NOVEL NEXT chapter 9
9 – Nightfall – First Broadcast (7)
“Keah!”
Fresh blood flows from Ariandel’s mouth.
In many ways, Ariandel was far beyond human restraints, but he was still human.
So now that his heart was pierced by Eugene’s sword, he too was mortally wounded.
“This is… what the hell?”
Ariandel looked at the sword in his chest with confused eyes.
The blow that Ariandel wielded just now was an attack of a different level than before.
It was a kind of special move that he, who inherited power from the ‘ruler’, wielded to slaughter the opponent with all his might.
By the way, no matter how well-trained a hunter is, at least a person who stays at the level of a human can block his special move?
If we were to compare Ariandel and Eugene, we could bet that the difference between an adult man and a child would go beyond the gap between an elephant and an ant.
As such, with Eugene’s power, Ariandel would never have been able to stop the attack, so how could he?
“… hahahaha. Was it like that?”
For a moment, Ariandel saw it.
The fact that Eugene’s arm holding the sword went beyond the level of injury and became a lump of meat that was merely attached to his torso.
Ariandel’s previous attack is a blow that destroys everything by finding the opponent’s natural frequency through a super vibration effect through resonance.
If Eugene had blocked Ariandel’s attack with his sword, he would have died on the spot, beyond the level of the sword being shattered.
But in a split second, Eugene realized that and instead of blocking Ariandel’s attack, he used his arms as a shield to minimize his damage.
And at the very moment when he used his own two arms as a shield and narrowed the distance with Ariandel, Eugene moved his body at a speed that even Ariandel could not recognize and thrust his sword into his heart.
Movement and miasma itself beyond human limits!
“Surely cool… “
In order not to miss the momentary opportunity given to him, and under the tenacity to kill Ariandel without fail, a man named Eugene sacrificed his arms to create a gap.
And the result is this.
Ariandel, who has always been a strong man, eventually dies as a loser with his heart pierced by Eugene, who was his weakling.
The one who showed off his strength, and the one who hid his sharp dagger until the very last moment.
The difference wasn’t much, but it was the watershed that decided the game at the decisive moment.
“As a mere human, to kill this body that became an apostle of the ‘ruler’… !”
However, there was no hatred in Ariandel’s eyes looking at Eugene.
There is only admiration and awe.
Only admiration for the one who transcended human limitations with a human body was all of the emotions Ariandel was feeling right now.
“Excellent. If it is you, it is possible. To hunt all the ‘rulers’ who play with the nightmares and humans surrounding this city!”
Kurleung-!
At the same time as fresh blood comes out of Ariandel’s mouth, the building they have been fighting so far begins to collapse.
No, it’s not just the building that collapses, everything that makes up the space around it begins to crack, and soon it starts to disintegrate into pieces like a jigsaw puzzle.
Finally, even the ground on which he was stepping collapsed, and Eugene’s body was just before falling into pitch-black darkness.
“I will place all my hopes on you who killed me. I profess in the name of the first Hunter, Ariandel. You are the last hunter to end Arkham’s nightmare… !”
Down!
With those words, the screen goes black.
This was the end of a long tutorial.
[Achieve Hidden Achievements]
[Achievement Title – End of Childhood]
[Description: Achievement given to those who decide to overthrow Arkham’s nightmare with only human power, without borrowing the power of the old ruler]
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– In the tutorial, Ariandel, the final boss, was caught hahahaha
– Is this a true story? Is this a real story? Is this a real story? Is this a real story? Is this a real story? Is this a real story?
– Mom, I think I’m going out to lunch Mom, I think I’m going out to lunch Mom, I think I’m going out to lunch Mom, I think I’m going out to lunch
– You beat Ariandel? Even though I leveled up as far as I could, in the tutorial, Ariandel who was close to 50?
– What is the hidden achievement?
– Isn’t this enough to have 1 million views on Mutube????
– By the way, it looks like someone went somewhere else and spread a clip at least lol What is the number of viewers influx really???
– Right now, 100 people are entering the winter broadcast every second hahahahaha.
– Breaking news) Winter is now on the real-time streamer rankings!!! Currently ranked 8th in real time!!!!
– Great winter, although it’s not an achievement you achieved on your own, as a fan of yours, I’m proud of something.
– ㄴ Ah, mobilizing family mates is definitely the power of winter hahahahaha
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“Tell me honestly. Oppa, haven’t you actually been working as a pro gamer for the past five years, not as a secret agent?”
“… What bullsh*t is that?”
After the tutorial ended, when Eugene briefly exited the game and came out to the waiting room, that was the first thing that Winter, who had been waiting for, uttered.
“Honestly, I didn’t believe what you said about being a secret agent, but from today I will believe you unconditionally. Do you know what your brother looked like when he fought Ariandel earlier? It was like a scene from a real movie!”
Winter’s appearance of running around with her fists clenched tightly as if really excited was just similar to that of a girl fan who met an idol.
“… So why are you so excited? Please calm down and speak slowly-“
“Really? Calm down? Do I look real now? That’s right, everyone! Would you calm down easily if you were in my position?”
– Ah-ni
– It seems like he doesn’t run wild in front of his older brother, but he sympathizes with his heart.
– To be honest, I was tired of seeing Brother Winter fighting… In the future, when watching broadcasts, I plan to bring about two pairs of panties.
– I already ordered the Huggies magic panties. In the future, when Winter oppa broadcasts, I will only wear them instead of panties.
– ㄴ Magic panties ㅇㅋㅋ
Each viewer had a different nuance, but the meaning implied in the comments was the same.
Not only winter, but also viewers who watched today’s broadcast in real time had no choice but to admit it.
I succeeded in catching Ariandel, the first hunter who had been presumed by everyone that he could never win, in the tutorial.
It was an achievement that no gamer or streamer had achieved until that point, but even that was not enough, and in the process, he even succeeded in breaking Ariandel’s special move, ‘Destruction Blow’, known as an instant kill, from the front.
In Nightfall’s system, ‘Destructive Strike’ was a one-hit kill technique and at the same time an unguardable technique that normal players could never block.
In order for the player to block the ‘Destructive Strike’, some kind of item that takes damage instead of the player, such as ‘Cursed Doll’, or a skill that makes them invincible for a moment, such as ‘Divine Barrier’, was required.
And those methods were all skills or items that could only be obtained at the end of the game.
In other words, there was virtually no way to block the ‘destructive blow’ in the tutorial, so it was considered impossible to catch Ariandel.
Yes, at least so far.
But today, the fact that everyone took for granted was shattered from the front.
Since all of these achievements were just individual broadcasts and achievements achieved by only one person, there was no way people could not go crazy watching Eugene.
People are originally envious and jealous of those who are superior to themselves, but when that superiority is directed at someone of a different level, they are bound to harbor longing.
“… That’s right, I only caught the tutorial boss, right? What’s so great about that?”
Meanwhile, Eugene, who doesn’t know much about internet broadcasting or virtual reality games, blinked his eyes as if he still hadn’t grasped the situation.
“Really? Then how would you explain this?”
Winter pointed to a message window indicating the current number of viewers.
[Viewers: 4127]
[Viewers: 4258]
[Viewers: 4372]
…
The number of viewers is increasing at a tremendous rate every second!
“Remember? How many viewers were there when we first started broadcasting?”
Of course I remember.
795 People, so wasn’t it about 800 people?
“It’s only been about an hour since we started broadcasting. In other words, he inflated the number of viewers by more than five times in just one hour purely with his own power.”
Even at this moment, viewers were constantly flowing into the winter broadcast.
I wonder where the rumors came from, the number of viewers was increasing by about 100 to 200 every second.
‘Eh, if we continue to broadcast like this… ‘
I don’t know, but maybe the number of viewers for today’s broadcast will easily exceed about 30,000.
‘30,000 Viewers watching my broadcast?’
Considering the fact that it is possible for a so-called ‘big company’ to mobilize at least 30,000 viewers, or about 50,000 viewers if you are stably counting, it was a truly staggering number.
It was even more so in the winter broadcast, which was located between small and medium-sized enterprises and Hakko, which was watched only by an average of 1,000 viewers at most!
But what is even more surprising is that the increase in the number of these absurd city halls was still insignificant.
– A huge amount of Ariandel catching clips are being distributed on the community site I go to hahahaha
– I just went to the streamer’s room that broadcasts Nightfall and sponsored it and left a link to the winter broadcast hahahahaha I searched all over hahahaha
Until now, viewers had only gathered through word of mouth, but the full-fledged publicity effect by viewers who fell in love with Eugene while watching Eugene’s broadcast just now began.
Now that things have come to this point, I don’t know anything else about winter, but I feel like I know one thing.
Perhaps by this evening or tomorrow, at least not a single person who plays Nightfall will be unaware of Eugene’s existence.