Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Sash—

Wings fluttered like thin sheets of paper and tickled the ear while Su-hyeok’s sword elegantly changed direction as if he were a performing acrobat. It was like he intended to make it one continuous swing from the start.

Swish—

“Su-hyeok, what you do is fascinating.”

He remembered something Kim Siwoo had said long ago.

“You must have changed the sword’s direction in the middle, but your breath stayed the same.”

“My breath?”

“It seems like you intended to swing the sword consistently, without any breaks or pauses. How do you do that?”

Changing the direction of a sword would typically slow you down, and even a moment of hesitation would cause a break in flow, but Su-hyeok moved naturally, as if it were all planned from the start.

It simply wasn’t something he could teach someone else.

“I just... can?”

“Woah, so annoying.”

“Isn’t it strange to not be able to do it?”

“Most people can’t.”

“So you’re an ordinary person, huh?”

He almost could hear Kim Siwoo cursing his subtle mockery. The type of weapon didn’t matter. Whether it was a sword, a spear, or anything that could be held and swung, it made no difference.

As long as he knew where the attack was coming from, there were no blind spots. Su-hyeok spoke to the viewers while cutting down the bats. “When dealing with multiple one-eyed bats, you must give up on aiming for each one’s eye.”

Swish—

Again, with a single swing, he beheaded two of the creatures.

[You’ve defeated a ‘One-Eyed Bat’ x2.]

[You’ve earned 2 achievement points.]

“The one-eyed bats mainly attack by biting and sucking blood. In other words, they have to stick their heads out.” As soon as he finished speaking, Su-hyeok’s other hand grabbed one of the bats by the neck.

Snap—

“Just like this.” The tip of his sword pierced the bat’s eye.

Thud—

Crack—

Blood poured over his hand, and Su-hyeok pulled his sword from the bat’s head as he continued to speak. “Ah, don’t try to do this. If you can’t grab them properly, you’ll get bitten.”

– What the?!

– Weren’t you a newbie? Weren’t you a newbie? Weren’t you a newbie?

– Something... is happening.

– It already happened.

– Am I really getting a lecture from a 2nd-floor player as a 4th-floor player?

– I’m also on the 4th floor and got chills from what I just saw.

[Viewers: 19]

It had been quite some time since he started hunting in the center of the dungeon, and viewers continued to pile up without anyone leaving.

Most viewers reacted in one of the following two ways: they either were surprised or doubted the stream itself.

– This is 100% fake. How can a 2nd-floor player do this~?

– Because he can’t do it for real. He went down from a higher floor to act.

– I can also slice one-eyed bats and ground mermaids, lol.

– Seeing as he didn’t share his progress, it’s definitely fake.

– I guess this is his 20th try. Is this a show with a dungeon pro concept? Lol.

Su-hyeok didn’t feel particularly offended by such comments. Under normal circumstances, he might have felt otherwise.

‘They’re kind of right.’ What they had said was true, in a way. No, it wasn’t enough. They thought a decent veteran player had gone down from a higher floor to make an imitation stream.

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“Kyaa-!” Un-hyang, who was watching the screen absentmindedly, let out a high-pitched scream.

Cheong-ryang, who was watching the test with her, stepped back, startled. “What was that for?”

“Crazy... He’s absolutely crazy...” she mumbled in excitement. She was watching Su-hyeok cut down ground mermaids. He hadn’t stopped once since the trial began. It was hard to believe that he was a beginner taking the trial for the first time.

He’d already earned more than 200 achievement points. After Su-hyeok dealt with another wave of monsters, Un-hyang turned to Cheong-ryang and asked, “Isn’t this unbelievable? Have you ever seen someone like him? How many points is he going to earn by himself?”

“Hey, calm down.”

“How am I supposed to calm down? This is seriously amazing.” Un-hyang, unable to calm down, abruptly stood and stomped her feet.

Cheong-ryang broke into a cold sweat while checking the numbers. He also couldn’t believe it. ‘It’s amazing. To think he’d achieve such a score on his initial solo attempt.’

Usually, one quickly failed their first trial. The ground mermaids and one-eyed bats in the Beginning’s Dungeon were adept at ambushes, and most players, despite knowing that, couldn’t deal with them.

That’s why the average number of attempts it took to clear the dungeon was four.

‘Has there ever been someone who passed this by themselves? And on the first try, on top of that?’

As a scout, he had information on many players. Some had soloed the 2nd-floor dungeon, but they were mostly veterans who had challenged the dungeon dozens of times to set records. It wasn’t that they had recorded a score as high as Su-hyeok’s.

‘This is really something else.’ He felt a chill run down his spine. He even thought that history might be being written before his eyes.

Whether Un-hyang knew his thoughts or not, she couldn’t contain her excitement and kept talking about the test. “Do you see how he uses the sword? He cut down two one-eyed bats and a ground mermaid with a single strike! Without using any skills!”

She was visibly excited, as if she’d met her first love again. “Where’s he from? Ah, Earth, right? Wow, earthlings are really amazing. He’s even named Lee Su-hyeok...”

“Stop babbling, my ears hurt.”

“Are you ignoring Lee Su-hyeok? Hey. Don’t you know I’m a 2nd-generation fan?”

Clap—!

Un-hyang clapped her hands loudly. “Isn’t it perfect? He’s hiding his face with a mask, his name is Lee Su-hyeok, and he has amazing skills!” Since she was one of Su-hyeok’s fans, seeing him in action was like rain during a drought.

His name, concept, and skills... Un-hyang couldn’t help but be excited. “You saw it too, right? He’s really amazing. It’s as if Lee Su-hyeok has been reincarnated!”

“Hey, can you do something about your tone?”

“Ah, I’m feeling dizzy. Cheong-ryang, I feel like I’m going to faint.”

“She’s fangirling over him so much that she became an idiot...” Cheong-ryang sighed.

Un-hyang looked at him with sparkling eyes.

Feeling startled, he shook his head. “Hey, no.”

“What?”

“You were thinking of bringing that guy over, right?” Cheong-ryang shook his head while crossing his arms. “I said it... no.”

“Hey, why not?”

“He seems to have potential, but he just started streaming today. He barely has over 10 viewers.” To scout someone, they needed to have a minimum level of recognition. Su-hyeok was a newcomer who had just started streaming—a player on the 2nd floor who was challenging the Beginning’s Dungeon.

Although the man was talented, Cheong-ryang had some concerns about approaching him so soon. “Listen. Being skilled doesn’t guarantee success as a streamer. If he were really Lee Su-hyeok, it might be different, but right now, he’s just on the 2nd floor. It’s just the Beginning’s Dungeon.”

“I know.”

“Then you should know that the team leader would insult us if you brought this up to him,” Cheong-ryang said.

“You were gambling just a while ago, so why are you acting all proper now?”

“I’m fine as long as I don’t get caught, but you want to brag about your foolishness to the team leader?”

“Yes, exactly. I want to brag about it,” Un-hyang firmly replied. Her eyes hadn’t sparkled in such a way in a long time.

Cheong-ryang wanted to try arguing a bit more but stopped. As an old friend, he knew that, at times like that, persuading Un-hyang was impossible.

“I will definitely bring him over.” After making a determined statement, Un-hyang turned her gaze back to the stream on her kit. “Definitely...”

Su-hyeok was already getting close to the dungeon boss.

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