The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 39
Chapter 39
Whistling, Baekho headed toward the central base, which was the only one captured by the enemies.
‘There they are.’
He saw two users inside the base.
Baekho lowered his body for a surprise attack and approached by circling around.
Tap.
And after taking a position, he applied force to his feet.
Swoosh.
The surprise attack was successful.
No, at least he thought it was.
Heavenly Demon 14 lightly avoided the sword he swung through a short light body technique and counterattacked.
‘No way, is this guy…?’
He thought they were of the same breed.
A noob crusher.
Heavenly Demon 14’s sword narrowly grazed Baekho’s neck.
Baekho also used a light body technique backward to adjust the distance and prepare for a counterattack, but the enemy’s sword entered a little deeper than he expected.
‘Did he measure the distance?’
Or a coincidence?
He did not know.
“I will handle this guy, so you, Sword-nim, just catch those soldiers over there. Let’s finish it quickly.”
“Yes.”
It was a good thing that the annoying ally of the Heavenly Demon, Number1SwordInTheWorld, left the battlefield on his own.
But this time, the content of the conversation grated on his nerves.
Let’s finish it quickly?
Did he think he could beat him easily?
“What are you? A ranker who got suspended and started over?”
Apart from his pride being hurt, Baekho became curious about the Heavenly Demon’s identity.
However, the response that came back was enough to make him dumbfounded.
“This seat is the Heavenly Demon.”
Right now, the opponent seemed to be laughing at him.
No, he was indeed laughing.
Ha.
A hollow laugh escaped Baekho’s mouth.
“Sure. Teaching roleplayers a true lesson is always satisfying.”
He had to force that mouth open.
A red aura began to gather on Baekho’s sword.
The only active skill of the Three Talents Sword Technique, which was the basic setup of the beginner zone.
It was sword qi.
“Oh? What is that?”
The enemy showed a reaction.
Usually, in matches occurring in the beginner zone, most players failed to raise their levels to the point of using this sword qi.
So if the opponent was a starting-over ranker, they might have forgotten the existence of this sword qi or not known it at all.
“If you don’t know, then die.”
Baekho spoke like that and swung his sword imbued with the red aura.
The Heavenly Demon avoided it backward, but the sword qi stretched out long.
Baekho had adjusted the length with fine control.
‘Like this, it’s the end…’
It was not.
The Heavenly Demon, while avoiding backward, saw the change in the sword qi and kicked off the ground once more.
Baekho momentarily calmed his startled heart.
‘He balanced himself well.’
If he was at that level, he was definitely a ranker of some game.
Since the sword qi had a cooldown, Baekho put a feint into his normal attack this time.
However, rendering the feint useless, the Heavenly Demon showed no sign of attempting to parry.
What?
At that moment, the Heavenly Demon looked into the air and spoke.
“Ah, if the enemy attacks strongly, I have to attack strongly too so I won’t be subjected to stiffness? And there’s also parrying? It’s much easier than Dawn of the Assassins, you say.”
What is he doing.
And he doesn’t even know such basic things?
“Thank you for the 10,000 won donation, ‘IfThereIsParryingThatGuyIsDead’-nim. Hmm, shall I try it once?”
A streamer?
“What are you doing?”
“Can’t you tell by looking?”
He thought he knew, but.
He…
Baekho was momentarily lost for words.
Instead, he stepped forward with a dumbfounded expression.
“Let’s just finish this, you jerk.”
Thanks to the difference in level, a rapid attack engulfed the enemy.
But.
“Ugh.”
He was subjected to stiffness.
Slash!
The enemy slashed his stiffened body just like that.
The Heavenly Demon and Baekho locked eyes.
The Heavenly Demon, who had been scanning the battlefield with a blank face, noticed this and smiled brightly at him.
“Wow, jeez, how long has it been since I got parried? You’re pretty good? I’ll play properly from now on.”
As if determined, Baekho pressed the back of his neck and rushed in again.
And.
Their swords clashed, and Baekho let out a groan at the pressure that stopped his body.
“Argh!”
It was an attack that even rankers fell for, even when mixed with feints, but the enemy parried once again.
Baekho’s two eyes were dyed with shock, and the Heavenly Demon’s mouth opened as his gaze landed on him.
“Ah, ‘ThatNoobCrusherIsReallyBad’-nim, thank you for the 10,000 won donation.”
And an incredibly annoying voice was heard.
“’NewbieCutterTitleIsAWaste’-nim, thank you for the 10,000 won donation as well.”
What is this bastard talking about right now?
The Heavenly Demon, looking down on him, was speaking with a silent gaze.
You’re dog-trash at this.
***
“’NewbieCutterTitleIsAWaste’-nim, thank you for the 10,000 won donation as well.”
Seo-jun read the donation.
-When on earth did such a donation arrive????
-I’m not the only one who didn’t see it, right? LOL.
-Streamer, do you see hallucinations by any chance?
-Just amazing toxicity!
In fact, there was no donation.
From the very beginning.
But however he spoke, wasn’t that his freedom?
Soon after, someone who read Seo-jun’s intention appeared and actually sent a donation.
[‘YouAreDogTrash’ donated 10,000 won!]
[So if I do this, you’ll say the message to that noob crusher on my behalf?]
-LOL, he ended up shooting a donation after all.
-This is the first time I’ve seen donations used like this, LOL.
-It’s just the streamer’s trick to rip off your money, and you actually fell for it!
“Yes. Thank you for the 10,000 won donation, ‘YouAreDogTrash’-nim. Apparently that is so?”
Seo-jun smirked and looked at Baekho.
“Ugh.”
Baekho rushed in out of excitement, but he was subjected to stiffness again.
“Hey, you bastard!”
Seo-jun’s sword slashed Baekho’s neck, and his health was depleted.
-That noob crusher guy is angry, LOL.
-How could he not be pissed off?
-Truly evil, evil.
-Is it really a good idea to unleash our streamer into online games?
“Hmm, the parrying here is a bit different.”
A simple stiffness is the end of it.
In Dawn of the Assassins, characters fell down and all sorts of chaos broke out.
And if the force is insufficient, the person who deflected actually gets stiffened.
To put it in detail, there is a system called heavy attacks.
When the motion is large and a lot of force is applied, they naturally consume a resource called stamina to deliver an attack with higher damage.
If you parry a heavy attack, you can inflict stiffness, and if your force is insufficient when deflecting a heavy attack, you get stiffened.
“Well, the sword qi also looks interesting, and if I escape the beginner zone and learn martial arts in the future, it should be quite fun.”
There was a reason why Yves Paimo, the president of Movie Soft, had recommended it.
Seo-jun thinking like that, completely exhausted the enemy’s last remaining health.
“Heavenly Demon, you just wait. You are seriously dead.”
[Baekho defeated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]
He checked the remaining health of the enemy fortress.
[Blue (靑): 0] vs [Red (赤): 70]
It was the result of Number1SwordInTheWorld diligently dealing with the soldiers.
“Indeed, the central base is important.”
Soon, the enemy’s fortress would also be destroyed.
“Is it back to square one now?”
-Not square one, LOL. First of all, it’s 4 vs 2.
-After the enemy fortress is destroyed, the damage increases as time goes by. Though you won’t get hit anyway.
-That is true.
“I see.”
By the way, the enemies were not coming.
He was referring to the trio he had killed first, not Baekho.
‘It seems they are trying to come together.’
Gradually, the enemy fortress health decreased due to Number1SwordInTheWorld’s active play.
[Enemy fortress health –5]
[Enemy fortress health –5]
[Enemy fortress health -5]
.
.
.
In the end, before the enemy returned, the enemy’s fortress was destroyed.
[Blue (靑): 0] vs [Red (赤): 0]
[The enemy’s fortress has been destroyed]
[From now on, the opponent’s players cannot respawn]
“Heavenly Demon-nim, I’ve cleared all of them! Argh!”
Number1SwordInTheWorld waved his hand from afar and was suddenly ambushed.
It was Baekho, who had respawned.
He chose the path of dealing with his companion first instead of Seo-jun.
And the three teammates of Baekho marked Seo-jun in the meantime.
‘He made a wrong choice.’
Without being able to approach him, Seo-jun identified the positions of the enemies standing at the entrance of the base and rushed at them first.
‘Though they would have lost even if he hadn’t.’
Seo-jun approached right in front of the enemy’s nose, and Manyang swung his sword with a resigned voice.
“Why do you come to me first.”
Manyang’s sword blade flashed.
The sword stance, aided by the system, looked quite plausible.
Seo-jun chose to evade instead of parrying.
Manyang began to swing continuously.
The enemies joined in one by one.
‘Though I wouldn’t have joined if it were me.’
No, if they had even a little proficiency in the game, they would have probably waited for Baekho to arrive as much as possible before starting the fight.
And if he were Baekho, he would have requested his teammates.
Not to fight Seo-jun until he joined.
‘Whether they failed to communicate or that guy got excited and couldn’t think, I don’t know, but.’
The Frenzy gauge began to accumulate.
Slash.
Seo-jun’s sword cut the enemy.
And the enemies on both sides behind lunged their swords toward Seo-jun.
Clang!
Taking advantage of the chaotic gap, Seo-jun instantly escaped from the spot, and the wrong swords clashed against each other.
Swoosh.
Seo-jun depleted the enemies’ health only to the point that they wouldn’t die.
Just enough that they would die if he succeeded in landing a single attack.
The enemies did not seem to have noticed his intention yet.
-He’s playing around, LOL. Literally playing around.
-It looks like he’s preparing since the gauge fills faster when there are more people, though?
-The enemy’s damage increases as time goes by? Then the streamer is in the Frenzy state!
-Treasonous bettors, are you in your right mind?
Eventually, Number1SwordInTheWorld died, and Baekho came up onto the base.
“Well, our teammates don’t have much health, but they tied you up well, didn’t they?”
They did not tie him up.
Seo-jun realized.
That guy simply got excited and failed to think about the Frenzy state.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. This seat is the Heavenly Demon.”
It was a magic sentence.
Upon hearing this single word, Baekho’s face distorted, and he rushed at Seo-jun.
“Shut up, you bastard. This time will be different.”
Red sword qi gathered on Baekho’s sword, and he rushed at him. The speed was fast.
But.
Seo-jun stretched his arm to the side even faster.
At the tip of his sword was the enemy.
[Babjwo defeated]
“Ah, that’s right. The Frenzy state.”
Manyang’s voice was heard, and Seo-jun used a light body technique in the Frenzy state.
[Manyang defeated]
Although control was difficult due to the speed being too fast, Seo-jun controlled his body by driving his sword into the ground as before and defeated the enemies whose health was low first.
Since their health was low, they died with just a single slash, which was convenient.
[Cheonyang defeated]
Baekho rushed in, realized the Frenzy state too late, and froze momentarily.
“You cheap bastard!”
And behind Baekho, Seo-jun appeared with a sword.
“You are the cheapest one here.”
Slash.
Baekho tried to swing his sword backward, but the sword could not even extend and was blocked right at his waist.
He cut Baekho, who was unable to move a muscle due to the pressure dominating his entire body again.
Slash.
“Ah, damn, because of those teammates. Wow, I’m so dumbfounded. Hey, you, queue up for the next game quickly.”
Although Baekho’s health was still half remaining, he seemed to have a premonition of defeat.
“No, what is your streamer nickname anyway?”
Typical of a guy who just crushes noobs in the beginner zone.
‘He’s trying to snipe me.’
Sniping usually refers to checking a streamer’s status through their stream to catch matching and meet the desired opponent.
“Yeah. It’s fine if you don’t tell me, I’ll just find it. You, queue up quickly.”
-So pathetic.
-He wants to get wrecked until the next match, huh.
-Hot take: The streamer who beats that cheap bastard in his very first match seems even cheaper. (His face too.)
-The real thought is that his face is cheap/unfairly handsome, huh.
-I will never bet points on the streamer’s defeat again, T_T.
Seo-jun stepped back for a moment.
Even in that moment, Baekho aimed for a gap and swung his sword, but Seo-jun lightly parried it and spoke.
As if he had just realized it.
“Ah, everyone, there is one thing I didn’t tell you. Today’s broadcast is a sponsored broadcast.”
Baekho, who was about to rush in, paused momentarily.
“Coincidentally, the manager is among the viewers watching right now.”
Seo-jun thought of Kim Yoon-chan, who was in charge of the official Travel account.
“Surely the developer won’t leave such an ill-mannered user alone, right?”
“That son of a bitch?”
-Oh, LOL, is justice/punishment possible?
-Please work, Movie Soft!
-The streamer’s theatrical tone is so funny, LOL.
-He said it was a sponsored broadcast earlier, LOL. I guess it’s real?
-Let’s go suspension!