Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 49

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Chapter 49

“Hold on without dying as much as possible? If I die, I reset right there?”
“Yeah. But the time limit will definitely be shorter. You said you picked the trait that boosts Xingxing Dafa’s power, right?”
“But even if it’s short……. How am I supposed to hold out against that? The damage is insane and stamina keeps overflowing.”
“You figure something out, Badak. You’re a tank.”
Jeongpa Fortress.
They were having a serious discussion about how to deal with Seo Jun14.
Haneul Geom, who’d chosen the Nangong Clan, was half ready to give up, but the other team members were searching for a way to kill Seo Jun through the information he’d brought.
“I’m not a full tank, I’m a tank-damage dealer, you bastards. I picked the Beating Dog Stick Method.”
“Ugh, Badak, you’re useless.”
“Don’t call me Badak.”
“Why are you listening? Does it bother you?”
Chuckle.
“Don’t laugh.”
Gil Badak, a user from Gaebang, glared at the two Huashan School users whose corners of their mouths had lifted.
This was the problem if you chose Gaebang.
Everyone everywhere treated them like beggars.
The actual public perception ranked second only to the Demonic School!
From behind!
‘I mean, Gaebang really are beggars, but…….’
It didn’t sit right.
“Anyway, just pick Drunken Eight Immortals Skill and keep yourself alive by drinking.”
“Still, you need to hold out somehow. You’re the only one who can tank.”
“Yeah. Got it. Just—don’t die under any circumstances.”
They steeled their resolve.
And that resolve crumbled within a minute of fighting.
The blood-red sword energy unique to the Demonic School brushed softly across empty space.
It seized control of the space, making evasion impossible.
“Ah. One more hit and I’m done. I’m backing out for a second!”
The moment Gil Badak retreated, the Huashan School users caught in Seo Jun’s attack cried out.
“If you live, we die!”
“Ugh, this is a mess! The sword’s just bending like that—is it a skill?”
“What? A mess? That’s discrimination against Gaebang.”
“I mean the situation’s a mess, you Gaebang bastard.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Gaebang discrimination ㅇㅈㄹㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Haha that was brutal ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Damn those guys, they get donations whether they do anything or not, they’re stuffed. They should try begging to know the hardship of beggars
-I can smell beggar stench from the chat, Host! Manager!

Beggar stench?
There was no such thing.
The idea that Gaebang’s beggars would reek was a misconception.
Rather, they gave off only pleasant smells.
The reason was simple.
‘Smell triggers primal disgust, not pity.’
So they didn’t give off any bad odor at least.
Instead.
They worked on their appearance.
A beggar’s appearance stirred sympathy.
They must have accumulated centuries of know-how in begging—why would they stink?
‘Cunning bastards.’
Gaebang was made of cheerful, fun beggars.
“Well, there’s some karma there. I’ll take out the beggar first.”
Not that there was much time left before the Demonic Tribulation anyway.
Not long after the fight started, the warning icon appeared.
‘It’s definitely fast.’

-What karma, Host. Did you actually remember your past life?
-I told you, I was the Heavenly Demon in my past life
-But… if there’s karma, shouldn’t you spare them?
-So it’s bad karma then~

“There!”
The tip of the Huashan sword trembled, scattering blood-red sword energy in all directions.
1st Form Plum Blossom Roaring Waves.
Seo Jun checked his resources and threw his body backward.
His inner energy wasn’t enough to break the enemy’s technique the way he had before.
No matter how much he’d boosted Xingxing Dafa’s power or how finely he adjusted it with his sharp senses, he couldn’t use resources infinitely.
“Now.”
The Nangong Clan sword to the side flashed with blue light.
He’d been watching from far away, keeping his distance to avoid having his inner energy and stamina stolen by Seo Jun.
Seo Jun twisted his body sideways in midair, bringing his sword down to block the swift blade that came flying like lightning.
Clang!

-He blocked that from that position ㄷㄷ
-The Demonic Tribulation’s coming soon
-First death incoming!!!
-Why are you guys rooting for your streamer to die…

Immediately after, the Huashan School users whose techniques hadn’t been broken attempted to chain their forms.
4th Form Plum Blossom Blooming Guide.
Plum blossoms bloom and lead sharply.
The blood-red sword energy rushed toward Seo Jun’s body with greater sharpness to carve it up.
The frightening part of the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique was precisely the chaining of forms.
From the 1st Form leading into the 4th Form, advancing to the 7th Form which required even deeper understanding.
“Please just die already!”
When Seo Jun didn’t break the next form, the enemies, riding the momentum, chained the next technique.
7th Form Plum Blossom Frequent Scattering.
Plum blossoms, dizzying and dizzying.
At current level 6, chaining three forms was the limit, and the moment the strongest technique unfolded without obstruction, the Huashan School users were certain of victory.
Even though they’d suffered so relentlessly up to this point.
“Did we finish it?”
The enemy had finally said what they shouldn’t have.
The blood-red sword energy that had filled the space vanished, and in front of them was.
Just empty space.
“That was a bit dangerous.”
When Seo Jun’s voice came from behind their backs, they opened their eyes wide and turned around.
Seo Jun smiled at them while pointing with a gesture toward his left foot.
There lay a corpse waiting for revival or resurrection—a dead beggar.

[Gil Badak eliminated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]

“Tch. So much for saying I’d target the beggar first.”
“I told you not to call me a beggar!”
When exactly did you.
Gil Badak, now a corpse, reacted to Seo Jun’s words, but Seo Jun cleanly ignored him and stepped forward.
Now to deal with the rest.
Seo Jun’s health was down to one-third.
Even that was health he’d refilled by killing Gil Badak.
“Really, Jeongpa is broken.”

-That was dangerous though
-One second slower and he’d have been dead ㄷㄷ
-Seeing Host almost die, that build is definitely trash

“Oh no, not trash. I got in trouble precisely because I said I’d take out the beggar first. Otherwise it would’ve been……”
Seo Jun trailed off while reading the chat on the left side of the screen, then slowly turned his head.
When their eyes met Seo Jun’s, the enemies felt an inexplicable chill despite being in a game.
Jeon Jae Hoon, the talkative Huashan School priest user, swallowed and asked Seo Jun.
“When… exactly?”
“What are you asking about?”
“Your speech pattern’s all over the place, dammit. I mean when did you go to the beggar…?”
Jeon Jae Hoon, overwhelmed by Seo Jun, naturally switched to formal speech.

-His speech pattern ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-By appearance alone that guy’s a 30-something and Host’s early 20s this is hilarious ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Jae Hoon…

Seo Jun laughed lightly and told him the truth.
“When he deployed the 4th Form.”
“The 4th Form? Why then…?”
“That’s something you’ll have to figure out going forward. A homework assignment for you.”
The truth was just he was pressed for time.
He even took all those attacks directly while he was doing it.
Just because there wasn’t time.

-Oh, wisdom from a master!
-Saying stuff like that after winning really makes it sound cool
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ

“Ah, there’s something about the 4th Form—”
Before Jeon Jae Hoon could finish, Seo Jun attacked again and resumed combat.
“And the second lesson. Never let your guard down, no matter what situation arises.”
This was genuinely useful advice.
In his past life, he’d always been able to survive precisely because he kept his wits about him.
The outcome of the remaining battle was predictable.

[Ibyeol-eseo Ibyeol eliminated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]

[Haneul Geom eliminated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]

[Jeon Jae Hoon eliminated]
[Enemy fortress health –20]

And.
Seo Jun looked down at the enemies now turned to corpses, all united in defeat, and spoke.
“The third lesson. Treasure the opportunity to receive wisdom from a master.”
The meaning of that statement was one and only one.
Don’t give up on the game—die more for me.
“Damn it, once this match ends I’m definitely switching to the Demonic School.”
“Should I switch too?”
“Really. Wanna go together after?”
“Cool, friend request incoming.”
Jeon Jae Hoon and Haneul Geom became friends.
Having accidentally converted two Jeongpa warriors, Seo Jun headed back to the base point and waited for more enemies to come, watching the soldiers fight.

[Heavenly Demon. Really, we don’t have to do anything, right?]
[That’s right]
[Me too?]
[Yeah]
[I’ve only died to that enemy. I haven’t killed anyone?]
[I got one kill ㅋㅋ]
[Me too ㅋ]
[Quiet]

He answered his bored teammates.

* * *

The game ended.
Total kill score.
19 to 3
Fortress health.

[Blue: 0] vs [Red: 934]

And then Seo Jun’s scorecard for this match appeared.

[Allied resurrections: 0]
[Base points captured: 1]
[Enemy soldiers eliminated: 0]
[Enemy warriors eliminated: 19]
.
.
.

The fine details were tallied, but the most important factors were base point captures and enemy warrior eliminations.
This scorecard mattered because it related to why Seo Jun had just dangled bait in front of the enemies to keep them from giving up on the game.

-So how much Reputation?
-There’s no way it’s low
-How much you think?

Namely, Reputation Points.
In the battlefield, when a user wins a game they gain Reputation Points, and when they lose they lose them.
The system automatically calculates a player’s performance and awards Reputation Points.
These Reputation Points are just as important an element as Points in the battlefield.

[Reputation Points acquired: +150]

Seo Jun let out an exclamation without thinking.
“Wow.”
A number far higher than he’d expected appeared on screen.
Assuming that in typical gameplay, the best-performing player gets around 50 Reputation Points, the system had judged that Seo Jun achieved performance three times that level.

-Why is it so high?
-Honestly, with 1v4 doing that kind of thing, it makes sense that it’s high ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ it wouldn’t make sense if it wasn’t
-The power of Stomping Newbies!
-Even accounting for Stomping Newbies, it’s still pretty high ㅋㅋㅋ

Higher Reputation Points means more Points gained each time you win in the battlefield.
In the battlefield, the more you play, the better you perform, and the better your strategy, the more contribution you can accumulate.
“Think I could make 16th rank?”

-ㄴ
-Probably can’t do this every single match
-Sure, you can Stomp Newbies now, but as time passes and you build Reputation Points, you’ll eventually face people with high Reputation too, and I don’t think that build will cut it then ㅋㅋㅋ
-Plus there are too many variables to gauge by Reputation Points

Negative opinions from people knowledgeable about the battlefield came up.
Fair point. Even he couldn’t be sure.
But.
For the first time, Seo Jun’s always playful eyes changed.
Reputation Points, offense-defense Points, and faction bonuses all connected to produce the ranking calculated by contribution.
To aim for 16th rank among those.
He’d probably need to get a bit more serious.
“Yeah. I’ll go right into the next match. And anyway, with my build I don’t need to recover health at the base point, so from now on I’ll wait at the enemy fortress entrance.”

-This crazy bastard ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Declaring you’ll do character assassination and Stomp Newbies simultaneously ㄷㄷ
-Let’s see how long this lasts ㅋㅋ

* * *

“Phew, today was exhausting.”

-The Heavenly Demon Returns! Ten Thousand Demons Bow! The Heavenly Demon Returns! Ten Thousand Demons Bow! The Heavenly Demon Returns! Ten Thousand Demons Bow! The Heavenly Demon Returns! Ten Thousand Demons Bow!
-天魔再臨! 萬魔仰伏! 天魔再臨! 萬魔仰伏! 天魔再臨! 萬魔仰伏! 天魔再臨! 萬魔仰伏!
-The chat’s overflowing with zealots ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Anyone wanna translate those characters??
-It’s just the same as the guys spamming Korean ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[19/0/0]
[24/0/1]
[26/0/0]
[15/0/0]

It was Seo Jun’s KDA.
KDA consisted of Kill/Death/Assist.
Which meant Seo Jun averaged 21 kills per match.
For reference, in the second match he recorded 1 assist thanks to a teammate who wasn’t listening to him.

-Honestly I don’t know about other stuff but Host’s build is seriously ㅈㄴ good for Stomping Newbies?
-It’s great being able to wait at the entrance once you hit level 6
-Host waits at the entrance without even hitting level 6
-Xingxing Dafa looked tight but he’s doing no deaths
-In the last match the enemies didn’t even come out of the fortress ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Long live! Long live! Long live!
-Long live is for the king not the Heavenly Demon you dumbass

The battlefield only allowed four matches a day.
There was a long road ahead.
So now.
“I’ll stop streaming.”

-Thanks for the stream
-Thanks for the stream
-I’ll try it too for Hyup
-Thanks Heavenly Demon
-Thanks Heavenly Demon ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Stream ending]

Hiss.
Seo Jun exited the capsule, washed up, and sat in front of his computer.
To check the streaming analysis.
“Six thousand viewers is a lot.”
A bit less than yesterday, but nothing to regret.
“The core audience keeps coming back without dropping off.”
As for people’s reactions.
Seo Jun just turned off his computer and lay down on his bed.
“Nothing special, probably.”
No major topics to discuss.
Even if he’d gained a lot of Reputation Points and done some Stomping Newbies, that was true for rankers too.
This was a time when beginners and experts mixed.
As time passed and Reputation Points accumulated, it seemed like skilled players would start getting attention.
“Anyway, the build though…….”
The build Seo Jun used today was incomplete.
Since he’d picked details on the fly, he figured he’d need to adjust it.
But.
He was exhausted.
“Maybe it’s from concentrating so hard.”
With that thought, he closed his eyes.
Not realizing he’d become the topic of conversation for an entirely different reason.

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