Chapter 35
"I have a duty to confirm the situation and clean things up, so I'll be blunt and ask just a few questions. Slayer of the West."
The atmosphere shifted abruptly.
Viola aimed the tip of her sword at Seo Jun.
She knew the protagonist's identity as well.
"Try it."
"Those who called themselves the rulers of this city. Did you assassinate them?"
"Correct."
"All of them?"
"Yes."
"...And it seems there was an internal conflict within the assassin's guild. Do you know what caused it?"
"That bastard Arthur, whose head you're stepping on right now, was in collusion with the rulers. He tried to kill me because I was a threat. So I subdued him."
"The entire guild? By yourself?"
"Yes."
Viola withdrew her sword.
She cleared her throat unnecessarily, feigning composure.
But perhaps from tension, the foot pressing down on Arthur visibly tightened.
Aaaargh!
Arthur screamed.
- Is someone sweating nervously, sis?
- LOL
- I'd be scared too
- The protagonist single-handedly brought down this city lol
"R-right. Well, thanks for dealing with the rulers. You've saved me the trouble."
"So?"
The protagonist's eyebrows rose.
"Damn. The committee ordered me to capture the remaining instigator of this mess and the one who took down the rulers."
Viola chuckled.
"There's no way I could kill you when you even took down the assassin's guild. Of course, my subordinates are investigating the city, but even if they came... I'd be dead before that, right?"
Viola's eyes darted around nervously.
- Is she scared? lol
- This NPC really knows her place
- She's a smart one
- Look at her reading the room lol
First, Viola knocked Arthur unconscious with a blow to the head, then used her sword to tear his clothes to shreds.
The bizarre act began.
She stepped back slightly from Seo Jun and lay down on the floor.
Then she started rolling around.
Roll, roll.
After covering herself in dust, she got up, dusted off her hands, and cleared her throat.
Ahem.
When their eyes met, Viola gave a carefree laugh and said,
"So, I'll just say I fled. You'll... spare me, right?"
It was hard to believe she'd been a pristine elite knight in uniform just moments ago.
- So she's not smart, she's a comedy character?
- Her charm is exploding lol
- Anyone can see she has an ice queen face, why is she doing this lol
"Haa..."
The protagonist pressed his temples as if he had a headache.
Seo Jun thought he would have acted the same way even if he had control of the body.
"Just go."
The original protagonist had a personality where he would kill any member of the Order of Resolution on sight.
But this incident seemed to have complicated his feelings.
Viola smiled as if she'd expected this and looked at the protagonist.
"Thanks. And we will change. Our internal affairs are being sorted out and the right people are taking their positions. Your strength would be more effective under control though... *cough*."
She gauged his reaction once more.
The protagonist glared at her.
"Okay. I said okay. I'll just hope we're not enemies the next time we meet."
Is it over?
"But, can I take him with me?"
No, not yet.
"Just take him and get lost."
"Sure."
Dragging Arthur by the ankle, Viola disappeared into the distance.
The protagonist looked out at the city, which appeared no different than before.
Control of the body returned to Seo Jun.
[You have completed the hidden scenario choice.]
- Wow! tsk tsk tsk
- Clap clap clap
- Does anyone know what this foreshadowing is about? No reward or anything.
- I want to meet Viola noona too
Time had already passed through the night and dawn was breaking.
Seo Jun entered the city and strolled along the gray stone-paved roads, taking in his surroundings.
"For now, let's head to the tavern where Christina is."
The cityscape seemed even more beautiful because it was so familiar to him.
A lingering sentiment remained.
Seo Jun stepped into the empty tavern.
But instead of Christina, a man was standing there.
It was the assassin Seo Jun had subdued earlier.
"She's at the clock tower right now. And I'm sorry."
After accepting the apology, Seo Jun left the tavern and climbed the clock tower.
"It reminds me of the tutorial. I climbed it with a wire back then."
- You should do that too
- go go
"Ah, but I don't have a wire."
Seo Jun said as he vaulted his body upward in parkour fashion.
- LOL
- The guy who's seeing the ending doesn't even have basic items like a wire lol
- You get the wire from the basic quest, but he didn't do it lol
- Truly amazing in more ways than one
- Do you have to play this inefficiently to get hidden quests?
Seo Jun climbed up and approached Christina.
The game's ending, unlocked after defeating all the rulers, began.
"Even though the queen is dead, the people don't know. Which means information is that tightly controlled. But the city will change from now on. Thanks to you."
After saying her piece, she jumped off on her own.
"Huh. Does that mean I should go back to the tavern?"
Just as Seo Jun began to question the development, the screen changed, music started, and the credits rolled.
Over a thousand developers.
While waiting, Seo Jun was able to find the names Kim Yun-chan and Eve Faimo in the list.
- The ending hasn't changed
- Simple and nice
- Good job everyone.
- That was really fun
The ending was indeed simple, just as the viewers said.
'Well, I like it.'
He hadn't dug into every little detail like others might, but it felt like he'd enjoyed it thoroughly and rewardingly.
In his own way.
The viewers also began congratulating Seo Jun in their own way.
[‘CongratsSeoJunEnding’ donated 10,000 won!]
[ch ch ch ch ch ch ch]
[‘LikeThis’ donated 100,000 won!]
[You're the first person to clear the game!]
[‘TheOneWhoSeesThisDayBeforeEnlistmentIsTheVictor’ donated 30,000 won!]
[Oh why do I have tears?]
- LOLOLOLOLOL
- Almost enlisting ㅠㅠ
- Yeah, you're the victor ㅠㅠ
[‘ㅇㅇ’ donated 20,000 won!]
[What's the next game?]
[‘VeryEntertaining’ donated 100,000 won!]
[So you'll fail Christina noona's quest, right?]
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Donations flooded in.
Seo Jun responded to each one before closing the donation window for a moment and speaking up.
"Alright, thank you all for the donations. Now, let's go finish the very last thing left."
It was the affinity quest with Christina.
The world after the ending wasn't much different from before.
Seo Jun entered the tavern.
The quest was automatically completed.
[You have achieved 'Love' affinity with Christina.]
He received the rewards as well.
Various currencies, assassin guild tokens, and so on.
But if the affinity rewards were only these, the viewers wouldn't have become that immersed.
- Start talking
- I wouldn't have been able to get the Love affinity anyway, so at least I can watch it like this haha
"Thank you so much. You kept your promise. Then I'll... ...Hey, Nameless. Would you like to take a walk around the city with me?"
Christina said with a blush.
- So jealous ㅠㅠ
- That should have been me
- We can do it too. Just kill all the rulers and beat the entire assassin's guild in a fight.
Now all he had to do was approach Christina and talk to her.
Seo Jun called up the settings window and moved his hand toward the exit game button.
"That's all for Dawn of the Assassins."
Naturally, a flood of hook questions poured down.
- ?
- ??????????
- ??????
- LOL, I can't believe this
But Seo Jun thought this was a good time to finish Dawn of the Assassins and move on to another game.
Though there were still collectibles like various tokens and achievements left, they weren't suitable for streaming.
As for the rewards from Christina's affinity quest, well.
Weren't the viewers going to be mad this way?
A streamer always needs this kind of push-and-pull.
Hm!
- Ah, seriously, why are you doing this.
- Bro... are you dead down there?
- Turn on the date already
- Ha... I'm nervous because this is my first time killing someone
- Why would you kill lol
"If you're that curious, you should clear the quest and see for yourselves. Besides, who goes on a date with other people watching? Anyway, I'll wrap up Dawn of the Assassins here."
Truthfully, it wasn't an adult game, but he skipped it just in case there were any unforeseen suggestive scenes.
Because he wasn't entirely sure about the streaming broadcast regulations.
"No, and why are you all like this when you were going crazy telling me to fail it?"
- That's true but lol
- Then why did you become a streamer! Why did you become a streamer! Why did you become a streamer! Why did you become a streamer!
- We will not forget this day...
- The streamer is definitely single!
Seo Jun pressed the exit game button and returned to the lobby.
Then, like putting out an urgent fire, he changed the subject.
"Anyway, what do you think that hidden scenario meant earlier?"
Seo Jun knew it was a teaser related to their next work.
But the other information wasn't something Movie Soft disclosed.
All he'd heard was the company's president, Eve Faimo, saying he'd find out naturally once Seo Jun completed the scenario.
- Oh? I just saw a video uploaded on Movie Soft's official iTube
- On the website too
- Could it be because the streamer cleared it?
- Looking at the upload time, seems like it lol
"Ah, something's been uploaded?"
It looks like a teaser video.
"Let’s watch it together, everyone."
Watching something else while streaming is bothersome for viewers, but even if it weren't, people would prefer watching it together.
Seo Jun found the video, uploaded less than an hour ago and still fresh.
The title was.
[World Of Belief Teaser]
"Oh. I'll play it now."
When the video started, on a pitch-black background.
Ding.
A clear, bell-like sound rippled through the silence like a wave, and a subtitle appeared.
[Assassins]
The sound of birds sang, and the screen shifted to the view of a bird flying above the city.
The sharp eyes of the bird instantly caught a disturbance at the city’s highest point.
There, a hooded assassin was jumping off.
The screen descended and cut away.
Splash!
From a cliff, the reflection of a Knight of Resolution looking down at the water's surface rippled into view.
Beyond that, countless assassins in cathedrals, market streets, and hidden chambers passed by.
It darkened again and another subtitle emerged.
[Knights]
Similarly, it showed scenes of nobles enjoying a banquet.
They are the rulers of the world. The established power, the authority.
In the streets, a military parade was underway.
Countless soldiers marched with precision, imposing and overwhelming.
Inside the central building of the city, a treasurer sat at a desk calculating.
A knight stood at the vanguard, departing for war.
A mage, joyfully inventing a new spell, appeared on screen in turn.
Like cogs in a machine, their society fulfilled their respective roles, only demonstrating true strength when united.
Now the scene shifted again, and a folk tune befitting the medieval era began to play.
[Belief]
An assassin's blade pierces the neck of a gluttonous noble.
The captain of the guard deals with ruffians disturbing the peace.
[Where Do You Stand?]
Under the knight's command, soldiers pursue an assassin.
They charge forward, shouting.
[Chaos]
The city falls into turmoil.
Innocent people die and are injured by the assassins.
The streets are in disarray, a child cries.
The footage shows lawless scenes.
[Cosmos]
People are exploited under their control.
The nobles grow increasingly corpulent, and wealth piles up in their storehouses.
Their military parade is merely a tool for more comfortable domination.
The music cuts off abruptly.
The video ends with a final shot of a hooded assassin and a knight glaring at each other.
It was a riveting video.
He casually dropped the information.
"Wow. This looks like their next project, right?"
- Yeah lolol
- Holy sh*t!
- Wow that's insane
- You were preparing something like this, Movie Soft!!!!!
- OMG is it going to be an MMORPG??????
- Crazy. I'm speechless. Just crazy.
- We get to see this thanks to the streamer? Seriously insane lololol
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, abbreviated as MMORPG, refers to an RPG where numerous users log onto a server simultaneously and play together.
People had already forgotten his skip of the suggestive scene and were fully immersed.
- Are the users going to play as Knights vs Assassins?
- Let's pick factions lol
- Dirty assassin scum causing chaos
- Hey you corrupt pigs, want a taste of the assassin's blade?
There were already people deeply invested.
Though their speech patterns were typical internet slang, which slightly broke the immersion.
"And everyone, which side do you think I'll choose when the game comes out?"
Seo Jun's one line ignited the fire.
- Obviously Assassins, who'd throw away the assassin's blade?
- The streamer never even used an assassin's blade. Knights is the obvious choice.
- Basically Christina vs Viola
- I pick Christina.
- No, you damn newbies. Assassins are typical dirt-poor. Knights are second-gen chaebols. What'll you pick?
- You wanna get assassinated?
- Sorry, but there are plenty of assassins among the powerful too!
- The important thing is the streamer, you idiots. His looks are already high-class, so that stuff doesn't matter.
- Still gotta go Assassins though.
- He's the protagonist, after all.
Seo Jun scanned through the chat.
Public opinion was leaning a bit more toward the Assassins.
Since players had been on the Assassins' side throughout the game so far, it was an understandable outcome.
There was a sense of fondness, and people generally prefer what's familiar.
There were also people excited at the thought of a new game.
[‘YouFools’ donated 10,000 won!]
[Instead of trying to persuade the streamer to pick the faction you want, you should just unconditionally go wherever the streamer chooses lol]
- Hm? That makes sense?
- For real lol, absolutely right
- Are you a sage or something?
- Thinking about getting parried and griefed on the other faction, it's definitely more comfortable to be on the same side lol
- Seriously, if we meet him on the opposing side, how on earth do you handle that demon lol