Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 17

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Episode 17

“Hello. It’s our first time meeting in person. I’m Jin Seojun, a Travel streamer.”
Seojun opened the door and walked toward the desk where the camera was set up, waving at it.
Then he took a seat in the chair prepared beside it.
After pulling out the chair for Seojun, Alpaca spoke once he was settled.
“What do you think, everyone? Doesn’t Seojun look exactly like his avatar? I told you, didn’t I?”
Alpaca grinned broadly, speaking with evident pride.

-Wow
-Why is he actually so handsome? Why is he actually so handsome? Why is he actually so handsome?
-If anything, he looks better in person lmaooo
-The world is so unfair, seriously a gem
-But why are you happy about it, Alpaca?lol
-Alpaca touched his nose, touched his eyes, got his jaw shaved—

Alpaca was laughing until he caught one chat message and scowled at it.
“Hey! This is the exact face I scanned back in my twenties! What did I touch?! It’s the same as it was a few years ago.”

-???
-Huh?
-What? You really don’t know?
-Lololol
-ㅡㅅㅡ (Alpaca’s exact face)

“Well… I do know I’ve gained a bit of weight…”

-A bit of weight?
-Just a bit?
-Looks like you got hit with a barrage from Father Time himself
-Now that Seojun’s here next to you, man, the comparison is hitting hard lmaooo

“Yeah, I’m not listening. Can’t see it.”
Alpaca closed his eyes and pretended not to notice.
He then shifted his chair slightly away from Seojun’s side as he spoke.
“Actually, Seojun, if you could move over a little so you look better on camera—”
“Hm?”

-Lololol
-100% self-conscious
-Wait, why are you moving away?lolol

Seojun went along with it, and Alpaca positioned himself a bit further away before grabbing the mouse.
“All right, then! Let’s do a Q&A for a bit. Nothing kills time like this, you know. I’ve opened Donations again, so… oh boy.”
Alpaca stopped mid-sentence and suddenly panicked, frantically moving the mouse.
“What’s wrong?”
“I set the minimum at 10,000 won, but donations are piling up crazy fast. I mean, how many questions do people have? I’m raising the price to 50,000 won. If it’s not a genuine question, just ask in chat instead of donating. Done!”
Alpaca put down the mouse and showed Seojun how to operate the computer streaming.
The basic structure was the same as broadcasting from a capsule. After all, streaming through Travel worked on computers too, so that made sense.
The only difference was in the interface details, which Alpaca explained.
“You like beef, right?”
Clap.
Alpaca set down the mouse and clapped his hands together.
“I do.”
Seojun nodded.
Not many people dislike beef.
“Good. So I’m going to go set up the broadcast equipment in the living room and get the food ready. Let’s see how you handle audience interaction.”
Having said that, Alpaca stood up from his chair and stepped out of frame, beginning to rummage through drawers looking for broadcast equipment.
After all, they couldn’t grill meat in the bedroom.
Seojun played the first donation.

[Love you, oppa.]

“Oh, thank you. But are you really female?”
Seojun answered with a smile.

-Oppa, what—
-Kkk
-(Dangle dangle)

Chats like these were flooding in.
And then.
Alpaca shouted from the back as he carried the broadcast equipment out.
“You guys never sent me a donation like that! Ten thousand won!”

-Is he gone?
-He’s gone.
-If you’re jealous, just be reborn, Alpaca lolololol
-I mean, we can’t lie
-People need a conscience

Once Alpaca left, the trash-talking began.
Then, Alpaca came back into the room and suddenly popped into frame.
“I’m watching everything on my phone, everyone.”
He held up his index and middle fingers to cover his eyes, then turned them toward the viewers—a gesture showing he was keeping watch.
With that, Alpaca repeated the gesture while backing out of the room.
Did he really come back just to say that?
“I almost died. That scared me out of nowhere.”

-For real lol
-Almost died lololol

Seojun let out a small laugh and moved the mouse to play the next donation.
“Oh, I see some game questions here.”

[I want to get Weak Point Detection too. Could you show me some examples of how it works in different situations?]

Most of the skills in Seojun’s skill menu were still locked.
Given his limited playtime and the fact that he hadn’t done any proper assassinations yet, it would have been strange if many skills were already unlocked.
However, there was one new skill that had been unlocked in his menu.
That was Weak Point Detection, the very goal of this collaboration broadcast.
‘Let me try it!’
Alpaca and the viewers grew excited at the fact that Seojun had actually unlocked a skill. Seojun shifted his viewpoint to the streaming screen and activated Weak Point Detection.
The background instantly changed, as if what he couldn’t see before he could now see—using the viewers’ words, it became like looking through a thermal camera. Lines were drawn on every object in his field of view.
Since he was using it in the middle of a market, he could only identify weak points like swords and other equipment, but the lines drawn were definitely those weak points.
Following those lines would let you destroy the equipment’s weak spots.
The viewers went wild and wanted to obtain this skill themselves.
The only problem was.

-How are you supposed to destroy equipment while fighting Richard?
-Is the difficulty real??
-Even normal NPCs are hard to target weak points on, let alone a Ruler?
-help

“Well… if you want to see more examples, come watch my broadcast tomorrow.”
That’s all for today.
“And I’m sure there are skilled players better than me who’ll get the skill soon and share it with you all.”

-Our stream master acting humble lol
-Ethor, Drake Perkle, Richard, etc. did 1v30, never failed a parry even once, and without any skills, they saw the weak points and destroyed the guards’ shields and weapons, then destroyed all of Richard’s armor in one go, stripping him to his underwear—we want to meet a master who’s better than Seojun lol
-Lololol

A particularly conspicuous chat message appeared.
Alpaca had sent it from outside.
“Ha, well then. Next.”

[I’m the owner of 25 million points. Everyone, praise me. No wait, praise Seojun instead.]

The Assassin of Joseon sent the donation with great fanfare.
He had bet the maximum 250,000 points on Seojun finding 4 or more and won a 100x payout, earning 25 million points.
The Assassin of Joseon was now ranked 1st in points.
And not by a small margin either—more than double the second-place viewer’s 10 million points.
It was an event that could be called historic even in Travel’s history.
Seojun clapped and spoke.
“Congratulations. Next!”

[What is a Fragment of Order?]

It was a game question again.
Fragment of Order.

[The Dissembler’s boss Drake has been defeated.]
[You obtain Fragment of Order (1/4).]

This was the notification that had appeared when he’d defeated Drake the day before.
The same thing had happened when he’d defeated Richard Neville.

[Knight King Richard Neville has been defeated.]
[You obtain Fragment of Order (2/4).]

It was an item with no description written anywhere, but like Weak Point Detection, there was a reason people were curious about it.
Simply put, Seojun was the first to obtain this item called Fragment of Order.
The condition was obvious to anyone.

-Overwhelming Force?
-How are you supposed to kill a Ruler—
-Basically content only he can do, honestly jealous ㄷㄷ

Defeating a Ruler not through assassination, but through sheer overwhelming force.
But there was still an unresolved question.
Purpose.
It wasn’t a consumable, wasn’t equipment—it just sat in the miscellaneous tab. The purpose of the Fragment of Order, in other words.
When he’d defeated Drake before, he’d obtained a Fragment of Order too, but back then there were few viewers watching, so it hadn’t become a big issue.
Seojun explained his thoughts on the matter simply.
“I don’t really know much about the Assassination’s Dawn world either?”
After that.
Seojun scratched his cheek and gazed off into the distance somewhat awkwardly.
It was because he felt self-conscious after speaking.

-Lololololol
-The developer’s grand setup fell to this noob lolololol
-Seriously legendary
-Are we supposed to find this?
-Someone who can kill a Ruler?

After that, Seojun answered several more questions and went through the donations one by one.

[What kind of exercise do you usually do?]

“I just run.”

-Running… noted…
-Don’t you do any combat sports? hh

“I don’t do combat sports. But I’m confident I’d be good at it if I did.”
He was good enough to give pointers to professionals.
Seojun swallowed the rest of his thought.

-Virtual reality and reality are different, but usually if you’re good at one you’re good at the other
-Probably lol

[What do you do in real life?]

“I’m just an ordinary college student.”

-With that face, calling yourself ordinary is literally fraud…

[Why did you start with Assassination’s Dawn?]

“A friend recommended it.”
And so on.
All the while, he made sure to answer questions coming from the chat so that people typing there wouldn’t feel left out.
He didn’t forget to express his gratitude either.
Seojun worked through the backlog of donations like that.
“Hmm, maybe we should lower the donation amount?”
Though there were people throwing 50,000 won at a time.
Rather than trying to make money, Seojun thought there might be people who genuinely had questions but couldn’t afford the high price, so he decided to lower the donation amount.
The price did seem a bit steep.
“Hmm, how do I do that again?”
The sound of the mouse clicking continued repeatedly.
But the broadcast settings didn’t change.

-Is he seriously not finding it?
-Wow, he’s really not tech-savvy lololol
-That’s why he was late at the start

Streaming settings are more complicated and fiddly than one might think.
“Haha, I’ll find it in just a moment, everyone. Give me a sec.”

He couldn’t ask the viewers for help. Unless someone had streaming experience, most would have only ever watched transmitted feeds.
“Um…”
Seojun finally resorted to searching the internet for “how to set up Travel donations.”
He browsed through a few sites.
But he couldn’t find the answer, because none of them gave detailed step-by-step instructions on which button to click first.
“Once I figure it out, I’m confident I won’t forget it. For now, let me call Alpaca over.”
Seojun let out a sigh with a dejected expression.

[Ugh, this is frustrating lololol Just take this.]
[Bro, this isn’t an act, right? I’m choosing to believe it’s not.]
[Watching this is making me hold my breath. I bet even our grandfather could find it better than this lololololol]

Donations exploded in succession.
Donations over 50,000 won, at that.
“Oh, thank you for the support. But please stop. I’ll lower the price in a moment.”

[Nah, it’s my money and I’ll spend it how I want. Don’t stop me.]
[A broadcasting monster! A fundraising genius has emerged!]
[I wonder what would happen if we put this guy on a regular computer game instead?]
[This could all be a carefully calculated script lol]

People laughed and gladly threw donations despite Seojun’s protests.
They’d been charmed by him.

-Lololololol
-How far ahead is he planning?
-Wow, broadcasting genius
-He shouldn’t be learning these tricks already lololol

“The food’s ready, so come on out. But you’ve got good instincts for donations too, Seojun. You definitely have a talent for broadcasting.”
Alpaca threw up a thumbs up and opened the door, calling Seojun out.
“Hey, if you were watching, you could’ve come help me set it up.”
Seojun grumbled.
Who could be happy watching an old person struggle with computers?
Alpaca disconnected the streaming from the computer and let out a smirk.
“Well, thanks to you, the donations went crazy.”

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