Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 144

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Chapter 144

The moment Hwang So gently set down the grenade and Seo Jun took cover.
“Ah! He won! He actually won this! That’s an impossible play!”
Cheers erupted from the commentary desk. It was Arin and Bang Ju’s voices.
“I mean, blocking bullets with a frying pan. You all saw the absurd expression on Hwang So’s face, right? We have two people wearing that exact expression right now.”
Arin continued speaking while glancing sideways.
Those two were Penguin and Tae Yang.
Even as Penguin and Tae Yang explained Seo Jun’s quick and accurate aim, they both said his decision to fight Hwang So was a mistake.
Equipment is hard to overcome, they said—it would be better to recover stamina first and then fight, or somehow escape the spot entirely.
It was merely common sense. Not a shred of emotion in their words.
But what happened in the engagement that followed was.
“With a frying pan, it’s amazing the game can even work like this! He pulls out the victory! Two squads completely annihilated! Sure, he couldn’t take the vest or helmet, but what does that matter?”
Bang Ju asked.
“Why?”
“Because he has the frying pan!”
Similar reactions flooded Seo Jun’s chat.

-For real lmaooo
-One frying pan and you’ve done all your farming right
-The absolute invincible frying pan that can’t be pierced by bullets—if you farm a rare item like that you’re done right?
-A frying pan being called a rare item is a stretch though lol

The impact of Seo Jun’s play was that enormous.
Bang Ju suddenly caught on and began bragging.
“Well, that’s true! But did you know? I actually saw this coming.”
“You predicted he’d solve it with the frying pan?”
“Of course. The moment he picked up that frying pan, didn’t everyone feel something ominous about it?”
“Not at all.”
“Even in the ancient Goguryeo murals of Subak-do, the act of blocking bullets with a frying pan is recorded. This isn’t an unprecedented play at all.”
Subak-do refers to the tomb murals of Goguryeo.
“Ah, is that so?”

-Goguryeo Subak-do is legit lol
-A storied technique indeed
-Why would they make a frying pan that durable anyway. It was probably just being used for its actual purpose!
-Did frying pans exist in Goguryeo?
-What, didn’t they? You punk?
-Why is this guy being so confident about it lololol

“Indeed. Using a frying pan as an improvised shield in emergency situations isn’t unheard of. Why else would they make the frying pan by mixing orichalcum and titanium in the first place?”
A torrent of complete nonsense.
“So the main materials really were orichalcum and titanium? That explains it!”
In any case, the meaning got through. Bullets could be blocked.
“Of course, up until now it’s mainly been used to protect the head from a distance, as improvisation. Actually blocking them head-on like this is quite rare. And multiple times at such close range! Truly inhuman reflexes.”
It’s not the kind of reflexes where you see the bullet and move. That would make you superhuman.
Still, seeing the muzzle flash and batting it away is more than enough for incredible reflexes.
“So what are you trying to say?”
“That now a swordmaster with such exceptional reflexes has a sword in hand, the game is over.”

-Here we go with the sword talk again lol
-The other room’s regular viewers were doing this too, but everyone connected to Seo Jun is doing the “the frying pan is a sword” thing lol
-Did Seo Jun drive people crazy like this, or did those kinds of people naturally gravitate toward him

“Perhaps starting today, the age of the frying pan revolution will begin in Ground Zero. Now, the moment those words are spoken, combat breaks out elsewhere!”
The screen switches. The location is the Airfield.
The Hospital is quiet, Seo Jun’s squad is leisurely farming, and only Seo Jun remains at the Camp, so this is practically the only place where a fight can happen.
Players crouched behind cover, frantically shooting at each other.
Arin grasped the previous situation and explained.
“Spoon was waiting at the bunker entrance when Mental’s team suddenly ambushed him, starting the engagement! There was no way they’d just let it pass.”
The fact that no collision had occurred until now was actually surprising.
“They landed together at a popular spot, divided the territory fairly, and were about to farm and move on. As a streamer, that would be a total failure.”
And so the two teams collided.
The A-Class player on Mental Team was Pado.
Using Seo Jun’s terminology, he was Pantyman—in other words, a veteran player of this game.
The viewers knew it too. That Pado was the best player this game had to offer.
When Pado first landed a hit on Spoon, the fight began.
The Airfield spot.
The exact location of the bunker entrance there was beyond the outer wall surrounding the airfield.
Its appearance looked like a common Korean Oxygen Storage when viewed from inside the airfield—a mound of earth piled into a rounded shape.
But up close, it was quite large, and viewed from the opposite side, the entrance going downward was hollowed out. Incidentally, the Hospital’s bunker entrance is on the first underground floor.
The moment Spoon took fire, he immediately went to that hollowed-out entrance and began using healing items.
His teammates took cover using boxes and similar terrain features near the bunker, and the vehicles they’d parked, shooting at the approaching enemies while waiting for Spoon to finish healing.
“Ah. The Spoon Squad seems to be planning to hold out just a bit longer and then head straight underground. Very defensive, right? Both teams have smoke grenades down at the moment.”
“That’s right.”
“It’ll open soon. Once the Spoon Squad enters the underground first, the pursuers will naturally be reluctant to follow. They need to do something before that happens.”
Bang!
Beyond the thick haze, bullets pass back and forth.
“Ah! Pado’s landed a hit! That’s exactly why you need to change positions after laying smoke. If the enemy aims at the last spot they saw you, and you’re still there, what was the point of the smoke?”
The three commentators were breaking down the current battle.
“Ah, that moment! Pado’s teammates are getting in the vehicle. Could it be a frontal charge?”
A vehicle burst out from the thick haze.
Of course, Spoon’s teammates tried to shoot at the approaching car, but Pado’s team’s relentless barrage kept them from mounting an effective defense.
And the vehicle didn’t come straight at the bunker—instead, it circled around it.
“Are they giving up on the bunker? Quick decision?”
“Who knows.”
“Ah! The passenger in the back seat is preparing to throw something!”
It was a grenade.
“But at this range, even if he throws it that way, it shouldn’t reach the teammates holding position at the bunker entrance…. Ah! Spoon was there!”
Now that Spoon was nearly finished using the Emergency Kit, a grenade flies at him from the vehicle.
But the grenade didn’t make it over—it caught on the edge of the ridge and fell back.
“What an incredible stroke of luck! Jabtcho looks so embarrassed!”
“It had to catch on the very edge! Haha! What an amazing coincidence.”
“Right…… wait?”
That was when Pado, who had the wheel, extended his arm out the window and fired at something.
Bang!
The bullet struck the grenade sitting on the ridge’s edge.
It didn’t immediately detonate. That’s how the physics engine works.
Instead, the grenade tumbled downward.
The screen switches to Spoon’s perspective.
Spoon had just finished recovering his health and was standing up.
And the moment he looked up.
The grenade, falling through the air, reaches its timer and detonates mid-flight.
Right above Spoon’s head.
“Ah! Instant kill! Spoon, the A-Class player, is down!”
“Pado heads straight back to the airfield. He’s getting enthusiastic cheers from the back seat! But the lack of shoulder contact and such physical affection is probably because he’s shirtless, right?”
They cheer, but they don’t get close.
Not because Pado’s hands are on the wheel for safe driving, but simply because he’s shirtless.
“In any case, it doesn’t look like they were targeting the bunker from the start! They just caused a quick ruckus and now they’re heading to the plane exactly as planned.”
“Then they’re aiming to snag supply drops while flying. I mean, they don’t really need to hit the Secret Room, do they?”
The airfield’s greatest advantage is the airplane.
Flying through the sky can make you an easy target, but there aren’t many people here right now. And most of them have already headed underground.
So the supply drops falling from the sky are practically guaranteed to be theirs.
“So the winner of the underground and Pado’s team will face off.”
“A perfectly logical strategy! And if Pado’s insane improvisation kicks in one more time, he might even take the championship. Haha. The moment the grenade landed, he was already thinking about shooting it. You really do have to watch out for those Pantyman types.”
“I don’t know how many iconic moments this game is going to produce.”

-For real lol
-Veteran players are just built different
-These A-Class players really have that class
-Spoon got shot and died while healing, isn’t he A-Class?
-What kind of spoon is that
-They’re all insane ddd
-But is Seo Jun really supposed to be treated as a veteran player on his first game?
-Yeah he definitely is

[A storm will soon envelop the area.]

A lull period descended, and Arin began summarizing the situation. She started focusing on those heading underground.
First came the nearby entrance.
“So here come the two members of the Spoon Squad without Spoon, looking a bit deflated!”
She captures the two descending rapidly.
“And the Hospital Squad, fully farmed, with Dopants especially loaded!”
Soon the Hospital team was descending as well. Into the dark, narrow-passaged yet sprawling underground.
“The final player. Personally, I think this player might farm the underground and then have a final showdown with Pado. After all, he bounced bullets off with a frying pan and took down two squads…… wait? What’s he doing? He’s throwing the gun away? What? What? He’s just heading down into the underground?”
Faced with a situation she simply couldn’t comprehend, Arin was dumbfounded.
“Observer, can you check the inventory?”
Bang Ju quickly asked, and on the screen showing Seo Jun’s Inventory that appeared.
“Hmm. No Level 3 vest, no helmet, and above all….”
Arin spoke.
“…… No gun either. What’s going on?”
Bang Ju laughed heartily. Thinking that truly, at every moment, this guy does something outrageous.
“Haha! Looking at the viewer chat, I can tell what happened. He said he was going to show us what a true sword is, and threw it!”

-Is he insane? lololol
-Is he always like this?
-Yeah he’s always like this! lololol
-Ah lol hurry up and tune into Seo Jun’s stream too, it’s hilarious
-Showing us what a true sword really is

And Penguin let out a sigh.
“Ah. That puts him far from winning.”
“What? Penguin, what do you mean by that?”
Meanwhile, Seo Jun’s voice came through the screen as he spoke to viewers.

[Tae-woo’s coming down? Ha… I will absolutely catch that guy. Absolutely.]

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After finishing leisurely farming in the Hospital, Tae-woo felt an uncanny chill run down his spine as he descended the stairs and checked the chat.
Because the surroundings were dark, the only things he could see clearly were the chat window and the interface.

-lololol
-lololol
-lololol
-lololol

‘What’s with all the laughing.’
Uneasy.

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