Chapter 26: Became Famous After the Broadcast (Part 3)

Kang Seunghyun bit his nails and thought.

‘Were the conditions insufficient?’

No, that can’t be.

‘Even though it’s as a sub, I wrote that I would let her play in a match as soon as she joined. I even called the maximum signing bonus!’

But why is there no contact!

Kang Seunghyun screamed inwardly.

……Actually, these conditions are excessive for a rookie.

No matter how impressive a rookie’s performance is, there is no team in the industry that offers this level of conditions.

Shihyun received this level of conditions because Kang Seunghyun strongly insisted that these conditions should be given.

Because of that, Kang Seunghyun fought a lot with the front office.

‘I was told I was crazy countless times.’

Are you out of your mind, do you have something with that woman, did you get paid, etc…….

Kang Seunghyun was cursed at tremendously.

He wondered if he had been cursed at for a lifetime’s worth.

Even so, he didn’t give up his will to give her good conditions.

How arduous and magnificent was the effort he made to ‘get permission’ from the higher-ups to offer her these conditions?

It was an effort that couldn’t be seen without tears.

But.

Kang Seunghyun actually thought that these conditions were not enough.

‘Just looking at the video, it was a performance that could be brought in as a starter right away.’

Of course, it needs to be checked whether she can actually produce that performance in actual combat.

However, even if she only does half of what she showed in the video, there is no problem in using her as a sub.

Anyway, the main dealer of ML Masterpiece has retired.

She will take the main dealer position in no time.

‘Even the buzz is good.’

Kang Seunghyun swallowed dryly and looked at the phone screen.

There was a picture of Shihyun swinging a sword on the screen.

It’s like a scene from a fantasy movie.

Shihyun’s beauty was so overwhelming that she could make such a mistake.

It seemed believable that she was a famous actress.

No, it was strange why she wasn’t an actress with this face.

‘Such a beauty is also good at games? A professional player?’

She will be able to attract a huge fan base in an instant.

She might even be able to steal fans from other teams.

For ML Masterpiece, which has a weak fandom, she will be a godsend.

‘Advertisements will also stick like crazy.’

If she has that level of beauty, and that level of skill, large corporations will line up to put their company logos on Shihyun’s clothes.

The parent company, which was trying to abandon ML Masterpiece, will see the team with different eyes at that level.

‘It’s not just that.’

There is still a widespread perception that ‘women’ are not good at games.

That was actually a fact, not prejudice.

Because there were no female users in the highest tiers.

‘But a female professional gamer participates in the regular league, not the women’s league? The players’ pride will be torn to shreds.’

Shihyun’s participation may be able to bring out the fighting spirit of the Masterpiece players who are steeped in defeatism due to the continued slump.

Of course, it’s natural that problems will arise if a female user is added to a team that is only men.

‘I’ll have to prepare a separate accommodation or attach a support staff.’

It will be a very cumbersome task.

But even considering that, it’s definitely beneficial to recruit her.

Would those additional costs be greater than the advertising revenue she would bring in?

Kang Seunghyun was confident that it would never be the case.

“It’s a must. I must bring her in.”

For the future of the team, and for his own future, Kang Seunghyun had no choice but to risk his life on this.

“……But why is there no contact.”

But for some reason, Shihyun is nowhere to be found.

At that incomprehensible situation, Kang Seunghyun chewed on his lips and then opened his eyes wide.

Because something came to mind.

“Yes!”

Why did I think that only we would be aiming for her?

‘She’s a card that even other teams would drool over!’

Only then did Kang Seunghyun feel enlightened.

Yes. Surely other teams have also contacted her.

And the conditions offered by other teams must have been better than those offered by ML Masterpiece.

That’s why Shihyun must have ignored ML Masterpiece, which offered relatively poor conditions!

‘Otherwise, there’s no way there wouldn’t be a single contact!’

Kang Seunghyun clenched both fists tightly.

This is not the time to be doing this.

‘I have to quickly offer better conditions!’

For that, the approval of the higher-ups was needed.

Of course, if he asks for better conditions than this, the front office will probably foam at the mouth.

But it can’t be helped.

‘At this rate, I’ll lose her to another team!’

In order to bring Shihyun in, he has no choice but to fight!

Actually.

Kang Seunghyun had no idea until then.

He never imagined that there would be someone who would delete all the messages without even checking the title because it was annoying.

*****

The warm morning sunlight makes my body languid.

The cozy blanket tempts me, saying that going outside is a foolish act.

I shook off all of that and raised my body.

‘I have to get up…….’

With blurry eyes, I staggered up, washed my body properly, and then.

I lay down in the VR device.

Honestly, I wanted to get out of the device right away and lie down on the bed and roll around.

But I can’t do that.

Because I made a promise with Ji-eun, I have to keep it.

‘I’ll leave the placement test to Shihyun as homework.’

‘Do it by the end of this week, how about that?’

What I promised her was to take the multi-placement test!

In order to play ranked duo with Ji-eun, I had to take a placement test and be assigned a tier.

Of course, if the tiers between each other are too different, you can’t play the game together.

For example, if I’m a Silver tier, it’s impossible to duo with Platinum.

When I worried about that, Ji-eun burst out laughing.

‘Shihyun-ah, if you just do as you usually do, you might be placed in Diamond right after the placement test.’

Diamond as soon as the placement test is over.

Honestly, this felt like a pretty game.

Diamond if you do well in the placement test? How is that a good game?

However, Arfellium’s tier calculation system was famous for being accurate.

It’s not just determined by wins and losses, but also by the number of kills and assists, the amount of damage, and even which part was attacked and how.

Almost all aspects are scored to determine the rating.

So you can lose a game and your tier can drop, and you can lose a game but your tier can rise.

So if my skills are judged to be comparable to Diamond, I will be placed in Diamond.

‘Well, still…….’

Surely they won’t place me that high right away?

I thought so to myself and connected to the game.

I felt a sensation of my mind being cut off, and before I knew it, the main square came into view.

‘This is, it’s quite unsettling.’

The strange disconnection of the mind that is felt every time I connect.

I don’t know what it’s like for other people, but I was quite bothered by it.

Are they all used to it and don’t really care?

I tilted my head, but I can’t know right now.

More than that, it’s time to take the ranked placement test.

I slowly manipulated the interface and started the multi-ranked game mode.

‘Today will be a bit busy.’

There are a total of 10 ranked placement tests.

And I was going to take all the placement tests today.

Because I didn’t feel the need to divide this into several days.

‘It’s always hard to finish these things if you do them leisurely.’

Besides, isn’t this a body that doesn’t have anything to do anyway?

I was going to take care of it all at once this time.

-Whoosh

After waiting for a while, with a strange sensation, I was moved to the waiting room with seven stone pillars that I had seen when playing normal games before.

If there was a slight difference from the normal game days, it was that the material of the stone pillars was changed to silver metal.

‘The stone pillars are different in ranked matches.’

It was quite interesting, so I was observing the stone pillars for a while, and soon the colleagues who would play ranked matches with me arrived one after another.

“Huh?”

“Huh, Huk!”

“Wow“

At the same time, my colleagues who saw me and their eyes widened.

This was also something I often experienced while playing normal games.

So I was getting used to it.

It was a bit awkward that they admired my appearance…….But it’s not like I can change my appearance now.

I have no choice but to just live with it.

I waited quietly for the game to start, receiving the gazes of my colleagues.

Because I know from the experience of normal games that it’s good to keep quiet in times like this.

At that moment, the last user arrived in the waiting room.

‘Finally, everyone is here.’

Now that all seven people are here, it was time to start the game.

At that moment.

“Uh, what. A girl?”

The last user who came in frowned.

He looked at me up and down with a very unpleasant look.

And then he suddenly cursed.

“Ah, Why am I matched with a girl.”