The Veteran Swordmaster’s Stream (Novel) - Chapter 98
Chapter 98
“Suppress the Orthodox Faction through the Demonic Sect and expand the territory gap overwhelmingly!”
Bangju was currently commentating on the overall structure while spectating with the game as his background screen.
He was in high spirits.
How long had it been since a picture emerged this clearly in the Battleground.
Ordinarily, because the Battleground involved massive mind games and betrayals, it was content where split-second decision-making skills shone in a constantly shifting environment.
However, this Battleground was different.
The Orthodox Faction had acted complacently, but the Demonic Sect and the Unorthodox Faction had set up the stage with a single grand strategy.
And that stage was set precisely, and now the two were clashing for their respective objectives.
It couldn’t possibly be boring.
“To expand the territory gap like that, ensuring that no matter how the fight between the Demonic Sect and the Orthodox Faction concludes, the outcome of the Unorthodox Faction winning cannot be overturned. That was the Unorthodox Faction’s grand strategy!”
While the Demonic Sect simply planned to push through.
Even within that, there were meticulous preparation processes, which had already been explained moments ago.
This was why Bangju was talking about the Unorthodox Faction right now.
“So even if the Orthodox Faction succeeded in defense today, they likely planned to leave regions open so the Demonic Sect would still have a chance. Look at how the Unorthodox Faction left these regions alone.”
Bangju pointed at a part of the map with his hand and drew a line.
The path leading from the Demonic Sect to the Unorthodox Faction’s headquarters.
-Why there?
-What is it
-Unorthodox Faction! What have you done!
Why was he suddenly saying they had left that place alone?
The viewers were curious, and Bangju continued with his detailed explanation.
“For example, what if the Demonic Sect, after expelling the Orthodox Faction, turned its eyes toward the Unorthodox Faction?”
Bangju’s voice quickened again.
“If they had to capture four regions, including the headquarters, to expel them, and the remaining days of the Battleground was three, the Demonic Sect would have no way. Right?”
-Yes
-That’s true
-If it were like that, the Demonic Sect wouldn’t have attacked in the first place
“They wouldn’t have attacked in the first place? Exactly.”
If it seemed such a situation would arise, they would have pivoted their strategy long ago.
And the Unorthodox Faction knew that as well.
“Therefore, the fact that there are three regions from the Demonic Sect to the headquarters is no coincidence! The Unorthodox Faction left it like that on purpose!”
If they had to capture five regions to strike the Unorthodox Faction’s headquarters immediately.
With five days remaining starting tomorrow, the Demonic Sect would not have attacked the Orthodox Faction today.
If the Unorthodox Faction expanded the path to six regions today while the Demonic Sect was attacking the Orthodox Faction, the Demonic Sect wouldn’t be able to win even if they defeated the Orthodox Faction.
Then why three?
“The Unorthodox Faction assumed that the Orthodox Faction would hold out today at all costs, and hoped their fight would continue into tomorrow.”
Because if it were four, the Demonic Sect wouldn’t fight tomorrow.
As each day passed, the Unorthodox Faction’s territory would grow enormously, while the days available for the Demonic Sect and the Orthodox Faction to reclaim them would decrease by one.
And once exactly two days passed, a board that even their combined efforts couldn’t overturn would be established.
“If the Orthodox Faction defends for about two days, the Unorthodox Faction’s victory is confirmed! In other words, they formulated their strategy under the assumption that the Orthodox Faction would hold out for at least two days!”
The Demonic Sect and the Unorthodox Faction had taken each other’s goals hostage, deliberately leaving possibilities open to draw each other onto the same board instead of facing uncertainty.
“The two cooperated to set up this stage. However, they parted ways at the final moment of decision to see who would win.”
Who will prove correct?
-Unorthodox fools
-Yeah right, you think the Orthodox Faction will get pushed back? You Demonic dimwits
-Honestly, I think they’ll push through?
-Anyway Demonic Wins! Anyway Demonic Wins! Anyway Demonic Wins!
-Let’s bet, you Demonic bastards! Today is exceptionally annoying
“But you know. If I were the Unorthodox Faction, I’d be sweating bullets right about now.”
-Commentate objectively!
-Anyway, isn’t Bangju in the Orthodox Faction? Why would he have a reason to favor either the Unorthodox Faction or the Demonic Sect?
-Bangju in the Orthodox? Bangju is a true Demonic Sect member!
-He even did a collab to hype up the Heavenly Demon lolol he is indeed a lackey
Bangju wore a meaningful expression.
Could the Unorthodox Faction truly afford to act bold?
“Ah, it seems Seo-jun’s final game just ended. The result is victory! Is it truly impossible to block the final boss, the Heavenly Demon? And. Ah! The Unorthodox Faction has made their decision!”
A red indicator appeared on the path leading to the Unorthodox Faction’s headquarters that he mentioned earlier.
The Unorthodox Faction had attempted an attack.
The reason was obvious.
-lolol the Unorthodox Faction felt something was off and started running
-If they were going to do this, they should have made it four regions instead of three lolol
“Now, if the Orthodox Faction succeeds in defense, the Demonic Sect won’t be able to attack them tomorrow due to time constraints.”
The Unorthodox Faction ultimately judged that the Demonic Sect would succeed in its attack today and modified its strategy.
“For the Orthodox Faction, it’s like a lifeline has been lowered. Since they only need to hold out today!”
Will we witness a one-on-one between the Unorthodox Faction and the Demonic Sect?
Or we see a chaotic Battleground again?
All of this will be revealed tomorrow.
***
Seo-jun looked at the deactivated map and spoke.
At 10 o’clock, the content closed.
“It’s over. The Unorthodox Faction eventually extended the path further. It seems we have about a day of leeway.”
The Unorthodox Faction’s choice was naturally not a surprising move to Seo-jun and his viewers, who believed the Demonic Sect would win.
-Yep
-Ah lol we don’t even need that day lololol
-They’re going to get pushed back anyway, why not just die quickly instead of pointlessly extending the path lolol
-Unorthodox. Scared?
The results weren’t out yet. They had to see for themselves.
They had more rankers. It also seemed they had secured more victories.
However, general players were more numerous for the Orthodox Faction.
Thus, Seo-jun also knew that nothing was guaranteed.
Still, usually, if you believe you will win, the probability of winning increases.
Truly.
In fact, the Orthodox Faction was in an atmosphere of near-defeat.
“Ah. And is it true that ThisIsNotTheMartialWorld queued for the Orthodox Faction side earlier?”
-Yes mhm
-lolololololololol it was so fucking funny lolol
-A guy overflowing with romance lolololololol
-Seriously, there are so many trolls in For Chivalry
-Dang So of the Demonic Sect, Heavenly Killing Star of the Orthodox Faction, and the wuxia boomer of the Unorthodox Faction. It makes my heart swell!
Seo-jun also laughed along.
He had probably done so knowing full well.
An act that was romance if put nicely, and trolling if put badly.
He had queued for the game according to his goal of eliminating the Orthodox Faction.
But.
Was it really only ThisIsNotTheMartialWorld who did that?
Did absolutely not a single one of the Unorthodox Faction players participate?
They would have to see for themselves to know that as well.
Anyway.
That wasn’t the important part. Seo-jun believed that they would have won in a one-on-one even without the Unorthodox Faction’s help.
Because he believed so.
That was all.
Mhm!
Since the viewers often used this tone, Seo-jun tried using it once too.
“See you tomorrow!”
Seo-jun ended the broadcast like that.
***
The next day.
“Did we really do the right thing?”
Unnamed nodded at his colleague’s question.
“Yeah.”
“How do you know?”
“Intuition.”
All of Unnamed’s intuition was telling him.
The enemy, the Demonic Sect, had ridden the momentum.
Streamer Jin Seo-jun, who had won and won and won since the martial duel, taking over For Chivalry.
Truly overwhelming irregularities had always existed.
Most of them departed for the world of professional players, currently called the heavenly realm, and competed there.
Yet, to him, the irregularity that popped up this time felt like it was on a level one step higher than them.
No mistakes that any human would make at least once were visible.
It felt like seamlessly sustaining the peak moments of players who had entered a state of extreme concentration as naturally as breathing.
And that was while chatteringly responding to the chat.
Or while trash-talking his opponents.
It seemed impossible, but since he actually pulled it off, no one could object.
‘That must be why he doesn’t lose even once since he is at that level.’
The problem was that people were wild about the truly absurd path he had walked.
Right from the martial duel onward, the words Seo-jun, or Heavenly Demon, or streamer appeared on every single page without exception.
Even when he ended streams early, or even when people set the forum ablaze with other topics.
Although interest would eventually fade, Unnamed worried that the interest was playing too large a role right now.
A Shorts video uploaded to the streamer’s channel yesterday.
[The Heavenly Demon who looked into 14,000,605 futures and found the single path to victory for the Demonic Sect!]
It was a video combining the clip of what Seo-jun said at the start yesterday and a summary of the Battleground situation.
-What is For Chivalry doing???
-Ah, I used to be in the Demonic Sect back then
└Winning is possible right now! Hurry up and come
-Should I play too? Is there really a chance to win?
└Yep, the stage is set properly. Come starting tomorrow. Watch streamer Seo-jun
-He found the single path for the Demonic Sect to win!
If the number of new players or those who rarely played increased, it was a gain, not a loss.
And that benefit would manifest starting from now.
“Wow. He even mobilizes editors to gather players down to their very souls.”
And yesterday Bangju even did a restream.
No matter how much I think about it, that guy.
plays the game really dirtily.
***
Day 17.
People’s interest had reached its peak.
The layout of the Battleground was revealed.
Also since when the Unorthodox Faction and the Demonic Sect had been using each other.
The Demonic Sect and the Orthodox Faction clashed.
The Unorthodox Faction showed the appearance of reversing their strategy within a single day.
It couldn’t possibly be boring.
Lastly,
streamer Heavenly Demon, or Seo-jun, who was at the center of all this, was a streamer that Demonic Sect members couldn’t help but adore.
[It’s goosebumps that all of this became possible because of just one person shiver]
==
First, the fact that the Demonic Sect can hold its own in a power struggle is thanks to the Heavenly Demon.
Moreover, they say it was also the Heavenly Demon who thought of the strategy to set up the board with the Unorthodox Faction. (Ask Third Elder for details)
Simply, all strategies originated from the Heavenly Demon and were established because the Heavenly Demon existed.
He is the Demonic Sect itself.
==
-An ordinary player with good physical reflexes exists in any faction. But a true leader who can lead a faction to victory? Only the Heavenly Demon.
└Physique/reflexes on par with the Heavenly Demon exist in other factions? Seriously?
└I’m in the Orthodox Faction lol we don’t have anyone
└Characterized by ‘I am ~~’ usually not being ~~.
└Is that why you suffered 4 consecutive losses failing to beat the Heavenly Demon? lololol
└So does your faction have anyone with physical reflexes like the Heavenly Demon?
└ikr lol
-You guys haven’t won yet. Why are you acting so cocky.
What about the other factions?
[I acknowledge the Heavenly Demon’s skill. But acting as if he already won is annoying]
[Seriously, the Demonic Sect bastards will be revealed as bubbles in 10 minutes, right?]
[Honestly, in terms of numbers, it’s the Orthodox Faction]
[Do not ignore the potential of a prestigious lineage]
[Bring it on, whether it’s two days or three!]
[We will show that the Unorthodox Faction made the wrong choice]
While they cursed the Demonic Sect, there were almost no people cursing the Heavenly Demon at least.
A tiny minority.
The fact that they reacted this way despite Seo-jun going around provoking them slightly was surprising.
[Popping up in 1 minute!]
7 o’clock became.
The Battleground map.
In numerous regions, soldiers of three colors popped up from the ground to wage battle.
Even so, the place where all of people’s concentration was focused was only one.
Over Hebei, miniatures of red and blue soldiers began to fight.
Clashing swords, wounding each other once.
The moment that would determine the future direction.
[You Demonic Sect bastards lol let’s just make peace from now on and keep the Unorthodox Faction in check together]
[Orthodox, are you sweating? Why are you talking so much!]
Eventually.
Clang!
The side that fell was!
[?]
[Really?]
[Clear the room!!!!]
[lolololololololololololololololololol]
[……Is this real?]
[This actually worked…]
The neck of the blue soldier was severed.
And Hebei was dyed red.
Simultaneously, the few remaining blue regions scattered across the map lost their light and turned gray.
With five days remaining, the Orthodox Faction, whose headquarters was captured, was ultimately eliminated from the Battleground.