Chapter 125: Chapter 125

Märchen Royal Capital Training Grounds.

Ha-Jin, sitting in meditation, received a whisper.

[Whisper/Hoon -> zl-Zone-Ha-Jin12: I’ll be broadcasting from the Wyvern’s Nest. I’ll handle everything, so don’t worry about it and focus on getting the Dark Lord.]

A whisper from none other than Jeong-Hoon.

“What?!”

Ha-Jin was startled and jumped up from his spot, only to be struck on the back of the head by a wooden sword.

Crack!

“You brat! I gave you a chance because I liked your willpower, even though everything else was lacking, and you can’t even handle this much?!”

Then came Caryan’s scolding voice.

“I-I’m sorry.”

“Focus! If you lose focus one more time, there will be no more chances!”

“Yes, sir!”

Ha-Jin hurriedly closed his eyes and focused.

Right.

He had earned this opportunity with great difficulty.

If he missed this, the path to the Dark Lord would be forever closed.

It was a shame he couldn’t broadcast with Jeong-Hoon, but now was the time to walk the path of the Dark Lord that he had handed over to him.

* * *

“I sent him a whisper, so it should be fine.”

He had informed him, so there shouldn’t be any problem with proceeding with the broadcast.

Jeong-Hoon entered Youtube using the ID and password he had received from Ha-Jin.

[HoneyTube]

– Subscribers: 196,000

“Oh, it’s already close to 200,000?”

HoneyTube had nearly 200,000 subscribers despite having only three videos uploaded.

Of course, considering the impact of the videos, it was a surprisingly low number.

The reason was probably that people didn’t have much hope for the honey tips to continue.

The Enhancement Exchange could also be accessed anytime by simply registering it as a ‘Favorite Exchange’ while logged into New World.

That’s probably why the number of subscribers hadn’t yet crossed the 200,000 mark.

“It’ll cross today.”

Jeong-Hoon was about to broadcast to release another honey tip.

‘Do you guys remember the Wyvern’s Nest in the Märchen Sky Field?’

It was something Sophia Stephanie Margaret, a former dark mage, had said.

She was so dedicated to the Wyvern’s Nest that she even had the title ‘Wyvern Slayer.’

‘I’ve heard of it. Haven’t been there, though.’

James Marcus, who was next to her, responded indifferently.

‘Everyone must have thought I was doing it for the title, but that’s not true.’

She suddenly appeared in the Sky Field and cleared the Wyvern’s Nest hundreds of times alone.

The reason was simple.

‘It’s because there was a hidden boss.’

The hidden boss, that was the reason Jeong-Hoon wanted to enter the Wyvern’s Nest.

“…So, am I also appearing on the broadcast?”

Kim Bong-Goo, who had been watching from the side, asked with a slightly excited expression.

“Of course. You’re not, are you?”

“…I’ll do my best!”

Kim Bong-Goo had repeatedly watched Jeong-Hoon’s videos of clearing the Ruined City without rest.

He had never imagined he would be appearing in one of those videos.

‘When I was young, I dreamed of being a celebrity.’

He had even imagined himself confidently debuting on a hip-hop audition program and walking a smooth path to success.

Of course, reality was that he was tone-deaf and had no sense of rhythm, so it remained just a dream.

Anyway, appearing on Jeong-Hoon’s broadcast was like fulfilling his childhood dream, in a way.

‘It’s a channel with almost 200,000 subscribers.’

If they did a live broadcast, there was a high chance that at least 2,000 to 3,000 viewers would tune in.

That meant he would be appearing on a broadcast watched by 2,000 to 3,000 people.

He was already starting to get nervous.

“You’ll be mosaicked anyway, so relax.”

“Ah… Mosaic.”

Oh, right.

The faces and voices in the videos uploaded to Youtube were mosaicked and voice-modulated, weren’t they?

But was it possible to mosaic and voice-modulate even during a live broadcast?

Wasn’t it a video made through editing?

The video he had been given at the time was before it was uploaded to Youtube.

So he had assumed it was an edited video.

As he pondered these questions, he noticed Jeong-Hoon operating the camera.

It was a top-of-the-line camera, the kind you’d see at competitions.

‘Shit, of course, that’s why it’s possible.’

Fulfilling his dream, my ass.

I knew it.

“Kyaaaak! A human!”

At that moment, a Wyvern lunged at Kim Bong-Goo.

“Fuck! This is already shitty enough, why are you bastards bothering me?!”

Kim Bong-Goo gripped his dagger in a reverse grip and activated Shadow Slash, aiming for the Wyvern’s neck.

Slice.

But the dagger couldn’t properly cut through the Wyvern’s tough skin, leaving only a scratch.

Kim Bong-Goo’s face was filled with surprise.

‘What’s so tough about it?’

[The Wyvern uses Sharpen Claws.]

The Wyvern then used its ability, its claws glowing red, and pounced on Kim Bong-Goo.

Kim Bong-Goo used his movement technique to create distance from the Wyvern.

Whoosh!

At that moment, an arrow flew and pierced the Wyvern’s neck.

“Keeek!”

The Wyvern, flapping its wings, plummeted to the ground and died.

Its tough neck, which had only received a scratch, was pierced so easily.

Kim Bong-Goo once again felt the difference in skill between him and Jeong-Hoon.

“…That’s amazing.”

“Your movements have improved since last time.”

“Really?!”

Perhaps that’s why?

Jeong-Hoon’s compliment felt incredibly good.

“Yeah. I think you can handle aggro now.”

Jeong-Hoon even gave him a thumbs-up.

“…Me? Aggro?”

“Yeah. Can you do it?”

No.

I can’t, damn it.

Contrary to his inner thoughts, Kim Bong-Goo nodded vigorously.

“Of course! Leave it to me!”

He was afraid of how the viper would react if he backed out, saying he couldn’t do it… So Kim Bong-Goo had to squeeze out confidence he didn’t have.

* * *

World Com.

These days, World Com was buzzing with excitement about enhancements.

[Wow ㅋㅋㅋ I found a real honey enhancement exchange]

– If you request there, you can get 100% full enhancement ㅋㅋ Ah, only up to Rare grade though ㅇㅇ

└ Ah, you left it there too? I did too ㅋㅋㅋ

└ The success rate is crazy ㅋㅋㅋ Rare grade is guaranteed full enhancement ㅇㅇ

└ What other enhancers always break, they don’t break here ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ And they don’t even charge extra ㅋㅋ

A newly appeared enhancement exchange.

JH.

It boasted a 100% success rate for Normal and Rare grade enhancements.

At first, users were skeptical, but as reviews started appearing on World Com one by one, it became the hottest exchange.

[What’s going to happen to the other enhancers?]

– ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The price is the same, but the success rate is 100%. Who would go to other enhancement exchanges?

└ No one ㅋㅋㅋ

└ They’ll probably be dying from lack of work now?

└ They have to either lower their fees or increase their success rate ㅇㅇ

└ They’ve been ripping us off with restoration fees for so long ㅋㅋ Ah, I feel so relieved.

The appearance of JH also put other enhancers on edge.

Unlike the usual 10+ requests per day, they were now down to 3 or 4, a decrease of more than half.

So they eventually shifted their focus to improving their success rates, but many users had already flocked to JH, rendering their efforts futile.

[We’ve increased our enhancement success rate!]

– If you have too many requests, please come to me! I’ll even give you a discount!

└ Shut up and go to sleep

└ You bastard ㅡㅡ How much money have we been ripped off by people like you

└ Do you still think we’re suckers?

Whenever they posted promotional messages, they were torn apart like well-cooked fish, their bones and flesh exposed.

[Oh? HoneyTube live stream has started!]

– I guess he’s releasing another honey tip ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ I’m going in right now

└ I’m going in to ask him to enhance my stuff ㅋㅋㅋ

└ What kind of honey tip is he going to upload this time?

That post on World Com was the trigger.

The number of views on the post skyrocketed, reaching 20,000 in an instant.

And more than 90% of those who viewed the post directly searched for HoneyTube and clicked on the live stream video.

* * *

[Number of live viewers: 19,507]

30 minutes into the broadcast.

As expected, around 2,000 to 3,000 viewers initially joined and seemed to stabilize, but after 20 minutes, the number suddenly surged, quickly surpassing 19,500.

“B-brother? There are too many viewers…”

Kim Bong-Goo’s voice trembled like an aspen leaf, overwhelmed by nervousness.

“Why are you so nervous? Honey 3?”

“H-honey 3?”

Kim Bong-Goo didn’t understand for a moment, and Jeong-Hoon pointed his finger at the chat window.

His gaze turned to the chat.

– Hi hi

– New face?

– He’s Honey 3 lol

– Forget that, Honey 1 come out!

– Honey 1 come out! Come out! Come out!

– The requests are taking too long!

– Too long!

A sly smile crept across Jeong-Hoon’s lips.

It seemed someone had posted on Welcome that he was doing a live broadcast.

Most of them hadn’t come to watch the broadcast but to complain about the delay in their enhancement requests.

“Enhancements are being processed in order. Since you’re all here, why don’t you watch a honey tip?”

Jeong-Hoon and Kim Bong-Goo were in the Sky Field.

In front of the entrance to the Wyvern’s Nest dungeon.

– Isn’t this the Wyvern’s Nest?

– It looks like Märchen?

– Why did he go to the Sky Field?

– Huh… He chose a difficult place to hunt.

Perhaps because there were many viewers, quite a few people recognized the Sky Field.

“Yes. I’m going to clear the Wyvern’s Nest from now on.”

At Jeong-Hoon’s words, the viewers filled the chat with question marks.

– Wyvern’s Nest?

– Why bother?

– It’s not like we can’t clear it, we just don’t because it’s annoying.

– It takes more than 6 hours to clear, while other places take 3 hours.

Naturally, the reaction wasn’t positive.

But what if they knew about the hidden elements here?

“Why do you think this channel is called HoneyTube?”

– Huh?

– …Wait a minute.

– Is he saying there’s something here?

– I should go to Märchen and wait.

It seemed that the viewers who had already seen the previous honey tips sensed something unusual.

“Let’s go.”

Jeong-Hoon entered the dungeon with Kim Bong-Goo.

The hunting method was simple.

Kim Bong-Goo, Honey 3, would go ahead and lure the monsters, and Jeong-Hoon would hunt them using Anima.

[Lv. 190 Wyvern]

The first to appear was a group of Wyverns.

– It’s a Wyvern.

– That flying thing is so annoying

– How are foot soldiers supposed to deal with that? lol

– You have to hit them when they get close, but their skin is so tough that swords don’t work well.

– Wait, isn’t Honey 1 an enhancer? His combat skills are probably just basic, so he shouldn’t be able to hunt Wyverns, right?

– That’s true. That’s why Honey 3 is here!

Kim Bong-Goo, looking nervous, read the last chat message and nodded.

“That’s right! I’ll go right now!”

There were a total of five Wyvern Nests.

Kim Bong-Goo took the portal to the first nest.

Then, 17 Wyverns circling the nest spotted Kim Bong-Goo and their eyes lit up.

“He’s fast.”

Jeong-Hoon followed him through the portal.

[The Wyvern uses Sharpen Claws.]

[The Wyvern uses Targeted Hunt.]

[The Wyvern uses Enhanced: Critical Hit.]

By the time he arrived, Kim Bong-Goo was already surrounded by Wyverns.

Their levels were relatively high, and 17 of them were attacking at once, so even with his movement techniques, he was overwhelmed.

Jeong-Hoon drew his bowstring.

‘They’re also lowly creatures. Finish them quickly.’

Anima perched on Jeong-Hoon’s shoulder and observed the Wyverns.

“Alright.”

Jeong-Hoon aimed at a nearby Wyvern, released the drawn bowstring.

Whoosh!

The arrow flew and pierced the Wyvern’s neck.

“Keeek!”

The Wyvern, its vital point pierced, crashed to the ground.

Jeong-Hoon’s stats were absurdly high for his level, and with Extinction and Poison Attack constantly active, the Wyverns couldn’t put up much resistance.

– …?

– …??

– Why did it die in one hit?

– Hey, aren’t you an enhancer?

– What the hell is this?

The viewers were seeing Jeong-Hoon handle a bow for the first time.

In the Ruined City, he used cheat codes.

And after that, at the Enhancement Exchange, he only showed the enhancement process, so this was the first time they were seeing him in actual combat.

“Kyaaaak! There’s another human over there!”

“Kill him!”

Jeong-Hoon put down Anima and quickly switched his weapon to Leviathan.

[The Wyvern uses Sharpen Claws.]

[The Wyvern uses Targeted Hunt.]

[The Wyvern uses Enhanced: Critical Hit.]

The Wyverns, their claws sharpened, flew towards Jeong-Hoon.

As the giant Wyverns gathered together, clashing their claws and lunging at Jeong-Hoon, he activated 1st Form: Initiation.

[1st Form: Initiation is activated.]

Using the skill, Jeong-Hoon unleashed rapid sword strikes, parrying all the approaching Wyverns’ claws.

[Leviathan’s Wrath is activated.]

At the same time, Leviathan’s Wrath activated, reducing the Wyverns’ defense to 0 for 10 seconds.

It was truly an overpowered option.

“Kyaaaak! He’s dangerous!”

The Wyverns, seemingly flustered, hurriedly flapped their wings, trying to distance themselves from Jeong-Hoon.

But Jeong-Hoon had already used his movement technique to leap from the ground and land on the back of one of the Wyverns.

[3rd Form: Annihilation is activated.]

He then raised his sword and activated Annihilation, piercing the Wyvern’s neck and ending its life.

“Keeek!”

The Wyvern’s head and body separated, tumbling onto the nest floor.

“B-brother!”

Kim Bong-Goo had been injured by Sharpened Claws.

“There’s no time for healing. Drink this for now.”

Jeong-Hoon took a potion from his inventory and tossed it to Kim Bong-Goo.

The aggro strategy had failed miserably.

That Kim Bong-Goo…

He’d have to train him hard later and make him useful.

– Wait, what?

– Honey 1, what are you?! What class are you?!

– How are you so good with both a sword and a bow?

– This is crazy… Isn’t that a skill?

– Wow… That was awesome. I need to change my underwear.

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