Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 227

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Chapter 227

-Phew…
-Still have Deflection left though
-Wouldn’t it be fine if he just doesn’t master Deflection? ㅋㅋ
-This is it

Watching the chat recover and start typing again, Seo Jun decided it was time to crush that hope and asked a question.
“Could you explain Deflection to me now?”
He needed to properly understand the mechanics.
He could make a rough guess and probably demonstrate it right now, but if he failed even once, they could argue about it—so he wanted clarification first.

-Ah ㅋㅋ Exactly
-This one’s seriously ㅈㄴ hard. You hit the opponent’s attack from behind so it attacks them instead
-If Counter fully receives the attack, Deflection is when you strike the opponent’s attack and if the attack’s trajectory gets twisted at all, it fails
-Try your best

As expected.
“Understood. Let me give it a try.”
Seo Jun returned to intense focus with a grave expression.

-???
-Wait
-What are they doing there
-You need to move to the next stage first and switch weapons
-The shield won’t work for Deflection

A shield is large and has limited range of motion.
Since it’s attached close to the body, the angle to dodge and push in the same direction won’t work at all.
But a spear? That could work.
The chat scrolled away from his mind, and only the Stone Statue walking toward him with the same relaxed gait remained.
The weight class’s oppressive presence transmitted through the ground with each footfall, vibrating faintly beneath him.
The attack coming in one second would be the same—that massive stone arm drawing back flexibly before thrusting forward in a thrust.
‘If Counter is like a baseball player batting normally,
then Deflection is the batter standing backward facing the catcher.
And hitting a ball coming from the mound behind, passing by in an instant at the front.
You have to dodge while positioning yourself, and the timing isn’t normal at all—so it’s much harder.
It’s not an incoming ball but one going backward from behind—striking an object moving away from me, not approaching.
And you have to hit it precisely so only the speed increases, without affecting direction or trajectory.
Whoosh!
The moment the Stone Statue finished aiming according to the pattern, Seo Jun immediately moved diagonally.
Approaching while looking to the side.
Seo Jun’s blade moved first, and then the spear tip launched.
Both attacks aimed at the location where Seo Jun had been standing.
In his perception, the blade came down slowly.
From the shoulder in a diagonal line. Blade dragging.
When his arm was half-extended, the thrusting spear and blade met.
But the spear shaft and blade barely touched, staying close as they each advanced toward their targets.
Since Seo Jun’s attack speed was slightly faster, the blade gradually overtook the spear shaft and approached the diamond-shaped spearhead.
What Seo Jun aimed for wasn’t the spearhead itself, but the tiny lip jutting out at the contact point between spearhead and shaft.
The blade stayed barely attached parallel to the shaft, so it could move forward parallel to the shaft and strike that lip precisely without changing angle.
Clang!
The spear’s speed suddenly increased, and it flew straight along its trajectory, embedding itself in the ground.
The Stone Statue released the spear and dropped to one knee, bracing its hand against the ground.
It looked exactly like someone had suddenly yanked it off balance.
Watching quickly, it seemed Seo Jun had only moved aside briefly, then swung his blade diagonally.
In other words, no one could have clearly seen him targeting the spear’s minute point.
But with a different message than the Counter, the system spoke.
Seo Jun had succeeded at Deflection.

[‘Geomsin1’ has neutralized the Ancient Stone Statue!]

-Huh?
-He really just did it????
-Sweet!
-This seems like it worked, right?
-Secretary! Secretary! Secretary! Secretary!
-?? How did he do it?
-What is it?

“That’s right, isn’t it? It works?”
Deflection is striking the attack so it extends straight forward, neutralizing it.
It’s truly difficult, and he could fail in chaotic combat, Seo Jun thought.
“I’m asking if that’s right. Could you confirm? Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Anyway, he’d succeeded. So that should be enough, right?
Seo Jun chuckled and found the Secretary in the Sishik Corner.
The Stone Statue showed no signs of getting up. The return was much bigger than when he’d landed a Counter.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You’re not gonna run, are you!
-The chat hasn’t left yet
-Their typing hands must be shaking ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-So how’d he do it!

“How did I do it?”
Seo Jun waited with a smile.
Until time passed and the Stone Statue picked up its spear and attacked again.
And the moment it aimed at him again.
He moved exactly like before and struck down with his blade.
“Nice.”

[‘Geomsin1’ has neutralized the Ancient Stone Statue!]

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ah ㅋㅋ
-Nice!!!! Gal!!!
-This time he said ‘Nice’ confidently without a question mark ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Secretary what is Deflection even???
-This works like Counter… this works like Deflection… what is it? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-It works if you do it well, that’s right ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But sir, try attacking. The Stone Statue hit by Deflection is disarmed so damage goes in. You catch it later in the Deflection phase too. By the way, when you go to the Deflection stage, the weapon changes and the boss gets caught, then it’s done

“Okay, let me try attacking once.”
Seo Jun leisurely read the chat and walked toward the Stone Statue.
Then he slashed with his blade twice.
Slash’s cooldown hadn’t reset yet, and skills dealt more damage than basic attacks anyway.
If damage went through, he should land the skill now so the statue would be destroyed faster, right?
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The moment the blade came and went twice, something changed.
The instant the blade touched the hard body, a health bar appeared above the Stone Statue, and as the attack ended, the bar rapidly depleted.
“It’s dead?”

-Huh?
-Insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is this the Adventurer’s Shrine skip????? For real??
-Doesn’t seem like it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Normally they one-shot in the Deflection phase too…? ㅅㅍㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is this actually a skip?

Hmm.
The reaction seems like something’s off about this.

[Um… uh? Uh! That’s amazing! Congratulations! You’ve defeated the Shrine’s guardian admirably! Then I’ll prepare a boat for you to go to the continent and send you off!]

Right on cue, that NPC’s voice came through.
Was it really over?
Seo Jun spoke with exasperation.
“What? What about my tutorial?”
The moment he said it, Seo Jun’s body returned to the beach at the start.

-Lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ legendary ㅋㅋㅋ
-What! Give my tutorial back! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The Master’s dignified tutorial contempt ㅋㅋㅋ
-Oldheads, seen one like this before?
-No. That’s insane. Is this a streamer? Is this a new world?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I was gonna try doing the tutorial properly this time but even that got skipped ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“Don’t worry. You can re-enter the Adventurer’s Shrine in settings anyway, right? But I’m feeling pretty bad about this. Why’d you send me out without asking? And what’s with this title?”

[You have acquired the ‘Dormant Dragon’ title.]

Another notification that appeared the moment he came to.
The title wasn’t bad to have, certainly.
But the reaction was even better than before?

-Wow insane!!!!! You get this title here?????
-Shit!!!!! I’ve been searching everywhere for that title and found zero info, and now I see it here ㅋㅋㅋ Is that why viewers watch streamers? Super helpful
-Absolutely not, you guys!

So a lot of people have been looking for it.
Not that it matters much anyway.
“Anyway, no tutorial. Got it? And Secretary? If you’re gonna run, run quick. If not, type something in the chat, will you?”
A ferryboat was docked in front of the beach. Along with a light cluster.
I guess I head over there.
But before that, there was something he needed to finish.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Max level character delete incoming!!!!
-Solo farming max level squad in tears ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-That guild needs to find another max level user quick ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Why hasn’t the chat left? I would’ve run immediately
-Run and what? It’s 70,000 viewers here now ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even if you change your nick, they follow you to hell ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Right, right.
“That’s right. Even if you change nicknames, everyone will send me mail or personal messages every time you log in anyway, right? Right?”

-Yes
-ㅔ
-Right ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Gonna make a character on Solo to send messages to them ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Who said anything about running?
-Not for the Master, but for our fun ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Right.
The viewers’ solidarity is impressive as it is.
Even if just 1% of 70,000 people is annoying, that’s still 700 people.
“So get on out here.”
And they really came out.

-Um… Streamer… brother?
-I was a bit late sorting out the tutorial for you since you couldn’t do it. My apologies.
-[Skills]
[Movement]
[Combat]
[Counter]
[Gimmick]
[Items]
[Deflection]
It’s like this. The Gimmick and Items you missed…

“Wow. You wrote that and copy-pasted it just now? Your typing’s crazy fast. Or did you copy it from some community post?”
Genuinely curious.

-Doesn’t seem like it? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-They’re supplementing the tutorial over there
-Favorability turn: on ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Means give them a chance ㅋㅋㅋ

“But whatever it is, that’s your talent as a Secretary, right? So come on over.”
Everyone’s waiting now anyway.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Cut!
-No I won’t watch, you’re not coming back
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋㅋ Where’re you trying to smooth this over with tutorial talk
-Just delete and come back to escort ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“Exactly.”
It’s fine if they run, honestly.
If they come back without deleting and just beg to be a secretary, that’s great too.
Or if they just run—that’s fine as well.
Either way, he’d already gotten entertainment out of it.

-Ah brother…
-Okay… understood

“Huh?”
The chat disappeared.
What’s that.
Did they run, disappear, or come crawling back?
Whatever it was, he’d gotten enough entertainment out of it.
“Let’s go board the boat.”
Seo Jun headed toward a map where he could meet people.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Run?
-Get on over here!

For some reason it felt like they really were gonna delete and come back?
Just like in the sect too—people in virtual reality seemed to have a habit of fearing running from bets.
Maybe it was similar to reality?
Ugh.
Seo Jun suddenly shook his head side to side.
‘I shouldn’t have thought about that bastard.’
Just thinking about it made him feel unclean.

* * *

Meanwhile, in one user’s lobby.
The center of a wuxia-style ancient building.
“He’s leaving me and having fun with something so vulgar! Ignoring all my mail!”

[How do I join Lios? I’ve started streaming too.]
[I wasn’t asking for hosting! Don’t paint me as shameless. I just want to meet an old friend and have some fun.]
[Telling me to shut up is too much. Is our friendship worth this little?!]
[Our relationship ending in the sect isn’t fitting for the Heavenly Demon who led the Demonic Cult to victory with me! Who are you now! Unless you return the Heavenly Demon to me right away, something terrible will happen.]
[So be it. Prepare yourself after the tournament ends.]

The clearly skilled gamer ranked in the top ten within the sect, wearing green formal vestments, sprang to his feet.
And then.

[Starting broadcast.]

He turned on a stream averaging around 100 viewers.

[Starting game.]

He entered Last Chronicle.
His target: the traitor.

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