answer not easily given by someone around this age.

Of course,

the Henry of the past would not have answered like this.

but the three years of time had helped Henry reflect on himself sufficiently.

‘And there had been nothing else to do anyway.’

“I would like to have a slightly more serious conversation, Henry Camilton. Do you have any interest?”

“What kind of conversation do you mean?”

“You aren’t asking because you don’t know, right?”

“I can anticipate it to some extent, but I simply know that I have not reached a level to have such a conversation.”

“For now, that would be true.”

“Does the Timothy Marquisate also support the training of knight trainees?”

“No, it doesn’t. At any rate, this is not the place to have this conversation. I will make a request to Instructor Kiana…”

“Sir Sanson!”

At that moment, a heavy shout burst out.

Bane Timothy.

The eldest son of the Marquisate was walking out with a face that simply could not accept it.

But.

“Trainee Bane Timothy. I am standing here right now in the capacity of an observer. Return to your spot immediately.”

“…You are making a mistake, Sir Sanson.”

“The warning is only once. If the mistake is repeated, I will formally request punishment from Instructor Kiana.”

“How can you do this to me…”

Bane had a face that had lost its words.

However, at Sanson’s firm demeanor, he eventually returned to his spot.

“Henry Camilton will remain after this class ends. I will formally request it from the instructor of the next class. And Trainee Bane Timothy.”

“…”

“Come outside for a moment. I will give you advice that you must engrave in your heart.”

***

The hallway of the training ground.

In a place completely isolated from the inside of the training ground, Sanson was looking at Bane.

The atmosphere was different from a moment ago.

For at this moment, he was not an observer of the academy but a knight of the Timothy Marquisate.

However, right now Sanson did not have a troubled face.

“How could you do that to me? And in front of those trainees, how could you undermine my honor?”

“There is something you must consider, Young Master.”

“Ha, now you’re trying to lay out advice as well. A mere knight who cannot even execute a single command properly…”

“This is advice given to the one who will become the next patriarch. If Young Master did not have such intentions, I wouldn’t have said this also.”

The next patriarch!

At that magic phrase, Bane felt his anger melt away.

“…A great master should listen to such advice, I suppose.”

“I am only grateful that you think so. As you saw, Young Master, Henry Camilton’s talent far exceeded my expectations.”

“In Sir Knight’s eyes?”

“I guarantee that if knights of other families had seen that sight, they would have made the same decision as I did.”

“What decision?”

“The decision that we must bring him to our family. It is a clear fact that he cannot act as a knight immediately. However, it is also clear that that time is not far off.”

“Displeasing. Exceedingly displeasing. To hear such words from my knight. And after I issued an order to teach him a lesson.”

Sanson closed his mouth.

While he was worrying about how to convince this troublesome young master, Bane surprisingly even showed a relaxed smile.

“But the patience to endure that is also a virtue of a patriarch, is it not?”

“Excellent.”

“Because becoming a knight of Timothy means, in the end, serving me as master. Someday, that is.”

Of course, it was not such a noble reason.

Rather than thinking of the family’s welfare, it was simply an answer born from the expectation of someday putting that eyesore Henry under his feet.

But that was good enough.

Sanson did not bother to point it out and moved on to the next step.

“Also, I will report it to the patriarch without fail. Mentioning that Young Master made efforts to recruit a great talent. He will be greatly pleased.”

“Of course. If I hadn’t called Sir Knight, there wouldn’t have been such an opportunity. By the way, was that Henry really that outstanding?”

“Yes.”

Sanson answered with conviction.

When he first heard that some failing student had entered Class C in a week, he had thought little of it, but after clashing swords a few times just now, he realized it.

The fact that the trainee named Henry Camilton was a true genius.

“In the span of just clashing swords a few times, Henry Camilton grew by at least one level.”

***

While Sanson left with the spoiled young master.

Henry was bearing the gazes pouring in from all sides alone.

‘This kind of attention is really not familiar to me.’

Of course, it was not that he felt bad.

Nor was it that exciting either.

It was just slightly unfamiliar, but unlike other times, Henry felt quite troubled right now.

‘I need to keep the broadcast going.’

The broadcast was precisely the reason.

Because of the performance Henry had just shown, the chat window was currently almost on the verge of exploding.

[He did too well lolol]

[Henry! Henry! Henry! Henry! Henry!]

[Where did Sanson go? Did he go outside?]

[Wasn’t that Bane from the same family as that knight just now? I thought you said it was a noble house.]

[Countless requests for handshakes lolol]

Trainees who could not stop marveling.

Also, the appearance Sanson had just shown, and Bane Timothy’s attitude.

Furthermore,

even those who were curious about the reaction of ‘Oop Oop,’ one of the viewers.

With all sorts of expectations, the chat window did not know a moment of rest, but really regrettably, Henry was in a situation where he could not respond to them right now.

‘It would be perfect to be treated as a madman.’

Talking about ‘Sir Mages’ or ‘viewer-nims.’

The moment he muttered something here, rumors surrounding Henry would spread throughout the entire academy.

‘In particular, the moment the expression “mage” is heard, Pyke will start running wild.’

He was still thinking that Henry had used some kind of method.

‘I need a method, whatever it is.’

He needed a means to conduct the broadcast even in such a situation.

Especially when there was a viewer pouring in large sums of money like now.

That viewer was someone who readily threw 10,000 won just when they had something to say.

But the condition attached below.

Because of things like that, Henry was about to go crazy.

‘Even if I broadcast only until Sanson returns, I’ll have more than enough to buy the Tier 2 bead. Damn it.’

Just as his insides were burning,

[Ah lol. Can’t he take this lolol]

[100,000 won per minute crazy lolol Oop Oop-jwa lolol]

[Doesn’t the sponsorship shop sell things like that? Do they only sell things that make you stronger?]

[Please let me do it, hyung-nim!!! You can just give me a thousand won!!!]

Among the meaningless chats, Henry was able to discover a ray of light.

‘Sponsorship shop! Right, that existed.’

When the shop was first opened,

Henry had checked most of the items.

but hadn’t he seen that the types of items sold increased greatly whenever he met subscriber conditions?

‘I haven’t checked this one yet.’

Recently, Henry had increased his subscribers to 200.

At that time too, a message stating that the sponsorship shop items would increase had popped up.

And the moment he opened the shop,

[You have entered the sponsorship shop.]

[A new function has been opened.]

[Category classification is available.]

[Product search is available.]

Henry was able to receive yet another gift from the archmage.

The category classification function.

Whereas in the past he had to blindly scroll down the list to check, now he could choose and view only what he wanted.

Even a search function.

Checking all the explanations, Henry immediately utilized the gift he was given.

‘Category to broadcasting. Search is… for now, it’s better to leave it blank.’

The shop items updating in an instant.

Checking that list, Henry cheered inwardly.

‘This is it.’

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