Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 53

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A Twitch streamer and YouTuber.

But among those two, nothing was taking off, making 27-year-old woman Kim Ha-yoon a ‘Hako.’

She had even stopped her part-time job and was genuinely devoted to being a ‘YouTuber’ and a ‘streamer.’

She wanted to succeed.

She wanted to become a corporate streamer.

She wanted to actively chat with viewers and earn money, and so on…

Kim Ha-yoon’s ambitions in her heart were truly immense, but reality was not easily accommodating her expectations.

Currently, the followers on her Twitch channel were 853, and her average viewer count during broadcasts was only 20.

And her personal YouTube channel ‘Hana Tube’ had a low subscriber count of 674, with average video views lingering around 100 to 150.

In the end, whether as a streamer or a YouTuber, nothing had met Kim Ha-yoon’s expectations at all.

Considering that half a year had already passed since she quit her part-time job and fully dove into being a streamer and YouTuber, it was a disappointing result and a harsh reality.

Kim Ha-yoon. She was well aware of this. The results she saw were undoubtedly a failure.

Perhaps it was too much to wish to succeed within just six months, like other corporate streamers or YouTubers with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

If it were that easy to succeed, who wouldn’t challenge themselves as a streamer or YouTuber?

Therefore, Kim Ha-yoon was gradually lowering her expectations for herself.

An average of 1,000 viewers for Twitch live broadcasts.

10,000 subscribers for YouTube.

As her standards continued to drop, she soon found herself thinking that if she could just have 100 viewers on live broadcasts or 5,000 subscribers on YouTube, that would be good enough.

She truly thought that way.

…

“…It’s unfair.”

Ha-yoon muttered quietly.

Currently, Ha-yoon’s broadcast on Twitch involved a beautifully designed character with unkempt long silver hair, wielding a great sword.

It was a streamer named ‘Lin,’ who was gaining significant attention.

And she was also a ‘super rookie’ streamer. It was impressive that she had easily surpassed 5,000 viewers in her first broadcast.

As the broadcast time exceeded an hour, her viewers crossed 10,000, and maintaining that number surely sparked ambitions.

Yet, she ended the broadcast in less than two hours.

Such a sight from Serin was utterly absurd to Ha-yoon.

Aiming for high viewership and appearing overly confident.

‘Is she really ending her stream like that?’

To Ha-yoon’s eyes, Lin seemed almost insane.

If it were her, she would have been grateful enough to do a 24-hour stream of thanks just for surpassing 1,000 viewers in her first broadcast…

Moreover, learning that the first broadcast was even helped by ‘Plea,’ a corporate streamer who didn’t usually assist others, filled her with jealousy and inferiority complex. Other dark and sticky emotions kept capturing Kim Ha-yoon.

I’m jealous.

And it’s pathetic.

How does she have connections with corporate streamers from the beginning?

Why am I not succeeding like that?

Various thoughts continued to ensnare Ha-yoon.

“How can… she succeed so easily…?”

Watching Serin’s broadcast, Ha-yoon uttered in a sinking tone.

Even as a user fearlessly thrusting a great sword, streamer Lin looked at her opponent with calmness.

She showed no sign of preparing or raising her sword in response to her opponent’s movements.

As the massive black great sword glowed ominously, seemingly about to smash Lin, just before the attack hit, the user Lin miraculously raised her sword cleanly.

ㅡ!

The bright sound rang out as the massive and relatively slim swords met, bursting with light.

Ha-yoon, studying Another World recently, certainly knew what ‘parrying’ was.

“…Ha.”

However, she couldn’t hide the sigh escaping her as she watched that scene.

Could that really be called the natural movement of a character?

The creaky sensations she felt while moving in Another World were not evident in streamer Lin at all.

As if it were as natural as breathing, she moved her legs to walk or raised her arm to lightly grasp a cup…

Lin’s movements seemed completely ordinary.

Having touched various weapons in Another World, Ha-yoon was aware.

Even in virtual reality, there could be a sense of rejection depending on the weapon.

Using weapons that didn’t match one’s class or swinging weapons that exceeded a character’s specs could evoke that kind of rejection, making it hard to use the weapon comfortably.

Yet now, how could Lin wield that seemingly heavy great sword so naturally?

While having such thoughts, Ha-yoon couldn’t take her eyes off Serin’s broadcast.

The viewer count was nearing 20,000.

It was hard to believe that this was the number gathered by a streamer who had been broadcasting for less than an hour.

‘Is this only the second day of streams? A rookie streamer…?’

After displaying such beautiful movements, Lin annihilated her opposing user in an instant and slammed her sword into the ground.

ㅡ…How did you all see that?

Then, she looked at the viewers with a bright smile and asked, and at that moment, Ha-yoon instinctively realized.

Her beautiful character’s appearance and naturally pleasant voice were already charming, but was her demeanor right now intentional?

That expression, seemingly filled with anticipation for the viewers’ reactions, was so different from her own.

Trying to artificially raise her tension and speaking in a rush over every chat reaction, she felt urgency during her broadcasts, while Lin’s demeanor as she eagerly looked at the viewers…

Freshness. Brightness. Novelty. Cuteness.

That was naturally felt.

There was a significant sense of naturalness in the character that didn’t feel like a character, and while her way of speaking was cautious, the way she asked with hopeful eyes felt almost endearing.

And so, Ha-yoon felt that she could never replicate Lin.

Could she even remotely mimic such natural behavior?

Now, filled with sticky emotions in her heart, she even felt a kind of emptiness.

“Is this talent…?”

Murmuring blankly like that, Ha-yoon had the desire to type in the chat.

Whether it was admiration for her skill, beauty, or that endearing demeanor, she unconsciously wanted to react to the actions shown by streamer Lin.

[Crazy lol]

[Why is she so pretty?]

[Is every arena match itself an art? lol]

[Lin! Lin! Lin! Lin! Lin! Lin!]

[F*ck, is this virtual reality? It’s just Lin herself lol]

[When she swings a great sword like that, wow haha]

[I think I understand why the tears are flowing].

[Noona, I’m dying!!!!]

[I love you too much]

[Jumping like she’s flying, that’s insane]

[I’m going to buy a claymore, f*ck haha, this is so cool]

[Lin, please just be a great sword user…]

[Sis, do you really want to see me go insane…?]

The chat on the side of the screen was already rising madly.

It was truly a chat explosion.

“…I’m really jealous.”

Murmuring that heartfelt statement, Ha-yoon understood the reactions in the chat.

Even with feelings of inferiority and jealousy while watching the broadcast, she wanted to type in the chat, and the real viewers who actually came to watch would certainly be doing the same.

Normally, even with 10,000 viewers, not all of them would be chatting.

At most, about 10% of viewers might type something. Even that would happen once every ten minutes or half an hour, with many just tuning in to listen, representing a wide variety of viewers. Additionally, as more people chat, the ratio of chatting viewers typically decreases.

The rapidly rising chat alone was enough for the viewers to find it engaging.

Yet now, the displayed chat seemed like thousands of viewers were desperately eager to show their comments to streamer Lin, and even Ha-yoon was witnessing a pace she had never seen before.

『BrokenIce donated 50,000 won!』

Ha-yoon felt an urge to turn off Lin’s broadcast at that moment after seeing the donation message.

The sticky feelings were creeping back in.

“Seriously… ugh.”

The minimum donation amount was 50,000 won.

Generally speaking, that’s a level of donation where a streamer could be considered insane. A streamer with ‘money greed.’ Someone should even be concerned about who would donate that amount.

No matter how popular a super corporate streamer was, they wouldn’t set their minimum donation to 50,000 won.

Yet this Lin was doing that openly.

Her gaze fell on a phrase written on one side of the screen.

Don’t donate. No reaction.

“Ugh…”

While some people might take days to save enough for a 50,000 won donation,

This person openly displayed the message not to donate and said she wouldn’t react, yet she was receiving donations nonchalantly.

『IlIIIllIllIlIlllI donated 50,000 won!』

<Lin!! When will you make subscriptions!?>

Another 50,000 won donation popped up, and Ha-yoon let out a hollow laugh.