The Villain is Too Good at Broadcasting

Xiao Shu, the streamer <Changcheon> from China’s Heeya TV, had confidently asserted that the Chinese team would win this Tri-Nation Battle.

And it was understandable because all the streamers representing China in the Tri-Nation Battle had professional gaming experience.

The average age of professional league players in virtual reality strategy games is considerably higher than in other games.

Many professional gamers who had performed well in the PC version naturally transitioned to virtual reality games.

Thus, most of them were in their late thirties.

The decades of accumulated experience had made them top-tier gamers.

Therefore, they were not afraid.

Hadn’t the top ranks always been taken by the Chinese whenever tournaments for the older <Fantasy War> games were held?

One of the strategies most favored by the Chinese was the early-stage troop surge.

They would expand their forces as much as possible from the beginning and start managing their widened territory.

This was the foundation for the uniquely Chinese strategy often called ‘Great Nation Management’.

After a week of preparation, they confirmed that this strategy was viable in this game as well, so they naturally attempted rapid expansion from the start.

For the first two hours of the game, they were able to devour all the resource zones around them.

Many soldiers were sacrificed, but they could simply recruit more soldiers with the money looted from other cities.

However, their plan began to fall apart in a very strange place.

“Boss, there’s a strange guy at the stronghold.”

“A strange guy?”

“There’s a general. Were there generals in the iron mines?”

In <Fantasy War: East>, not only players but also neutral forces existed.

These neutral forces also possessed generals.

In this new series, the <Generals> had become significantly stronger.

A single general could easily take down dozens of soldiers.

Xiao Shu frowned as he listened to his fellow streamer, He Xingyu.

A general?

As far as he remembered, there shouldn’t be any general-level enemies in resource zones like iron mines or granaries.

Moreover, general-level enemies couldn’t be defeated no matter how many peasant soldiers were sent against them.

In other words, it was a problem that players had to solve themselves.

Xiao Shu quickly made up his mind and gave orders to his comrades.

“Who has the highest combat ability?”

“It’s me, boss.”

At Xiao Shu’s words, He Xingyu raised his hand.

“If you win a duel, you’ll get a title too. How about you take him on directly?”

“In a duel? Is that really necessary?”

“You know this series emphasizes player abilities, right?”

At those words, He Xingyu nodded obediently and led the troops forward.

The siege had been proceeding very smoothly so far.

It was called a siege, but it was no different from dealing with a bandit gang.

Since it was early in the game, the neutral forces’ armament level was quite low.

Xiao Shu, along with his comrades, slowly made his way to the stronghold in the iron mine.

Once they captured the flag planted in the stronghold, the iron mine would be theirs.

Most of the enemies inside the iron mine had been dealt with, so all that was left was to handle the general waiting at the stronghold.

That was what Xiao Shu thought until he saw the ‘general’ standing at the stronghold.

“Is that the guy?”

“…Wait a minute.”

“Huh?”

“That’s not an NPC. It’s a player!”

In front of the flag to be captured, a man sat with his sword planted in the ground, smiling.

Xiao Shu felt an inexplicable unease at the sight of the familiar face.

“Korean? Japanese?”

“A Korean scout was seen about 30 minutes ago.”

“The starting point seemed close… Could there be enemy troops ambushing?”

No matter how much they checked the map, there were no enemy troops.

In other words, it was certain that this Korean player had entered alone.

After a brief contemplation, Xiao Shu spoke to the Korean player sitting in front of the flag.

“Did you come alone?”

<Fantasy War: East> was a game equipped with an automatic translation function.

In response to Xiao Shu’s question, the Korean player slowly stood up from his seat and answered.

“Hmm, I’m still single. I’ve been waiting for quite a while, couldn’t you have come a bit faster?”

“What are you thinking? If you die here, you can’t respawn for an hour. Besides… it looks like you’ve brought all your team members’ equipment. Is the Korean team not planning to win?”

It was an act incomprehensible by common sense.

However, the Korean player smirked as he slowly gripped his sword.

“You’re Xiao Shu, right? I heard about you from the Empress. I heard you’re quite old… It seems people’s tongues get longer as they age?”

“…What?”

“If you’re an old relic, you should step aside for the younger ones. Ah, I heard that Chinese people have long tongues despite their lack of skills. I properly dealt with one of them last time.”

At those words, He Xingyu, who was beside Xiao Shu, ground his teeth.

“Boss, that guy is Sha from Korea.”

“Ah, the one who insulted Smg last time? They say he’s a piece of trash Korean.”

“Hmm.”

“Don’t consider dueling him. That guy plays purely with physical skills.”

If you defeated an opponent through a duel, you could gain tremendous morale and honor.

The higher the honor, the more advanced the troops your faction could have.

However, that was only if you won the duel.

If you lost, the exact opposite would happen.

Just as Xiao Shu was about to contemplate, the Korean streamer Sha shouted arrogantly.

“Just come at me all at once. Even if a truckload of relics come, I’ll massacre them all.”

Provoked by Sha’s continued taunts, Xiao Shu clenched his fists and spoke.

“I’ll make you realize this isn’t League of Storm. Soldiers, advance.”

6.

Peasant soldiers began to charge at me.

The crude plows and sickles they held glinted ominously in the sunlight.

But I merely looked at them and laughed lightly.

It was a pretty good scene.

Hundreds of soldiers charging at me alone.

Wasn’t it a perfect scene to create some good footage?

-Wowㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-There seem to be over 500 of them. Can you handle that with a combat power of 1?ㅋㅋㅋ

-So audacious, he might lose all his gearㅋㅋ

-The Chinese numbers are insane.

-They always play like thatㅋㅋ

The scene I was watching unfolded vividly for the viewers as well.

In my hand, I only held a single sword.

But that was enough.

It was sufficient to deal with low-grade units like peasant soldiers.

If the opponent had recruited soldiers of a higher grade than peasant soldiers, it would have been a problem, but there were limits to the troops that could be recruited at this point in the game.

I watched the plow of a peasant soldier who had already reached me.

While others spent a week learning the game’s system, I interpreted the game in a slightly different way.

The area I focused on was combat.

To be more precise, the attack patterns inherent to each type of unit.

AI, unlike humans, attacked with a fixed pattern.

Of course, some named characters might have higher AI, but what varied patterns could low-grade units like peasant soldiers have?

Swish!

There were two main patterns for peasant soldiers.

Those holding plows would stab downward, while those with sickles would slash horizontally.

Moreover, their attack speed was slow enough to easily dodge while observing.

I leisurely dodged the attacks pouring toward me and swiftly advanced.

In this battle, my goal was simple.

To kill the Chinese players.

I hadn’t even thought about capturing the stronghold.

My only goal was to kill as many Chinese players as possible here, creating a manpower gap.

I simply slashed through the peasant soldiers blocking my way.

Peasant soldiers didn’t wear armor, so a cut across the neck with a sword was enough.

It was much easier than hunting down minions in League of Storm.

[The enemies are falling into fear.]

[The morale of the enemies significantly drops.]

One of the many weaknesses of peasant soldiers was their mental fragility.

Unlike well-trained other units, they were just a ragtag group, and even killing a few of them would drop their morale significantly.

This was the gameplay I had honed for a week.

In the early stages, where only peasant soldiers existed, I expanded my power by slaying as many as possible, and now, the target had simply shifted from AI to Chinese players.

With this momentum, I charged straight at the Chinese players.

They quickly drew their weapons and charged at me.

“Oh, their judgment is quicker than I thought?”

– Typical Chinese tactic, ganging up ㅋㅋ

– It’s manageable against peons, but isn’t it tough against five players?

– If he had a combat power of 10, it’d be different ㅇㅈ?

– These guys are so cowardly. They should fight fair and square.

– ㅋㅋ Leave them be. Don’t you know three people ganged up to catch Lu Bu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

– Lol, Peach Brothers ㅋㅋ

– And they still failed ㅋ

The atmosphere among the viewers, who were initially just cursing, changed drastically.

Seeing me easily cut down enemies, public opinion had shifted significantly.

Moreover, even in the midst of fighting, donations kept coming in.

‘GukbbongMissionMan’ donated 100,000 won!

[100 million won if you massacre the Chinese players. Remember, I broke my savings today?]

I glanced at the donation and said a word.

“Watch, I’ll make sure you’re satisfied.”

The script was already written.

The scenario for dealing with Japanese players and the scenario for dealing with Chinese players.

I had thought it all through.

For me, aggro was as important as the game itself, wasn’t it?

And now was the time to unveil the anti-China scenario.

“Hrraaaaah!”

The bald Chinese man in the front lunged at me with an absurdly large motion.

An attack no different from that of a peasant soldier.

No, it was even more predictable than a peasant soldier’s attack.

They looked like people who had no talent for physical combat. The rest were no different.

Clang!

Clang!

“Stay back!”

“Why do you keep stepping into my weapon’s range, man?”

“Hey, you’re the one getting in the way!”

The Chinese players were presenting quite a funny scene.

Apparently not expecting to fight themselves, they kept clashing their weapons and losing balance.

I couldn’t help but laugh at the sight.

“This is a complete mess.”

– Looks like they gathered all the middle-aged Chinese guys. Don’t they have any decent players?

– No, they actually gathered all the former Fantasy War pro league winners into a dream team.

– Then why are they like this?

– ㅋㅋ Maybe they didn’t expect to fight themselves.

– It’s their first time playing a team match with five players. This is the first VR Fantasy War cooperative mode.

As seen from the viewers’ reactions, the Chinese players were crumbling while displaying an abysmal performance.

Only one out of the five was holding his ground and confronting me.

I smoothly deflected the attacks from the poor players and looked at the man.

It was a face I had already investigated.

Streamer He Xingyu.

A former professional strategy game player, he was also quite famous in fighting games.

As such, his combat sense was decent.

Using the shoddy attacks of his comrades as a shield, he occasionally thrust his sword at my vital points.

But I evaded his attacks by using the other Chinese players.

How much time had passed?

The Chinese players’ health was finally running low.

My condition wasn’t perfect either, but it was enough to finish them off.

I looked at the Chinese players, who were staring at me in a frenzy, and spoke.

“My combat power is 1, and you’re losing to someone with a power of 1. Maybe I should have just fought bare-handed.”

“Y-You damned Jap!”

Wasn’t that word an insult to Koreans?

Great, this is the perfect time to deliver the line I prepared.

“Actually, Lu Bu wasn’t Chinese.”

“……What nonsense are you spewing…….”

“I heard Lu Bu was actually Korean, did you know that?”

Utter nonsense.

Hearing my words, Xiao Shu, who had an exceptional pride in China, yelled furiously.

“Stop spouting nonsense!”

“Nonsense? I’m just stating facts.”

Thunk.

I thrust my sword into Xiao Shu’s neck, smirking.

And with a delighted voice, I finished my words.

“I’m Lu Bu in this area. So, Lu Bu is Korean, you dumbasses.”

The real historical distortion had only just begun.

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