Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 54

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Chapter 54

“Aaahhhhh!”

An untimely scream echoes through Florence in the dead of night.

“Gyaaahhh!”

“Oh my. What is that sound?”

Two women walking down the street flinched.

Then they looked at each other’s faces.

“That’s a human voice, right?”

“Yes. I heard it too.”

“I don’t know what’s happening, but they must be under extreme stress.”

“Right. At first I thought it was the sound of an animal.”

“What could be tormenting that person so much?”

“Aaahhhhh!”

The two women flinched once again.

Then they turned their gaze toward where the sound was coming from.

Where their eyes were directed, there stood Leonardo da Vinci’s house.

-Hahahahaha that scream was pretty intense

-Tsk tsk, why did you have to go and agree to that favor

-I shouldn’t have messed with cryptography from the beginning lol

-Crushed by the disaster he brought upon himself~

-Can’t cancel now, what about our poor Leonardo?

-You killed him! You did!

-Absolutely can’t cancel. The other party is an ‘Assassin’ who cut off the Pope’s head.

-Elogio (Cancellation is only possible through death)

-It must be really fucking hard to decode this lololololol

“Elogio! I say, Elogio!”

He had pulled at his hair so much it looked like circular baldness.

Leonardo, half out of his mind, came looking for Hae-rang and grabbed both his hands.

“I was prepared for this, but I didn’t know it would be this difficult. It might be impossible!”

The three Codex pages that Hae-rang had collected.

As soon as they were completed, he had entrusted Leonardo with decoding them.

He knew it would be difficult work,

But Leonardo had steeled his mind with intellectual curiosity and began the task.

And after one week.

Leonardo’s steeled mind had become as soft as chiffon cake.

“Don’t say such things, Leonardo.”

Hae-rang squeezed the clasped hands tightly.

“This decoding is something only you can do in Florence, no, in this entire country.”

“Elogio….”

“It doesn’t matter how long it takes. If you can just solve the code, I’m fine staying here for one year or even ten years. Trust me who believes in you, and please give it just a little more effort.”

“You…!”

Vitality begins seeping into Leonardo’s empty eyes.

Hae-rang’s sincere encouragement seemed to help.

But unfortunately, the viewers were interpreting it in a slightly different direction.

-Hahahaha you can’t escape!

-Hey hey, check Leonardo’s hands. Aren’t they crushed?

-For real, when they’re holding on that tight and won’t let go, how can you say you can’t do it

-Gwanjong is actually a scary person;;

-Pretending to cheer while torturing with grip strength ㅇㅅㅇ

-Says they’ll stay put for a year or even ten years ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ This level of freeloading is basically criminal

-I’ll wait until you succeed! (While playing and eating with your money)

-Ah, if you want to get me out, hurry up and find the antidote lololololol

Whatever the reason, Leonardo gave his all to decode the cipher.

On a day when his cheeks had sunken in deeply from exhaustion,

He finally let out a mad roar.

“I did it! I did it!”

“Leonardo! You!”

Leonardo, who was approaching Hae-rang, crashed to the ground.

His lower body strength had weakened from sitting at his desk wrestling with the code every day.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. Thinking that you’ll finally leave now….”

“Huh?”

“Ah. That’s not what I meant. What am I saying.”

Leonardo slapped his sunken cheeks with both palms.

The chat window was flooded with countless “ㅋ”s.

“If my decoding is correct, the Sacred Secret Vault is in the Cursed Castle of Forli.”

“The cursed castle of Forli.”

Hae-rang examined the map hanging on the wall.

From here in Florence to Forli was roughly 100 kilometers.

If they could get horses, it was a distance they could reach within three days.

“I understand Forli’s location, but what is this cursed castle?”

“Literally what it says. The cursed castle’s name is Disastro. The name itself means disaster. It’s a castle where no one lives now, and they say anyone who sets foot in that place contracts an incurable disease or goes insane.”

“Indeed. It’s worthy of being called a cursed castle.”

“According to the codex page, the secret vault is located on the lowest floor of Disastro. What’s inside the vault is called the ‘Fruit of Good and Evil’.”

“Fruit of Good and Evil? Isn’t that a fruit only spoken of in religion?”

“I don’t know anything beyond that. It could be a symbolic term, or perhaps it really is an object from mythology. In any case, they say that obtaining the Fruit of Good and Evil grants power close to that of a transcendent being.”

Power close to that of a transcendent being.

Hae-rang’s prediction was correct.

Like the codex page, the Fruit of Good and Evil likely had special energy dwelling within it.

So there was no reason not to go find it.

“Do you truly intend to go? Elogio.”

Leonardo asked, swallowing his saliva.

“As far as I know, there isn’t a single person. Not one person who entered Disastro and remained alive and well. Even that arrogant Pope, even the ambitious Emperor – there’s history of them dying after going there.”

“No problem. Leonardo.”

Hae-rang stood up from his seat and smiled brightly.

“Neither the Pope nor the Emperor could do what I can do.”

* * *

Neigh!

“Good work.”

After patting the horse’s neck a couple of times, Hae-rang tied the rope connected to the horse to a tree.

“Is that the place?”

What a strange formation.

A massive lake that couldn’t be taken in at a single glance.

In the middle of it stood a castle towering high.

There seemed to have originally been a bridge connecting to the castle, but now only the remnants of the entrance remained forlornly.

‘Even if there were a bridge, people wouldn’t visit this cursed place anyway.’

The surrounding vegetation was full of vibrant green life.

But only the castle was dark and gloomy.

Just looking at it made one corner of his chest feel chilly and uncomfortable.

Hae-rang scratched his head with his finger.

The distance from the lakeshore to the castle looked to be well over a thousand meters.

-Hahaha looks like our attention seeker got flustered?

-Here there’s no choice but to swim. Surely he’s not good at swimming too?

-Gasp, then is our attention-seeker oppa going shirtless? +_+

-Not a chance. South Korea has its proud indigenous culture – rash guards

-This isn’t South Korea, it’s medieval Italy ㅡㅡ? What kind of bullshit are you talking about

-Some crazy guy here built a boat and left with it lmaooo said he has a phobia of water

Hae-rang, who had read the chat window, answered concisely.

“I won’t be swimming.”

-Oh? Then how are you going to cross?

-Is it because of exposure? It’s a customized body anyway, so what does it matter?

-Hahahaha for real, you probably made your abs super ripped anyway, right?

-I always think about this, but how great would it be if our attention seeker actually looked like that in real life ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Patient, you have severe delusions. Here’s a red pill.

-For real, I’m curious. Is there any way other than swimming here?

“It’s not that I can’t swim, but I’d end up looking like a soaked rat.”

Hae-rang emitted a resolute gaze.

“It’s hard to receive praise looking like that.”

-Uh.. that does seem like a valid point..

-Yeah, that’s spot on

-Gwanjong-nim. This isn’t the time to be concerned about looks, is it? The Fruit of Good and Evil is right before your eyes;;

-For real, now they’re going into the hall of fame

Hall of fame.

Only users who cleared the ‘Assassin Series’ on disaster difficulty could engrave their names on the Fruit of Good and Evil.

That name would be recorded separately on the ‘Gonau Soft’ website.

Whether gamers or streamers, everyone wanted to engrave their name on the Fruit of Good and Evil.

It was like a permanent Achievement, after all.

“It’s fine. It’ll be faster than swimming anyway.”

After answering that way, Hae-rang looked around.

Then he picked up a long tree branch from around the tree where he had tied the horse.

“I should have borrowed Elder Giovanni’s sword if I knew this would happen.”

Hae-rang held a long tree branch and bent one knee.

Too flashy to be called swordsmanship,

yet too threatening to be called dance movements.

Whiriririk!

Hae-rang executed one movement of Sword Dance.

He rotated his torso, and his arm followed through.

When the tree branch in his hand fully captured that rotational force, Hae-rang stretched his arm upward.

Spot!

The spiral rotational force created by the Sword Dance shook the entire tree branch.

Green leaves naturally scattered in all directions.

Far away.

All the way to the cursed castle beyond the lake.

Taang!

As the leaves fell one by one onto the lake’s surface, Hae-rang shot out like a bullet.

Then he began stepping on each leaf, starting from the one in front.

Pong pong pong!

A sound so faint you’d have to strain your ears to hear it.

But the speed was remarkably fast.

The viewers all had to doubt their eyes.

They never imagined that Hae-rang would actually ‘run’ by stepping on leaves that had fallen on the lake’s surface.

-What the hell is that;;

-Now they’re even showing off superpowers, this is getting ridiculous lol

-I know that! It’s called Grass Walking!

-Grass Walking is stepping on grass, but Gwanjong is running on leaves?

-Then let’s call it Yeopsangbi ㅇㅇ

-Portrait ratio, landscape ratio aren’t the issue, how is that even possible ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ

-I’ve seen many amazing things from Brother Gwanjong, but this seems like the best;;;

-He used a skill, right? Otherwise;;

-Skill window! Let’s see the skill window!

-Damn, nothing’s showing up. Guess he’s just doing it naturally.

-Just running to the lake with no skills whatsoever lololololol

Pong!

One leaf floating closest to the castle.

Hae-rang stepped on it and soared into the sky.

On the water’s surface, there were no bubbles at all, only gentle ripples spreading out.

Whirik whirik!

Hae-rang spun twice in midair and landed right in front of the castle.

What he had been waiting for began exploding mercilessly.

【Nam Hong-cheol donated 30,000 won!】

【Bravo. The landing was perfect too.】

【Sidalso donated 20,000 won!】

【Our attention-seeker is running across the lake ㅠㅠㅠㅠ】

【Usain Bolt donated 10,000 won!】

【Can I come learn how to run from you?】

【Truth Seeker donated 40,000 won!】

【How did you do it? How did you do it? How did you do it? How did you do it? How did you do it? How did you do it?】

Praise and admiration.

And even donations.

Even by his own standards, it was quite a stylish performance.

The Sword Dance when shaking the tree branches.

The sight of running across the lake’s surface by stepping on leaves.

Like leaves falling on the lake’s surface, Hae-rang smiled gently.

“Better than swimming, right?”

–_-b

-^-^bb

-ㅠㅠbbbbbbb

With countless thumbs up appearing, Hae-rang took a step forward.

Before him stood Disastro,

the cursed castle of Forli.

“It’s really huge when you see it up close.”

Even the front gate before his eyes required him to look up to see its top.

Just as Hae-rang was about to casually pull the door,

“Hmm?”

His eyes widened for a moment.

Then he roughly grabbed the door handle and pulled.

Pishuuk!

A piercing sound that stimulated the ears.

Iron spikes hidden above the front gate shot down toward the ground.

Thunk!

Several spikes as thick as a leg embedded themselves where Hae-rang had been standing just moments before.

Even the viewers watching felt their hearts sink at the situation.

-What the????????

-Why did the Cursed Castle suddenly become a fortress?

-If you go and find the Fruit of Good and Evil, the Quest ends, right?

Wooooong!

As if telling them not to expect any conventional developments, heavy mechanical sounds echoed from inside Disastro.

The final thudding sound seemed to send out a warning.

Come on.

Come and try if you’re confident.

“…Mechanism Formation?”

A familiar smile appeared on Hae-rang’s lips.

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