The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 53
Chapter 53
“I guess even a scammer can dodge this much with skill.”
Who was this guy now?
Just because it was virtual reality, situations where someone suddenly picked a fight did not happen easily.
Without any reason, that was.
Of course, an opponent met as an enemy during the game was an exception.
Because defeating the opponent could cause momentary excitement, and the easiest way to enjoy that feeling was to tease them.
Anyway.
Seo-jun checked the ID of the opponent who had spoken as he entered just now.
‘Dang So.’
Judging by the surname Tang, the clothing mixed with green decorations, and the flying dagger thrown a moment ago, the opponent was clearly a user of the Tang Clan.
“Excuse me, who are you?”
The swordsman said as he stood up.
Dang So approached them.
“Me?”
“Yes.”
“How dare you not know who this body is.”
“I said I don’t know.”
“Lowly thing.”
“?”
For a moment, it looked as if a question mark had popped up over the swordsman’s head.
Watching this quietly, a thought was growing rapidly in Seo-jun’s mind that he did not want to join that conversation.
Leaving such thoughts of Seo-jun behind, they continued their conversation.
“Look, can you not see my ID?”
“Dang So?”
“Yes.”
“What does Dang So mean?”
What meaning could it have? It was probably just a name.
Seo-jun made such a hasty assumption, but…
“It means the Young Family Head of the Tang Clan.”
Dang So declared proudly, the swordsman let out an exclamation of admiration, and Seo-jun stared into the distant mountains.
So that was what it meant.
Since nicknames were not that important, it was fine as long as they understood it themselves.
Seo-jun tried hard to rationalize.
“And what does World’s No. 1 Swordsman mean? Speak.”
“It has no special meaning.”
“I see.”
A brief silence descended after that.
His judgment was quick. A half-wit.
-That bastard Dang So is famous though, lol. He always draws aggro.
-He’s the guy who wrote the sniper post yesterday.
-You can just ignore him, lololol.
-Sending it again (link)
Seo-jun figured out the identity of the person called Dang So through the chat window.
This is why he liked this.
There was no need to search.
And perhaps because For Chivalry was a stagnant game, everyone seemed to know each other reasonably well.
“So why did you suddenly throw a dagger?”
Seo-jun spoke to Dang So in the tone of the Heavenly Demon.
The Tang Clan was unorthodox. In other words, an enemy of the Demonic Sect.
Therefore, he thought it would be more fun to speak down to him.
It just so happened that the opponent was also speaking down to him.
Anyway, perhaps because there were so many peculiar people in For Chivalry, there was no culture of caring about tone of speech itself.
Dang So raised his head.
“O Heavenly Demon 14.”
“What.”
“While this body is a direct descendant and the Young Family Head of the Tang Clan, are you not merely the fourteenth substitute? Refrain from informal speech.”
Why did he set up his concept like this?
Seo-jun shook his head and played along.
“Are you proud to be the Young Family Head of a clan classified as unorthodox because they use poison?”
Although they were not classified as unorthodox in his past life, the Tang Clan was an object of avoidance and contempt.
Because they used poison.
Hearing Seo-jun’s words, Dang So spat out indifferently, as if it was no big deal.
“What is the Demonic Sect talking about?”
Hearing this, Seo-jun suddenly had nothing to say.
Was this why one had to join an influential faction!
Ah. He shouldn’t have played along with the concept.
“Anyway, O Heavenly Demon 14.”
“Yes, speak.”
“What kind of scam did you pull?”
“A scam?”
“Yes, a scam. That ‘Great Grandmaster’ proudly displayed next to your nickname.”
As expected, he was complaining about the Great Grandmaster title.
“It’s not a scam though?”
“What did you do to get it? Seeing it displayed like this, it means it’s not a fake either. I wonder what kind of trick you used. Can Great Grandmaster be obtained somewhere else, and not through the Demonic Sect’s test?”
Dang So tilted his head.
-It was all on live stream, what is up with him, lolololol.
-Is he in denial?
-Info) In the community, actually half the opinions claim that he did something suspicious.
-That half-witted bastard.
It would definitely still be left in the Travel VODs.
Seo-jun opened his mouth to shake off the annoying guy.
“Fine, I scammed.”
And at the same time, Dang So also spoke.
“Then prove—… What? You scammed?”
“Yes.”
“Indeed. I knew it. It’s obvious, hmph. Considering how I barely achieved Peak First-rate, it makes no sense at all for a layman in martial arts like you to obtain the stage above it with just a standard stance.”
He did not know there was such a story.
Seo-jun silently closed his mouth and nodded his head as a sign of empathy.
Go now.
The Battleground opens soon.
-How do I obtain eternal happiness?
-You must not argue with fools.
-I don’t think so.
-Yes. You are right.
-Lolol, the teamwork is great.
However, Dang So was not as completely stupid as Seo-jun had hoped.
“Then how did you obtain Great Grandmaster? What about the Travel editing?”
“I left that to a professional company. Great Grandmaster can only be obtained by entering the Demonic Sect, so it won’t be of any use to you even if I tell you.”
He was just awkwardly stupid.
“Is this bastard trying to kick me out now? No, but if so, it means Great Grandmaster is real, but that makes no sense either. Indeed, it doesn’t.”
Right, it makes no sense.
Go quickly.
Seo-jun did not particularly want to convince him.
“Fine. Prove it. Go in front of Baek Wi-gang and prove that it is not a scam.”
“No.”
“Hmm, seeing you can’t prove it, you must indeed be a scammer. Then I have proven it.”
Dang So declared so, turned around, and walked toward the door.
-Agh, that bastard Dang So lolol.
-This is proof?
-How did he reach rank 13?
Seo-jun shrugged his shoulders.
Since when had choosing not to prove something become being unable to do so?
But thinking about it carefully, the Battleground was going to start soon anyway, and there was nothing to do during the spare time.
He should play with him for a little bit.
“What do you mean his brain was damaged because he ate too much poison? Ah, everyone, you must not say such things.”
-Lololol
-Who on earth said that?
-He’s starting again lolololol.
-Crazy taunting skills lol.
-Mouth fighter
-I can only marvel.
He froze.
Dang So’s footsteps heading outside stopped.
And Dang So turned his body around.
“Were those words meant for me?”
“No.”
“I think they were meant for me though?”
“So what.”
“Why you!”
Daggers appeared from both of Dang So’s hands and rushed toward Seo-jun.
As expected of a game set in a world where people performed sword dances the moment their eyes met.
Look at the level of the users.
Seo-jun shook his head and deflected the daggers with the sword held in his hand.
Clang!
Then, he sent his sword flying to counterattack.
Swish!
The sword sent by Seo-jun grazed Dang So’s cheek and flew backward.
“How about it? Do I still seem like a scammer?”
Gulp.
Dang So’s Adam’s apple bobbed at the event that unfolded in an instant.
Seo-jun put his hands behind his back with a benevolent smile.
He was curious about how the opponent, who had lost their will to fight, would react.
Dang So opened his mouth.
“Ha, boasting even though you missed. The Battleground is opening soon, so choose the border area of the Unorthodox Faction as the battleground. I will expose your true identity there!”
Right. Is it the Battleground this time?
Seo-jun let out a hollow laugh, and Dang So left the sparring arena, putting on airs once again.
Seo-jun did not hold him back. Instead, he waved his hand to see him off.
“Hmm, I’m not going to play against the Unorthodox Faction today though.”
Even so, he had no intention of changing his original plan because of Dang So.
-You can do it though, lol.
-Seriously, it seems his brain is pickled in poison, lol.
-How can a ranker like him not even know the game mode of the day’s Battleground?
The viewers were laughing.
Seo-jun also realized the reason.
“Ah, right. Today’s game mode is different from yesterday’s, right?”
-Yeah. Today is a Raid lololol.
-A mode only in Battlegrounds where you fight against the opposing faction’s NPC!
-Next is Escort!
That was right. Today’s Battleground game mode was not PvP.
Yet he was talking about stream sniping and whatnot.
“The future of the Tang Clan is very bright.”
Although he was a Young Family Head in nickname only, at this point, he wondered if the Tang Clan should sue him for defamation.
-Seriously, it’s so bright that I can’t see it.
-Whether it’s too bright or too dark, the fact that you can’t see it is the same, lolololololol.
-It’s easy to get confused lolol.
-I’m from the Tang Clan. I want to get rid of that bastard.
And the swordsman, who was standing quietly nearby, spoke up.
“Sweet! It’s almost 7 o’clock. Thanks to that, I don’t have to train anymore.”
***
After returning to the village, Seo-jun adjusted his traits.
Since this morning, while listening to lectures at the university, he had read every single detailed description of the traits on his phone.
And he adjusted them in the optimal direction.
The previous day, because he had set them up in a rush, he had been losing out on details.
[In exchange for qi deviation occurring faster, the power of the Great Art of Absorbing Stars increases.]
[Upon killing an enemy, the Great Art is deactivated.]
They were core traits that did not change.
Traits that made him powerful but increased the penalty.
If he selected traits from other options, the power and penalty would be mitigated, and he could obtain high health and defense.
After establishing the main framework, he adjusted the detailed traits.
[The damage that sword qi inflicts on enemies increases.]
[The amount of internal energy consumed decreases.]
[When stealing health from an enemy, movement speed increases for 3 seconds.]
.
.
.
Etc., etc., etc.
If the traits that Seo-jun selected in detail were summarized in a single word…
-Look at him absolutely never picking defensive aspects, lololol.
-I get the meaning of the build, but the essence is not improved. It’s for noob crushing.
-I wonder if it will work later too.
Noob crushing.
It was heavily focused on offense, so allowing even a single attack from the opponent could prove fatal.
‘However, it’s fine as long as I replenish my health again.’
Seo-jun thought so.
Just as he finished choosing the traits, it became 7 o’clock, the time the Battleground opened.
Seo-jun brought up the game window and opened the Battleground.
The map popped up, and icons in the regions where battles took place generated dust clouds, briefly representing the fact that combat had occurred.
And the result that appeared after day and night swapped was…
“For now, all defenses were successful.”
It was no different from the previous day.
It meant that all factions succeeded in defending in all regions.
To put it the other way around, it meant that no one succeeded in attacking.
-Let’s check the streamer’s contribution score.
-Considering the reputation points, the streamer was first place among those revealed.
-Gotta compare the contributions.
In the Battleground, the contribution scores were publicly compiled and ranked only when half the period had passed.
Therefore, until the rankings were compiled, people pieced things together based on the contribution scores that streamers or rankers disclosed themselves.
That was why they wanted it to be disclosed, but…
“Why do you want to see it already? It’s only the first day at best.”
Seo-jun did not particularly want to disclose it.
Since his personality itself was the style of just doing what needed to be done rather than swinging between joy and grief.
-Disclose the contribution score immediately, streamer! Disclose it! Disclose it!
-You said you were aiming for 16th place lol. We have to plan a strategy together.
-I’m just curious.
“But even if I don’t disclose it to you guys, I can still plan a strategy.”
-Fact ban
-Ah, we’ll plan it for you.
-You guys are Bronze lol.
-Ah, anyway, we are good at planning.
-Just trust us!
-Streamer says: I don’t receive tutoring from a CSAT grade 7 student (slightly paraphrased)
-I said, fact ban.
And not just Seo-jun, but most people who were seriously aiming for 16th place did not disclose their information.
Because they had nothing to gain by disclosing it.
At most, it would just invite targeting?
Therefore, the viewers were also in an understanding mood.
“Alright, I’ll begin.”