Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36

Seo Jun shrugged and launched a new game.
“Thanks for the support. Now let’s move on to the next game.”

-Oh wow!
-Really?
-What could it be?

The background inverted and the world transformed.
In the previous game, Assassin’s Dawn, the setting had been dark with residential towers sprouting up like bamboo shoots. This new one was different.
Just as the saying goes, bamboo shoots were literally rising up around him.
It was verdant green.
That was Seo Jun’s first impression of the game.
Birds chirped and a panda began rolling around.
A densely wooded hill served as the starting point.
Seo Jun first tried moving his body in place.
He stretched and swung his arms around.
“…Hmm, this feels just right.”
Thanks to the Surface system that managed both the capsule and virtual reality, the sensation of diving into VR hadn’t changed, but the movement speed varied according to the set values.
And this game seemed to have made a considerable effort to give a feeling as close to reality as possible.
The fluttering hem of his robe and the faint metallic sound carried a wistful nostalgia.
Meanwhile, the viewers began to get excited as they recognized the game.

-Don’t tell me this is “For Justice”?
-That game where justice basically doesn’t exist, right?
-The one where martial arts is completely broken?
-Whoa. An online game!!!!
-Yes!

As expected.
They recognized it just from the starting point.
“As you’ve all guessed, this game is indeed For Justice.”
For Justice.
Another game by Mobi Soft, it was a wuxia-style action game set in the Murim, where three major factions—the Jeongpa, the Sapa, and the Magyo—clashed against each other.
On its release date, it had ranked first in concurrent players, and even though years had passed since launch, while it had declined somewhat, it still maintained solid mid-to-high tier popularity.
And the fact that the game was exceptionally deep despite maintaining such mid-to-high tier popularity was yet another defining characteristic.

– 385,000 viewers
– 270,000 viewers

Current Trabel viewership numbers.
For Justice consistently maintained the mid-to-high 300,000 range.
Assassin’s Dawn had hit 800,000 just a week ago, but that was thanks to major corporate streamers who moved in hundred-thousand-viewer increments.
Now that they’d stopped, those viewers had dropped off.
‘That said, Assassin’s Dawn wasn’t the wrong choice.’
If anything, it was the optimal choice.
‘Look at me now, with ten thousand viewers watching my stream.’
Wait.
Ten thousand?
The streaming viewership was extraordinarily high.
What’s going on?
He calmly checked the viewer distribution.
“Four thousand foreign viewers? What’s this about?”

-Huh? What’s up?
-The viewer count really is huge
-I couldn’t say anything about viewer count until the streamer mentioned it, so I’ve just been frustrated this whole time
-Oh, what?
-Four thousand foreign viewers? No way

It wasn’t common for foreign viewers to watch a stream.
While technology had advanced enough to auto-translate voices, cultural differences remained, and the game screens within the stream itself weren’t translated.
In other words, they’d just suddenly flocked in temporarily.
Seo Jun was quickly able to figure out the reason.
“Ah. It must be because of the Training Grounds.”

-Yeah, that’s gotta be it haha
-The Training Grounds’ influence is crazy
-Is hyung becoming a world-class streamer now?

World-class, hardly.
Seo Jun let out a chuckle and fiddled with the streaming window.
‘Well, at least this gives me something to tell the sponsors.’
Seo Jun figured good things were just good things.
A notification appeared on the stream indicating paid ad inclusion.
“So today’s game comes with a sponsored ad, you see.”

-What???
-An ad already?
-Advertising the next game! Truly a monster born of capitalism
-But why are they advertising For Justice? Is there an event?
-A Mobi Soft ad? You really are becoming world-class!

The viewers didn’t seem particularly unhappy about it.
“Haha, right? But you know what—I wouldn’t quit this game right after the ad ends anyway. Even without the sponsorship, I was already interested in trying For Justice.”
He meant it.
Because of the wuxia-style setting.
The skills are called martial techniques, apparently.
It felt a little odd, admittedly, but it still evoked that classic wuxia flavor and seemed fun.

-hahahaha
-We’re actually fine with it
-How long are you gonna play it then?

“How long? Until it stops being fun.”
Seo Jun gave a look that said, ‘Obviously.’

-Even if the game changes, the streamer stays the same haha
-Even if public opinion crashes, this guy won’t change
-Already crashed multiple times and he just keeps pushing through. When he ignored the drama, when he skipped Christina haha

“So then. Let’s move around. To the village below the hill? Or maybe the city would be better.”
Seo Jun slowly descended the stairs beside him.
A panda rolled over to the side, tumbling downward.
“That’s cute.”
It looked easy enough, but he didn’t try to copy it.
After reaching the bottom, he ran toward the city’s wall to try and scale it.
But it was blocked.

-Trying to scale walls right away haha
-His pickpocket habits are incurable
-Please don’t do that here… I’m embarrassed haha
-I don’t know this person. Please don’t make eye contact.

“Why are you all giving up on me? That hurts.”
Seo Jun turned his head to the side.
There was a path where people were passing through and a proper entrance.
He approached the gate guard wearing a Satgat.
As someone approached, the guard lifted his Satgat with his finger and looked at Seo Jun.
The guard in the Satgat spoke.
“Are you an adventurer from another world?”
So that’s the concept?
Dimensional travel, then.
Well, the lore doesn’t really concern him.
“What’s your name?”
Soon a window appeared before Seo Jun’s eyes.
It was a window for setting his nickname.

-He’ll probably use Nameless here too
-Nameless would fit
-But which faction are you going with?
-Sapa’s the way to go, the righteous faction is full of hypocrites
-Never join the Magyo. Seriously, don’t

Hmm.
People were starting to pick sides again.
But he’d already made up his mind.
The strangest person across both his past and present lives.
“I’ll go with Heavenly Demon.”
He couldn’t resist.

[Will you set your nickname to “Heavenly Demon”?]

“Yeah.”
It had no particular meaning.
He simply had a feeling it would be fun.

-hahahaha another Heavenly Demon
-Koreans and their love of Heavenly Demon
-How many seasons has this guy been Heavenly Demon?

[That nickname is already in use.]

Ah.
“This is a multiplayer game, right? Yeah, the nickname’s probably been taken for a while. Then Heavenly Demon 2 must exist too, obviously.”
Seo Jun nonchalantly began incrementing the numbers.
A nickname wasn’t that important anyway.

[Will you set your nickname to “Heavenly Demon 2”?]
[Will you set your nickname to “Heavenly Demon 3”?]
[Will you set your nickname to “Heavenly Demon 4”?]
.
.
.

[Will you set your nickname to “Heavenly Demon 14”?]

“Yeah.”
Just about the time he was getting tired of it.
He finally succeeded in creating a nickname.
Seo Jun’s nickname was decided as Heavenly Demon 14.
“Yes, Heavenly Demon 14—quite an excellent nickname.”
Mm-hmm!
The guard nodded, his tone tinged with admiration.

-Good social skills haha
-Wow! There are fourteen Heavenly Demons! They’re multiplying!
-Why does he have to go all the way to Heavenly Demon 14?

“That’s right, Heavenly Demon 14. Now, which faction’s side do you wish to fight for? For reference, you can change factions anytime you want. Of course, if you do, all the contribution points you’ve built up with that faction will be reset. Haha!”
The factions, as explained earlier, are the Jeongpa, the Sapa, and the Magyo.
Generally speaking, the Jeongpa refers to schools that walk the righteous path.
They value courtesy and morality, building their martial arts steadily and solidly.
The Sapa, compared to the Jeongpa, place far greater emphasis on personal gain.
Most of them commit crimes as casually as eating, or entire organizations exist solely on criminal enterprises.
And some sects are classified as Sapa simply because their methods are far too cruel.
And the Magyo—they revere strength.
Only strength.
All else is beneath consideration.
Courtesy? Morality? Status?
All are equal before strength.
For Justice is praised for skillfully blending these stereotypes and weaving compelling stories within the game world, creating excellent conflict scenarios.
“I’m not quite sure yet.”
“Of course, take your time and look around before deciding!”
“Understood.”
Seo Jun entered the city.
He saw other players.
“Let me go play the game first. Oh, the tutorial? No thanks.”

-Come on, read the tutorial at least. This isn’t like a new raid boss guide
-He’s planning to carry anyway while being clueless
-This is why he gets called bad with games. Sees something for the first time and absolutely refuses to read the manual, no matter what
-That’s the trademark of someone bad with games haha

How they guessed he wouldn’t read the tutorial was truly mysterious.
“It’s fine.”
After all, games matched people with similar skill levels.
Seo Jun thought learning while playing was sufficient.
The viewers seemed to disagree, though.
Seo Jun headed toward a massive building visible at the end of the main street.
As he entered, an interface for starting matches appeared before him.
“Hmm. The most popular game mode is…”
For Justice had several game modes, but the two most popular modes with the most players were clearly distinct.
Resembling the format of a fighting game.
Bimu.
Bimu was a game mode where matchmaking was randomly set among 1v1, 2v2, or 3v3 formats.
And then there was Territory Conquest, which resembled an AOS.
It was structured as 4v4, but the game rules were somewhat complex.
“Let’s try Territory Conquest.”
The game mode most enjoyed by players was Territory Conquest.
The reason was that Bimu relied entirely on control skill, making it rather high-barrier to entry.
Of course, Seo Jun didn’t know this fact and simply chose Territory Conquest because the queue time was shorter.
A match was found instantly.
“All right. Let’s go.”

* * *

-Oh! A substitute join
-A substitute from the start, so someone must’ve disconnected!
-haha

[tip. Territory Conquest has control points. By occupying control points, you can continuously damage the enemy fortress. Try to secure more control points than your opponent.]

Seo Jun read the help text that appeared and surveyed his surroundings.
He was standing at a spawn point deep within a forest.
“If I’m a substitute, that means I came in mid-match?”

-Yeah
-Someone disconnected mid-game
-It’s a system that only exists in casual matches

“Ah, I see. Feels like we’re losing though.”
The scoreboard floating above.

[Blue: 217] vs [Red: 479]

The left was his team’s fortress health.
“Hmm. The weapon is a Basic Sword. The skill is the Samjae Sword Technique?”
It was a technique synonymous with third-rate martial arts.
If you don’t choose a faction, it seems you start with these default settings.
“The goal is to destroy the fortress?”
There was surely something more to it.
Seo Jun looked toward the front—the battlefield.
There were markings indicating the locations of control points at the center and both flanks.
“Well, I’ll figure it out once I start fighting.”
He drew his sword with gleaming eyes.
He could see Murim soldier NPCs appearing and heading toward the central path.
Seo Jun decided to follow them.

[tip. Try using basic Gyeongong by putting strength in your legs! However, Gyeongong uses stamina and some Nae-gong, so using it frequently will result in exhaustion!]

Soon.
He arrived at the point where enemy and allied forces clashed.
The NPCs began fighting fiercely at a distance just beside the central control point.
Seo Jun put strength in his legs.
More precisely, he put strength into them while imagining using something called Nae-gong.
In games with power systems like mana or Nae-gong, imagining like this was important.
After all, didn’t one summon setting windows and interfaces through imagination as well?
‘Nae-gong, then.’
An unfamiliar sensation suddenly flowed through him, and his movement speed increased.
Pushing off the ground, he felt as if he were floating through the sky, moving much faster.
Seo Jun dove into the enemy lines in that state.
‘Hmm, not familiar, but not hard to adapt to.’
Seo Jun slid along the ground, evading enemy attacks while simultaneously slashing across an opponent’s torso.

-Wow, a master from the start?
-Gyeongong is super hard to learn at first
-I always have a feeling the streamer might not be a newbie

[Enemy Fortress Health -5]

A small message informed Seo Jun that he’d reduced the enemy fortress’s health.
“So defeating soldiers costs the enemy five points.”
Moving through the soldiers proved harder than expected, but Seo Jun quickly began reducing the enemy’s health.
He’d definitely mastered the feel of Gyeongong.

[Enemy Fortress Health -5]
[Enemy Fortress Health -5]
[Enemy Fortress Health -5]
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.
.

‘Are there no other players?’
Before long, his team’s soldiers far outnumbered the enemy’s.
“Ah, here comes one.”
Seo Jun spotted someone approaching from the left with distinctly different attire.
He put strength in his legs and used Gyeongong to close the distance instantly.
The enemy likely hadn’t spotted Seo Jun, who’d been hiding among the soldiers before launching a surprise attack.
This was intentional strategy—diving into the chaotic battlefield with information advantage.
Information was absolutely crucial; those who possessed it held overwhelming advantage.
The enemy’s health was dangerously low. Even Seo Jun, ignorant of basic attack damage, could tell one hit would be lethal.
And just as predicted, the enemy couldn’t react to Seo Jun’s ambush.
But.
There was another crucial fact.
“Damn! I died… What? We’re on the same team?! Hey, you bastard!”

[tip. In For Justice, you can damage your allies. Be careful not to attack or be attacked by your own team!]

Another tip appeared.
“Ah.”
So they were on the same team.
No wonder the attire looked blue.

[Cheonha Je1 Geomgaek eliminated]

“Revive me.”
“?”
“I said revive me. You crazy troll!”
The player named Cheonha Je1 Geomgaek shouted at Seo Jun while lying on the ground.
“You can revive people? But how do I do it?”
Seo Jun approached him but couldn’t find a way to revive him. Eventually, the timer above Cheonha Je1 Geomgaek’s body expired and he respawned at the starting point.
Then he sent Seo Jun a message.

[Come to the spawn point. We’re already half-lost anyway and you’re completely finished]

-The streamer causing chaos unintentionally haha
-Ah newbie moments hahahaha
-Satan: Teamkilling and not reviving is kinda rough…
-Where’s the teamwork! Where did the teamwork go!
-The streamer’s definitely a newbie hahahaha
-This is what For Justice is?!

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