The Fate-Seeing Genius Streamer - Chapter 28

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27. [Night Soul] Is This Really That Difficult? (3)
Joo Seo-jin voiced his frustration, and his attempt at a simplified explanation (?) of the basic operation of virtual machines lasted only a brief moment.
“Hmm. I’m not sure where you’re finding it difficult. There really isn’t any hard part to it… that’s strange.”
“….”
Grandis, unable to bear watching Joo Seo-jin maintain his genuinely sincere reaction of ‘but why isn’t it working?’, finally intervened with a comment.
“…Joo Seo-jin. I hesitate to say this to one who has regained the light— but while I too can handle soul force, I find it difficult to accept what you’re saying.”
“Well. I have to disagree. I certainly explained it in an easy-to-understand way───”
“—No. That’s not it at all. It’s difficult. Without exaggeration, it’s genuinely difficult material. I’d like to ask you in return why you think anyone could understand it easily.”
“….”
-This is ridiculous..
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
-For real;;;; how is anyone supposed to easily understand that?? What the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Ah lol, even the NPC knows how to handle the virtual machine, but I have no idea what the hell they’re talking about lol
-If even the NPC can’t understand it, then it’s not easy at all, you bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Facts
-Fact) Check
The viewers, finding relief in Grandis’s words, expressed their satisfaction. Joo Seo-jin narrowed his eyes and stroked his chin, then tilted his head.
“Hmm. Is that so? I’d like to ask which part exactly is making it feel difficult…”
“Brother…”
“?”
“Please stop. I’m begging you… just stop with those incomprehensible, bizarre explanations… I was wrong… please.”
“….”
Ding— Ding— Ding—
[【Let’sGoHardcore】 has donated ‘200,000 won’.]
━I.. was wrong.. please stop.. just distribute stats.. and progress the game, can’t you..?? I’m begging you…
[【TimeryMangryTi】 has donated ‘200,000 won’.]
━Teacher Seo-jin.. I’ll give you money.. let’s stop.. okay?
[【GameExpertKimChulwoo】 has donated ‘200,000 won’.]
━You maniac.. I concede. Take the money, let’s stop… just progress the game…
Even the major donors among the viewers, unable to endure nearly thirty minutes of Joo Seo-jin’s style of virtual machine operation lectures (?), were crying out for him to stop.
Normally, Joo Seo-jin would explain even more difficultly if people didn’t understand— but donations had no such effect on him.
He simply stopped.
“Understood. Well… this is something you’ll figure out as you go anyway— there’s no reason to explain further. Let’s move on.”
-?
-No.. wait.. no, that’s fine.. just move on.. ;;;
-…
-Do you actually handle virtual machines in real life?? Do you work with invisible forces from birth or something???????
-Are you even a modern person?? How do you operate virtual machines like it’s natural?? Did you really get born in a world like the Nanso setting?????
Stop it, you f***ing bastards! Don’t provoke me anymore or I’ll open up a 100-minute debate!
As a result, Joo Seo-yoon, who had also been suffering under Joo Seo-jin, went to Grandis to receive the ‘Blessing of Runes’… and Joo Seo-jin, leaning against the Chapel wall, opened his status window as everyone desired.
‘What—there’s no real difference from the status window of games I played back then. Distributing bonus stats from leveling up works the same way.’
Since levels and stats were standard in-game features I’d seen in other games, they felt familiar enough.
If there was anything special to understand in the status window, it would be the ‘Soul Affinity’ and ‘Personal Trait’ sections… but even those weren’t difficult to comprehend.
‘Soul Affinity’ simply meant which Night Soul suited me best. There was nothing more to it… and ‘Personal Trait’ was just like in other games—a special ability unique to my player character.
《 Covenant of Bonds 》
=1 Rank
━Form Bond (Active)
*After obtaining consent from an ally with sufficient intimacy, you can establish a 【Bond】. When the target in a bonded state exists within effective range, you can temporarily receive a transfer of stats.
**If the target in a bonded state dies, the bond becomes permanent, allowing you to permanently inherit 70% of all status stats.
└( *However, maximum usage is limited to 1 person, and once a bond is set, it cannot be arbitrarily cancelled. )
《 Temptation of Madness 》
=3 Rank
━Lure of Frenzy (Passive)
*Targets afflicted with status abnormalities such as ‘madness’, ‘delusion’, ‘confusion’, ‘megalomania’, ‘obsession’, ‘mental defect’, ‘fanaticism’, etc. become more susceptible to intimacy and rapidly develop affection.
《 Impulse of Rampage 》
=3 Rank
━Final Frenzy (Passive)
*When vitality drops below 30%, physical stats increase by 1.5x, and damage taken decreases by 5%.
-Ooh
-That’s pretty good?
-1, 3, 3? That’s insanely broken??????????
“Wow, I got really good character traits? Getting 2 rank-3 character traits is already supposed to require crazy luck, but this is insane lol”
-3 personal traits all decked out with rank 3 or higher baseline; and that’s before adding stats, this is literally an elementary school notebook-tier status window???
The display showed the highest-tier personal traits a player character could possibly have in Night Soul.
An unprecedented level of status window that could never be seen through normal Night Soul gameplay.
The viewers watching Joo Seo-jin’s status window were so excited they even started offering unsolicited advice.
-Teacher Seo-jin, just dump all the runes into close combat <<< right? Since durability < it's just for blocking trash mob damage anyway;
-Real talk; durability stats look like they're for survival, but honestly they're just garbage stats for getting bullied. The standard move is to dump everything into close combat and runes.
-If you convert all 81 runes into close combat, wouldn't you be able to force your way through even Great Enemies like cheap knights??
Ugh.. gonna dump all 81 runes I have into close range and start the game?? That's making me drool lol??
"…."
And then.
"Hmm."
Click—
The next moment.
《 Joo Seo-jin 》
=Origin / Knight's Descendant
━Level: 27 (12.9%)
━Equipped Title: 'Halkenburg's Final Disciple'
━Night Soul: ───.
━Soul Aptitude: 'Endurance' · 'Restraint' · 'Diligence'
━Personal Traits: 'Covenant of Bonds' / 'Temptation of Madness' / 'Impulse of Rampage'
━Bonus Stats │ Runes Possessed: 0
━Status
*Strength: 37
*Stamina: 31
*Agility: 31
*Endurance: 34
*Skill: 39
*Soul Power: 112 (↑)
*Integrity: 12
"Ah. …There we go. I'm quite satisfied with this now."
-?
-???????
-?????????????????????????
"The balance seems well-distributed, so that's reassuring."
-Huh?
-What the hell?
-Balance..? He just dumped everything into Soul Power.. what balance are you talking about??????
-Why is he distributing it like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-This is making me want to kick something;;;
-?????????????????????????????
"Feels good."
Joo Seo-jin nodded, having poured every single rune he possessed directly into Soul Power.
As if thoroughly satisfied.
And then.
After a few seconds of silence, the chat exploded into chaos, and donations began pouring in.
[【Let's Go Hardcore】 donated '200,000 won'.]
━Hey you crazy bastard why are you dumping everything there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Contrary to the backseat gaming, those who were irritated by his decision to go all-in on Soul Power stats with his runes began appearing in droves, but that was only the beginning.
"Well… that's because it's the most rational approach, wouldn't you say?"
-?
-I'm losing my mind..
-??? What?
-Logic just flew out the window;;;
-?? Are you asking me to kick something, Teacher Seo-jin????????????????? Really kick something?? Will you do it??
-If you kick, I think you'd get hurt..
"What's the connection between going all-in on soul power with runes and that being rational…????? I'm genuinely asking because I don't get it lol"
In turn, Joo Seo-jin furrowed his brow slightly, displaying genuine bewilderment as if he found it difficult to understand—inadvertently scratching the backseat gamers' nerves once more.
"Could it be… that I'm the first to discover this is the most efficient growth method? That might actually be the case."
-?
-Hahaha, this is hilarious!
Watch me properly shut up this backseat driver lol
I'm not a dermatologist, but it's really itchy as hell—is this normal?? Like seriously???? It's normal, right?? I'm normal, right?? Like seriously????????
As if it were only natural.
* * *
Twilight Temple.
Above the Training Ground. Beneath a colossal tree that appeared withered and desiccated, Halkenburg paused mid-sip of his drink, pulling the bottle away from his lips before wiping his mouth with his sleeve.
Swish—
And then.
Creak—
Halkenburg's lips stretched into a sinister grin, his expression twisted with malice. He lifted his gaze and, as Joo Seo-jin approached, his eyes gleamed with predatory interest.
"Kekeke— pfft, you've arrived? Impressive speed, young one."
"…Well. There was no particular reason to be late."
Joo Seo-jin replied calmly. Halkenburg's eyes narrowed slightly as he rested his chin on his left hand, tilting his head with evident curiosity.
"Hmm? Your companion—that girl, another 'Seeker of Lost Light'—she didn't come? Still under the blessing of the Rune?"
"There shouldn't be any issue with that."
"Hrm, well. I suppose not? This old man has no particular interest in that girl anyway. She shows no aptitude whatsoever… I only asked because you seemed so protective of her. But what truly intrigues me is you, boy."
"…"
Halkenburg stroked the white whiskers on his chin with his left hand, tilting his head further with growing fascination.
"Remarkable. Not a single drop of your soul force leaks outward. You haven't been formally trained, have you? Is this innate? Did you do something?"
"Nothing. I simply did what seemed right. …I've structured the flow of my soul force's circulation and divided it into various methods of operation. To be precise—"
"───Ah. In other words, you've transformed the circulation of your soul force into something like meridians, creating pathways throughout your body. Then, when facing specific situations or conditions, you modify the fundamental structure to alter the flow according to your needs… correct?"
"Correct."
-?
-He understood that?????????????
-How much reinforcement learning did Halkenburg get to comprehend that?
That old man's inspiration… he could even turn Namu into a horror game, you know what I mean?
-?? What… was that actually an understandable explanation? Was I the only one who couldn't grasp it?…??
The method of operating the virtual engine, which no one had understood even after nearly thirty minutes of explanation, was immediately comprehended by Halkenburg. Everyone was left with nothing but question marks—but only for a moment.
"Hmm. …I never expected you'd reach this level immediately upon receiving the blessing of the Rune. Truly, a monstrous specimen. Hah."
Halkenburg spoke thus, then rose with a sound like "Oof—cha—", stepping out from beneath the massive tree and walking toward the center of the Training Ground.
"However, that said, you're still arrogant, boy. Looking at your soul force, it seems you've poured all your Runes into it… but that's a hasty judgment."
Halkenburg continued coldly, his expression turning severe.
"The Rune wasn't designed to amplify physical abilities without reason. Soul force—this ether essence—may seem omnipotent at first glance, but it is not."
Speaking as if delivering a sermon. Or perhaps, as if imparting wisdom.
"Kekeke— well, it's simple. Soul force must always be manipulated directly. In the midst of exchanges that occur dozens of times within a single second, imagine being struck because you failed to defend or reinforce a specific part of your body with ether."
This principle aligned with the reason why, in Night Soul, one shouldn't allocate all Runes to a single stat.
"Mark my words—you'd die instantly. You are no exception. Within hundreds of exchanges occurring in mere seconds, a single failure means death. Moreover, soul force itself is not such a flawless power. Therefore, gathering Runes and pouring them entirely into soul force, as you have done, is foolish."
-Hah
-Halkenburg
-Real talk;; if you stuff all your soul power into runes, you're basically a sitting duck with no defense, so you'd have no choice but to die?? I'm not saying this because I tried it one-two times, it's advice I'm giving you based on experience;;
-That's actually true
-Teacher Seojin, why are you focusing on runes for real soul power?? They say old man Halkenburg isn’t rational either?? yep????????????
-Soccer kick.. it's gotta land, right???
And then…
"That's not really a convincing argument."
"Ha. Arrogant brat. Heh, I figured you'd say something like that. Long ago, there was another one who talked like that… The raw gems of talent who seemed destined to become my greatest masterpieces—they're all the same. They all think they're the best."
"Not particularly… well, think whatever you like."
"Kuhehe- well, don't worry. Originally, there's one secret to making even those called geniuses come to their senses. ───And that's this."
Whoosh—
Halkenburg clenched his left fist while extending his right hand forward with a flick. An invitation to come at him.
"Heh- youngster, do you think you're the most special in this world? Come on then. I'll show you who the strongest is under heaven."
Kick—
"If by any chance you manage to land even a single attack on me— I, Halkenburg, swear on my name─── I'll grant you one wish. How about it? Doesn't that sound interesting?"
And then.
-Halkenburg
-Kyaa
Ms. Seojin, but she was way too arrogant though lol; we need to inject some humility into her before we go…
Humility injector on hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
"…But I feel like I've seen this somewhere before, damn; am I the only one who finds this weird?? Something feels off about it??;"
Joo Seo-jin took a light stance and answered.
"Hmm. Even just once counts, so if I land an attack— you'll grant me any one wish I want?"
Whoosh—
That was────
"That's not bad."
Crack. The basic stance of the 'Lakrantz Style' that I learned while testing my skills against him in the Infinite War.

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