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The opponent's face was reflected in the eyes of Seo-jun, who stood in front of Drake.
He had a black beard, deeply set eyes, firmly closed lips, giving the impression of a handsome middle-aged man.
“Hmm. What is your name?”
Drake swept his beard continuously.
- Drake seems a bit surprised lololololol
- He doesn't usually ask for names, he must have been quite flustered lololol
“Mu-myeong.”
“It is a good name. Mu-myeong. It is only right that the strong are respected.”
- Kya
- You must be quite flustered that he came after parrying all of those, right? We are too haha
- No, some people died because they couldn't even dodge the first knife lolol does this even make sense?
“Therefore, I shall do my utmost.”
As far as Seo-jun knew, Drake did his utmost even against people who had somehow dodged his knives using equipment or skills.
*Rattle!*
From behind Drake, two chains with sharp blades embedded at the ends floated and began to aim at Seo-jun.
And he drew the twin swords hanging from his waist.
When fighting Drake, unlike Ettore in the tutorial, there were no restrictions on conditions.
One could use equipment and skills, and it was also possible to challenge after raising basic stats.
But why was it that people had not been able to defeat him until now?
The reason lay precisely in that unique flying weapon.
For the two chains that moved freely through the air, there was no angle from which an attack was impossible.
Therefore, it was possible to corner the player by linking them seamlessly with Drake's twin swords.
The chains swimming freely through the air came into Seo-jun's sight.
“It's an assassination game, but they are very serious about fighting.”
- In fact, wasn't the game company actually encouraging musou? lolol
- But they can't just increase the HP bar simply to block musou, because people would swear at them. And I think this kind of combat diversification is good too.
- In the first place, combat is an important element in Assassin's Dawn.
Seo-jun glanced at the chat window, smiled, and took a stance, thinking of the pipe as if it were a sword.
“Khehe. I shall go first!”
A hoarse voice was heard.
*Clang!!*
Drake's twin swords and Seo-jun's pipe clashed against each other.
And subsequently, chains shot toward him from behind Drake's back.
*Clang! Clang!*
Seo-jun retreated and swung the pipe continuously to parry them, but immediately after, Drake rushed over again and brandished his twin swords.
Drake seized the initiative, and Seo-jun began to be pushed back helplessly.
- It seems even Mu-myeong-jwa is no match for Drake
- How do you even beat that link in the first place, I think it's impossible.
- The pipe was also f*cking arrogant.
At least to the viewers, it looked that way.
‘It is harder than when fighting thirteen people, though.’
But
Seo-jun's eyes grew deeper, and his thoughts began to accelerate.
What came to mind was the memory of his past life.
Especially when he was isolated alone in enemy territory.
‘Back then, it wasn't just four, but dozens of blades flying at me.’
Even in such a heinous situation, he had been able to survive.
While actually attacking and moving forward, that is.
Seo-jun instantly lowered his stance and dug into Drake's embrace.
*Thud!*
The blade of the chain flying from behind Drake embedded itself in the spot where he had been standing until just a moment ago.
Seo-jun parried the sword striking down toward him as he approached.
Parry.
For minor mobs, it led to a groggy state where instant death was possible, but against a boss like Drake, it only bought enough time for the boss to falter backward briefly, allowing about a single attack.
Even then, Drake was protected by his chains.
But
Not right now.
The memory of striking down with a sword tens of thousands of times helped him unfold an extremely familiar movement even with his eyes closed.
He stepped down and transmitted power from his solid lower body.
‘High Guard.’
Kaboom!
Head.
“Kuaaaak!”
At that moment, the content appearing in the chat window changed like flipping a palm.
- ?? Why is Drake so easy?
- Real, it looks easy.
- If someone makes it look f*cking easy, there is a high probability that person is a super-expert.
It was fun.
Only this moment of holding a sword, clashing, striking down, brandishing, and slashing was the sole evidence of his past life.
The link began again, and Seo-jun parried.
Instantly, the chains flew in.
Seo-jun smoothly parried the two, held the sword with both hands, and took the High Guard.
The series of processes was as smooth as that of a martial artist unfolding the most familiar form repeated for decades, but the action just now was something Seo-jun moved through improvisation to match the situation.
After that, it was once again the basis of a martial artist: the vertical slash.
In other words,
Head.
Kaboom!
Since his body had changed and it was virtual reality, one might think there could be a large error, but the reality was actually the opposite.
He was not bound by forms and styles.
Even in a single swing.
It meant that he could coordinate the foot placement, leg posture, twisting of the upper body, and arm movements into the optimal posture at every moment.
Even with a different body, that is.
Kaboom!
As he continuously repeated the task of defeating the chains and striking Drake's head without rest.
Kaboom!
Kaboom!
Before he knew it, Drake's HP was completely depleted.
[Drake, the boss of Decembler, has died]
[You have acquired the Fragment of Order (1/4)]
As the notification window popped up and Drake also collapsed, the emotions that had been highly elevated by the combat calmed down.
When he looked at the chat window next.
- Mu-myeong is god! Mu-myeong is god! Mu-myeong is god! Mu-myeong is god!
- Mom, I watched a first clear again! Mom, I watched a first clear again! Mom, I watched a first clear again!
- No, it seriously looks so easy. Not even getting hit once. Drake, get ready for today lolol
[‘Joseon's Assassin’ donated 100,000 won!]
[This is the hope of Musou! ]
“Thank you for the 100,000 won donation, Joseon's Assassin-nim. Ah, but was this also a first clear?”
- Yep
- Yes
- Verifying skills in this kind of way? Insane.
- He's just playing a different game by himself lolol
[‘SpoonKiller’ donated 10,000 won!]
[More than that, the fact that he persistently caught him with a pipe gives me goosebumps lolol what would you have done if there was no damage increase buff.]
- Pipe killer f*ck lolololol
- What do you mean what would he have done. He still would have caught him lol this is even more chilling lolol
“Thank you for the 10,000 won donation, Spoon Killer-nim.”
Seo-jun smiled and checked the number of viewers.
[Viewers: 447]
Confirming that the viewers had increased before he knew it, Seo-jun's eyes widened.
A number of people slightly larger than the follower count.
They said it was better not to obsess over viewers while broadcasting, but he felt good about the number of viewers that had increased compared to the beginning.
Since it meant that the number of people who entered was larger than those who left.
“Now, but the guards aren't coming, right?”
- Yep
- The guards of this world are on the level of police in K-webtoons lolol they never appear when doing a mission
- But they appear when pickpocketing.
- K-webtoon lolololol
“I see. Then, I should leave the theater troupe now.”
Seo-jun passed by the half-destroyed stage, the stairs piled with corpses, and the entrance littered with broken glass shards.
When he came out of the theater troupe like that, a person wearing a hood was waiting for Seo-jun.
At first he wondered if it was an enemy, but seeing the blonde hair swaying underneath, he could quickly deduce the identity.
The person saw Seo-jun and took off the hood.
As expected, it was Christina.
“Mu-myeong. Did you deal with Drake? Good job.”
Christina said.
“Thanks to you, we have escaped further from oppression. Thank you.”
[You acquire money.]
[Your reputation rises.]
When he received the pouch Christina handed over, a notification popped up.
“I didn't take a mission to catch him, yet they give a reward. Even though I have no use for money.”
- Yep, they give rewards even if you don't take commissions.
- Indeed, pipes are overflowing on the streets, why would you need money lol
- Seriously, Drake must find this absurd too
Seo-jun thought it was fine either way.
And he stood on the street, facing the half-ruined theater troupe.
“Then now, is the assassination a success?”
Although it was the appearance of a theater troupe where a gang fight had obviously occurred, Seo-jun said so without even a single change in his expression.
- ???
- ?????
- We never agreed to call this an assassination.
- lolololol his expression doesn't change at all
- This kind of shamelessness is the charm.
[‘Joseon's Assassin’ donated 1,000 won!]
[There are no witnesses, so it's an assassination, yes. Yep]
“I agree as well. I only did as I was told in an assassination game, after all.”
In the chat window, question marks (?) and 'lolol' appeared half-and-half.
- Mmh! Because that is assassination!
- Fun-Cool-Sexy-jwa lolololol
And Seo-jun felt that now was the optimal timing.
“Well, then I will end the broadcast. I've done everything I needed to do today.”
- Ah, wait a sec...
- Let's play a bit more
- Why did it end so easily T_T
- I thought you would play for at least 10 hours today...
- Stop the instant broadcast end!
“T-bye!”
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“Phew.”
Feeling a bit of dizziness, Seo-jun took off the headgear.
And while sitting, he clenched and unclenched his hands, stretched his legs wide to stretch, and stood up after warming up his body.
‘What is he doing?’
When he came out of the capsule, his eyes met his friend, who was lying on the bed looking at his phone.
“Hey, what are you doing in my room?”
“Oh, I took a break from broadcasting today, so I was watching your broadcast. It was fun.”
Tae-woo turned his phone and waved it at Seo-jun.
“Right now I'm looking at the community.”
“Is there any reaction?”
For Seo-jun, who had realized the power of the community, he could not help but be somewhat concerned.
“Well, considering that 440 people watched, the firepower is hot.”
*Thud.*
Seo-jun caught the phone Tae-woo threw and checked what content was written.
[Summary of the New Route for Drake's Location Information]
The scene where Seo-jun left only one gang member and continuously questioned him was uploaded in the form of a clip (a function that makes highlights by cutting out a portion of the streamer's broadcast screen).
- Oh. That kind of method seems much more convenient.
└ Parrying is quite difficult.
- He's a real demon lolololol
- Who is that person?
└ He's Mu-myeong-jwa from yesterday.
[Guys, but what is the Fragment of Order? I think I've never seen it once while playing the game?]
- I also played the beta and saw the ending after release, but I've never seen that.
??? What is it?
- Doesn't it give it to you if you catch Drake?
No, catching Drake doesn't give you that kind of thing.
It seems it only gives it to you if you catch him through musou?
I'm f*cking curious what that is...
Information posts like these were posted with priority.
[I've watched Mu-myeong-jwa's broadcast.]
One-line summary: The era of Musou has opened!
- The era of Musou has opened! (Got beaten up by Ettore yesterday.)
Today, scheduled to be beaten up by Drake.
Did you both hack my capsule? Crazy lolol (Author of the post)
- From now on, any bastard who doubts Mu-myeong-jwa is my enemy.
- I was told to verify the Ettore first-clear skill, so I first-cleared Drake too, but is there a problem?
It sounds like a light novel title lolol
There were also users who chattered about the broadcast content.
And there was also a post that accurately (?) summarized Seo-jun's broadcast content.
[A recent noir script plot: Gang members messed with a hidden master, a common citizen who was just pickpocketing, and the gang got annihilated with a pipe.]
- It's a fact
- The writer's level lolol
- Younghwa Soft should self-reflect
One by one, posts related to Seo-jun began to receive recommendations and go up.
“Wow, so this is how the community was running.”
[Stop talking about internet broadcasting, you f*cking streamer trash!]
[Upvote if it seems like a loser to happily chatter about something only they know.]
As the content about Seo-jun exceeded the 30-recommendation posts and people began to watch it a lot, posts swearing at them began to appear on the free board just like yesterday.
“Yeah, originally, when fans appear, haters also appear. It was nice when you only received interest, right?”
“What should I do in times like this?”
“What do you mean ? The number of viewers was 400. The number of people looking at the community exceeds ten thousand.”
In short, it meant to become famous.
To the extent that most people would have heard of him at least once.
The problem was 'how'.
At that moment, a post caught his eye.
[Alpaca, who is trembling because Drake was caught, please raise your hoof lolol]
Seo-jun entered the post, his eyes shining.
There was a clip containing the remarks of a mid-sized streamer making a grand promise to do Kyeon-wang.
Seo-jun followed the clip link and entered that streamer's broadcast.
He was broadcasting live.
As he quietly watched the broadcast, the corners of Seo-jun's mouth drew an arc.
Perhaps.
The thought occurred to him that he could utilize this situation.
“Hey, do you know the streamer named Alpaca?”
“Alpaca hyung? Yeah, we've even done joint broadcasts a few times, and we are friends, but why?”
They said even dog droppings can be used as medicine when needed.
Seo-jun stared at Tae-woo, who was eating snacks while spilling crumbs on his bed, with a fresh look in his eyes.
“Then. Let me ask you for a favor.”