The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 48
Chapter 48
Seo-jun watched the soldier NPCs fighting in the avenue slightly away from the base and spoke.
“Hmm, everyone, I think this build is good?”
He had already defeated the enemies twice.
Even four of them in the second match.
– You haven’t even reached the level to use skills yet.
– Say that after you reach Level 6.
– He suppresses them with his own skill and pretends the build is good, LOL.
– So shameless.
Strictly speaking, although there was some influence from traits, it was at a weak level, so what the viewers said was right.
The moment one could properly verify the performance of the build was from Level 6, when one could use martial arts.
In the beginner zone, one had to reach Level 18 to use sword qi, which was similar to martial arts, but after selecting a faction, it was from Level 6.
From Level 6, internal energy was generated, allowing the use of martial arts, and the martial arts were strengthened at every multiple of Level 6.
[Blue (靑): 565] vs [Red (赤): 980]
– Kyah.
– It barely decreased from the 1,000 health.
– This is strategy!
– Strategy???
Currently, all bases were captured by his team.
The three icons representing the bases were glowing in red, the symbol of the Demonic Sect.
Although in other games the ally is blue and the enemy is red, in the Battleground, each has their color designated.
Blue is the Orthodox Faction. Green is the Unorthodox Faction.
A message popped up.
[Heavenly Demon-nim, do you really not need help?]
[Correct.]
[I think the Namgung guy who was here just went that way too, so you want us to keep staying here?]
[Stay still.]
[Okay.]
If they couldn’t capture the center, a comeback would ultimately be distant.
Although the meaning of the central base was currently faded since Seo-jun wasn’t catching the soldiers.
‘Should I carry one person around next time to deal with the soldiers, like the sword master?’
No.
Rather than that, it was better to definitely fight in a 2 vs 1 and secure one more base.
However, things do not go as planned.
[Jeon Jae-hoon –> ILikeCoconuts]
[Jeon Jae-hoon –> DemonicSect123]
[Base Gap has been lost.]
“Ah.”
It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought of this case, but it became bothersome.
– Ah, LOL.
– Do you think it’s fine to just wait?
– Rally battle: ON.
“If they just kept challenging me, it would be convenient.”
Seo-jun spoke in a regretful tone.
– As if they would, LOL.
– They keep getting wrecked.
– Their judgment is fast.
‘Still, they will aim for this place.’
Because no matter how many side bases they captured, they wouldn’t be able to win the game unless they caught Seo-jun.
Therefore, he had to think of the timing when the enemies would target him.
The conclusion.
‘They’ll probably come after reaching Level 6.’
Experience points can be acquired by killing soldiers, killing enemies, or capturing bases.
Although it was also given automatically as time passed, since it was experience points given to all living users in the game, the only way to widen the gap with this experience was to kill the enemies.
‘And the way to raise experience points the fastest is to catch the soldiers.’
That was the reason why the central base was important.
Therefore, the enemies would look for a point where they could win before the experience gap widened further.
That was precisely Level 6.
That is, the timing when they could use martial arts.
“They’ll probably target Gap next.”
To avoid the center where Seo-jun was, it would end up being a detour.
In response to the question from the ally at Gap asking what to do, Seo-jun told them to go back to Gap and secure the base.
They’ll come back anyway.
[Jeon Jae-hoon –> MyDreamIsHairtail]
[Base Byeong has been lost.]
[Base Gap has been recaptured.]
As expected, the enemies captured the bases on the sides.
It was about time they reached Level 6.
“I think they’ll come now.”
– So why on earth did you invest in traits like that?
– Real, LOL.
– But did you really think of that build?
– If you had thought of it, would you have invested in it while reading each one? 100% you just did what looked good.
What. How did they know?
Still, he did not lie.
“Well, I really did think about it, you know?”
The Great Art of Absorbing Stars fills one’s own health as much as it depletes the opponent’s health.
Also, while fighting, it continuously siphons the internal energy and stamina of people within a certain range.
Since stamina was a stat consumed not only for light body techniques but also for martial arts, footwork, and swinging strongly, it was an extremely important resource.
Practically, the Great Art of Absorbing Stars, which robs most of the important resources from the enemy in For Chivalry, might sound like a completely broken trait when heard like this.
However, there was a fatal disadvantage: if the total amount of absorbed internal energy became too high, qi deviation would occur.
‘Meaning the battle must not get long.’
A tank that has to finish the battle quickly.
There was a structural problem.
So he thought conversely.
If the battle had to be finished quickly, he would become a damage dealer and finish it quickly himself.
He just hadn’t known there were so many other detailed traits.
– Yeah, penalty, LOL.
– How are you going to play the game without investing in traits that reduce the penalty?
– The streamer won’t die while fighting at least; instead, he’ll die from qi deviation.
– It’s not like other people haven’t thought about it.
Is that so?
“It looked sufficiently doable in my opinion, though.”
Although there would indeed be things one would know only after trying directly, Seo-jun trusted his own intuition regarding combat.
Fortunately, to test it, the sounds of enemies were heard from afar.
“He is still here!”
“Wreck that monster bastard.”
“It’s a 4 vs 1 and we have martial arts now. If we lose, we’re idiots!”
Since they lost continuously to Seo-jun, they were speaking informally to each other before they knew it.
– LOL, and they weren’t before?
– Suddenly I want to see the streamer getting qi deviation.
– It’s similar to getting parried in Dawn of the Assassins, LOL.
– I’ve experienced qi deviation myself, and I thought I was experiencing sleep paralysis, haha.
When starting the battle, the Great Art of Absorbing Stars is turned on automatically.
The beggar of the Beggars’ Sect approached close and swung his staff.
A powerful attack that consumed stamina.
When Seo-jun deflected it by consuming stamina similarly, the two users of the Mount Hua Sect appeared from both sides behind the beggar.
Their robes fluttered, and red sword qi surged from the tips of their swords, while a plum blossom scent pricked the tip of his nose in the wind that blew fiercely.
It was the Mount Hua Sect’s skill, the Twenty-Four Movement Plum Blossom Sword Technique.
“Plausible indeed.”
Indeed.
He had made a good choice in selecting this game.
First movement.
Plum Blossom on the Roadside.
– Kyah, the red effect is so cool.
– This is why it’s the most popular.
– This is a swordsman.
What was the sword intent of the Twenty-Four Movement Plum Blossom Sword Technique?
He thought amidst the situation where the enemy’s sword tip split and covered his vision in red.
‘Deceiving the eyes.’
As Seo-jun dodged backward, the red sword qi poured down, targeting numerous vital points simultaneously.
The illusion sword covers the eyes and deranges the senses.
What is real and what is fake?
Amidst the nostalgic fragrance, Seo-jun aroused his internal energy.
‘A familiar feeling.’
It felt like actually moving internal energy.
He applied force to his tiptoes.
“But I am the Heavenly Demon.”
– Seriously a lunatic, LOL.
– Did he harbor a grudge for not being able to become the Heavenly Demon? Damn it, LOL.
– Why is it cool, why on earth!
Dark red demonic energy was overlaid on Seo-jun’s sword, drawing a large crescent moon from left to right and splitting the red wave.
‘Strong force against strong force. Sword qi against sword qi.’
It was a game rule not very detached from reality.
And.
Against the illusion sword, a larger sword that covered it.
Seo-jun poured in a lot of internal energy to block the skill.
Moreover, because the enemy used a skill, their internal energy efficiency would have been better than just drawing and swinging sword qi, but.
‘This actually works.’
In any case, the red illusion shattered.
Although those fragments grazed Seo-jun’s body, they couldn’t even deal great damage.
“You pour in internal energy to break the first movement?”
“He used a lot of internal energy! Finish it quickly! Because that is terribly inefficient!”
Hearing the conversation, it seemed to be the original way of using it.
The user of the Beggars’ Sect heard that shout and rushed, targeting Seo-jun.
However, Seo-jun sharply pointed his sword this time and stabbed the rushing enemy.
In an instant, the health depleted by the fragments was filled back up.
“Wait, what kind of attack power is this.”
“Didn’t he hit a vital point?”
– Uh, no.
– It’s because the streamer went all-in on attack for his traits.
– Didn’t he also hit a vital point?
He did hit a vital point too.
And he even lunged with a strong attack consuming stamina.
To cover Seo-jun’s rear, the blue lightning energy of the Namgung Clan was discharged.
The Heavenly Lightning Divine Sword.
One of the two martial arts of the Namgung Clan, characterized by fast swords and lightning energy.
But.
– LOL.
– Lightning for the streamer, pfft, LOL.
– What’s this? Why are you guys laughing?
– Newbie, what did you do without binge-watching the streamer’s videos?
Seo-jun also glanced at the chatroom and laughed.
Lightning was good.
Blue lightning scattered in space, and a rapid strike further accelerated, as if using a light body technique in the Frenzy state, targeted Seo-jun.
Although chasing it with the eyes was impossible.
‘How did I dodge at the Magic Tower Master’s place?’
Seo-jun again surrounded his sword with internal energy and lightly brought it down.
Clang!
The place Seo-jun brought it down was the exact sword path of the enemy without a hair’s breadth of error.
The eyes of the blocked user trembled.
“How?”
“Your sword is fast, but it is lacking to reach me. That is all.”
– Unlucky Magic Tower Master, LOL.
– It looks like he’s predicting it, seriously insane.
– It’s incredibly fast, how did he do it?
– Nothing works in front of the Heavenly Demon!!
“Hmm.”
His hand was tingling.
The lightning energy inflicted minor damage on Seo-jun.
Seo-jun again used stamina to attack the enemy in front and filled his health.
“This is all it takes.”
The enemies stared blankly at Seo-jun, whose health was fully recovered again.
“No, is that Heavenly Demon guy’s stamina infinite? How is he like that!”
The beggar of the Beggars’ Sect swung his staff with all his strength, and Seo-jun also met it.
“It’s the Great Art of Absorbing Stars.”
The Mount Hua Sect user rushed from the side, but conversely got cut by the sword and retreated.
The amount of health depleted was beyond imagination.
“No, even if that’s the case. You use it too much! And the damage is insanely strong!”
“The Demonic Sect is completely broken.”
They complained while clashing swords, but Seo-jun’s health was unbudging.
Even if they laid a hand on his health using martial arts, he recovered it in no time, and even if they tried to utilize the advantage of four people’s resources, he nullified it through infinite stamina.
When there seemed to be no way to do anything at all, the beggar of the Beggars’ Sect spoke.
“If we hold out, won’t he die?”
The penalty of the Great Art of Absorbing Stars is famous.
If the battle gets long, you die.
To overcome this, people.
Invest in traits where the Great Art is cut if the distance from the opponent becomes far.
Traits where defense and health rise the more enemies one fights.
Traits that lower the power of the Great Art instead of raising stability to increase the maintenance time.
“It seems he barely invested in traits that mitigate the penalty? Otherwise, this damage and stamina can’t be explained.”
Since they weren’t novices in the game either, they noticed quickly.
“Then hold out!”
“If we just hold out a bit, he’ll die on his own!”
“You mustn’t let it cut by getting distant. Adjust the distance and stick close!”
– They noticed.
– Wuxia newbie here, I don’t understand the current situation, please explain.
– That is, indeed…
– The wuxia boomer is excited, LOL.
The enemies’ attitude changed.
From attack to defense.
It was a tactic of drying up the Great Art of Absorbing Stars without directly depleting health.
If it were a general user of the Great Art of Absorbing Stars, they wouldn’t be able to do this or that.
“Do you think that will work on me?”
Seo-jun pretended to retreat, and then dug into the very center of the enemies.
In any case, he hadn’t even selected the trait where the Great Art cut if the distance from the opponent became far.
The price of raising performance.
A rapid death.
And the way to avoid that rapid death.
[Jeon Jae-hoon defeated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]
“That bastard will die soon.”
“T-That ‘soon’, when is it!”
“I don’t know.”
Slash!
The black-dyed sword blade flashed.
[FarewellToFarewell defeated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]
“No. When on earth is he going to die.”
“Doesn’t it feel like quite a bit of time has passed?”
[OnTheStreet defeated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]
“Beggar… I’m the only one left. Damn it. Eh?”
Suddenly, the enemy Seo-jun, who was slaughtering them terrifyingly, turned his body without finishing him.
And began to retreat.
Quite rapidly, at that.
“Finally the time to die has come, so he’s trying to widen the distance!”
Finally!
The Namgung user consumed all of his last stamina to deploy the final fast sword.
A strike that, along with catching up to the enemy, could land a blow if things went well!
However, Seo-jun, who was suddenly getting distant, looked back and blocked his sword.
Subsequently, Seo-jun’s sword rotated smoothly and cleanly targeted his neck.
[HeavenlySword defeated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]
What.
He reacted to that in the moment of escaping?
Or.
Had he baited him from the very beginning?
To definitely deal with him instead of escaping.
Indeed, a master is different.
‘Should I have not rushed in?’
At that moment, the enemy began to talk toward the empty air.
“Why didn’t I die, you ask? Because instead of the trait that mitigates the Great Art’s penalty, I invested in raising the power of the Great Art and the trait that deactivates the Great Art upon killing an enemy.”
Ah.
Having lost his will to fight, he looked up at Seo-jun with empty eyes.
There was such a detailed trait in the Great Art of Absorbing Stars.
Because nobody used it like that, he hadn’t known in his dreams.
“Yes, since the penalty is initialized even if you kill just one person. Don’t you think this build is good?”
Beyond good, it seemed completely broken.
But if it was initialized even if he killed just one person, why did he retreat just a moment ago?
The time would have been ample.
Don’t tell me.
A single word popped up in his mind.
Toying.
“Sigh, still, the Orthodox Faction’s martial arts are better and look cooler. This is why people don’t play the Demonic Sect.”
That remark also seemed to be said for him to hear.
Damn it.
‘When this match ends, I’m switching to the Demonic Sect immediately.’
The first day of the Battleground had only just begun.