Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

[Tip: Repeated Team Kills will incur penalties. Please be cautious.]

Seo Jun read the tip and the chat window as he made his way back to the respawn point.
“Ah. Yeah, that makes sense.”

-ㅇㅇ Gotta hit your teammates sometimes
-When multiple people are fighting, if you don’t hit your own team, they might pull some weird meat-shield strategy.
-But Team Kill is a bit much ㅋㅋㅋ Too far though
-ㄹㅇ Anyone can see the enemy team is red and our team is blue

The League didn’t allow Team Kills, if he recalled correctly.
He figured it was probably for practical reasons rather than philosophical ones.
The League relied heavily on area-effect skills in combat, so if your attack hit an ally, it severely restricted your options.
But For the Alliance, despite having equally fantastical martial arts, most combat still followed realistic principles—so hitting an ally actually became the more realistic choice.
“But how do you revive someone?”

-Just approach them and make the motion of reaching out your hand
-There’ll be an effect. Then they respawn
-But what if they’re executed?

What was an execution?
He really did have a lot left to learn.
“Should I go apologize first?”
He was almost at the respawn point when it happened.
“Hey, you psycho! Let’s both die!”
Someone burst out of the brush beside him and tackled Seo Jun.
The username: Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman.
A user he’d Team Killed.
The Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman’s blade swept from left to right, missing Seo Jun’s face by inches.
Seo Jun instantly poured Inner Energy into his feet, accelerating just enough to slip past the danger.
This was a delicate control that required experience.
“You dare dodge the blade of the Foremost?”
Of course, Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman wouldn’t notice such fine details or grasp the fundamental gap in skill.
He was still a newbie, only two weeks into For the Alliance.
“The Foremost shall dispense punishment upon you.”
And he was absorbed in Concept Play, one of the ways to enjoy For the Alliance.
Concept Play meant adopting a personality and setting different from reality in a virtual world for entertainment—and For the Alliance was perfectly designed for it.
Whoosh!
Seo Jun bit his lip and ducked his head, slipping under the enemy’s blade.
Did he bite his lip because dodging was difficult?
No.
It was simply because.
“Insolent! Celestial Demon, Offer your neck to the Foremost’s blade! Now!”
It was funny.
That awkward phrasing, that word choice.
The Foremost.
Even in his past life, it was a term he’d rarely heard.
Snort.

-Hmm. That newbie’s really enjoying For the Alliance, huh? (sniff)
-A proper newbie!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’m watching For the Alliance for the first time today and you’re telling me these martial artists have been doing THIS the whole time?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’ve been having all the fun to themselves

Whoosh!
Every one of the enemy’s sword strikes narrowly missed, and the opponent tilted his head in confusion.
“Huh? Why isn’t this landing?”
His concept had shattered.
Seo Jun couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
Only then did Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman realize the gap in ability between them, his cheeks flushing red with embarrassment.
The concept he’d been maintaining suddenly felt shameful!
Winning in a fight through Concept Play felt good, but losing so thoroughly came with the risk of embarrassment.
“Ah, you’re pretty good. Look, just kill me again or don’t, whatever. The game’s already lost anyway—I think I’ll just take a breather. That’s why you Team Killed us, right?”
Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman regarded Seo Jun with a deflated expression.
Seo Jun stopped laughing and told the truth.
“I’m sorry. It was my first game—I didn’t know. I didn’t know how to revive either.”
“Sigh.”
Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman exhaled in disbelief.
He got destroyed by a first-timer?
“You really know how to fight. You must’ve played some other games.”
He considered himself reasonably talented.
Because he’d maintained an 80% win rate, at least in the beginner zone.
That’s why Concept Play had been so fun.
But reality was different.
Or so he thought.
“Well. Fighting’s my profession.”
Seeing that Seo Jun’s kill of him had been accidental and that the response was friendly, he resumed his Concept Play.
“Yes, the Celestial Demon truly is special. The Foremost is moved. Shall we not join forces and turn this game around?”
Seo Jun almost laughed again.
And he shared one secret with Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman.
“By the way, the Foremost is currently streaming.”
He said it while mimicking his tone.
Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman froze instantly.
He asked quietly.
“How many people are watching…?”
“Let’s see. The viewers who found the Foremost number eight thousand.”
Seo Jun grinned widely.
Some viewers had just dropped off.
But it was still quite a number.
Mostly foreign users had left.
“Ugh. Should I just rage quit.”
He smacked his forehead.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Forced black history ㅋㅋㅋ
-The entertainment value is insaneㅋㅋㅋ
-Is he a recruited guest?ㅋㅋ

Just as Seo Jun was beginning to enjoy teasing him, a team chat message arrived.

[What are you guys doing. Stop messing around and play the game!]
[Cheonha Je-1 and Celestial Demon? You guys are quite the pair. Is this a duo?]

Since all teammates could see team chat, Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman confirmed it and spoke to Seo Jun.
“Let’s head to the Central Stronghold together. Celestial Demon. Do you know the game rules? But if you didn’t even know how to revive…you didn’t do the Tutorial, did you?”
Seo Jun and he set out again toward the Central Stronghold where soldiers clashed.
“The Foremost doesn’t…”
“Aargh!”
“Yeah. Didn’t do the Tutorial.”
“Sigh.”
“No, you were having so much fun just a moment ago.”
“That was before I knew eight thousand people were watching.”
For all his words, he didn’t seem particularly embarrassed.
“Anyway. How much do you know about Territory Occupation Battles?”
“Nothing.”
“At all?”
“Yeah.”
Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman didn’t get angry at Seo Jun—instead, he began explaining calmly.
“The goal of a Territory Occupation Battle is to kill all the enemies.”
“But they respawn, don’t they?”
“Right. That’s why you have to destroy the enemy fortress. If the fortress is destroyed, they can’t respawn when they die.”
Ah.
So that was why the fortress’s health was decreasing.
Seo Jun checked the current fortress health.

[Blue: 183] vs [Red: 441]

Both were damaged, but his team’s fortress had taken far more damage.
“And there are many ways to damage the enemy fortress, but capturing checkpoints is the most efficient. Capturing gives a big hit, and just maintaining control deals continuous damage. You can also damage it by defeating enemy soldiers or users.”
“I see.”
“Yeah. And see those checkpoints far away marked on the map? Red means the enemy controls it. Blue means we do. Purple means the enemy is currently occupying that checkpoint. The Central Checkpoint is unique because soldiers are there, so it’s especially important.”
Seo Jun surveyed the checkpoint status.
All three were red.

-Teacher! Thank you!
-That was a clear explanation
-Overwhelmingly more relaxed than when doing Dawn of Assassins ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is this multiplayer?
-If it was single player, even after 10 games I wouldn’t understand the host’s rules. Actually I wouldn’t have ㅋㅋㅋ

“Oh. People are saying you explain things well?”
“Ah, really? Since this is the beginner zone, a lot of people come in not knowing the rules, so I’ve gotten used to explaining it.”
“I see. So in conclusion, we just need to not die and catch them all, right? Easy.”
“Ah…”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I feel self-loathing and despair why I explained that
-This guy wwww doesn’t listen to anything wwww

“Then let’s go.”
Seo Jun manipulated the streaming window, planted his right foot, and transferred his weight. Then he pushed off at full power, deploying his Lightweight Skill to its maximum—and flew toward the checkpoint instead of the battlefield.
“Sigh…”
Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman exhaled wearily and followed.

[Channel Point Prediction has begun.]
[Will this game be reversed?]
[Possible] vs [Impossible]

-Manager! Finally opening the betting?!
-Let’s go!
-Bet everything here, you got it?
-This is definitely impossible ㅋㅋ Unless it was a sudden join
-But the host is there
-The fortress is about to be destroyed. After that it’s basically sudden death.
-Yeah, and he never died once in Dawn of Assassins.

[Point Prediction closes in 1 minute.]

The Central Checkpoint, beside where soldiers fought, was just a plain pavilion.
As Seo Jun entered, the red border marking the checkpoint’s boundary shifted to purple.
And a loading bar in the center of the checkpoint began filling up.
“Celestial Demon. Just wait a moment and we’ll capture it, but…”
The loading bar that had been climbing smoothly suddenly stopped cold.
“They’re here.”
Seo Jun immediately grasped the meaning and turned around.
An enemy rushed at him from behind.
The enemy’s speed was fast—they were using Lightweight Skill too.
Clash!
Blade met blade, and their eyes locked.
Seo Jun threw a Parry like he would have in Dawn of Assassins, but it had no effect.
Instead, Seo Jun was hit with a brief stun.
‘Seems there’s a different system here.’
While stunned, he was struck by another user’s blade emerging from the side.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-If you don’t know strong attacks, you die
-That’s why I bet on impossible~ Are the patriots scared?

“Hey, grab him!”
As another user rushed in from the side, Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman tried to defend Seo Jun, but another enemy intercepted him.
“Celestial Demon, watch out!”
Three enemies had appeared at the Central Checkpoint.
The moment Seo Jun broke free from the stun, he applied minimal force to his feet.
‘From now on, I don’t bounce—I dodge everything.’
Man-nyang’s blade descended from above, narrowly grazing the tips of Seo Jun’s short hair.
The instant Man-nyang saw a few strands drift down, their eyes met.
And for a moment—something cold flickered across Man-nyang’s awareness.
There was no panic, no fear, no standard emotion he should have been seeing.
“I can’t lose on my first game.”
Seo Jun’s mouth opened.
And then.
His blade thrust straight for Man-nyang’s throat.
Shing!
That he’d narrowly dodged the enemy’s attack meant the enemy was also within his reach.
Man-nyang, still stuck in the beginner zone, allowed the hit—but burned with fighting spirit.
There’s still plenty of health!
His duo partner Cheon-nyang positioned himself on the opposite side of Seo Jun and provided support.
“Finish this one quick, then teach that roleplaying idiot a lesson.”
“Yeah. If we just get these two, we can wrap this game up easy!”
Clash! Clash!
But.
Why couldn’t they land a hit?
Man-nyang watched his ally from across the way, eyes wide with confusion, teeth gritted.
In just one minute, his partner’s health had dropped by over half.
Meanwhile, the enemy hadn’t allowed a single hit since that first strike.
“We’re running out of time.”
“Do better!”
“You do better!”
The problem was.
In just a bit longer, the Frenzy State would activate.
Frenzy State triggered when you filled a gauge that accumulated from fighting multiple enemies alone.
In Frenzy State, the user temporarily gained a shield and movement speed boost, and their Stamina and Inner Energy became unlimited.
If he reached that state while barely grazing him…?
“Damn it! Hurry up! Get over here and attack!”
“I’m sorry, Celestial Demon! We lost!”

-Gauge is almost full ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Once Frenzy State activates, he’ll clean them all up. Stamina becomes infinite after all.
-Let’s go, reversal! Patriot bets, victory!

While dodging the two-on-one assault, Seo Jun checked the chat and understood the enemy’s desperation.
Looking back, he saw Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman defeated and lying down; the enemy who’d fought him was now joining the assault.
In the urgent three-on-one situation, Seo Jun thought of something utterly trivial.
‘What the heck is a patriot bet.’
From the tone, it seemed those betting on his victory were patriots, and those betting on his loss were traitors.
‘Anyway. Inner Energy becomes unlimited, huh?’
As the gauge filled completely, he felt his movements accelerate.
Seo Jun grinned and declared.
“Now let the Foremost show you why the Celestial Demon is called by that name.”
From behind, where he lay defeated, Cheonha Je-1 Swordsman released a breath of despair.
“Ah…”
It was certainly not a sigh of approval.

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