Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 41

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Chapter 41

Crack!

The empty cola can crumpled like a piece of tissue paper.

Choi Ji-man was watching Gwanjong Cheonma’s broadcast.

He was feeling the greatest ecstasy of his life.

“You’ve finally made it this far.”

A rough laugh flowed over his thick beard.

A developer grinding out extreme difficulty, and a player finally clearing it.

That was the ultimate ‘harmony’ Choi Ji-man envisioned.

He had entered this industry to witness that harmony, and waited for a long time.

And finally, the gamer Choi Ji-man had been waiting for appeared.

“Gwanjong Cheonma…!”

His average grade for clearing up to the final mission of Phase 1 was SSS.

He was truly a monster-like existence, achieving as an average what was hard to accomplish even once.

【Observer has donated 100,000 won!】

【Don’t let your guard down, and do well until the end.】

-Wow, it’s Observer again?

-Another hundred thousand won. How many times today alone?

-At this point we should start calling them Chairman lol

-But why do they keep entering as a non-member? What’s their identity?

-Is Singularity really watching secretly?!

“Ha! Talking nonsense about Singularity. Who would pretend to be those fakes.”

Choi Ji-man bared his fangs while looking at the monitor.

Those guys who act like they own the world just because they have ‘slightly’ more talent than others.

They can’t even clear the SSS difficulty he created.

What genius? What frozen-to-death genius?

That wasn’t the only reason Choi Ji-man disliked Singularity.

[This stage’s balance is a mess.]

[What kind of game item is this? What are we supposed to use it for.]

[Sigh. Since the developer has no gaming experience, they must have made such ridiculous settings.]

When the ‘Assassin Series’ game was nearly complete.

‘Gonau Soft’ invited Singularity to handle game testing.

Since they brought in such precious people, naturally massive fees were involved.

But since there were many users who followed Singularity, games that didn’t receive their ‘verification’ would be ignored from the start.

“Lowly commoners, yet they have so many complaints.”

Look at that Gwanjong Cheonma.

Has he ever complained about the difficulty while playing the game so far?

He silently carried out the given quests, even achieving SSS on every stage.

A real gamer should have that kind of flavor.

To Choi Ji-man, Gwanjong Cheonma was already like someone who had achieved ultimate ‘harmony’ with him.

Though the person himself had no idea, internal intimacy had already built up completely.

Choi Ji-man flipped through the calendar placed next to his monitor.

“When was the next series test schedule again.”

It wasn’t far off.

That meant a big confrontation with the company was imminent.

“You’ve been excellent so far, but I’d like you to prove it once more if possible. Gwanjong Cheonma.”

Getting in the ring together with that arrogant Singularity.

Choi Ji-man was determined to deeply engrave the four characters ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’ into ‘Gonau Soft’s’ future.

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“So then…”

After checking the Guard Captains, Hae-rang quietly asked.

“Nobody knows about this situation?”

-Yeah, I’ve watched ‘Assassin Revenge’ hundreds of times but this is the first time seeing this Quest.

-I’m seeing it for the first time too. You’ve really created something amazing!

-But how do you clear this? There are so many Guard Captain-level enemies lol

-The Guard Captains you gathered! Accept them sweetly!

-Crushed by the disaster you brought upon yourself..

-Gwanjong bro! I can’t help you this time. I need to know the strategy points to give advice!

Guard Captains piled up like mountains.

Golden armor symbolizing authority and power.

Just the sound of swords being drawn made you feel they were high-grade weapons.

“A battle to fight alone.”

Kiiing!

Hae-rang wasn’t flustered.

No, rather he had a challenging expression.

Since when had he navigated battlefields listening to others’ advice?

Until he seized control of the Heavenly Demon Cult and earned the title of ‘Greatest Under Heaven.’

He had navigated all those battlefields with his own judgment and intuition.

“A battle to fight alone is exactly…”

My specialty.

Hae-rang swallowed the rest of his words and leaped high into the air.

Clang!

He extended the Hidden Blade in midair.

As Leonardo had mentioned, there was no need to cut off a finger.

Just as he said it seemed to incorporate future technology, the Hidden Blade possessed cutting-edge functions.

‘Moreover…’

When Hae-rang received the weapon from Leonardo, he had said it was ‘different from before’.

That held more special meaning than expected.

The Hidden Blade that Leonardo had modified could contain special energy.

It became possible to channel the power of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art not just into the body, but into weapons as well.

In other words,

‘Sword Qi.’

Whooom!

A blue energy resembling Hae-rang’s eyes gathered on the Hidden Blade’s edge.

A special change visible only to Hae-rang himself, as it was an assassin’s blade.

But the viewers would soon learn as well.

The Sword Qi manifesting in this world would make the impossible possible.

Swoosh!

Elogio leaped far higher than a normal jump.

The guards each covered their eyes with their palms.

This was because Elogio’s jumping position perfectly overlapped with the sun’s angle.

Thud!

The place where Elogio landed was right in the middle of the guard captain group.

-He’s insane!

-Why did he jump there?

-You walked right into the tiger’s den ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Thank you for loving Gwanjong Cheonma’s game until now!

-Off to Genesis Village!

“Nonsense.”

Elogio had already assessed the enemies’ weapons.

They were all gripping large, heavy swords.

As if showing off their own authority.

But in such a tightly packed formation, those weren’t weapons but mere baggage.

“You bastard!”

Whoosh!

One guard captain swung his sword with difficulty in the cramped space.

Elogio almost yawned.

He spun like a top to dodge the sword, then dove into the guard captain’s embrace.

And thrust the Hidden Blade into his chest.

Crack!

-That won’t work!

-A regular Hidden Blade can’t pierce that golden armor!

-Yeah, you need to aim for the neck or head. Or just snap the neck like last time.

-No matter how much the Hidden Blade is future technology or whatever, destroying armor made of that alloy is…

Splurt!

-…possible?

Hot blood shot upward, while the chat window froze like ice in contrast.

Another shocking display from Hae-rang.

The Hidden Blade in his hand had torn through the guard captain’s armor like paper.

-Wh…what is this;;

-How did he smash the armor? Did he use a different weapon?

-Are your eyes broken? The item window clearly shows ‘Hidden Blade’ activated

-Our Gwanjong’s Hidden Blade tears through alloy armor ^^

-This is so fascinating lol I’ve never seen anything like this before

-Is there a trick? Is there a secret method, Gwanjong hyung?

If there was a secret, it existed.

It was possible by channeling internal energy into in-game weapons to manifest ‘Sword Qi’.

But Hae-rang didn’t bother explaining.

In his experience, it was better to leave areas that others couldn’t understand alone.

Instead, he would just show them.

How destructive the Sword Qi contained in the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and Hidden Blade could be.

Slash!

Splurt!

A chaotic battle of one against many.

It was something Hae-rang, who had been part of the Unorthodox Faction, had experienced countless times in Murim.

‘In this world, they call such confrontations 17 versus 1.’

Hae-rang had fought such 17 versus 1 battles seventeen times in a single day.

And that was against renowned masters of Murim.

So it was only natural that the guard captains before him fell like autumn leaves in the wind.

Thud!

Each time a guard captain fell, the ground shook with a heavy sound.

But before the vibration could fade, another one crashed down with his massive body.

Thud!

An eternally endless medley.

The ‘Massacre Medley’ created by Hae-rang had completely consumed the entire battlefield.

“Kugh!”

The sole remaining Guard Captain hesitantly stumbles backward.

In the hands of Elogio, controlled by Hae-rang, the Hidden Blade is still gripped firmly.

Though it had pierced through countless armor pieces, the blade bore not a single scratch.

After all, it wasn’t the blade itself, but the ‘Sword Qi’ contained within the blade that had sliced through everything.

-The special effects are insane.. look at that blue fire sparkling

-Oh. I see it now too. What skill is that?

-It’s so brilliant and.. beautiful!

-That must be the secret to piercing armor? I don’t know exactly what it is though.

-Gwanjong Cheonma needs to explain that weapon!

-Should we do an autopsy? I’m so curious

-An autopsy is ten hahahahahahahahaha

“Hyaaaah!”

Unable to withstand the pressure, the Guard Captain couldn’t hold back and thrust his sword first.

With his large build and long sword in hand, his reach was incredibly long.

But to Elogio, things like reach didn’t matter.

Clang!

With an ear-piercing sound, the Guard Captain’s body stiffened.

At the tip of the sword he had extended was Hae-rang’s Hidden Blade.

He had blocked the tip of the massive long sword with the point of the Hidden Blade.

Tip against tip.

A meeting of point and point.

But to Hae-rang’s eyes, with the Heavenly Demon Divine Art activated, it appeared larger than a watermelon.

-Wow! He blocks it like that

-Isn’t the Hidden Blade an assassination weapon?

-That’s probably not the kind of weapon you’d use so openly lol

Compared to the stiffened Guard Captain, Elogio’s body was incredibly light.

When he withdrew the Hidden Blade’s force in an instant, the Guard Captain’s body was naturally drawn toward him.

Crack!

Elogio drove the blade into the giant’s heart.

Elogio had massacred dozens of guards.

The time taken was less than even a minute.

“Hi… Hiiik!”

Uberto’s face turned white as if he had seen a ghost.

His confident appearance from a distance had completely vanished.

Uberto moved his body awkwardly, almost crawling to escape from Elogio.

Hae-rang’s gaze reached beyond the fleeing Uberto.

There he saw a familiar silhouette.

“…!”

Hae-rang smiled slightly.

Thwack!

Uberto became a soccer ball rolling toward them.

The person who had kicked the fleeing Uberto in his escape route was his brother.

It was Peraza.

“Brother. I told you to hide with Mother.”

“When my younger brother is risking his life for revenge, should his older brother just sit still?”

“…Yes. That’s right.”

Without even glancing at Uberto who had rolled toward them.

Hae-rang’s cold blue eyes remained fixed on Peraza.

“Brother.”

At this moment, he was neither Elogio nor Gwanjong Cheonma.

He was complete Hae-rang, carrying a heartbreaking story from his previous life.

“Actually, I wanted to save my brother like this. I’m sorry.”

“Hm?”

“It’s a futile thing. But I wanted to say it.”

Hae-rang’s older brother who was kidnapped in childhood.

Yeon-rang.

Hae-rang had set out for Magic Blood Valley where his brother was captured, saying he would rescue him.

And on the way, he collapsed after being slashed all over his body.

What brought him down wasn’t the Demon People of Magic Blood Valley, nor the Orthodox Martial Artists.

It was the Heavenly Demon Sect Mobile Unit Captain ordered by his father, the Heavenly Demon.

It was the extreme prescription of his father, the Heavenly Demon, who thought one heir was enough.

Though Hae-rang later became the Heavenly Demon, he always carried guilt about his brother in his heart.

Assassin Zero?

Of course it was an excellent and entertaining game.

But Hae-rang, who had checked all scenarios in the ‘Assassin Series’, chose ‘Assassin Revenge’.

He wanted to shake off the guilt and regrets of his past life in this way.

Though he knew that those already dead would never return,

Hae-rang wanted to do this.

Because only then could he run forward looking ahead once more.

“Haha. Elogio. What are you talking about?”

“No. I was just talking nonsense. Now let’s finish our business.”

Together.

Hae-rang’s wet voice swallowed the rest of his words.

The resemblance between Hae-rang and Yeon-rang.

The shadows of Elogio and Peraza covered Uberto’s entire body as he collapsed.

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