Chapter 6 - 6 – Gaining Traction

Chapter 6: Chapter 6 – Gaining Traction

Knight's Journey community forum, aka Knighted, had many active users and was located in a community Lobby.

Most players would join this Lobby to talk about Knight's Journey. They fell in love with the game itself and wanted to do whatever they could to find easter eggs. And the reliable source to find that was the community Lobby.

That was why the users often talked about various things and would always get excited when someone posted new things in the new thread that they could bring up on the main screen.

However, as a month had passed since the game was released, the new things posted in the forum were getting less and less.

Nothing new was posted for a few days already, and people would only talk about the walkthrough and the best way to reach the ending in person.

That was why when a user called [FreakingNoob] posted a thread with an eye-catching title like [Viral! The demon Knight Captain praised a newbie!], those bored people immediately swarmed the post.

On top of the post, the user puts a description.

[As usual, I went hunting for noob and first-time streamers to have a good laugh at their funny reaction when playing Knight's Journey for the first time. But, damn! I found a really good noob, and Hutch even asked his name! Be careful; he didn't turn off the gore content.]

[AttachedVideo.mp4]

Under that description, a video was attached. It was a clip when Max jumped higher than a barbarian's head and killed him after front-flipping.

Following that, Max was approached by Hutch and was praised. The knight captain also asked his name and addressed him politely like a proper knight, not as a small fry.

— Is that really a newbie?

— I doubt it is a newbie. His movement in the video is like a pro! Here is the link of his stream: [AttachedLink]

— Don't lie to us, thread starter. You must've edited that video or recorded your friend who has already played Knight's Journey for a month!

└ Even so, it's still impressive.

└ He's a real newbie. I also watched his stream earlier, like FreakingNoob, and was surprised! Here is the screenshot of his streaming account. [AttachedImage.jpg]

└ For real?

└ If the screenshot is accurate, then he made his streaming account today.

— I just saw his channel. Damn, his reaction definitely belonged to a newbie. This is probably also the first game he played.

└ For real, I also checked.

The system also put up his goal in the profile, setting it to 500 followers. It showed 14/500, filling the sword icon slightly.

There were also links that connected to his social media, which he didn't know existed. He just needed to add some content in the future when he was ready.

It was as if he had a personal manager that helped him to set his channel up like those streamers signing with an agency.

"So the reward written is not actually fixed. It can give me an extra if I finish it way faster than the deadline or better than what the system wanted me to do."

This time was easy because he only needed to get 5 followers.

Following someone in Punch was free. The viewers just needed to press the follow button, which would give them a pop-up notification once their followed streamer started their livestream.

That brought him to the next problem.

<Quest:

- Can I eat from donations?!

Obviously, a streamer needs money!

Let's get your first donation milestone before the end of Knight's Journey.

Progress: 0/50,000 Diamonds or 0/1,000 Dollars

Reward: 1x B-grade nutritional supplement.

Deadline: Fifth Livestream (0/5)

Failure to complete the Quest will result in the system being uninstalled.>

"50K Diamonds or a grand... Can I achieve this much in five livestreams?"

The nutritional supplement reward was really great. It was also a B-Grade, the third best among 5 grades out there, starting from S to D.

And there was something that changed slightly in the deadline.

'Does this mean I need to finish the game in my fifth stream? Or do I just need to reach the goal?'

It was vague, but that was what Max understood from this new deadline.

'I can just try my best. Knight's Journey is a short game, so it maybe won't be strange if I finish one run in my fifth stream. For now, let's log out and eat. Reading the new quest makes me hungry.'

With that, Max hit the logout button, and his character, which resembled his real self, disappeared from the community Lobby.