Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 124

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Chapter 124

Seo Jun played three more matches using only Kael.
In that time, there were people who wanted him to play a different hero, and others who wanted to see a 3-Person Formation, but neither situation worked out.
The former was simply because Seo Jun didn’t want to play another hero.
The latter was because the games ended before enough people could gather.
Enemy mid or jungle would abandon, and Surrender came quickly.
Internal conflict broke out at times.
Seo Jun thought that newbies these days really lacked persistence.
Of course, he didn’t voice this aloud.
“Today was fun too, Travel Broadcast.”
After finishing the Travel Broadcast, Seo Jun exited the Capsule.

* * *

Before bed, Seo Jun washed up and then sat at his desk.
The East Server meeting.

[Han Ji-min: Boss! The top player in the game has finally hit 1 million views!]
[Seo Jun: Wow!]

The one-on-one video against Rankers that had climbed to third on the trending videos list had reached one million views, becoming the highest-viewed video on Seo Jun’s channel.
It took two weeks, but the milestone of one million carried a moving resonance.

[Lee Gun-yeong: There we go! Worth uploading promptly!]
[Han Ji-min: Agreed.]

For the past few days, they had been constantly refreshing to watch for the million-view milestone, and the video finally reached that threshold today.

[Lee Gun-yeong: How much money did we make just from that video lol]
[Han Ji-min: Probably around 700 to 800 thousand?]
[Lee Gun-yeong: Wow… insane.]
[Han Ji-min: Congratulations, boss!]
[Han Ji-min: (character giving rough congratulations emoji)]

Really, it was less about the money and more about the shift in magnitude.
‘So the cut I get from that video is around 3.5 to 4 million won?’
For Seo Jun, who had become independent and lived frugally through university, and had lived a modest life in his past existence, earning this much from a single video was substantial.
Looking back at his past, Seo Jun nodded.
‘I was certainly modest.’
Corrupt officials take money from bad people in exchange for protection, and allow harm to come to good people or steal from them.
Seo Jun did the exact opposite.
That’s not to say he forcibly extorted money from bad people.
When they were brought to the Chamber of Truth, they offered it up willingly—so why would he bother extorting it?

[Seo Jun: Coffee’s on me to celebrate hitting 1 million views for the first time!]
[Lee Gun-yeong: Wow! Telling us to work harder, huh!]
[Han Ji-min: Drink this quick and focus on pumping out videos, you slaves!]
[Han Ji-min: That’s what he meant, right?]
[Seo Jun: Yep lol. And cake too.]
[Han Ji-min: Cake? Delicious. Thanks!]
[Lee Gun-yeong: Me too!]
[Seo Jun: And finally, I know a good gym, so I’ll cover memberships for you both!]

Silence fell over the chat immediately after.
‘Hmm.’
The “1” that should have been next to the conversation definitely disappeared—so why aren’t they replying?
Thinking about health should be a good thing.
Even immortals can’t escape time’s passage.
Of course, Seo Jun—who hadn’t experienced proper aging and hadn’t lived that long before leaving young—was hardly one to lecture.
Still, managing your health early is obviously the right call.
Caught in such a pointless train of thought, Seo Jun typed in the chat again.

[Seo Jun: What do you think about the membership?]

As soon as his message appeared, the number disappeared. It didn’t seem like they’d left.

[Han Ji-min: Oh right! Boss, did you see the email?]
[Seo Jun: About the membership?]
[Han Ji-min: No, I mean the Leios recruitment email!]
[Seo Jun: Oh?]

Seo Jun’s eyes widened at the unexpected news.
Tournament organizers gather streamers through two methods.
One is accepting applications, the other is recruitment.
Usually they recruit first, then filter applicants accordingly and hold a lottery, with recruitment making up about 10-20% of spots.
This ratio used to be much higher.
But as the streaming market grew and the number of streamers exploded, things changed.
Except for a minimum core of essential streamers needed for the event’s success, there’s no longer a need to reserve tournament spots through recruitment—options became too diverse.
In short, back when the total pool of streamers was small, the organizers were the underdogs.

—Could you possibly compete in our tournament? If you don’t come, we’re done for.

That’s how it used to be.
But now.

—Whoever wants to come, come on! The prizes are generous!

It had flipped.
That’s why Seo Jun thought it would be that much harder for him to get recruited.
Oh Ji-hye had said it wouldn’t happen either.
But to receive a recruitment offer like this—it was surprising.

[Seo Jun: I guess I managed to catch their attention a bit, after all.]
[Han Ji-min: Boss, didn’t you say you wanted to compete in Leios? This worked out!]
[Lee Gun-yeong: I don’t think it’s just a little attention they’re paying……]

Lee Gun-yeong, reading Seo Jun’s message, thought from afar.
‘Please develop some self-awareness, boss.’
Regardless, Seo Jun remained consistent.

[Seo Jun: I thought this level of interest would be a bit lacking for a recruitment, but here we are.]
[Han Ji-min: True. The boss has been holding back some power. The fact that they noticed despite that—that’s like a sword hidden in its sheath, isn’t it?]
[Seo Jun: Oh, nicely put?]
[Han Ji-min: hahahaha]
[Lee Gun-yeong: …]
[Seo Jun: Well then, I’m off to sleep.]
[Han Ji-min: Got it!]
[Lee Gun-yeong: Got it!]
[Han Ji-min: Oh, and check your trash folder in email!]

Trash folder?
Is it about the Leios recruitment?

[Seo Jun: Understood.]

Seo Jun closed the chat, logged into the site, opened his email, and went to the trash folder.
There he discovered both that Han Ji-min had been quite diligent about cleaning out the inbox, and that the matter wasn’t related to Leios at all.
Rather than Leios, it was The League.
Emails within The League related to Kael.

[I want your perspective]
[Please share the pattern]
[It’ll probably get nerfed or changed, but I just want to know once]
[How much would you need? We’ll fund it however much! You can trust Kael enthusiasts!]

Hundreds of emails had accumulated like this.
Han Ji-min’s effort in moving all these to trash was noteworthy.
“The content’s pretty much all the same,” Seo Jun remarked after reading through them.
That was his entire assessment.
People really love Kael.
To understand the situation better, Seo Jun went to the community and found The League’s Kael forum.
Upon entering, he could grasp the circumstances.

[Can’t chat?]
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Have to wait 3 hours after following
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They had initially tried to ask Seo Jun directly.
But they hit a chat restriction wall.

—Can’t do anything. Can’t even threaten.
└He’s the type to go dark for a week to discipline his audience. Watch out
└Wow, I really gotta be careful
—Can’t you existing viewers chat about it for us?
└Even without us, people keep asking for it in chat, but the streamer ignores it
└Maybe we need spam to get his attention?
└That might get us in trouble lol
└Then how about spam donations?
—Hey guys, let’s go with email instead. That seems cleaner. Everything else is a nuisance

That’s how the emails came.
Since this was an email address opened specifically for viewers to share their thoughts, the Kael users’ choice was appropriate.
Seo Jun deliberated briefly.
Since there was no reason to hide it, telling them wasn’t a problem.
“But it won’t mean much even if I tell them.”
Explanation was possible, but if understanding the principle was enough to see it, someone besides Seo Jun would have discovered it long ago.
“Still, considering the sincerity behind sending that email.”
Seo Jun sat at his computer, logged into Travel Broadcast, and started a stream.
The broadcast started.
The title was Kael, and the screen showed only a black, empty background.
He waited a moment and monitored the Kael forum.

[That streamer turned on his broadcast!]

—Out of nowhere? Why?
—Has he done this before?
└No
—Did he turn it on because of us?
—The title itself is Kael
—Will he tell us right away? That’s crazy
—Love a communicative streamer, heading over now

Confirming the reaction he’d hoped for, Seo Jun shifted his gaze to the chat window, which was now confused by his sudden broadcast.

—What’s this?
—Huh??
—Hello?
—Did you mess up?
—Say something
—If it’s an accident, we can just pretend and restream later
—Is this the legendary scenario where you accidentally stream while trash-talking and get caught?
—Yeah, that happens to a lot of people lol

They were saying some rough things.
A streamer accidentally broadcasting while causing problems was an annual occurrence, but Seo Jun wasn’t destined to be the subject.
“No, I know people think I have a bad personality on broadcast, right?”

—Hey
—He’s talking
—Wait, he was aware he has a bad personality? Didn’t expect that

“That personality is purely a broadcast concept. My real personality is quite different. I’m a good person, actually. So even if I broadcast 24/7 without knowing it, I’d be fine.”

—There he goes with bullshit again
—Nobody believes that
—Academic consensus is that you’re suppressing your personality for broadcast lol
—So why’d you turn it on?
—Gaming?

“Ah. The reason I turned it on is to teach you all the method for seeing Kael’s Vital Point Pattern next time.”
Though Kael users currently couldn’t type in chat, had they been able to, they surely would’ve been spamming the keyboard.
“I won’t waste time. Here it is: if you just think about it a little, the Kael pattern shows itself.”
The roughly three thousand viewers gathered went blank for a moment.
“There’ll be a notice going up soon, so check it out. Travel Broadcast.”
And with that, the stream ended.

—?
—What the hell
—Crazy bastard lol
—If you’re curious, check The League’s Kael forum
—He’s a grade-A asshole lol
—Kael fans are crying lol

For a while after the stream ended, the chat was flooded with laughter.
Those spamming laughter were likely the ones who’d been playing in the Kael forum and heard about Seo Jun becoming the topic instead of the pattern.
Those viewers continued spamming with keyboard mashing.
Soon, they’d probably head to that forum.
Just like Seo Jun was doing now.

[??]
[Is this provocation?]
[Did we just get challenged?]
[lol damn]
[“Just use a little brainpower and you’ll see it” lol he’s asking to get his ass handed to him]
[This guy’s probably scamming and doesn’t even know it himself]
[Yeah, that scam strategy leaked ages ago lol]

Seo Jun smiled with satisfaction and began drafting a notice on YouTube.
Just then, a post he liked appeared.

[Check the notice before you get mad, guys!]
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But damn, this is annoying.
Better write that notice well, streamer ^^
==

The post’s content wasn’t what he liked, but.
In any case, if he left it as is, people might laugh now but serious folks could show up later, so he needed to post the notice quickly.
Seo Jun typed rapidly, hit enter, and the notice went up on his YouTube community.

[I’ll explain Kael’s pattern in detail during tomorrow’s broadcast!]

The response was positive.
Comments from non-subscribers appeared instantly.

—Oh!
—Nice!
—Kael fans, we won! It’s the power of the email!
—This streamer’s going places! He’s a good person! He even looks kind!
—Now we’re using 2-Person Formation too hehe
—These guys are so simple lol
—Your character control and audience training have reached an art form, sir…

He hadn’t explained in detail through the notice beforehand.
If he had, people definitely wouldn’t have slept—trying to verify the truth of what Seo Jun said, which was a shame.
‘Kael’s next vital point is roughly in the middle difficulty position if you think of it as chained after parrying the previous vital point. But if I wrote that without any other explanation,’
they’d definitely spend the night not having constructive discussions and research, but just generating insults directed at Seo Jun.
It couldn’t be helped.
Middle difficulty.
Moderately.
You’ll figure it out.
Sensation is something that can only be explained this way.
Someone who designed it directly might just post the formula, but even if you saw the formula, no one would become able to predict it. Not even the designer.
Still, that didn’t mean Seo Jun had nothing to offer.
‘I could teach them how to develop that sense, or help them directly and enlighten them a bit.’
Besides, there was an email with a title that had been nagging him.

[Is this Kael in that old video from back then? It’s you, right? I’m a fan!]

The sender was a top-tier Challenger-ranked skilled player.
Since the main content was a brief introduction and a request for instruction, Seo Jun discovered it, and finding this perfectly suited email, he interlaced his fingers.
Then he muttered with a rather serious expression.
“A true Challenger, then.”
The viewers who’d been watching Seo Jun so far had passed hatred and reached exasperation whenever he talked about teaching.
It seemed that most of them being Bronze and Silver had just been proven moments ago.

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