Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 347

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Chapter 347

The Mediator.
This NPC—the restraint mechanism of the Safe Zone and a Raid Boss—was the final endgame Raid Boss of Last.
Why was that?
First, it was simply too difficult to kill.
The Mediator’s defense was extraordinarily high.
It was outfitted with items that players didn’t have access to, and even successful shots from a rifle dealt no meaningful Damage to any part of its body.
Not a single part.
And if you didn’t use a weapon that was 3-Tier or higher, the Damage was reduced by 98%.
At 3-Tier and above, 40% of the Damage was still reduced.

[???: We’re going to summon the Mediator and take it down.]
==
Did this person not understand what the Mediator actually was?
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So when Seo Jun stated his objective, everyone outside had the same reaction: disbelief.
In their current situation, they couldn’t deal any meaningful Damage to the Mediator.
With only 2% Damage, no matter how many times they hit it, the Mediator recovered Health constantly—it was hopeless.
Literally hopeless.
So there was heated debate about whether Seo Jun would really summon the Mediator or not.
Some thought he was bluffing; others argued Seo Jun was simply an idiot. The arguments raged.
Because if it appeared, it would spiral beyond control.

[Pure trolling.]
[No way, this is seriously not it.]
[Maybe it’s because it’s Raven—not enough faith.]
[Yeah, we’ll get to watch this server crash. Might even be fun.]
[Yeah, let that server burn.]
[He made a mistake, he made a mistake lol.]

But the Mediator was summoned anyway.
Right as Seo Jun killed the Slayer Team’s leader.
The perpetrator himself looted the body with such leisure.
In just a few minutes, the Mediator would appear at the Helicopter Landing Pad in the center of Camp and launch indiscriminate attacks—but he didn’t seem concerned.

[This’ll take 100 people united to solve. For the server’s sake, we have to.]
[The Trabol production team weeping as they watch their sweet Content profits disappear.]

“Are you insane?”
There were many people around Seo Jun.
Among them were members of the Slayer Team, and naturally he tried to retrieve his items, but—
“You’re too late.”
Seo Jun’s looting speed was fast.
“Wow. You don’t know this is turning into a complete disaster? Are you actually crazy? Trying to kill the Content? You’re a streamer!”
Hmm.
Seo Jun grinned widely.
“Did you lose all your Coins and get upset about it?”
There were quite a few, actually, now that he thought about it.
“Wow! Wow! You really—”
“What?”
Seo Jun smiled warmly. There were more Coins than he’d imagined. Anyone working this hard deserves at least a kind word, even if you can’t give them a reward.
Murmurs rippled through the crowd.
“What? Did you really kill him?”
“There’s a body. The server message is there too.”
“But wait…”
They didn’t seem to grasp the situation yet.
So Seo Jun decided to help them understand reality.
“Yes, the Mediator has arrived. Just so you know, I planned this from the start.”
And he aimed his rifle.
The same one he’d used to kill Ray just moments ago.

-Lololololololol
-I seriously don’t get this anymore lol
-The owner’s a madman lol
-Causing trouble and then being so damn confident about it

“Aaaah, that’s insane!”
“Run! Everyone run!”
“What is this?! Everyone, evacuate the Survivor Camp!”
Incidentally, every time a person died, the number of Mediators increased.
So Seo Jun didn’t want to increase the number of Mediators visiting the server any further—it was just a performance.
“You all believed it so easily.”
But one person didn’t fall for it.
A member of the Slayer Team was glaring, seething.
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
“Our leader is speaking right now. Prepare yourself.”
“Prepare for what?”
Seo Jun’s eyes filled with curiosity.
What had Ray just said before dying?
“Our Slayer Team will never cooperate in taking down the Mediator. As a streamer, get ready to fall into the abyss. Can you even handle that? Whether the server gets bombed by the Mediator or you give up on the server, both will be fatal to you. We’ll block any 3-Tier Raid without fail.”
“In that case—”
“What.”
“I’ll have to flee to your house.”
“What?”
“We can’t fight with infinite Rockets in our home, so.”
“You… piece of trash.”
One way or another, the Mediator arrived at the island by helicopter.

* * *

In truth, there wasn’t much time to flee to another house.
Either way, Seo Jun knew the Mediator well enough.
It was a fairly powerful Boss Mob.
Especially in the current situation.
‘Movement speed? It’s fast.’
It was a Boss with no designated territory—free to roam as it pleased.
If it got too far away, it would turn right back to the house and reduce their Camp to Stone Age ruins.
So running away without looking back wouldn’t work.
What could he do?
‘Fortunately, NPCs share the common trait of trying to avoid taking Damage.’
And he’d thought of something additional.
Even if Damage was insufficient, he could make up for it.

[Hey. You going to be okay?]

“Don’t worry. Go home. I’ll handle this alone.”
First, he’d meet it head-on.
Thump-thump-thump-thump.
The helicopter cut through the sky, heading into the Camp.
This place was no longer a Safe Zone for Seo Jun.
The Mediator would shoot at him anywhere if it meant killing him.
But the same was true for Seo Jun.
‘2% Damage, but still.’
He took out his best rifle—the one he’d been saving—and waited.
The helicopter would have landed in the center of Camp.
He waited, leaning against a wall, when a man in a Gas Mask approached from a distance with measured, unhurried steps—as if he knew exactly where Seo Jun was.
As if he knew.
‘He probably does.’
That’s how the program was designed.
That Gas Mask was a ballistic mask.
Not literally ballistic-proof, but it reduced Damage even on a Headshot—that’s what he meant.
It made sense.
A world where cyborgs existed wouldn’t be strange. Anyway, the game company never explained the lore.
Games, after all, could only be fought under set conditions.
If the opponent’s condition was a ballistic mask, you found another way.
The Mediator had all manner of weapons hanging from its back.
‘Incredible strength.’
Yet it moved with such restraint and precision despite carrying all that.
“You know, that thing doesn’t seem to have internal power at all. Without internal power, no matter how portable it is, you can’t move around with a Rocket Launcher strapped to your back like that.”

-Lol
-Tense up, owner! You’re fighting a monster like that! Lol
-How are you even going to handle that opponent?
-Just Logout forever, easy lol

“Still, don’t worry too much. I’ll catch it.”
That’s when the Mediator’s arm moved like a cowboy’s—swift and sudden—and it fired a shotgun directly at where Seo Jun’s face had been.
Bang!
Buckshot scattered everywhere, and Seo Jun pressed himself against the wall for cover.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Mediator fired and advanced closer.
Bang!
And on the fourth shot, that moment became Seo Jun’s only opening.
Seo Jun fired over the wall toward the Mediator.
The Mediator stopped its advance to take cover, sliding to the side, and Seo Jun didn’t waste the chance—he flowed backward smoothly.
A Tag Game had begun.
Boom!
“I wish you wouldn’t resort to this every time there’s an opening.”
Boom!
Seo Jun was fleeing into the forest, the most common map in Last, escaping the Camp.
The moment he felt any distance open up, he didn’t hesitate to fire the Rocket Launcher.
If he got the timing of the attacks right, then created gaps with evasion and ran—he could survive.
Of course, he also had to dodge the incoming Rockets, and match the enemy’s pace too.
If it got too far, he turned back without hesitation.
Truly an awkward opponent.
Boom!

[You still alive?]

Tae-woo, who always managed to be awkward in different ways, asked.
“Yeah, I’m alive.”
One moment of carelessness would kill him, but he could avoid that carelessness.
Seo Jun had faced far more difficult moments than this.
The problem wasn’t surviving—it was finding a way to actually kill it.
“Going to the house first.”

[What? Get out! Don’t come! You haven’t found a way to deal Damage, have you?]

“…”
Awkward.
“I’m going anyway. Get ready.”
Seo Jun focused on the current situation without further explanation.
Boom!
Look at it—just because there’s some distance, it keeps firing Rockets.
No wonder the Mediator isn’t just a spreader of Stone Age destruction.

[Hey!]
[Seo Jun, what should we prepare? Please explain.]
[Should we pack all our things first?]

“No.”
Boom!
The tree Seo Jun was hiding behind vanished.
Before the next Rocket arrived, he had to hide behind a rock, a Hill, a tree—anywhere.
So he hid behind the next tree.
Boom!
Another tree erased from existence.
Not even leaving behind an item.
“If we succeed, we can get rewards at 3-Tier Raid level, and more than that, we’ll take all the Coins from the Slayer Team—an enormous profit. This operation is flawless.”

[If we can catch that thing, that is!]
[Why are you dodging the question, Seo Jun? Just don’t come.]
[So what do we do? Should we pack everything up right now?]

“Yes.”
Even amid the frantic movement, Seo Jun managed to land shots, creating distance.
He hit successfully despite the chaos.

[Mediator – 99%]

But the Health didn’t decrease.

[Mediator – 98%]

No, it recovered.

[Mediator – 99%]

-Can you even kill this thing?
-Yeah, this really isn’t workable.
-He’s probably trying to blow up his own house. The owner doesn’t discriminate between ally and enemy anyway!
-No matter how you think about it, this is impossible. How can you unload 50 shots at once?
-If you find allies, sure, but the problem is he dodges like players do, hides well, and is cautious.
-Ha Yun-ho’s team should help.

[Come back with some kind of alternative!]
[Should we call Yun-ho right now? If we create an angle where everyone hits at once, even if it’s nearly impossible… if there’s any chance at all…]
[In a crisis situation, they wouldn’t block us even if it’s a 3-Tier Raid, right?]
[They’d probably interfere even more. They have no reason to let us through.]

“Don’t worry. I’ve arrived.”
Seo Jun opened the door and stepped inside the house.
Since his destination had always been the house, he ran straight there regardless of whether distance opened up.
His teammates were crowded at the entrance, but contrary to his leisurely tone with them, Seo Jun moved like an emergency doctor before a critical patient—rapidly rummaging through boxes and gathering items before rushing up to the Rooftop.
“Only Baek Do-yul, come with me.”
Baek Do-yul followed Seo Jun up.
Once on the Rooftop, Seo Jun handed Baek Do-yul the Sniping rifle he’d just pulled from a box.
“It’ll be here in a few minutes.”
“Yes… and then it’ll destroy things with the Rocket Launcher and come inside, right? Thanks to Seo Jun… even if I hit with this Sniping rifle now, the Damage won’t go through.”
Seo Jun nodded.
That was exactly the point Seo Jun was aiming for.
Meanwhile, outside—especially in the Last Community—many people were skeptical about Seo Jun.

[How to break through this situation?]
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Successfully completing a 3-Tier Raid with Slayer and the Mediator both interfering, obtaining items, and using them to kill the Mediator.
VS
Just surrendering the house and praying.
That streamer chose the latter! Hahaha
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-Why do you guys hate that streamer anyway?
└Just because he recklessly killed someone in the Safe Zone without good reason
└Fair point
└Acting recklessly is fine in other games. But here, if you act like that and can’t clean up the mess…?
└Nothing good will come of it.
-Let’s just watch and see.
└How much his house gets blown to pieces?
└Hahahaha
-Wow… wait, I think I know a way…??? Wow, is this… is this it…?
└What is it?
└The Mediator’s Rocket Launcher is 3-Tier or higher.
└How does that change anything?
└Ah…??!
└Even if you catch it, can you fire at the exact right timing? And multiple times?

[Mediator – 100%]

At some distance away, Seo Jun spotted a man in a Gas Mask—a mysterious intruder—targeting their house.
“Here it comes.”
“Don’t you need to explain what I should do?” asked Baek Do-yul.
“No explanation needed. It’s very simple. Just watch and do the same.”
Seo Jun and the Mediator aimed at each other simultaneously, and both pulled the trigger.
After that, the result was—
“It works, I’m telling you.”

[Mediator – 80%]

-???
-What is this?

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