Chapter 17

“Hello. Nice to meet you in real life for the first time. I’m Travel streamer Jin Seo-jun.”

Seo-jun waved his hand as he opened the door and approached the desk where the camera was positioned.

Then he sat down in the chair that had been prepared for him.

After Alpaca pulled out the chair for Seo-jun and he took his seat, Alpaca said.

“How about it, everyone? Doesn’t Seo-jun-nim look exactly like his avatar? Didn’t I tell you?”

Alpaca grinned smugly as he spoke.

-Wow

-Why is he actually handsome? Why is he actually handsome? Why is he actually handsome?

-Actually looks even better in real life, damn lol

-The world is so unfair, he’s a real gem

-But why are you acting so happy about it, Alpaca? Lol

-Alpaca got his nose done, eyes done, and jaw shaved

Alpaca was laughing when he saw one particular chat and scowled angrily.

“Hey! My face is exactly as it was scanned when I was in my twenties too! What did I get done! I look exactly the same as I did a few years ago.”

-???

-Huh?

-What? Does he really not know?

-LOL

-ㅡㅅㅡ (exactly Alpaca’s face)

“No… I know I’ve gained some weight…”

-Just some weight?

-I wonder if it’s really just weight?

-Looks like you got bombarded by the ravages of time

-Having Seo-jun-nim next to you makes the comparison so brutal lol

“Yeah, I can’t hear you. Can’t see either.”

Alpaca closed his eyes and pretended not to notice.

And he subtly moved his chair away from Seo-jun while saying.

“But Seo-jun-nim, you need to move over a little bit so you show up better on screen…”

“Yes?”

-LMAO

-Totally self-conscious

-Huh? Why is he moving further away? Lol

Seo-jun just went with it, and Alpaca positioned himself a little distance away from Seo-jun before grabbing his mouse.

“Alright! Now let’s have a brief Q&A session. There’s nothing better than this for killing time. I’ve reopened donations, so… Oh my goodness.”

Alpaca suddenly looked shocked mid-sentence and frantically moved his mouse.

“What’s wrong?”

“I set the minimum amount to 10,000 won, but donations are piling up incredibly fast. What, do you guys have that many questions? I’m raising the price. To 50,000 won. If you’re not really curious, don’t just throw money around and ask in chat instead. All done!”

Alpaca put down his mouse and taught Seo-jun how to stream from a computer.

The basic framework was the same as broadcasting from a capsule. Since computer streaming also went through Travel, this was naturally the case.

However, the detailed parts of the interface were different, and Alpaca explained those points.

“Seo-jun-nim, you like beef, right?”

Clap.

Alpaca clapped his hands after putting down his mouse.

“Yes.”

Seo-jun nodded.

Not many people dislike beef.

“That’s a relief. Well then, I’m going to go prepare food and set up broadcasting equipment in the living room, so let’s see Seo-jun-nim’s communication skills.”

Having said that, Alpaca got up from his chair and went off-screen to start rummaging through drawers looking for broadcast equipment.

Since they couldn’t grill meat in the room.

Seo-jun played the first donation.

[Oppa, I love you.]

“Ah, thank you. But are you really a female viewer?”

Seo-jun answered with a smile.

-What oppa

-shiver shiver

-(shivers)

These kinds of chats were coming up.

And.

Alpaca shouted from behind as he came out carrying broadcast equipment.

“You guys never sent me donations like that! Ten thousand won!”

-Did he leave?

-He left.

-If you’re jealous, get reborn, Alpaca lol

-I mean, you can’t lie

-People need to have some conscience

As soon as Alpaca left, the backstabbing began.

Then Alpaca, who had left the room, came back and suddenly appeared on screen.

“I was watching everything on my phone, everyone.”

He raised his index and middle fingers to cover his eyes, then turned them toward the viewers, making a gesture showing he was watching.

Alpaca repeated the gesture while backing out of the room.

Did he come back just to say that?

“It was almost like ‘Dad’s not sleeping,’ level scary.”

-For real lol

-Dad’s not sleeping lol

Seo-jun chuckled and moved his mouse to play the next donation.

“Oh, there are some game-related questions after this.”

[I want to get Weakness Detection too, but could you show us some other examples of weak points?]

Most of the skills in Seo-jun’s skill window were in an unlocked state.

It would actually be strange if Seo-jun, who had insufficient playtime and hadn’t done proper assassinations, had many skills unlocked.

However, there was one newly unlocked skill that had uniquely appeared in his skill window.

That was Weakness Detection, which had been the goal of this collaboration.

‘Try using it once!’

Alpaca and the viewers were excited about the fact that Seo-jun had actually unlocked the skill, and Seo-jun moved the streaming screen to his field of view before using Weakness Detection.

Then the background momentarily changed as if seeing the unseen—to borrow the viewers’ expression, like looking through a thermal camera—and lines were drawn across all the objects he was looking at.

Since he had cast it in the middle of the market, he could only confirm equipment like knives, but those drawn lines were definitely weak points.

Weak points that could destroy equipment if you followed the lines.

The viewers went wild and wanted to get this skill themselves.

The only problem was.

-How are you supposed to destroy equipment while fighting Richard?

-Is the difficulty really like this??

-Even targeting weak points on regular NPCs is hard, but on a Ruler?

-help

“Um… If you want to see other cases, come watch my stream tomorrow.”

That’s it for today.

“And probably skilled masters better than me will get the skill soon and share it with you all.”

-Our streamer pretending to be modest lol

-Etor, Drake, and then Richard too. Fighting 1-vs-30 without ever failing a parry once, destroying guard shields and weapons by seeing weak points without even having skills, and instantly destroying all of Richard’s armor to strip him down to his underwear… I’d like to meet a master better than Seo-jun-nim

-LOL

A particularly visible chat came up.

Alpaca had typed it from outside.

“Haha. Well then, next.”

[I’m the owner of 25 million points. Everyone praise me. No, praise Seo-jun-nim.]

Joseon’s Assassin sent a donation triumphantly.

He had bet the maximum 250,000 points on “finds 4 or more” and hit 100x odds to earn 25 million points.

Joseon’s Assassin’s point ranking was now 1st place.

With more than double the gap over the 2nd place viewer who had collected 10 million points.

It truly wouldn’t be strange to call it an event that would go down in Travel history.

Seo-jun clapped as he spoke.

“Congratulations. Next!”

[What are Cosmos Fragments?]

It was about the game again.

Cosmos Fragments.

[Dissembler Boss Drake has been defeated]

[Cosmos Fragment (1/4) acquired]

This was the notification that had appeared when he caught Drake the day before.

And the same thing appeared when he caught Richard Neville.

[Knight King Richard Neville has been defeated]

[Cosmos Fragment (2/4) acquired]

It was an item with no description written, but like Weakness Detection, there was a reason people were curious about it.

Seo-jun was the first to obtain this item called Cosmos Fragments.

The conditions were obvious to anyone.

-Favoring hack-and-slash?

-How are we supposed to defeat Rulers like that ㅡㅡ

-Basically content only he can do, so envious

Killing Rulers with hack-and-slash instead of assassination.

But unresolved parts still remained.

Its purpose.

The purpose of Cosmos Fragments, which weren’t consumable items or equipment that could be used, but just sat in the miscellaneous tab.

When he killed Drake before, he had also obtained Cosmos Fragments, but since there were few viewers watching at the time, it hadn’t become much of an issue.

Seo-jun briefly shared his thoughts on this.

“I don’t know much about the Assassin’s Dawn worldview either, you know?”

After that.

Seo-jun scratched his cheek and looked off into the distance for no reason.

He felt self-conscious even after saying it.

-LOL

-The developer’s carefully planned plot hook went to this kind of newbie lol

-Truly legendary

-Are we supposed to figure this out?

-Is there someone else that can defeat Rulers like you?

After that, Seo-jun answered various questions and went through donations one by one.

[What kind of exercise do you usually do?]

“Just running.”

-Taking notes on running…

-Don’t you do martial arts or anything? Hehe

“I don’t do martial arts. But I’m confident I’d be good at it if I did.”

Since he’d be qualified to give advice to athletes.

Seo-jun swallowed his follow-up words.

-Virtual reality and reality are different, but usually if you’re good at one, you’re good at the other too

-I think so as well lol

[What do you do in real life?]

“Just an ordinary college student.”

-Being ordinary with that face is deception to begin with…

[Why did you start with Assassin’s Dawn?]

“A friend recommended it.”

And so on.

He also answered questions coming up in the chat window so that people chatting wouldn’t feel discriminated against.

He didn’t forget to express his gratitude either.

Seo-jun processed the backed-up donations like that.

“Um, should I lower the donation amount a bit?”

While there weren’t no people throwing 50,000 won.

Rather than for making money, Seo-jun decided to lower the donation price thinking there might be people who really had questions they wanted to ask but couldn’t because of the high price.

The price felt a bit too high.

“Um, how do I do this?”

The sound of mouse clicking continued.

But the broadcast settings didn’t change.

-Don’t tell me he can’t find it?

-Wow, he really is technologically challenged lol

-That’s why he came in late at the beginning

Streaming settings are more complex and tricky than expected.

“Haha, everyone, I can find it quickly. Just a moment.”

He couldn’t even get help from viewers. Unless they had streaming experience, most would have only seen the broadcast screen.

“Um…”

Seo-jun finally resorted to searching the internet for “how to set up Travel donations.”

And he browsed several sites.

But he couldn’t find the method, because there was nowhere that explained in detail from the beginning which buttons to press to get there.

“I’m confident I won’t forget once I know… Let me call Alpaca-nim for now.”

Seo-jun sighed with a gloomy expression.

[Ugh. So frustrating lol Just take this.]

[Hyung. You aren’t pretending, right? I want to believe you’re not.]

[Watching this makes me short of breath. Even my grandfather would find this better than this. Lmao]

Donations kept going off.

Donations worth over 50,000 won.

“Oh, thank you for the donations. But wait a moment. Please stop sending them. I’ll lower the amount soon.”

[Yeah, it’s my money and I’ll waste it. Don’t stop me.]

[Broadcasting monster! A money-collecting genius has appeared!]

[This man. What would happen if we made him play computer games instead of virtual reality?]

[Even this could be a meticulously calculated script]

People laughed and gladly threw donations despite Seo-jun’s protests.

They had fallen for Seo-jun’s charm.

-LOL

-Just how far ahead did he calculate

-Wow, broadcasting genius

-He shouldn’t be learning stuff like this already lol

“The food is ready, so come out now. But Seo-jun-nim, you’re good at collecting money too. You definitely have talent for broadcasting.”

Alpaca gave a thumbs up and opened the door to call Seo-jun.

“If you were watching, you could have come to help.”

Seo-jun grumbled.

Where would an old man who finds computers difficult go to feel sorry for himself?

Alpaca grinned as he disconnected the computer streaming.

“Well. Thanks to that, we hit it big with the donations.”