The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 36
Chapter 36
Seo-jun shrugged his shoulders and launched the new game.
“Thank you for the donations. Well then, I will go to the next game.”
-Oh thud-thud-thud
-As expected?
-What is it?
The background flipped as the world transformed.
If the previous game ‘Dawn of the Assassins’ had multi-story houses shooting up like bamboo shoots after rain in a dark background, the game he launched now was different.
Because literally, bamboo shoots were shooting up.
It was green.
It was Seo-jun’s first impression of the game.
Birds chirped and pandas began to roll around.
A certain hill overgrown with vegetation was the starting point.
Seo-jun first tried moving his body in place.
He stretched and even swung his arms.
“……Hmm, it’s just right.”
Thanks to Surface, which managed the capsules and virtual reality, the sensation of diving into virtual reality did not change, but the movement speed varied depending on the set values.
And it seemed this game tried to give a feeling as close to reality as possible.
The fluttering hem of the robe and the softly flowing sound of the zither evoked a sense of nostalgia.
Meanwhile, the viewers realized the identity of the game and began to get excited.
-Could it be For Chivalry?
-That game where practically no chivalry exists LOL?
-That game that is real rotten in martial arts?
-Keh. It’s an online game!!!
-Scold!
As expected.
They recognized it immediately just by looking at the starting point.
“As you all expected, this game is indeed For Chivalry.”
For Chivalry.
As another game by Movie Soft, the genre is a wuxia-style action game, set in the background of Murim where three major factions—the Orthodox Faction, the Unorthodox Faction, and the Demonic Cult—clash against each other.
It had ranked first in simultaneous connections on its release day, and although it had declined slightly now after a few years, it was a game enjoying upper-middle tier popularity.
And another major feature was that despite having upper-middle tier popularity, the game was incredibly veteran-heavy.
– 385,000 watching.
– 270,000 watching.
This was the current number of Travel viewers.
For Chivalry was a game that steadily maintained a viewer count in the late 300,000s.
Although Dawn of the Assassins had hit 800,000 just a week ago, that was thanks to large-scale streamers who moved in units of hundreds of thousands.
Currently, since they stopped playing, the viewers had left.
‘Even so, Dawn of the Assassins was not a wrong choice.’
No, rather, it was the optimal choice.
‘Seeing as ten thousand people are watching my stream now.’
Wait a minute.
Ten thousand people?
The number of stream viewers was exceptionally high.
What was this?
He calmly checked the viewer distribution.
“Four thousand foreign viewers? Uh, what’s going on?”
-Hmm? What is this?
-The viewer count really is high.
-Mentioning the viewer count was prohibited until the streamer brought it up, so I didn’t say anything and was just frustrated by myself.
-Oh what.
-Foreign viewers are 4,000? Shaking.
It was not common for foreign viewers to watch the stream.
Although technology had developed to the point where voices were automatically translated, the cultures were different, and in-game screens during the stream were not translated.
In other words, it meant they had simply gathered temporarily.
Soon, Seo-jun could guess the reason.
“Ah. It seems to be because of the training ground.”
-Seems so LOL.
-The influence of the training ground is insane.
-Hyung, are you becoming world-class now?
World-class, my foot.
Seo-jun chuckled and fiddled with the streaming window.
‘Well, if it’s like this, does it give me something to say to the sponsors?’
Seo-jun thought that a good thing is a good thing.
An alert indicating the stream included paid advertisements popped up.
“Now, today’s game is sponsored, you see.”
-Oh???
-Sponsoring already?
-Sponsoring the next game! As expected of the monster born of capitalism.
-But why sponsor For Chivalry? Is there some event?
-A Movie Soft sponsorship, are you really becoming world-class!
The viewers did not show any particular signs of dislike.
“Haha, yes. But everyone, even after the sponsorship ends, I won’t quit this game immediately. Even if it weren’t a sponsorship, I had the thought of wanting to try For Chivalry.”
He was sincere.
Because of the wuxia background.
They even called the skills martial arts.
Honestly, it was a bit awkward, but anyway, it recalled the fragrance of the past and seemed like it would be fun.
-LOL.
-Rather good.
-No, then how long are you going to play it?
“How long? Until I find it no longer fun.”
Seo-jun wore an expression asking why they asked something so obvious.
-The guy who remains consistent even when the game changes LOL.
-He wouldn’t change even if public opinion hit rock bottom, shaking.
-He already hit rock bottom a few times but just pushed through. Like when ending the stream or skipping Christina LOL.
“Now then. Let’s move. The village below the hill? No, I should go to the city.”
Seo-jun slowly walked down the stairs situated to the side.
And a panda rolled sideways beside him.
“Cute.”
It looked comfortable, but he did not copy it.
After descending completely, he first jumped to scale the city wall.
However, it was blocked.
-Scaling the wall right away LOL.
-The pickpocket bastard couldn’t fix his habits.
-Don’t do that here… I’m a bit embarrassed LOL.
-It’s a stranger. Do not make eye contact.
”No, everyone, why are you trying to cut ties. How disappointing.”
Seo-jun turned his head to the side.
A path where people passed and an entrance existed.
He approached the guard warrior at the entrance who was wearing a bamboo hat.
As someone approached, the guard raised his bamboo hat with a finger and stared at Seo-jun.
The warrior wearing the bamboo hat spoke.
“Are you an adventurer from another world?”
Is this the concept?
Dimension travel.
Well, I’m not curious about the world-view.
“What is your name?”
Soon, a window popped up before Seo-jun’s eyes.
It was a window for deciding a nickname.
-Unnamed here too, go go, it fits.
-Unnamed probably exists.
-But are you doing the Orthodox Faction?
-The Unorthodox Faction is the best, those hypocrites LOL.
-Never go to the Demonic Cult. Just don’t go when I tell you not to.
Hmm.
People began dividing sides again.
However, he had already decided on something.
The strangest guy in all of his past and present life.
“I will do Heavenly Demon.”
This is intolerable.
[Do you wish to make it ‘Heavenly Demon’?]
“Yes.”
There was no particular meaning.
Simply, he thought it would be fun.
-LOL Heavenly Demon again.
-The love of Koreans for the Heavenly Demon.
-Which season’s Heavenly Demon is this guy?
[This nickname is already in use.]
Ah.
“This was multiplayer, right? Indeed, the nickname must have been taken long ago. Then Heavenly Demon 2 would obviously exist too.”
Seo-jun increased the numbers with indifference.
It was not as if a nickname was that important.
[Do you wish to make it ‘Heavenly Demon 2’?]
[Do you wish to make it ‘Heavenly Demon 3’?]
[Do you wish to make it ‘Heavenly Demon 4’?]
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.
.
[Do you wish to make it ‘Heavenly Demon 14’?]
“Yes.”
Just when he was getting tired of it.
Eventually, he succeeded in creating a nickname.
Seo-jun’s nickname was determined as Heavenly Demon 14.
“Yes, Heavenly Demon 14. A very excellent nickname.”
Mmhmm!
The warrior nodded his head, showing signs of admiration.
-Good at social life LOL.
-Wow! 14 Heavenly Demons! They are copying!
-LOL does he have to do Heavenly Demon to this extent?
“Yes, Heavenly Demon 14. Which faction do you wish to stand and fight for? For reference, you can choose a faction again at any time. Of course, if you do so, the contribution points you accumulated in the previous faction will all return to nothing. Hahaha!”
In the factions, as explained before, there are the Orthodox Faction, the Unorthodox Faction, and the Demonic Cult.
Generally, the Orthodox Faction refers to sects that walk the righteous path.
They value etiquette and morality, building up their martial arts step by step and solidly.
The Unorthodox Faction has a strong tendency to value individual interests much more compared to the Orthodox Faction.
The majority of them commit crimes as easily as eating meals, or there are places where the entire organization lives off crime.
Also, there are sects classified as Unorthodox because their methods are too cruel.
And the Demonic Cult worships power.
Only power.
All other things are not subjects of consideration.
Etiquette? Morality? Status?
All are equal before strength.
For Chivalry is evaluated as having woven the in-game story well by properly mixing these stereotypes and creating a great arena for conflict.
“I don’t know well yet.”
“Right, look around slowly and decide!”
“Yes.”
Seo-jun entered the city.
Other users were visible.
“First of all, let’s go play a game. Ah, you’re asking if I’m not doing the tutorial? Yes.”
-No, it’s not like you’re heading into a new RPG boss monster, look at the explanation a bit.
-Proceeds to carry like a dog.
-This is why they call him bad with machines, he absolutely, under any circumstances, never reads the manual when seeing something for the first time LOL.
-For real LOL, typical trait of being bad with machines.
How did they know he didn’t read manuals. It was truly a strange thing.
“Well, it’s fine.”
In any case, the game matches him with people of a similar level.
Learning while doing was Seo-jun’s thought.
Although the viewers did not seem to agree.
Seo-jun headed to where a massive building was visible at the end of the main street.
Entering there, an interface for starting a match opened before his eyes.
“Hmm. The most popular game mode is…”
Although there were various game modes in For Chivalry, the two most popular modes with the most people could be seen.
Resembling the format of a fighting game.
Sparring.
Sparring is a game mode where matchmaking randomly registers 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, or 3 vs 3.
And there is a conquest battle in a format similar to AOS.
Consisting of 4 vs 4, it was a mode with slightly complicated game rules.
“Let’s try a conquest battle.”
The game mode people enjoyed the most was the conquest battle.
The reason was that Sparring was completely swayed by control skill, so it had a barrier to entry.
Naturally, Seo-jun did not know that fact well and simply chose the conquest battle, which had a shorter waiting time.
Matchmaking was secured in an instant.
“Oh. Going in.”
***
-Ah! It’s a mid-game entry.
-A mid-game entry from the start, some bastard must have deserted!
-LOL.
[tip. In conquest battles, there are base locations. As much as you occupy bases, you can continuously deplete the health of the opponent’s fortress, so secure more bases than the enemy.]
Seo-jun read the help tip popping up beside him and scanned the surroundings.
The place where he stood was a spawn location deep within the forest.
“If it’s a mid-game entry, does it mean I entered in the middle of the game?”
-Yes.
-Because someone deserted in the middle of the game.
-It’s a system that exists only in normal games.
“Ah, I see. For some reason, it seems we are losing.”
The scoreboard floating above.
[Blue (靑): 217] vs [Red (赤): 479]
The left was his team’s fortress health.
“Hmm. The weapon is a basic sword. The skill is the Three Talents Sword Technique?”
It was a martial art that could be called the pronoun of third-rate martial arts.
Apparently, starting with such basic settings occurs if you don’t choose a faction.
“Is the goal to destroy the fortress?”
Surely there must be something more, though.
Seo-jun stared straight ahead toward the battlefield.
There were indicators that base locations existed in the center and on both sides.
“Well, I’ll know once I go and fight.”
He drew his sword, his eyes shining.
He could see Murim practitioners and soldier NPCs appearing and heading toward the central path.
Seo-jun decided to follow them.
[tip. Try applying force to your feet to use basic light body techniques! However, since light body techniques use stamina and a bit of internal energy, using them frequently will put you in a state of exhaustion!]
Soon.
He arrived at the point where the enemy’s forces and the ally’s forces clashed.
At a distance where the central base was right beside, the NPCs began to fight fiercely.
Seo-jun tried applying force to his feet.
To be exact, he applied force while imagining using what was called internal energy.
In games with power like mana or internal energy, imagining like this is important.
In the first place, don’t you bring up settings windows and interfaces easily through imagination.
‘Internal energy.’
For a moment, a slightly unfamiliar sensation was felt, and his movement speed increased.
As he kicked off the ground, he felt a sensation of swimming through the sky and could move faster.
In that state, Seo-jun penetrated between the enemies.
‘Hmm, it’s not familiar, but it’s not hard to adapt.’
Seo-jun moved as if sliding across the floor to avoid the enemy’s attacks, while simultaneously slashing their torsos.
-Oh LOL, master from the beginning?
-Light body techniques are real hard when you do them for the first time.
-I always feel it, but the streamer might not be a newbie.
[Enemy Fortress Health -5]
A tiny message informed him of the fact that Seo-jun had depleted the enemy’s fortress health.
“So it’s minus 5 points when you catch soldiers.”
Although moving among the soldiers was not easy compared to his expectations, Seo-jun rapidly began to deplete the health.
He had definitely grasped the sensation of light body techniques.
[Enemy Fortress Health -5]
[Enemy Fortress Health -5]
[Enemy Fortress Health -5]
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‘Are there no players?’
Before he knew it, he felt that the allied soldiers had become far more numerous than the enemy soldiers.
“Ah, they’ve come.”
Seo-jun saw someone whose attire was distinctly different approaching from the left.
Applying force to his feet, he used light body techniques to approach in an instant.
Probably because he was hiding among the soldiers and then ambushed, there was a high possibility the enemy did not discover Seo-jun.
It was also with this in mind that he had entered the chaotic battlefield from the very beginning.
Since the enemy holding information is absolutely advantageous.
The enemy had little health. To the extent that even Seo-jun, who did not know the basic attack damage, could see they would die with one hit.
And, as expected, the enemy did not react to Seo-jun’s ambush.
However.
There was another important fact.
“Ah! Dead… what, you’re on the same team? Hey, you bastard!”
[tip. In For Chivalry, allies can also deal damage. Be careful not to attack allies or get attacked!]
Another tip rose.
“Ah.”
It was an ally.
No wonder their decorations were blue.
[Defeated Number1SwordInTheWorld]
“Save me.”
“?”
“Save me, I said. You crazy troll!”
The user named Number1SwordInTheWorld shouted at Seo-jun while collapsed on the floor.
“So you can save them? But how do I save him?”
Seo-jun approached him but could not find a way to save him, and eventually, the timer floating above Number1SwordInTheWorld’s body ended, causing him to respawn at the spawn point.
And he sent a message to Seo-jun.
[You come to the spawn point. The game is half lost anyway, you are real dead]
-Streamer showing bad manners even without intending LOL.
-Ah, you newbie bastard LOL.
-Satan: Team-killing and not saving them is a bit…
-Where did chivalry go! Where on earth did chivalry go!
-The streamer is indeed a newbie no matter how you look at it LOL.
-This kind of thing is chivalry???