Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 55

The ballista had already dismantled and returned to the crossbow the moment the opponent lifted off the ground.

Soaring into the air using a jump, Serin quickly began to spin her body, preparing her skills.

Swish.

The red cloth that wrapped around Serin fluttered and spun quickly in the air, accompanied by a strange sound.

With the great sword glowing with red energy and Serin’s red-clothed figure, she began to trace several red lines in the air.

Then, at one moment, her smooth leg extended.

—Feng!

Boom!

With the space of her extended leg as the starting point, a fierce wind burst forth, propelling Serin’s body quickly forward.

Whoosh!

The first arrow targeted her shoulder.

Whoosh!

Clang!

The second arrow was blocked by Serin as she twisted her hands to cover her body with the great sword.

In that moment, having successfully blocked all of the opponent’s attacks, Serin was already upon her adversary.

As she swiftly lifted her hands gripping the great sword from behind to the front, Serin unleashed her skill.

—Il-do Yang-dan.

The great sword wrapped in a red light charged toward the opponent, tracing a chilling trajectory. The great sword, raised high, rapidly descended as if to fall straight down.

Slash!

The rough movement caused Serin’s silver hair to fly wildly, and just as she was about to execute a follow-up technique to strike upward with her great sword.

She felt nothing in front of her.

Realizing this, Serin blankly opened her mouth.

“I messed up…”

The light before her indicated that her opponent had vanished from the Colosseum.

—Victory!

As she gazed at the hologram displaying the word “Victory,” Serin wore a dazed expression.

Just one time.

I finished it in just one strike.

Using a technique out of frustration was the mistake.

While absentmindedly brushing her hair to clear her vision, Serin murmured in an anxious voice.

“It’s unfair…”

The opponent had attacked at least a hundred times, regardless of their skill level.

In the end, they had fired the ballista, an archer’s awakening skill, at her relentlessly.

She had dodged, parried, or blocked everything, and aimed to finish the opponent head-on. But it wasn’t meant to end with just one technique like now.

This time, I wanted to toy with my opponent.

Imagining how that archer must have played slyly against other melee-class users, she wished her opponent had experienced the same.

But in the end, it finished with just one technique.

A sense of injustice arose within her. The opponent had had their fun all along.

I feel like I lost because it ended with just one strike.

Ding ding!

“Mr. Kazura has donated 55,000 won!”

<Heeung...!>

As she heard the donation notification, Serin slightly nodded and spoke in a gloomy voice.

“Thank you, Mr. Kazura. And what is ‘Heeung’ again?”

As the match concluded, she sat down on the rock in the Colosseum.

It wasn’t so much that she was tired, but since she was currently streaming, she periodically checked the chat box and took short breaks to communicate with the viewers after each match.

Soon after the duel ended, the chat box that was set to minimize automatically started to blur Serin’s vision.

[Hahahahaha]

[Heeung…]

[Why do you make that face? Haha]

[That’s so funny, seriously hahaha]

[Noona, I’m dying!!]

[I won, but I lost!]

[Is a great sword dancer this pretty?]

[The great sword dancer is truly legendary…]

[I hate archers for this reason, ugh haha]

[But couldn’t you have used a jump earlier to finish it?]

Serin didn’t pay much attention to comments about her appearance.

Though her character looked like her real self, the viewers knew she was a character now, yet comments regarding her appearance kept coming.

‘What’s the concept?’

It was amusing to wonder if there was something she didn’t know.

There were some who crossed the line with comments that felt like harassment, but amusingly, other viewers would collectively ridicule such comments, leading to a kind of self-correcting effect.

While thinking about this, Serin manipulated the hologram to check her tier.

——

[Gold Tier 3 → Gold Tier 1]

——2760 LP → 2970 LP

——Bonus LP awarded for consecutive wins.

——

Before she knew it, her tier had risen to Gold 1, with only 30 points remaining until the next tier. Judging by her current score, it seemed she had won 7 matches today alone.

If she won just one more match here, she would have the chance for promotion to Platinum.

Up until Gold Tier, the tier increased without conditions as the score rose, but from Platinum Tier onward, scores wouldn’t just directly elevate the tier.

To be promoted, one had to win 3 out of the subsequent 5 matches designated as the promotion matches.

So Serin thought that if she played just 4 matches, she would reach Platinum.

“Today, I’ll just get to Platinum and then end the stream.”

At Serin’s sudden announcement of ending the stream, the chat began to rapidly fill with reactions.

[…It hasn’t even been 2 hours since the broadcast started?]

[No way haha]

[????]

[Are you saying you’ll end the stream after 4 matches in the arena?]

[Don’t you see there are over 20,000 viewers?]

[Ending the stream is a really bad habit for streamers.]

[For real.]

[Noona, that’s abandoning over 20,000 viewers!]

The earlier hologram about LP rising had been shared with the viewers, so they could see in real-time what her score and tier were.

Comments about how ending the stream was a bad habit or abandoning 20,000 viewers seemed absurd to Serin, who let out a little laugh unconsciously.

“And I also want to have dinner and watch Plea’s stream after.”

Since she had over 20,000 viewers, she wanted to try something called ‘hosting’ for Sua, who helped her during yesterday’s stream. Honestly, unless one side shows kindness, it’s not great for both to get closer. She also wanted to provide help.

[Then let’s have a dinner broadcast!]

[Hahaha, why are you so cool?]

[This goes beyond cool, I think.]

[Watching Plea’s stream at 7 is a deal haha.]

[For real, haha.]

[Then just do a dinner broadcast and host Plea?]

[But if you’re not doing a cam stream, how can you do a dinner broadcast haha?]

[I really have no idea, haha. You’re trying to make her do a cam stream, aren’t you?]

She couldn’t do a food broadcast, but she thought it would be nice to chat while having dinner.

Honestly, with 20,000 viewers, whatever she said would likely be turned into chatter, so she felt no burden.

“Then after that, I’ll switch the category to Just Chatting? And chat for a bit before hosting Plea. Is that okay with you, viewers?”

Serin spoke as if she was showing her generosity toward the viewers.

[Hahahahaha]

[Aren’t you just threatening to end the stream?]

[You’re saying you’ll end the stream if you don’t chat haha.]

[If it’s Lin, this is acceptable!]

[Those who are actually estranged feel deprived when they see Lin haha.]

[If you don’t like it, just do it better than Lin haha.]

[Even if I donate, there’s no reaction, and now you’re threatening to end the stream? Is this what being a streamer is?]

[Can I ask a curious question?]

[What brand of underwear does Noona wear?]

***

Swirl.

As the coffee was poured into the cup, the aroma of high-quality beans gently spread throughout the room.

Plop.

A graceful-looking woman carefully set the coffee pot back in place.

Whirrr.

Along with the sound of a hairdryer operating, the graceful-looking woman began to dry her hair while humming softly.

While preparing for the stream with waves in her hair to change her usual look, the woman turned her head slightly.

On the gigantic monitor was the stream of a certain streamer.

A silver-haired woman holding a great sword. Seeing this, the woman let out a small laugh.

“Wow, she’s really using a great sword.”

Even while preparing for her regular stream, Sua watched Serin’s broadcast.

After having done her first stream yesterday, it was practically her first time streaming alone today, but the flow from light talk to Another World felt quite natural to Sua.

To anyone watching, she appeared as if she was a seasoned streamer of several months.

While watching Serin doing so well, Sua felt quietly proud.

It was hard to believe that a newcomer streamer just entering her second day could achieve this much success.

And she felt she had contributed to it to some extent.

“…Hmm.”

After finishing styling her hair, Sua carefully took a sip of the coffee on the table while watching the stream, and before long, she couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

She thought Serin might be capable of using a great sword based on what was said yesterday, but the reality displayed on the screen exceeded her expectations.

“This Noona is really good with the great sword.”

It was so natural that someone might mistake her main weapon for the great sword.

Using a great sword poorly looked unappealing, especially since among the highly rated diamond tier, many great sword users were around.

Yet, the image of Serin, raising the great sword high, looked distinctly different.

There was a sense of confidence in her grip and movements as she wielded the great sword and executed her skills.

The very weight that one felt when facing a ranked great sword user was reflected in Serin’s demeanor.

As she watched Serin’s stream and found it enjoyable, Sua felt a profound disappointment at the thought that Serin would soon end the stream.

“No… I feel like the streaming time is too short.”

Muttering softly while looking at the chat, she found that the viewers were indeed upset.

[…It hasn’t even been 2 hours since the broadcast started?]

[No way haha]

[????]

Everyone was upset seeing the stream’s early termination.

It was true that while streamers had varied streaming times, on average they all tended to stream for 5 to 6 hours consistently.

Ending a stream after only about 2 hours certainly felt excessive to Sua.

She felt influenced by the chat to log in with a different ID and type her comment.

[Noona, you’re abandoning over 20,000 viewers!]

She wished Serin would continue streaming for a bit longer.

If she had some time this evening or tomorrow, she thought about saying something to her about the streaming duration.

Ending the stream after 2 hours was crossing the line.

Just then, she heard Serin say,

“I’m going to have dinner and watch Plea’s stream afterward.”

At those words, Sua felt like she had misheard.