Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 326

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Chapter 326

Huff.
Huff.
Huff.
Is this some endless pit of sloth?
Of course, Baek Do-yul knew exactly when it would end. Just ten minutes from now.
Five minutes had passed, and the rival beside him had said to do the Stairway to Heaven for only fifteen minutes, so that made it ten minutes total.
Click.
Click.
Click.
The steps turned like a treadmill, forcing them to climb endlessly.
Click.
Click.
Click.
The only problem was the sound coming from beside him was far faster.
His speed was phase ten, and the person next to him was at phase twenty.
Yet Seo Jun was climbing the stairs without a single break in stride.
At a speed twice as fast, in a moment when he looked ready to die from exhaustion.
He’d just finished running like that and drank only one gulp of water before starting this. It was impossible not to be tired.
Yes, if you were human.
It was absolutely impossible not to be tired.
‘Then what on earth is that?’
So the doubt was inevitable.
What could it possibly be?
Click.
Click.
Click.
Weren’t his thighs about to burst?
What was most chilling was that while he’d already been sweating through his clothes and hair for a while now, the other person remained perfectly dry.
His head felt so dizzy he wondered if he was seeing things wrong.
As he held on moment by moment, trapped in that pointless thought about preserving his pride, time passed and only two minutes remained.
And then.
“Hah. This is tiring.”
Beep.
The machine beside him stopped.
Baek Do-yul caught that sound quickly and stopped the staircase.
Beep.
And he looked to the side.
Click.
Click.
Click.
Seo Jun’s machine was still running.
What was going on?
Ah.
That beep sound came from the stationary bike next to him?
But that “This is tiring” was definitely Seo Jun’s voice, wasn’t it?
Could he have spoken first, timed perfectly with when the other person turned off their machine?
Terror was about to flood in, but Baek Do-yul decided he needed to rest first.
His body was exhausted.
This wasn’t the moment for fear to creep in.
Beep.
Seo Jun also stopped his machine. The spinning stairs ceased, and Seo Jun continued speaking.
“You were getting bored, weren’t you, Baek Do-yul?”
“…….”
“So you turned it off first, didn’t you, Baek Do-yul?”
He should have answered, but even that was impossible because he was so exhausted.
Huff.
Huff.
Huff.
Sweat drops fell like rain, dirtying the floor.
Phase ten was definitely incredibly fast.
Usually, the Stairway to Heaven becomes exponentially more difficult depending on the height of each individual step.
And the one they were using had sufficiently tall steps.
“Now then, next is…….”
‘……Huh?’

* * *

Before he knew it, Baek Do-yul found himself forcing weight plates onto the machine and lifting them.
His body had already reached its limit. Yet he lifted anyway.
The Gym Owner steadied his form.
His head felt blank.
Contrary to the blankness in his head, his body screamed. Yet the machine was lifted.
What was happening?
Terror crept in, then vanished again because the exhaustion was too intense.
He’d forgotten about the battle of aura.
But the victor in that intimidation contest was always him.
The Gym Owner would never beat him.
The Gym Owner was…….
The Gym Owner was…….
“Huh?”
Whoosh.
The moment he came to his senses, he was in the Lodging.
“What’s this?”
Baek Do-yul looked down at his trembling arms and legs, swollen to their absolute limit.
Something was wrong. This was…….
Then a notification came through.

[Rival 2: Just like you said, I’ll be counting on you for tomorrow’s workout too. You’re really something ㅎㅎ]

Only then did the fear he’d been putting off finally come crashing down.

* * *

As Seo Jun balanced exercise, safety training, and broadcasting, he grew closer to Baek Do-yul.
Of course, this was entirely from Seo Jun’s perspective.
Baek Do-yul had come to see Seo Jun as quite formidable.
Slightly—if before he’d been a competitor,
now in reality he seemed like a towering wall? A mass of terror? That’s how he seemed to view Seo Jun.
Yet because he still tried desperately to overcome it, it meant he hadn’t abandoned the position of competitor from the gamer’s standpoint.
Around that point, Seo Jun became curious about how Baek Do-yul’s Lobby had changed, but he didn’t bother asking.
He judged there was no benefit in finding out.
In any case, Baek Do-yul was certainly a new type even from Seo Jun’s perspective.
It was rather enjoyable.
“This is the first time something like this has happened. Definitely.”
Before the broadcast started.
“What’s up with him?”
Tae-woo watched Seo Jun, then brushed his arm as if getting goosebumps.
“I’m most scared of you when you talk to yourself like that.”
“Why.”
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
“……?”
“Don’t actually play dumb.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. You coming with me?”
“Where.”
“No idea. Somewhere on an island, I heard.”
“Ugh. Fine. Oh, but anyway.”
“Yeah?”
“Won’t the viewers have a breakdown?”
“About what?”
“Once you go do the broadcast, you’ll have to be on hiatus for a while, right?”
“Oh, that?”
“Yeah.”
“I’ve got it all figured out.”
“What is it?”
“I’m telling the viewers I’m taking a hiatus—what are they gonna do about it?”
“……. That’s enviable……. Crazy bastard.”
After that, Seo Jun went into his room to start streaming.
Today’s broadcast goal was to convince people.
He’d said it confidently to Tae-woo, but any real streamer couldn’t help but care about public opinion, could they?
In fact, recently he’d been spending a lot of time on safety training and had already cut his broadcast hours.
Now it was time to manage opinion.

[Streaming begins]
[Phew. Almost took a hiatus today too. I did good, right?]

-Welcome
-Streamer’s on
-Welcome
-Hi everyone!
-????

The start was a simple greeting like any other day.
As soon as the notification popped up, those who entered greeted him, then checked the broadcast title and fired off question marks.
This was Tae-woo’s official take on Seo Jun’s favorite moment.
The moment he was collecting hooks.
Seo Jun of course denied it.
A person wasn’t a psychopath and wouldn’t enjoy a moment like that.

-This bastard said he was taking a hiatus to get passport photos taken and then again to get a passport made and now what????????
-If you went on hiatus today too I’d actually ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But what can we viewers even do about it?
-Way too successful……
-For real ㅋㅋ
-This guy just needs to be hungry every single day. That’s the only way he’ll be earnest
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But he’s way too talented for thatㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The corners of Seo Jun’s mouth rose slightly.
It wasn’t because he was a psychopath, but because he genuinely enjoyed it.
“This is your streamer. Hello, everyone. Yes, there’s no virtual reality game today.”
Part of it was not having decided what game to play next, but really, he was just taking a break.
No major event was coming up and nothing had sparked his interest.
He occasionally went into ranked.
“Raise your ranking, you say?”

-Yeah
-All the way to Challenger, undefeated let’s go!
-How about hitting rank 1?
-Still preseason, right? No rankings? You dumb viewers
-So why aren’t you climbing? Still unranked?

“Well, I did think about climbing the rankings. But you all know my skill level anyway, right?”
Chats of “yes” and variants floated up.
“And most importantly, whether I beat a Challenger or a Bronze player, it’s all the same to me. So there’s no reason to climb.”
He meant it literally.
Why bother?

-Damn
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is what the room master is about
-ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-What about the undefeated run to Challenger?

“Even an undefeated run to Challenger sounds too easy. So everyone, did I do good or not? Did I do well or poorly? What did I do well? You ask?”
An obvious question. Why ask it?
“I turned on the broadcast.”
The viewers began lamenting that a new era had come where streamers ask for praise just for turning on the stream.
As that lamentation continued, Seo Jun said one thing.
“Oh. So you’re not going to praise me?”

-Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!
-Trabol’s richest man, Jo Am, please have some dignity!!!!!!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’m thankful though
-Just keep streaming even if you act terrible every time!!!!

Discipline was firmly established.
Then it was time to speak.
“Ah. You all hear me talking about going on that Man vs Gamer thing a lot. I think I’ll be on hiatus for quite a while for that. Probably soon.”
The viewers naturally already knew this fact.
But because Seo Jun’s current broadcast demeanor was quite poor.
At this very moment, directly mentioning that he’d be going on an extended hiatus, a riot was inevitable.
Yes.
A riot started breaking out.

-For real!!!!!!
-No way, come on!!!!!
-What is Geomsin even planning to show us that he’s doing something like survival? Really? You trying to die?
-Please! Please, room master, you bastard!!!
-Everyone knew about it already but now they’re acting like they’re losing it, it’s hilarious ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The emotional whiplash these viewers are having is crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“This opinion is getting bad. I should end the broadcast…….”

-Don’t go I’ll literally die~~~
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Crazy guy
-Okay okay let’s calm down everyone
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Come on everyone, mount opposition!

“Yes, thank you. Anyway, that’s how it’s settled.”
Seo Jun shrugged and made the announcement, then continued communicating with the viewers.
And the next day, his broadcast was the final one before he left, and knowing the people would be bored waiting, Seo Jun dropped a bombshell.
“Do you all know a game called Last?”

-Yes
-I do
-Last survival game? Why?

“Haha. Now that I can mention it, I will. The second battlefield for Man vs Gamer is the game Last!”
Last is a survival game.
A game where you survive on a massive server, gather resources, craft weapons, build houses (or bases), and do whatever you want.
You can raid other people’s houses. You can just defend. You can go around begging in your underwear.
You can do it all.
Last is a game that lets you enjoy survival itself.
And this would be conducted in a streaming format first, he said.
Because it would be their battlefield.
“Yes, it’s that game, but the victory conditions on broadcast will probably be separate. Anyway, here’s the important part. Last is more fun the more people play, right?”
Usually, the number of people who can form teams within a server varies freely from server to server.
But normally, the more people gather, the more tiring it is—but the fun multiplies too.
“So quite a few people will be participating in our server. And I’ll recruit those people from the viewers.”
The viewers’ eyes flipped open.
Seo Jun’s statement meant there would be viewer participation content—their favorite thing.
Being able to do viewer participation content in a survival game? What did that mean?
“If you gather in our broadcast channel and apply, you can participate in the enemy team against me. Meaning you can hunt me down in a place full of freedom.”

-Last is minimum 1 week ㅋㅋㅋㅋ And we can do this with the room master???
-Ah so unfair
-But is fighting the room master even good? Shouldn’t we think about it?
-Last actually lets you harass with creative methods
-We gotta raid the room master’s fortress ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ All together

“I’ll pick team members based on certain criteria, so if you think you’ve been watching my broadcast for a long time, write your Trabol username and give it a shot. But don’t apply unless you’re unemployed. You won’t have time for it.”
And ten days later, Seo Jun appeared in a review broadcast.

[‘Seo Jun’ is starting a broadcast]
[Man vs Gamer Episode 1 Review. ㅋ]

With a meaningless ‘ㅋ’ attached.

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