Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 346

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Chapter 346

[LMAO no one could reach Tier 3 but the Mediator shows up LMAO]
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LMAOOOOOOOOO
It’s a total mess!
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-You talking about that server?
└Yeah. Man vs. Gamer (OP)
└That server’s not even fun lol
└It’s about to get crazy lol the Mediator showed up (OP)
└Who summoned the Mediator?
└Take a guess (OP)
└Pretty obvious. That guy, right? The loudmouth streamer. His personality’s trash
└Like father like son lol But what if that’s not how it is? What if that streamer you mentioned actually screwed over a bunch of other people? (OP)
└That’s possible lmao
└LMAO there’s definitely a chance, right? (OP)
└Ugh why you gotta make me curious. And if the Mediator shows up, that server’s done for now lol

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One hour before the Mediator appeared on this land, triggered by someone’s trolling.
Last’s Former Team was watching Seo Jun’s team’s movements.
And exactly as they’d said in the morning meeting, the moment Seo Jun’s team opened the Survivor Camp, they logged in.
To reach the camp.
At night when competition was low, most teams except the one already logged in moved into virtual reality.
The biggest risk when entering the camp is dying right before reaching the Safe Zone.
Of course, since the Safe Zone extended some distance from the camp and was quite large, it was difficult to ambush people while waiting there.
But this was right after the camp opened.
It was the perfect time for teams to arrive loaded with supplies, and there were raiders greedy enough to aim for an easy score.
Above all, since Seo Jun himself had created the camp, he could very well be planning something at this moment—so users began carefully plotting their routes into the camp.
Once inside, however, things changed.
“Phew.”
“It opened right away after all.”
“Looks like they had a lot of resources.”
“Well, think about where those resources came from—of course they’d have plenty.”
From them.
Every team except three whose routes didn’t overlap had been stripped by Seo Jun at least once.
Ha Yun-ho’s team took it the hardest.
Of course, they—
“Let’s head to the camp a bit later, yeah? Just in case something happens.”
“Right, Yun-ho! Think about it! We’ve never died once, so we could be the victors!”
“Yes, sir!”
They’d never died.
Everyone knew how badly they’d been stripped, so from the second day onward they could farm without dying in a different sense from Seo Jun’s wealthy team.
Though they readily exploited even pity, they still faced one unsolved problem: pity didn’t work on Seo Jun.
Anyway, teams began approaching the Safe Zone one by one.
Last’s Veteran Team.
Survival Expert Team.
Two Hunter Teams.
Two Civilian Teams.
As seven of the eleven teams gathered, Seo Jun’s team began rapidly preparing to sweep through the Survivor Camp’s content.
The content here wasn’t first-come, first-served.
But the achievements might be.
“I’m heading out to gamble!”
Tae-woo spoke matter-of-factly while receiving the Coins rewarded for creating the camp from the NPC at the center.
Baek Do-yul, who received Coins alongside him, the wealthy member, and Lee Moo-ah all sighed, while Siksik Corner’s body was practically itching to chat as they repeatedly clenched and unclenched their fists.
“Ugh. Tae-woo.”
“What?”
Seo Jun was the practical leader.
They’d started with the framing of two co-leaders alongside Baek Do-yul, but as Baek Do-yul wilted, Seo Jun became the sole leader.
So they all shot him looks brimming with one unified hope: that Seo Jun would scold Tae-woo and seize those Coins, forcing him into something more valuable and befitting a champion.
Seo Jun recognized this and after a few false starts, continued.
“Listen carefully.”
“Yeah…….”
“I’m the one gambling.”
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
“Everyone move quick now.”
Seo Jun gave them a bright smile.
There weren’t many events at the camp that required much physical prowess.
Baek Do-yul and Lee Moo-ah would be enough.
“Figured as much.”
“You’re the boss, after all.”
“Even when I was just watching, this was annoying…… and now that we’re a team…….”
Critical opinions might swirl, but Seo Jun didn’t blink.
“Donation revoked.”
“Hmm, should I not gamble then?”
Seo Jun considered it seriously.
“No, go ahead. I’ll donate.”
“Got it.”

-The boss lmao that’s so pathetic
-Real talk that’s the peak of shamelessness
-Ugh I wanna punch the boss through chat lmaooooooo
-Oh if you punch through donations, he happily takes it
-Anyway let’s go gambling!

They dispersed to their respective positions and got to work.
“Once we pool the Coins together and secure special materials for Tier 4 from here, we’ll be set.”
They progress through the Camp Development Quest to earn Coins and Contribution Points.
With those rewards they strengthen themselves and climb higher.

[Whoa, the other teams just came in. That was fast.]
[Please don’t lose too badly, Seo Jun.]
[Please, just don’t fight.]

As Seo Jun spun the Roulette, he found himself thinking this gambling should really be done by Jo Seon’s Assassin back home standing watch, but he pushed the thought aside.
The number of Coins wagered per bet: one.
‘I’m not here to gamble.’
To earn the Gambling King Achievement, you’d need to wager many Coins.
To earn the Gambling Addict Achievement, you’d just need to do it a lot.
The thing is, neither of these matters.
They’re not essential to survival.
Yet the reason Seo Jun came to gamble was simple: this place drew aggro well.
“Ah, everyone, let me tell you our real objective now.”

[What?]
[Uh, what’s this? Don’t tell me…….]
[Am I the only one getting nervous?]

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Atrax of the Slayer Team emerged from the Capsule with a sigh.
He’d been the last sentry. Five straight hours.
Sleep would come soon. Given the time difference with Korea, it was a normal bedtime, and also why he was the last sentry.
“I should check the emails and the broadcast before bed.”
The Slayer Team’s next strategy was written in those emails.
Having overheard talk of heading to the camp, he came out and read through the emails while turning on the broadcast.
Broadcasts from all the teams.
To organize the situation as much as possible before sleep.
“Everyone’s at the camp.”
But something was off about the community.
Discussions about the Mediator and all sorts of arguments were unfolding.

[Why the Mediator Can Absolutely Never Be Summoned]
[That Streamer Has an Absurd Objective!]
[That’s just delusion]
[Why the Mediator Absolutely Must Not Appear Right Now]

Negative and skeptical.
But they weren’t explaining why.
“What the—?”
From what he’d seen in the emails, that streamer didn’t seem to be doing anything particularly strange.
At most, they should be careful that while the other side’s distracted with the Survivor Camp, they might sneak off toward Tier 3?
But.
“No… no way.”
Once he grasped the full picture, the words escaped him involuntarily.
“I have to stop them right now…….”
There was a two-hour entry restriction.
There was no way to communicate.
“No! Please, just don’t come near him!”
Seo Jun’s objective was simple.
Really, truly simple—yet like dropping a nuclear bomb.
Despite Atrax’s prayers, people who’d come to the Survivor Camp to complete their tasks naturally began gathering at the gambling house where Seo Jun was.
The gambling house.
Can’t resist.
Seo Jun there?
Absolutely can’t resist.

[Haha. We finally meet.]

People began to gather.

[Welcome, Bear. Haven’t seen you in two days since you were so far away.]
[Indeed. Hope your gambling goes well. I’ll be going now. We’ll meet again soon.]

Some wanted to exchange at least a few words in passing.

[Hello, I’m a fan.]
[Thank you. Have we met before?]
[Fortunately, not yet.]

And some whose favorable intentions were easy to guess.
Finally, the Slayer Team also arrived at Seo Jun’s location.
Currently, there were many spectators watching the gambling around Seo Jun.
Some chatted, watched for a bit, then went about their business.
‘Please don’t touch him. Please.’
From Atrax’s perspective, their leader seemed especially furious compared to the others.
With good reason. They’d witnessed every bit of the ridicule he’d suffered on the first day.

[Hahahaha! I hope that fails. Did it fail?]

“It failed.”
Starting with such a greeting.
Seo Jun turned calmly, confirmed who it was, and brightened his expression.

[Ah, hello there. You’re the Slayer Team’s leader, right? Your name’s Raye?]
[Yes.]
[I’m Seo Jun. Nice to meet you.]
[This isn’t our first time meeting, is it. Haha.]
[Still, this is our first conversation in such a safe place, isn’t it.]

Seo Jun emphasized the word “safe” and continued gambling with a smile.

[How many Coins are you wagering?]
[One.]
[That’s a small bet, isn’t it?]
[Indeed.]
[Then you didn’t come here to gamble, did you? What’s your real purpose?]
[Well……]
[May I take a guess?]
[Yes, please.]

Raye began explaining calmly and respectfully.
His eyes were disrespectful, but Seo Jun accepted that too.

[Your surface-level goal is the Frying Pan. You’ve been saying that with it, you can win everything. I believe that. Because you’re arrogant.]
[Is that so?]
[Yes. And you certainly deserve that arrogance. Though you’ve been a bit lucky since two days ago.]
[Thank you. I feel like my luck has been good too.]
[What?]
[I met you as an enemy. Haha.]
[……..]

“Wow.”

[Do continue.]
[……Yes. Anyway, you’ve been rolling that snowball quite hard. But today, you suddenly opened the Survivor Camp right away.]
[You did.]
[I wondered why. You didn’t head straight to Tier 3. The you I know wouldn’t care if anyone tried to stop you—you’d just start the Tier 3 Raid.]
[……..]
[But thinking about it, Seo Jun, you don’t seem like the type to act rashly.]
[And so?]
[You got scared, didn’t you?]

“Please stop! You weren’t even that talkative to begin with! The server’s crashing, just—!”

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“You got scared, didn’t you?”
After Seo Jun died once in a 3v1 Raid, Raye had noticed he tended toward caution in combat.
As their equipment improved, the gap narrowed. Precisely speaking, Seo Jun became a threat too.
Simple logic.
So he framed opening the Survivor Camp as cowardice.
“Our plan was to prevent you from farming Tier 3 successfully today. That should be enough. And it’s a fairly easy problem. Just considering that you got scared and opened the Survivor Camp.”
Seo Jun nodded as if to say, keep going.
“I imagine you were hoping for a surprise Raid the moment attention turned to the Survivor Camp. And that would happen within two hours of the camp opening, when the team sentries step out and can’t get back in. About an hour left now. So I’ll just watch for exactly one hour.”
“Oh. That plan needs to be scrapped then.”
“Haha. So Seo Jun, you ended up choosing to head to a Tier 3 farming spot at the time your enemies can also farm Tier 3. But that can only be called cowardice, can’t it?”
If Seo Jun truly wanted Tier 4, now was the critical moment.
He absolutely had to widen the gap—yet he chose not to and played it safe?
The snowball would roll, sure, but that wouldn’t build enough of a foundation to endure until reaching Tier 4.
What else could this be but cowardice?
His only remaining move was a surprise Raid.
He’d block that.
“For the next hour, I’ll follow you. The moment you step outside the Safe Zone, I’ll consider it a Raid and ally with the others. So, what will you do? I recommend you give up on Tier 4. It’s already lost anyway. Or you could choose to Raid the farming grounds. But if you do, I’ll do my best to stop you. Even if it costs me a whole day.”
Just Seo Jun giving up on Tier 4 was tantamount to victory for Raye, so he smiled pleasantly.
And Seo Jun finally opened his mouth.
“Do you have quite a lot of Coins?”
“Yes, quite a few. I have all the team’s Coins right now. So what of it? The Safe Zone you created…….”
“Wow, I was wondering who to kill to summon one, but the Golden Goblin came to me on its own.”
Seo Jun cut off Raye’s words and slowly pulled out a gun from his item window.
Bang!
Bang!
“Huh……?”
Bang!
“You talk a lot, but thanks anyway. Looks like my luck really is good.”

[You have committed murder of a user in the Safe Zone.]
[The Mediator appears.]
[From now on, the Mediator will hunt you down.]

That was it. There was no twist.
Seo Jun had summoned the Mediator.

[Huh? Server message? Did you cause trouble after all? You’re the boss, right?]
[Wow, they say the Mediator’s the Slayer Team’s worst boss, but boss really did it.]
[Server’s crashed. Just accept it. Hehehehe.]
[Seo Jun set this up from the start! Should’ve just gone Tier 3 farming. Damn it.]
[Haha, should I start withdrawing everything I have at home?]

“Come on, let’s catch it now. Just as we originally planned! This is a Tier 3 Raid too, isn’t it.”
Seo Jun looted Raye’s corpse with ease.
It was delicious.

[No, we can’t catch it!]

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