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Chapter 14

14 - I Heard Enhancement Is About Flow

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Han Yuyeon’s second-floor broadcast.

And after the ultra-fast clear broadcast on the third floor, the Tower Gallery was plunged into chaos.

[Title: No, so I’m saying]

Author: I’mGonnaBeAMagicMaster

(Gif of Han Yuyeon burning all the ghouls to ashes)

She pulled off a one-woman-army performance on the second floor, then went up to the third floor with barely any break,

and the reason she quickly burned down a horde of ghouls twice as big as the second floor’s, plus vampires on top of that,

was “because the viewers needed a break”?

Come on lol, what a lie lol

(Hoeeng... Mage emote)

- What you saw is correct, mage

- As expected of a mage with S-rank deduction, your eye is accurate, yep

- The amazing thing is that it’s all fact

First, the aspiring magic master who had claimed to be Han Yuyeon’s eyes and ears fell into brain death.

[Title: Summary of Han Yuyeon “nim’s” current combat level revealed so far (as of the 3rd floor)]

Author: PowerAnalyst

(Gif of a vampire burning to death while trying to flee in terror)

Okay, I give up analyzing.

She’s fucking strong.

What else is there to explain?

(Gif of Han Yuyeon doing double peace signs)

Send it up.

- Popular post cheat key;;

- Skipping the explanation and freeloading a popular post too

ㄴ PowerAnalyst) If she’s fucking strong, I call her fucking strong, how else am I supposed to explain it, fuck

- Seriously, isn’t Yuyeon-nim already S-rank at this point?

ㄴ PowerAnalyst) For starters, even A-ranks can’t handle that many back-to-back fights, so she can be seen as S-rank

ㄴ Combat power comparable to S-rank already on the 3rd floor?

ㄴ PowerAnalyst) But I’m still not sure. She’s insanely strong, but the fights end too fast

ㄴ PowerAnalyst) What’s certain is that she came out after closed-door training, pushing both her stats and skill grinding to the extreme

ㄴ For real, her aura and mana stats are probably over 100 at least

ㄴ What kind of training do you even have to do to make that possible?

The Power Analyst declared he was giving up on analysis.

[Title: What’s really scary is that Yuyeon-nim still doesn’t seem to have gone “all out” even once]

Author: ShieldIsTheMainBody

Everyone knows this, but combat itself seriously grinds down your mind and eats up an insane amount of stamina

But Yuyeon-nim has not shown even a single sign of exhaustion so far

Whether she’s grinding up ghouls or burning them, even while firing off huge techniques one after another, her face is pure serenity

That means blasting skills with that much power doesn’t even affect her condition, yep

And if you add a proper weapon + her going all out on top of that?

I seriously think Yuyeon-nim will just break through Hell difficulty

Whether in the physical sense or the dictionary sense, she’s definitely going to break it

- Ah lol, Tower, are you coming to your senses?

- Get a taste of the GOAT, Han Yuyeon-nim, the greatest collection of human talent

- You’re pretty good at analysis. You do the analysis from now on

ㄴ ShieldIsTheMainBody) (I’ll try, Guardian emote)

ㄴ ShieldIsTheMainBody) Starting today, the strongest class is Maid

ㄴ Analysis is fucking top-tier;;;

A gallery user who randomly replaced the analyst appeared.

[Title: What you lose out on if you don’t have it at this point in time]

Author: EmoteMaker

If you don’t have it, you lose half your life... well, not quite that far

What you lose out on if you don’t have it when receiving the grace of Han Yuyeon-nim’s broadcast...

(Vampire: Kyaaagh! emote)

That is none other than the vampire emote...

(Monster...! Vampire emote)

(Hiiik...! Vampire emote)

More will keep being added, please give lots of attention

- Looooooooool you make emotes so fucking fast

- Is it just me, or are all the vampire ones just screaming?

ㄴ EmoteMaker) It’s historical accuracy

- There’s no emote of the vampire burning to death

ㄴ EmoteMaker) (Vampire: Fwoooosh... Vampire emote) Added

ㄴ What the fuck, that was fast

- Please make a Han Yuyeon emote too

ㄴ EmoteMaker) Add “nim”

ㄴ Please make a Han Yuyeon-nim emote too

ㄴ EmoteMaker) My abilities are humble, so it’s still too much for me. I’ll train a little more and try making one

There was also a gallery user making points by targeting a niche market.

[Title: Give me a goodnight emote]

Author: PyokPyokie

Uuugh... Yuyeon-nim’s broadcast is over, so I’m gonna sleep...

(Good night, Marksman emote)

- (I will kill you... Swordsman emote)

- (Then die... Mage emote)

- (Please die, Guardian emote)

- (Is he dead...? Priest emote)

- PyokPyokie) No, fuck, I asked for a goodnight emote

ㄴ We gave you one

And there was even a heartwarming scene of them giving one another goodnight emotes.

The everyday life of humanity that Han Yuyeon protected was truly nothing but peaceful.

***

Tower-nim. Tower-nim. This is really urgent.

For real. I’m not kidding. Please come quickly. Let’s communicate.

Actually, I’m kidding. You don’t have to come. I’m sorry when you must be busy.

“VV...”

Off-broadcast time.

On the rest floor, I decided to properly make use of the new skill I’d acquired, “Marksmanship.”

For the third-floor reward, I’d chosen “Maid’s Encouragement,” but the problem was that it was a skill I couldn’t try using on the rest floor at all.

It was a skill I could only use when Master was there, so I’d try that later. Anyway, let’s look at Marksmanship.

「Marksmanship (E)

- You awaken a sense for shooting.」

Even when trying to fire long-range magic, my senses felt clearer.

It had been a randomly selected skill, but it already seemed like it would have a lot of uses.

While firing mana bullets into the air, I suddenly remembered the Subspace Shop.

「Subspace Shop: A fine maid must be able to handle every situation. These items will improve your ability to respond.」

Right. I should make use of the skills I have.

There were truly a lot of goods prepared in the Subspace Shop.

While searching through it for firearms, I discovered a search bar that showed off Tower-nim’s kindness.

Category setting... Firearms.

- Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E): 10P

- Maid’s Assault Rifle (E): 15P

- Maid’s Shotgun (E): 15P

- Maid’s Sniper Rifle (E): 20P

Oh. Let’s see what my balance is...

「Owned Maid Points: 95,822,775」

“???”

Tower-nim. I’m starting to worry about you, Tower-nim.

It’s this easy to earn points, but is it okay for the prices to be this cheap?

Are you being threatened into selling things cheaply?

You’re not? Thank you.

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been stored in subspace.」

Swish. I took the automatic pistol I’d purchased out of the subspace pouch.

Click. When I pulled the trigger, no bullet came out, so I stared down the barrel for a moment.

“Let’s communicate...”

[The Gaze of Armaments is shocked.]

There aren’t any bullets?

How am I supposed to load it?

For now, I fiddled with the pistol here and there and tried taking it apart.

Crack!

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

“......”

I see, Tower-nim.

I’ve figured out Tower-nim’s business method.

There was a reason the items were cheap.

Do you think I’ll back down because of that?

「Owned Maid Points: 97,247,542」

I clearly spent points, yet I had even more now.

Tower-nim’s schemes do not work on a bugged maid.

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been stored in subspace.」

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been stored in subspace.」

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been stored in subspace.」

Purchase, purchase, purchase.

After buying 10 automatic pistols, I spread them out on the floor.

Then, after taking them apart one by one and examining their structure, I was able to roughly understand how a pistol operated.

- Maid’s Automatic Pistol Ammunition Set (E): 1P

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol Ammunition Set (E) has been stored in subspace.」

Clack. I loaded the ammunition I’d just bought and fired.

Watching the bullet fly with a sharp whistle through the air, I felt like something was lacking.

Was it a problem with my stance? As I tried changing my posture this way and that, a fruit suddenly fell in front of me.

[The Gaze of Armaments bestows grace upon you.]

When I checked, I saw handwriting that looked hastily scribbled.

I’m sure the Gaze of Armaments-nim’s handwriting used to have a cute feel to it.

- I’ll teach you marksmanship, learn from me

I’m really confident I can teach you well, Yuyeon, just trust me

I’ll make you into the greatest tactical maid

“Oh.”

I was surprised three times just now.

The first was the predictive ability to accurately grasp what I wanted and approach me.

The second was the benevolence of not only being grateful enough to teach me, but also giving me delicious fruit.

The third, the third was...

[The Gaze of Armaments bestows grace upon you.]

- Yuyeon, why are you hesitating? I told you I can really teach you well

I’ll give you a super-fast crash course and teach you exactly what you need

It won’t take long, please give me a chance too

“???”

Why is she being so humble?

Shouldn’t I, the one learning, be the one asking?

For now, I held a pistol in both hands and made my request.

“Father. I want to become a master of shooting.”

[The Gaze of Armaments cheers.]

And so, training, training, training.

Now firearms had become easy to handle like part of my own body.

When S-rank physical utilization met the Constellation-nim’s super-fast crash course, I was able to raise Marksmanship to A-rank in an instant.

「Marksmanship (A)

- Your sense for shooting develops to an extreme degree.」

I had evolved into a tactical-maid.

If I trained more, I could probably make it S-rank too, but from experience, going from A-rank to S-rank took far too long, so I stopped training.

If I trained little by little whenever I had time, it would become S-rank someday.

To confirm my developed senses, I took some pebbles out of subspace and threw them high into the sky.

Then, bangbangbangbang!

After hitting every pebble floating in the sky, I continued hitting the split fragments one after another, reducing them completely to powder before they reached the ground.

“V.”

[The Gaze of Armaments cheers wildly.]

“Thank you.”

After that, I spent some time getting used to the assault rifle, then some time getting used to the sniper rifle, before lying down on the ground.

The reason I didn’t take out the Maid-Mansion and rest inside was because the sky seen from here was special.

I looked up at the sky where the stars were twinkling, then closed my eyes.

Since I’m lying down anyway, I should sleep.

“vvV...”

While Han Yuyeon slept peacefully, what were the twinkling stars doing?

[Title: Han Yuyeon’s teacher corps? Aren’t they all nobodies?]

Author: EndingCollector

(Video of Han Yuyeon reaching A-rank Marksmanship in an instant)

If A-rank is possible in 2 hours, then what exactly were you doing holding back and training such a talented Yuyeon, hmm?

Weren’t you actually just talentless at teaching? I’m asking because I genuinely don’t know...

- BambooSpearResearchLab) Lol? Teach her up to S-rank and come back

ㄴ EndingCollector) Wait, I can do it soon

- SwordFather) Knowing Yuyeon’s personality, I doubt she’ll learn it up to S-rank.

ㄴ EndingCollector) No, Yuyeon likes marksmanship

- GrandpaArchive) It won’t be long before she gets immersed in something else and forgets about marksmanship.

ㄴ EndingCollector) Shooting is different from boring studies like magic

They were peacefully keeping one another in check.

Twinkle, twinkle.

***

[The Gaze of Armaments looks at you.]

A Yuyeon-style awakening. I think I slept for about 30 minutes.

[The Gaze of Armaments bestows grace upon you.]

Oing. As soon as I woke up, I caught the falling fruit.

- Yuyeon, did you sleep well? Shall we learn marksmanship again?

“Yes. Please.”

[The Gaze of Armaments cheers.]

I should gratefully accept it when she teaches me.

While lightly warming up my body, I got bored and browsed the shop.

Since I had a lot of points, browsing the shop was fun too.

Then I found something that piqued my interest.

「Equipment Enhancement: To provide excellent service to Master, the quality of your equipment must also be thoroughly maintained.

- You can enhance equipment. However, it will be destroyed upon failure.」

“!”

I shot to my feet, gathered up the weapons I’d taken out and stored them in subspace, then entered the enhancement window.

“It’s a match, Tower-nim.”

[The Gaze of Armaments expresses疑問.]

「Would you like to enhance Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E)? (Success rate: 90%)」

A fair and square match, start.

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

Hmm.

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

?

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

Mm.

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

“Tower-nim. It’s really a bug. Please come quickly. It’s urgent.”

I said that while launching a surprise enhancement.

「Maid’s Automatic Pistol (E) has been destroyed.」

Thud. I admitted defeat.

[The Gaze of Armaments bestows grace upon you.]

- Yuyeon, what are you doing...?

“One moment.”

Hing-ing-ing. Crying, I placed another item in the enhancement window and tried a surprise enhancement.

「Would you like to enhance Maid’s Shotgun (E)? (Success rate: 90%)」

「Enhanced to Maid’s Shotgun (D).」

「Would you like to enhance Maid’s Shotgun (D)? (Success rate: 70%)」

「Enhanced to Maid’s Shotgun (C).」

「Would you like to enhance Maid’s Shotgun (C)? (Success rate: 50%)」

?? My hand stopped at the incomprehensible phenomenon.

No. I have to ride the momentum and keep going.

「Enhanced to Maid’s Shotgun (B).」

“!!!”

This situation. I’ve seen it in a book.

A situation where one must absolutely not think.

A situation where emotion must come before reason.

「Would you like to enhance Maid’s Shotgun (B)? (Success rate: 30%)」

「Enhanced to Maid’s Shotgun (A).」

「Would you like to enhance Maid’s Shotgun (A)? (Success rate: 1%)」

1%. Reason grabbed hold of me.

Was taking one step forward against reason always this difficult?

No, isn’t going against the flow the truly irrational judgment?

If it’s around 1%, honestly, isn’t it doable...?

「Enhanced to Maid’s Shotgun (S).」

“!!!!!”

It’s here. I must not stop.

[The Gaze of Armaments bestows grace upon you.]

- Yuyeon...?

「Would you like to enhance Maid’s Shotgun (S)? (Success rate: 0.1%)」

Probability no longer matters.

Enhancement is flow. Flow is flexibility.

Flexibility is everything in this world.

With trembling hands, I pressed enhance.

***

Four hours after Han Yuyeon announced an 8-hour break and disappeared.

A new post appeared on the Tower Gallery.

[Title: What, Yuyeon-nim’s broadcast turned on again?]

Author: NotAScammer

(Gif of Han Yuyeon doing double peace signs)

There were too many viewers, so it was hard to see chat, so I guess she shook off the small fry

Now it’s time for the real ones

- What, I thought it was a lie because of your nickname, but it’s real;

ㄴ NotAScammer) ?? My nickname said I’m not a scammer from the start

- Heroes, great men, come eat your meal~~!!

- Ah lol, surely there are no suckers sleeping instead of watching Yuyeon-nim’s broadcast

- The work drones are pitiful, sleeping because they have to go to work and missing the broadcast, tsk tsk

As the honorary first-string viewers took their seats to watch Han Yuyeon’s broadcast, the Tower Gallery became lively.

[Title: Han Yuyeon: Decided to raise the intensity... for a surprise dawn broadcast...]

Author: GunNut

(Gif of Han Yuyeon holding and loading a shotgun)

Decided to raise the intensity because it’s a dawn broadcast with fewer people...

Shotgun Yuyeon has entered the gallery...

- Her eyes are subtly giving menhera vibes

- (Vampire: Kyaaagh! Vampire emote)

- What about places where it’s afternoon right now?

ㄴ The world’s time is based on Han Yuyeon’s country of birth, so it’s fine

ㄴ (Understood! Mage emote)

The topic of the Tower Gallery this time was Shotgun Yuyeon.

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