The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 51
Chapter 51
“Even third-class would be a waste for such a ridiculous form, but considering your basics… you are second-class!”
The shout rang out loudly across the sparring stage, echoing in the surroundings.
The users watching this clicked their tongues and began to chime in one by one.
“Look at that insolence.”
“Even the NPCs of the Demonic Sect are weird. Seriously.”
“But another second-class came out.”
“Isn’t that nickname a ranker?”
“That was the same for the person who got third-class earlier… ahem.”
“Hey, hey. I can hear everything.”
ThirdElder sat quietly, pretending to intently analyze the streamer’s video.
He felt embarrassed.
However, ignoring it did not mean he could block out the voices conversing behind his back.
And the fact that it reached his ears meant that the viewers watching his stream right now could also hear it.
-For real, most of them are low.
-Meanwhile, there’s a guy who got third-class all by himself, LMAO.
-Just wait, I’m going too!
Sigh.
‘I should quickly retake the test or something.’
However, because it would be a real disaster if he was judged as third-class again like earlier, he was merely preparing more carefully.
Trudge, trudge.
The user who had just been judged as second-class came down from the sparring stage.
Worn-out clothes, a gourd-like item hanging at his waist, and as the finishing touch, even a club slung over his shoulder.
He was like…
“Wow. He’s a complete beggar.”
“Hey, hey, he can hear you, you bastard.”
Voices were heard from behind again.
ThirdElder wanted to nod his head violently.
He wondered where the sword he was holding during the sword technique demonstration had gone, and when he had swapped it for a club.
Moreover, he did not know how someone could choose such a beggar-like nickname.
[JustOnePenny]
“Ah, don’t come over here.”
It was a visual that made one not want to get close for some reason, even though he did not smell.
“Wow, that’s a really hurtful thing to say.”
“Then you shouldn’t have set up such a concept.”
His face was handsome, so how did he end up falling down such a path?
“That’s not something you, who chose the Demonic Sect, should say. Does it make sense for a middle schooler to use an adult avatar? Huh? I was startled when I met you in real life for the first time.”
“Let’s not talk about real life…”
As ThirdElder showed signs of reluctance, JustOnePenny shrugged his shoulders and sat down next to him.
The place where they sat was the spectator stands overlooking the sparring stage clearly.
The sight of an unknown someone stepping onto the sparring stage was reflected in their eyes.
“Sigh, fine. Anyway, to think I would get second-class! This is ridiculous!”
“It makes sense.”
“Why? Oh, right. You were third-class, weren’t you? Pfft.”
JustOnePenny laughed at him heartily.
If he had only worn well-fitted clothing, he would have looked like a noble young master.
Now, he was just a beggar.
Looking at only his face, he was a handsome beggar.
And that made it even more annoying.
-And that’s the only one too.
-No, aren’t you going to return your first-rate title? Lmao.
-I’m arriving soon!
JustOnePenny burst into laughter next to him, and ThirdElder narrowed his eyes.
“No, I meant it in the sense that if you do it right away, you might get a low grade…”
Sigh.
Sighing, ThirdElder focused back on the screen playing in front of him.
Even though not much time had passed, a post analyzing each and every movement was already uploaded.
“You’re right. If you do it right after watching, you can’t help but make mistakes.”
“Right? That was what I was trying to say.”
“Still, third-class is a bit… Pwahaha.”
“No, are you not thinking about the fact that you just got second-class yourself? It’s only a single-tier difference!”
“Yep, and that is precisely the wall that separates a master from an amateur.”
“What is this second-class guy saying?”
“And you are third-class.”
“Argh!”
“Also, I received Peak First-rate, but you didn’t.”
“The Demonic Sect doesn’t have forms in the first place. You guys did it using what you got used to while playing the game!”
Instead of replying to his words, JustOnePenny chose to giggle and laugh.
In the end, the only one who was frustrated was ThirdElder, who had actually received a grade one tier lower.
He put on a look of resignation and shook his head side to side.
“Whatever.”
Tap.
Someone placed a hand on his shoulder.
“What do you mean, ‘whatever’?”
“Ah. Namgung-hyung, you’re here.”
It was NamgungFamilyWaiter, a veteran player who possessed another Peak First-rate title.
They just called him Waiter or Namgung-hyung for convenience.
Its origin was said to be that he lost a bet over nicknames with a friend, and because a waiter NPC near the Namgung Clan looked similar to him, he named it like this.
And as he climbed to the rankers with this nickname and became famous, he could no longer change it.
“No, the beggar-hyung keeps teasing me about the third-class.”
“Really? Third-class or second-class, they’re the same.”
He looked at JustOnePenny with a pitiful expression.
“Right?”
“Indeed.”
“Keh. As expected, you know a thing or two, hyung.”
“That is also true.”
Watching the two of them answer each other, JustOnePenny shouted in disbelief.
“Hey, Waiter! You go take the test quickly too. Let’s see what you get.”
“I don’t want to.”
“Why?”
NamgungFamilyWaiter asked back as if it were obvious.
“Is there any reason to take it right now?”
“No, well…”
“We need to prepare more thoroughly so that the chances of receiving Great Grandmaster or whatever go up even a little bit. What does it matter whether it’s third-class or second-class right now?”
“That’s true.”
“Agreed.”
“Now then, let’s analyze it.”
-A gathering of veterans.
-Is there anyone else going there?
The reaction of the few viewers was good.
That was because the three gathered here right now were veterans within the top 100 rankings.
Although the veterans in the community had better information and game skills than average users, they were not at the level of top 100 rankers.
However.
They continued to challenge it, but they could not surpass first-rate.
About two hours later, JustOnePenny, who returned from the sparring stage, sat down on a stone seat and spoke.
“Yeah, it’s only been a day.”
“That’s true. They say it takes about a month for newbies to accurately follow the standard forms. For us, it’s only been a day.”
-Pathetic.
-You punk Waiter, what do you mean martial arts? Lmao.
-Wait, weren’t you guys the Avengers?
They now began to delve into a different aspect.
If one followed the movements accurately, they could somehow receive up to first-rate. This meant there was no problem with the forms.
But that was all.
JustOnePenny spoke.
“Let’s summarize it. Originally, with these standard forms, even Peak First-rate didn’t come out like it did now, right?”
“If you just follow it exactly, well… I’ve never heard of anyone receiving Peak First-rate. That’s why the Heavenly Demon changed the forms himself, right?”
“Calling him the Heavenly Demon is a bit much, no matter what…”
“Quiet, third-class, the hyungs are talking.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Anyway. But what was the reason the standard forms spread in the first place?”
“It was simply because, among those that spread, it had the lowest difficulty to get first-rate. While forms are important up to first-rate, Peak First-rate is impossible to achieve by just following them in the first place.”
“True. Even if I were to redo what got me Peak First-rate earlier, I honestly wouldn’t have the confidence to get Peak First-rate again.”
“Same here.”
ThirdElder, who had been zoned out for a moment, asked.
“Hyungs, what do you mean by that?”
“What else could it be? Peak First-rate is not simply in the forms.”
“Then where is it?”
“Perfection.”
JustOnePenny explained in a single word, and Waiter nodded his head next to him in agreement.
“When I executed that form, I felt perfection in the sword. I mean, I don’t know how well I understand martial arts, but it was a level of perfection where I am certain I could never do it exactly like that again even if asked to. And when I executed it, I knew intuitively that I would receive Peak First-rate.”
“Me too. Even though it’s just a game, for some reason that thought came to mind. Like, ‘Ah, I was awesome.’ When I watch other Peak First-rate verification videos, I feel something similar.”
So that’s how it was.
Honestly, because ThirdElder had never properly challenged Peak First-rate using the Demonic Sect as an excuse, he could not accurately understand their explanation.
“Then what did you guys feel when watching this video?”
At ThirdElder’s words, the two who had been talking face-to-face on both sides of him turned their eyes to look straight ahead.
They were probably watching the video.
While silence flowed for a long while like that, Waiter broke the focus first and moved his lips.
“I can’t feel anything though?”
And after a little more time passed, JustOnePenny spoke as well.
“Right. That is my problem too. I have no idea.”
-Wow.
-You guys are the hope! Cheer up!
-Penny-hyung is indeed the hope.
JustOnePenny was famous for writing high-quality informative posts on Nohyeop.
The reason he chose the Beggars’ Sect was also because the Beggars’ Sect was an organization that dealt with information.
Although, he did feel that being a beggar was quite comfortable as he kept doing it.
“What on earth is it really?”
JustOnePenny muttered as if to himself.
“Couldn’t there be some other special in-game trigger, beggar?”
“A quest exclusive to the Demonic Sect?”
“Yeah.”
“If it were something like that, it would have been revealed long ago. He’s a streamer.”
And JustOnePenny thought he did not seem like the type of person who would hide such a thing.
“That is true.”
“Then that means he really did it purely with skill?”
Waiter’s eyes widened.
“It is not something that could happen by chance.”
JustOnePenny said calmly.
-Insane.
-A god-tier master?
-So that means Great Grandmaster is real?
-What is the probability of it being fake?
“Well, unless other people who receive Great Grandmaster appear, we won’t know for sure. But I give up. Even Peak First-rate is hard.”
JustOnePenny read the chat and expressed his thoughts.
And Waiter also declared his surrender right after.
“I can’t do it either. Now that I think about it, isn’t he skilled enough to have defeated Shin Ha-yeon in the Training Ground in the first place?”
“On top of that, he also beat Baekho, whom you lost to, Namgung-hyung.”
“Hey! I told you not to bring that up!”
“Or maybe he really is the Heavenly Demon.”
“No matter what, he can’t be the Heavenly Demon!”
-So what’s the conclusion?
-They’re chatting away among themselves.
-Connection-dominated game, lol.
-This game is way too stagnated.
-He beat Shin Ha-yeon? Shook. Then Great Grandmaster is totally legit.
JustOnePenny looked at the stream chat, then stood up from his seat and spoke.
“If Great Grandmaster is truly a grade purely above Peak First-rate without any conditions, then wouldn’t Seo-jun, who received it by modifying the standard forms in a single try, be practically the best player in For Chivalry? That’s the conclusion.”
Because JustOnePenny had heard things about Seo-jun before and was not the type to let pride get in the way, he made a statement acknowledging Seo-jun.
However, the veterans in the community could not accept this.
-Gasp.
-I cannot tolerate that statement.
-Who says he’s the best player?
JustOnePenny snorted at those viewers.
“Who says so? Yep, it’s according to Baek Wi-gang over there.”
Soon, Waiter also stood up from his seat and spoke.
“That is true.”
“Let’s go sleep. That’s all for today!”
“Yes! I will turn off the stream.”
“Okay.”
In the end, they could not verify whether it was genuine or not, but it could not be helped.
If anyone had a problem with it, they would have to ask the developer.
And all of their remarks were broadcasted in detail on Nohyeop, causing a huge stir.
[Even Rankers Failed For 2 Hours]
[Is Great Grandmaster Real?]
[Beggars’ Sect Expert ‘JustOnePenny’ Declares: “Heavenly Demon is the best player in For Chivalry.”]
[“What on earth is the difference between the Demonic Sect’s national spirit and the Heavenly Demon’s sword!” The reason the Orthodox Faction is trembling with fear and the Unorthodox Faction is stamping their feet in envy!]
Although the post that was first uploaded was dismissed as just a humorous or false post and quickly fell out of sight except for a few,
JustOnePenny was famous on Nohyeop, and because of the clip containing his remarks, far more attention was focused on Great Grandmaster and Seo-jun.
Although far more people challenged Great Grandmaster overnight, not a single person received Great Grandmaster.
[At this point, suspicion of a scam is creeping up]
[Why a scam is completely possible. The moment he received Great Grandmaster was not during his first stream of For Chivalry.]
[I knew it from the moment his nickname was Heavenly Demon.]
[Accusing him without any evidence is just typical of the ‘Orthodox Faction’. Petty itself.]
[Actually, the Demonic Sect bastards covering for him because he’s ‘Heavenly Demon’ is even more disgusting?]
[To frame this as Demonic Sect versus Orthodox Faction!]
[So what’s the truth?]
It was a confusing situation where no one could give a definitive answer.
Though there were people who gave definitive answers even amidst that.
[It’s certain he used some kind of trick!]
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I also have a Peak First-rate title and know this, but this is not something you can just watch once and do effortlessly like in a video.
It’s not like martial arts is just a piece of cake.
How could a newbie have done what numerous rankers couldn’t figure out until now?
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-I see it this way too, lol.
-The author’s tone is disgusting.
-Did he play off-stream and luckily get a hidden quest? OMG.
-Yeah, right, lol. Is everyone a fraud just because you can’t do it?
└ It’s not just me who can’t do it, but everyone can’t, so isn’t this a reasonable suspicion? (Post Author)
-Yeah, that’s just because you don’t know, he did the same in Dawn of the Assassins.
└ Please leave Nohyeop with your PVE games. (Post Author)
-He beat Shin Ha-yeon in the Training Ground too, so he’s at least better than you.
└ I acknowledge the Training Ground. But martial arts is different. I will meet him in person and prove it. (Post Author)
└ Who do you think you are?
└ 13th in the last Battleground. (Post Author)
└ Whoa! Please teach him a lesson.