Chapter 28
When you first start the game Wuxia War, you have to choose three things.
[Choose your sect.]
First up, the sect.
It's one of the most important choices in the game, since it determines where you'll start.
“Haenam.”
I'd already decided.
If you're talking about men, you're talking about a man of the sea, obviously.
-Damn
-Where's Haenam?
-I've never even heard of itㅋㅋ
-He picks exactly the kind of thing he'd pick;
-If you fish here too, you're fucking dead, for real
[What is your name?]
Next, you choose your name, and this one was decided too.
Looking at it, the character was fixed as male. In that case.
[Han Seongwon]
Of course it's Seongwon.
-Kyaㅋㅋㅋ
-Great Seongwon
-Seongwon hyung gets my approval
-Are we finally getting romance here?
Though he'd suffered plenty of humiliation in Phone World.
That didn't mean Seongwon was dead.
So I decided to redeem myself this time and started the game.
For reference, the last of the three starting choices appears at the beginning of the chapter.
[Thus… Han Seongwon, you are our sect's hope.]
[Yes, Sect Leader…!]
-The sect's hope is hereㅋㅋ
-This place is doomed too
-Mid openㅋㅋ
After the sect master, who looked a lot like Rider, finished explaining that the sect was more or less fucked and would be doomed if things continued like this.
[Now, the sect's secret armory.]
I was then guided to an old, damp armory.
This was where I made the third choice: which weapon to use.
Since the Haenam Sect had a long history and had once been powerful, its selection of weapons was fairly diverse.
-What weapon are you choosing?
-A man uses a bowㅇㅇ
-Greatsword?
“Why would I use a greatsword in wuxia?”
A greatsword might make sense in medieval fantasy, but in wuxia?
Of course, it wasn't as if they didn't exist.
There was a weapon that was more of a dao than a greatsword, one that crushed things with the weight of its blade…
Wasn't that the kind of weapon thieves used? Or northern barbarians, maybe.
-For realㅋㅋㅋ
-Greatsword fanatics, get outㅋㅋ
-Obviously, wuxia means sword
“Right, a sword.
Naturally, you should use a sword instead of a dao.
In that sense.
“Hmm, do they have a reverse-blade sword~”
I hummed as I dragged through the list of swords.
-?
-What's that?
“You don't know what a reverse-blade sword is? The blade faces the other way.”
It wasn't for any other reason. I noticed there was a no-kill route among the possible routes.
In that case, it had to be a reverse-blade sword.
-? That exists?
-Ahㅋㅋ
-What's that?
-This bastard's seen some manga
-So does the blade face me?
“Yes, that's the whole gimmick.”
The point of a reverse-blade sword was that the blade faced the user.
You maintained your no-kill vow with the blunt side, while every time you used the sword, you faced the blade and repented for the bloodshed of your past. That was its appeal…
-Ah, yes~
-Uh-huh;;
-Thank you for the explanation~
-Weeb swordㅋㅋ
…I personally explained the reverse-blade sword, but they didn't seem very impressed.
“Tsk.”
They really didn't understand romance.
Had these people never watched cartoons when they were kids?
The manga where a samurai using a reverse-blade sword beat villains half to death.
That still lingered in my heart.
Well, it was a manga that had been around for over thirty years by now.
“It's a shame, but I suppose I'll have to use this.”
Anyway, since there was no reverse-blade sword in the armory, I picked a wooden sword.
In fact, this was the canonical weapon for the no-kill route.
How did I know?
I looked it up while the game was downloading.
Since there was a no-kill route, I did a little research.
I didn't know the details, but apparently, if you beat people with a wooden sword, they didn't die as easily.
-???
-Wayo, this guy's got style;;
-A wooden sword? Seriously;;
-You absolutely can't clear this with a wooden swordㅋㅋ
-The combat in this is hard
“How hard can combat in a dating sim be?”
-ㅋㅋ;;
-It's fucking brutalㅋㅋ
-Looks like we're pulling an all-nighter
Anyway, after choosing my weapon, I learned martial arts from the sect.
[Southern Sea Sword]
[Thirty-Six Southern Sea Swords]
The Haenam Sect's martial arts mixed swift swordplay with unpredictable variations.
In other words, it was described as swordsmanship like fast-moving waves.
-What kind of swordsmanship is this supposed to be?
-It doesn't really click;;
“Water Breathing, I guess.”
-Ohㅋㅋㅋ
-That makes perfect senseㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Water Breathing my assㅋㅋ;
Strictly speaking, it wasn't Water Breathing.
It was more like constantly spinning a waterwheel, if I had to describe it.
Anyway, the key was to keep pressing the attack without pause.
[Now! You must awaken the rest on your own!]
[Yes, Sect Leader!]
Thus, after learning martial arts from the sect master (the sect was so fucked that he was the only one left who could teach me).
“Thanks for all your help!”
I picked up some money and food, then immediately left the sect.
-??
-?
-???
-Why are you leaving?
-We have to save it here
“Huh? Why?”
-??
-This bastard?
Actually, the Haenam Sect didn't need saving.
“It was already a ruined sect.”
Do you know why I chose Haenam?
I won't deny that the romance of being a man of the sea played a part.
But it was mainly because I had no intention of staying with the sect.
If it had been a sect located somewhere in the middle, I'd have lingering attachments and keep worrying about it.
But wasn't Haenam, in Korean terms, basically a sword family on Jeju Island?
Once I left, I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.
Besides, when a person is born, they should go to Seoul.
I'm not a horse, so why would I stay on Jeju Island?
-What a fucking scumbag
-Then why did you take the weapon and martial arts???
“It's not like I'm going to do nothing for it.”
-Right??
-For real, it feels wrong to just leave
“Once I become the greatest under heaven, I'll revive it. There'll be a New Haenam Sect, you know.”
Of course, reviving the sect was one of the conditions for one of the game's endings, so I wasn't abandoning it entirely.
I planned to grow stronger and come back to revive it later.
-???
-Ah..
-Hae-dad, how did you live like that..
-This bastard's outputㅋㅋ
Actually, wasn't that what the sect's final successor was supposed to do?
The sect was already labeled as ruined, with debts attached to it left and right.
I was going to declare complete bankruptcy and start fresh.
Anyway, in that sense.
“All right, let's go.”
With a bundle on his back and a wooden sword at his waist, Haenam's last hope boarded a ship for the Central Plains.
**
[Thank you for the 1,000 won donation, User!]
Wayo, is there a heroine you're aiming for?
Just as I was arriving in the Central Plains by boat.
Someone asked about heroines through a donation.
“Huh? I'm not going to romance anyone.”
-..?
-??
-Then what is your goal?
“The no-kill ending.”
My goal had been the no-kill ending ever since I first started looking for a reverse-blade sword.
No, it had been my goal since the game finished installing.
Romance… Hmm, maybe I'll do that when I revive the Haenam Sect.
-??
-?
-Fuck you, it's a dating sim
-Then why the wooden sword
“The developers put that ending in the game.”
-I'll unfollow if you don't bang Namgung Smae
-You're at least picking up Dokgo Soso, right?
-Let's go to the Dang clan, fuck;;
“Ah, shit, why are there so many boatmen?”
These people….
Didn't they know I was the only boatman on the ship called Wayo Broadcast?
-ㅗㅗㅗ
-ㅗㅗ
-Just play the game however the fuck you want
-Let's go for a walk~~
“That doesn't work anymore.”
-What a shame;;
-You're really going??
-I'm leaving?
Even after I said it didn't work, the chat kept clinging to me, so I moved my tracked hands.
Wriggle, wriggle.
The Wayo avatar recognized by the camera began to move.
"Screw you."
I flipped off the viewers just like that.
-ㅗㅗㅗㅗ
-ㅗㅗㅗ
-ㅗㅗ
Whatever, whatever. I'm doing the no-kill ending.
Looking at it, the combat seemed fun too.
“Still, I won't turn away anyone who comes to me first.”
-Really??
-Please don't turn away Namgung Smae..
-You have to seduce women to get strong anywayㅇㅇ
“Anyway, there's some random unorthodox guy over there, so let's pick a fight.”
I could talk about heroines later.
First, shouldn't I try out the combat?
-Okay okay
-Let's go fold him up?
-This bastard looks menacing
I approached the unorthodox nobody standing there with a wooden sword resting on his shoulder.
[What are you?]
The ponytailed man with a huge scar on his face drew his sword the moment he saw me.
[Talk]
[Attack without a word]
Two choices appeared before me.
“No time for words!”
Without hesitation, I chose the latter and attacked.
[Gak!]
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Kyaㅋㅋㅋ
-You build up bad deeds if you do that too often;;
“Getting the first hit in is important in a fight.”
Especially with Haenam swordsmanship, getting the first hit was even more important.
That was because its swordplay swept forward relentlessly after the initial attack.
“Die!”
-It's a no-kill run
-??
-He can't dieㅋㅋㅋ
I pounded the man nonstop with my wooden sword.
Shoulder, head, head, shoulder.
-Whoa, if you hit his head
-Hey, he'll die
“Ah.”
Waist, waist, groin, groin, waist.
-You bastardㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah
-Wow, fuck;;
-Just kill him already
For reference, Wuxia War had graphics and controls similar to Outwind.
In other words, it used a combat system roughly like a Soulslike game.
[Argh!!]
But the difference from a Soulslike game was that.
It wasn't the player, but the unorthodox nobody who was rolling furiously across the floor.
Ah, since this was a wuxia game, should I call it a lazy donkey rolling (懶驢打滾)?
“Hyaaah!!”
Anyway, I mercilessly beat the rolling donkey.
“Thirty-Six Southern Sea Swords!!”
I used the Haenam Sect's signature technique, whose mastery was still close to zero, and struck him in the waist.
[Grrk!]
The waist of the rolling unorthodox nobody bent like a bow.
He collapsed, his body nearly folded into the shape of the Korean character ㄱ.
“Phew….”
-Isn't he dead?
-You said it was a no-kill run, fuck
-He's really going to die?
“He's not dead. He just became a shrimp person.”
-...?
-Shrimp person my assㅋㅋ
-rip..
-You can rough him up a little.. but did you have to do that to a person..
“The only good gangster is a dead gangster.”
-Gasp
-What;;
-Tone-dad..
“The combat isn't anything special, though?”
More importantly, the combat was easy.
They'd made such a fuss about how difficult it was.
-That's because it's still the early game
-When will this bastard stop acting cocky at the start of games??
-That's just a mook;;
“Well, I guess we'll see.”
I was used to the viewers making a fuss, anyway.
I looted the shrimp person's pockets and set out on my heroic travels again.
**
[You have died.]
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Failed on try 13ㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah, fuck my points;;
-All right, let's send in Number 14ㅋㅋㅋ
“....”
I silently stared at the gray screen I was seeing for the fourteenth time.
Even in Rell, I didn't usually die fourteen times.
“One moment.”
I asked them to bear with me and picked up my phone.
I didn't usually use my phone during a broadcast, but….
[...Hello?]
“Coffee.”
[At this hour? I have class tomorrow morning….]
Click.
I needed a coffee transfusion.
-Kyaㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Coffee has arrivedㄷㄷㄷ
-Okay, I'll take a day off
“All right, shall we?”
I had a schedule tomorrow, so I'd tried to restrain myself….
But this was really making me stubborn.