The Villain is Too Good at Broadcasting

The interview I did in the morning was posted online as an article just five hours after it ended.

eSports Today.

An internet media outlet that had rapidly grown since virtual reality games became mainstream.

As such, the articles from eSports Today were very popular.

In particular, the articles by Reporter Lim, who was already remembered by gamers, stood out.

They even created a dedicated section for his articles in eSports Today.

Anyway, my interview spread quickly on the internet, and I checked the comments while casually reading the article.

– To be honest, this guy’s personality is total trash, but he’s glorified because of national pride. It’s really disgusting.

└ Disgusting?ㅋㅋ It’s more disgusting that someone like you, who your parents gave birth to, is leaving these comments.

└ Common point between guys like this and our villain = both are internet warriors.

└ Internet warriors? That kind of guy?

└ Yes, internet warriors sitting at home.

– Still, it’s nice that we subtly showed who the strongest among Korea, China, and Japan is this time.

– When it comes to games, it’s Korea.

– Chinese people are actually happy that their physically strong streamers didn’t participate. If they had, they would have been utterly embarrassed.

Given the current situation, there were far more supportive comments for me.

Of course, some netizens criticized me for being too excessive, but they were soon bombarded with insults by other netizens.

The reactions to the article showed that the interest in this Tri-Nation War was quite high.

Although the interest from the Japanese and Chinese was low, at least the Koreans were positively evaluating this Tri-Nation War.

According to what Sung-jae said, CA was also looking at this Tri-Nation War issue with quite a bit of interest.

An event that could be considered the debut of <Fantasy War: East>.

Since the Japanese side’s war flag appeared in such an event, causing controversy, they would take some kind of gesture.

The fortunate thing was that this opportunity solidified my position.

To be honest, I wished there were no people worse than me in this world.

Even when seeking attention, you had to do it tastefully.

Drawing attention like the Japanese did in such a low manner had no real significance.

After reading the articles, I slowly put down my smartphone.

<Fantasy War: East> had its limitations as long-term content.

I also needed to think about the content after the doomsday battle, which could be considered a cheat code.

For the time being, even after the Tri-Nation War ended, I could continue my broadcast through <Fantasy War: East>.

But that was more in the domain of Yeojin than mine.

No matter how much fun I had playing the game, there would inevitably be problems if it wasn’t my main genre.

No matter how flashy the action in this game was, honestly, there were more games with more enjoyable action.

People didn’t just watch my broadcasts because I was good at games.

They cared about how viciously and provocatively I played.

Considering the nature of the Evil Gang, if I quietly played Fantasy War, they would likely act out.

Of course, even if I ignored their requests and continued broadcasting, people would still watch, but I wouldn’t enjoy it.

While I was pondering my next move, lying on the sofa, Jin-hyuk came out to the living room and glanced at me.

What’s this?

Is today a day off?

“I wasn’t broadcasting today, just looking for some games.”

“Why not play League of Storms?”

“If I did that today, the viewers would probably try to kill me. I’m a variety game streamer, you know.”

“Tsk, tsk, you should know when to take it easy.”

“Your interview reactions were really hot.”

On his day off, Jin-hyuk’s schedule wasn’t much different from a jobless person’s.

Playing games alone in the capsule, or rolling around watching TV.

When he got bored of that, he lay in bed and watched MeTube on his smartphone.

A routine familiar to anyone.

But today seemed to have been somewhat productive.

Jin-hyuk’s expression was quite bright.

When Jin-hyuk had that expression, it meant he had resolved his worries.

Looking at Jin-hyuk, I spoke softly.

“Did something good happen?”

Then Jin-hyuk approached me eagerly, as if waiting for me to ask.

“Hyung, let’s do a collaboration broadcast.”

“We agreed to do collaboration content only when we were really out of ideas. Is now that time?”

“No, I came up with a really good idea.”

When he talked like this, it was usually a useless idea.

But occasionally, just occasionally, he came up with something genuinely worthwhile.

Well, let’s hear it out.

“I was going to propose it once I got more viewers, and I’ve gained quite a few subscribers now.”

“True.”

“So, I was thinking, how about doing a viewer battle with me? There’s a game that’s just perfect for it. We each pick 50 viewers and do large-scale content. Watching you in the Tri-Nation War, the viewers seemed to really like that kind of content.”

As Jin-hyuk said, many viewers seemed eager to participate in large-scale content.

I often saw comments like ‘I want to join too.’

After hearing Jin-hyuk’s explanation, I slowly nodded, slightly impressed.

“What’s gotten into you?”

“What do you mean?”

“You’re saying something sensible. You’ve gotten smarter, maybe because you have more viewers?”

“…What are you talking about.”

“I quite like your useful idea. What’s the game called?”

“World of Battle. You like games, so you know it, right?”

“Ah, of course.”

Anonymous World of Battle.

A game I was well familiar with.

To sum it up briefly, it was a game where large-scale shooting battles took place.

It had modern warfare and future warfare modes, with up to 50 players per team.

It had a decent fanbase and was sometimes used by streamers for content.

“Originally, it’s two teams fighting, but they’ve recently created a mode where up to four teams can join.”

“Is that the trend these days?”

“Seems so. Just think about it. We’ll need to recruit other streamers anyway. Oh, and Dong-su hyung actually suggested this first.”

“Is this silent pressure?”

“Anyway, think about it. You’re doing the Tri-Nation War until today, so consider it after you finish.”

Sometimes, Jin-hyuk was really commendable.

Even without me asking, he managed to find opportunities on his own.

Having a streamer brother was quite convenient at times like this.

World of Battle, huh.

I needed to give it some thought.

I nodded slightly at Jin-hyuk’s suggestion, lost in thought.

2.

After the productive conversation with Jin-hyuk, I logged into the game on time.

Day 2 of the Tri-Nation War.

The tide of the battle had already significantly turned.

Our faction, centered around Yeojin and Dong-su hyung’s efficient internal management, developed rapidly, establishing a power that neither the Chinese nor Japanese teams could challenge.

From that point on, it was more Yeojin’s showtime than mine.

As an experienced gamer, she managed everything flawlessly, and as our faction grew stronger over time, viewers commented:

-ㅋㅋㅋ Our villain is just standing there doing nothing.

– What are the Chinese and Japanese teams doing?

– They say they’ll surrender soon.

– Surrender?

– Yes, if it were me, I’d quit too. They were completely ruined from the start. How can they recover in this kind of game?

– Recovering is a skill tooㅋㅋ

– It’s a skill, but if they were ruined to that extent, surrendering is the right move.

– They lost because they don’t have Shiaㅋㅋ

– Seriously, Riphatman lived up to his name. He’s like a one-man atomic bomb.

Just in case this happened, I had gone easy on the Chinese and Japanese players.

Except for crushing the Chinese players at the beginning, I hadn’t even retaliated against the Japanese side.

Yet they were falling apart on their own.

While rumors about the Chinese and Japanese were spreading, Yeojin, who was leisurely managing our internal affairs, spoke up.

“Our scouts brought back some amusing news.”

“What news?”

“The Japanese and Chinese players are at war with each other.”

“Excuse me?”

“The Chinese players are one-sidedly attacking the Japanese players. They’re using the war flag incident from yesterday as a pretext, saying they need to restore justice.”

The pretext was plausible, but it was clear they wanted to save face by at least coming in second place.

It was a complicated situation.

Since winning the game became difficult because of me, their mindset was to at least beat the Japanese.

In a way, it was understandable.

Considering the pride of the three Northeast Asian countries, it was only natural.

After hearing this, I scratched my head for a moment and then slowly spoke to Yeojin.

“Should I go take a look?”

“Do you really need to? We can win just by staying put.”

“But it wouldn’t be fun, would it?”

“Then, who do you plan to help?”

To Yeojin’s question, I answered naturally.

“I’m just going to watch the fight. It’s the most entertaining spectacle in the world.”

“Ah…”

– Agreedㅋㅋ

– We only see things from Shia’s perspective, we haven’t seen the armies clash.

– The strength of <Fantasy War> is large-scale battles, it should be pretty fun, right?

– The strategic fights will be intense too.

– Our villain is such a considerate person for the viewers.

– But I feel like he has something else in mind?

Some viewers hit the nail on the head, as if they were inside my mind.

As they guessed, I had a different plan.

In war, there are always winners and losers.

Whether it was the Chinese team or the Japanese team, someone would emerge victorious and revel in their victory on the battlefield.

I intended to crush that joy.

Personally, I disliked both the Chinese and the Japanese.

In the end, I mounted my horse and headed to the battlefield alone.

The place where the two countries were waging war was about a 30-minute ride at full speed.

Moreover, since our team had specially purchased a legendary-grade horse, <Red Hare>, for me from a secret merchant, I arrived at the battlefield in no time.

The battlefield was a wide-open plain.

As I climbed a small hill, the battle came into view.

– Ohㅋㅋ

– It looks like a real battle.

– It’s fascinating to see them fighting like this, considering they were using plows and sickles yesterday.

– Oh, the Chinese even deployed cavalry.

– I see Japanese spearmen too. It looks like a real ancient battle.

In the <Fantasy War> series, there’s always a balance of power between different types of troops.

Just as cavalry are weak against spearmen, the troop types counter each other.

The battle seemed intense on the surface, but in reality, it wasn’t.

The Chinese team had already seized control.

It seemed my capture of Nagatomo had a significant impact.

This series particularly emphasized the role of players.

From personal combat prowess to the stats of troops depending on the number of players, everything varied.

While I was enjoying watching the battlefield, the Chinese cavalry mercilessly trampled the Japanese archers.

Japanese players tried to fend them off directly but were overwhelmed.

Hmm.

If Nagatomo were on their side, the situation might have been different.

He was good with the sword, and he might have held off the cavalry on his own.

But in both history and games, “if” never exists.

The moment the Japanese archers were crushed, the battle quickly tilted, and the Chinese players swiftly penetrated the Japanese forces.

The battle was practically over.

Watching this, I lightly stretched my body.

-???

– Are you going to help the Japanese now?

-…?

– That’s insane.

– Why are you meddling there, hyung!

As I showed signs of joining the battle, viewers began to protest.

To prevent any unnecessary misunderstandings, I left a word to the viewers.

“What are you talking about? I’m going to end it all myself.”

After slyly mocking the viewers, I rushed toward the battlefield, shouting.

“I came to end this war!”

With enemies fighting each other, there couldn’t be a better opportunity.

It was time to conclude the Tri-Nation War content.

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