Chapter 83

[Of Course Orthodox]

Of Course Orthodox was essentially a chat room for orthodox faction rankers.

This was where the most brutal beating was currently taking place.

-???: We just need to win, right?

-What kind of confidence was that?

-Contribution record-breaking lol. The developers probably never thought of this scenario

-Originally MovieSoft should have put a limit on the fame points you could earn

-At first, even the 11-win streak seemed tolerable, so the atmosphere was good, but because of someone…

-Right, it’s just that one guy causing problems. What did everyone else do wrong?

-No situational awareness

-No thinking

-No brain

Of course, no one could deny that this beating was completely rational and justified.

A personal ranking spot that only a few rankers compete for?

That’s fine, just let it go.

Even if the most skilled person gets chosen as that streamer, what problems could it cause for people who weren’t first place originally, and how much would the world really change?

But fame points were different.

The Demonic Cult faction had directly emerged as a threat through rapid rise.

-Are you watching? Why aren’t you answering quickly?

-Haha… I thought that since I’m the distinguished orthodox faction’s top expert with the most battlefield victories, running away because I’m afraid of losing would look worse, hyungs!

-Look at this guy, so absurd I’m laughing in disbelief

-Really has no situational awareness, thinking, or brain

-Heavenly Killing Star real-life raid gathering (99/100)? Just need you to come

-Ah lol if it wasn’t for this guy, we could’ve beaten the unorthodox faction and won with 1,500 different methods, but now we have to rethink everything because of someone

-Me too lol

-Me too lol

-Top rankers my ass lol

-Got completely destroyed, just apologize

-Heavenly Killing Star lost not because of bad luck: evidence (link)

-Hyungnims, I’m sorry! T_T

[‘Heavenly Killing Star’ has been forcibly removed.]

-Good riddance

-Justice is alive

-This is the orthodox way

-So what now lol. In the end, we need that guy to win

-Ah…

-Ah…

-You get called clueless a lot, don’t you?

-Just bring him back and beat him up lol

[‘Heavenly Killing Star’ has been invited.]

While the orthodox faction was beating up their problem member, the unorthodox faction chat room [Anti-Hypocrite Unorthodox Faction] was having casual chatter.

[Anti-Hypocrite Unorthodox Faction]

-If we can’t stop the Heavenly Demon, 14 people + our side’s defeat makes the gap even wider

-Just stop him and it’s over lol

-So can we actually stop him?

-The fact that he got 12 consecutive wins by having everyone openly gang up on him lol it’s ridiculous

-Damn cool though

-The thing is, he did it with Heavenly Demon Divine Art, which makes no sense lol

-He really was the Heavenly Demon

-Good with words too

-Annoying-looking

-Jealous?

-Yeah, especially his face

-Right, thinking about that pretty boy face… worth being jealous!

-Ugh… the design turned out fucking good

-Don’t call people’s looks a design lol

Finally, in the Demonic Cult,

[At Least 2nd Place]

-Shouldn’t we change our room name?

-I really want to win just this once

-We need to hold onto Seo-jun-nim lol

-Even if we hold on, I don’t think we can earn fame points like this in the next battlefield

-So this is our last chance……

-Unless MovieSoft loses their mind and massively buffs the Demonic Cult, we have to see this as our last chance

They were resolute.

For the first time, and perhaps the last opportunity.

While all three chat rooms had completely different detailed topics and atmospheres, they shared a few things in common.

Namely, that many people stayed up past midnight actively chatting, and all the topics were entirely related to Seo-jun.

While everyone was buzzing about today’s events, one piece of news hit them hard.

[Of Course Orthodox]

-It’s up lol

-What?

-iTube

[Anti-Hypocrite Unorthodox Faction]

-Crazy, is that notification title for real lol

-What?

-Plus it’s a premiere? Who taught him this dirty trick

-What!

[At Least 2nd Place]

-Woo-hoo! The cult leader’s video is up!

-Probably just today’s stream, right?

-Looking at the title, it seems like today???

-Is that possible?

-Just shut up and watch, subscribe and like too

* * *

[I Became the Best Under Heaven in a Game.]

[Premiere starts in 5 minutes.]

Everyone who subscribed to Seo-jun and hadn’t blocked notifications received an alert.

Premiere.

A system where you livestream a video once before uploading it, like streaming.

-Premiere is so annoying lol

-I thought the editor completely managed his iTube, but is the editor doing this?

-Wait, is this edited??? Or a stream archived?

-No way they uploaded unedited footage as a premiere

“I really didn’t expect them to edit this in just a few hours.”

Seo-jun, who had received a one-sided notification from his editors that they’d upload by 1 AM at the latest, sat down at his computer and opened iTube.

-The title is hilarious lol

-It’s not exactly wrong since he’s not a game possession story but he is the best under heaven in the game lmao

-Agreed he’s the best under heaven in battlefield

-3 minutes until start~

-If it’s unedited, immediate dislike bombing

Brutal.

The ruthless world of iTube indeed.

Fortunately, there are no dislikes on streaming.

If there had been, he would’ve gotten bombarded with dislikes every time he acted recklessly.

“Should I try chatting?”

Not because he wanted attention.

-Hello everyone.

Since it was his channel, his chat stood out with special effects.

-The owner is here!

-Just start streaming again lol

-Seo-jun!

-We have this instead of a stream hehe

He didn’t say anything else after that.

Seo-jun was now a viewer too.

He planned to enjoy that pleasure.

The only downside was that as a viewer, this premiere thing was a bit annoying.

“1 minute left.”

When will it pass.

* * *

Time passed and the video started.

The For the Murim intro played, then the screen got a light black-and-white treatment as the previous story flowed.

Seo-jun recalled the video uploaded the morning before.

It was about Day 9 that Lee Geon-yeong had worked all night to make, to help with the live collaboration with Navigator.

-It really is edited footage?

-Damn. When the rankings were revealed, I was really wondering who this guy was

-Previous story is essential

The summary of the previous video appeared.

The fact that Seo-jun had gotten first place in rankings.

How everyone who heard the news reacted with surprise.

The content of those now-deleted posts that suspected a corrupt relationship with MovieSoft flashed across the screen like newspaper headlines.

-Looking back, it’s ridiculous lol

-Did we really write posts like that?

-For real, how dare we doubt the ancient and modern number one

The screen transitioned to show Heavenly Killing Star’s challenge declaration after reading this.

At the same time, the screen shrunk to gradually reveal Seo-jun receiving the duel invitation.

The reaction of Seo-jun in the video was,

[Sounds fun.]

He grinned.

The video ended with his donation provocatively sent to Navigator’s room, and the screen brightened.

Everything up to this point was Day 9 content.

-We didn’t know then lol that he’d cause even more trouble

-That wasn’t even provocation level lol he just knew he’d obviously win

-The start of the legend

-But if the video ended here it’d be funny lol

-Honestly, editing in 3 hours after ending the stream is pushing it lol

Present-day Seo-jun laughed while reading the comments.

But unfortunately, the video didn’t stop as they wished.

-?? This actually works. The Demonic Cult seems like a black company

-Evil capitalist Heavenly Demon

-Guarantee the editors’ human rights!

Regardless, the video continued with Seo-jun talking to Navigator before the game properly started.

The first game ended easily.

It switched to Navigator’s screen for commentary.

[Did the rankers chicken out? Hmm. Since the first 4 matches give contribution points, it wouldn’t be strange if they didn’t snipe. Actually, it’s rational.]

Along with those words, it quickly showed the next match’s opponent.

Then it displayed the ranking window beside it, circling one spot to make it clearly visible.

With a question mark.

The opponent was Unorthodox Faction’s Dignity, ranked 5th in contribution.

-Lmao Seo-jun’s editor is throwing shade at Navigator

-That streamer, that editor lol

-The subtitle saying “Irrational 5th place” is killing me lol

The battle between 5th-ranked Unorthodox Faction’s Dignity and Seo-jun began.

The combat was shown simply.

Through game replay, capturing the perspective that best immersed viewers in Seo-jun’s position while clearly showing the fight.

But Seo-jun’s attacks are often so fast you can’t tell when he attacked without effects.

Like now.

Unorthodox Faction’s Dignity, who had yielded first strike, thrust his sword at Seo-jun’s shoulder, but it was Unorthodox Faction’s Dignity whose throat was slashed and suffered critical damage.

To address the confusion, they showed it again in slow motion.

“Since it’s edited, they can show details unlike streaming.”

Seo-jun murmured while watching the screen that showed his sword preparing to cut the throat from the optimal position before even receiving the attack.

Seeing ahead and preparing is exactly the difference between experts and novices, and the subsequent process would just look easy and simple to those who missed this.

But showing it like this?

-Wow

-The movement is really efficient

-You can already see the basics of dull sword from then

-Does he see the future?

-Everyone saw that right? That’s connection hehe

Seo-jun’s lips curved upward as he chatted.

-Lol. Making it obvious is kind of immersion-breaking

-Just keep your mouth shut, hyungnim

-Such an undignified ancient and modern number one, tsk tsk.

This was all image management to become more approachable.

Mm-hmm.

The video showed Seo-jun countering with the exact same attack Unorthodox Faction’s Dignity had used, thrusting his sword back.

-Everyone, this technique is harder than it looks. To change your arm’s trajectory mid-swing, your whole body has to move together starting from your lower body……

-I don’t want to know

-Just start streaming if you’re going to do this

-Open the door!

-Who keeps writing long essays bragging in the comment section? Why aren’t you cutting it?

-It’s the owner lol

-This guy becomes a friendly neighborhood guy when he’s not holding a sword lol

-And when he holds a sword, he becomes the ancient and modern number one Heavenly Demon himself lol

Seo-jun smiled and continued bragging under the guise of commentary through each process.

Then it moved to the next match.

The manly battle between Seo-jun and This Isn’t Murim unfolded.

The problem was there was nothing to commentate on this scene.

Boom!

Boom!

So viewers started demanding commentary from Seo-jun instead.

-Why did you do that?

-I’m curious about what profound intent was contained there!!!

-Please brag!

-For real, how smart must the tactical battle be to punch holes in the ground like that?? So curious!

[So you think you can keep dodging like that?]

[I could do this all day!]

-Maybe they were actually playing go using the ground as a board?

-Just two idiots lol

-Look how he stops chatting only at times like this lol

-Exercising your right to remain silent? lmao

Seo-jun, who had been communicating with viewers, briefly stopped chatting with a chuckle when a slightly disadvantageous situation arose.

He was a viewer now too.

After turning his attention from the chat window to below the video, Seo-jun was momentarily surprised and impressed.

Wow.

“30,000 people for a premiere?”

The effort his editors had put in was paying off right now.