Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 58

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Episode 58

“Cheonma…….”
“Cut it out, you idiot.”
As the attention of those around Dang So converged on his outburst, a user sitting in the adjacent chair struck him across the head.
“Ack.”
“I told you to try begging, not spouting praise out of nowhere!”
“How is that praise?”
“Isn’t Cheonma Descent praise? Huh?”
Hmm.
From Seo Jun’s perspective, the user who appeared to be Dang So’s companion was remarkably sensible.
He seemed like a normal user—a first for someone coming to a place like this.
‘Thinking about it this way, I’m starting to feel like I shouldn’t play this game much further…….’
He hadn’t known it was this kind of game.
He glanced above the head of the user who’d spoken sense. The nickname was Nameless.
It was the nickname he’d used in the Assassination Guild’s Dawn.

-Did he seriously just go off praising out of nowhere? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Nameless? The guild leader was also Nameless
-Isn’t Nameless the national rule for assassins

It was indeed the national rule.
“Geez. Since you can’t even beg properly, just scram off to Magyo.”
“Nameless! Don’t give up on me!”
“Shut it.”
“I don’t want to go to Magyo! Come on, persuade this guy for me!”
Dang So pointed his finger at Seo Jun, and their eyes met as Seo Jun’s gaze followed that finger toward Nameless.
“Hello, Cheonma. I’m Nameless. My faction is Sapha.”
“Pleased to meet you.”
“So, you’re going to drag this fool—I mean, him—off to Magyo?”
“Yeah.”
He hadn’t signed a contract or taken collateral, so he couldn’t force Dang So to honor the bet if he refused.
But seeing him try to persuade him now, it seemed he wouldn’t run away after all.
“Is that so? Then take him away quickly.”
He’s not even trying to persuade him.
Dang So looked up at Nameless with an expression full of betrayal.
“You! Didn’t you say you’d persuade him?”
“When did I say that? Who told you to make such a bet? Huh? That’s reaping what you sowed.”
He had a point.
“Ha! Do you have no sense of loyalty?”
“Nope, none.”
Dang So stood up and grabbed Nameless by the collar, shaking him.

-He should persuade himself ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I’d abandon him too
-Dang So’s still a strong player but he’s not holding back

Seo Jun honestly thought Dang So would just run away.
Even if he saw him again after running, ignoring him would be the end of it.
Since many people had witnessed it, those who knew about it might tease him, but that would be all.
“Stop shaking him.”
“Why should I?”
“If you hadn’t stupidly insisted it was cheating, wouldn’t that skill look suspicious to you anyway? Huh?”
“There! Now you get it—so persuade him already!”
“Ugh. You’re not making sense. Do you really want to die right here, right now?”
“Fine. One-on-one. Come on.”
“Applying right now.”
The collar-grab had turned into a fight.
A boundary formed around them.
A transparent barrier rose to keep people out, and those nearby began gathering to watch.
“By the way, everyone’s surprisingly accepting the bet result.”
Seo Jun began watching the fight.

-Of course!
-We have honor
-The game’s called “For the Rivers and Lakes”—you have to honor your bets
-What’s honor. What have I been playing all this time anyway ㅋㅋㅋ
-Most of us know each other’s names by now, so you can’t back out of a bet ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The one-on-one duel’s victory went to Nameless.
According to people’s explanations, Nameless’s ranking was lower and the matchup was unfavorable, yet the opposite result occurred.
As for the cause, people offered various opinions: going to Magyo is that shocking, his mental broke, and so on.
Is Magyo really that intimidating?
Dang So looked up at the ceiling with a hollow expression, while Nameless approached Seo Jun and spoke.
“I’d appreciate it if you’d dispose of him quickly.”
He wasn’t sure what “dispose” meant.
Dang So approached and spoke.
“Cheonma, I’ll stay in Sapha and extract information. If you’d just take back the bet, I’m sure Magyo can definitely win the tournament!”
Seo Jun marveled inwardly once more.
This guy really does talk well normally.
“Yeah, I just kicked you from the chat.”
He seems unchanged in his foolishness.
He’d actually said it to his face without hesitation.
“By the way, Cheonma.”
Nameless, having removed Dang So, looked at him solemnly.
“What?”
“Magyo winning the tournament will be difficult.”
Why the sudden warning tone?
I know.

* * *

“Well, since it’s come to this, I’d say it worked out!”
With the bet leading to Magyo, Dang So no longer needed to beg Seo Jun, and his tone reverted to normal.
They exited the village and were heading toward Magyo.
Seo Jun had no reason to go with them, but with time to spare, he joined along.
“Let’s shoot for Magyo’s first tournament win!”
That’s not happening. It’s impossible.
“Since we can’t make the top sixteen anymore, if we pull off Magyo’s first tournament victory, that’s not too bad either, is it?”
It’s not “not too bad”—it’s impossible, I’m telling you.
They arrived at the Martial Arts Arena.
“Baek Wi-gang isn’t here.”
“Well, Baek Wi-gang is an NPC that came out of the raid, so of course he wouldn’t be here.”
There was a different NPC instead.
Dang So went over to demonstrate his skills and switched his faction to Magyo.
“But Master, isn’t this seriously cheating?”
“…….”
“Just let me check the quest window once…….”

* * *

News spread that someone had cleared Jeongpa in three minutes.
It started in the chat room where Jeongpa’s rankers gathered: [Eo U Jeong] (Jeongpa will win the tournament anyway).

-Did someone clear our faction in three minutes?
-Is the route leaked?
-Great. Sapha’s getting ahead from the start.
-No worries. The route doesn’t seem conventional—unrealistic
-Really? Then ignore it. Share info about who’s making the Magyo route
-Pretty impressive though

They didn’t pay much attention since more pressing matters were at hand.
The Sapha chat room, [Wi Jeong Cheok Sapha], made efforts to craft a build using that route, but concluded that fighting while completely depleted of mana would take longer to defeat, and lost interest.
The overall reaction was unremarkable.
However, it was different in No Hyeop, who was in the thick of battle.

[Jeongpa 3-minute route dropped.]
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(Clip)
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-Wow, there’s a method like that
-Skilled Magyo players might want to try it
-I think I’d get stuck just trying to stick the sword in the wall and land on it haha
-Oh. He really did it? Where are all those guys who were cursing earlier?

Part of the reason Seo Jun had been cursed was for making nonsensical claims.
But now that those claims had proven true.

[Those guys cursing him as a scammer just minutes ago]
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(Screenshot)
(Screenshot)
(Screenshot)

Where are they?
==

-Wow, they were really vicious with their insults
-Look at the needless criticism
-These idiots cursed a guy for clearing in 4 minutes when he did it in 3 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Real talk. 4 minutes wasn’t a lie—it was modesty?
└Shouldn’t they be banned
└Blocking is the answer!
-They’d blame the raid for cheating too

Since even reasonable people calling for patience without evidence had been cursed, the backlash was fierce.

[Nothing in the quest window, nothing in the item inventory, no special items at all—you’re all fraudsters]

-Looks like Master really is just skilled. He’s tearing apart everything they tell him to on broadcast right now?
-This much is enough
-He’s in the titles category too with transcendent, supreme—all of it alongside Cheonma
-People really curse without thinking
-Can Magyo actually win the tournament?
└Don’t go overboard with the praise. What tournament.
└Look at this comment only appearing now ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Hey. Still think it’s cheating, huh? Huh? You 3-Minute Curry Gang who got proven wrong in 3 minutes
└3-Minute Curry ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Those 3-Minute Curry people are so stupid it’s pathetic.
└Found a screenshot of them cursing him. Confirmed 3-Minute Curry Gang ㅋㅋ

The comment calling for moderation was quickly deleted. But the nickname 3-Minute Curry Gang began spreading widely.

[Justice Prevails!]
[All you 3-Minute Curry Gang who were cursing Cheonma, get out here.]
[The fraud was your lives.]
[Fastest Retirement Controversy: 3-Minute Curry!]

This was how the brief controversy ended without Seo Jun even knowing about it.

* * *

Seo Jun added Dang So as a friend.
The viewer consensus was that he was foolish and loved attention so he acted out, but he was a good kid.
Seo Jun didn’t have much of an opinion.
After that, he looked around at people in various battlefields.
He realized that quite a few people in No Hyeop had been criticizing him.
Actually, until now, Seo Jun had only known that Dang So questioned him. But learning of his evolved perspective, he laughed along with the viewers.
And after ending the stream, he entered YouTube for information gathering to see how the previous battlefield had unfolded.

[It’s Jeongpa’s choice here that leads to the championship!]

Thanks to a streamer who entertainingly organized and commentated on the battlefield situation, drawing tens of thousands to millions of views each time, he was able to watch it enjoyably.
The game mode for the next day’s battlefield was Territory Conquest.
Since Territory Conquest was the most popular and fundamental mode, it occupied the longest periods.
And regarding the Reputation Score he’d acquired from his three-minute record yesterday, people were curious, but Seo Jun didn’t disclose it.
“I’ll keep my Reputation Score private from now on.”
Having seen yesterday’s controversy, he decided to hide information as much as possible.
There was the possibility of comparisons with others arising.
Reputation Score affects Contribution, but it also serves as Matchmaking Rating, or MMR.
MMR refers to the score that becomes the standard for game matching.
If Reputation Score is high, games are matched with other high-scoring players, and if it’s low, with other low-scoring players.
Seo Jun was subsequently invited to Magyo’s group chat.
Dang So, who had entered Magyo that day, invited him after playing around in it.

[Even 2nd Place] [999+]

What a title.
How the guild leader was aiming just for second place.
About sixty users were in the chat.

-Cheonma, that 3-minute record was incredible—you’re our hope
-We believe in you
-If we get 2nd place this tournament, we’re seriously gonna call you Cheonma
-For real ㅋㅋ
-Guys… stop. We’re too pitiful…

The atmosphere was warm and cheerful.
Perhaps because they’d been ignored so much, at least within the chat room, there seemed to be stronger camaraderie toward each other than in other factions.
In-game was another story.
Apparently, Purple Dye and Panties sold really well in Magyo.
Seo Jun continued his winning streak the next day and the day after.
Despite being evaluated as a build for seal clubbing, he won easily.
Though as the Reputation Score gap widened and he began matching with people of some actual skill, there were opinions that his build could no longer pull off seal clubbing.
Day six.
The clock pointed to seven, and the map came up.

-Today’s Escort. Just found out.
-First time seeing this. Is it a mode that only exists in tournaments?
-ㅇㅇ
-They say they’ll hire you at Express Service if you only play this game!
-It’s basically a game mode for bandits
-We gotta team up with Sapha today, for real

Seo Jun spoke.
“If it’s Escort, teaming up with Sapha really does seem like the right call.”
The game mode Escort.
The defending faction must help Express Service protect cargo shipments or escort important figures to their destination, while the attacking faction must seize or damage the cargo.
Express Service is essentially a post office, and cargo is essentially a package.
And when a cargo route departs, there’s always one faction that appears.
Nok Lim.
Where does the cargo route take place?
Mostly on Mountain Paths.
And it was inevitable that bandits existed in the mountains.
That’s why teaming up with Sapha to fight is considered the national rule in Escort mode.

-Attack time
-We gotta seize it from those Nok Lim bastards
-The situation is pretty hilarious ㅋㅋㅋ

What the viewers found hilarious was when a non-Sapha faction attacked Sapha’s territory.
In Escort, the faction attacking the region is assigned the objective of seizing.
So when a faction tries to occupy Sapha’s territory, you get the picture: bandits defending Express Service and cargo, Jeongpa trying to steal the cargo.
“Still, no matter what, we won’t attack.”
He couldn’t give up the success bonus.
Seo Jun didn’t look down on seasoned players.

[Cargo Route begins in 1 minute]

Still, to meet bandits, he chose to defend the Sapha Reception Area.
“Hey there.”
“Hello.”
“Let’s play well.”
Seo Jun was summoned at the starting point.
He saw his teammates.
Escort proceeded with three people per team.
“Wait, damn. You’re the guild leader. Hi.”
But someone who recognized him appeared.

-A viewer?
-Did you target her?
-Lucky viewer participation

Viewer Participation.
Short for viewer participation.
Usually, if a streamer decided on viewer participation, they’d select some viewers and play together, but sometimes they’d meet randomly by chance.
Seo Jun faced a moment of hesitation.
Whether to speak casually or formally.
He spoke formally with viewers, but with people he met in-game, he’d largely been conversing in Cheonma’s manner.
But meeting a viewer in-game like this.
As Seo Jun pondered, his female teammate who didn’t know him asked.
“Are you someone famous?”
“Yeah. The best damage dealer in the Assassination Guild’s Dawn and a true Cheonma, slayer of Shin Ha-yeon!”
Hearing that, Seo Jun decided to speak casually.
“Shut your trap.”
Please.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Shin Ha-yeon slayer you crazy bastard ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This could get controversial though?
-Fans are coming to complain ㅋㅋㅋ
-It’s a statement unrelated to viewers
-Quick hand blocking ㄷㄷ

The female teammate’s eyes widened.
“Oh. Someone that amazing? But that person just told you to shut your trap?”
Then his viewer replied.
“Your Charm is insane.”

-Ah, Charm makes sense ㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Even telling someone to shut it is charming
-Anyway, he’s carrying the game, so just shut up
-For real ㅋㅋ
-No wonder that streamer has that kind of viewer ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Why does that streamer have that kind of viewer anyway?
He really had no idea.
Seo Jun let out a sigh, pushing his confusion aside, and spoke.
“Just play the game.”

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