Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 316

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Chapter 316

Gerth couldn’t conceal his shock.
Crossing blades with Kael rather than Seo Jun didn’t happen often.
There was one opponent and twelve of them.
But with each clash of steel during the fight, it felt like facing Seo Jun as he’d been in Train.
No—even better than that.
It fought well. Was this its true strength all along?
Sharp, piercing movements; perfect, efficient repositioning to parry and counter; a chill that crept down to one’s very core.
The opponent was an AI.
Just an AI extracting data from a single person—not even the world’s best player.
If the situation weren’t perfectly identical to the stored data, the AI would inevitably display inferior movements.
And since a perfectly identical situation could never occur,
all its moves and attacks would always be degraded versions of the “real thing.”
“Ugh!”
The blade pierced sharply and struck his body. Kael brought the sword down without hesitation.
The angle meant there was insufficient force; the blade continued straight down.
The result was—
Crash!
The sound of glass shattering.
“Hngh.”
The problem was that this wasn’t the end.
The recovered blade lunged at him in an instant.
Toward a vital point somewhere on his body.
If he lowered his head to check whether a vital point had appeared somewhere, the attack would come in that instant.
So he had to watch the opponent’s attack and block or evade.
Crash!
Even that was difficult.
The moment the third attack came in succession,
Boom!
Unable to take the third attack as things stood, he drove the Rage Sword into the ground.
When impact was applied to the blade, it would trigger an explosion if he willed it—a skill.

[Eruption]

Anyone caught in the blast would be stunned. Of course, the range wasn’t large.
But Gerth’s mastery of grappling techniques—striking through skills like this planted in the ground—was second to none in the world.
And beyond this, countless other attacks were pouring in.
So then!
“……!”
Seo Jun anticipated the attacks beforehand, read the timing of his perfect grapple, and slipped one step ahead to his flank.
And Seo Jun struck the third vital point carved into Gerth’s body by the Hit Scan, precisely where it had manifested given his current position.
All of this transpired in less than two seconds.
Then, two seconds later,
Gerth saw a handsome Korean’s face displaying emotionless, inhuman eyes—the telltale mark of an AI—paired absurdly with eyes curved in the exact opposite direction, and a smirk curled at the corners of his mouth.
The reason was simple.
It had just been doing that the whole time.
Was it a joker? The AI’s demeanor had taken on an eerie quality.
‘Man, that’s scary.’
Heretic marking.
Even if he tried to block it, it would activate.

[Gravity Field]
[Fire Sealing Technique]
[Earth Seal]
[Healing Touch]

The skills meant to assist were blocked by invincibility frames that had cycled back through cooldown at precisely calculated moments.
And Kael, having increased its distance,
deliberately—truly deliberately—planted the sword in the ground.

[Radiance Blessing]
[Judgment Sword]

He wouldn’t die. Probably.
Healing was coming through, after all.
Boom-boom-boom-boom!
At that moment,
Seo Jun, having drawn near before Gerth knew it, unsheathed his blade. Health plummeted.
He’d feinted at planting the sword, shifted his gaze away, and moved in that opening.
The speed should have been insufficient to connect.
A sudden burst of acceleration?
No.
‘Could he have held back more than that?’
The speed was strange.
From the start, Kael swapped its speed and flow with each exchange, cycling through techniques as if interchanging parts.
Yet typically one could sense the approximate maximum speed.
But now,
“Damn it. You’re faking this too?”
The body’s owner clearly did this move.
Both are filthy.
The one who did it back then, and the AI copying it now.
“If you’re going to copy even this, what the hell are you thinking!”
Fear.
Disbelief.
Frustration.
Boom!
All those emotions struck together with the Judgment Sword, and he was executed.
After receiving the phone, the first thing Gerth did was check exactly when Seo Jun had adjusted his speed.
Meanwhile, Kael casually used another potion. Its health had inevitably dropped.
Yet the result was that its health began filling back to max.
“The fourth potion…….”
Someone gasped.
Or perhaps everyone did.
“Don’t worry! This should be the last!”

* * *

“Second hunt successful. Eleven remain.”
“Yes. Are you enjoying this, Seo Jun?”
“Honestly, quite a bit.”
“This is being recorded. Please hide your true feelings.”
Currently, there was a camera in his room filming Seo Jun as he stood outside.
The reason was simple.
Seo Jun had requested it.
‘It’s necessary work.’
Right.
Someday he’d reveal everything, and he’d need this for that moment.
So Seo Jun was in broadcast mode now.
The Team Leader was also aware that Seo Jun would speak as a streamer.
“Ha ha ha. Well. Let’s talk about the game instead. Hmm, I’d prefer if Kael ended Yon and we kept Shin-geom alive.”
“…….”
The Team Leader sighed and asked for his reasoning.
“Why?”
“Because I have to kill them.”
Is this what a streamer does?
“Ah, yes.”
Is this really the behavior of someone being filmed off the record?
Was he unfamiliar with public opinion to act like this?
Please, just pretend to be decent for once!
“Hmm, well, the AI’s performance is rather poor, actually, when it does things like that.”
“……. Look, are you aware what the current public opinion is on the AI?”
The Team Leader sighed.
The opinion on someone this powerful who auto-hunts and free-rides…….

[Did the room owner really show this level of performance?]
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Yeah lol got me
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-He really did lol
-The AI just did what it collected, so what’s the problem?
-Real lol

[But wait lol this is overkill the AI is too good]
[How is auto-hunt even possible?]
[If Seo Jun actually put effort into balancing this then upvote lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol]

‘Good, good?’
Hmm.
Is the Korean community opinion favorable because it’s Korean?
She checked the North American side this time.

[Crazy Korean!]
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Hahahaha!
Just crazy Korean!
Respect to you! Your auto-hunt!
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[This won’t end here, will it?]
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No way?
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-Don’t get hasty
└If it’s that Korean guy, he’ll show up when there’s one left hahahaha!
└└Yon?
└└└wwwwwww
-Even the pros are catching on now!
└No more feints left to throw. Because the original owner’s tricks are exhausted! Now it’s real skill versus skill
└└If he doesn’t lose that skill matchup either, then something’s off?

[This was all prepared. You can’t dismiss that person’s effort.]
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I’m pretty sure he put in the effort back in Train too.
Acting like a madman in Atura was also part of that preparation.
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-Wasn’t he a Black Mask back in Atura?
└He definitely prepared to do a one-on-one with the Black Mask and AI
└└Ohhh
└└└That’s plausible

Plausible how? It’s definitely because of synchronization rate.
‘That’s the reason.’
Sigh.
Still, there were risky elements.

[Auto-hunt might actually work in his favor instead.]
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Since the AI was draining Seo Jun completely.
But what if the AI was making the Black Mask exert 100% of its power?
Then this wouldn’t be confidence—it’d be cheating.
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-Yeah conspiracy theory
└Still, the AI’s level is really high
-Hmmmm
-The AI does seem to fight better than the real one, right?

This opinion wasn’t large but needed watching.
The impression that the AI was stronger than the real one probably wasn’t a mistake.
“Hmm. Isn’t this the true one-click, Team Leader?”
An AI wouldn’t open its mouth like that, after all.
There’s a meme of someone clicking a keyboard once while others work hard.
Later, when winning alone easily and minimally by oneself, people call it a “one-click.”
“No, you’re not even doing the one-click!”
“Oh.”
“Why this time?”
“Using the fifth potion now.”
Seo Jun laughed.
As if on cue, the voices of the participants came through.

[Another potion! No! What is this!]

Combat continued without pause.
Kael blocked, redirected, and countered. When it spotted an opening, it rushed in relentlessly.
Even by Seo Jun’s assessment, it fought quite well.
‘Has it crossed the human threshold?’

[Again! Healing again! And with life drain too, it’s even tougher. The invincibility frame is coming soon.]
[Insane. Ruthless brother. Really vicious madman, ah no, brother. How many did you prepare anyway! Oh heavens!]
[Just hurry up and come! You bastard! Stop taking him easy! Hurry and come destroy him!]

Seo Jun thought.
Didn’t he tell them not to come, that he was dumping them?

[No. Brother, don’t come now. The AI should use up all its potions first!]

“Yon’s at least reading the situation well, while Shin-geom is in denial.”
“Hmm.”
“It’s only reasonable that the AI couldn’t fight better than me.”
“Is that so.”

[Hey Yon! Didn’t you say those strange items were four? And you bought a weapon item! There’s invincibility too! So shouldn’t those items not be bought and potions end at four!]
[Could it be the Inventory?]

“Hmm.”
The Team Leader knew Seo Jun’s words were true.
The AI didn’t display skills more favorably as the Black Mask.
But.
‘If the AI’s performance goes on longer, others might not think that way…….’
So it had to be shown.
It probably would be.
Because it was Seo Jun.

* * *

[Is this really the end now?]

Huff, huff.
Breathing was harsh.
Shin-geom surveyed the surroundings. Everyone’s eyes showed some fatigue.
They were outnumbered, yet combat had been ongoing for over twenty minutes.
Horrifyingly, the opponent showed no fatigue.
Would an AI grow tired?
The one beyond surely wouldn’t either.
‘Giggling away, watching with more joy than anyone.’
Facing it had become routine.
Their breathing nearly synchronized within the first three minutes.
Yet the sudden brilliant flashes of movement meant they’d lost more allies.
Nine remained. The AI had killed four.
“Again, again!”
Someone panicked.
A potion.
Specifically, the thirteenth potion was being used.
“Insane…….”
Shin-geom lamented.
If there were just no invincibility frames.
If there weren’t this pressure to finish quickly.
If they could help themselves, not worrying about when he’d arrive.
Above all,
if the level were just slightly lower!
But it was fine.
“This potion really will be the last.”
The participants didn’t agree with Shin-geom’s words.
Still.
“…….”
“Yeah, let’s catch him. We catch the brother.”
“Right. Let’s try.”
“That annoying bastard’s been using potions faster and faster anyway.”
Hope was visible.
Thirteen?
Beyond this, there’d realistically be almost none.
Besides, their combined strength was at its peak. By now, the opponent had to consume one roughly every two minutes.
Most importantly,
‘I’ll dump you.’
Whatever was happening, if he hadn’t come by now, it was only right to finish this.
When combat continued without respite, focus wavered.
So they, not the AI, created a lull to rest briefly.
And now, in that lull, Shin-geom opened his mouth to create unfavorable opinion toward Seo Jun.
This would definitely land.
It wasn’t even propaganda.
Just voicing pure doubt when many people were watching.
If enough people empathized, unfavorable opinion would certainly form.
“You’re saying Seo Jun’s normal level is this? I can’t accept that. What’d you do to the AI? Make it display at 100%? If it really was that guy back then, we would’ve……!”
And at that moment,
“What’re you gonna do if you don’t accept it?”
At last, the eagerly awaited leisured voice resonated from the Center of City.
The gazes of the nine surrounding one figure shifted.
They were tired—worn down from not capturing the AI and losing face for so long.
Of course came exhilaration in turn.
And yet,
“Ha……. You came?”
Of all timing?
Well, whatever.
“Yeah, I came.”
“Potions all gone?”
“No.”
In an instant, nine expressions crumbled.
How many did he have left?
“Two remaining.”
“…….”
“And I just used both.”
“……?”
“I don’t need them anyway.”
The real Seo Jun, his nickname now glowing white, bared his teeth and unleashed an aura of Provocation across the board.
Nine versus one. And no potions.
The final phase had begun.

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