Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast-Chapter 355: Conquest, Not Strategy

1.

If someone asks the truth, and you don’t want to reveal it, simply lie and deceive them.

For those who cannot lie, the weight of their choices is different.

But what should someone do if they cannot know the truth and cannot lie?

【Interaction Choices】

[To Bugi-gul, who doubts your control over your power, you...]

Yes.No.I don’t know.Does it matter?

It was a question that couldn't be understood, even upon further reflection.

If she was controlling her power, then any choice other than "yes" would be foolish.

If she wasn’t in control, whether she could answer the question would depend on the situation, which could only be known by facing it.

Either way, it was a pointless question.

[▶1. Yes.]

“Is that so? That’s enough.”

Bugi-gul glanced around at the subordinates who had uttered foolish words, giving them a sharp look.

Dutta, startled, clung to the pack mule's waist, a sight that had become familiar by now.

‘This action also serves a strategic purpose.’

The Great Demon had the ability to devour his subordinates to gain power.

In other words, a part of this game’s victory condition was reducing the number of subordinates he could absorb before gaining enough strength to defeat the Great Demon.

‘I’m not wrong.’

Everything was her will. Her choice.

There was no reason to feel anxious.

 [Story Mode]

The unquenchable lantern.

The sun that wouldn’t rise.

The city of eternal night, illuminated only by lanterns, loomed ahead, and a narration filled the air.

[Night is the time of the demons.]

[Therefore, a city draped in eternal night must truly be a city of demons.]

[The city of the unquenchable lanterns.]

[What secrets lie in this endless night?]

[The inhabitants of the city know the secrets, but do not answer.]

[To the guest who has come to the city.]

[Leave the city before forgetting the sun.]

[The magic of the night enchants the human heart.]

[If you lose your way back, you too will become a wanderer in the city of eternal night.]

The city of the dead.

A place filled only with wandering souls.

Before the gates of the city stood the Silent Swordsman’s army.

What was different now was that the city’s dead souls showed no sign of resistance.

Inexplicable.

Strange beyond measure.

In the face of such an outlandish reaction, even the Silent Swordsman’s army halted their advance.

 [Player Mode]

Nighttime was imbued with a sinister magic.

The pack mule had warned of this.

“Unnatural environments usually come with strong curses. If you’ve experienced the Mountain of Suffering, you would know this well.”

The half-demon army, including the mighty right arm who had once suffered under a curse that shattered his lower body, nodded in agreement.

Curses were terrifying.

Especially when they were so vast and powerful that they could fill an entire field.

“Does this city also carry such a curse?”

“Most likely, yes. Yacheonmyeongryang. What do you think?”

“It’s clearly abnormal. A powerful legacy is spread across the entire city.”

The Silent Swordsman thought.

This was a clue to the <Challenge>.

At the same time, she thought.

Having unlocked all three anomalies, was it necessary to be bound by the high-level clear conditions?

If she could kill only the city’s demons, that would suffice.

There was no need to be entangled with the dangers or secrets of the night.

“If it’s like the Mountain of Suffering, there will be a medium for the curse! Find the medium and destroy it quickly, and we can break the curse!”

The cowardly one, having witnessed so many dead, had come up with a surprisingly logical strategy.

Dutta’s strategies were always reliable in moments like this.

“...Still, it’s scary to go in first! We don’t know under what conditions we’ll fall under the curse, so we should send in the new recruits first!”

Of course, his courage lasted only for a moment.

-LOL

-Dutta’s being Dutta again

-I missed this atmosphere

-Feels like we’re back to the usual Ban-Yo-Gok

-Why is today’s stream so immersive?

-Probably because of the atmosphere created by the Silent Swordsman

-For real, it’s like being pummeled for 10 minutes before finally snapping out of it

“If the lord allows, I will lead the cavalry and stir up the city.”

At Dutta’s cowardly words, the enemy knight also found courage and made a suggestion.

“The Demon cavalry is fast, so even if we fall under the curse, we can react swiftly.”

It wasn’t just the mighty right arm who had embarrassed himself during the previous battle.

The enemy knight, who had been chased after being defeated by the crocodile commander, also blamed himself for losing an arm of the lord due to his own inadequacies.

There was a visible determination to seize the opportunity for vengeance.

【Interaction Choices】

[Before attacking the city, you...]

Send in the Extreme Bear General and the Capital Defense Corps. (Morale: Normal)Send in the Enemy Knight and the Demon Cavalry. (Morale: High)Send in the Mighty Right Arm and the Fallen Demon Legion. (Morale: Low)Send in the Yacheonmyeongryang and the Guest Demon Legion. [Unavailable] (Morale: Very Low) (Fear: Very High)Lead the entire army into battle.Enter alone.Enter with only elite forces.

This city hid some kind of gimmick.

Rationally speaking, it would be wise to send in the sacrificial pawns first and observe the aftermath.

A gimmick is frightening when it is unknown.

Once its identity is revealed, it is no longer scary.

It’s easy to guess how to avoid it once its nature is understood.

‘But there are no sacrificial pawns.’

Most high-level challenges had gimmicks in every field.

She had never been afraid to face the unknown.

That had been the Silent Swordsman’s journey up until now.

[▶5. Lead the entire army into battle.]

Quick and decisive.

Push through with force.

With the commands of the commanders of each legion, an army of over a hundred thousand marched toward the city.

 Marcus is a streamer who specializes in sports genres within virtual reality games, a rarity in the United States.

He had previously run over 100 broadcasts focusing on Ban-Yo-Gok攻略.

-Speedmaster beats it faster.

-That guy only takes shortcuts!!

-When it comes to civilian-friendly攻略, Marcus is the best.

Among the players and viewers, his nickname was “Civilian-Friendly Streamer!”

He, through persistent effort, had become a mainstream intellectual streamer, unlike Eom Gil-dong, who reproduced the physicality of a physical streamer.

‘Ah, he’s doing that all wrong.’

Marcus was itching to give advice.

The city of the unquenchable lantern.

This field had the lowest selection rate among the special forces' advance paths to attack the Great Demon.

It was unpopular, dangerous, and had a low success rate!

But because the field events blocked all other routes, the players who had no other choice but to target this one were now forced to try their hand here, and Marcus accepted the challenge.

And he figured it out.

‘The ghost residents aren’t physical demons, so killing them is useless.’

The [N O V E L I G H T] ghosts resurrected as quickly as they were killed.

Trying to resolve this by fighting would never work.

Even worse, staying in the city would continuously increase mental corruption.

Once the corruption reached 100%, the character would lose control and turn into an NPC.

If not escaped within a set time, the player would become a monster and lose the game!

This was a late-game field with a high difficulty trap.

‘To avoid corruption, we have to quickly break through to the gate and escape.’

No time to waste.

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If distracted by gold, gems, rare delicacies, or handsome men and women, it would be the end.

‘Is today the day I see the end of the Silent Swordsman’s first run myth in Ban-Yo-Gok?’

Marcus eagerly anticipated.

He looked forward to seeing the Silent Swordsman lose her character and fall apart.

‘Huh?’

But what he didn’t know was how bad the Silent Swordsman was feeling right now.

Gold, gems, or rare delicacies?

None of it had any value in front of her.

The Silent Swordsman’s army charged relentlessly through the city.

Thundering hooves trampled pedestrians, and fiery arrows streaked across the city’s night.

The screams of the resisting ghosts echoed throughout the city, followed by death and destruction.

Stalls were overturned, street vendors set ablaze.

Homes crumbled with their possessions, and ghostly forms resembling handsome men and women scattered amidst the ghostly sounds.

‘What?’

Having fulfilled the request of the palanquin carrier, she secured the mode of transport, the <Palanquin>, and after hearing the gatekeeper’s request, she made her way across the defensive area to the exit.

The grand premise of Marcus’s攻略 began to collapse in real-time, from the very foundation.

Burn it all down, break it, and there was no need to worry about NPCs' opinions.

Regenerate?

If you slaughter faster than they regenerate, who cares.

-Why is this such a free pass?

-Does it just all clear?

-Is this field originally this easy?

Marcus let out a bitter laugh.

“I wasn’t failing the攻略, I just wasn’t doing it.”

There’s a difference in rank.

True power doesn’t strategize—it conquers.

Before the Silent Swordsman, even the city of the unquenchable lanterns couldn’t escape her rule.