Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63

Sense of Dissonance.
It refers to that awkward, unharmonized feeling.
If you saw a photograph of a shark prowling the Han River or a hippopotamus standing in the middle of the desert, you couldn’t help but feel this dissonance unless you were a child without any background knowledge—and such a feeling could strike you during combat as well.
Right now, as Seo Jun’s instincts screamed dissonance at the mismatch between the enemy’s attacks and his own read of their intentions.
It had started with the very first strike.
A throwing blade, casually hurled—but something about it didn’t feel like Baekho was trying to hit him at all.
The reason lay in its speed.
For the Cooperation infused a weapon with internal force; when thrown, both damage and velocity increased—but Baekho’s opening attack was precisely adequate.
Not too fast, not too slow, perfectly calibrated for a first strike.
It had a subtle quality, as though ordinariness itself was being performed.
The next two blades seemed designed to confound him as much as possible.
Was this groundwork for a follow-up?
Yet the throwing blade arriving next was swift, but its trajectory held no variation.
Then the groundwork lost all meaning.
‘If my objective had always been me.’
In that fleeting moment, Seo Jun sorted the situation and reached a conclusion—he grasped where the keen edge of the blade truly aimed.
Baekho’s options were limited.
All of this in one second.
The blade’s tip slightly shifts direction.
Had he turned his eyes from the dissonance, he would have panicked here and been unable to respond.
Seo Jun’s hand had long since begun infusing his sword with internal force.
‘The objective is the flag.’
Not his fighting teammates, at least.
If Baekho was skilled enough to snipe, he’d already grasped Seo Jun’s capabilities.
There was no way he’d believe capturing his teammates would win him the game.
Surely he wasn’t that foolish.
But it wasn’t the NPCs either.
Targeting NPCs was meaningless compared to teammates.
Then only one thing remained worth attacking.
The carriage behind and to Seo Jun’s right, and the flag within it.
‘This is going to be cutting it close.’
Seo Jun calculated the blade’s speed and prepared to throw his sword.
With his traits and weapon suited to throwing, it would be stronger—but as the blade’s path bent nearly ninety degrees, that power would be neutralized.
Two seconds in.
But he had to wait longer.
If he threw now, the strength would be equal; his sword might not fully deflect the blade and could damage the flag instead.
Three seconds.
With more time elapsed, he’d pull closer to the flag itself—the point where his sword parries the blade.
Dangerously close, but.
‘Is this the moment?’
Seo Jun judged the internal force sufficient and hurled his sword with full strength.
The blade came flying toward Seo Jun, then pivoted completely; his thrown sword spun end-over-end through the air to the side.

-????
-LMAOOOOO why did that blade bend like that? Does it normally bend that much?
-If it comes back to Bangjoo from there, physics is totally out the window LMAO
-For real lol
-Why’d Baekho from Dang Clan go to him? He’s garbage lmaooooo
-Anyone can see he threw it badly, right?
-But why’s Bangjoo throwing a sword anyway?
-Unarmed combat is possible lol
-No way?

Seo Jun laughed easily and winked at Baekho.
The sword had already left his hand; the outcome couldn’t be changed—but he believed in himself.
Screeeee!
The blade, now corrected in trajectory, flew forward with ferocious speed.
The viewers finally realized where the blade was headed—and it was no ordinary path.

-???
-Isn’t that where the flag is?
-He didn’t throw it badly!
-Then Bangjoo—!

A little further and it would bury itself in the box; the contents within would be ruined without question.
But then.
Whirling—
The sword, spinning through empty air, wedged itself right in front of it.
Clang!
The blade struck and bounced outward.
Success.

-Wow no way lmaooo
-Insane!!!!
-Kyah!
-How far ahead are you looking?!
-Is this the Cheonma Beam?
-He aimed for that? He blocked that?
-This is why we watch lolol
-What even is this?!
-Didn’t I say Bangjoo would get first? Didn’t I say Bangjoo would get first? Didn’t I say Bangjoo would get first?
-Cheonma wins the tournament! Cheonma wins! Cheonma wins! Cheonma wins! Cheonma wins!
-Hold on, that’s a bit much;;;’

“Insane…….”
Baekho’s expression turned sour, and Seo Jun immediately confiscated—took—a weapon from a nearby NPC and turned back.
“You really thought you’d pull this off?”
“So…….”
Baekho wondered for a moment who would believe this could fail, but he couldn’t say more.
“You learned the flag’s location from a friend, no doubt. You can’t watch a broadcast inside the game.”
Seo Jun had him entirely figured out.
For a moment, Baekho wondered if his friend had betrayed him and tipped off Seo Jun in advance.
Seo Jun drew closer. The distance narrowed.
Pressed by mounting tension, Baekho suddenly snapped back to himself and, in a final spasm of defiance, drew a throwing blade and hurled it toward the flag.
Clang.
But the blade traveled less than a meter before the approaching Seo Jun, with his freshly drawn sword, intercepted it.
The blade fell limply to the ground.
The attack was futile; the Cheonma villain laughed and twitched his sword, urging him to try again.
Damn it.
Baekho felt PTSD creeping in.
This round wasn’t over yet.
He’d have another chance even if he died now.
He could cooperate with teammates, or hide and hunt for the flag later.
But no matter what strategy he used, Baekho couldn’t shake the feeling that he’d never break through Seo Jun.
Who deflects a throwing blade fired from point-blank range and sends it tumbling to the ground?
“Hey……. How did you know?”
Certain now of early defeat, he asked one last thing out of curiosity.
“Know what?”
“That I was aiming for the flag. Did you know in advance?”
Otherwise, deflecting a blade mid-trajectory after it had changed direction made no sense.
Unless you’d prepared beforehand.
He really wanted to know.
So he asked.
“I’m Cheonma.”
“Asshole…….”

[Baekho7 Eliminated]

“Should wrap up the rest?”
After eliminating Baekho, Seo Jun headed to aid his teammates in their ongoing fights.

-This guy’s a villain for sure lolololol
-Do they even know the game almost ended just now?
-No way they do
-Lolololol no
-Now that Bangjoo’s paying attention, how’re they gonna win?
-They know what the flag is and still can’t beat him!

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[Today’s Arena: A Phoenix-Like Moment]
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Hello, I’m Bangjoo, someone who wants to get good at the Arena but whose skills fall devastatingly short.
Do you happen to know Baekho, the newbie-slayer and beginner-butcher?
Baekho’s a user who engages in bullying beginners without ever leaving the Beginner Zone, and I believe many of the No-hyeop community members are familiar with him.
After all, he’s been around since the game’s early days, and under the pretense of championing cooperation, he had a public duel with Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi, a top-ranking practitioner of cooperation—and he won by the slimmest margin.
After Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi’s defeat, Baekho’s fame grew even higher, yet he continued bullying beginners.
That said, beginners shouldn’t have to spend extended time in the Beginner Zone, and since Baekho doesn’t play much, the game company took no action against him until now.
Given how many newbies met him and lost interest in the game—or nearly did—this decision was a misstep.
But this user finally received a permanent account ban a week ago.
It was the result of wrongly crossing a streamer who was advertising For the Cooperation.
(Clip)
This streamer overwhelmed Baekho with crushing skill.
(Clip) (Clip) (Clip)
Introduced himself as Cheonma three separate times.
(Clip)
And reached the level of reading donations that didn’t exist.
(Clip)
Even finished by hounding the developers.
(Clip)
In the end, Baekho departed via Ascension, and the streamer Seo Jun demonstrated the true grace of Cheonma.
You might wonder why I’ve brought up ancient history instead of Arena matters.
Forgive me—these two’s connection didn’t end there; it finally resumed today.
(Clip)
Seo Jun chose the Safa Region today and ran into a user called Baekho7.
Yes, that Baekho.
You can tell by his avatar’s face and his username.
And his very first line after seeing Seo Jun was:
“Missed you, bastard?”
That’s what he said.
Fortunately, our Seo Jun simply ignored him.
(Clip)
Anyone can see Baekho was carrying a grudge and sniped out of vengeance.
What audacity!
Here we need to look at this screenshot.
A post uploaded to the Incidents & Accidents board the day Baekho was suspended.
(Screenshot)
Though he deleted it, apparently feeling how brazen it was—if you post on the No-hyeop community, you have to accept getting archived.
Anyway, this is today’s moment.
Baekho prepared his revenge meticulously.
For his revenge, he left the Beginner Zone in a single day after years of staying there, entered the Dang Clan,
and accumulated Reputation Points by playing the Arena without missing a day.
Finally, today.
The Arena was an escort mission, and the target of his revenge, Seo Jun, chose the Safa Region.
A golden opportunity had arrived!
So he formulated his plan.
Through sniping, Baekho would meet Seo Jun directly, and his ally would watch Seo Jun’s broadcast and relay the flag’s location (presumed—Baekho must have known the flag’s position).
With such a perfect plan, Baekho attacked after meeting Seo Jun.
His first move, ordinary.
His second, the same.
His third, two blades to scatter focus.
After that third attack, Baekho prepared his final move—
one feinted at Seo Jun before pivoting to the flag: the optimal, the ultimate card.
It was incredibly potent.
No viewer anticipated it.
But Seo Jun knew everything.
(Clip)
In that critical, life-or-death instant where his nose might have been sliced, Seo Jun threw his sword to block the blade.
Baekho’s jaw dropped; he asked how Seo Jun saw through it—but isn’t that a futile question?
(Clip)
He’s Cheonma!
(Photo)
I’ll mark today’s Arena moment as Baekho’s tired expression right after hearing “I’m Cheonma” one last time.
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-Lolololol
-That lesson was so good
-Enjoyed the read lolol
-So this happened too
└Everything under the sun happens lolololol
-Disguising Cheonma like this? Reporting you as a heretical apostate.
└Definitely a spy
└Correction: spy should be agent please
-I’m the one who took the Baekho ID and I’m getting cursed out via whisper, is this normal?
└Guys read the post properly lololol it’s Baekho7
-That bastard really is shameless lollol how low can you go to snipe like that
-Cheonma’s banter lololol trash talk on point
-That’s him, right? That great dharma master. I’m sorry for suspecting it was a scam. He was doing good deeds like this. His skill is insane too
└Were you three-minute curry?
└He never left comments before.
└Then he’s not part of the curry group lol

Bangjoo’s post received countless upvotes in moments and entered the No-hyeop real-time TOP10 upon loading.
Bangjoo’s posts usually make TOP10,
but they didn’t usually climb this fast.
“Oh, good response? At this rate, might hit number one?”
Bangjoo was a former pro card game streamer who’d leveraged his keen analytical skills to mostly do commentary at amateur tournaments.
In For the Cooperation, he’d created his current peak content, “For the Arena”—analyzing the Arena and introducing major incidents.
“Heh. I knew stories about Bangjoo—no, Seo Jun—would be popular!”
Busy taking notes on every Arena incident, he’d still found time for Seo Jun’s live broadcasts simply because they were entertaining.
Ever since he’d stumbled upon a new streamer playing Assassination Guild’s newbie content, he couldn’t turn away.
“I should message Seo Jun and ask if I can use this story in the Arena series.”
The community might allow it, but the video platform wouldn’t let him use stories freely.

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