Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 240

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Chapter 240

Ppoppi Papa was one of the lords who had dominated a single server in Blood Alliance for over five seasons.
Blood Alliance was not merely a hunting ground but also a battlefield between users.
With each season came a server reset, and the fierce political maneuvering and warfare over which guild chose which server was inevitable.
In that process, most guilds inevitably fell and disbanded.
For nearly three years, in a system so brutal and demanding of such massive spending, he had continuously held dominion over servers—undeniably one of a rare elite few.
Of course, controlling a server was never a matter of spending alone.
Individual guild members had to have exceptional skill, and the guild leader had to command real authority.
So it was an undeniable fact that Ppoppi Papa was an outstanding and exceptional gamer.
But.
Even in such a position, with such skill, one inevitably tires or grows weary.
That’s why Ppoppi Papa had come to Racle for a little healing, just to dabble, and he was actually enjoying himself.
But he could feel his body growing restless.
The fun from Raids and Player Kills, managing a server—they couldn’t be the same, and even when winning a Guild War, there was no seizing a hunting ground or gaining a castle, so the intensity inevitably fell short.
‘War, my ass.’
In the first place, to engage in Player-versus-Player combat on an ordinary field, you needed the opponent’s consent.
And even then, there was no death penalty.
In Blood Alliance, wars broke out and the victors issued Extermination Orders, wiping entire guilds clean—a game with a fundamentally different texture. He was satisfied enough and having fun, but felt a certain lack.
That’s when he noticed the young people’s conflict, and Ppoppi Papa, wanting to join in, came here on impulse.
‘Doesn’t matter which side, but I had a feeling this side would be more fun.’
But then.
“So you want to test my skill?”
When Seo Jun smiled and said that, Ppoppi Papa felt fire ignite in his chest.
“Isn’t that right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
What he said was a warning: if they didn’t test him, he could join the enemy side.
In truth, he had no idea if Monster would even go along with it. They had no prior connection.
He’d come here recklessly, thinking he’d create a point of contact under the pretext of testing skill, get closer to them, and maybe something fun would happen.
“Why don’t we just test it in actual combat?”
“Huh?”
“What do you think?”
Seo Jun laughed.
Ppoppi Papa laughed too.
“Heh heh.”
In his mind’s eye, all the rising powerhouses who had challenged his server-dominating crew overlapped with Seo Jun’s image.
That’s right.
The kid was saying they should do it now.
“Heh heh heh.”
He was telling them to come at the number one player in Solain and the number one overall—telling these Player-Kill veterans, weary though they were, to just come at them because he couldn’t be bothered.
Even though the texture was different from the Extermination Order system.
“Kahahaha!”
This kid is completely fun, isn’t he?
Ppoppi Papa took a liking to Seo Jun.
But to Pa Cheon Do Hwang and Heuk Wol Geom Je and the others standing beside him—honestly, his juniors whom he felt embarrassed to drag around even outside of Blood Alliance—he seemed to come across differently.
“Let’s do it, huh?”
“This young friend has no fear.”
Seo Jun’s gaze shifted from him to the side.
Pa Cheon Do Hwang and Heuk Wol Geom Je tried to look as menacing as possible at Seo Jun, but Seo Jun smiled and met their stares.
‘Impressive. Or rather, since he’s already climbed that high as a Streamer, he must not be ordinary.’
Talent for gaming?
‘If he has talent as overwhelming as that Streamer’s, that’d be truly mysterious, but in any case, physical talent is born to a large extent.’
But when dealing with people, experience is absolutely necessary.
Social intelligence has to be developed.
When you first stand before an audience during your school days to give a presentation, it’s natural to be nervous.
Yet he takes the stares of these middle-aged men without batting an eye?
I like him even more.
“Let’s stop that. How about you and I, Seo Jun the Streamer, have a separate word?”
“Whoa! That’s dangerous!”
The weird kid next to him shouted, but Ppoppi Papa paid no mind and kept staring fixedly at Seo Jun, who was glancing at the chat window for a moment.
“Hey! Don’t those old men look really strange right off the bat!”
“You talk too much, young friend. So would you follow this old man instead of your Guild Master?”
“No way! Why’d you pick such a lame nickname—Pa Cheon Whatever!”
“You little punk—”
“Stop right there! I’m calling the police!”
“What did I do! Besides, I can’t come any closer than this!”

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[I am the Guild Master of Guild Monster]
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Both Geomsin Dan and Supreme Lord wanted it, so we’ve decided to work together with Supreme Lord in this Guild War.
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-Kyaa!
-How’d they decide so fast?
└Supreme Lord does make Monster salivate
-But I hate how this bad manner punk keeps showing up in the community
└For real ㅋㅋ
└That’s why they use respectful language and write politely ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’re being super careful
└Since any post related to them gets flooded with insults at 30 upvotes, there’s no way to ignore it
└But the game company hasn’t sanctioned them, right? No problem, right? Only Raven got judged, right?
└Are you Monster?
└Honestly, fair point
-Yeah, go play around like that ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Isn’t Ppoppi Papa actually amazing?]
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An insanely pay-to-win user who beats control skill users and is a server-dominating ultra-pay-to-win player.
He’s famous in Blood Alliance for having good control.
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-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Control beats ultra-pay-to-win users ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Ultra x5 cash spending is still lacking compared to ultra x4, true ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Anyway, you’re saying he has tons of money, right? Jealous!

[Info) Supreme Lord has all 50 members with Accessories at least 9-enhanced.]
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The probability of 10-enhancement is 0.036%.
9-enhancement is 0.36%.
By the way, Supreme Lord’s leader has two 10-enhanced items ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
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-But you only need 10% success from 9-enhancement to reach 10 ㅋㅋ
└You only need 20% success from 8-enhancement to reach 9 ㅋㅋ
└Somehow the odds are generous? 0.036%—what’s that even? Bit much! ㅋㅋㅋ
└For real!!! You only need 30% success from 7-enhancement to reach 8! What! Easy!
-Nobody actually believes what those guys say, right? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Anyway, the Blood folks are seriously insane
-During the last broadcast, some guy named Dang So checked Supreme Lord’s gear window and was shocked, so he asked how they did it, and the Blood guys’ answer was hilarious
└What’d they say?
└Just said it was nothing special, just keep trying until it works ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[But if it’s like this, Geomsin Dan really looks like they’ll lose?]
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Ragtag team that didn’t even sync up formations properly vs. mean-spirited but rank 1 Monster + just absolutely terrifying elders
How is the latter not gonna win?
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-For real ㅋㅋㅋ
-If Geomsin Dan brings in another Blood guild as a relief pitcher, I don’t know, but then they might get exterminated when they return to Blood Alliance after Supreme Lord
└Seriously scary ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Aah. Racle is great because you can’t be indiscriminately Player Killed!
└That’s why it’s boring
└Are you from Blood Alliance? Then here’s an ice cream ㅎㅎ
└I’m not old enough to be called an elder, punk

[How are they even supposed to stop this]
[Monster wins!]
[If Monster wins, honestly even Raven would suck up to them that day]

-Nah
-Monster banned
-Everything they do gets them banned, these bastards (post author)

“Honestly, something feels scary about this?”
After ending the stream and coming into the living room to wait for Seo Jun, Tae-woo scrolled through the community posts and wiped his arm across his forehead.
He’d just thought of Ppoppi Papa mentioning the Extermination Order.
“In Blood Alliance, once you get marked like that and the Extermination Orders start coming, you’re supposed to go apologize to the Guild Master with your mom, dad, and all eight relatives on both sides…….”
It’s a crazy game.
And someone who reached the top in such a crazy game.
In Racle, since they can’t do any of that at all, he’s probably been playing the game pretty gently, but isn’t his whole way of thinking different?
He’d said bad manner didn’t matter, didn’t he?
Said it was just kids playing around anyway.
“So why is Seo Jun doing this with a person like that? No, and why didn’t you recruit him on the same team instead of making him an opponent? What’s the big deal?”
Tae-woo was letting out a long sigh when
the door opened and Seo Jun walked out.
“Hey. What did you talk about?”
“Um…….”
“Tell me quick. I need to understand the situation.”
“Okay. So I talked to the Guild Master of Monster right away.”
“And?”
“Talked about Ppoppi.”
“……?”
“He kept showing me pictures of Ppoppi, saying ‘Isn’t she cute? Isn’t she cute?’ with his mouth all grinning wide.”
“…….”
“But she really is cute.”
“……This is ridiculous. Anything else?”
“Nope.”
“…….”
“Oh, but overall I could tell that guy really liked me.”
“‘Really liked you,’ my ass.”
“I’m joking. Anyway, he definitely seems to like me. Says he’ll completely crush you in the Guild War.”
Tae-woo thought to himself.
How is that showing you like me, Seo Jun?
“So who are we supposed to fight!”
“Let’s figure that out starting tomorrow. The guild folks suggested doing practice matches, so once we find a guild that syncs with us, we can face them, right?”
“Ugh! If we’d just fought those older guys it would’ve been easier! All of them have 9-enhanced Accessories! Man!”
“Oh, right, I have something to tell you.”
“What?”
“I got my Necklace to 9-enhanced. Those hyungs kept pushing me to try again, so I did and it worked.”
“What!”
Tae-woo foamed at the mouth hearing what was arguably the most shocking and tragic news he’d heard all day.
Gulp.

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After that.
“Alright guys, let’s get ready quick.”
“…….”
“What are you looking at?”
“S-sorry, sorry, Pa Cheon and the others.”
“Listen up. If you guys had dropped out like this back in Blood Alliance, we seriously couldn’t have played the game. You get it?”
Monster and Supreme Lord started meeting up and practicing together.
“Ppoppi, how was today for you?”
“It was fine. But calling me ‘Father’…….”
“Haha. Sorry! I’ll fix it!”
Strangely, some users in Monster who weren’t usually so disciplined started appearing to tighten up.
Meanwhile, Seo Jun also
“Yep. Today’s practice too—we’re not leaking videos. Thanks.”
met up with a few other guilds and ran Castle Siege practices.
“We won’t show you even if you beg to fall behind the rankings. So in the end, which guild will we face? Um. So far everything’s been fine, but probably Hunter, Love, or Mion—seems like one of those three…….”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Their impressions of the practice matches are hilarious
-Hunter: The opponent has a strategic weapon…… If you’re not on their team, run away
-Love: We love you. We love you. We love you. We love you. So please take it easy on us
-Mion: We only made it to rank 3 overall because Geomsin Dan wasn’t around…
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Show us the practice matches! Show us!
-Is there actually a chance then?
-But the Blood folks also look seriously insane. Monster itself isn’t easy
-Guys. Do all 9-enhanced Accessories look like rice to you?

“Yes, that won’t work. Then see you next time.”
And time passed.
The day of the Guild War drew near.

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