Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 343

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Chapter 343

[This is insane lmaooo]
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Three teams raid him right now, openly like this?
And three of them at that?
lololololololololololololololololol
He’s accumulated so much karma lol
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-I’m dying here lolololololololololol
-This is literally a karma beam
-I think he kinda deserves this
└Among everyone watching the broadcast, I doubt there’s anyone who doesn’t understand those guys’ choice

The current timing tells this story.
To advance to the Tier 2 Farming Zone, the Tier 1 Farming Zone needs to reset a few more times.
Three Key Fragments are needed to unlock the Tier 2 Farming Zone.
Since Tier 1 yields one Key Fragment with high probability per reset, we can infer that right now only the teams that moved fastest would have at least one each.
Infer.
So the odds of fighting breaking out were very low.
Even if they’d already obtained the Bomb and met the minimum conditions for a Raid.
Because there’s no reason to gamble on an uncertain fight right now and lose the Weapons—assets that let you farm Tier 2 easily later.
But if a team appears to have two Key Fragments? That changes everything.
Because if they can reach Tier 2 at this timing, they gain a massive advantage when the gap widens later.
However.

[It’s confirmed that the team has two Key Fragments lmao]
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The thing is, the teams coming to raid right now aren’t here for that lololol
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It’s obvious people haven’t thought about stuff like that.

-In an alternate world where the team leader had zero Key Fragments and they confirmed it properly, would they still have come?
└Of course they would lololol
-The leader is really something

So here’s the funny part.
The people Raiding Seo Jun’s House would’ve come regardless of the circumstances.
And it’s three parties at that.

[This sucks but I get it lololololol]
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I get it completely
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-Slayer had to come no matter what lololololol
└Yeah their team leader got played like that, how could they not raid now lololol
-The Plunderers came rationally, just as a check
└Nah, if you watch their stream they’re seriously pissed lololololol
-What about the last team, when did they get hit?
└lololol they’re just some unknown team who happened to get hit while passing through lolololol
-Victim solidarity lololol

But opinions began emerging that having three parties might actually be good.

[Wouldn’t they just wipe each other out then?]

-They wouldn’t
-They wouldn’t lol
└Why? (OP)

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“What was that gunfire?”
The Slayer team leader ducked down in alarm.
It was gunfire they’d heard while climbing the hill.
“I didn’t hear any incoming fire though? Did anyone get hit?”
The team members answered.
“No, nobody got hit. Besides, the sound came from a different direction?”
“Were they set up to wait? Made a camp somewhere far from the Main Base?”
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
The team members tensed, ducking low and eyeing each other.
In the Last, unconfirmed attacks are always the most dangerous.
One moment of carelessness and you get swept away.
The direction of the sound is odd.
The volume is too.
“It’s not from the enemy tower. I’m sure. It’s far away besides, and there’s no incoming attack.”
Someone has to lift their head and look.
The user with the best Helmet among them raised their head and confirmed the gunfire didn’t come from the enemy tower.
“Right side? Let’s move.”
From Seo Jun’s perspective to the East, the Slayer team heard gunfire from the North and began moving.
The same went for the so-called Unknown Team to the West, according to the viewers’ commentary.
As they moved, ready to hide if they spotted enemies, they finally identified the source of the gunfire.
“What the hell.”
“It’s a different team, not us?”
“Everyone, hold position.”
The moment the Slayer leader saw the other team, and recognized them as the veteran Plunderers—skilled players in the Last—he smiled with delight and ordered them to wait.
“Hold on a moment.”
He locked eyes with the other team’s leader.
And conveyed his intent.
Or rather, exchanged it.
The moment they saw each other, both understood why the other had come and what was happening.
Right now it was just a quick confirmation.
“Don’t attack. Got it? We don’t fight them.”
Once it was confirmed they wouldn’t attack each other, they’d use Teaming.
Teaming isn’t necessarily a bad thing. When objectives align, you can shake hands for a moment.
In the end there’s only one winner, so no eternal alliances exist.
Rules vary, but if not explicitly stated, these streamer tournaments usually allow it.
They’ve even formed massive coalitions before.
And at that very moment, the Plunderer leader was thinking the same thing.
‘This time we definitely need to finish it. Just gotta be careful not to get backstabbed the moment we do. We strike first.’
Either way, he was glad the success rate of the Raid had gone up and smiled.
Once a brief moment of trust was established.
‘Huh?’
That’s when.
A different team approaching from the left—he spotted them, and they weren’t attacking.
Well within effective range.
The leaders’ eyes met.
‘You too?’
‘Yeah, me too.’
And so the team was formed.
It was exactly as the viewers had foreseen.
Completely inevitable.

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[Eastern assault team is moving.]
[Western side too!]
[Boss! They’ve met! Could all three clash?]

Seo Jun was certain at this moment.
The gunfire wasn’t coming from a different direction, so they’d be clashing in a different way.

[Boss! They’re shaking hands with each other! What? Wait. Wow. They’re literally telling us to just pass through? This is ridiculous.]

Jo Am, the Assassin handling the North, came back with the report.
“Teaming, is it…. As if it’s the obvious choice…. Seo Jun?”
“Yes?”
“What exactly have you done? Really….”
“Well, I didn’t do anything, as you know.”
Seo Jun genuinely believed that, so he moved forward and assessed the situation.
First, Jo Am returning alive was good news.
A Raid is simple.
You kill the enemies.
Killing enemies, resources disappear.
Or more livable spots vanish.
It’s the same for the enemy team and for them.
The attacking side usually builds a Camp near where they want to Raid and sets things up so people can respawn there and rejoin even if they die.
But that’s late-game talk when resources are plentiful.
Right now.
‘Kill them and it’s done.’
Of course, that applied to Seo Jun’s team too.
If everyone dies, it’s over.
‘Even if we defend this, we won’t be able to reach Tier 2 Farming Zone.’
That’s the downside of Defense versus Attack.
The other side probably brought only minimum Weapons.
And yet Seo Jun chose Defense. He knew at least one team would come.
In fact, he was already thinking something else entirely.
“Man, now the subcontractors are doing delivery service too?”
For a moment, Baek Do-yul looked at Seo Jun like he was insane.

-lololol this guy’s a menace
-At this point I’m just curious how his brain works lololol
-Shouldn’t we dissect his head for the advancement of humanity lololololol

Seo Jun leisurely watched as Jo Am and the other scouts returned, opened the door, and entered the house.
“Alright, our team? Let’s defend.”
Soon the teamed-up enemy group began approaching from a distance. In just a moment more, everyone would be in effective range of each other.
‘They’re spreading wide in a circle, searching carefully.’
Their house had expansions built, but it wasn’t large enough to be a grinding fight once enemies broke through the Outer Wall.
In situations like this, defending teams usually build an external base so a few players can flank from behind.
The attacking team seemed to have come in carefully to eliminate that possibility.
‘Though we didn’t build one.’
The people meant to fight below entered the building interior, grabbed Weapons, came back out, and positioned themselves inside the Outer Wall.
Meanwhile, Kim Tae-woo and Siksik Corner climbed up to join Seo Jun and Baek Do-yul above.
“How do you want to handle this?”
Seo Jun took his position and spoke.
“Doesn’t matter if it’s one team or three. We just avoid getting hit and make our shots count.”
“That’s only possible for you, Seo Jun….”
“Well, boss. Even if we all die, I trust you’ll cover all four directions for us.”
“If we lose this, it’ll be a real pain. And three teams at that….”
When you die, you respawn from the Sleeping Bag that’s been set up.
But once you respawn from a Sleeping Bag in a certain area, there’s a Cooldown before you can respawn from a Sleeping Bag in that area again.
One life.
Three enemy teams.
“Watch the outer wall going up.”
“Aim!”
“We need to manage our Ammunition too, everyone.”
The enemy came forward building Cover.
Within a certain range of their house, nobody but them could build, but the enemy team was outside that range.
Cover was going up, they were advancing steadily.
The enemies began firing at them.
Their objective: kill the enemies.
It didn’t look like the attacking team had built a Siege Camp. Overconfidence from being three teams, probably.
Bang! Bang!
Fire erupts.
Attack coming at their two positions—one above, one below—and their counterattack against the approaching enemies.
Buja was positioned below Seo Jun.
The two covered the North.
Bang! Bang!
But.
Seo Jun was leaning his back against the wall, gazing into the tower interior.
‘They shoot well.’
Hiding, peeking out cautiously, firing, hiding again.
The enemy would be doing the same.

[Is Seo Jun not—oh! I got hit! Why isn’t the upper position putting out fire? Is it just me?]
[Whoa! I just saw him not attacking! We made eye contact! Buja! Never donate to this guy again!]

That’s right.
Seo Jun was quietly observing the intense battlefield.
A fight where even aiming meant risking Ammunition to your own body, and yet they still aimed their guns.

[Nice! One down!]
[Imuah, is it okay to use English words? Ah! Got one.]

“You can all die once, so don’t be too cautious. There’s roughly four of them per direction.”
Baek Do-yul calmly analyzed the situation.
“Damn, I shot a lot but didn’t catch anyone.”
Tae-woo took a brief pause, counting his Magazines.
“S-sorry…. Their Headshots…. I whiffed….”
Siksik Corner died. It happens. The numerical disadvantage was severe.
“So what now, Seo Jun?”
In such a situation, Seo Jun kept perfectly still, not even showing his face.
“Waiting.”
“For what?”
Seo Jun spoke to Buja, eyes closed.
“Position briefing please.”

[Y-yes?]

“Just give me the rough positions.”
After hearing the full briefing, Seo Jun gave Buja an order.
“Die.”

[Yes?]

“When I give the signal, just die.”

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