Chapter 2. Asura King (1)
Chapter 2. Asura King (1)
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After the broadcast ended, some Elder Book users uploaded videos, and the Elder Book users and Wraiths who watched them fell into collective chaos.
- The hard mode is finally cracked... It's cracked, but...? Isn't it too hard?
- This is why nobody knew, f*ck. Is Silas crazy?
- I'm checking foreign sites right now, and not a single person has found it abroad lol.
Meanwhile, a few people asked questions directly on the Twitter or Stagram accounts run by the Silas company.
The question was whether what Sura had done was indeed Hard Mode.
Now that the route presumed to be Hard Mode was finally discovered, all the Elder Book Wraiths were in a state of excitement.
- Alright, let's all go practice now.
- But isn't it too hard? Does this even make sense?
- That person is just unique, for sure. I think there must be an easier way.
- Yeah, let's focus on finding that.
- But what about Magic? What happens to Magic?
└ Everything is chaos right now, so who knows lololol.
Magic.
A skill different from standard magic, it was the secret art obtained by the protagonist of Ancient Booklet 8.
Originally, the route was to naturally obtain the secret art while doing missions early in the story, but since Ga-hyeon's route might make that mission impossible, questions arose.
While everyone was chatting, an atomic bomb dropped on the Elder Book site.
[Michael Garcia]
My goodness. You finally discovered this route!
Our development team has been waiting and waiting for this route to be discovered since the game's release!
And finally, a Korean person has discovered it!
That's right. This route is Hard Mode!
Originally, it wasn't meant to be cleared this perfectly, but...
Anyway, you did it! Amazing!
The main story and main bosses will appear changed or strengthened, so you can look forward to it!
The main director of the Silas game company's Ancient Booklet.
Michael Garcia posted directly on Twitter. With Hard Mode finally revealed, Ancient Booklet users around the world expressed their joy.
They had finally solved the secret mentioned by Silas Studio.
Ancient Booklet users around the world checked Sura's video of clearing Hard Mode and were astonished.
- lol. This Hard Mode is insane! The conditions are too harsh!
- That's true. Everyone knows how hard it is to parry every single attack, right?
- Oh my god. I can't even accept the truth of this video. Who on earth is this user?
- Who is the person in the video? I need to find this person's Twinkle channel or Nutube address.
Sura had suddenly gained fame in the Ancient Booklet series.
"Hey!"
"Ugh!"
Outside, Ga-hyeon was embraced by a man who had come running.
"You damn bastard! Thank God! You were alive!"
"Ugh. Let go of the hug. Sorry. I couldn't get in touch properly because I was doing rehabilitation."
The man let go of the hug and looked at Ga-hyeon's face to check his condition.
"Damn it! Do you know how shocked I was when I saw you like that!"
This man was Ga-hyeon's old friend. Han Su-han, who had been close since elementary school.
The two started walking and talking.
"I'm really glad. How's your body? Are you okay now?"
"They said I just need to get some rehab and keep going to the hospital to check my condition. As for my muscles shrinking from lying down for two months, well. I can just exercise."
"Let's go into a cafe first."
The two entered and ordered at the counter.
"Long time no see. Business is good, right?"
"Boss. Don't you think it's weird to say 'long time no see' when you're the owner here?"
"Well. It's because the manager does a good job."
The manager at the counter sighed while looking at Su-han.
"Hey. Sighing in front of me. Do you have any complaints?"
"None. I shouldn't have complaints when you pay me this much."
The two laughed while saying that.
Su-han was what you call a 'gold spoon'.
And a pretty massive gold spoon at that. To use an analogy, he was a diamond-level spoon.
After talking with the manager for a while, Su-han received the coffee with Ga-hyeon and sat down.
"Hey, whatever. Anyway. What are you doing these days? Preparing to go back to work?"
"With my body like this, what kind of work can I do? It's still too much. Dad told me to just come to the company, but that feels a bit like nepotism, so I'm resistant to it."
Actually, the real reason was that he didn't think he could adapt to the company after returning from Murim.
The company where Ga-hyeon's father, Taehwan, was the CEO was a mid-sized game company.
Mid-sized company 'Neon B'. It was a company known for making decent well-made games.
"What resistance, resistance. Ugh. If you're going to use nepotism, why not just take advantage of my dad? My sisters would be happy if they heard you were coming, too."
"No. That seems even worse. What kind of family is yours..."
"Well. That's true, but. Anyway, got it."
"What have you been doing while I was lying down? Still a house guard?"
"Well, something like that. Went on an overseas trip once. And I'm occasionally filming Nutube videos."
"...You're still doing that? Same number of subscribers?"
"Yeah. They're all making a fuss, but they all seem to be guys. Calling me 'hyung' this and 'hyung' that, it's really..."
Su-han shook his head.
Ga-hyeon looked at Su-han's face for a moment. A face that screamed 'I'm handsome'.
He was 187cm tall and had a body honed in the gym.
Su-han was what you call an 'overpowered character'.
"Ah. I've been... what is it. Watching livestreams lately."
"...You? Watching livestreams?"
"Yeah. Subscribers on Nutube were asking me to stream, so I looked into it. I watch it sometimes."
"...Oh. Ah. I tried streaming."
"What? Didn't you not know anything about that stuff at all?"
"I had a question while playing a game, and the people there asked me to stream, so I did."
"Really? Do you have a video of that? Let me see it."
Ga-hyeon, who briefly entered his Twinkle channel, tilted his head while looking at the channel's status.
"...Huh? Why have the followers increased so much?"
There were over two thousand followers.
Su-han, who looked at Ga-hyeon's phone while doing something, also tilted his head.
"It's over two thousand? You said you did it once. You usually need to stream a bit for this many?"
"Who knows? I don't know. Ah. Here's the video."
Ga-hyeon, who clicked on the clip saved by viewers, handed the phone to Su-han. After watching the video for a while, Su-han hit his forehead as soon as the clip ended.
"What is this. This is insane? Is this you?"
"I'm a bit amazing."
"...You originally..."
"Stop."
Ga-hyeon straightened his expression.
Su-han was about to stop talking at that look, but instead, he got angry.
"Hey. Tell me honestly. What is this. It doesn't make sense. You gave up kendo after that incident. Above all, how can you, who had less than half the talent of Seong-hyeon hyung..."
"Damn bastard. You're stating the facts properly, aren't you."
"It's true."
If it had been someone other than Su-han, a friend since childhood, saying this, Ga-hyeon would have said a word to them, but since it was Su-han, Ga-hyeon let it slide naturally.
Ga-hyeon thought for a moment and decided to tell Su-han.
Just like the reason he gave on the stream earlier. His swordsmanship couldn't be hidden with excuses, and it didn't suit his temperament either.
Ga-hyeon started to tell the story.
The story of living for 35 years in a place called Murim while in a coma. Su-han, who listened to the long story for a while, opened his mouth as soon as the story ended.
"...Did this guy take drugs or not...?"
"...I knew you wouldn't believe me."
Ga-hyeon, who felt a sense of emptiness wondering why he explained it at length if it was going to be like this, leaned his back against the chair.
"But if it's not something like that, it's a fact that your current skill can't be explained. I know your skill. Wouldn't it be better to say the coma was a lie and you were training in secret somewhere?"
"...This is the truth."
At those words, Su-han scratched the back of his head.
"I have no idea what's going on, but... Well. Congratulations."
"Huh?"
Su-han approached Ga-hyeon and patted his shoulder a few times.
"Whatever it is. You. You wanted to beat Seong-hyeon hyung, right? Now you can beat him."
"...."
"How is it. Do you feel relieved?"
At those words, Ga-hyeon nodded.
"Relieved... Yeah, relieved."
To the point where he thought of a cigarette he hadn't even touched.
Ga-hyeon muttered like that.
"What cigarette. You're the guy who doesn't even look at that stuff because you're exercising."
"Because hyung used to smoke."
"...Ugh. That genius."
"...What about you?"
"Forget it. Let's talk about that later over a drink or something. I can't do it sober. Anyway, what's that?"
Ga-hyeon pointed with his finger at the camera Su-han was holding.
"This? A camera for a vlog. Say hello. To our subscribers."
"...Was the previous conversation recorded too?"
"It wasn't, don't worry. I didn't even have the heart to record it. Anyway, say hello. To our subscribers."
"...Hello."
The light on Su-han's camera turned on at some point.
"This is the guy I was talking about. He was in a coma for 2 months and woke up about a month ago."
"It's truly regrettable that the mere existence of my friend is a nuisance to the subscribers... this?"
Ga-hyeon, who grabbed Su-han's arm as he tried to put him in a headlock and twisted it immediately, only let go after seeing Su-han tapping.
"Ouch... This bastard. Your athletic ability really got better."
"So, be quiet from now on."
"Ah, come to think of it. Are you going to keep streaming?"
"I turned it on because they said they'd give me money, so what. Do I really have to?"
"Hmm. Yeah."
Looking at the camera lens, Su-han opened his mouth.
"Everyone. I'll finish talking with him."
Saying that, after turning off the camera, the two continued the conversation they hadn't been able to have for 2 months.
While the two were talking hard, opinions on the Elder Book site began to unify.
- When is this bastard turning on the broadcast!
- Please stream please stream please stream please stream please stream please stream please stream
- Let's get a taste of the Hard Mode story, ah lol
In the end, everything depended on Ga-hyeon!
The Elder Book users were making a fuss, but the protagonist of the topic was just chatting in a cafe.
It was unknown when he would turn on the broadcast.
For a week, Ga-hyeon took care of various errands. Met friends. Did other things.
Every acquaintance he met was worried about him after seeing him, so Ga-hyeon had to struggle to soothe them.
Ga-hyeon, who had come back from seeing acquaintances again today, went into Elder Book without much thought.
To check information about the Ancient Booklet he was playing.
But the Ancient Booklet BEST bulletin board was unusual.
[Title: Where did our King go?]
- Where has our Elder Book King been for a few days? Bring the King here right now!
[Comments]
- Ah lol where did Sura King go lol
- For real lol Please come back
- Do you want to see me lose my mind? Where did you go?
"What is this."
Had he become the 'King', a nickname for someone representing Elder Book, at some point?
This nickname 'King' changed every time; sometimes it referred to the protagonist of the Ancient Booklet series as the King, and other times it referred to a specific streamer playing Ancient Booklet.
But now, all Elder Book users were calling Sura the King.
Ga-hyeon, who read the BEST post to grasp the situation for a moment, finally understood everything.
"Oh... Was what I did really that Hard Mode?"
Since it was the declaration of the main director Michael Garcia, Ga-hyeon had no choice but to believe that fact.
Recalling that followers had increased strangely when he met Su-han a few days ago, Ga-hyeon thought this was also because of that.
"...Should I turn on the broadcast?"
It didn't feel right to ignore those who were waiting for the broadcast and play the game alone, so Ga-hyeon went into the capsule and turned on the broadcast by accident.
As soon as he turned on the broadcast, hundreds of Elder Book users entered.
- Kyaaaaaaak the streamer is finally here!
- Sura King! Sura King! Sura King! Sura King! Sura King! Sura King! Sura King!
- If you don't turn on the game immediately, I'm going to poop my pants!
"Everyone! Calm down! I'll turn on Ancient Booklet!"
At those words, the Elder Book users cheered.
- Kyaaaaaaak!!!
- Wow, I'm finally seeing this, please stream 24/7/365!
- Ordered chicken lol Ancient Booklet, bring it on!
Sura, who had calmed the users down like that, noticed that some people of a different quality had entered in the middle of the chat.
- Oh, what is this place. Everyone is going crazy.
- Looks fun. What game is the streamer playing here?
- Ancient Booklet? Playing something hard.
A term for viewers of the streaming site Twinkle. So-called 'Tusu'.
Besides the Elder Book site users, people watching the broadcast on Twinkle had also come.
- Show us the Hard Mode!
- Oh. By the way, our streamer is handsome?
- ? That's true.
- Show your face a bit bigger, streamer.
- What face, just play the game right now lololol
"Yes? My face? I don't know why you want to see my face, but..."
Sura briefly manipulated the virtual reality cam to make his face appear larger.
- Oh shit lol look at how handsome he is lol
- We Elder Book users acknowledge streamer Sura as the King.
- Sura King! Sura King! Sura King! Sura King! Sura King! Sura King!
"Thank you. But there are many people more handsome than me..."
Sura, who said that, manipulated the system.
"Well then. Let's play Ancient Booklet 8."
Thus, Ga-hyeon turned on Ancient Booklet 8 - Return of the Legend.