Martial Arts Returnee’s Game Broadcast

[Story mode]
[Dae-Yo-Gwai Side]

The great demon, closest to the dominion of the half-demon valley.
A part of his flesh twisted and sank inward.
Pwah!
With the pain of his own flesh tearing away, black blood gushed out.
The great demon realized.
His clone had failed.
At the same time, a light throbbing occurred inside his head.
It was the phenomenon of the clone’s memories being transferred.

[A fairy who has violated the taboo.]
[Indeed, my clone has fallen as it should.]
He gained precious information.
Himself and Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun.
A third force appeared over the two most powerful in the great country.
The Silent Swordsman.
He had discovered the true nature of the strongest swordsman in the world.
An immortal cultivating through years of experience, growing stronger.
The immortal who violated the taboo gains great power in a short time.
However, the moment that experience is lost,
the immortal’s power vanishes.
[Has he thrown everything away now, having decided that humanity’s extinction is inevitable?]
[Foolish, immortal.]
[Had he remained a mere spectator, he might not have fallen into the foolishness of losing his spirit.]

To immortals, the matters of the human world were essentially trivial issues of insignificant creatures.
There was no need to transcend the seven emotions and desires.
What difference would it make if ants created their own kingdom, waged war, and worshipped humans?
Is there any great reason to watch such a spectacle?
A small curiosity.
A cruel instinct.
What would it feel like to crush those ants underfoot?
Would I even feel anything?
If this is mere curiosity toward such inferior beings, then crushing a human or letting them live whimsically is meaningless.
Even if the ants express gratitude, humans cannot comprehend their intentions, and they cannot even distinguish them.
And yet, having used the name Silent Swordsman, the immortal used his original power.
With spiritual energy, he broke his own clone.
[I don’t know what led you to do such a thing, but now that you’ve violated the taboo, you will meet your end on your own.]
[You surely know this, so you hastened my feast and defeated the clone.]

The great demon realized.
Time was not on her side.
[Poor immortal.]
[Foolish Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun.]
[I can clearly see your desires to meet me.]
[But I shall never allow such a future.]
[Time exists for me.]
[Until the end, you will chase only my footsteps and meet despair in defeat.]
The vast spiritual power of the great demon was transmitted to all the general-level demons scattered across his territory.

[I speak to the generals and commanders who pledged loyalty to me.]
[I grant independent operational authority to all commanders within my army. Now is the time to show true ruling power to these foolish invaders.]
[Silent Swordsman and Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun.]
[Prevent their advance with all your might.]
[The counterattack begins!]
The boss-level demons lurking within the great demon’s territory—field bosses, numbering over fifty—revealed their presence on the tactical map with a red cursor.
[The great demon has granted independent operational authority to his subordinates.]
[Boss-level subordinates of the great demon begin their independent actions for each turn.]

The great demon, who could unleash terrifying power with just two actions per turn,
Now, his entire force would launch a shocking counterattack with a staggering 50 actions per turn.
The Silent Swordsman’s furious assault and Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun’s northern campaign.
Two formidable enemies rising above the great country.
Their harsh and powerful counterattack completely blocked the great demon’s approach.
Saso-Chwi-Dae 捨小取大
(Leave small, take big.)
Giving up small things to seize victory in the grand scheme.
The great demon’s overwhelming counterattack had begun.
 
[Great Demon Phase]

[27th Action]
[Boss-level demon creates a charge battalion.]
[28th Action]
[Boss-level demon joins the charge battalion with his forces.]
[29th Action]
[Boss-level demon joins the charge battalion with his forces.]
[30th Action]
[......]

-Endless, damn it.
-When is it my turn?! Then my turn again!
-Hahaha
-Wow, this is crazy.
-Is this why the northern campaign fails?
-I just now understand that we need to infiltrate the great demon with a commando unit through the northern campaign.
-Only a spear rush will work, right?
-But wait, there’s the Yong Yong Death Beam Rush too, right?
-Yong Yong Death Beam (but it also hits allies)
-If a 50-action wave hits, even a dragon won’t be able to use its breath and will just die gagging.
-Lol, seriously.
-Dragons also have cooldowns, lol.
It's true, everything in the world has cooldowns.
Even the time it takes for the setting sun to rise again has a cooldown, and even the time people endure the tyranny of foolish rulers has a cooldown.
If you try to break that cooldown by force, trouble is inevitable.
If the sun shines for 24 hours without stopping, the planet will burn up, and if a foolish ruler continues their tyranny without any cooldown, they will be struck by spears.
The Yong Yong Death Beam of Ha Eung Eung.
No, even Solar Beam had a cooldown.
With a cooldown, there is also a recoil when it is broken.
If such a great technique is used repeatedly, no matter how much inner power you have, the dantian will dry up and crack, eventually shattering completely.
As the immortal says, when the dantian is broken, a martial artist loses their internal power.
The idea of treating them as an immortal was not entirely wrong.

‘This event is troublesome.’
In that sense, when most of the attacks were focused on Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun, I had no particular thoughts.
But when the great demon’s forces were finally spotted making their moves against her, a sense of crisis arose.
[50th Action]
[The Crocodile General holds a meeting with the Five Great Generals.]
[The Crocodile General and the other four generals assemble for a large-scale operation.]

While everyone assumed the great demon wanted to move against Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun, only the Crocodile General regarded the Silent Swordsman as the more dangerous opponent.
Having fought with the Silent Swordsman personally, he understood the true danger, uniting the generals in preparation.
[I’ve had combat experience with the Crocodile General.]
[I’ve defeated one of the Five Great Generals.]
[Hidden trigger activated.]
[Surprise event triggered.]
[The Five Great Generals, renowned for their individual strength and bravery, become even more powerful when united.]
[All five generals have designated you as their arch-enemy. The Five Great Generals’ objective is your forces.]

[Warning. Warning.]
[Large-scale offensive detected.]
[Prepare for the enemy’s attack.]
The large-scale operation of the Five Great Generals.
An event that would heat up the viewers.
-Isn’t this a 5-boss fight???
-Aren’t these the mid-bosses right before the final boss?
-If it’s the Five Great Generals, it’s them.
-Hahaha
-What’s the difficulty?
-The highest difficulty doesn’t even have the final boss, but now the Five Great Generals are gathering, wow.
-But isn’t it more than five?
-One got intercepted by a high-ranking official and hanged.
-But this time, it’s not just generals, the entire army is coming.
-They can bring in their forces since it’s not near the great demon.
-Yeah, the great demon eats low-level demons as time passes.
-So, if we trigger the feast of consumption early and cut one of the Five Great Generals, does the Five Great Generals’ total attack event unlock?
-Look at the difficulty of unlocking the event.
-It’s basically a Silent Swordsman-exclusive event.
-So how many troops will come?
-Probably over 200,000.
-???
-Huh?
-The previous extermination force wasn’t that many.
-They probably didn’t know how strong the Silent Swordsman was back then.
-According to the setup, there are 50,000 subordinate demons assigned to each general’s army.

The five generals following the great demon and the infamous 5-boss battle in succession was already legendary, but now a total attack event from the Five Great Generals?!
This is no ordinary crisis.
If it were any other player, they would be facing a high-difficulty trial just before the final boss, but now it’s the Silent Swordsman’s challenge!
The Silent Swordsman’s power is not infinite, and this was already known from the Ascension Pillars and Gladiator Training.
-Why does it not feel like we’re going to lose?
-Their subordinates are massive.
-Oh, right, there’s the evil knight too.
-And high-ranking officials.
-The low-level demons are also packed.

Yet, despite all that, no one complains about the game balance.
It’s because the subordinates following the player, the Silent Swordsman, are also formidable.
‘Fortunately, no additional raid will occur this turn.’
At least the warning of the large-scale raid was a relief.
The problem, however, lay elsewhere.
As the actions of the great demon phase ended, the sudden large-scale counterattack left Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun greatly shaken.

[We can’t afford to wait for the commander's orders to respond to the enemy’s movements.]
[Order all legions on the frontlines.]
[We’ll grant independent operation authority to all major legions leading the northern campaign!]
The shocking 50-actions of the great demon’s continuous appearance were met with the 20-actions of Baek Ryeong Shin-Gun’s forces!
‘When is it my turn?’

The Silent Swordsman’s lips curled into a slight frown.
-When the hell is our turn coming, damn it?
-Hahaha
-They’re really handling everything, damn it.
-Isn’t this how the game always was?
-Phew, finally, it’s the half-demon valley we know.
-Really, hahaha.
-You guys! Taste a little of our great country!
-AI fights and watching the situation change is kind of fun too.
-Yeah, I agree.
-Originally, we would analyze where the weaknesses and advantages were and then lead the commando squad.
A total of 70 actions awaited, dizzying!
After the endless turns of the AI, Ha Eung Eung finally pressed a button in frustration.

[▶Selecting to skip the enemy phase.]
Even the famous whip simulator couldn’t resist hitting the skip button after 50 actions followed by 20 more.