The Fate-Seeing Genius Streamer - Chapter 11

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10. [Night Soul] Is This… Even Human? (2)
《 Tsk. Do you not know that hesitation is death? You who would reclaim the light… curse your own weakness as you perish, befitting your station. 》
A vast forest.
A towering tree giant, seemingly assembled from dozens of ancient trees, sneers coldly as it brings its palm crashing down.
Simultaneously, deafening roars erupt from all directions. The terrain shatters. The earth splits open, and soil and sand surge forth like a tidal wave. My vision cuts to black.
Beep—
[You have died.]
A death message.
A System Message announcing my defeat to Casselium, the “False Prophet of Sloth,” in [Night Soul]’s ‘Nightmare’ mode.
The game returns to the start screen, and as my virtual body materializes in empty space, a woman with snow-white hair appears.
And then—
-Geom-hu…
-You said you’d one-shot Casselium, and you’re already on your tenth death. Don’t you think it’s time to abandon the idea of getting a happy ending on Nightmare mode…?
-Geom-hu <<< Is this guy seriously dying over and over??? He was bragging about being a pro gamer from [Infinite War], but he's helpless in Nightmare mode lmaooooooooo
"…."
Geom-hu.
A former pro gamer who won four consecutive world championships in [Infinite War], the globally beloved 1v1 PVP game, and also a major streamer partnered with Space Stream.
Standing before the [Night Soul] start screen, Geom-hu's eyes trembled slightly before he gritted his teeth and spoke in a defiant tone, as if refusing to accept reality.
"Gah, g-gahh— S-sorcery, I tell you. It must be sorcery. There is no other explanation for why I, the supreme master, should fall more than ten times in such a place…!"
Ever since his days as a pro gamer in [Infinite War], Geom-hu had adopted the persona of an ancient martial arts master, speaking in a manner befitting a wuxia novel.
Thanks to this, his popularity as a streamer remained high, and he never abandoned the elderly master persona, no matter the circumstance.
-???: Sorcery! He's using sorcery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-That sorcery joke is so old; Geom-hu, do you still think you're playing [Infinite War]?????? Honestly, there was no sorcery in [Infinite War] either lol
-Geomhu, wasn’t it three days ago that you said that [Night Soul], as a former pro gamer in [Mugeuk War], can be one-killed even in sniper mode?? lol
Ding—
[【GeomhuSuperfan_Squirrel】 has donated '10,000 won'.]
━{ Video: Geom-hu confidently making a declaration before the [Night Soul] start screen }
《 Hmph. [Night Soul]? It is no match for I, the supreme deity of [Infinite War]. I shall demonstrate it. That I am the greatest under heaven! 》
Haha, seriously though lol
What?? I'm not at the level to go up against the main girl lol?? In the end it's just a commoner ending anyway lol
Geom-hu… you've been stuck with the "unparalleled master" concept for 7 years now, so I think it's about time you changed it up. You're not an unparalleled master anymore lol. Wake up lol.
"Ugh… u-uhhh! Gah—! U-understand me! I, I have not yet given my all! Next time will be different, surely!"
-???: Geom-hu has not given his all!
-Defeat flag hahahahahaha
Hahahaha (expressing laughter/amusement)
"W-wait and see. I, I shall never give up like this…! With further training, I shall overcome not only Casselium, but Trinex as well…! Gah!"
-Trinex ㅇㅈㄹㅋㅋㅋ I think it's the Trinex from the tutorial. He must have become a demigod now.
"Huh? Lol Trinex <<< This guy isn't even the wall of despair for nothing lol? Hmm lol"
-Ah~~~~ You haven’t forgotten how you lost like a dog to Trinex, grandma haha.
"Heh, h-heheheh? I possess eyes that pierce through the world. Grandmother? I shall have you banned. Go and repent."
—Gasp.
—Wow… the chat's moving insanely fast, but did you see that?? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
—I'm sorry, Geom-hu, I apologize. I was wrong. I won't do it again, please forgive me, I'm begging you.
"Leave."
As Geom-hu's cold voice rang out, the viewer who'd made the inappropriate comment was banned, and donations began flooding in.
Most of them mocked Geom-hu's humiliating defeat—he was a former professional gamer from the Infinite War after all—but video donations came through steadily as well.
The majority of donations rehashed his previous statements and roasted him for it, but one stood apart.
When a video donation appeared, the atmosphere shifted entirely.
[【Myeong Bang-ul Guardian Unit K】 has donated '10,000 won'.]
*{ Video }
━Geom-hu LMAOOO you didn't see this?? HAHAHAHA A complete newbie opening the hidden route for the first time today, but you're still playing back there?? LMAO
Video donations about other streamers were prohibited by broadcast rules on Geom-hu's stream, yet someone had broken that taboo.
—? What? A video donation about another streamer; you want to get banned?
—Read the broadcast rules before donating ——
—Let's… maintain some… basic courtesy while supporting… please..
—Are you stupid? Don't you know video donations about other streamers are forbidden?????????????????
Geom-hu's audience skewed slightly older on average, so they enforced the broadcast rules more strictly—but that was only temporary.
《 If you defeat that Trinex without taking a single hit, how much more could you earn? Mission reward. 》
As the clip was instantly captured and a partially edited video donation progressed rapidly, everyone's reaction changed.
《 Ugh… brother, are you serious? You don't actually believe you can clear this mission, right? Right? 》
《 Well… I'm not sure what you mean. Isn't a mission something you're supposed to clear? And the reward's this high, so I should clear it. 》
《 You'll regret it. 》
《 I won't. 》
《 …. 》
Trinex. Defeating the first boss monster that appears in Night Soul's tutorial on first encounter. The moment Joo Seo-jin, who'd received this as a mission, stepped outside the Chapel—an incident occurred.
Screeeech—! Ka-crash—! Splurt—! Fwooosh…!
Crimson tentacles. Whip-like masses of flesh plummeted to the dirt ground with a thud, accompanied by a bone-chilling shriek.
《 ───SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! KYAAAAH!! 》
—Huh?
—What the…?
—Did I… just see that right????? Isn't that the instant-death pattern Geom-hu got one-shot by??????
—?????????????????? You're telling me you can parry Trinex's instant-death pattern?? Does that even make sense??????
From that moment on, even the viewers who'd been upset about the video donation of another streamer's footage changed their tune.
—Wow..
—That's art, damn it.
—Is that even possible..?
Watching the combat scene from the edited video donation, they were mesmerized by Joo Seo-jin's insane physical gameplay.
—Wow LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO Geom-hu got one-shot by Trinex LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
—A complete newbie on nightmare mode… defeating Trinex on first encounter without taking a single hit LMAOOOOO??
—Is this real? Is this actually possible???????????????? This isn't fake, right?? LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
And then───
《 Hmm… I didn't take a single hit and won, so the mission is cleared, right? In that case, I'll be taking this. As promised. 》
Finally.
Joo Seo-jin succeeded in defeating Trinex without taking a single blow on his first attempt, and Geom-hu's viewers erupted in excitement.
《 【HardcoreLetGo】 donated '10,000 won'. 》
━No wait.. that's not the point, you crazy money-obsessed bastard!!!!!!! You made it, you son of a bitch!!!!!!!!!! This is the world's first clear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As the voice donation reached its crescendo—the perfect finishing touch—the announcement of 'the world's first clear' sent the chat into an even greater frenzy.
-What kind of monster is this even;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-You made it, you bastard <<< That's right lmaooooooooo
-Absolutely insane lololololololololololololololololololol
-Wow.. this is genuinely high-level.. this.. was truly a work of art..
-Other streamers would normally get banned for this, but this one deserves a pass lolololololol
-Damn.. even our Geom-hu has decent physical specs, but this guy is a real monster??; What does he even do in real life????
Even Geom-hu, who had intended to remain unresponsive, widened his eyes in astonishment and muttered in a voice tinged with bewilderment.
"What is this… a world's first clear, you say? I've never heard of such a thing before. How is this even possible?"
The answer came shortly after in the form of a voice donation.
[【MyeongBangulGuardianMemberK】 donated '1,000 won'.]
━He's the older brother of the streamer Myeong Bang-ul, and today he's playing a VR game for the first time and set a world record lol Geom-hu, the world is vast.. don't be arrogant lol
-?
lol that's crazy
-First time playing VR games and you still experience full-dive confusion, but how does he play like that? This is bullshit fr
-? What? After checking it out, it seems to be real??????? Everyone's saying the same thing everywhere lololol Hmm.. if it's real, that's insane??
Doubts surfaced here and there, but they didn't persist long—the entire community was already flooded with footage of Joo Seo-jin's exploits.
A simple search through the community revealed countless videos capturing Joo Seo-jin's monstrous performance from start to finish.
Geom-hu quickly grasped the situation from what the viewers were chattering about in the chat window.
"So… you're saying all of this is true? An ordinary person experiencing virtual reality for the first time… can fight like that…?"
Even Geom-hu, who typically avoided involvement with other streamers, couldn't suppress his curiosity.
After exiting the [Night Soul] game start screen and logging into Space Stream, he easily found Myeong Bang-ul's stream.
'…Hmm. The trending rankings have already climbed this high?'
Well, Myeong Bang-ul's stream had shot up the trending list and was broadcasting in full swing with the 'SUPER HOT' tag attached.
Less than half the viewer count compared to Geom-hu's stream. Yet even so, it was an unusually high number of viewers.
Perhaps that's why.
Click—
Without thinking, Geom-hu instinctively tapped the hologram window on Space Stream… and was able to watch Myeong Bang-ul's stream.
Crash! Boom―! Kaboom───!
"Huh…wha…?"
To be precise—Joo Seo-jin was single-handedly wiping out seven Skeletons that had appeared on the field in a 1:7 matchup, relying purely on physical prowess.
"Is this… even human?"
It was truly a shocking sight.
* * *
"You are no human. A specter… incarnate. A sword-wielding abomination draped in the shroud of death itself."
The Twilight Temple.
To reach that place, I had descended the crumbling staircase from the Great Plaza and entered the vast Cave situated on the cliff below.
Accompanied by Grandis, the Moon's Saint, I was advancing toward the destination marked on my minimap when I heard these words—spoken after slaying seven Skeletons that appeared in the Cave field.
Joo Seo-yoon, standing beside Grandis, unconsciously nodded in agreement, while Joo Seo-jin turned his expressionless gaze toward her in response.
"Hmm… Is that so? I'm not entirely certain myself. I wonder if I warrant such extraordinary praise."
"Yes. That much is accurate. I have never encountered a monster of talent such as yours. …One who reclaims the light—I begin to understand why the prophecy designated you."
"…."
"I speak with sincerity."
At Grandis's exclamation, the viewers in the chat erupted with excitement, their messages flooding the screen.
-Hmm lol Grandis actually has a good eye.. Seo-jin's really insane at this lol
-?? Getting that high of an evaluation from A.I. combat assessment isn't common at all?
-Even veteran players have to memorize every combat pattern and get lucky with RNG to hear 'you're not human' lol
-Lmaooo and he's the one saying 'is that so?' like it's nothing lol
-Ah lol you didn't see the Trinex fight? One-shot without taking a single hit, an absolute prodigy lolololol
Joo Seo-yoon was no different. She too transmitted her voice through player chat, tinged with incredulous laughter.
= Phew— oppa… you're someone playing a virtual reality game for the first time, but you can't normally move like that, right? Don't deceive me, seriously!
I did not answer. Or rather, to be precise… I could not. An otherworldly force surged through my entire body, and my sixth sense awakened.
Whirrrrr.
The ability of foresight. Before I knew it, my eyes that perceived destiny disengaged from their overheated state, and alongside my sixth sense, the future began to reveal itself.
And───
At that very moment, there was one fact I could immediately discern.
With my eyes narrowed to slits, I spoke in a low voice.
"Wait. Both of you, step back. Do not come closer. …It comes."
"Huh? It comes? What comes? Why? What could possibly be coming from here───"
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
The vast Cave.
From before the cavern whose ceiling height was impossible to gauge, a tremendous sound echoed forth.
A scraping noise. The sound of something massive being dragged across stone. And soon after, from the darkness beyond the Cave, an enemy emerged.
Clang-!
A massive form. A towering monster well over two meters tall, its decaying flesh revolting to behold—it resembled a walking corpse.
Clad in chain mail and wielding an enormous bastard sword. Apart from that, its appearance bore a striking resemblance to Trinex, the Wrath of Sin.
〈 GREAT ENEMY 〉
【 Specter Yearning for Chivalry: Stratchia Magnex 】
A Great Enemy. In other words—an intermediate boss-class adversary, ranked one tier below a true boss monster.
'Specter Yearning for Chivalry', Stratchia Magnex.
Though classified as a Great Enemy, it was unmistakably a foe of an entirely different caliber from the common monsters like Skeletons I had faced thus far.
In my lifeless eyes, a faint glimmer kindled, and a savage smile gradually spread across my lips.
Grrr.
Simultaneously, Stratchia Magnex too trembled with its colossal frame and unleashed a sinister, guttural cry.
[ I feel it— yes! A knight's… spirit— ohhh— I, I, I—— it suits me, suits me— yesssss————! ]
Then, catching sight of Grandis standing behind Joo Seo-jin, the creature's hollow eye sockets twisted into a sickening grin, revealing the viscous hunger beneath.
[ Hehehehe! A, a saint! Become mine, become miiiiiine!! I am the one who possesses the knight's spirit— yesssssss————! ]
Boom, crash-! Boom, crash-! Boom, crash-!
Slowly. Yet despite that, with a menace that was utterly threatening. Stratchia Magnex began charging forward, targeting Grandis who stood behind Joo Seo-jin.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrgh———!
The bastard sword. That colossal blade scraped across the cave floor, sending sparks flying— then suddenly erupted upward, delivering a slash.
Contrary to its sluggish movement, the sword's swing was executed with blinding speed. Three slashes burst forth in an instant… followed by a phantom strike.
Along the blade's trajectory, a sharp aura tinged with translucence erupted outward.
Whoosh-! Slash-crack! Slash-crack———!
A surprise attack. The sudden phantom strike wasn't an instant-death mechanic like Trinex's ultra-fast consecutive strikes, but it was impossible to see and dodge on first encounter.
Even if it wasn't the first time facing it, the result was the same.
Stratchia Magnex's phantom strike couldn't be completely blocked or evaded— the focus had to be on 'preserving as much health as possible' rather than taking a direct hit.
However.
That was merely the standard countermeasure that could be employed conventionally.
Overwhelming talent that defied common sense was, in its very existence, a system unto itself, a technique, and a tangible miracle.
And so———
Clang-bang—! Clang-bang—! Clang-bang—!
Foresight. The talent of a thousand visions— I had transcended 'preserving as much health as possible' and reached the miraculous result of 'parrying every single phantom strike.'
Whoosh-!
In the aftermath of parrying the strikes, a shallow wind rippled outward belatedly. Before that spine-chilling spectacle, the viewers set the chat ablaze.
-??
-Is this real..
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
-How did he parry those phantom strikes?? They're so faint you can barely see them????
-? What? Fake knight consecutive phantom strikes << Was this always 100% parryable??? wtf????
Amid the chaos, I gripped my longsword as it hummed with a 'zzzzzt-' sound and began to speak.
My lifeless eyes holding a faint glimmer of anticipation.
A savage smile spreading across my face.
= I think I can take this down without getting hit even once this time… Anyone want to set a mission? I'm confident.
And…
= Depending on the mission reward— I might be able to show you something beyond what you've already seen. I can guarantee it.
The next moment.
= It'll be truly entertaining, I assure you.
The stream window went haywire and cut out with a 'bzzt-', while all manner of messages flooded the chat… and then, the desired result materialized.
Ding-! Ding-! Ding-!
[【HardcoreLetGo】 has set a mission reward of '500,000 won'.]
━Show us show us show us show us show us show us show us show us show us show us show us show us !!
【Mission: Defeat 'Stratchia Magnex', the Great Enemy of [Night Soul], without taking a single hit】
*Time Limit: 1 hour
[【Fun If You Watch】 has set '300,000 won' as the mission reward.]
━I saw you achieve the world record for first-time Trinex clear on Nightmare mode lol. You're definitely gonna show us something entertaining lol. I'm putting my money on it lololol
【Mission: Defeat Stratchia Magnex, the Great Enemy of [Night Soul], without taking a single hit】
*Time Limit: 1 hour
[【CrazyGuy】 has set '300$' as the mission reward.]
━huh.. Bruh, your confidence is off the charts. Like, straight-up next-level. I gotta see how far you can push it—let's see where the line is.
【Mission: Defeat Stratchia Magnex, the Great Enemy of [Night Soul], without taking a single hit】
*Time Limit: 1 hour
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…
…
And finally….
Ding-!
[Streamer 【Geom-hu】 has set '3,000,000 won' as the mission reward.]
━Ah, so you're a hidden master… Even three gold coins wouldn't be too much for such exceptional skill. Do show us the techniques of a true virtuoso.
【Mission: Defeat Stratchia Magnex, the Great Enemy of [Night Soul], without taking a single hit】
*Time Limit: 1 hour
-? Wait what?
-What the..???????????????????
-Wow; even has the official streamer verification mark.. Is this really Geom-hu??????????????
-Geom-hu?? The real Geom-hu?? Wow lololololol Geom-hu was watching Joo Seo-jin's broadcast too?? lololol
-Wow… Geomhoo is hot;; Burning 3 million won?? I was so fed up ㄹㅇ;;
With Geom-hu, a major streamer, now in the mix and setting a massive reward all at once, the mission had grown to an unexpectedly colossal scale.
[Mission]
━Objective: Defeat Stratchia Magnex, the Great Enemy of [Night Soul], without taking a single hit
*Mission Reward: '5,712,312 won'
An absolutely staggering amount.

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