The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 43
Chapter 43
Shin Ha-yeon.
We had a connection in the past.
It wasn’t a particularly good connection, though.
‘To think she mind him.’
In fact, he half-expected that she would notice.
However, thinking there was no possibility of meeting in reality, he had just provoked her once.
But.
“When is your next test schedule?”
“Probably the same day next month? The regular check-up is once a month.”
“Okay, thanks for letting me know.”
If there was a chance of meeting, he had to avoid it.
“Why is that?”
“There is such a thing.”
“Okay. But why did you come here, hyung? Although you are better at this than I am, we come because we stay in the capsule for a long time due to work. You don’t even stream for very long, hyung.”
A streamer is an ordinary person.
What business would they have coming to a research lab, not even a hospital?
Lee Dong-soo had asked the reason earlier because of that, but had been blocked by Oh Ji-hye.
“Hmm, I’ll tell you about that later, let’s just eat first.”
He was hungry.
“Great. I know a delicious place nearby, can I recommend it?”
“Sure.”
“I came to this Hanguk University area often because of the research lab. The delicious restaurants… ah. You went to Hanguk University, right, hyung?”
The research lab was built near Hanguk University.
Lee Dong-soo looked embarrassed, and Seo-jun nodded.
“Haha. Still, this will probably be your first time going to this restaurant, hyung?”
“I see. But by any chance, is the place we are going to eat at a lamb skewers restaurant?”
“Ah.”
***
Seo-jun explained the circumstances to Lee Dong-soo.
Starting from the story of his low assimilation rate, to the fact that he was aiming for the streamer tournament, LiOS.
“Wow. Such a story? No, a goal? Anyway, I had absolutely no idea you had something like that, hyung. Daebak. To be guaranteed to participate in the tournament, you need more viewers, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then, hyung, don’t tell me you are aiming for For Chivalry right now at this time too? Crazy, it gives me goosebumps.”
Lee Dong-soo spoke while looking at the lamb skewers rotating along the grill moving left and right.
“What are you talking about? By the way, did you watch yesterday’s stream?”
Seo-jun asked as if surprised.
“Of course. I always catch up even by watching the replays. I’ve donated a few times too.”
You have so much free time.
And donations?
“What is your Travel ID?”
Seo-jun became curious about Lee Dong-soo’s traces.
Since he got beaten up like that every morning, it wouldn’t be surprising if he harbored bad feelings.
“Uh… it’s a secret.”
“I’ll give you VIP in our channel.”
On Travel, a streamer can give VIP status to a few viewers in special cases.
Usually, since it might look like they are showing favoritism among viewers, they give VIP to fellow streamers.
VIPs can chat without being affected by chat modes (e.g., slow mode, subscriber-only chat, follower-only chat).
And since VIPs are at the very top of the viewer list during a stream, it is also easy to check whether they are watching during the broadcast.
“No, I hate that. You’re trying to autopsy my chat history, aren’t you?”
Lee Dong-soo narrowed his eyes, and Seo-jun felt a sense of regret.
He was quick-witted.
“How did you know?”
“I won’t get baited easily. Hehe. So hyung-nim, you chose For Chivalry as your second game because of the Battleground, right? Truly crazy.”
Lee Dong-soo took out a well-cooked lamb skewer and pressed it with his chopsticks to slide the meat off.
Seo-jun also slid the meat off accordingly.
“Battleground?”
“Yes.”
“What is that?”
“Pardon…?”
“I asked what the Battleground is.”
“You don’t know the Battleground?”
“Yes.”
“While playing For Chivalry?”
Seo-jun ate the meat calmly, and Lee Dong-soo momentarily showed a dumbfounded expression before recalling Seo-jun’s past broadcasts.
Looking at his track record until now.
It was entirely possible!
Instantly accepting it, Lee Dong-soo began to roll his brain.
“Ah, I guess you wouldn’t know. The thing is, an event called the Battleground opens in For Chivalry starting today, and its popularity is immense.”
“Really?”
“Practically, during the period the Battleground is open, most of the interest of all For Chivalry users is focused here. Users of other games even show interest.”
“To that extent?”
“Yes, it proceeds for the next three weeks, but anyway, during the period the Battleground is open, no matter what you do, not much interest will be drawn to you, hyung. Unless you do the Battleground.”
He hadn’t known this.
Seo-jun thought while dipping the lamb meat in spices and eating it.
“Then, conversely, if I active in the Battleground, the interest will be concentrated?”
“Exactly.”
“So, what exactly is that Battleground?”
“The Battleground is, to put it simply, a game mode where each faction clashes and captures territory from each other. The faction occupying territory with higher points at the moment the period ends wins.”
“Higher points?”
“Yes, because not all territories have the same value. Anyway, it gets complicated if you go into detail. I’ve never done it properly either, so I don’t know well.”
Seo-jun fell into deep thought upon hearing those words.
The Battleground starting today.
‘Was it because of this that Yves Paimo recommended For Chivalry?’
The timing was right.
If Seo-jun participated in the Battleground, that was.
“Ah. And you can accumulate contribution points in the Battleground, and the top 16 players are invited to the official tournament hosted by Movie Soft, so people’s interest is focused on them.”
“Hmm, top 16, I see…”
Seo-jun fell into deep thought.
If he did not participate in the Battleground, it would conflict with his purpose of increasing viewers as much as possible before LiOS opened.
Based solely on Lee Dong-soo’s explanation, it would actually be better to find another game.
But conversely, what if he participated in the Battleground and couldn’t produce great results?
It might actually be better not to participate.
Hearing the details, it seemed like a short-term large-scale competitive content, and it appeared that competition among individual users and ranking them was severe, not just among factions.
Considering that his current stream concept and greatest asset was his skill, this kind of content where rankings were intuitively assigned individually was a headache.
Because if he was going to do it, he had to be the best.
‘Just hearing about it, it seems fierce…’
While Seo-jun was contemplating, Lee Dong-soo opened his phone and entered the chatroom.
[BanditKing]: Is it very difficult to get into the top 16 in the Battleground?
[JustOnePenny]: Yeah, it makes no sense. You have to plan strategies well, but you also need luck, and above all, rankers even rig matchings, LOL.
[NamgungFamilyWaiter]: It is difficult.
[JustOnePenny]: Why, are you going to do the Battleground too?
[NamgungFamilyWaiter]: Bandit, you come to the Orthodox Faction too, LOL.
[JustOnePenny]: LOL.
[BanditKing]: Then what do you have to do to get into the top 16?
[JustOnePenny]: You have to be insanely good. In fact, that’s all it takes, regardless of strategy or whatever.
[BanditKing]: I see. Thanks, thanks.
Lee Dong-soo closed the chatroom.
And he thought.
Is Seo-jun’s skill at the level of ‘insanely good’ that JustOnePenny mentioned?
The answer.
Yes.
“With your skill, hyung, I think it’s doable?”
He was a person who had defeated Shin Ha-yeon and displayed nonsensical skill, after all!
When he didn’t know the fact that his assimilation rate was low, he had seriously thought of somehow appealing to the coach to scout him.
Even though he wasn’t the club owner.
“We don’t know.”
However, Seo-jun’s response was unexpected.
“If it were competing in pure swordsmanship, maybe, but it’s a game.”
“Ah, really?”
If every game was like the Training Ground, Seo-jun was confident that he wouldn’t lose even a single time.
However, in most games, there were numerous elements deciding victory other than swordsmanship skill, and if those who utilized them to the limit clashed with Seo-jun who knew them shallowly, that gap in swordsmanship skill could be closed.
As an example, Shin Ha-yeon from seven years ago came to mind.
‘So it was fun, though.’
Of course, he had never lost.
At least, he thought so.
Anyway! The Battleground seemed like it would be very bothersome.
It would be better to select another game…
“Then you’re not doing it? It sounded fun, which is a pity. In the last event tournament, did they give 30 million won in prize money to the winner? They did.”
…He decided.
He should try participating once.
Since there was no need to avoid it.
“Let’s finish eating quickly.”
It was absolutely not because of the prize money.
***
– Seo-ha
– Seo-ha
– Teu-ha
– Is this the room of Unnamed?
– Hello.
As soon as Seo-jun started the stream, the viewer count surpassed 2,000 in an instant.
The viewer count rose rapidly, and numerous chats passed by even though it was a black screen.
‘He said the influence of the Training Ground would continue today as well.’
Seo-jun waited for a moment, then turned on the screen and greeted them.
“Hello, everyone.”
– Hi
– Seo-ha
– Teu-ha
– ??? Something is a bit different?
– Isn’t this reality?
– Seems like it.
– In the first place, the streamer is sitting in a chair right now.
– Don’t tell me it’s a PC game???
People notice immediately.
“Yes, that’s right. This is right in my room.”
Seo-jun shifted his chair slightly to the side, allowing the camera attached to the computer to capture the background behind him.
Although there was only a bed in the front captured by the computer camera.
Seo-jun moved his chair back to enter the screen and spoke.
“I planned to start here today. I’ll start For Chivalry a bit later.”
– Is it a chatting session? So good.
– Can’t resist Just Chatting.
– Let’s play PC games!
[‘Geuraeseo’ donated 5,000 won!]
[What are you doing in reality?]
– Real, leaving even the lobby behind, LOL.
– Obviously a PC game.
– Kick out the PC whiners! Manager!
“Thank you for the donation, Geuraeseo-nim. You asked a good question.”
Seo-jun paused for a moment and adjusted the stream screen.
As the camera video that had filled the screen shrank and moved to the bottom right, the computer screen appeared on the stream screen.
“Right here, it’s a roulette.”
On the screen, a site that commonly appeared when searching for roulette on a browser was displayed.
– ???
– What are you trying to do?
– The streamer isn’t originally this kind of person…
– Gasp! Gambling addiction, shivering.
– Is he going to decide his faction?
Seo-jun read the chats and smirked.
“Yes. It’s not gambling addiction, and it’s not deciding the faction. I’ve already decided the faction.”
– ???
– You are always like this, oppa. Let’s break up!
– I still haven’t forgotten the disaster of skipping Christina’s quest. If you do whatever you want all the time, streamer, I can’t guarantee what will happen.
– Is that something to be called a disaster, LOL.
– Reflect the opinions of the viewers! Reflect them!
– Why do you decide your faction as you please?
Seo-jun read down the chats and showed a pleased smile.
Fortunately, the viewers went along with it well.
It was worth having done whatever he wanted usually.
“Anyway, everyone, I’m thinking of participating in the Battleground too.”
– So?
– Is there even any streamer playing For Chivalry who doesn’t do the Battleground, LOL.
– Didn’t you obviously play knowing that?
Regrettably, he did not.
Still, after coming home, he had gathered information about the Battleground.
And the more he knew, the more he thought the Battleground was an attractive event.
It seemed like it would be fun. To the extent that he would have participated even if there was no prize money.
‘Good if it works out, fine if it doesn’t.’
Before he knew it, the prize money had been pushed to the back of his mind.
“It’s not that, but I’m thinking of making a pledge while doing the Battleground in the future. Wouldn’t that be fun?”
So Seo-jun intended to add another element of fun to the stream.
– What kind of pledge?
– Suddenly?
– Yeah, it sounds fun, though.
– What is the content?
“I’m thinking of deciding the content with you guys from now on.”
There was a lot of content that could become a pledge.
It could be related to the faction’s ranking, or he could set it as his individual contribution points ranking.
Or occupying at least one specific region before ending, or making one faction defect.
Anyway, it was diverse.
– Hmm, what would be good?
– You’re trying to leave this kind of thing to us, LOL.
– Then was the roulette brought to decide the pledge?
“The roulette is to be used to decide the penalty to be executed if I fail that pledge.”
Since a penalty is naturally something that cannot be left out from a pledge.
But.
Even before the pledge was decided, opinions began to pour out.
– Penalty? LOL, you’re dead.
– Hearing about a penalty makes my mouth water, LOL.
– Let’s use nyan-speak for a month. How about it?
– It’s time for a bald experience, LOL.
– Cross-dressing and going to a club to record people’s reactions.
– How about dancing in a magical girl outfit in front of the main gate of the university the streamer attends? How about it?
Seo-jun’s eyes, which hadn’t blinked even amidst numerous cruel battlefields in his past life, momentarily twitched.
Should he just not do it?
He seemed to have underestimated the viewers too much.