The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 15
Chapter 15
With his eyes closed, Seo-jun took a step forward, dominating the space as he slowly drew his sword downward.
Among those watching this, no one recognized what kind of move was contained in that single step.
Scraaaape.
The tip of Seo-jun’s sword touched the shield. And it began to scrape the surface.
It was certainly not slow, but it seemed to be a speed that the AI could sufficiently react to.
But for some reason, the AI could not respond properly.
Scraaaaape.
The sword drew a line on the surface of the shield, and at some point, it accelerated.
Chwaaak!
Seo-jun opened his eyes as he withdrew the sword, which had fulfilled its purpose.
And.
Crack!
The shield shattered, its fragments scattering.
It had all happened in just two seconds.
“Wow! Crazy!”
Alpaca shouted.
-??????
– That actually works?
– Did he do it in one go?
– What did I just see ㄷㄷ
“He found it! And with his eyes closed! What is he? Is he really an alien?”
Alpaca said, clapping his hands reflexively.
His mouth was already wide open, to the point where it couldn’t open any wider.
– FR lol
– No, seriously, what is he seeing?
– Now this is a genius!
– Now he finally looks like a real master lol
– Rigged. Didn’t he check it yesterday?
“No, what do you mean rigged! Absolutely not. Until just a moment ago, I thought Seo-jun was bluffing. But he wasn’t. Wow. Can he see something? I really don’t see anything at all.”
– Ahahaha, the safe-bettors are mad
– Why did you bet safe then? Why did you bet safe then? Why did you bet safe then?
– Are you awake now? Are you awake now? Are you awake now?
At the moment Seo-jun practically shattered the shield, it was confirmed that the 55% who had bet on him not finding the cleft would lose all of their points.
The chat window began to grow increasingly chaotic.
– Return my entire fortune! Return my entire fortune! Return my entire fortune!
– This is a scam! This is a scam! This is a scam! This is a scam!
– Streamer! That was my college tuition! Have mercy on me just this once…
– I’m saying the memories we built together are going to be deleted!!!!!!!!!
From the viewers who had lost their minds,
– Serves the safe-bettors right lolololol
– Safe bet = coward
– You should have believed in Mr. Unnamed!
it was a melting pot of chaos, mixed with viewers mocking the safe-bettors.
It was a common sight. It was also the fun of channel point predictions.
Before long, Seo-jun approached Alpaca.
Alpaca understood the situation after looking at the groggy guards visible behind Seo-jun.
Seo-jun had merely neutralized them temporarily for the sake of communication before coming here.
Yet, as soon as Seo-jun arrived, he cast an AOE taunt.
“Ahem. See, everyone, why did you bet safe? Wow, someone even bet 250,000 points. Their ID is KingSafeAsset? You’re not living up to your nickname.”
For reference, in the channel point prediction system, the nickname of the person who bet the most on each option and their amount are disclosed.
And 250,000 points was the maximum amount that could be bet at one time.
– Lololololololol
– Blew 250,000 points in one go lolololol
– How is the ID of the guy who went broke ‘KingSafeAsset’ lolol
“And it’s strange. Why are so many of you happy? It shouldn’t be just the safe-bettors who are in danger, right?”
Seo-jun read out the betting status.
“Let’s see. Only 1% of the people bet that I would find four or more, so are all of you chatting right now that 1%?”
Seo-jun was asking them this now.
Were they safe?
– Ah!
– That’s true?
– Honestly, seeing how he succeeded in one go just now, doesn’t it mean he knows something? 99% of us will lose lolol
– Fortunately, it looks like we’re all ruined together.
The safe-bettors, who were losing their minds at Seo-jun’s remarks, regained their vitality.
Because it looked like the people mocking them would also be ruined together, it became a festive mood.
Ah, they’re ruined too? Even better!
It was that kind of mindset.
“That’s why I told you to believe in me and bet.”
– You told us too late TT
[‘HopeCircuit’ has made a generous donation of 10,000 won!]
[Honestly, couldn’t it just be a fluke? You might only find one more from now on.]
– Yep, I’m already confirmed to lose anyway
– Does that look like a fluke to you lol
– He breaks them even with his eyes closed, if he opens them he’d find a hundred for real
Seo-jun smiled at the donation and returned to the guards, holding his sword.
“Haha. It could indeed be a fluke. Of course, absolutely.”
Watching this series of events, Alpaca gave a small exclamation of admiration.
He had naturally progressed the stream while teasing the viewers without drawing animosity.
“Wow.”
It seemed he had a talent not only for games but also for broadcasting.
Honestly, Alpaca had thought that he would have to lead this collaborative stream.
But that was not the case.
[30,000 Viewers]
Many people had come in to watch.
Seo-jun would likely make a lasting impression this time.
“How dare you! Not only did you trespass into the mansion, but you even broke the shield of a Neville family soldier!”
The guard who had been in a groggy state stood up and pointed his sword at Seo-jun.
And the guard who had collapsed beside him also stood up and stood next to him.
They seemed to be trying to execute a coordinated attack by helping each other.
It was one of the characteristics of the soldiers he had experienced in the tutorial.
‘Come to think of it, when I caught Drake, those guys didn’t perform coordinated attacks.’
It was probably the difference between gang members who were in total disarray and elite soldiers.
The more Seo-jun played, the more he felt himself falling for the charm of the game.
‘The detail is amazing.’
He could feel the dedication of the developers who implemented systems like parrying and clefts so that even players who were good at fighting like Seo-jun could enjoy it.
Also, the bizarre assassination methods he had seen in the community seemed to show what the pinnacle of freedom was.
The guard who had lost his shield to him positioned himself behind the guard who still had his shield.
‘It would be really easy to catch them if I used parrying.’
What the viewers wanted was for him to destroy the guard’s sword along with the shield.
To be honest, he was lucky just a moment ago.
He had not been able to narrow down the candidates for the shield’s cleft to one.
So he had chosen one of the three to slash first, and since it was a hit, it had made for a great scene.
The same went for the sword.
In his mind,
four curves were drawn on the blade of the guard’s longsword.
If he just traced one of those curves, he could destroy the weapon.
Seo-jun’s intuition was telling him so.
Intuition was just another sense that one did not consciously perceive. It was a signal that the unconscious processed and sent as information.
Therefore, as experience accumulated, the accuracy of intuition increased.
For example, people often fell into a state of selflessness.
When studying, playing games, or playing an instrument, the moment they concentrated so extremely on the act that they forgot even themselves, people surpassed their usual limits.
And this state of selflessness was a phenomenon that appeared precisely when the unconscious went beyond cognition and dominated the body.
As such, the unconscious was not something deficient, but rather something to be utilized.
Especially in chaotic combat situations.
‘Although for now, it’s a situation where I’m only facing two soldiers.’
Seo-jun focused on the tip of his sword as much as possible.
And he took a step.
“Block and attack…!”
The moment the shield-bearing guard who got close to Seo-jun shouted, he targeted a slight opening and slashed along the shield’s cleft he had identified earlier.
It was a swift strike.
Crack!
The wooden shield split and was destroyed, and wooden splinters floated into the air.
Up to here was easy.
The guard whose shield was destroyed panicked, and the guard who was a step behind struck down with his sword, aiming for Seo-jun’s opening.
‘No.’
Seo-jun intended to target all four curves at once.
And the guard’s sword falling toward his forehead right now was at an angle that was not easy to finish in one go.
So Seo-jun deflected the guard’s sword.
A parry judgment did not trigger.
It was intentional.
And as Seo-jun’s sword also bounced back from the recoil, the guard whose shield was broken thrust his sword toward Seo-jun’s waist from the right.
‘Now.’
Seo-jun momentarily exerted immense concentration, raising his sword to place his blade against the enemy’s blade extending in a straight line.
“Hup.”
And keeping his blade tightly pressed against the enemy’s, he traced the curves as if connecting constellations.
Since he could not rely on luck again, this was a trick that only Seo-jun could perform to destroy the sword in a single blow.
The first line. It wasn’t it.
The second line. The same.
The third line. He was unlucky.
The tip of the guard’s sword had almost reached Seo-jun.
But Seo-jun, who had calculated even this timing, did not panic and kept moving.
Finally, just before it touched his waist, Seo-jun’s sword narrowly traced the last curve.
Clang!
The guard’s sword was destroyed.
He had found the cleft.
Patter.
The fragments of the destroyed blade shattered like glass and fell onto the grass.
‘The last one. I was a bit unlucky.’
Huuuu.
Seo-jun exhaled a deep breath. No matter how skilled he was, such detailed and inefficient movements required immense concentration.
– Wow, insane
-?????
– Is this real???
– Ridiculous. How on earth did he do that???
Question marks rose in an instant.
– Again, cut in one go!
– It looked like a scene from a movie lololololol
– This one looked really hard though?
– Fucking cool, oppa I’m in love. (dangling)
Seo-jun successfully parried the guard’s sword striking down again, swatting it away as if catching a flying fly.
And he finished off the two guards.
– His control skill is seriously insane lol
– Alpaca’s face right now = my face
– No, our face
“Wow! Seo-jun! I’ve fallen for you too.”
Alpaca said, running toward Seo-jun, who was catching his breath.
“No, how on earth do you see such things and move?”
Alpaca was highly excited. It was because he had witnessed such an awesome scene.
The immense difficulty and the dramatic presentation.
‘So you have to be at least this good to defeat Shin Ha-yeon!’
Alpaca almost spoke his thoughts aloud and revealed the secret.
“That’s a trade secret, you know?”
Seo-jun gave a sly smile.
– I’m seriously curious lol
– No, let’s just say seeing clefts is possible because he’s an alien, but I’m curious about how he built up that level of skill
– Lolololol
And looking at the chat window, he let out a chuckle.
Why on earth was being an alien acceptable?
– For reference, he’s only played the game for three days
– What on earth does he do in real life?
– I’m seriously curious about what his real job is lol
“In real life, well, just an ordinary young man in his twenties…”
“No, you’re not! You’re not ordinary.”
Alpaca interrupted Seo-jun from the side and retorted.
“Yes? Why?”
“No, calling yourself ordinary with that face is deceitful.”
-?
– Is Seo-jun handsome?
– It’s probably just the usual talk among streamers lol
– FR lol
– You can’t call a fellow streamer ugly
“Everyone, the avatar that Seo-jun is using right now, it’s exactly his real-life face.”
-????
-??
– No way lolololol
– Ah, being handsome on top of having those skills is seriously too much ;;
– No balance patch?
– What is the operator of Earth doing…
– Still, he must have tweaked it a little bit…
“He didn’t tweak the avatar. I saw it myself.”
– Oh, I don’t believe it.
– I’ll also just believe that he tweaked it
– Stop lying
“We’re going to have an after-party dinner at the studio with Seo-jun later, so why would I lie? Check it out then.”
– Oh?
– Geez, it seems to be true lololol
– The after-party sounds fun
Seo-jun was impressed by his hosting skills, which naturally dropped a reason to watch the stream until the end.
And a donation rang.
[‘ThatOne’ has made a generous donation of 10,000 won!]
[It must be small! I saw it!]
“Tsk.”
As Alpaca clicked his tongue and placed his hand over the chat moderation, another donation popped up in an instant.
[‘ThatOne’ has made a generous donation of 100,000 won!]
[Height. I meant height.]
Alpaca looked back at Seo-jun, and when Seo-jun shrugged, indicating to just let it slide, Alpaca nodded and spoke.
“I’ll let it slide just this once.”
– The manager just walked past holding a knife lolololol
– Almost got banned
– Look at that quick wit, paying the bail immediately
– You should be a master too lolololol