Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 350

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Chapter 350

[Can’t we just avoid Tier 4?]
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To be honest, the Abbot could easily send every camp back to the Stone Age right now and keep watching them. I’m annoyed he isn’t doing it.
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-It would’ve been nice though
-That would’ve been the most fun, probably
-Stone Age savages versus the true mediator in a gas mask, the Abbotㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Nope, too late~
└It’s already halfway through day 4, and each team’s already cleared the Tier 3 Raid

[Wish he’d just give up now and reset everyone]
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Why would he?
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-It’s too late, I’m telling you
-Three-team Teaming confirmed
-I wanna see the Slayer Team start over naked againㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ but it really is too late now. Can’t do it

[Why the Three-Team Teaming Is Certain]
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They’re running the Tier 3 Raid super efficiently, packing it tight, rotating through it.
Since only they’ve reached Tier 3, it’s basically their own world.
Other teams might be tacitly letting it slide. Either way, they farmed really thoroughly.
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-That’s straight-up Teaming no matter how you look at itㅋㅋㅋ
-So this is revenge
-Karma comes back around!
-If they just mine resources for one more day they hit Tier 4, but
└Will they make it?
└Three elite teams coordinating an attack is pretty overkill
└They can’t distribute their resources to multiple locations before going to Tier 4, so one loss and it’s over

Seo Jun looked over the posts that had gone up while he was playing and nodded.
“There was definitely a lot of negativity. Well, nothing we can do about that. Today’s already over.”
Day 4 had ended.
Very smoothly.
And many people had grown frustrated.

-For realㅋㅋㅋ
-They’re frustrated, that’s all
-More like a crisis situation

“A crisis? How so?”
Seo Jun looked at the camera as if he genuinely didn’t understand.

-Come on, Abbot
-Three strongest teams are Teaming, duh?
-This is hopeless, reallyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-You wasted a whole day, man

Of course, Seo Jun knew full well.
It was a crisis. Not just a crisis—a dire one.
He couldn’t handle a war of attrition like chat was saying.
He couldn’t easily sweep through it either.
Seo Jun acknowledged this himself.
‘Though I won’t lose.’
But.
Because of that?
A donation came in—completely unexpected.

[‘Hunter’ donated 300,000 won!]
[Can you handle this?]

-???
-Wow, provoking through a donation?
-That’s the Abbot’s signature moveㅋㅋㅋ
-That guy’s done for. This one’s certain

Seo Jun’s lips curved upward.
He had a feeling it was real.
It wasn’t often that someone would drop serious money like three hundred thousand won on low-level trash talk.
“Are you actually the Hunter team? Want to take a call? You probably don’t have the money anyway.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Firing back immediately
-Now they have no choice but to donate
-Capitalist Abbot wins off the bat just from getting the donationㅋㅋㅋ

[‘Hunter’ donated 300,000 won!]
[No problem haha. Anyway, we figured we could win even if you go to Tier 4, but blocking you sounds more fun, so we teamed up. Think you can handle that?]

-Ooh! Another provocation!!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Did the Hunter team go crazy?
-Trading blows back and forth, legendㅋ
-If it’s a team member rather than the leader who paid for this, it’d be hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋ

People’s reactions were positive.
More than positive—explosive.
Provoking Seo Jun, Seo Jun’s way.
Wasn’t everyone dying to see his response?
And Seo Jun, faced with that provocation, laughed quietly.
“Heh heh heh.”
He had to laugh at provocation on top of an already bad situation.
“Heh heh heh.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Abbot’s pissed

But it was fine.
Seo Jun provoked people all the time—how could he tell others not to?
So Seo Jun replied with a grin.
“If we hold the base tomorrow, the Hunter team will be the second to enter the Stone Age. So give it your best shot.”

* * *

The next morning.
“This day might be a long one.”
Seo Jun gathered with his team with the stream turned off.

[Yeah, no kidding.]
[Yesterday was nice and peaceful, hehe.]
[Wow, but Buja and Silent Gamer, how much did you two mine?]
[Just doing it, it wasn’t that different from when we chat while playing.]
[Oh? Buja too? Me as well!]

Once they were picked, these two turned out to be geniuses of mundane labor.
The quantity of resources they brought back astounded even Seo Jun.
They were efficient with grinding, but more than that—

[I respect the stamina. How do you manage to mine for pretty much your entire playtime?]
[That’s what we did when we were in chat, dude.]
[I’m in awe.]

Their ability to endure boredom was genuinely worthy of respect.
Sometimes you could hear work songs from them—was that why?
“Anyway, I’m sure you all realize the situation isn’t great.”
The provocation didn’t come out of nowhere.
Every team member understood, but Seo Jun said it once more to be certain.
“We’re at a disadvantage. A serious one.”
They’d done everything possible to build a defensive wall, but losing a day trying to reach Tier 4 was significant. If they hadn’t built up the snowball effect earlier, today alone might’ve been unbearable.
Other teams didn’t seem to be coming out since they weren’t threatening to Seo Jun’s team even if he reached Tier 4, but Seo Jun could guarantee them one thing.
“The three teams besides us—we’re not a real threat to them reaching Tier 4. But I’ll promise you this much.”
A leader’s job in this situation was singular.
“Tier 4. If we get there, we win. And we can get there.”
Morale boost.

[Yesss!]
[We believe in you.]
[Yeah, Seo Jun. You never lie to us.]

Building trust with your team.
Seo Jun had forged a relationship of trust with them strong enough that a few words would suffice, and so he could boost their spirits easily.
“Alright then, here’s what we’ll do.”
His team members opened their ears and began listening to Seo Jun’s plan.
To survive until the very end, for the sake of Survival.

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“Ahhh! Hello, everyone! It’s 8 AM Korean time and four teams are fully logged in playing intensely—greeting you here is live commentator Bang Ju!”
This time, Bang Ju was permitted to do live commentary. Full freedom of viewpoint.
Of course, only after the fighting started.
Sensing that a fight would begin soon, Bang Ju turned on the stream.
“When’s the fight starting, you ask? Why hasn’t it started yet? Well, from the attacking teams’ perspective—if they succeed at even one raid, it’s over. Just over.”
Even if everything gets wiped out at Last and everyone returns naked, the reset times on each Farming Site get shorter, and the Crafting Tables and Blueprints they’ve secured don’t disappear, so as long as they farm resources they can recover.
But.
“Seo Jun’s team, estimated to be overwhelmingly in first place, will be dragged down to the same level as the other teams! And Tier 4 again! The Frying Pan dream won’t come true!”
Once reset, Seo Jun couldn’t choose to go for Tier 4 again.
He’d need to suppress other teams.
He’d have to keep grinding for achievements desperately.
Most importantly, if he became naked and the Slayer team came at him with malice, first place would be unreachable.
“So think about it from the attackers’ angle. When’s the optimal moment to strike? Only need to succeed once.”

-Hmm?
-Please don’t ask us, just spell it out for usㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Lazy viewers don’t wanna think

“Hahaha, raids are wars of attrition. Endless wars of attrition. So?”
Simple.
Attack when resources are maxed out.
“The enemy’s also maxing resources though, right?”
The enemy is farming resources for Tier 4, not farming for immediate power—no?
So the attackers will farm items right up until Seo Jun’s team is about to reach their Tier 4 Crafting Table, then strike.
“That’s my prediction! That’s why no fighting’s happened yet!”

-Ah-ha!
-Pretty smart
-Makes sense
-That’s why Seo Jun’s team was mining like crazy

Up until now, Seo Jun’s team knew the enemy would drag out time, so they left only one scout and all farmed resources frantically.
The Three-Team Alliance kept grinding out weapon items from the raid.
And grinding.
They gathered all the weapons they could craft with total resource investment.
And time passed.
“Little by little, they’re gathering enough materials to reach Tier 4, yes? I think the raid that decides this server’s fate is about to start! Very soon!”
If Seo Jun’s team hadn’t posted scouts, they’d have reached Tier 4 already. They’d have been wiped out immediately then.
Tier 4 wouldn’t be called the pinnacle of inefficiency, End Content, if they didn’t need two straight days just for resources and still weren’t finished.

-Soon!?
-So why are they blocking it?
-Right?

“Why would Seo Jun’s team block their reaching Tier 4? The simplest reason—it makes them vulnerable!”
Any predator worth its salt doesn’t miss a chance to hunt.
“But! They don’t need to stop Tier 4 from being built! Because Tier 4 is, frankly, pointless.”
A Tier 4 Crafting Table is End Content.
And the true nature of all games’ End Content is surplus.
Like jumping around in towns in RPGs, riding mounts, running wild—that kind of surplus.
“But attacking right before blocking… what does that mean?”
Bang Ju giggled and turned the question back on his viewers.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Frying Pan’s scary, yeah
-That’s a bulletproof Frying Pan!
-Hmm…?

“Exactly. Ah, there was something in yesterday’s provocation, you say? Hunter team said blocking would bring more despair? Hahaha. They said that, but…”
Bang Ju drew out his words.
Then, after a brief breath, he laughed and shouted.
“They’re scared! Surplus? But the Frying Pan is scary! They’re worried the Frying Pan Seo Jun used before will work on them too. That’s what frightens them!”

-Nah, that’s not it
-Ah nah, you’re rightㅋㅋㅋ it is scary
-I think it’s just trying to break their spirit when they’re almost done, judging by this. They got spooked they might feel the same way?

“The heroes bunched up out of fear! Skilled players! Elite forces! Professional hunters! They’re all afraid of the immense power required to oppose Seo Jun, the Demon King! Come now.”
Bang Ju scanned the chat.
The usual “Here we go again” posts kept popping up.
Though half were shouting their belief anyway.

-This is that kind of room, so don’t respond if you won’t support himㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Crazy fanatics creepsㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Viewers still haven’t become Seo Jun cultists? Impressive
-Real impressive
-Psychos, where were the guys who said why go to Tier 4 yesterday?
-You think those were Seo Jun fans?
-Bet on 10-minute stomp
-The power gap between teams isn’t huge, but the resource and number gap is massiveㅋ
-But this is Seo Jun!
-No Judgment Sword this time
-Thinking back to when Love Shot dropped, it’ll be tough
-Last Newbies binge-watching Seo Jun streams for a week

It was tense.
Both sides made sense.
“Well then, how about this—if he wins, he’s a Demon King! If he loses, he’s a mere mortal!”
And at that moment, Bang Ju received word.
“Ah! It’s starting, they say! A Forward Base is being built!”
Bang Ju turned on the spectator stream.
The raid had begun.
And the moment he turned it on.
Bang!
“Ah! One person’s already dead! The attacker is Seo Jun! Seo Jun, hidden in one of the Sniper Towers, successfully lands a Preemptive Strike perfectly!”

-Demon King power!!
-He caught them off guard for a secondㅋ that happens
-Landing that shot is skill though, right?
-Seo Jun’s just a mortal who happened to skip Last
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What does Last matter?

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