Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 301

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Episode 301

The History Book is a global content watched by gamers all over the world.
The participants themselves are the finest star players from each country.
While it may not be the most cutthroat or highest-level game in existence, the History Book carried an intrinsically elevated prestige on its own.
And this year’s edition had reached such a level that people were calling it record-breaking.

[War of the Stars! Why you absolutely need to watch this year’s History Book.]
[Content where literally any outcome would be shocking and nothing feels impossible!]
[50 participants you should be watching!]

Gaming magazines and news outlets from every nation competed to fill the front pages of their publications.
Their common refrain was this:
The greatest players have gathered. Even if something completely absurd happens, it wouldn’t be strange.
So pay attention.
And now.
Genuinely absurd things were unfolding.
Though perhaps not in the way anyone had imagined.

[Korea is sorry Korea is sorry Korea is sorry Korea is sorry Korea is sorry]
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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
This maniac got unleashed and now Korea is sorry ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
==

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Korea is really sorry ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Dude this guy is actually insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Real talk, is he broken? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Phew ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is just insane

What they were calling insane wasn’t the gameplay.
It wasn’t any particular scene.
It wasn’t the History Book’s story, nor its progression.

[This guy’s personality is genuinely insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

No matter how you looked at it, what was incomprehensible to viewers and gamers worldwide was simply Seo Jun’s character.

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Nope ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Nope ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Nope this is really ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Did the Abbot forget the whole world is watching?
Because if that’s not it, how could he extort and torment someone like this without thinking about his image at all? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Even if he’s some kind of hidden villain, how isn’t he scared of the backlash? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
His personality is genuinely unhinged
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-Audacity?
└No (OP)
└Then what?
└His personality is just that filthy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (OP)
└Doing this in front of everyone else proves it’s not an act. It’s just his real personality (OP)
└This is it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-You all know the Abbot’s personality ㅋㅋㅋ This has nothing to do with being a hidden villain or whatever concept.
└That’s true. He’s just like that ㅋㅋㅋ
└It’s just insane watching him run wild like this on the History Book…

Seo Jun’s personality was shockingly vile.
Ruthless and meticulous.
In any given situation, he had an instinct for exactly what method would inflict the greatest suffering on his opponent.
The consensus held that doing precisely what Seo Jun did was the surest path to maximum torment.

[The Chilling Truth]
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Yamada Yasuo barely notices the Abbot suspecting him and immediately gets shaken down ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The Abbot has a kill limit so he can’t actually kill him but that never gets revealed ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Why?
From Shin-geom’s perspective: This bastard doesn’t kill me because he wants to torment me
From Yamada’s perspective: Senior Seo Jun doesn’t kill me because he wants to torment me
That’s what they both think.
And it’s his personality that makes all of this plausible ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Using that, he extorts 100 Points ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Absolute madman
==

-Here’s an even chillier truth
└What is it
└If Shin-geom had legitimately raged instead of having fun analyzing what the Abbot did, the Abbot would’ve just killed him regardless of Penalty ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└What would he have said?
└Get out.
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ He’d have killed him just like that
└You assholes… Shin-geom is actually genuinely angry right now…
└Ah… Shin-geom… ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Korea is… so sorry ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Stop pretending to mourn at first and then laughing in the back, you bastards ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[I’m losing my mind ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
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Can’t stop laughing because of this Abbot bastard
It’s just complete chaos honestly ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
==

[This is what a hidden villain should be like ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[How can future hidden villains compete with this? Do you have the confidence to pull off something better than this? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

-Impossible
-Impossible
-Impossible
-Fun fact from a lore perspective: He hasn’t even finished a proper 3 days as a hidden villain yet
└Chills ddddd
└The Abbot is just terrifying ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Korea is sorry!

[Will this cause diplomatic issues?]
[Is it really okay to unleash him on the world… Yeah, too late! You Koreans figure it out! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[It’s just entertaining though, right?]
[Fanatic meta ㅋㅋㅋ]

[International Reactions ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
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-I threw away the kimchi my dad loves to eat at home.
└Why?
└└Because I was afraid I’d develop that Korean’s personality
└└└A wise choice
└└└└I agree

-China is giving up on retaliation against that demon…
└A Chinese person abandoning revenge. Astonishing.
└└As a Chinese person, I wish Shin-geom would just give up too at this point

-Japanese wisdom shines through. How admirable~!
└You Korean bastard, stop pretending to be Japanese. You took 100 Points and even tried to deceive us?
└└Kohitsuji wwww My cover is blown wwww
└└└No Japanese person thinks Yamada was clever. But it was the best decision he could make

[ㅋㅋㅋㅋ These bastards are something else]

Seo Jun earned his place in history as the worst hidden villain of all time.
Nearly every gamer worldwide would agree.
Outstanding skill, handsome face, disgusting personality.
If they say a star is someone who drives both fans and haters absolutely crazy, then Seo Jun might be the person most suited to stardom.
He drives both enemies and allies equally insane.
The world consensus is that he’s the craziest of all, though Seo Jun himself would never accept that assessment.

[So what happens next?]
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How do you even stop him?
He’ll clear the remaining Quests, gain Stats from increased Health.
And if he buys all those overpowered items?
Who in the world could stand against the Abbot at that power level?
Dozens of pros? Absolutely no way
One slash and it’s a kill.
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-Right?
-Abbot’s current Point status: 3 kills for 505 Points, Yamada 100 Points. Previous balance 230. Total 835 Points.
└Just need 65 more Points to buy the remaining three items
└Totally broken
-Ability Stats will probably end up much lower than originally designed? Because the AI adjusts?
└Man, this AI system!
-Wow I just imagined something bone-chilling
└What
└The Abbot buying all the items from Cresit’s shop and flexing them so the pros waste their effort trying to get in there
└He’s 100% going to do this ㅋㅋㅋ It’s way too effective
└ㅋㅋ Real
└He’s the type who’d do even worse without us saying anything, so he’s definitely doing this 100%

* * *

Seo Jun stood up from his seat.
The settlement was complete.
He was 65 Points short of buying the remaining items.
Since there would be another shop tomorrow, one could say he’d need even more Points.
‘Though it feels like whatever Points I spend on items will just get adjusted accordingly.’
No matter what a Participant achieved, the AI prevented things from becoming too overpowered.
That was the AI’s job.
“Should I ask Yon to donate the remaining 65 Points, everyone? No, that’d be too much.”
Of course, since he’d decided to keep Yon’s life intact as long as possible, the cost wasn’t unreasonable when you thought about what a life was worth.
Life was precious to everyone.
Anyway.
That wasn’t the real problem right now.
Last time the AI had intentionally delayed the Quest refresh, but this time it had updated the Quest the moment he came out of the Basement.
Seo Jun read the freshly updated Quest window in the bright sunshine and pressed his forehead.

[First Request]
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An Otherworldly Being is creating a portal, and one of them is located in Darahn where it’s now in danger of being destroyed.
The Otherworldly Being wishes for you to go to Darahn and prevent the portal’s destruction.
In exchange, you will receive strength and clues about the dark side of Astheros.
Furthermore, the seed implanted within you has now fully bloomed, and you can now communicate smoothly with the Otherworldly Being.
If you have questions, ask away.

Objective: Resolve the situation within 9 days (See Details)
Reward: Ability Stat Growth, Clues about Astheros’s Secrets
Failure Penalty: Subject to adjustment based on circumstances
==

On the surface, there was nothing particularly wrong.
Darahn was an enemy nation of Astheros, making it unsuitable for him to visit, but with a Mask he could move about freely once inside.
As for the vague task of preventing some unknown portal’s destruction, it didn’t matter anyway since he was already becoming a hidden villain.
However.
“Hmm, this is getting annoying.”
The issue was the conditions revealed through the detailed view.
From now until the Quest ends, commit no killings.
This was the condition imposed on him.
If he killed even one person, the Quest would fail immediately.
This constraint from the AI was definitive.
“Is it because of the fourth Point ability?”
Was it telling him to stop hunting Participants?
Or was it trying to prevent him from pre-emptively eliminating more Participants before the final stage?
He’d grown stronger now. And he could still become much stronger.
‘No killing at all? Then how do I subdue them?’
This was troublesome.
It wasn’t saying to maintain non-lethal combat until the very end, so when would that restriction lift?
“Maybe when they can fight back? When I need to be more careful—when the users gain more strength? I think I’ll be able to kill again then.”
The narrative justification for non-lethal combat was that someone would start watching, forcing him to be cautious.
He needed to pay attention to how this would connect.
The other Participants weren’t sitting idle either.
Though he didn’t know what was happening in Darahn, he’d need to be just as careful there.
“Well, if you all say it gets frustrating, I’ll just kill them.”
Seo Jun spoke casually.
After all, “getting frustrated” couldn’t be taken literally.
In other words, he’d do as he pleased.
“How can I read the chat, you ask? I can see everything. I really can, you know? Right now complaints about me being insane are rolling in, right? While laughing?”
He was actually right. That’s exactly what was flooding Bang Ju’s channel.

-Absolute lunatic ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-That’s fair ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Viewer linguistics requires at least a doctorate ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This guy’s just good at streaming. The deity of broadcasting
-Oh I’m frustrated! Really frustrated!
-Real talk, I’m frustrated too ㅋㅋㅋ

Seo Jun sighed.
“Some people are already frustrated, you know? Yeah, I’m not killing for now.”
The Viewers’ chat was just too predictable.

-Lore talk on ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s just that you’re all too consistent
-Is this guy actually doing broadcast play-acting?
-That explains it ㅋㅋㅋ That’s why we found the original hidden villain in the first place
-You can’t find a real hidden villain through broadcast play-acting ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“Anyway, I am concerned about the failure Penalty.”
It said it would be adjusted based on circumstances, so he needed to understand the story well from now on.
He had to grasp the flow, predict the direction, and prepare accordingly.
That’s probably why the Communication was opened.
Everything was connected.
“So I should have a talk with someone. How do I communicate? Listen here, Fragment. Come out right now.”
There was no response.
“You won’t come out? Three, two, one.”

[Why are you calling?]

“That actually works.”
Seo Jun murmured to himself in amazement.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is he a school thug or what ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Why hasn’t bullying allegations come out yet? School bully energy is oozing out of him like he breathes it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah ㅋㅋ The Abbot’s good at keeping his mouth shut ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Everyone, school bullying is bad! Really bad!
-#1 Streamer we’re most worried about controversy-wise ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Just looking at what he did to Shin-geom ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The future is scarier than the past

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