Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 7

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Episode 7

The moment Seo Joon disposed of Ethor, he lost control of his body and Cut Shin came pouring out.
“Hypocritical lapdog of the Assassination Guild! I won’t go alone like this!”
“!”
But Dain, who now inhabited his body, couldn’t react as quickly as Seo Joon would have. Ethor, his body barely clinging to life, staggered into the bedroom and tore open a piece of parchment.
Boom!
A violent explosion erupted nearby, and the air blazed a furious red.
“Damn it!”
When Dain checked through the window, nearby buildings were detonating in sequence, flames and timber scattering everywhere.
And if this kept up, next would be—
Crash!
The moment Dain realized, he threw himself through the window and escaped outside.
Behind him, a image of Ethor laughing flickered into view.
Boom!
The instant Dain smashed through the window and leapt out, an enormous explosion erupted behind him, and flames licked his back.
Eeeee—
A shrill ringing screamed through the air. By the time his focus cleared—his face pressed against grass—
“Here! There’s a terrorist here!”
From afar, blurred, soldiers were rushing toward him.
Even dizzy, Dain desperately scrambled to his feet and began running.
He vaulted over the mansion’s wall, tumbled forward, then picked himself up and clambered onto a rooftop.
A chase unfolded.
As the distance widened and Dain’s vision sharpened, an arrow from behind lodged itself in his shoulder.
Then, in rapid succession, a magical fireball struck him directly.
Broken and bloodied, Dain plunged into the river below.
An unknown figure watched the scene unfold.
The soldiers, seeing him fall from the rooftop, judged him dead and withdrew. The scene shifted from there.

The man gazed blankly out at the sea.
He stood to leave for somewhere when a dark shape tumbling in the waves caught his eye.
He drew closer to it, and recognized it as a corpse.
Unhurriedly, he rifled through the body and pulled from its pocket a brooch etched with an eagle soaring through the sky—a symbol of freedom—and slipped it into his own.

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Once Seo Joon reclaimed freedom in his body, the first thing he did was check the chat.

-Cut Shin hasn’t changed lol
-Dain just keeps dying
-How is looting corpses the protagonist move hahahaha

Then he said what he’d been wanting to say since earlier.
“If it were me, I would’ve deflected that arrow and the spell.”

-hahahahahahahahahaha
-mood killer wtf lmao
-honestly sounds like he would’ve

“No, but using someone else’s face like that is just wrong.”

-for real lol
-he deserved to die hahahaha

Seo Joon checked the chat’s reaction and clapped his hands together.
“So what do I do now?”
His current location was a tavern.
Christina, whom he’d seen during the tutorial, was wiping down a cup.
“Obvious hint to start talking to her or something…….”
Seo Joon approached her. As he drew near, an auto-progression sequence triggered.
“Customer? Is there something you need?”
“Something I need? Yes. Quite a lot, actually.”
Christina showed a guarded expression, and Seo Joon pulled the brooch from his pocket and set it on the table with a sharp clink.
Christina gasped in surprise and hurriedly grabbed the brooch, concealing it.
She then glanced around to see if any other patrons had noticed, and finding none, she quickly ushered Seo Joon into the kitchen, where they were alone.
“Who are you?”
“Relax. I came because I thought I could help.”
“Help with what……?”
“I’m a mercenary. Particularly confident when it comes to assassination.”
“……How much do you know?”
“Everything. The tedious history of your Assassination Guild and the Secret Society that makes up the social power structure—their goals, their conflicts, all of it. Because I’ve fought the Secret Society types before in Sion.”
“You’re saying you’re from the west?”
“That’s right.”
“A mercenary who takes any job for money wouldn’t side with the Secret Society. Good. Let’s exchange names then. I’m Christina.”
“I’m…….”
Seo Joon’s lips had freedom again.

-Oh, finally picking a username?
-Wait, was his real name Seo Joon the whole time as his streamer name?
-Real names aren’t bad though lol

Currently, Seo Joon’s streamer name was his real name. He hadn’t set it separately.
His streamer name could’ve been his friend’s name like Kim Tae-woo, or something percussion-themed, or a slightly modified version of an internet slang—the options were diverse and flexible.
‘The safest choice is my real name.’
Since he didn’t even know how long he’d be doing this, why bother overthinking it?
And for his game username…….
“Nameless.”

[Would you like to set your name to ‘Nameless’?]

It was slang from his previous life.
Nameless—the word meant the opposite of having something, yet it sounded impressive and had been popular in his past life.

[Yes]

“Good, Nameless it is.”
“How do I contact you when I need something?”
“Wait, before that—I need to know where the owner of this brooch is.”
“Buried at the Western Pier.”
“I see. Understood.”
Christina’s reaction to learning of her comrade’s death was calm.
It seemed almost like a directorial choice showing how easily people die in the work they’re in.

[You can now receive assassination contracts at the ‘Taeyang Tavern’!]

“Use this to contact me.”

[You have obtained a ‘Signal Stone’!]

Seo Joon received the Signal Stone item and exited the tavern.

-Nameless out of nowhere?
-So the streamer’s game name from now on is Nameless?
-How is someone’s actual name Nameless hahahahahaha

“Oh, Nameless is just my game username. But I haven’t decided on a broadcast name yet, so I’ll keep it like this for now. Feel free to call me whatever.”

[Seo Joon: 6 viewers]

-ㅔ
-Seo-ha!
-Awesome! Nameless! A username fit for an assassin! goat!

“Well then, I’m signing off now. See you tomorrow at the same time. T, *cough*. Twitch off.”
Seo Joon felt embarrassed saying it out loud and fumbled through the words.

-hahahaha that’s cute
-Twitch off
-I’ll definitely be back tomorrow.

“Wait, does it save if I just exit?”
Games really were tricky about this.
Absolutely not because he was getting old or anything.

-hahahaha he’s leaving
-just close it. it’s fine for real.
-ugh newbie behavior lmao who’d think this was their first game

Fade out.

* * *

“Hey.”
“Yeah?”
“Is this you?”

[Video: Newbie who’s never streamed or played games before parries 13v1 in the tutorial while clearing trash mobs and being the first in the world to take down Ethor (NOT edited, seriously)]
[Views: 750][Recommendations: 25]

Tae-woo clicked on the phone screen to confirm the video.
“Anyone can tell that’s you.”
They had entered the Assassination Guild’s Dawn Community.
The reason was an odd chat message that appeared in Seo Joon’s chat just moments ago.

-Should’ve come earlier, missed that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

As Seo Joon reviewed his broadcast, he realized he hadn’t seen this particular message during the stream. When he checked the time the message was posted, it was several minutes after his broadcast ended.
So he scrolled up through the chat.

-Is this the Musou stream?
-Why is it off?

Several similar messages appeared above it.
Seo Joon was confused. People shouldn’t have searched for the stream after it ended.
Of course, for big-name streamers with widely known names, people sometimes do search them out even after they’ve gone offline.
But Seo Joon had just been watched by 6 people.
So he asked Tae-woo, who had ended his stream around the same time, and together they found this post.

[Video: Newbie who’s never streamed or played games before parries 13v1 in the tutorial while clearing trash mobs and being the first in the world to take down Ethor (NOT edited, seriously)]
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(Video of 1v13 parrying)
(Video of Ethor first Musou clear)
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A user called Joseon’s Assassin had painstakingly clipped and uploaded it.
‘That viewer from back then.’
He’d been quite an impressive viewer—recognizing Seo Joon’s skill early on, even spamming his support.
Seo Joon scrolled down to check the comments.

-The title itself is edited lol
-Joseon’s Assassin is good at parrying too hahahaha insane level
-Are you new to the game? Have some conscience
└ But wasn’t this guy always at this skill level?
└ Nah not me. It was Nameless who did it. The title’s got nothing fake.

“Getting a Perfect Clear on the first day and finding a viewer who advertises you—that’s impressive.”
As Tae-woo looked at this, he spoke with a tone of disbelief.
“Advertises?”
“Yeah, what else would you call this?”
Tae-woo scrolled down and highlighted a comment.

-Joseon’s Assassin even changed to a nicer avatar or something since streaming. His old face was really……
└ lol that’s brutal

“Wait. Not that one.”

-So who’s this guy anyway?
└ Go to (channel link) and check. Absolutely insane.
-Is this really the first Ethor clear?
└ yep, used to be a newbie who couldn’t even climb walls properly.
└ How is that even possible wtf
-Assassination Guild’s Dawn veteran with 10,000 hours, Joseon’s Assassin. Please stop the newbie cosplay.
└ I’m not lying!

The comment was directed at Joseon’s Assassin, but Seo Joon felt a pang at the words “newbie cosplay.” Still, to the community he was genuinely a newbie, so what could he do.

-Wow his skill is actually insane lol
└ He just went offline (channel link) Check the vod, Nameless is the hope of Musou!

Seo Joon now understood what Tae-woo meant.
“So that’s why it’s called advertising?”
“Yeah. Your followers probably increased by now though?”
Tae-woo was right.
His followers had grown from 6 to over 60.

[Followers: 68]

“Wow.”
“And it’s probably heading for 30 recommendations soon. Once that happens, you’ll get way more. I’m heading to bed.”
In the community, there was a feature that allowed you to filter and view only posts that had received more than 30 recommendations.
And since the vast majority who only lurked in the community mainly browsed posts with 30 recommendations, the difference in views between 10-recommendation and 30-recommendation posts was significant.
“Sure, sleep well.”
Seo Joon felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation.

* * *

The recommendations on Joseon’s Assassin’s post exceeded 30, just as Kim Tae-woo had predicted.
And in the community, things heated up exactly as they normally would.

-Newbie my ass, that’s edited
└ How would you even edit that
└ Does our friend not know what video editing is? hehe
└ So you’re saying a streamer with 6 viewers hacked the Travel Server? lol seriously, that’s more impressive than beating Ethor
-People are too gullible. You’re gonna believe that? Nameless lmao

[Why Nameless’s 30-Recommendation Video Is Edited]
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Because I can’t do it!
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-lmao so the people calling it edited, step up and prove it.
-But honestly, don’t most decent pros pull off that level?
└ Oh so the narrative changed. First it was “it’s edited” → now it’s “everyone does it.”

[Why Nameless’s Video Is a Legend]
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There are several reasons why veterans couldn’t beat Ethor in a week.
First, by the lore, Dain is essentially a civilian and can’t use skills. That’s why you have to play the tutorial without skills.
(Probably the developers’ intention)
Second, Ethor’s weapon is a club with no parry frame—meaning there’s no one-hit kill. (Though most bosses are like this. One-shots are only possible with assassination.)
Third, it’s a time attack. And honestly, this is the real problem.
Just defending and surviving while fighting is something most veterans could do.
But dodging every single attack while simultaneously hitting the same spot repeatedly in 5 minutes?
Without doing some kind of impossible trick, it’s not happening.
Until that video dropped, most thought it was impossible. No one had successfully locked in the damage numbers that high.
Pros are busy.
For this Seo Joon streamer to beat it first try—that’s insane skill. Who even grabs a club from that distance and nullifies every single attack while slitting the neck?
But a newbie? What the hell.
I was just stunned watching. Seriously a god of control. How does anyone even grab and parry that lol
Instant sub.
Anyway, now we know Ethor is beatable (going to challenge him myself, can’t help it) but honestly I don’t think I can do it.
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-Conclusion of this post) Pros were busy so they got the Perfect Clear. Seo Joon isn’t that impressive.
└ This guy’s suffocating.
└ Just watch the video once. Guys like that would get stomped by decent pros.
└ Stop exaggerating. One Perfect Clear doesn’t make him a pro.
-Analysis rec

[Why all the fuss about a Perfect Clear anyway lol? People haven’t even been trying that hard.]
-This is written by someone who’s never even played the game. The hate is strong.

Thanks to Joseon’s Assassin’s impact, Seo Joon was being referred to as Nameless and bounced around from mouth to mouth, and people’s conclusions ultimately converged on one point.

[If you think Nameless needs to turn on stream RIGHT NOW to get verified, upvote lol]
-Stream only ended 3 hours ago.
└ Yeah but I’m gonna hold my breath til it’s on. Don’t turn it on. If people die waiting for the stream, that’s Nameless’s loss. (OP)
└ (This comment has been deleted.)
└ Who’s gonna teach that guy what consequences actually are lmao

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