Chapter 102 - Chapter 102

Chapter 102

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Coming out of the capsule, Seo-jun went into the My VR app.

Here, he could check the messages of all the games on his account.

And in Seo-jun's game message box, many notifications had popped up.

The people he had met as teammates or enemies in For Chivalry.

Regardless of the results, they requested to add him as a friend, and Seo-jun had accepted them all.

As expected.

It was indeed a networking, veteran-heavy game.

If they played the Battleground just one more time, they would probably figure out his entire family history.

If that happened, they would surely notice his biggest secret, that he had recalled his past life!

Seo-jun checked the messages without specifically reminding himself of the fact that although he had practically begged them to notice, no one believed him.

[Heavenly Killing Star: I will definitely win next time!

[Heavenly Killing Star: So please join the next Battleground too! You never know. I might give you another 12-win streak.]

It was the Heavenly Killing Star who had challenged him despite repeatedly losing.

The former Number One Under Heaven and the god of sniping.

Because they had met about twice by matching the timing even while Seo-jun was attacking the Orthodox Faction, he had been very surprised that such an ability existed.

[Heavenly Demon 14: Very well.]

Seo-jun replied like that and looked at the next message.

[JustOnePenny: Please don't come.]

He thought that if they were in the same faction, they needed to unify their opinions.

[JustOnePenny: Just kidding. If you do come, please join the Orthodox Faction.]

[JustOnePenny: Or don't come at all.]

Seo-jun chuckled.

[Heavenly Demon 14: I'm thinking of going with the Unorthodox Faction next time. The Demonic Sect won't have it easy winning from now on.]

As soon as he sent the reply, the '1' indicator disappeared, showing that JustOnePenny had read it.

And the indicator showing that he was typing a message appeared, but

the reply did not come.

He must have had a lot on his mind.

It shouldn't be that difficult of a content to reply to?

Seo-jun moved on to the next.

[Third Elder: If there are 7 billion fans of Heavenly Demon 14 in the world, I am one of them.

If there are 100 million fans of Heavenly Demon 14 in the world, I am also one of them.

If there are 10 million fans of Heavenly Demon 14 in the world, I am still one of them.

If there are 100 fans of Heavenly Demon 14 in the world, I am yet still one of them.

If there is one fan of Heavenly Demon 14 in the world, that person is probably me.

If there is not a single fan of Heavenly Demon 14 in the world, then and only then do I not exist in this world.

Heavenly Demon 14, my love.

Heavenly Demon 14, my light.

Heavenly Demon 14, my darkness.

Heavenly Demon 14, my life.

Heavenly Demon 14, my joy.

Heavenly Demon 14, my sorrow.

Heavenly Demon 14, my pain.]

After reading it with a bitter look, Seo-jun wrote a reply without a single moment of hesitation.

[Heavenly Demon 14: If this was posted during my stream, you're definitely getting blocked.]

Other than that, messages came from many people.

The people who fought him and lost.

The Demonic Sect users who were happy that they won.

And.

[Dang So: My share is probably about 80%, but I can't deny that you had about a 10% share in the Demonic Sect's victory!]

[Dang So: Well done!]

[Dang So: In the next Battleground, I will...]

Seo-jun did not read any further.

He was doing self-PR on how he would nobly lead the Demonic Sect to victory in the next Battleground in detail, but

that was definitely his way of saying he wanted to play the game together in the next Battleground too.

That was all he needed to know.

The rest was all nonsense.

[Heavenly Demon 14: I'll think about it.]

[Dang So: Think? What is there to think about?]

[Dang So: Don't you dare leave!]

[Dang So: I'm telling you to reply! I know you're looking at this right now!]

He skipped to the next.

[Bangju: Good work today, Seo-jun! Would you mind sharing a few thoughts?]

He seemed to be trying to get good ITube material.

Seo-jun fell into thought for a moment and then wrote a reply.

[Heavenly Demon 14: It was fun. I'm satisfied with the victory.]

[Heavenly Demon 14: If I receive an invitation from Movie Soft, I'll come back as the Heavenly Demon then.]

[Bangju: Thank you.]

This person was also reading it right away.

“Movie Soft will invite me, right?”

They said they invite the users who rank within the top 16 of the Battleground to something like an event tournament; although he did not know what it would be, that also seemed like it would be fun, just like the Battleground.

So if they invited him, he would go.

“By the way, since the Orthodox Faction was eliminated first, there were no players in the top 16, so what will they do?”

Because there was the previous Battleground, it wouldn't be completely empty, but the number would probably be small.

Of course, that was not something for Seo-jun to worry about.

Seo-jun turned off his phone after sending a reply to the last message.

“It is truly the end.”

For Chivalry.

Several ways, the game was very distinct and its color was unique.

The combat itself was not that special, but unpacking martial arts in a game format was interesting, and the competition between factions was enjoyable.

If there was one disappointing thing, was it that he didn't have a chance to play against a pro gamer?

Even if the players of For Chivalry wielded swords well and utilized the martial arts system to the limit, the pro players were on a different level.

The pro world was a place where one could not survive if they lacked even one of skill, sense, or brainpower.

“Well, it is a bit difficult for a pro to enter.”

The Battleground content itself was of a nature where one had to communicate with each other to join the competition, and

“the forms are the problem.”

When playing a game, there is bound to be a barrier to entry.

The skills of each character and their characteristics, the in-game system, and countless details.

From the perspective of a beginner, they were truly daunting elements.

However, surprisingly, one could usually find themselves naturally acquiring these things as they kept playing the game.

If they only felt interest in the game, there were more than one or two gamers who surprised themselves by realizing they knew all the skills of over a hundred characters while playing and watching related videos.

It was the same for For Chivalry.

If only the rankers had researched forms moderately.

Moderately.

“There should be a limit, though.”

They had been consumed by the concept.

They delved continuously into the forms as if they had become real martial artists, and to catch up with this, an enormous amount of time had to be invested.

They had created a deep gap that could never be learned by just casually enjoying the game.

There was a reason why Lee Dong-soo, who enjoyed it lightly, had chosen the Green Forest.

Of course, these words did not apply to him.

“Ah, it was fun.”

Seo-jun smiled.

“And I achieved my goal too.”

In today's stream, he had finally reached 30,000 viewers.

Although it did not give some play button like ITube when reaching a certain number of people, at this rate, it could be said that he had built up enough recognition to be guaranteed selection for LiOS.

“Although it's a bubble.”

He would not play For Chivalry from now on, so how many people would remain was an unknown territory.

Still, the common opinion was that he would definitely maintain the level of a mid-sized streamer for the time being.

The impact was not going anywhere, and above all, since the Battleground of For Chivalry had also ended, it did not seem like many people would leave.

“Tomorrow is a day off from streaming. The day after too.”

It was absolutely not because he wanted to rest.

Because too many people could also be poison. It would be different if he continued For Chivalry immediately, but that was not the case, was it?

A period was needed for only the people who would stay to filter out and remain.

If he only thought of the short-term numbers for a while, it would be best not to rest even for a single day, but doing it this way would be better when viewed in the long term.

Above all, a break from streaming was also necessary.

‘Those who are going to leave will leave anyway.’

He had things to do tomorrow as well.

***

Early the next morning.

After returning from his workout, Seo-jun checked the notice uploaded on ITube.

[I will take a two-day break from streaming. I think I have the right to be lazy.]

-Hyung-nim, do you really want to die?

-The right to be lazy, crazy lololol

-Now that the Battleground is over, is the reckless stream-skipping starting again?

└I remember him ending the stream and taking a break right before finishing the hidden quest in Dawn of the Assassins.

└It gives me PTSD lololol

└I think we need to beg quickly lolol

-Streamer... I'm already cold... Just open the door now.

-This kind of guy is the Heavenly Demon who led the Demonic Sect to victory???

-Since you guys donated like that yesterday, he became lazy. Reflect on yourselves.

└I donated 100,000 won yesterday, if I request a refund, will the streamer come?

-No, what kind of streamer takes a break at a time like this!! And it's for two days.

-Thank you for making us win, but I don't think this is it, Hyung-nim. Give us your address, please. ^^

Scanning through the comments, which exceeded a thousand, Seo-jun thought,

‘The reaction is ordinary.’

It was no different from the chats that came up during the stream.

He seemed to have written the break notice quite well.

As expected, posting it at 6:00 AM, exactly aligned with the sleeping hours the viewers usually talked about, felt worthwhile.

Seo-jun nodded with satisfaction, closed the notice, and opened his email.

A lot of advertisement offers for new games had arrived in his inbox.

All of them were new releases scheduled within this week.

Doing an advertisement once before moving to the next game was quite appropriate, making them pleasant proposals, but Seo-jun had to choose only one of them.

Since they were all competing titles, it was only natural.

And the game Seo-jun initially selected was a two-player cooperative game made by a developer named MONSTER.

The terms were the best.

20 million won.

‘Movie Soft gave 10 million won, but that was an exceptional situation.’

It was a condition usually given to mid-sized creators with 400,000 to 500,000 subscribers and easily 10,000 to 20,000 average live viewers.

Even if the attention was currently focused on Seo-jun's stream, wasn't his ITube channel on the weaker side?

However, the reason he selected this game was not because of the terms.

‘The game looked fun.’

It was not because he was hooked on the horror genre that the game developer had asked about by email before.

Only the theme was horror; the exact genre was a two-player cooperative action-adventure game.

Indeed.

Usually, games where two or more players cooperate against a common enemy are called co-op games, and Seo-jun wanted to try such a co-op game once.

However, even though the advertisement schedule was tight at three days away, he had not made the final decision yet.

[Han Ji-min: Boss! Please tell me who you're doing the ad with! I'm curious!]

[Jin Seo-jun: Sure.]

Since it was a co-op game, the collaboration partner was important, but MONSTER had contacted him saying it would probably be more fun to keep it a secret.

They had said they would tell him in advance if he was curious, but

well, Seo-jun had stated that he intended to decline if he didn't like the partner even if only three days remained, and they said they understood, so he just let it go.

He guessed there must be a reason why they thought keeping it a secret would be fine.

“I should head out.”

The current time was 8:00 AM.

The meeting was at 4:00 PM, so there were eight hours left, but since he was still a college student, he had to attend lectures.

So he stood up.

“Huh? What are you doing?”

When he came out of his room, he found Tae-woo lying on the sofa and looking at his phone while fully dressed to go out.

Normally, after the aftermath of going to the gym half-forcibly due to Seo-jun, it would definitely be time for him to be sleeping again, so Seo-jun was surprised to see Tae-woo awake.

“Ah. I have somewhere to go soon. Just getting ready.”

“Really?”

Seo-jun brushed it off as nothing.

Because no matter how much Tae-woo loved games, it was not as if he lived a life where he never went out of his blankets.

Click.

After opening the front door and walking out, Seo-jun walked toward the bus stop and thought,

‘Surely the streamer I'm collaborating with isn't him?’

A similarly ominous feeling struck him.

But since Tae-woo was already prepared to head out, the possibility seemed low.