Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 248

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Chapter 248

The morning of the update.
Normally, the patch was performed at the quietest time—5 to 6 a.m.—but today was different.
Today, the patch and maintenance would run from 7 to 8 p.m., and players could log in from 8 p.m. onward.
The game company had announced this well in advance.
There was only one reason.
Naturally, they wanted as many people as possible to attempt the First Try together.

[I heard this raid uses a special system we haven’t seen before. What could it be?]
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Maybe heroes help you out?
During the fight?
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-Nah lol
-There are no heroes in the story, what are you talking about lol
-There’s no character for that
-I think all NPCs are precious as they are

[So everyone took time off work, right?]
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What?
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-You idiot. You go after work and then take time off tomorrow and the day after
└For real lol
└Sorry, but I get tired after just three hours of gaming a day lol. Maybe I’m getting old. Gonna just play today (OP)
└How old are you exactly????
└27 (OP)
└Come on

[Percy, just wait for me. I’m coming.]

-Who are you?
└King Unemployed (OP)
└What’s “King Unemployed”? lol
└By the way, all my party members are King Unemployed. So reassuring lol (OP)
└Why is it reassuring just because someone’s unemployed?
└Oh, so you’re all jobless lol
└Bingo! (OP)
└Why can’t I say I’m unemployed proudly if I’m unemployed!

[How long do you think it’ll take?]
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Until we clear it.
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-Since it’s the prelude to the Four Heavenly Kings, with difficulty adjustments, we might see a clear in a day?
└A day seems too short
└Then a month?
└Why does this guy have such extreme thoughts lol
-I’m thinking they tuned it so it takes about three days?
-A week seems a bit long

[Anyway super hyped]
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You know what? We still don’t even know the raid boss’s name lol
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And time passed.

[I came from another community because I heard this is where Geomsin raids.]
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I came to pay my respects.
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[Ah, so this is the last piece of the Heavenly Demon’s unity of the Central Plain.]
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Hehehehe.
We’ll be watching as well.
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-Stop with the unity of the Central Plain lol
└Cringe writing, really lol
-“watching” lol. Just say you’re here to see

Word of Seo Jun’s presence spread through the communities he frequented, the attention of those who knew of him began to gather, and the update went live.

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7:50 p.m.
The guild members were gathered in the Lobby.
7:55 p.m.
They hit the update button and waited.
7:57 p.m.
Dang So and Si-sik Corner said their bodies were trembling.
They said it was trembling from excitement, not nerves.
From Seo Jun’s perspective, it absolutely was not.
7:59 p.m.
They logged out Raven and prepared to enter.
Once inside, they could start quickly. They’d finished the basic quest for the Four Heavenly Kings Raid and logged out while grouped up together.
Though technically there was no need for that.
“Once we’re in, send me a party invite right away! Hurry!”
Seo Jun had to be the one to send the invite.
8:00 p.m.
They started the game.
The game’s background had changed.
Originally, they could move freely left and right on a sandy beach.
But now it was the sky. More precisely, it was a massive Airship floating in the sky. An Airship without an upper section responsible for buoyancy.
It was dark and enormous. It seemed to be at least the size of a sports field.
“Oh. This looks like the raid Battlefield. Should we take a look around? As far as we can move?”
Seo Jun gazed curiously at his surroundings.

-This guy lol so leisurely lol
-Dang So: Quit gawking and come in! Choose Lunon!
-Composure that never falters

“Then let’s begin.”
Seo Jun entered Lunon at his usual pace and selected his character.
His guild members soon appeared before his eyes. They’d immediately switched to the same channel.
“Come on, hurry!”
“Quick!”
It was Dang So and Si-sik Corner. Si-sik Corner spoke urgently, voice raised loud. It must have taken considerable courage.
“Don’t worry. Would they really let us start the moment we log in?”
Seo Jun’s prediction was correct.
He ignored their urging at his own leisurely pace, sent out the party invites, and opened the raid content window to start the game. A timer appeared, already counting down.
1 minute 50 seconds.
Plenty of time.
“See?”
“Just as expected. Today I’m following only you, Seo Jun!”

-Let’s go!
-The raid name is still a question mark, the guy’s really committed to the bit lol
-Right, he won’t even reveal the concept
-The concept’s an Airship though?

Amid countless theories, the 1 minute 50 seconds flew by.
And with its name, the appearance revealed itself.

[Four Heavenly Kings Raid: Red Knight’s Greatsword]

-Let’s go!
-Two phases total
-They’re starting right away, guild master lol

True.
Seo Jun was actually paying attention to the quick start himself.

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A cutscene began to play.
An Airship suddenly descended from the sky, and an NPC explained that an emergency had occurred.
The NPC seemed to be someone with a decent following among viewers, important to the story.
According to the explanation, they were being dispatched to investigate an Airship that had appeared in the sky with an icy, protruding front section.
Once the cutscene ended, control returned to the player.
And.
“Oh.”
“Where are we supposed to go?”
1 second.
2 seconds.
3 seconds.
That moment.
Seo Jun spotted something approaching from afar at an incredible speed, wrapped in red energy.
That something was a sword.
His body moved naturally. From the moment he saw it.
Even if it was reflexive action, the speed at which someone of Seo Jun’s skill level moved unconsciously was different, and
The sword swung naturally, the Basic Single Slash was cast, and he blocked the blade.
“What the—”
“Whoa.”
The sword retreated the moment the attack failed.
The origin was the Airship floating in the sky above.

-??
-Got me jumping lol
-What is that thing, moving so fast
-Are they killing players right at the start?
-Holy crap. Another streamer just died right away lol. No penalty though lol. Just straight up died once
-Death posts are flooding Raven right now lol
-The sword’s like a homing missile, killing everyone in seconds lol. One hit and you’re done lol
-But why didn’t these guys die?
-Seriously

“Did you just save us from dying? Is this the Seo Jun carry? Man, I’m so grateful that this Seo Jun isn’t targeting me.”
Kim Tae-woo, processing the situation simultaneously through chat, marveled.
The others soon grasped roughly what had happened.
“Hehehehe. You had no reaction at all. Really.”

-Info: Not a single surviving streamer from that attack just now lol
-They all logged in simultaneously, so they couldn’t react lol
-Devs are brutal lol
-Who survived though?

Seo Jun responded to the chat.
“Ah yes. Worship me.”

-Ohhh!!!
-Dang it, I fell for it again. The guild master pulling off a dirty trick!
-Always pulling tricks lol
-Crazy guy! Crazy guy! Crazy guy!

Viewership: 100,000. And off to a good start.
Notifications popped up.

[Achievement Unlocked: First to Block!]
[Reward: Title “First Savior”]

-Dang lol
-Oh? Oh!
-Everything’s “First”
-Since it’s the first Four Heavenly Kings Raid, this seems to be the baseline concept
-With the achievement, it’s confirmed that the guild master was the first to block lol
-How are you supposed to block that anyway lol
-Curious how much the guild master’s First titles will sell for

“Whoa, I got one too!”
“This is moving, I suppose. Feels like the first time I’m getting it.”
“Well then, shall we go?”
“Got it! Lead the way quickly, will you, Heavenly Demon!”
Morale was charged.
They walked along the map.
“We’re first, right?”

-Yeah
-Fact) It’s a fact
-Everyone else died lol

“Arrived.”
They reached the destination the minimap was pointing to.
And the NPC began speaking again.
The conversation went like this:
Every time they try to climb up, a powerful sword flying around the Airship keeps interfering.
So they ask for the party’s help dealing with that sword, and in the process, hand them an item.

[This is an Observer. It’s a useful tool for combat, allowing you and us adventurers to share vision. If you use the Observer well, you should be able to win the battle.]

The Observer was a new system.
What could it be for?
Combat began. Common trash mobs. Undead.
This time as well, they had to reach the location marked on the minimap.
While clearing the mobs.
It wasn’t particularly difficult.
The problem was utilizing the Observer system.
“Oh, when I think about the Observer, my vision suddenly shifts.”
Ppoppi Papa spoke in surprise.
“Really? How does it shift?”
Geomsin119 asked.
“I can see what the Observer sees looking down from above.”
“Oh. I just tried it and I can really share vision. So the raid needs a bird’s-eye view from above?”
“Maybe not just from above.”
Seo Jun, catching on, pointed his finger at the empty sky beside the guild members clearing mobs.
There, the Greatsword that had rushed them earlier stood motionless in place.
“What’s that?”
“Just watch. And since I’m the guild master, I got a notification that I can adjust the Observer’s position.”
“Oh?”
“Clear the mobs and let’s move on.”
Once they cleared all the mobs in the first area, the vines blocking the passage to the next area parted.
The same happened next.
“The sword’s on the left this time. Look.”
And again.
“Behind us.”
“Do you understand what this means, Seo Jun?”
“Yeah. The first-phase boss is that sword, I think?”
“That sword?”
“Yeah.”

-Oh, theory crafting god
-These guys are fastest to progress lol
-First deduction begins

When they cleared the trash in the fourth area and moved to the next zone, that’s when a cutscene played and the question mark box in the upper left disappeared, revealing the true identity of phase one.

-Going to beat up a sword lol
-First time a weapon is the raid target, right? Truly first!
-Can you loot it?

The Greatsword fell to the center of the Field.
Just before striking the ground, it stopped mid-air, spun 180 degrees to flip the hilt downward, then waited for them to approach, not yet within aggro range.
‘Probably can loot it.’
They might make it difficult, but if they’d completely deleted the system, there would have been some mention—through the NPC’s words or through notifications.
Through the NPC’s dialogue or alerts.
“Let’s fight it first.”
They were a Heading Party.
They charged in without experience to see what happens.
At first, the goal was to stay alive as long as possible and see more patterns.
There was no reason to push damage recklessly.
The moment Kim Tae-woo used a Ranged Sniper Skill from the side and the health bar appeared, the raid began.
“Everyone, dodge if it looks like an attack!”
Si-sik Corner shouted from behind, applying a Speed Buff.
They could damage the sword no matter where they hit along its 3-meter length.
The Greatsword showed attack patterns of extending with its blade pointed skyward or spinning after lying on its side.
The basic attacks were strong.
One hit and your health dropped by more than half, forcing you to use Potions or call for the supporter.
But until they reached 80 out of 100 health bars, it was simple enough that on the First Try, nobody died and they could reach that threshold.
And the moment they hit 80 bars:
The sword left the Battlefield, floating into the empty space beside the Field where they stood.
A special pattern. A Mechanic.
Following his instinct, Seo Jun immediately shouted:
“Change the view.”
Or they’d die and try again. It was the First Try.
Fortunately, Seo Jun’s instinct was right.
Shifting the viewpoint to look down at the map from above, the circular map was covered with thick red lines drawn from countless directions. The attack paths.
‘I need to move through the gaps where there are no lines.’
Seo Jun took his position.
But as they said, the difficulty wasn’t easy—they needed to process faster and move faster, and while his teammates were processing and moving,
They were killed by the sword moving across the map at tremendous speed, following the red lines.
“Not easy.”
“Was that the first Mechanic? Understanding the map was difficult. You survived it somehow, though.”
“Right. How did you survive? Your processing must have been late too? Were you just close?”
The viewers watching only Seo Jun’s stream still hadn’t figured out the Mechanic.

-Huh? What?
-The guild master’s screen flickered just now, he checked the map then, right?
-Was that it?
-??
-Yeah, looking at Kim Tae-woo’s stream, I saw lines drawn on the map
-????????
-Is this guy living at 0.25x speed only?

Seo Jun, the sole survivor, hit retry.
He suggested they pick up the pace.
But the team members continuously failed the first Mechanic, and Seo Jun was bewildered.

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