A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 20

【New Dimension Gallery】

【Title: Yo, for those interested in PVP, watch this broadcast】

【Author: LionIsStrong】

RiMing.tv/ND_Lene

This ‘Inquisition Officer’ is currently replaying what happened yesterday and explaining it—totally wild!

【Recommended: 2 / Not Recommended: 1】

NewDimGallery1: Going to the stream gallery

└LionIsStrong: No, seriously, just take a look, it’s insane.

ㅇㅇ: PVP is always the same, right? Haha, don’t you just bring some cheating skills or what?

└LionIsStrong: I thought that too, but not at all!

【Title: What the hell, do I wanna kill the guy who recommended that broadcast?】

【Author: ㅇㅇ】

I was shocked to hear a female voice as soon as I entered, then I almost threw up when I heard it’s a guy using a voice changer.

Even though they said the content is amazing, I tried to listen a bit, but there was nothing good, you bastard!

Why would you recommend something like this?

【Recommended: 2 / Not Recommended: 1】

NewDimGallery1: It’s gay, right? Haha

Cigaret: I bolted as soon as I heard that voice changer, damn! Haha

LionIsStrong: Haha, did you really believe that? I’m not the only one getting tricked here.

【Title: Just brought some clips from that ‘guy’s’ PVP yesterday】

【Author: ㅇㅇ】

(Inquisition Officer Rene broadcast.mp4)

[If you watch here, you see that this heretic goes poof and disappears…?]

─I don’t get it.

[Umm, anyway, it means he used a Back Attack skill, which obviously means you gotta swoosh and shwak!]

What the hell does swoosh and shwak mean, damn! Haha

【Recommended: 43 / Not Recommended: 36】

Aitaxia: I’m dizzy, for real.

└Aitaxia: Why is this guy even broadcasting???

Rimoten: At least explain it in a way we can understand…

NewDimGallery1: So you figured out he used a Back Attack and got behind him, so if you dodge that attack, you’re good, right?

└ㅇㅇ: Hurry up and go interpret for that guy on his stream.

NewDimGallery2: So that voice is really a guy using a voice changer?

└ㅇㅇ: (Yes, sure)

★

[Rene]

[Recapping the Inquisition]

[New Dimension | 15 viewers online | 0:36:21]

As I wrapped up the recap, the viewers had grown to 15.

Was it because I provided quality information?

I felt a sense of pride in myself.

“Everyone, do you have any stories you want to hear more about?”

─No, I didn’t even understand what you just said.

“I thought it was basic, but was it too hard…?”

Well, I guess.

No matter how easily I explain it, if the levels are completely different, it might be tough to grasp.

I should try to explain it a little clearer.

“Hmm, to summarize easily, you can run faster in New Dim, right?”

─We usually run to get faster, teacher…

“No, it’s different, right? The running speed in reality and the running speed in New Dim are not the same? Swoosh! That’s the system correction at work. So how you move when you’re not using skills is more important than using the skills well.”

─Damn, somebody get rid of those stupid onomatopoeia.

─Couldn’t you just say the second part of that?

“Hmm, maybe that’s enough.”

Why is the response so bad?

I’m pretty sure I received plenty of donations earlier and the vibes were good.

─I barely understood half of what you said.

─What the hell is this guy saying?

─Mararico, you lost to this guy?

=‘This is really something,’” user ‘That’sJustEpic’ donated 1000 won.

Wow, I’m actually learning something amazing here. I wanted to rank up in PVP anyway.

─Is this really the basic?

─Looks like a loyal fan showed up, haha.

─Get lost, loyal fan!

─Does my definition of basic differ from yours?

─What the hell is the advanced course then?

…Oh, I see, they were pulling my leg.

I got fooled.

But it didn’t feel too bad.

Even while joking around with me, it seemed like they were enjoying the broadcast since I already had 8 followers.

─So are you really a guy?

─Could you please clarify all the shit you’ve caused in the gallery so far?

Anyway, as the recap broadcast ended, viewers started asking me about myself.

I feel a bit bad saying this, but it was way livelier than when it was just Lainel and Moriarty.

Those two did consistently chat the other day, but there were moments when the chat dried up.

“Yes, I’m a guy. I’m using a Voice Changer… I’ve definitely never caused trouble. I really don’t get why you’d call me a troublemaker when I’m trying hard to redeem this heretic…”

─Then do you have any cult other than the Elun Cult?

“Umm….”

Well, it wouldn’t be bad to bring up Iya’s name here, but… judging by the atmosphere, I’d probably just get comments like, ‘What the hell is that, you nerd.’

So it’d be better to slip by smoothly than to evoke opposition from them.

“God exists… in your hearts…”

─In my heart, there’s the Elun God.

“Found a heretic. Banning you for 3 minutes.”

─What the hell…

“Anyway, I wrapped up the recap roughly… so what should we do now?”

Given the vibe, it might be good to do a PVP session or perhaps show off a bit with some AOS mode.

We already finished this week’s Tagirion Raid…

While I was thinking about that, a surprisingly unexpected comment popped up in the chat.

─Can we do something other than New Dim?

Moriarty definitely said something like that in the last broadcast.

Aren’t these people from the New Dim Gallery?

I thought they’d want to see something related to New Dim.

In fact, it seemed like quite a few people wanted to watch something other than New Dim.

Why is that?

“Everyone, don’t you want to see New Dim…?”

─Just keep doing PVP.

─We came to watch New Dim anyway.

─What’s the point of watching someone play New Dim every day, even on their broadcast?

─For real, haha.

The consensus for wanting to see New Dim was about 70%.

The consensus for wanting to see something else was about 30%.

Moreover, the reasons for wanting to watch something else made some sense.

The folks hanging out in the New Dim Gallery often live in different time zones from regular people.

So, they probably don’t need to see things related to New Dim even on broadcasts.

…But Tuni mentioned that it’s really easy to gather viewers if I just stick to New Dim for now, so I guess I’ll save other games for later.

“Alright, I’ll look for something else that I can play later, but for now, I’ll stick to more New Dim….”

─You not planning on doing PVP rank?

Ranked matches, huh.

To be honest, I wasn’t really thinking about it until now.

I thought it’d be a hassle to get serious and compete with others to gain points.

But now that I’ve started broadcasting, ranked matches seem like a pretty solid content option.

When I did a bit of research, I found out that simply raising a streamer’s rank can draw attention in gaming broadcasts.

“…How about we try ranked matches?”

─Let’s go!

─I feel like I’m gonna hit a wall in rank.

─The only one who hits walls is Mararico, haha.

─Didn’t B-rank get wrecked? Are you really feeling a wall?

I think they mentioned that even hitting A-rank only puts you in the top 5%.

Maratang? Maribako? That heretic was a B-rank but had some decent skills, so I figured hitting A-rank would definitely be more fun.

After deciding on PVP ranked matches as the content, I changed the broadcast title and started matching, but I was met with quite a long waiting time.

[Rene]

[Trying out PVP ranked matches]

[New Dimension | 14 viewers online | 0:45:13]

[2:13]

“Usually you get matched in about 10 seconds…”

Two minutes had already passed in the waiting time.

─How come it’s taking so long when no one’s even seen the placements?

─If it’s like this before placements, it could only be one of two things.

And just then, a viewer’s chat caught my eye.

“Two things…?”

Just as I was about to ask for clarification,

[Found an opponent!]

The match was established.

Without hesitation, I accepted immediately.

[Nickname: Mararico | Job: Priest | Level: 32 | PVP Level: 50 | Rank: B]

─Mararico, incoming! Haha

─Damn! Haha

─Is this rigged???

─Seeing a B-rank in placements means PVP is really dead now;

“Oh?”

And who appeared was that heretic from yesterday.

★

Mararico decided to treat what happened yesterday as just a natural disaster, thinking to herself.

Just like how sometimes there are things you can’t avoid no matter how hard you try, the incident from yesterday was something that simply couldn’t be helped.

She made a silent vow to let go and shake it off.

Since she had also thrown out enough hamburgers in the gallery, she’d received gratitude and not complaints.

She took note of the Inquisition Officer’s IP right after the PVP ended yesterday, and since he didn’t do ranked matches in PVP, she figured she wouldn’t see him again.

So she could just consider what happened yesterday as an unavoidable incident, and Mararico could laugh and move on.

She absolutely had to.

But the one mistake Mararico made was forgetting one universal truth:

[Nickname: Inquisition Officer | Job: Traveler | Level: 70 | PVP Level: 50 | Rank: ]

Once something happened once, it could happen again.

“…Damn.”

Kkang!