The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 94

Chapter 94

JustOnePenny.

Even though it was past 7 o’clock and he had already decided what to do with Shaanxi, he kept streaming Seo-jun’s broadcast on one side of his screen.

This was because he felt like he had to.

He was curious about what on earth the streamer was aiming for while communicating so leisurely.

‘How will he act?’

Will he attack Gansu to secure the rear?

If so, they would ultimately lose Shaanxi, and it would return to the status quo.

In fact, losing Shaanxi was practically confirmed.

‘If only they had increased the number of rankers who could play in Shaanxi to defend it, it might have been different, but…’

Yesterday.

If the Demonic Sect had somehow chosen to invest in defending Shaanxi instead of Gansu, it could have become slightly troublesome.

It would have turned into a siege.

If the Orthodox Faction failed to reclaim it in a single day and the Demonic Sect defended the territory, they would be dragged around by the Demonic Sect.

They might waste a day.

They might waste two days.

Eventually, they might lose Gansu and connect again.

However, today, since no additional rankers could enter and Shaanxi was surrounded, it was safe to consider it over.

“Even on the stream right now, he’s telling them not to defend.”

They said there were quite a lot of people following Seo-jun.

In other words,

it wasn’t the hundreds of thousands of ordinary users, but the heavy users who played exactly four matches every single day without fail who were quite numerous.

Because those players were sufficient in number, they would meet players of a similar level even if they queued, so they couldn’t accumulate much reputation score through consecutive wins.

However, since their absolute numbers were much larger than those of the rankers, they would become quite a large and dangerous force if they only united.

‘Hmm.’

While an inexplicable anxiety spread through his body,

-Has the Demonic Sect appeared?

-It looks like they are trying to reclaim Gansu. 4 players

the news arrived and JustOnePenny’s attention shifted there.

Well, about four players was nothing.

Four of their players also went immediately.

The reason was that if they saw an angle to defend Gansu, they intended to defend Gansu as well.

When an opponent attacked, there were usually two ways to respond.

Either get matched together with them, or queue for matchmaking after they finished.

The former offered a much larger benefit if they won.

The latter was just a moderate draw.

The reason they chose the former this time was that Gansu was not a region they absolutely had to secure, so winning would be great as they could deplete the Demonic Sect’s forces further or capture it, and they thought it wouldn’t matter much even if they lost.

-The Demonic Sect is fighting the Unorthodox Faction in a key strategic area

-We just finished one match in Shaanxi and are queuing for the next match

-Please check the places where indicators popped up in Jiangxi and Anhui

‘We need to keep the Unorthodox Faction in check as well.’

The Unorthodox Faction, whose territory had expanded considerably by reaping the benefits of conflicts, was currently the undisputed number one.

In that case, the Demonic Sect’s help was needed.

For the second and third place to join forces and drag down the first place was a long-standing tradition on Earth!

However, it felt as though the Demonic Sect was particularly persistent in targeting the Orthodox Faction.

No, to be precise, it felt like probing.

‘As if they were trying to consume our forces as much as possible…’

As this feeling grew stronger over time, JustOnePenny typed in the chat just as the people who were playing matches finished their second game.

-Guys, let’s conserve our forces just a little

And he watched a bit longer.

Then,

“Huh? Look at these guys?”

he detected something strange.

Upon examining the red indicators that popped up on the bordering regions of the Unorthodox Faction and the Demonic Sect, he noticed that the names kept disappearing before the games were matched.

“Crazy.”

Sure, matchmaking could be canceled.

However, both the Demonic Sect and the Unorthodox Faction were doing the exact same thing.

“Ah!”

He hurriedly announced this fact. It was urgent.

If the Unorthodox Faction and the Demonic Sect had joined forces, their goal was obvious without even having to think about it.

The only remaining faction was the Orthodox Faction!

“What on earth are they thinking!”

A scenario where two sides joined hands to kill one was not easy to emerge.

The reason? Ultimately, the goal was not to make one side come in last, but rather the victory of one’s own faction.

Also, the fact that the duration was rather short served as a hurdle to maintaining an alliance.

To maintain an alliance, they had to divide the pie appropriately so that it wouldn’t skew to one side while ganging up on one faction, but there was not enough time to coordinate to that extent.

They only had ten days left, and if the ally betrayed them, they would have to hand over the championship just like that.

In that case, the result would be second place.

A second place that had absolutely no meaning.

Although the Demonic Sect’s old chatroom title was ‘At Least Second Place,’ they still didn’t aim for second place.

They would rather come in last!

Thus, it was an open secret known to everyone that they had come in last countless times.

This was unexpectedly the reason why Demonic Sect players were well-liked.

Wouldn’t a romantic fool be better than a mean, clever bastard?

Of course, that didn’t mean they wouldn’t tease them.

Anyway, but.

“Is the Demonic Sect in their right minds?”

To target them in this situation?

If the Orthodox Faction disappeared here, the Unorthodox Faction would start from an overwhelmingly advantageous position.

In that case, how many regions would the Demonic Sect have to take from the Unorthodox Faction to win?

Moreover, as seen yesterday, if there were many regions, the Demonic Sect, which couldn’t distribute its fourteen players, would be at an even greater disadvantage.

And yet, they were trying to kill them.

“Is it really a grudge?”

It didn’t particularly seem like that.

Also,

“On what grounds did the Unorthodox Faction believe that the Demonic Sect would attack us…”

Ah.

The Demonic Sect, which had continuously probed the Orthodox Faction to deplete their forces.

They must have gained certainty from seeing that.

Those bastards are serious!

They are really trying to crush the Orthodox Faction!

Because the Demonic Sect attacking the Orthodox Faction meant they were draining their own strength along with the Orthodox Faction’s.

The Unorthodox Faction could betray them at any moment here.

‘Although that would be the best scenario for us.’

In that case, the Orthodox Faction would get past the crisis for now, and the Demonic Sect could face a crisis equivalent to being eliminated from the race.

‘Will those Unorthodox bastards spare us?’

And he felt that there was something more to it than just this.

-Fortunately, we discovered it even now…

-wtf, what’s wrong with the Demonic Sect guys, did they really get qi deviation?

-This is why demonic arts are dangerous…

-Fortunately, the proud comrades of the Orthodox Faction who were attacking Shaanxi earlier also stopped playing

-…They disappeared.

In an instant, all the lights on the map went out.

The Battleground fell silent.

Just as the sky is calm right before a storm blows in.

The Orthodox Faction’s chatroom froze along with it.

It was silence.

And while the Orthodox Faction members were on high alert,

-The streamer lol telling his daily life stories is also out of his mind lololol

-No, how could a guy like that be an outsider??? He has the kind of personality that men would go crazy for lol

-Still, unlike us, he must have been popular with girls…

-You, banned.

-Wait. Guys, look at the Battleground map

-Oh??

“Haha. It seems everyone went to rest.”

Seo-jun, who was communicating with the viewers, wore a meaningful smile.

[Wijeongcheoksapa]

-The Orthodox guys seem to have finally noticed? Matchmaking matches are completely gone and they are conserving their forces

-It was fun coordinating with the Demonic Sect today

-ThisIsNotTheMartialWorld <– Missed the timing and ended up getting matched in a game lolololol

-A wuxia boomer, so he can't even cancel matchmaking T_T

-Now, shall we go?

-It's a stage set up by the Demonic Sect, so it's a bit awkward, do you want to betray?

-That's also good, but wouldn't eating the Orthodox Faction's headquarters be tastier? lolololol

-I acknowledge that

-ikr lol

-We are just doing the Battleground normally, but we look so evil?

-Well. We are the Unorthodox Faction, aren't we? lol

-Then, slowly?

-Let's go

Red dots began to be indicated on the map again.

Those areas were, naturally, Orthodox Faction territories.

***

-Oh

-An all-out war between the Unorthodox and Orthodox out of nowhere wtf lolol

-What? What is happening?

-Why are there only two red dots!!!

-Demonic Sect! You colluded with the Unorthodox Faction! I feel so betrayed

Seo-jun looked at the map with excitement again. Spectating seemed more fun.

"Everyone, now the Demonic Sect will move as well."

The Unorthodox Faction began to attack two regions similar to Shaanxi, where they only needed to capture one more region to reach the Orthodox Faction's headquarters.

They had leeway.

No matter how well the Orthodox Faction coordinated, at least one spot was bound to be breached.

Seo-jun began to explain to the viewers what had happened.

Although someone would summarize and post it in the community soon, there seemed to be many people who were curious right away.

-So you mean the Orthodox Faction is screwed right now? lololol

-Oh

-Let's gang up on them!

-Unorthodox Faction, let's not betray

[Third Elder donated 100,000 won!]

[Did you know? All of the Demonic Sect's strategies are formulated by the Heavenly Demon. Today, too, the Heavenly Demon came up with it on the spot, saying the Orthodox Faction's behavior was unsightly!]

When did I say they were unsightly?

And the strategy too.

He's subtly trolling me.

-lololol

-Master of both pen and sword?

-The Orthodox Faction was indeed unsightly lol

['Geunde' donated 30,000 won!]

[Anyway, if the Demonic Sect and the Unorthodox Faction join forces, can the Orthodox Faction even block them????]

-Have you only watched the Battleground for a day or two lol

-Who has friends in this industry?

-In the first place, joining forces is hard

True.

Even tomorrow, if it seems they will suffer more losses while trying to take down the Orthodox Faction, the Unorthodox Faction will betray immediately.

For example, what if the Orthodox Faction grits their teeth and spends a day trying to capture the Unorthodox Faction's territories, regardless of whether their own headquarters is approached?

The moment the Orthodox Faction's headquarters is looted, the regions captured by the Orthodox Faction will become ownerless lands.

Since they wouldn't know what would happen if the Demonic Sect betrayed them in that situation, the Unorthodox Faction would stop their attack on that day.

They could offer trust again, but what would the Unorthodox Faction gain by going along with their plans?

'That's why a bigger bait is needed.'

First, to summarize the current situation:

yesterday and today they paid the Unorthodox Faction upfront by consuming their own strength against the Orthodox Faction, and the Unorthodox Faction had currently replied that they had shipped the package.

In secondhand transactions, prepayment is highly disadvantageous to the buyer.

Even tomorrow, the other party might go offline, or if the package arrived, opening it might reveal a brick welcoming them.

Therefore, they had to remind them that even if they received prepayment, completing the transaction was beneficial to the seller as well.

Since they both roughly knew the big picture.

"First, by showing the potential."

Thrusting a blade at the Orthodox Faction's throat to prevent them from doing other things.

Allowing the Unorthodox Faction to see the same board as them.

In that sense, they couldn't breathe easy just yet.

'Quite some time has passed.'

As they talked, time flew by in an instant.

-What potential?

-Let's defend Shaanxi now

-Since the Orthodox Faction poured their forces over there, we might succeed in defending Shaanxi!

-We are waiting for you, Cult Leader!

-Just give us the command!

Defense, my foot.

"No. Let's attack as well. Toward Shanxi."

Once we reach right in front of Hebei, they will be sweating bullets.