The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 80
Chapter 80
The matchmaking window kept spinning.
After checking this, Seo-jun glanced at the time.
The current time was 8:40.
There was about 1 hour and 20 minutes left until the end.
Even if it ended like this, he had defeated six top-tier veterans, and since users within the top 10 were mixed among them, it could be said that his skill was sufficiently proven, but.
He still felt a sense of regret.
“Everyone, don’t you think ending it like this right now is a bit ambiguous?”
-He must really want to get an 8-game winning streak, lol
-Are the rankers scared!
-Everyone seems to have forgotten, but the room leader has a magical girl penalty. It’s the right decision to widen the gap as much as possible when he can.
-Even though he is in 1st place, just in case, lol. He has no choice but to be desperate.
It wasn’t because of the magical girl, but he was fabricated against again.
Although his worries about the penalty had vanished from the moment the rankings were revealed and he confirmed he was in 1st place.
“What is Bangju-nim doing right now?”
He was curious about what Bangju, who was casting his matches, would be doing at this time when games weren’t being matched.
-He’s just watching your stream again after reviewing all the previous matches.
-In fact, Bangju also seemed to think today’s games are all done.
-Who would challenge you now?
-Even 2nd place got wrecked, lol
He didn’t think the rankers were avoiding it because they were afraid of losing.
Since even 2nd place had lost, how much pride would they lose by losing one more time, and what kind of pride could they gain by not fighting just to avoid defeat?
Of course, even though he knew this, Seo-jun spoke differently from his thoughts.
“Indeed. They must really be scared.”
He wanted to fight more.
-lol, they still won’t do it
-Too transparent, lol
-Just end the stream sharply like usual, lol. Why do you want to beat up the poor rankers more, lol
“Why do I want to play more games?”
The speed limit was a clear shackle.
And when one was in a position like Seo-jun, they tended to enjoy such shackles instead.
“Because the Heavenly Demon Divine Art is more fun than I thought. Why didn’t I play other traits sooner?”
-Saying the Heavenly Demon Divine Art is fun when he barely uses internal energy, lol
-Are you seriously a pervert?
-Is this how a real veteran plays????
Even while chatting, matchmaking kept spinning.
Tsk.
Seo-jun smacked his lips.
“Well, there is always tomorrow.”
Ring.
A message arrived.
[Seo-jun-nim, I’m heading in now.]
It seemed Bangju also thought it would end.
He returned to the spot where Bangju had left.
“I watched it well, Seo-jun-nim.”
To enter not long after sending the message.
He was quite fast.
“Particularly, I watched it again from the opponent’s perspective of the previous matches just now, and it was completely crazy. Ah, hold on a second. Let me adjust my stream settings.”
Bangju transferred his stream from the computer to the capsule.
“Hehe. Seo-jun-nim’s physical ability is seriously out of the question. Isn’t that right, everyone? You admit it, right? I think he is the best at least within For Chivalry. You think so too, right Seo-jun-nim?”
“Well, I think there might be someone better than me.”
“Oh. Really?”
“Yes. So if there is, please enter quickly.”
Bangju took a moment to interpret before letting out an exclamation.
“Kya. Rankers, did you hear that? If you don’t fight now, it’s irrefutable in the future. You avoided him.”
-lol
-What else can you guys do besides donating consecutive wins!
-But it seems it’s really over now
-T-bye, T_T
“However, you’re not getting matched. You are still queueing, right?”
“Yes.”
“It is inevitable. If you get an 8-game winning streak, Seo-jun-nim’s reputation score becomes twice that of 2nd place.”
“Hmm. Meaning they still haven’t given up on the 1st place in contribution score?”
“Yes. Besides, even if they don’t aim for 1st place, wouldn’t they feel self-conscious fighting now? To their colleagues aiming for 1st place in the same faction.”
“Ah.”
“It’s not that an 8-game winning streak hasn’t happened before, but most matches were caught through sniping. Who openly tells them to enter? Furthermore, Seo-jun-nim has sufficiently shown the best skills.”
Bangju spoke with conviction.
That this was enough.
-His physical ability is seriously insane, lol
-The ‘true’ Number One Under Heaven
-If you fight and lose here, you become a traitor to the nation
-Not nation, but faction
Seo-jun also agreed.
However, there could not be no differing opinions.
That was also why he kept queueing.
Telling them to challenge him without making excuses if they thought they were better.
Though they weren’t getting matched due to various other reasons.
“But Bangju-nim looks excited.”
“Hehehe. Because today’s ITube video content came out properly. A heavy sword, ke. I want to experience it once too.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
“Then, right now?”
“No.”
The answer was fast.
“Just watching is enough for me. However, I think other people might want to experience Seo-jun-nim’s heavy sword.”
“Then, shall we give them a justification?”
“A justification?”
“How?”
He did not want to fight them by queueing up for other games besides the Battleground.
Proving himself without gaining anything was not what Seo-jun wanted.
He would rather leave them to believe they were better.
In that case?
Seo-jun replied to Bangju’s question.
“If it ends like this, I have a high probability of taking 1st place, right?”
“Yes, probably. Since you’ve already widened the gap in contribution score and the 6-game winning streak’s reputation score cannot be ignored either. Honestly, catching up through ordinary methods should be considered almost impossible. Unless Seo-jun-nim stops playing.”
Seo-jun nodded in satisfaction.
The bait was ready.
“Then, I just need to give them a chance to eliminate their competitor, right?”
“What chance…”
“If I lose even once in the games established additionally today, I will change my faction.”
Seo-jun threw the prepared bait.
“Yes? No…”
“They say if you change factions, everything resets, right? Just once. Not one match, but just once. If I lose even a single round, I will change factions. So…”
Seo-jun looked directly at Bangju and smiled.
Since most of the viewers would be watching through Bangju.
“Come in. My trait from now on will be fixed to the Heavenly Demon Divine Art. Anyone who wants to snipe, go ahead and snipe. Since I’m going this far, surely you won’t avoid the fight? It doesn’t matter if you’ve already fought me once.”
Heh.
Seo-jun smiled coldly.
If they were watching, their hands would be itching.
He had provided enough justification and pricked their pride.
So, come in.
-No way they endure this? lol
-Seriously, if they still avoid the fight even after this, they aren’t the Orthodox Faction
-Nor the Unorthodox Faction, lol
-Watching the room leader, I couldn’t resist and queued up in his region. Of course, it’s a secret that my reputation score isn’t even 1,000.
-Is your pride all dead, rankers!
-Let’s go!
“Uh…”
And. The moment Bangju lost his words.
Game was matched.
3.
2.
1.
Seo-jun vanished with a satisfied smile from the success of his fishing.
“Ah. I’ll head out immediately and broadcast again.”
Bangju scratched his head while blankly staring at the air, then got out of the capsule.
***
An 11-game winning streak.
A whopping 11-game winning streak.
Considering that a record of an 8-game winning streak or higher had never occurred before, the streamer’s provocation was highly effective.
It made it impossible to control the fights anymore.
It made it so that even if other rankers who wanted to fight the streamer but were holding back eventually queued up, they could not be openly criticized.
Since they created a real man image while donating victory and reputation score.
Dignity of the Unorthodox Faction, who was trying to control public opinion somehow, quickly wrote posts using multiple IDs.
[There’s no sucker getting hooked, right?]
[No, they’re actually entering? lol is this for real?]
[The IQ level of the guys securing him 1st place when they’re getting completely wrecked anyway]
[Do it after winning!]
He received a bomb of downvotes.
And this was something that repeated an hour ago too.
He had checked Seo-jun’s 8-game winning streak using multiple IDs.
[We know he’s insane, so stop fighting]
[Fighting more here is certifying yourself as an idiot]
[Points to be gained upon achieving an 8-game winning streak]
[The reason only the Demonic Sect is excited]
And likewise received a bomb of downvotes.
Dignity of the Unorthodox Faction, who checked the downvote list, shouted.
“It’s those bastards from earlier!”
The same guys were continuously downvoting both during the 8-game winning streak and now.
If he made a popular post through multiple IDs, those guys would ghost-like appear and downvote it to push the post down.
“It’s over. Damn it.”
To be precise, it was safe to say it was half-over from the moment he achieved the 8-game winning streak.
But on top of that, he got a 10-game winning streak and gained an additional 12,800 reputation score, and considering that his own reputation score was 4,900, it was a gap that could never be caught up.
And the problematic streamer, seemingly unsatisfied, queued for the next game.
A 12-game winning streak is seriously unacceptable.
Even for the victory of the faction, this must not happen.
The moment he succeeded in a 12-game winning streak, that streamer alone would be worth 14 rankers.
Worth 14 of the absolute top-tier rankers.
Although Dignity of the Unorthodox Faction knew this risk better than anyone.
“Should I fight?”
He was conflicted.
Because the last remaining scenario for him to take 1st place was to defeat that streamer and make him change his faction.
“However.”
There was no guarantee he would win if he fought.
Meanwhile, the guys who had downvoted were upvoting threads like this, shifting public opinion.
[Upvote this if you think the real man hyungs who lost but didn’t coward out are cool, lol]
[I think they showed chivalry even in defeat, lol]
[Kya, proud!]
[We must save the game’s prestige at least like this!]
[It was a demeanor worthy of a great hero of the Orthodox Faction]
Damn it.
“Are these bastards also manipulating public opinion?”
He thought challenging them somehow was the right thing to do anyway.
But he eventually gave up.
“It can’t be helped. I have to give up on 1st place in this Battleground.”
Thinking that all of this happened because he wrote a bait post made him feel even more bitter.
Furthermore, hadn’t he been treated like a fool in the match he went to stop the win streak right from the second game?
“The more I think about it, the madder I get.”
Still, he endured for the victory of the Unorthodox Faction.
However.
“Uh? Why did that match get found? Does he seriously not know the reputation score earned upon achieving a 12-game winning streak? What kind of idiot is that!”
When there was not much time left until the end.
Why of all times right now!
“Ah. That stupid Orthodox Faction bastard!”
***
“Wow…”
At the point with about 20 minutes left until the end.
Seo-jun thought.
They actually matched this.
-?? Going for a 12-game winning streak???? Crazy
-How much reputation score is it if he wins this
-Who is the opponent?
-He will probably get sworn at a bit for this, lol
Seo-jun went outside and faced the opponent.
[Heavenly Killing Star]
“Hello. Because I thought I lost earlier due to bad luck.”
I see.
“But by any chance, do you know how much reputation score I will get if I win here?”
“Of course. But all I need to do is win, right? Hehe.”
His voice seemed to tremble a bit, but it must be his imagination, right?
-Seriously a complete real man, lol
-Cool, Salseong-ah!
-I’m very excited right now, Salseong-ah
-The Orthodox and Unorthodox leadership are crying in real-time, lol
-Super emergency!
-A major disaster occurred, seriously damn lol
-I wonder if he knows he’s confirmed as this Battleground’s greatest villain if he loses, lol
Naturally.
“Yes, try winning once.”
The reason for the Heavenly Killing Star’s defeat was not luck.
[Reputation Gained: +49,600]
The reputation score gained appeared before the eyes of Seo-jun, who had ultimately achieved the 12-game winning streak.