The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 63

Chapter 63

A sense of incompatibility.

It referred to an awkward, unharmonized feeling.

Unless one was a child without any background knowledge, this sense of incompatibility—which one could not help but feel upon seeing photos such as a shark appearing in the Han River or a hippopotamus in the middle of a desert—could also be felt during battle.

Just like right now, when the enemy’s attack did not match the opponent’s intention as he had thought, Seo-jun intuitively felt a sense of incompatibility.

The start was from the first attack.

It was an ordinary thrown dagger, but to his senses, it did not seem like it was intended to hit him at all.

The reason lay in the speed.

In For Chivalry, the damage and speed when throwing increased by as much internal energy as was infused into the weapon, and Baekho’s first attack was just right.

Neither more nor less, looking appropriate for the very first attack, that was.

It was a subtlety that seemed to disguise itself as ordinary.

The next two daggers seemed as if they were meant to confuse him as much as possible.

Was it a setup for the next dagger?

However, the next dagger flying in now was fast in speed, but there was no change in its trajectory.

If so, the meaning of laying the setup also vanished.

‘If the target was me all along.’

In that brief moment, Seo-jun organized the situation, reached a conclusion, and grasped the destination that the sharp blade of the dagger was aiming for.

Since the targets Baekho could aim for were limited.

Up to here was one second.

The tip of the dagger turned its direction slightly.

If he had turned his eyes away from the incompatibility, he would have panicked here and been unable to cope.

Seo-jun’s hand had already been infusing internal energy into his sword for a long time.

‘The target is the escort goods.’

For one thing, it was not his teammates who were fighting.

Since Baekho would have already grasped his skill long ago to the extent of stream sniping him.

There was no way he believed he could win the game just by taking out the teammates.

Surely he wouldn’t be that foolish.

Nor was it any other NPC either.

Aiming for an NPC was more meaningless than aiming for teammates.

If so, wasn’t there only one thing left to aim for?

The carriage behind Seo-jun to his right, and the escort goods on that carriage.

‘It seems like it will be a bit close.’

Seo-jun prepared to throw his sword while calculating the speed of the dagger.

Since his traits and weapons were tailored for throwing, it would be stronger, but as the trajectory of the dagger bent close to ninety degrees, its power would be offset.

Up to here was two seconds.

However, he had to wait longer.

If he threw it now, the force would be similar to the dagger, so the sword Seo-jun threw might not completely deflect the dagger and could damage the escort goods.

Three seconds.

As much as it took more time, he pulled the point of deflecting the dagger closer to the escort goods.

It was close, but.

‘Is it now?’

Seo-jun judging that enough internal energy had been gathered, threw the sword with all his might.

The dagger flew toward Seo-jun before completely turning its direction, and the sword thrown by Seo-jun flew sideways, spinning round and round.

-????

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why is that dagger bending? Does it normally bend that much?

-If it returns to the streamer from there, then they threw the physics engine out the window, lol ㅋㅋㅋ

-fr lol ㅋㅋㅋ

-Why did that bastard Baekho join the Tang Clan? He’s so bad, lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Anyone can see he threw it wrong, right?

-But why is the streamer throwing his sword?

-He can do bare-handed combat lol

-No way?

Seo-jun smiled leisurely and motioned with his eyes to Baekho.

Since the sword had already left his fingertips, the result could not be changed anyway, and moreover, he believed in himself.

Swooosh!

The dagger, having found its direction, flew fiercely.

Only then did the viewers realize that where the dagger was heading was unusual.

-???

-Isn’t that where the escort goods are?

-It wasn’t a bad throw!

-Then the streamer!

If it went just a bit further, it was obvious it would lodge into the chest and damage the contents inside.

But at that moment.

Spin.

The sword, flying while spinning through the air, cut in right before the target.

Clang!

The dagger clashed and bounced outward.

He succeeded.

-Wow, holy shit, lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Insane!!!!

-Kya!

-No, how far ahead are you looking!

-Is this the Heavenly Demon Beam?

-He aimed for that? He blocked that?

-This is why I watch, lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Wait, what is this!

-The streamer said he would get 1st place, right? The streamer said he would get 1st place, right? The streamer said he would get 1st place, right?

-Demonic Sect win, let’s go! Demonic Sect win, let’s go! Demonic Sect win, let’s go! Demonic Sect win, let’s go! Demonic Sect win, let’s go!

-That’s a bit…;;;

“Crazy…”

Baekho wore a fed-up expression, and Seo-jun immediately procured (plundered) a weapon from a nearby NPC and looked back.

“Did you think it would work?”

“Then…”

For a moment, Baekho wondered who would have thought this would fail, but he could not say any more.

“You probably found out the location of the escort goods through a friend. Since you can’t watch the stream inside the game.”

Seo-jun had read him completely.

For a moment, he wondered if his friend had betrayed him and informed Seo-jun in advance.

Seo-jun approached. The distance narrowed.

Under the situation where pressure choked his body, Baekho suddenly snapped to his senses and, as a final struggle, pulled out a dagger and threw it toward the escort goods.

Clang.

However, the dagger could not even advance one meter before it was blocked by the new sword drawn by Seo-jun, who had closed the distance.

The dagger fell helplessly to the ground.

The attack became useless, and the Heavenly Demon villain smiled and flicked his sword, signaling him to try more.

Shit.

Baekho felt as if PTSD was coming on.

This round was not over yet.

Even if he died now, there was a next opportunity.

He could cooperate with his teammates, or he could hide and aim for the escort goods.

However, Baekho got the feeling that no matter what method he used, he could never break through Seo-jun.

Did it make sense to strike down and drop a dagger thrown right in front of him!

“Hey… how did you know?”

Having sensed defeat early on, he asked what he was curious about one last time.

“Know what?”

“That I was aiming for the escort goods. Did you know in advance?”

If not, it wouldn’t make sense to deflect a dagger that changed direction midway.

Unless he had prepared in advance.

He was truly curious.

That was why he asked, but.

“I am the Heavenly Demon.”

“You son of a…”

[Defeated Baekho7]

“We should clean up the rest too, right?”

After defeating Baekho, Seo-jun went to where the battle was ongoing to help.

-He’s definitely the villain here, lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Do they know? That the game almost ended a moment ago?

-No way they know.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ wtf

-Now that the streamer will pay more attention, how are they supposed to win?

-Even though they know what the escort goods are, they can’t win!

***

[Today’s Battleground. A Scripted-like Moment]

==

Hello, I am Bangju, who wants to do well in the Battleground but lacks the skills by far.

By any chance, do you all know the newbie cutter and beginner slaughterer, Baekho?

Baekho is a user who does noob crushing without leaving the beginner zone, and I think many brothers in Nohyeop probably know him.

This is because he has been around since the early days of the game, and he even publicly dueled and won by a hair’s breadth against a ranker named ‘NamgungFamilyWaiter,’ a self-proclaimed great hero shouting for chivalry.

Even though Baekho’s fame rose even higher after NamgungFamilyWaiter’s defeat, he continued his noob crushing.

Nevertheless, perhaps because newbies did not have to stay long in the beginner zone and Baekho did not play the game that much, the game company had not imposed any sanctions on him until now.

Though considering the countless newbies who lost or almost lost interest in the game upon meeting him, this judgment was a mistake, of course.

However, this user finally received a sentence of account deletion one week ago.

It was the result of messing with a certain streamer who happened to be advertising For Chivalry.

(Clip)

This streamer pressed down and crushed Baekho with overwhelming skill,

(Clip) (Clip) (Clip)

introduced himself as the Heavenly Demon three times,

(Clip)

and reached the realm of reading non-existent donations.

(Clip)

and even showed himself pestering the developers in conclusion.

(Clip)

In the end, Baekho departed like this, ascending to immortality, and it could be said that the streamer, Mr. Seo-jun, showed the dignity of a true Heavenly Demon.

You might wonder why I brought up an old story rather than the Battleground.

Please do not be angry. For their connection did not end here and finally continued today.

(Clip)

Today, Mr. Seo-jun chose the Unorthodox Faction region and met a user named Baekho7.

Yes. As you guessed, it is that Baekho.

Looking at the identical avatar face and the nickname, it is obvious.

Even his first line upon meeting him was indeed:

“Did you miss me, you bastard?”

that it was.

Fortunately, our Mr. Seo-jun ignored him.

(Clip)

Anyone can see that Baekho had stream sniped him with a desire for revenge.

What tremendous shamelessness!

Here, we must take a look at this screenshot.

This is a post uploaded by the user presumed to be Baekho on the Incident/Accident Board on the day he was suspended.

(Screenshot)

Although he deleted it, perhaps because he also felt he was being too shameless, he should have been prepared to be archived if he uploaded a post to Nohyeop.

Anyway, here is today’s moment.

Baekho prepared for revenge thoroughly.

For the sake of revenge, he left the beginner zone, which he had not departed from for several years, in a single day and joined the Tang Clan.

And he played the Battleground every single day without fail, accumulating reputation points.

Finally, today.

The Battleground was Escort, and Mr. Seo-jun, the target of his revenge, chose the Unorthodox Faction region.

The golden opportunity had come!

So he devised a plan.

That is, in such a way that Baekho would meet Mr. Seo-jun directly through stream sniping, and a helper would tell him the location of the escort goods while watching Mr. Seo-jun’s stream (it is an assumption, because Baekho knew the location of the escort goods).

Baekho, who had devised such a perfect plan, eventually attacked after meeting Mr. Seo-jun.

The first move was ordinary.

The second move was likewise.

The third, launching two daggers to scatter his concentration.

Having unleashed the third attack like that, Baekho prepared his final move.

Indeed, the optimal, final move that pretended to fly toward Mr. Seo-jun before changing direction toward the escort goods.

This was extremely powerful.

Not a single viewer had anticipated this.

But Mr. Seo-jun knew everything.

(Clip)

In this touch-and-go situation where one’s nose could be sliced off in an instant, Mr. Seo-jun threw his sword to block the dagger.

Baekho’s mouth fell wide open as he asked Mr. Seo-jun how he had noticed, but wouldn’t that be a futile question?

(Clip)

Since he is the Heavenly Demon!

(Photo)

I will choose Baekho’s fed-up expression after hearing ‘I am the Heavenly Demon’ at the very end as today’s Battleground moment.

==

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The true education served was legendary

-Wow, I enjoyed reading this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-So there was an incident like this too.

-└Seriously, all sorts of things happen ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-To package the Heavenly Demon like this. I report you as a traitor to the Orthodox Faction.

-└He’s definitely a spy.

-└Please correct ‘spy’ to ‘infiltrator’.

-I’m the person who took the ID ‘Baekho’. Is it normal that I’m getting cursed at via whispers?

-└Guys, let’s read the post properly ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s Baekho7.

-But that bastard is seriously shameless ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ How could he stream snipe so cheaply?

-The Heavenly Demon’s wit, lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Look at that trash talk.

-He’s that guy, right? That Great Grandmaster. I’m sorry for suspecting him of cheating. To think he did such a good deed. His skills are insane too.

-└Were you part of the 3-Minute Curry?

-└This brother didn’t write any comments.

-└Then you aren’t part of the Curry Squad lol ㅋㅋㅋ

The post uploaded by Bangju received countless recommendations in an instant and entered the real-time TOP 10 visible on the right when entering Nohyeop.

Originally, the posts uploaded by Bangju climbed to the TOP 10 easily, but they had never risen this quickly.

“Oh, the reaction is good? At this rate, it might even get first place?”

As a streamer who was formerly a professional card game player, Bangju mainly took charge of commentating amateur tournaments based on his outstanding analytical skills.

And in For Chivalry, he had created his current most popular content, ‘For the Battleground,’ which analyzed the Battleground and introduced major incidents.

“Hehe. As expected, I knew the story about the streamer—no, Mr. Seo-jun—would be popular!”

Even though he was busy taking notes on all the issues that occurred in the Battleground, the reason he made sure to watch Seo-jun’s live stream was simply because it was fun.

Ever since he accidentally discovered the rookie streamer playing Dawn of the Assassins, he had been unable to stop watching the broadcast.

“I should contact Mr. Seo-jun and ask if I can use the story for ‘For the Battleground’.”

Unlike the community, he could not use the story on ITube without permission, after all.