Chapter 86

When you win a game, points based on your position are accumulated in that region equal to your fame points.

The simple rule was that if attack points were higher, the territory would be captured, and if defense points were higher, the status quo would be maintained.

Ultimately, the essence of the battlefield was territorial conquest—which faction controlled the most land in the end.

For the next 10 days, they would fiercely watch each other while gaining and losing territory.

In this situation, Seo-jun’s assigned role was disruption.

Starting from 7 o’clock, charging straight in?

What are those Demonic Cult bastards thinking?

Or is this a solo decision?

And the reaction they wanted was.

-Look at him just starting the game and immediately doing this LOL

-No backing down lol

-This was planned, right?

-Realistically, the most important force just charges in—what plan could there be?

They wanted reactions like “He’s just going wild, right? That streamer could do something like that.”

“Haha. From now on, I don’t really need bonuses for successful defense and such. I just want to do whatever I feel like.”

-So the result is a direct charge, master? Lol

-Our victory… you said you’d get us the victory!

-Please steal lots of Orthodox territory! That’s how we win

Just from the reactions, he could tell which faction they belonged to.

Seo-jun held back laughter as he spoke.

“A game has been found.”

His vision went dark.

* * *

Four users were summoned to the fortress waiting room.

‘Are they all rankers?’

No user in For the Murim possessed fame points similar to Seo-jun’s level.

Originally, there were few users with similar fame point levels, so most matchmaking was done with users somewhat above the overall average.

He was curious what kind of users he’d meet now that his fame points had over 10 times the gap with 2nd place.

‘They probably aren’t rankers.’

The game matchmaking took 2 minutes.

Those 2 minutes were quite long, but it had been similar before.

‘Even though it’s gotten incredibly high, nothing’s changed. Well.’

It was an unavoidable limitation.

Seo-jun smiled and looked around.

The teammates smoothly began organizing the situation right away.

“Hello.”

“Let’s have a good game.”

“Hi.”

“Let’s decide positions first.”

“Check the enemy characteristics and decide what to do… Heavenly Demon Divine Art? Ah shit. What the hell.”

Right.

The perception of Heavenly Demon Divine Art characteristics wasn’t good, was it?

It was a characteristic that literally no one in Korea used.

“Seriously? All in attack power. Is this a troll?”

“What kind of trash garbage is… Wow, he even took Cognitive Dullness in his detailed traits.”

“All kinds of things happening.”

Everyone looked at Seo-jun while adding their comments.

He could understand how painful group bullying was.

“Ah, I thought this might happen today. Looks like someone copied what they saw yesterday.”

“What was that?”

“Didn’t you watch yesterday’s duel hall clearing?”

“Don’t know.”

“Wow. You didn’t watch that.”

-For real, he didn’t watch that

-That guy missed out on life lol

-But does the guy who watched it not recognize him?

-From the Demonic Cult’s perspective, it’s like a game alert lol. So funny

-Today tons of trolls who picked Heavenly Demon Divine Art copying the streamer are going to run wild

“Exactly. You didn’t watch that. I watched the replay.”

One person who knows, two who know.

‘No snipers, I guess.’

Then it was understandable that they couldn’t recognize Seo-jun right now.

Unless you were a hardcore viewer, who would memorize a streamer’s game ID?

And remembering a face you’ve seen once wasn’t easy either.

The viewers were thinking similarly.

-To recognize him, there’d need to be some incredible characteristic lol

-Like a unique customization or a memorable name?

-That’s true

-Snipers, aren’t you going to boost our streamer’s ego? Hurry up and snipe so you can act like a passing teammate and make a fuss lol

Seo-jun looked back on the snipers he’d met so far.

Maybe it would be better if they just pretended not to know.

Sigh.

Let’s just play the game.

He sighed and stood in front of the entrance.

“Hey. Hey. Troll bastard. Pretending not to hear us.”

“I heard your whole conversation.”

“What were you thinking bringing Heavenly Demon Divine Art? I want to hear that first.”

-What was he thinking? Lmao

-Is this the real hardcore experience?

-Curse at him all you want, ignore him

-I am the Heavenly Demon

The viewers were laughing while the teammates had given up early.

“Ah, this round seems ruined.”

“We can win.”

“No way.”

“Just enjoy it.”

“Are you even listening?”

“Can you at least pull your weight?”

“Look at you not answering until the end.”

Finally, the person who had mentioned the duel hall clearing grabbed Seo-jun’s shoulder.

“Hey troll. You think you can copy him just because you do that? Just wait. Why are you so good-looking. Wait… are you Heavenly Demon-nim?”

-????

-Ah lol. He recognized him by his face?

-Incredible characteristic = handsome face

-Fuck, suddenly I’m getting annoyed

-Being handsome is just good lol. Viewers even remember you…

“…The ID seems right too”

“Whoa, really? Wow, hello. It’s an honor.”

“Hello.”

Seo-jun nodded and greeted them.

“Let’s have a good game.”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

“Wait, why are you idiots suddenly…”

“Shut up.”

“Be quiet!”

Anyway, since they recognized him, he’d have to play the game as usual.

“Then I’ll go to the center alone.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“No wait, why is he going to the center alone…”

“How dare you.”

“Don’t talk back!”

After that, the game proceeded.

The balance consideration meant the enemy team’s 4 members had a higher level than his 3 teammates.

But still, Seo-jun easily held the center alone and won the game.

* * *

Heavenly Killing Star looked around.

Namgung Family’s map.

Among those, it was the command center where OnlyOneWon and various Orthodox faction users had gathered in the finest pavilion.

Actually, it wasn’t quite a command center.

The people gathered were just communicating using the chat room anyway.

[Of Course Orthodox]

-What do we do?

-I don’t understand what their goal is

-No wait, why is he causing such chaos when it’s been less than 10 minutes since the start?

-Each time you beat him, it’s like 14 wins against a top-ranked player.

-Shouldn’t we stop him?

-So the Demonic Cult’s goal is to attack us?

-What are the Unorthodox doing?

Everyone was communicating through chat, so it was quiet, but you could practically hear the sound of gears turning in their heads.

Originally, he would have acted separately to get 1st place and the Orthodox users would have left him alone, but this season was different.

By the way, NamgungFamilyWaitress was also just watching from the side.

It wasn’t just them.

Since the race for 1st place had become meaningless, the attention of top-tier users naturally shifted to factional victory.

With the Demonic Cult’s balance adjusted to match, this battlefield was expected to be more intense than before.

-For now, the Demonic Cult has only Heavenly Demon moving

-From watching the stream, it seems like he’s just doing whatever he wants

-No way lol. That’s just what he’s saying.

Hmm.

They’re really working their brains hard!

-Unorthodox bastards are getting games on the Demonic Cult side.

-Did they think the Demonic Cult was targeting the Orthodox faction?

-Let’s steal some Demonic Cult territory too

-Is defending that impossible?

OnlyOneWon answered.

-It’s a bit difficult. In the end, all three factions have similar ranker resources, but even if we send 14 people to match the balance, there’s no guarantee we can win everything

-Then if we fight Heavenly Demon and win?

-Possible?

-What if multiple people gang up on him?

-If we aim for that and the Demonic Cult guys also come to help, making it a 2v2 match based on rankers, and we lose that, we’d have to hand over the territory as is

Hmm, right.

The Demonic Cult might be aiming for that.

Heavenly Killing Star was thinking he wished he had popcorn when a question suddenly occurred to him.

But.

Why would it become 2v2 matchmaking?

-Hey.

-Shut up

-Just don’t say anything

Uh.

The treatment was harsh, but he had to say something.

-No… hyungs.

-I told you to shut up?

-Just bark when told to bark and bite when told to bite

-This is the Orthodox way lol

-No! Hyungs! Let me just say one thing. Why exactly do you think it becomes 2v2 when the other Demonic Cult rankers also start matchmaking? Heavenly Demon’s fame points are that high, you know? If the matchmaking system is normal, wouldn’t it put two rankers against one Heavenly Demon?

After a brief silence.

OnlyOneWon beside him muttered.

“Oh?”

And chat messages started appearing one after another.

-…Oh? Could that be it?

-Oh?

-Maybe?

-Gang up time?

They instantly grasped the situation.

It was the first time this had happened, so they hadn’t noticed!

-After the 2nd game ends, immediately snipe

-If you had that kind of brain…

-How many should we send?

-But if it works, sending even 4 rankers would be profitable. If 4 rankers beat Heavenly Demon, that’s defeating 14 rankers, so we absolutely have to do this. The expected value is insane

Sending 4 people would still be profitable.

4v1 would be really hard to lose even if you tried.

And the results gained would be enormous.

-But if that territory gets breached, only 3 regions remain until our stronghold. That’s the shortest distance. How about we just defend safely? Let’s just watch today

Current time: 7:10 PM.

Unable to understand the enemy’s intentions, that streamer had already finished 2 games and was pressuring their choices.

Not content with the dull sword, he was forcing choices in this kind of game too.

Truly a master of gaslighting.

-Stronghold? Lol

-Let’s block them right away.

-So how many people?

-How about trying with 2 people first? Since we don’t know how it’ll work out.

-3 people for safety

-That’s too embarrassing though

-Not 2v1 but 3v1 lol

-Anyway, let’s go

-I’m going

Perhaps all the fame points Seo-jun had accumulated could become useless.

* * *

Seo-jun came out to his original position and started another game.

“Why not rest? What’s the point of resting? Let’s finish this quickly.”

-Orthodox faction, are you just going to leave this alone?

-How does a game end in just a few minutes? Lol

-Just ordinary innocent users dying in front of the fortress

-They say Heavenly Demon Divine Art can’t approach the fortress front unlike Absorption Technique because it doesn’t recover health? Then just don’t get hit! Wow!

This time, he wondered how long he’d have to wait.

Ding.

A game message appeared along with a chat.

-Huh? Something flashed?

Seo-jun immediately looked at the map in front of him.

The battlefield map was the Central Plains divided into sections by the game company.

With 12 sections per faction, it wasn’t divided too much, but it was somewhat complex.

‘Gangnam is Unorthodox. From Gangbuk, the west is Demonic Cult. The east is Orthodox.’

The map showed which users were getting games.

High-ranking rankers getting matched in regions had specific indicators, and clicking those indicators showed the ranker’s nickname.

After about an hour, red indicators would probably appear all over the map and get complicated.

Right now it was quiet.

The northern region where he was getting games.

In the Orthodox territory where the Demonic Cult and Orthodox factions bordered, Seo-jun immediately clicked on the flashing indicator.

What appeared was.

His ID: Heavenly Demon14.

And newly appeared Orthodox users.

“3 people? That’s quite a lot. Coming to defend.”

[Heavenly Killing Star]

[NamgungFamilyWaitress]

[OnlyOneWon]

-Legendary

-Wow, crazy

-They’re really serious

-Damn, famous named players all coming lmao. This is insane

Then his side couldn’t just sit still either.

Allies who had coordinated in less than 10 seconds were added.

-They’re super fast on this side too

-Support coming

-Let those Orthodox bastards taste defeat with 16 people!

-This is the battlefield!

-Nice

[Tangso]

[BanditKing]

[Heavenly Demon14]

3v3.

The viewers were excited about the new structure being created.

But.

‘I doubt it.’

Seo-jun was skeptical.

The matchmaking system probably wouldn’t see Seo-jun as equal to one other ranker.

The Demonic Cult side and Seo-jun knew this.

However.

A game was found.

“Here we go.”

Even if it turned out to be 3v1 in the worst case scenario with rankers not getting matched as teammates.

Seo-jun smiled and stretched his body.

‘3v1? Let me try winning that.’

-By the way, why are the names of the guys who came to help the Demonic Cult like that? lol

-They’re definitely not normal

-Tang Household heir and Bandit King LOL

-When exactly did the Unorthodox and Demonic Cult merge? Lmao

Seriously.