Chapter 225
[‘LOL’ donated 50,000 won!]
[I just searched Geomsin on Raklin and it goes up to 230 lolololololol, isn’t that insane?]
Raklin is the game’s statistics site.
“……Everyone.”
The news that came in through the donation was quite shocking.
Earlier, from a quick glance at the chat, I’d confirmed that yesterday there weren’t many Geomsin IDs.
So that means while I was picking a server and briefly hesitating over a nickname, 230 characters were created.
“No, are you people in your right minds?”
Seojun suddenly felt genuinely terrified of the viewers’ unity.
-It’s increasing in real time lolololololololololololololololol
-That was a punch!
-Does Geomsin being copied count as a punch against the streamer?
-Anyway, he was flustered, so it counts lolololololololol
“Ha. Now I have no choice but to use Geomsin.”
Though I considered another nickname, I just decided to go with Geomsin.
Didn’t they say hundreds have already been mass-produced?
Playing along here would be fun too.
[Would you like to use ‘Geomsin231’?]
[Nickname is already in use.]
“They snatched it up again in that short time.”
Well, that can happen.
In that case?
-lolololololol still being copied right now lololololol
-These bastards are hopeless lololololol
-Viewers grinning as they fill all five character slots with Geomsin lolololol
[Would you like to use ‘Geomsin1’?]
“Oh, no one took this one? Nobody?”
When the yes/no window popped up for the first time, Seojun was genuinely happy.
[Yes.]
-??What is that???
-Crazy
-LOL
-Oh! lololololololololol
-And in the midst of that, the streamer is genuinely happy lololol
“It’s a world where it’s only right that I’m number 1. I like it.”
It was just right.
Since Seojun had naturally skipped over 1 in the past, it made sense this one was left.
-That’s true lolololololol
-Argh! Why didn’t anyone take that one!
-Everyone kept playing the number-increasing game and forgot, I guess.
-Geomsin+number is the standard, so Geomsin1 is the rightful first.
-What about just Geomsin?
-They won’t let you have that lolololololol
“Alright. Now that the nickname is decided, let’s begin.”
On the first platform, an avatar naturally appeared shrouded in shadow, and a name was engraved below.
[Geomsin1]
Then Seojun selected the first character, and just before starting the game.
[Would you like to use a skip ticket for this character?]
Lastly, he pressed ‘Yes’.
* * *
The darkness vanished. He opened his eyes and had a body.
He had entered the character avatar.
To be precise, it was his original body.
Only his outfit had changed a bit.
It was the standard adventurer’s attire in the game.
Leather pauldrons, gloves, and boots.
There was no cloak, and the overall mood was drab.
Seojun turned his gaze to the map floating beside his field of vision.
The map was a single, very wide island.
And it was showing him the objective and where to go.
“Let’s go right away.”
Deciding it was too bothersome to look around the scenery, Seojun headed straight for the marked destination on the map.
“So we’re supposed to go inside that, right?”
As he approached the marked location, a cluster of light gathered at one spot.
When Seojun stepped there, a conversation with an NPC began.
[Who are you! What? You don’t remember? You were probably an adventurer! Where am I talking from? That’s a secret!]
The dialogue with the voice-only NPC didn’t reveal the main story line but explained the world setting.
First of all, the protagonist was set to have lost his memories and awakened on this island.
If he wanted to regain his memories, he was told to get to the mainland and work as an adventurer; apparently, adventurer is one of the ordinary professions on the continent.
But strong adventurers are said to be treated well even by nobles.
[Right. As you thought, strong adventurers are among the very few on the continent! So you might have a hard time when you go there! But there’s a hidden training place on this island! Shall I specially teach you about it?]
Choices appeared.
[--> Okay. Where is that place?]
[--> I’d be grateful if you helped.]
“This is beyond suspicious. And why are there only these two choices?”
Seojun pressed the first choice while talking with the viewers.
-A true forced choice lololol
-Ah lolol, telling you to go train.
-Now that there are many viewers, he’ll obediently take the tutorial, right?
-The ‘Geomsins’ taking the tutorial at the same time as the streamer, thumbs up lolololol
-Geomsin No. 47! I saw the chat and pressed thumbs up!!
[Good. You chose well! I hope you have an adventurer’s talent!]
Soon the conversation ended, and the mark appeared at the center of the island on the side map.
Seojun headed there.
“Is this the place?”
There was a stone gate on the floor, and a message appeared telling him to place his hand on it. As he did so, Seojun was instantly transported somewhere else.
As expected of a place entered through a stone gate, a stone statue was at the center, and with a cluster of light there, it looked like something would start when he approached.
And from that moment, noticeable chats began to appear.
-Now that the tutorial’s started, is it okay to give advice?
-Let’s show the newbie streamer some tough love.
-lolololol pfft
-Game newbie streamer vs. streamer’s broadcast newbies lololol, the winner is obvious.
Before starting what people called the tutorial gate, Seojun carefully examined the chat and noticed there were unexpectedly quite a few first-time viewers.
How many could there be among 60,000 viewers? Still, that small number was diligently making their presence known through chat.
Thanks to that, he noticed.
-lololol You’ll probably succeed at the counter in one try, right?
-If they spammed all day and claimed to be skilled, then deflection should be a piece of cake.
-For real lololol, otherwise straight to hell.
Like this.
The existing viewers were mocking this.
-What’s deflection? For Geomsin, it’ll just be like chewing gum, right? lolololol
-The streamer can do anything!
-RPG fanboys lololol, how hard could it be? The League’s physical mechanics are the best.
-For real, you guys just spend money, wwww.
It felt a bit unorganized.
In times like these, isn’t it the streamer’s job to direct traffic?
An amusing thought came to him.
“Hm. Everyone, calm down. First, wouldn’t the viewers have to talk among themselves?”
-What kind of trouble are you trying to stir up?
-I’ve never really stirred up trouble with viewers. Don’t worry.
-For real?
-Maybe???......
“Alright. First, I need an explanation, so could those of you who are first-time viewers of my stream and experts at Rakl please type 1 in chat? For your information, I can check how long you’ve been watching. You know what happens if you type 1 without meeting the conditions, right?”
He planned to use the previous function once again.
“We’ve got a pick. Alright, Mateusik Koneoro Yeonmyeongham. First, I’ll check your watch time. Yes, 20 minutes. You’re definitely a newbie.”
-Yeah, that’s right lol, I’m the hyung.
From the nickname to the way they spoke, Seojun felt like he’d caught a fun person and smiled with satisfaction.
“Haha. Then, first of all, can I get an explanation on what I’m doing right now?”
-It’s the tutorial, what else lolol.
“Oh! I see! Thank you. Then what about that counter? What is that?”
Seojun’s lips curled up more and more.
-Figure it out yourself lolol.
“If you won’t tell me, I’ll ask someone else.”
-lolol, the counter is lolol.
-The boss’s attacks are divided into gimmicks, which are patterns you must perform, and normal attack patterns. Many normal attacks can be blocked.
-If you properly block those with a regular skill, the boss stops that pattern and becomes immobilized for a short time.
“Thank you for the explanation! You were a kind person after all.”
The boss’s appearance might vary a lot, but anyway, it’s parrying, right?
-I can feel from your voice that the streamer’s all smiles after meeting a fun viewer lolololol.
-That Mateusik Koneoro Yeonmyeongham bastard lolololololol, the moment he said he’d ask someone else, he answered right away lololololol.
-But that counter is just parrying? Rakl is screwed, big time lololol.
-Yeah, seems similar to parrying. Rakl is really screwed.
-I’m a League newbie, is the streamer good at parrying too?
-You saw the frying pan parry, lolololol.
-Ah, right.
Viewers who saw the conversation between Seojun and Mateusik Koneoro Yeonmyeongham also thought of parrying, just like him.
“Hm. Counter will be easy then. In that case….”
-No, I’ve been watching this stream’s viewers since yesterday’s spamming, and they’re really full of themselves. Once you actually enter a raid, it’s not easy lol.
-No. Just try experiencing it with the tutorial right now, streamer.
-Let’s all know our place.
Seojun chuckled and moved on, then asked the next question.
“Is that so? Then what’s deflection? It seemed harder?”
-Deflection is lolol.
-If countering is deflecting the boss's normal attack from the front, as I said earlier,
-Deflection is striking the boss’s normal attack down from behind.
“So, for example, if the boss swings its sword down, deflecting it from below is a counter. And while that sword is coming down, I dodge and then strike the descending sword down from above in the same way, driving the sword into the ground—is that deflection?”
The answer came right away.
-Yeah, you understood well.
-The bosses’ attack speed is actually a bit slower than regular players’, so it’s possible.
-For reference, it’s insanely, insanely, insanely hard.
In simple terms,
you have to strike the enemy’s attack in the same direction. That sounded difficult.
“I’d need to check the judgment criteria, but it’s definitely very hard.”
-That’s what I’m saying.
“For you guys.”
-?
-lololololol, so he was a crazy streamer, this one lololololololol.
-Is it because deflection is only in Rakl? Everyone sees it as a piece of cake lololololol.
-Ah, just try it lolololol.
-It’ll be harder than all the techniques in most games.
Seojun laughed.
Mateusik Koneoro Yeonmyeongham laughed.
The existing viewers laughed.
The new viewers laughed.
For different reasons, that is.
-The streamer is starting his provocation lolololol.
-These bastards must not have watched the streamer’s videos even though they spammed them lolololololololol.
-Why would they watch that? lololol, deflection can never be done easily no matter what lolol.
-We thought so too, hehe.
-League fanboys are talking too much nonsense lolololol.
“I’ll go with deflection for the start. By the way, Mateusik Koneoro Yeonmyeongham? Why did you come to watch my stream?”
-I came because it was noisy.
-For reference, I’m currently a max-level user on Sol Line.
-Search my nickname, gogo.
“Oh. I heard there are a lot of oldbies, and you’re on Sol Line. Shall I search you once?”
Seojun went into Raklin and searched for Mateusik Koneoro Yeonmyeongham.
The character’s gear level that appeared was 375.
“375 seems to be max level, right?”
-Yeah.
-When the Four Heavenly Kings raid comes out, you can make new equipment and raise your gear level more, but it’s not out yet so my level is the limit right now lol.
“You’re really so kind!”
Glancing at the chat.
-Max level, whoa, that’s why you’re rice-farming at the mart tasting corner.
-You must have spent at least 1,000.
-There’s no reason to hit max level right now, and seeing how terribly inefficient it is, is your family rich? Or do you really roam around tasting corners?
It seemed they were indeed max level.
“And you’re impressive.”
-Hey, it’s me, hyung lolol. Just go try deflection already.
-Today’s stream content could be a deflection marathon or just practicing it. Time will fly by.
-If you do that, I’ll keep watching your stream too.
The person was a user with a meddling nature.
That’s why Seojun liked that viewer so much.
Seeing them casually boast about themselves, they were clearly an attention seeker.
“Understood. But I’ll master it in one go anyway, so it’ll be lacking as stream content, won’t it?”
Is that why?
The smile on his lips just wouldn’t come down.
-Yeah, no.
“It’s true, though.”
-If you can master deflection in one go lolololololol, then why don’t you just go get the first clear? lolololololololol.
-For reference, I’m also preparing for first clear. We have three more max-level players in our raid party.
-Much interest please (meaning please show a lot of interest).
Promoting even here?
Usually, people who thrive in broadcasts like a fish in water will bite if you just give them bait.
“Wow. Then how about this? If I master deflection in one go….”
Before Seojun could even finish speaking,
in the one-on-one chat that had formed with the other person and was being watched by all viewers, a message came right up.
-Ah lolol.
-I don’t know about counter, but if you master deflection from the start, I’ll delete my Sol Line character right away.
-And go to Luna On and become your secretary lolololololololololololol.
-To raise your character’s specs, you have to do pretty complicated content, you know? I’ll plan all the schedules for that and even give you strategy guides from your side lolol.
This is the response he got.
Unable to hold back in the end, Seojun burst out laughing.
“Ah. You’re a fun person.”
-Yeah, you are more lolololololololololol.