The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 97
Chapter 97
-Kya
-Wow lololololololololololololololololololololololololol
-The Heavenly Demon, this guy is just a genius. A streaming genius lolol
-He’s fucking cool
-Ah, Demonic Sect pride is overflowing
-Seriously, the Heavenly Demon is a crazy bastard lololol
In the stream chatroom of Bangju, who was restreaming (dobang) Seo-jun’s broadcast, chat messages began to rise with tremendous fire power.
‘So this is why he told me to restream.’
The previous day, Seo-jun had asked him to restream if he happened to broadcast today.
‘Crazy!’
Had he somehow anticipated an angle like this?
Although he tried to view it from an objective perspective, he couldn’t suppress the hype rising from the depths of his heart.
Even though he wasn’t even in the Demonic Sect!
Above all, his handsome looks played a major role.
Streamers usually set up an angle where they faced the viewers when communicating, so Seo-jun’s handsome face and his calm, slightly arrogant downward gaze were captured in the frame exquisitely.
The result?
-Anyway Demonic Wins! Anyway Demonic Wins! Anyway Demonic Wins! Anyway Demonic Wins!
-The Orthodox Faction is seriously dead lol
-Arise, Demonic Sect!
-Seriously, I have zero confidence in losing wtf lolol heading straight to crush the Orthodox Faction
-A fucking handsome bastard. A bastard who uses the sword fucking well. A bastard who usually talks trash like shit but explodes in moments like this. The bastard who has Christina. Just a cool bastard.
A legendary scene of this Battleground was born.
Was he really about to become a major streamer already!
Seo-jun’s chatroom was crowded with 20,000 viewers.
If Bangju hadn’t turned on his stream, it might have surpassed 30,000.
He had almost touched the threshold of a major streamer.
Although it was a pity, because Bangju had turned on his stream, the count ultimately stopped at 20,000.
But thanks to his broadcast, over 100,000 people watched Seo-jun’s stream, so it was a net benefit.
Seo-jun had said it:
That the Demonic Sect’s victory was more important than his own peak viewer count.
To push back the Orthodox Faction through sheer power, they needed the help of not only rankers but also heavy users and light users who had only played a single match.
“Ah! Seo-jun has declared war! The Demonic Sect and Orthodox Faction players who heard this should hurry up and log in! Now the layout is truly set! All that remains is a power struggle!”
It was unknown whether the Orthodox or the Demonic Sect players would participate more.
Or did they really not know?
After witnessing such a scene, Bangju wasn’t the only one who could clearly foresee whose morale would be higher and whose participation rate would be greater.
“The number of rankers for the Demonic Sect is slightly higher! On top of that…”
Although the number of general players was higher for the Orthodox Faction, would that still be the case today?
And.
“Ultimately, even if the win rate of the others excluding Seo-jun is 50% or slightly higher for the Orthodox Faction, if Seo-jun wins all his matches, it’s all in vain!”
In the end, it returned.
The conclusion of this Battleground.
The Orthodox Faction had said so.
“We must block the Heavenly Demon! Orthodox players have to defeat the Heavenly Demon in-game to protect their headquarters! Absolutely! He’s not even a final boss, so what is this!”
Strictly speaking, the Heavenly Demon’s side was the attacking hero, and the Orthodox Faction was the demon king who had won every single time.
The Demonic Sect was the underdog.
A weakling that had never won, almost coming in last every time.
A minority whose chatroom title was merely ‘At Least Second Place.’
But.
Those who had been watching Seo-jun’s stream, and anyone who saw his calm downward gaze today, wouldn’t be able to tell who was the demon king.
-He really has the vibe of a final boss lolol
-His name is literally Heavenly Demon lolol the demon king himself
-Yes! This is the Heavenly Demon! This is the Demonic Sect!
-This is exactly what I wanted
-Sigh, you Orthodox guys are seriously dead lolol and tomorrow it’s the Unorthodox Faction, just you wait!
***
[Han Ji-min: Wow. Did you see that just now?]
[Lee Geon-yeong: Yes.]
[Han Ji-min: Boss really enjoys the game like crazy lolol looks so fun.]
[Han Ji-min: Was he seriously the real Heavenly Demon in his past life? lolololol]
Han Ji-min uttered words that would have given Seo-jun qi deviation had he heard them.
Fortunately, although it was a chatroom where Seo-jun was present, they planned to continue chatter in the future.
That comment was destined to be buried unless it got pushed up and Seo-jun scrolled up to check if something special happened.
[Lee Geon-yeong: Seriously.]
[Lee Geon-yeong: Wow, if we win the Battleground like this, it’ll be legendary.]
[Han Ji-min: Then, shall we do what we can do?]
[Lee Geon-yeong: Cheering?]
Hmm.
Han Ji-min momentarily wore a reluctant expression.
The look in her eyes as she stared at the monitor suggested she had discovered something absurd.
[Han Ji-min: That’s what the viewer PublicToiletBrickExtortionKing should be doing.]
[Lee Geon-yeong: …]
[Lee Geon-yeong: Mentioning the nickname is a bit…]
[Han Ji-min: You were chatting just fine in the stream yesterday though.]
[Han Ji-min: Do you know your nickname is extremely eye-catching?]
Unfortunately, it was even more visible because Seo-jun had granted him VIP status despite repeatedly saying he hated it.
[Han Ji-min: Anyway, let’s make shorts right now.]
Shorts didn’t make much money.
It was ambiguous to attach ads and generate revenue from a short video of less than a minute.
If they filmed a direct advertisement as a Short, it would be a different story, but setting that aside.
Shorts were, in most cases, widely used for promotional purposes.
This was due to the advantage of attracting a large influx of viewers.
[Han Ji-min: So we have to let more people know. How the Battleground is currently progressing. And the fact that the Demonic Sect now has a chance to win.]
They were not looking only at today.
Looking further ahead, to after they eliminated the Orthodox Faction.
Envisioning the Demonic Sect’s victory, Seo-jun’s editors began to move.
***
How was it that the Demonic Sect had lost their headquarters?
Right.
The memory came back.
Back when they, the Orthodox Faction, were at their peak.
Back when the Unorthodox Faction was also at its peak.
In truth, it was a time when only the Demonic Sect was in its worst period, making the other two relatively at their peak—a time when Movie Soft received complaints from all kinds of Demonic Sect players.
At that time, the Demonic Sect was suffering from a massive manpower shortage.
The reason was none other than the worst balance patch.
The Demonic Sect, whose performance was terribly bad, could not prevent the departure of its users.
-Thanks to you, I was able to escape from the evil demonic arts!
-I was no different from playing the game with my eyes closed until now. Having finally opened my eyes, I depart for the Orthodox Faction.
-I will never play the Demonic Sect again! This garbage, vulgar faction!
Only about twenty truly skilled players remained.
It was a time of such hardship that other factions were convinced the remaining players must have been fanatics in their past lives.
How many years ago was that?
And why had that happened?
Ah.
The Heavenly Demon.
A user whose nickname wasn’t Heavenly Demon 2 or Heavenly Demon 3, but the actual nickname ‘Heavenly Demon.’
That player was the main culprit behind the Demonic Sect’s nerf.
The number one ranker who had dominated rank games so overwhelmingly that rumors spread claiming he was Shin Ha-yeon.
Naturally, it wasn’t Shin Ha-yeon.
She usually played only on her main account, and the Heavenly Demon’s avatar was male, not female, with a completely different physique.
With control skills like Shin Ha-yeon’s, one might show outstanding performance even with an avatar of a different size.
While it was extremely difficult, occasionally leading to giant bandit-roleplaying players being called crazy, it was possible for professionals.
There were also expert analyses stating that their styles were different.
And the parties themselves denied it.
Due to these various opinions, there was a player in the past named Heavenly Demon who was confirmed not to be her.
There were many hidden masters in the world.
However, there were very few who were as overwhelming as the Heavenly Demon.
Thus, Movie Soft had nerfed the Demonic Sect due to the then-unrivaled activity of the Heavenly Demon.
But it was so excessive that it had a fatal impact on ordinary players.
In addition, whether due to the harsh nerfs or his professional gaming career, the Heavenly Demon quit the game around the time the Battleground of that period began.
The Demonic Sect became a laughingstock, gradually conceding territories to the Unorthodox Faction and the Orthodox Faction, until
-Hey lol Orthodox. Want to try expelling the Demonic Sect once? Aren’t you curious?
-We are allies for just today! Unorthodox Faction!
they were expelled from the Battleground as a result of such blatant collusion.
How heavily criticized was Movie Soft at that time.
Demonic Sect players spent over a month spamming the community forums, arguing they couldn’t understand why the faction had been nerfed to this extent because of the Heavenly Demon.
However, coming to the present, Heavenly Killing Star thought to himself.
‘You were wrong, Movie Soft.’
Those in the know had initially even suspected whether the current Heavenly Demon 14 was the Heavenly Demon of that time.
However, the Heavenly Demon’s ID still remained when searched, and since there was no way Seo-jun was a professional gamer with an alt account, they dropped the suspicion.
Up to here, it was fine.
‘You were wrong, Movie Soft!’
Up to this point, before knowing that the 14th Heavenly Demon was an even more monstrous bastard than the original.
After receiving immense criticism, Movie Soft adjusted the Demonic Sect so it could at least function decently, but they left the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, which the Heavenly Demon mainly used, untouched.
Arguing its performance was too good.
The Demonic Sect players protested with one voice that it was unusable unless one was a top-tier professional gamer, but Movie Soft stubbornly held their ground.
Heavenly Killing Star thought about it again now.
‘Instead of stubbornly holding their ground, they should have nerfed it even further!’
Movie Soft was wrong.
The Heavenly Demon Divine Art shouldn’t be buffed, but rather nerfed even further.
“Block him! Please!”
An even worse monster had appeared.
The first Heavenly Demon who flashed briefly for a few months and disappeared without even playing in the Battleground?
He would acknowledge his quick reflexes and preparedness in grabbing the rare nickname!
As for skill, since Heavenly Killing Star was young at the time and not a ranker, he had never fought him directly, but he must have been reasonably good.
But compared to the true Heavenly Demon born in the 14th generation under him?
“Please, someone win just once.”
Heavenly Killing Star prayed while looking at the map.
He didn’t know who would get matched as the Heavenly Demon’s opponent.
The Demonic Sect had approximately 60 rankers.
The Orthodox Faction had approximately 80 rankers.
These two sides were currently clashing while pouring in their entire strength.
The Demonic Sect players rushed in all at once as if they had all taken an adrenaline shot, and the Orthodox Faction also jumped in entirely to respond.
At this moment, backing off a step to avoid a clash and later queuing against general users to secure wins was not a viable option.
Because if they purely assumed all rankers would secure victories, the Demonic Sect’s numbers were marginally superior.
In other words, while they indeed had to fight, they had to satisfy one of two conditions.
Either secure overwhelmingly more victories in matches excluding the Heavenly Demon, or defeat the Heavenly Demon.
Currently, most rankers had finished their third match.
And Seo-jun was on a three-game win streak.
Of course, one had to open the hand to know.
“We have five days left. We just need to hold out today and tomorrow. If the Demonic Sect doesn’t defeat us within two days, they won’t be able to catch the Unorthodox Faction.”
Because the Demonic Sect guys were clearly crazy, if their championship vanished, they might try to expel the Orthodox Faction for the remainder of the duration just to vent their anger.
But anyway, if that happened, it would be the same for the Demonic Sect and the Unorthodox Faction not winning.
Ultimately, if they just blocked them for exactly two days, the Orthodox Faction, having given the Demonic Sect a taste of their own medicine, would be able to claim a moral victory.