Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 42

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Chapter 42

“Why….”

Bandages covering his entire body.

Blood burst from various places as his wounds reopened from violent movements.

But it didn’t matter.

It hurt less than his torn and shredded heart.

“Why did you stop me!”

On his way to chase after his kidnapped brother.

He had been beaten to a pulp by the Heavenly Demon Sect Mobile Unit Captain.

In the moment he lost consciousness, Hae-rang cursed.

Not the Mobile Unit Captain, but the one who sent him.

“Father!”

“Foolish boy.”

But his father, the Heavenly Demon, only let out a chilling sneer.

“Anyone dragged to Blood Demon Valley can never return alive. Even if the kidnapped target were myself.”

“Even so….”

Isn’t he your child?

Blood surged up from his throat, making it impossible to continue speaking.

“Pathetic fool. Do you think my heart was at ease?”

The Heavenly Demon, who had been sitting on the Grand Master’s Chair, rose to his feet.

It meant he no longer wished to continue this long conversation.

“The eldest son’s death isn’t entirely meaningless. We learned that the Blood Demon Group looks far into the future and targets successors.”

“Is that… all the meaning you can find in it?”

“How fortunate is that? Thanks to it, I can handle my remaining sons more carefully. Even dead Yeon-rang would agree with my words.”

“No.”

Hae-rang, who had coughed up blood with a retch, glared at the Grand Master’s Chair with red eyes.

“Brother would be crying. Because no one came to rescue him.”

“He would have been comforted that you rushed to him.”

“Father should have gone! Father, who is stronger than anyone!”

Thwack!

Hae-rang’s side was pierced by the Palm Strike that the Heavenly Demon unleashed.

Hae-rang collapsed sprawled on the ground.

In his fading consciousness, he heard the Heavenly Demon’s final words.

“You’ve been wanting praise until your ears were sore since childhood. Even as you’ve grown, you’re still so spoiled. When will you mature?”

Hae-rang gave up that day.

Both hearing praise and hoping for familial warmth.

‘No, Father.’

I never matured.

After craving praise so desperately, I was able to become a Heavenly Demon stronger than Father.

So go to the afterlife and apologize to my brother.

“….”

Elogio, controlled by Hae-rang, opened his closed eyes.

‘Assassin Revenge’ contained a story that reminded Hae-rang of his painful past.

Hae-rang had saved his brother in-game, and in this way resolved the ‘resentment’ he had harbored.

Now it seemed he could run forward looking only ahead a little more.

“P-please spare me!”

Uberto sat down and crawled backward on his hands and knees.

The face he had when killing Elogio’s father at the execution ground was nowhere to be found.

The shadows of Peraza and Elogio covered his entire body.

“My friend told me this. This document contains special meaning.”

The story he had heard from Leonardo.

Elogio pulled out the document from his chest.

“Tell me everything you know about this.”

Uberto’s eyes darted around frantically.

But after confirming there were no guards remaining nearby, he let out a sigh.

“This is… called a Codex Page.”

“Codex Page?”

“It’s a document our Templar Knights were trying to collect. If you gather all of these, you can learn the location of the sacred underground vault.”

“What’s in the underground vault?”

“Divine Artifacts. And I heard you can meet the Prophet.”

“Everything’s uncertain. Well, I suppose we just need to collect all these Codex Pages and go find it.”

“So, so you’re going to spare my life now?”

Elogio turned his head toward Peraza.

The two exchanged opinions with their eyes.

And without anyone going first, they stabbed Uberto with the swords in their hands.

Kwaaak!

Seogeok!

One pierced his heart.

One pierced his throat.

-Kya! Look how merciless they are!

-They said to tell the secret, not that they’d spare you!

-Death to the villain!

-You have no conscience. How can you hope to live after committing such evil acts ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-This kind of satisfying development is what makes the Assassin Series so good

The viewers seemed satisfied with the decisive punishment of Uberto.

“Elogio. Now it’s time to proclaim our family’s will to the people.”

“Should I do it? You’re not going to?”

“Of course. Didn’t you accomplish all of this by yourself? Don’t make your brother ashamed anymore.”

Hae-rang nodded.

Then he stood up and looked around.

Dozens of guard captains and Minister Uberto were dead.

Today’s events would spread throughout the entire Empire.

Seuup.

Hae-rang drew up a bit of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

In his previous life, there was a martial art he used when making Heavenly Proclamations to his followers.

The name of that martial art was Lion’s Roar.

“Our family is not finished! As long as we brothers are alive like this, we will smash both the Templar Knights and all our enemies!”

A thunderous sound echoed in all directions.

The Heavenly Proclamation infused with Lion’s Roar power contained more force than an ordinary voice.

The aftereffects even affected each viewer’s speakers.

-Holy shit! What the hell was that sound all of a sudden?

-Holy shit lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why is attention-seeker hyung’s voice so loud!

-Ah fuck, I was secretly using the computer behind mom’s back and now I’m screwed. I can hear footsteps.

-Gotcha, you little brat! What’s a kid doing watching 19+ games? Go get your butt spanked

-What about me, my wife caught me?

-Shit, I was watching in a motel and my girlfriend complained it was too loud

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ As someone who’s been single since birth, I have nothing to worry about getting caught ㅋㅋㅋㅋ But why am I tearing up?

-No impact at all, attention-seeking Heavenly Demon ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ With that face screaming like that, he really thinks he’s an emperor

-Exactly. If he were a politician, I would’ve voted for him right away ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-That’s not the skill of someone who’s only given one or two speeches, right? Gwanjong hyung, what did you used to do?

Hae-rang answered calmly.

“I was the Heavenly Demon.”

-Hahahahahahaha I bet you knew I was going to say that

-Hey! This broadcast isn’t called Gwanjong Cheonma for nothing!

-The concept is seriously on point lol they never let their guard down even for a second

-Which bastard keeps asking tactless questions? Didn’t he say he’s the great Heavenly Demon?

Hae-rang told the truth, and the viewers naturally didn’t believe it.

This strange coexistence of misunderstanding was quite satisfying to Hae-rang.

It didn’t matter if people didn’t know the truth.

As long as they enjoyed watching the broadcast, that was enough.

That way was better for receiving praise anyway.

-Anyway, this is a broadcast worth watching in many ways.

-This Quest was amazing too! I want to watch it every day!

-Gwanjong Cheonma’s broadcast is now my top pick! Singularity and whatever else can all get lost!

-Gwanjong Cheonma-nim, I watched your broadcast without noticing time pass! It was totally entertaining!

-Thank you for appearing before us… Heavenly Demon-nim..

“…!”

The very words Hae-rang had wanted came fluttering toward him like spring cherry blossom petals.

Hae-rang curled up his body and trembled finely.

As he swam in the dopamine of praise, the results of this Quest appeared above his back.

【’Take Revenge on Uberto’ Quest Success!】

【Quest Achievement Grade: SSS】

【Current Average Achievement: SSS】

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Crack.

Once again.

Da-hong bit her nail with her front teeth.

The last nail art she had carefully done broke apart.

Gwanjong Cheonma’s broadcast that everyone was cheering for.

But here.

Only one person was expressing dissatisfaction with his broadcast.

“Really. At this point, it’s like saying ‘let’s give it a try once,’ right?”

The profession that everyone envied.

A pro gamer called the realm of Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Singularity Da-hong.

She demonstrates that even a bare face without makeup can be this stunning,

but she was currently scrunching up her sculpted features.

“Are you deliberately trying to annoy me or what?”

Jar Game?

Fine.

She could let that slide.

After all, it was just a brief game for entertainment.

When Hae-rang finally searched for ‘Assassin’ in the game list,

she thought what was meant to come had come.

It seemed like he bounced once out of pride.

But even so, it would be hard to refuse Singularity’s proposal.

However,

“Assassin Revenge? Not Zero?”

Assassin Zero was practically Singularity’s entrance test.

How quickly could you clear the damn ‘Catastrophe’ difficulty.

If decent results came out, Singularity would directly contact and test the talent.

‘Assassin Zero’ was a kind of gateway to success.

Even Gamers who hadn’t received offers would voluntarily challenge ‘Assassin Zero’ Catastrophe mode.

Hoping that if they got good scores, they might receive contact.

‘It’s an offer others want but can’t get…!’

A Singularity member personally told him to try the game and even sponsored him.

They even blocked the pathetic excuse of not having money.

Indeed, Gwanjong Cheonma chose the ‘Assassin Series’ as his next game after Jar Game.

The problem was that it was ‘Assassin Revenge’, not ‘Assassin Zero’.

[Hello. This is Gwanjong Cheonma.]

Since that day, Da-hong watched every single minute and second of Gwanjong Cheonma’s broadcast without missing any.

She was both annoyed and dumbfounded.

In her life, Gwanjong Cheonma was the first Gamer to treat Singularity like it was nothing.

However, as time passed, Da-hong found herself getting absorbed in the broadcast without realizing it.

“Wow…”

“He breaks through that like that?”

“He really has no fear.”

“What was that effect just now? I’ve never seen it before.”

“Triple S again?”

What surprised her most was the Quest rating.

She thought S-rank was the highest, but it turned out there were higher levels.

Two more levels at that.

“That’s impossible…”

Da-hong also had experience playing ‘Assassin Revenge’.

That’s why it was even more absurd.

She had achieved ‘S’ rank all clear thinking it couldn’t be cleared more cleanly than that.

But that actually wasn’t the highest rank.

Every time Hae-rang performed in the game, Da-hong recalled her own play in her mind.

And compared.

When she did the same Quest, could she really show the same movements as Gwanjong Cheonma?

Crack.

Her last remaining nail art was ruined.

Because the conclusion she reached was ‘no’.

[Phase One is finished. I’ll end today’s broadcast here.]

“Ah why! Why are you cutting it off here!”

When Hae-rang posted the broadcast end notice, Da-hong was more anxious than anyone.

Because she wanted to watch his play a little longer.

-Please do a little more! I want to watch the broadcast a little longer!

She typed at lightning speed.

Naturally, not with the ‘S Da-hong S’ ID, but with a non-member account.

But Gwanjong Cheonma had already disconnected.

Only after seeing the countless “RIP streamer ㅠㅠ” messages flooding the chat did Dahong’s face turn red.

“What am I doing right now.”

A super popular streamer watched by hundreds of thousands every time she went live, whining while watching another broadcast.

It was behavior she had never imagined.

“I, I just wanted to compare. I wasn’t captivated!”

Even though there was no one around to listen, Da-hong had to mutter to herself like that.

“How arrogant. Avoiding only Assassin Zero and doing this and that. I don’t like that smug expression either. He’s probably ugly in real life.”

Da-hong, who had been muttering endlessly, suddenly shot up from her seat.

Then she strode toward the Capsule Room and immediately activated the machine.

【Please select a game to play.】

Da-hong’s eyes shone more challengingly than ever before.

“Assassin Revenge.”

There was no way she, a Singularity, couldn’t achieve a score that an ordinary streamer had accomplished.

The chat was already scratched up with mentions of Singularity anyway.

She felt like she wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully until she caught up to all the triple S records that Gwanjong Cheonma had set.

However,

Thwack!

“Ugh…!”

The mission to dodge the rock that Viego throws from the very beginning.

She had to succeed at this to achieve SSS grade.

But she had to suffer nosebleeds dozens of times in the game.

She knew the rock would fly at this timing.

So she prepared for it in advance.

But she absolutely couldn’t dodge the rock that flew through the notification window.

“This is ridiculous. How do you dodge this?”

Actually playing it made her understand even more clearly.

This wasn’t within the realm of human reflexes.

At least for this Quest,

“It’s… faster than my reaction speed?”

She couldn’t accept it.

Da-hong pressed the reset button countless times every time she got hit by the rock.

Thwack!

Thud!

With the countless vibrations ringing in her nose, she felt like she had become one with the coffee shop’s vibration bell.

Until dawn broke the next day,

Da-hong’s final score after countless retries was only ‘SS’.

Even after staying up all night repeating the same Quest, she couldn’t catch up to Hae-rang.

“Ha… haha.”

Da-hong, who opened the capsule and got up, swayed once.

The problem was that she had played much longer than usual due to her competitive spirit.

But her eyes, soaked in sweat, sparkled like ripples on water.

Because one desire was burning fiercely in her heart.

“I’m too curious to let this go. I need to meet him in person.”

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