Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 181

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Chapter 181

According to the chat, the League’s biggest event was when users entered the game world with goals suited to their respective factions and created history.
It was world-class and drew as much interest as a professional league.
And rightfully so.
‘A clash of masters from across the globe.’
They were gathering the best players for each hero and asking them to fight for pride—no way the impatient viewers could resist.
And naturally, the masters of each hero would have high visibility.
Moreover, it would become the League’s official canon, so any player would naturally understand and care about it.
Unlike streaming tournaments aimed at streamers, this one had every League user as the target audience.
“You didn’t enter this year?”
Lee Dong-su was asking about this year. They usually held it early in the year, but it was year-end now.
“Pros usually don’t enter. By that time, we’re busy preparing for Spring Season. You could say it’s left to civilians?”
Civilians—right.
But it was actually a pretty apt expression.
My tension completely melted away.
“Anyway, no matter what, just don’t enter. Maintain decent manners and just take first place in what you want. There’s no way it’ll go the way you say—Surface isn’t an idiot, after all.”
That explained it.
He was nagging me outright too. How could a pro worry about something like that.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-By global standards, you really think he’d take more than two first places?
-The sword users could possibly do it ㄷㄷ
-The world is wide
-But a pro beat him
-The League isn’t an arena
-So when do we check the Harmony Rate?

“I can’t help myself about this one. Ah, that’s not what I meant to say.”
Lee Dong-su was about to nag again, so Seo Jun corrected himself.
He was genuinely curious and asked, but people saw him as having bad manners.
“Then what can’t you help?”
“That event you guys are talking about. What’s its exact name?”
“We just call it the History Book Event. A book gets uploaded to the League homepage during the event. The official name changes each time based on the theme of the historical event. Something like ‘The Watcher of Darkness,’ that sort of thing.”
“I see. Anyway, I can’t resist that. Right, everyone?”

-Nice!
-Can’t resist it
-How could the master ignore worldwide aggro ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
-We can’t let this kind of beautiful deception stay just in Korea ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Giving us that national pride?
-Call the bartender? Shots down?
-Calm down, viewers ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ We haven’t even finished Lios yet

“It’s not that I can’t resist—as a streamer, it’s downright dereliction of duty if I just let this slide. Right?”
Seo Jun turned to his teammates, who were also streamers.
“Um… Seo Jun?”
“Yes?”
What was that?
Why did all four of them look like they didn’t quite agree?
These were people who’d appeared in Lios too.
“We’re not like you, Seo Jun.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Even the teammates are eating him alive
-Ah ㅋㅋ

“Whether we can resist or not doesn’t matter—we simply can’t participate.”
Ah.
Right.
“Let’s hurry up and check.”
The chat filled with laughter again.
Changing the subject, huh.

-Still, taking first place in each hero isn’t easy
-Kael could do it they say?
-What are the odds Kael gets selected for the History Book Event this year
-One in four

* * *

“Alright, let’s go.”
Lee Dong-su opened the display case containing the Orbs.
He placed his hand on an Orb inside, then withdrew it.
Afterward, he touched—or reached into—the message window that appeared before him.
Soon after, Lee Dong-su’s body vanished.
While Seo Jun was bewildered, Rumi and Ha Yun-ho also touched Orbs and disappeared.
As Wind Sword was vanishing, Alpaca spoke.
“Think of it as just going to the Training Ground, Seo Jun.”
“But there’s a Training Ground on the first floor already.”
“It’s a special Training Ground. A place tailored for each hero where you can run mini-games. That kind of place.”
“Ah.”
So that’s how they test it.
Now that I think about it, I don’t recall seeing anything related to that in the Interface before.
Seo Jun walked toward the display case.
He reached out and touched an Orb.
A notification window appeared.

[Move to map ‘Ide’s Escape Route’?]

Seo Jun tapped yes, and his body moved. He arrived at a wide clearing surrounded by trees. Gray brick flooring and a dried-up well. A structure that had collapsed, leaving only its skeletal frame.
The others who had come earlier were visible.

‘So something like this existed.’
Seo Jun realized he had unconsciously assumed that there’d be no need to find things like this in an online game.
He now understood that assumption was wrong.
“Even Alpaca’s here. So, for the sake of our precious ace and the guy who’ll probably hit us if we don’t explain—let me walk through everything we know from the start.”
Everyone except Seo Jun chuckled.
“First, there isn’t much information out there about Ide. Actually, it’s similar for all heroes.”
“Because of that History Book Event?”
“Exactly. Well, you could say it’s just unsolved. The detailed stuff is still undecided. We’ve only set the basics. Anyway, the information you can learn about Ide starts with a descriptor.”
“The Abandoned Automaton?”
“Yes. You know what an automaton is, right?”
“Isn’t it just a machine?”
“This guy knows.”
“……?”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Was Lee Dong-su always like this?
-Kinda like a cousin subtly talking back to his older brother
-Temma’s still in middle school ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Great streaming! !

“Just joking. Anyway, there’s a one-line hero description…….”
“There is, so why.”

-The Abandoned Automaton Ide: Ide is a machine created by someone. He gained life through an unknown force but was abandoned. Fleeing from enemies who pursued him, the lonely boy meets someone.
-That’s it?
-Yeah
-So useless ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“It’s already up in chat. Did it show up in your chat too?”
“Yeah.”
“Thanks for the explanation, viewers!”
Ha Yun-ho suddenly chimed in.
Regardless, Lee Dong-su continued.
“Anyway, that’s how it is. And the last clue is the map name.”
“I think you said it was an escape route.”
The map name.
Ide’s Escape Route.
“So that’s all we can explain about the setting. The trial—more precisely, Ide’s Trial—is about escaping. That’s all we can tell you.”
“Just escaping?”
“While dealing with the pursuers coming after you. You’ll figure out the rest when you try it. So let’s check it out now. Ide’s skill is Orb Summoning…….”
Seo Jun already knew about the skill.

[Orb Summoning]

It was a skill that summoned not just simple mana spheres, but those complex-looking Orbs that sat in the display case.
There were different types of Orbs.
They had the same form but were classified by size into three categories, from largest to smallest.
The largest Orb could only be summoned once at a time. In exchange, that Orb could withstand four hits.
The medium-sized Orb could be summoned twice at once. It disappeared after two hits.
The smallest Orb could be summoned up to four at once. These Orbs disappeared after a single successful hit.
“The largest does deal the most damage, but the difference isn’t massive. And when an Orb flying around gets hit by an enemy, there’s a cooldown before you can summon it again. So four is always the most advantageous.”
There was a damage difference, but if the largest Orb was summoned and then destroyed, you’d end up unable to use the skill at all.
But if you summoned four and one got hit—triggering its cooldown—the other three could still be freely summoned and attack continuously.
Moreover, even though four were harder to control, the enemy found it much harder to block.
In other words, summoning four spread the risk and made successful attacks more likely.
Therefore.
“From a balance perspective, just summoning the Orbs is extremely difficult. Most beginners can’t even summon three at once.”
Lee Dong-su said this, then held his palm upward and closed his eyes.
“This skill is directly tied to Visualization.”
Four Orbs, smaller than an apple—about the size of golf balls—suddenly appeared above Lee Dong-su’s palm.
They began orbiting around him with a whooshing sound.
‘This bastard.’
Trying to look cool.
Seo Jun clicked his tongue.

-That’s why it’s for talent assessment
-Take a friend new to the game and if four pop out on the first try, they’re talented, so mess with them while they’re still a newbie
-Did that happen to you? It did to me ㅋㅋ

“Why is it so difficult?”
“The interior is a bit complex, see? You have to visualize that complexity accurately. It’s not about just thinking ‘I’ll use the skill.'”
“Doesn’t seem to have any practical point either.”
“True. So it’s a hero where if you’re good at Visualization, you can do well. Everyone, why don’t you try it?”
“Got it!”
Rumi shouted energetically, then raised her palm upward like Lee Dong-su and summoned an Orb.
The teammates did the same.
Size: golf ball.
The smallest Orb.
But the count was.
“Three? That’s impressive?”
“I’ve practiced a few times…… hehe.”
The others summoned as well.
Alpaca had three.
“Same as last time. Haha.”
Wind Sword naturally had four.
Ha Yun-ho also did.
“This is the power of level 80!”
And finally, Seo Jun.
“Pffft.”
Lee Dong-su laughed.
“Um…… is this for real?”
“You’re not joking, right?”

-Ehㅋㅋㅋ
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
-The master really did that?
-Was that true?

One.
Seo Jun wasn’t particularly flustered. He shrugged and spoke.
“First time, so it felt a bit awkward.”
Then he dispelled the first one he’d summoned and tried again.
Size: golf ball.
Orbs—four of them, matching the shape he’d seen before—formed in his hand.
But.
“Two?”
“Oh! So three would come soon?”
“I don’t think so.”
‘Is two my limit?’
Seo Jun recalled the sensation of the summoning for a moment.
He felt tightly packed conditions. Erik’s magic circle had appeared right as he traced its pattern, but this felt like something was blocking him.
‘Didn’t they say this hero was blatantly a Visualization hero?’
Soon, two more were summoned. But since they weren’t summoned at once, it was meaningless.
‘I never thought I’d feel this way.’
Seven years ago, before he knew about Harmony Rate, he’d been amazed that everyone struggled through these difficulties in the game.
Seo Jun chuckled slightly.
“I’m not doing underdog cosplay. Think about it. That Harmony Rate is 10.”
Underdog Cosplay was short for “underdog cosplay.”

-With a Harmony Rate of 10ㅋㅋㅋ
-Yeah, that’s right
-Finally the world’s starting to make sense…?
-Finally found a weakness?
-Ehㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The master looks a bit more human now, upvote ㅋㅋㅋ
-Really? Or are you about to suddenly summon four and fake us out, saying there are no weaknesses?

The reaction was a bit odd.
Anyway, Dong-su.
‘Did he mock me?’
Well, it happens.
Seo Jun let it slide with magnanimity.
‘See you tomorrow.’
Anyway, it was over.
“Hehe. No, Seo Jun, please don’t get discouraged.”
I’m not discouraged.
“It’s not just about summoning them—Ide’s Trial itself is part of the evaluation for the Fundamentals of Visualization. So don’t get discouraged. Of course, with two it’s a bit more disadvantageous, but if you summon medium-sized Orbs instead, you won’t fall too far behind. Hahahaha!”
He’d mentioned that the trial was basically fleeing while dealing with pursuers.
Probably the more Orbs you controlled at once, the more pursuers you could eliminate in a short time, giving you an advantage?
That seemed to be why he said it.
That’s when it happened.
Ding.

[‘Scam Dice’ has set you a mission.]
[This is genuinely a safe bet this time, right?]

[Ide Trial Ranking—Top 10 — Mission Reward: 1,500,000 won]

A mission came in. After quite a while.
The Harmony Rate of 10 and the fact that Seo Jun wasn’t a complete beginner at Visualization—having played Erik—were the key factors.
Normally, a complete newbie could grow as their knowledge of Visualization increased, but Seo Jun wouldn’t be lacking in technique or know-how, would he?
The Harmony Rate was the problem.
In other words, it was purely a matter of innate constitution. Incurable.
And getting into the top 10 of the ranking.
Which meant?

-Yeah, seems right
-Is this time different?!
-There’s a famous saying in the stock market. The thought that “this time is different” is always wrong
-But I can’t resist this
-Ah ㅋㅋ I tested it after playing for a while and managed three
-One is a bit… yeah ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The master isn’t a complete newbie either!
-This time really does seem different!

So the prize money began increasing before a stream watched by over 100,000 viewers.
And.
Seo Jun laughed internally.
‘Was it a 10% fee on failure?’
He’d naturally try to succeed, but even if he failed.

[+10,000 won added to prize]
[+15,000 won added to prize]
[+100,000 won added to prize]
.
.
.

-Let’s go!
-Safe. Asset. King. Let’s go!!!!
-Finally we get to land one on the master!!!!

It was definitely profitable.
“You’re doing this again. No, look, if I succeed, what then? Just add it. Just add it.”
So.
Light the fire.

-Ah ㅋㅋ Two Orbs, pathetic newbie, time for some education ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋ
-Chances like this really don’t come often ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Let’s just get one win against the master!

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