Chapter 9
Chapter 9
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 9
Chapter Title: I Clearly Only Played the Game
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The Silent Swordmaster
brought the Executioner
to his knees.
The tutorial boss, which everyone had dismissed as a forced defeat event,
met defeat for the first time in ten years since the game's release.
Even as viewers were swept up in shivers of awe,
the story continued to unfold. ⚙ STORY MODE ⚙ The Executioner, bleeding out profusely and on the verge of death. Yet an indescribable joy overflowed on his face. "At last, you have appeared. The new Executioner to inherit my failed task. The reaper who will bring an end to this gorge." "It has been a long wait. Truly, an agonizingly long wait." A tentacle wriggled out from between his legs.
He crushed it with his own fist and bellowed. "Behold! The pitiful state of one who became a half-demon." "The wretched end of a man who lost to yokai yet lacked the courage to die, clinging to a pathetic life." "Your presence, appearing just before all hope was lost, has finally granted me courage." "The courage to cast off all worldly shackles and embrace death." Thud.
The Executioner slammed his forehead to the ground.
Stretching his neck long, he cried out. "I can entrust it to you. The cursed duty to annihilate this forsaken land." "This worthless life, reduced to gatekeeper of Half-Demon Gorge after submitting to the Great Yokai." "Please, sever it. With that sword, grant this cursed body its end!" A thunderous cry, unbelievable from a man on the brink of death, brought up the selection window. 📜 INTERACTION CHOICES 📜 The Executioner yearns for his end. What will you do...? 1. Where is the Great Yokai? (Unlocks Great Yokai route)
2. Who are you? (Unlocks true name)
3. I can't do that. Become my ally. (Recruitment offer)
4. (Silently sever the Executioner's neck.) The Executioner, who had taken yokai blood yet avoided devolving into a mindless blood ghost, even gaining the power of his lineage to become half-human, half-yokai.
Hae Eung-eung, who had clashed with him directly, knew better than anyone how reliable an ally he would be.
After all, the Executioner was a master whose skills even she, a martial artist, had to acknowledge. 💬 Comments — Anonymous What the hell is the Great Yokai route? — Viewer1 True name unlock no matter what!! — Viewer2 Unlock true name and you can play later calling the Executioner by name. — Viewer3 Nah, having the Executioner as an ally is way cooler. — Viewer4 Fr, the undefeated tutorial incarnate as an ally? How tanky is that. — Viewer5 Honestly, when the tentacle came out, I thought it was the late-game revenge match tentacle pattern and got tense. Am I the only one? — Viewer6 I freaked out too lol Viewers each pondered what would be most beneficial and shared their answers.
Some offered useful advice, but
there was one critical information gap between the viewers and Hae Eung-eung.
The viewers were hyped watching the Silent Swordmaster.
But the person in question didn't even know the viewers existed. [▶ (Silently sever the Executioner's neck.)] A self-proclaimed martial artist.
She could not tarnish a warrior's pride.
Even as an NPC, the Executioner had shown pride worthy of respect.
The gains from recruiting a peak external arts master as an ally.
The golden opportunity to extract intel on the black curtain.
The emergence of the intriguing concept of a "true name."
All those possibilities.
She severed them along with the Executioner's head.
The head rolling on the ground smiled in satisfaction and closed its eyes. ⚔ FIELD BOSS SUBJUGATION COMPLETE ⚔ Extermination Rank: SSS Subjugation Rank: SSS Overall Rank: 6★/3★ (+300%) MORE THAN PERFECT Next field's base difficulty increased by one level. A new development never seen by any Half-Demon Gorge players.
The boss subjugation battle heralding its prelude had ended.
Having conquered a legendary tutorial.
The supernova of the physical streamer scene.
Silent Swordmaster.
The chat flooded like a torrent.
Comments:
— Fan1: “Silent Swordmaster, is he a god? Silent Swordmaster, is he a god?”
— Fan2: “Mom, I wanna grow up to be Silent Swordmaster.”
— Fan3: “New story unlocked!”
— Fan4: “If the Executioner dies here, what happens to his late-game field appearance?”
— Fan5: “Absolute legend. At this rate, even Kenwang today is doable.”
Viewers were already imagining the next destination.
Comments:
— Fan6: “Next, gotta hit the shrine first.”
— Fan7: “She’s this strong without skills? How OP will she be after learning some?”
— Fan8: “Let’s go to the next field already.”
— Fan9: “Teacher, how long you gonna stare at that Executioner head?”
— Fan10: “She’s gonna hold a full funeral at this rate, lol.”
— Fan11: “Fr, lol.”
— Fan12: “Our streamer, this is her first game, overimmersion forgiven.”
— Fan13: “Oh, right.”
— Fan14: “First game, new route pioneering.”
— Fan15: “Best part is it’s Real Mode.”
— Fan16: “Silent Swordmaster must be a swordmaster IRL too.”
— Fan17: “Fr, this skill is real physicality, not assist-action fake skills.”
— Fan18: “So, when’s the next field?”
— Fan19: “Still staring at the corpse??”
— Fan20: “True swordmaster who never forgets to mourn a worthy foe.”
— Fan21: “Mourning my ass, she has zero intention of moving—we’re screwed.”
What more would he show?
Five minutes of silence.
Relentless chat rushes.
2,500 viewers burning with excitement.
Amid fervent cheers palpable even through the chat window,
finally, the Silent Swordmaster moved. [▶ Ending the game.] [▶ Silent Swordmaster has ended the broadcast.] Viewers, hurled from the corpse mound of Half-Demon Gorge into vast cosmic space.
The 2,500 viewers realized this was the default Ending Space (ES) setup for post-stream lingering, and flipped out. 💬 Comments — Rage1 Open the door!!! — Rage2 Holding breath till streamer opens door *inhale* — Rage3 The corpse is already cold. — Rage4 What a shit end timing. — Rage5 This is straight-up malicious, right? — Rage6 5 min silence then bang end lol — Rage7 Stays true to the nick. — Rage8 Didn't say a single word fr. — Rage9 Teacher... space is too cold... — Rage10 Streamer open the door! — Emote spam (Flame emoji x3) (Max rage emoji x3) (Bang bang emoji x3) — Rage11 Why does the corpse just get colder? Can't it warm up? — Rage12 Floating in space, of course it's cold dumbass. — Rage13 Save me... can't breathe... — Rage14 — Rage15 Even the waiting screen is default, dumping us in space, fucking infuriating. They yelled and cursed.
Pleaded and cajoled.
Begged and implored.
Showing a variety of reactions,
the desperate viewers.
But that day, the broadcast never restarted. ◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 2.
First clear.
Gamers who pride themselves on truly enjoying games naturally harbor longing and romance for this.
The tutorial clear grade shown by the Silent Swordmaster,
MORE THAN PERFECT,
perfectly matched that romance.
The community’s reaction was explosive.
📰 Featured Post
[Medieval Swordsmanship Gallery – Analysis of Silent Swordmaster’s More Than Perfect Clear]
Author: Basement Analyst Expert
Views: 102,711 | Likes: 2,150
"Silent Swordmaster seems to hate system messages and turned off all notifications, so no direct info on More Than Perfect conditions. I analyzed from the footage."
① Mob Cleanup Analysis
Other streamers take hits on purpose to lower difficulty, but Silent Swordmaster no-hit everything. Didn’t even dodge blood ghosts—actively sought them out and wiped every last one. Not luring carefully one by one, but when they swarmed, a couple sword swings and they dropped like flies. Insanely clean.
(Dual flank assault 1-sec clear gif, Six blood ghosts chain kill gif)
② Boss Subjugation Analysis
Boss patterns accelerated even beyond top physical strategy streamers, so likely no-hit all-kill time attack conditions. The challenge: the mad tutorial field boss Executioner with hyper-fast patterns. Starts with a shocking charge pattern, but instead of dodging for five minutes, she counterattacks. All hits valid. Not surviving timeout, but DPSing through patterns.
(Actual DPS gif, Worsening wounds gif)
For normal players, requirements are hefty:
Bloodline Blessing: Agility 3, Strength 1, Endurance 1, Dynamic Vision 1, Swordsmanship 2
Minimum specs to withstand Executioner’s insane charge speed and AoE. Strength, vision, and sword skill to cut tough skin.
But Silent Swordmaster is a first-time Half-Demon Gorge newbie streamer with pure vanilla specs—yet she pulled it off. Hence, the community meltdown.
(Real Mode activation proof gif, Empty bloodline window gif)
Even crazier: the next pattern. Axe pattern seen only by a few physical streamers who DPS-broke it. Axe Executioner swings with terrifying strength: overhead smashes, ground sweeps, round trips. Most memorized pre-motions, even Speedmaster could visually react. Still, “survived” not “conquered” due to sheer power. Silent Swordmaster lands frequent crits; precision targets surrounding muscles to staunch bleeding. She creates weak points for crits relentlessly—clever, precise combat prowess.
After axe pattern, even Speedmaster called the next impossible due to DPS shortage. New pattern: true decisive one-shot kill. Explains why mid-late Executioner is stronger than tutorial. Requires cheat bloodlines to survive normally, yet she DPS’d first-time.
(Full power frontal slash gif, Moving feint gif, Sticking right behind axe gif, One-shot leg sever gif)
③ Conclusion and Message to Silent Swordmaster
Top physical streamers: Swift Speedmaster, 3x1200 gym monster, Human Druid Irion, Domestic pros. Personally, Silent Swordmaster is the new supernova. True to her nickname: zero chat interaction, gone dark third day after legendary debut. Likely enjoying life with billionaires and real-life popularity—Basement loner expert imagines her partying with normies. Counting days till she returns to VTube.
(Face through helmet gif, Figure through bloodied warrior garb gif)
💬 Replies
— Reply1: “Why derail to NTR at the end?”
— Reply2: “Lol this guy’s drift DPS is nuts.”
— Reply3: “Can’t lose Silent Swordmaster, normies die, etc.”
— Reply4: “Our teacher doesn’t know men, etc.”
— Reply5: “Mom, where’s Silent Swordmaster?”
⭐ Top Reply
— Reply6: “Holy shit, the hornymo firepower is insane.”
— Reply7: “Uwung? x15”
— Reply8: “Not hornymo? x6”
— Reply9: “OMG Silent Swordmaster is a girl?? Watched live but thought 13yo boy, obvious dude.”
The famed general user’s analysis post by famous streamers shot up as featured instantly.
The replies devolved into madness from viewers losing their minds over Silent Swordmaster's absence. ◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 3.
At that moment, the eagerly awaited Silent Swordmaster was in the living room, sitting cross-legged in meditation, regulating her breathing.
'It wasn't my imagination after all.'
Bare upper body, shirt removed.
Uterus tattoo on lower abdomen.
A subtle purple glow hovering over it.
Very slightly,
but the light had deepened since before.
The brighter the tattoo glows,
the more internal energy she has.
That glow deepening meant
only one thing.
'What a strange thing. I clearly only played the game...'
Her real-world internal energy had increased.