Over the past week, Lee Yena’s broadcasts had been remarkably long, almost unprecedentedly so. It was standard for her to broadcast for 10 hours a day, and sometimes she even stretched it to 12 hours.
It was the most diligent schedule in the history of her broadcasting, except for the season when she committed the grave sin of playing pre-recorded footage while climbing the Challenger ranks.
It would have been better if more than 90% of that time hadn’t been spent grinding on The Rogue, but what could they do?
Her fans had to accept that without The Rogue, such long broadcasting hours wouldn’t have existed in the first place.
Meanwhile, a faction of viewers was even beginning to say that the communication time during The Rogue broadcasts was better than KoK’s.
When they were a minority, they were stigmatized as ‘toxic broth’ or ‘skotmania’ and were bombarded in chat and on WeTogether. Despite such non-persecutory persecution, the speed at which their numbers increased was terrifying.
In an unkind and incomplete game, a broadcaster built her base step by step. After hours of listening to it like a radio, she would groan in frustration when things didn’t go well, prompting everyone to send mocking donations and laugh together.
When returning to the game after a break, viewers would find that the once shabby camp had grown astonishingly. If they expressed their genuine admiration in chat, Lee Yena would start explaining, in a slightly elevated tone, how she achieved it.
Repeating this process inevitably ingrained a sense of attachment to the familiar scenes—they became shared memories.
Yet none of those memory-laden items could be seen anywhere.
The fishing rods that had been rendered non-functional but were used as decorations.
The house that was mocked as being worse than a stable but held quite a bit of romance.
The campfire that seemed to whisper the ocarina sound to their ears upon sight.
The makeshift stage made of a pile of stones, declared to be the spot for ensemble performances.
The garden proclaimed to be an orchard after relocating whole vines of harvestable fruits.
All of them had vanished, leaving the rogue alone in a forest almost indistinguishable from the place where he had first respawned.
What on earth was happening?
Dumbfounded viewers only realized where the rogue was after seeing the mouse cursor lingering around the minimap several times, emphasizing the spot.
A golden exclamation mark representing the final destination was twinkling just 2 centimeters from the player.
『What’s that? Isn’t that the hero?』
『???』
『Here at this point?』
『Why come now?』
『Wasn’t this place different yesterday?』
『Is this where the boar spawns?』
『It’s the rally point for joining the hero’s party.』
《Um… I think it’s correct. The hero’s party.》
As Lee Yena moved the mouse, the perspective slowly shifted, revealing tents surrounded by golden borders. People could now be distinctly seen.
The hero’s party, weapons drawn, stood on guard over there.
《Maybe, if we go there… it’ll be the clear, right? The moment the 7-day journey concludes. It was really difficul… yes. It was a difficult challenge.》
-Huuuh.
『Uh』
– “Seriously, clear it?”
– “Was it really that hard? We saw the clear angle in just three hours on the first day, rascal.”
– “Isn’t that a bit rushed?”
– “We decided to raise the wild boar, didn’t we?”
– “When did you come here?”
– “What about fishing? TT”
– “Ah. The wild boar… Right. Umm. Maybe next time… there will be another opportunity, like a DLC coming out. As for here, I arrived yesterday after ending the broadcast. Probably.”
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【Probably = Got too drunk and blacked out, can’t remember well】
“…I feel wronged.”
She quickly spun her view, showing her surroundings. The eerie forest gave an unsettling vibe.
In other broadcasters’ clear videos, arrows rained down, and shouts could be heard from behind.
The chase that should have been tightening up with urgency was nowhere to be found.
While questions about what would happen to scenes like fending off the pursuing enemies right after joining the Hero’s party or the scene where they fought back-to-back saying, “Pretty decent for someone who’s died and come back to life”, bubbled up in the chat.
Lee Yena maintained silence for a moment, looking down at the Hero and his party.
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【Really, is it the -king-? TT It’s getting fun, but it’s too disappointing if this is the end…】
“Hmm… Don’t be too disappointed. It’s not the end; it’s just a brief wrap-up. They say games like this really start after the first clear. We might do it again. And… the allies are waiting, right?”
– “The party they were waiting for probably died of old age, so those must be their descendants.”
– “Why think of allies now?”
– “No way. Now that you’ve started enjoying this, you won’t do it again.”
– “KoK? Is KoK finally appearing?”
– “Let’s at least raise the wild boar before going TT”
– “There’s a fishing mod, right?? We haven’t done proper fishing yet.”
– “You’ll come back for real, right? It’s not abandonment, right?”
– “Kya, this shitty game is finally ending.”
– “If you do this again, you’ll be dead meat.”
– “Okay~ do it again~ let’s see what happens to your WeTogether~”
Reactions filled with attachment poured in. Of course, there were plenty of delighted viewers too – compared to the reaction from the first day of broadcasting ‘The Rogue’, it was unbelievable.
Those repeatedly expressing sadness were even being accused of having Stockholm Syndrome by donations.
But having ignored the voices of 20,000 people who told her not to play this game anymore, there was no way she would listen to the voices asking her to delay the clear now.
The rogue tucked the dagger back into her clothes and firmly pulled out a flute from her waist.
“Well then… shall we go?”
With a pipe in one hand, the rogue deftly descended the steep hill, almost rolling down. As the sound of keyboard keys pressing rapidly to balance on the screen filled the broadcast noisily—
In an absurdly short amount of time, the rogue reached the bottom of the hill.
【Rogue! Is… is it really you? You’re alive—oh, fuck! All, prepare for combat!】
The moment one of the few voice lines in the game came up, accompanied by subtitles:
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『Ah』
『Fuck』
『Read the room, fucker』
『Get lost, fuck』
『Donations during a 7-day game ending, fuck』
『Ah, please turn off the donations』
A donation message, oblivious to the timing, appeared—
Using the chirping voice as background music, the hero raised his shield towards the sky, gritting his teeth and trying to look cool.
Behind him, a mage frantically flapped her robe, casting several fireballs towards an empty ridgeline, and the saintess hurried over to the untouched rogue, casting tears as she healed him.
Meanwhile, the rogue—
—piped
In the midst of the battlefield (or not), was playing a pipe (or not). Was it because of her laughter? What initially seemed like a decent ocarina performance by Lee Yena, quickly regressed into coarse squeaking again.
Nothing was done right. Even if it was a mock training, the ridiculously absurd combat was unbearable to watch, and the horrifying music fittingly accompanied it.
Immediately after all that, for some reason, the saintess and hero, suddenly covered in the traces of fierce battles, awkwardly ran up and embraced the player in the video.
【I knew it! I knew, I knew… I knew you would… you would make it here. Praise the Lord, oh, praise the Lord…】
『I knew it! I knew, I knew… I knew you could make it here. Thank you, lord. Thank you so much…』
【So, tell us! What happened? How did you get here?】
『So, tell us! What happened? How did you get here?』
『LOLOLOL LOLOLOL So many things happened, really』
『Where do we even begin to explain』
『Confess quickly, you enjoyed a peaceful countryside life』
『God: I didn’t do anything, actually…』
True to its nature as a crappy game, it ended in a fittingly ridiculous manner.
“Thank you for watching. Thanks to you… it was enjoyable.”
Although the player seemed inexplicably satisfied.
* * * *
『Author: CravingWarmAmericano (👑)』
『Title: I apologize 🤭』
『(Picture)
I ended up succeeding in the challenge. It’s unfortunate. 🥳
But, I can’t lie to my viewers… can I? To lose on purpose, that would be so shameless.
Instead, I’m sharing a picture from the cam. The blue tape is really stuck on tight.
(Picture)
Did I do a good job? Maybe I’m suited for packaging jobs.
I’m not sure when the next broadcast will be. I’ll announce it in advance.
Thank you.』
– I really enjoyed itㅠㅠㅠㅠ The lingering emotions are still… Please do it again next time
– ㄴ What lingering emotions, for crying out loud
– Oh no, a surprise clear in the morningㅠㅠㅠㅠ Please leave a replay
– Look at that tape, stuck on so meticulously you b*stard
– ㄴ It’s really surprising that you expected compliments
– ㄴㄴ Isn’t this just to get a reaction out of us?
– ㄴㄴ Just the excited emoji itself is so annoying
– ㄴㄴ It could just be that they’re genuinely happy about the clear
– The trestle log felt like building a vacation home together, it was so niceㅠㅠ Since it’s not related to the story, please do it again next time
– ㄴ The feeling was really something…
– ㄴㄴ I want to crack those broth-heads with something
– ㄴㄴ Seriously, they all need to have their heads cut off with a greatsword
– But do we not need to use tiers now? (Bronze)
– ㄴ Where’s the tier for professional broadcasters? You b*stard
– Enjoy the challenge but please, never again
– I should have known better than to believe this crazy month would turn on the cam easily… it’s my fault…
– Why post the cam pic? Stop messing around and post your own pic, damn it
– ㄴ Let’s refrain from swearing; this isn’t a forum
– ㄴㄴ The host doesn’t refrain at all
– ㄴㄴ Even Buddha would curse anonymously and leave, lol