Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 85
Everything is over. The Crescent Moon Blade, filled with the energy of bl**d, was now shot off quickly, drawing a crescent arc, unlike before. It was not a linear movement like before, so there might be a delay in immediate response or recalling it, but since the opponent showed no sign of revealing themselves, Serin was forced to change her movements.
Even if using the technique showed a slight opening, she decided to bear that risk.
Sabaak.
As Serin stretched her legs forward, preparing for a large motion, she twisted her waist and swung her arms wide.
—Dance of the Ghost.
The blade tinged with bl**d headed toward a vast range, showing no discrimination in direction. Unlike before, the Dance of the Ghost, infused with rich bl**d, produced a result so different from before.
Kwang!
Kwang!!
With a fierce momentum capable of clearing the smoke from the space, Serin attacked aggressively, truly tearing through all directions while focusing her sight.
‘If they don’t want to d*e, they will move.’
The full-power attack would soon erase all the smoke or, at best, she would hit the opponent.
The bl**d-red blade, striking nearly every area of the cave, displayed its destructive power with a series of thunderous sounds.
Kwang! Kwang!!
Then, a faint silhouette caught Serin’s sight.
Something twinkled like a hazy silhouette, nearly indistinguishable from the white smoke.
‘I found it.’
Without hesitation, she launched her body forward.
“No. d*mn!”
At the same time, the opposing archer noticed the swiftly approaching Serin and hurriedly nocked an arrow to the massive longbow.
In an instant, before the large arrow enveloped in blue light could be shot.
Serin’s blade had already deployed the next technique.
—Dark Moon Blade.
Sssssssssk!!
Drawing an upward line filled with bl**d, the blade that had been sewing a trajectory abruptly bent vertically and shot down rapidly. The blade then soared upward at a speed far exceeding its fall.
In a split second. The archer, deploying the technique while rapidly shooting the arrow.
Shuuk!!
Pwooo!
The moment the blue arrow was shot and a chilling sound echoed as if something was pierced was almost simultaneous.
Serin, twisting her head to dodge the arrow, saw her silver hair splendidly decorate the air while the archer collapsed as if crumbling down.
Just as the arrow was shot, Serin’s blade pierced swiftly from beneath, penetrating the hand holding the longbow and driving straight through the heart.
[Outlaw. You have defeated ‘Archer Up.’ ]
Sabaak.
Checking the hologram, Serin landed right nearby and pulled her blade.
Kiiik!
With the sound of the string being pulled, it was not a motion to forcefully extract the blade but rather an act of drawing it in, bringing the opponent’s corpse directly in front of her.
Thud!
With the body wrapped in light right before her, Serin slowly raised her elegantly smooth leg.
Just as she was about to stomp it down without a shred of hesitation.
Serin suddenly stopped her action.
“…Ah.”
She regained her senses.
The raised leg.
Nothing was beneath it anymore.
Only remnants of small light told her that an opponent user had existed.
Everything is over.
“Ah. I suppose my emotions got too intense without me even realizing it…. Look, viewers, you see, that just now…”
She quickly opened her mouth, gathering herself.
She had been in a good mood when ambushed, causing her feelings to sour. On top of that, the annoying opponent had hidden themselves, making her irritated as they drew out time. So, without intending to, she nearly crossed the line.
The image of her lifting her leg to stomp on an opponent who was already nothing more than a corpse perhaps itself crossed the line.
It wasn’t strange to think that her recent behavior could spark controversy just from being broadcasted.
Nervously, she looked at the chat window as she tried to gather her next words.
`…?`
For some reason, the chat window was completely blacked out.
And at that moment, the notification screen entered.
—『The broadcast has ended.』
Before she knew it, the broadcast had already ended.
She distinctly remembered not ending it.
Just a moment ago, she had seen the chat and the donations.
Caught off guard by the unexpected disconnection notification, she felt perplexed.
Had she been hacked, or had the PC transmitting the broadcast suddenly shut down? Nonetheless, she felt a sense of relief.
“Thank goodness.”
She truly felt that just knowing her recent actions hadn’t been broadcasted. She had been maintaining a decent streaming image for several days now. If that last image had gone live, her reputation would have plummeted in an instant.
Perhaps it was something she could brush off as no big deal since it was just a game, but it likely appeared to someone as problematic.
As her heart calmed down, she manipulated the hologram to try and turn the broadcast back on to conclude it.
However… for some reason, she couldn’t turn on the broadcast.
The broadcast ON option had turned completely grey, and pressing it yielded no change.
“What is this, why can’t I start the broadcast?”
As she navigated the hologram, entering her channel and messing with her account, the results were all the same—no response.
The broadcast remained off.
Then, her eyes caught a red icon with the number [1] in the notifications.
Without thinking much, she checked it.
—『Your Twitty account has been suspended. Please check the customer service or email for more details.』
A notification with news akin to a thunderclap had arrived.
“Ah.”
Staring at it blankly, her head turned white.
‘Suspended…?’
Me?
Did I do something wrong?
“Why…?”
Mumbling absentmindedly, anxiety washed over her.
She was supposed to be a streamer.
She couldn’t afford to be suspended.
The feelings of euphoria from obtaining the treasure item “Dwarf’s Ring” and floating as if soaring in the sky, mixed with the joy of deceiving her viewers, had quickly faded, replaced by overwhelming anxiety.
She still had to manage her Newtube channel going forward.
She had just selected two editors moments ago.
Caught amidst a flood of disorganized thoughts, she tried to assess the situation with a whitewashed mind.
“F-First, let’s check the customer service and email.”
So she decided to log out of Another World.
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【A d*ath penalty will be imposed if you log out from the Cave of the Dwarf captured by the demon. Do you really want to log out?】
-Yes / No
【The imposed d*ath penalty】
– Loss of 3% of total experience.
– 24 hours before re-entering the Dwarf’s Cave.
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“…I don’t care.”
Mumbling absently, she immediately clicked Yes.
d*ath penalties were not important right now.
Soon, her vision familiarized itself with darkness as she shut her eyes gently.
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Upon logging out of Another World and rising from the capsule, she stumbled without realizing it.
Thud.
Grabbing the desk nearby to steady herself, she exhaled deeply.
“…Hah.”
She was exhausted, perhaps from not having slept well and streaming longer than usual. But more than that, the mental toll was greater.
She now keenly realized how threatening the word ‘suspension’ could be and how severely it could impact a person.
There weren’t many guesses she could make, not really…
She had sent malicious chat during a stream of the female streamer Hana, and during today’s stream, she had been unaware of the bl**d mode being checked while fighting monsters for the first time, causing chaos in the chat.
But could she really have been suspended for merely that?
For the former, she had even accepted that she would allow Hana to use the footage for her Newtube video, and she had received a response from Hana that she didn’t hold the matter against her. As for the gruesome scenes related to bl**d mode, they had only appeared in the broadcast for about 10 minutes.
She hadn’t shown any lewd videos or obscene material; it was just in-game footage.
Thud.
Sitting down in a chair right in front of the powered-on PC, she frantically searched for the email address.
Tap tap.
In the email window she opened, there was one new message among several emails.
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[Your LIN (rin0238) Twitty account has been suspended for 2 days.]
—Hello, LIN (rin0238).
Due to your activities or content, a disciplinary action has been taken against your account for violating community guidelines. Therefore, the use of the Twitty service is restricted.
—Reason: Extreme violent content along with the failure to adhere to the 19+ setting.
You can find detailed information on community guidelines on the Twitty site.
—The content that caused the violation: Another World, personal settings bl**d mode.
The bl**d mode feature is available within Another World. However, you must enable the 19+ setting during the broadcast.
It has been confirmed that the broadcast was done for 12 minutes without having the 19+ setting activated.
Suspension period: 2 days.
Thank you for your cooperation in maintaining a bright and healthy Twitty site.
For related matters, please contact customer service…
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She checked the email contents carefully, one by one.
The suspension period was two days.
The reason for the suspension was related to the bl**d mode in Another World.
Broadcasting with bl**d mode was indeed allowed, but she had been suspended because she had broadcasted for 12 minutes without the 19+ setting enabled.
“…Huh.”
While feeling a bit of regret for her complacency, she was still relieved.
The reason for the suspension wasn’t too serious.
It had been her fault for not properly enabling the 19+ setting.
So it made sense, but one couldn’t help but sigh at her own negligence.
“…Ah, why was I so complacent.”
In truth, if she had changed the settings right when the viewers pointed it out, she probably wouldn’t have received a suspension, but that timing happened to be when she was being attacked by dozens of monsters, so the situation itself hadn’t been ideal.
While feeling some relief, she was momentarily troubled.
Should she inquire with customer service about the suspension, or ask Sua, who knew Twitty well? But after a moment of consideration, she decided to simply accept the suspension.
After all, she was planning to take a break anyway, and it felt better to accept the consequences of her mistake without further complaints.
Drawing her white hair away from her face habitually, she got lost in thought.
“Should I post something in the community?”
Since the viewers probably didn’t understand why the broadcast had ended, she thought it was necessary to let someone know that due to the situation, she couldn’t stream.