Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 65

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“Congratulations on your victory, Lin! But what are the two of you talking about right now?”

Seeing Sua’s curious expression, Serin shook her head slightly.

“Not much, there wasn’t really any content.”

It wasn’t even at the level to be called a conversation. I merely declined an unexpected friend request from a user called Gosu.

It wouldn’t matter if I accepted it, but I still didn’t want to easily get close to someone else yet.

I wanted to gradually get used to people step by step, like Sua, who was looking at me with a bright expression.

I wanted to build rapport first with someone I thought wouldn’t harm me, and then gradually lower the barriers to get closer to other people.

My personality was never one to get close to people easily anyway, and I had experienced so much betrayal in the Black Ark world that there was a kind of distrust of people.

“Cough.”

I saw the user Gosu fidgeting after being declined his friend request, but I still had no intention of accepting.

“Um…”

I thought the conversation between them had ended on a good note, but the awkward atmosphere between them was so palpable that even Sua awkwardly smiled while trying to read the room.

To sort out the situation, Sua quickly started to think.

If you trace back to the origin of this duel, it had been triggered by Gosu’s stubborn attitude of not understanding the Great Sword Dancer.

Moreover, Sua couldn’t have predicted that Serin, who was watching the broadcast, would also chat about it.

A chat that said she would show the Great Sword Dancer directly.

Then suddenly, the duel between Gosu and Serin was confirmed.

In a way, this setting was akin to testing the new job of ‘Great Sword Dancer.’

“First of all, has it been concluded that the Great Sword Dancer is good based on the outcome of the duel just now?”

And the moment Serin won the duel, the answer became pretty much set.

Kang Hyuk nodded slowly to Sua’s words.

It wasn’t so much that the Great Sword Dancer was good, but rather that Lin, the player, seemed to possess monstrous skill, yet I didn’t want to prattle on about it.

“Well, I lost, so I have nothing to say. Viewers, I think the Great Sword Dancer… seems good.”

Saying it in a reluctant way, Kang Hyuk eventually agreed while looking at Serin.

His usual style of speech and actions were rough, but that didn’t mean ‘Gosu’ was a bad user.

He recognized what should be recognized and didn’t hold grudges afterward.

In fact, some even liked that unrefined demeanor.

Sua looked at Gosu with a bit of fascination.

‘That’s a side that only those who truly recognize him can see.’

Usually, Gosu and I felt like we couldn’t really connect. Even though we exchanged playful banter, there was a tacit acknowledgment between us.

However, Serin, observing Gosu’s demeanor, had a subtle expression as she moved her lips.

“I just wanted to say that I think the Great Sword Dancer is okay as a possibility. Honestly, I think there are some ambiguous aspects to the combination of Dancer and Great Sword. Viewers, if you’re going to use a Great Sword, please go with the Berserker class.”

In reality, Serin felt guilty about outright saying that she thought the Great Sword Dancer was good.

While she had rebelled against Gosu, who claimed the Great Sword Dancer was impossible, and even had a duel because of it, her intention was not to claim that the Great Sword Dancer was truly good, but to show that it was possible.

If she openly said the Great Sword Dancer was good, it felt like she would be selling something.

‘… They’d be disappointed if they followed suit.’

If a lot of people suddenly started using the Dancer class with a Great Sword, she felt she wouldn’t be able to handle it.

No, she added another word to completely put a stop to it.

“So I hope viewers, don’t even attempt something like the Great Sword Dancer. If you watched the duel just now, you can see I was consistently overpowered in terms of strength.”

[Yeah, I’m making a Dancer character today]

[I already bought a unique Great Sword lol]

[What’s up with Lin trying to hype up the Great Sword Dancer for her own benefit lol]

[You beat Gosu, a top-tier Great Sword user, but you’re saying not to do it?]

[What’s with that hype already lol]

[Lin, I’m dying…]

[I don’t like talking much, but I like when Lin talks, why is that?]

[What do you mean you dislike chatting while watching streams?]

[It’s just that Lin is great, right lol]

[Real lol]

[I’m a Berserker, but after watching this, I’m switching to Dancer]

However, the chat window showed a response that was totally different from what I said.

“I said clearly…? This isn’t as good as you all think. The choice is up to you.”

Seeing the chat, half of which she thought was joking, Serin drew a line.

She did say not to try it.

“It seems like if Lin said that, it must be quite difficult—that’s what it seems. So I recommend viewers think about it more.”

While looking at Sua, who added more content, Serin began to feel it was about time for her to exit.

Although the duel had suddenly occurred, it was somewhat enjoyable, and she wondered if she had intruded on another streamer’s broadcast.

“Gosu? My chat was more about showing that this is also possible rather than trying to provoke. So I think it would be nice to see it that way. And I’m thinking I hope I didn’t intrude on your collab.”

“No, I’m the one who mentioned that the Great Sword Dancer is impossible. I don’t really mind.”

“Okay. Then I’ll take a break now.”

“Oh, yes, please take care.”

Kang Hyuk, who felt disappointed at Serin’s departure, didn’t speak any further.

If he seemed to cling to her, it would only give her a sense of rejection. He felt it would be better to gradually approach her through Plea rather than rushing in.

“Thank you for your hard work, Lin! I’ll send you a donation from today’s collab separately.”

“No, it’s okay. I received something yesterday as well. Just consider it settled.”

“Come on, Lin.”

“Really, it’s fine, you don’t have to give me anything.”

Just from what she received yesterday, which included a few items from Another World, she understood their prices were quite considerable.

Moreover, when evaluating in-game equipment from Another World, she realized she had received an astonishing amount, so she didn’t want to take more from Sua.

A few days ago, she had uploaded a Newtube video with permission, and it was generating revenue, but that didn’t resonate with her much. Right now, it felt too much like unilaterally receiving something.

After that, Serin left the place, and Kang Hyuk decided it was time to leave as well, leading to Sua’s personal broadcast continuing.

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“…?”

Yoon Eunha blinked blankly after recharging her account.

Checking the channel again, it was indeed the same broadcast she was watching.

But the user named Lin was nowhere to be seen.

She had just been there, and now it was a character with blonde hair.

So only Plea was displayed on the monitor screen.

“Where did they go?”

She had closed the broadcast while setting up a separate account to recharge, but the process was more complicated than she expected.

Yet, she had only spent a few minutes on the payment page.

In that short time, everything seemed to have ended and vanished.

In disbelief at this reality, Eunha ended up typing in the chat.

[Does anyone know where the person named Lin went?]

Looking at the rapidly rising chat window, she considered whether to respond, but a few people answered her chat.

[The collab just ended]

[Yeah yeah, Lin went to rest]

[Does Plea not use the Great Sword?]

[That Great Sword vs. Great Sword match was truly fun, so Plea should try using a Great Sword too.]

[But I think the Great Sword is too clunky, so I don’t like it much.]

[Can we see the Great Sword again if we watch Lin’s broadcast tomorrow?]

—No. Listeners, the collab just ended, so no more mentioning other streamers! Again, I say, no mentioning other streamers after collabs! I do want to make an exception for Lin, but… I’ll feel hurt if you only talk about Lin. So please focus on my broadcast!

[lol]

[Plea’s suddenly using a different speech pattern.]

[Looks like she feels threatened by Lin lol]

[lol we’re all watching this having fun, right?]

[She says she’s hurt, so stop mentioning it.]

[What do you mean you want to make an exception lol]

“Hah.”

As Eunha realized the situation, a deep sigh naturally escaped her lips.

The strong sense of regret that everything was over.

‘I wanted to watch just a little longer.’

Although it wasn’t reality, just like in the Newtube video where she didn’t wield a Crescent Moon Blade, she had been calm against a user named Gosu, who was even widely known among pros.

Not to mention, throughout the duel, her opponent maintained a light smile that made it seem like she was truly enjoying the duel itself.

When she plunged the Great Sword into the chest of the user named Gosu at the end, a shiver ran through her body unconsciously.

The clever evasion and the practically perfect transitions in offense and defense felt refreshingly smooth.

And at that moment.

When she saw the radiant smile at the end, her heart seemed to skip a beat.

While simultaneously, the emptiness that had filled her heart over the past few weeks seemed to be wiped away in an instant. That space was now filled with a strange excitement.

The thought of wanting to face off against a user named Lin and wanting to communicate with her simultaneously.

She instinctively felt that they were of the same kind.

The feeling she hadn’t experienced while facing other professional players washed over her when she saw the user named Lin.

That person might understand me.

“…I want to meet her.”

Unintentionally, Eunha found herself muttering those words. Despite knowing that given her situation, she couldn’t actually meet the user named Lin, her true feelings seemed to leak out.

She entered the replay of the broadcast channel and began to play the duel of the user named Lin she had just watched.

At the end, the figure smiling brightly while plunging the Great Sword sent waves of emotion through her.

Even knowing that it was just a character, she couldn’t help but appreciate that what she had witnessed was so enchanting.

Thump.

It felt like her heart was racing as if she had fallen for someone.

No, it felt like she was really so taken by the overwhelming skill. The belief that this was happening made her laugh in disbelief.

“…How did such a person suddenly appear?”

That was a feeling Yoon Eunha had never felt before.

To encounter a user that made her think, “Could I possibly win?”

The confidence and arrogance in that skill while enjoying the duel.

From the videos circulating on Newtube to the skills shown when she faced off against the user named Gosu just now.

All of it seemed to linger in her mind, captivating her still.

She wanted to talk to her right away, but ultimately it was too late.

—Donation account balance: 2,000,000 won.

She looked at the 2 million won that she had recharged into her Twitch donation account and contemplated.

She was contemplating whether to donate this money to Plea and ask about Lin, but from what she had researched earlier, Lin was undoubtedly also a streamer.

She vividly recalled that her regular broadcast time was 4 PM.

That meant she would stream again tomorrow.

“If I donate… I want it to go to Lin.”

Though the money didn’t feel overly significant to her, she wanted the first donation she gave to go to the person named Lin.

In that moment, Eunha made her decision.

To simply donate to Lin’s stream tomorrow.

“She’ll surely be surprised, right?”

At the very least, she thought the amount might be enough for her to add Lin as a friend.

And she was also curious about what kind of reaction Lin would have when she recognized her.