Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 236

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Chapter 236

Seo Jun waved his hand toward the fish that had taken the bait.
The Rabbit Mask, meeting his eyes, waved back.
“Huh, these crazy bastards. They’ve lost their minds.”
Dang So clicked his tongue.
Seo Jun laughed and made one request of the group.
“Just give me a moment. I’ll be back soon. Or you can start without me if you like. Either way, no big deal, right?”
Once they climbed onto the Training Ground, everyone’s match would start individually anyway.
The Skill Enhancement Token would be valuable for everyone.
“You’re going to meet *those* people and come back? Listen here, Heavenly Demon—”
“Leave him be, Dang So.”
A former—no, current—chronic troll like Dang So tried to stop him.
Seo Jun interpreted it as internalized hatred firing off.
“Tae-woo, what’s your take on this?”
“There’s no one better at thrashing the truly disruptive ones than him.”

-The leader beats up trolls best!
-He’s literally the worst one lol
-fr fr
-Those three masked guys really got something off about them.
-Saw them earlier, total bad manners

“Tae-woo, don’t slander me. I’m just going to meet some fans, guys.”
“Sure, good luck. I’m going to start early and grab the enhancement token myself.”
“Hmm, should I give it a shot too? Siksikconeor, could you explain the PVP rules a bit?”
Leaving Tae-woo and Dang So to hear the explanation, Seo Jun turned back toward the entrance.
The Rabbit Mask had been watching the broadcast and came straight toward him.
They were highly likely to be impolite users.
From what he could tell, they were from Solar One rather than Lunar One, plus they were hiding their faces with masks.
‘Siksikconeor mentioned seeing a post about how impolite users create characters on different servers.’
Siksikconeor had slipped the information to Seo Jun discreetly earlier, staying out of broadcast view.
They were probably members of Monster, the top guild on Solar One.
Seo Jun didn’t harbor particular ill will toward such people. He’d never suffered at their hands.
Since they hadn’t been suspended, it meant they hadn’t crossed certain lines either, making it awkward to invoke righteousness.
Still, Seo Jun saw them as good prey that had just presented itself.
After all, they’d come looking to underestimate and test him.
“Haha, quite the coincidence meeting you here…”
“Not really, Rabbit Mask.”
“Huh? What?”
Seo Jun spoke plainly.
“You’re here to prove your skill, aren’t you?”
“Well…”

-Whoa! Goes right for the throat
-Translation: Drop the bs, let’s fight, you punks!
-Bit of a loose translation: You’re obviously trash
-Think that’s not a mistranslation?
-If you’re gonna joke you should’ve said “loose interpretation,” not “mistranslation” lmao

The Mustache Mask and Opera Mask behind the Rabbit Mask chuckled and let out sounds of excitement.
‘Cute.’
He’d seen enough groups that used that kind of cheering.
“Right?”
“Well… yes, I suppose so. If we can prove ourselves directly, it’s faster to get into a party.”
“Alright then, come on in. I’ll head up shortly.”
“Hehehehe. Understood. But have you tried PVP in this game before?”
“No, but don’t worry. If the three of you can take me down even once, I’ll acknowledge you.”
“Pfft.”
The Opera Mask laughed outright while the Rabbit Mask chuckled and warmed up.
“Understood.”
“Then come on up.”
Seo Jun turned and headed back to where he’d been.

-lmaooo he’s literally laughing at you, ghost mask
-But won’t there be other Geomsin users here? Isn’t that risky?
-Though honestly, like 80% of this stream’s chat has never done Percle PVP anyway? The streamer obviously hasn’t
-But his first try always succeeds, that’s the thing about the leader

[‘I don’t even know’ donated 50,000 won!]
[Other Geomsin users, make some room so our leader can properly crush these guys]

-ok
-Too bad but this time we’ll hold back! We’ll save the harassment for next time!
-Fact) the streamer’s always been the one getting harassed
-The leader never loses in PVP

“Thanks for the donation. You didn’t have to do that.”
Seo Jun reconsidered after reading a chat message asking if he could really handle it if 27 Geomsin users suddenly rushed him in revenge.
“Alright, well, I’ll beat these guys and we can all play together afterward.”
Since the masked trio were unlikeable, the viewers seemed to be going easy on them.
“So what’s your plan?”
Mixed in among the chat were messages questioning whether it was even possible to survive ten minutes without having tried PVP.
“Well, it’ll work out one way or another, won’t it?”
Back where he’d started, Seo Jun looked around before turning his gaze to the Training Ground.
Tae-woo and Dang So weren’t nearby—they’d already climbed up and were playing with other Geomsin users.
The other original users here were playing with the Geomsin users too.
“What is this, I’m scared.”
“Ugh, I need to level up my specs right now. Don’t come!”
Seo Jun chuckled and asked Siksikconeor the one most important question.
“Does the Flowing Technique work in PVP?”
And after hearing the answer, Seo Jun had the same thought as the viewers.

-lmao they’re screwed
-Those guys lol
-They’re done for

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The Mustache Mask and Opera Mask watched through the broadcast as the distant Seo Jun asked Siksikconeor about whether the Flowing Technique worked, and they laughed.
“What, he’s looking for that even in PVP?”
“Thinking it’d work on actual users too. His confidence is something else, I’ll give him that. No wonder he asked us to come. Messing with him is gonna be fun.”
The one the Mustache Mask called “him” was the Rabbit Mask.
All three of them were members of Monster, the top guild on Solar One, and the one who’d orchestrated this meetup was the Rabbit Mask.
He was also the one who’d posted the recruitment on the community.
Though, when he posted on Raven, nobody responded, so they’d just gathered the usual numbers.
The Rabbit Mask spoke with scorn dripping from his voice.
“Listen up, guys. That streamer’s getting a PVP lecture right now. This is hilarious. What was he thinking, picking a fight he started?”
He genuinely couldn’t understand it, so he asked his friends.
“Maybe he really does want to recruit us into his party.”
“No way.”
“Or maybe he took us for polite users? Like he wants to carry us the way he does with that Siksikconeor guy?”
“Then why’d he ask me to take off my mask?”
“Maybe he just wants to see our faces and party with us?”
“So… the streamer’s not very bright?”
The Rabbit Mask and Opera Mask dismissed Seo Jun casually while waiting for him to climb onto the Training Ground.
And then the Mustache Mask spoke up with a shocked expression.
“Wait, he’s from Korea University?”
“For real?”
“Yeah. Wait, if you’re gonna target him, at least do your homework.”
“Korea University though? That bothers me. How’d you find that out? Did someone post it in chat?”
“Nah, I barely watch the stream anyway. It came up in the guild chat.”
The Rabbit Mask immediately opened the guild messaging app.

-Those idiots actually went through with it lmaooo
-Crush them and come back. The target’s a beginner
-Haha even if everyone gets adjustments in PVP, this is ridiculous
-If they get held up by those guys for like an hour, the streamer’ll probably notice and GG out on broadcast lol

“Right, he was a beginner?”
As the Rabbit Mask muttered this, the other two clapped their hands in realization.
“Wow, we totally forgot because he was so confident.”
“Yeah, me too. Like, how does someone that dumb even get into Korea University?”
The Rabbit Mask agreed vehemently.
“But anyway, what’d the Guild Master say?”
“Just said not to get caught. The number of viewers is too high. Plus the newbies. Oh, and hahahaha!”
“What?”
“He asked if we’re actually joining that party instead, abandoning the guild?”
They were elite members of Monster guild.
The kind invited to the Guild Master’s Percle Party raids.
And their PVP skill was among the best in the guild.
The Rabbit Mask giggled and spoke.
“No way. The Percle Party’s ours to run. Why’d we join some newbie streamer?”
“Yeah, right?”
“But it’s not fun anymore.”
“Why?”
“I was thinking how to mess with him, but it all fell into place too easily?”
“Rabbit, we’re on Lunar One anyway so even if we tried, we couldn’t pull off anything solid. Let’s just win decisively here and instead keep pretending to join the Percle Party, then bail when the update drops. Wait, actually, I just thought of something—this is a genius idea. You with me?”
“For real, this is perfect.”
They giggled together.
Yet beneath the Rabbit Mask’s laughter, his mood was far from good.
‘Cocky bastard.’
During their conversation, the Rabbit Mask had felt that Seo Jun was looking down on him.
But disliking it and wanting to retaliate wasn’t enough—he hadn’t figured out how to strike back, so he couldn’t just rush in recklessly.
Had the other side realized that and was deliberately scratching the itch?

[Come on up. You’re watching the broadcast, right?]

Finally, their opponent finished listening to the brief explanations and climbed onto the Training Ground.
The ten-minute timer started, but they leisurely approached an NPC Master nearby.
The exact name was Master ???—an NPC whose identity remained unrevealed, currently surrounding the Training Ground ahead with multiple clones.
Upon speaking to it, a voice demanded a test of their abilities, and the ground beneath them changed in an instant.
They’d been spawned at random locations across the Training Ground.
The Rabbit Mask immediately scanned his surroundings and internally cheered.
‘Lucky. The prey’s right next to me.’
The opponent was close.
By contrast, his guildmates had spawned a bit further away.
He moved immediately.
Two of the three had Assassin jobs. One was a Warrior.
The reason was simple: they were strong in PVP.
Assassins had many mobility skills, fast attack speeds, and ever-changing abilities—they had the highest ceiling if you controlled them well.
But in exchange, their physical defense—health and armor—was low.
Warriors were more durable but attacked slower.
‘The Mustache Mask needs caution.’
Either way, dying even once to the opponent would be humiliating.
The opponent was a beginner, after all.
‘But they’re good at this.’
Good enough that even a Warrior’s slow attacks could be deflected.
Above all, in PVP, differing attack speeds meant the judgment for the Flowing Technique had to be lenient to prevent it from becoming impossible altogether.
So the Warrior, the Mustache Mask, would need to be extra careful.
‘Users aren’t like monsters with fixed patterns, so it won’t be easy.’
Besides, in PVP most people didn’t even think about the Flowing Technique, let alone counters.
They struggled just focusing on dodging and landing hits.
One wrong move and you’d get punished hard.
The moment the distance closed, the opponent’s Longsword moved.
‘A slash? Please.’
The Rabbit Mask deployed a Smoke Screen skill, hiding his body in the black mist.
But the Rabbit Mask used mobility skills in rapid succession the instant his body vanished into the dark veil.
His form became ethereal, hurtling a fixed distance forward to seize the opponent’s rear, and though the Stealth effect dissolved from the movement skill activation,
his Dagger was already charged with a skill, aimed sharply at the opponent’s back.
His build was Thief.
Rear strikes dealt significant bonus damage.
‘Now!’
And a second later.
He saw his Dagger thrust through empty air while the opponent’s sword precisely scraped the inside of his Dagger’s hilt from inside to outside.
Numbness consumed his entire body.

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“Come back up. What are you doing spacing out?”
And about a minute later.
At the respawn entrance of the map.
The Rabbit Mask watched the handsome streamer finish off his allies and approach the entrance, looking down at him.
“You don’t have much time left, do you?”
Only a minute had passed, but the prey was already hurrying them along.
As if their positions had somehow been reversed.

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