Chapter 41
The Dawn of the Assassination Squad community.
Amben.
Here, not only real-time interaction with the streamer happened, but viewers who wanted to share fun things they'd seen with others gathered as well.
[Horror, bizarre) User vanished in mid-air in real time]
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Where on earth did this user go?
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-(Raccoon photo) The host took care of it, so rest assured!
└ LOL
-No Name sent them off with an ascension, right? LOL
└ Sending ascension as he pleases, No Name is truly the GOAT.
└ But what’s ascension?
└ It’s the name of a new skill.
└ That's BS.
[Given the timing, isn’t the god of streaming blessing him?]
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Broadcasting genius Jin Seojun! Broadcasting genius Jin Seojun! Broadcasting genius Jin Seojun!
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-Or he could have colluded with MovieSoft. That timing is impossible otherwise LOL
└ Host characteristic) Loves dramatic direction.
-That guy saw a game company sanction message instead of a deathbed flashback.
└ LOL
[But if you want to stomp noobs, can’t you just be good at a new game like the host and stomp them legally?]
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Why be a coward like Baekho and get banned from the beginner zone? I really don’t know.
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-As if that’s possible?
-You don't know how to be good like the host? Right? Right?
└ Oh, so that's what the post author meant LOL I almost got angry.
└ For real LOL I thought they were asking why you can’t be like the host. Who’s so dumb they don’t know it’s not that they don’t want to, but that they can’t?
[Just checked and Baekho's account is indeed deleted LOL Someone snagged the nickname.]
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Not for the alliance, but I'm jealous!
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-And amidst all that, someone already took Baekho's nickname? Reaction speed is indeed That-Streamer-That-Viewer. └ For real LOL.
-Is Baekho famous?
└ Yeah, somewhat famous.
└ But why are you spouting off here? And everyone, talk about No Name in moderation. It's supposed to be for the alliance, spoilers.
In the end, with the constant posts related to Seojun, people started asking why they keep talking about him when Seojun doesn't even play Dawn of the Assassination Squad.
"Isn't the content about a griefer getting banned in For the Alliance not related to the community’s topic?"
Reactions to this were varied.
[??? Why are we talking about Seojun?]
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Hyeolben is scary. I like our comfortable Amben.
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-LOL Agreed.
-Honestly, if it's No Name, he's basically everyone's host.
-But if we go to Hyeolben, we'd probably get comment-banned, hehe.
└ And something like this becomes a 30-upvote post and such a comment gets best comment. Everything is ruined here.
[Our host, who just a moment ago was playing Dawn of the Assassination Squad and guiding this person—can't we talk a bit about that?]
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(Viola picture)
(Viola picture)
(Viola picture)
(Christina picture)
(Viola picture)
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-Fkn true.
-For real, if it weren't for the host, we'd have met Viola noona at least a few months later.
└ Viola is undeniable!
-It seems like something wicked is mixed in there? Need an ideological verification. Are you Assassination Squad or Death Squad?
└ They're the Demonic Cult!
└ Demonic Cult acknowledged LOL, since No Name’s nickname is Heavenly Demon.
└ You just played For the Alliance for a day and already joined the Demonic Cult, LOL.
[Honestly, from the moment No Name became a tier-10 AI, isn't he the best output of Amben?]
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We’re at the point where we should beg the host not to abandon us, right?
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-For real LOL
-All good, but why is the host our output?
└ I don't know well either, but let's just insist on it (post author).
└ LOL
└ History distortion on.
-For real, that No Name bastard was the weakest among us.
└ A worldview where No Name is the weakest is pretty scary, though?
└ LOL That’s fkn terrifying.
The reasons why people could mention Seojun were various.
And most of them had no logic at all.
But except for a few, everyone soon assimilated and started having fun.
Because Seojun's recognition, at least within the Dawn of the Assassination Squad community, was extremely high.
Talking about stories only you don't know makes you feel left out, but Seojun's recognition was so high that he couldn't be that unknown story.
And gradually, Seojun started being mentioned in the For the Alliance community as well, and news of Seojun even reached the small chatroom of For the Alliance rankers.
[Han Punman]: Guys, the season 14 Heavenly Demon has appeared LOL
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Ack LOL Another Heavenly Demon?
[Han Punman]: Upon investigation, this Heavenly Demon first beat Shin Hayeon. His roots are different.
[Sam Jang-ro]: *Go! There is already a Heavenly Demon. How can there be more than one Heavenly Demon who is the sky itself!*
[Han Punman]: We don’t have a Heavenly Demon, what concept is that?
These were users each ranked within the top 100 of For the Alliance, and they were the ones who chattered the most in this room.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Oh? That streamer, Jin Seojun or something? Has he come to play For the Alliance? I should go watch.
[Han Punman]: Yeah, but he turned on an ad as soon as he arrived LOL Seriously legendary.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: A capitalist Heavenly Demon is fundamental LOL
[Sam Jang-ro]: *Go!*
[Sam Jang-ro]: ~~@@ ..Youngsters...saying things without reserve!!@@
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Is spouting nonsense a racial trait of those who chose the Demonic Cult?
[Han Punman]: Since the Demonic Cult's performance is such trash, you have to understand they've gone crazy LOL
[Sanjeokwang]: For real LOL
[Sam Jang-ro]: These days, the young ones!!! ,,,Damn it@@
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Says the youngest one LOL
As this was a chatroom created for a few verified account holders among rankers to socialize, they had never met in real life, but they knew each other to some extent.
[Han Punman]: Middle school syndrome can't be helped LOL It's a period of storm and stress.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: He's working hard to use that awkward old-man speech.
[Sam Jang-ro]: ...
Watching this, pro gamer Lee Dongsu chuckled and started talking about Seojun.
Pro gamers registered on Surface receive sub-accounts besides their official main accounts, and Lee Dongsu's sub-account nickname for enjoying For the Alliance was Sanjeokwang.
Lacking playtime, his ranking was 183rd, but still quite high.
[Sanjeokwang]: Baekho got banned too LOL
[Han Punman]: Ah, I deliberately didn’t mention that.
[Sam Jang-ro]: Wasn’t Baekho the one who wrecked Namgung hyung in the past? He must be happy now.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: STFU.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: But why did he get banned?
[Sanjeokwang]: Seojun-nim caught him griefering while running a MovieSoft ad on stream. But the funny thing is, he got wrecked by Seojun-nim and then sanctioned.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: For real?
[Sanjeokwang]: Yeah.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: That bastard Baekho really fights well, especially on beginner settings.
[Sam Jang-ro]: That's because you got wrecked...
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Elder, shut up. Want me to raid your middle school?
"LOL" popped up in the chat.
[Sanjeokwang]: Anyway, it's not Baekho anymore. Some other guy took the ID.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: LOL
[Han Punman]: LOL
Laughter rose again.
Lee Dongsu, laughing in real life, started bringing Seojun's previous videos and sharing them in the chat.
Even though he got beaten up whenever they met at the gym, he felt proud for no reason that he was an acquaintance of Seojun.
[Han Punman]: Woah. He’s really good. No wonder he beat Baekho.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Dawn of the Assassination Squad looks fun. Should I try it?
[Han Punman]: Wanna go together?
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Let's go after the battlefield ends.
[Han Punman]: Ah, right, the battlefield was on.
For the Alliance has a game mode called the battlefield, opened twice a year for three weeks per quarter.
The battlefield is a mode where factions clash over the central plains, and with each victory in battle, people earn contributions to their faction.
And the 16 with the highest contribution receive special rewards and are invited to a tournament hosted by the game company.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: But if Seojun-nim had come to our game a little earlier and adapted, wouldn't he have been able to get good results in this battlefield too?
[Han Punman]: What would it matter? The battlefield starts tomorrow LOL
The battlefield starts tomorrow.
A newbie who just played in the beginner zone aiming for a high rank was a stretch.
Even if that streamer perfectly adapted to the game and his sect in just one day tomorrow, that one-day gap would be huge in the battlefield.
Thus, the other rankers felt regret.
But Sanjeokwang, Lee Dongsu, thought differently.
"From what I see, it seems possible."
The reason was simple.
Since Seojun is better at games than him, a pro gamer!
Yesterday, Lee Dongsu barely managed to defeat the Magic Tower Master and today he was progressing the hidden quest.
He hadn't been clinging to Dawn of the Assassination Squad all day, but hadn't Seojun succeeded in just one try?
"Of course, given that hyung's personality, he probably won't care about rewards or anything and just do whatever he wants."
Anyway.
[Sanjeokwang]: What's certain is, if he'd come just a bit sooner, Seojun-nim would've been confirmed first place in individual ranking LOL
[Han Punman]: That's a bit ;;; Maybe because this Sanjeok guy has never done the battlefield before LOL He has no sense of contribution at all.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Since he beat Shin Hayeon, maybe around 16th place seems possible?
[Sam Jang-ro]: Isn't even 16th place unknown? Just because you're good at the training ground, does that mean you'll be good at For the Alliance? There are many other factors.
[Han Punman]: That guy is trying to check Seojun-nim because he uses the Heavenly Demon nickname LOL
[Sam Jang-ro]: In the first place, a newbie who hasn't even chosen a faction, what 16th place LOL
[Sam Jang-ro]: That's nonsense.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Maybe so.
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: But one thing is certain LOL
[Han Punman]: What?
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: The Demonic Cult will be last in this battlefield too.
[Han Punman]: For real LOL
[Sam Jang-ro]: Hah,,. Just you wait starting tomorrow, really! This battlefield is different!
[Namgung Sega Jeomsoyi]: Reminds me of a certain baseball team in Busan LOL
[Han Punman]: That team that's been saying "this year is different" for 30 years? LOL
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Seojun came out of the capsule after lightly loosening up.
It was his morning routine.
"Hmm. Today I'll choose a faction and... what else."
The previous day's last game could be considered uneventful except for Baekho's appearance.
He'd reached the level to choose a faction and turned off the broadcast, and today he decided to look around with the viewers.
"Should I go with the Demonic Cult?"
Considering his nickname, it was a decent choice, but honestly, he didn't have any particular thoughts.
If the broadcast was fun, for him, anything was fine.
"Anyway, at the end of yesterday's stream, there were 6,000 viewers, so…"
A huge number of people watched.
It seemed the aftermath of the training ground would continue today as well.
Revealing it had been a good decision.
Since he'd gotten a feel for streaming somewhat.
Though people dropped off toward the latter half compared to the start, that was unavoidable.
"There are a lot of foreigners, so it can't be helped."
And quite a few people probably left after seeing the ending of Dawn of the Assassination Squad.
Still.
"The first step into a new game was set well."
Thinking that, Seojun sat at his desk, turned on the computer, and opened his donation history.
Soon, seeing the report card for the past week, his mouth automatically fell open.
"Oh."
[Total Donations This Month]
[4,370,000 Won]
Combined with the 700,000 Won received during the joint broadcast with Alpaca, the earnings from the past week exceeded 5 million Won.
'Since the editors' base salary is 1.5 million each.'
With just donations in one week, it could be said he'd surpassed this month's break-even point.
'Crazy. At first I was thinking of a deficit…'
And on top of that.
There was also the ad revenue.
As for EyeTube, editor Han Jimin said it seemed to have caught the algorithm already.
And that subscribers had surpassed 20,000.
'It really seems like I could buy a capsule even without the tournament.'
That didn't mean he was giving up on Lios.
Seojun reviewed the step-by-step progress and organized in his head what to do next.
And just then, his phone rang.
[Han Jimin]: Boss, don't you think you should take a look at this?