Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 276

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Chapter 276

Korea’s official The League Trabol broadcast had failed to invite Bang Ju, so another commentator was filling the seat instead.
Among amateurs, if you had to rank them, Bang Ju was unquestionably the best commentator in the business.
He had a broad eye for games and extensive knowledge.
He translated everything into simple language and explained it well, adjusted to his audience’s level, and had natural entertainment presence.
The more specialized perspective could be left to the former pro commentators who appeared on air.
The official broadcast had more than one commentator, after all.
Second place belonged to Kapil, who had been invited after Bang Ju’s refusal and took his seat.
His real name was Park Ha-rin.
Though Kapil had been a civilian, watching Bang Ju made him sense the potential in the commentary market, and he jumped in late.
He had grown by absorbing everything from the existing commentary broadcasts, including Bang Ju’s.
His talent matched his passion.
Within less than two years of starting, he was being invited to game company events, and his personal streams drew crowds.
Kapil now believed he had surpassed Bang Ju.
But when this league’s official broadcast invited Bang Ju first, and Bang Ju declined, taking the seat Kapil now occupied, it had scratched his pride.
So he’d decided to completely overtake him this time.
‘He declined the seat just to watch that one streamer alone?’
What was even funnier was this.
What he’d added after declining.

-Anyway, almost only Seo Jun will be on camera regardless! But I’m going to do this solo!

That was the thing.
‘Isn’t he just overwhelmed?’
Of course, right after the history book started, the user Geomsin had done something that immediately drew the spotlight.
And he’d highlighted the story around Geomsin again.
‘But it’s Asieres and Daran. That’s plenty reasonable.’
Geomsin.
He disliked him.
The user who’d made it possible for Bang Ju to take another leap forward recently.
Without that user, he might have received the first invitation to this history book.
What did people see in him that was so good?
He could acknowledge his skill, sure.
‘But his manners are lacking. He has no grace.’
He pushed the stray thoughts aside.
Either way, the topic of the conversation now was Geomsin.
He just hoped he’d be eliminated quickly.
This time too, Arin, who was appearing on the broadcast, asked a question.
“What do you think the conversation between the nobility of Daran means right now?”
Penguin.
The muscular former pro commentator who was also appearing this time answered.
The organizers seemed to have planned to go with that lineup from the Lieos era.
“Even if it’s 2 against 1, they might lose, right?”
“That could very well be true. Hehe. We’ve seen Seo Jun quite a lot, haven’t we? Wouldn’t you say?”

-That’s true
-I only watch the history book, what is this?
-Please just watch Trabol! And Lieos too!
-Stop living a real life and get on the internet lol
-If you don’t know what to watch, check out a Lieos summary.
-He’s basically the champion
-He’s the champion but why compare him with pros?
-Geez, didn’t you even watch the Trial if you didn’t watch Lieos?

Kapil frowned as he read the chat.
Everyone was in the mood to praise Seo Jun.
The chat.
The caster too.
The other commentators as well.
“Even though Penguin here is a former pro!”
“Former pro?”
“I’m confident I’d lose 5 to 1 against Seo Jun.”
“Hahahaha. Then would the two participants from Daran really avoid it?”
It went on like this.
Kapil poured cold water on the jovial atmosphere.
More precisely, because he thought it was the commentator’s duty to provide more accurate information.
“That probably isn’t it.”
“Yes? Ah, Kapil. Then what was the meaning? What were the two pros talking about?”
“They said not to start a fight recklessly and die. This doesn’t mean they’re admitting defeat.”
“Then?”
“Geomsin’s Judgment Sword is famous, isn’t it? Even 2 against 1, you could win, but with bad luck, one person could die. They’re trying to avoid that and take the points safely. That’s what I think.”
Kapil spoke seriously and quickly.
Continuously.
“Lian, who tried to betray Kael, does it because Kael is a threat. But from those two’s perspective, they’re likely to become reliable colleagues who don’t seem as threatening to each other. So I think that’s the accurate read on this conclusion.”
The atmosphere sobered abruptly.
Though Kapil hadn’t shown displeasure with the situation just now, those in the room sensed it subtly.
“Ah, yes.”
“We’ll see. Kael will likely fail the mission on the second day.”
At that moment, Penguin’s eyes lit up.
He smiled with a slight hint of excitement.
Soon, the muscular Penguin spoke carefully.
“Then, want to make a bet?”
Meanwhile, this conversation was spreading across the world.

[The two pros don’t have confidence even in a 2 to 1 scenario.]

There were only a few who said that.
Most were saying it like Kapil was.
Across the world.

[Maybe they could die, so this makes sense.]
[After 3 hours it’s a full-scale battle anyway.]
[Isn’t it running away, not a full-scale battle?]
[The two Daran pros aren’t running away; looking at how AI set high rewards for the Athoura conflict Kael is involved in, they’re going to milk it dry. It’s veteran technique.]

-This seems right
-If Kael dies, that reward will drop immediately
-There’s no way it’d be 90 points after one push.
-What was the AI looking at to judge Kael so highly?
└AI is still stupid
└We just use it.
-Soon Kael will keep failing missions and become a vending machine for Daran’s achievement points.

From the perspective of Koreans, especially those watching Bang Ju’s stream:

[Of course he got scared! You admit it? Yeah, you do! Hahahaha! Why is the commentary so bold, you ask? That’s why I’m doing this solo! You admit it? Anyway, these overseas communities don’t understand games.]

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I think he definitely got scared. For real those western guys really don’t watch games
-But they were trying to fight 2 to 1 with Lian included
-That’s backstabbing. That’s not a full-scale battle ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ A full-scale battle Geomsin vs 2 to 1? Two Judgment Swords drop immediately
-It came from the horse’s mouth

It was only frustrating.
Of course, if you took this broadcast to overseas communities as is, they’d think of each other the same way, which was only natural.

* * *

The break was one hour.
But if you wanted, you could disconnect from the history book anytime.
When Seo Jun disconnected, Kael would switch to Automatic Progression Mode, performing only basic actions in a city that was half-safe zone.
If attacked during this time, the AI would perform only minimal defense.
Based on the movement data of that participant.
You could think of it as being like a training ground.
Though the AI performance was said to be far superior to a training ground’s.
‘I thought I’d just rest.’
Four hours. Then one hour of rest and another four hours.
Since there was a break in between, they’d said it wouldn’t be too much of a strain on Seo Jun, but Oh Ji-hye said she’d monitor it carefully just in case.
Seo Jun didn’t know how it would turn out either, so he’d considered reducing his body’s burden as much as possible when he could rest.
‘They said it was just to be safe.’
In the end, he just decided to go for it.
Two hours remained.
To gather Achievement Points, Seo Jun headed into the city.
It was still early.
Battles were happening in real time in Athoura, but since battles had never been absent, the downtown area of Asieres’ capital remained peaceful.
Downtown, urban area, shopping district, central zone.
Where people gathered, money, jobs, and points accumulated.
“I’ll go to the Guild…”
The Guild was an information organization spread across all of Pangea.
The important thing was that in Asieres, the Guild was treated as heretical.
Still, the Guild was hidden within the central zone, so he could go there and fill up Achievement Points like a side quest rather than a main quest.
“Should I do undercover work?”
It was gathering Achievement Points, but anyway, it was undercover work.
“Or.”
Seo Jun, walking through the downtown, stopped in front of a shop.
In this city, you could play a minigame.
Betting 1 Achievement Point.
Success gave you 1 point; failure lost you the point.
The shop in front of Seo Jun had water on the ground, and inside that water were small fish resembling goldfish.
“They’re called Coral Fish because they’re so colorful. If you succeed in catching them before this breaks, you get a prize.”
The shop owner approached Seo Jun and showed him something.
What he brought was a common fish net.
And as was typical,
“It breaks after a while in the water. It breaks if you don’t catch it properly either. Want to give it a try? The cost is…”
It breaks easily, supposedly.

[1 Achievement Point]

A light minigame you could play casually during leisure time.
“I’ll try it.”
But since Achievement Points were on the line, the difficulty of these minigames was extremely, extremely high.
To the point of notoriety.
They said you absolutely shouldn’t touch them.
They told you to challenge them with points you were throwing away.
Over the entire span of the last history book period, the average success rate was 10%.
Seo Jun slowly placed the net into the water.
Then he waited for the fish to come and lifted it up.
Rip.
The net tore.
“Hmm.”
He took another net and tried again.
And it tore.
The fish had only thrashed slightly.
Hmm.
“What a trap.”

* * *

“Hahahaha.”
Kapil laughed.
He and Penguin had made a bet.
The content of the bet was who would win in the next Athoura mission.
The loser would do whatever the winner wanted on the broadcast until the history book ended.
A 2 to 1 might not happen.
The AI might create other heroes from Asieres to participate, but looking at the flow, it seemed less likely.
Since the pros could die but would absolutely not lose,
they were now pointlessly doing this and destroying themselves.
If they lost points like this, they’d become more desperate, and soon their probability of losing would become much higher.
Penguin and Arin laughed along.
If Kapil’s laughter contained mockery of Seo Jun continuing to rip the nets, Penguin and Arin were just laughing.

-This heretic is funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Net, did Satan teach you?
-He actually touched it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-My mom told me not to gamble…!

“This is a landscape you can only see sometimes during the relaxed early phase.”
Arin paused her laughter and spoke.
“That’s right. It’s rare, but you can still see it sometimes.”
Penguin also provided commentary.
“He’s throwing away everything he’s earned. It’s a very frustrating move, isn’t it? Didn’t he know beforehand?”
Kapil offered one gram of sincerity in his commentary.
Penguin went ahead with what he had to say regardless.
“I do this to recover my original investment.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You crazy gambler
-You already lost ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This is right

“Do you think Seo Jun is doing this for that reason too?”
A third time.
A fourth attempt followed.
The nets continued to tear.
Points were deleted one by one.
“Does he just want to succeed once?”
“Perhaps.”
Such a moment.
Having me along isn’t bad.
Just a bit of enjoyment.
But if he continues failing here and uses it all up, or if he succeeds but can’t stop,
that could become an eyesore.
Then came that moment.
“Oh, he succeeded?”
“Finally!”
“Success on the eighth try. Not bad. If he stops now…”
While Kapil was commentating, Seo Jun paused for a moment, looking down at his hands.
The net and the Coral Fish, moved to the side, sitting in a basin.
The Judge, eyes closed.
Seo Jun opened his eyes and muttered seriously.

[From now on, I’ll duplicate the points.]

Seo Jun picked up the net one more time.

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