Chapter 17
“Hello. It’s the first time we meet in real life. I’m travel streamer Jin Seojun.”
As Seojun opened the door, he approached the desk where the camera was placed and waved his hand.
Then he sat down on the prepared chair beside it.
Alpaca pulled out the chair for Seojun and spoke once he was seated.
“What do you think, everyone? Doesn’t Seojun-nim look exactly like his avatar? I told you, didn’t I?”
Alpaca chuckled and spoke triumphantly.
- Wow
- Why is he actually handsome? Why is he actually handsome? Why is he actually handsome?
- Somehow reality seems even better lol
- The world is so damn unfair, it’s absolutely beautiful
- But Alpaca, why are you liking it? lol
- Alpaca, you touched your nose, your eyes, shaved your jaw
Alpaca was laughing until he saw one chat, upon which his expression crumpled and he got mad.
“Hey! I’m still the same face I scanned in my twenties! What did I touch? I look the same as I did a few years ago.”
- ???
- Huh?
- What’s this? Does he really not know?
- lolololololol
- ㅡㅅㅡ (perfect Alpaca face)
“No... I do know I’ve gained a bit of weight...”
- Is it really just a bit?
- Is it really just weight?
- Looks like the bombardment of time hit you hard
- With Seojun-nim next to you, the comparison is brutal lolololol
“Yeah, I can’t hear. Can’t see.”
Alpaca closed his eyes and feigned ignorance.
Then he subtly moved his chair to the opposite side from Seojun and said,
“But Seojun-nim, you’ll need to move a little to the side so you’re on screen properly...”
“Huh?”
- lololololol
- 100% self-conscious
- Whoa? Why’s this guy moving away? lololol
Seojun just went along with it, and Alpaca seated himself a little apart from Seojun before grabbing the mouse.
“Now! Let’s have a short Q&A session. Nothing like this to kill time. I’ve reopened donations, so... oh dear.”
Alpaca stopped mid-sentence and suddenly panicked, scrambling with the mouse.
“Why?”
“I set the minimum amount at 10,000 won, but donations piled up in an instant. Seriously, are there that many curious people? I’ll raise the price. To 50,000 won. If you’re not truly curious, don’t fire, just ask in chat. Done!”
Alpaca put down the mouse and taught Seojun how to stream on the computer.
The basic framework was the same as broadcasting in the capsule. Since travel streaming through the computer was already a thing, that was expected.
But the details of the interface were different, and Alpaca explained those points.
“Seojun-nim, do you like beef?”
Tap.
Alpaca clapped his hands after setting down the mouse.
“Yes.”
Seojun nodded.
Not many people dislike beef.
“Good. Now I’ll go set up the food and the broadcast equipment in the living room over there, so let’s see your communication skills, Seojun-nim.”
With that, Alpaca got up from his chair, walked off-screen, and started rummaging through drawers to find the broadcast gear.
You can’t grill and eat meat in the room, after all.
Seojun played the first donation.
[I love you, oppa.]
“Ah, thank you. But are you really a female viewer?”
Seojun answered with a smile.
- What do you mean oppa
- ㄷㄹㄷㄹ
- (dangling dangling)
Because chats like these were popping up.
And then.
Behind him, Alpaca, carrying the broadcast equipment on his way out, shouted,
“You guys never sent me this kind of donation! And it’s 10,000 won!”
- Hey, did he leave?
- He left.
- If you’re jealous, be reborn, Paca lolololol
- Well, we can’t lie
- A person needs a conscience
As soon as Alpaca left, the backbiting began.
Then Alpaca, who had left the room, suddenly reappeared on screen.
“I’ve been watching everything on my phone, everyone.”
He raised his index and middle fingers to point at his own eyes, then turned them toward the viewers in a gesture that he was watching.
Alpaca repeated the gesture as he backed out of the room.
Did he come just to say that one thing?
“Almost like ‘Daddy’s not sleeping.’ That was suddenly scary.”
- For real lol
- ‘Daddy’s not sleeping’ lolol
Seojun let out a faint laugh and moved the mouse to play the next donation.
“Oh, after this, there’s a bit of game talk.”
[I want to get Weakness Detection too. Can you show some other examples of the grain?]
In Seojun’s skill window, most skills were still locked.
With insufficient playtime and having never performed a proper assassination, it would have been stranger if many skills were unlocked for him.
But, in his skill window, one new unlocked skill had appeared.
That was exactly the goal of this collaboration: Weakness Detection.
‘Give it a try!’
Alpaca and the viewers were excited that Seojun had actually unlocked the skill, and Seojun switched the streaming screen to his own view and used Weakness Detection.
Then, the background momentarily changed, as if seeing something invisible—borrowing a viewer’s expression, like looking through a thermal camera—and lines were drawn on every object he looked at.
Since he had used it in the middle of a market, he could only confirm bladed equipment like swords, but the drawn lines were clearly the grain.
Weak points along which equipment could be destroyed if struck along the line.
The viewers went wild and wanted to obtain this skill themselves.
The only problem was.
- How do you destroy equipment while fighting Richard?
- Is this difficulty for real?
- Even targeting grain on regular NPCs is hard, but a dominator?
- help
“Hmm... If you want to see other cases, come watch my stream tomorrow.”
That was it for today.
“And probably, experts better than me will get the skill soon and share it with you all.”
- Our streamer pretending to be humble lol
- Ettore, Drake first clear, Richard too. 1v30, never failed a parry once, saw the grain without a skill and destroyed guards’ shields and weapons, stripped Richard’s armor in one go—a master better than Seojun-nim... I’d like to meet them
- lololol
A particularly visible chat popped up.
Alpaca had typed it from outside.
“Haha. Next then.”
[I am the owner of twenty-five million points. Praise me, everyone. No, praise Seojun-nim.]
The Joseon Assassin sent the donation with an air of triumph.
He had bet the maximum 250,000 points on Seojun finding more than four, and with a 100x payout, he obtained 25 million points.
The Joseon Assassin’s point ranking was now 1st.
And by a margin more than double that of the 2nd-place viewer who had accumulated 10 million points.
It was no exaggeration to call it an event that would go down in the history of Travel.
Seojun clapped his hands and said,
“Congratulations. Next!”
[What are the Fragments of Order?]
Game talk again.
Fragments of Order.
[The boss of the Disassembler, Drake, has been killed]
[Obtained Fragment of Order (1/4)]
It was the alert that had appeared the day before when he killed Drake.
And when he killed Richard Neville, the same thing appeared.
[The Knight King Richard Neville has been killed]
[Obtained Fragment of Order (2/4)]
An item with no written description, but like Weakness Detection, there was a reason people were curious.
It was because Seojun was the first person to obtain this item called Fragment of Order.
The condition was obvious to anyone.
- Favoring musou?
- How are we supposed to kill a dominator, ugh
- Envious of content practically only you can do
Killing a dominator not through assassination, but through musou.
But the unresolved part remained.
Its use.
Not a usable consumable, not equipment—just stuck in the misc tab. The use of the Fragment of Order.
When he killed Drake before, he had also obtained a Fragment of Order, but back then, the viewership was too small for it to become an issue.
Seojun briefly gave his thoughts on it.
“Do I even know much about the Dawn of the Assassin’s Order lore?”
After that.
Seojun scratched his cheek and stared off unnecessarily into the distance.
It was because he felt self-conscious even after speaking.
- lololololol
- The creator’s carefully placed lore bombshell went to some newbie lololololol
- Truly legendary
- Do we have to find this out ourselves?
- Someone who can kill a dominator?
Seojun continued answering various questions, moving through the donations one by one.
[What kind of exercise do you usually do?]
“Just running.”
- Noted: running...
- You don’t do martial arts or something? heh
“I don’t do martial arts. But if I did, I’m confident I’d be good at it.”
Since he’s at a level where he can give pointers to actual athletes.
Seojun swallowed the rest of his words.
- Virtual reality and reality are different, but usually if you’re good at one, you’re good at the other
- Seems like it lol
[What do you do in real life?]
“Just an ordinary college student.”
- With that face, saying you’re ‘ordinary’ is deception...
[Why did you start with Dawn of the Assassin’s Order?]
“A friend recommended it.”
And so on.
He also answered questions from the chat window from time to time so the people chatting wouldn’t feel discriminated against.
He didn’t forget to thank them.
Seojun cleared the backlog of donations like that.
“Hmm, should I lower the donation amount a bit?”
It’s not like there were no people firing 50,000 won at a time.
But thinking that some might have genuine questions but couldn’t ask because of the high price, more than earning money, Seojun decided to lower the donation price.
It did feel a bit too high.
“Hmm, how do you do it?”
Clicking sounds from the mouse continued.
But the broadcast settings didn’t change.
- Don’t tell me you can’t find it?
- Wow, he’s actually tech-illiterate lolololol
- So that’s why you were late at the start
Streaming settings were more complicated and tricky than one might think.
“Haha, everyone, I can find it quickly. Just a moment.”
He couldn’t even get help from the viewers. Unless they had streaming experience, most would only have seen the broadcast screen.
“Hmm...”
Eventually, Seojun even searched online for how to set up Travel donations.
And browsed through a few sites.
But he couldn’t find the method, because no place explained in detail from the very beginning which buttons to press to enter.
“Once I learn it, I’m confident I won’t forget... First, let me call Alpaca-nim.”
Seojun let out a sigh with a gloomy expression.
[Ugh. So frustrating lololol Just take this.]
[Bro. This isn’t a concept, right? I believe it’s not.]
[Watching this makes me feel choked. My grandpa would probably find it faster than you lololololol]
Donations burst out one after another.
Donations exceeding 50,000 won at that.
“Oh, thank you for the donations. But wait. Stop firing. I’ll lower the amount soon.”
[Nah, I’ll waste my own money. Don’t stop me.]
[Broadcast monster! A collection genius has appeared!]
[This man. What if we made him play a computer game instead of virtual reality?]
[This could all be a meticulously calculated script too]
Despite Seojun’s dissuasion, people laughed and willingly tossed donations.
They had fallen for Seojun’s charm.
- lololololol
- Just how far ahead is he looking
- Kah, broadcast genius
- He shouldn’t be learning this kind of thing already lololol
“The food is ready, so come out now. But Seojun-nim, you’re good at collecting too. You definitely have talent for broadcasting.”
Alpaca gave a thumbs-up as he opened the door to call Seojun.
“If you were watching, you could’ve at least come to help.”
Seojun grumbled.
How is a computer-illiterate old man supposed to live with such shame?
Alpaca grinned as he disconnected the streaming connected to the computer.
“Well. Thanks to that, donations exploded.”
Though he’d miss the donations a bit, he could rest assured about the broadcast quality.
He was looking forward to the eating show with Seojun, having fun talking about the game.