The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 47
Chapter 47
The Battleground is open every day from 7 PM to 10 PM for three weeks.
Practically, it is the alpha and omega of why For Chivalry divided its factions, and it is a game mode where interesting stories and named players are born every season.
“Let’s see. The Demonic Sect is in the northwest.”
As Seo-jun selected the Battleground, a giant map of the Central Plains unfolded in front of his eyes.
And that land was currently occupied by the Unorthodox Faction in the south, the Orthodox Faction in the northeast, and the Demonic Sect in the northwest.
“It seems they allocated it reasonably well.”
He also felt like he knew the reason why the Tang Clan was unorthodox.
If even Sichuan, where the Tang Clan was located, belonged to the Orthodox Faction, the map would have been slightly awkward.
[Would you like to participate in the Battleground?]
[YES/NO]
The window popped up, and Seo-jun pressed YES.
[Please lead your faction to victory.]
[Depending on the contribution points accumulated active in the Battleground, you can acquire rewards after the Battleground ends.]
[If you change your faction, the contribution points acquired previously will be initialized.]
“Hmm, where should we enter first?”
Seo-jun scanned the map.
The positions that a player could select in every match in the Battleground were two.
Attack and Defense.
Attack means selecting a region of the opposing faction adjacent to the front line to play the game.
If you play the game like that and win, you acquire attack points equal to your fame points.
Defense refers to selecting a region of your own faction adjacent to the front line to play the game.
If you win the game, you can acquire defense points equal to your fame points.
When the Battleground closes at 10 o’clock, the attack points and defense points generated in a region are compared to determine the success or failure of the attack and defense.
If the attack points of that region are higher than the defense points, the opposing faction occupies that region.
“And although the contribution points per point for attack are higher than defense, there is no need to be overly bound by it.”
– Oh, he really looked into it, shivering.
– The streamer prepared beforehand!
– Yeah, and if you succeed in defense or attack, there are additional contribution points.
– Just select defense, Demonic Sect!
It was as the viewer said.
Only by succeeding in the position could one gather even a little more contribution points.
Since one could only play 4 matches a day in the Battleground, one had to make such minor choices well.
If they were aiming for the top 16, that was.
If they selected attack, they could gather more contribution points than defense, but because the Demonic Sect was a disadvantaged faction, there was the disadvantage that succeeding in attack was not easy.
“If you select defense, there is the advantage that the success probability is slightly higher.”
The best thing would be doing only attacks and having all of those attacks succeed, though.
There was no way that would happen.
– No, but seriously, is that top 16 for real? Why is he so serious, shivering.
– If it were you, wouldn’t you be serious?
– I recommend attack. Since when has the Demonic Sect ever expanded its territory, LOL.
– I think the opposite.
– Practically, defense is the established rule on the first day.
– In winter, defense is the established rule. Tsk.
Hmm.
“I have selected.”
For now, it was right to defend, as the viewers said.
There was no way the faction’s users would unite from the very first day to show a movement of attacking a region.
Because most of them knew that fact, they first intended to defend to eat the basic contribution points.
The enemy concentrated on defense, and our team also concentrated on defense.
Since it was a period of testing the waters.
Therefore, it was good to go along with the crowd first.
“I will do defense.”
Seo-jun made a prudent decision.
Although people might ask if he would only play mind games like this.
‘I have a card up my sleeve.’
However, for now, he would play the game step by step.
– Good decision.
– Fighting!
– Go Xinjiang, LOL.
Xinjiang referred to the Demonic Sect’s headquarters.
The northwest end. The deepest part of the Demonic Sect region.
That meant a front line hadn’t even been generated there.
“Why are you teasing the Demonic Sect? Anyway, I’ll clash with the Orthodox Faction first.”
Seo-jun pressed defense for the region clashing with the Orthodox Faction.
[Would you like to defend?]
[YES/NO]
The type of game was a conquest battle.
The terrain was his first time seeing it.
Let’s do it.
Seo-jun moved his fingers.
***
Seo-jun toyed with the sword he brought from the Demonic Sect.
Perhaps thanks to the title of Great Grandmaster, he had been able to just take what was displayed in the shop, and it fit his hand perfectly, and the length of the sword blade was also to his liking.
Among the traits, there were also traits that forced a weapon, but the Great Art of Absorbing Stars was not one of them.
People continued to enter further.
‘They are all Demonic Sect.’
Seo-jun was currently summoned at the fortress.
The opposing team was the Orthodox Faction. In the first place, since he pressed defense for the region adjacent to the Orthodox Faction, it was a natural result.
Two of the Mount Hua Sect, one of the Namgung Clan.
And finally, the Beggars’ Sect.
[The battle begins in 1 minute.]
Whether the people were fully filled, the alarm popped up, and Seo-jun stood up.
“Hmm, our team has two with Absorbing Stars? Now, let’s quickly decide who will go to base Byeong.”
The person next to Seo-jun opened his mouth first.
In conquest battles, there are three bases, and when first starting, the established rule is for 3 players to go to the central base, Eul, which is the most important, and 1 player each to go to the closer bases, Gap or Byeong.
Although there were other strategies, usually it was done like this.
However, Seo-jun had no intention of doing it usually.
And the conversation too.
“I will go to the center alone.”
“Excuse me, what nonsense are you talking about? Aren’t you a tank?”
The user who had spoken first looked around, discovered Seo-jun, and checked his traits.
The main trait Seo-jun selected was the Great Art of Absorbing Stars.
It was natural to infer him to be a tank.
Seo-jun looked down on his companion with a smirk.
“It means one player will go to Byeong as originally planned, the rest will go to Gap, and I will handle Eul alone. Is this difficult?”
“No…”
“Do you not know that capturing three bases simultaneously is the fastest?”
– LOL, lunatic.
– His tone of voice is seriously hilarious.
– Heavenly Demon mode: ON.
– It’s not a wrong statement, LOL. Capturing three simultaneously is indeed fast, LOL.
– If you want to be fun, cool, and sexy, you just have to do it fun, cool, and sexy.
– Of course capturing three is the fastest, LOL.
Amusing.
The user’s cheek twitched slightly.
“No, setting aside whether it’s difficult or not, you are a tank. Even if you are a master, you are going to do a multi-vs-one battle holding Absorbing Stars?”
“Don’t worry. I am the Heavenly Demon.”
Yes, he was the Heavenly Demon.
“I can see your nickname is Heavenly Demon 14, but so what? Are you trolling?”
Trolling.
It referred to people who deliberately harassed others on the internet for the sake of their own fun and self-satisfaction.
And what Seo-jun was doing conformed to trolling.
Only if he couldn’t play the game, that was.
“Is your name the only thing visible to your eyes?”
As Seo-jun spoke like that, the ally’s eyes moved above Seo-jun’s head and to the side.
“Great Grandmaster? What is that? It seems to be a title I’ve never seen before.”
“It is the proof of the Heavenly Demon. So do as I say.”
Seo-jun stood in front of the gate.
[The battle begins in 10 seconds.]
[The battle begins in 9 seconds.]
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.
.
The gate opened, and Seo-jun headed toward base Eul along with the soldiers.
The teammates left behind had no choice but to follow Seo-jun’s wishes.
“Well, our teammates won’t lose a 2 vs 1.”
– Kyah, the proof of the Heavenly Demon.
– Honestly, the Great Grandmaster seems like a uniquely cool title, but when used for roleplaying, why does it look so cheap, LOL.
– I’m really curious, but why does the streamer use honorifics to the viewers?
“Why do I use honorifics, you ask? How can I speak informally to you, the viewers.”
Of course, there were streamers who spoke informally, but most of those streamers had some age.
Although he could claim to have some age too if he wanted.
The problem was that he couldn’t prove it.
– You were just speaking down to others just now, though???
– It’s his nature, LOL.
– He might actually have been the Heavenly Demon in his past life.
– Only now is the puzzle solved.
‘What puzzle is solved?’
Seo-jun continued minor small talk and moved forward.
As a result of using the light body technique while watching his stamina, he arrived before the soldiers.
And that was the same for the enemy as well.
The enemy group, three of whom had come in the standard way.
Upon seeing Seo-jun alone, they began to be on guard, wondering if the remaining enemies would pop out from the side.
“Guys, why is there only one enemy over there?”
“I don’t know. Looking at the opposing combination, it’s not particularly strange traits, though.”
“Is it an easy win? He might be throwing.”
“In any case, those Demonic Sect guys seem strange.”
– Real, LOL.
– There are indeed no normal ones.
– As expected of the Orthodox Faction, they are smart!
– What are those hypocritical Orthodox Faction bastards talking about right now!
– Who cares.
The enemies conversed.
They didn’t seem to show any particular wariness toward Seo-jun, who was alone.
Rather, they seemed to keep in mind their companions who might be in ambush, but.
‘I should just go first.’
Seo-jun deployed a light body technique and rushed in rapidly.
Since the level was low, the basic battle began.
The user wearing clothes with red flowers drawn on the sleeves drew his sword.
***
“What kind of person was that person earlier, really?”
“Exactly.”
‘ILikeCoconuts’, who had conversed with the user named Heavenly Demon 14 who had a peculiar way of speaking and a strange concept, deeply sympathized with the question of the teammate going to Gap together.
Really, what kind of person was he?
“Isn’t he a veteran?”
“No way, a veteran? A veteran doesn’t dress normally like that in the first place.”
ILikeCoconuts kicked off the ground and let out a sigh.
The basic condition of a veteran.
Their appearance had to be strange.
Like wearing only underpants, or coloring their entire body purple.
Especially in the Demonic Sect, there were many such people.
Probably because the Orthodox Faction had an image, and the Unorthodox Faction was filled with manly men.
In contrast, the Demonic Sect’s image was…
How did it turn out like this?
Moisture filled ILikeCoconuts’s eyes.
He had come to the Demonic Sect because he liked the Heavenly Demon.
What was this.
It was filled only with purple underpants villains.
And the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was garbage that nobody used.
“Still, the title of Great Grandmaster seemed rare. Seeing him roleplaying, there is a possibility.”
“So he goes to do a 1 vs 3 holding Absorbing Stars? Ah, right. I just have to check the account level.”
ILikeCoconuts summoned the interface window to check Heavenly Demon 14’s account level.
And fell into shock.
“The account level is at a newbie level… I knew it.”
“Pardon?”
Sigh.
“Ha. Should I go to base Eul even now…”
A strong urge to turn his feet and play the game in the standard way arose.
“No. Let’s capture Gap first anyway. Since it’s a 2 vs 1, if we capture two bases and start, we might be able to unravel it favorably if we play well.”
Fortunately, the teammate next to him calmly stopped him.
“Right.”
The two thus fell silent.
Cutting through the strange silence, they arrived at the base.
The Namgung Clan user, who had arrived first due to the closer distance and was capturing it, was startled when he discovered them.
“What? I doubted it, but you really came separately? What are you guys doing, Demonic Sect?”
The enemy withdrew the hand he had stretched to capture and drew his sword.
In any case, when the fight began, the capture stopped automatically.
“Indeed.”
The hand of ILikeCoconuts, who was facing the base at a slight distance, turned black.
His build had the characteristic of fighting with hands instead of weapons.
“We don’t know either. So quickly hand over the base!”
The Absorbing Stars user next to him plunged in first, and he followed in.
They naturally pressured the enemy while taking positions wrapping around the enemy from front and back.
Unless one had eyes on the back of their head, it was normal to be hard to notice when attacks came from front and back.
Therefore, the enemy tried to move here and there to avoid being surrounded, but failed.
“Ah, damn, playing the game so dirtily. Why did you come here to act crazy?”
Clang!
The Namgung Clan user shouted while laboriously blocking the ally’s attack.
And the back of the enemy, with the word ‘Changcheon’ written on it, entered ILikeCoconuts’s eyes.
“I told you we don’t know either!”
The black hand dyed in black was shot out.
No matter how good one’s skill was, unless there was more than a double difference with the enemy, having numerical superiority was something one had to fall to.
And since this guy had the skill to win even in a 1-on-1, well.
The enemy falling was a natural sequence.
“I’ll capture the base.”
“Okay.”
ILikeCoconuts opened the interface window again.
Because only by scanning the battle situation could he know how to act.
“Hey, do you think you’ll win by playing like that? Don’t you know the center is ultimately the most important? You Demonic Sect bastards.”
The enemy, who was waiting to respawn while collapsed, shouted as if it was unfair to have died from the very beginning.
It was understandable for him to find it absurd.
He nodded inwardly and scanned the interface window.
“Yes, so I’m contemplating what to do now… Uh?”
Why are all the enemies dead?
To check the reason, he checked the notification window.
[Heavenly Demon 14 –> Jeon Jae-hoon]
[Heavenly Demon 14 –> OnTheStreet]
[Heavenly Demon 14 –> FarewellToFarewell]
[A Hero Has Appeared!]
What.
He muttered as if he couldn’t understand the reason.
“What in the world is happening?”
And the Namgung Clan user collapsed next to him had also checked the interface, as he spoke in a voice that cracked.
“Is it a bug?”