Chapter 8. Aftermath (1)
Chapter 8. Aftermath (1)
The Elderbook Specters and the Tusu were all trash-talking Sura en masse, but there were no sanctions like temporary bans.
The manager, Su-han, was directly cussing.
[Suhansu: This bastard really. Did that fucking bastard make me a manager to piss me off?]
[Suhansu: Ah, shit, don't piss me off.]
While their own commotion was raging in the chat window, the kiss between the two ended.
"Uh...uh...."
"Hmm. It was my first time though."
"Yes? For a first time, it was skillful... ah... no, it wasn't."
"I'll be going now."
"Yes...yes.... Please go, Lunance-nim."
Sura looked at Lunance in a daze and waved his hand.
Then Lunance also waved her hand in response.
Soon, Lunance disappeared through the portal she had created.
Sura immediately pressed pause.
"...Uh... everyone..."
While the Tusu were protesting, someone started a mission.
[Mission: Fundraising to show gratitude to Sura for today's amazing battle]
As soon as the mission was set, the amount began to rise. 50,000 won. 700,000 won. 1,500,000 won... finally the amount exceeded 3,000,000 won.
The identity of the fundraising was none other than the Elderbook users, the Specters.
The incoming Tusu who figured out the purpose of the fundraising also began to donate a little at a time.
The total amount raised was a whopping 4,342,000 won.
It was the power of the adult Elderbook Specters and the power of the Tusu gathered here.
Following that, one more person appeared.
['Michael Garcia' has donated $3,000!]
I look forward to it.
Wow, crazy. The Elder Book director, damn.
Seeing the fundraising list and Michael Garcia's donation amount, Sura accepted the mission and bowed deeply.
"Thank you, everyone."
Sura looked up and checked the viewer count.
A whopping 1,200 people were watching Sura's channel.
"It's late, and I'm a bit tired. Can I give my thoughts on this stream next time?"
During his Murim days.
As the World's Best, Yeom Ga-hyeon had a mental fortitude that could withstand days of fighting all night without flinching, but now, the problem was his body, which had only recently been discharged from the hospital. The weakness of his body affected his mental strength as well.
'It's only been about two weeks...'
Newly incoming Tusu laughed upon hearing the information from the existing Tusu.
Because they had never seen a streamer with this kind of concept before.
"Then I'll be going now. My body feels a bit heavy at the moment. I'll go rest for a while. About two days? I feel sorry for taking a break..."
"Thank you. Then, see you next time."
- Suba~
- Suba!
And so Sura's stream ended.
As a bonus, a match between Ga-hyeon and Su-han erupted after it turned off.
The Elderbook site, where nuclear bombs had been dropping every day since Sura's appearance.
During today's streaming, the site finally crashed.
Fortunately, it was quickly restored, and the Elderbook Specters were able to have fun conversations.
[BEST Post]
1. Want to Try the Dragon-Slaying Knight?
2. Sura Going Rampage Against Mar Svius
3. Brought High-Quality Kiss with Lunance lol
4. Threw Sura Videos Abroad and Collected Reactions
5. Had Your Fill? Let's Also Watch the Duel with Zarin Savas
6. Collection of Sura's Sura Pacheon Sword Technique!
[Want to Try the Dragon-Slaying Knight?]
Honestly, isn't this the coolest?
I dropped the chicken I was eating when I saw him split that dragon breath lol.
{Video Attached}
Kya, this is a true dragon slayer!
└ Just wait for Sura's next stream lol
└ Ah, that's right lol
└ Don't you think this is a real nuclear bomb? A nuclear bomb only we know about lol
└ Ah lol, I understand America's feelings lol
└ What would happen if Sura went into a major game? lol
└ Massacre possible
└ He'll easily surpass 10,000 viewers, for real lol
[Brought High-Quality Kiss with Lunance lol]
{Video Attached}
Kya. In all my years, I never thought I'd see a dating sim in the Elder Book lol.
└ I'm jealous, but his skills are fucking amazing, so I end up admiring him lol.
└ Skills... you mean swordsmanship skills, right?
└ Oops;
[Threw Sura Videos Abroad and Collected Reactions]
First of all, Reddit is going wild.
There, Sura is known as Sura or Asura.
Some called him something like 'fucking awesome Kimchi man.' Ignoring that.
It seems they haven't seen many videos abroad except the tutorial and the fight with Lunance, so I spread them all.
But the reactions are huge.
I only spread them on Reddit, but it seems they've spread to various game sites and stuff;;
Uh oh? Sura? This is big trouble! lol
I think we can expect the next viewer count to be high.
This is a collection of reactions. Take a look.
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└ THE ONE? Oh. He's worthy of that title!
└ Hey buddy. That person is Korean.
└ Oh man. I've heard of it. The relationship between England and Ireland... Sorry about that.
└ Let's apologize by watching Sura's videos!
└ Do you know the link?
└ Here it is, friend! It's the Twinkle address! {Link}
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Reddit reactions are like this, and it also spread to general sites, where they say it's like a movie. The swordsmanship is amazing.
It seems to have spread like this. Even foreigners recognize our Sura's skills!
└ Wow, fucking agreed.
└ Did you also comment back then?
└ Yeah lol. I told him not to lie, that he's not a rookie, but not to say nonsense lol.
└ When is the 'Don't lie, rookie' commenter going to show up lol.
Besides the reactions on the Elderbook site, Sura's name began to spread among Twinkle streamers as well.
It started with video donations from the Tusu who were watching Sura's stream.
"Alright! Hello! I'm Dalbin. I'll chat a bit and then play games today!"
['Pleasetakethis' has donated 10,000 won.]
"Huh? Video donation? What is it?"
Dalbin played the video without thinking. Of course, if it was a weird video, it would be a ban.
And what played was Sura's dragon breath splitting video.
"Wow... woaah... fucking amazing..."
Dalbin's eyes sparkled.
It was a video with an epic atmosphere like watching a movie.
Some Tusu tease Dalbin and start explaining.
After hearing all the explanations, Dalbin's eyes sparkled even more.
"Woooooah... amazing..."
After watching the video over and over and seeing new videos, Dalbin was captivated by Sura.
"Please! Please contact me! Let's do a collab!"
"What do you mean! It could happen!"
Saying that, Dalbin launched the game.
"Alright! Plum Blossom Swordswoman! Dalbin's Game Challenge! Starting!"
Besides her, countless Twinkle streamers received Sura's videos as donations and watched them.
"Wow... amazing. Who is this person?"
"Crazy! A person with this kind of physical skill?"
"Huh. This is no joke."
Most streamers exclaimed in admiration after watching Sura's videos.
And some, seeing the potential for a collab with Sura,
even showed the boldness to immediately send an email.
And this video also spread in some divine realms.
"Alright. Today I brought a new game."
- No!!! Just play solo queue! Why a new game!!!
- Aaaaaah! Please bring back the COL golden era!
- Instead of that, just chat... Stop with the new game...!
- Tell us some stories!!!! When are you going to tell the MCI stories!!!
- The MCI runner-up this time was such a waste, for real;;
- It was a damn waste.
"...MCI stories? Nothing special. Huh? A review video? But do you guys want to see the finals footage?"
- Ah
- ㅠㅠ Actually, I don't want to see it...
"It's good for me to review my flaws too. Shall we take a look before trying the new game..."
At that moment, a video donation suddenly came in.
"What is it? This."
When he played the video donation, Sura's Elder Book gameplay video appeared.
The man streaming looked at the video with interested eyes.
Champion of Legend (COL).
A current pro gamer who also streams as a hobby.
3-time consecutive COL World Championship winner.
7-time COL Champions Korea winner.
His team. Spade Ace. A pro gamer belonging to the Champion of Legend team called SA for short.
Mid laner.
Nickname 'Kai'. It was player Shin Kang-hyeok.
"He's quite good? His swordsmanship skills...?"
Kang-hyeok let out a low exclamation of admiration.
"Well. Let's watch the MCI video first and then play the new game."
"It's my choice."
With a smirk, Kang-hyeok played the MCI video.
And this video would even connect to a past relationship.
"..."
'Yeom Ga-hyeon...'
His video spread across all of Twinkle in an instant.
"Hello! Sura! Long time no see! This is our first time in virtual reality!"
The next day. Sura had a meeting with Michael about the video, similar to last time.
However, this time, it wasn't a video conference at the Silas Korea branch, but a virtual reality meeting based on the virtual reality <Life>.
Michael Garcia was a fairly tall man with brown hair and brown eyes.
His figure, which looked slightly taller than Sura who was 180cm, proved that.
His long hair and neatly trimmed beard gave him the look of a likable director.
'What's the use of being likable. He was a rare bastard Michael until the Elder Book came out.'
While Elder Book fans were on the verge of starving to death and even reincarnating, no new series came out.
Because of that, some fans even thought the Elder Book series had ended.
"Hello. Michael. I'm Sura, Ga-hyeon Yeom."
But there was no need to show it. Ga-hyeon extended his hand and shook hands with Michael.
"Ooh! An honor! Our THE ONE!"
For reference, the nickname THE ONE spread due to Michael Garcia's tweet after the broadcast ended.
Thanks to that, abroad, Sura's nickname was more known as THE ONE than The World's Best.
"The glorious Dragon-Slaying Knight! The vanquisher of Mar Svius! And Lunance's lover! That's quite an honor, isn't it?"
"No. What do you mean, Lunance's lover..."
"Hahaha! Didn't you know, Yeom? I already posted the love story between you and Lunance on Twitter!"
"Ah, shit. Really!"
This guy. If we were a little closer, I would have grabbed him by the collar.
"Hahaha! Don't get excited! Everyone already acknowledged it, haven't they?"
Michael gestured with both hands to calm down, and Sura nodded with a sigh.
As expected, this guy isn't normal either.
"Alright, alright. I'd like to use this video as a promotional video as well. After all, since our Elder Book came out after such a long time, there are gamers who are hesitant! I want to try and charm them with Sura's videos!"
"Even after two months? Those who wanted to play have already played, haven't they?"
"We need to spread the word further. We hope that beyond the core Elder Book fanbase, gamers of all generations will enjoy our game."
Saying that, Michael smiled broadly.
"Alright. Let's sit down and continue talking!"
This time as well, Cha Dong-su from his father's company's legal team, who had accompanied him last time, attended. On Michael's side, there was Han Jeong-man from the Korea branch, and from headquarters, Michael, one person from the development team, one person from the PR team, and a person in charge of contracts accompanied them.
When it came to the promotional contract, Michael generously presented conditions.
"Last time, it was 10 million won in Korean currency for two videos. But this, thinking about it now, I feel it might have been too cheap."
"Yes?"
"At that time, we saw Sura's potential and invested boldly. But this, it seems we underestimated it. How about this? 30 million for three videos."
"Of course, you can also upload the playthrough videos to your Nutube separately. We'll also put your Nutube link at the end of the videos."
"Uh..."
As before, Cha Dong-su, who was accompanying him, leaned in and spoke.
"These are very good conditions. So good that it's suspicious."
Ga-hyeon nodded.
"Understood. Let's proceed with the contract like that."
The gathered people then wrote the contract.
However, it was fine that the three video contents were 'Sura vs. Dragon Knight Clash' and 'Sura vs. Mar Svius Clash', but the problem was that the last video was 'Sura's Story with Lunance'.
"Hmm... is this really necessary?"
"Of course!!! There's no better way to gather gamers than this! Of course, it's an impossible event if not for Sura! But it's still true that such a thing exists!"
"No. Is it okay for the director to openly say it's impossible?"
"Ahem! It's uncertain whether it will happen again. Of course, it might be possible through mods... Our Elder Book gamers are excellent after all."
The reputation of Silas Studio's Elder Book up to the 7th installment was well-known.
- Silas Studio makes it, and the users complete it.
It was a mocking saying that users compensate for the lacking perfection with mods.
"But I'm considering whether to prevent modding of Lunance Abervich. She's Sura's lover, isn't she?"
"Huh? Is that allowed?"
"It's a joke! A joke!"
Chuckling, Michael continued.
"Actually, it will probably be difficult for users to tamper with the AI through mods. They would likely need to gather as a project team to create a mod. In fact, among the mods that have come out so far, there isn't one that excessively tampered with the AI, right."
"...That's true."
In fact, with the release of Elder Book 8, it became somewhat difficult to create mods.
Because it was difficult to easily tamper with the perfect NPC reaction algorithm based on advanced AI.
So currently, the mods were at the level of equipment skins, monster skins, or light content additions like graphical improvements.
"...May I ask one thing?"
"What is it, Yeom? I'm always ready to talk."
"Why did the Elder Book not come out for 15 years?"
At that, Michael Garcia's face hardened slightly.