Chapter 86
If you win a game, you accumulate points corresponding to your position in that region, equal to your Fame.
If your attack points are higher, you occupy the territory; if the defense points are higher, the status quo is maintained. A simple rule.
In the end, the essence of the battlefield was a land grab—which faction holds the most territory at the end.
Over the next ten days, they would intensely read each other’s moves, losing and gaining land.
In such a situation, Seo Jun's role was disruption.
He charges in right from the start at 7 o’clock?
What are those Demonic Sect bastards thinking?
Or is he acting alone?
And what reaction do they want?
- Just watch him spin up a game right away lolololololol
- No hesitation lolol
- Was this discussed?
- The most important asset charges right in—like hell it was discussed, right?
Reactions like, “Isn't he just going wild? With that streamer, it's possible.”
“Haha. From now on, there's no need for extra bonuses from successful defense or anything. I'll just do as I please.”
- And the result is a mindless rush, sir? lolol
- Our victory... you said you'd make us win!
- Take lots of land from those Righteous punks! That's the only way we win.
Just from the reactions you can tell which faction they belong to.
Seo Jun stifled a laugh.
“A game’s been found.”
His vision went dark.
* * *
Four users were summoned to the fortress waiting room.
‘All rankers?’
In For the Sake of Chivalry, no user had Fame on par with Seo Jun's.
Originally, there were only a handful of users with similar Fame levels, so most matchmaking paired him with users a bit above the overall average.
But now, with Fame differing by more than tenfold from second place, he was curious what kind of users he'd meet.
‘They don't seem to be rankers, though.’
The matchmaking took two minutes.
Those two minutes were quite long, but it had been similar before.
‘Even though it’s gone up incredibly, nothing’s changed. Well, I guess.’
It must be an inevitable limitation.
Seo Jun smiled and looked around.
His teammates smoothly began sorting out the situation right away.
“Hi.”
“Let’s have fun.”
“Hey.”
“First, let’s decide positions.”
“Check the enemy traits. Then decide what to do... Heavenly Demon Divine Art? Ah f***. What the hell.”
Right.
The reputation of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art trait was bad, wasn’t it?
It was a trait that even Koreans avoided, something nobody used.
“This is total crap. Is he trolling?”
“What the hell, bringing that kind of trash? Wow, he even put points into Perception Slow in the sub-traits.”
“He’s really doing all sorts of shit.”
Everyone chimed in, one by one, glancing at Seo Jun.
He realized how painful group bullying could be.
“Ah, I had a feeling it’d be like this today. Guess he saw that yesterday and tried copying it.”
“What’s that?”
“Didn’t you see the martial dojo breaker yesterday?”
“Don’t know.”
“Wow. You didn’t see that?”
- For real, he didn't see that
- That guy might as well be at a loss in life lololol
- But the one who did watch it can’t recognize him?
- From the Demonic Sect’s perspective, it’s a game warning alert lol hilarious
- Today, trolls who picked Heavenly Demon Divine Art following the streamer are going to go wild
“See. He didn't see that. I even watched the replay.”
So, one person who doesn’t know him, and two who do.
‘Guess there are no snipers.’
If so, it makes sense they haven’t recognized Seo Jun now.
Unless they're a hardcore fan, who memorizes a streamer’s game ID?
And remembering a face seen only once isn’t easy either.
The viewers were thinking similarly.
- To recognize him, you’d need some remarkable feature lololol
- Like a unique character customization or a name that sticks in your mind?
- That’s true
- Hey snipers, aren’t you gonna hype up our streamer? Hurry up and snipe him, then act like a passing teammate and make a fuss lol
Seo Jun thought back to the snipers he’d met so far.
Maybe it was better to just pretend not to know.
Sigh.
Let’s just play the game.
He let out a sigh and stood in front of the entrance.
“Hey. Hey. Look at that troll bastard. Pretending he didn’t hear.”
“You heard all our conversation.”
“What were you thinking, bringing the Heavenly Demon Divine Art? I’d like to hear that first.”
- What was he thinking? lolol
- So this is the charm of ‘weak-looking but actually strong’?
- Curse him all you want, ignore him
- I’m gonna be a Heavenly Demon myself
The viewers laughed, and his teammates gave up early.
“Ah, this match seems doomed.”
“We can win.”
“No, we can’t.”
“Just enjoy it.”
“He’s not listening, see?”
“Won’t he be able to at least pull his own weight?”
“Look, he won’t answer no matter what.”
Eventually, the one who’d mentioned the dojo breaker grabbed Seo Jun’s shoulder.
“Ha, troll. You think you can copy just by doing that— ack. Wait. How are you so handsome? Could it be... are you the Heavenly Demon?”
- ????
- Whaaat lol He recognized him by his face?
- Remarkable feature = handsome face
- Damn, suddenly I’m so annoyed
- If you’re handsome, that’s just nice lol Viewers who see him once remember him...
“...I think the ID matches, too.”
“Whoa, really? Wow, hello. It's an honor.”
“Hello.”
Seo Jun nodded in greeting.
“Let’s have fun.”
““Yes, sir!””
“What the hell is that, you weebs!”
“Shut up.”
“Be quiet!”
Anyway, now that they recognized him, it was time to play the game as usual.
“Then I’ll go to the center alone.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Wait, why are you going alone to the center...”
“Ahem. How dare you.”
“Don’t object!”
After that, the game.
Considering balance, the four opponents were a higher level than his three teammates.
Even so, Seo Jun easily dominated the center by himself and won the game.
* * *
Cheonsalseong looked around.
The map of the Namgung Family.
This was the command post, the best hall, where Han Punman and users from various righteous factions had gathered.
Well, it was not quite a full-blown command post.
Since they were using a chat room to communicate, anyway.
[Eo Woo-jeong]
- What do we do?
- I don’t know what their goal is
- Why the hell are they causing such a ruckus right from the start, not even ten minutes in?
- Every time they win once, that’s 14 wins for a ranker
- Shouldn’t we block them?
- Then us attacking them—is that what the Demonic Sect wants?
- What’s the Heterodox Faction doing?
Everyone was using text chat, so it was quiet, but you could almost hear their brains churning.
Ordinarily, he’d have acted independently to take first place and left the righteous faction users alone, but this season was different.
Notably, Namgung Jeomsoi was also just watching next to him.
And it wasn’t just them.
Now that the race for first place had become meaningless, the top-rankers’ interest naturally shifted to their faction’s victory.
And with the Demonic Sect’s balancing weight in place, they anticipated this battlefield would be fiercer than ever.
- First, the Heavenly Demon is moving alone on the Demonic Sect side
- From his stream, it just looked like he’s doing whatever he wants
- No way lol That’s just what he said.
Hmm.
They’re really wracking their brains!
- The Heterodox bastards are queuing for games against the Demonic Sect.
- Do they think the Demonic Sect is targeting the Righteous Faction?
- Let’s take other regions from the Demonic Sect too.
- Is it too much to defend that?
Han Punman answered,
- It’s a bit tough. In the end, all three sides have similar ranker resources. Even if we send 14 people and match the weighting, there’s no guarantee we’ll win everything.
- Then what if we fight the Heavenly Demon and win?
- Is that possible?
- What if a group of us engages a multi-fight?
- If we aim for that and the Demonic Sect guys come to help and queue together, it would be a 2v2 by ranker standards, and if we lose that, we’ll just have to hand the region over outright.
Hmm, indeed.
The Demonic Sect could be aiming for that.
Cheonsalseong thought, almost wishing he had popcorn, when suddenly a question struck him.
But.
Why would it become a 2v2 matchup?
- Hey.
- You, shut up.
- Just don’t talk.
Uh.
Their treatment of him was harsh, but he needed to say one thing.
- No... brothers.
- I said shut up, right?
- Just bark when told to bark, bite when told to bite.
- Now that’s the Righteous Faction lololol
- No! Brothers! I’ll just say this one thing. Why on earth do you think it’ll be a 2v2 if the Demonic Sect’s ranker queues at the same time? The Heavenly Demon’s Fame is that high! If the matchmaking system is normal, wouldn’t it put two rankers against the Heavenly Demon alone?
After a moment of silence.
Han Punman, beside him, muttered.
“Oh?”
Then, chat messages followed in succession.
- ...Oh? Could it be?
- Oh?
- Is that so?
- A gank opportunity?
In an instant, they grasped the situation.
Because it was unprecedented, they hadn’t caught on!
- As soon as the second game ends, initiate the snipe.
- With brains like that around...
- How many do we send?
- But if it works, sending even four rankers is a profit. If four rankers beat the Heavenly Demon, that defeats 14 people. I think we absolutely have to do this. The expected value is insane.
Even sending four is a net gain.
Four versus one; it would be hard to lose even if you tried.
And the result would be enormous.
- But if that front gets broken through, we only have three regions left to our base. It’s the shortest distance. How about we just defend safely? Let’s watch and see today.
The current time was 7:10 PM.
Unable to discern the enemy’s intent, the streamer was already finishing his second game, pressing them for a choice.
Not content with being blunt of speech, he was also forcing choices even in a game like this.
Truly a master of gaslighting.
- What base, lololol
- Let’s block him right now.
- So how many?
- How about trying with two? Since we don’t know how it’ll turn out.
- Let’s go safe with three.
- That hurts our pride too much.
- 3v1, not even 2v1 lololol
- Anyway, go.
- I’m going.
Perhaps all the Fame Seo Jun had accumulated could become useless.
* * *
Seo Jun reappeared at his original position and started another game.
“No breaks? What’s the point of resting. Let’s finish this quickly.”
- Righteous Faction. Are you going to leave him like this?
- How does a game end in just a few minutes? lolol
- Just ordinary innocent users are dying in front of the fortress.
- Heavenly Demon Divine Art doesn’t restore health like the Absorbing Star Art, so you can’t go in front of the fortress? Then just don’t get hit! Wow!
Seo Jun was gauging how long he’d have to wait this time.
Ding.
Along with a game message, a chat appeared.
- Huh? Something flashed?
Seo Jun immediately examined the map before him.
The battlefield map was the Central Plains, divided into multiple sections by the game company.
Twelve per faction—not split into too many pieces, but it was a little complicated.
‘Jiangnan is the Heterodox Faction. North of the river, the west is the Demonic Sect. The east is the Righteous Faction.’
The map showed which users were queuing for games.
A specific mark appeared over regions where a high-ranked ranker was matchmaking, and clicking the mark revealed the ranker’s nickname.
After about an hour, the whole map would probably be full of red marks and become chaotic.
For now, it was quiet.
The northern region where he was queuing.
Where the Demonic Sect and Righteous Faction bordered each other, Seo Jun immediately clicked the flashing mark on the Righteous Faction’s territory.
What he saw:
His own ID, Heavenly Demon 14.
And newly appeared Righteous Faction users.
“Three? Quite a few came. To defend.”
[Cheonsalseong]
[Namgung Jeomsoi]
[Han Punman]
- Legendary
- Wow, insane
- They’re really dead set
- All the super famous names are coming, holy shit lolol this is unreal
If that’s the case, his side couldn’t stay idle either.
Within ten seconds, allies who had already coordinated chimed in.
- This side is crazy fast too
- Support’s coming
- Let’s give those Righteous bastards a taste of 16-man portion!
- Now this is a battlefield!
- Keuk
[Tang So]
[Bandit King]
[Heavenly Demon 14]
Three versus three.
The viewers were excited that a new setup had formed.
‘I wonder.’
Seo Jun was skeptical.
Because the matchmaking system likely wouldn’t treat Seo Jun as equivalent to a single other ranker.
The Demonic Sect side and Seo Jun knew this.
But.
A game had been found.
“I’m going.”
Even if the worst case happened—where the rankers weren’t drafted as teammates and he ended up 3v1.
Seo Jun smiled and loosened up.
‘3v1? Let’s see if I can win this.’
- By the way, why do the guys who came to help the Demonic Sect have such nicks? lol
- They’re definitely not normal
- The Tang Clan’s successor and the Bandit King lolololololol
- Since when did the Heterodox and Demonic Sects merge? lolololololol