Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 51

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Chapter 51

In most cases,

viewers don’t show sympathy for characters in games.

After all, they’re enemies that the streamer must defeat, and they’re not controlled by real people.

But in this moment, quite a few viewers felt sympathy for the NPC.

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ What kind of disaster is this out of nowhere ㅠㅠ

-His height suddenly became half!

What is this evilness? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They used the guard like some kind of mattress

-Actually, attention-seeker hyung didn’t lose a single HP lol

-Hey you! Become the haystack I need for landing!

-The most tragic death in NPC history ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Have a drink. At least he went out artistically at the last moment.

-They probably have no clue how they died lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-But when did he stab the sword in the middle of all that? Did anyone see that scene?

-No no, I didn’t see it either. I only saw the body getting buried in the ground?

-Really ghostly skill. Landing from that incredible height while also stabbing with a sword?

-Did we really need a knife? The guard’s body got compressed ㅠㅠ

-It seems like they made sure he couldn’t even scream ㅇㅇ since that security guard isn’t the only one on the rooftop.

-Right! There’s still one more left at the entrance!

There were two guards on the rooftop of St. Peter’s Cathedral.

A guard watching the entrance and a guard patrolling along the rooftop perimeter.

The guard who was just taken down by Hae-rang was the patrol guard.

However, multiple question marks poured out from viewers who checked the entrance area.

-??????????

-What? Why is it like this?

-Why are there two? Not just one?

-Where does this sudden behavior come from ㅡㅡ

Hae-rang, who had taken down one guard and succeeded in infiltration.

He asked in a calm voice.

“What changed?”

-That’s the door leading inside. There’s supposed to be one guard.

-Just like with those attackers last time, the difficulty keeps subtly changing ㅡㅡ

-At this point it’s not subtle, it’s blatant. If either one raises the alarm, it’s over?

-You need to take down two simultaneously, Brother Gwanjong. Do you have any hidden weapons?

Hae-rang quietly shook his head.

“No. I don’t have any.”

-Ah we’re screwed. If you can’t assassinate and the guards shout, the Quest ends immediately.

-Yeah, killing the guard isn’t the problem, but we can’t make any noise.

-This is bullshit. Who made these settings like this?

It was a setting that made even the watching viewers burst with frustration.

But Hae-rang instead nodded his head.

“As expected, two is correct. Just as I saw before jumping over here.”

-Huh? You knew there were two?

-How?

-You could see that from that far away?

-Hahahahaha at this point, isn’t this person Mongolian?

Hae-rang smiled slightly.

If they were Murim people who learned martial arts, most would have better eyesight than Mongolians.

-So what do you do now? Do you have a strategy?

-Where’s the strategy in that ㅡㅡ By the time you kill one, the other one will sound the alarm and it’s over.

-How do you kill enemies simultaneously?

Amid the pessimistic talk pouring out, Hae-rang slightly raised his head.

Then he made a strange expression.

“It’s not that there’s no method.”

Like waiting for an arriving bus or subway.

Hae-rang hid his body and stayed still.

He even showed himself nodding his head and counting beats.

-???

-Gwanjong! What are you going to do now!

-Just saying in advance, there’s no other way. You must go through that door to enter inside.

-Why are you just standing there? If we’re late, we won’t be able to get tripleS ㅠㅠ

Hae-rang silently waited for the right moment.

It wouldn’t be long anyway.

That ‘moment’ Hae-rang was waiting for.

‘Now…!’

Hae-rang emerged from his hiding place and began to act.

The assassin’s footwork that had been perfected even before receiving teachings from Ollapa.

No sound could be heard from Hae-rang’s feet as he deployed the Black Night Moon Hiding Step.

But no structures were visible around the entrance.

A situation where his identity would inevitably be revealed just before assassination.

Sure enough.

One of the two guards turned his head toward where Hae-rang was.

“You…!”

Swoosh!

At the same time, a crack appeared in the guard’s heart.

An approach and charge without any unnecessary movements.

And a clean single sword strike.

Considering the capsule’s overheating, he didn’t use the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, but there was no problem subduing one guard.

It was certainly an amazing swift sword technique,

but instead, sighs poured into the chat window.

-Ah! In the end, he only caught one!

-This will trigger the alarm.

-What a shame. How did he come this far only for this.

-Honestly, what he’s done so far is already amazing. Which streamer has ever hit an average grade of SSS up to this point?

-For real, forget average, I’ve never even seen two S’s in a single Quest.

-Gwanjong brother. You did well.

The viewers were treating the mission failure as a foregone conclusion.

But Hae-rang stood there without saying anything.

There were no words of regret or promises to try again.

-?

-What’s this?

-Now that I think about it…

That wasn’t the only strange thing.

The viewers realized belatedly.

The alarm sound that should have been heard wasn’t ringing.

Their gazes turned to the remaining guard.

Whoosh!

And they witnessed it.

Hot blood was spurting from the remaining guard’s crown.

He was already not of this world.

-Huh???

Naturally, Hae-rang had never swung his sword at this guard.

But a long sword was embedded in the guard’s crown.

More question marks than ever flooded the chat window.

-??

-??????????

-Hey, what’s this. Why is he dead like that?

-Literally died standing up lololololol

-Where did that sword come from?

-Was there backup?

-Backup my ass. Gwanjong has been moving alone this whole time.

-Uh.. but that sword looks familiar somehow?

-Isn’t that the Sword Master old man’s sword? The one Gwanjong borrowed!

-That’s right! Why is that sword stuck in the guard’s head?

-The last time Gwanjong brother used that sword was…

‘Light Dragon Ascending Heaven.’

The last time was when Hae-rang deployed his sword technique for long-distance leaping.

And Hae-rang had cast Giovanni’s sword into the sky like flying a kite.

Viewers who retraced the previous situation each clutched their heads.

-Wait, so that sword from back then just fell now?

-I thought he just threw it away in the sky!

-How high did he throw it for it to fall now?

I was joking around saying “Giovanni can’t lose his sword ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ” lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Was this calculated or just luck?

-Obviously calculated. Could such a coincidence suddenly happen at this exact moment?

-Gwanjong said it himself. He saw there were two people before jumping here.

-Wow, so it’s really true?

“Yes.”

Hae-rang calmly answered while wiping the blood off his blade.

“It’s a sword borrowed from the elder, so I should use it efficiently.”

-So it really was an intentional play;; Insane;;

-He designed this before flying here?

-Right. He was waiting continuously from before. Counting the beat.

-He was waiting for the moment Giovanni’s old man’s sword would fall!

The moment Giovanni’s sword falling from the sky touched the crown.

At the exact same timing, Hae-rang’s sword pierced the other guard’s heart.

Even if there had been a slight difference in the two men’s deaths, the Quest would have failed.

It was a passage that confirmed how sharp Hae-rang’s movements were.

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【Gwanjong, your planning was insane. Most chilling broadcast I’ve ever watched.】

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【Famous swords should be given to people like this. Should I give you one of the swords I made too?】

This single performance alone caused countless chats and donations to explode.

Hae-rang trembled as he was about to open the door.

-What’s wrong. Why is he like that?

-Gwanjong sir, are you hurt somewhere?

-It must be tough. Honestly, those weren’t human movements.

Hae-rang took a deep breath, then wiped his forehead and answered.

“No. No problem. It’s just a bit hot.”

-Hahaha we thought someone got hurt again.

-I’m glad you’re fine!

Hae-rang smiled slightly as he opened the door.

The reason he had hesitated was because of the dopamine rush from the praise.

But saying it was hot wasn’t a lie either.

The capsule had become overloaded due to fully opening the Heavenly Demon Divine Art for that brief moment.

‘Time attacks are tricky like this.’

There wasn’t any specific time limit set for this Quest.

But it was certain that the later he cleared the Quest, the lower his grade would be.

To calm the capsule’s overload, he needed to rest for a moment,

but taking a break would lower his grade.

That was why Hae-rang called it tricky.

However,

‘That’s what makes it fun.’

Grin.

A warm breeze settled in Hae-rang’s sharp eyes.

The position of Heavenly Demon wasn’t somewhere one could reach without competitive spirit.

The continuously rising difficulty was making his heart burn hot for the first time in a while.

“Well then, I’ll go again.”

Click!

Hae-rang opened the door and went down.

While descending the stairs, no sound could be heard.

* * *

Under luxurious golden and white lighting, a bald man spoke in a solemn voice.

“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti).”

“Amen.”

Pope Rodrigo, who had finished a large-scale mass at the Great Cathedral.

As he moved to the private passage behind the Great Cathedral, escort knights surrounded him as if they had been waiting.

The pure white expression he had shown before the believers was already gone.

Though the lights on the ceiling were clearly white, a red glow circled around Rodrigo’s bald crown.

It meant he was angry enough for his head to blow its top.

“The status of the pursuit team. Haven’t you found them yet?”

“We apologize, Your Holiness.”

“It’s been several days since I sent them to eliminate the Assassination Corps. At this point, we should consider them lost souls.”

“Even if by any chance they were all defeated, we will gather as many clues as possible.”

“You had better do so. If there are no results this time either, the Lord’s grace will not reach you this time.”

The Guard Captain who had been conversing with Rodrigo turned pale.

His tone was gentle.

He maintained respectful speech even to his subordinates, but the underlying meaning in his words was cold as ice.

It meant he would replace the guards if they didn’t bring the information he wanted.

Here, ‘replacement’ meant the purge of the existing guards.

Thud thud… Stop.

Rodrigo, who had been walking through the private passage, suddenly stopped.

What could it be this time?

The guards gulped nervously.

“Somehow the outside… seems a bit noisy.”

“I’ll check it out.”

Just as the Guard Captain was about to send a subordinate outside,

“Captain!”

A soldier from outside came looking for them first instead.

“It’s an attack! The Assassination Squad has appeared simultaneously at the front gate and back gate.”

“What?”

The Guard Captain’s face twisted in shock.

Then he urgently reported to the Pope, whose face was even more crumpled.

“You should take cover. It seems the Assassination Corps has finally made it here.”

“Hmm… Let’s do that.”

Though he wanted to slaughter these incompetent fools right now, escaping came first.

Pope Rodrigo walked through the passage the guards guided him to.

It was an emergency passage that was normally unused and strictly restricted.

Rodrigo made the sign of the cross as he walked through the dim passage.

‘Lord. Please let these damn affairs be finished soon.’

It was an irritating matter in many ways.

The plan to massacre the assassin family in Florence and obtain the Codex Page had failed.

The plan to send a pursuit team to annihilate the Assassination Corps had also failed.

His work to collect Codex Pages and challenge God kept falling through.

‘If only those utterly incompetent vermin hadn’t been there.’

Rodrigo stopped walking and turned his head with an irritated expression.

“…?”

Was it just his imagination?

Something felt strange.

Had the guard unit always been this size?

While it wasn’t noticeably reduced, Rodrigo felt a sense of unease.

“Guard Captain.”

“Yes, Pope.”

“Were some of the guards reassigned due to the earlier attack?”

“Pardon? No, we are a separately organized papal guard unit that maintains our forces even during emergencies.”

“But… why do the numbers seem so few?”

“Excuse me?”

Perhaps because he was constantly watching Rodrigo’s mood.

The Guard Captain hadn’t detected the ‘subtle changes’ occurring in the passage at all.

It was an understandable situation.

If any of the guards had been taken down, even the slightest ‘presence’ should have been felt.

But the Guard Captain’s five senses detected nothing.

However,

“The guards who were at the rear…”

Had disappeared.

At least five or more unit members had vanished.

A cold sweat trickled down the Guard Captain’s back.

Even if his five senses hadn’t detected it, his sixth sense was telling him.

That there was an ‘assassin’ in this passage—the very thing they feared most!

“Everyone prepare for combat!”

The Guard Captain took the lead and drew his sword.

At the far end of the dark secret passage.

A black shadow flickering in the torchlight began to appear.

Click.

From that silhouette’s right hand came the sound of a blade announcing the final battle.

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