Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46

‘They are, so to speak, my seniors.’

Just because they were an Unorthodox Faction group didn’t mean there was no hierarchy.

In some ways, the Heavenly Demon Cult was a more rigid organization than the Orthodox Faction.

Though the ‘Assassin’ group pursued justice, they would still look down on an arrogant newcomer just the same.

That’s why he deliberately provoked them.

Because proper practice seemed impossible as things were.

“Ihuh jihuh. You hoh hah juh huhuhh…”

“Uncle.”

“Huh?”

“Elogio. It’s too much for you to face them alone. That’s what you wanted to say, right?”

“Huh.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’m dying of laughter

-Look at him slurring his words after getting punched in the jaw lololololol

-Huh! What bullshit lololololololol

-Ahhh ㅠㅠ how did my assassin mentor Uncle Wario end up like that ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Wow. Taking on multiple assassins alone? This is different from when he cut down the Guard Captain.

-For real. Each of those guys would be at least squad-level.

A middle-aged man disguised as a merchant.

A tall young man wearing priest robes, and others.

Four assassins simultaneously leaped down from the railing.

Thud!

Thud!

Among them, the older-looking merchant examined Wario.

“What a pathetic state. Wario. This doesn’t look like you went easy because he’s family?”

The slender maid standing beside him spoke with amusement.

“This isn’t going easy, he got his ass kicked instead.”

“Huhuh heh hahiha.”

“You want to say ‘That’s not it,’ right? It’s fine. We also confirmed that newcomer’s skills.”

Befitting a group of Night People, their nature was also aggressive.

For them, Elogio’s provocation would have been hard to endure.

“Kid. You brought this on yourself, so don’t feel wronged. We tend to be a bit rough with our hands.”

The assassins surrounded Elogio in an arch formation.

Certainly, they seemed to have stronger energy than Wario.

But Hae-rang’s voice remained calm.

“Uncle said something similar just a moment ago.”

The merchant’s eyes widened slightly.

Though he didn’t bother finishing the sentence, the nuance was sufficiently conveyed.

That they would soon end up in the same state as uncle.

“Insolent!”

The merchant drew a short blade from his chest and lunged at Hae-rang.

Perhaps because of the earlier provocation, there was no yielding the first move like Wario had done.

It meant he would teach him a lesson with full force.

Hae-rang, controlling Elogio, smiled boldly.

Because this was exactly what he had wanted.

Whoosh!

The merchant’s short blade sliced through the air.

But it couldn’t reach Elogio’s hem that he actually wanted to cut.

Was the blade too short?

No, it was because Elogio’s steps were agile.

“Ah!”

Though the attack failed, an exclamation burst from the merchant’s mouth instead.

Since conducting assassin activities with his companions, he had never seen such clean ‘Evasion’ skill.

Thwack!

Even while being hit in the solar plexus and flying away, the merchant’s distorted gaze remained fixed on Elogio’s feet.

Crack!

The attack didn’t end there.

Somehow the maid had hidden and drawn out a long whip to swing it,

while the priest swung what looked like sturdy gauntlets.

Smack!

Both their mouths opened simultaneously.

One hand held the end of the whip.

The other hand held the opponent’s fist.

Elogio, who had defended with both hands simultaneously, suddenly pulled both arms toward him.

Whoosh!

The two people were sucked in as if by prior arrangement.

Hae-rang pulled their hands and struck the two people who were dragged along with his elbow.

Thwack!

“Kyaak!”

The priest and maid screamed as they cut through the air.

The direction they flew was ironically toward the merchant who had been hit first.

A long sword light flashed between the two flying people.

“Excellent ‘counter attack’!”

An elderly middle-aged man thrust his long sword straight forward.

Though signs of aging showed on his face, his movements and momentum were incredibly precise.

Hae-rang instinctively sensed that this man was the Assassin Brotherhood’s top expert.

In that case,

‘I should give him the treatment he deserves.’

Kiiing!

The energy gathered in Hae-rang’s dantian flowed like waves.

That current reached the Hidden Blade in Hae-rang’s hand and shone like the ocean surface.

“Cross Counter? Ha!”

A sneer leaked from the elder’s mouth.

The final evaluation skill of this Quest.

Cross Counter was basically a skill used when reaches were similar.

Fist against fist.

Long sword against long sword.

But what was the current situation?

This side was thrusting a long sword that would be similar in length only if you put two arms together.

No matter how much he extended a Hidden Blade that was barely a span long, it couldn’t possibly be a counter.

Even if the timing was perfect.

“Forgive this old man!”

The elder who thrust his sword toward Hae-rang was confident of his victory.

If their blades crossed like this, the side that would reach first would definitely be his.

However,

Clang!

The elder’s expectation of crossing was completely off the mark.

Hae-rang’s Hidden Blade and the tip of the elder’s long sword met each other.

Not surface against surface, or line against line.

A collision of point against point.

Easy to say, but as difficult as throwing a thread by hand to pass through a needle’s eye.

“No!”

That wasn’t the only surprising thing.

Like cutting paper with scissors, the old man’s long sword began to split in half.

Shhhhk!

‘No matter how tempered the steel…’

It couldn’t be harder than Sword Qi.

The blue-glowing Hidden Blade cut through the middle of the blade.

Even the scene of parting the Red Sea wouldn’t have been more spectacular than this.

The Hidden Blade only stopped after perfectly splitting the long sword into two pieces.

Clang!

Tang!

The blade pieces cut left and right fell to the ground simultaneously.

Before he knew it, Elogio’s sword tip was touching the old man’s throat.

The old man’s pupils shook like an earthquake had struck.

Then he lowered his head.

“This old man has lost.”

Though his expression was close to disappointment, his voice trembled brightly instead.

He had sensed that a new sun had risen in the Assassin Brotherhood.

With the old man’s declaration of defeat, notification windows appeared one after another.

【Quest Success!】

【’Evasion’ Quest Achievement Grade: SSS】

【’Taunt’ Quest Achievement Grade: SSS】

【’Counter Attack’ Quest Achievement Grade: SSS】

【’Cross Counter’ Quest Achievement Grade: SSS】

【Current Average Achievement: SSS】

-Wow! All Triple S again this time!

-He actually won this!

-How many S-Classes are there in total? ㄷㄷㄷㄷ It’s so bright it hurts my eyes

-Every single skill is SSS rank lol this is insane

-Mom! Please be reborn as Gwanjong Cheonma next time! Mom! Please be reborn as Gwanjong Cheonma next time!

-Everyone who was amazed by Gwanjong Cheonma’s play, gather!!

-Then the Earth folded in half.

-Was this game’s freedom this high? When he told the other assassins to come down, they actually came down?

-You gotta think the developers made it this way on purpose lol there’s no pervert like this kind of pervert

-Wait lmaooo breaking just one Wario is hard enough and they made a hidden quest where you fight ALL the assassins?

-I guess it’s that developer for that gamer lol At this point, shouldn’t ‘Gonausoft’ be reaching out?

The uncle who had become a wreck.

Three assassins sprawled on the ground.

And the old knight kneeling before his eyes.

Hae-rang smiled like a gentle breeze in front of them.

“Well then, you’ve passed the test.”

* * *

With Hae-rang’s final words, the screen went dark.

The next location was the middle floor of the clock tower.

Assassins including Wario stood in a circle in front of Elogio, who was controlled by Hae-rang.

Whoosh!

Perhaps due to the constant wind blowing, the brazier placed in their center flickered fiercely.

In the middle of the brazier, a branding iron that had been placed beforehand was heated red-hot.

“We serve the light in darkness. That is the mission of the Assassin Brotherhood.”

Wario, who had somehow recovered completely, approached Elogio with a serious expression.

“It’s time now, Elogio. Times have changed, so we can’t operate like our predecessors did. But the brand mark of the Assassin Brotherhood remains unchanged. Are you prepared in your heart to join us?”

“Yes.”

As he finished speaking, an assassin dressed as a merchant gripped the handle of the branding iron.

It was so intensely heated that

just the hot heat from the branding iron was enough to make his face burn.

The merchant pulled out the branding iron and delivered a meaningful line.

“It will be painful for a moment, but it will be fine soon. Like many things in the world.”

As if waiting for this moment, the chat window exploded.

-It’s here! ‘Gonau’ time!

-This is where they make the brand mark, right?

-Hahahaha will the attention-seeking Heavenly Demon remain calm and endure this time too?

-Eh~no way no way. No one has ever endured this one intact

-Everyone is equal before the branding iron. Streamers and Singularity members all trembled here.

-For real, how can you just stay still when your flesh is being seared with a branding iron? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-‘Gonausoft’ is pulling some Gonau bullshit lol These bastards definitely came up with that company name on purpose, you know?

-Ugh. Does it really feel like burning flesh?

-Nah nah nah nah nah, that’s not it. It’s just vibration, but the problem is it’s fucking realistic.

-Yeah, I did that scenario too and I almost disconnected because it was so scary, you know? I mean, the visuals and the heat and everything felt exactly like the real thing ㄷㄷ

-Compared to this scene, acrophobia like ‘Leap of Faith’ seems like nothing

-Why the hell don’t the developers just skip this with a cutscene instead of making us experience it directly? They’re perverts either way?

-Hahaha those pathetic assassins. Getting their asses kicked during the test and now they’re trying to get revenge with this!

-Come on, let’s go! Let’s see our Gwanjong get scared for the first time!

It seemed they were going to brand the hand with the iron to create the assassin’s mark.

Hae-rang, looking at the red-hot branding iron, muttered quietly.

“Virtual reality really is realistic.”

Even though Hae-rang had experienced all kinds of hardships, this was his first time with something like this.

The white smoke rising from the branding iron didn’t feel fake at all.

-Hahahaha even the ultimate attention-seeking Heavenly Demon is talking weak this time

-Attention-seeking Heavenly Demon’s charisma crisis ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Honestly, we should forgive him even if he screams this time. This is extreme torture experience, you know?

【Gaejakdu donated 10,000 won!】

【One hundred thousand won if you endure without batting an eye.】

It was telling that donations and missions were being offered just for enduring it calmly.

Hae-rang stared intently at the rising smoke.

‘I’m definitely nervous. But…’

Hae-rang wanted to show a composed appearance if possible.

The mission aside, he felt that would surprise the viewers more.

The more surprised viewers get, the more praise they send.

So he asked toward the chat window.

“Everyone. How have you found my broadcast so far?”

-Huh? Suddenly?

-You’re asking this when the branding iron is right in front of you?

-Hahaha are you trying to escape from reality?

-Well..it’s amazing. So far you’re probably the best person not just in Korea but on Earth?

-For real, it’s been a feast for the eyes throughout the broadcast. I’ve never felt this through any other streamer.

-You became tier 1 in my heart long ago. Even when watching other broadcasts, I immediately switch over when Gwanjong comes on, you know?

-Gwanjong you are god!Gwanjong you are god!Gwanjong you are god!Gwanjong you are god!Gwanjong you are god!

-I can’t imagine life without attention-seeking Cheonma anymore ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Out of all the Assassin series broadcasts I’ve watched, no one did better than you ㅇㅇㅇㅇ

-The skill is one thing, but the broadcast itself is just fun

While some viewers were puzzled by the somewhat random question, most poured out countless praises toward Hae-rang.

At the same time, the bright red branding iron touched Hae-rang’s hand.

Sizzle!

Immediately, the sound of searing flesh and an unpleasant smell pierced his nose.

Though pain wasn’t transmitted since it was in-game, this effect alone was enough to terrify all users.

So much so that they would disconnect from the game and flee.

Among the countless streamers who had broadcast this, there had never been a single exception until now.

However,

Sizzle!

Today.

That exception occurred.

At the very moment the Brand Mark was being carved, Hae-rang was,

“Haha.”

Laughing.

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