The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 17

Chapter 17

“Hello. Nice to meet you in real life for the first time. I am Travel streamer Jin Seo-jun.”

Seo-jun opened the door, approached the front of the desk with the camera, and waved.

And he sat in the chair prepared on the side.

Alpaca pulled out the chair for Seo-jun and spoke after he sat down.

“How is it, everyone? Doesn’t Seo-jun-nim really look exactly like his avatar? I told you so, right?”

Alpaca grinned and spoke triumphantly.

– Wow

– Why is he actually so handsome? Why is he actually so handsome? Why is he actually so handsome?

– It actually looks like real life is better, damn it lololol

– Fucking hell, the world is so unfair, it really sucks

– But Alpaca, why are you the one who is happy? lololol

– Alpaca touched up his nose, did his eyes, and shaved his jaw

Alpaca scowled and got angry upon seeing a certain chat while laughing.

“Hey! I am also using the face scanned in my twenties! What do you mean I touched it up! I’m still the same as I was years ago.”

– ???

– Excuse me?

– What? Does he really not know?

– lolololololololol

– ㅡㅅㅡ (Exactly Alpaca’s face)

“No… I know I gained a bit of weight, but…”

– Did you gain only a “bit” of weight?

– Is it really just weight that you gained?

– Looks like you took a direct hit from the passage of time.

– Since Seo-jun-nim is next to him, the comparison is fucking real lolololol

“Yeah, I can’t hear you. I can’t see you.”

Alpaca closed his eyes and played dumb.

And he spoke while subtly moving his chair away from Seo-jun.

“But Seo-jun-nim, you need to move to the side a little bit so you can fit on the screen…”

“Pardon?”

– lololololololol

– He is 100% conscious of it.

– Oh? Why is that guy moving further away? lololol

Seo-jun let it go, and Alpaca settled into a spot slightly away from him before grabbing the mouse.

“Now! Let’s take a quick Q&A session from now on. There is nothing better than this for stalling. I’ve reopened donations, so… Oh, my.”

Alpaca stopped talking mid-sentence, suddenly startled, and moved his mouse busily.

“What’s wrong?”

“I set the minimum amount to ten thousand won, but the donations piled up immensely in an instant. What, is there really that much to be curious about? I will raise the price. To fifty thousand won. Unless you’re really curious, don’t just donate and ask in the chat instead. All done!”

Alpaca let go of the mouse and taught Seo-jun how to stream on the computer.

The basic framework was the same as broadcasting from the capsule. That was natural, as streaming was done through Travel on the computer anyway.

However, the details of the interface were different, and Alpaca explained those points.

“Seo-jun-nim, you like beef, right?”

*Clap.*

Alpaca let go of the mouse and clapped his hands.

“Yes.”

Seo-jun nodded.

Not many people disliked beef.

“That’s a relief. Well then, I will go prepare the food and set up the streaming equipment in the living room now, so let’s see Seo-jun-nim’s communication skills.”

Having said that, Alpaca stood up from his chair, went out of the frame, and began rummaging through the drawers to find the streaming equipment.

After all, they could not grill meat in the room.

Seo-jun played the first donation.

[Oppa, I love you.]

“Ah, thank you. But are you really a female viewer?”

Seo-jun replied with a smile.

– Oppa, my foot.

– *Dangle dangle*

– (*Dangling*)

This was because such messages were popping up.

And.

From behind, Alpaca shouted as he walked out carrying the streaming equipment.

“You guys have never given me a donation like this! It’s ten thousand won!”

– Hey, is he gone?

– He’s gone.

– If you’re salty, let’s be reborn, Paca-ya lolololol

– No, but we can’t lie.

– A person has to have a conscience.

Once Alpaca left, the talking behind his back began.

Then, Alpaca, who had left the room, came back and popped up on the screen.

“I was watching everything on my phone, everyone.”

He raised his index and middle fingers, pointed them to his eyes, and then turned them toward the viewers, gesturing that he was watching.

Like that, Alpaca backed out of the room while repeating the gesture.

Was he here just to say that one line?

“It was almost as scary as a ‘Dad is not sleeping’ level.”

– Real lol

– ‘Dad is not sleeping’ lololol

Seo-jun let out a chuckle, moving the mouse to play the next donation.

“Oh, there’s some talk about the game after this.”

[I also want to get Spot Weakness, but can’t you show some other examples of the grain?]

Most of the skills in Seo-jun’s skill window were in a locked state.

Since his playtime was lacking and he had never performed a proper assassination, it would have been stranger if many skills were unlocked for Seo-jun.

However, a single newly unlocked skill had appeared in his skill window.

That was none other than Spot Weakness, which had been the goal of this joint stream.

‘Try using it once!’

Alpaca and the viewers were excited by the fact that Seo-jun had actually unlocked the skill, and Seo-jun used Spot Weakness after moving the streaming screen to his point of view.

Then, the background changed as if he were seeing things that could not normally be seen—to borrow the viewers’ expression, as if looking through a thermal camera—and lines were drawn on all objects he looked at.

Because it had been cast in the middle of a market, the only equipment he could check was something like a fruit knife, but the lines drawn in that manner were definitely the grain.

Weaknesses where equipment could be destroyed if one cut along the lines.

The viewers went wild and wanted to get this skill themselves too.

The only problem was.

– How the hell are we supposed to destroy equipment while fighting Richard?

– Is this difficulty for real??

– It’s hard to target the grain even on regular NPCs, but a Ruler?

– help

“Hmm… If you want to see other cases, come watch my stream tomorrow.”

Today was as far as it would go.

“And, probably other high-level experts who are better than me will get the skill soon and share it with you guys.”

– Our streamer is pretending to be humble lolol

– An expert better than Seo-jun-nim, who achieved the first clears for Ettore and Drake, cleared Richard as well, did a 1-against-30 while never failing a single parry, saw the grain without even having the skill to destroy the guards’ shields and weapons, and destroyed all of Richard’s armor in one go to strip him to his underwear… I’d like to invite them.

– lololol

A particularly prominent chat message popped up.

Alpaca had sent it from outside.

“Haha. Well then, next.”

[I am the owner of the 25 million points. Everyone, praise me. No, praise Seo-jun-nim.]

I Am Joseon’s Assassin sent the donation triumphantly.

He had bet the maximum of 250,000 points on Seo-jun finding four or more, and won a hundredfold payout to obtain 25 million points.

I Am Joseon’s Assassin’s point ranking was now number one.

And that was with a difference of more than double the viewer in second place, who had gathered 10 million points.

It would not be strange to call it an event that would literally go down in the history of Travel.

Seo-jun clapped his hands and said.

“Congratulations. Next!”

[What is the Fragment of Order?]

It was talk about the game again.

Fragment of Order.

[The boss of the Dissemblers, Drake, has died]

[You have acquired a Fragment of Order (1/4)]

This was the notification that had popped up when he defeated Drake the previous day.

And it had popped up in the same manner when he defeated Richard Neville.

[The Knight King, Richard Neville, has died]

[You have acquired a Fragment of Order (2/4)]

Although it was an item with no description written on it, there was a reason people were curious about it, just like Spot Weakness.

That was, Seo-jun was the first to obtain this item called the Fragment of Order.

Anyone could see what the condition was.

– Do they favor open combat?

– How are we supposed to defeat Rulers like that— —

– Honestly, I’m jealous of content that practically only he can do, damn.

Defeating Rulers through open combat instead of assassination.

However, unresolved parts still remained.

The usage.

That was, the usage of the Fragment of Order, which was neither a usable consumable nor equipment, but was simply sitting in the miscellaneous tab.

He had also obtained a Fragment of Order when he defeated Drake previously, but it had not become much of an issue back then because the number of viewers watching was small.

Seo-jun simply shared his thoughts on the matter.

“I don’t even know the lore of Dawn of the Assassins that well, you know?”

Afterward.

Seo-jun scratched his cheek and stared off into the distance for no reason.

This was because he felt self-conscious even after saying those words.

– lolololololololol

– The developer’s hard-planned plot hook ended up with a newbie like this lolololololol

– Seriously legendary.

– Do we have to figure this out ourselves?

– Anyone who can defeat a Ruler?

Even after that, Seo-jun went through the donations one by one, answering various questions.

[What kind of exercise do you usually do?]

“I just run.”

– Running, noted…

– Don’t you do something like martial arts? haha

“I don’t do martial arts. But if I did, I’m confident I’d be good at it.”

Since he was at a level to give advice to professional fighters.

Seo-jun swallowed the rest of his words.

– Virtual reality and reality are different, but usually, if you’re good at one, you’re good at the other.

– I think so too lol

[What do you do in real life?]

“I’m just a normal college student.”

– Calling yourself ordinary with that face is already a deception…

[Why did you start with Dawn of the Assassins?]

“A friend recommended it.”

And so on.

In between, he also answered questions rising from the chat window so that the people typing in the chat wouldn’t feel left out.

He did not forget to thank them either.

Seo-jun processed the backed-up donations like that.

“Hmm, shall I lower the donation amount a bit?”

Although it wasn’t that there were no people who donated as much as fifty thousand won.

Rather than doing it to make money, Seo-jun decided to lower the donation price thinking that there might be people who really wanted to ask a question but couldn’t because of the high price.

There was a feeling that the price was somewhat too high.

“Hmm, how do I do this?”

The sound of the mouse clicking continued.

But the streaming settings did not change.

– No way, is he unable to find it?

– Wow, he’s seriously tech-blind lolololol

– So that’s why he came in late at the beginning.

Streaming settings were more complex and tricky than one would think.

“Haha, everyone, I can find it soon. Just a moment.”

He could not receive help from the viewers either. This was because, unless they had experience in streaming, most of them would have only watched the broadcasted screen.

“Hmm…”

Seo-jun even went to search on the internet for “how to set up Travel donations” in the end.

And he browsed through a few sites.

However, he could not find the method, and the reason was that there was no place that explained in detail from the start where to click to enter.

“I’m confident I won’t forget once I know it… For now, I’ll go call Alpaca-nim.”

Seo-jun let out a sigh with a gloomy expression.

[Ugh. How frustrating lolol just take this.]

[Hyung. This isn’t an act, right? I trust that it isn’t.]

[Watching this suffocates me. Even my grandfather could find it better than this. lolololololol]

Donations exploded one after another.

That was, donations of amounts exceeding fifty thousand won.

“Uh, thank you for the donation. But please wait a moment. Stop donating. I will lower the amount soon.”

[Yeah, I’m going to throw my money away. Don’t stop me.]

[Stream monster! A donation-collection genius has appeared!]

[This man. What if we make him play computer games instead of virtual reality?]

[Even this might be a carefully calculated script damn]

Despite Seo-jun’s protests, people laughed and gladly sent donations.

They had fallen for Seo-jun’s charm.

– lolololol

– Just how far ahead did he look?

– Kya, stream genius.

– He shouldn’t be learning this kind of thing already lololol

“The food is ready, so come out now. By the way, Seo-jun-nim is good at collecting money too. You definitely have a talent for broadcasting.”

Alpaca flashed a thumbs-up as he opened the door and called Seo-jun, and

“Hey, if you were watching, you should have come to help at least.”

Seo-jun grumbled.

How could a tech-challenged old man live through such sorrow?

Alpaca grinned as he disconnected the stream connected to the computer.

“Well. Thanks to that, you hit the donation jackpot.”