Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

“Even a con artist can dodge things like that if he’s got the skill.”
What’s this guy’s deal?
In virtual reality, it’s not every day that someone just walks up and picks a fight out of nowhere.
Without any reason.
Of course, if you encounter someone as an enemy during gameplay, that’s the exception.
When you beat someone, you get a rush of excitement, and the easiest way to savor it is to get under their skin.
Anyway.
Seo Jun checked the ID of the person who’d just entered and spoken.
‘Dang So.’
Judging from the surname “Dang,” the green-tinted clothing mixed with their attire, and the throwing blades they’d just hurled, the person was definitely a user of the Dang Clan.
“Excuse me—who are you?”
The Swordsman spoke as he stood up.
Dang So approached them.
“Me?”
“Yes.”
“How dare you not know who I am.”
“Well, I don’t.”
“How crude.”
“?”
For a moment, it looked as though a question mark had floated over the Swordsman’s head.
Watching silently, Seo Jun felt his reluctance to join this conversation growing by the second.
Setting that aside, the two continued talking.
“Look, can’t you see my ID?”
“Dang So?”
“Yes.”
“What does Dang So mean?”
What meaning would it have? It was probably just a name.
That was Seo Jun’s initial assumption, but—
“It means the young lord of the Dang Clan.”
Dang So announced this proudly, the Swordsman let out an exclamation of awe, and Seo Jun stared off into the distance.
So that’s what it meant.
Nicknames weren’t particularly important anyway; as long as you understood it yourself, that was enough.
Seo Jun tried to rationalize it.
“Then what does ‘Heaven’s First Swordsman’ mean? Tell me.”
“Nothing special.”
“I see.”
After that, silence fell for a moment.
Quick judgment: this guy’s an idiot.

-Dang So’s actually pretty famous lol always stirring up drama
-He’s the one who wrote the snipe post yesterday
-Just ignore him lol
-Here’s the repost (link)

Through the chat, Seo Jun learned who this Dang So really was.
This was the good part.
No need to search.
And since For the Alliance was a stagnant game, it seemed like everyone pretty much knew each other.
“So why’d you suddenly throw those blades at me?”
Seo Jun spoke to Dang So in the manner of a demon lord.
The Dang Clan was an Evil Sect—an enemy of the righteous.
So it seemed more fun to speak down to him.
Conveniently, he was already speaking down to Seo Jun anyway.
After all, For the Alliance had so many unusual people that there was no real culture of caring about speech patterns.
Dang So tilted his chin up.
“Heaven’s First Swordsman the Fourteenth.”
“What?”
“I am a direct member of the Dang Clan and the young lord, whereas you are at best the fourteenth substitute. Mind your tone.”
This guy really leaned into his concept hard.
Seo Jun shook his head with a wry smile and played along.
“So you’re proud to be classified as an Evil Sect, poisoning people and all?”
In the previous world, the Dang Clan hadn’t been classified as an Evil Sect, but they’d been targets of avoidance and contempt.
Because they used poison.
Dang So dismissed Seo Jun’s words casually.
“What’s evil about the Evil Sect?”
Upon hearing this, Seo Jun suddenly had nothing to say.
This is why you need to join a winning faction!
Ah. I shouldn’t have played along with his concept.
“Anyway, Heaven’s First Swordsman the Fourteenth.”
“Yes, speak.”
“What kind of fraud did you commit?”
“Fraud?”
“Yes, fraud. That Great Sect Master title stuck right next to your name.”
So they were accusing him of fraud for the Great Sect Master title.
“It’s not fraud.”
“Then what scheme did you use to get it? From the look of it now, it’s not fake either. I’m curious what trick you pulled. Can you get Great Sect Master somewhere other than the Evil Sect trials?”
Dang So tilted his head in confusion.

-He’s got it on broadcast but where did this guy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Is he in denial about reality?
-Info) The community is actually split half-and-half on what scheme he used
-This idiot

It would definitely still be in the broadcast replay.
Wanting to be rid of this bothersome person, Seo Jun opened his mouth.
“Yeah, I committed fraud.”
And at the same time, Dang So also spoke.
“Then prove—wait, you committed fraud?”
“Yeah.”
“Exactly. I knew it. That makes sense. How could I reach the peak of my craft if you, a complete novice at martial arts, somehow managed to reach the next tier with just some basic national standard technique? Impossible.”
He didn’t know there was a backstory like that.
Seo Jun silently closed his mouth and nodded to show he understood.
Now get out of here.
The Battlefield Mode opens soon.

-How do you achieve eternal happiness?
-By not arguing with idiots
-I don’t think that’s true
-Yes, you’re right
-lol the community’s really united

But Dang So wasn’t quite as dense as Seo Jun had hoped.
“Then how did you get Great Sect Master? Did you edit the broadcast?”
“I had a professional editing company handle that. You can only get Great Sect Master by joining the Evil Sect, so telling you wouldn’t help anyway.”
Just ambiguously stupid.
“Are you trying to drive me out right now? But then that means Great Sect Master is real, which doesn’t make sense either. It really doesn’t.”
Yeah, it doesn’t make sense.
Get going.
Seo Jun had no intention of trying to convince him.
“Fine. Prove it then. Go to the Baekwi River and show me you’re not a fraud.”
“No.”
“Hmm, can’t prove it? So you really are a con artist. Looks like I’ve proven my point.”
With that declaration, Dang So turned and walked toward the door.

-Damn Dang So lol
-That’s proof?
-How’d a guy like that make 13th rank

Seo Jun shrugged.
Since when did not providing proof become the same as not being able to provide proof?
But thinking about it, the Battlefield Mode starts soon anyway, and he’s got nothing to do in the meantime.
Might as well toy with him a little.
“They say he ate so much poison it damaged his brain. Everyone, you shouldn’t say things like that.”

-lol
-Who even said that?
-He’s at it again lol
-His baiting skills are insane lol
-The mouth of fighters
-I can only admire

Thud.
Dang So’s footsteps toward the exit stopped.
And Dang So turned around.
“Were those words directed at me?”
“No.”
“It seems like they were directed at me?”
“So what.”
“You!”
Throwing blades materialized in Dang So’s hands and rushed toward Seo Jun.
Just as you’d expect from a game where people break into sword dances every time they make eye contact.
Look at the level of these users.
Seo Jun clicked his tongue and flicked away the dagger he’d been holding with his sword.
Ching!
Then he sent his sword flying back in a counterattack.
Screeeee!
Seo Jun’s sword grazed Dang So’s cheek and flew past him.
“Still look like a con artist to you?”
Gulp.
Dang So’s throat moved as he processed what had just happened in an instant.
Seo Jun smiled benignly and crossed his arms behind his back.
He was curious how this opponent would react now that his will to fight had shattered.
Dang So opened his mouth.
“Hah, you missed, yet you strut around. The Battlefield Mode opens soon—I’m choosing the Evil Sect borderlands as our arena. I’ll expose your true nature there!”
So it’s the Battlefield Mode this time.
Seo Jun let out a hollow laugh, and Dang So once again puffed out his chest and left the training ground.
Seo Jun didn’t try to stop him. Instead, he waved goodbye.
“Hmm, I’m not fighting the Evil Sect today anyway.”
He had no intention of changing his original plan just because of Dang So.

-He can do it lol
-Real talk his brain’s pickled in poison lol
-This so-called ranker doesn’t even know the Battlefield Mode today is different from yesterday

The viewers were laughing.
Seo Jun caught on to why.
“Oh right. Today’s Game Mode is different from yesterday, isn’t it?”

-Yep. Today’s raid mode lol
-The mode where you fight the enemy faction’s NPCs, only available on the Battlefield!
-Next is escort!

That’s right. Today’s Battlefield Mode wasn’t PvP.
Yet he’d come all this way talking about targeting Seo Jun.
“The Dang Clan’s future looks very bright.”
He’s just a young lord in name, but at this point, shouldn’t the Dang Clan be suing him for defamation?

-It’s so bright you can’t see anything
-Whether too bright or too dark, if you can’t see it, it’s the same lol
-Easy to confuse lol
-We’re from the Dang Clan. We want to get rid of that guy

And the Swordsman, who’d been quietly watching beside him, spoke up.
“Nice. It’s almost seven. Thanks to that, I don’t have to train more.”

* * *

After returning to the village, Seo Jun touched the Trait System.
Since this morning, while attending lectures at the university, he’d read through every detailed explanation of the Trait System on his phone one by one.
And he’d adjusted it in the optimal direction.
The previous day, having set it up in a rush, he’d been suffering losses in the finer details.

[Demon Possession Awakening comes faster, but the Life Drain Technique’s power increases.]
[When you kill an enemy, the technique is released.]

These were unchanging core Traits.
Traits that boosted power but raised the penalty in exchange.
If he chose an alternative option, the power and penalty would be mitigated, and he’d gain higher health and defense.
After determining the main branch, he adjusted the finer Traits.

[Sword Energy damage dealt to enemies increases.]
[Internal Energy consumption decreases.]
[When draining health from an enemy, movement speed increases for 3 seconds.]
.
.
.
And so on.
If Seo Jun’s specifically chosen Traits were summarized in one word—

-Notice how he never picks defensive traits lol
-The build concept makes sense but the core hasn’t improved. Glass Cannon Build
-Will that work later too

Glass Cannon Build.
Focused on offense, one allowed hit from the opponent could prove fatal.
‘But as long as I refill my health, it’s fine.’
That’s what Seo Jun thought.
Just as he finished setting the Traits, it hit seven o’clock and the Battlefield Mode opened.
Seo Jun brought up the game window and opened the Battlefield Mode.
The map appeared, and from the combat regions, icons kicked up dust clouds, roughly indicating where battles had occurred.
And as day turned to night and the results were revealed—
“Looks like all defenses were successful.”
Nothing changed from the previous day.
Every faction had successfully defended every region.
In other words, no one had successfully attacked.

-Let’s check the leader’s Contribution Score
-From what I’ve seen the leader’s ranked 1st in fame
-We should check the Contribution Score

In the Battlefield Mode, the Contribution Score is publicly tallied and ranked only halfway through the period.
Because of this, before the Ranking System is finalized, streamers and rankers rely on their own disclosed scores to piece together the rough estimates.
That’s why people wanted disclosure, but—
“Why would you want to check that now? It’s only the first day anyway.”
Seo Jun had no desire to disclose it.
His nature was more about doing what he needed to do rather than getting caught up in momentary swings of fortune.

-The leader should disclose your Contribution Score right now! Do it!
-You said you were aiming for 16th rank, so we should plan the strategy together
-I’m just curious

“But we can plan strategy even if I don’t disclose it to you guys.”

-Facts
-Ah but we’ll help plan
-You’re all Bronze lol
-Anyway we plan well
-Just trust us!
-The leader says) I don’t take tutoring from someone with a 7th grade SAT score (some paraphrasing)
-Facts, he said

And not just Seo Jun, but most people seriously aiming for 16th rank don’t disclose their information.
There’s nothing to gain from disclosing it.
At best, you’d just get targeted?
So the viewers understood.
“Let’s get started.”

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