Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 67

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Episode 67

Shwoosh!
The blade danced lightly through the air.
Left to right. Tracing a diagonal arc.

[StrawberryTang eliminated!]

From behind, an enemy thrust their sword at his back.
Anticipating this, he pivoted his body and drew his arm inward, then swept the blade outward as his rotation completed.
Clash.
The enemy failed to parry and left themselves open.
He prepared for a follow-up strike.
“Let’s see if you can handle this.”
He gripped the sword with both hands and raised it high above his head.
The blade caught the light source floating in the sky and glinted.
He would bring it down straight and true.
But he would put everything he had behind it. His resources were abundant.
The enemy, already depleted of stamina, noticed this and scrambled backward to evade.
But it was too late.

[StarCube eliminated!]

The enemy collapsed into a corpse.
Then the body vanished.
They had left the game.

[Victory]

The message on screen announced the match was over.
“Well, that wrapped up faster than expected.”
He’d only been hunting enemies coming from the entrance.
Seo Jun snapped back to attention.

-HAHAHAHA you villain
-one of them got so mad he rage quit
-seriously that was brutal i can’t even look

That made it four games on day ten, all complete.
“So we’ve cleaned up all today’s matches too, everyone.”
Some people wanted to see him lose sometimes, but it wasn’t easy to throw a game intentionally.
The simple reason: he sometimes faced rankers, but had never encountered the highest-tier ones.
They said it was to avoid unnecessary conflict.
Because of that, Seo Jun had only faced easy matchups.
Even if the matchmaking system tried to pair him with the highest-ranked players, it couldn’t do much if those top-tier users weren’t rotating through.
You could say proper countering hadn’t arrived yet.
“Oh, the viewer count is climbing.”
Even after his game ended, people kept filing in.

[Viewers – 9,317]

-people finished their games so they’re coming in
-congrats you’ve been selected as a ranking waiting room
-just finished my match and came here lol

In short.
His channel had become a waiting room.
The Ranking Waiting Room that would go live at exactly ten o’clock today.
Since yesterday, the community had been flooded with countless estimated contribution score rankings.
Though they’d all become meaningless once the real standings dropped.
But predicting the future was deeply wired into human nature.
It had always helped us prepare for events and survive.
And the one name that appeared at the top of nearly every estimation table was his.
That’s why people were waiting in his channel—no other streamer besides Seo Jun showed up consistently in those rankings’ top spots.

-now we just wait for the results
-coming soon
-room boss show your contribution score and reputation points right now!
-wonder how much he’s accumulated lol
-i bet he’s in the top 16 at least
-just show us everything already!
-the room boss is rank one i went and checked the future
-no way lol

Seo Jun’s chat had no restrictions on posting right now.
Many had entered the stream, and they clearly enjoyed chatting, so Seo Jun had left it open.
“It’ll all be revealed in an hour anyway, so just hang tight.”
That was fair.
Perfectly fair.
And streamers get paid through donations.

[‘Show it now’ donated 10,000 won!]
[Double the donation amount.]

[‘Me too’ donated 10,000 won!]
[I’m in!]

[‘Can’t wait an hour’ donated 20,000 won!]
[Double? I’m going triple.]

Seo Jun’s resolve wavered for a moment.
In about an hour, the reveal would happen anyway—maybe just taking sixty thousand won now was the better call.
“Thanks for the donations.”
But he didn’t make that choice.
Revealing early would kill the fun, and comparing everything at once later would make for better content.
“I haven’t checked myself either, so let’s just wait and see together.”
With no way to compare against others, even if he checked now, there was nothing he could change.
If the Demon Cult launched an assault and he had to decide whether to join the charge, he’d need to compare estimates.
But that wasn’t the case here.
“It should be pretty high, right?”
Seo Jun, like everyone else, was expecting he’d at least crack the top sixteen.

-wait is the room boss actually rank one like that post said?
-this is how you become a world-class player!
-our room boss is definitely not world-class
-are you his dad lol

“Hmm, what should I do now?”
An hour remained until ten.
Though he didn’t need to fill the whole hour.
Starting at nine thirty, he could spend it watching Bang Ju’s stream with a restream.
“Want to explore some more?”
Seo Jun headed up the Demon Cult’s mountain.
Other places had content too, but the Demon Cult was practically free.
The Black Robe he was wearing now was one he’d bought from the Demon Cult’s selection without spending any currency, thanks to the Grand Master Title.
The Grand Master Title really was too good.
Unfortunately, event-only items or those obtained through mileage were off-limits, but the general shop was enough.
“Could the Grand Master Title actually be Baek Wi Gang’s scheme to keep the strongest player attached to the Demon Cult?”
A reasonable suspicion crossed his mind.

-true that
-look at the demon cult being so cunning
-give them credit for good marketing
-so you’re saying you’re the strongest now?

A sharp comment floated in.
“No one else has gotten the Grand Master Title yet, so what are the conditions for getting it?”
Chat was asking about the Grand Master Title’s requirements.
Since no one besides Seo Jun had obtained it, the curiosity was understandable.
But…
“Why would you ask me?”
He didn’t know either.
He probably just played well.
It wasn’t something everyone could do—going beyond executing martial techniques to modifying and perfecting them.
Even a sword-training genius who’d spent decades at it would struggle to reach that depth and understand all the techniques, so how much could casual game players really accomplish?

-show us again
-i’m curious if you could get it again if you tried
-prove it prove it!
-does it work with other techniques?

If he couldn’t get it again, he probably wouldn’t have received the Grand Master Title in the first place.
“Alright, want to pay Baek Wi Gang a visit?”
Chat approved. Perfect way to pass the time.
“Sure, let me show you. Which technique would you like to see?”
He opened Nohyup and pinned it to his broadcast screen.
Then he searched the Nohyup strategy forum for techniques.
Countless techniques with detailed posts breaking down their effects.
He could see users in the comments constantly researching.
“…….”
Seo Jun’s fingers started itching.
“Man, I’m getting that backseat gamer itch.”
That feeling you get when you see something you could do better but can’t touch.
Even with something simple like Omok, people felt that urge strongly—how could he possibly resist when he saw his own specialty, martial techniques, being debated so earnestly?
A sparrow would have an easier time walking past a mill.

-go for it
-the grand master giving backseat advice? lol i can’t resist
-fortune smiled!
-fortune finds us on its own!
-the title fits perfectly
-is this stream real or just a concept?
-we don’t do concepts here

Seo Jun decided to click on the most eye-catching post and leave a comment.
But the moment he clicked, the page changed and he realized he had no Adventure ID.
“Oh no, hold on a sec.”
He closed the screen.

-HAHAHAHA
-no community account! what an upright young man
-exactly right

“Alright, made one now.”
His first community username was decided: Hermit Expert 14.
Because Hermit Expert was already taken.

-what’s with hermit expert
-nine thousand viewers watching but you’re a hermit lol
-give me some backseat advice too
-14 lmaooo

With his username created, he slowly browsed the posts.
Then he started leaving comments on techniques that looked promising.
It went something like this.

-Your right foot needs to angle in a bit more for smooth power transfer.
-Don’t you see you need more lower body strength?
-The problem is your left shoulder dropping. Tsk tsk.
-You’re not noticing your gaze is wrong? The enemy’s right in front, so why are you looking to the side?
-If your feet land on the right point, your upper body will follow naturally.

Finding the optimal correction and sharing it was genuinely fun.
The viewers, though…

-how can you even see that
-if i adjust my left foot angle it really gets better?
-you’re just making stuff up
-the grand master must see things differently

…had different reactions.
But Seo Jun chatted with them while hunting down videos from years ago to leave even more comments.
“Should we wrap up here?”
Seo Jun moderated his participation, enjoying the conversation with viewers before closing Nohyup when the time came.
It was almost nine thirty.

-wait why are you closing it when it’s getting good
-i was feeling like a master too
-backseat gaming is peak entertainment
-teaching the greatest swordmaster in the land was fun too
-that was just you getting stomped though

“We can backseat game another time if we get the chance. Sound good?”
The response was surprisingly positive.

-that chance will never come lol
-same logic as when koreans say let’s grab food sometime
-when a korean says let’s eat = very low chance of seeing them again within years

Is it really like that?
“Anyway, that’s that.”
He moves on.
He’ll probably forget about it eventually.
Though seeing posts about Christina’s affection quest still popping up makes it seem unlikely.
“Now let’s switch to Bang Ju’s stream when it starts.”
Current viewer count: 9,500.
If things went well, they might hit ten thousand again.
But…
‘Probably won’t happen today.’
Even as overall viewership grew with concentrated interest, there was one place that would attract most of those viewers.

-right, that’s happening
-the midpoint check is starting
-when bang ju’s stream goes live i’m heading over
-stay in our room!
-we’ll still be here!

Bang Ju’s live broadcast.
He rarely goes live, but.
Each time he does, he wields enormous influence.
And today was one of those days.

[Bang Ju is now streaming.]

The notification rang because Seo Jun had travel notifications enabled.
The viewers saw it too.

-going!
-me too
-bye everyone
-fighting!
-rooting for you!

People flooded in like the tide, then emptied out like an ebb.
It stung a little, but they weren’t really his viewers to begin with.
“Seven hundred just left. Too bad, I was going to watch with you.”
Restream, the abbreviated term for “double broadcast,” or in other words “restream,” meant playing another streamer’s broadcast on your own screen.
It required the streamer’s permission.
And Bang Ju allowed restreaming.
It was a choice made with understanding his position as an unofficial commentator, so everyone could enjoy more.

-honestly watching together is more fun
-you can’t miss the room boss’s reaction lol
-wow viewer count went insane
-awesome!
-curious what it’s about

Seo Jun was taken aback.
Only minutes in and…
Even for a broadcast with advance notice, the sheer viewer count exceeded expectations.

[Midpoint Check begins!]
[Bang Ju] [Viewers – 78,000]

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