Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 178

It took a whole day for Arthur’s video to land on the Korean community.

I squinted as I observed the reactions in the Deron Online gallery.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[Is the Korean Holy Sword duo real…?] [15]

(Yeo throwing a belly punch at Jupiter in a gif)

Soft lower belly massage, hahaha!

[Comments]

[OMG, LOL!]

[LOL, they’re totally bickering!]

[Why are they suddenly fighting?]


– [They’ve always been rivals.]


– [But Sparrow helped the Blood Demon King’s guild…]


– [Looks like the Blood Demon King felt threatened and retaliated, lol.]


– [That’s just a duel. Aren’t they just messing around because they’re friends?]

[You have to see this video, it’s hella funny!]


– [Ohh, I agree, LOL!]

[Are they dating?]


– [OMG, LOL!]

I frowned as I checked the post and comments. The reactions I had expected weren’t showing up.

Where are the posts praising my skills? The ones criticizing Jupiter for losing?

Why do they see Jupiter in such a better light? Why, for heaven’s sake?

I continued to check the next posts.

[This video convinced me.] [20]

(Image of a mashup of Jupiter and Sparrow)

The gallery owner is our little Sparrow…

How could she throw such a brutal punch at a cute middle school girl?

Blood Demon King… you’re finished.

[Comments]

[I agree!]

[Honestly, I thought the Blood Demon King was a bit washed up, lol.]


– [Right? Can’t argue with that, lol!]


– [Jupiter has this raw cuteness, haha!]


– [These guys were cursing Jupiter so much, and now the public opinion flipped in an instant, lol.]


– [But she was said to be a frail middle school girl, lol.]


– [For real, a middle school girl can’t be that good at the game, can she?]


– [Maybe she just wants a dual-wielding sword? I would’ve given her one right away!]

[Twitter, LOL!]


[Twitter, LOL!]

Why, why is Jupiter’s public image getting better?

I bit my lip. No matter how much I refreshed, there was no post criticizing Jupiter’s skills.

[Isn’t the Blood Demon King going a bit too far?] [5]

(Image of Yeo, smiling with a Demon Sword raised beside fallen Jupiter)

Getting enjoyment out of brutally beating a friend who’s worse at the game is chilling.

What could possibly be so good about it?

[Comments]

[For real, this made me recall the evil nature of the Demon Clan.]


– [After seeing this, I’d reincarnate just to protect our little Sparrow.]


– [Sweet, haha!]


– [Seems like the wicked nature of the Demon Clan is on full display.]


– [Poor little Sparrow…]

“Sigh…”

A breath of frustration escaped my lips.

Jupiter can’t play? A wicked demon picking on someone weaker than herself?

Me?

Even though I’m playing in the Demon Clan faction, a user as kind as me is rare in Deron.

It seems that the skills of ordinary players are invisible to those who lack them.

Rubbing my increasingly warm forehead, I began to write a post.

I had a dummy account that I had made for moments like this.

It’s an account I used occasionally in the Deron gallery, which meant the posts were pretty clean.

I also used a completely different pattern for the ID to evade tracking.

To change public opinion, I first needed to let everyone know about Jupiter’s skills.

[Looks like these guys don’t know Jupiter’s skills, haha.]

Sparrow? Chirp chirp? Did you watch that video of her fighting?

No ordinary player could ever fight evenly with the Blood Demon King, haha.

Jupiter is actually good at the game.

I wrote the post, double-checking it. I focused on complimenting my opponent Jupiter and kept my own story to a minimum.

It was a post focusing on Jupiter’s abilities.

Not long after I posted it, comments started pouring in.

[Comments]

[Really? Jupiter’s actually skilled? Haha.]


– [Isn’t Jupiter a develop account? They’ve been getting trashed for being bad, after all.]


– [Maybe the merciless Blood Demon King just went easy on her?]


– [Omg… Poor little Sparrow, I feel ya! T_T]

[Honestly, I can’t say Jupiter’s skills have inflated without feeling guilty, haha.]

This wasn’t the response I was hoping for. But I expected it.

It seemed that the dizzying battle before their eyes was invisible to regular people.

I began to refute the comments.

[Comments]

[Really? Jupiter’s actually skilled? Haha.]


– [For real, yeah, she’s skilled. If we were in the arena, she’d easily be in the top 3.]


– [Isn’t Jupiter a develop account? They’ve been getting trashed for being bad, after all.]


– [Maybe the merciless Blood Demon King just went easy on her?]


– [Omg… Poor little Sparrow, I feel ya! T_T]


– [Are these guys really seeing straight? It was an actual fair fight!]

[Honestly, I can’t say Jupiter’s skills have inflated without feeling guilty, haha.]

– [If you have eyes, take a good look. They were genuinely fighting at the start of the video.]

How long had it been since I posted that reply? It couldn’t have been more than a minute.

Once I made that reply, more comments piled below.

[Honestly, I can’t say Jupiter’s skills have inflated without feeling guilty, haha.]


– [If you have eyes, take a good look. They were genuinely fighting at the start of the video.]


– [Two genuine battle cries (Hayaah!) (Hiyoah!), and real belly punches (Ohh ohh ohh!), lol.]


– [So cute, LOL! Chirp chirp, haha!]


– [They’re just messing around; seriously, come on!]

“Phew…”

As I scanned the flood of reactions below, I felt a sudden surge of heat to my head.

Indeed, it seemed that regular folks viewed it that way.

I didn’t know how they perceived it, but at least Jupiter and I were serious.

With swords aimed at each other, we swung without yielding an inch, pride on the line.

To say we were just goofing off was an insult, not just to me, but to Jupiter as well.

So I wrote another reply below.

– [They’re just messing around; seriously, come on!]


– [Look closely at when they first clashed, the sharpness gleaming in their eyes isn’t imaginary. They really have levels!]

After posting that comment, I suddenly realized I had gotten too heated.

In my frenzy, aggression seeped into my words.

At that moment, a notification popped up on my phone’s screen about a reply.

I hastily refreshed the page to check the comments below mine.

– [They’re just messing around; seriously, come on!]


– [Look closely at when they first clashed, the sharpness gleaming in their eyes isn’t imaginary. They really have levels!]


– [Isn’t this Jupiter? The skill inflation’s a bit much, haha!]


– [For real, lol, it seems like it. I see you’re on a dummy account!]


– [Even so, how could our little Sparrow compete with the Blood Demon King? Even the VRS pros lost to her.]


– [Chirp chirp, our Sparrow was defeated, haha!]


– [So cute, LOL!]

“What the…!”

I was greatly startled at the flood of comments. I hadn’t been caught, but I was mistakenly thought to be Jupiter.

And just like that, the post rushed its way to becoming a popular one.

Those damn fools were slamming the upvote button like there was no tomorrow.

Leaving a post that could lead to others misunderstanding me wasn’t a great idea.

After confirming that the post had vanished, I thought I was safe, but while checking for other opinions, a new post appeared.

[Wasn’t it just the little chirper who deleted that post? Haha!] [24]

(Containing the content of the deleted post and comments as an image)

(I screenshot of Jupiter holding the Holy Sword high)

Asking if it was Jupiter caused a quick deletion, LOL!

Little Sparrow is still blabbering about being a gaming master, lol!

[Comments]

[Chirp, LOL!]


– [Chirp chirp was defeated, haha!]


– [Bickering chirp chirp, LOL!]


– [Squeak squeak, chirp chirp, LOL!]


– [Waka-hah, lol!]


– [Gallery owner is leading the public opinion war, lol!]


– [This isn’t even of this world’s cuteness;;]


– [Passed…]


– [What’s passing, though?]


– [I’ve put her up as my bride candidate; the first one’s the Blood Demon King.]


– [You lunatic;]


– [I added her to mine too.]


– [Then we’re enemies, huh…?]


– [Enemies agreed, LOL!]

[Why isn’t Sparrow showing her armpits?]


– [For real, haha!; If the armpits aren’t showing, she’s not a gallery owner.]


– [I’d change armor types right away, haha!]


– [You fools are making a scene, LOL!]


– [Now we might have to register words to block Sparrow too.]


– [You think blocking matters? Haha!]


– [When are you guys going to go and come out? What even is a gallery owner, you morons…]


– [Yeah~ you go and come out~]

[The comments will soon be in chaos.]


– [Did everyone just take some medication? Are they really speaking Korean?]


– [There are so many of these “moonged” patients, LOL!]

“OMG…!”

I hurriedly logged out of the account.

I hadn’t been caught, but I was being misidentified as Jupiter.

Then it hit me, perhaps I could leverage this situation to steer public opinion in my favor.

A wicked thought crept into one corner of my mind.

“Hmm…”

The bad ones aren’t me, it’s you all.

So…

My fingers quietly moved to click the login button.

In that moment, however, I quietly shook my head.

Even if I had no direct intention, impersonating someone else—I couldn’t accept that for my pride’s sake.

I quietly created a new account.

*

While Hayun was checking the public opinion in the Deron gallery, Ellie was also scanning the sentiment in Deron gallery.

Ellie’s small lips wiggled as her eyebrows twitched like waves.

Feeling very good, her short legs were swinging back and forth wildly.

“Hehe.”

Ellie was in a good mood. Though her skills weren’t acknowledged, many people in the Deron gallery were presenting her as the new owner of the gallery.

The feeling of overcoming a rival and standing at the top was exhilarating.

Though she had regrettably lost during that match, she had won in another battle.

Then, Ellie’s eyes caught a post.

[Wasn’t it just the little chirper who deleted that post? Haha!] [66]

It was a post that had made its way to the popular list.

Ellie clicked on that post and read the content.

“Hooh…”

Ellie thought.

There are people with eyes to see. Even if everyone was denying her skills, that one person enshrined in this post had acknowledged her.

‘My follower…’

Ellie searched for that user’s nickname and jotted it down.

[FluffyHamster – My follower]