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‘I am the Assassin of Joseon’ was a hardcore fan of Dawn of the Assassin Guild, which had continued since the PC era.
He was so sincere about Dawn of the Assassin Guild that he had played even the previous works, which received evaluations that they did not bring out the fun of virtual reality, for thousands of hours as it transitioned to virtual reality.
Furthermore, virtual reality suited his aptitude quite well. To put it simply, he had a certain degree of talent.
Of course, he could not fly around like pros, but limited to Dawn of the Assassin Guild, there were not many people better than him.
He was a named member of the Dawn of the Assassin Guild community who uploaded numerous veteran videos, and was also a beta tester for Shadows in the City this time.
[We plan to focus on the original stealth and assassination. Matchless? Try it if you can.]
The production team announced this development principle before releasing the work.
When he heard this, he cheered.
Because he was sincere about the matchless play style to the extent that he liked the phrase, 'If there are no witnesses, it is an assassination!'
But raising that difficulty?
For him, who possessed good skills, it was a new challenge. He also liked the fact that it would become a playstyle that not just anyone could easily do.
And that expectation was shattered to pieces during the beta test.
The reason was the difficulty.
It was because it had become far too high.
Various melee-related combat skills had continued identically to the previous work, but the enemy's HP and numbers had increased far too much.
To overcome this, one had to use the system introduced in this work where damage was inflated upon parrying, but the parrying difficulty had also become too high.
To the extent that even he, who was skilled and possessed semi-pro level skills, failed once in a while. This single failure was painful within the game play.
On top of that, while claiming to focus on assassination, the combat difficulty of the bosses, which seemed to have had crazy effort poured into them, frustrated him.
He ultimately had to enjoy playing centered on assassination instead of matchless play during the beta test period.
Still, he was satisfied in his own way.
Since, in the first place, it was a god-game that received reviews that it opened a new horizon for assassination games by showing a crazy degree of freedom in assassination methods to the point of being called Breath of the City.
However, when the beta test period ended and it officially opened, Joseon's Assassin felt a certain emptiness.
Because the true assassination he thought of was matchless.
So he began to watch broadcasts. Anyway, he had played the game as much as he could, and would continue to play it.
But
[Everyone, you can even assassinate by collapsing buildings. Crazy]
Even looking here.
[The target really sits on a bench and reads the newspaper every morning. Now, if only that box explodes, the assassination is a success. This crazy god-game]
Even looking there.
[It has been 3 hours since I hid in the shadows. I am still being stepped on by people in the street. When on earth is he coming!]
-lololol why are you doing this, collect information. Older brother, please-
-Because that is assassination. Mmh!-
-Why on earth have I been watching this for 3 hours????-
No matter where he searched.
He could not see matchless play.
Therefore, he could not enjoy it.
At this time when all fans of Dawn of the Assassin Guild were laughing, chatting, flocking together, and drawing aggro!
Around the time he was just losing motivation and turning off Travel, a recommended broadcast popped up.
He thought it would just be a common tiny stream, but the title caught his eye.
[A newbie doing both broadcasting and virtual reality gaming for the first time with BotC. Anyone to give advice?]
A newbie making their virtual reality debut with Dawn of the Assassin Guild? Legal back-seat gaming?
He could not resist this.
Just as he clicked the screen and entered, what was visible immediately was the appearance of a veteran perfectly deflecting the tutorial sentry's sword.
‘Was it a coincidence?’
He thought like that even though he knew better than anyone else the fact that parrying could not happen by coincidence.
However, the streamer subsequently disposed of the sentry, and disposed of four out of the five soldiers with parries.
“Yeah, this is assassination!”
Joseon's Assassin cheered and carried out true education on the viewers who were ignoring him.
Although he was blocked quickly.
And after some time passed, a single word heard from the broadcast.
[Everyone, I will show you a 13-successive parry.]
“A 13-successive parry? In the first place, just surviving there would be amazing...”
Joseon's Assassin swallowed his saliva in anticipation and stared at the screen.
Transitioning to this work, one-to-many combat became particularly difficult.
The reason was coordination.
He did not know if the production team really set their minds to force assassination play, but in this work, if the mobs were gathered, they moved efficiently.
To the extent that once they took their positions, no gaps could be found in their movements.
However, the room manager gave them time to take their positions. It was reasonable to view this as a beginner's arrogance.
But why did it feel like he would win?
He changed and fixed the perspective from first-person to third-person.
In order to view his play, which seemed like it would show something, in more detail.
[Kill the intruder!]
[The enemy is only one! Do not be afraid!]
Clank!
Clank!
The sound of iron armor moving rang out, and the soldiers surrounding him in a circle lunged at the room manager sequentially.
Only then did the room manager begin to move his feet.
And the cane drawing a semicircle.
Claaaang!
Claaaang!
Joseon's Assassin's eyes widened.
‘Just how did he parry at such an angle? Looking at the ID creation date, he is not even a beta tester.’
It made no sense.
Even though he merely swung his cane widely, he deflected the sword lunging from behind and the sword flying from the side almost simultaneously.
It seemed like he grasped and moved in that short time that if a parry judgment was made, there was no reaction of force, allowing smooth movement!
Lightly knocking down the two, the room manager tilted his upper body backward, lowered his head, and narrowly dodged successive strikes as if walking on a tightrope, letting the swords brush past.
And once more.
Claaaang!
Claaaang!
He swung widely to knock down two people at once.
‘Just how is he seeing the attacks coming from behind? Is it a hack?’
The 13-to-1 became 9-to-1 in an instant. The 9-to-1 became 8-to-1, and again, the 8-to-1 became 6-to-1.
-Wow, wow, does he really have eyes in the back of his head?-
-Was the room manager a pro by any chance?-
-I think even a pro could not do that?-
-In the first place, if you delete your account, you have to wait 4 years to make it again, so who would endure that? Someone who has tried virtual reality even once can absolutely never quit, lol. He's a newbie for sure.-
Even a thirty-thousand-piece puzzle is eventually completed if you fit them one by one starting from the border.
The room manager also reduced the number of enemies step by step like that, dodging what could be dodged and deflecting what could be deflected.
‘Easier said than done.’
Joseon's Assassin thought that if there was someone who could even hold out for more than 1 minute in there, that person could decide on this as their main job.
However, the room manager went further and approached the groggy enemies to end their lives.
Even while dodging the enemies' coordination, at some point, the room manager was next to a fallen enemy.
Smoothly, as if unintentional. However, that was clearly intended play.
-Just how far ahead are you looking! The greatest of all time (GOAT) of the Assassin Guild!!!!!!!-
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After killing the last fallen soldier, Seo-jun looked at the chat window.
-The hope of matchless play! The hope of matchless play! The hope of matchless play! The hope of matchless play! The hope of matchless play!-
-wow-
-wooooow-
-Is it okay for me to watch such a thing with my humble corneas?-
-Is the room manager using hacks?-
“Why are you surprised by something like this?”
-????-
-Then what on earth are we supposed to be surprised by?-
-Are you even capable of being surprised?-
“You can just dodge what you need to dodge and deflect what you need to deflect, though.”
-No, lol. Do you think, lol, we do not know that, lol-
-This is assassination! This is assassination! This is assassination! This is assassination!-
-The deception in this room is a bit severe-
“The deception is severe? So are you not going to watch?”
-No-
-Lololol-
-I already hit follow too-
Oh.
When Seo-jun saw the follow list, he was startled. All six people currently watching had followed Seo-jun.
It could be said to be at most six people, but calculating the ratio, it was 100%.
It was a figure possible because the number was small, but it was by no means a bad phenomenon.
“Shall we go catch Etor now?”
-Somehow... I feel like he will catch him-
-Real, lol-
Seo-jun walked to where Etor was.
Fitting for a grand mansion, a chandelier and various luxurious furniture caught his eye.
And as he went up to the second floor and opened the bedroom door in the center, something silver was visible through the gap.
His pupils dilated for an instant, and he immediately threw his body to the side.
Boom!
Etor, fully prepared, had waited for the moment Seo-jun opened the door and struck down with his iron mace.
The iron ball attached to the end of the mace half-destroyed the bedroom door and the floor.
-He dodged that, lol-
-I felt it when he did the ban earlier too, but his reaction speed is crazy-
-Other people died at least once here, though-
However, Seo-jun immediately rushed in and cut Etor's neck with his cane.
His HP was depleted only a very slight amount.
“Everyone, can an iron mace be parried too?”
-No, no. He is trying to catch a boss in a single blow-
-Where is your conscience?-
-If it worked, someone would have cleared the tutorial somehow at least once, right-
-The developers have common sense too. How do you deflect an iron mace with a cane, lol-
“Kahaha! You dodge well like a rat! I will show you the taste of my flail!”
A flail is a weapon where a round mace head with thorns is connected to a handle by a rope or chain.
For convenience, it was established as an iron mace in Korea.
Whoosh!
Etor began to swing the mace recklessly.
Crash!
Crash!
Seo-jun retreated backward, and the mace broke innocent railings and walls.
-Oh GOAT, if you face Etor and cannot kill him within 5 minutes, support from the Society guys will arrive and it will immediately be processed as a failure.-
Seo-jun read the chat and thought about the damage dealt earlier. Soon, he concluded that catching him within 5 minutes was impossible.
But he did not give up.
Since, unless it was made to be unclearable after all, there would be a way.
He was thinking of drawing the sword inside the cane and aiming for vital spots like the enemy's eyes.
Chats rose one after another.
-Hitting the same spot again increases damage, and the community opinion is that something might work out with that. Oh GOAT!-
What does 'GOAT' mean?
“First, 'I am the Assassin of Joseon'-nim, thank you for the information.”
Damage increase rate?
I will check it out then.
The opponent's weapon rather holds the answer in narrowing the distance.
If the opponent was to the extent of utilizing the advantage of HP in combat, narrowing the distance might be equivalent to walking into a dead end on his own feet, but unexpectedly, this game did not put in combat movements that lacked this kind of realism.
It meant that the soldiers did not take a tactic of exchanging hits with the player because they had high HP, but moved as if they thought they would die if they got hit once.
As expected.
Etor appeared flustered.
Certainly, he would not die even if his eye was stabbed by a cane, but he knew of such things and could not utilize them.
If he were human, he would have utilized it.
Seo-jun cut the neck of Etor, who was trying to retrieve the mace stuck in the floor.
And holding the handle of the mace together with Etor, he cut Etor's neck once more.
A struggle of strength began.
The dangerous part of the mace was the head part embedded with sharp thorns.
However, if they held the handle together, strength was not transmitted to the head part, neutralizing it.
-He grabs that?-
-It's truly in an instant-
However, his strength at least had to maintain equilibrium with Etor.
Seo-jun felt that his set strength was weaker than Etor's.
Therefore, he immediately cut Etor's neck once more.
Because he felt strength draining every time Etor cringed.
“Take your hands off my weapon! You bastard of the Assassin Guild!”
He felt Etor trying to kick Seo-jun with his foot to separate him.
Seo-jun struck and blocked his shin with his cane right before his leg could even rise.
This time, Etor threw a punch with the hand opposite to the one holding the mace, and Seo-jun lightly tilted his head to dodge.
Slash.
Once again, the cane cut Etor's neck.
The HP bar was depleted to the point of noticing a clear difference.
“I just need to keep doing it like this.”
-Wow, lol-
-Etor, we are sorry ㅠㅠ-
-Is that something a human can do?-
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Meanwhile, Joseon's Assassin, who was enjoying the streaming from a third-person perspective in an unprecedented way, uttered only admiration continuously.
“The art of dispersing Etor's strength, dodging and neutralizing all attempts to separate him, not getting hit even once himself, and slashing his neck dozens of times. Truly crazy! As expected of the GOAT!”
What gave him more goosebumps was the fact that he had not even drawn the sword inside the cane.
Other streamers had challenged and failed using the sword built into the sword stick, the assassin's blade in the gauntlet, and the wire entirely, but the room manager was facing Etor with only a cane.
Although there was also a blade on the cane, the damage was one-half compared to the built-in sword, and one-third compared to the assassin's blade.
[It is finished.]
Although Etor's blood still had one-fifth remaining, a declaring voice flowed out of the speakers.
Since the damage gradually increased like an exponential function, the room manager might have calculated that he would die in the next single blow.
If he possessed that level of skill, damage calculation would be a piece of cake...
[Ah, never mind, I have to hit him one more time.]
...Or maybe not. A slight clumsiness was felt from him.
[Ahem.]
Finally, the HP was depleted cleanly, and a cutscene flowed out.
[Hypocritical hound of the Assassin Guild! I will not go alone like this!]
[Tutorial Quest - Assassination Mission]
[Success]
-Is this not the first clear??-
-No, lol. To actually watch the first clear on a tiny stream I entered by chance, lol-
-We are with history right now-
At the first clear truly achieved, Joseon's Assassin briefly joined the chat window, which was flustered just like him, and then opened an internet window.
The destination was the Dawn of the Assassin Guild community.
Then, he began to write a post along with the recorded broadcast video.
First, the title was.
[A video of a newbie doing both broadcasting and gaming for the first time parrying 13-to-1 in the tutorial, clearing mobs, and catching Etor for the first time in the universe (seriously not fake)]