Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 342

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Chapter 342

He grabbed a gas mask and picked up a weapon, heading toward the Farming Zone.
They had divided the party into three teams.
“I’ll go alone.”
This declaration from Seo Jun was what had prompted the split.
“I, well… yes. Go ahead. Yes. Alone… I mean, that’s possible, sure….”
There was no resistance, and Baek Do-yul approved immediately.
No one knew that Seo Jun had actually expected a bit of pushback.
The teams divided as follows: Seo Jun alone, and Baek Do-yul with Rumi, Jo Am, and Siksik Corner forming another.
The remaining two rich streamers and the “shut up and play” house were assigned to gather basic materials for the house expansion as a third team, totaling three groups.
Incidentally, those two also took on sentry duty.
Of course, it wasn’t ideal timing for a raid on the house right now, but it was necessary work.
“Let’s go.”
“Boss, didn’t you say you were going alone? No need to say let’s go like that.”
“Right.”
Seo Jun answered Jo Am dejectedly, then moved out.

* * *

Seo Jun put on his gas mask and stood at the entrance to the Farming Zone.
From tier 1 onward, the odds of running into other players increased. The number of farming zones had dwindled.
But there were probably few teams who had secured gas masks this quickly and reached this location like Seo Jun’s team had, so he stood at the entrance without much concern.
The Farming Zone Seo Jun had chosen was called the Abandoned Port.
It was the closest place to their Camp.
Relatively speaking, that is.
Since they’d built their house near the tier 3 Farming Zone, the absolute distance to this place was inevitably far.
So.
On the way here.

-Hahahahahaha crazy guy hahahahahahahaha
-Just charges at enemies hahahahahaha
-And then he gets caught and loses gear and has to walk back home ugh!
-worst flamebait performance hahahahahaha

Seo Jun had delivered a performance befitting the role of protagonist.
See an enemy, rob them blind.
That was it.
“Hah, resources keep multiplying—I’m not sure how to handle this, everyone. When I come back here later and see people again, my inventory’s gonna be full, isn’t it?”

-This guy’s just a thug lmaooo
-I was just playing textbook optimal…
-But the attitude is so thug-like lol infuriating

Seo Jun’s objective upon reaching the Abandoned Port was to clear out the NPCs stationed here.
At tier 1, there weren’t boss-level entities yet.
But if you made a mistake, a few bullets could end you instantly.
Of course, if a player was careful, getting shot and dying in a place like this was unlikely.
That’s why it was tier 1.
“Well, let’s head in.”
But if he entered through the front gate?
Rat-a-tat-tat!
The NPCs who spotted Seo Jun immediately switched to alert mode, and he began weaving through the port with his semi-automatic rifle, dodging their gunfire.

-Why’s he going through the main entrance lmao
-Consistently confident, this guy

Bang! Bang!
When enemies attacked, he’d duck slightly to the nearby pillar for Cover, and the moment their fire paused briefly, he’d spin and return fire.
Bang! Bang!
Two bullets from Seo Jun’s rifle struck precisely between an NPC’s eyes—another target fell.

-Aim damn
-This guy’s Shooting skill is actually pretty good
-No seriously, why is he good at everything?

The resources available from tier 1 farming zones weren’t drastically different from tier 0.
But there were Component Materials to craft tier 1 weapons, and even Explosives for raids could be found here in small quantities.
What Seo Jun needed to target here was an item that would let him advance to tier 2 farming.
A Key Fragment.
Bang!
Bang!
After clearing over ten NPCs while exploring the Abandoned Port, Seo Jun ransacked the emptied zone and began heading back to his house.
Then, taking an alternate route, he spotted a house.

* * *

Ha Yun-ho.
After meeting Seo Jun right from the start, he’d built a house immediately and headed to tier 0 farming.
The house location they’d chosen had abundant tier 0 farming zones nearby, and those zones ranked low even among low-tier areas, so they’d managed to secure three farming zones without encountering another team.
This could be considered a very wise strategy.
It was when his party had ventured relatively far and was returning.
Before he heard someone shouting loudly in front of their door—a very faint sound coming through the radio communication.

[Come out!]

Faint.
An incredibly faint voice.
Because the other party was shouting loudly, background sounds that normally wouldn’t come through were reaching them very quietly via radio.
And Ha Yun-ho felt his spine tingle.
This voice was… surely not….

[Please, could you just leave? Please. Please. Please.]
[D-o-n-t-r-e-s-i-s-t. Ha. Ha. Ha.]
[I apologize! I’ve always admired you! Congratulations on Trabol’s viewer count record! Our party just came to hang out. Seriously. We don’t want prize money or raids. We’re just small-time players!]
[O-p-e-n-u-p. Come out.]

Urgent, desperate shouts and whispers layered with faint acting crept through the radio.
And Ha Yun-ho stopped.
He truly stopped and, without a word, turned around to look back.
He was near the house.
The top of his head peeked over the ridge of this hill, giving him a view of the house’s rear.
Ha Yun-ho didn’t even breathe as he stepped carefully, slowly backward.
But then.

[Ah. Should I use a Bomb? What a waste. If you’d just open up, I could take what’s appropriate. But if I blow it open, doesn’t that make me a thug? Rumi? You in there? Yun-ho? You two would know that, right?]

With playful banter, the forced acting from before vanished as if it never existed, and smooth, flowing extortion poured through the radio—Ha Yun-ho bolted forward.
Pure survival instinct.
“Seo Jun!!!!”
“Yeah.”
“I’m here! I’ll hand over everything we just farmed! Spare the Explosives!”
“Yeah.”
And thanks to that, he lived.
Without a fight, Seo Jun obtained the farming results his team had gathered and left satisfied, while Ha Yun-ho entered the house.
The streamers were cowering with fear-stricken faces.
“Whew….”
“Yun-ho. We did the right thing, didn’t we?”
“God, that was terrifying. One wrong move and our Camp would’ve been vaporized.”
“A walking Bomb….”
Ha Yun-ho attended to his teammates’ Mental state first.
“We came out fine, didn’t we?”
Though they’d had their items mercilessly robbed by Seo Jun, at least the house hadn’t been destroyed.
That meant they could plan for the future.
“But now that Bombs will start accumulating and it’s almost raid season, since we know our house location is exposed… what do we do?”
It was time to farm Explosives that could properly breach outer walls and doors.
So they needed to start taking raids seriously.
With their location already compromised and their weakness exposed, the teammates worried about ambushes.
But Ha Yun-ho was different.
“Don’t worry. That’s exactly why we got robbed. Seo Jun… he’ll target houses that are already fattened up, not scrawny ones like ours! So let’s get back to work!”
“Right.”
Ha Yun-ho spoke as positively as possible.
Most of all.
‘Can Seo Jun’s team even handle raids? We won’t fight, but….’
This was what reassured him most.

Their house now had simple outer walls being constructed, and with resources from tier 1 farming, they’d built a tier 1 crafting station and begun making Construction Blocking Device enhancement items.
The protagonist can make walls and ramps anywhere outside Farming Zones with just simple items.
The thing mounted on houses to stop that is the Construction Blocking Device.
Or CBD for short.
And items that expanded the range of this blockage were essential.
“Seo Jun, you’re here. They say this is the best approach at this stage.”
Baek Do-yul, who’d been expanding their house while drawing from memory, greeted Seo Jun with a smile.
He mentioned that since there hadn’t been major fights, it still felt like camping.
“No fights, you say?”
“… Yes. Well, with you here… anyway, it’ll happen soon, won’t it?”
“It will. Once other teams hit tier 1 farming and we’ve collected Explosives, we can probably launch a surprise raid once.”
Going straight to tier 2 from here was impossible.
They’d obtained a Key Fragment, essential for exploring tier 2 farming zones, but it was only a fragment. They needed to farm once more.
And tier 1 farming zones were limited, plus they had to wait for a reset.
There weren’t many choices available at this point.
Chase a slim chance and obtain Key Fragments from somewhere special.
Or use the downtime to gather resources leisurely.
Or.
“Rob other teams’ Key Fragments.”
Baek Do-yul continued speaking as he stacked walls.
“Will you go? For a raid?”
“Hmm….”
“You didn’t already get them, did you?”
“No, I mean—when I go, obviously there won’t be anything, and what’s the chance I’ll meet a team finishing their Key Fragment farming on the way back?”
“I guess they’d be farming right now, wouldn’t they?”
“Yes. We just moved fast.”
It was the result of cutting down the time needed to gather a certain amount of base materials.
“So you’re going? On a raid? How many party members?”
“Hmm….”
“What?”
“Rather than that, can you build a Sniper Tower? Just a lookout platform right above the house?”
“We have enough construction materials. Do you think we’re getting raided?”
“Yes. At least one team will definitely come.”
“What exactly did you do….”
Baek Do-yul sighed but continued building the house according to Seo Jun’s request.
Then came a brief moment of peace.
Seo Jun climbed to a low lookout platform at the house’s center with a Rifle, chatting with Baek Do-yul.
And the teammates spread out widely around the house with no items, taking on sentry duty.

“Do you really think they’ll come?”
Baek Do-yul asked, and Kim Tae-woo answered.

The teammates harbored this curiosity, and Seo Jun nodded, gesturing that he understood.
“They’ll come anyway. At least one team.”
“Right….”

Extraordinarily simple, in fact.

[Wait? Enemies appearing here too. Is this another team like ours?]
[No. I’m on the West and you’re on the East.]
[Got it!]
[Enemies incoming from the North! They spotted me and are firing!]

“Three teams? Teaming?!”
Teaming—coordinating as a team despite not being officially grouped in the system.
It was like corporate collusion.

[East team’s stopped their advance too! Could this be a Slayer-class team?!]

“Seo Jun.”
Only then, having grasped the situation, did Baek Do-yul look at Seo Jun with an even graver expression.
“Yes?”
“Could it be… all three teams coming right now are after revenge against you? Not after Key Fragments?”
“….”
“….”
“I didn’t expect three teams to come.”
Seo Jun avoided eye contact, scratching his forehead.
“Seems like everyone’s really angry. Is that… normal?”
Baek Do-yul stared at him incredulously.
Tae-woo’s impressed radio transmission also came through.

[Boss? They’re telling you to come out?]

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