Chapter 266
[Starting the stream.]
The next day, Seo-jun turned on the stream at his usual time.
6 PM, quitting time.
Today, just like yesterday, he started outside the capsule.
After starting the stream, Seo-jun left the room briefly to get some water.
This much was casual now.
- Seoha
- Toha!
- Hi
- The host isn't here
- Is this our world now?
- Alright, let's talk behind his back
- LOL crazy viewers LOL
For the viewers, this situation was just as casual. Plenty of streams start with the host saying nothing and leaving people waiting for over 10 minutes.
However, Seo-jun quickly returned, closed the door, and sat in front of his desk.
"I just went to get a drink of water. Nice to see you all. Backbiting? Let's hear what you were planning to do about that."
- Got caught instantly LOL
- We hadn't even done it yet, can we get a reduced sentence?
- Viewers, conspiracy itself can still be a crime, you know
"Yes, just as that happened. Nice to meet you all. No collaboration stream again today. I already said what I was going to do yesterday, remember? Beating up— who was it?"
Seo-jun sat up straight and faced the cam on top of his monitor.
Then he raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
If Singeom happened to be watching, it was to annoy him.
He was on a break from streaming anyway.
- LOL yesterday you said it was a fair match between martial artists, Host LOL
- Absolutely shameless LOL
- Singeom is weeping
- Honestly, even if you did beat him, now that it’s in the past, there’s no need to manage your image anymore
- Most important fact: There aren't many Chinese here right now
Right.
The chat didn't seem to have many people appearing to be Chinese at the moment.
Even though there were a few, they had little influence.
Even if it got circulated to Chinese communities.
In any case, it's already in the past, and once a fire burns out, it's hard for it to become a massive topic again.
Of course, no one thought Seo-jun's comments yesterday were about managing his image or showing consideration for his opponent, but Seo-jun lightly ignored that fact.
"Well then, let's get going."
- A quick try of every champion? LOL
- I'm really scared, Host
- Quick try (sets a record close to the absolute limit and leaves)
- Even the pros ask if you can do 600 in Bedwia! LOL
"Obviously, someone is going to do 600, right?"
Seo-jun adjusted his screen and said after reading the chat.
"It's just not going to be Singeom-nim."
With a mentality that starts failing around 570, not even 580—the known limit—it's definitely not easy.
It's possible only when someone who can exert the highest level of concentration at every moment continues to surpass their own limits.
If showing brilliant plays is a skill, then unleashing one's full ability—that is, concentration—is also a skill.
Seo-jun considered Singeom's stats in this area high, but not the best.
"Then who can do it? Well, who knows?"
Someone will.
Someone with focus that's slightly better, even if the flashiness or intricacy of their peak play is a bit lower than Singeom's.
'There are people who are good at that, though.'
Pro gamers.
Those who treat gaming as a profession, digesting insane training schedules and racing toward league championships.
He didn't know how those people would turn out.
The Bedwia rankings, as of one day later, still hadn't shown any famous names setting records yet.
'They probably won't be able to resist.'
Surprisingly, Seo-jun had predicted the entire current situation.
No, it was more accurate to say he had intended it.
The reason he had deliberately set a record at 599, one short, the day before, and why he mentioned other heroes, wasn't because of Singeom, but because of the developers.
'It can't be helped if the dev team comes out and says, we'll just take second place, but the odds of that are low.'
It would be unprecedented, and it wouldn't look good either.
So they will go find pros.
'Did they offer special rewards? I'm not sure about that.'
Anyway.
Seo-jun smiled as he looked at the screen.
"Yes. Let's proceed now. Today I'm going to properly learn about the History Book. I'm practically confirmed to participate now, right?"
- That's true LOL
- I don't know about anything else, but you can't take #1 for Kael LOL
- Kael's 50 is insane, you crazy bastard LOL
- How on earth did you do that LOL
"Alright, let's take a look. Let's go into that wiki, everyone's best friend."
- LOL open it up, Host
- Even the host reads this
- Tbh, it's pretty well organized~
"Okay, the History Book. It says what kind of content the History Book is. It's content where users themselves can shape the story of The League. One thing to note is in the footnotes here. It says you and I cannot do it? Hm, but we can do it. Should I fix this?"
It's a wiki that exists to be edited. Anyone can write in it.
- LOL even if the host edits it, no one can say anything LOL
- Ah, why is it content we can't do when we just *can* do it? lol
"It's just a joke. Let's keep looking."
Seo-jun scrolled down and read the contents.
"Oh? It says a special AI continuously adjusts things according to the situation?"
They throw dozens of users into a world. With minimal restrictions on their actions.
The only real restriction is the public opinion and the watchful eyes of the viewers.
So the situation can change at any moment.
Of course, a major theme is set.
War between nations.
Surviving in the jungle.
An adventure undertaken under the emperor's command.
Subjugation.
But the future is like a rugby ball—unpredictable. The story could end before it even properly unfolds.
That's why adjusting and correcting those situations in advance is hard for humans to do.
"There are rumors that it's an AI currently being tested? Hm, I don't really know about things like that."
The wiki had written a conspiracy theory that it was an AI being developed by Surface for a perfect future MMORPG.
Its authenticity couldn't be confirmed.
The only basis was that Surface is a holding company.
It wasn't the important thing. At least, it would take several years from announcement to game launch, and there hasn't even been a mention, let alone an announcement.
- RPG fanatics LOL just go play RaCl
- RaCl needs to stay alive for the host to keep getting mentioned, you know LOL
- Let's go to a blood alliance and cause chaos!
Seo-jun ignored the chat and read the next item.
"Alright, and here's the most important part—about this year's History Book. Fifty heroes revealed in total. And looking at the faction distribution of the heroes, they're evenly spread, so they predict it'll be hard to see this as a specific nation vs. nation or faction vs. faction conflict."
The continent of Pangaea in The League.
A gigantic supercontinent, 80% of which is comprised of natural environments too harsh for ordinary people to live in, like the Sahal desert and the Great Forest.
Humans are said to have built nations and cities in the remaining 20%.
Among those, two nations in the southern plains occupy 10% of the land.
In this setting, what they need to pay attention to is not anything else but the factions of the heroes involved in this content.
"It's not like all the heroes of the Church of Light are participating, and the same goes for the national military. Seeing how they're all evenly spread... Hypothesis 2: World War? This doesn't seem like it."
- Right LOL
- What world war
- Among the heroes! Let's check if any of them failed their American college entrance exams!!!
"Hypothesis 3: Finding a treasure, or an enemy from another dimension. Or a natural disaster strikes. Hmm. Why are they stating three as one? Shouldn't these be Hypotheses 3, 4, and 5?"
Anyway.
- Right LOL
- LOL natural disaster? It already struck, maybe?
- The host is a natural disaster, ah LOL
- There's definitely a hidden hero!!
- Is this the first mastermind in a few years?!
Mastermind.
It isn't only the heroes officially revealed by the game company that participate in the History Book.
This has been an element since it first appeared as a twist a few years ago, and users always include it when formulating hypotheses.
Because of this, artisans who only stick to one hero tend to at least try to get into the rankings even if that hero doesn't appear.
Unless they aren't good at just that one hero, there's no need to go that far, but...
"As there are 50 revealed heroes, which is a large number, the current consensus is that there is effectively no faction that will be the mastermind."
It hasn't appeared for a few years, and this time there are also a lot of champion heroes, it said.
"Alright, and oh. The rank 1 of each hero will be confined during that period to facilities equivalent to a 5-star hotel!"
Even though these were all facts he already knew, Seo-jun acted as if he were seeing them for the first time.
For the sake of making the stream entertaining.
- Yeah, they say the food there is crazy good LOL
- Phone confiscated
- Can't look at the internet and see what other heroes are doing LOL
"Alright, so now let's classify some decent heroes."
Seo-jun went to this year's History Book section and scrolled up in the list of revealed heroes before stopping.
"What's a decent hero, you ask? Hmm."
- Sounds like he's talking about heroes worth trying out in the History Book?
- It is better to have a solid backing
- Guys from the Great Forest or desert are unaffiliated, so they get full freedom of choice, but LOL they're a bit weak
- Might as well be part of the Empire LOL since Kael is also part of the Empire
- No, the host is actually cooler alone
"That's not what I meant. I'm talking about heroes where the Trial isn't related to Yeonsang."
- Aha!!
- LOL Assimilation Rate 10!
- If the foreigners find out about this, it'll be chaos again
- So how many trials are you going to wreck today?
- Besides Yide, is there another hero with Yeonsang as the master?
"No, what do you mean, wreck?"
Seo-jun gave an ambiguous denial as he prepared to enter the capsule.
"It's a quick try. A quick try."
And then.
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[Host LOL]
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So you're saying you'll finish with just 10 heroes today—what does that mean?
You'll do more tomorrow too?
This?
LOL
You call this a quick try?
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- Chatting casually while doing the first run as a tutorial, then ending the second run with a new best record LOL This is a quick try??? LOL
- The host doesn't hide his power!
- At this rate, I don't know if he'll end up doing all 50...
└ Doesn't think he'll do a few heroes, but only those guys get a break LOL
[What if the Host really goes in alone?]
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Seriously, today he casually finished 10 heroes in 2 hours like doing homework LOL Can anyone even beat those records?
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- Would there be anyone?
└ Wouldn't there be someone?
- Seriously, these are the best records of all time? And he does it in two tries? What is this guy?
- Now you could pretty much say his raw mechanical skill is utterly peerless
└ But you know what? I've been thinking that from the start
- A date to the History Book with just the host and the very few who use Yeonsang!
└ A History Book date with just three or four people? I can't resist this LOL
└ You think the game company will leave that alone?
[Guys LOL the North American community LOL group panic LOL]
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They're saying we should immediately copy Korea's idea and raise a disaster fund? Like, to make him stop streaming from the next one? LOL
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[LOL At this point, I wonder if the Host will even have any allies in the History Book. Even if people from the same faction cut ties, viewers would probably forgive it LOL]
The first day had passed after Seo-jun announced he was going to properly take a nibble at the Trials.
And the aftermath was massive and chaotic.
There were people seriously debating that the game company should impose sanctions, and trolls saying they should just let him go in alone.
The post suggesting they stop him from tomorrow received high praise as the most realistic opinion, and while everyone was being shocked by Korea.
Several people began climbing the rankings of the 10 heroes Seo-jun had set records on his first day.
All of those several people were famous users.
A mountain far higher than just a known name.
[Oh? A pro has appeared!!!!]
[Looks like they're trying to challenge the highest record?]
[Wait, if this happens, the dynamic is... The world's pros gathering to defeat the Demon King Jin Seo-jun???? No, but he's just a streamer, is this real life LOL]