Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 232

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Chapter 232

Whoosh.
Seo Jun ended the broadcast and stepped out of the capsule.
He felt grateful that today, like any other streamer, he’d wrapped up the broadcast smoothly and without incident.
‘The world didn’t try to shut me down today, at least.’
That was a relief.
During streams, strange people often showed up or started trouble, forcing him—really, truly forcing him—to respond as a streamer in ways he couldn’t ignore. Today, none of that happened.
That’s why it had ended peacefully.
‘Right, it was an advertisement broadcast, wasn’t it?’
Should the world have tried to shut him down instead?
Seo Jun pondered it seriously for a moment, then let it go.
Because from today’s broadcast, he felt that the Purcle Raid was worth attempting.
‘If I saw a glimmer of possibility.’
Then he’d do it.
If he bumped into something and saw no hope at all, the smart move was to back off fast before he cracked his skull. But if there was even a sliver of possibility, then it was good to trust himself and challenge it.
At least if he wanted to.
Even a faint possibility would widen like a crack in a dam, depending on how hard he pushed.
That’s why successful people always told the fearful to just try—because possibility grows with effort.
So why did he want to?
‘The reason’s simple.’
Purcling looked fun.
He’d already met some interesting people doing it.
Seo Jun finished his tasks leisurely and headed to the room next door.
“So what are you doing about it?” he asked, opening the door and getting straight to business.
Then he checked what the room’s occupant was up to.
He’d expected Tae-woo to be lying on the bed scrolling through his phone on a day off, but Tae-woo wasn’t there.
“What are you looking at so intently?”
Tae-woo was sitting at his desk.
He appeared to be searching for something earnestly.
“Oh, you’re here? Listen, I already ordered chicken, so don’t worry!”
I see.
“Actually, I’m not in the mood for it today.”
“Shut up!”
“So what are you deciding about?”
“What do you mean?”
“You looked interested in the game—are you going to play too?”
“Can’t you see the monitor from the door?”
Seo Jun, standing in the doorway, stepped inside at those words to check the monitor.
“Oh? So you were looking at the classes?”
So he’d decided to play after all.
“Yeah, just…?”
His words said “just,” but Seo Jun knew Tae-woo had already made a ninety-percent firm decision.
‘That’s how he always is.’
If he has no heart for it, he never acts. Acting itself meant there was intention behind it.
So when someone answered “just” to a question, you simply let it slide.
“What class are you going with?”
“Hmm…….”
“Want me to recommend something? You haven’t entered the game yet, right?”
“Right. Been watching your broadcasts. So what’s the recommendation? Fair warning though—I’m absolutely not doing Support. Not happening, no matter how fancy it is.”
Support Class.
If you chose Mage or Mechanic, you could play a support role through Support Skills, or so they said.
You’d restore health, deploy shields, apply various buffs—genuinely auxiliary work.
Currently, the game hadn’t stressed the necessity of support much, but most expected that to change once the Four Kings Raid dropped.
People like Tae-woo, who’d rather die dealing damage and being the hero, hated support.
But there were also people suited to helping others—people who just loved buff skills—who adored support.
Beyond that, while the game wasn’t quite there yet, in most games, supports were treated as precious, so it suited people who enjoyed that.
But Seo Jun knew Tae-woo’s temperament, so naturally he had no intention of suggesting support.
“Don’t worry. It’s not support.”
“So what is it?”
Tae-woo perked up his ears and swiveled his chair around.
“Beginner.”
And Seo Jun thoroughly crushed that anticipation.
“Hey.”
“What.”
“You knew I was going to do that, didn’t you?”
“Then you should’ve said so first.”
As Seo Jun chuckled, Tae-woo threw a wireless mouse at him from behind.
But Seo Jun caught it effortlessly with one hand, set it gently on Tae-woo’s desk mat, and tapped his shoulder.
“Too slow.”
“Dammit!”
What is it?
“Why do all the people around me love that exclamation? Really is a mystery.”
“Dammit! Yeah, that’s MY bad for asking a guy who picks beginner classes! I’m going to dive in and decide for myself!”
Tae-woo said that and immediately climbed into his capsule.
He didn’t forget to flip the middle finger at Seo Jun as he settled in.
Seo Jun gave him a light bite back and sat down at Tae-woo’s desk. He checked what he’d been looking up.
There were multiple tabs open.
‘Class tier lists, character growth guides, Gunner builds, PVP, and so on. He really did a lot of research.’
He seemed to be preparing in a fairly orthodox way.
This bastard.
J.
“I had something to tell you. If anything comes up, just let me know.”
Seo Jun headed to the Living Room.

* * *

The next morning, when Seo Jun woke up and checked his friend’s account login time through the VR Management App, he found:

Which meant he’d played until four in the morning.
Impressive.
‘So he played that game for nearly five hours yesterday?’
Of course, that was the last login time in virtual reality, so it might not have been five hours straight.
He could’ve been playing other games.
Either way, he’d be sleeping a while longer.
True to Seo Jun’s guess, Tae-woo woke up at noon, five hours later.
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”
He disturbed Seo Jun, who’d been reading in the Living Room enjoying the end of the semester after his final exams, with a shout the moment he got up.
“Why the noise first thing in the morning again…….”
Seo Jun frowned.
It wasn’t just the volume—it was too sudden.
“Arrrgh!”
By this point, Seo Jun sensed something was wrong.
He closed his book, shelved it, and slowly made his way to Tae-woo’s door.
“Lousy game! Garbage game! This is so damn frustrating.”
What was it?
He could hear the sound of thrashing in bed and blanket-kicking through the door.
“Failed in my dreams too! In my dreams! Dammit! This enhancement garbage…….”
Getting quieter?
Seo Jun opened the door.

* * *

“Yeah.”

“No, I need to be precise, Seo Jun.”
“Right. You burned three hundred on enhancement alone? For like four hours straight? And the equipment level you got to is fifty?”
“Exactly! Argh! My money……. Really…….”
Seo Jun genuinely thought Tae-woo was pathetic.
He did stupid things often, but today was especially stupid.
“How did it even happen?”
“It wouldn’t stick.”
“What wouldn’t.”
“The enhancement, dumbass.”
“Why are you snapping at me?”
“Man. It wouldn’t land at all—I swear it was rigged. They saw a sucker coming and rigged the odds. Think I’m an idiot?”
“You already proved it.”
Is he insane?
“Shut up. I exercised restraint the whole time. If it had just worked, I would’ve gone straight to Max Level.”
He’s insane.
Seo Jun tried to grasp the nature of the person before him while remembering what he’d said during the advertisement meeting.
He must’ve used a Skip Pass, pushing from equipment level two hundred fifty to three hundred.
He’d heard that even from this point on, with event rewards, you could hit the level target before the raid update without spending a dime.
But if you skipped the events and daily material quests and just tried to brute-force it with money all at once, it cost a lot.
Still.
“Three hundred really costs that much?”
The tone was definitely not that of someone who thought it was normal.
“Ugh!”
“Ha. So are you going to quit?”
“Can’t quit because it hurts too much to walk away.”
“That’s a sunk cost, you know.”
“Yeah, I don’t know what that is. Your attacks, your snark, your fancy words—none of it lands~.”
Huh.
For a moment, Seo Jun felt dizzy from Tae-woo’s brazen attitude and words.
It was shamelessness he’d never felt even in his past life.
“Right, so you’re saying you were just unlucky?”
“Very. It’s a ten percent chance. Ten percent! And I couldn’t even succeed once, so I hit the ceiling every single time! For real!”
“That’s what the ceiling is?”
“Yeah. If you fail enough, it takes pity and just gives it to you.”
“And how many times did you see the ceiling to blow three hundred?”
“……Shut up.”
“So you saw it multiple times? How many failures? How much did you lose?”
“…….”
“Yeah, no need to dredge up painful memories.”
“Already dredged them up plenty.”
“So what class did you go with?”
“Gunner. I’m going down the Sniping Tree.”
“Will you stream it too?”
“Yeah. I’m aiming for Purcle too.”
Tae-woo said it with resolve.
“Then do well. Guess we’ll be competing again.”
So Seo Jun smiled and extended his hand.
“What?”
“Let’s do some friendly competition.”
It was the moment for a handshake, but Tae-woo dropped his resolute expression and shouted at Seo Jun.
“Hey! You bastard!”
“What?”
“Let me ride your coattails just once! Come on! It’s not like you’ve already locked in your party or anything!”
“It’s not? It’s already locked in.”
“Huh……. Really? That’s no good. My three hundred thousand won…….”
“Just kidding.”
“Ah…… shit.”
“Let’s drop the jokes. Glad you’re doing it anyway. I was going to ask.”
“Hehehehe. So you’re really letting me join your party?”
“I don’t have anyone else anyway.”
The raid was expected to be an 8-player party.
Now they had four.
“Finally!”
“Anyway, you streaming later?”
“Yeah.”
“Then I’ll see you in-game.”
“Got it.”

* * *

[Some idiot burned three hundred thousand won getting to level 300, so I’m doing an Enhancement Show too.]

So Tae-woo revealed he was the one who spent three hundred thousand, right?
No.

-Seo-ha
-Tae-ha

-Why’s the title like this?
-LMAOOOOO who burned three hundred grand????
-Did he hit the ceiling on every single enhancement? LOLOLOL
-Everyone! Blood brothers! Please take it slow please!!!!
-Sounds like Dang So and another streamer
-No way Dang So, he’s broke. Gets like a hundred viewers

Currently Tae-woo was in a state of emotional and physical exhaustion.
So he deserved consideration.

Seo Jun began his opening remarks from the Capsule Lobby and started the broadcast.

-He IS pitiful lol
-Making us curious then not telling us?

-Real talk, prices got expensive when people flooded in, but that’s like… world-abandoned level lol

Did he really hit the ceiling that many times?
He could search or do the math to find out how many failures, but he didn’t bother.

-Oh it was Tae-woo lol
-Instantly revealed his friend’s identity lol

-So he must have plenty of ammo ready for the Enhancement Show?

“Haha. Yes. This time I’ll do the enhancement entirely with my own funds. I’ll use the gold from you viewers to buy Avatar Skins instead.”

-A true man refusing to take handouts

-But honestly like a hundred thousand won is average, so even just throwing money at it goes through lol
-Wait, no! Just invest time and take event rewards, it’s completely free!!!!!

So a hundred thousand was average.
“Then, I’ll enter.”

[Beginning game.]

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