Episode 293
[So, in other words]
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Kael is now because of that old incident lolololololololol
No lolololololol
Because of the time when the Cardinal was selling slaves, Kael ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of power, accepted it, and becomes the world's public enemy, right?
That's how the story goes, huh?
Right?
Honestly speaking.
So fucking nonsensical but it makes sense lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
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-Simply, the streamer, this crazy bastard, mistook the Black Master for a minion and killed him, causing this mess spoiler lololol
└The AI would have been flustered too, right?
└If it were me, my brain would have crashed.
-Crazy plot development lololololololololololololololol
-Why is the quest popping up for the streamer? lolololololololol
-Real-time recruitment is insane!!
[The streamer immediately falls to temptation lolololololol]
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Despite knowing full well that falling for the temptation of power will mess everything up, he just falls for it lololol
And then he asks who to kill first lolololololol, isn't he a psycho?
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-Let's kill Yon first.
└You bad bastard.
└But you know that? Yon has been giving everything to the streamer until now, and now the streamer becomes the enemy team.
└So pitiful lololol
[???: Now, who is the Black Master?]
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The greatest phrase in the History Book.
Foresight itself.
The Stream Master is truly the GOAT of the Streamer Squad.
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-For real lolololol
-Is there any streamer squad that didn't know he'd kill the Black Master and take his place?
└This guy's existence itself is just a Black Master, so it's not particularly strange.
└Riven is now truly ruled by the streamer.
└It's been a while since he ruled. lololol
[So how the hell did you know?]
“Aaaaaah! Who am I, the one who saw the future? I am the Stream Master of the Streamer Squad!”
Nostradamus of Pangaea, who saw the future.
The greatest sage in the History Book.
Now constantly mentioned even overseas.
“Streamer! Streamer! Streamer! Streamer!”
That was the current Stream Master.
-Wow, Stream Master's form is insane
-The rhyme of Stream Master of the Streamer Squad is insane too.
-Now who's the Black Master? Now who's the Black Master? Now who's the Black Master? Now who's the Black Master?
-But why is this guy just shouting 'streamer' while broadcasting lolololololol, no commentary?
Broadcasting?
“Commentary? Why do that? The streamer is just winning. Didn't you see? Don't you believe me?”
-Stream Master's going berserk lololololol
-Ahjussi lolololol why did you become a fanatic?
-But you're not a heretic, have a drink.
-Aah, I worship you.
Something that had never happened in the history of the History Book occurred.
The replacement of the Black Master.
“Well, jokes aside and getting to work, shit's hit the fan! Yes! Something that's never happened has happened! Honestly, even the Black Master being killed off early was unprecedented, right?”
Because such a thing must never happen to the Black Master, they only recruit the absolute best of the best.
The Black Master couldn't do anything and was defeated and died, but isn't it strange to resurrect him just because he's the Black Master?
“They said the players' actions and results are reflected as they are, so such forced intervention would get them cursed out.”
-For real lol
-They'd get killed.
-So, what is it?
“So, the Black Master has always been the best players in the world! Given just a slight advantage, they ensure they never lose!”
Even if you're top-tier, if you meet another top-tier, you could lose.
Because in the History Book, there might be a few more such best players.
But that only means you could lose under equal circumstances; the start is adjusted in the Black Master's favor.
“In this History Book, the advantageous element given to the Black Master was disguise! Under normal circumstances, they absolutely couldn't lose.”
But what's this?
“The disguise was seen through! How did our jack-of-all-trades streamer notice and test it out!”
-For real, he's a streamer who does anything lolololololol
-There's nothing he can't do.
-He's just the god of gaming lololol
-In reality too... Don't forget the diving and the punch machine.
-Ugh, disgusting.
“It seemed a bit uncertain, but he perfectly drew it out with a trap! He then won the one-on-one that followed very easily, though I'm not sure how he won exactly! The result is!”
-The first Black Master replacement in History Book lololol
-Is it going on like this?
-We have to see the follow-up linked quest.
-So who is the attacker?
-For real, their face is all rotted, so we can't tell.
“The attacker's identity? Hmm... I'm not sure, but could that person be...?”
The Stream Master only said this much.
Will he reveal the identity?
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“What will you do?”
After opening his eyes in the capsule, Climax remained still for a long while, then came to his senses when he faced the Chinese team leader who had come to his lodging.
“…….”
“Even if the participant decides not to reveal their identity, we will respect that choice and do our best to keep it concealed.”
“…….”
Climax slowly closed his eyes.
His head throbbed.
Not only was losing bewildering, but he had also been toyed with.
Verbally.
What 'minion'? Who's the Black Master?
‘Was he serious, not just toying?’
Anyway.
He wondered how he had lost like that.
It wasn't cheating or a stat advantage.
‘I can't understand.’
That's that.
He opened his eyes slowly, stood up, and turned his head.
The view of Seoul could be seen.
“Will you hide it?”
What if all those people in the countless cities, and the people of his home country, find out?
“If I say I will?”
“People will only speculate; no matter how much they inquire, we will not tell them.”
In the first place, participants who play the Black Master are given this much consideration.
However, people who need this level of consideration are not recruited, but this time was an exception.
Team Leader Wang sighed inwardly.
“What if I reveal it?”
“We will post a message of appreciation for the participant on SNS to naturally convey the information.”
“That's really...”
Both thought the same thing at the same time.
How terrible.
“I'll think about it a bit more.”
In history, the worst Black Master in another sense.
Would it be better to reveal the identity, or to keep denying even if many speculations arise?
Of course, denial is the absolute answer.
It wouldn't be easy to guess the identity anyway.
Climax made a decision.
But he pretended to mull it over.
“Yes. It can be revealed after the History Book ends. Then it'll naturally get buried due to talk about the ending of the History Book.”
“I see. But wasn't it over?”
“No. Look at this.”
“?”
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“Alright, listen carefully.”
John Peto.
One of the world's top three analysts, a commentator and streamer at the peak of skill analysis, was flustered and trying to recover.
Normally, he doesn't do commentary that gives away what he knows in advance, but this time he had given his opinion.
‘Climax, you crazy player bastard. What are you doing?’
He had noticed the attacker's subtle habits early on and even predicted their identity.
Knowing that identity, no matter how instinctively he felt the Korean streamer would win, he had initially said the attacker would win.
Because the attacker was in an advantageous position with the ambush and lack of info about the disguise.
“I said it was 50/50 first.”
Though he had said Climax was the favorite, anyway.
-Hahaha! Peto is washed up.
-Just a has-been.
-The Sword God is a god!
-Koreans have a different gaming DNA. The Korean commentator also said that Korean streamer would win. Even their spectating DNA is different.
“I'm not a has-been.”
-As expected, 2,000 viewers might be for nothing hahaha
“You're banned. Good luck. No, I said it was 50/50.”
-It wasn't 50/50 though?
-Strictly speaking, it was a one-sided slaughter.
-Isn't it just a catastrophe?
-The Sword God is a god!
“Hey, you guys! Should I explain why that result happened?”
-Don't explain, just reveal the attacker's identity.
-I have to go curse at them.
-So, who's the attacker?
-If you don't want to be called a has-been, hurry and tell us the identity.
He was at a loss.
His analysis had almost always been correct.
The predictions based on that analysis had also almost always been correct.
A wrong prediction?
Fine.
But since his analysis becomes almost established fact...
‘I keep my mouth shut.’
If he carelessly reveals the identity here?
He's certain it's Climax.
“Forget it.”
Still, he should protect it.
-I was curious just how amazing this person must be for you, Peto, to call it 50/50, you know.
-This guy's just stupid, isn't he?
-Has-been.
-Loser with 2k.
“Aao!”
Even in that moment, the broadcast was still going on.
Seo Jun, who had declared himself the Black Master to the AI, was sitting still, with all cameras focused on him.
Seo Jun opened his mouth.
[Shall we do some communication then?]
As if he knows the whole world is watching him.
[First, you're curious how I knew the Black Master's identity? That's a trade secret. It's true I noticed from the beginning and acted accordingly.]
-Hahaha. That Korean is amazing?
-He tells us exactly what we're curious about. Is this a big company streamer?
-As expected, has-been Peto's level is remarkable.
[And you're curious how I overwhelmed that attacker so much? The opponent just didn't do well. I was so taken aback that I almost thought they weren't the Black Master, you know?]
-Hahahahahahaha
-This is a spectacle.
-Peto, who wrongly predicted such an easy fight, is a legend.
-Who did you mistake the opponent for!
[Just kidding. They weren't used to it, so there were many openings. If it had been a different, familiar weapon, it would still have been easy. They seemed about the level of an ordinary pro?]
-Ordinary hahaha pro hahaha!
-An ordinary pro was the favorite? Say that again?
-This guy just lost his sense.
-It did look easy.
-Lololol, just reveal the identity now if you're going to.
Hah.
The more that streamer talked, the worse public opinion became.
Peto chuckled emptily before turning serious.
“You guys! I'm not a has-been! The opponent was Climax! If it's Climax, isn't it reasonable to admit it's about 50/50 with Climax as the favorite! Huh? Right?”
And he finally said the person he had analyzed and predicted.
Now this talk would spread in an instant, and people would jump on whether it was reasonable or not.
‘Climax. I'm sorry.’
But they don't have any friendship, do they?
Unintentionally, Seo Jun ended up killing Climax one more time.
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After that, Seo Jun did one-sided communication for up to 50 minutes, then waited for people to come out, received materials from Yon, and completed the quest.
And including Rachel, the three of them talked again.
It seemed the quest was almost over now.
“Seo Jun-nim, your ranking really can't be overturned. You'll definitely get a special reward, right?”
“Probably. If not, hyung-nim... if not...”
Yon glanced at Seo Jun.
“What.”
“Nothing.”
Since they're now enemies, there won't be anything dropping for Yon at all.
It had become a pity.
“Then Seo Jun-nim, you'll stay here safely again. Yon-nim and I will go and come back. But I wonder if the viewers will stay since it's so boring like this. Won't it become the most boring and uneventful History Book...?”
Seo Jun could say firmly.
In the words of his viewers, he's hitting a legend in real time, so there's no need to worry about that.
“Go and come back.”
Now the problem at hand is this.
He has to kill a participant. Without anyone knowing.
‘Hmm.’
He doesn't have the ability to disguise as an NPC. He is Kael himself.
He can't help but worry.
Assassination, and denial.
Or.
“Ah.”
“Why, hyung-nim?”
“Let's go together.”
“Huh?”
“I need to do some work too.”
“…….”
Yon looked at Seo Jun with anxious eyes, but he didn't mind and moved to the other world with the two of them.
And.
“Hey, Kael. Let's talk for a moment.”
Exactly as Seo Jun expected, someone at the starting point approached.
“What for?”
“Quest.”
“Is it a good thing?”
“Depending on the conversation we have after this. Hehe.”
Isn't there no need to necessarily assassinate?
If there's justification.
Seo Jun said quietly.
“Alright. Let's go somewhere quiet.”
“Smart choice.”
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10 minutes later.
Yon saw an anomaly in the sky where Seo Jun had disappeared with the person who suddenly approached, sighed, and put his hands together in prayer.
“Seems like he provoked that temper.”