Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 317

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Chapter 317

The world trembles.
Forty-five million concurrent viewers worldwide, excluding China where viewership is tallied separately.
Two point five million in Korea alone.
How many more are watching across the globe, including China, solely to witness the final chapter of the History Book?
The schedule favors Asia across the board.
Two to six in the afternoon, then seven to eleven at night.
It’s nine in the evening by Korean time.
Britain, home to the Prime Meridian that sets the standard for Earth’s longitude and time zones, sits at midday lunch when Korea is at nine in the evening.
If you wake up in the morning and watch, it all ends by broad daylight.
Hardly ideal.
And the Americas?
Nightmarish.
New York, for instance, is at seven in the morning.
The central time zone hits five or six.
San Francisco is four in the morning.
Pull an all-nighter or wake before dawn.
Even if you rise early, the earlier episodes running from two to six in the afternoon Korean time have to be watched in summary form.
Of course, one could argue it differently.
The time slot favoring Korea is certainly real.
So it’s not as if anyone in Korea can actually catch all eight hours—nine if you count rest breaks.
That much is undeniably true.
Which means the History Book could almost be considered a summary-driven content piece.
It’s the second most famous content related to The League, watched by vast numbers, yet the replay views and summary counts dwarf the live broadcast numbers by an overwhelming margin.

[Is poor History Book broadcast viewership Korea’s fault?]
[How can the operations of this global phenomenon content continue so recklessly?]
[Numerous professionals gathered, yet the response is lackluster—why?]

-The reporters are talking nonsense
-The viewership estimates from replays and summaries are record-breaking though
-The schedule’s definitely good by Britain’s standard at least
└America’s not in prime time but it’s manageable. For Korea though, you just have to wake up early or pull an all-nighter

So in the early stages of the History Book, various chatter like this circulated.
But the noise was negligible—the History Book proceeded smoothly.
Better than that: live broadcast viewership climbed every single day.
Day after day.
After each episode ended.
Despite Europe and the Americas—major viewer bases—not being in ideal time slots.
This was entirely due to one presence.
No one could deny it.
Even mainstream media ultimately acknowledged it.
He proved his true profession was streaming, even on otherwise tedious broadcasts, delivering absurd moments every time.
Yet amid professionals scattered across the map, he demonstrated skill that stood out brilliantly, driving his fans to madness.
Pulling off some incident every day—making them mad even as they criticized.
And a personality to match.
A star.
Yes. A star he was.
Seo Jun became the Black Mask itself and showed playing methods for the Black Mask that no one had ever displayed before.

[Why this Korean streamer deserves your attention!]
[Everything that happened in this History Book started with this person. And it will end with him.]
[Silent to the love calls of major brands… what’s the real intention behind this rising star?]

-He’s stuck in a hotel running the History Book, of course he’s silent, you thick-headed journalist
└I think… I think you don’t need to speak quite so bluntly.
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ That thick-headed journalist bastardㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Why do these people never stop spouting nonsenseㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Well, when five humans gather, one’s bound to be garbage, so it can’t be helpedㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The History Book held in Korea skyrocketing thanks to a Korean streamer! Let’s go!

Live broadcast viewership for the History Book far exceeded the average of prior ones the moment he became the Black Mask, climbing higher until it was moments away from breaking the all-time record when it halted.
And on day thirteen.
When Seo Jun took a break, numbers wavered—but as if building momentum for day fourteen, potential exploded.
The battle began, and live broadcast viewership skyrocketed frantically.
Previous records shattered instantly.
The figure that emerged:
45 million.
Concurrent viewers hit that mark.
And so the world shook.

* * *

[I don’t need to be here.]

Cheers erupt.
“Ahhhhh! Kael appeared! Really Kael! Not an AI—our true chief!”
Frenzy.

-Wow!
-Chief! Chief! Chief! Chief! Chief!
-What a madman!ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ A real madman!

“Phase two! No, the final phase! That’s right. The real Seo Jun wouldn’t just leave everything to an AI like this!”
The battle approaches its climax.
“He’s descended to finish it himself! Directly from the Heavenly Realm! To handle it with his own hands!”

-I thought he’d need two more Potions before coming down, but he’s here now! And he throws the Potions away right away!!!ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The chief immediately taunting—his characterㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-What a madmanㅋㅋㅋㅋ I was wrong to think for a moment he wouldn’t use all the Potions
-Yeah, you were probably wrongㅋㅋㅋㅋ The chief isn’t about Potions
-Ah ㅋㅋ Right

“The final phase!”
Bang Ju glanced at the viewer count with an expression of pure delight.
Six hundred thousand were watching. An all-time high.
Six hundred thousand viewers on a personal broadcast.
With an estimated 2.5 million Korean viewers, more than one-fifth of that number was gathered on Bang Ju’s stream to watch together.
It was simply thrilling.
‘Globally it must be insanely bigger.’
All these people gathered purely to watch the same person and to celebrate with genuine passion.
“Right now Kael has all his hidden abilities revealed! The remaining nine professionals are matched up against the AI calamity and have synchronized their coordination to the absolute limit!”

-Real, it’s a calamity alright
-They couldn’t beat it
-Thanks to the Potions, though four still died to the AI aloneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The AI was seriously insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Yeah, only those who watched the actual battle know
-How can something that strong even exist

“Yes! The AI was incredibly strong. But why was it so powerful?”
On this point, there could be no disagreement.

-Because the original was strong!! So damn strong!
-The chief showed it alreadyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Seemed like it was a 100% clone of the original thoughㅋㅋㅋ

“Was it really 100% of the original? That? Huh?”
Most viewers respond in agreement.
They say absolutely not.
“Exactly! And we’re about to see that now!”
Why would he discard two Potions to begin with, otherwise?
Seo Jun’s confidence always had a foundation.
Ordinary people just couldn’t perceive it.
Or rather, no one but himself could perceive it.
But if you’d been watching his actions all along.

-Ah ㅋㅋ He said he’d show us ㅋㅋ
-We believe ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-They said overseas that here he’d fail to best the AI and it’d be straight into the gutterㅋㅋ
-Let’s see if he crushes it decisivelyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The gutter’s real thoughㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ After making all this mess, if he can’t do it he deserves a beatdownㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But he’s the chief~

Right then.

[Show them nine Judgment Swords.]

-Wow!!!!!
-What a madman! Madman! Madman!
-There it is again! Say something baseless and actually pull it off!ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Bang Ju was astonished.
The Heretical Mark lasts thirty seconds.
Nine Judgment Swords would be possible if each takes three seconds.
Possible in theory.

[Ha ha ha! You think that’s possible?! Timewise it might work! Even if we’re overpowered in raw physicality and you can slap us with the Heretical Mark in three seconds flat!]

Six and three.
That’s how many melee and ranged champions they have.
And the three ranged ones were spread far apart on the opposite side, centered on Seo Jun.
There’s no way nine Judgment Swords could work.

[Talk is cheap. Come at me.]
[Understood, sir!]

Bang Ju switched perspectives. First-person view.
“We’ll be watching from Seo Jun’s point of view!”
As Yon charged forward, battle commenced.
When fighting the AI, the champions had initially each marked the Black Mask one at a time, rotating out as health dwindled.
The other melee fighters hung back and attacked whenever they saw an opening.
They’d switched tactics because one-on-one against the AI meant losing health in a flash due to the capability gap.
After that, multiple fighters would engage simultaneously, and now facing the true form, they’d made the same choice.
In an instant the view went dizzy.
Attacks streamed from all directions in a flash, targeting Seo Jun’s health.
It seemed impossible to react.
The flurry of strikes on screen happened so fast most viewers couldn’t properly register them, and the champions felt certain no one could dodge them all.
Yet Seo Jun proved it was possible if you truly understood.
Seo Jun glided diagonally, slipped three attacks, and blocked the frontal strike.
But did he merely block?
Thump!
The instant he blocked, his counterattack connected.
He drove Yon backward with his blade before pivoting his whole body to target Bernard’s throat from behind.
Whoosh!
Crack!
Bernard took the hit and activated a skill angled his way while Shin-geom attacked diagonally—both simultaneously targeting Seo Jun.
Ranged attacks followed as angles opened up.
Energy surged from Bernard’s tonfa, and as he swung, the ground beneath Seo Jun raked as though clawed by talons.
Thud-thud-thud.
Seo Jun backpedaled three steps, and where he’d stood a barrage immediately fell.

[Keep pressuring! He’s out of Potions, so he can’t afford to be bold!]
[But he has Lifesteal?]
[He’s being cautious! Anyway, time’s on our side and he’s probably judged we’re worn down mentally. Why? He doesn’t want to take even one hit?]

The champions began pressing the Black Mask relentlessly. A complete, all-directional assault.
World-class technique, proficiency, and coordinated tactics unfolded.
Witnessing it all from Seo Jun’s vantage point—

-Oh man…
-Busy, so busy
-Eyes don’t get a break
-The movement’s ㄷㄷㄷ
-I knew he was good but seriously… seriously…

Yet even though it was dizzying, Bang Ju didn’t switch perspective.
For the final moments, it had to be from the Black Mask’s viewpoint.
After all, everyone would—
‘Rewatch it anyway.’
Smiling, Bang Ju continued his commentary.
“He’s not taking a single hit right now! Not using Invincibility either! What is this? Is he planning to end it in one go?”

-Not using Invincibility once while dodging everything is insane
-The other side’s also holding back on skills because of Invincibility

“That’s right! Any mistake could catch the team in the blast! But! They’re still pursuing Seo Jun perfectly and safely! Kael! When will you use the Invincibility Skill!”
The nine champions moved like machines.
Several optimal skill combos had already been refined, and with perfect Cooldown calculations, they pressed forward relentlessly.
Dodging all of it without the Invincibility Skill was certainly a feat of technique, but—

-Wait so basically the chief’s at seven hits and the opponent’s at zeroㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-A god!
-But it’s hard to create variables like the AI does by sacrificing health. He’s got no Potions
-That’s because he just hasn’t used Invincibility yet!
-Come on, push back chief!
-He’s not using Invincibility without reason. Looks like he’s reading the timing
-What’s he preparing!
-If he fails it’s curtains chief ugh

Failure meant the end.
And then.
The moment four rushed in together and closed the distance, Seo Jun’s body began to glow white.

[Blessing of Radiance]

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