Chapter 8
Chapter 8
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 8
Chapter Title: Exploring Streamer Gallery
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Soon, I saw An Young clicking on the video.
[After watching, please let me know what you think.]
[Yes!]
The screen then showed a woman demonstrating sword techniques. She moved quite flashily, swinging her sword around.
'Starting off with a swordsmanship demo, huh?'
It was nothing like the old man who'd gone on and on about history.
That said, the swordplay looked pretty sharp. Even to a layman like me.
'Oh! This looks pretty decent.'
For a split second, the woman's sword on screen seemed to multiply. It felt just like those illusionary sword techniques from wuxia novels.
'At that level, it'd be pretty usable, right?'
It couldn't compare to Fist King Fist, of course. Still, it wasn't the kind of technique you'd casually show off on stream.
I glanced at the chat window. I was curious about the viewers' reactions.
'This oughta cause a stir. Are they all recording it?'
An Young Sister probably wouldn't regret it either.
She'd shown off some seriously good martial arts without a second thought.
But the viewers' reactions were the opposite of what I'd expected.
💬 Live Chat — Viewer Lololololololol — Viewer Damn, this shows up lolololol — Viewer That's the Half Sword!! — Viewer Search it on Newtube. That video pops up right away lolololol I looked puzzled. I stopped my horse stance and actually searched for swordsmanship on Newtube.
'Half Sword?'
The video came up immediately.
And that video was...
'What the hell? It's exactly the same as that one?!'
Yep.
That sword technique was already up on Newtube. And the old man had placed it right next to Fist King Fist.
'Sigh, looks like Master had no idea that video was on Newtube.'
I skipped ahead quickly. That's when I figured out why they called it the Half Sword.
'No Internal Energy Cultivation Method.'
The screen just had basic sword demo footage. That was it.
Without more, it could only be half-baked.
And Serin knew that full well.
[Ah, what do we do? This is the Half Sword.] [Huh? This is the Half Sword?] [Yes. What a shame.] [Ah...] An Young looked disappointed.
But she shook it off quickly. It was clear she hadn't expected much anyway.
[Tch, too bad. How about we do a drinking mukbang instead?] [Drinking mukbang?! S-Sure, sounds good!] Man, An Young Sister really loved her booze.
I shook my head.
💬 Live Chat — Viewer wooooo! An Young drinking mukbang!! — Viewer Gonna strip again today? — Viewer Look at Serin getting excited lolololol — Viewer I'll donate 1 mil if she takes off her bra lolololol — Viewer Lolololol but she never takes off her undies no matter what. I watched An Young's drinking mukbang for a bit before turning off the stream. Two hours had already passed.
"Phew, not too bad. Wasn't that tough."
My legs were trembling a little. But it was totally bearable.
'Gotta keep exercising while watching streams.'
Even I thought it was a solid idea. Studying streams while practicing martial arts at the same time.
"Oh, right. Let's check how Ma-sam's stream went."
I quickly moved the mouse and clicked on Ma-sam's stream.
The screen that appeared.
[Waaah... I'm sorry.] [Haa... Stop crying and finish setting up already!] [Sniff. B-But I can't! What do I do?!] [I'm going insane. Do you know how much we're getting paid for this ad?!] [Waaaah!!] 💬 Live Chat — Viewer New show? Hilarious lolololol — Viewer The manager can't even set up? Total trash tier! — Viewer Don't trash Su-a! Or else! — Viewer Su-a crying is adorable lolololol — Viewer Hey! Dog year! Set up the stream already!! A big grin spread across my face as I closed the stream.
I didn't need to watch anymore.
'At this rate, it's a total flop for sure.'
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The next day.
I turned on my stream during the daytime again.
No choice. I still had to target times when the big corps weren't streaming.
And my hunch was spot on.
⚔ STATUS ⚔ 📊 Live Viewers: 1,025 Incredibly, on just my second day as a streamer, I'd gathered over a thousand solo viewers. Enough to shock anyone.
Feeling a bit pumped, I continued the stream.
Some streamers say views don't matter as much as money.
Of course, that's true.
But a streamer's power comes from viewer count.
More viewers mean higher value and more influence for the streamer.
Naturally, more viewers also meant a better mood.
'Learned that much from Ma-sam at least.'
I nodded and kept going.
"Alright, time for the main content."
💬 Live Chat — Viewer No! Keep talking! How was kissing An Young? — Viewer kyaaaaaaa jealous!! — Viewer Must've felt amazing. So jealous. First time An Young's kissed on stream, right? — Viewer An Young's a bit scatterbrained but she's pretty. I deliberately ignored the chat.
It was all An Young talk. Time for a little breather.
'Can't pivot to other streamers too much.'
This was my stream. I had to be the star.
I opened a browser tab and logged into a certain community.
'War of the Stars.'
It had an odd name—apparently started as a gaming community.
Now it was Korea's biggest general forum, and the Streamer Gallery inside it had tons of users.
Naturally, that's where I was headed.
💬 Live Chat — Viewer Oh! Streamer Gallery tour? — Viewer Hot posts go go — Viewer Search your name. It'll all pop up. Showing the Streamer Gallery got the viewers reacting right away.
I smirked a little and headed to the hot posts.
"Search my name here, right?"
Originally, my plan was to go over the manual from Jiri Mountain with the viewers.
But that was off the table. It was too OP to share.
So I brainstormed new content.
And that's when Streamer Gallery tour popped into my head.
'Tour this place while reviewing the Jiri Mountain mission.'
Solid plan, even by my standards.
And the viewers agreed.
Over a hundred new viewers in seconds proved it.
Anyway, I searched my name in hot posts.
A ton of hot posts came flooding in.
Our stream must've blown up—easily over ten posts.
Without thinking, I clicked the top one.
The video that loaded.
📰 Gallery Post [*Slurp... *Smack... *Slurp.*] Some guy and girl were kissing with flushed faces. And it was pretty steamy.
I shut it off immediately.
Clicked hot post without thinking. Total mistake.
💬 Live Chat — Viewer Lololololololol — Viewer Wanted to see the kiss again? lolololol — Viewer Both kissing so sexy. — Viewer They both got looks, so the visuals pop. — Viewer woah Meant to kill the An Young hype in chat, but it backfired big time.
I shook my head and checked the views.
'50k people watched my kiss?'
50k had seen me kissing. A wave of embarrassment hit.
But I shook it off quick.
Ma-sam said it.
Streamers can't afford to be embarrassed.
Pretend if you want. But real embarrassment kills success.
'Yeah, he's a big corp streamer. Gotta listen.'
I put on a shameless face instead and dropped a line.
"Hmm, even I gotta admit, I kiss pretty well."
💬 Live Chat — Viewer ? — Viewer Cocky much? — Viewer Self-hype on max lolololol — Viewer But he kinda does lololol look at An Young's smitten face lololol I bantered with the viewers just right and kept the stream rolling.
Clicked the next post.
Oh, skipped the kiss vid, obviously.
📰 Gallery Post [Sis! I'll pull, so follow me as best you can!] The next clip was me dragging An Young along. Views were insane too.
All thanks to her butt, of course.
Oh, but it was all mosaiced. Good for An Young.
💬 Live Chat — Viewer Lololololololol — Viewer This one's total legend lolololol — Viewer Anyone who saw this live wins lolololol — Viewer Look at Jae-ho's face lolololololol In the clip, I was desperately dragging An Young Sister. Yeah, back then, saving her was all I could think about.
💬 Live Chat — Viewer But Jae-ho looks kinda cool. He really risked his life for An Young. — Viewer Agreed. I'd have ditched and run. Some viewers got my intentions. Good call on the gallery tour.
I flashed a pleased smile and wrapped up the Streamer Gallery dive.
No wonder it was popular content.
Viewers shot up fast. Now nearly 1,500 watching.
1,500 in daytime was top-tier.
As I streamed, I snuck out my smartphone and checked the Express Korean streams page.
A list of streams popped up. Plenty streaming even in daytime.
And there I was, proudly at the top.
Number one, no less.
'What? I'm currently #1 in Korean streams?'
No big corps streaming daytime, true. Plus mid-tier daytime streamers off today.
Ended up #1 in Korean live streams by fluke.
'Riding hype, but still impressive.'
Never dreamed 1,500 would top the daytime charts. Luck was on my side.
'First time in my life hitting #1.'
Going independent from Ma-sam was the right call. Stuck as manager, I'd never feel this.
And being #1 in Korean streams?
Donos started pouring in.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Heyni♥Love donated 100,000 won. ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Heyni♥Love donated 50,000 won. ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Heyni♥Love donated 70,000 won. 'Hm?'
Especially this new viewer kept donating to me.
I jumped up quick for a reaction.
"Thank you! Thank you! Heyni Love! Truly grateful!"
No weird forced reactions for donos anymore—that era was gone. Even Ma-sam didn't do it.
I gave a proper thanks.
But while thanking, my mind raced.
'Why the sudden donos to me?'