Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 319

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Chapter 319

[Kha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Splendid! You’ve blocked all the vermin who sensed the signs!]

Seo Jun realized this was the moment.
‘If I’m left alone, the viewers will be cut off. Not that they won’t see it. It’s just… the ending? Or rather, they’ll release the Epilogue a bit later.’
Extrapolating from the patterns in old History Books, the viewpoint would have locked onto Yon’s perspective at the final moment.
And it would have ended there.
It felt like a moment of silence. At least, that’s how it felt once he realized the countless eyes watching him had vanished.

[Splendid! Splendid! I was worried when you did something strange, but you’re far better than that other fool! Magnificent!]

Except for this one.
And then there’s the matter of sniping that original Black Mask again.
‘His identity must have been exposed, right?’
He felt sorry about it.
He’d had no idea he was actually the Black Mask.
He truly hadn’t intended it.
If he’d known that was the Black Mask?
‘I still wouldn’t have held back. I was curious how things would play out.’
That would’ve been a case of indirect intent.
But in any case, the past Seo Jun had not acted with intent.
“Enough noise. So what now? You’re not actually telling me to wait, are you?”
What Seo Jun meant was whether he was supposed to wait here for an hour.
Of course, that wouldn’t work in-game logic, but the AI would understand well enough.

[Right! With the interference gone, I’ll invest more resources! Thanks to you, my cooperator. Once the Portal opens, I’ll fulfill your purpose for certain! Head to the Portal!]

Hearing Fragment’s words, Seo Jun walked toward the Underground Waterway where the Portal lay.
A half-destroyed Building.
Dead Astheros soldiers.
Passing Heroes fallen in the previous battle.
The otherworldly monsters wrapped in green aura gathered with him, converging across the City toward a single point.
The floor had been destroyed, exposing the Underground Waterway to the surface, and Hounds had begun to gather and cluster around the Portal there.
Like the sickening monsters writhing against each other.

[Now then, as you said, I’ll open the Portal right away! The power I gave you is unnecessary! I’ll amplify it using the power that belonged to that worm! In the meantime, block anyone from approaching.]

I see.
He’d gathered the dogs to reduce the remaining time.
“Right. But here’s the thing.”

[But what?]

“What did you think my purpose was?”

[Judgment of those who deviate. Yes, judgment—isn’t that what you truly desire? I will make it happen for you! Ha-ha-ha!]

Had he sensed something off?
For some reason, it seemed like Fragment was trying to placate him.
“Scared?”
Seo Jun let out a soft laugh.

[Scared of what? Guard well! A great war will begin now!]

Seo Jun’s demeanor shifted.
“Judgment… I like that, brother.”
The clue about Astheros’s depravity he’d obtained as a Quest reward.
That was nothing but a loose thread. At least, in a History Book that reached this ending, it would be judged as such.
But if Seo Jun had pursued that clue, the story would have bent slightly in that direction.
That’s how History Books work.
But Seo Jun hadn’t, and it ended like this.
Killing everyone and opening the Portal.
‘Epilogue.’
What was the purpose of the Epilogue currently unfolding?
And what should he do?
The creator’s intent?
The AI’s intent?
What did they want?
The truth was.
‘I don’t need to worry about such things.’
The Epilogue wasn’t for that.
It exists to give one final chance to do as one wishes.
Then?
Regardless of the story that would follow, regardless of the characters, Seo Jun spent that brief moment of silence in contemplation.
And he reached a decision.
He would simply live as he chose.
It resonates with viewers too.
“You should receive judgment as well, brother.”
Seo Jun was.
A streamer.

* * *

The moment Seo Jun won.
Executives across the world’s gaming teams were drunk on excitement.
“Get him to our organization immediately!”
“He won! He actually won that!”
“This doesn’t make sense.”
“That skill level is truly….”
For them, a task that should be treated as top priority had naturally emerged.
“He’ll become the best. No, he already is the best.”
“Does talent alone do it?”
“He’s already a Legend.”
Their eyes would be the most accurate in the world.
Because those were the eyes that sat in team executive chairs.
They acknowledged it.
That he had already transcended their common sense, the limits of their thinking. Such a person could exist in the world.
That’s why the task emerged.
And that task was.
“Do whatever it takes to bring him to our team! If we can, we’ll implement ethics training right away for the players! But!”
Ethics training was merely precaution to prevent internal conflict.
But more important than that was.
“Absolutely, absolutely do not let him go to another team. Even if we can’t sign him, that’s fine. He cannot join another team.”
If Seo Jun joined another team, the power gap would be massive.
But worse than that was the fact that you simply cannot afford to have such a person as an enemy.
If, by chance, some pro on the team got singled out like Shin-geom?
“We’d rather give him money on the condition he never signs a pro contract, just to stop it!”
“Is something like that even possible?”
“I don’t know!”
It was half-joke, half-serious.
To that extent, the conduct Seo Jun displayed was precisely imprinted on people worldwide.
And the result was.

[sssssssss Bangjang wins!]
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Foreign league communities are all exploding! Insane!!!!!
The worst Black Mask ever! Saint of ethics!
Even the communities are going crazy!
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-Insane, seriously!
-Showing Yon’s perspective at the end was genuinely horror
-So that’s how it was… that’s how the Participants were

He drove people mad.
The final scene that perfectly cemented Seo Jun’s image as the ultimate Black Mask.
People even began showing understanding toward that scene.

[China’s climax finally makes sense now lol]
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So this is what they faced… brief though it was, that guy was impressive.
He actually dared to play Black Mask against Bangjang lol
Takes more than average courage
Gotta give props if you understand
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-You know what? There’s a video from Bangjang’s channel showing the moment he catches on, Observer positioned similarly to the climax, and it has 15 million views lolol
└The one where they perfectly render the eye movement and Bangjang locks eyes with him lololol
└That was genuinely creepy lololololol
-Um excuse me. We haven’t revealed the Black Mask’s identity yet, so you can’t call it a climax. Even if all his habits got exposed! Yes!
└lololololol
└But his habits are totally exposed. It’s hard to figure out who at first, but once you narrow it down, finding evidence is easy

[So in the end, this bastard…]
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Was actually a god?
Kael’s god.
All Kael fans, rise up!!!!!
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-Kael fans are already lollolollol giving a standing ovation
└Real talk, they’re already on their feet lololol
-Didn’t think he’d use Three-Person Sword three times in a row. Most people can’t even pull off Two-Person Archery, so is Bangjang for real? My heart’s soaring…
└Bangjang is truly… truly… real

[The world itself proves it. Professional gamers from the league with the world’s deepest talent pool… truly incredible. The greatest
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Just… he’s just something.
What the hell is he anyway?
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-Repeatedly I say. He’s just the ‘Geomsin.’ Seriously
└Real talk, true Geomsin. That nickname—viewers gave it to him, right? Who gave it?
-I miss Bangjang Celestial Demon…
└When was Celestial Demon relevant anyway
└But if you think about ethics, Demonic Cult fits better…
└That’s actually true
└lololololololololol

[How far are you going to fly, Bangjang!]
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The limits of talent lol
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-Pretty insane honestly
-This guy’s just a regular college student?
└He goes to Korea University, but at that level of talent, Korea University would just make him average—that’s the level of talent we’re talking about
└The stories about Bangjang’s college life that pop up sometimes are hilarious
└Is it about Geom-Seo-un?
└lololololololololololol
-The talent level is literally humanity’s apex. This doesn’t make sense
-So did this bastard actually attend some swordsmanship dojo or something? I’m dying to know
└Is he a Kael fan?
└yeseeyesyesyesyesyes Foreign Kael fans will apparently come to Korea for a tour once the dojo name gets out. Korean tourism would skyrocket!!!!
└What are you talking about—tourism won’t boom just because of that lololololololol

[So what happens to the story now?]

-Enjoy the festival
-Epilogue drops tomorrow
-Real talk lol
-Overseas reactions are intense too. Really intense

[Good thing you didn’t cause a serious diplomatic incident, Bangjang lololololol]
[History Book wins! Korea wins! Korea is the best!]
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This is what a K-streamer is!
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-Korea’s victory it is not, yet you’re spewing more nationalism…
└’Country-that-has-Bangjang’ (author)
└What’s your point anyway
└’Country-that-has-Bangjang’ (author)
└Whatever, illogical nationalism!

└’Country-that-has-Bangjang’ (author)
└Just forget it
└Being the Country-that-has-Bangjang is actually acceptable
└We can spew nationalism for this lololololololololol

[So how much has this guy grown anyway?]
[Turn on the broadcast! Bangjang!]
[Heard they’re letting the Participants hang out at hotels for a while lolol Surface sure has deep pockets]
[Turn on the broadcast!!!!!!]

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All day long.
In the mouths of game users worldwide playing in leagues, talk of Seo Jun never ceased.
Everything in this History Book started with Seo Jun and ended with Seo Jun.
The League held the standing of a game most people have played at least once.
No other game could match its mainstream appeal.
Seo Jun’s interest and recognition had no choice but to reach the apex, having not just performed but completely dominated the largest-scale Content in the game aside from the official championship tournament.
And the next day.
The History Book’s Epilogue was released.
Not through Seo Jun’s viewpoint, nor through an Observer’s arbitrarily-fixed perspective, but captured perfectly by professionals.
Walking through the City.
To end everything.

-The atmosphere is insane!
-This guy’s a Black Mask
-So handsome the whole vibe changes lol
-Fragment there lololol

[Scared of what? Guard well! A great war will begin now!]
[Judgment… I like that, brother.]

-So do the Chaos Heroes come out now?
-Will the climax Hero come out as a god Hero?
-Might get scrapped since he’s unpopular lololololololol
-But like lol why do that?
-Am I the only one finding Bangjang standing still suspicious?

And Seo Jun spoke.

[You should receive judgment as well, brother.]

-???????
-?????
-This crazy bastard lololololol

[What? Wait! Don’t come! Guard! What are you doing!]
[I disliked this from the start.]
[Then why! Why did you block the other Heroes! If you were going to do this!]

-Real talk lol
-At least Pangea is staying safe, right?
-Kael now lololololol actually turned evil and became a lunatic lololololol
-As a Kael fan I actually like it now lolol Now an independent unorthodox Heretic Judge, which is way cooler

[Why did I fight? Because I knew I’d win. That’s all, brother.]

Seo Jun smiled gently and walked toward the Portal where the Hounds had gathered.

-Damn! Lololol He knew he’d win
-That’s definitely a message for us, right???
-Yeah seems like a message for us
-Fact) He actually gave up almost all his Buffs. And still won.
-Drop the detailed analysis! You leading scholars! You grad students!

[Don’t come! I said don’t come!]
[Brother, let us repent.]

-How many Judgment Swords this time?
-Insane lololol Nine lol That’s just ridiculous
-He did the betrayal just to show that, didn’t he? lololololololololol
-Come on, turn on the broadcast Bangjang. I’m actually dying here!!
-Real talk lol Holding my breath!

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