The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 35
Chapter 35
“Since I am in a position to check the situation and even clean it up, after all. I will cut to the chase and ask a few things. Butcher of the West.”
The atmosphere changed abruptly.
Viola pointed the tip of her sword at Seo-jun.
She also knew the protagonist’s identity.
“Try me.”
“Those called the Rulers of this city. Did you assassinate them?”
“Correct.”
“All of them?”
“Yes.”
“…And it seems an internal conflict arose in the Assassin Order, do you know the reason?”
“That guy Arthur, whose head you are stepping on right now, was in collusion with the Rulers. He tried to kill me, claiming I was dangerous. So I subdued him.”
“The entire Assassin Order? By yourself?”
“Yes.”
Viola retrieved her sword.
She coughed in vain, feigning composure.
Yet, perhaps because she was nervous, it was visible to the eye that force entered her foot pressing down on Arthur.
Argh!
Arthur screamed.
-Noona, are you cold sweating by any chance?
-LOL.
-I’d be scared too in her shoes.
-The protagonist who collapsed this city alone LOL.
“Y-Yes. First, thank you for dealing with the Rulers. You spared me some work.”
“So?”
The protagonist’s eyebrows went up.
“Damn it. The committee told me to capture the remaining culprit of this incident and the guy who dealt with the Rulers.”
Viola chuckled.
“There is no way I could kill you, whom even the Assassin Order couldn’t kill. Of course, my subordinates investigating the city exist too, but even if they come… I’d die before then, right?”
Viola’s eyes rolled around.
-Is she scared? LOL.
-An NPC whose grasp of reality is insane.
-She was an intelligence-focused character.
-Look at her watching his reactions LOL. So cute.
Viola first struck Arthur’s head to knock him out, then ripped his clothes to shreds with her blade.
Her eccentric behavior began.
She stepped slightly away from Seo-jun and lay on the floor.
And she began to roll.
Roll, roll.
By the time dust was covered all over her body, she stood up from the floor, brushed off her hands, and coughed.
Ahem.
When their eyes met, Viola laughed easily and said:
“So I can just say you escaped. You… will let me live, right?”
It was hard to imagine that just a moment ago she had been an elite knight in a neat uniform.
-She’s a gag character, not an intelligence character?
-Overflowing with charm LOL.
-Her face makes her look like a cold city girl to anyone, so why is she doing that LOL.
“Sigh…”
The protagonist pressed his temples firmly, as if his head ached.
Seo-jun thought that even if he had control over his body, he would have acted the same way.
“Just go.”
Originally, the protagonist possessed a personality that killed any member of the Cabal on sight.
However, it seemed his state of mind had become complicated following this incident.
Viola stared at the protagonist with a smile, as if she knew it would be like that.
“Thank you. And we will change. The interior has been organized and a proper person has risen to the position. Your power would be more effective under control… Ahem.”
Once again, she watched his reactions.
The protagonist glared at her.
“Okay. I get it. Let’s just pray we aren’t enemies when we meet next time.”
Is it all finished?
“But can I take this guy with me?”
Apparently not.
“Take him and get lost quickly.”
“Okay.”
Holding Arthur by his ankle and dragging him along, Viola drifted away.
The protagonist stared at the city, which was no different from the beginning.
Control over the body returned to Seo-jun.
[You have finished the hidden scenario ‘Choice’.]
-Wow! Claps!
-Clap clap clap.
-So does anyone know what this bait/teaser is about? There isn’t even any reward.
-I want to greet Viola-noona too.
The time, before he knew it, had passed the night and dawn was breaking.
Seo-jun entered the city, walked along the road paved with gray stones, and slowly took in the surroundings.
“First, let’s go to the tavern where Christina is.”
The city landscape looked more beautiful as it was familiar to him.
A lingering warmth remained.
Seo-jun entered the empty tavern.
However, some man stood there instead of Christina.
It was the assassin Seo-jun had subdued.
“She is at the clock tower now. And I was sorry.”
Seo-jun accepted the apology, left the tavern, and climbed the clock tower.
“It reminds me of the tutorial. I climbed it with a wire.”
-You do it too.
-Go go.
“Ah, because I don’t have a wire.”
Seo-jun said as he launched his body upward, performing parkour.
-LOL.
-The guy watching the ending doesn’t even have basic items like a wire LOL.
-The wire is only given when you do the basic quest, but since he didn’t do it LOL.
-He is truly amazing in many senses.
-Do you have to play the game this inefficiently to do a hidden quest?
Seo-jun went up and approached Christina.
The game ending that could be seen after catching all Rulers began.
“Even though the Queen is dead, the people do not know. It means the information is controlled that thoroughly. However, the city will change from now on. Thanks to you.”
She said what she wanted to say by herself, then leaped downward.
“Uh. Is it telling me to go back to the tavern?”
When Seo-jun harbored doubts about the development, the screen transitioned, a song played, and the ending credits rolled.
More than a thousand developers.
Seo-jun could find the names of Kim Yoon-chan and Yves Paimo in the list.
-The ending hasn’t changed.
-It’s simple and good.
-Thank you for your hard work.
-It was really fun.
The ending was truly simple, just like the viewers’ opinions.
‘Well, I like it.’
Although he did not play by digging deep like others, it felt like he had enjoyed it in a fun and fulfilling manner.
In his own way.
The viewers also began to congratulate Seo-jun in their own way.
[‘CongratsSeoJunEnding’ donated 10,000 won!]
[Congrats congrats (CC)]
[‘LikeThis’ donated 100,000 won!]
[You are the first person to clear the game!]
[‘IWhoWatchedThisADayBeforeEnlistmentAmTheWinner’ donated 30,000 won!]
[Uh, why am I tearing up?]
-LOL.
-Military-bye ㅠㅠㅠㅠ (Good luck in the army)
-Yeah, you be the winner ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[‘GG’ donated 20,000 won!]
[What is the next game, indeed?]
[‘ItWasVeryFun’ donated 100,000 won!]
[So you are going to fail Christina-noona’s quest, right?]
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Donations rushed in.
Seo-jun temporarily closed the donation window and spoke.
“Now, thank you for the donations, everyone. Then, let’s go finish the truly last remaining thing.”
It was precisely the affection quest with Christina.
The world after the ending did not differ much from before.
Seo-jun entered the tavern.
The quest completed automatically.
[You have achieved the affection level of Love with Christina.]
He also acquired the rewards for it.
Various coins and marks of the Assassin Order were received.
However, if this was the only reward for affection, the viewers would not have been so immersed.
-Talk to her.
-Since I won’t be able to hit Love affection anyway, I must watch it like this at least, haha.
“Thank you so much. You kept your promise. Then I… …say, Unnamed. Won’t you walk the city together with me?”
Christina spoke with a blush.
-So envious ㅠㅠㅠ
-I should have been in that spot.
-It’s possible for us too. Just catch all Rulers and fight and win against the entire Assassin Order.
Now he only needed to approach Christina and speak to her.
Seo-jun brought up the settings window and moved his hand to the end game button.
“Yes, Dawn of the Assassins ends here.”
Naturally, countless question marks (?) flooded in.
-?
-?????????
-??????
-LOL seriously, how absurd.
However, Seo-jun thought now was a good timing to finish Dawn of the Assassins and transition to another game.
Although contents like all sorts of marks or achievement collectibles remained, they were not for broadcast purposes.
The reward for Christina’s affection quest is, well.
Isn’t this how viewers get angry?
Originally, streamers need this kind of push-and-pull too.
Yes!
-Ah seriously, why are you doing this.
-Hyung… are you impotent?
-Play the date quickly.
-Sigh… it’s my first time murdering, so I’m nervous.
-Why murder LOL.
“If you are that curious. You guys clear the quest and see for yourselves. In the first place, how can you go on a date with others. Well then, let’s wrap up Dawn of the Assassins.”
Actually, it was not an adult game, but he skipped it in preparation for any possible fan-service scenes.
Because he did not know the exact telecommunications review regulations for streaming.
“No, and why are you guys being like this when you made such a fuss telling me to fail.”
-That is true, though LOL.
-Why did you become a streamer if you’re going to be like this! Why did you become a streamer if you’re going to be like this! Why did you become a streamer if you’re going to be like this! Why did you become a streamer if you’re going to be like this!
-We will not forget this day…
-The streamer is definitely a virgin!
Seo-jun pressed the end game button just like that and exited to the lobby.
And with a mind to extinguish the urgent fire, he changed the subject.
“By the way, what does that hidden scenario earlier mean.”
Seo-jun knew it was a teaser/bait related to the next installment.
However, Movie Soft did not disclose other information.
Hearing Movie Soft’s president Yves Paimo say that he would naturally learn when he finished the scenario was everything.
-Oh? I just checked and a video was uploaded on Movie Soft’s official ITube.
-On the homepage too.
-Could be that it came out because the streamer cleared it?
-Looking at the time it came out, it seems so LOL.
“Ah, did something get uploaded?”
It must be a teaser video.
“Let’s watch it together, everyone.”
Watching something else while viewing a stream might be troublesome from a viewer’s perspective, but even if it wasn’t, people would prefer watching it together.
Seo-jun found a fresh video uploaded less than an hour ago.
The title was.
[World of Belief Teaser]
“Oh. Let’s watch it.”
When the video played, in a black background with nothing.
Ding.
A clear, bell-like sound breaking the silence vibrated like a wave, and subtitles appeared.
[Assassin Order]
Bird sounds echoed, and the screen took on the perspective of a bird flying over the city.
The outstanding avian eyes instantly captured the anomaly occurring at the highest point of the city.
There, a hooded assassin was leaping down.
And the screen swooped downward, turning sharply.
Plop!
The Cabal looking down beneath the water surface from atop the cliff was seen wavering.
Aside from this, countless assassins in cathedrals, market streets, and secret chambers passed by.
It turned dark again, and subtitles appeared.
[Cabal]
Similarly, it reflected nobles enjoying a banquet.
They are the rulers of the world. The vested interests and the ruling class.
On the streets, a military parade was being held.
The sight of countless soldiers marching in orderly fashion gave off an imposing aura.
Entering a building in the center of the city, a treasurer was sitting at a desk doing calculations.
A knight standing at the vanguard departing for war.
A mage purely rejoicing at having invented new magic appeared on the screen in turn.
Their society, where each played their part like cogs, only exerted power when united as one.
Now the scene changed once more, and a folk song fitting the medieval era began to flow.
[Belief]
A hidden blade pierced the neck of a fat noble.
A captain of the guard dealt with ruffians disturbing the public peace.
[Where Will You Stand]
Soldiers chasing the assassin under the knight’s command.
Shouting, they rushed out.
[Chaos]
The city fell into chaos.
Innocent people died and were injured due to the assassin.
The streets became a mess, and a child cried.
The video reflected a disorderly sight.
[Cosmos]
People were exploited under their control.
The nobles’ bellies grew larger, and wealth accumulated in their storehouses.
Their military parade was merely a tool for easier ruling.
The song stopped abruptly.
The video ended with the screen showing a hooded assassin and a knight glaring at each other.
It was an exciting video.
He casually leaked information.
“Wow. This looks like the next game, right?”
-Yeah LOL.
-Holy shit!
-Wow, crazy awesome.
-You were preparing this kind of thing, Movie Soft!!!!!!!!
-Shit, could it be coming out as an MMORPG??????
-Insane. Seriously, I have nothing to say. Insane.
-We are watching this thanks to the streamer, right? Seriously crazy LOL.
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, abbreviated as MMORPG, refers to an RPG game played with countless users connecting to a server simultaneously.
Before they knew it, people forgot that he had skipped the fan-service scene and were immersed.
-Cabal vs Assassin Order, is this played by users?
-Get ready for faction selection LOL.
-The level of those dirty assassins messing up the world.
-You corrupt pigs, shall I show you a taste of the hidden blade?
People who were already deeply absorbed were visible.
Though their way of speaking was typically internet-style, which broke the mood a bit.
“Everyone, if this game comes out, which side should I choose?”
And a single word from Seo-jun lit a fire.
-Obviously the Assassin Order, are you throwing away the hidden blade?
-The streamer never used a hidden blade in the first place. Faction is Cabal, absolutely.
-In fact, it’s Christina vs Viola.
-I’m for Christina.
-No, you seriously don’t know anything. Assassins are poor. Cabal is a second-generation chaebol. Which one are you doing?
-You guys want to get assassinated?
-Sorry, but there are plenty of assassins among those in power too!
-The important thing is the streamer, you guys. Since his appearance is a golden spoon in the first place, that doesn’t matter.
-Even so, you must do the Assassin Order.
-He is the protagonist, after all.
Seo-jun scanned the chat window.
Public opinion leaned slightly more toward the Assassin Order.
It was an understandable result since players had acted on the side of the Assassin Order all this time.
There was attachment, and naturally, humans preferred what was familiar.
People who were excited at the thought of playing a new game were also visible.
[‘YouFools’ donated 10,000 won!]
[Instead of trying to persuade the streamer to choose the faction you want, we should just unconditionally go where the streamer chooses LOL]
-Hmm? That makes sense?
-For real LOL, completely agree.
-Are you a sage by any chance?
-Thinking about going to the other faction only to get parried and toyed with, it’s unconditionally comfortable to be on the same side LOL.
-If we actually meet him as an opponent, how on earth are we going to handle that demon LOL.