Chapter 107

[Starting the stream]

Seo-jun’s stream turned on at 5:50 p.m., which was earlier than usual.

[(Sponsored) Joint Stream with Streamer Kim Tae-woo]

A new type of game.

Virtually his first advertising broadcast.

‘Come to think of it, is it also the first time playing a game together on a joint stream?’

Although today’s results might not be of great importance, Seo-jun felt enjoyment as unfamiliar events overlapped.

“Hello.”

He would play a variety of games in the future, but it was not easy for the viewers to watch all of those games.

A main game.

It was a game that occupied the largest proportion of a broadcaster’s airtime, which was necessary even for a variety game streamer.

But.

‘I have no intention of being bound to one.’

How many games were there in the world?

He just wanted to stream while doing what he wanted to do.

He did not want to stream while calling it work, making excuses about the viewers, or worrying about income.

Yet, he did not want to become a broadcast that people did not look for either.

So.

Instead of looking for Jin Seo-jun playing a certain game, he had to make people look for Jin Seo-jun himself.

‘How can I do that?’

He did not know yet.

But if he continued to stream step-by-step, wouldn’t he find out someday?

“Am I no longer the Heavenly Demon? Yes.”

Since there was no Demonic Sect either.

-So firm ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Maintaining the roleplay outside of FC is a bit ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The abandoned Demonic Sect members are also wailing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋxx

It would be different if his main game were For Chivalry, but in a situation where it was not, it was not good if the image of the Heavenly Demon was too strongly imprinted.

“What is a Heavenly Demon? I really don’t know.”

That was why he had deliberately maintained his normal tone with the viewers, even if he adopted a concept when dealing with in-game players.

In order to prevent people from seeing the streamer Jin Seo-jun and the game user Heavenly Demon 14 too much as one.

-Openly and shamelessly drawing a line ㅋㅋㅋㅋw (Wait, ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ)

-Mol?ru

-Ah I really don’t know ㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you keep following me, I’m going to report you! It’s a cult!

Still, there was no need to deliberately block talks about For Chivalry.

Since once the game started, they would naturally talk about the broadcast.

“Now, then shall we accept an invite? Ah, you don’t need to tell me in chat.”

Someone had been explaining how to go to another streamer’s lobby in a very long message for a while now.

They were clearly teasing him.

Seo-jun skillfully found and opened the invitation window where a notification was floating.

[Kim Tae-woo invites you to the lobby.]

-He has definitely mastered it.

-Kiyah!!!! Jumo!!!

-In the past, he couldn’t find this and asked Alpaca directly ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-He was a professor but his reliability plummeted.

The space where basic objects like a chair sat in a pure white room was replaced.

‘I need to change my lobby too.’

The lobby was a place frequently used as a meeting plaza when inviting other streamers.

This was because there were not many spaces in the game created for the purpose of chatting before or after a joint stream.

That was why streamers put quite a bit of effort into decorating their lobbies.

Just like Streamer Alpaca, who had a high-altitude area as a background where a real alpaca was also implemented in the animal’s habitat.

“You’re finally here.”

“Hello.”

“Me too. Hello, everyone.”

And currently, Tae-woo’s lobby simply had the appearance of a quiet resort.

An emerald sea and beach.

And a hotel visible along the wooden path over the sea.

“Oh.”

Seo-jun opened his mouth slightly, revealing a hint of admiration.

It felt as if he had come to a real resort.

-A Neanderthal seeing fire for the first time ㅋㅋㅋㅋxxx

-Ah, this is what civilization is.

-Streamer, let’s change your lobby too ㅋㅋㅋ

-But is Neanderthal correct?

Looking around, Seo-jun spoke.

“Isn’t it Homo erectus?”

The human species that first used fire.

But he did not know what correlation that had.

The reason he had not changed his lobby was because there was nothing he particularly wanted among those sold in the store.

That was to say, he had not put it off because he was worried that changing and configuring the background would be difficult.

How harsh, seriously.

“What are you talking about?”

“Ah. The viewers called me a Neanderthal seeing fire for the first time.”

“Hehe. How is my lobby?”

“It’s good. But is it a mass-produced product?”

Chat says they have the exact same one.

Tae-woo put on a gloomy expression and pretended to be pitiful.

“Right. Since no one made one for me…”

However, he was quickly exposed.

“No, it’s not? A chat popped up saying they sent you an email but you ignored it.”

So why pretend to be pitiful.

Tae-woo’s expression changed instantly.

“Who is it? The loyal subjects of our room should hurry up and cross over instead of staying there.”

“They say they’re not going because they’re not loyal subjects.”

“Hmm…”

“That’s true.”

“Damn. Anyway, hurry up and come over.”

They said they did not want to.

Had they wanted to do that, they would have been in your room in the first place, Tae-woo.

“By the way.”

“Yeah.”

“Did you install the game?”

“Of course.”

The release time when the game would be unlocked for play was exactly 6 o’clock.

One minute remained.

‘Due to the nature of indie games, there are bound to be few users trying to download beforehand and play immediately upon release.’

In the case of famous developers, they sometimes gathered the attention of gamers even before production.

They could also build awareness when a publisher pushed the game extensively, saying it was a guaranteed success.

However, this game was neither.

Therefore, their advertisement had no choice but to be important.

‘They could have scheduled the stream after seeing what kind of game it was once released, so the reason they chose the release day…’

Perhaps confidence?

Could that be the reason?

In any case.

“Everyone, you can buy this game on Stream.”

Seo-jun spoke like that and watched the time change.

“Starting now.”

He ran the game.

[Two Heads are Better]

The game’s logo appeared first, followed by the start window.

The start window was split into two, and on the right side was Seo-jun’s name.

“Do we just need to invite?”

“It seems like it?”

Tae-woo, who was looking at the empty air beside him, responded to his words and continued.

“Then shall I invite you?”

“Forget it. I’ll invite you.”

Seo-jun replied.

“Why?”

“Just because?”

“No, why?”

It really was just because.

“Pfft. This is victim mentality.”

“?”

“Did you think I was looking down on you because you’re bad with technology?”

He was already teasing him.

But Tae-woo.

This is a cooperative game, you know?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-They’re trying to fight even before starting.

-Seeing them pick fights over truly useless things, real friends confirmed ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Seo-jun lightly ignored him and invited Tae-woo.

“Done.”

“Okay. Received it. Oh, it popped up.”

The names of Seo-jun and Tae-woo appeared on the split screen.

And the game start button below became clear and lit up as if activated.

Seo-jun shrugged his shoulders and spoke.

“It seems we can only start the game like this. This is completely, if you don’t have friends…”

Tae-woo laughed and cut off Seo-jun’s words.

“Hey, you shouldn’t say that.”

Huh?

Ah.

Friends.

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠu (Wait, ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ)

-A game you can’t play if you don’t have friends.

-Stop hitting us.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The friendless Teusus were startled by being targeted unintentionally ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Maximum game specs: Friend

-No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer?

Seo-jun admitted his mistake.

He had failed to respect the concept of the Teusus who always complained about having no friends.

Although none of those who complained about having no friends were actually unpopular in real life, he decided to let it slide for now.

“I’m sorry. Everyone, you can just play it with your lover then. Right?”

“Wow. Are you doing that on purpose?”

-???

-Are you really being like this?

-Sigh… Streamer, give me your address…

-Even if you’re the Sword God, you might really die.

Meanwhile, in Tae-woo’s chat window.

-Why are we taking splash damage too? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Stop the joint stream immediately!

-Hohoho. Young kids these days have absolutely no business ethics… Tear.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Tae-woo shook his head, thinking he had never seen anyone as good at teasing people as his friend.

“Shall I start?”

“Go ahead.”

[Jin Seo-jun – 19,000 Viewers]

[Kim Tae-woo – 15,000 Viewers]

***

[Two Heads are Better]

The game began like a movie, with the title appearing first on a dark background.

The screen gradually brightened.

The background currently illuminated was a narrow office with only two single desks.

The angle of the shot was from below a corner of that office, shining upwards.

Slam!

The door opened, and two people whose faces were obscured by the darkness and could not be clearly seen walked in.

The two began to talk while pointing fingers at each other.

Although what they were saying could not be heard and their expressions were not visible, it was not difficult to realize that the atmosphere was harsh.

[…….]

[……!]

[……!]

Before long, shaking his head, one person grabbed his outerwear hanging on the chair and went out.

The remaining person also scratched his head in annoyance, turned off the computer and lights, packed up his things roughly, and headed outside.

Creak.

‘What is this?’

The door closed.

And the camera began to move slowly.

From bottom to top. Drawing a large spiral along the outer edge to show the entire office.

Simultaneously, the sunlight coming through the window changed the office from bright to dark and back, expressing that time was passing quickly.

In that way, several weeks passed with the office left abandoned.

Leftover snack bags, socks, messy outlets, and liquor bottles.

What was this space for?

That curiosity was resolved soon after when the screen, which was panning around, lit up the whiteboard and stopped briefly.

Countless character photos and the outline of some story pinned on a large whiteboard.

It could only be seen as a game.

“It seems they were in the middle of developing a game.”

Seo-jun spoke in a soft voice.

His body could not move, but his voice came out.

And he could see the chat.

-Probably so.

-It’s a mess ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Looks like indie game development ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They fight a lot originally ㅋㅋㅋ

Having slowly shown the space, the screen went in front of the monitor.

And.

Flash!

Suddenly, the monitor in front of them turned on.

And the mouse cursor moved on its own as if hacked.

-What is this ㅋㅋㅋㅋ So scary.

-I’ve experienced that. It wasn’t hacked, it was just a faulty mouse!

-Me too!

Subsequently, the mouse cursor, which was rummaging through folders, executed a file.

Then, countless windows with black backgrounds suddenly appeared on the monitor and began to disappear.

-You call that faulty?

-How faulty does it have to be for a computer to do that ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Is that a bit scary?

On the monitor, countless windows repeatedly opened and closed.

Meanwhile.

Flash!

Once again, the monitor turned off and then on.

And the background that appeared was different from before.

Had the game launched?

Inside, a pixelated character was plodding along a path in 2D space.

Tap, tap.

“It looks like the character we saw on the whiteboard earlier. The one with a circle drawn around it designating the protagonist.”

The photo on the whiteboard was not 2D, but it seemed to be because this was the start screen.

Tap, tap.

-Oh.

-Who turned on the game!

-Are you the protagonist?

Below, the text ‘press start’ was flashing.

Tap, tap.

The appearance of the character assumed to be the protagonist walking like that was simple.

A typical warrior wearing heavy armor that looked somewhat agile.

When that warrior reached around the middle of the monitor.

Screeech!

Suddenly, accompanied by an incredibly loud creaking sound, the warrior stopped and began to move his head.

A face looking straight forward, which was rarely seen in 2D pixel graphics.

It felt as if he had locked eyes with the warrior.

-??

-What, is it horror?

-Why did it make such a scary sound…

‘I didn’t think it was this kind of horror.’

Seo-jun waited with a smile.

Fortunately, his guess was correct.

Because a green wind that looked special to anyone entered through the gap in the window, gently shaking the curtains, and came to a stop in front of the monitor.