Chapter 205. < Episode 66. Games are best when they are difficult (1). >
1.
How to leave a story in a good broadcast.
In that sense, BJ Grand Mage’s real solo live broadcast was good enough to be called a good broadcast.
– Didn’t there be an advertisement for BJ Grand Mage?
However, as soon as the live broadcast ended, no one talked about the contents of the broadcast.
– uh? really?
b It’s real! No real ads!
The only thing everyone is interested in is that after the live broadcast, there are no advertisements.
It was such a special thing.
– Why? Advertisers didn’t put ads?
b Don’t talk nonsense. The company’s stock price moves depending on whether or not they win BJ Grand Wizard live broadcast ads!
ㄴ It’s not that great, but there are many companies that are annoyed because they couldn’t put advertisements in BJ Grand Mage’s live broadcast. Because BJ Grand Mage puts only one advertisement on the air.
The option of not putting an advertisement in because there was no advertiser did not apply to BJ Grand Mage.
If so, that means there are other reasons.
The stigma of creating rumors did not miss the opportunity.
– Rumor has it that BJ Grand Mage paid a huge amount for advertising and turned everything around?
– From what I heard, they asked for an item, not an advertisement fee. Exclusive Legendary items that only have one or two in the game.
– From what I heard through people I know, BJ Grand Mage is now going to advertise only for his own company after revealing his identity?
All kinds of rumors were born.
Of course, most rumors ended up being rumors.
– Stop the bullshit, it’s just that the amount the advertisers are offering is so pitiful that they just don’t care anymore.
– that’s right. Could it be that the BJ master mage couldn’t get the item because he didn’t have money?
But one thing was certain.
– One thing is certain, no matter what the story is, BJ Grand Mage turned down the ad offer.
That BJ Daemage refused to advertise.
That fact has troubled many people.
‘Going crazy.’
Among them, Jung Hyeon-woo was the one with the most trouble.
‘There’s no way I’d do that just because I’m crazy about refusing advertisements!’
First of all, Jung Hyun-woo himself has never expressed his will to reject advertisements.
Even so, it was unreasonable to say that the Rising Star channel rejected the advertisement.
‘The boss is someone who tries to take care of me somehow.’
So far, the Rising Star Channel has tried to take care of BJ Grand Mage even while giving up their own interests.
But suddenly, the rising star channel ignores the advertisement and rejects it?
In other words, there was a high possibility that there was a problem in the negotiation relationship with the advertiser, not rejection.
‘At that time, I think the problem was that I waited for 10 days.’
And now, what is suspicious is none other than Jeong Hyeon-woo’s last request.
At the request of Jung Hyeon-woo, who needed time to collect frost flowers ahead of the fog maze dungeon attack, Rising Star Channel bought him 10 days of time.
Of course, in the process of buying that time, the pre-agreed advertising schedule must have been modified or renegotiated.
‘This live broadcast was too sudden.’
Moreover, this live broadcast was held in the form of a surprise party after the Maze Dungeon live broadcast.
There was virtually no time to renegotiate.
‘It would have been possible if it was just a small amount of money, but…’
Of course, if the advertising unit price was lowered, it would have been possible.
‘…. That’s just stupid.’
However, to lower the ransom in that way is to lower the brand value of BJ Grand Mage.
For the brand value of BJ Grand Wizard, the Rising Star channel gave up profitability and insisted on independent advertising.
In the end, there was only one result that Jung Hyun-woo came up with.
‘It’s my fault.’
In the end, all of this happened because of Jung Hyeon-woo.
That was the reason.
‘Let’s watch for now.’
The fact that Jung Hyun-woo delayed the option of directly asking the Rising Star channel until later.
Why didn’t you get the advertisement in a situation where it was clear that you were at fault no matter who saw it? Jung Hyeon-woo wasn’t shameless enough to ask.
‘No, it’s not something to just watch and sleep.’
Rather, Jung Hyeon-woo was concerned about what happened next.
‘If this is the case, the next live broadcast should have a much more impact than this one.’
Whatever the case, the incident broke out and many people became interested in the incident and produced all sorts of rumors.
The only thing that could cover up this situation was the impact of the next live broadcast.
‘I did a little more work differently than I planned… … Shall we stick together with 100 ringed monkeys?’
Jeong Hyeon-woo, who was measuring it, let out a long sigh.
‘100 is impossible. The risk is too great.’
No matter how much Jeong Hyeon-woo is, dealing with more than 100 ringed monkeys is a life-threatening task.
70… … No, it’s possible with about 60 of them.’
Jeong Hyeon-woo, who repeatedly lowered the cut-off line, clicked his tongue.
‘But then there would be no impact.’
The way to have an impact is to do something that everyone thinks it shouldn’t be.
In the end, Jung Hyeon-woo had no choice but to keep that in mind.
‘…. If there is a problem after the next live broadcast, I have no choice but to sprinkle rice cakes on the main scenario.’
The most powerful trump card you’ve ever saved.
With that card in mind, Jeong Hyeon-woo stood up.
‘Before that, I have to go to the big stage and clear the quest first.’
2.
The stage tree forest.
The first thing that surprised the players who arrived there was the majesty of the giant stage tree forest.
The next thing that surprised me was the big stage tree located from the center of the stage tree forest.
As the name suggests, there was a city papatu on a gigantic stage that was incomparable to a normal stage tree.
There were two ways to get to Papatu.
“I’m the one who went down the Spirit’s Cave with one hand!”
“If you are a player, of course you should just go up with your bare hands!”
One is climbing a wooden pole about 500 meters above the ground.
“There are a lot of idiots over there.”
“No, why are you going through such hardships while leaving the elevator in good shape?”
The other is to use the elevators made of trees and tree trunks that are provided everywhere.
Of course, the method Midas chose this time was the elevator.
It wasn’t even something to worry about.
‘Oh, thinking about the last Arvia quest makes me feel annoyed. What kind of quest is designed that way, damn it.’
The reason I climbed down the wall of the spirit’s cave the other day was because it was only for one quest.
Moreover, unlike the Spirit’s Cave, you didn’t have to wait long to climb the Big Stage tree this time.
You just have to wait about 10 minutes.
“uh? excuse me!”
For that reason, players reacted immediately to the appearance of Midas, who was heading to the place where the elevator came down.
“It’s the BJ Great Mage!”
“You’re here!”
“BJ Grand Mage, the last live was amazing!”
Players cheered for him who had already achieved a splendid declaration ceremony in the stage tree forest.
At that cheer, Midas’ footsteps stopped.
After that, Midas turned his head to his left.
Panting!
couw!
“I will carry out the operation!”
Then, with Midas as the standard, to his left, Lucky Jackpot and Gold lined up in a row.
Seeing that, Midas shouted while the players tilted their heads as if they didn’t know why.
“I will have a selfie time until the elevator comes. Observe the order!”
Only then did the players understand the situation and move quickly.
Then an amazing thing happened.
uh?
huh?
For the first time, the word “competition rate” appeared in front of BJ Grand Mage.
At that fact, Midas turned his head toward Lucky and Gold with a spirited expression.
‘Finally, my stock price is soaring.’
Of course, the joy did not last long.
“Do it first.”
“No, it’s fine. I’ll come after taking pictures with Lucky and Gold, so do it first.”
“I am really fine. Take a picture first. I just need to hit the jackpot first.”
“Oh, don’t do that, do it first. I’m really fine.”
“Do you think I will be better?”
Midas’s smile had to be distorted in front of the two people who were engaged in a friendly confrontation in front of him.
‘Ah really.’
Still, it was better than last time.
“Let’s just play rock-paper-scissors and decide quickly! The elevator will come down in 4 minutes!”
Another waiter appeared, and the remaining two took turns taking selfies with Midas.
“BJ Grand Mage, please take a picture properly. I’m not going to go so far, but I’ll use it as my SNS main page.”
Unlike the way a child at an amusement park took a picture with a mascot that was not very popular with their parents’ torch even though they didn’t really want to take a picture, this time they showed their sincerity.
“Because of portrait rights, it is difficult to use the SNS main page. Please make my face a mosaic.”
“yes?”
“It’s a joke.”
The atmosphere was also cheerful.
We also exchanged casual conversations.
“I saw the live video the other day and it wasn’t a joke.
“We’ll have to wait and see.”
“Ah, honestly, I think you can graduate right now.”
“I don’t know. Even if you don’t know double digits, the story changes when you start dealing with triple digits.”
“You are more humble than I thought.”
“Yes, I am humble.”
The answer was sincere.
The average number of ringed monkeys that Midas faced during the last live broadcast was 38.4.
Even that was against a group of over 40 when Lucky and Gold took the lead in the early stages, and in the latter half when Midas fought alone, it was in the low 30s.
Dealing with over 100 ringed monkeys in such a situation?
The difficulty is more than three times the number alone!
Because of this, Midas was prepared.
‘It’s impossible to hunt a group of ringed monkeys of more than 100 under my circumstances.’
No such thing.
‘In that sense, the stage tree forest is the best place for me. Because I can figure out the risk before going on stage.’
And I’ve never experienced anything like that.
“The elevator is coming down!”
In front of Midas’ eyes, he saw an elevator descending.
3.
Big Stage The first thing that greeted Midas on the stage was the wooden buildings filled with trees.
There were also quite a few tall buildings.
Most of them exceeded 3 stories, and some of them boasted a height of 20 stories.
“It’s a real fantasy.”
The word fantasy came out of players’ mouths the moment they saw the high-rise buildings built in the far-off place, about 500 meters above the ground.
Same with Midas.
‘Yes, it’s a fantasy.’
He also felt that this game was a fantasy while looking at countless buildings.
Of course, the feeling was different.
The part he feels is the difficulty of the main scenario quest.
‘To find an NPC in a place like this means that the real difficulty of the game is fantasy.’
How hard is it to find a specific NPC in this vast place?
While thinking about that, Midas took a quick look around and tried to move in the direction of the red pillar.
‘huh?’
At that moment, the red pillar of light in the distance began to move.
‘What is it?’
While Midas was taken aback by the situation he was experiencing for the first time, the pillar of light began approaching him at high speed.
in a straight line.
Ignoring the myriad of buildings located here and there.
‘What kind of shit is this again?’
While Midas was frightened by the fact, the pillar of light had arrived right in front of Midas.
It was a shadow that appeared before Midas’ eyes.
Only then did Midas grasp the situation and raise his head.
then it appeared
“Come on!”
A stingray fluttering in the sky like a magic carpet in an Aladdin movie.
“Heavenly stingray!”
“Wow, I never thought I would see this!”
sky stingray.
The atmosphere became noisy with the appearance of the stingray, which was called the devil stingray for players over level 200.
Through the atmosphere, the stingray slowly descended to the bottom as if moving in the sea.
Soon after, the players could see it.
“Who is it?”
“I don’t think you are a player?”
A bronze-skinned man sitting cross-legged on top of a stingray in the sky, wearing a white hood.
NPC Hitoo!
“It looks like you’re the one who came instead of Arvia. Climb at once.”
Then Hitu looked at Midas and said.
Naturally, everyone’s attention was focused on Midas.
‘You can’t panic like a country boy here. I am a BJ master mage. This kind of thing is everyday life.’
In the midst of that gaze, Midas calmed himself down once, then pretended to be relaxed and said.
“Lucky Gold go up first.”
king!
“Yes, Master.
As if this were everyday life, after burning Lucky and Gold, I sneakily looked at the jackpot.
Jackpot followed Lucky and Gold with a hurried stride and climbed onto the sky ray.
Only then did Midas himself get on the sky ray.
Of course, I just didn’t get on.
“I’ve been tired of flying, but this is the first time.”
Midas, who bluffed up on the sky ray, spoke to the other players in that state.
“Now, let’s all have fun.”
4.
A view of the city under the stingray in the sky.
Looking at the scenery, Midas was sincerely grateful.
‘Thank God for not giving me a fear of heights.’
If Midas had a fear of heights, he would be shaking and going crazy right now.
‘Rather than that, I never thought I’d meet Hitu like this.’
On the one hand, Midas’ chest was full of anticipation.
‘Does this feel good?’
Witnesses who witnessed this situation will brag about it in the God Wars community.
The BJ Archmage disappeared riding a stingray in the sky!
Then, naturally, people will expect it.
Anticipation that BJ Grand Mage might be ahead of something huge and intense!
‘Maybe it’s possible to have an impactful live broadcast?’
NPC Hitoo opened his mouth to Midas with such anticipation.
“They say my name is Hitu.”
“My name is Midas.”
“What is your relationship with Arbia?”
“It was a huge help.”
“So you accepted my request on behalf of Arvia. Because she doesn’t give free help.”
Even though it was a short conversation, Midas felt it.
‘This NPC feels good.’
Unlike the NPC Albia, he said that he would be able to have a pleasant conversation with the NPC Hitu.
“Come back to the point. All I asked her to do was to assess the condition of the ringed monkeys. Now that you’ve dealt with ringed monkeys on her behalf, tell me what you think.”
“It was violent and powerful.”
It was then.
[The quest has been completed.]
I heard a sudden notification of the completion of the quest.
Immediately after that announcement, a question flew in.
“Has there ever been a group of ringed monkeys you’ve dealt with that looked like a leader?”
“yes?”
At those words, Midas tilted her head.
‘The ringed monkey has no boss?’
To his knowledge, ringed monkeys had individual differences, but no rank within the group.
Like the red mountain goblins, there was no boss type.
‘no way?’
At that moment, Midas’ senses began to sense something ominous.
“Recently, there are guys who lead a group of ringed monkeys. What’s troubling is that a group of ringed monkeys grows around them. From as little as 100 to as many as more. What I asked Arubia to do was investigate it.”
NPC Hitoo told Midas’ intuition.
“But since you came instead of her…. You are the only one who will do your favor now.”
Midas, your intuition was right.
Midas was frightened by this fact and shouted.
“Wait a minute! At least one hundred?”
‘Crazy, I’m dying even with 50 of them!’
At that question, NPC Hitu nodded and said.
“Some of the groups I found numbered as high as three hundred.”
At that moment, Midas stopped thinking, and the NPC Hitu spoke to him.
“Investigate the group with the leader and collect their blood. If you make a potion with that blood, you will surely find something unusual…. Do you not like it?”
Midas answered that question.
“It can’t be.”
“Good.”
[A new quest has been created in the Main Scenario Quest list.]
Midas realized at the notification that followed.
‘…. Fucked.’
Now is not the time to worry about live broadcasts.
