The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Hidden quest.

People were excited, especially since it was content hostile to the Assassin Order.

-Oooh…

-I never dreamed the player would become the target of assassination.

-LOL now everything you’ve done is coming back to you, streamer.

-I’m telling you, the streamer never assassinated anyone?

-For real LOL, he just beat them all up.

Seo-jun first turned his head to assess the situation.

Currently, he was heading somewhere while being carried on someone’s back.

As the blonde hair sticking out from the hood fluttered, Seo-jun realized who the person carrying him was.

Because she was the only blonde NPC likely to appear at such a critical moment.

“Is it Christina?”

Seo-jun attempted to strike up a conversation.

“Unnamed. Yes, it’s me.”

She was panting, out of breath.

Looking around, she had run a long distance from the abandoned factory to Sector 4 carrying him on her back.

-Noona! I believed in you!

-Sorry, our streamer is a bit heavy, right?

“After Queen died, Arthur said. He said you betrayed us and joined the other side.”

Christina entered a building as she spoke.

And after seating him in a chair, she began to wrap his injured leg with a bandage.

“But I couldn’t believe it. Because I knew why you fought with the Cabal bastards in the west to the point of becoming mortal enemies.”

It was a story about the protagonist’s background.

The protagonist had a past of losing his family because of the Cabal.

“So I followed Arthur, overheard his conversation with you, Unnamed, and learned the whole truth of the incident. Damn it, to think that bastard had been deceiving us all until now.”

She had been in the building when the protagonist spoke with Arthur in the cutscene.

Seo-jun’s gaze turned toward her arm.

Her clothes were completely torn and her skin was exposed due to the explosion, and the flesh was swollen red.

It was a wound sustained while escaping from the explosion.

It was because she had less time, being on a lower floor than the protagonist.

“Now Arthur will gather the brothers and try to eliminate you. Finding your location will only take an instant. Since blind spots do not exist in Alteon.”

Christina tightly wrapped his bandage.

Even until then, Seo-jun’s body did not move properly.

“Hmm, in that case, shouldn’t you hide?”

“Yes. I will stay hidden.”

-How cold.

-Straight running LOL.

-Honestly, it can’t be helped.

-Be grateful just for being saved, human.

Once Christina finished first aid, control returned to Seo-jun’s body.

“Because I have to reveal Arthur’s wrongdoing. He probably doesn’t know my identity yet. If we don’t seize this opportunity, Alteon will completely fall to him. Then more people will suffer. I’m sorry.”

I see.

She had made the most rational judgment.

A choice not for herself, but for Alteon.

“Then go quickly.”

Seo-jun stood up and tried running.

“First aid is practically a penalty, everyone.”

Movement was uncomfortable and running did not work well.

It was a difficulty worthy of a quest that could only be progressed after catching all the Rulers through matchless combat.

“What did you say?”

“Nothing. Go quickly.”

Seo-jun wore a benevolent smile.

“Okay. Unnamed, I really hope you survive. If we can use the Cabal bastards… if you can just hold out for about a week…”

-Why a week?

-The quest was clearly one day.

-How do we use the Cabal?

Christina stopped mid-sentence, looked at the ceiling, and screamed.

“Damn it, Johan, stop! He is…”

As Seo-jun looked up, a man called Johan who was clinging to the ceiling was falling toward him.

With his sword raised and aimed at him.

Of course, since Seo-jun had noticed his identity to some extent, he prepared easily.

Because he had captured the subtly changed ambient sound when Christina was wrapping the bandage earlier and was on guard.

Seo-jun grabbed Johan’s arm just like that and slammed him to the floor.

Crash!

-Whoa, when their eyes met, I got real goosebumps.

-Scared me so much LOL.

-As expected of the streamer, he counter-attacks that.

-Shaking

And he leisurely drew his sword and struck down toward the assassin’s neck.

Clang!

A sound that shouldn’t have been made echoed.

Christina had blocked him in that split second.

The sound of metal clashing rang out clearly.

“What is this?”

Seo-jun said.

The moment Christina tried to explain the reason she blocked him, the fallen Johan got up and rushed at Seo-jun, who lightly tripped him and slammed him to the floor, subduing him.

After that, he knocked him unconscious.

He did not strike down with his blade.

Because he was curious why Christina blocked him.

But a look of surprise and admiration was melted on Christina’s face.

“How so easily… Johan is a master-class assassin.”

Master-class was a rank received only by the highest-skilled assassins among the ranks of the Assassin Order.

Usually there were fewer than five in a single branch.

“With that kind of skill… Damn it. Unnamed.”

Christina bit her lip and stared at him.

“Can you survive? There are a total of 47 members in our branch.”

47 members.

Seo-jun spoke with confidence.

He had no confidence in dying even in terms of skill, but there was a surer guarantee.

“Well, I’m a user, so I can’t die anyway.”

-Yeah try killing him LOL. If he dies, he can just restart!

-Re-game go go LOL.

-It’s precious seeing Noona flustered after seeing the streamer’s skill.

-For real, she’s so beautiful.

“If you are that confident… can I ask a favor?”

Somehow the conversation was flowing.

“What is it?”

Another quest?

It seemed he had satisfied the conditions by showing his skill.

Seo-jun’s expectation hit the mark.

However, the quest that came out this time had a somewhat different direction.

[Affection Quest – Mercy]

[To subdue Johan so easily when he is a master-class assassin. With that level of skill…

It is certainly a shameless request, but it cannot be helped. The other brothers are currently being deceived by Arthur.

Therefore.

If you survive…

Quest Clear Condition: Do not kill a single person during the ‘Survival’ quest.

Quest Clear Reward: Christina’s Affection reaches the level of Love.]

In Dawn of the Assassins, there was an affection rating for each major NPC.

You could raise the grade of this affection by giving special gifts, performing specific actions, or progressing affection quests, and Love was the highest grade.

Out of guilt for making such a request, Christina cast down her eyes and spoke while avoiding Seo-jun’s gaze.

“Please show mercy to our comrades and do not kill them. They are all being deceived by Arthur. If you grant my favor…”

Christina paused for a moment.

She slowly raised her head, locked eyes with Seo-jun, and opened her mouth.

Her beautiful voice was heard clearly.

“I will give you my everything.”

-Oh my goodness.

-Wait… crazy.

-What is this!!!!

-Looking for party members to go hunt the streamer (1/9999999999).

-Ah, I must catch the Rulers.

-No, raising Christina’s affection is seriously so hard, why is the streamer getting it for free.

-He’s gonna hit Love first LOL.

Seo-jun pressed accept quest.

“Oh, this quest has a reward too. Then I should do it.”

Originally it is normal to have a reward.

“Thank you, Unnamed. Really. Make sure to survive.”

Christina approached shyly.

Soon, with a determined expression, she leaned down, took Seo-jun’s hand, lightly kissed the back of his hand, and left.

“Hmm, doesn’t a man usually do a kiss on the back of the hand?”

Seo-jun spoke awkwardly and turned his head to the chat, only to be startled.

-How dare you take Noona’s lips???

-Noona, do you look at faces by any chance? Noona, do you look at faces? Noona, do you look at faces? Noona, do you look at faces?

-Am I going dark? Am I going dark? Am I going dark? Am I going dark? Am I going dark?

-Give up the quest right now! Give up the quest right now! Give up the quest right now!

-If I can’t have her, no one can.

-How do you hack a capsule, everyone? Serious.

-Burn that back of the hand right now!

“Uh, calm down, everyone.”

Why are they so excited.

-Would you be calm if you were in our shoes?

-I’ll give 100,000 won if you kill Johan right now LOL.

-No, you are handsome. Please give it up at least in the game…

“I don’t want to? But… someone is here.”

Seo-jun held his sword straight and scanned the surroundings.

Before he knew it, someone had intruded.

Because the noise-filled background sound had changed minutely.

And the moment the flow of air reversed, a person popped out from the shadow that covered the wall.

“Die.”

Seo-jun swung his sword to check if parrying worked.

Clang!

A space that rippled from the surface where the swords met, accompanied by a clear and pure sound.

At the same time, the assassin was blown away.

Parrying works.

“This makes it much easier.”

But once again, the air changed completely.

Whoosh!

A dagger flew in from outside, ripping through the air.

The target was his ankle.

Seo-jun lightly jumped to avoid the attack.

However, due to his left foot wrapped in bandages, his jumping power was weaker than expected, and as the dagger grazed him, Seo-jun’s HP depleted a bit.

Thud.

Simultaneously with the dagger embedding in the floor.

“You traitor!”

“Cabal bastard!”

Two assassins launched a coordinated attack on Seo-jun from both directions.

Seo-jun’s eyes scanned the battlefield situation in an instant and made a decision.

In order to overturn the disadvantage of his movement.

Thud!

Seo-jun approached the enemy coming from the front first, clashed swords to remove them from the battle, and then dealt with the enemy coming from behind.

The enemy’s weapon, which was also the symbol of the Assassin Order, the hidden blade, flashed as it caught the sunlight streaming through the window.

And that was all.

“Argh!”

Seo-jun’s sword moved freely, neutralizing the enemy.

In an instant, three more assassins were groggy.

“Our location has been exposed. Let’s move.”

Seo-jun struck the heads of the groggy enemies to knock them all unconscious and left the place.

Worthy of Sector 4, the street was bright and crowded with people.

Seo-jun naturally blended into the crowd.

The best place to hide a grain of sand is the desert.

However, it was of no use.

“I bear no ill will. I will shoulder your death.”

It was an extremely ordinary-looking, common person on the street.

Such a person had waited to get close to Seo-jun and attempted a sudden assassination the moment an opportunity appeared.

A flash went off.

Fortunately, Seo-jun turned his head properly to respond.

And in the place where he turned his head, another assassin holding a chain stood.

Clink-clank!

The chain shot toward Seo-jun, moving like a snake.

At the same time, a flying dagger shot from the second floor.

-No, am I the only one getting goosebumps?

-It feels quite helpless.

-Geez. Do they use skills too?

-Are you gang-beating him, cowards!!!!

He couldn’t even run away because of his leg.

His skills were blocked too.

The only remaining option was to deflect.

Seo-jun dealt with the flying dagger reaching him first.

And after dodging the chain, he grabbed it with his hand and yanked it hard toward himself.

The assassin who threw the flash from behind drew a hidden blade from his sleeve and rushed in.

Seo-jun dodged to the side, causing him to collide with the assassin who had thrown the chain.

“Urgh!”

-Wow.

-Seriously, what is this…

-Admiration comes out naturally.

-LOL the assassins are losing their minds after tasting matchless combat.

Surrounding NPCs gathered, murmuring.

Seo-jun quickly knocked the assassins unconscious and left the area.

“The guy on the second floor is gone. Disappeared already.”

Stealth? Or did he just vanish?

Once again, a flying dagger came flying.

Seo-jun knew this feeling well thanks to his memories of his past life.

When enemies on the battlefield corralled him while sharing his position in real-time, he had felt this exact sensation.

“It would be annoying to do this all day.”

A day in the game was much shorter than 24 hours in reality, but it was still an hour.

Whoosh!

Seo-jun spoke as he caught the incoming flying dagger with his right hand.

“I should just catch them all.”

His eyes began to shine.