161. Legendary Crescent-Moon Weight - Red Moon
161. Legendary Crescent-Moon Weight - Red Moon
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Even when Serin and Eunha were simply exchanging words and carrying on a conversation, the viewers' reactions were generally positive.
That meant there were a lot of viewers who wanted to see Eunha on a regular basis, so Serin naturally got a sense of Eunha's popularity.
As the conversation continued until 6 p.m., Serin began to think it was about time to get to the main point.
It was content that anyone could easily think of if they were inviting a pro player directly.
The plan was for Eunha, known as Jeanne d'Arc in Another World, to play ranked games herself while Serin watched and provided commentary or impressions.
The countless viewers watching the stream would obviously have come to see Eunha, too. That was what Serin was thinking.
Then Eunha suddenly made the first move.
"Oh, by the way, will we be able to watch you play Another World later, Rin?"
"...Excuse me?"
"I'd like to watch you play Solo Rank after you turn on your stream, Rin."
At Eunha's completely unexpected words, Serin's lips twitched slightly for a moment.
-Won't the viewers want you, Eunha?
When Serin silently mouthed the question, Eunha smiled and openly stated her intentions.
"If I do Solo Queue, it'll definitely take at least close to 20 minutes just to find a match, and that obviously wouldn't be very fun for the people watching. So I'd like to communicate while watching you play, Rin. What do the viewers think? I'd like that."
[Communicating might not be bad either?]
[Jeanne d'Arc evaluating Rin, OMG]
[The day Rin gets evaluated]
[Actually, I like it!]
[True, matchmaking wait time would be long]
[I still want to see Jeanne d'Arc though...]
[Isn't Rin's Solo Queue tier right before Diamond 1? Then queue time and everything would be just right for Solo Queue]
Maybe because of what Eunha said, the chat reactions were unexpectedly not bad.
"...If matchmaking takes that long for you, I don't mind playing. But are the viewers really okay with it?"
Still, Serin asked once more just in case.
The viewer count, which had risen to 100,000, showed no signs of dropping.
The majority of viewers were clearly there to see Eunha, so Serin wondered if it was really right for her to be the one playing.
[Wouldn't it be fun to stream while communicating with Jeanne d'Arc?]
[It's fine, it's fine]
[I'm watching the stream to see Rin anyway]
[I'm fine with watching Rin too]
[The stream is follower-only, so anyone chatting right now is basically all Rin fans lololol?]
[Jeanne d'Arc herself says she wants to watch Rin play, so it should be fine?]
[It kind of feels like she's trying to look out for Rin's stream]
The chat was mostly favorable.
Then Serin saw one particular chat and let out an involuntary chuckle.
'Right, it was follower-only.'
People who started watching the stream today obviously couldn't chat. In fact, only my own viewers were chatting right now. So of course they were favorable.
And most importantly, Eunha's own wishes seemed to be for me to play.
"Then I'll proceed with a Solo Queue stream while communicating with Jeanne d'Arc."
......
Serin naturally left her seat to log into Another World, and Eunha took that spot and switched seats.
Within a few minutes, the stream screen switched to Another World's viewpoint, showing a silver-haired female character—the character named Rin—from a third-person perspective.
"Can everyone hear me clearly?"
Serin slowly moved her lips as she looked at the chat, which had previously been on two monitor screens but was now displayed as a hologram.
-Yes, we can hear you clearly, Rin.
Eunha's voice, heard through the real-world microphone connection, sounded different in a new way.
It came through directly, as if tickling her ears, so it felt strangely peculiar.
[I can see and hear you fine!]
[Silver hair is always truth. Rin proves it...]
[For real, even looking again, the character really is pretty]
[Jeanne d'Arc watching Rin—this is another interesting combination]
[A Challenger evaluating Diamond Solo Queue lol]
[If it's Rin, it's basically a Challenger sitting in Diamond]
Once she saw that even the chat was fine with it, she was about to enter the Arena when a sparkling golden notification caught her eye.
'What's this?'
She casually checked the notification.
A blinding golden light flashed brightly, filling her vision.
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'Red Moon' acquired.
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-It's a Legendary item?
Listening to Eunha's voice speaking in a curious tone, Serin realized what the item was.
The name of the Legendary-grade Crescent-Moon Weight she was supposed to receive as payment for the scrim.
That was 'Red Moon.'
"...Ah, it's the item I was supposed to receive as payment for the scrim. It looks like they sent it today."
After saying that, I opened the item's details so the viewers and Eunha could see. Honestly, even I was curious about the item's stats.
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Red Moon
Grade: Legendary.
Base Effect: Attack Power +854.
Additional Effect: Vital-Point Attack Damage +100%. When a living creature is killed within 10 minutes, the Crescent-Moon Weight emits a red glow and additionally applies the Red Blood effect (Red Blood effect does not apply in PvP)
- Description: A Crescent-Moon Weight said to have been used by a dancer of a fallen kingdom as she performed her final dance beneath a quiet night where a blood-red moon had risen.
- Red Blood: Attack Power increases by 30%, but Damage Taken increases by 20%.
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Stats that were quite decent for a Legendary item.
I'd previously heard that it was mostly meant for decoration or display purposes, but in my opinion, the options weren't bad at all.
'A 20 percent increase in damage taken... is definitely significant.'
Still, it wasn't an item that was unusable by my standards. There was the 30 percent Attack Power increase, and I also quite liked the minor detail that the Crescent-Moon Weight would glow red when I killed monsters, like a bonus feature.
Of course, a weapon's stats were important, but the weapon's appearance and style were just as important.
Click.
She equipped the new Crescent-Moon Weight without hesitation.
Immediately, a deep crimson cord wrapped around her right arm.
At the end of the cord, a weight that seemed to rise like a sharp dagger hung in the air, pointing downward. The distinctive feature was the bewitchingly glowing red blades adorning both sides of the weight, which looked highly versatile.
Whoosh.
When I swung it once, the Crescent-Moon Weight traced a red arc through the air, and I liked even that.
"I really like it. What do you all think?"
[Wow... what is that?]
[Why is the weapon so pretty!!]
[A Legendary weapon? OMG]
[The style is insane;]
[It definitely goes better with the current outfit?]
-It really is so pretty.
The chat she could see was one thing, but hearing Eunha's voice at the same time made her feel quite strange.
It really hit her anew that she was streaming.
Normally, viewers communicated through chat without voice, so she hadn't felt it that strongly, but hearing Eunha's immediate vocal reactions made her feel oddly embarrassed.
It felt like she'd been showing off like a kid who'd just gotten a new toy.
"Then I'll head into the Arena right away."
And when you equipped a cool new weapon like this, you had to try it out immediately.
***
Slaaash!
As the Crescent-Moon Weight connected to the deep crimson cord was overlaid with a thick blood-red hue, a single line of blood-red light began to embroider the space.
After entering the Colosseum, Serin swung the Crescent-Moon Weight once and calmly yielded the first attack.
—Come at me first.
It was one of the habits visible on her stream—rather than taking the initiative, she waited for the opponent to go on the offensive.
In some ways, it even looked arrogant, but the many viewers watching the stream and Eunha knew that it was simply a habit, like a verbal tic.
"Why is even this side of her so pretty."
Eunha unconsciously murmured in admiration at Serin's appearance, then soon remembered that she was on stream.
[Jeanne d'Arc admiring Rin, what...?]
[She's a total fan lololol]
[Jeanne d'Arc really seems like a Rin fan]
[Rin is on another level, OMG]
[Honestly, she really is pretty lol]
Eunha, who had been looking at the chat, closed her lips and decided she needed to watch her words, then focused on the match.
The opponent was dressed like a Japanese samurai that might appear in mass media, and their appearance was certainly distinctive.
They moved silently toward Serin at her words. The opponent's tier displayed on screen was Diamond Tier 1.
They were a user in the top 0.01%, and their level was by no means low.
Diamond 1 was practically equivalent to Master Tier.
Then the opponent suddenly lowered their stance and gripped the handle of the sword sheathed at their waist, and Eunha blinked.
'There are still some in Diamond Tier?'
A Samurai Class opponent taking an iaijutsu stance was something she'd only seen back when she'd first started Another World.
That was inevitable, because in Challenger Tier right now, there wasn't a single Samurai Class player.
—There's a class like that?
"Pfft..."
When even Serin on screen looked at the opponent with curious eyes, Eunha couldn't help but laugh.
She didn't even know about a class that still existed in Another World, and the way she asked was so innocent that it was endearingly cute.
"It's the Samurai Class. It's called iaijutsu... Rin, do you happen to know it?"
Eunha, who had been speaking slowly to explain it to Serin, thought that Serin's still-defenseless appearance might mean she would allow the attack.
She clearly seemed to be facing this for the first time, so Eunha assumed she obviously wouldn't know how to deal with it.
Before Eunha's thought could even finish.
The screen filled with light.
——!!
Along with a brilliant blue light that seemed to illuminate the entire Colosseum, the samurai's hand shot out like light itself.
Clang!!!
At the sound that rang out immediately, Eunha unconsciously smiled.
"Rin... you couldn't even get the Parry off."