Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 348

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Episode 348

-What the heck, streamer???
-Didn’t it just explode?
-The rocket didn’t even come this way lol

To be precise, the rocket had exploded.
Seo Jun blew smoke from the barrel of his gun with satisfaction.
Like a cowboy.
“I told you not to worry.”
Of course it was a Sniper Rifle, and the fight wasn’t over, so it wasn’t exactly the most appropriate flourish—but this moment had just proven there was a way to take down the Mediator.
In a situation where most people said it couldn’t be done, Seo Jun had found a method.
So that streamer-style showmanship couldn’t help but look spectacular.

-Awesome!
-What the hell did he just do???
-lmao his face is blessed, I can’t believe that tacky move looked cool
-It looks cool because he pulled it off!
-There’s actually a way! That lunatic! That lunatic! That lunatic!
-Wait, did he just intercept it?

“Haha. Some of you probably got it right, so yes—you’re correct. I intercepted it. But it wasn’t just any interception. Baek Do-yul? I said it could be done, didn’t I?”
“W-well, yes… um…”
“You can do this, right? I’ve shown you the method. Now I’ll engage with chat.”
“Wait a moment!”
“Why? Don’t you understand the method?”
“No, that’s not it…”
“Then you should be able to manage.”
The Mediator lost health and retreated behind cover.
That’s how it always goes.
Which is why it’s difficult to kill it in one go even with many people.
It senses danger and immediately flees.
‘The final raid boss of Last is technically another team’s raid, but if we’re talking just NPCs, the Mediator is definitely the trickiest boss.’
So it can’t be taken down easily.
Especially not without 3rd Tier weapons.
Which is why Seo Jun chose this approach.
“Let me explain. Everyone—the Mediator’s weapons are all 3rd Tier or higher. The Rocket Launcher is no exception, right?”
Seo Jun stood beside Baek Do-yul.
And as he peered slightly around to observe the Mediator, he began explaining to the viewers.
“Rockets have Splash Damage. But as distance increases, that damage drops exponentially.”
Baek Do-yul understood precisely what Seo Jun had demonstrated and immediately put it into practice.
He half-hides his head.
By concealing himself, he forces the Mediator to fire the rocket.
If he were aiming his gun barrel, the Mediator wouldn’t come out so easily.
Seo Jun continued.
“What we need is Timing. If we aim our gun barrel now, the Mediator will just fold up the launcher again and hide. That moment—when the enemy’s finger moves to the trigger and pressure builds.”
Just like now.
In that quiet, inescapable instant.
Baek Do-yul’s eyes flashed and his body rotated.
His gun barrel naturally traced a parabola, aiming with zero margin for error at the Mediator—or rather, at the Mediator’s RPG far in the distance.
Bang!
Whoosh!
Baek Do-yul pulled the trigger.
‘Oh.’
Boom!
The rocket exploded one-third of the way there, struck by a 5.56mm bullet.
Baek Do-yul is indeed one of the greatest talents of his generation.
Seo Jun was impressed.
The mind to grasp what needs to be done in a sudden situation, the composure to follow through without panic, and the physicality to back it up.
“Wow, that’s amazing. You caught that Timing on the first try?”
Seo Jun applauded.
The clapping was steady and crisp, but it was genuine.

[Mediator – 85%]

-lmaooooooo
-Dude, you failed
-Meanwhile he succeeded on his first try lol

Right.
Because the rocket exploded one-third of the way between the Mediator and their base, it naturally dealt no Damage to the Mediator.
As a result, its Health had recovered to 85%.
“I’m sure some of you are laughing. But you need to understand how difficult it is to actually land Damage even once.”
Baek Do-yul clenched his teeth beside him.
Purely because Seo Jun was needling him.
Not in anger—just irritation.
Seo Jun’s voice was measured and slow, yet somehow it was infuriating.
“The Timing is really tricky, okay? What I did was only possible because Baek Do-yul is such a pro. Stop laughing, viewers. Even if I succeeded on the first try, you know.”
That’s insulting.

-lolololololololololololol
-I think he intentionally weakened the narrative with that last line
-And I’m pretty sure the streamer can see our chat lol

Baek Do-yul quietly lined up the next Timing.
And then.
Bang!
This time he hit the rocket’s warhead precisely as well, but.

[Mediator – 90%]

Nothing happened.
Well.
Seo Jun shrugged and angled the gas-masked Mediator so the viewers could see it.
“See, it’s difficult for the Mediator to both fire the rocket at us and aim at the same time, right?”
But this is just the first gate.
You have to pass the second gate while both sides are aiming.
“The next critical Timing is pulling the trigger. If you don’t hit it right when the Rocket Launcher actually fires, the Mediator’s Health won’t decrease.”
If you shoot before the rocket leaves the launcher, it’ll explode, but no Health is lost.
“Right, so you all know that shooting before it launches is useless, and that rockets can be intercepted—Last veterans know this already. But why didn’t anyone think to catch the Mediator this way?”
Seo Jun smirked.
Some people probably had thought of this method.

-Hey why are you acting like some veteran player lol
-It’s weird to hear the streamer explain the game like this
-The streamer usually just says “yeah it works” lol

Bang!
Baek Do-yul’s bullet flew.
He nailed the Timing for both of them to aim simultaneously, but this time he was too fast.
Because of the urgency Seo Jun’s measured explanation was inducing.
The Mediator’s primary objective is to destroy the Sniper Tower.
After that, it sticks to the wall, places a high-power Time Bomb to destroy the base, then invades the structure.
So the Mediator aims at the spot directly below where they’re standing—the Observation Tower.
Which means in this situation, Baek Do-yul and the Mediator weren’t exactly face-to-face aiming at each other.
And because Baek Do-yul fired a fraction too fast,
the bullet entered the Rocket Launcher’s interior at an angle, failed to detonate it, and ricocheted off the ground instead.
In other words, that meant a rocket was coming.
Toward their outer wall, which hadn’t been reinforced yet.
Thwack!
But.
“Who do you think I am?”
Seo Jun’s gun barrel was already aimed, having read Baek Do-yul’s fingertip and grasped the situation, targeting the objective.
He’d been watching from the start specifically to prevent this kind of situation.
Bang!
“That’s who I am. I thought of this method,
Boom!
and the rocket explodes three-quarters of the way, right before it would deal Damage.
That’s why I could execute it and succeed.”

-Awesome!
-This guy’s seriously insane!
-CLUTCH SAVE!!!
-Go ahead and practice, Doyul—your streamer’s got your back!
-lmao suddenly he’s a babysitter lol
-The streamer managed to catch the Mediator like this because he’s the streamer
-Everyone thought of it but probably failed when they tried
-Is it really that hard???
-Look at Baek Do-yul struggling—can’t you tell??? Wait, is the streamer making him try over and over to show how hard it is? That’s calculated, that’s calculated
-So sword-like, so sword-like lmaooo

The chat suddenly shifted from praising Seo Jun to undermining him, but even he couldn’t predict every twist in the viewers’ train of thought.
So he simply laughed and announced the finale.
“Let me catch it.”
Because he had no fear of failure.
Baek Do-yul silently retreated behind the wall, and Seo Jun slowly observed, then.
Bang!
He locked in the Timing, aimed, and squeezed the trigger.
Whoosh!
The bullet traveled forward and hit the warhead of the rocket that was just tasting the air for the first time, striking it dead-on.

[Mediator – 80%]

Bang!
Dealing Damage at a rate that outpaced its Health recovery.

[Mediator – 65%]

Bang!

[Mediator – 50%]

Bang!

[Mediator – 35%]

Bang!

[Mediator – 20%]

Bang!

[Mediator – 5%]

He drove the Mediator to the cliff’s edge.
And it was effortless.
This was something like a craft.
The ability to repeat a precise Timing without a single failure—that’s something only masters who’ve trained for thousands, tens of thousands of hours are permitted to achieve.
But.

-Phew!
-That was so clean, seriously insane
-Doyul hyung… your market value okay? lol
-He’s the streamer so he’s fine. Already crushed world-class players in the Historical Record lol
-Where’d all those people go who were saying he couldn’t catch the Mediator earlier???
-For real, where’d they go? Mediator’s just another raid

“Last players, I probably got cursed when I summoned the Mediator—but try it once. You’ll see how hard it is.”
Seo Jun gave Baek Do-yul a look.
The finish is yours, it said.
From the demonstration just now, Baek Do-yul should have gotten the feel for it.
And even if he hadn’t, he’d push himself to succeed.

-Raven Sniping too here
-Now that’s a troll streamer for you
-Lol “try it” and then Baek Do-yul can’t even do it properly

Breath.
Baek Do-yul inhales deeply. He holds his breath for calm.
Then.
He moves his body at the precise Timing Seo Jun had shown him.
He pulls his finger.
Bang!

[Caught it!]
[Insane! I thought he’d manage it when I saw the Health dropping, but he actually cleared the raid! The streamer’s the best!]
[Let’s go get the Items!]
[The streamer’s invincible!]

Exhale.
Baek Do-yul finally exhaled the breath he’d been holding, closing his eyes deeply.
To engrave the sensation from just now.
‘I’ve grown.’
Seo Jun nodded, and when Baek Do-yul opened his eyes, he laughed loudly and broadly.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
And he spoke.
“Thank you.”
He’d realized that Seo Jun had pushed him to the brink deliberately to make him grow.
Baek Do-yul didn’t break.
And he grew stronger.
‘I’m not doing any pro schedule for him, so this much is only right.’
Seo Jun simply answered with a shrug of his shoulders.
After all, when a veteran sees a talented newbie, they can’t help but want to coach them.
This much is nothing.

-lol what’s he thanking him for?
-Doyul, don’t be fooled! That demon made you try because he wanted to show how hard it is that even you barely succeed!
-lolololol

But the important thing is something else.
3rd Tier Raid—the Mediator.
The rewards available from it include.
“Did the Rocket Launcher drop?”

[Huh? Streamer! Streamer!]

It’s been less than two hours.
In other words, it’s impossible for the people who went outside to have come back and warn them.

* * *

“Leader, who’s coming?”
“Huh? Who’s arriving?”
The Slayer Team, stripped of all their coins, waited at home in low spirits to see how the server would turn out.
“It’s Seo Jun!”
But soon after, word reached Rein’s ear that the primary culprit who could destroy the server was heading their way.
“Is he really bringing the Mediator here? That maniac! He’s planning to drag everyone down with him, is he? Take a shot with the scope as soon as he’s in range! Just shoot!”
“Got it. Um, wait—why’s the Rocket Launcher coming out of his hand? What? He’s aiming at us? What? Huh?”

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