Chapter 35

“I’m in a position where I need to assess and handle the situation. Let me get straight to the point and ask a few things. Western Slayer.”

The atmosphere suddenly shifted.

Viola pointed her sword at Seo-jun.

She also knew the protagonist’s identity.

“Go ahead and try.”

“The ones called rulers of this city. Did you assassinate them?”

“That’s right.”

“All of them?”

“Yes.”

“…And it seems there was internal strife within the Assassins. Do you know why?”

“This Arthur bastard you’re stepping on was in cahoots with the Rulers. He tried to kill me because he thought I was dangerous. So I subdued him.”

“The entire Assassins? By yourself?”

“Yes.”

Viola withdrew her sword.

She cleared her throat awkwardly, trying to maintain composure.

But you could visibly see tension causing her to apply more pressure with the foot she had on Arthur.

Aaaaah!

Arthur screamed.

-Is noona breaking out in a cold sweat?

-LOL

-I’d be scared too

-The protagonist who single-handedly brought down this city lol

“R-right. First, thanks for dealing with the rulers. You saved me some work.”

“So?”

The protagonist’s eyebrow raised.

“Damn. The Committee ordered me to capture the remaining culprit of this incident and whoever killed the Rulers.”

Viola chuckled.

“There’s no way I could kill you when you managed to kill even the Assassins. Of course, I have subordinates investigating the city, but even if they came… I’d probably die first, right?”

Viola’s eyes darted around nervously.

-Is she scared? Lol

-What a perceptive NPC

-She was the smart type

-Look at her reading the room lmao cute

First, Viola knocked Arthur unconscious by hitting his head, then used her sword to tear his clothes to shreds.

The bizarre behavior began.

She moved slightly away from Seo-jun and lay down on the ground.

Then she started rolling around.

Roll roll roll.

When dust had covered her entire body, she got up from the ground, dusted off her hands, and cleared her throat.

Ahem.

When their eyes met, Viola grinned carelessly and said,

“So I’ll just say you escaped. You… will let me live, right?”

It was hard to imagine she had been a clean, uniformed elite knight just moments before.

-Was she not a smart character but a comedy character?

-Her charm is off the charts LOL

-Her face screams ice queen but why is she acting like this lmao

“Hah…”

The protagonist pressed his temple as if he had a headache.

Seo-jun thought he would have acted the same way even if he had control of his body.

“Just go.”

Originally, the protagonist had a personality where he’d kill any Order member on sight.

But this incident seemed to have complicated his feelings.

Viola smiled as if she had expected this and looked at the protagonist.

“Thanks. And we’re going to change. The internal cleanup is done and the right people have taken positions. Your power would be more effective under control… Ahem.”

She glanced around nervously again.

The protagonist glared at her.

“Got it. I got it. I just hope we won’t be enemies the next time we meet.”

Is it over?

“But can I take this guy with me?”

Guess not.

“Hurry up and take him and get lost.”

“Okay.”

Viola grabbed Arthur’s ankle and dragged him away as she left.

The protagonist looked at the city, which seemed no different from before.

Control of his body returned to Seo-jun.

[You have completed the hidden scenario selection.]

-Wow! Clap clap clap

-Clap clap clap

-So does anyone know what this foreshadowing is about? No rewards either.

-I want to welcome Viola-noona too

By now, time had passed through the night and dawn was breaking.

Seo-jun entered the city and slowly looked around while walking along the gray stone-paved roads.

“First, let’s go to the tavern where Christina is.”

The city scenery looked even more beautiful because it was familiar to him.

The lingering feelings remained.

Seo-jun entered the empty tavern.

But instead of Christina, there was some man standing there.

It was the assassin that Seo-jun had subdued.

“She’s at the clock tower now. And I’m sorry.”

After accepting the apology, Seo-jun left the tavern and climbed the clock tower.

“This reminds me of the tutorial. I climbed up using a wire.”

-You should do it too

-Go go

“Ah, I don’t have a wire.”

Seo-jun said while launching his body upward and doing parkour.

-LOL

-A guy watching the ending doesn’t even have basic gear like a wire lmao

-You get wires by doing basic quests, but he didn’t do those lol

-He really is amazing in many ways

-Do you have to play this inefficiently to do hidden quests?

Seo-jun climbed up and approached Christina.

The game’s ending that you could see after defeating all the Rulers began.

“Even though the Queen is dead, people don’t know. That shows how thoroughly information is being controlled. But the city will change from now on. Thanks to you.”

After saying what she had to say by herself, she jumped down.

“Huh. Am I supposed to go back to the tavern?”

While Seo-jun was questioning the development, the screen changed, music played, and the ending credits rolled up.

Over a thousand developers.

During the waiting time, Seo-jun was able to find the names of Kim Yoon-chan and Eve Paymo in the list.

-The ending is the same as always

-Simple and good

-Thank you for your hard work.

-Really fun

The ending was really simple, just like the viewers said.

‘Well, I like it.’

He hadn’t played by digging into details like other people, but it seemed he had enjoyed it in a fun and fulfilling way.

In his own style.

The viewers also began congratulating Seo-jun in their own way.

[‘SeoJunEndingCongrats’ donated 10,000 won!]

[Congrats congrats congrats congrats congrats]

[‘LikeThis’ donated 100,000 won!]

[You’re the first person to clear the game!]

[‘OneDayBeforeEnlistmentWatchingThisMakesMyself theWinner’ donated 30,000 won!]

[Huh why am I tearing up?]

-LMAO

-Military bound T_T

-Yeah you’re the winner T_T

[‘Yes Yes’ donated 20,000 won!]

[So what’s the next game?]

[‘VeryEntertaining’ donated 100,000 won!]

[So Christina-noona’s quest is going to fail, right?]

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Donations poured in.

After responding to each one, Seo-jun temporarily closed the donation window and spoke up.

“Alright, everyone, thank you for the donations. Now let’s go finish the very last thing.”

It was the affection quest with Christina.

The world after the ending wasn’t much different from before.

Seo-jun entered the tavern.

The quest was automatically completed.

[You have achieved Affection level with Christina.]

He also received the corresponding rewards.

Various coins and Assassins emblems, etc.

But if the affection reward was only this, viewers wouldn’t have been so invested.

-Talk to her

-I’ll never be able to get affection level anyway, so I’ll have to watch it like this hehe

“Thank you so much. You kept your promise. So I… Hey, Nameless. Want to walk around the city together?”

Christina said with a blush.

-I’m jealous T_T

-That should have been my spot

-We can do it too. Just defeat all the Rulers and fight and win against the entire Assassins.

Now all he had to do was approach Christina and talk to her.

Seo-jun brought up the settings menu and moved his hand toward the quit game button.

“This is where Assassin’s Dawn ends.”

Naturally, countless hooks poured out.

-?

-?????????

-??????

-Lol I’m really speechless

But Seo-jun thought now was a good timing to end Assassin’s Dawn and move on to another game.

There was still content like collecting various emblems and achievements left, but it wasn’t suitable for broadcasting.

As for Christina’s affection quest reward…

Wouldn’t this make the viewers angry?

Originally streamers need this kind of push and pull.

Yep!

-Ah really why are you doing this.

-Hyung… are you impotent?

-Hurry up and turn on the date

-Hah… this is my first time committing murder so I’m nervous

-Why would you commit murder LOL

“If you’re really curious. You guys can clear the quest and see it directly yourselves. Where else would you go on a date with other people watching anyway? Alright, let’s wrap up Assassin’s Dawn here.”

Actually, it wasn’t an adult game, but he skipped it as a precaution against potential service violations.

Since he didn’t know the exact communication review regulations for streaming.

“Also, why are you all acting like this when you were making such a fuss telling me to fail?”

-That is true lol

-If you were going to do this, why did you become a streamer! If you were going to do this, why did you become a streamer! If you were going to do this, why did you become a streamer! If you were going to do this, why did you become a streamer!

-We will not forget this day……

-The streamer is definitely single!

Seo-jun pressed the quit game button and returned to the lobby.

Then he changed the topic with an urgent desire to put out the fire.

“By the way, what did that hidden scenario from earlier mean?”

Seo-jun knew it was foreshadowing related to the next work.

But MovieSoft hadn’t told him any other information.

All he’d heard was Eve Paymo saying that when Seo-jun completed the scenario, he would naturally find out.

-Oh? I just saw that MovieSoft’s official iTube uploaded a video

-On the homepage too

-Could it be that it came out because the streamer cleared it?

-Looking at the upload time, seems like it lol

“Ah, something was uploaded?”

Must be a teaser video.

“Let’s watch it together, everyone.”

While watching a stream, looking at other things can be annoying from the viewers’ perspective, but even if it’s not annoying, people prefer watching together.

Seo-jun found the piping hot video uploaded less than an hour ago.

The title was,

[World Of Belief Teaser]

“Oh. Let me watch it.”

When he played the video, from a completely black background,

Ding.

A clear bell-like sound rippled through the silence and subtitles appeared.

[Assassins]

Bird sounds could be heard and the screen took the perspective of a bird flying above the city.

The excellent avian eyes instantly captured the disturbance at the highest point of the city.

There, a hooded assassin was jumping down.

The screen descended and switched dramatically.

Splash!

An Order member looking down at the water surface from atop a cliff appeared rippling.

Various assassins in cathedrals, market streets, and secret rooms also passed by.

It darkened again and subtitles appeared.

[The Order]

Similarly, it showed nobles enjoying a banquet.

They were the rulers of the world. The established powers and ruling class.

A military parade was taking place in the streets.

The sight of countless soldiers marching in perfect order was intimidating.

Entering the central building of the city, a treasurer sat at a desk calculating.

A knight at the vanguard departing for war.

A mage genuinely delighted at inventing new magic appeared on screen in sequence.

When each fulfilled their role like cogs in a machine, their society demonstrated power only when united as one.

Now the scene changed once more and medieval folk songs began to flow.

[Belief]

An assassination blade pierced the neck of a pot-bellied noble.

The security captain dealt with ruffians disturbing the peace.

[Where Will You Stand]

Soldiers chasing an assassin under a knight’s command.

They charged forward with battle cries.

[Chaos]

The city became chaotic.

Innocent people died and were injured because of assassins.

The streets became a mess and children cried.

The video showed scenes of disorder.

[Cosmos]

People were exploited under their control.

The nobles’ bellies grew increasingly fat, and wealth piled up in their storehouses.

Their military parades were merely tools for more comfortable rule.

The song stopped abruptly.

The video ended with a hooded assassin and a knight glaring at each other.

It was an exciting video.

He slyly leaked information.

“Wow. This looks like the next work, right?”

-Yeah LOL

-Holy shit!

-Wow amazing

-MovieSoft was preparing something like this!!!!!!!!

-Shit. Could this be coming out as an mmorpg??????

-Insane. Really no words. Crazy.

-We’re seeing this thanks to the streamer, right? Really crazy lmao

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, or MMORPG for short, refers to RPG games where numerous users connect to a server simultaneously to play.

People had already forgotten about him skipping the service scene and were getting immersed.

-Is this Templars vs Assassins that users will play?

-Just pick a faction already lol

-Dirty assassin bastards disrupting the world

-Corrupt pigs, want a taste of the assassination blade?

You could already see people getting absorbed.

Their speech patterns were typical internet slang, which was a bit jarring, but still.

“Everyone, if this game comes out, which side should I choose?”

And Seo-jun’s one comment ignited the fire.

-Obviously Assassins, right? You throwing away the assassination blade?

-The streamer never used an assassination blade anyway. Order for sure.

-It’s basically Christina vs Viola

-I’m team Christina.

-Ah you fucking noobs. Assassins are basically dirt poor. Templars are chaebol second-generation. What do you want to do?

-Want to get assassinated?

-Sorry but there are lots of assassins among the powerful too!

-What matters is the streamer, you idiots. First of all, his looks are golden spoon level so that stuff doesn’t matter

-Still gotta go Assassins

-He’s the protagonist

Seo-jun looked through the chat window.

Public opinion was leaning a bit more toward the Assassins.

Since players had been active on the Assassins’ side throughout, it was an understandable result.

It made sense, and originally people prefer what they’re familiar with.

You could also see people excited about playing a new game.

[‘Idiots’ donated 10,000 won!]

[Instead of trying to convince the streamer to choose the faction you want, you should just unconditionally go wherever the streamer chooses lol]

-Hmm? That makes sense?

-True lmao exactly right

-Are you a sage by any chance?

-Thinking about meeting that devil on the opposing faction and getting griefed and having your mentality destroyed, it’s definitely more comfortable being on the same side LOL

-Really, how would you handle that demon if you met him as an opponent lmao