Chapter 81 – 3-Star Knight (2)

[Live Streaming: Finally hitting 3-star!!]

First, starting with the title.

In broadcasting, the title was a more important factor than anything else.

Those who had already subscribed knew what kind of person Henry Camilton was, and knew what kind of flow the broadcast followed.

But what if it were someone who had never seen the videos even once?

The only way to draw interest was through the title and thumbnail.

[For real, isn’t it the standard for a broadcast with solid foundations to pull clickbait first? lol]

Referring to that method, the viewers expressed it as clickbait, and its meaning was simple.

It meant that one had to draw curiosity first, even if it meant using excessive methods.

The magic that made even uninterested people watch at least once, as if possessed by something, was precisely clickbait.

[Oh shit lol, are you already becoming a 3-star knight?]

[Our Sir Knight has also become a full-fledged broadcaster lol. Where did that simple title of the old days go?? lol]

Henry was also feeling the same thing as the viewers. Many things had changed, but the direction was clearly positive.

“Thanks to the affectionate interest of the viewers, I was able to reach this moment. Thank you always for subscribing, liking, and sponsoring. If you visit the channel, I have uploaded a variety of interesting videos…”

Henry led the situation with moderately basic comments.

Reaching 3-star class was a decided matter anyway.

Because consuming the orbs and swallowing a few pieces of elixir that Rousseau would bring was sufficient.

However, the important thing was the fact that he had to give the viewers watching him right now sufficient anticipation.

‘Once the most interesting moment passed, the viewers decreased rapidly. I must maintain this number as much as possible.’

The manager, Fire Solo, had spoken as such.

That viewers were also heavily shaken by crowd psychology.

That even if it was a broadcast they had never seen, they would feel sufficient curiosity if many people were watching in real-time.

‘As expected. The number of people is gradually increasing.’

Currently, Henry’s subscribers had surpassed 900.

The average number of viewers was about half of the subscribers.

However, at specific moments.

For instance, right before completing a mission, or in a situation with the enemy before his eyes, it rose up to 700 people.

[Current Viewers: 689]

It was the same now.

The chat scrolled up at an unprecedented speed, and the number of viewers surpassed 700 in the blink of an eye.

Naturally.

The manager, Popori-jyang, diligently performed her assigned role.

[M: Welcome! This is the broadcast of the real knight, Henry Camilton! The concept setting is as follows…]

Popori-jyang was a consistent person.

Whenever Henry’s broadcast was running so far, she appeared without fail to post chat messages, and she understood the current flow of the broadcast more accurately than anyone.

‘Of course, she said she uses something called a macro. Just what kind of amazing magic is that?’

Borrowing Popori-jyang’s explanation, it was a technology where chat messages were output repeatedly even without a person.

Anyway, that was not the important thing.

Being grateful to the manager was one thing, and now it was about time to consume the orbs.

[Hyung, I’m dying while waiting!!! Seriously dying!!!]

[Ah hurry up lol]

[What is this guy doing? What is the trait?]

[Changing classes?]

[What’s with the tension in this room lol]

“The item I will consume today is this. It is the Level 4 Talent Orb, and it is an item that will open a new path for me the moment I ingest it. As many of you who watched earlier might know, the six orbs each have different tastes.”

“Also,”

“the intensity of the taste also differed depending on the stage. The price of the item has also jumped by a large margin. If it is the amount I paid today…”

Henry calculated the abacus in his head.

“I could purchase the Level 1 Talent Orb Bundle fifteen times. It is not a waste since the effect is certain, but it is true that thinking about the prices of the items I must purchase in the future makes me dizzy.”

Compared to the initial Level 1 Talent Orb Bundle costing several hundred thousand won, the price in the eight million won range was extremely burdensome.

Even more so considering the situation where he was merely entering stage 4.

In the Royal Knights, there were 7-star knights in abundance, and for Henry to reach that level, he had to purchase the Stage 8 Talent Orb Bundle.

“……Anyway, I will consume them. I have displayed the information next to me, so you will be able to verify the changes happening in real-time.”

[Henry Camilton: 2-Star Knight]

* Level 22

* Alignment: Good

* Main Weapon: Sword

* Prefers direct and destructive combat.

* Promotes to ‘3-Star Knight’ upon reaching Level 30.

[Comparison Standard: 3-Star Knight]

* Total Mana Amount: 70%

* Mana Manipulation Skill: 70%

* Weapon Skill: 100%

* Number of Usable Weapons: 100%

* Physical Ability: 100%

……

Henry brought up the information window.

Information excluding the Sponsorship Shop could be shared with the viewers.

An action to show them how great an effect their sponsorship had on Henry.

*Chomp.*

Henry put the first orb in his mouth.

At the intense sweetness, his head felt dizzy for a moment.

* Mana Manipulation Skill: 75%

A figure that rose in a single bound.

Immediately following that, he put the second and third orbs in his mouth in succession.

Different kinds of tastes hit his tongue, but Henry did not mind.

And immediately after swallowing even the last orb,

Henry, who verified the figures that reached one hundred percent, faced the screen squarely.

“I reached Level 29. Still short by one. It is a matter of increasing the total amount of mana, and fortunately, I have someone who will help me.”

[Again and again, shaking down the master!!]

[He demands it so calmly now lol]

[Didn’t you clearly say in the past that it was burdensome? lol]

“I am, for my part, pleased to increase my mana, and Instructor Rousseau will be pleased that he can help me. Because he is that kind of person. Of course it is burdensome, but wouldn’t it also be impolite to refuse blindly?”

[Look at how sly he is]

[I think Sir Knight has been corrupted at some point lol;;]

[I mean, he has opened his eyes to capitalism lol]

[They say if you like free things, you’ll go bald!!!]

“The Viscount Camilton family has abundant hair from generation to generation. Also, I am not getting it for free. Since I can give Instructor Rousseau the joy of raising a disciple.”

Henry spat out the words smoothly without even a change in expression.

Henry himself wondered if he had turned too sly.

Because in the past, he did not even have reasons to speak this much.

However, one could not live bound to the past forever.

“Instructor.”

“Yes! Whatever you need, just say the word!”

Rousseau hurriedly faced Henry as soon as he opened the door and stepped out.

“I am now able to consume elixirs.”

“Elixirs! That means…”

“Correct.”

Rousseau’s eyes widened. Since Henry had said so in the past.

That consuming more right now would show no effect.

To consume them once he grew to a certain extent to see the effects, that was.

Whenever he did, Henry used to show the spirit of growing stage by stage.

“I will go and bring them right away!”

Rousseau ran out like an arrow.

Seeing the ground get deeply gouged, he was clearly running while wrapping his entire body in mana.

“See. Isn’t he so pleased? In fact, although I cannot be called Instructor Rousseau’s disciple, I am probably something close to a disciple.”

[It’s correct, so I can’t even say anything lol]

[True lol. Why is it correct lol]

[Right, if Rousseau doesn’t give them to Sir Knight, where else would he use them?]

[If he is the chief instructor, his salary must be quite high, right???]

The chat window was scrolling at a rapid speed.

Henry continued with moderate comments.

The information window was still displayed next to him.

He had not reached ‘3-Star Knight’ yet, and perhaps thanks to that, the viewers were steadily increasing.

“A whopping 900 people are watching the broadcast. It is the highest number since I started broadcasting. So… what was that? Manager Popori-jyang?”

[M: Subscribe and like! Please do it once!!! Unique videos uploaded consistently! With just one subscription, you can watch them all without missing any!]

Popori-jyang posted timely modified chat messages.

This was all an action shown because Popori-jyang wanted to.

Saying it was to emphasize Henry’s strange goofiness to new viewers.

Of course, he was not truly stupid. It was merely an intention to show an image of not knowing broadcasting well.

“Ah, right. Thank you for subscribing and liking. Thanks to the help of the viewers, my mana sensitivity has surpassed a whopping 700. Someday I will have to stack mana without elixirs, and with this flow, it will surely be possible.”

As a 2-star knight currently, it could be sufficiently managed with elixirs.

It was to the point where, without even consuming many, he filled the required mana amount and had leftovers.

However, as he felt when reaching 2-star knight,

Henry’s ‘promotion conditions’ were gradually raising their threshold.

Perhaps one stage,

or by the time two stages passed, it was clear that he would have to put considerable effort into aspects other than the [Talent Orbs].

‘Actually, coming this far was also too easy.’

It did not mean he did not make efforts.

However, it was clearly not a realm that could be achieved with this amount of effort.

“Henry!”

At that moment, Rousseau’s shout was heard from afar.

Even at a distance, the fact that he was excessively excited could be known.

Enough to draw the attention of the surroundings.

Henry naturally stepped into the training ground.

*Slam!*

Rousseau, who followed inside, closed the door. Having run so fast, the chief instructor Rousseau’s breath was ragged.

“Hurry, consume them quickly. As much as you need, as many as you want.”

“Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me!”

Rousseau smiled widely with a flushed face.

“I am the one who is grateful. The fact that you are willingly accepting them. Now, eat quickly. This is not the time to spend time on useless thank-yous.”

“……Yes.”

It was to the point of being excessively burdensome.

But since he knew Rousseau’s heart, Henry picked out one of the contents in the box.

‘About twenty left now. The amount of mana each contains will surely differ, but it will probably be insufficient to rise to 4-star class.’

*Crunch.*

The first thing he consumed was something like a plant root.

A pungent aroma pierced his nose, and immediately a full energy spread throughout Henry’s entire body.

If it were anyone else, they would have had to spend considerable time absorbing the energy, but Henry was different.

“If you consume it directly like that…”

“It is fine.”

“……Right, that was the case.”

The second elixir entered his mouth.

Each was an item worth dozens or hundreds of gold, something ordinary people would die without ever seeing in their lifetime.

But now Henry was chewing and swallowing elixirs quickly, as if they were snacks.

* Total Mana Amount: 97%

After consuming a total of eight elixirs, Henry’s mana amount reached 97 percent of the requirement.

One remaining.

Utilizing his experience of eating so far, Henry brought an elixir to his mouth that could fill exactly the remaining 3 percent.

And.

[Level limit reached!]

[Mana amount does not increase further.]

[To increase the limit, you must achieve ‘3-Star Knight’.]

[Level rises.]

[Reached Level 30!]

Finally, the long-awaited message welcomed Henry.

[Promotion conditions satisfied!]

[Promoting to !]

3-star knight.

At this point, it meant he had become an expert recognized in any noble family, belonging to the upper-middle ranks among knights.

To the extent that if he lowered his eyes slightly, he could easily aim for Knight Commander.

However, Henry had not even graduated from the Academy yet, and more than that, he possessed abilities that others did not have.

[ traits unlocked!]

[Trait: Whack]

* When striking a precise spot with the scabbard, the chance of the opponent fainting increases by 50%.

[Trait: Focused Attack]

* When hitting the same spot consecutively 2 or more times, attack power increases by 10% each time.

A trait granted without exception.

There were three just like before, and naturally, the last trait possessed the most outstanding performance.

[Trait: Afterimage]

* Where are you looking? That is my afterimage!

* After combat starts, an afterimage is generated with a certain probability every 10 seconds.

* The effect of the trait is proportional to the user’s physical ability.

[Where are you looking? lol]

[Is the Mage’s sensibility crazy lol]

[This is too overpowered lol ah lol]

[At this rate, he is practically not a 3-star lol]

The chat window exploded.

The speed at which the chat scrolled now was at a level Henry had never seen.

He had seen it during 1-star, and had seen it during 2-star, but this time the reaction of the viewers was exceptionally intense.

‘But it makes sense.’

Honestly, Henry was also feeling it.

Judging by the experience of utilizing traits so far, it was clear that this [Afterimage] trait would be of immense help when fighting as a knight.

At that moment,

‘This is not the time.’

Henry stopped his appreciation.

Although the number of viewers was still the same, it was clear it would decrease rapidly soon.

Currently, the number of subscribers was 927.

If he utilized this opportunity a bit more, reaching one thousand people would not be difficult.

“Instructor.”

“You have obtained something! You have obtained something! Since you reached 2-star class in the past, right now it is surely…”

“May I request your guidance?”

He said guidance, but it meant asking for a duel.

Rousseau spoke with a face almost about to cry, as if filled with emotion.

“Of course!”

BJ Swordmaster