Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 51
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“The more I look, the more amazing it is, really.”
Although they had only been together for a few hours, Sua was thinking this as she looked at Serin.
“It’s mysterious.” There were no words that fit better. Before encountering Another World, Sua had thought she had met many people, but the person in front of her, named Serin, felt particularly special among them.
She seemed perfect yet also somewhat careless.
While she appeared to act nonchalantly, when it came down to actions, she showed results beyond expectations.
The person named Lin, whom she encountered in Another World, seemed flawless in itself.
Before she used her Awakening ability as a Rearguard, her attacks had never landed. After experiencing a complete defeat of 2:0, she felt once again that she was facing a “wall.”
At the end of that, she had felt that way.
“…Ugh.”
Yet the silver-haired woman in front of her, who was staring blankly while drinking milk, looked different.
Seeing her suffer as she ordered spicy food despite her inability to handle spice, or that she couldn’t even speak properly because she was being considerate, many human-like traits were evident in her strange parts.
Just a moment ago, while watching her conduct the broadcast today, Sua felt that “this person can do it.”
A strange person.
A mysterious person.
Although it seemed easy to understand her, something ambiguous was steadily forming an impression of Serin in Sua’s mind.
Thinking that, Sua casually opened her mouth.
“Older sister Serin, is it still that spicy?”
She picked up her fork for the tteokbokki, thinking it was made a bit less spicy.
Then she tried it herself.
“Mmm…”
Having cooked and lived alone for several years, she was sure it wasn’t bad in her experience.
Reducing the spiciness level didn’t compromise the taste much, and honestly, it didn’t feel that spicy at all.
Yet seeing the woman pouting in front of her made her realize that spicy food really is a matter of preference.
Thud.
Serin, having set her cup down, looked at Sua with a small pout.
“Sua, aren’t you… not spicy?”
“Honestly, it’s just perfectly spicy for me.”
Saying that, she dipped two pieces of tteok in the sauce.
From what she could see, everything she hadn’t eaten seemed destined for the trash.
“Then do you want to take it all with you?”
As Serin gestured toward the container of tteokbokki, Sua smiled slightly and looked at her.
“Older sister Serin, do you know that’s called jjamjari in other terms?”
“Oh, I’m sorry…”
“And since I’m going back to stream right away, it feels a bit wrong to take food with me.”
Once Sua started a stream, she tended to stream for long periods, so she usually didn’t eat leftover food afterward.
“Ugh…”
As Serin looked at the tteokbokki with a complicated expression, Sua felt a strange sense of discomfort.
It was strange that the actions and mannerisms didn’t match the beautiful appearance right in front of her. She couldn’t pinpoint it exactly, but it felt that way for a moment.
Ordinarily, people tend to act according to their visible appearance.
Regardless of good looks or bad looks, it was just simply called “acting as one looks.”
Someone beautiful or handsome would be aware of their excellent appearance and know how to use it.
However, Serin right now seemed to lack self-awareness regarding her own looks.
Yet amusingly, those aspects of Serin strangely came together, making her even more attractive.
“Is it that the person itself is charming?”
If she were a man, she thought she might fall for her at once.
Gradually feeling odd, Sua shook her head slightly.
She found herself thinking that Serin’s appearance was like a cheat.
“Why?”
Perhaps she had been staring too intently while thinking, as Serin looked at her with a questioning expression, making Sua chuckle softly.
“No, it’s just nothing.”
Until she returned home, Sua thought of Serin as a fascinating person.
***
—Great Sword.
When most people hear ‘great sword,’ they probably visualize the same image, but surprisingly there are various types of great swords, and the images people conjure can vary greatly.
A great sword, characterized by its rugged exterior and enormous size. Some might think of the type classified as a “buster sword.”
There are also ‘two-handed swords,’ which are held with both hands. A great sword that has a relatively thin blade with exquisite decorations.
Some might picture all kinds of great swords.
And right now, the great sword that Serin chose at the auction house belonged to the category of “buster swords.”
“Seriously, it’s absurdly big.”
Serin was blankly admiring the appearance of the great sword in front of her.
It felt like they had just attached a handle to a gigantic chunk of metal and called it a sword.
—Wooosh!
Upon grasping it with both hands and swinging it, an unprecedented massive wind pressure was generated.
“Oof.”
The heavy weight flowed through her hands, requiring her to grip it tightly.
Even though she thought of the weight beforehand and tried to maintain her balance before even touching it, it felt too burdensome.
No, the truth was, it was right for Serin to feel burdened now.
While there were no specific stats like strength or agility displayed in Another World’s status window, there were differences in basic strength and agility based on class classification.
And right now, the stats of Serin’s character, the dancer class, were known for their “high agility.”
Recommended weapons included relatively light-weight options like one-handed swords or rapiers, even the crescent moon blade. The play style itself was reportedly based on “hit and run.”
In simple terms, the ‘dancer’ class emphasized “hit and evade,” making the ‘great sword’ an incompatible weapon choice.
And the great sword that Serin purchased at the auction house was relatively cheap but of rare grade.
So, there was no need to check specific sub-stats or item capabilities.
After all, it wasn’t meant for prolonged use; she had intended to buy it just for show.
Thus, she had selected it based solely on its appearance, but now Serin was regretting her choice.
“d*mn, this is heavy. Ha…”
After struggling to swing it a few times, she ultimately hoisted the unwieldy great sword onto her shoulder.
It was not just uncomfortable to move with; she felt it would be better off just discarding the great sword.
The apparent weight felt like 30-40 kg. Swinging it with one hand was impossible, requiring both hands to exert force, but there were many problems here.
Currently, her character wasn’t the same as the one in the Black Ark world. There was no way to increase her strength, and that severely hindered her ability to use the great sword.
Would she be able to handle this properly before the broadcast? Momentarily, such worries surfaced.
During her first broadcast yesterday, she had confidently boasted to the viewers about being a dancer who uses a great sword.
“…”
Serin paused for a moment before finally sighing and un-equipping the great sword.
Simply swinging it as a momentary fantasy felt almost impossible in her current reality.
So, she compromised.
It wasn’t exactly a great sword, but she needed one of suitable weight that was usable.
Holding the great sword with both hands, she thought she should at least be able to parry to show off for the viewers.
She then chose another great sword type at the auction house.
—Claymore.
It was a two-handed sword falling under the great sword category, and among the great swords, it seemed the most ordinary choice.
Selecting a rare item from the claymores, she found one that weighed 8 kg and was about 150 cm long—quite a reasonable specification.
While the great sword was a popular weapon, the rare items could be expensive, costing around one million in currency, but she purchased it at the auction house without hesitation.
*
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Weapon: Asphalt Claymore.
Grade: Rare.
Basic Effect: Attack Power +640.
Additional Effect: Weight reduction Level 1 applied.
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*
Once she received the item from the auction house and equipped it in her equipment window,
“Oh.”
The dark reddish-brown blade and black handle of the claymore enveloped her hand.
Perhaps because the previous great sword had been impossibly heavy, the claymore she currently held felt surprisingly light.
Bam!
As she took a stance and swung it with both hands, she felt a distinctly different sense of weight compared to the previous great sword.
A thin blade with a pretty long reach.
Looking at the splendid reddish-brown blade reflecting small light, she couldn’t help but smile.
“This is it.”
This felt just right.
It was suitable for parrying and wielding in close combat without much difficulty.
While it didn’t have the lightness of the crescent moon blade nor the cool touch of the string wrapping around her right arm, the heavy weight and cold iron texture captivated her.
It wasn’t the massive great sword that had embodied her dream, but this claymore was still quite impressive—she thought that.
—Clang!
The fierce clash of swords was already echoing in her ears.
That would surely be another kind of fun.
***
About 30 minutes had passed since the broadcast started.
After turning on the stream, she had chatted with the viewers and just now logged into Another World.
Swinging the equipped great sword in the air while glancing at the chat viewer.
Whoosh!
With a sharp sound cutting through the wind, she glanced at her broadcast.
—9,254 viewers.
It hadn’t even been an hour since she started streaming, but the viewer count was unusually high today.
And then, suddenly.
Ding ding!!
『Ras404 donated 50,000 won!』
<Insane great sword dancer haha!>
At the sound of the notification, she nodded slightly.
“…Thank you for the 50,000 won donation.”
50,000 won was certainly not a small sum, but it was fascinating that someone among the viewers chose to donate the smallest amount of 50,000 won.
After accurately defining her attitude toward donations during her first broadcast yesterday, receiving support felt like simply “someone has donated to me” at best.
[Insane, a real great sword haha!!!]
[What is this sudden girl streamer magic as we log into Another World?]
[Haha!!!]
[The voice of Lin is totally OP.]
[Are you really going to be a great sword dancer?]
[Character voice, real voice, how is there no dissonance?]
Her PC was on and connected to the Another World capsule device, fulfilling the role of broadcasting.
It was astonishing that she could manipulate her broadcast using her character in Another World.
While operating the broadcast with her character’s movements, she felt both amazed and realized the tremendous advancement of technology.
“Ahh, how is it, viewers? Can you hear my voice well?”
To get more accustomed before starting ranked matchmaking, she swung the great sword, occasionally speaking.
[Yes, we can hear you well.]
[Sure!]
[Let’s dive straight into ranked matchmaking.]
[By the way, Lin, what’s your tier right now?]
[Older sister, your voice is so nice!!]
[You probably don’t need to touch the settings.]
Believing everything was fine with the broadcast, she began to step into the main game.
Then she noticed a chat question about tiers. Manipulating the holograms, she spoke.
“Ah, right now, I’m at Gold 3.”
She thought the viewers might find it hard to understand her tier, but she couldn’t hide it at this point.
She simply hadn’t had time to play more ranked games.
Her unbeaten winning streak had yet to be broken. She had qualified to rank up two tiers in between, but she was still in Gold. She figured she would have to go beyond at least a hundred games to find her tier.
[?????]
[Only Gold, huh?]
[Lololololololol]
[What? Lololololol]
[Did you lose to Pléia, then?]
Viewing her tier, the reactions reflected disbelief.
“Actually, it’s only been a few days since I started ranking, so I’m rising.”
To help the viewers understand, she added some words.
Saying that, she also changed the broadcast title.
—Broadcast Title: Dancer Wielding a Great Sword
“I’ll rapidly climb, so I’m sure viewers will find it enjoyable to watch.”
While she didn’t want to engage in easy victories, the current environment forced her to do so.
Her tier would certainly rise quickly, but in the process, both her and her opponents, not to mention the watching viewers, would likely feel it was a one-sided sweep.
Yet from a broadcasting perspective, there were great benefits to such sweeping victories. Indeed, videos from professional or high-tier users showcasing simply crushing their opponents were quite popular in places like YouTube.
“Because it’s enjoyable to watch.”
The thrill of overcoming an opponent easily is satisfying for viewers.
Thus, she wanted to evoke that feeling among the viewers watching her broadcast.
The satisfaction gained from easily defeating opponents paired with showcasing the dancer class wielding a great sword.
That in itself felt like it would pique viewers’ interest.
—Ding!
The sound of the rank queue matching resonated.
Serin grasped the dark reddish-brown great sword firmly with both hands.