Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 359

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Chapter 359

[Nah, surely they’re not avoiding the fight because they’re afraid he’ll actually lose? Surely not.]
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They’ve got pride, lol
No matter what footage you’ve seen, a loss is a loss. That’s just the truth.
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-But why is it still a loss if they avoid him?
└For real lol
└No, it’s still a loss, says OP
└Look, just think about what kind of people they are, says OP

The author of the post reasoned it out this way.
Two teams that traverse the entire global gaming ecosystem, hunting as they go.
And the Special Forces Team, who’ve demonstrated they don’t fall short against these hunters after observing battles for the past few days.
The undisputed strongest team in Rast—the Plunderers.
How could people like that avoid fighting out of fear of losing?

-But still, if they had to band together and didn’t, isn’t that a fact?
└There’s another reason for it, says OP
└What reason?
└All the remaining teams gathering would just look bad, I guess, says OP

Winning with nine teams united wouldn’t yield anything worth having.
What meaning would such a victory hold?
Their pride would only be wounded.
Those who had read this argument precisely now asked this:

-So continuing to evade like this doesn’t damage their image either?
└lololol
└The opponent’s the streamer though~ No matter how much they run, it doesn’t look bad lol
└That’s right lol The opponent’s the streamer so lollll

The viewers left what amounted to provocative remarks in the comments—”come at me like the streamer would.”
Yet there was something unexpected: not everyone provocative among them.
In fact, quite a few.
There were people who genuinely thought that running away from Seo Jun didn’t damage one’s image that badly.

[Honestly, even if they banded together they’d probably lose, so running makes sense to me.]
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If he just deploys Smoke Screen, they lose automatically—what can you do?
Are those guys supposed to remember past lives or something? Or accomplish something else?
Let’s just understand and not bring it up, lol
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-You’re the worst
└The guy who made Hunter Team, the Plunderers, and the Special Forces Team naturally cower and unable to attack is the worst
└But why aren’t they fighting then?
-At this point we need to ask: can they even win the championship like this?

That was the crux of it.
Can they win first place while avoiding Seo Jun or not?
If victory is obviously impossible and they’re still dodging the fight, it’s not an overstatement to call them cowards.
They’re not casual players here just for fun—they’re gamers at the top tier. If their competitive spirit has been dulled like this, the problem becomes serious.
It’s an image problem.
And people began pouring out various speculations.
Building on previous predictions about what achievements the broadcast might have set, they theorized what each team was thinking.

[Well, that’s pretty reasonable actually]
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The math checks out
They can get away with running lol
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-Still, there are three teams competing in each category, so the streamer’s team has a really high chance of placing first
-They’ve already given up on combat anyway lollololol
-Can’t they collude on smaller achievements?
└That’s genuinely not allowed. Plus each team’s competing separately so there’s no reason to throw it all to one team
└For real lol So what, they all split the winnings evenly? If it was an amateur team that’d get destroyed, pros would be ruined

The math did suggest possibilities. You never know.
Only the team leaders of the four celebrity teams had turned on broadcasts, so there were limits to inferring each team’s achievement status from that alone.
More importantly, those streaming took extreme care to prevent information leaks—they barely opened containers at home and instead received items from teammates while playing.
Either way, the current state amounts to repeatedly insisting “we don’t know yet, we don’t know yet,” with each team avoiding combat.
The reason they haven’t banded together: either they judge they couldn’t win even united, or teaming against one side looks bad.
“It does hurt pride though….”
The Hunter Team.
They’d been tormented badly by Seo Jun, but recovered quickly by the next day, and had reclaimed their pride yesterday on day nine by beating the Slayer Team at a Farming Zone.
True pride recovery would require beating Seo Jun, but that was impossible.
Lloyd, and his team, thought so.

[Youngest. So you’re confident you can catch him in the Smoke Screen? How?]
[If pride takes a hit we can always try a donation again.]

And it wasn’t just his team.
“Yeah, no confidence in winning. None at all.”
To be honest, each team simply hadn’t consulted with each other.
The reason was the same as what the people were saying.
“Even if we all teamed up, we’d probably lose! Haha!”
It turned out other teams had reached the same conclusion.
It was almost absurd.
One person was so feared that they’d pre-judged themselves as losers and dodged the fight entirely.
All of them.
But they couldn’t bring themselves to act on that emotionally.
Not just their leaders—their team members could feel it in their bones.
Ever since they’d seen that footage.
Seo Jun was absolutely unbeatable.
They should have known it from when he moved freely in the darkness.
‘Back then I thought it was because most of them had crossbows, so that’s why the result came out that way.’
It wasn’t.
So they’d all implicitly chosen to evade.
Any way it played out, there still seemed to be a chance at first place.
Though the probability was low, there was hope.
However they scored, they didn’t need to claim first overall.

[Looking at the community reaction, people don’t actually complain much about them avoiding through day nine. Has he become someone outside normal categories for them?]

There was a hint of bitterness in the Leader’s voice.
Perhaps the highest compliment.
“We’ll catch him next time.”
In Rast, the conditions had grown difficult.
If they’d desperately prevented him from advancing to Tier 4 instead.
If they hadn’t harbored the arrogance that advancing to Tier 4 was fine—they’d have had a real shot.
‘Though there’s still a chance. Not one we can rely on, though.’
Since they’d synchronized their sleep schedule with Korean time, now was the start of the day—roll call time.
And this was also when Seo Jun typically broadcast.

[Hmm…. Anyway, nothing ever ends quietly with him. Haha!]

“What’s going on?”

* * *

By the viewers’ measure, Seo Jun—no, the age’s chief troll, not its master—had spent the past few days deliberating.
He wasn’t worried about losing the way things stood.
Since those teams had already stopped targeting his side, they’d almost certainly place first.
But.
Ending this way didn’t suit Seo Jun’s temperament.
“I’ve kept asking you all to come at me, yet you don’t. It’s really a shame, isn’t it?”

-Yeah, it’s a shame
-Makes no sense
-I mean, it is scary lol

“I’ve used the word ‘scared’ over and over, but it doesn’t work. I’ve asked you all to pool your strength together, but negotiations seem to have fallen through.”
That was the literal truth.
Seo Jun had kept provoking them.
Of course, it hadn’t worked.

-No way lol
-Once you’ve dealt with the streamer, you learn that the streamer’s provocations just mean “please come at me”
-Normal provocation intent: get upset. Streamer-style provocation: upset or not, please come at me, I’m gonna win anyway
-I’m gonna win anyway, for real lolololol that’s such a streamer mentality

“Yes, and so here we are on the final day. Yesterday I noticed you’re not collaborating, and there were people who seemed to have just logged out despite supposedly preparing a raid against us in secret. Hmm.”
A cooperative assault simply isn’t happening—that much is settled. The enemies haven’t been accumulating resources.
They know they can’t win without stockpiling. But if they fight each other with the intent to annihilate, well, there we go.
“So here’s the thing, everyone. Today I’m planning to play a bit differently.”
It’s the last day. He couldn’t end it this boringly.

-What now, worst troll ever lollll
-But why won’t you show what you’ve been hiding? You still preparing something?
-Yeah. You were keeping it under wraps on stream, is it related?

It is related.
Seo Jun stated the final day’s objective.
“Our job today is to destroy every single Fortress! Going out with a bang!”
Seo Jun was going to raid every team today.

-Lollll every fortress, huh? That’s some nerve loll
-Ooh! Now that’s the move!
-Streamer! Streamer! Streamer!
-All-raid, yeah!

It was Seo Jun’s powerful declaration—he would fight everyone, whether they united or not.

-Hmm, is that even possible? How?
-Other teams would probably try to block it, but doing all of them sounds hard
-This is what Rast is lollll
-Sounds like he prepped resources properly

[Wow! Finally! Let’s go! Thank you so much, Baek Do-yul, we really appreciate it!]
[That’s right!]

At Buja and Silent Gamer’s words, Baek Do-yul let out a wry chuckle.
“Right then, let’s head in. I’ll explain the method.”
Seo Jun entered the Capsule without immediately answering the viewers’ questions about how he’d raid every fortress, and stepped into Rast.
“First, let me show you our expanded base.”
After entering Rast, Seo Jun began walking and soon arrived at his destination.
A massive Outer Wall loomed ahead.
Quite literally, without needing to save construction materials for when they’d be destroyed later, they’d expanded as massively as possible—a gigantic Outer Wall.
Their home.
This much hadn’t been exposed by Seo Jun directly, but information had leaked as others came and went.
What lay inside, however, had not. Seo Jun opened the gate and stepped through.

-Fancy, lol
-Props to the team members for building such a house because of the streamer!
-Expanded but lol the defense looks about the same level as before. Just a bunch of showy buildings. You here to tour?

“I’m sure you’ll all say I ordered this, so let me clarify: I had nothing to do with any of this.”
Seo Jun moved toward the Central Tower.
The ant colony-like structure remained, though “flashier” was the right word now.
It was all because everyone except Baek Do-yul and Seo Jun had wanted the construction done properly.
That wasn’t the important part.
“I’m sure you’re all curious how we’re planning to raid every fortress, yeah?”
Upon entering the central chamber, armed teammates were busily gathering supplies.

-loll curious though
-There’s no way they gathered enough resources to raid every fortress
-Is it even possible?

“You’ll find out soon enough. We’re starting with the Special Forces Team—the one with Bear and Ryan.”

-Why the Special Forces Team first loll
-What’d they do?
-Bear got targeted?
-Is it because he’s bald?

Seo Jun ascended to the Rooftop.
And as he unveiled the prepared weapons, he said:
“So, who’s the Special Forces Team now?”

-lollll insane
-There was a method like that!
-lololol no lol this game is so fun
-That’s what Rast is lol that’s the romance of it lol

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[Hmm, how is he planning to raid?]
[We can’t let our guard down.]
[I’m not about to, but… I’m curious.]

All their team members were now in-game, keeping watch from their respective Rooftops.
Because they knew that if Seo Jun said he was coming, he’d come.
One person scouting ahead might be fine, but that kind of bad manner conduct hadn’t happened in this game.
Still, curiosity couldn’t be helped.
And that curiosity was resolved in an instant.
The enemy arrived quickly.

[Why are we first of all people? If we had warning, the odds of blocking them would be very high.]
[Really? Damn it. But with that method….]
[Zebra, what are you talking about?]
[Look at my sector. Insane. He converted all the farming drops to Currency and bought Helicopters? Dumped all the Rockets?]
[What? What do you mean?]

Teammates from each position turned their gazes toward Zebra’s direction all at once.
And they grasped the strategy.
It was a strategy of almost terrifying ingenuity.
Was such a tactic even possible?
Well, if it was, then of course they’d be coming with it.

[Block the central! The central rooftop! He’s planning to drop them!]
[Intercept!]
[What makes you think you’re a mediator?]
[Honestly seems like more than a mediator….]

Four combat Helicopters were approaching from afar.
And it was obvious that at least one of those four Helicopters carried a strategic weapon that simply could not be allowed to fall.

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