The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 67

Chapter 67

Slash!

The sword moved lightly as if dancing.

From left to right, drawing a diagonal line.

[Strawberry Taeng-i defeated!]

From behind, an enemy thrust their sword, trying to stab his back.

Knowing this, he turned his body, pulled his arm inward, and swung the sword just as the rotation of his body finished.

Slice.

The enemy failed to block the sword and allowed the attack.

He prepared to attack in succession.

“Let’s see if you can take this.”

He gripped the sword with both hands and lifted it high above.

The blade glittered as it caught the light source hanging in the sky.

He would strike down straight and true.

Instead, he would apply a strong force, since all resources were abundant for him.

The enemy, who had already consumed almost all of their stamina, noticed this and stepped backward to avoid it.

However, it was already too late.

[Byeolgu defeated!]

The enemy turned into a corpse.

Subsequently, the corpse disappeared.

They had left the game.

[Victory]

The text that rose on the screen informed him that the game was over.

“Wait, it’s already over.”

He had only been catching enemies coming out of the entrance.

Seo-jun suddenly came to his senses.

-LOL you bad guy

-One person got pissed off and rage quit

-Truly a gruesome sight that one cannot bear to look at…

With this, he had played all four games of Day 10.

“Today’s games also ended in complete victories, everyone.”

Sometimes there were people who wanted him to lose, but losing was generally not an easy thing to do.

The reason was simple: although he met rankers occasionally, he had never met the top-tier rankers.

He had heard that they avoided useless clashes.

Perhaps because of that, Seo-jun had only faced easy opponents.

Even if the matchmaking system tried to match him with the highest possible opponent, it was unavoidable if there were no top-tier users queueing.

It could also be seen that a proper check was not yet being placed on him.

“Oh. The number of viewers has increased.”

Even though his game was finished, people were increasing.

[Viewers – 9,317]

-That’s because other people also finished their games

-Congratulations. You’ve been selected as a waiting room

-I also just finished the Battleground and came here LOL

As for the reason.

Simply put, Seo-jun’s room had now become a waiting room.

A waiting room for the ranking that would be released at exactly 10 o’clock today.

Since the previous day, numerous contribution rank estimation tables had been uploaded to the community.

Although all predictions were bound to be meaningless since it would be revealed today anyway.

Originally, predicting the future was something deeply embedded in human nature.

Only then would they be better prepared for events and have a higher chance of survival.

And the person whom those numerous estimation tables always placed at the top was none other than him.

That was why they entered his broadcast to wait. At least, there were no other streamers in the upper ranks of that table except for Seo-jun.

-Now we just need to see the result table.

-It’s coming out soon

-Streamer, quickly reveal your contribution and reputation score!

-How much did he gather, lol

-I think he must have made it into the top 16

-Just reveal it right now!

-The streamer is 1st. I came back from seeing the future

-No way, lol

Seo-jun’s chat window currently had no restrictions on chatting.

Many people had entered, and since they were clearly of the disposition to enjoy chatting, Seo-jun had unlocked it.

“It will be revealed in an hour anyway, so please be patient for a bit.”

It was a correct statement.

A statement that deserved a beating.

And a streamer was meant to be beaten with donations.

[‘IfYouRevealItNow’ donated 10,000 won!]

[Double the donation amount.]

[‘MeToo’ donated 10,000 won!]

[I’ll bet!]

[‘Can’tWaitAnHour’ donated 20,000 won!]

[Double? I’m triple.]

Flinching for a moment, Seo-jun was tempted.

Since it would be revealed in about an hour anyway, it might be more profitable to just take the sixty thousand won.

“Thank you for the donations.”

But he did not make that choice.

He felt that revealing it beforehand would take away the fun, and he thought it would be better for the picture to compare them all at once later.

“Well, since I haven’t checked it either, let’s just wait and see it together.”

As long as comparison with others was impossible, there was nothing he could do or change even if he checked it in advance.

If the Demonic Sect were to launch an attack or something, he would have to decide whether to join their ranks or not, so he would be in a situation where he had to compare even the estimates, but.

It wasn’t the case.

“Won’t it be quite high?”

Seo-jun, like the others, was also expecting that he would be within at least the top 16.

-Is the streamer really 1st like that post said?

-Are you becoming world-class like this!

-Our streamer is absolutely not world-class.

-Are you the streamer’s dad? LOL

“Hmm, what should we do now?”

It was a situation where about an hour was left until 10 o’clock.

Of course, there was no need to spend the entire hour like this.

The reason was that from 9:30, he could just spend the time watching streamer Bangju’s broadcast.

“Shall we go play again?”

Seo-jun climbed up the mountain of the Demonic Sect.

Although he could enjoy content in other places as well, the Demonic Sect was practically free.

The black robe he was currently wearing was also something he had bought without using any currency, selecting one that suited his taste thanks to the Great Grandmaster.

No matter how he looked at it, this Great Grandmaster was simply too good.

Unfortunately, he could not obtain items distributed through events or items acquired with mileage, but the general shop was enough.

“In reality, wasn’t the Great Grandmaster a trick by Baek Wi-gang to keep the person with the best skills in the Demonic Sect?”

A reasonable suspicion arose.

-Real, that’s true

-Look how petty the Demonic Sect is

-Just say they are good at marketing

-But is he saying that he is the one with the best skills right now?

A sharp chat message went up.

“Well, someone who obtained the Great Grandmaster title still hasn’t appeared. ‘So what are the conditions for it?’”

Chat messages asking for the conditions of the Great Grandmaster also went up.

Since no one other than Seo-jun had obtained it so far, it was natural to be curious.

However.

“Why do you ask me that?”

He did not know either.

It was probably just because he was good.

Going beyond performing martial arts forms to modifying and perfecting them was not something just anyone could do.

Even a genius who had trained with the sword for decades fell short of reaching that realm and fully understanding all the forms, so how well could game users perform no matter how much they played around with it?

-Show us one more time then

-I am curious if he could get it again even if he did it again

-Prove it! Prove it!

-Is it possible with other forms too?

He thought that if his skill were such that he could not obtain it again, he wouldn’t have received the Great Grandmaster in the first place.

“Hmm. In that case, shall we go to Baek Wi-gang?”

Chat messages saying yes went up. It was perfect for passing the time.

“Alright. I’ll show you once. Which form do you want me to do?”

After opening Nohyeop, he pinned it to the broadcast screen.

And he searched for forms on the Nohyeop strategy board.

Strategy posts that detailed numerous forms and the results of those forms.

Also, seeing the users who continued to research in the comments.

“…….”

Seo-jun’s hands began to itch.

“Ha. I really want to backseat.”

It was that feeling when you could see it but the other person couldn’t.

Humans strongly felt this urge even when watching a simple game like Gomoku, so how could he just pass by upon seeing them passionately debating forms, which was his area of expertise?

It would rather have been easier for a sparrow to pass by a mill.

-Go go once

-Great Grandmaster’s backseating? lol can’t miss this

-Has a fortuitous encounter appeared!

-The fortuitous encounter came looking on its own!

-Perfect title

-It’s my first time watching this stream, is he for real? Or is it a concept?

-There is no concept here.

Seo-jun first tried to enter the most prominent post to leave a comment.

And the moment he clicked, the window transitioned, and Seo-jun realized the fact that he did not have an account for Adventure.

“Oh. Wait a moment.”

He turned off the screen.

-LOL

-To not have a community ID! He is an upright young man

-That’s right.

“There. I made it.”

The first community nickname he made was decided as ReclusiveMaster14.

Since Reclusive Master was already an existing nickname.

-What do you mean, Reclusive Master

-9,000 viewers are watching, but he is recluding lololol

-Give some advice on my post too

-14 lol

Having made the nickname, he slowly looked around the posts.

And he began to leave comments, only on the forms that seemed to have some potential.

For example, it was like this.

-The angle of your right foot must come a bit more inward for the transmission of power to be smooth.

-Can’t you see that you need to put more strength into your lower body?

-The problem is that your left shoulder is sunken, tsk tsk.

-Can’t you feel that the direction of your gaze is wrong? The enemy is right in front of you, so why are you looking sideways?

-If your foot steps on the correct spot, the upper body will naturally follow.

Finding and telling them the most optimal correction method was a fun thing to do.

The viewers.

-What on earth can you see?

-Does it really get better if you change the angle of your left foot?

-He is just talking nonsense

-The Great Grandmaster must be different somehow

showed these kinds of reactions, though.

Talking with them, Seo-jun even looked up videos from a few years ago to leave comments.

“Shall we stop here?”

Seo-jun enjoyed communicating with the viewers moderately and turned off Nohyeop when the time came.

It was almost 9:30.

-No, it was just getting fun, why are you turning it off?

-We also felt like we became experts

-Playing fortuitous encounter was super fun

-True, teaching World’s No. 1 Swordsman was also fun

-That was just beating him up

“Let’s backseat again next time if there’s a chance. How about that?”

Surprisingly, the response was good.

-A chance will absolutely never come next time lol

-It’s the same logic as a Korean saying, ‘Let’s grab a meal sometime.’

-‘Let’s grab a meal sometime’ = The probability of meeting again within a few years is seriously low

Was that so?

“Well, anyway, that’s how it is.”

He passed over it for now.

They would forget about it eventually.

Although seeing that talks of Christina’s affinity quest were still coming up, it seemed like that might not be the case.

“Streamer Bangju is starting his streaming soon, so let’s watch it together.”

The current number of viewers was 9,500.

If things went well, he could exceed 10,000 people again.

However.

‘There is a high possibility that it won’t happen today.’

No matter how much attention was focused and the overall number of viewers increased, the place that absorbed the most of their attention was elsewhere.

-Ah right, there was that

-The interim check is starting

-Once Bangju turns on his stream, I’m going to watch that. Bye

-Don’t leave our room!

-Hyung, we will stay!

It was none other than Bangju’s live broadcast.

Although he didn’t usually turn on live broadcasts.

every single time he did, he exerted a tremendous influence.

And today was the very day he was turning on a live broadcast.

[Bangju has started streaming.]

Because he had Travel open, the notification rang.

This was the same for the viewers as well.

-I’m off!

-Me too

-Stay well

-Fighting!

-I’ll root for you!

The people who had flowed in like a high tide left like an ebb tide.

Although it was slightly disappointing, it was fine since they weren’t his viewers in the first place.

“700 people left all at once. Oh well. I’ll be watching it with you anyway.”

Restreaming—also known as ‘dobang’, short for stolen broadcast, or otherwise called visiting—referred to playing another streamer’s live broadcast on one’s own screen.

This was an act that required the other streamer’s permission.

And Bangju always allowed restreaming.

It was a choice made in a direction where he understood his position as akin to an official commentator, allowing everyone to enjoy it more.

-Honestly, watching it together is more fun

-Missing the streamer’s reaction? lol

-Wow, the viewer count is crazy.

-Kya!

-I wonder what the content will be

Seo-jun was also surprised.

Even though only a few minutes had passed since it began.

Even if it was an announced broadcast, there were more people than he had imagined.

[Going for the interim check!]

[Bangju] [Viewers – 78,000]