Chapter 105 - Chapter 105

Chapter 105

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Shin Ha-yeon had defended the throne of the level 10 AI in the Training Ground for five years.

However, this did not mean that no one had ever defeated Shin Ha-yeon's AI.

The AI collected the accumulated data to mimic the person.

However, it was impossible for the skills to be fully transmitted just by accumulating data on the reactions and movements of the person who had newly won for a mere two hours.

Of course, thanks to the data accumulated as the owner of the level 10 spot kept changing, it was true that the level of the current level 10 AI was close to the top-tier players.

Therefore, even for ordinary people who defeated the level 9 AI, the level 10 AI was at a level that was difficult to even challenge.

But what if the highest-level professional players set a date and kept fighting?

They could win.

And every time this happened, Shin Ha-yeon reclaimed the spot.

"Without a single exception over the past five years."

Baek Do-yul recalled her habit, which he had heard from Shin Ha-yeon's former teammate.

It was said that Shin Ha-yeon enjoyed practicing by fighting against the AI if a new person appeared.

Whenever she thought of it, she would log in and acquire the reactions that the AI had automatically selected as necessary in the process of registering the data.

In a way, it could be called the ultimate practice vending machine.

Facing the person themselves would be the best, but there was no one of a similar level who would fight as much as the other wanted.

Moreover, if it was a pure swordsmanship battle.

"Swordsmanship, huh."

He was also quite knowledgeable about swordsmanship.

It was not that his family ran a swordsmanship dojo, nor were his parents martial arts Dan holders.

His parents ran a normal small business.

However.

"My first game was For Chivalry."

Baek Wi-gang.

The NPC who evaluated one's skills when shown forms.

The NPC that Baek Do-yul first met in the virtual reality world he entered was none other than Baek Wi-gang.

And finding fun in executing forms and being evaluated, he spent several weeks experimenting with various forms in front of him, increasing his insight into swordsmanship in an instinctive realm.

Then at some point, the server's first achievement popped up and he obtained the title of Great Grandmaster (he did not particularly equip the title), and as he started playing the game in earnest, he realized that he had overwhelming talent.

Afterwards, he was discovered by his current team coach and fell into the professional world in earnest, eventually even clinching the championship.

[Shin Ha-yeon: No, it's not]

However, upon hearing recently that the Great Grandmaster title, which only he knew of, had appeared, he logged into For Chivalry for the first time in a while, only to discover that his title had been taken.

Why?

Was it a title that could only exist as one per server?

If so, was the form that the streamer executed after seeing it only once really that outstanding?

Even though he had not logged into For Chivalry for several years, it was hard to accept.

He challenged Baek Wi-gang again to reclaim it, but the title of Great Grandmaster did not appear again.

Even looking at the video of him receiving the Great Grandmaster rating, he could not understand it.

What on earth was so different?

[Baek Do-yul: You fought that streamer in the Training Ground too, right?]

Because of that, he became interested in the Training Ground, which he normally would not have even glanced at, and summoned the level 10 AI to face it.

And the moment their swords clashed, he realized it.

That the depth of swordsmanship contained in each and every move was different.

How they parried, extended their arms, and occupied advantageous positions in advance.

They parried in situations where they absolutely should not have parried, and thrust in situations where they would be counterattacked if they thrust.

He learned moves that, had he been alone, might have taken him a long time to realize.

[Shin Ha-yeon: So what do you want me to do about it.]

[Baek Do-yul: Why are you angry?]

[Shin Ha-yeon: Because you're interrupting my free time]

[Baek Do-yul: lol]

Having typed only two consonants, he smiled.

Was this the composure of a winner?

It was not for nothing that Shin Ha-yeon was on edge.

In this tournament, they were lucky, and the other side was unlucky.

The meta and team play fell into place a bit better.

Countless small coincidences gathered, and they won.

It was a match they could have lost if they fought again.

But wasn't this a concept that applied to all matches?

Therefore, they were indeed the rightful winners.

Ah, the weight and composure that the victory carried.

[Shin Ha-yeon: Ah, so annoying, blocked.]

[Baek Do-yul: Wait a sec]

[Baek Do-yul: .]

[Baek Do-yul: Stop!!]

[Baek Do-yul: Just a moment.]

[Baek Do-yul: Did you really block me?]

[Baek Do-yul: No, you're looking, right? Because if I were blocked, I wouldn't even be able to chat.]

[Baek Do-yul: Hello?]

His composure vanished in an instant.

He had almost ended up unable to ask anything after offending her.

[Shin Ha-yeon: Just tell me your business already]

What he was curious about.

The period it usually took for Shin Ha-yeon to take back the spot was normally a day or two.

No matter how long, it did not exceed a week.

But it was taking this long?

In fact, this question had been resolved long ago.

Since he also felt there was that much to learn (to siphon off) and was entering the Training Ground during every autonomous practice session.

The real question was.

[Baek Do-yul: Don't you know anything about that person? Since you've been playing since virtual reality first came out, I thought you might know something.]

Shin Ha-yeon was a famous user who had started since the infancy of virtual reality, not just the early days of game tournaments.

Truly a living fossil!

Even though she was young, and even though he, who started gaming late, was older.

Anyway, Shin Ha-yeon was a fossil and an elder.

[Shin Ha-yeon: Why?]

[Baek Do-yul: Looking at it, those are definitely not the skills of someone playing the game for the first time, right?]

[Baek Do-yul: Does Surface ever give sub-accounts to ordinary people? If not, he's a returning player, and I feel like you might know his identity?]

What was his identity?

He could guarantee that it was absolutely not the skill of someone playing for the first time.

It seemed he had set his streaming concept as remembering his past life.

Yes, fine.

Giving in a hundred times, he could accept the fact that if he really remembered his past life, those skills could emerge.

But remembering a past life was unacceptable even if he conceded a thousand times.

First of all, it was certain that he was not a pro.

Even with full-body plastic surgery, he thought it would be impossible for someone that handsome to appear, no matter how much modern medicine had advanced.

He was a bit envious of that.

Anyway, that was why he inferred that he was an ordinary person, and specifically, someone who had played games in the past.

His past avatar would have looked different from reality.

"Actually, it doesn't matter."

There was a separate reason why he was really curious.

[Shin Ha-yeon: Not telling you lol]

[Baek Do-yul: ...]

[Shin Ha-yeon: I don't know his identity either]

[Baek Do-yul: That doesn't seem to be the case at all.]

[Baek Do-yul: Anyway, I need information. We're thinking of testing him, and if his gaming skills are decent, scouting him.]

[Shin Ha-yeon: Pfft]

[Baek Do-yul: ??]

As expected. It was clear she definitely knew something.

But why was she laughing?

[Shin Ha-yeon: Anyway, I really don't know, so bye]

[Baek Do-yul: ok]

Well.

Should he go into the Training Ground one more time?

The time was 7 p.m.

It was autonomous practice time.

Although it was a bit relaxed since the tournament was over, a professional gamer's daily routine was still covered in practice.

Practice, practice, and more practice.

Yet it was enjoyable.

Part of it was because it was a game, but competing and winning was fun.

Competitiveness.

That was the reason why he had asked about Seo-jun.

"It is a bit like that."

Baek Do-yul had his pride wounded by the fact that he was inferior to Seo-jun in pure swordsmanship alone.

This was because his most confident character in The League also held a sword, and his confident area was also swordsmanship.

Probably due to the influence of the first game he played, it had naturally become his main weapon and unique strength.

However, an opponent had appeared who surpassed his skills, even if it was just in swordsmanship.

How could he not be curious?

"My overall gaming skills are probably superior, though."

Combat in virtual reality games did not consist only of cold weapons.

There were far more diverse ways of fighting, and after becoming a pro, instead of training in swordsmanship, he trained in all other comprehensive combat methods.

It was clear that this was probably the reason he fell behind the streamer.

He had many other things to pay attention to.

This was likely the case for most pros as well.

Which was why Shin Ha-yeon, who was doing that in the Training Ground, was a somewhat unusual case.

'I heard someone even goes to a gym to learn martial arts. Hmm.'

Knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the door of the room he was in.

"Come in."

Creak.

The door opened, and the person who walked in was the team's coach.

"Do-yul. How is the training in the Training Ground going?"

"Yes."

"Good. By the way, the reply to what you asked for came."

"Ah, it finally came?"

Sending an email to Seo-jun proposing that he take the team's test.

That was Baek Do-yul's request.

The coach looked a bit displeased, but agreed with the mindset that there was no harm in testing him.

There was also the fact that the director had ordered him to do it.

"Yeah. The streamer says he has no intention of even taking the test."

"Hmm. Yes, I understand."

"Okay."

Having finished what he had to say, the coach went back out, and left alone in the room, Baek Do-yul turned on the streamer's broadcast.

Their team was the current champion.

The treatment was good, and they had completed all their contract renewals.

That was the reason why the coach was not particularly pleased.

It was the same for him.

He did not want to recruit that streamer to the team.

His true intention was.

"In the end, I just wanted to fight him once."

Would he lose if they fought in the Training Ground?

He did not know.

Funnily enough, while fighting Seo-jun's AI, he had absorbed a lot in an instant and grown tremendously.

So he wanted to fight him once.

"I wonder if he has played The League? It would be good to know."

That was why he had probed Shin Ha-yeon.

But nothing came of it, and getting him to come for the test was a failure too.

Baek Do-yul had no intention of pushing any further.

It was too bothersome for that.

"If I stay in this scene, we'll meet someday."

This was the biggest reason.

Since it would be hard for a streamer not to play The League at all.

With that level of skill, it was obvious he would quickly climb to Challenger, the highest tier.

Then they would meet naturally.

"Ah. Or should I contact Movie Soft instead?"

A scene that seemed like it would be fun was drawn in his mind.

Hehe.

"Let's see who the real Heavenly Demon is."

He recalled roleplaying in For Chivalry for the first time in a while.

He impulsively donated to Seo-jun's stream.

['RealHeavenlyDemon' donated 2,000,000 won!]

[Let's have a fight over the position of Heavenly Demon!]

Surely he would show interest if the amount of money was at least this much?

[Oh... The true Heavenly Demon has finally appeared. Then I shall now return to my hometown, the Orthodox Faction.]

-You're not going to play FC anyway ㅠㅠㅠ

-Hey Orthodox Faction, do you believe that?

-He literally wrote in today's stream title that it's the last review broadcast of FC ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-This bastard isn't even logging into the game and is just sitting in his room chair collecting money, what do you mean Orthodox Faction ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Ah lol if he spent 2 million won, he should wrap up the Heavenly Demon position nicely and hand it over ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Was this not it?