Chapter 12: Extra in the Broadcast (Part 3)

-Screech!

The opponent’s thrusting blade slides along my blade, making an eerie sound.

I stare straight ahead, observing the opponent’s actions, and take a step.

The opponent’s eyes widen, as if they didn’t expect me to move forward.

I felt a sense of disappointment at the sight.

‘Slow, and lacking.’

Everything was.

The thrusting tip contains no technique.

It’s just a haphazard imitation of a ‘thrust’, moving the body as it pleases.

Moreover, the speed is mediocre, so the movements are clearly visible.

Because of this, the broken flow leads to unnatural movements.

No matter how much force is crammed in, it’s just a waste.

Because it’s not a posture hardened by hundreds or thousands of temperings, there’s no sharpness in the flow.

A blunt strike loses its inherent value.

It’s merely a formalized motion.

It’s not martial, nor anything.

Therefore.

The opponent’s blade tip doesn’t even reach my toes.

-Slash!

With a light flick of my wrist holding the ricasso, the enemy’s neck is cut off with absurd ease.

I retrieve the sword and block the incoming blow from behind.

-Clang!

“You, you monstrous b*tch!”

Perhaps because the surprise attack didn’t have much effect, the guy who swung the sword screams.

I glance at him, and he flinches as if he’s seen a ghost.

A faint expression remains, as if he’s suspicious of whether I have eyes on the back of my head.

His face is interesting, so I narrow my eyes.

It’s bound to be interesting.

This kind of human is a type that could never exist on the battlefield of ‘that world’.

Why?

‘Because those kinds of people all died early.’

Therefore, I once again paid my respects to the ‘game’ system that allows even such a guy to swing a sword at me in this arena.

How much confidence does the belief that one can be resurrected even if their body is cut and their head is blown off give people?

‘It’s… just bravado, though.’

Confidence alone doesn’t solve everything.

One must also have the skills to match that great confidence.

-Slash!

“Argh!”

I laugh as I split the attacking enemy user in half.

Anyway, this game.

It was more enjoyable than I thought.

The gracefully curving sword path is like the dance of a butterfly.

Each blade scattered along that path bends this way and that, eerily targeting only the opponent’s vital points.

‘It’s really chilling.’

Watching Shihyun grind the enemies like a chainsaw from behind, Ji-eun internally expressed her admiration once again.

She had no choice but to admire.

Five rounds.

For five consecutive rounds, Shihyun had been on a rampage.

She shredded the enemies as if they were in a meat grinder.

The allies who were on the same team as Shihyun could only stare at Shihyun’s achievements in awe.

“Seriously, her skills are unbelievable.”

[For real LOL]

[She’s chopping them up like vegetables in a blender]

[They got hit by a dump truck]

[Electric Saw Beauty Sword Master LOL]

Of course, it’s bound to be unbelievable skill.

The things Shihyun had experienced in ‘that world’, and the skills and experiences she had accumulated to survive in

that hell, were an insurmountable wall for users who came in with the mindset of just playing a game.

However, from Ji-eun’s perspective, who didn’t know that fact, Shihyun’s skills seemed like she was really ‘cheating’.

It was like watching a magic trick in a magic show where you have no idea how it was done.

She couldn’t even properly grasp the combat process, but just seeing the result of the enemies falling, she even

suspected that she might be using a bug.

Of course, it couldn’t be a bug.

Because so far, there had never been a single case of bugs or hacks in Arfellium Saga.

That’s because Arfellium Corporation was the supreme authority in virtual reality systems and practically

monopolized the market with its incredibly advanced technology.

You need to know something to create a hack or a bug, but since the underlying technology is incomprehensible,

people don’t even dare to try to make them.

So, of course, Shihyun’s skills were ‘real’.

[But seriously, just looking at her skills, it’s like watching a professional gamer.]

[Shihyun’s main account is probably Grand Master or higher? She seems to be in the upper ranks among the

Rankers. I wonder what her main account nickname is.]

[But there aren’t any Rankers who use two-handed swords, are there?]

Her skills were so outstanding that people were speculating that she was a Grand Master, or even higher, a ‘Ranker’,

or a professional gamer.

[Bull, do you think professional gamers and Rankers are a joke?]

[Everyone and their dog is a Ranker, you idiot LOL]

[With this level of skill, she’d be cut at the SKD Gartic level.]

[Bull, do you think Shihyun’s skills are a joke?]

[Yeah, they’re trash~]

[Ugh; There are so many simps.]

Of course, there was a backlash to that opinion.

Thanks to that, the chat window quickly became a mess with arguments about Shihyun’s skills.

The chat suddenly turned into chaos, and Ji-eun was flustered.

“What, why are there so many new viewers all of a sudden? What’s with the viewer count?”

At that moment.

-Ring ring! Ring ring!

Suddenly, a phone icon appeared on a corner of Ji-eun’s screen.

It meant that an external call was coming in.

‘Huh? It’s my manager oppa?’

The caller was the manager of Ji-eun’s agency.

Ji-eun’s head tilted.

‘He knows I’m streaming, why is he calling suddenly……?’

She didn’t know what it was, but it seemed urgent.

Ji-eun quickly touched the phone icon floating in the air.

Then, a voice that wasn’t broadcasted but only Ji-eun could hear exploded!

[Hey! What is this? What’s going on all of a sudden?]

“Huh? Manager oppa(older male friend), what?”

[It’s a big deal!]

What? What’s he talking about? What big deal?

Ji-eun was puzzled, and the manager shouted in frustration.

[Gallery!]

“Gallery?”

Ji-eun’s body stiffened at the other person’s urgent voice.

Gallery? What does he mean all of a sudden?

“What are you talking about? What gallery all of a sudden?”

[You’re being mentioned like crazy in the gallery right now! Who are you playing with right now? What kind of

trouble did you cause?]

“……Wait a minute, what’s going on?”

Being mentioned suddenly? Why?

[Ji-eun, check the gallery yourself. I haven’t fully grasped the situation yet, so I’ll check the details.]

“Ah, okay, oppa.”

The call ended quickly.

It seems that the manager went straight to figure out the situation.

Ji-eun also opened the internet window with a bewildered face.

And then she headed to the gallery in question.

Actually, doing this during a normal game is insane trolling.

However, Ji-eun didn’t care.

It was natural.

The opposing team was already smashed to pieces by Shihyun’s hands, waiting to respawn.

Even if they revived, it didn’t matter.

Shihyun would immediately swing her two-handed sword and chop them into pieces.

Therefore, Ji-eun checked the gallery in question with peace of mind.

And then she saw it.

“Uh, uhh?”

She saw herself, along with Shihyun, becoming idols of the Arfellium gallery and the internet broadcasting gallery,

burning up like crazy.

After swinging the sword in a trance for a long time.

“Shi, Shihyun!”

At the moment I stabbed the sword into the chest of the last remaining enemy, I heard Euning calling me from behind.

I turned my head and looked at her.

Anyway, there was still a long time until the opposing team’s respawn time, so it was okay to take this much time.

Rather, I was more curious about the reason why she suddenly called me.

However, Euning had a strange expression on her face.

How should I put it……

It was a tearful expression mixed with joy, embarrassment, and surprise.

Anyway, it was a very strange expression.

“Your expression is interesting.”

“What?”

I quietly pointed to her face.

Then Euning’s face turned red, and she hurriedly approached me.

“Th, that’s not important.”

“Did something happen?”

I tilted my head and asked.

Actually, it was easy to guess.

It was obvious that something had happened just by looking at her expression.

‘Did a controversy break out?’

If so, that’s a pity.

I looked at her with a sympathetic look.

For broadcasters, incidents and accidents, especially controversies, can cause significant damage.

A controversy can cause even a successful broadcaster to fall into the abyss in an instant.

So it was understandable that Euning was so flustered.

“Did something bad happen?”

So it was natural for me to ask this.

However, it seemed that I had missed something.

She shook her head.

……It’s not a bad thing? Then why does she have that expression?

“It’s not that something bad happened. It seems that the viewers who watched my stream took clips and spread them

in the gallery…… and because of that, the community is on fire.”

“Clips?”

I tilted my head at the unexpected words.

Euning nodded with a stiff face, then muttered with a strangely awkward expression.

“To be precise, the Arfellium gallery is going crazy because of the play clips of Shihyun that appeared on my

stream…… it seems.”