Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast-Chapter 403: A New Wave of the New Era

 "What’s today’s broadcast, Silent Swordsman?"

[Gladiator Training.]

"You’ve been playing Gladiator Training for a month now, isn’t it time to try a different game? You’re going to play something else today, right?"

[I'm going to play Gladiator Training.]

"It’s your 2nd anniversary of broadcasting today. You’re going to play Ban-yo-gok, right?"

[Today’s broadcast is Gladiator Training.]

"Gladiator Training, Gladiator Training, Gladiator Training! Stop it already, it’s driving me insane!!!"

[Understood.]

[Then today’s broadcast will be Gladiator Training.]

"Hahahaha!"

"Why did you say 'understood' like that!!"

"‘Understood’ (greeting)."

Silent Swordsman had crossed a line.

Even though the Spirit Contract craze had taken over the world, there was still a limit to everything.

How could you abandon your main game, Ban-yo-gok, and spend half a year in Gladiator Training!

"Now it’s really just fireworks."

"Wait, there’s a problem! We have to change the plan!"

"Don’t tell me the fireworks launcher has been discovered?!"

"Lie! I even made a blacksmith character to assemble the launcher so no one would trace the purchase source!"

"Is it from the firework materials? We’re the only ones collecting them!"

"Did they trace us from the fireworks we stole during the game’s university festival last month?"

"......"

That bastard is the culprit.

"Stamp it!"

"Ugh! It’s true I got caught because of me, but still, it won’t matter!"

The firework thief who had stolen the university festival fireworks from the game, <The World’s Dissatisfied Face>, complained with a displeased expression.

"Think about Silent Swordsman’s hairstyle these days!"

"Hairstyle?"

"It’s twin tails."

"Isn’t twin tails pretty common nowadays?"

"Upside suits it well."

"Cute."

"Honestly, I take a screenshot of it every day."

"That’s the problem!"

Though <The World’s Dissatisfied Face> often committed unlawful acts, his anti-social traits made him see through beauty and focus on the essence at times.

"Silent Swordsman has adapted. In the past, if he’d seen twin tails and thought they were cute, he’d have shot fireworks out of embarrassment, but now he just thinks, 'Yeah, I’m cute,' and moves on!"

"Wow!!"

"Is that true? Yesterday, I sent him a donation saying he was cute, and he replied with a V!"

"Silent Swordsman saw the donation?" fгeewebnovёl.com

"Yeah, when he was floating on a cloud at dawn while everyone was asleep, I slipped in a donation. It worked perfectly, he saw it."

"What a lucky bastard!"

"Wait, it’s not about the donation! If he’s immune to shame, then firing a donation won’t do anything!"

"!!!"

Indeed.

Firework donations were an event designed to teach Silent Swordsman a lesson by shooting shameful comments as fireworks in Gladiator Training.

If Silent Swordsman didn’t feel shame, it would just be a regular fireworks festival.

"What about punishing him with a confession?"

"The manager warned that it’s a 30-day space «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» jail sentence."

"Hey, I can at least confess!"

"This is too much."

"What about raising an issue about his character?"

"No, the Spirit Contract craze is too strong."

"Yeah. If Haenam faction disciples swarm like bees, our accounts will be wiped."

"Even abroad, people are hunting down those who speak ill of Silent Swordsman, killing them, and posting the videos on VTube as trophies."

If you are reading this translation anywhere other than Novelight.net or SilkRoadTL, it has been stolen.

"Ugh! How dare a VTube nerd with good gaming skills, cuteness, charisma, and quirky charm forget their roots and stop playing Ban-yo-gok!"

Ban-yo-gok fans were despondent.

"He’s really great though."

"At this point, should we just give up on Ban-yo-gok?"

"No! We can’t lose our Duta!"

"At least Mark2 is cute."

"What about revenge on The World’s Dissatisfied Face?"

"It’s been a while since they left. Let’s just let them go."

"Sniff."

Just as everyone was feeling down,

The door to the secret meeting room of the Ban-yo-gok fan club burst open.

"You’re all whining with no spirit. Is that all the will you have to watch Ban-yo-gok?"

"Y-You are...!"

"How come someone like you is here?!"

The fan club members were in shock.

"Speedmaster!!!"

The top 7 streamers representing Korea.

Among them, the number one active streamer, , had appeared.

They couldn’t help but be astonished.

"I thought it would take about a year."

Speedmaster, more than anyone else, had great expectations and interest in Silent Swordsman’s Ban-yo-gok play.

Even though he had finished with the whip simulator and was enjoying Gladiator Training, everyone knew he would eventually return to Ban-yo-gok.

But instead of returning, he casually played one boss here and there, and only did some field grinding, and kept quitting after broadcasting.

"I can’t wait anymore!"

"Oooh!"

"Are you really going to do a strategy broadcast, S-sensei?"

"No. I have to keep my promises."

"Ugh, what’s this?"

"Is he bored?"

"Why is he here? To sign something?"

"If it’s not a yes broadcast, I don’t care."

The fan club members openly expressed their disappointment!

Speedmaster tried to hide his frown, pressing it down with his finger as he spoke.

"Even if I don’t do it, I can have others do the strategy broadcast."

Speedmaster had taken a drastic step.

"You’re the messengers. From today, spread the clips to all VTube streamers."

"First streamer to defeat the final boss on the hidden route in the shortest time will receive a total prize of 1 billion gold."

"Wow, really?"

Speedmaster was using his personal funds to induce a competition between VTube streamers and Silent Swordsman!

"No matter how indifferent a person is, if their strategy is about to be overtaken by others, they’ll hasten to complete it!"

It wasn’t about shame, but pride.

It struck at the pride of the first strategist.

A new kind of Silent Swordsman challenge had begun.

 While Silent Swordsman and the viewers were immersed in the Light Spirit craze for several tens of days, there were major disturbances in reality and the game world alike.

Seven leaders of the Teenage Guild had died, and seven guilds were obliterated. Only three guilds, Ilseong, Taebaek, and Hwanggeum, barely managed to survive.

Even those, Jo Ilseong and Kang Taebaek, went into hiding, while Hwanggeumhyeon was the only one who had not committed major crimes, so they managed to maintain their former power.

[Taebaek Guild Auction in Progress]

[Where did Jo Ilseong disappear to?]

[‘Hwanggeum Guild’ → Name changed to ‘Hwanggeum Shaolin Temple.’]

The void left by the Teenage Guild.

Many ambitious individuals took advantage of the gap, causing chaos in many administrative districts.

"We’ve owed you a lot. Let’s end our cohabitation here."

[Stop by occasionally. There are not many worthy rivals to face.]

Independently from Haenam faction, taking over five of the Teenage Guild territories, the powerful organization became the largest single force.

"Our Habeok Pengga will show that martial arts aren’t solely the Haenam faction’s!"

Led by the powerful martial artist , accepted rebellious Awakened ones into their ranks and took over three of the Teenage Guild territories.

"Our Hwanggeum Shaolin will create harmony between the old and new powers, raising the spirit of Gwanak Mountain."

The only guild to survive the Teenage Guild witch hunt, they settled in Gwanak Mountain instead of Sungsan, and took control of two neighboring territories.

"The association hasn’t disappeared. Now, we’re just returning to our original role, since the Teenage Guild is gone."

Although the Seongmu Guild and special forces had reduced their influence, the , led by Park Jaeho, continued to represent the rights of Awakened ones.

[No matter what anyone says, today, I’m still playing Gladiator Training.]

The power in Seoul’s capital was essentially divided among these five organizations.

Additionally, many local forces, liberated from the Teenage Guild’s subordinates or destroyed due to past misdeeds, either gained a new name or disappeared.

"This country has changed a lot."

Peng Hwirong thought as he read the latest news from the Guilds in the Pengga Ilbo.

A single returnee had accomplished a monumental change in the country.

If Eve was the war hero of Ukraine, Haenam was the war hero of Korea.

"Even though he achieved such a great feat, what he does is still the worldwide Yara broadcast."

A maximum of 1.2 million viewers.

Silent Swordsman’s broadcast, which had broken records, continued with a huge following of 300,000 average viewers while only playing Gladiator Training.

For a week, a month, and even three months, he didn’t touch any other game.

"That arrogance became an opportunity."

The 1 billion gold prize was set for the Ban-yo-gok hidden route strategy broadcast.

With Speedmaster’s declaration, VTube’s game rankings saw , the world’s most popular game, followed closely by the rapidly growing , placing firmly in third place.

The 1 billion gold prize attracted streamers to Ban-yo-gok like clouds.

Thus, the era of the great Ban-yo-gok strategy broadcasts had begun.

"Let me show you that a new challenger, aiming for the title of Korea’s strongest martial artist, has appeared!"

Peng Hwirong of .

Challenging Silent Swordsman’s stronghold, he set his sights on the Ban-yo-gok ending strategy and boldly entered the streamer community.

"Hey, look at the chat!""Can’t see the donation?""This chat looks familiar, doesn’t it? Hahaha."

Just like the trap Silent Swordsman had fallen into, Speedmaster had followed the same path.