Chapter 276
The official Korean League’s Travel ID was unable to invite Bangju, so another commentator was filling the spot.
Among amateurs in the commentary scene, if you had to rank them, Bangju was the best.
He had a wide view of the game and knew a lot.
He was good at breaking things down into simple terms, explaining at the audience’s level, and had a sense of entertainment.
Anyway, for more expert perspectives, they just needed to bring in former pro commentators.
Since official broadcast commentary wasn’t a one-man job.
The second choice, who was invited after Bangju turned it down and ended up in that seat, was Kapil.
Real name Park Ha-rin.
Kapil was an ordinary person, but after watching Bangju, he sensed the potential in the commentary market and jumped in late.
He grew by absorbing everything from existing commentary broadcasts, including Bangju’s.
He had ability, no less than passion.
In less than two years, he started getting invited to game company events, and his personal streams drew large crowds.
By now, Kapil considered himself to have surpassed Bangju.
But when the official broadcast invited Bangju first, and Bangju declined, and thanks to that Kapil got this seat, it scratched his pride.
So he intended to completely overtake him this time.
‘He turned down a seat just to watch only that streamer?’
What’s funnier is this.
After turning it down like that, he added:
- Anyway, the camera will probably still only show Seojun-nim! Either way, I’m doing it solo!
That's what he said.
‘Isn’t that just him feeling pressured?’
Of course, right after the History Book started, the user Sword God did something that immediately put him in the spotlight.
They highlighted stories related to him again.
‘But this is Ashiess and Daran. It’s well deserved.’
The Sword God.
He didn’t like him.
The user who had allowed Bangju to make one more leap recently.
If not for that user, he might have received the first invitation for this History Book.
What on earth was so good about him that people kept watching?
He could acknowledge his skill, but.
‘His manners weren’t there. He lacks class.’
He shook off his idle thoughts.
Anyway, the topic right now was the Sword God.
He just wanted him to be eliminated quickly.
Arin, who also appeared this time, asked,
“What do you think those Daran nobles’ conversation means?”
Penguin.
The muscular former pro commentator, also appearing this time, answered.
It seemed the staff had planned to go with that lineup from the time of Rios.
“Doesn’t it mean that even 2-on-1, they could lose?”
“Maybe that’s really it. Hehe. We’ve seen Seojun-nim so many times. Right?”
- True that
- I only watch the History Book, what are you talking about?
- Please watch Travel too! And Rios!
- Don’t live a real life, surf the internet lol
- If you don’t know what they saw, check the Rios summary.
- He’s basically the winner
- A winner, so why are they comparing him to pros?
- Ugh, even if you don’t know Rios, haven’t you watched the Ordeal?
Kapil frowned as he read the chat.
Everyone was in a mood of praising Seojun.
The chat.
The caster.
The other commentator.
“Even though Penguin here is a former pro!”
“A former pro?”
“I’m confident I’d lose in a 5-on-1 against Seojun-nim.”
“Hahaha. Then are those two Daran participants really avoiding him?”
Just like that.
Kapil threw cold water on the cheerful mood.
More precisely, because he thought it was a commentator’s duty to provide more accurate information.
“That’s probably not it.”
“Huh? Oh, Kapil-nim. Then what did it mean? The conversation between those two pros?”
“They decided not to pick a fight and end up dead. That doesn’t mean they’d lose.”
“So?”
“Sword God-nim’s Judgment Sword is famous, you know. Even 2-on-1, they might win, but with bad luck, one of them could die. They’re just trying to avoid that and safely take the points. That’s what I think.”
Kapil spoke seriously and quickly.
Continuing.
“Lian, who tried to betray Kaiel, did it because Kaiel was threatening. But from those two’s perspective, they’re likely to become reliable comrades who don’t see each other as that threatening. So it would be more accurate to see that conclusion coming from that.”
The atmosphere instantly cooled.
Kapil didn’t openly show that he disliked the previous mood, but those present sensed it subtly.
“Ah, yes.”
“Let’s wait and see. Kaiel will probably fail the mission tomorrow.”
At that, Penguin’s eyes lit up.
He even smiled slightly, a bit excited.
Soon the muscular Penguin said cautiously,
“So, do you want to bet?”
Meanwhile, such conversations were spreading around the world.
Those claiming [The two pros lack confidence even in a 2-on-1.] were a minority.
The majority were saying the same as Kapil.
Across the globe.
[They might die, so that seems right.]
[Anyway, in three hours it’s an all-out war.]
[Didn’t they say they’re running, not an all-out war?]
[Daran’s two pros aren’t running; seeing how the AI sets high rewards for Atura conflicts involving Kaiel, they’re planning to keep milking it. Veteran technique.]
- Seems right
- If Kaiel dies, those rewards will plummet immediately
- There’s no way it was pushed to 90 points just once.
- What is the AI basing its high evaluation of Kaiel on?
└The AI is still stupid
└We just need to exploit it.
- Soon Kaiel will keep failing missions and become a vending machine for Daran’s achievement points.
For Koreans, especially Bangju’s room viewers:
[Of course they were scared! Admit it? Yeah, admit it! Hahaha! Why is my tone so strong? That’s why I do it solo. Admit it? Anyway, these overseas communities are total game ignorants.]
- lol yeah they definitely got scared. For real, Westerners seriously can’t read games
- But they did try to gang up 2-on-1 with Lian though
- That was a backstab. It wasn’t a straight-up fight lol. Sword God 2-on-1 in a direct fight? Two Judgment Swords would drop instantly.
- It came out of their mouths
It was just frustrating.
Of course, if you took this broadcast straight to overseas communities, it was obvious both sides would think exactly the same of each other.
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The break was one hour.
But if you wanted, you could log out of the History Book anytime.
When Seojun logged out, Kaiel would switch to auto-progression mode, just doing basic actions in the city, which was halfway a safe zone.
If attacked then, the AI would only put up minimal defense.
Based on data from that participant’s movements.
You could view it as similar to a training ground.
Except the AI’s performance was said to be far better than the training ground’s.
‘I considered just resting.’
Four hours. Then an hour break, then another four hours.
They said it wouldn’t be too tough on Seojun since there were breaks in between, but Oh Ji-hye insisted on thorough monitoring just in case.
Seojun also didn’t know what might happen, so he considered resting when possible to ease the physical burden as much as possible.
‘But they said it’s for a real just-in-case situation.’
In the end, he just decided to go ahead.
Two hours remaining.
To gather achievement points, Seojun headed downtown.
It was still early.
Real-time battles were happening in Atura, but since there had never been a time without fighting, the downtown of Ashiess’ capital was peaceful.
Downtown, the streets, the bustling district, the center.
Where people gather, money, jobs, and points gather.
“Go to the guild…….”
The guild is an information organization spread across all of Pangaea.
The important thing was that in Ashiess, the guild was treated as heresy.
Still, since the guild was hidden within the city center, he could go there and fill up on achievement points with something like a sub-quest rather than a main quest.
“Should I do an undercover investigation?”
It was for gathering achievement points, but anyway, undercover investigation.
“Or else.”
Walking downtown, Seojun stopped in front of a shop.
There were mini-games available in this downtown.
Wagering 1 achievement point.
If you succeed, you get 1 point; if you fail, you lose the point.
The shop in front of Seojun had a pool of water on the ground, and inside it were small fish resembling goldfish.
“They’re called coral fish because of their bright colors. If you manage to catch one before this tears, I’ll give you a prize.”
The shop owner approached Seojun and showed him an object.
It was a common dip net.
And just as commonly.
“It’ll tear after a while in the water. If you don’t support it well, it’ll tear too. Want to give it a try? Cost is…….”
It’s well-known for tearing easily.
[1 achievement point]
A light mini-game you could play in your leisure time for fun.
“I’ll try it.”
But since achievement points were at stake, the difficulty of these mini-games was extremely, extremely high.
Infamously so.
They say you absolutely shouldn’t touch it.
They say only challenge it with points you’re willing to throw away.
Throughout the last History Book period, the average success rate was 10%.
Seojun slowly dipped the dip net into the water.
And waited for a fish to come, then lifted it.
Rrrrip.
The dip net tore.
“Hmm.”
He got another dip net and tried again.
And it tore.
Just because the fish struggled a little bit.
Hmm.
“Is it a heretic?”
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“Hahahaha.”
Kapil laughed.
He had made a bet with Penguin.
The content of the bet was which side would win the next Atura mission.
The loser would do whatever the winner wanted on the broadcast until the end of the History Book.
It might not be 2-on-1.
The AI might have other heroes of Ashiess participate, but looking at the situation, the chance of it not being 2-on-1 was low, and.
Pros might die, but they’d never lose.
But now, he was knowingly doing useless stuff and self-destructing.
If he lost points like this, he’d get more desperate, and the probability of him losing a bit later would be much higher.
Penguin and Arin laughed along too.
If Kapil’s laugh was mixed with mockery at Seojun continuously tearing dip nets, Penguin and Arin were just laughing.
- That heretic is being funny lol
- Dip net, have you met Satan?
- He actually touched that thing lol
- Mom said no gambling……!
“It’s a sight you only occasionally see in the early stages when things are still relaxed.”
Arin stopped laughing briefly and said.
“That’s right. It’s truly occasional, but it’s still a sight that can come up.”
Penguin also commented,
“He’s about to blow what he earned so hard. That’s a really frustrating move. Didn’t he look into it beforehand?”
Kapil commented with just 1g of personal feeling mixed in.
Regardless, Penguin said what he wanted.
“I play stocks to recover my principal.”
- lol you crazy tanker
- He’s already losing lol
- This is the way
“Is Seojun-nim continuing for that reason, I wonder?”
The third attempt.
Followed by the fourth.
The dip net kept tearing.
Points were deducted by 1 each time.
“He might just want to succeed once.”
“Maybe.”
A moment like this.
It’s not bad if it appears.
Just a bit of fun for a moment.
However, if he keeps failing here and blows all his points, or succeeds but can’t stop.
That could be an ugly sight.
That’s when it happened.
“Oh, he succeeded?”
“Finally!”
“Success on the eighth try. Not bad. Now if he stops…….”
As Kapil was commentating, Seojun paused briefly, looking down at his hands.
The dip net, and the coral fish now transferred to a small basin beside him.
The Judgment Officer closed his eyes.
Soon Seojun opened his eyes and muttered seriously.
[From now on, I will duplicate points.]
Seojun picked up the dip net once more.