The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 24
Chapter 24
The moment Seo-jun’s sword accurately pierced into the intersection.
A crackling sound began to occur right before his eyes.
It was but an instant.
The blue current of the lightning flowed into the sword in an instant.
The blue lightning was absorbed into Seo-jun’s blade, turning white as it gathered.
A sparking sound echoed close by, and a tingling sensation was felt as the sword grew heavy.
“Hup.”
Seo-jun swung the sword.
Then, the white lightning gathered on the blade surged toward the wall with a crackling burst.
Krakabang!
The lightning that directly hit the bookshelf attached to the wall lingered for about a second before disappearing.
Thud, thud.
Thud!
As the books hit the floor first, the desk collapsed.
– Woah? shudder
– Is he using the magic just as it is?
– What did he do? He didn’t use Spot Weakness, right?
– There he goes again, doing something only he can do.
It was exactly as they saw.
The clue to defeating the Magic Tower Master.
‘It really was the developer. As expected.’
Seo-jun smiled contentedly and leaned back.
Crackle!
Above him, the lightning passed by in an instant.
Seo-jun once again identified the minute intersection and pierced his sword into it, then swung it toward the Magic Tower Master.
The pure white lightning flew toward the Magic Tower Master and directly hit the shield.
He could have easily avoided it with teleportation, but the Magic Tower Master did not do so and held his ground.
Cracks were visible on the translucent, spherical shield.
“I guess it breaks even from his own magic.”
The blue lightning drew a line in the air, and as if returning the favor, the white lightning drew a line again.
The exchange was repeated, and the cracks in the shield gradually grew before finally shattering.
Immediately after that, Seo-jun swung his sword toward the glass tube in the back and unleashed the lightning.
“You bug-like wretch!”
The Magic Tower Master’s pupils instantly dilated, and
he, who had been standing in the midst of it, had no choice but to dodge with teleportation in the end.
Shatter.
Finally, the glass tube shattered.
Then, the soccer ball-sized ring inside began to vibrate as it emitted a bright light.
The brow of the Magic Tower Master, who had dodged to Seo-jun’s side, furrowed.
And he began to glare at Seo-jun.
“Haa… You must have believed that breaking that would solve everything. But that is a delusion. The core is merely a device that refines the infinite mana drawn from the Magic Tower to make it easier to receive and sends it to me.”
Seo-jun shrugged his shoulders and said.
“You’re flustered.”
– So true lolol
– Just by looking at it, it’s resolved
– Did he discover the identity of the infinite mana?
– A transformer shudder
Despite Seo-jun’s sarcasm, the Magic Tower Master was undaunted and spoke his mind.
“Even without the core, I can use infinite mana. Rather, a massive amount of mana will flow in, making my power even stronger. Since it has come to this, I will use this power to end you quickly.”
The veins on the Magic Tower Master’s face began to bulge and glow blue.
“Why do you talk so much?”
Seo-jun said as he rested his sword on his shoulder.
– Look at him explaining everything, is he flustered?
– It was a transformer after all
– Looks like he just needs to hold out.
– Let’s go to Phase 3!
People with deep experience in games quickly noticed.
Namely, the fact that if he survived for the limited time, the Magic Tower Master would self-destruct on his own.
Seo-jun also caught on as he looked at the chat window.
“The AI’s level is quite low. If he doesn’t use lightning, there’s no way to pierce the shield, but he insists on using lightning to dig his own grave.”
– So true lolol
– Even if he only used basic magic and shields, the streamer is a beggar, so he would have left on his own when it was time to end the stream lolololol
“Then… die.”
The Magic Tower Master stretched out his hand.
As magic was created, the force of the atmosphere being sucked in felt much stronger than before.
And the Magic Tower Master instantly disappeared.
The place where he appeared was behind Seo-jun.
“Bug-like wretch.”
Boom!
Thunder rumbled, and a blue line was drawn.
Seo-jun heard the sound and dodged to the right.
And the moment he tried to thrust his sword into the lightning, the floor next to him surged up.
Seo-jun sharply changed the trajectory of his sword to shatter the rock, and the lightning disappeared.
The Magic Tower Master disappeared again and appeared in front of Seo-jun this time.
Seo-jun did not lose sight of the Magic Tower Master’s bulging-veined hand.
Boom!
The Magic Tower Master’s magic began to rage fiercely.
Even more powerfully and rapidly than before.
Seo-jun searched for a pattern as much as possible in the midst of the magic falling like rain.
– The difficulty is truly crazy
– And the streamer who dodges all that is also…
– No, seriously, do they want us to pull off a one-man army show or not?
– So true lolol, they made it with so much effort, yet they set the difficulty like that so no one can do it
“Indeed. I feel this every time as well, but the developer seems like a bit of a pervert.”
Ice arrows grazed past both sides of Seo-jun.
And at the same time, lightning struck from behind.
“And although I don’t know how long I have to hold out, wouldn’t it be better to finish him off rather than letting him self-destruct?”
Seo-jun dodged to the side and immediately thrust his sword into the lightning.
The sword charged white.
– Don’t dodge while reading the chat, you bastard.
– lolololol
– Declaring he will finish him off in the midst of this.
– Lightning generating on the sword is indeed really cool
White lightning shot out from the tip of Seo-jun’s sword.
At the same time, blue lightning also flew toward him.
Two spells crossed in midair.
It was dangerous.
“He just unleashed it, trusting in his shield.”
The shield recast by the Magic Tower Master broke, and Seo-jun dodged the lightning.
And as if drawing a sword from its scabbard, he thrust his sword into the center of the magic and then pulled it out.
The lightning energy gathered again, and
‘I will finish it here.’
Now, with the shield gone, was the opportunity.
Krakabang!
Lightning struck from the tip of Seo-jun’s sword, and as if it were only natural, the Magic Tower Master was not there.
He had teleported.
However.
“Keugh.”
A sound came from the right.
– ???
– How did that happen?
– Why is there a sword stuck in the Magic Tower Master’s stomach?
– Crazy lolol he predicted that
“A mage’s body is certainly weak.”
Seo-jun’s right hand was empty.
Predicting the teleportation a moment ago, he had thrown his sword at the same time he shot the lightning.
Seo-jun approached and pulled out the sword stuck in the mage’s stomach.
Cough.
Thick blood flowed from the Magic Tower Master’s mouth.
Clutching his waist, the Magic Tower Master raised his head and glared at him.
“This bug…”
“Shut up.”
The tip of Seo-jun’s sword flashed, and the Magic Tower Master raid was over.
[Duke, the Magic Tower Master, has died]
[You have acquired a Fragment of Order (3/4)]
– Kya!
– Go back and watch the last part. It is fucking insane.
– Just by looking at it, he lost his grip on the sword, right? He caught him by luck, right?
– Stop talking bullshit lolol
– Since he kept dodging the lightning, he threw the sword lolololol
– Insane
“The guards aren’t coming this time either, right?”
Seo-jun quietly looked around the Magic Tower and said.
– Yep
– 3 Rulers down!
– Another first clear!
“Then, I’ll take the mission prize money.”
[Clear without using Spot Weakness when facing the Magic Tower Master — Mission Reward: 1,417,000 won]
Seo-jun pressed the success button of the mission, which had risen to 1.4 million won.
Then, a characteristic congratulatory notification sound rang out, and the prize money was delivered to Seo-jun in the form of a donation.
– lolololol safe asset my foot, it was a fucking risky asset.
– Just you wait
– It would have been fun if there was betting too
– Only the streamer is all smiles
[‘Bangju’ has donated 100,000 won!]
[I enjoyed watching. So you just had to conquer it with pure skill. shudder]
“Ah, Bangju-nim, thank you for the 100,000 won donation.”
But the content of the donation was somewhat meaningful.
When he looked at the chat window, he could understand the reason.
– Ah. It’s the author of the post.
– Bangju was also watching shudder
– He’s a famous analyst.
– Former professional player of collectible card games.
– According to Bangju, you just need to conquer it with skill.
– According to Bangju, Seo-jun’s skill is on another level
– According to Bangju, if Seo-jun were a pro, he would have won the championship.
He seemed to be a famous person.
Anyway, how far are you guys going?
Seo-jun shook his head.
“Now, then, I’ll take a leisurely look around the Magic Tower. Since there won’t be anyone to interrupt me.”
– Since you killed everyone lololol
– By the way, I also want to get Spot Weakness, it’s fucking cool
– Do you think you’d be able to split magic even if you had it?
– I wouldn’t even hope for the lightning lolol
Seo-jun chatted with the viewers while looking around the map before coming down.
And the moment he left the Magic Tower,
a cutscene played.
– Oh???
– This is the first time seeing this
– Was there ever anything that wasn’t a first on this stream anyway lolol
***
In the colorful light streaming in through the stained glass,
Clack, clack.
A woman with purple hair flowing down to her shoulders, wearing a deeply pulled-down hat, walked in.
The screen shifted to a man looking up at a mural, and then the woman stood next to him.
Both were wearing neat uniforms.
The man spoke first.
“Alteon?”
The head of the man looking at the mural did not move at all.
“There was a fellow who did our job for us.”
The woman’s beautiful voice was heard.
The purple-haired woman also looked up at the mural.
“Were they all taken care of?”
“No. Just the rotten branches. Three out of four.”
– Sounds like they’re talking about the streamer.
– Aren’t those guys the Cabal?
– Seeing them call them rotten branches, they must be the Cabal.
To put it briefly, the storyline of Dawn of the Assassins is a fight between the Cabal and the Assassin Order.
Although it was rebooted as it transitioned to capsules, the structure of the Assassin Order assassinating the Cabal, who was society’s evil, had not changed.
The Assassin Order pursued chaos, while the Cabal pursued cosmos,
the Assassin Order defined the Cabal as oppression, while the Cabal defined the Assassin Order as licentiousness.
Here, chaos was not simply a state of disorder, but rather a state of freedom that gave birth to order.
“Is it the Assassin Order?”
A calm voice.
“Who knows. He didn’t assassinate them in their way.”
The woman’s voice tickled the ears.
– Kya lololololol
– Streamer, the developer says that wasn’t an assassination.
– lololololololol
– Developer-certified: what the streamer did was not an assassination.
– This might cause some controversy?
The viewers seemed to have focused on a weird point.
“Can we win him over to our side?”
This time, the woman spoke first.
“Who knows.”
The man repeated the woman’s words, and
“I’ll have to go in person.”
The woman let out a sigh and turned around, looking as if she were going out again.
“You were planning to go anyway.”
“Well, yes.”
The woman took off her hat for a moment and tidied her hair.
At that moment, her face was briefly revealed, and
as a beautiful face no less lovely than Christina’s from the tutorial was caught on the screen, the viewers went wild.
– So that noona is coming to visit him now?
– She’s definitely from the Cabal in the story lolol
– Should I leave the Assassin Order?
– Oh? Turns out I like being oppressed.
– Is everyone out of their minds? Christina noona is still the best.
– So what video is this?
– Upvote if you’re tilted that only the streamer gets to see stuff like this in the game lololol
***
“He ended up catching the Magic Tower Master.”
Yves Paimo laughed hollowly.
Although it was funny that he felt hollow after setting the mission himself, well, he hadn’t expected him to defeat the Magic Tower Master in such a reckless manner.
To conquer the Magic Tower Master in a Musou style, the barrier had to be neutralized.
Among them, if one only had the skill, the method of breaking it through Spot Weakness was the easiest.
That was why he had set a mission for the streamer to prevent the use of Spot Weakness and told him to find the cleft of the barrier, but…
Whether his kinetic vision was also outstanding, he found the cleft of the lightning magic, which was only shown for a single second, and cleared it by countering it—all without even receiving the help of the skill.
Lightning countering. Lightning Reversal.
It was a system put in simply because it was cool.
“Come to think of it, he did defeat the other Rulers in a reckless manner too. Hmm, then now that the cutscene is out, he will definitely try to gather all the Fragments of Order in the next broadcast…”
In truth, it was not because Yves Paimo was a thoughtless idiot that he set a mission to defeat a Ruler on the stream while all the employees were working overtime.
Rather,
he had wanted to confirm.
That eye for discovering the cleft.
And that skill of defeating Rulers in succession for the first time.
At any rate,
“I only need to win over that streamer.”
Other users?
To be perfectly honest, he didn’t think anyone else would be able to gather them.
“Since it’s exactly one week…”
Yves Paimo called Kim Yoon-chan with a satisfied expression.
“Hmm. What gift would be good?”