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Battle Minesweeper.
Mark 2, who had taken her first step into this unfamiliar game, looked around the world with innocent eyes.
Square tiles made up the platforms, with terrain features and objects growing between them, NPCs and other competing players hiding all around.
‘Difficult. Mark 2 doesn’t know what to do.’
For a beginner like Mark 2, this environment was far too unfamiliar.
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"!!"
Two of the eight surrounding tiles contained mines.
Shocked by this startling fact, Mark 2 turned her path around to the opposite side.
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"!!!"
She was at an impasse.
Wherever she went, she couldn’t avoid the mines.
Like a newly born cub frightened by the slightest growl, Mark 2 was just as fearful.
She froze stiff, like a lion startled by the growl of a small puppy!
"Wow, that person is really pretty."
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"!"
"Hey, wanna team up? I’m pretty good at Battle Minesweeper."
Mark 2 desperately needed help.
She nodded and gestured for the player to hurry over, and the player eagerly approached.
Click.
"Ah."
Boom!
[Flag-planting Master has exploded.]
[Remaining players 97]
Even the Minesweeper masters couldn’t escape the explosive luck!
As the fragments of the body scattered, explosions continued in a few adjacent tiles, but thanks to that, Mark 2 could figure out which areas were dangerous and which were safe.
A light of realization glimmered in Mark 2's eyes.
‘So this is how you play this game.’
She lures another player to step on the mines for her.
Then she can advance safely without stepping on a single tile!
It was similar to the things she had learned from watching Ha Eung Eung’s unconscious delegation and Ujiwoo and Lee So-hye’s shuttle runs these past few months!
‘Victory. Mark 2 has grasped the secrets of Minesweeper. Maybe I’m a genius.’
Instead of practicing light body techniques, Mark 2 had started learning the art of manipulating others into stepping on the mines, becoming a queen bee in her gameplay.
2.
Mark 2’s act of playing the Silent Swordsman was surprisingly successful.
"Why is your nickname Mk-II?"
"Because I want to be."
"Is there a sub-account in virtual reality games too?"
"Maybe it’s possible for the Silent Swordsman?"
"I shoot beams from my horn, so creating a sub-account is probably fine."
As Mark 2 pointed to the tiles ahead, two players, panting, rolled onto the tiles.
"I’ll step on it!"
"Don’t be silly! The reward is mine!"
While others hesitated, fearing the explosions, these two crazed worker bees dived in, throwing their bodies onto the tiles!
With her great agility, Mark 2 outpaced the first player to land and approached them to pat them on the back, rewarding them with a reaction.
"Heh heh heh!"
"Ugh, if I had stepped on it 0.3 seconds earlier, I would’ve won!"
Though they admired the Silent Swordsman, the players weren’t willing to abandon their pride to that extent. They kept a few steps back, sticking ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ their tongues out.
Boom
Boom
[QboomWboomMom'sOutfitboom has exploded.]
[Remaining players 55]
[EyeContactMeansMarriageBoom has exploded.]
[Remaining players 54]
Of course, these reckless workers couldn’t survive for long.
After losing her two faithful workers, Mark 2 looked at the players following her with dejected eyes.
"Ugh, it’s starting again!"
"Stop, Yalal!"
"Don’t look at me. You’ll fall under my charm!"
The players desperately turned their heads or closed their eyes to avoid her gaze.
Curiosity is the original sin that even Adam and Eve couldn’t escape.
After a brief moment of turning away, some players, wondering if the Silent Swordsman’s charm was really that amazing, lifted their heads.
"Heh!"
The look in her eyes, filled with sadness and regret, was like that of a beautiful widow who had lost her husband in battle.
A woman cast into a harsh world without anyone to protect her or depend on!
And predators like wolves, seeking their own pleasures, with no responsibility!
‘Right, if I don’t protect the Silent Swordsman, who will? I have to protect her from those wolves!’
‘If this were another game, maybe, but in Battle Minesweeper, one wrong step and you explode. Even the mighty Silent Swordsman might tremble like a lamb.’
‘The greatest swordswoman of the realm is now a helpless, weak player in Battle Minesweeper, relying only on my help? How can I tolerate this!!’
In just 10 seconds, the three workers, as if enchanted, came forward voluntarily.
The terrifying queen bee swordsman who made 10 worker players explode!
If she’s not the Silent Swordsman, then I have no confidence in surviving in this world!
Faced with this unreal terror, viewers concluded that it was better for Mark 2 to just be the Silent Swordsman.
Thanks to that, Mark 2’s performance as the Silent Swordsman was a huge success with no effort required.
[Current viewers - 17,520]
In her first broadcast, surpassing 10,000 viewers on a sub-account?
This success naturally reached Lee Da-hye, the host of this map who had opened up viewer-participation content.
"Wow... unbelievable. I came in thinking it was just a joke, but it’s really happening."
Lee Da-hye was overwhelmed with emotion.
"There! There’s the Silent Swordsman!"
"Wow! The Silent Swordsman!"
"She already has a bunch of followers! With so many followers, she must be the Silent Swordsman!"
"Maybe they just gathered because she’s pretty."
"No, look over there! Even the Evil Eom Gildong gang is sitting quietly like little rabbits!"
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The Eom Gildong gang, sitting obediently like jumping rabbits, stared at the Silent Swordsman!
Even against Lee Da-hye, who was stunning enough to not fall behind anyone, the Evil Eom Gildong gang’s submissive attitude was unmistakably the true nature of their master, the Silent Swordsman.
"Um... Silent Swordsman, have you been watching my broadcasts?"
Unlike her usual cool and chic demeanor, Lee Da-hye shyly squirmed, like a girl!
Unlike the Evil Eom Gildong gang, Da-hye’s fans, who wished her happiness, were in a warm atmosphere.
It was the most pleasant it could get, but the opponent was Mark 2.
She was an unpredictable evil streamer with Ha Eung Eung as a parent.
Tilting her head.
"Ah, never mind..."
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But still, Lee Da-hye, not discouraged, tried a few more words.
In this virtual reality world, where her voice and full body were fully observed and senses were linked, women streamers were a rare breed actively participating in such an extreme environment.
‘Most of them go into the adult, underground side...’
The true abyss of VR, surpassing Eom Gildong!
If you can’t endure the slander and insults, it’s impossible to keep broadcasting!
Even with a strong mental state, dealing with those insults makes it difficult to maintain a broadcast atmosphere.
‘Only those with great physical or mental skills survive in women’s streams.’
It’s certainly not easy.
And despite the difficulty, Lee Da-hye, who succeeded, was a top-tier streamer among female streamers but still felt loneliness.
Other male streamers had friends filling their chat boxes, while female streamers found it hard to connect.
Reflecting on the past, tears welled up!
But now, she wasn’t alone.
The greatest new talent with even better physical abilities, the Silent Swordsman, had appeared!
Lee Da-hye had dreamed for so long of adding the Silent Swordsman to her streamer friend list.
A friend with whom she could enjoy games casually!
"So, by the way, would you accept my friend request...?"
Lee Da-hye’s pleading eyes.
A desperate request not to reject her!
Mark 2 thought about it.
What would the Silent Swordsman do?
What would Mama think?
She smiled.
Ah, she’s accepting!
Lee Da-hye’s face, which had been smiling happily, froze.
Boom!
Mark 2, who was crouched like a rabbit beside the Eom Gildong gang, started banging the ground.
Then, she gestured to Lee Da-hye to hurry over.
The meaning of her actions was incredibly clear.
What a way to insult pure goodwill!
Lee Da-hye and her followers felt betrayed by this.