Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 245

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Chapter 245

“We’ve been had.”
“We have been, sir.”
“Did he prepare magic in advance and lure us into it?”
“It would seem so.”
“When you think about it, was everything a lure? I think I’m starting to understand what Blunt Sword was saying…….”
The three blood-tier elders quickly gathered their wits despite the absurd situation and began reviewing what had happened when someone approached them.
“Isn’t that the elder?”
It was the Guild Master of Monster’s Guild.
“What’s the matter?”
“What happened……?”
“Hahaha. I’m done for. Completely.”
“Ah…….”
Poppy Father quickly redirected his attention from Monster and resumed their consultation.
“Did he realize I was the Lord?”
“The probability is quite high. Looking at how suddenly he jumped in.”
“Hmm, so that’s what Blunt Sword meant.”
“So what do we do?”
“We capture him again. What else?”
“Ha, this is becoming troublesome.”
Poppy Father laughed heartily at Pa Cheon Do Hwang’s words.
“That’s the fun of siege warfare—constantly turning the tables. Isn’t it?”
“Indeed it is, sir.”

[Let me say it again: I will be the Lord. Yes? Mi-on, of course. Does that mean I should try to capture him if I can?]

“…….”
“…….”
“In any case, among the siege strategies we prepared, did we ever account for the enemy outright revealing the Lord’s identity?”
“No, sir.”
“What should we do? Heh heh.”
Poppy Father laughed as if amused.
“Indeed, sir.”
“A clever young man. He’s certainly found our weak points precisely.”
“Certainly, I find myself quite fond of such a clever young man.”
“That Blunt Sword fellow must be clever to pull off something like this.”
Monster listened to the elders beside him discussing and held back what he wanted to say.
Just as he thought.
Men talk the same nonsense even after growing up.
“I’m joking. So, what does our Guild Master of Monster’s Guild think?”
Poppy Father spoke gently again.
“We should capture him, shouldn’t we?”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Because he revealed who the Lord is.”
“Didn’t you consider the possibility that it’s a lie? You’re not very clever, are you?”
Pa Cheon Do Hwang glared at Monster from the side.
Monster just wanted to go home.

[Yes. Ah, Monster? Come in quickly.]

Honor and all—he genuinely just wanted to go home.

[1 minute and 30 seconds remain until siege warfare begins.]

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-Whoa!
-He really is a Swordmaster hahahahahahahaha
-That’s crazy
-Now that’s the real deal!
-But how did he know Poppy Father was the Lord?
-Honestly, even if Poppy Father weren’t the Lord, if all three of them died we could just push anyway hahahaha
-The Swordmaster talked back?
-How dare you challenge a god, you mere emperor
-I’m scared to see what this bastard shows us in defense hahahahahaha
-He’ll go down while they attack the wall, kill everyone below, and come back up!
-But he’s the Lord?
-What if he actually becomes the Lord?

And Seo Jun actually set himself as the Lord.

-Lmao he actually set himself as Lord hahahaha
-Absolute madman! Madman! Madman!
-He’s confident he’ll never die hahahahahaha
-Really, this guy hardly ever lies hahahahahaha
-When does he lie then?
-Seems like he lies when he claims past life memories or stuff. He lies to hide the secret of his power!
-Ah!
-But one thing’s for sure
-What?
-When the Mastermind taunts someone, he never lies hahahahahaha
-For real, his credibility is insanely high
-Because if someone taunted actually comes true, nothing pisses you off more than that
-I’m Seo Jun and this is accurate
-Mastermind is streaming, you idiot, he can’t chat ahahaha and also this is his broadcast lmaooo

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North, south, east, west.
With ten seconds left to choose their directions, the siege force each selected their assigned position.
Guild Master Monster took the south, and the three generals split the other directions among themselves.
‘Is this how they’re showing some respect to me?’
Soon after being summoned before the Southern Wall, he looked around and abandoned the thought.
‘Not likely.’
The troop numbers and a rough idea of where to send key personnel had been agreed upon, but ultimately the personnel arrangement for each guild was the Guild Master’s discretion and couldn’t be verified in detail.
Normally you’d adjust appropriately as the game continued.
But alongside him as they came south were those estimated to be the 4th, 5th, and 6th strongest in the realm-tier authority.
It wasn’t that Monster was being acknowledged and thus didn’t need to push as much—it meant they didn’t care whether he was there or not at all.
‘I want to go home. Very much.’
Now he was just a supporting actor.
Currently he was Racle’s worst Bad Manner veteran player in history.
The villain leading the strongest guild.
The one who ruined Solo Lane.
But that wasn’t it.
He was just supporting actor number one.
Within the team, he had to be intimidated by incredibly formidable elders, and outside the team, his existence had been completely overshadowed by the worst villain imaginable on the opposing side.
‘If only I weren’t here on this south side.’
He’d already realized winning was impossible.
Even Monster seemed like he’d be pushed by these realm-tier authorities, so how could he possibly win in PVP against the real one playing with them like toys?
So he found himself wishing that bastard hadn’t come to this south side.
The odds were three in four, weren’t they?
‘But when I pray like this…….’
“Oh! Monster, you found us after all!”
He ran into him.
Damn it.
The opposing Lord, standing atop the wall with his right foot forward, waved his sword at him.
“You’ll come up and capture me, right?”
In a loud, energetic voice.
The realm-tier users beside him watched with chuckles.
‘Why is he so popular with these old men? I gave off such an air of killing anyone who dared talk to me during practice that I couldn’t even say a single word properly.’
Whether Monster wanted to end this or not, the blood-tiers informed him of the situation, ignored him, and devised a strategy.
In twenty seconds, the barrier would fall and fighting would begin.
“Go up?”
“Nah. Can’t do that. The elders are all dead anyway.”
“Then should we wait for the elders to push and let the front naturally give way? Or—after dying, should we hit the castle gate so we benefit long-term?”
“Yeah, let’s hit the castle gate first and think about it.”
“But you know. What if that clever young man comes down?”
“Nah. If he’s really the Lord, would he come out?”
Monster thought.
‘What about me, sirs?’
The opponent kept provoking.
“Come right up and take my head, won’t you, Monster?”
Now too.
“Monster. Isn’t this really just between you and me? Come on up. I hear our teammates aren’t attacking and will give us a one-on-one.”
Continuously.
“Scared?”
Pushing his buttons.
‘I…….’
At this rate, he’d end up going up alone.
Damn bastard. Shameless bastard.
Monster didn’t realize that he’d been acting like this all along—or even more so than this.

[1 second remains until siege warfare begins.]
[0 seconds remain until siege warfare begins.]

“Let’s go, boys! You all heard, right?”
“Destroy the wall! The strong ones spread out on the perimeter!”
There it was.
“We’re waiting!”
Monster briefly considered climbing the ladder and giving it a shot.
If he mentioned being a general to get the penalty and fought one-on-one?
But he quickly came to his senses.
There was no way to win. No matter what.
But thinking about it, if he ignored that truly annoying voice constantly coming from above and just hit the wall?
That would be even worse.
So even though he wanted to die, he climbed the ladder.
“Oh? You really are coming up?”
‘You told me to come up.’
“Hey, young man, do your best!”
Why were those damn elders cheering him on only now?
‘This one and that one……. Sigh.’
Climbing the ladder, he took a breath and pretended to compose himself.
“Very well, Geomsin. Let’s see what you’ve got.”
He had to save face even in defeat.
But.
The Geomsin surrounding him laughed mockingly.
Their leader flicked his sword and laughed as well.
“Tee-hee-hee-hee-hee.”
“Mastermind! How long are you going to play with him!”
“Mastermind! Please consider his pride! Even if he’s weak and not worth a single exchange, he’s a Guild Master!”
Monster genuinely thought he’d be happier just deserting.
How was he supposed to save face here?

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Only one person was unhappy and miserable in the second siege warfare, which otherwise proceeded by the book—except for the southern wall.
The lines were being pulled back as positions other than the south fell one by one.
Seo Jun played with Monster without killing him once, then gradually left to match the front lines and began joining the actual fighting.
Interestingly, the enemies didn’t target Seo Jun but continued attempting their breakthrough strategy.
It was quick situational judgment.
At least that’s what Seo Jun thought.
He had confidence.
Absolute confidence that he wouldn’t die.
But even so, shouldn’t they have aimed for his mistakes?
With less than two minutes remaining, the distance the enemies had pushed was less than the line the Geomsin had pushed in the previous match.
They hadn’t even reached his doorstep.
“Heh heh heh, the others fight well too.”
“They certainly do, sir.”
Geomsin 331, who had received the General Buff, was what the two blood-tiers were watching.
Dang So.
Compared to Racle’s highest rankers who focused on raids, Dang So, with a larger pool and consistently placing at the very top in PVP-focused Hyeop-wi, held back the blood-tiers in a way that pleased them greatly.
“This…… perhaps because it’s not our home server…… we seem to be losing.”
“Poppy, isn’t saying you lost because it’s not your home server a bit unseemly? If you were to face Geomsin 1 in Blood Alliance, could you win?”
“Heh heh heh…….”
As the siege warfare neared its end, Poppy Father imagined a mad swordsman suddenly appearing in their claimed server within the Blood Alliance, drawing his blade and chasing them through the hunting grounds, and his body shuddered.
And the protagonist of that imagination glanced at the current battlefield, then smiled with satisfaction.
‘That’ll make for an interesting picture.’
Then he began issuing final orders to the Geomsin and Mi-on’s Guild members.
“Yes, clear that entire path. Just—yes. Don’t even be seen, I’ll block them. And Tae-woo? Quickly try to lure those people over this way.”
The people Seo Jun mentioned were Monster and his guild members, moving with half their souls gone and no motivation.
Monster was probably feeling quite humiliated now.
Ashamed and helpless, wanting to run away.
Afraid of the aftermath, he simply stayed put and kept trudging along, but the attention returning to them was only mockery.
In the first place, engaging in bad manner play itself—unless it was for monetary gain—was purely because they needed attention, and yet this is the reception such a person receives.
‘Do they want to go home?’
Seo Jun waited.
Incidentally, Tae-woo performs the bait role well. Even Seo Jun admitted this.
So he brought the enemies together well.
“Huh? Over there!”
“What? Is that the target point? Why is there no one there?”
A voice came from the opposite end of the Alley.
So Seo Jun positioned himself just before the Alley’s target point, past him.
“What. There’s only him?”
“Hmm, the Alley’s narrow.”
“Guild Master, what should we do?”
Seo Jun had created the opportunity.
Less than a minute remaining.
Defeat assured.
If they captured him and could push through this two-to-three-person-wide Alley, they could turn this around.
Actually, he’d done this just because it seemed fun. He was curious how Monster would react.
“…….”
Monster wasn’t approaching.
Was he planning to end it like this? Without a final fight?
Monster met his gaze. Their eyes locked directly, and Seo Jun opened his mouth.
“Again, there’s only me here, and you’ve got your guild members with you…… Scared?”
At those words, Monster’s face twisted grotesquely.
He couldn’t manage his expression.
‘Struck a nerve.’
Why wasn’t he coming?
Perhaps he was genuinely afraid now.
Only Seo Jun was in the Alley, and he could just pass through anyway.
“Damn it, you bastard! In the next raid, I’m definitely using Copy Ninja and taking all your drops as compensation!”
He was even cursing.
Seo Jun’s mouth curved upward.
Monster went ahead and quit the game entirely.
“And he runs.”
The siege warfare was their victory.

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-Lmaooo
-Wait and see declaration! hahahaha
-Fieldmaster Meta hahahaha the opponent’s alone and he couldn’t go in hahahaha
-What a coward!
-And these chumps are what Solo Lane is supposed to be about? hahahahahaha
-Why Emperor Luna One is just a secondary server. Because Mastermind is here

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