The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 52
Chapter 52
The next day.
“Hello, everyone.”
Seo-jun started the stream at the exact same time as the previous day.
– Seo-ha
– g2
– Seo-ha
– Seo-ha
– Hello
Looking with satisfaction at the chat window that rose rapidly as if it were only natural now, Seo-jun began to chat lightly.
“What did I eat? I just mixed an egg with soy sauce.”
It was delicious and easy to make.
“What did you guys eat? Or what are you planning to eat?”
It was now almost time to eat dinner.
– Jjajangmyeon
– Chicken
– Pizza
– Caviar
Truly predictable answers went back and forth.
“Wow. You guys, please stop eating delivery food. Ah, there’s caviar in the mix. If it’s real, give me just one bite.”
– LMAO
– The ‘just-one-bite’ beggar has appeared
– Hey! Why buy and eat caviar? With that money, you could buy and eat twenty bowls of hot and filling gukbap.
– Long time no see for the gukbap fanatic
“Gukbap is good. Now, then, let’s start the game.”
Seo-jun, who had given plenty of time for the people who received the stream start notification to enter, pressed start game.
Naturally, the game was For Chivalry.
Because Seo-jun had ended the game in the center of the town right before logging off the previous day, the panda and bamboo did not appear this time.
Instead, Eastern-style buildings rose up.
“There is one hour left before the battleground opens. Well then, let’s go to the Demonic Sect.”
There were several reasons why Seo-jun was going to the Demonic Sect.
It was because in order to enjoy content like in-game clothing or armaments, one had to go to the faction they belonged to.
Secondly, it was because he had agreed to meet World’s No. 1 Swordsman at the Demonic Sect.
Seo-jun walked out of the town.
This was because the lightness skill could not be used inside.
“Sigh. To think I could have gotten here so quickly.”
However, it was possible outside the town.
And the Demonic Sect’s mountain was clearly outside the town.
Using the lightness skill, he was able to reach the main gate of the Demonic Sect, which had taken him as long as five minutes to reach the previous day, in less than a minute.
“Hello.”
Seo-jun greeted the swordsman standing in front of the main gate.
The swordsman also spotted Seo-jun and waved his hand happily.
“Hello, Seo-jun.”
“Now then, Swordsman, did you do all your homework?”
The homework he had assigned was none other than exercising in real life.
“Of course!”
The swordsman replied confidently.
– He did his homework? That’s actually pretty impressive.
– He really did it?
– Why is he so nice?
– Just in words? You need to check.
The swordsman, who had the stream open next to him, read the chat window and spoke.
“Everyone, don’t worry. Seo-jun will be checking on me in the future. Since we’re going to train together in real life starting tomorrow.”
Question marks popped up in the chat window, and Seo-jun began to explain.
“Ah. Coincidentally, Swordsman goes to the same school as me.”
Today, when he was walking through the campus on his way home, someone had followed him from behind.
Since there were many people on the street at the time, one might say that thinking someone was following him was just excessive self-consciousness or celebrity syndrome, but…
Seo-jun had felt it clearly.
And the identity was revealed when Seo-jun whipped his body around.
Thanks to him not modifying his avatar, just like himself, he recognized him at a single glance.
World’s No. 1 Swordsman.
His real name was Jeon Jae-hoon, and as for age, Seo-jun was three years older.
“So I just told Swordsman to do it together.”
– Wow, look at that connection, LMAO
– What university do you go to?
– Now I’m curious too
“Hmm…”
While Seo-jun was contemplating whether to reveal it or not,
“I go to Hankuk University. Hehe.”
The swordsman beat him to the punch.
– ??????
– Is it real?
– Being good at studying too is a bit… makes me feel a sense of distance
– He had a good brain too! But honestly, if it’s the streamer, it kind of makes sense, but the swordsman is unexpected LMAO
– The streamer acting wild normally was actually all a high-level calculation if you think about it
– Shiver shiver
– So is it real?
“Yes, well. Would it be fake?”
He had no particular intention of denying or hiding it.
The occurrence of someone recognizing him could easily happen even without revealing his university,
and he did not even need to worry about an acquaintance recognizing him inside the school.
It was because he had no acquaintances.
It was a little sad.
“Ah! Was I not supposed to say this?”
“No. It doesn’t matter.”
Should he just take a leave of absence altogether?
Anyway.
“Well, since we’re schoolmates, and also because our neighborhood is close, I decided to personally oversee his exercise.”
He told the swordsman to come to the gym every morning.
For free, thanks to negotiating with the gym manager, that was.
There was no master like this who even considered his disciple’s financial situation. Seriously.
It was absolutely not because he wanted to torment him by training him in earnest after a long time.
It was meant to properly awaken his physical senses and take care of his health at the same time.
“Ah, right. Seo-jun, and everyone. I took a video of what I did for three hours yesterday. Do you want to watch it?”
Why did he even record a video?
Seo-jun spoke without a single moment of hesitation.
“No.”
– LMAO
– So decisive
– Why not watch it?
– What’s the point of watching a guy exercise?
– We have the right to watch too!
Sigh.
Right to watch, my foot.
“I believe in Swordsman.”
And even if he didn’t do it yesterday, all he had to do was work him hard from now on.
“Alright, that’s enough about the homework. Follow me.”
Seo-jun went inside the Demonic Sect.
Perhaps because he was equipped with the Great Grandmaster title, the NPCs bowed their heads and greeted Seo-jun first whenever they saw him.
Leaving them behind, Seo-jun headed toward the Demonic Sect’s sparring ground.
“Huh? There are quite a few people here.”
“Indeed.”
On the sparring stage in front of the sparring ground was Baek Wi-gang, who conducted the Demonic Sect’s test; when Seo-jun had taken the test the previous day, there was at most only one person.
But now, there seemed to be more than ten people.
– What is this?
– It’s because of you, streamer
– Why on earth are there Orthodox Faction bastards in the Demonic Sect?
Unlike the sparring stage, there was no one in the sparring ground.
After taking out two swords from a corner, Seo-jun asked the viewers.
“Because of me?”
Could it be related to the Great Grandmaster title?
It was as expected.
– Do you not even look at the community forums?
– Because attention gathered on your receiving the Great Grandmaster title, the number of people wanting to take the Demonic Sect’s test has increased.
– Aren’t they saying you scammed to get that Great Grandmaster title?
“A scam? What kind of scam?”
Was there anything to scam?
If remembering his past life was a scam, it indeed was one, but…
“Indeed.”
The swordsman, who was looking at the chat window next to him, likewise had a look of incomprehension.
– People are saying your Great Grandmaster title is a scam.
– Gasp
– I think it’s a scam. No matter how I look at it, that skill is a scam, lol.
– They mean his skill is a scam, LMAO
– (Link)
“Hmm.”
Seo-jun did not click the link.
The content would be obvious anyway.
The time it took from him seeing a stance for the first time, applying variations to it, to taking the test was truly short.
Since it was what was called a standard meta stance, one might think that Seo-jun had prepared it in advance, but even so, the amount of time Seo-jun had been exposed to For Chivalry itself was not very long.
On top of that, for a newbie to receive a grade that had never appeared before.
No matter if he had taken first place in the Training Ground, it was not an easy thing to believe.
Simply put, it defied common sense.
“But you guys believe in me, right?”
[‘ㅇㅇ’ donated 10,000 won!]
[A trick? Only smart people can pull off things like that, lol. A streamer who never even prepares in advance and always does weird things—what could he possibly have done, LMAO.]
– True though, lol
– It’s true that if your body is good, your head has it easy!
– How many first clears has the streamer gotten, LMAO. The martial arts pride is insane
– Wait! The streamer is from Hankuk University. He is indeed smart.
– Gasp… Everything up until now was image-making. How meticulous
– A trick… maybe he pulled one off?
Or was that not it?
Seo-jun pushed aside the chat window, which was gradually drifting off-topic.
“Thank you for the donation. Well then, let’s do what we need to do.”
Leaving the viewers behind, Seo-jun stood in front of the swordsman.
“But why did we come to this sparring ground? To teach me that stance you showed yesterday?”
“No.”
“…?”
“Naturally, we came to train. Just briefly before the battleground starts.”
Because experiencing a single real fight was better than swinging a sword in the empty air a hundred times.
“Surely, that training doesn’t mean fighting against you, Seo-jun… right?”
“It does, though.”
What on earth did he think training was?
“W-Wait a minute. Senior? Heavenly Demon? Hold on! There’s no way I can do anything against you, Seo-jun! Aaah! At least teach me something before beating me up!”
“You set your pain sensation to the maximum, right? That’s the only way to train properly.”
He was serious.
– I honestly felt like things would turn out like this yesterday.
– You too? Me too!
– After doing this, you’ll probably gaslight him into thinking it’s good for him.
– Real, lol. It’s not a teaching that becomes blood and flesh, but a teaching where blood splatters, LMAO.
And the viewers comfortably spectated this.
***
For about thirty minutes, Seo-jun personally clashed swords with the swordsman and taught him combat.
“Let’s stop here for today.”
“What is this? Is beating someone up considered teaching? Thank goodness it doesn’t hurt much since it’s virtual reality. Wait, today? Did you say ‘today’? My ears must have gone completely wrong.”
“You heard correctly. You know what happens if you don’t show up to the gym tomorrow, right?”
“Sigh… I shouldn’t have exchanged phone numbers.”
“By the way, Swordsman, did you participate in the battleground yesterday?”
“Ah, yes. I did a bit of exercise and then entered the battleground.”
“Did you attack? Or did you defend?”
“Real men go for attack.”
– Oh, with that intelligence, how did he get into Hankuk University, lol.
– Why, he could attack from the first day.
– Real, if you’re a casual user, you don’t really care.
– I also went on the attack yesterday.
– Romance approved!
Indeed.
Seo-jun agreed with the chat’s sentiments.
If he also didn’t have the goal of getting within the top sixteen, he felt he would have given up the minor position success bonus and only attacked.
– By the way, what is the streamer going to do, LMAO.
– Overall, all the rankers seem to be preparing hard.
– That’s why, why did you spin the roulette, lol.
– No matter how good the streamer is, it’s going to be hard, yeah.
– Looking at yesterday, didn’t the streamer gain the most reputation points? Isn’t it possible?
– Nah, that’s just because the streamer’s build is specialized in noob crushing.
– He is the master of the Level 10 AI, so isn’t he practically the best?
– The Training Ground and the actual game are different.
– PVP too.
– Are you doubting the Heavenly Demon!
Thirty minutes before the battleground started.
A lot of small talk went back and forth in Seo-jun’s chat window.
Even though he had performed so exceptionally in the Training Ground and in Dawn of the Assassins, people were still half-doubting.
The reason was that he had never done PVP with a proper expert.
“Well, once the battleground is over…”
It was then.
Someone entered the sparring ground, which had only contained the two of them, Seo-jun and the swordsman.
And unexpectedly, they threw a dagger.
As the name suggested, the sparring ground was an area where attacks between players were possible.
He wouldn’t die because of it, but Seo-jun reflexively pulled his head back.
Spinning through the air, the dagger passed the spot where his head had been and embedded itself in the stone floor behind.
Seo-jun shifted his gaze from the dagger stuck in the ground to the source of the throw.