Swordmanship Veteran's Game Stream Chapter 170

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Seo-jun was startled.

I Am Joseon's Assassin.

He was the former manager of his streaming room.

As for why he was the 'former,' it was because he had been stripped of his manager position for a week after banning someone under the guise of taking responsibility when Seo-jun fought Pado.

Of course, in exchange.

[Joseon's Assassin, your manager status is confiscated for a week. Instead, I will promote you to our room's VIP. You ask what kind of responsibility this is taking? Anyway, a disciplinary action was handed down.]

-LOL So he doesn't work for a while and gets to watch the streamer's broadcast from the premium seat? That's even better!

-Jo-Am! Jo-Am! Jo-Am! Jo-Am!

-Is this that showpiece disciplinary action? lolololololol

-So freaking shameless lol

[Oh, and I will lift the chat bans for the people Joseon's Assassin muted. Instead...]

-What kind of reward is it?

-Yeah, if they were wronged, they should get compensation.

[I will personally ban you for a week.]

-Troll cut! Troll cut! Troll cut! Troll cut!

-This is how Travel should be!

-Seriously, what kind of rule is that?

-It's originally at the streamer's discretion, lol.

-Actually, isn't that a reward?

There was this kind of backstory.

So Jo-Am was his room's former manager and current VIP.

One could say Jo-Am was quite close to Seo-jun.

Since he was also one of the Teusu who occasionally chatted with him in one-on-one messages and came to watch his stream every day.

If anyone were to ask Seo-jun who his closest viewer was after BrickExtortionKing, he would naturally choose Jo-Am.

The reason why Seo-jun was so surprised was...

[30 million points! Are they crazy?]

[No, is it even possible for an individual to have that much?]

[How much points does the current number one have?]

Travel ranked users by the number of channel points they possessed.

Naturally, it was possible to make this private.

But most people didn't.

Channel points were a currency of absolutely no use unless others knew you had this much.

If it were power in a common fantasy world, hiding it could be more advantageous for survival.

If it were money, one had to hide it to live a life without facing jealousy.

If it were reputation, hiding it could help avoid bothersome matters.

But if it was channel points?

'It has absolutely no use, and jealousy, well...'

'Considering what the Teusu do, there might be viewers who are sincerely jealous...'

Although they might exist.

For the most part, there was no reason to go out of one's way to hide it. If one was normal, that is.

Nevertheless, Joseon's Assassin hid his channel points a short while after acquiring 25 million points.

And when Seo-jun asked him why, Jo-Am answered like this.

-Streamer! First place is me anyway. Everyone knows. Haha

Some sort of mystery concept or something.

'I heard he's been participating in all kinds of bets since then, though...'

On Travel, one could see the point bets currently in progress in real-time.

It was a system that collected active point bets and allowed immediate navigation to those channels, and the Teusu, who were crazy about points, would search for such things.

He was told that Jo-Am after Seo-jun's stream ended was exactly that kind.

[It is quite famous that this user searched for bets to target the underdogs, right?]

[Although he went off the grid after obtaining 25 million points, the general consensus was that this user was definitely number one in the point rankings since it would be hard to lose it all! But to think it's 30 million!]

It was by no means a small number.

Generally, even gathering 100,000 was difficult.

If someone had around 500,000, they would immediately be asked how many years they had been watching.

Yet in the meantime, he had gathered 5 million.

Seo-jun was surprised by this.

-Insane Jo-Am lololololololololololololololololololol

-This is our manager!

-This is the average of the streamer's viewers lol

-Is your IQ below average for calling the number one in rankings average? lolololol

"Wow. With 30 million points locked in, the bar isn't shrinking at all."

For that to become 98%, the total points bet on the other teams had to exceed 300,000.

[Hahaha. So without looking at anything, he's just unconditionally going with Player Seo-jun.]

[The place where that user obtained 25 million points at once was precisely the joint broadcast of Player Alpaca and Player Seo-jun. He is a viewer of Player Seo-jun.]

[So are you saying that because he obtained 25 million points thanks to Player Seo-jun and rolled it to gather another 5 million points, he threw it all on Player Seo-jun? This is something you can't do unless you're a true fan.]

[Kya! This really boosts the prestige of Wealth Gap!]

[Even if the total points eventually balance out, one person betting 30 million points? Nobody can surpass that.]

Even if they did, what was the point?

Seo-jun thought so, but it seemed the Teusu thought otherwise.

-This is the average of Sword God's fans!

-That guy is an assassin. He's not a fan of Sword God, but a fan of Mr. Unnamed!

-God of Assassination!

-Ah haha, I bet there won't be another team where a single person bets even five million points until it ends.

-But we have 30 million! Kya!

[Hahaha. Anyway, let's end the auction talk here.]

Taeyang, who had been quiet, stepped in with a smile, and Arin nodded.

[Understood. Well then! Over the next ten days, each team will be given a period to build teamwork or train. What is the most prominent feature of that period?]

[First of all, the biggest thing is that we get to play.]

No matter how he looked at it, it seemed Bangju had agreed to take on all the thoughtless answers.

[Just kidding. Actually, it's nothing special. Why would they expose their truly crucial strategies?]

[Even so, I'm quite curious.]

[I wonder which team's stream will draw the most viewers during that practice period. Hehehe.]

[I'm curious about that as well. Hehehe.]

Bangju and Arin laughed slyly.

[Isn't this a complete battle of pride! By nature, streamers should fight with viewer counts!]

[Indeed! We must watch and see which team will do the five-person joint broadcast best! And which will be the most fun!]

[Yes! With that, we will conclude the scrim here!]

-They are instigating a fight lol

-A battle of viewer counts is something you can't miss lolololol

-So what's the reward for high viewer counts?

-You get the warm interest of the casters and commentators.

Seo-jun closed the screen in front of him and looked straight ahead.

The team members all turned their heads toward Seo-jun at once.

"Wow, Seo-jun, who is that viewer of yours?"

"Hehehehe. To have connections with the richest man on Travel!"

It was a remark typical of the connection-obsessed Ha Yun-ho. He was smiling while waving a carrot.

"Ha. It's been a while, Joseon's Assassin. By the way, Seo-jun is on another level even when it comes to his viewers!"

"Not on another level, but just attention-seeking... Ahem."

Rumi cleared her throat. Seo-jun nodded.

It was indeed excessive attention-seeking.

"Indeed. Shall I ask him what he was thinking? He's in my channel right now."

Jo-Am was quiet. Under normal circumstances, it would not have been strange for him to be in the spotlight in his chat, typing away.

Seo-jun opened a one-on-one chat room.

He displayed it on the stream.

"No, what were you thinking when you bet that? And how did you earn five million points?"

Thanks to Joseon's Assassin betting as much as 30 million points, the prestige of Seo-jun's team was boosted.

Of course, that was all.

Seo-jun just found the situation funny.

[What do you mean, what was I thinking! This is a profitable deal that will yield at least a few times return!]

-This is trust lolololol

-He already made 25 million points. He just has faith!

-This guy Jo-Am is just really good at investing lol

-We'll have to wait and see whether it's a good investment or not.

-This is gambling, not investing, you bastards!

-Since the Korean stock market is a place where investing equals gambling anyway, it's an investment lolololol

"Then what about the five million points?"

[Don't I have quite a bit of seed money? I went around betting 250,000 points on highly probable underdogs. And then it just multiplied! I don't know how either!]

-Ah, points beget points.

-Is this guy Jo-Am seriously good at investing?????

Although they were an extreme minority, people like this could exist, he supposed.

Seo-jun nodded once more.

"If I had those points, I could practically control Ha Yun-ho, make Tae-woo do a horror stream... Anyway, there are endless ways to use them."

Points were not useless.

Everyone had forgotten about it because they were blinded by the point betting, but at the very least, it was a currency that could be used on streamers.

"I will make sure we win and multiply them by several times for you. In exchange, how about a tiny fee? You'll use them where I want you to."

[Sounds good! Actually, my hands are shaking even now, you know? Since I bet almost all my points lololol]

-If you aren't shaking, you aren't human.

-With 30 million, damn lolololol just how much havoc could you wreak on Travel lol

-He really has the heart of a beast lolol

[But hearing the streamer's words now puts me at ease. I believe! Let's go for the win!]

"Yes. Got it. Everyone else, bet on me too. You won't regret it."

Seo-jun spoke resolutely.

And he looked at his team members.

The team members felt a chill.

And Ha Yun-ho, his expression frozen, desperately waved the carrot he had been holding with both hands.

"By the way, Yun-ho, what have you been doing since yesterday?"

"Leave him be. It's not like it's his first time doing something weird. He's probably asking Carrot Country to put in an advertisement or something."

Seo-jun and Ha Yun-ho's eyes met.

Ha Yun-ho cautiously read Seo-jun's expression and put on an awkward smile, pretending to be natural.

So, Seo-jun naturally pretended not to know and asked back.

"Carrot Country? The second-hand trading platform?"

If Ha Yun-ho realized that Seo-jun knew what he was doing, he might sacrifice his own body and openly shout for them to run away.

Seo-jun naturally increased Ha Yun-ho's training intensity in his mind once again as he stood up.

"Well then, see you all in reality tomorrow."

It was time to assess each person's capabilities in detail.

Rumi waved her hand. Standing where she looked were Wind Sword and Alpaca.

"Why are you two waiting in the underground parking lot?"

"We figured it would be better to gather and go together, so we were waiting."

"Ah! Hey! Come quickly! What are you doing not getting out of the car!"

Rumi shouted at Ha Yun-ho, who was not getting out of the car.

Ha Yun-ho got out of the car with a face that screamed how much he did not want to go and walked toward them.

"Sigh, maybe it's actually better if there are more people. Yeah. Let's look on the bright side. When you think about it, it's karma, karma. For ignoring my signal."

"What are you talking about?"

"Sigh. Never mind. Hello, Alpaca, Wind Sword."

"I'll lead the way. Let's go."

Ha Yun-ho caught the elevator without saying much.

The floor number changed.

"Will there be some state-of-the-art equipment?"

"Couldn't it be a traditional gym? Since it's Player Lee Dong-soo..."

Ha Yun-ho chuckled inwardly as he listened to his teammates' conversation, got off the elevator, and led them to that very place.

Alpaca looked around as he followed Ha Yun-ho.

It was an ordinary gym.

'What is that place?'

Ha Yun-ho was walking toward a space partitioned by glass, as if it were used for another purpose.

At a glance, there seemed to be many people.

And the moment they stepped inside.

The big brothers standing in lines on both sides greeted them in unison.

What on earth is this.

Where did Lee Dong-soo go, and who are these big brothers?

Watching this scene from afar, Tae-woo thought.

'This guy is a total repeat offender.'

A suspicion grew rapidly that even the cafeteria incident back then might have been a setup.