Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 221

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Chapter 221

[Victory!]

Surrender.
Seo Jun was taken somewhat aback by the fact that the game had ended through surrender.
No matter how decisively a match was won, surrender was almost never the choice in tournaments.
But.
‘Maybe this time it was worth it?’
Even Seo Jun, who had created that spectacle, thought it was quite a magnificent display.
He’d even wondered whether, if such martial prowess had existed in his past life, that person might have claimed the Geomsin title.
Though in the end, it was just a game effect.
Right.
A game.
“We won! We actually won!”
Seo Jun stepped into the Lobby, joining his teammates who were cheering and celebrating.
“Championship! We’re champions!”
“That madman Geomsin! I knew you’d pull through!”
“A hundred million!”
It was a fun game.
One you could enjoy with a smile.
One where you could do anything, as long as the developers arranged it.
Another world to interact with other people.
In that world, he was.
“Ah. I have arrived.”
Once again, he had become Geomsin.
Seo Jun’s expression turned arrogantly smug.
When you gained a title that hadn’t existed in your past life, you had to act the part.

-Geomsin! Geomsin! Geomsin! Geomsin!
-You’re actually insane, dude!
-Who am I? A beast-hearted owner all-in on Wealth Gap! Who am I? A beast-hearted owner all-in on Wealth Gap! Who am I? A beast-hearted owner all-in on Wealth Gap!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Love you man 1 million points life reversal!!!!!
-From now on, you and I will become one body…
-That’s a bad deal for you, idiot!

Wasn’t it hilarious?
The avalanche of cheers pouring through chat made Seo Jun’s face break into a genuine smile.

-Five Judge Swords! Five Judge Swords! Five Judge Swords! Five Judge Swords!
-Heresy made copies!
-Ouuuh! Ouuuh! Ouuuh! Ouuuh! Ouuuh!
-Demonic Cult, just shut up already ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

He thought that if he ever did a fan meet, it would be entertaining.
What would these people be like if they stepped out of this game and Travel world into reality?
Would they act the same way?
He figured they’d still gather even if he held it right now.
“Captain! I believed in you from the start! I knew this from the first joint broadcast. Seriously!”
“Truly. I would worship you as my god…….”
“Wind Sword, that might be a bit much……. Oh, right. You’re a Kael fanatic, aren’t you?”
“Who am I? The team captain who snagged Seo Jun at auction. Who am I? The team captain who snagged Seo Jun at auction. Who am I? The team captain who snagged Seo Jun at auction. Who am I…….”
Hmm.
Realizing that his teammates in their present form weren’t much different from how they were in reality, Seo Jun decided to shelve the fan meet for a while.
Who knew what might happen.
“Well then, shall we go?”

[Arin has invited you to the Lobby.]
[Do you accept?]

The interviews so far had been conducted via video chat within the system, but this one was different.
“Come on! Let’s go get our awards! But where did Rumi and Wind Sword go?”
It was more of an awards ceremony than an interview.
Leaving Alpaca to look after Ha Yun-ho, Seo Jun accepted with an amused chuckle.
“They went ahead. Let’s go too.”

* * *

The Lobby, a custom virtual reality space Arin had invited them to, was peculiar.
It felt like the first time he’d visited Alpaca’s Lobby in the high mountain terrain.
Of course, unlike Alpaca’s natural Lobby, this one was entirely artificial.
Behind them was a screen, and in front were bleachers—a massive stadium where Seo Jun was spawned, and where he could see Arin and the commentators waiting with smiles.
This was his first time accessing via capsule besides Bang Ju.
Of course, that didn’t change anything. It was virtual reality indistinguishable from the real world.
“Everyone’s here!”
He quickly figured out where to look.
There was a cameraman in front of the stage.
Normally, when streamers broadcast their perspective within a VR world, they sit down somewhere.
They summon a camera, fix it in place, and sit in front of it.
But there was an actual cameraman here.
‘What would it feel like to broadcast like this in reality?’
Of course.
The reminder that this wasn’t reality came from the cartoon characters with elongated rectangular bodies and impossibly thin limbs seated in the bleachers.
‘They’re cheering pretty hard though.’

-Lol are these the viewers?
-They’re better-looking than real people!
-I’d rather be born with that body
-You guys lol are you even human? You want to be born like that?
-So if you’re ugly right now, you’re not human?
-You want to stop being human lol you crazy bastards ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

They weren’t people, more like puppets.
Anyway, the five members of Wealth Gap stood in the center, the commentators slightly off to the side, and Arin stood in the middle stretching her arms and cheering for them.
“The championship team! Wealth Gap!!! Waaaahhhhh!”

-Wahhh!!!
-Rectangle viewers cheering!!!!
-Ouuuh! Ouuuh! Ouuuh! Ouuuh!
-Demonic Cult, back off!!!!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Still the captain though
-For real, this guy just wins every time. It’s ridiculous ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“First, congratulations on the championship. Now, if you look behind you…….”
Behind?
Seo Jun turned around.
On the massive screen was a photograph frozen mid-descent, just before the five Judge Swords were planted, hanging suspended in midair.
When did they even add that to the map?
“Not that—look below! The devices on the floor!”
“Ah.”
“These are the championship prizes!”
There were five capsules below the screen. They looked identical to the one in Seo Jun’s room.
Mischief sparked in Seo Jun’s eyes.
“You’re saying you’re giving us these right now?”
The viewers immediately recognized Seo Jun’s innocent expression as a joke, but Arin was flustered.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-You’re giving them?
-They come separately lol ah ㅋㅋ
-So you’re really going to use the toy model from the awards ceremony and pretend you gave them something, like an elementary schooler? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Arin explain yourself!

“Ah. Haha. You were joking! Viewers, don’t worry! The premium capsules and prize money will definitely be distributed properly!”
With a squeak, chat flooded with messages telling him not to mess with the proceedings.
“Then now I’d like to hear the champion’s thoughts? But first, player Seo Jun?”
What?
Was she getting revenge?
“You showed us something incredible in that final match!”
Guess not.
“How did you do it! Did you plan this from the start! Did you have confidence in the 5-Person Archery! Have you practiced it before! I have so many questions. Can you answer them?”
“Of course.”
“Thank you!”
“As for how I did it, I’ll break it down separately on my stream. It’s hard to explain.”
“That’s unfortunate, but I understand.”

-Just say you remember your past life lol If you’re the type to brush past this, props ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Lol ㅋㅋㅋ
-???: Would you even understand an explanation? Just donate instead lol ㅋㅋ

What the—
How did they know?
“The 5-Person Archery was something I prepared from the start. I didn’t practice it beforehand.”
“So this was your first attempt?”
“Yes.”
“No way. In the finals?”
“Anyone who watches my stream will know. Check the replay.”

-Yeah this bastard was just good from game one
-He’s been doing everything from his first match, why would he practice just for 5-Person Archery
-Well, it’s not nothing though
-But the captain promoting his stream lol so much ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ hilarious
-With this kind of talent to be a streamer, working hard… thanks for not going down a bad path!
-Lol true

Arin continued the interview with questions for the other team members.
Summarized in Seo Jun’s style, it went like this.

Q: If you’re the captain again and Seo Jun goes up for auction next time, will you buy him?
A: No.
Q: Why not?
A: …….
Q: …….
A: Oh! I want to give other streamers a chance.

Q: What have you learned from player Seo Jun…….
A: Seo Jun is a god!
Q: As a Kael fanatic, is there anything you specifically learned…….
A: Seo Jun is a god!

Rumi, the only one wary of drawing aggro, answered conventionally, while Alpaca, the only one in his thirties, cleverly deflected the questions.
As the interview wound down.
“Finally! I have one more thing I want to ask player Seo Jun.”
“What is it?”
“I understand Wealth Gap already agreed to participate in the Pro League’s Event Match if you won, correct?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
When they’d made it to the finals, the organizers had asked them beforehand.
“Do you have anything you’d like to say about that match?”
Ah.
Right.
Is she asking him to write a video letter to Shin Ha-yeon?

-Dude let’s do this one straight ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ please!
-You already won the championship!!!!
-Pro fandom really isn’t something to mess with though ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But honestly a good chunk of pro fans watched the broadcast so it might not matter
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Saw the 5-Person Archery and watched Taker get crushed, so like… honestly you could mouth off and still deserve respect

That was it, wasn’t it?
Seo Jun was someone who always knew exactly how far he could stretch without crossing the line.
“I understand the players from both teams will be mixed together for the match, is that right?”
“Yes, that’s right! Players from TX and Wealth Gap will be mixed! While maintaining positions by lane!”
“So you could be on a team with anyone from TX, but there’s one person—you’ll definitely be matched against player Shin Ha-yeon, won’t you?”
“That’s right?”
“Then…….”
Seo Jun paused, then gazed at the camera with an arrogant smile.
“I’m hoping we win this time.”

* * *

[And so, with Wealth Gap’s championship victory, Rios……!]

-So captain, what was the point of that last interview?
-That “this time”?
-Captain. Are you saying you hope you win or Shin Ha-yeon wins?

After everything ended, Seo Jun sat at his computer and chatted casually with his Wealth Gap teammates while a video played.
“Thanks for the ten-thousand-won donation.”
They ordered food and snacked while making casual conversation.

[Seo Jun, check this out. Hilarious.]

Rumi sent a link.
Clicking through, a Riven post appeared.

[Dokkaebi should’ve come Jungler instead. Then the game would’ve been worth playing]
==
Lunchtime vs Geomsin
The matchup of the century ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
==

“Um, who is that person?”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ captain has no idea
-Lunchtime vs Geomsin ㅇㅈㄹ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-One lane nickname’s pretty spot-on ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-If you could only bring one person to a deserted island, who would you choose!
-That’s definitely Bear Greens

Making idle conversation like this.

[Hey everyone. For that Event Match, what sounds better—being on Shin Ha-yeon’s team or Seo Jun’s team?]

Of course it was random. They had no say in it. But this kind of topic was definitely interesting.
From the viewers’ perspective.

[Um, Yun-ho, why’d you ask something like that?]
[Alpaca, you answer first!]
[Ugh. I’d just want to be on a team with Seo Jun.]
[Oh! What does that mean?]

-ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-Chat wars incoming?
-Let’s debate
-So captain what did you mean earlier! You said it ambiguously so I can’t even troll properly!!!!!

[That’s not what I meant. It’s just that if I face Seo Jun as an enemy, I think it’d be scary no matter if we win or lose.]
[Oh. Fair point.]

Everyone except Seo Jun chuckled at that.
After chatting a while longer, Alpaca said.

[So everyone? What time are you coming tomorrow?]
[Oh, that’s right.]
[The afterparty!]
[There’s a pool there too.]
[But I don’t think anyone will use the pool.]

They’d arranged to hold an afterparty with everyone the next day.
After talking with the other teams, they realized right after Rios ended was when everyone was free with no other schedules, so they quickly set up the time.
The Party Room was located near Seo Jun’s neighborhood.

-These guys do group projects too lol they scheduled the afterparty already
-Using company money to party, at least get the logistics right
-True lol

[I have somewhere to be around that area in the morning.]
[Then you can meet up with Seo Jun and Tae-woo and go together.]
[Sounds good?]

“Then that works. But what exactly do streamers do at an afterparty?”
Seo Jun found himself curious.

[Haha! We’ll show you a whole new world, Seo Jun!]

* * *

And then.
After the afterparty ended.

[Geomsin’s Tale) There was someone who held their breath underwater for 25 minutes. Only I was counting seconds. – Lain]
[‘That person’ why didn’t he get drunk? Got wasted 3-to-1 for the first time. – Mental]
[Got drunk and jumped in the pool getting everyone soaked. Made it into a water party. Even though I was blackout drunk, that wasn’t me. – Spoon]
[I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. And thank you for saving me. – Hat]

As the streamers traded stories from the afterparty one by one.

[There’s someone who makes every person they meet bow from the waist? – Rumi]
[I saw that person at the entrance and just hid. My body made me do it. There’s something dangerous. – Dokkaebi]
[My glasses got a padlock on them. – Pado]
[Travel’s three biggest drinkers seized one table and got wasted. Wow. This is. Wow. – Spoon]

A certain rumor about some mysterious being began to spread quietly through Travel.
Of course, no one directly mentioned who it was, so the identity remained shrouded in mystery, which made it all the more terrifying to the viewers.
Perhaps.

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