Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 239

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Chapter 239

12:01 AM.
Seo Jun’s phone rang from the streaming corner, and he got straight to business.
“So. Explain the Allied Siege Warfare to me.”

[Yes. It’s siege warfare, but guilds form alliances and compete against each other. Fifty people isn’t quite enough, right?]

“How many guilds on each side?”

[Two versus two.]

So that meant a hundred versus a hundred total.
It certainly seemed like one guild alone wasn’t enough, and three or more would be a bit excessive.
Even as guild warfare, it wasn’t some massive event that the Game Company spent months preparing and releasing as an update.
More importantly, no matter what game mode it was, the foundation never strayed far from the Player vs Player matches they’d done in the training ground.
“You don’t do one versus one versus one?”

[That mode exists too. Anyway, since this one is two versus two, you’ll need to find another guild. What are you thinking of doing? This is honestly what’s been the most annoying part. The opponent might be Solain’s second-ranked guild, Demon Realm, and we’d team with them.]

Monster or Demon Realm.
‘Hmm.’
The guild names weren’t ordinary.
Their tendencies would be similar too, so the odds of teaming were high.
Seo Jun thought for a moment, then checked his mailbox.
Just in case.
After checking it, he smiled comfortably.
“No need to worry about that.”

[Really? If the allied guild turns out to be newbies too, we’re completely stuck. We’re already swamped just developing our current guild members…]

“Don’t worry.”

[Okay. See you tomorrow then. I’ll explain the details once we start coordinating.]

After hanging up, Seo Jun told Kim Tae-woo, who walked in asking what they’d do, not to worry either.
He showed him the screen.

[Lunon guild ranked 158th, Love guild. Want to do Allied Siege Warfare together? By the way, I’m a fan!]
[Hello. If you don’t have a guild partner for siege warfare, our Solain 177th-ranked Hunter guild…]

Mails had arrived in just a few minutes.
Kim Tae-woo’s reaction, while simple, was accurate.
“Looks like we get to pick and choose.”
“Well… let’s see how things develop until tomorrow.”
Seo Jun ended the day like that.

* * *

The next day.
Seo Jun decided to do Enchantment work.
More specifically, enhancing accessories at the Smithy to raise his stats.
The additional stats gained through Enchantment on accessories—not the base stats they gave—applied in Player vs Player as well.
That’s why it was the only option top-tier guilds considered, since they barely looked at specs in Player vs Player content.
The highest-grade accessories currently available to players were Legendary Grade.
Of course, the numerical value of additional options varied only based on the Enchantment result, regardless of the equipment’s rarity.
But since the next tier of accessories would soon come from the Four Heavenly Kings Raid, they said there was no need to aim for the final tier with the current Enchantment work.
New items would be coming soon, and maximizing old-tier items before that happens was nothing but a headache, they said.
Anyway.
“I’ll begin.”
Seo Jun entered the Smithy and found the Enchantment NPC.

-Today’s Enchantment will be done by Dang So and Kim Tae-woo from the streaming corner together!
-By the way, this is pure luck
-Whoever pulls an 8+ Enhancement first!!!!

Enchantment was luck, just like equipment Enhancement.
Why did games plaster random systems everywhere instead of fixed systems?
The reason was simple.
Because it was more thrilling.
The dopamine rush released by the brain when succeeding—that thrill—grew more intense the deeper the valley of failure that came before it.
In other words.
The more predatory the game, the more users loved it and spent money, no matter how much they cursed it.
Who?
Heavy users.
Suckers like Kim Tae-woo.
“Going for +10!”
Accessory Enchantment had a very simple mechanism.
And it was wickedly brutal.
“Everyone watch my screen!”
The starting success rate was 100%.
Seo Jun could see Dang So’s and Tae-woo’s streaming screens in his view, and he enlarged Tae-woo’s for a moment.

[Ephid Ring] [Legendary]
[+1]
[Additional Effect: HP]

“90% is nothing!”
The ring then became +2.
He’d successfully Enchanted for the second time.
“Same here!”
The third Enchantment success rate was 80%.
The fourth was 70%.
That’s right.
Accessory Enchantment went up to +10, and the success rate dropped with each tier.
Down to 10% success for going from +9 to +10.
And here’s the wickedness:
“Aaah! No! 30% chance fails here?”
“Krhaha. Seems you’re terrible at Enhancement, aren’t you? Let me give it a shot.”
Dang So, who’d reached Equipment Level 300 by spending a bit more than average, stepped up.

[Half-Broken Struggle Ring] [Legendary]
[+1]
[Additional Effect: Defense]

“Success! Another success! And then the next one! Kraaagh!”
“Pff. 20% fails here. Dang So, is this real? Mine was 30%.”
If Enchantment failed, the accessory was destroyed.
Current Legendary Grade accessories at the Auction House went for around 3,000 Gold each.
What if 3,000 won vanished in one failed Enhancement?
That’d be thrilling.
“Kraaaagh! This is rigged! Why does 20% fail here! It should fail at 8+! So I can get to 9+! Kraaaagh!”
Look at him.
Wasn’t Dang So acting like he’d been electrocuted right now?
The thrill was real.
“Let me try again!”
“Go ahead.”
“And you better get ready to wail, Tae-woo.”
Dang So began Enhancing.
100%. Success.
90%. Success.
80%. Success.
70%. Success.
60%. Success.
50%. Success.
“Ooh! I’m already through insane odds! Is this me? Now I just need to break through the exact opposite!”
40%. Failure.
Destroyed.
Or rather, back to square one.
“Kraaaagh!”
Dang So was electrocuted again.
And then Tae-woo stepped up again.
“Dang So, check this out!”
100%. Success.
90%. Failure.
“What! Again!”
100%. Success.
90%. Failure.
“This Game Company is really… argh! Come to think of it, this 10% chance! It’s the same damn rate as that equipment smelting that never worked! Game Company, you heartless gods!”

-Ahahaha the Wall of Lamentation at 10% ahahaha
-Why does this guy have such bad luck ahahaha
-This is the good stuff

Just as Dang So said, Tae-woo was genuinely on the verge of wailing.
Eventually, a competitive fire ignited between Dang So’s and Tae-woo’s Enhancement race.
Their target was +7, +8.
The Enhancement success rates were harder than expected, but assuming all the standard tiers attached without issue, you’d get to +5 first, then tackle 50%, 40%, and 30% success rates in sequence.
Harder than expected, but still worthwhile to attempt.
Top-tier guilds usually required all accessories to be enhanced to at least +7 or +8, it’s said.
‘One ring, two earrings, one necklace.’
He didn’t know why there was only one ring, but since that’s how you equip them, you could secure a total of four additional stats.
‘They said the stat combination for additional effects is pretty free, I think?’
No matter what, Korean gamers being the type who hate even minor losses, a standard stat combination tailored to each class had already been established.
“Kraaaagh!”
“Why! Why does it fail at 10% again! One out of two times failing at 10%? That’s impossible!”
In the chaos, Seo Jun quietly engaged with the viewers.
“Ah. Everyone. Newbies don’t have stat combinations, right?”

-Tae-woo’s hilarious ahahaha
-Yeah
-Boss, Assassins and ranged users grab 1-2 Attack/Speed, Warriors grab mostly tanking
-Everyone usually grabs one HP and one Defense each
-HP and Defense are important matters
-Newbies need at least one HP and Defense too I think

“So please evaluate the accessory stat combination I prepared for you.”

-Yeah I’ve been wondering why they didn’t reveal this
-Go ahead and rip it
-For sure, let’s evaluate!

Seo Jun opened his Inventory. He went into the equipment section and tapped each item, showing their names.

[Soft Field Wind Ring] [Legendary]
[Sylph Necklace] [Legendary]
[Freedom Earring] [Legendary]

“Yes. This is what I prepared.”
These were all he’d prepared.
And that was enough for people.

-Just looked up the items and their effects. As expected of Boss ㅊㅇ
-The additional effects are all Attack/Speed huh ahahaha is that right Boss?
-Yeah Boss that’s right! Circus class is right!
-Won’t even hit once so why need Defense ahhaha
-Then why need Attack/Speed if you won’t hit anyway?
-That’s a fair point too? ahahaha What about pure Attack investment Boss!

What.
The response was good?
His mood had taken quite a hit.
Wasn’t watching viewers lose their minds part of the fun of streaming?
The fun of being a streamer?
It was all the same.

-Meanwhile Tae-woo’s hitting 10% failure a 4th time ahahahaha
-Really back when doing equipment Enhancement that 10% would never hit, so why’s it hitting so much now
-He should just be satisfied with +5 hahaha

“Then should I give it a try too?”
Seo Jun spoke rather loudly, but Dang So and Tae-woo were so absorbed in their successive failures and the heat of competition that they didn’t notice.
“Well, let me just do it then.”
Seo Jun began Enchanting the Sylph Necklace.
100%. Success.
90%. Success.
80%. Success.
70%. Success.
60%. Success.
“Pretty smooth so far. Though it seems some people can’t even get this far.”
Instantly, Tae-woo’s head, focused on Enhancement, turned toward Seo Jun.
Snap!
Were his eyes bloodshot right now?
In virtual reality?
Just as Seo Jun tensed slightly, Tae-woo turned his head back and concentrated on Enchanting.
“Going for it.”
50%.
Success.
“Phew.”
The Sylph Necklace was now at +6.
One more success and he’d be satisfied.
The odds were 40%—a long shot but still fairly high.
“Here goes?”
And the result was?

[Sylph Necklace] [Legendary]
[+7]
[Additional Effect: Attack/Speed]

“I’ll stop the necklace here. Yeah, it’s easy.”
He hadn’t cheated.
“Kraaaagh! Why does the Celestial Demon go first!”
“I just want that 10% to fail for once!”
Compared to those two, it kind of felt like he had cheated?

* * *

Seo Jun finished the two +7s first with slightly better luck, and the other two settled at +6 for now.
After that, he and the guild members roamed maps to get more Skill Enhancement Scrolls.
When three hours had passed since starting the broadcast, just as what they were doing wrapped up, a group approached Seo Jun from a distance.
They rode the same mount as Seo Jun—the Golden King Raven—and the person at the front had the nickname Ppoppi Papa.
“Huff. Ppoppi’s such a cute name.”
Tae-woo laughed as if he found it adorable.
The four people around him all had nicknames like Heavenly Blade Emperor and Black Moon Blade Master.

-The nicknames are all middle-aged uncle vibes ahahaha
-…In Rakleon, uncles are… powerful beings…
-Is that Blood Veteran? ahahaha
-ㅊㅇ Blood Veteran is right? That guy’s the current #1 guild master
-D-damn
-Suddenly the energy looks seriously cool ahahaha

Ppoppi Papa seemed to be the leader and spoke first.
“Hello there, Geomsin.”
“Yes, hello. You came to see me, right?”
The current #1 guild master—Blood Veteran.
“Yes, that’s right. Hehehehe. We young folks want to join in on the fun too, so we came looking. Enjoyed the broadcast.”
Ppoppi Papa cut straight to the chase.
“You want to join means you want to do the siege together?”
“Well, that’s part of it, but whether we’d be enemies or teammates still isn’t settled. Our Supreme Lord won’t let the guild war go as a loss, you see.”
“So you might end up on the Monster side?”
Tae-woo interjected from the side, and Ppoppi Papa chuckled with ease and answered.
“Could be.”
“But I heard Monster is a Bad Manner guild?”
Why make such a fuss over a Bad Manner guild? Wasn’t it because they didn’t want to game together?
And teaming with a Bad Manner guild stamped you as a Bad Manner user yourself.
So why talk about possibly teaming as if you didn’t know that?
And Ppoppi Papa gently explained why he didn’t even care about that.
“Have you heard of Target Elimination?”
“Huh? Yeah?”
“We don’t care about kids’ games like Bad Manner or whatever.”
At those words, Tae-woo tensed, while Seo Jun laughed as if amused.
‘Enemies, huh?’

-Whoa damn oof
-This is Blood Veteran for you ahahaha
-Info) Target Elimination is where big hyungs controlling a server pick one person and endlessly, indiscriminately PK them into not being able to play—absolute trash gameplay
-But for Blood Alliance it’s the average, right?
-Masters of the lawless lands themselves oof
-Blood Veteran declares: Solain’s Demon Realm is just a playground for kids!

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