Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 334

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Chapter 334

“Huh?”
A loud noise came from the adjacent room.
And with it, something shifted in the chat as well.
The voting had been meant to run longer, initially.
People’s opinions never coalesce properly from the start anyway.
So the plan was to gather input, let participation build, then close the voting—but.
“Guess it’s already decided, huh?”
Seo Jun stared at the monitor, let out a soft laugh, and began counting to ten slowly in his head.
The sharp-eyed viewers jumped on the momentum immediately.
The tide had already turned.
Voting is momentum. Voting is flow.
‘Decision made.’
What mattered now was how to frame it.
And so Seo Jun discreetly pulled up Trabol on his on-screen display, clicking into a stream from one of the leading candidates.
Unfortunately for them, that streamer was watching Seo Jun’s broadcast.
Exactly three seconds later, sensing malice like a ghost, that candidate’s stream went dark—but the narrative was already written.
If playful chat could become a face, this would be it.
“Seems like a viewer did something. Ha ha.”
Seo Jun chuckled, fingers dancing across the keyboard.
Manipulating the broadcast system.
“Can’t believe I didn’t think of this sooner. Anyway, ending the vote here.”
The results looked like this.
Countless nobodies with one vote each.
Then a few recognizable usernames with two or more votes.
And finally, at the top—a single viewer.

1. Kim Tae-woo
2. Tae-woo
3. That Tae-woo Guy
4. Tae-woo Dude

All the same person.
Kim Tae-woo dominated with an overwhelming vote share, and the rest of the top ten filled out entirely with variations of the same alias.
“Wonderful! We’ve found our lucky person for this glorious position! Shall I go have a word with him and try to bring him in? Shouldn’t be too hard.”
Seo Jun rose from his chair and vanished off-camera.
This was someone who could be recruited on the spot.
Click.
Click-click-click.
Faint sounds from a distance made the viewers laugh.

-Kekekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-He locked the door lmao
-So funny lol

“No! Go away! I’m not even a viewer! Why me!”
This time, a quieter voice drifted faintly to the audience.
They say a voice carries power, don’t they?
This time was different.
It wasn’t power in the voice.
It was power in the speaker.
Just a blade-like sharpness to it.
“Smash it down?”
Click.
The door opened quietly.

-Kekekekekek
-This crazy bastard lmao
-Wait, he can just break doors open like that???
-Oh wow, Tae-woo opened it normally, so I guess he really can just smash them lol
-The fact that he CAN just smash them is genuinely creepy

“Brother?”
“Scram!”
“Wanna team up?”
“Back off, you demon! Argh!”
“You’re my comrade now.”
“I don’t have time! And it’s not like that! Stop saying I ‘became’!”
“You didn’t?”
“…”
“Or time?”
“…”

-Did anyone else hear a laugh at the streamer’s “you didn’t” lol
-You didn’t? Lol
-Tae-woo’s definitely unemployed
-The fifth Gaenoanswer member is confirmed unemployed!

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“I think the world is genuinely strange sometimes.”
“Only you?”
“Screeeeee!”
Tae-woo let out a wail, adjusted his broadcast settings, then headed to Seo Jun’s room.
He’d already used the hosting feature to transfer his viewers to Seo Jun’s stream.
After grabbing a spare chair, Tae-woo sat down beside Seo Jun’s empty seat and shouted.
“Life!”
Loud as livestock that knew its own slaughter date.
“Sad and beautiful life it was… Everyone, farewell. I shall depart now.”
Seo Jun appeared moments later and, without ceremony, shoved Tae-woo aside and took the seat.
“So, shall we check out the fifth Gaenoanswer member introduction?”
The post had certainly been prepared in this short window.
Sure enough, entering the community, a fifth post had already appeared in the popular section with over thirty upvotes.

[Gaenoanswer Member Introduction 5. Kim Tae-woo Edition.]
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Lmaooo his whole life is just lmaooo
All because of one friend lmaooo
Guy’s been struggling since high school lmao
But he does participate in big events so let’s have a drink~
Also this bastard is unemployed btw.
==

“What is this! So lazy! And I’m not unemployed!”
“Seems sincere to me.”
“It’s not!”
“Isn’t it basically accurate?”
“I’m making money! Look, I’ll admit I’m milking it, okay? But that doesn’t make me unemployed!”
Tae-woo, as good as admitting it himself, was indeed coasting.
Seo Jun hadn’t questioned him earlier about having no time for nothing.
Tae-woo plays all day.
Even when he streams, he plays.
Of course, that’s all thanks to his effort so far.
Is being a streamer a cushy gig?
No.
Absolutely not.
Countless people try without even earning minimum wage, yet most never taste fresh air above the surface—they sink below without ever reaching it.
And enjoying your work isn’t exclusive to streamers either.
Maybe gaming seems fine at first, but once it becomes work, it’s brutal.
Still.
“Honestly…”
“What.”
“Never mind.”
“What! You punk.”
“So you’re refusing?”
“Fine! I’ll do it!”
Tae-woo reluctantly conceded.
They’d come this far; there was no way to back out as a streamer.
Frustrating, but without justification.
His own prophecy that he’d be enslaved to Seo Jun only gave him more reason to participate.
That’s the way of streaming.
“So who’s the last member now?”
Tae-woo asked about the final person falling into this hell with him, resigned to his fate.
“Let’s hold a proper vote this time. From regular viewers this time, not streamers. And don’t rush—let’s build a list first.”
Numerous candidates emerged from the general viewer pool.
There was a suggestion to bring in that vicious veteran from For the Sect who bullied newbies in the beginner zone and reform him (though Seo Jun quickly dismissed it, knowing recruitment itself was impossible).
There was also a suggestion about TravelEmptyWallet, Trabol’s second-greatest fortune-maker who lost everything yet chased back to second place—a true betting legend (though Seo Jun just nodded at the thought of pairing him with Jo Am).
“EmptyWallet would probably love being paired with Jo Am.”

-You know EmptyWallet won’t show up cause betting takes his time lol
-EmptyWallet: I need to beat 120 million Points!!!!!!!!!!
-Jo Am: Streamer all-in! Click!
-Heaven helps those the streamer helps
-So Streamer = Heaven right?

After gathering a few more suggestions, Seo Jun held the final vote.
And the last Gaenoanswer member was:

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[Gaenoanswer Member Introduction 6. Siksik Corner Edition.]
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Extreme Introvert Type.
Jekyll and Hyde Type.
Just completely hopeless Gaenoanswer.
This viewer who appeared in Last Chronicle is terrifyingly shy in person but turns into Lu Bu online—that’s the characteristic.
Viewers overwhelmingly voted to see this person, and somehow Siksik Corner posted in chat.
This is my hyung~
Yep.
This one’s hopeless too.
The username alone says unemployed lol
==

-Troupe of Viewers lmaooo
-Viewer Squad lol
-Gaenoanswer’s vibe is insane!
-So like how are these guys supposed to win lmao
-Need to do a serious power analysis here

Right.
They needed to examine the team seriously.
“I mean, aren’t I pretty decent?”
The first power assessment: a streamer lost in delusions.
“Hey.”
“What! What! I’m not as good as you, but I’m pretty skilled, right? Diamond! Yeah!”
Tae-woo is indeed in the top five percent—genuinely skilled.
But.
“You’re just below me. Don’t even compare. Do special forces look like food to you?”
Seo Jun flatly followed the viewers’ tone.

-That’s actually right lol
-Streamer’s got a decent grip on reality at least
-Last Chronicle has no Skills so actual combat strength shows well—tough matchup
-Properly trained soldiers would probably be top-tier. Ryan’s actually a League Challenger too
-Organization is the real problem

Right.
Jo Am plays quite well, reportedly.
Seo Jun had watched Jo Am’s gameplay in Assassin Guild Dawn, so he acknowledged it.
That “This Isn’t Jianghu” swordplay is genuinely top-tier, and while Last Chronicle is an FPS, Jo Am should handle it well enough.
“Only two of us can really match the soldiers.”
“Me and Siksik Corner can at least pull our weight, even if we’re outmatched.”
Seo Jun nodded.
“Fair enough.”
The other two?
“What rank are you in Last Chronicle, Buija?”
Tae-woo asked.

[‘Buija’ donated 100,000 Points!]
[Unranked! Scared of ranked so I don’t do it!]

-Lmaooo
-Unranked lmao
-Well, he’s rich

“Right, you’re rich. So Buija, any interest in appearing on my stream…?”
“Tae-woo.”
“Sorry!”
Tae-woo apologized hastily, reading the killing intent in Seo Jun’s voice.
Tae-woo knew well that the Capitalist Demon was serious.
Tae-woo grumbled internally.
‘Making ridiculous money and all.’
Seo Jun paid him no mind and turned to the last person.
“So what about Ipdat-goyeomhaja? You’ve been quiet in chat all this time—no need to hold back.”
Ipdat-goyeomhaja seemed like someone from whom you couldn’t expect much skill either.
Bottom one percent.
Looking at both their profiles, their watch time was absurdly high.
High enough to rank at the very top even among this already high-time-invested crowd.
Which meant they simply didn’t play the game.
“First, let’s confirm whether you’ll be good at it or just terrible…

[‘Buija’ donated 100,000 Points!]
[Wait, isn’t this the line about getting dragged to ‘that Gym’?]

-Oh right lol
-Classic—veteran viewer knows what’s up lol
-You’re all screwed

“Bahahaha! This one’s been figured out! Same method to mess with people every time, right? Call out Gym Buddy 1 through 10, and then… What? You don’t know what Gym Buddy means? Let me explain—there are these athlete types who go to the Gym, and if they last three seconds in sparring with you, they get ‘Gym Buddy 3-Second,’ if four seconds then ‘Gym Buddy 4-Second,’ and if they overlap, the next one gets ‘Gym Buddy 2.’ You keep them saved and call them by these numbers.”

-Imagination can’t even reach this lmao Gym Buddy 3-Second lmao
-So are most of them 3-second buddies? Is that why there’s a 10 lol

Sigh.
Seo Jun let out a long breath.
“I’m not taking you to the Gym. Not enough time anyway.”
Sadly, it starts in three days.
‘Not enough time to get you in shape at the Gym properly.’
Still, the reason Seo Jun only picked out Gaenoanswer members today was simple: it was fun.
The problem was that the power disparity was definitely real.
He’d meant to pick a joke team, and a joke team he’d gotten.
Last Chronicle is a game where the gap widens endlessly if the opponent moves with organization and efficiency.
But the other side had the opposite—training repeated countless times and real-world teamwork forged through actual combat.
To overcome that:
“Let’s take the team camping right now, yeah? You guys have the time anyway.”
They needed to meet first.

[‘Buija’ donated 100,000 Points!]
[Do I have to leave my blanket!!!!!!!! Even for the streamer, right now might be a bit…?]

True to type for someone terminally online.

-Is it even possible to build a base and farm with people like these lol
-Outside is scary lol
-An Extreme Introvert who can’t leave his room without preparation, even for a fan meet with the streamer lol

“It’s in Last Chronicle, so… Don’t worry. I’m turning off the stream. Just meet up, get to know each other, and run some practice.”
Since they didn’t have to leave their homes, the new team members gathered quickly.
Two days later.
A strange rumor began spreading on one Last Chronicle server.
A bizarre, colossal tower had suddenly risen—one from which, once entered, there was absolutely no turning back.

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