Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 336

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Chapter 336

Seo Jun was someone who could judge situations coldly.
Yet the reason he charged forward recklessly anyway was that his calculations suggested he could afford to.
This time, though, he had to admit he’d misjudged.
From playing together, he’d learned that skilled players were far more skilled than expected, but unskilled players were far worse than expected.
You could find some comfort if a skilled player was merely somewhat more skilled, but that only applied when the unskilled player was merely moderately incompetent.
Buza.
And Silentgamer.
Those two were major problems.
Seo Jun explained this point to Baek Do-yul first.
“No, it’s not quite regret—I’m just telling you in advance that they’ll be worse than expected.”
“I see.”
“And most importantly, Buza doesn’t even need to be good at gaming.”

-AHAHAHAHAHA

Mart Siksik Corner burst out laughing.
“This insane Seo Jun. Where does viewer discrimination end with you?”
Tae-woo threw in a quip too.
But it was fine.
“I’ll protect Buza, ma’am.”
“Yes! The leader’s charisma is insane! I’ll keep supporting you!”
Buza cheered.
“Hey! You wouldn’t say that just because they’re a woman! You filthy bastard!”
For reference, Buza’s gender was female.
Seo Jun smirked and turned back to Tae-woo. “Me?”

Everyone around him nodded in agreement.
Seo Jun was fair.
Fair in the face of money.
That was all.
Besides, there was one other woman on this team.
And that woman was Silentgamer, the weak link on the other team.
Yet he treated her no differently.
Only Buza’s username was spared the slave treatment.
“That’s right! What! You’re money-obsessed, that’s for sure! But this person! Hey, you chat all the time—wouldn’t they feel bad? Won’t they stop chatting because of your discrimination?”
Hmm.
As Seo Jun pondered, Silentgamer raised his hand and shouted.
“It’s fine!”
“Seems like it.”
He truly was Seo Jun’s viewer. He’d been receiving this level of discrimination all along anyway, hadn’t he?
“Ugh.”
“Anyway, those two aren’t as skilled as expected.”
“Understood. What about the other four?”
“About as expected. Converting their Last levels to League tiers—Jo Am is Master, Lee Moo-a is high Challenger, Siksik Corner and Tae-woo are around Diamond?”
How formidable was their collective strength?
“We’ll be overwhelmed, even with the two of us included.”
Jo Am muttered, tilting his head as if puzzled.
“Wouldn’t the leader alone surpass all the other teams’ strength?”
Everyone on the team heard it, and as waves of ‘lol true’ threatened to wash over them, Baek Do-yul preempted it.
“Yes, we’d be overwhelmed without the two of us. Let me correct that.”
In the process, Baek Do-yul removed himself too out of pride, though Jo Am, having some conscience, didn’t even press the point.
There was no benefit to fighting among teammates.
“We’ll definitely be at a disadvantage, Pro Baek Do-yul.”
“Then strategy becomes all the more important.”
Seo Jun and Baek Do-yul began mapping out the team rules and overall direction they’d need to take given the objectives presented to them.

-why is the boss taking strategy seriously? this is making me nervous?

As the meeting stretched longer, Siksik Corner typed into chat with uncertainty.
“Ha. We need to do this properly. I’ve always worked hard.”

-AHAHAHA he’s salvaging the whole “drafted team members badly” thing now lol
-always worked hard lmaooooooooooo

Among the viewers, Siksik Corner was the only one who didn’t watch Seo Jun’s expression.
Of course, when Seo Jun glared at him, Siksik Corner averted his eyes.
His resistance was limited to chat only.
In any case, they were setting overall time management and deciding how to wake people up in reality if they were attacked and signal them, and so on.
“Hey, it’s time.”
“It is?”
“Yeah.”
A massive screen materialized above the Camping Ground.
Don’t ask how it appeared.
It’s virtual reality, after all.
The opposing team announcement began.

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[No-Answer Six-Stack VS Special Forces Ten-Man]
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Who do you think will win?
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-The side that plunders better will win
└It’s our Last survival game though ㅠㅠㅠ
└Y’all know it’s a Plundering game for us vets, right?
-Better at plundering? Then how can anyone beat the boss?
└lol true
-Anyway all you viewers prepared for Last, right? When you signed up you thought maybe it’d be me? That’s me lol

[I’m curious what their real bodies look like lol]
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Will they use avatars?
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-Probably not avatars
└Honestly the dissonance would be crazy. Just my body scanned in is the best
└Can just cover the face
└Wear a mask and done~~
-Buza probably will
└Oh lol gotta be careful with the rich ones
└Seriously just jealous!

While Seo Jun picked all his teammates and coordinated strategy with Baek Do-yul, people were debating which team would win.

[Let’s be grateful for streaming during the game. Won’t see chat, but I’ll figure it out with Mind Reading.]

-lol true, communication will happen naturally
-We can watch the livestream!
-But what about stream sniping then?
└Apparently once you log out of the server, you can’t reconnect for two hours. No communication either. No outside programs work in-game, of course
└Oho
└So they’re accepting that risk?
-So who do you think will really win? Honestly on an island the boss winning was too obvious, right?

[lol sync rate of 10, obviously Seo Jun wins in reality? so predictable lol]
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But in-game, not so sure.
Viewers—can’t predict how big a difference they’ll make
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-The viewers make the big plays!
-Can’t trust viewers lol oh lol
-Their records show they’re addicts, right? No way they’re good at gaming lol
-Don’t you remember how the History Book ended?
-Go Viewers Squadron!

And that discussion expanded even further the previous day at the Camping Ground when the screen appeared and the roster of general participants was announced.
With eighteen from the filming crew plus nine people each from nine teams, a total of nine teams entered the server.
Eighty-one additional people meant ninety-nine total survivors fighting for resources on the island, and the lineup was remarkable.
In the gaming industry, teams exist beyond just professional gamers.
They make money from gaming but not through any single game’s pro league.
Depending, they don’t even stream properly.
The hunters.
Those called Hunters live by the honor gained from hunting first place in major gaming events.
For example, if Last Chronicle’s Four Kings Raid wasn’t just popular in Korea but spread globally, these hunters would have participated.
There weren’t many famous, legitimate Hunter teams.
But the few that existed were all top-tier.
Two such Hunter teams appeared in this event.
And even more threatening than them were the Plunderers—a team by that very name.

[Wait??? Why are global names with 10,000+ hours in Last on one team?]
[Team name: Plunderers lol they’re just going straight for it]
[The most rotten veterans of Last gathered in one team ㄷㄷ]

-Rotten’s a funny way to say it lol
└That oil isn’t the same kind—lol they’re rotten but crude oil’s clean lol
-You do cooperate, right?
└Isn’t that Lee Moo-a?

In light of this, people had to reconsider.

[Now the Viewers Squadron looks weakest lol upvote]
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Except Ha Yun-ho’s team.
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[Meanwhile Bang Ju monopolized casting lol]
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Ha Yun-ho gathered streamers and sneaked in, said he’d apply and got accepted lol
Guys who ride the boss’s coattails better than anyone lol
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The next day.
Seo Jun launched Last and started a call with his teammates through a dedicated app.
It was a way to maintain communication before entering the server.
“Everyone ready? Pro Baek Do-yul?”

[Yes. Let’s go.]
[Everyone logged in successfully one minute before start.]

“Thank you, Jo Am. Keep managing like that.”
Siksik Corner’s chat appeared asking if that was basically asking him to be a slave.
Seo Jun ignored it.

[By the way, I heard yesterday it’s not viewer participation but just Last All-Star?]

Buza spoke hesitantly, and Seo Jun answered.
“Do whatever you want, Buza.”

[This insane Seo Jun.]

“Tae-woo, stop making noise. Let’s play well for the next two weeks.”
Last would run for ten days. In exchange for the short duration, there would be adjustments to resource ratios.
And the gameplay would be intense and compressed accordingly.
“You all ready?”

-Yes!
-Let’s consume the whole island, boss!
-Why not become history’s worst Plunderer?
-And don’t forget to communicate with us, you need to do well there too ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Looks like sending a kid abroad

[Starting soon. Server opening.]

5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
As party leader, Seo Jun clicked server access, and his vision went black.
When his eyes opened again, he was standing dumbly with a Rock in his hand.
Seo Jun immediately searched for the objective.
That hidden thing—what they needed to do to achieve victory.
And soon a message began appearing.
A server message popping up simultaneously before all ninety-nine players scattered across the island. Text prepared in advance by the production team.

[Victory Condition: Flourish.]

What did that mean?

[Last contains numerous Achievements.]

Seo Jun’s mind immediately conjured several Achievements.
‘Probably something like Most Ruthless Plunderer for the team with the most kills.’
A one-time Achievement within a single server.

[Among the Achievements, some are meaningless but entertaining, but others serve as proof of superior survival—Achievements worth striving for. And we’ve selected more than ten such Achievements.]

It was becoming clear.

[The team that secures the most Achievements will be the final victor. The prize is a base of thirty thousand dollars, plus ten thousand dollars per Achievement. Survive to the best of your ability. And flourish.]

Click.
The message cut off.

[Seo Jun?]

“Yes, Pro Baek Do-yul.”

[Let’s proceed textbook-style. It just sounds like they want us to be the strongest team.]

“What about a spot to build base?”
When entering Last, the first priority is choosing a spot to build a house.
In Last, death is common. So a fortress-like structure for gathering resources was necessary.
The teammates pondered the spot while Seo Jun temporarily paused his strategy for victory and planned ahead.
There was no point in moving recklessly right now anyway.
All the Achievements were Team-Based Achievements. Seo Jun alone couldn’t possibly cover the entire spectrum of survival, no matter how well he played.
Even with his confidence in kill count.
So he needed to set his teammates up to snowball from an advantageous position from the start.
To do that, he had to create maximum advantage right now.
‘Hmm…’
Before Seo Jun could think further, someone was already moving.
He saw a figure approaching from a distance away.
Were they trying to kill from the start?
The chance of First Blood being among the Achievements the production team chose was very, very low, but it was still worth attempting.
Seo Jun quietly watched the attacker rush over the Hill.
The moment they saw each other’s faces, the charging attacker gasped and immediately changed direction.
Seo Jun smirked and called out.
“Stop.”
Did he hear it?
The would-be attacker, frozen mid-escape, watched as Seo Jun approached.
“Boss.”
“Ha ha ha. Good to see you!”
It was Ha Yun-ho.

-AHAHAHAHA
-this crazy boss lol tried to grab First Blood then saw the monster and immediately donated it back lol
-“stop” and he actually stopped lol

Three Wooden Blocks he’d hastily mined lay scattered on the ground.
“Might you, Seo Jun, accept these humble three pieces of wood and spare me?”
“Nothing else?”
“Well, I just started, so…”
Seo Jun began to understand.
How to navigate the early game in this world.
“Then you should mine some more, shouldn’t you? Adequately?”
Ha Yun-ho’s reply came without a shred of hesitation.
“Yes! Adequately!”
Meanwhile, the moment Seo Jun grasped something.
In the Tower, which he’d entered once before, the Special Forces team’s Zebra trembled.
Despite the virtual reality, a chill crawled up his spine.
Human instinct sometimes transcends space and time itself.
“Ryan, everyone—let’s build base near here as fast as possible. Skip intermediate Farming. We need to gather first.”
Zebra had chosen correctly.

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