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◈ The Seven-Time Hero Goes Live ◈

Chapter 14: Julian, the Hero of Interest (2)

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What was the most important thing in a game?

Levels?

That was only half right.

Levels really were king in games.

A level was the symbol of strength, and strength was everything in a game.

But wasn't the purpose of leveling up to become stronger?

What if you could be strong without leveling up?

Then levels did not matter at all.

[Current Watching Constellations: 78]

[Inheritance of Incarnation 'Hero - Yulian']

[0.78% in progress]

'What is this?'

Vwooom...!

Jun-il was dumbfounded as mana rose from both his hands.

'This is several times more efficient.'

That was putting it mildly.

In truth, it was dozens of times more efficient.

'Then why bother leveling up?'

Was this how an office worker who diligently saved every paycheck felt after somehow becoming a dating-show celebrity and trying to sell a few things on Instagram?

All that hard work killing goblins suddenly felt pointless.

'Having lots of Constellations is the best, isn't it?'

In the end, all that mattered was getting lots of Constellations to watch.

'Hmm...'

Jun-il felt he needed to revise his strategy slightly.

'I still need to reach level ten for the quest... but getting stronger through Constellations would be better.'

That night, Jun-il only reached level four.

Even that required wiping out every goblin on that mountain.

"Yaaawn..."

After returning home, he collapsed into bed and fell asleep again.

* * *

The next day.

The moment he opened his eyes, he checked the clock.

"Fuck."

He had slept for twelve hours straight.

"What happened?"

He had never slept this much before.

'Is this really Moon Jun-il, the GPA monster?'

He began to doubt his own body.

[Main Quest #1]

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Reach Lv. 10 within 72 hours!

On failure: Awakening Revoked

On success: Random Item Provided

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[Time Remaining: 37:08:39]

Of the seventy-two hours he had been given, only thirty-seven remained.

All because he slept!

'Could this be because of Yulian's inheritance?'

That was the only thing he could think of.

He was using Yulian's power through Moon Jun-il's body, so naturally it was taking a toll.

'Damn... Still, it would be stranger if there were no side effects.'

Clicking his tongue inwardly, Jun-il first checked the number of Constellations.

'What about the Constellations?'

[Current Watching Constellations: 12]

The number had dropped sharply.

There was no reason to watch someone sleeping, after all.

'Still, it's good that there are some.'

Fortunately, around twelve of them had kept watching.

'But why?'

Thinking about it again, the twelve who had watched him sleep were the strange ones.

- Ah... Sleep a little longer hehe

- The sleepwear looks so nice

- Ah... He woke up ㅠㅠ

Goosebumps ran over Jun-il's skin.

His guess had been right.

'As expected... They're weirdos.'

He already knew all kinds of oddballs existed among the Constellations.

But seeing it live gave him a different impression.

'Of course, I am grateful they kept the count from dropping to zero...'

If his Constellation count had dropped to zero, he might have died.

Maybe he should call them his saviors.

Even if they were a little unpleasant.

'First, a shower.'

He got up with messy hair and headed for the bathroom.

Shhhhh...!

'Huh.'

He had stepped right into the shower out of habit.

But thinking about it, weren't those weirdos watching this too?

- Agh! What's with the censoring?!

- ㅠㅠ Get rid of the steam!

- So annoying

Fortunately, it seemed they could not see everything.

'Whew...'

[Current Watching Constellations: 81]

But why was his audience suddenly skyrocketing?

'Is it not all covered up?'

Jun-il scratched his head.

There was nothing he could do about it.

'Screw it.'

Shhhhhhhhh!

He simply took his shower, deciding that anyone who wanted to watch could watch.

* * *

A little later, Jun-il sat before his computer, roughly drying himself with a towel.

He started by scanning the news.

'Did a major gate open somewhere?'

He was now aiming for something big.

'Maybe monsters stronger than goblins.'

F-rank monsters offered poor experience efficiency, so paradoxically, he needed to kill stronger enemies.

But every article was about goblins.

Nothing particularly noteworthy appeared.

'Still nothing but goblins...'

Instead of continuing through the news, Jun-il searched the internet.

[Search: Line 4 Goblin Slayer]

- Searching yourself? lol

- Lmaooo what's with the ego search

- Jun-il is so cute lol

- So you like it too, huh?

He had searched for the Line 4 Goblin Slayer, his new nickname.

'Let's check my popularity.'

Popularity was practically his lifeline now, so he had no choice but to watch it closely.

There were not as many posts as when he first made the news, but articles and community posts were still pouring out.

'I'm safe for now.'

Among the sites, he found one where mentions of him were especially overwhelming.

'Twenty-eight mentions? What is this place?'

One site had used the exact phrase "Line 4 Goblin Slayer" a full twenty-eight times.

[How to Live as an Awakener]

That was the site's name.

For short, Gaksalbeop.

It seemed to be a community centered around message boards.

People there discussed Awakeners.

[This is how you get to Awakener level five]

[A word of advice for melee classes]

[I just gave up on maintaining my awakening, fuck...]

[Mage classes really are the best, fuck]

'Modern times move fast.'

As a hero who had spent his life wandering medieval worlds, Jun-il was amazed by the pace of modern civilization.

The community was still small, but one had already formed, and people were discussing their awakenings with each other.

There were many interesting popular posts.

'Oh. This is about me.'

To his surprise, the number one post was about Jun-il.

1st) The Goblin Slayer might be real? Even C+ mage classes verified it, holy shit

The post contained a verification photo with the two bulky brothers he had met yesterday.

- Whoa

- Aren't they just used-car salesmen stirring things up for attention? lol

└ For real lol

└ No, there are a fuckton of goblin corpses behind them

- Some girl from that neighborhood verified it too, saying he saved her

- Fuck, is he for real?

- Is he A-rank?

└ Those guys say he is probably close to S-rank, fuck

└ But how did he awaken first? Do S-ranks awaken early too?

It had nearly two thousand views.

'Interesting.'

The users of this community had considerable interest in Jun-il.

That was because they, too, wanted to level up as Awakeners.

Everyone here was not merely avoiding goblins. They were going out to hunt them.

[Verified! Killed a goblin and leveled up lol]

[Killed a goblin and saved an older lady. How'd I do?]

Posts were going up from people verifying their goblin kills.

There were even strategy guides.

Popular Guide!) How to smoothly level up with a duo of mage classes

Jun-il had a feeling those two bulky men had been killing goblins after reading that post.

'Mage classes...'

Those guys had taken great pride in being mage classes.

Now he could see why.

[How the hell are melee classes supposed to kill them??? I seriously can't do this]

[Holy fuck, I nearly died. Don't get close just because goblins are small, insane]

[I hope all those long-range gaslighting bastards die]

The biggest problem in the Awakener community right now was this.

Awakeners with melee combat classes struggled to fight goblins.

'It looks like normal Awakeners, unlike F-ranks, get assigned classes.'

Jun-il was effectively not an Awakener, so he had no class.

But it seemed E-ranks and above at least had classes, and that was creating problems instead.

Under the current meta, melee classes simply could not hunt goblins.

Why?

After reading several posts, Jun-il came to this conclusion.

'They're just cowards, aren't they?'

They were simply scared.

Killing something directly with a sword was frightening.

Honestly, that was only natural.

'Come to think of it, even I struggled to cut a goblin's neck in my first run.'

Even with the hero's buffs piled on him, Yulian had struggled against goblins in his first run.

That was how difficult it was for modern people to kill something with a melee weapon.

'Is that why they're interested in me?'

Coincidentally, this was why community users mentioned the Line 4 Goblin Slayer so often.

3rd) Why L4GS could kill goblins with a box cutter

7th) Analysis of L4GS's melee combat

11th) Melee classes are wine...

'But these guys are just like I was in my first run.'

Jun-il was quietly amused as he empathized with his past self.

Then...

'Huh?'

He found an unusual post.

18th) Guys, fuck, my neighborhood is screwed. If you're going hunting, can you come here and help?

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I'm not joking, my neighborhood is seriously goblin hell.

I don't know why this isn't all over the news. Did all the reporters die too? I'm telling you, this is completely hopeless.

(Link)

If any of you are going hunting, please come help here.

Below are verification photos I took from my rooftop.

(Photo)

(Photo)

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The link led to a map app.

The photos showed a horrifying scene that looked too awful to be fake.

- Holy shit

- How did you survive?

- Is this guy still alive?

- Whoa

- Places like this exist? Fuck

- We would need almost ten mage classes to go clear that place out

- The deceased's final post...

That alone was interesting.

But the real thing was this comment.

- I'll form a party with my friends and go. My potential is S. Just wait a bit.

'S?'

Someone had offered to help.

They claimed to be S-rank.

└ S?? Not even A?

└ Bullshit lol. Is this not a lie?

└ Obviously a lie lol. No S-rank has appeared

Everyone thought it was a lie.

'I think it's real.'

Jun-il saw things differently.

'Could this... be the protagonist?'

If they were S-rank, it was entirely possible.

└ Sir! I'm the poster! Fuck, I'm dying here! Please save me!

└└ Wait, wait. I'm heading out.

The person claiming to be S-rank replied again.

The Constellations showed interest too.

- Oh, what's that?

- That place looks fun lol

- Looks like something big really happened?

- Ah, is Hae-il going there? Hehe

'This doesn't look ordinary.'

Jun-il's instincts as a hero kicked in.

'Is this the place?'

No matter how vast a story's stage was, there was always a place through which the story's current flowed.

Even on that enormous medieval-fantasy continent, only the route the hero's party traveled became the stage.

It was the same here.

The place where the story's current flowed.

'The mainstream.'

There was only one mainstream.

- Myeonmok-dong? It's hot right now

- What is that goblin count?

- Looks like Kang Hae-il is going

- I should go there too lol

- Is Jun-il going too?

The number of gathered goblins was no joke, and the Constellations' interest was considerable too.

'What if I go there and make a showing?'

What if Jun-il performed where many Constellations had gathered?

What if, after resolving the incident, he revealed himself as the Line 4 Goblin Slayer?

'That'd be some serious pumping.'

Pump his level, pump his viewer count.

Was that not killing two birds with one stone?

Jun-il checked the time.

'This was posted twenty minutes ago.'

He could still catch up.

"Myeonmok-dong. I should go."

He stood, deliberately muttering loudly enough for them to hear.

- Ooh

- Is the Goblin Slayer moving?

- Nice, he's going

- The hero arrives, holy shit

- Wow, Jun-il is going lol

- L4GS go go go

- Can an F-rank do it?

- What would an F-rank even do there? lol

Footnotes:

"Melee classes are wine..." uses "wine" as a joke suggesting that melee-class users do nothing but whine.

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