Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 46

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Episode 46

“You are…….”

-You are???
-Lolol
-Abbot, why does he look so cool just swinging a sword? lolol
-Real recognize real. There’s definitely a master’s aura here.
-So what’s the result?

[You are now a member of the Demonic Cult.]
“I don’t think I can make a casual judgment about you.”
Baek Wi Gang, an elder of the Demonic Cult, turned his body with his hands clasped behind his back and gazed into the distance.
When Seo Jun followed the direction of his gaze, he saw the tallest pavilion.
“To think there’s already someone from outside who has reached the rank of Grand Master. This is a first.”
After Baek Wi Gang finished speaking.

[You have acquired the Grand Master title.]
[From now on, you will receive treatment equal to the elders within the Demonic Cult. Those belonging to the Demonic Cult will revere you.]
[You have acquired Attribute Points.]
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-What the
-Grand Master? That rank exists?
-I’ve been playing for ages and never seen it
-Not Ultimate Master or some transformation rank, but Grand Master? This is insane
-What even is a Grand Master
-Grand Master is a realm where you can create new martial techniques. Like the Patriarch of Shaolin or Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang ㄷㄷ

There’s someone with knowledge here.
Seo Jun felt satisfied as he read the description of the title.
It seemed to be a title that would grant him the highest treatment among anyone in the Demonic Cult.
From the description, it appeared that if players were rated as low tiers like Third-rate or Second-rate, they would start with fewer rewards and Attribute Points from the game, and the NPCs’ treatment toward them would be poor.
The Grand Master rank was the complete opposite.
“Did you see? This is the Heavenly Demon Sword.”

-Insane
-Seriously, I’ve never seen that before
-And why is he good at martial arts too!!!!
-I followed the guide they gave, so why is one person Second-rate and another Grand Master? What’s the difference??
-There’s definitely something different. If you can’t feel it, you’re at least Bronze rank lolol
-Right

Seo Jun was pleased that he would start with all the Attribute Points he could allocate.
“Heavenly Demon, what rank did you get?” Geom Gaek asked after coming down from the Martial Arts Stage.
Geom Gaek called out from below the stage.
“Grand Master, apparently. Doesn’t it show next to your nickname?”
“Oh, the title? You have to enable it to show up yourself.”
“Is that so? Ah, so you set yours to display?”
Seo Jun looked up at Geom Gaek’s head.
“Yes. I configured it myself.”
So he wasn’t being shy after all.
An unpredictable person indeed.
“But Jun, how high is Grand Master? I don’t think I saw it in the guides yesterday.”
“Hmm…… People are saying it’s a rank that just appeared for the first time.”
“Wow…… Is it above Ultimate Master?”
It was known that Baek Wi Gang’s titles ranged from Third-rate, Second-rate, First-rate, Peak Master, and Ultimate Master.
Until today, that is.
“Aren’t you doing the same thing as me? How on earth did you manage it?”
“Would you like me to tell you?”
There was still some time left anyway.
The Battlefield opened from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.—exactly three hours.
It was currently 6:30.
“Yes! I’d at least like to reach First-rate. Really.”

-Professor! Help me out! lol
-I’m really curious how he did it…
-The abbot is suspiciously skilled at martial arts
-And unexpectedly he’s serious about martial arts too
-Does reading martial arts novels increase your martial arts skill?
-No way lol

‘If I spend thirty minutes correcting his stance…… No, that won’t work.’
A fun thought suddenly occurred to him.
“Or rather, how about I teach you swordsmanship instead? Little by little, every day.”
“That would be even better! I’ve seen your skill, and you’re at a level that earned you a new title on top of that.”
“Really?”
“Yes!”
“Truly?”
“Yes!”
“One thing I can guarantee you is that your skill will improve.”
“Ohhh!!!”
“But you absolutely must not run away.”
“Yes! ……Huh?”
He’d fallen for it.
“You already agreed.”
With this, he’d secured one piece of content to warm up for the broadcast during For the Alliance.

-???
-The atmosphere suddenly got weird
-Chilly. A dagger to the heart…
-The abbot’s expression is getting evil when he says he’ll teach lolol

“Um…… Jun?”
Geom Gaek seemed to have sensed something odd as well.
“Yes?”
“How exactly are you going to teach me…….”
“Don’t worry about that.”
It’s all carefully selected and verified instruction.
How many talented disciples from orthodox sects had once desired his teaching.
Of course, those disciples had changed their attitude after training and secretly deserted, but even so, the results were undeniable, weren’t they?
“It won’t be too harsh, right?”
Even if it were harsh, he’d have to accept it.
It was instruction from the Sword Immortal, after all!
But there was no way to reveal his identity.
“Listen, Geom Gaek.”
“……Yes.”
“Do you think skill improves while you’re taking it easy?”
“Of course not.”
“Exactly.”
“Yes.”
That’s right.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
Even those who seemed to gain enlightenment in an instant had passed through countless moments of frustration, blocked by walls.
A single word from him couldn’t change anything.
In the end, what’s needed is effort.
And more of it at that!
“And think about it. When you become a master and defeat your enemy with just one move, then you look down at them and say.”
“Say what?”
Gulp.
Geom Gaek’s throat moved.
Seo Jun watched this and spoke slowly.
“Your vessel is too small to receive this sword of mine.”

-Cringe
-That wouldn’t work lol
-Using bait as a concept lolololol
-Poor kid, don’t mess with him lol

Seo Jun’s face, which had been as stern as possible, returned to normal.
And he gave Geom Gaek a look asking how that was.
The result was.
“That would be completely awesome!”
Indeed, people were so pure.
“Right? You saw me do it yesterday.”
“I was honestly jealous.”
Geom Gaek nodded.

-Does that even work??
-stay……
-He could actually teach well, couldn’t he
-Yeah right. How many streams have you watched by now? The abbot is the worst one here
-Right lol

Sigh.
Seo Jun let out an internal sigh.
Originally, there wouldn’t have been a need to convince him like this.
He would have just called him out and then thrown him off a cliff like a lion did to its cubs, and that would be it.
‘Back in the day I provided equal education to everyone, whether they were children of noble families or promising prodigies. I guess I need to make an exception this time.’
There wasn’t even a suitable cliff to throw him off right now.
“First, Geom Gaek. You can dedicate three hours every day to training, right?”
“Yeah, well. Midterms are over. I’ve got plenty of free time!”
“Are you a college student?”
“Yes!”
Even better then.
“Then I’ll teach you taking the long view. How does that sound?”
“Sounds good!”
“Then first, go to the Surface website and complete all the recommended exercise courses. It should take about two hours a day.”
The exercises recommended by Surface for virtual reality were all related to body balance.
Squats, single-leg stance, weight transfer, yoga and pilates.
“Huh? Why those?”
Geom Gaek looked puzzled.
“Obviously because of fundamentals. Didn’t you hear what Baek Wi Gang said earlier?”
“He said my fundamentals were lacking.”
“Exactly. But fundamentals are important and yet trivial at the same time. They’re the basics.”
And the way to build basics is simple and mostly common knowledge.
The problem is that they’re mundane and tedious.
You have to build that mundane, tedious, progress-invisible foundation for your skill to actually improve.
“Jun, aren’t those exercises supposed to be good for raising Synchronization Rate?”
“In virtual reality, that’s the foundation.”
“Ah, right.”
That foundation would soon become fundamentals.

-lolol
-That makes sense
-Learning yet again from the abbot who just started virtual reality…

He’d heard this from Lee Dong Su.
Even professionals do the exercises recommended by Surface
every single day, he’d said.
In virtual reality, the body’s sensory organs aren’t used.
‘So ironically, you have to train your real sensory organs instead. That was interesting.’
Professionals maximize their Synchronization Rate by conditioning their body to reduce the gap between virtual reality sensations, narrowing the gap between the brain and those discrepancies as much as possible.
Virtual reality signals are usually more extreme than real signals anyway.
Of course, Synchronization Rate only increases slightly.
Surface recommends those exercises for health reasons.
Seo Jun was simply recommending them to build fundamentals.
“Understood. I’ll do them!”
“Do it in real life, not virtual. Combat experience is best gained in virtual reality. After all, you can’t actually fight in real life. But moving your body is different.”
Truth be told, he wasn’t sure if exercising in reality was actually better for skill rather than health.
Just that athletes who move well in reality also tend to move well in virtual reality, and especially Seo Jun himself was like that.
So the only reason he’d told Geom Gaek to exercise in reality was one.
Because it had to be hard.
Training should always be difficult.

-But where did the abbot gain his combat experience?
-Isn’t he the successor to an organization?
-He’s the successor to the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
-Was he actually from the martial world? lolol

That homework was settled.
From now on, he’d have to call him out every broadcast to kill some time.

* * *

“Right, now let’s configure the attributes.”
Geom Gaek had left the game to do the homework Seo Jun gave him.
After that, Seo Jun came down from the mountain and was seated in the Village Center to participate in the game.
When he opened the attribute window, a complex screen appeared that looked like interconnected branches of a tree.
And floating above it were his 30 Attribute Points.
That was the maximum Attribute Points he could obtain.
Now he just had to distribute them wisely and create a Build, he was told.
“Jeez, this is complicated.”
Even if other sub-factions were selected, attributes still had to be allocated, but since the Demonic Cult had no sub-factions, the attributes were particularly numerous and complex.
From minor attributes that slightly increased movement speed in special situations to core attributes that allowed the use of martial techniques.
Looking at the combinations, it seemed like countless variations were possible.

-Blood Cult Meta incoming lol I want to see that
-Why are you recommending a tank
-Obviously the Heavenly Demon Divine Art is what suits the Heavenly Demon
-Real ones know that the Demonic Cult always goes heavy blade
-Heavy blade ㅇㅈㄹ
-lolol watch the kids argue

Even though he hadn’t asked for recommendations, people started giving them anyway.
“Surely you don’t think I came without knowing about this?”

-Yeah
-Yep
-Of course
-<<<The guy who didn't even know what the Demonic Cult entrance exam was

The viewers' distrust of the streamer was serious.
But Seo Jun actually had a build in mind.
Build.
A term used in games to refer to the combination of various equipment and attribute configurations.
In For the Alliance, the core of the build is to create attributes centered on the most crucial martial technique.
Seo Jun began selecting attributes while reading through the descriptions of numerous options.

-Is he really doing that???
-Is he the Heavenly Demon? Is he the Heavenly Demon? Is he the Heavenly Demon?
-Why is he going tank lol
-Blood Cult Meta ssss

As Seo Jun allocated attributes, the outline began to take shape and viewers caught on.
But as he allocated more and more important attributes, the reaction changed.

-What is this?
-Isn't that Blood Cult Meta? Why is he picking that?
-A build like that exists?
-Jun……
-That can't be a tank at all lolololol
-Starting his nonsense again

"Phew."
Seo Jun finally allocated the core attribute.
The Xue Xing Da Fa.
Originally, the Xue Xing Da Fa was a martial technique that absorbed the opponent's Internal Energy, and in For the Alliance it was designed to restore health when attacking enemies.
Because of this, it was used as a tank build since you could survive longer during combat by filling your health, and it was also called Blood Cult Meta when people saw the blood-filling appearance.
But the reason viewers were reacting like this was.

-…You allocated all the detailed attributes to damage-related ones, so you can't survive…
-Please stop doing this
-Uncomfortable haha
-I knew this would happen lol
-(site link) Look at this and change it abbot

The build he'd ultimately created was completely different from the tank builds that used to be popular.
After all, it was inefficient for veterans who'd optimized their attributes through hundreds or thousands of matches to change them.
But.
"I'm not changing it. This will be much better. You're not a Grand Master anyway."

-You're not a Grand Master!
-Lol
-The abbot does whatever he wants lol
-Everything the Grand Master says is right.

And.
"Time's up. Can't be helped."
It was seven o'clock.
Seo Jun walked inside with light steps to begin the game.
A new Battlefield mode had been added to the game modes.
"Well, you'll know who's right once we play."
Would he really lose on purpose?
If he failed, he'd be a magical girl.

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