The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 69
Chapter 69
[Now, I apologize for beating around the bush to say that someone who is simply good at the game and has never lost is ranked high.]
Bangju said in succession.
[But it’s not like the only good players are Heavenly Demon-nim and Heavenly Killing Star-nim here, is it?]
[That’s true.]
[Well, although Dang So-nim, who is famous for trolling, was eliminated from the race long ago, there are still many other incredibly skilled users, aren’t there?]
Bangju began to list a few of those users.
Starting with Heavenly Killing Star.
Not A Master.
Backseat Game Me.
Power-Hiding Expert.
Fresh Seaweed State.
Heaven Beyond Heaven.
Martial Arts Alliance Leader.
And so on.
Seeing that they had rare nicknames, it was possible to tell that they had started from the early days.
‘Some people must have bought their nicknames, right?’
He did not intend to buy a nickname, but he suddenly wondered what the user with the nickname “Heavenly Demon” was doing.
[Yes, well. Unless they meet each other, they are people who are unlikely to lose. Furthermore, they avoid meeting each other as much as possible.]
Still, the reason people did not criticize them for it was because they knew that, from now on, they would fiercely keep each other in check and fight anyway.
[Anyway, so won’t there be little difference among everyone?]
[It certainly wouldn’t be strange at all if someone who isn’t Heavenly Killing Star-nim or Heavenly Demon-nim took first place.]
Heavenly Killing Star was listening to the conversation of the two from the side, and Bangju clapped his hands as if he remembered something.
[Ah, and there was also this incident.]
[What is it?]
[Since Dang So-nim changed factions from the very beginning, the burden of defeat vanished for him, didn’t it?]
[Yes.]
[Perhaps because of that, he went completely wild.]
[Ah. I know. Even without you saying so, the people in our Orthodox Faction were swearing at him tremendously. Saying they kept running into him. There was even someone who said they wouldn’t fight the Demonic Sect because they were afraid they might meet Dang So.]
[Why did Dang So get eliminated? It would be good if you could check the community post I uploaded for that. The video will be uploaded gradually.]
A person with nothing to lose had nothing to hold them back.
That was why Dang So had said to Seo-jun:
‘I will disrupt all the rankers. Just trust me.’
Did he mean it like this? It was admirable.
[Now, anyway, shall we compare their performances? JustOnePenny-nim, you also picked Heavenly Killing Star-nim for second place, right?]
[Yes, that’s right.]
[Why is he second and not first? Can you explain the detailed reason?]
[As I said earlier, Seo-jun-nim obtained 600 reputation score on the first day. This is a high figure, right? Usually, people gather about 500.]
[Yes. But didn’t Heavenly Killing Star-nim also verify that he obtained 600 reputation score on the second day just like Seo-jun-nim?]
[He didn’t verify it from the next day onward. This guy is a fraud.]
[…….]
[And I think the raid is a big factor.]
– Is that so?
– A 3-minute raid is indeed unsurpassable.
– Using up all internal energy to go up and just catching him, lol.
– Another Demonic Sect guy tried to copy it exactly, but couldn’t kill him quickly due to lack of damage, so he suffered qi deviation.
– You seriously need to compress the damage.
A 3-minute raid record.
Originally, reducing it from five minutes to three minutes was bound to be much harder than reducing it from seven minutes to five minutes.
If so, wouldn’t this figure naturally be reflected and widen the gap in reputation score?
This was JustOnePenny’s argument.
[Haha. I heard you well. Next is Heavenly Killing Star-nim’s turn. Why do you think you are first?!]
Bangju turned his body toward the side where Heavenly Killing Star was this time.
[First of all. The reason I did not verify it after the second day was because there was no need.]
[Is that so?]
[Yes. Although I actually needed a bit of cooperation from my teammates, I did obtain a similar figure to him.]
Ignoring teammates and catching enemies as they came out in front of the entrance was something only the Great Art of Absorbing Stars, which allowed recovery through combat, could do.
Therefore, in order to secure that much contribution, cooperation from his teammates must have been necessary.
[And the raid. I finished in 4 minutes and 30 seconds.]
[Ah, is that so? That is extremely fast, but unfortunately, it is slower than Heavenly Demon-nim.]
[Yes. So a slight gap would have formed. Even so, I believe I have sufficiently made up for it in other areas.]
[What areas?]
[It’s none other than the attack. Isn’t there an attack bonus?]
[But that is contribution?]
[They aggregate the mid-term rankings based on contribution, don’t they?]
[Ah, that’s true! We were buried in the reputation score and forgot that the Orthodox Faction had succeeded in their attack. In contrast, Seo-jun-nim continuously only defended, right?]
[Yes. I succeeded in attacking twice during the process of occupying the Unorthodox Faction’s territory and restoring occupied territory.]
His judgment was that the bonus resulting from that could not be ignored.
The viewers’ opinion was also being persuaded.
A major reason for this was that Seo-jun did not end up providing accurate figures.
Although everyone knew that he had set an all-time record in the raid, they could not get a sense of how many points he had obtained.
One minute and thirty seconds.
Because the reputation score obtained at five minutes and six minutes and thirty seconds did not show a huge difference, they thought, ‘Even if it is a three-minute record, wouldn’t Heavenly Killing Star be able to make up for it?’
[Since he is also the former number one under heaven, it seems unavoidable that weight is added to Heavenly Killing Star-nim’s opinion. Shall we take a vote at this point? Number 1 is Heavenly Killing Star-nim. Number 2 is Heavenly Demon-nim. Number 3 is someone else. Like this.]
– Going to vote and coming back.
– Charge!
– Since the host is playing our game for the first time, it’s fine even if he doesn’t get first place…
– Shall we open a vote too?
– What meaning does public opinion have…
There was a wise person among the comments.
“Those who want to support me can go vote. I plan to just watch.”
Bangju’s chat window was flooded with votes.
Just judging by a rough look, it seemed like there were many 1s, and the result was the same.
Seeing this, Heavenly Killing Star spoke triumphantly.
[Look at this.]
[Look at what?]
[How can someone who loses in this kind of vote be the Heavenly Demon?]
[No, here we go again…….]
– Sigh. The host just needs to get within the top 16, but those guys don’t know that.
– Real, lol.
– Hahaha.
– Actually, no matter who gets first, the host probably won’t care.
– Still, I hope he wins.
As they chatted, time passed quickly.
It was two minutes before 10 o’clock.
JustOnePenny said:
[Hehe. Seeing Heavenly Killing Star-nim keeping Heavenly Demon-nim in check, you must be very nervous, huh?]
[……I am not.]
[I think you are, though?]
[Well, I know he is extremely good for a rookie, but if he clashes with the real experts, his true skill will be revealed soon.]
Bangju chimed in.
[He even beat Baekho. Is Baekho not a real expert?]
[Yes.]
[……I see.]
Chats acknowledging it rose in Bangju’s room.
“Are you asking if I think I’ll beat Heavenly Killing Star?”
Seeing this, his viewers seemed slightly angry.
It was an annoying thing not only to be ignored yourself, but also to have what you liked ignored.
– I’m starting to get a bit annoyed, lol.
– So, is Heavenly Killing Star possible in the Training Ground?
– Host, let’s stream snipe only him.
– Why are you so gentle today?
Just when he wondered if he should step up(?).
[Huh?]
[…….]
After Heavenly Killing Star’s single question-filled word, the idle chatter vanished and it became quiet.
Seo-jun checked Bangju’s stream, wondering if something had happened.
The faces of three people.
Yet, all three of them were merely staring at the screen with wide eyes.
“What is it? Ah.”
The time was 10 o’clock.
“Why aren’t they showing it?”
Seo-jun entered the homepage to check it himself.
Because his stream screen was fixed to the internet window, he did not check through the interface.
– ?????
– ??
– What is this?
– Why are they coming in?
The number of viewers began to rise at a terrifying speed.
Could it be?
When the loading ended and he checked the ranking posted on the homepage, Seo-jun’s eyes widened.
***
# 1 / Heavenly Demon 14 / 115,254
# 2 / Heavenly Killing Star / 86,075
# 3 / Backseat Game Me / 85,498
# 4 / Fresh Seaweed State / 85,432
# 5 / Dignity of the Unorthodox Faction / 84,789
# 6 / This is Not the Martial World / 83,376
***
[??? What’s wrong with the ranking that just came out? Are my eyes sprained?]
[Isn’t there a calculation error?]
[It is indeed strange, lol.]
[What’s this, why is the gap so wide???]
The clock struck 10, and the rankings were released.
And numerous people who were interested in this checked this ranking immediately all at once.
After Bangju, whose 70,000 viewers had also barely snapped out of it, revealed the rankings, he joined their ranks.
[Is a 30,000 gap normal?]
==
The reputation score of the rankers at this point is 5,000 to 6,000, and that is a figure that only comes out if you play six more games alone with that reputation score.
Isn’t it an error?
==
First place was Heavenly Demon 14.
It was the ID of a streamer who could virtually be called a rookie.
As he had drawn attention several times and possessed a certain degree of recognition, it was not strange for him to take first place.
However.
[Even older brother Penny, who said the gap was set too excessively, was wrong, lololol.]
[If it’s Heavenly Demon who turned off the stream, discovered a bug by himself, and played six games, upvote, lol.]
[Did he seriously play a few more games by himself!]
[Summon the 3-Minute Curry Squad!]
The gap with second place was too huge.
As could be seen from the leaderboard, most rankers had fairly similar contributions.
The moment they would truly start to differ was when they began to collide, stream snipe, and disrupt each other, and defeats began to accumulate.
However, for such a gap to widen starting now, which could virtually be considered the beginning, was bound to become a hot topic.
“……”
Lee Ji-ho.
His character nickname in For Chivalry was Dignity of the Unorthodox Faction.
He was a user who took second place in the previous season, and although he looked ordinary on the outside, he was a user who committed many dirty deeds behind the scenes.
Few people knew this.
One could tell by looking at Unnamed, who was talking to him so friendly right now.
“Wow, this is crazy. Don’t you think so?”
Lee Ji-ho replied.
“Indeed.”
“That seems to be because of the raid, doesn’t it?”
How long was their career playing in the Battleground?
They recognized it at a glance.
Probably, once Bangju, JustOnePenny, and Heavenly Killing Star collected their momentary feelings of fluster, they would realize it soon as well.
“I had seen that person during the raid. I thought they were amazing back then, but to think they would be this high. There has never been a case like this, has there?”
“Right.”
“Still, since he will be kept in check a lot now, it’s going to be fun.”
“……”
Just as his friend said, it was correct that this was the beginning.
Having created such a gap, from now on, the disruptions from other rankers would focus on Seo-jun.
It was obvious that the gap would naturally narrow.
However.
Even so, staying still was not his style.
“I’m turning off the game now. See you tomorrow.”
“Indeed, it must be a headache for you too. Since I’m not aiming for first place, it doesn’t matter to me.”
Lee Ji-ho logged out of the game after saying goodbye to Unnamed.
Emerging from the capsule, he immediately sat in front of the computer and muttered.
“I’m glad I researched that streamer in advance.”
He tended to find out everything about his competitors.
The reason was to use it at times like this.
After logging into the community with an alternative account, he pasted the post he had written beforehand and began to refine it quickly.
“I didn’t think I would use it as soon as the rankings were revealed, but this should be enough to start a fire, right? Hehe.”
He would create a controversy.
It didn’t matter if it was unreasonable. If he could shake things up even a little, it was enough.
Lee Ji-ho thought that this, too, was skill.