Chapter 15

Chapter 15: [Knight Soul] Want to Try Being a Streamer? (2)

The game resumed not long afterward.

Since he had accepted Sword Empress’s proposal, there was no longer any reason to drag things out. 

After talking with the Saintess of the Moon— Grandis, they moved on.

Not that there was much that could be called a conversation. 

Grandis had simply stood there in a daze, said, “A monster...” in shock, then closed her mouth. 

As though she had been stunned.

-For real, he is monster-tier lololol.

-Teacher Seo-jin really is a superhuman, for real; He isn’t human sob;

-Monster, lololol. Then did you think Teacher Seo-jin was human, yeah?? If that’s human, mankind is extinct!!

-Wow.. This is the first time I’ve seen Grandis give a battle evaluation like that?; Well, it was understandable lol;

The viewers chatted like that, agreeing as though it were obvious, but Ju Seo-jin did not.

‘Hmm. I did my best, but... that wasn’t my perfect full power. There’s a lot of overpraise.’

Taking down Strachia Magnex, the Great Enemy, was something that indispensably required the Power of Foresight, but... he had not gone perfectly all out.

If the durability of his equipped weapon, the Longsword, had not reached 0, or if there had not been the premise of clearing it without being hit once— it would not have been impossible to show even more than that.

Well.

Even so, it was nothing more than something already in the past.

Ju Seo-jin quickly shook off his thoughts.

Step, step.......

An enormous cave.

After walking for a while while listening to the sound of water droplets falling from the ceiling, “drip— drip—,” they soon reached their destination.

After walking the path while defeating all sorts of enemies, the scenery beyond unfolded.

A gray temple came into view, almost entirely destroyed, yet still not having lost its majesty despite that.

“───We have arrived. This place is... the Temple of Twilight. Ones Who Reclaim the Light.”

-Oh.

-Wow.. I thought the cave under the chapel was just damn big and had nothing in it.. You’re saying something like this was hidden here? Legendary;

-Wow.. So there really was something in a place like this.. In the normal route, you can’t come here until the damn latter half..

-Hmm. I’ve been here in the normal route.. Back then, it was all broken down, so I thought it was a place with nothing in it.. Guess it was intact at this point.

It was a new sight.

The ceiling of the enormous cave had cloud patterns and star patterns mixed together like the night sky, giving off a faint light.

Ju Seo-jin also opened his eyes somewhat roundly in surprise, and Ju Seo-yoon, standing behind him, had her eyes sparkling outright as she ran around with “dadada—” steps.

= Woooow...! Amazing! So you can come to a place like this in the Hidden Route! Gentlemen, do you see this? I, Myangbangwool, have opened a hidden map...! I’ve left a great footprint...!

-?

-?? Excuse me? Who opened the hidden map????

-Myangbangwool.. What are you talking about............. Hm..?

= Huhu. This is one small step for a single human, but it will be a great leap for the gamers of [Knight Soul]...! Remember it well!

-Wow...

-Did you hit your head?

-Teacher Seo-jin did everything, so why are you acting like you were the first to discover the Hidden Route..? I’m seriously asking because I’m getting mad, yeah;

= Come on. What my oppa did is my achievement too~ We’re family, so shouldn’t we share good things together?

-(fist rises)

-I’m craving bad words, yeah?

-This won’t do.. Myangbangwool, let us discipline you today, yeah?

= Hmmm. You know bad words are forbidden, right? Gentlemen, I don’t permit dissenting opinions~?

-(fist lowers)

-I’m craving pretty words, yeah..

-This won’t do.. Myangbangwool, let’s discipline the viewers today, yeah; For the record, I never said anything;

= Hmhmhmm.

While Myangbangwool— Ju Seo-yoon chattered and fooled around together with the viewers, Grandis, who had gone before the Temple of Twilight, bowed her head politely... and recited her line.

“Thank you. Since you have escorted me this far... as promised, I shall grant you one blessing along with a baptism.”

-Kya..

-Fi nal ly!

-It’s originally the timing where you should be with the Saintess of the Sun, but because he beat Trinex in the tutorial, it turned out like this lolol.

-Seriously, if it’s ten minutes after starting the game, the tutorial should be over and you should receive baptism and a blessing, but because he beat Trinex, it took this long.. This is hell;

[Knight Soul].

The moment when the tutorial section ended and they could play the game in earnest had arrived.

“However... before that, I believe I must briefly report to the bishops in the Temple of Twilight. Once you are ready, we shall go together.”

Swoosh.

“Then I shall go first. I will be waiting at the entrance of the Temple of Twilight... so please come once you have made up your mind.”

It had become possible to proceed with the main story.

-Hmm.. This is the same as at the Temple of the Sun. In the normal route, you go greet the bishops together with the Saintess of the Sun too lolol.

-In the Hidden Route too, it’s the same that you have to meet those bishop bastards before receiving the blessing and baptism lol.

-The bishops on the Order of the Star side all just die in the normal route before you can do anything, so you can’t see them.. I’m curious.

-The angle for crazy fun, lolololololololololololololololol.

Click, clack—.

The Saintess of the Moon.

After Grandis offered a polite greeting, she withdrew... and then, the knight-shaped statue placed before the Temple of Twilight shone.

Vwooom.

Even though he had not gone closer, a hologram window appeared in his field of vision, displaying an information window about the knight statue.

[Knight Statue]

*A statue made in imitation of a knight. The pattern serving the Sun God has been intentionally erased. In small letters, it says, ‘Nobility is the Knight’s Soul. That heart is the true Knight Soul.’

━1. Load / 2. Save [◀]

Knight statue.

What function this unidentified stone statue had could be understood by looking at the hologram window.

Ju Seo-jin spoke through Player Chat as though muttering.

= Hmm. A knight statue... Looks like this handles saving and loading game files.

= Correct! When you save the game, you absolutely have to save once at places with knight statues! If you die without a save file, it’s over, over!

= Hmm. Is it that serious? If you just couldn’t save your game file... isn’t it fine as long as you don’t die? Then there’s nothing troublesome about it.

= .......

-Is this guy insane..

-?.. No.. How do you decide game over however you want.. Then does anyone die because they want to die??? Agh!!!!!!!!!

-???: His way of thinking is completely different from ours.

-Kya.. So that’s how it is. If you don’t have a save file while playing a game, you just don’t die. I didn’t know that?? Yeah??

The viewers getting mad again at Ju Seo-jin’s deception(?) flowing out as naturally as breathing only lasted a moment.

= Hyah!

Press—

Ju Seo-yoon approached the knight statue and manipulated the hologram window... saving the game file.

「Knight Soul」

━{1P : Myangbangwool} has saved game data in (1).

*[ 1. ┃ Play Time / 04:27:11 ]

*[ 2. (Empty) ┃ Play Time / ??? ]

*[ 3. (Empty) ┃ Play Time / ??? ]

And then.

= All right! Then, today’s stream ends here! I, Myangbangwool, will be going now! Ah, my oppa too!

-?

-..Fr?? You’re suddenly declaring the stream over here??

-No.. How can you leave when it’s this fun!!!!!!!! Why end the stream!!!

-Ab so lute ly not!!!!!! Leave Teacher Seo-jin behind, you demon!!!!!!!!!

At the same time, Ju Seo-yoon declared the broadcast over, and the chat window turned into chaos.

However, even despite that, Ju Seo-yoon responded with a steadfast and consistent attitude.

= Hm? Gentlemen, why would I leave my oppa here alone~ Goodness!

-We need to hear Teacher Seo-jin’s opinion on this too;;

-For real. Teacher Seo-jin would want to earn more money!!

-I’ll give you money!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Play more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

= Hmmm. Oppa. I’m going to turn off the stream now... Do you want to play more by yourself? Then I think I’ll feel sad.

Most opinions said that Ju Seo-jin, steeped in capitalism, would want to stay with the viewers longer... but the result was not so.

= Hmm. You’d feel sad enough for that? Then we should stop. Let’s only do this much today and continue next time.

It was an immediate answer.

Instead of playing the game any further, Ju Seo-jin chose to continue next time.

As Ju Seo-yoon wanted.

-Huh..? That’s a lie, right? A huge damn lie, right?? How did it turn out like this???????????

-Teacher Seo-jin.. rejected a bundle of cash...? Ddddddddddddddddddd.

-Graaaaaaaaaah!! Myangbangwool!!! Turn Teacher Seo-jin back to normal!!! This isn’t Teacher Seo-jin!!

The viewers, who had been immersed in the stream and excited by overwhelming gaming skill they had not seen at all in recent days, howled, but nothing changed.

= All right! Gentlemen, I’ll see you tomorrow! Bye-bye!

The viewers, realizing that they could no longer stop the broadcast from ending, began expressing their regret one by one and said their farewells.

-Sigh.. Can’t be helped Myang-bye.

-Myang-bye.

-Teacher Seo-jin, you have to come back tomorrow sob

-Bye-bye.

The donations were the same.

[ has donated ‘50,000 won.’]

━Sob sob sob sob sob  Teacher Seo-jin, see you tomorrow sob sob sob

[<Let’sGoHardcore> has donated ‘50,000 won.’]

━Hey, you must return tomorrow. It’s going to be crazy fun lololololololololol.

[ has donated ‘50,000 won.’]

━Teacher Seo-jin, I’ll be waiting, so come back quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And then.

Beeeeep───

The next moment.

〈 No Signal 〉

The streaming window turned black, announcing that the broadcast had ended.

***

Beeeeep───

Streaming.

In other words— the sound announcing that the broadcast transmission had ended.

At the same time, the screen being relayed in the streaming window turned black.

〈 No Signal 〉

-Wow..

-It’s over?

-I seriously watched that in a daze..

And then.

The viewers who had been watching the rebroadcast through Sword Empress’s stream began expressing their regret one by one... and started chattering.

-But.. What was our Sword Empress thinking when she set the mission while joking about “Master”? What happens now?

-For real lolololololololololol. Why did the Sword Empress get mad earlier and say she’d call him Master if he cleared the mission??

-If that person called Ju Seo-jin catches all the Knight Soul bosses without dying even once.. does that mean the Sword Empress has to call an ordinary person Master?? Shit lololol.

-Reply: Hey, you bastards, do you think he can clear that? Lololololololololol. Of course he can’t, so she set up the groundwork to take that heaven-defying monster as her disciple lololololol.

In particular— earlier, when Sword Empress had gotten angry at Ju Seo-jin’s natural purity concept(?) and said she would serve him as master if he cleared the mission... that became a major topic of discussion.

However, that too lasted only a moment.

Soon, Sword Empress, who had been standing before the [Knight Soul] game start screen and watching the conversation, opened her mouth.

As though they were pathetic.

“Huuuu. How are the chivalrous heroes watching my stream so short-sighted! Can you not see how deep my schemes are?”

-?

-Huh.

-Schemes, my ass.. I’m scared of what nonsense is about to come out;

-Sword Empress,, you,, look,, pathetic,, let’s,, stop,,

Sword Empress placed a hand on her waist and added an explanation with a smile on her lips, as though she had no choice.

“Huhu. It is no different from me already obtaining a disciple with outstanding perception. Because... defeating every boss monster in [Knight Soul] without dying is impossible!”

She meant there would not be even the slightest chance that Ju Seo-jin would kill all the boss monsters of [Knight Soul] with no deaths.

“I have already played [Knight Soul] in ‘Nightmare’ mode. I have even fought every boss once, aside from the final boss. That is why I can assert this.”

Point.

Sword Empress lifted her head and continued speaking as though impressed with herself.

“Even if he is heaven-sent talent, he is merely an unpolished gemstone of talent. If he was an ordinary person until just a short while ago... he is bound to die to a boss monster at least once.”

-Oh..

-That sounds plausible? ..is what you thought we’d say, Sword Empress?? Anyone can think that much!!!!!!!!!

-Lolol, you’re just saying he can’t clear it because the game is damn hard lolololololololololololololol.

-But fundamentally, she’s right.

-Hmm.. No matter how good that talented newbie from earlier is, can he defeat every boss monster in Knight Soul.. and in Knightmare mode, with no deaths? That’s a bit much lol;

-She’s right.

“Then I can take as my disciple that owner of overwhelming talent, whom it would not be an exaggeration to call heaven-sent talent!”

-[Limitless War] successor cultivation plan ddddddddddddddddd;;;;;;;;

-The idea of catching a talented newbie and making him play [Limitless War] is amazing..

-Making a talented newbie who could even become a professional gamer if he played [Eternal Saga] or [Gun Ground] play [Limitless War] lololol.

-But [Limitless War] still hasn’t really faded in popularity, so if that talented newbie learns from our Sword Empress, he might be able to try entering a tournament, right? I’m looking forward to it.

[Knight Soul].

Everyone knew that its ‘Nightmare’ mode was the worst difficulty.

No one denied it... and Sword Empress spoke as though praising herself, the corners of her mouth twitching.

“Huhu. At last, you understand my deep schemes. As expected of the masters who watch my stream.”

However— not everyone agreed.

A few viewers, who were passionate fans of Sword Empress yet nearly malicious, acted teasingly.

-Hmm lol? What are you going to do if you actually lose after this? Can Sword Empress really call a talented newbie Master?

-Sword Empress, who used to throw a fit even when people told her to treat her seniors respectfully back when she was a professional gamer, lol. She’s going to call a talented newbie Master?? The angle for crazy fun, lololol.

-Sword Empress.. I won’t see you off.. You’re not supposed to talk carelessly in the first place.. If you say this, you’ll get it back as karma later..

Hmph—

Of course.

Even so, it was meaningless.

Sword Empress snorted and turned her head, dismissing it by saying that would never happen.

‘Defeating all the boss monsters of [Knight Soul] in Nightmare mode with no deaths? Nonsense! It is harder than being struck by lightning under a clear sky! Not a chance! Indeed!’

Naturally.

‘Well... in the one-in-a-million chance he truly does defeat all the boss monsters of [Knight Soul], it is not as though I could not call him Master. That will not happen, though!’

Monstrous talent.

No matter how outstanding Ju Seo-jin was, he was still nothing more than a beginner.

The possibility was not high.

He might be in the realm of professional gamers, but Sword Empress was no different in that regard.

There was no way Ju Seo-jin could immediately do what even the Sword Empress had been unable to accomplish.

All the more so if the prerequisite was that he had to catch every boss monster in [Knight Soul] without dying even once.

Sword Empress let out a small “pfft” of laughter and shook her head.

‘Huhu. This is something to look forward to. Taking as my disciple a talent who will grow greatly in the future, hm... There could be nothing better than this.’

And.

In the black space, Sword Empress even hummed “hmhm” through her nose and grinned pleasantly.

‘Ah. I want to teach him [Limitless War] soon. When that time comes, he will understand that I am very impressive, will he not? Huhuhu!’

Certain that Ju Seo-jin would never be able to defeat the boss monsters of [Knight Soul] with no deaths.

***

Streaming.

After the personal broadcast ended.

Ju Seo-yoon, who had come out of the Capsule, practically dragged Ju Seo-jin into her room... and opened her mouth with a serious face.

“Oppa.”

“?”

With an excited air.

“Want to try being a streamer?”

...It was a proposal he had never imagined.