Chapter 131
Chapter 131
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 131
Chapter Title: Boss Just Ahead
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Boss ahead.
Souls-like games like Deus weren't just tough in terms of combat difficulty.
The pathfinding was hard enough to rival any maze game.
Finding the first save point—the bonfire—had gone smoothly enough.
The trouble started after that.
Any well-made AAA title should at least provide some minimal guidelines on which way to go.
This game had none of that.
One path leads somewhere.
Another path leads somewhere too.
And the really infuriating part? No matter which path you picked, new monsters and gimmick traps showed up without fail.
The game's sheer volume was ridiculous—they'd lavished effort even on the dead ends.
Damn it.
Thirty minutes to clear a path, and once again, it's a dead end.
Something about the surroundings feels familiar...
"Haven't I been here before?"
💬 Live Chat
- Yeah. - Knew it. - Surprisingly, this is the third visit. - Stop coming here, ffs lololololol - Isn't it about time to find the right path... - Grind... griiiind... - Oh right, the leader's directionally challenged. - We're screwed. - First boss try postponed to tomorrow. Thank you.
[Anon donated 3,000 won.]
Deliberately fishing for donos...
[FerventDevoteeJia donated 5,000 won.]
Money-grub boss...
...Not a money-grub, I really don't know.
The paths were too damn hard.
Pick one of two forks, and it splits into three.
Pick one of those, and suddenly five.
At least that's how it felt to me.
💬 Live Chat
- Not that bad lololol - Pathfinding ramps up late-game; early is manageable. - Snap out of it and look carefully—early isn't that tough.
According to the viewers, the early game pathfinding wasn't that bad.
Am I just playing too sloppily?
Get your head in the game. Focus on pathfinding.
With that, I widened my eyes and poured all my concentration into searching for the way forward.
Just as the viewers said, I found a new path without much trouble.
"What the—false alarm. Pathfinding's easier than I thought?"
💬 Live Chat
- Wrong way ffs lolololol - On purpose? - Concept? - Please say it's RP... - Can't-find-path RP. Can't-find-path RP. Can't-find-path RP. - At this point, it's not pathfinding RP—it's memory wipe RP. - When do we get boss... - Can we meet first boss today?
"Uh... not here either?"
But it seems like a new path. I've never been to a place like this.
One of the basics of streaming.
Ignore the chat window.
Get swayed by chat, and even doable stuff falls apart. So I ignored the chat and pressed on.
Woof! Woof!
That was when it happened.
Two very familiar monsters—with very familiar barks—greeted me warmly.
Ah.
That bastard I died to over ten times.
...Two fucking dogs.
💀 YOU DIE 💀
"Fuck."
Thought it'd been a new path. Nope.
I'd just backtracked down the same road.
Reverse-routed myself into thinking it was new.
This won't do.
At this rate, I'll spend the whole stream just pathfinding and have to end it.
In the end, I had no choice but to resort to the forbidden method.
"...Advice allowed."
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📰 Deus Gallery
Breaking) VTuber Lee Jia is streaming Deus right now Getting kinda tired now... Thought it was a concept at first, but after watching about three hours, it's legit not. Controls are so ass it's like she's playing one-handed, and the pathfinding's so bad I'm worried if she can find her own house ffs. Desperately wanna give advice but probably get banned, right?
💬 Comments (32+)
— Anon
Don't, you'll just get yelled at for no reason.
— Anon
I'm watching too and yeah it's rough lololol
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How bad exactly?
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Total fucking jack-of-all-trades trash.
↳ Reply
Blood pressure rising the whole time.
— Anon
Don't we usually welcome fresh newbies to the gallery all nice and lewd? How bad is it lolololol
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Not just lewd—straight-up nympho diagnosis level 19yo slut.
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Analogy cracked me up lolololol
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Believe she died 10 times to two dogs?
📰 Deus Gallery
Fucking pingchang bitch that's gotta be a concept right Just fucking reached the boss room so why the fuck go back you fucking bitch!!!!
💬 Comments (18+)
— Anon
I let out curses here too.
— Anon
Didn't expect her to backtrack there for real.
— Anon
Reason for all the viewers... Good at training the audience.
— Anon
That last one was obvious. No way not on purpose.
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Movement had sincerity to it though? Still on purpose?
↳ Reply
Anyway, on purpose.
📰 Deus Gallery
Advice permission dropped? IT DROPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deus masters, sortie.
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[FromDeusGallery donated 10,000 won.]
From first save point: left stairs → lake basin in the center of the wide plaza → right from lake basin → cross past brick giant's corpse → forward → iron door → boss room.
"Uh... s-slowly, please. Which way from here?"
[DeusExDeus donated 10,000 won.]
Left stairs.
"Ah, left stairs. Got it."
💬 Live Chat
- Deus masters arrived - Masters are rock solid lololol - Thanks, masters... - Deus Gal's legit - That Deus Gal full of demons ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ - Masters, free us from this suffering... - A streamer who can't meet first boss after 3 hours? - Info) First boss usually reachable 20 mins from start. - Fr? - Shockingly true...
I threw advice wide open.
No idea where they heard, but the demons of Deus Gallery swarmed my stream.
Ah, "demons" is wrong.
Teachers is right.
The Deus teachers, considerate of my poor sense of direction, explained everything step by step, nice and easy.
[FromDeusGallery donated 10,000 won.]
Hey fucking pingchang idiot, that's the right side?
"Ah, sorry."
💬 Live Chat
- lololololololol - lmaoooooooooooo - Even master snapped lololololol - Told her right, goes left lolololol - Deliberately for donos!!!!!
...A bit of rage slipped out midway, but still.
Thanks to the Deus teachers, I reached the boss room in no time.
💬 Live Chat
- Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa - Jia, best girl!!!!!!!! - How many hours? - Exactly 3 hours 45 minutes. - lmaoooo any other streamer would've cleared three bosses by now lolol - Made it here at least, cheers.
"Now I just go in?"
💬 Live Chat
- Yeah. - Enter and die. - Boss ahead.
Three and a half hours after starting the game.
I could finally lay eyes on the first boss.
Maybe because I'd spent so long just wandering, there wasn't even that signature boss-fight tension.
Just wanted to clear it quick and call it a night.
The one silver lining?
Three and a half hours lost meant I'd gotten plenty familiar with Souls-like combat.
I could block enemy attacks now.
Roll at the right timing.
Hell, I'd even landed a few parries.
"I'll smash it in 10 tries."
With a voice full of confidence, I parted the mist and stepped into the boss arena.
Soon, the cutscene kicked in.
There stood a door of absurd size, reaching toward the heavens.
And guarding that door was, apparently, the first boss.
The statue beside the door began to crumble, revealing its true form.
⚙ BOSS APPEARS ⚙
Gate Guardian, Pajuju
💬 Live Chat
- Here I am. - Refund Guardian Pajuju has entered the chat lololol - How long will this take - Maybe she really smashes in 10? - Think so? - Lol no - Leader's pretty high level from 3hrs wandering. - Oh yeah? - Level-wise, could tango with third boss? - Could easy clear raw overleveled?
Snagged some very positive info from chat.
My character's currently level 11.
This first boss is normally faced around level 3 to 5, so I could probably just overlevel and steamroll.
...
Foolish, arrogant me.
Reality hit hard.
First boss attempt: two hours elapsed.
Still hadn't shaved off half its HP.
They say phase 2 is where it really starts... and now I was starting to feel that Souls-like wall.
"Guys, looks like I'm legit trash."
💬 Live Chat
- Took you long enough. - That's why I said no Souls-likes lolol - Did your best tho.
"Quit? Few more tries then clean quit."
💬 Live Chat
- Yeah do that - Three more ain't changing shit lol
Yeah, seems right to wrap here.
Thankfully, the devotees agreed.
Makes sense—watching must've been agony.
But.
A few.
Wanted me to keep going.
[FromDeusGallery donated 10,000 won.]
No, we're almost there—quit now?
[DeusGalDiehard donated 10,000 won.]
At least clear first boss before going, idiot;;;
[RefundGuardianPajuju donated 10,000 won.]
Just use a summon or whatever, clear first boss.
Those kind Deus teachers.
Were morphing into demons right before my eyes.
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