– Hero ‘Seok-hoon.’ Bestowed with the title of ‘Dragon Slayer’ for defeating a dragon and leaving a legacy in the world.
The Archangel, a divine representative coming down from the heavens with white wings fluttering, directed her attention not to me but to the team’s supporter, Seok-hoon.
There was no way I could not understand what this meant.
Even if I wanted to deny reality, my brilliant mind was objectively and coldly assessing the current situation better than anyone else.
In fact, it was the members of the Hana Guild around me who were more flustered than I was.
“Is it not Kayak but Seok-hoon oppa?”
“How did the judgment end up like this?”
“This is ridiculous…”
They were too busy sneakily glancing at me, trying to gauge my reaction.
Especially Seok-hoon, the person pointed out by the Archangel, was practically squirming in front of me.
“Um, Kayak… I’m really sorry. I accidentally put a buff on, and it turned out like this…”
“No worries.”
[Doesn’t seem like a no?]
[The voice is seriously pissed off, lol.]
[Who wouldn’t be mad? He carried a whole log by himself, and it got stolen.]
[Should we kill him, Master?]
[Seok-hoon, it is what it is.]
[Seok-hoon was the only one I liked in the Hana Guild, but tough luck… farewell.]
[Who else pissed off our Broadcast Host?]
[Seok-hoon looks like he’s about to cry.]
[I’m the one who wants to cry here, it’s Kayak.]
[Please speak slowly without clenching your teeth…]
[You look ready to grab someone and kill them right now.]
[The Broadcast Host’s cold expression indicates PTSD.]
[I’m scared, ㅠㅠ.]
[Kayak looks a bit like a delinquent, too.]
[Kim Kayak, age 26, unemployed, has donated 10,000 won!]
– I apologize for the serious situation, but could you please frown a little more and curse?
[Ugh, lol, Kayak, these crazy bastards.]
[Pay attention, you idiot.]
[They’re genuinely pissed off now, lol, farewell.]
“You filthy pervert! Can’t you tell where you belong? Are you completely clueless?”
I let out a heap of curses as they wished and got him banned.
[Oh….]
[Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.]
[I won’t forget you, hero ㅠㅠㅠㅠ.]
[I’ll sacrifice myself to bless 20,000 Kayaks….]
[Thank you! 26 years old, unemployed Kayak!]
[Is cursing a good idea? I really can’t understand how these real dorks think.]
Half of it was a broadcast skit, and half of it was genuine cursing.
The viewers, mostly with unusual desires, cheered, but Seok-hoon, right in front, flinched.
Ah, I forgot to turn off the mic.
“It’s not aimed at Seok-hoon. The viewers just asked to be cursed at for a moment.”
“Oh, I see….”
“It’s like a reaction. What kind of words are they making a flower-like maiden say? Seriously, they’re crazy perverts.”
“Y-yeah….”
Seok-hoon slowly responded, trailing off at the end.
To ask for curses? What kind of people would do that? – It was clear he was thinking the same way.
You probably won’t get it. Even I, the owner of this room, can’t understand it, so how could you? Instead of trying to understand, I decided to just accept it as it is.
While I was thinking this, Seok-hoon hesitantly spoke up.
“Is there any way to transfer the Dragon Slayer…? It really doesn’t feel right for me to have this…”
“Well, I don’t know.”
I had dealt the most damage to the dragon. I had the highest contribution in the raid so far. That’s why Han-yul, the guild leader, was going to give the final blow to me without complaint. But due to Seok-hoon’s buff, the last hit went to him.
[This really doesn’t make sense lol He didn’t even use an attack skill, just a buff?]
[If Seok-hoon buffs his weapon, there might be a temporary magic damage option…]
[Is my luck really this bad?]
[Guess I’ll have to ask the operator]
[GM, come out!]
[Is it time for Taker to get hit again?]
If I were to interpret this positively, I could think of it as a simple judgment error, meaning the buff acted like a bug against the system Taker designed.
Negatively, I could simply see it as I lost the last hit battle. In that case, it would be my mistake for not calculating Seok-hoon’s buff damage.
“I guess I need to ask the operator.”
In the end, it’s up to the server owner to make the call.
*
“Ahhh… strong and good morning!”
Taker woke up refreshed after a long, deep sleep.
Having taken a break recently to introspect, he came to one conclusion.
No matter how much he flies or crawls, he couldn’t handle every variable.
He knew this deep down, but he was struggling to accept it.
He was afraid of the criticism he’d get for failing to solve problems in the server, not wanting to hear he was just an old fool or washed-up.
But now, none of that mattered. Taker decided to acknowledge his inadequacies.
“Alright, let’s go!”
From today onwards, the New Taker, the new Jang Gun-hee, was ready to face any absurdity thrown his way.
After a break, he started his broadcast with a fresh mindset.
[Alright~ Let’s go~]
[Go!]
[Why did it happen? Why did it happen? Why did it happen? Why did it happen? Why did it happen?]
[Seriously.]
[Go!]
[Just T-dragon… just T-dragon… just T-dragon… just T-dragon…]
[Our Gunhee is going to lose more hair….]
[I just got here, what’s going on?]
[Does it make sense that a buff with no damage gets the final hit?]
[Oh, our Kayak is mad now.]
[Camilla’s effort… Camilla’s raid… Camilla’s log….]
[It needs… to be normalized, right?]
[I don’t know what’s happening, but it looks like Gunhee’s heading for a fall again.]
[Hello, Taker, I’m a viewer who usually enjoys your content….]
[Return the Dragon Slayer to Kayak!]
[Taker, resign! Resign!]
“Quit! Quit!”
“Well, don’t quit; just try to do better.”
“Um….”
As soon as the broadcast started, the viewer chat welcomed him back to reality, and soon he was caught up in the whirlwind of messages.
‘Should I run away?’
Sure he could handle all the criticism. He must have just lost his mind for a moment.
It was driving him nuts to think about ending the broadcast and returning to a peaceful world, but that wasn’t an option.
He was the server manager, the representative of countless people.
Representing someone means that when problems arise, instead of running away, you step up and calmly take on the role of a meat shield…
“I heard Taker’s philosophy well.”
“So why did you do that to Kayak?”
“Was it a personal grudge?”
“Honestly, Taker had it coming for Kayak, no doubt.”
“I bet Kayak made at least 100 strands of Taker’s hair fall out…”
“Our Gunhee is so stressed from server management that he even developed irritable bowel syndrome…”
“Gasp!”
“Taver, how have you lived like this?”
“Whether Taker gets hemorrhoids or baldness, that’s not important.”
“Then what the heck is important?”
“Hemorrhoids are a serious issue…”
“Suddenly, Kayak’s fans feel sorry for Taker; thumbs up, lol.”
“A woman making her boyfriend’s hair fall out like that, wow!”
“I’m not his girlfriend, you idiot!”
“I don’t have hemorrhoids, but I do have some hair loss that’s improved a lot. Please don’t spread false information and attack my character.”
He had been guessing as he looked at the dizzying chat, but of course, it was Kayak again.
There was no one on this planet with such a mischievous and rude fandom but Kayak. Taker found it utterly annoying.
“So what’s the issue this time? What did Kayak do now?”
Taker asked, seemingly fed up.
“Well, you see…”
“Kayak replay at 3:14:17, let’s go!”
“I posted the clip in the cafe.”
However, surprisingly, this time it wasn’t something Kayak did.
While they did easily catch the dragon that Taker and the development team painstakingly designed, it wasn’t really a matter to complain about.
“Wait…?”
The problem was truly on their side.
Instead of the reward going to Kayak for defeating the dragon, it was going to Seok-hoon—a kind of system error.
“I’ll check it right away and start the broadcast again, I’m sorry.”
Upon confirming the issue, Taker ended the broadcast with a serious expression. He hurriedly called in the development team to hold an emergency meeting.
*
The conclusion came surprisingly bland.
“This isn’t an error.”
“What?”
“Looks like it’s due to the weapon option giving a buff that causes a curse damage effect for 3 seconds. That’s strictly the buffed priest’s deal…”
“And so…”
It turned out that the item had an effect that dealt damage.
This was not an error, but rather a product of pure ignorance. If we had to assign blame, it would be Seok-hoon’s fault for casting the buff.
The Taker immediately turned on the broadcast to announce this fact.
“I’m really sorry… truly…”
“….”
As the full story of the incident unfolded, Seok-hoon apologized to Kayak almost to the point of falling to his knees.
“It’s alright… yeah…”
It was hard to ignore the apologies of a person sweating profusely saying sorry.
More than anything, since the situation was now confirmed due to Seok-hoon’s mistake, she couldn’t afford not to accept the apology, knowing what her angry fans might do.
[If this is even more entertaining, then thumbs up lol]
[Sorry to the broadcast host, but not getting the Dragon Slayer is even more fun – deleted message]
[For real lol Kayak would suit being a casino owner – deleted message]
[OMG – deleted message]
[It’s a sword dance ㄷㄷ Dom Huang-cha! – deleted message]
[They just wipe all the decent chat away – deleted message]
[Kayak is seriously pissed off ㅅㅂ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ – deleted message]
And so, the Dragon Slayer ended up with Seok-hoon.
With the raid and the Taker’s explanatory show now over, Kayak, having lost her place, returned to the casino.
However, when she got there…
“What? I can’t hear because it’s a loser who’s not even a Dragon Slayer!”
“…I made the casino, it’s my building, my business…!”
“If you want to work, I’ll accept you at the maid café.”
An-sae replied with a chuckle, being incredibly snarky.
[An-sae wasn’t like this before]
[Serves them right, it’s the broadcaster’s fault they fell into this]
[If only they had come back with the Dragon Slayer…]
[Let’s put away our pride and start as a maid café worker]
[Kayak as a maid café worker…? That can’t be!]
“….”
There was no respect shown to the former boss. Kayak staggered her way toward a familiar place.
A fishing spot. The place where she first earned money on the Taker server and where everything began.
Kayak quietly started fishing there.
[So pitiful, damn….]
[Can life really end up like this?]
[Where has Kayak’s glory and the youth of her prime gone?]
[It was wrong from the start to raid with the Hana guild, solo play was the answer]
[It’s like watching a documentary about a once-famous gangster who’s now living in disgrace after being betrayed by his underlings]
After a few minutes of the chat rising without a word from her…
“Now….”
Kayak, who had been quietly fishing, eventually muttered bleakly.
“I will live for myself.”
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