Chapter 101

Almost no one was watching the battlefield interface.

So was that why?

When the Demonic Cult victory suddenly appeared on Seo-jun’s stream, it wasn’t easy to immediately figure out what had happened.

[????]

[Is the Demonic Cult really winning?]

[Bug?]

[It’s sudden, but Demonic Cult victory lol congratulations]

So when posts like this suddenly went up, countless people didn’t even know what they were talking about.

[What?]

[Why are you guys already living in the future?]

[Looks like those Demonic Cult bastards are seeing hallucinations]

-What are you talking about LMAOO

-LOL

-HAHAHAHAHA

-I’ll give the cute Unorthodox faction kid a break just once LOLLLLLL

-What? Why is everyone laughing? Are you all crazy? (OP)

Then when one user uploaded a screenshot of the battlefield interface, people finally understood the situation.

[Why is that showing?]

[The map looks the same though?]

[At least the victory message position is the same as when the battlefield ends]

But why is it showing now when the settlement should come out at 7 o’clock tomorrow?

[Rough prediction]

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The Heavenly Demon’s match must have been the final one.

And since the final game ended, the points were probably calculated.

But this is the first time all factions got eliminated, right?

The victory faction message trigger was probably coded wrong originally, and it triggered for the first time now, spoiling things.

The developers will explain the details!

==

Anyway, something went wrong and only the victory message came out first.

This explanation seemed most credible.

And that meant the Demonic Cult had really won.

Everyone probably predicted to some extent that the Demonic Cult would win after they eliminated the Orthodox faction and immediately pushed into the Unorthodox faction.

Still.

The emotions Demonic Cult players felt after actually achieving victory were extraordinary.

[Is this really a win? It’s not a bug, right?]

[Finally… we who were oppressed… won…]

[When exactly were you oppressed LOL. Anyway, congratulations]

And a player who was truly crazy about the Demonic Cult.

ThirdElder.

Having entered For the Murim after being captivated by the first Heavenly Demon’s fights as an elementary schooler, he had been continuously crushed but was now sitting alone in a pavilion on his personal channel, pretending to drink alcohol and creating a mood.

Naturally, since it was virtual reality, he couldn’t actually drink alcohol, and he was a minor who had never drunk alcohol in his life.

The atmosphere just felt somehow mystical, so he was setting the mood.

He had entered this game because of the first Heavenly Demon, but that first Heavenly Demon disappeared right away.

Still, since he loved the Demonic Cult so much, he continued playing the game, but victory in the battlefield was something he couldn’t even dream of no matter how much he struggled.

And this battlefield.

A fake Heavenly Demon had entered.

He was said to have earned the title of Grand Master.

Then he strangely set deathmatch records, went on winning streaks to earn insane fame points, and finally created a situation where battlefield victory was within reach.

The feeling was strange.

They were winning because of one person.

Without the fake Heavenly Demon, the Demonic Cult’s victory would have been unthinkable.

But it still felt good.

Because.

All of them had truly given their absolute best to win even one more match.

To avoid getting caught for even one more day.

To hold out for even one more day.

Because they couldn’t fail for even one day.

“Really…”

They had done their absolute best.

Tomorrow they should be able to win, right?

Just like they had for the past few days.

Even though they’d pushed well, anxiety crept in.

Human psychology is inevitable.

So he gazed at the distant scenery as if emptying his mind.

“Everything will end tomorrow in this meaningless fight…”

Setting the mood and spouting nonsense.

ThirdElder.

He too was inevitably a For the Murim user.

“Fate must be the same… Huh?”

Message notifications suddenly started piling up like crazy.

What?

Why are there so many?

Could the fake Heavenly Demon—no, the true Heavenly Demon—have lost a game?

Had a disaster occurred!

Startled, he checked the messages and his eyes widened.

“Huh? What? Is this real?”

Because everyone was cheering.

They won?

The Demonic Cult really won?

“We won! Waaaah!”

In the empty personal channel, ThirdElder screamed like that, flailing his arms wildly as he ran around.

* * *

-We woooon!

-How did we actually win this!!!!

-Came to see the victory hero

-Amazing!!!!

-Let’s have an offline meetup

-Thank you, streamer…

Seo-jun looked with bewilderment at the viewer count that kept climbing.

How high is that number going to go?

When they first discovered that the Demonic Cult had won and the victory message appeared after ending the game, everyone was skeptical at first.

But thinking about it, even if it was a bug, there was no way such a message would appear unless the victory faction was actually the Demonic Cult.

The result?

The viewer count was increasing in real-time.

Well.

Navigator’s stream was the same.

So were other streamers.

They wanted to see reactions.

-They really made those damn Demonic Cult bastards win LOL I acknowledge you as the GOAT among all Heavenly Demons

-I have no regrets now

-Acknowledged as a legend. Just a legend

-Heavenly Demon-nim, you worked so hard T_T

Originally he was planning to end his stream right after finishing the game, but with this happening, it felt like he should stay longer.

“You say I worked hard? Hehe. You all worked much harder.”

So he sat down.

Something felt like a final atmosphere.

Everyone was saying it was over, but it hadn’t actually ended properly, had it? But whatever.

“But it looks like the Orthodox faction folks are the happiest right now?”

More than the Demonic Cult users celebrating, the Orthodox faction users were busy mocking the Unorthodox faction.

-LMAO. Couldn’t even block for a single day, you losers

-Should’ve aimed for isolation like us

-Would that have worked?

-We won but you’re all acting up lol

What would the Unorthodox faction do if they tried isolation like the Orthodox faction?

The Demonic Cult was attacking everyone together anyway, so there was no additional support to cut off.

So from the Unorthodox faction’s perspective, they couldn’t waste a day’s opportunity to block by attempting isolation.

The Orthodox faction users knew that, right?

Of course they did. Even so, they were running their mouths at the losers.

While they themselves were losers too. Of course, that wasn’t Seo-jun’s concern.

“Right. I think the Unorthodox faction did everything they could. Don’t you all think so as well?”

Seo-jun said the same thing as the Orthodox faction.

-Wow. Winner’s composure

-Teabagging on

-He’s about to start trash-talking! Run!

-Streamer’s inner thoughts) The losers should get beaten up now, right?

-Be careful, Orthodox faction too

When Seo-jun opened his mouth, they were already getting ready to leave.

Damn.

“I think everyone fought well and hard.”

-Oh

-Wholesome mode

-Right. Everyone fought well heh

So he threw a curveball.

“But honestly, the Demonic Cult users fought the best. And this is the result.”

Seo-jun brought up the window again.

“Don’t you think so? You admit it, right?”

Victory Faction: Demonic Cult.

-Yes

-When you lose, you should shut up T_T

-We’ll have to hear this from the Demonic Cult for the next six months LMAO. Don’t start already!

-Agreed

The faction that wins the battlefield gets anti-criticism immunity until the next battlefield opens!

The superficial fact that he had done something good for the Demonic Cult made his feelings strangely complex.

In his past life, they hadn’t fought much, but there had been plenty of conflicts, hadn’t there?

‘Just once should be fine for the Demonic Cult.’

Mmm.

Seo-jun thought that with a faint smile.

Anyway, these guys will never win again.

Even if Seo-jun was copied into five people and participated in the next battlefield, the probability of winning wouldn’t exceed 5%.

‘Unless a lot of people switch to the Demonic Cult with this opportunity.’

-LOL See you next time, Demonic Cult

-The streamer will leave first anyway lmao

-Yeah, the players will go to the Demonic Cult and then come back when they see that Heavenly Demon Divine Art is garbage lol

-You won today but stop talking about the next battlefield already, you Orthodox bastards! You shameless guys!

Orthodox bastards? Shameless guys?

The rhythm really fits well.

What about the Demonic Cult?

-What are you saying, damn Demonic Cult lol

Right.

Even today when they won, the Demonic Cult was still the damn Demonic Cult.

Anyway.

Watching that back-and-forth, Seo-jun laughed along with his viewers.

Still, since the Demonic Cult won, the Orthodox faction and Unorthodox faction were being pushed back.

“Oh. Everyone, wait a moment.”

Blue text appeared in his field of view.

He’d never seen it before. But he knew what it was.

It was a chat that the administrator sent in real-time to all users.

[Hello. This is the administrator.]

The announcement appeared one sentence at a time in the lines below, pushing the previous sentences upward.

[First, we’d like to address the curiosity many users have about the message that appeared in the interface.]

[That was the correct result of our calculations.]

-Oh!

-It was right!

-Victory!

[However, due to an error, only the victory faction message appeared early.]

[We sincerely apologize for the unintended spoiler.]

[Demonic Cult players.]

[Congratulations on your battlefield victory.]

-Amazing!!!!

-This is the first time the administrator has congratulated us, right? I’m jealous!!

-Administrator trait) Demonic Cult member who’s been waiting for this day LOL

-Real victory!

Finally, they received official recognition.

And Seo-jun turned on the donations that had been piling up in perfect timing.

“Thank you for the donations, everyone. There are a lot of donations stacked up.”

He’d turned it off to concentrate during the final game, but then forgot to turn it back on, which led to this situation.

[‘Victory!’ donated 150,000 won!]

[I believed in you.]

[‘Is this real?’ donated 30,000 won!]

[What did you do again?]

[‘Please’ donated 50,000 won!]

[Be the Heavenly Demon forever!]

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“Uh, thank you for the donation, ‘I believed in you.'”

That was the final donation.

Just processing the accumulated donations took over 30 minutes.

How much money did he make just today?

Looking at the donations, it seemed like everyone had been preparing to send them tomorrow but sent them now after discovering the Demonic Cult’s victory.

“It looks like roughly over 7 million won? Thank you.”

-You were counting that too lmao

-Daily income of 7 million won, insane

-I want to be a streamer too!

-Me too!

[‘Extreme Job Streamer’ donated 50,000 won!]

[If they said they’d pay 7 million won for making the Demonic Cult win, would you do it? Lol]

When put that way, it really sounds like an extreme job.

-LOL. Can’t do it x Won’t do it o

-It’s this hard to make a living as a streamer lmao

-The pinnacle of inefficiency lol

Anyway, things wrapped up like this.

“Well then, everyone, thank you for the donations. Bye.”

Today’s streaming.

The 20-day battlefield.

And the final stream of For the Murim game.