Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 241

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Chapter 241

“Right. Seo Jun, hold on a second, would you? Hold on! I’m ending our friendship? Seriously?”
“I’ll admit this time feels a bit risky. What do you think about taking Tae-woo’s advice and waiting before we attempt it?”
“Okay? Then I should go ahead and do it.”

[Soft Wind Ring] [Legendary]
[+9]
[Additional Effect: Attack Speed Boost]

“Oh. It went through. That’s clearly about twenty percent better…….”
Seo Jun’s words were cut off by a shriek.
“Graaaaah! Hey! I told you not to push it! I had a feeling this time it’d work!”
“Why are you upset? You enjoyed it well enough when I failed before.”
This was Seo Jun’s fourth attempt at enchanting the ring to +9.
He’d been enchanting whenever the mood struck him for amusement, and each time he acquired two +8 materials, he’d attempt +9—and this was the fourth try.
And it had succeeded.
“Hmm. For Tae-woo, who managed only four +7 enchantments, this must be quite sad—but I’ll offer my congratulations!”
“Thanks, Dang So. It’s been a while since you were in your right mind. I’m hoping you stay sane for at least an hour today.”
“What did you—”
“Already back to normal, I see.”
“Heh!”
Dang So protested further, but Seo Jun brushed him off easily and addressed the viewers instead.
“We managed to prepare with just four +9 enchantments in a single day. Lucky for us.”

-Haha!
-Pssshhh
-He did get lucky with that
-Meanwhile Tae-woo’s still stuck at four +7s ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“No, since it succeeded, let’s go for +10 instead. What? I said let’s go for +10. Hurry!”
One +8 remained, and he’d attempted to enchant that as well, but it shattered.
Once an item was enchanted even once, it couldn’t be sold, so his plan had been to attempt +10 if the last one succeeded—but that ended in disappointment.
“Try the +10 challenge now! I’m wounded! I won’t do well today anyway!”
“In that case, I’ll be heading out of the Blacksmith.”
Leaving Dang So still complaining and Tae-woo now shopping for new accessories with the hope of finding more +8 materials, Seo Jun exited the Blacksmith.
The moment he came out, he encountered the Guild Master of Miion, the third-ranked guild in the rankings.
Miion was the guild that had agreed to wage a Guild War alongside Geomsin.
It wasn’t simply because they were ranked third.
It wasn’t because the Guild Master acted flustered whenever they met, being a fan of Seo Jun.
Honestly, the other guilds were the same.
‘It just worked out well, that’s all.’
“Hello, Guild Master!”
“Yes, have all the guild members arrived?”
“Yes! All fifty are logged in! And Geomsin?”
“Same here.”
During practice, they hadn’t all gathered, but this time everyone had.
In fact, for guild Miion, this was only natural.
Top-tier guilds in the rankings only accept members whose sole goal is Guild Wars.
Guild membership rewards?
The vibe of wanting to play together?
A gathering of Rankers?
None of that. Only Guild Wars.
So everyone had no choice but to log in and participate.
“Of course! Your fans really do have something special about them!”
But that applied to Miion, not to Geomsin. Yet everyone had gathered, which was what she was marveling at.
“I don’t think that’s quite it.”

-Huzzah
-Say we’re special too!
-Real top streamer: The only thing special in this world is myself
-But if you don’t show up, it’s auto-disbanded ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“Well then, shall we start preparing? Miion Guild Master.”
For the record, the Miion Guild Master’s nickname was Miion Guild Master.
“Sure! Guild Master! Everyone’s confirmed they’re ready in the guild chat!”

-1 minute until the Guild War opens!
-Let’s go!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You keep using “Guild Master” as your name, why not just change it to “Geomsin Miion”? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“No, everyone, ‘Geomsin Miion’ is a bit…… too far, right? Unlike Kim Tae-woo.”
Tae-woo’s nickname was Geomsin Kim Tae-woo.
“Oh. That’s actually a good name, isn’t it? Why didn’t you change it sooner?”

-Geom-Average ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Geomsin’s average, get it
-That’s the Guild Master’s fan average ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Geomsin = Kim Tae-woo? I’m really upset about this. If it’s like this, I’m not a fan anymore!

30 seconds.
20 seconds.
10 seconds.
“Then let’s prepare to launch right away.”
The moment the Guild War button activated.
Seo Jun added Miion to the allied guilds and sent the challenge to Gwae-mul.
He waited for a moment.
The opponents also needed time to form parties within each guild.
“Hmm, but what if you all run away now? Looking at Gwae-mul’s level…….”
At the last moment, he threw down a Provocation toward Gwae-mul, who would be watching the broadcast.
He didn’t actually think they’d flee.
Not using at least this much psychological pressure before the match started would be foolish.

[Alliance: Siege Battle]
[Match Found]
[Miion, Geomsin vs Jijohn Gunju, Gwae-mul]
[Participants: 200]
[Starting in: 5]

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Were they really watching the broadcast? They got caught right away
-Let’s go!
-Guild Master, I won’t be able to see you for a while ㅂ

[4]
[3]
[2]
[1]

Whoosh!
The moment the Guild War began, the chat window and all external programs vanished instantly from Seo Jun’s vision.
This applied to everyone participating in the Guild War, so as a streamer he would gain no advantage nor suffer any disadvantage.
The background changed.
They had been summoned to a sparse, yellowish plain.
All they could see in their field of vision was a large fortress directly ahead and siege weapons beside it.
Those siege weapons were the key to the early rounds.

[Occupation begins in 3 minutes.]

“Alright. Can everyone hear me clearly?”

[Yes!]
[Don’t respond. Everyone mute unless you’re on Scout Unit, please.]
[Why aren’t you muting?]
[I’m on Scout Unit. So hurry up and mute yourselves.]
[Yeah, I’m also a scout. Anyway, shh now!]

“No issues detected.”
From the moment they entered, the system connected all fifty members via voice chat.
The guild members muted their microphones to prevent chaos, and Seo Jun verified the test before confirming the connection with guild Miion.
Communication with other guilds was only possible between Guild Masters.
Like switching channels on a walkie-talkie, he changed the microphone channel and spoke.
The sound could be heard no matter which channel the microphone was on.
“Can you hear me?”

[Yes. I hear you clearly, Seo Jun. Should we start by confirming positions?]

“Understood. Looking at the terrain around us, we’re positioned to the north.”
Seo Jun glanced around briefly before speaking.

[Is that so? We’re to the south. So we’ve been summoned in a cross formation.]

The fortress was square-shaped, with four gates in total.
North, south, east, and west.
The four guilds spawned at one of these directions each and began from there.
Their immediate objective was to charge the siege weapons beside them to breach the barrier surrounding the fortress and be the first to enter and Occupy it.
Once any guild completed the Occupation, the next round would begin—the occupying side would defend while the failed side would assault.
If the assaulting side succeeded in Occupation, roles would reverse and they’d continue fighting.
Ultimately, the guild that successfully defended the fortress would be the victor.
“Who should handle the east side?”

[We’ll take it. That makes Geomsin the west, then?]

“Understood.”
Currently, their allies occupied the top and bottom while the enemies held the left and right sides.
Starting this way, sending reinforcements to each other would be practically impossible.
They could only decide which enemies to harass.

[Should we proceed as we did during practice?]

“That’s how it should be.”

[Best of luck! It’s unfortunate I can’t watch in person. I’ll have to catch the replay later, haha.]

What a strange thing to say.
A strong premonition hit him that the viewers had just laughed at that exchange.
“Well……, yeah. Fighting!”
Seo Jun switched the microphone channel back.

[Occupation begins in 2 minutes 28 seconds.]

After 2 minutes 28 seconds, once the barrier restricting their movement dissolved, the fifty guild members had four roles to fulfill.
First: serving as the Battery Role, charging the siege weapon Apollo.
To activate the siege weapon, people had to simply stand nearby and do nothing.
The more people standing nearby, the faster it charged—and this speed determined victory or defeat in the first Occupation.
They would activate the siege weapon and rush to the fortress first to claim Occupation.
Second: the Assault Unit role, going to disrupt and overwhelm the enemy.
If an enemy guild member appeared near the siege weapon, charging would halt.
Even if fifty were charging, the moment even one enemy approached, it would stop.
So if these units did their job right, the enemy could never Occupy first.
That’s why the Assault Unit had to be contained.
The third role was the Scout Unit—they would advance ahead and stand on the Watchtowers scattered across the map, waiting to see if the enemy was coming.
Fourth was the Defense Unit, which would break off from charging at the weapon once scouts confirmed enemies were approaching, moving to intercept them from a distance.
Given the cross formation, they’d need two scouts on each flank to cover both sides—four scouts total.
Some teams just sent one scout and prayed the enemy took the shortest route down the center.
“Four of you, are you ready?”

[Yes.]
[Guild Master, I love you.]
[Yes.]
[Who said “I love you”? From next time we’re hitting them, got it, Guild Master? They talk too much. Oh, so I talk too much? Yes! I’m sorry!]

A fifth and sixth backup scout stood ready in case these four fell.
The same applied to the Assault and Defense units.

[Which guild do you hope is on the west side, Guild Master?]

Until they actually encountered the enemy, they wouldn’t know which of the two opposing guilds held which position.
“Hmm. Does it matter?”
Gwae-mul, Jijohn Gunju, Miion.
At the highest tier, their strength was roughly equivalent. The ranking point difference was minimal.
If forced to say, perhaps those with the Hyul family name had a slight edge due to their Presence, items, and experience?
‘Though Miion said they wouldn’t fall behind either.’
They would each handle Harassment on one side.
Even if both of them combined to annihilate the east guild, if the remaining west guild on the opposite side completed Occupation with no Defense Unit losses, it was over.
So assigning one Harassment unit to each flank was inevitable to start.
But battle doesn’t progress so simply. What mattered was the result of the coming combat.
Based on that outcome, he and his allies and the enemy guilds would calculate how many Battery members were consumed and needed to be, deploy personnel accordingly, and eventually make crucial decisions.
But that was for later.
For now, he only had to think about moving forward and winning the fight.
“Let’s move out then. Assault Units? Are you all set?”
Upon hearing Seo Jun’s voice, all fifty members laughed together.
The reason was simple.

[Let’s go! Deploy the strategic nuke!]
[Guild Master, fighting!]
[Right. The Guild Master, who’s never lost even once, is the true asymmetric force!]
[Win first, think later.]

Until now, they’d only ever sent a single Assault Unit from the start of each engagement.
For some reason, the soldiers’ morale seemed abundant.

[Occupation begins in 5 seconds.]

* * *

One-quarter and three-quarters of the way down the straight line from west to north, Watchtowers stood on either side.
The Scout Unit occupying the one-quarter point belonged to Gwae-mul.
Climbing the Watchtower provided visibility for up to half the straight path.
So they spotted the enemy when they were roughly halfway there.

[The enemy’s objectives don’t seem crossed with ours. Hostiles approaching from the north!]

Gwae-mul claimed the north for Harassment while Jijohn Gunju took the south, and Gwae-mul chose a strategy where their Assault Unit didn’t launch immediately.
The plan was to charge with forty-six members—excluding the four scouts—to maximum capacity, observe how many enemies approached, respond with superior numbers, and counterattack.

[Only one enemy! Geomsin 1!]

If their objectives had crossed, things might have gotten messy, but they hadn’t—and the enemy was Geomsin’s Geomsin.
“Ha.”
Gwae-mul, the Guild Master of Gwae-mul, folded his arms beside the siege weapon and let out a smirk.
“Guild members, deploying five Assault Units as planned. Lucky we’re facing Geomsin.”
Those Assault Units included a Support member. This was a different tier of force from the 3-vs-1 they’d done previously.

[But what if we sent ten instead of five?]

Yet one guild member briefly opened the channel to speak.
It was Rabbit Mask.
“That’s enough. We’re going as discussed.”
Gwae-mul flatly rejected the suggestion.
And five minutes later.
They deployed an additional ten Assault Units from their position to counter the increasingly approaching asymmetric force.

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