Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 261

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Chapter 261

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[So the next two Vital Points after this one are a Straight Cut ㅋ]

The donation arrived at a perfect moment, just as his blade found the Vital Point.
Shin-geom saw the first Vital Point that appeared afterward and struck it, recalling the donation’s message.
‘What? The next one’s a Straight Cut?’
He couldn’t help but think about it.
After striking, when he checked the position of the second Vital Point, it truly was a Straight Cut.
Well, slightly tilted, but still.
‘A coincidence?’
A Straight Cut was something anyone could throw out easily, wasn’t it?
Either way, Shin-geom was in a foul mood. He didn’t like this guy. Not one bit.
The way he laughed obnoxiously, and then vanished—both rubbed him the wrong way.
“Guess you’re lucky. So you’re Korean?”
He was fishing for air time again.
Nothing got reactions like teaching Korea a proper lesson.
He kept striking the roly-poly dummy while trying to engage the donor in conversation.
About a minute later, another donation came through.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Yeah, I’m Korean.]

“So you’re one of this streamer’s viewers?”
This time it took one minute and thirty seconds.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Nope.]

The answer came.
It was somewhat frustrating.
“You’re lying. But why are you so slow to respond?”
It bothered him. The wait scattered his focus. It was like texting with a girl he liked—when she didn’t reply, all his attention zeroed in there, and he couldn’t do anything else.
It was exactly like that.
‘Crazy bastard.’
Was this guy really playing hard to get with him right now?
Shin-geom spotted a chat message that seemed fitting for his current situation and read it aloud.
“Hahaha. You don’t have much money so you’re saving it? That makes sense, buddy.”
But then.
A minute passed.
One minute and thirty seconds passed.
Two minutes went by before the answer came.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[That’s not it.]

‘Ugh!’
Even the viewers in the chat were frustrated—they said to just ban the guy.
Some viewers threw more Yuan at the message, demanding a ban.
Though it was easy enough to identify whether the donor was the same person from before, there were also Chinese viewers who didn’t know and pretended to be Geomsin themselves.
After two more minutes passed, Shin-geom paused his strikes on the roly-poly dummy and spoke.
“If you don’t show up now, I’m actually banning you.”
The donation came through instantly.
The guy was absolutely insane.
He was probably giggling to himself right now—it infuriated Shin-geom so much that blood rushed to his head, but he exercised restraint.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[So can you do it within 300 seconds?]

“Yeah, I can.”
The phrase ‘You little piece of shit’ nearly escaped his lips.
That’s a derogatory term in Korean.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[So if you can, you’ll do what I said earlier too, right? That after you succeed within 300 seconds, you’ll challenge that Korean streamer who gave up? Tell him to try himself?]

“Of course. Why wouldn’t I? That Korean streamer bastard is obviously scared—he’s trying to dodge through me, I’m sure of it.”
He was probing, testing the waters.
If the other side got hooked, he’d have the perfect angle for a lesson.
“So what’s that Korean streamer doing right now anyway?”

-He’s got a China lock on
-Is that geofencing?
-Yeah, seems like it. He says he blocks Chinese viewers
-Should I try getting through with a VPN?

Trabol allowed streamers to block broadcasts from specific countries if they wished.
Of course, it was easy enough to bypass.
“Don’t bother, folks. No need to go that far to watch. I don’t need to know about stuff like that.”
What mattered more was this:
“Hey, Geomsin viewer buddy. You seem like you’re not scared, being Korean yourself—I’m curious if you believe that nonsense Koreans spout about that guy being able to see the future or whatever.”

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

What the hell.
So he was just a petty guy.
Now he was giggling to himself darkly again.
“If you’re not going to say anything more, tell me now. If you don’t speak up, you’re banned.”
Ignoring him was the best approach.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Okay. Conversation’s over.]

“Tch, what a waste of time. My bad, folks. Alright, let’s focus on this instead.”
The two-meter roly-poly dummy didn’t move lightly for something of its massive weight.
You had to push hard with your foot for its head to touch the ground and swing back.
Yet when struck with a blade, it shifted sideways and tilted enough to be noticeably heavy, but not impossibly so.
Which meant far more attention was required than swatting a stationary dummy.
The Hit Scan was the same.
300 seconds.
Much shorter than his original goal for today.
It was simply a matter of hitting 100 Vital Points continuously in under three seconds—but it was far from easy.
Fortunately, while he wasn’t ready for the Vital Points that would appear in rapid succession, his skill was at a celestial level, and he could prepare for the dummy’s subsequent movements.
So it was possible. Nine hours or so—what’s that?
He thrust and slashed, carving the movements into his body.
Etching countless possibilities into his unconscious mind.
‘Kael is mine.’
It couldn’t be taken. Oddly, he still had no idea how the guy predicted the pattern so well, but Kael had always been his.
The only rival he’d acknowledge was Korea’s Wind Sword.
‘Both of them—all these small-nation bastards—I just can’t stand them.’
Ten minutes passed like that.
A faint sense of a clue kept gleaming, shimmering continuously.
And just as that clue expanded further, approaching his consciousness—
It was still faint, regardless.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[This time it’s a Diagonal Cut.]

“This bastard didn’t leave? Huh?”
Hearing the donation, Shin-geom’s anger flared and he spoke harshly, but then his eyes fixed forward properly.
A new luminous Vital Point was drawn diagonally.
‘He didn’t say which way it was tilted—left up or right up.’
This was getting suspicious.
Of course, he could still guess.
But still.
‘Could it be…?’
“Heh. Hehehehe.”

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Shocked?]

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Conversation’s over and now it’s my turn to give unsolicited advice ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

Ordinary Aggro was easy enough to block.
But this didn’t seem to be that.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Hurry up. What are you doing? I’m itching to give you advice.]

When unexpected situations unfold, humans struggle to respond well.
Stammering, Shin-geom struck the diagonal Vital Point, and the donation chimed right on cue—perfectly timed.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Spot above the shoulder.]

Immediately after the donation, a white luminous ball of light appeared above the shoulder with a 0.1-second difference.
This was—
A direct hit.
No.
Precognition.

-What… Is that the Korean guy?
-Isn’t he cheating? Korea’s been good at cheating since ancient times.
-When have we ever cheated, you continental bastards ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Now that we know his identity, let’s see what the streamer’s got ㅋㅋㅋ
-Let’s go ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-korean all assemble! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah ㅋㅋㅋ I was dying to raid the streamer’s channel while they were getting donations ㅋㅋㅋ
-Wait. The Korean streamer just lifted the China block. We have a chance to see what they were cheating about. Comrades, let’s check.
-They might have exploited the broadcast delay to pull off something underhanded.
-Cheating my ass you bastards ㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is the real deal.
-Just accept it~ accepting it will set you free.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Next is a straight line down from the left shoulder.]

Shin-geom struck the next Vital Points, and each time he did, donations predicting the next Vital Point came through with perfect timing.
It felt like being possessed by a ghost.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[So you really wanted to know who I am? I’m not just a viewer.]

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Who do I look like? ㅋ]

Goosebumps prickled his skin.

* * *

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Who do I look like? ㅋ]

Seo Jun stopped the barrage of donations and looked at the chat.
A satisfied smile crossed his face.
Today’s broadcast had been a success.

-Geomsin! Geomsin! Geomsin! Geomsin!
-Mom, when I grow up I want to be the streamer’s keyboard! Mom, when I grow up I want to be the streamer’s keyboard!
-Crazy bastard ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ how many character flaws do you have ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-First you give him a tip and give him unsolicited advice ㅋㅋㅋㅋ then you answer so frustratingly ㅋㅋㅋ and finally you go back to giving unsolicited advice ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ are you insane
-Shin-geom’s dumbfounded expression was killing me ㅋㅋㅋ
-Creepy fact: even the trolls went to the Chinese channel and didn’t spoil that the donor was Seo Jun ㅋㅋㅋ
-The streamer unites even trolls ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ this guy’s something else—he makes people love him whether they’re fans or haters.
-Ah ㅋㅋ he was teaching the Chinese people a lesson and how could they not cooperate ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ crazy bastard crazy bastard crazy bastard

[Oh, how did…?]

“I just watched and did it.”
During those donations, the viewers had been itching with suspense.

-For real ㅋㅋ
-He was watching carefully then suddenly started giving unsolicited advice ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow. The genuine article really is different.
-Showed it in under an hour, just like that.
-Yo bro~
-Really something special ㅋㅋㅋ
-With that kind of skill, how could he have any doubt just celestial talent.

Seo Jun typed quickly into the chat.
Another donation.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[Curious how I did it? If you’re curious, pay me all the donations you’ve sent and I’ll tell you. If you don’t like that, don’t.]

* * *

‘You little bastard.’
Hearing the demand for a lecture fee, Shin-geom came to his senses and swallowed a curse.
The only reason he didn’t speak it aloud was that he’d regained some composure.
‘It’s not the money that bothers me. That guy makes plenty too. He just wants to see me humiliated, paying him a lecture fee.’
He’d been played.
From the start—who announces their own arrival like that?
His chat didn’t explode.
Rather, viewers were more curious about how he’d done it, and urged Shin-geom to take proper revenge.
“Yeah, go ahead and show us. Let’s see it, brothers. How did that Korean bastard pull it off?”
He started to count up the total donations he’d received, then stopped.
It was pathetic—him tallying his grievances.
So he just donated 10,000 Yuan instead. About 2 million Won.
It was partly a display of wealth.
To show that as a mid-tier enterprise owner in China, he was doing far better.
And the opponent spoke in return.
Reading from the subtitle, everyone could sense the laughter in his voice.

[Thank you. I’ll be heading into the Capsule shortly.]
[Ah, originally I was planning to have Shin-geom train me up until before the nine-hour mark, then succeed before showing you. But anyway.]
[Sending 2 million Won means you want to learn that badly, right?]

Whether Shin-geom’s face turned red didn’t matter to Seo Jun—he navigated into the League’s top, climbed up, headed toward the Light Cathedral, and then.
He clicked on Kael’s Sword, entered the Trial Room, and spoke.

[Well, here’s how you do it.]

From that moment on, Seo Jun began striking Vital Points while controlling the roly-poly dummy in front of him to move so microscopically it barely moved at all.
Slash!
Slash!
Fast.
Less than a second.
A Vital Point appeared then vanished.

[That’s how you do it. Some lecture, right?]

A new record was set.
Exactly the same as before.
Just 50 seconds.

#1 – Geomsin (Korea) – 50 seconds
#2 – Shin-geom (China) – 422 seconds

‘That fucking bastard!’
Right after photographing the ranking, the opponent kicked him out.

* * *

-50 seconds for 2 million Won ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ what’s his hourly wage ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-legendary lecture ㅇㅈ
-do you have to be this good to be called a master craftsman
-if that’s the standard then there’s only one master craftsman in this world
-just do it well! Proper lesson ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-even the final kick ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-even a devil would shake his head

Kael was complete now.
He’d proven it, and set another untouchable record.
But still.
Seo Jun had no intention of ending it here.
Though today’s stream would end, of course.
“Everyone, just a moment—I have one more donation to send, and I need you all to gather for something.”
Soon, Seo Jun’s final donation appeared on Shin-geom’s stream.
The last sentence wasn’t translated, left in Korean as-is.

[‘Geomsin’ has donated 50 Yuan!]
[I’ve taken Kael, so we’ll meet again in the Hero rankings. Bahahahaha ㅋ]
Of course, this time too, the nuance in those final keystrokes came through loud and clear.

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