Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 228

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Chapter 228

Seo Jun walked toward the dock, and the game progressed automatically.
Dressed as an adventurer, he began rowing earnestly with both hands.
The goal was the land visible across the water.
A continent.

-LMAOOOOO Forced Labor Arc
-The captain’s watching with us anyway what’s the problem
-The captain sure knows how to row LMAO
-Yeah I’m rowing right now too~
-Captain match the timing let’s arrive at the same time

If they arrived at the same time, what would that accomplish?
Dozens of people were simultaneously arriving there.
The odds of Seo Jun meeting this particular viewer among all that competition were slim.
Or were they?
‘I finished the Tutorial a bit early, so maybe it’ll be less crowded?’
It wasn’t an impossibility, but the viewers who came to meet Seo Jun had almost certainly finished the Tutorial quickly and were waiting, paying no attention to the stage itself.
No use worrying about it.
“So… how long are we supposed to keep rowing?”
Seo Jun complained while watching his avatar row in third-person view.
Seeing his own face from a third-person perspective wasn’t exactly a pleasant experience for him.
It felt like listening to a recording of his own voice.

-LMAOOO Halfway there! Hang in there!
-This guy can’t even wait, how’s he gonna be good at the game?
-ㅇㅇ He actually IS pretty good tho LOLLLLL
-That’s facts
-Wait guys I just searched for Sik Sik Corner’s ID and got no results
-???

Seo Jun read the chat and made an inference.
“Did they change their username?”
That would have been surprising.
Not that they ran away, but rather—that in such a brief moment, not a single viewer had claimed that username? He’d expected someone to snag it immediately.
Then again, why would anyone want that username in the first place?

-Nah doesn’t look like it
-I searched for Sik Sik Corner’s other character and checked their character list, but the max-level character is gone
-Did they actually delete it?
-FYI deletion takes a full day normally. Right now it’s just in progress so it won’t show up in searches

“Then……”
Just as he was about to send a direct message to Sik Sik Corner instead of trying the random conversation system again.
Seo Jun arrived at his first continent in Luna On.

[Peron]

Seo Jun’s perspective shifted back into his body and he regained control, as the continent’s name appeared above his head.
Alongside a small notification that he’d completed simple challenges like visiting Peron.
But none of that registered with him.
“Well… ugh……”
Or rather, it couldn’t.
He had arrived at a beach.
And on that beach stood dozens of people dressed exactly like him.
They caught his attention immediately.
Their defining features were that their nicknames all followed the pattern of “Geomsin” plus a number, and they were all staring directly at him.
It gave him chills.
‘I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite like this, even in my past life.’
Though not a densely packed crowd, there were more than enough of them.
“The captain’s here! He’s in our channel!”
“Wooooow!”
“The timing’s insane! There are 198 channels on this map right now? Crazy!”
“Chat, can you see me?”
“Mom! I’m on Geomsin’s stream! I wish this was on television!”
The noise was deafening. Really deafening.

-Oh my god LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
-I saw this coming but LOLOLOL
-The Pied Piper meta on LOLOL
-Thank god players can’t harm each other or this would be chaos LOLOL

People could approach within a certain range of Seo Jun, but they couldn’t enter a 0.5-meter radius around him.
And since the same applied between players, it was impossible for them to completely surround him.
“I want to watch from the side!”
“Wow, he’s actually ridiculously handsome.”
“We’re all just town NPCs, so why is the captain an S-Rank adventurer? We’re wearing the same clothes!”
“Hey… who just said that? I’m challenging you to PvP. How do I request PvP?”
“Me too.”
The word “chaotic” was made for situations like this.
Everyone trying to get close to him meant nobody could move a single step because of the 0.5-meter restriction.
‘I can’t even move like this.’
The outer ring should have stepped back in order, but that wasn’t happening.
Seo Jun was stuck.
They were all stuck together.

-LOLOLOL The reality check in all this is hilarious
-He was handsome when we watched other streams too
-During the 5-man raid he was basically a movie by himself
-This is why looks matter so much
-It’s okay! Our beloved has his own charm! (dither dither)

Seo Jun felt the need to take control of the situation.
“Alright everyone, please calm down and be quiet. If you’re not, I’ll mute the game sound entirely. Then we’ll never be able to communicate in-game.”
“Yes……”
“Everyone, show some respect!”
“Quiet!”
Even back in For the Sect, there had been followers tagging along.
But then there was a personal channel, and more importantly, since it wasn’t in RPG format, people expressed their desire to meet Seo Jun in different ways.
That was through sniping.
But now there was no sniping, and the viewer count was far higher.
‘About 60,000 people, so roughly ten times more?’
Still, seeing how obedient they’re being now……
“Back in school, there was always at least one loudmouth who’d mess things up at times like this, but you’re all surprisingly well-behaved. I was ready to switch channels if things got loud.”
Though there would be viewers over there too.
“So anyways… oops!”
“……”
Pfft.
Laughter bubbled up from various places.

-Exactly that kind of guy LOLLLLLLLL
-LMAO trying to do the real-world version of LOLOL
-The ones who skip the final chant are these kinds of enemies LOLOL
-I’m agreeing through chat LOLOL

“It’s nice to meet you all.”
This sort of situation would become common going forward.
Since the game map itself was large and new channels were continuously generated based on player numbers, it wasn’t a major problem.
“Anyway, since you know who I am, there are separate field contents where you can try sniping, and for now when there’s nothing I can do, let’s all relax together. Understood?”
“Yes.”
“Understood.”
The users who had calmed down spread out from the outermost players, and everyone was able to move freely again.
“Phew. Then I’ll send a message to Sik Sik Corner. He’ll help coordinate what needs to be done next as my secretary.”
Both the chat and the nearby Geomsins answered “Yes” simultaneously.

-Right
-Want to slack off and farm honey LOLOL
-You’re saying you wanna milk the veteran player for tips ah LOLOL

[Jin Seo Jun: Please send me a message once you create a character on Luna On. I’ll add you as a friend.]

Seo Jun’s channel was 177.
And this channel was full.
According to what Seo Jun had studied about channels, there were two ways to enter a full channel.
One was to keep trying.
If the people on that channel moved to another map or logged out, bringing the count down, you could enter.
The second was to form a Party.
Moving to a party member’s channel applied slightly looser restrictions.
In that sense, Seo Jun made a request to the people around him.
“Everyone, if you get a party request, don’t accept it. Otherwise I’ll have to switch channels.”
And he waited.
“The reply is taking a while.”
They deleted the account and everything, so why’s it so slow?
The people around him gradually drifted away one by one, heading off to progress through the game.
As mentioned, there was nothing to do right now.
Just watch the friend request window and see how many people were sending him requests?

-Geomsin 201, take care ㅜㅜㅜㅜ
-Geomsin 33 is heading out too
-Geomsin 7! Even you single-digit Geomsins are leaving to Job Change!!!!
-Single-digit Geomsins are actually pretty rare LOLLLL
-LOLOLOLOL It’s creepy how they’re all Geomsins LOLOLOL Unity is insane apparently

As people cycled through like that.
“I’m here!”
A user named Geomsin 331 approached Seo Jun.
“You’ve arrived?”
“Let’s go then! You backstabbing bastard! But I’ll be generous and look out for you. With your strength and my intellect, we could even build the top guild and establish a dynasty. Come on, let’s go make a guild first! No, friend me first. Hurry!”
“Yes.”
A guild all of a sudden?
Seo Jun was about to follow along, but something felt off, so he stepped back and created distance.
The tone was strange. It was different from Sik Sik Corner’s cadence.
And yet it was also familiar.
A message he’d received before suddenly came to mind.
Could it be?
“I’ll even let you be the guild master as a special favor to you.”
“You.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Could you be Dang So?”
“Oh! You recognized me! That’s right, we really do have that bond! Now that you’ve figured it out, change your nickname back to your original—”
“Shut up.”
“How vulgar.”
“I said be quiet.”

-LOLOLOLOLOL The captain just told him to shut up? LOLOLOLOL Who the hell is this guy?
-Could it be Tae-woo? He sometimes does that with Tae-woo
-Is this a real-life friend???
-LOLOL True to form as For the Sect’s best attention-grabber LOLOL

He never expected that persistent drama-seeker to actually show up.
A headache was setting in.
“Anyway everyone, this person is someone I met in the previous game under the nickname Dang So, and well… he’s basically the first-rate version of Sik Sik Corner. He lost a bet with me and switched his affiliation.”
“But I led us to victory with my superior strategy.”
“I can’t say we won because of him, but what’s certain is it wasn’t because of him. He’s just… Lucky Sik Sik Corner.”

-LOLOLOL Lucky Sik Sik Corner
-I don’t know what he is but he’s definitely weird LOLOLOLOL
-Double the weirdness!

And then.
Finally, a message arrived.

[Mart Sik Sik Corner: Yo bro I’m here~ channel 177 right?ㅋㅋ]

“Oh, you’re here? Which number Geomsin are you?”
Seo Jun displayed their 1-on-1 conversation window so the viewers could see it.

[Mart Sik Sik Corner: I’m Geomsin 500]
[Mart Sik Sik Corner: 1 looks kinda lame compared to 500 you feel me?]

What is he even saying?
And lame? What’s lame?
“1 is far better. And why are you chatting from over there anyway? Just come here.”
Seo Jun approached Geomsin 500, who was standing a distance away with his head down.
Dang So, number 331, followed along.
Seo Jun got close to Geomsin 500 and spoke.
“Sik Sik Corner?”
“Ah… hello.”
“?”
What’s this?
“Is it really you?”
Why’s he being so timid?
“Yes……. Hello.”
He bowed his head, then looked up, but kept avoiding Seo Jun’s eyes.
Could it be?
“Are you the Internet Bully Archetype?”
“……”
“……”
“……Yes.”
Another headache hit him.
Good grief.
“Ha! See, I was right to come. This buffoon wouldn’t even know how to make content.”
“Dang So, you… never mind. Alright.”
Welcome.

-LOLOLOLOLOL
-This is killing me LOLOLOLOL
-Wow! The hero party is assembled! LOLOL

* * *

The Internet Bully Archetype.
A term for people who are timid in society but bold and brazen online.
“What needs doing isn’t a guild……”
Exactly like now—someone who trails off mid-sentence in person but sounds confident online.

[Mart Sik Sik Corner: Job Change, you bastard LOLOL]

Why does he keep chatting when he’s standing right next to us?
And his tone just changed drastically.
‘This must be his character too.’
It was likely. Since this was a broadcast, he probably did it on purpose.
To establish his own distinct persona.
If that weren’t the case?
No way. How could a person be like that?
“Sik Sik Corner?”
“Yes. Yes?”
“Don’t jump and just talk normally from right here. Don’t type in chat.”
“……”
In that moment, the expression on his face that Seo Jun witnessed was clearly one of genuine reluctance.
“So anyway, you need to Job Change?”
“Yes……. Of course if you plan to do Guild Warfare, it’s better to create a guild today. But you don’t have to—you could just join a viewer’s guild instead……”
“Guild Warfare?”
“Guild Warfare, abbreviated to that. It’s basically guild-on-guild conflict.”
“I see.”
A guild.
“Of course we have to make one! What are you talking about?! And our guild will dominate this entire game!”
Looking at it this way, Dang So’s unwavering enthusiasm was rather impressive.
Hmm.
If Sik Sik Corner was the Internet Bully Archetype.
Then Dang So was the bully’s brains?
Shameless confidence.
“Dominate what? So we Job Change first?”
“Yes. Let’s go Job Change first. After that…… we get the Rakel Identity Certificate.”
“What’s an Identity Certificate?”

[Mart Sik Sik Corner: Ugh LOLOL This guy doesn’t know anything. Please study beforehand for real!]

“Gulp.”
“……I apologize.”

-LOLOLOLOL
-Jekyll and Hyde behavior LOLOLOLOL
-This looks like actual madness LOLOLOL

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