Chapter 450

As soon as Seong said that, the viewers started going wild again.

An insane fight had just happened—and they’re going straight into the next one?

It had every ingredient people could possibly get excited about.

-Let’s goooooooooooo!!

-Wow, at this point I don’t even care who wins ??????????

-This is seriously so fun ????????????

-?????????? honestly, it’d be fun even if they just kept fighting each other.

-This is so true ??????????

-And there’s a Part 2 broadcast after this too— is that actually real????

-Wait, what, you do a broadcast this packed and there’s still a Part 2??????

-Holy shit, what is this, Black Friday?????????

-For real.

While people were losing their minds and waiting for the next match—

Seong stopped them.

The next match would be great, sure.

But wasn’t there something to take care of first?

“First, everyone, calm down. It’d be nice to go straight into the next match, but Kyou’s a little exhausted, so we’re going to take a short break.”

At Seong’s words, everyone had no choice but to agree.

That match just now had been even more intense than Embris and Reaper’s.

Of course he needed rest.

After a fight like that, it was only natural you’d need time to recharge before doing it again.

Everyone knew that.

So there was no riot-like incident.

-Ah;;;;;

-We were being too selfish.

-??????????

-Yeah, he should rest.

-Not just anyone can pull off a fight like that. Even if it’s Kyou or Reaper, they still need a break.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Oh, obviously.

-Okay, let’s cool down a bit.

-If we keep going like this, we’re seriously gonna die ????????

-For real ??????????

-Is this actually real???

-?????? It really is something that makes no sense.

Even hearing that there’d be a short break made the viewers happy.

Seong left those viewers behind,?and thinking he should stall for time for Kyou, he looked at the viewers and said,

“Hmmm, then since we’ve got time... should we do a short Q&A?”

At Seong’s words, the viewers naturally exploded.

-YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

-YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

-Please hurry!!!!!!!!!!!!

-We’ve got so many questions!!!!!!!!

-Always welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-???????????????

-Look at everyone talking like they’re desperate ?????

-???????? we really do have a ton to ask, though.

As people pushed forward like that,

Seong scratched his cheek lightly as he watched them.

He’d done this last time too—did they really have that many things to ask?

Seong didn’t really get that feeling.

But he figured there must be, and nodded.

I mean—what else could you do?

“Umm, first, how should I take the questions...?”

Just as he was wondering how to take them—a loud voice notification rang out on the broadcast.

Ding—!

[Coolgiakkim has donated $10,000.]

[Won’t you decide what to call the Demon King’s fans???]

“????”

Seong just stared with a blank, bewildered face at the sudden alert.

Like, what is this?

So he looked at the broadcast and asked,

“What is this?”

Seeing Seong so confused, the viewers were too busy laughing.

-?????????????

-??????? Come to think of it, this is the Demon King’s first donation ????

-The set amount is brutal ???????

-Yeah, true???

-He usually blocks it.

-?????????? He saw his chance and paid to ask a question.

-????????? $10,000 ????

Judging by the reactions, it seemed they’d used the feature where you can donate money and then send a voice message question.

And they’d done it while spending more than ten million won.

Seong couldn’t understand it.

But anyway, to answer—

“Umm, you mean the subscriber title? Like... a nickname?”

When Seong reacted like that,?the viewers couldn’t help but feel good.

It felt like communication that hadn’t really existed before had finally opened up.

-YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

-YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

-Yeah, like a subscriber nickname.

-Everyone has one these days.

-Most people do.

-????????????

-When you see stuff like this, you can really tell the Demon King’s a newbie.

-???????????

-Right? It’s kind of cute.

Since the viewers were teasing him a little,

Seong got a bit embarrassed, but—so what?

Isn’t this how you learn?

Thinking that, he hesitated for a moment, then asked back since nothing came to mind.

“Um... is there a good one?”

Seong wasn’t very talented at naming things, so he asked that—and the notification sound rang again.

Ding—

[Jadongdollim has donated $20,000.]

[How about “Demon King’s Army”? ???]

At that alert, the viewer comments got flooded with ?.

The Demon King is broadcasting, and they’re followers of the Demon King—

“Demon King’s Army” really did fit perfectly.

So Seong, apparently liking it quite a bit too, smiled and replied,

“‘Demon King’s Army’ sounds good. Then from now on, I’ll call you all ‘Demon King’s Army.’”

It was decided on the spot, but—once Seong said it,?the viewers were thrilled.

-Oh yeah!!!!!!

-??????? Finally got a subscriber nickname ???????

-But it’s Rapid Guild—can the Demon King even decide a nickname??????

-??????? Guilds usually have different fan nicknames depending on the user, so it’s fine.

-??????? The Demon King is basically feeding Rapid Guild, so calling the subscribers Demon King’s Army is probably fine too.

-????? That’s true.

As everyone got so excited,

Seong was smiling too, like he was in a pretty good mood.

And watching Seong like that, Helena smiled as well.

‘I couldn’t do that.’

She felt a bit of regret.

Back then, people pointed at her and called her the Demon King, and she did nothing but hide.

But Seong revealed it to everyone and lived openly and cheerfully with them.

Of course, the situation and public perception were different from Helena’s time—but Helena had even had the power to create an era like this.

That was why it felt regretful.

If she’d thought a little more about people, and about her vassals—would the world have changed?

That thought made her feel a little sad, but—what could she do now?

If anything, it was fortunate.

‘Because of Seong, I was able to learn things like that.’

Thinking that maybe she liked the present more, Helena nodded.

And as she watched Seong and the viewers go back and forth with questions and answers, she nodded along too.

The viewers asked Helena various things too, and she answered what she could.

While Seong was having that happy Q&A time—people who weren’t watching for entertainment began to move.

3.

The ranker gathering was, truly, a very busy time.

A bloody rotation of swapping backup teams.

Scarlett, who could be called the leader, watched the broadcast and analyzed quickly.

The others were secretly sending forces toward where Seong was, forming an encirclement while doing their best not to get noticed.

Keeping it completely under wraps as they prepared to snare them no matter what.

Even so, Scarlett couldn’t help but feel suspicious.

‘Rapid Guild really didn’t move.’

Even Yuna, who was their top combat power, was far too far away to come here.

So there was no structure where anyone could help Seong and his backup team.

That made it even stranger.

She’d thought there was no way Rapid Guild didn’t know this information.

Could it be they really didn’t?

‘No. They definitely know about our information.’

That was why she’d deliberately used Kim Jinwoo.

Waiting for them to set a trap.

But were they turning that around and using it against her instead?

Were they planning to throw away the Demon King as a disposable piece?

‘No way.’

Right now, the Demon King’s potential is even better than Yuna’s.

And they’d throw away someone like that as a disposable piece?

That made no sense.

So she forced herself to think even more calmly.

What could it be?

But she couldn’t see anything.

And on top of that—

‘They’re fighting for real.’

Kyou’s stamina was drained to the point he needed rest, and they were even stalling with a Q&A.

So he really was exhausted.

And yet they set a trap like this?

‘I told Kim Jinwoo...’

There was no way he hadn’t passed it along.

Then there were only two options.

He passed it along, but the Demon King ignored it and did whatever he wanted—or regardless of what state they were in, they had confidence.

And Scarlett absolutely didn’t believe it was the second.

No matter how famous the Demon King was, he’d have a rough sense of their scale.

There was no way he’d have that kind of confidence.

Which meant only one thing remained.

‘Arrogant.’

Well... he had more than enough qualifications and ability to be arrogant.

Honestly, it was insane that an alliance like this was mobilizing just to strike a single user and that user’s backup team.

If anything, Seong was what you’d call normal.

And Scarlett, who opened the ranker gathering to strike that “normal” Seong, was the abnormal one.

But if they didn’t do this, they couldn’t endure.

‘...Yuna.’

Repeating that hateful nickname in her head,?Scarlett thought,

‘If I can’t break you, then I’ll break your little brother instead.’

Without revealing that hateful intent to anyone—Scarlett moved.

Toward where Seong was.

If that bastard cleared the dungeon this time,?that would be the moment he met his end.

And—

‘This item will be useful.’

Thinking that, Scarlett looked at the item clenched in her hand.

An item that could extract a Sovereign’s power.

An item they’d received support for from the Kingdom of Rieskan during the ranker gathering.

That was why Scarlett was convinced—without doubt—that it could weaken Seong’s power.