Chapter 58
“Heavenly Demon…”
“Cut it out, you bastard.”
Just as the surrounding gazes began gathering toward Tang So’s shout, the player sitting in the chair beside him smacked him over the head.
“Kuhk.”
“I told you to beg once, didn’t I? When did I tell you to suddenly start worshipping him?!”
“How is this worship?!”
“Is ‘The Heavenly Demon Descends’ not worship? Huh?”
Hmm.
From Seo-jun’s perspective, the player presumed to be Tang So’s companion seemed surprisingly sensible.
He felt like the first normal player Seo-jun had met since coming to For the Sake of Chivalry.
‘Thinking about it this way… it kinda feels like I shouldn’t keep playing this game…’
He never expected this kind of game.
Seo-jun looked above the head of the player who had spoken reasonably.
Nickname: Mumyeong.
It was the nickname Seo-jun had used back in Assassin’s Dawn.
-He just started worshipping him outta nowhere? lolololol
-Mumyeong? The guild master used to be Mumyeong too
-Isn’t Mumyeong the national rule for assassins?
Well, that was true.
“Ugh. You can’t even beg properly. Just get lost and go to the Demonic Cult already.”
“Mumyeong! Don’t abandon me!”
“Shut up.”
“I’m telling you, I don’t want to go to the Demonic Cult! Hurry and persuade him!”
Tang So pointed at Seo-jun, and Seo-jun’s eyes met Mumyeong’s as his gaze followed the finger.
“Hello, Heavenly Demon-nim. I’m Mumyeong. Unorthodox Faction.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“So, are you really taking this guy—no, this idiot—to the Demonic Cult?”
“Yeah.”
There was no contract or collateral involved, so even if Tang So refused to honor the bet, nobody could force him.
But seeing him trying to persuade people like this, surprisingly enough, it didn’t seem like he planned on running away.
“Really? Then hurry up and take him.”
Wow. He’s not even trying to persuade him.
Tang So glared at Mumyeong with a face filled with betrayal.
“You! Didn’t you say you’d help persuade him?!”
“When did I ever say that? Who told you to make a bet like that? Huh? That’s your own fault.”
Fair point.
“Hah! Have you no loyalty?!”
“Nope.”
Tang So stood up and grabbed Mumyeong by the collar, shaking him violently.
-He should be the one persuading him lololol
-I’d abandon him too
-Tang So’s still a valuable asset though, and nobody’s trying to stop him
Honestly, Seo-jun had expected Tang So to simply run away.
Even if they met again afterward, Tang So could just ignore him.
Sure, people who saw it would tease him, but that was all.
“Stop shaking him.”
“Don’t wanna.”
“If you hadn’t stubbornly insisted it was fraud, huh? Does that skill seriously look fake to you? Huh?”
“Fine! I get it, so hurry up and persuade him already!”
“Goddammit. Talking to you is impossible. You seriously wanna die or something?”
“Coward. Enter a one-on-one duel.”
“I’m sending the request immediately.”
The collar-grabbing had somehow escalated into an actual fight.
A boundary formed around them.
A transparent barrier appeared, preventing others from entering, while nearby people gathered to watch.
“By the way, you guys are surprisingly accepting of the bet result.”
Seo-jun began spectating the fight as well.
-Of course!
-We have honor, you know
-The game’s literally called For the Sake of Chivalry, so you gotta keep your bets
-Chivalry my ass. What kind of games have I been playing until now lololol
-This game’s community is so deep-rooted everyone at least knows each other by name, so you literally can’t ignore a bet lololol
The winner of the duel ended up being Mumyeong.
According to the spectators, Mumyeong’s ranking was lower and the matchup was unfavorable for him, yet the result had turned out the opposite way around.
People gave all kinds of explanations:
Going to the Demonic Cult was that shocking.
Tang So’s mentality had shattered.
And so on.
Was the Demonic Cult really that bad?
Tang So stared blankly at the ceiling while Mumyeong approached Seo-jun and said:
“I’d appreciate it if you could dispose of this guy quickly.”
Dispose of him how exactly?
Tang So approached and spoke.
“Heavenly Demon-nim, I’ll remain in the Unorthodox Faction and leak information! If you withdraw the bet, the Demonic Cult will surely be able to win!”
Seo-jun was impressed once again internally.
As expected, this guy really could speak normally when he wanted to.
“Yeah, I already kicked you from the group chat.”
Looks like the stupidity hadn’t changed after all.
Seo-jun never intended to accept the offer anyway, but saying it directly to his face like that…
“By the way, Heavenly Demon-nim.”
After effectively expelling Tang So, Mumyeong looked at Seo-jun solemnly.
“What?”
“The Demonic Cult winning will be difficult.”
Why did he suddenly sound like he was throwing out warnings?
I know already.
“Well, now that things turned out this way, perhaps it’s for the best!”
Now that he was definitely headed to the Demonic Cult and no longer needed to beg Seo-jun, Tang So’s tone had returned to normal.
They exited the village and headed toward the Demonic Cult.
There was no reason Seo-jun had to go with them, but since he had plenty of time left, he tagged along.
“We shall aim for the Demonic Cult’s victory!”
That’s impossible. Literally impossible.
“It’s unfortunate I won’t be able to enter the top sixteen, but if we create the Demonic Cult’s first victory, wouldn’t that still be worthwhile?”
I’m telling you, it’s not just “worthwhile or not”—it’s impossible.
They arrived at the duel arena.
“Baek Wi-gang isn’t here.”
“Well, of course not. The NPC that appeared in the raid was Baek Wi-gang, wasn’t it?”
Instead, another NPC stood there.
Tang So walked over, demonstrated a few techniques, and switched factions to the Demonic Cult.
“But seriously, Grandmaster… are you really not a fraud?”
“……”
“Could you just open the quest window once…”
News that someone had cleared the Orthodox Faction route in three minutes began spreading.
It started in the Orthodox Faction ranker chatroom:
[Anyway, the Orthodox Faction Wins]
-Guys, someone cleared our faction in three minutes
-Did the route leak already?
-Ah. The Unorthodox Faction bastards are gonna take the lead right from the start.
-Don’t worry. The route’s not practical. Seems unrealistic.
-Really? Then ignore it. Share information from people making Demonic Cult routes instead.
-Still pretty impressive though.
They didn’t pay much attention because more urgent matters demanded their focus.
The Unorthodox Faction chatroom, [Protect the Righteous, Destroy the Hypocrites], tried experimenting with builds that could utilize the route, but eventually concluded that fighting with all internal energy depleted would actually make killing the boss take longer, and they lost interest.
Overall, the reaction was fairly ordinary.
But the atmosphere on the Old Chivalry forums, where heated battles were raging, was different.
[The Orthodox Faction 3-minute route just dropped.]
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-Whoa, so there was a method like that
-Skilled Demonic Cult players might actually be able to pull it off
-I think I’d fail at landing on the sword stuck in the wall in the first place lol
-Oh. So he really did it? Where’d all the people insulting him earlier go?
Part of the reason Seo-jun had gotten so much hate was because people thought he was making absurd claims.
But now those claims had been proven possible.
[The people calling him a fraud just minutes ago]
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Where’d they all go?
-Wow, these people were vicious with the insults
-Look at the forced hate
-The idiots flaming him over “4 minutes” against someone who cleared it in 3 lololol
ㄴ Turns out “4 minutes” wasn’t bragging, it was humility?
ㄴ Can’t these guys get banned?
ㄴ Blocking them is the answer!
-These are the kinds of people who’d say even the raid clear was faked
Since even the reasonable people who had said, “There’s no evidence yet, so let’s wait and see,” had gotten attacked too, the backlash was intense.
[There’s nothing special in his quest window, inventory, or anywhere else, you conspiracy parrots]
-Guess Grandmaster was actually real skill after all. He’s opening everything people tell him to show on stream.
-This should settle it
-He’s even got Supreme Peak, Peak Realm, and all the other titles in the title category along with Grandmaster
-Look how quickly people rushed to insult him
-Is the Demonic Cult winning actually possible?
-Calm down. Hating is one thing, but “winning”? Come on.
ㄴ Funny how you only show up in comments like this lolololol hey, does it still look fake now? Huh? You “3-Minute Curry” idiots who got proven wrong in three minutes?
-3-Minute Curry lololololol
-The 3-Minute Curry Squad are hopelessly stupid as always
ㄴ Found screenshots of the guy insulting him earlier. Confirmed 3-Minute Curry Squad lolol
The comment telling people not to overhype him was quickly deleted.
But the nickname “3-Minute Curry Squad” spread everywhere.
[Justice prevails!]
[All the 3-Minute Curry idiots who insulted Heavenly Demon-nim, come out here.]
[The real frauds were your lives all along.]
[Fastest washed-up controversy ever: 3-Minute Curry!]
And just like that, without Seo-jun even knowing, the brief controversy ended.
Seo-jun added Tang So as a friend.
“He’s dumb and likes attention so he acts wild, but he’s actually a good guy.”
That was the viewers’ assessment.
Seo-jun himself didn’t think much about it.
Afterward, he looked around at various people playing the battlefield.
When he visited the Old Chivalry forums, he realized there had actually been a lot of people insulting him.
Until then, Seo-jun had thought Tang So was the only one who doubted him.
But seeing the situation resolve itself on its own, he laughed together with the viewers.
Then after ending the stream, he went onto iTube to gather information about how previous battlefields had unfolded.
[This is where the Orthodox Faction’s decision leads them to victory!]
Because of streamers who created entertaining commentary content summarizing battlefield situations, regularly pulling hundreds of thousands to millions of views, it was genuinely fun to watch.
The next day’s battlefield game mode was Occupation War.
Since Occupation War was originally the most popular and standard mode, it occupied the largest portion of the battlefield schedule.
And while people were curious about the reputation points he earned after setting a three-minute record the previous day, Seo-jun did not reveal them.
“From now on, I’ll be keeping my reputation points private too.”
After seeing the previous day’s controversy, he decided to hide as much information as possible.
There was also the possibility people would start comparing his numbers to others.
Reputation points affected not only contribution scores, but also Matchmaking Rating—MMR.
MMR referred to the score used for matchmaking.
If your reputation was high, you got matched with other high-reputation players.
If low, then with lower-ranked players.
Afterward, Seo-jun was also invited into the Demonic Cult’s group chat.
Tang So, who had joined the Demonic Cult, had apparently entered the chat and invited Seo-jun the very same day while fooling around.
[At Least Second Place] [999+]
It felt pitiful.
How desperate did you have to be for the room title itself to aim for second place?
Around sixty players were inside.
-Heavenly Demon-nim, your 3-minute record was incredible. You’re our hope.
-We believe in you
-If we actually get second place this battlefield, making you the real Heavenly Demon is completely possible
-Guys… stop… we’re making ourselves look too pathetic…
Seo-jun continued his winning streak the next day, and the day after that as well.
The atmosphere was warm and friendly.
Perhaps because they were so used to being ignored, the camaraderie inside the Demonic Cult chatroom felt even stronger than the other factions.
At least internally.
Apparently purple dye and underwear sold incredibly well within the Demonic Cult.
Even though people claimed his build was clearly only good for stomping weak players, he still won with ease.
Though as the gap in reputation points gradually widened and he started matching against players with actual skill, some argued that Seo-jun’s build would eventually stop working for farming weaker opponents.
Day 6.
The clock struck 7, and the map appeared.
-Oh, today’s Escort mode. Just realized.
-Is this a battlefield-only mode? Never seen it before.
-ㅇㅇ
-If you play this mode, they hire you into the escort agency!
-This is basically a game mode made for bandits
-Today we absolutely need to fight the Unorthodox Faction lol
Seo-jun spoke.
“If it’s Escort mode, then fighting the Unorthodox Faction really would fit.”
The game mode: Escort.
The defending faction had to assist the escort agency and help transport cargo, or escort an important figure safely to the destination.
The attacking faction had to steal or damage that cargo.
To simplify:
The escort agency was basically the post office.
And the cargo was the delivery package.
And whenever an escort mission occurred, one faction inevitably appeared.
The Green Forest bandits.
Where did escort missions usually happen?
Mountain roads.
And where there were mountains, bandits naturally existed.
That was why fighting the Unorthodox Faction in Escort mode was considered the standard.
-Go attack
-Gotta steal from those Green Forest bastards
-The situation itself is hilarious lololol
What the viewers found funny was when factions other than the Unorthodox Faction attacked Unorthodox territory.
In Escort mode, the attacking side was assigned the role of stealing the cargo.
So if another faction invaded Unorthodox territory for occupation, the resulting scene became:
Bandits protecting the escort agency and cargo…
While the Orthodox Faction tried to steal it.
“Yeah, but no matter what, I’m not going to attack.”
He couldn’t give up the success bonus.
Seo-jun didn’t underestimate veteran players.
[The escort mission will begin in 1 minute.]
Still, because he wanted to encounter bandits, he selected defense in a region bordering the Unorthodox reception area.
“Hi there.”
“Hello.”
“Yep. Let’s have a good game.”
Seo-jun was summoned to the starting point.
His teammates appeared nearby.
Escort mode was played in teams of three.
“Huh? Holy crap. It’s Guild Master. Hello!”
Then someone recognized him.
-A viewer?
-Wait what, did you snipe him?
-So jealous of viewer participation
Viewer participation.
Usually streamers intentionally selected viewers to play with them, but sometimes random matchmaking accidentally paired them together.
Seo-jun suddenly found himself conflicted.
Should he speak casually?
Or politely?
He spoke politely to viewers, but inside the game he tried to maintain the Heavenly Demon-style way of speaking.
But now he had encountered a viewer in-game.
While Seo-jun was stuck thinking, the female teammate who didn’t recognize him asked:
“Is he famous?”
“Yes! He’s the greatest product of Assassin’s Dawn, the slayer of Shin Ha-yeon herself, and the true Heavenly Demon!”
Hearing that, Seo-jun decided to use casual speech after all.
“Silence.”
Please.
-“Shin Ha-yeon Slayer” you lunatic lolololololol
-This one might actually become controversial
-Her fans are gonna come protest lololol
-This statement is unrelated to the streamer
-Fastest disowning ever lol
The female teammate’s eyes widened.
“Oh. Is he really that amazing? But he just told you to shut up?”
Then the viewer answered:
“This reward is insane.”
-Ah yes, definitely a reward lololol
-I’d like being told to shut up too
-He’s gonna carry the game anyway, so if he says shut up, you shut up
-Truly the perfect streamer-viewer combination lololol
Why exactly was it “the perfect streamer-viewer combination”?
Seo-jun genuinely didn’t know.
Pushing aside the question, Seo-jun sighed and said:
“Let’s just play the game.”