Reincarnator’s Stream

In the screen of the player kit.

Boom-!

Suhyuk started causing havoc, scattering lightning bolts everywhere.

– ?????

– What is he doing?

– Dunno

– Whatever#@$%

Boom-!

Rocks shattered, and dust flew in all directions. Suhyuk’s eyes, now gleaming with a golden light, intensified as he drew more lightning.

Although it looked cool, if you thought about it, it was really nothing but futile. It was natural for people to react this way since he was recklessly throwing lightning bolts without any explanation.

‘That must be draining his stamina, no joke.’

Lightning wasn’t just a skill that consumed magic. It also drained stamina and inflicted continuous damage on the user’s body, like a double-edged sword.

Yet Suhyuk was using it indiscriminately without a clear target.

‘Why on earth…….’

Sure enough.

– Is this guy declaring a GG?

– Looks like it.

– Wasting lightning like this from the get-go means no chance of winning. It’s a skill that needs to be saved.

– This is a fake Suhyuk.

The chat window started turning more negative.

Un Hyang, who was contemplating whether to ban someone, hesitated.

‘No. If I act first here, it might lower the trust in the streamer too.’

Even if she worked like a slacker, she was still a manager dedicated to the streamer. A hasty action from a manager could pour oil on the already volatile sentiments of the viewers. Especially when the cause was with the streamer.

Suhyuk was a skilled streamer. Taking action now would only undermine trust in the streamer.

‘Let’s wait. Trust in Suhyuk.’

Awhile later.

“Hoo-.”

Suhyuk, drenched in sweat, stood still and murmured.

“Found it.”

*

Rattle-.

The final lightning bolt shattered the rock. He was short of breath, and sweat dripped from his forehead. He paused to catch his breath.

“Hoo-.”

After moving around mindlessly for a while, he suddenly felt the improved performance of his sacrificial skills.

He looked at the rubble of the destroyed wall.

Beyond that.

Something that had been drawing the lightning finally revealed itself.

“Found it.”

Suhyuk grinned inside his mask. Although he wasted a considerable amount of energy, it felt worth it. After a brief moment of lost focus, the chat window caught his eye.

“……?”

– What?

– What?

– What?

– Over with the piss stream?

– Did a ghost possess him? Right?

– What did you find?

The atmosphere in the chat was unusual. Reading through it, he sensed their frustration with his actions.

‘Did I act too much on my own?’

Indeed. Just watching through a stream, people might not understand his actions. They could only see what was shown on the screen, not feel everything inside the testing ground like he did.

Thinking about how he must have appeared on the stream, he felt his face heat up.

『‘BeachClub’ has donated 10 points.』

『Explain! Suhyuk, explain!』

It was time for explanations, not excuses.

“Thank you, BeachClub, for the 10-point donation. Now that you mention it, it must’ve looked strange.”

Suhyuk, pondering for a moment on how to explain, finally spoke.

“Just trust and watch.”

– LOLOLOL LOLOLOL

– King Cheol appeared LOLOLOL

– Yeah, just watch~

– Granny believes in Suhyuk baby……

– Step-

Instead of explaining, Suhyuk walked into the rubble of the broken rocks. He began clearing the pile with his hands. Though he wanted to use lightning to remove the remaining debris, he needed to conserve his stamina from now on.

He had no idea how much longer the trial would last.

Crunch-

After clearing some of the outer rubble by hand,

– What?

– What’s that?

– Is that a door?

– A rusty door began to reveal itself.

– The height and thickness were unknown. It was the remnants of a gigantic door.

– Judging by the human-sized keyhole, the door was certainly not ordinary.

– Why is the door so big?

– Looks like a door used by giants.

Viewers gradually started to understand Suhyuk’s actions. Realizing that all the lightning was to find this door, their complaints naturally dissipated. Now, the problem lay elsewhere.

– But how do we open this?

– There’s no key.

– Let’s break it

– LOLOLOL Yeah, let’s break it

– No way we can break that

Shihyuk found the door, but he needed to open it to proceed with the trial. However, looking at the gigantic iron door, which seemed fit for giants, opening it seemed impossible.

There was no key, and breaking such a door was out of the question.

– Possible?

To one viewer’s question, Suhyuk shook his head.

“Impossible.”

– So firm LOLOLOL

– Hopes of viewers crushed LOLOLOL

– Seriously, someone bring over the real Suhyuk~

– Is this the end here?

Ignoring the rapidly flowing chat, Suhyuk looked up at the door.

A door as large as a castle gate. He couldn’t even estimate its thickness. Moreover, if this was indeed a door used by giants, it would be impossible to break it unless he was in his prime.

‘Is this really the second floor?’

The second floor scenario, the trial of lightning, aimed to find traces of the giants. The giants attacking the villagers in this world weren’t real giants. Compared to true giants, they were insignificant.

The giants Suhyuk knew were great beings with god-like strength.

‘Even that father giant was nothing to scoff at…….’

Swish-

He placed his hand on the door and looked up. Although it hadn’t fully revealed itself yet, he could instinctively feel it.

‘This is the real deal.’

Why on earth was something like this appearing in a mere second-floor trial?

Was it because he had captured the Wolf Warrior in the Dungeon of Beginnings?

Or was it because he had taken down the Giant Tribe leader when he shouldn’t have?

Or perhaps…

– What are you doing?

The chat that popped into his peripheral vision brought him back to reality.

Right. No matter what theories he came up with, it was meaningless. His job now was to solve the trial right in front of him.

First, he had to open this door.

– Are you going back?

– You probably need to find a key.

– Isn’t there no time to find a key? The giant father looked really angry.

– Even at this moment, the giant father was approaching the village for his son’s revenge.

Time was short. There was no time to find a key.

Fortunately, contrary to the viewers’ concerns, he didn’t need to find the key elsewhere.

“The key, I have it.”

He already had the key to open this door.

‘This keyhole—.’

Buzz-

Magic gathered in his hand, forming a golden bolt of lightning. Suhyuk’s eyes gleamed as he looked at the keyhole of the door.

‘It has the exact same shape as a lightning bolt.’

『Creating “Lightning”.』

『”Selfish Sacrifice Lv3″ resists the damage from “Lightning”.』

This was different from when he had recklessly thrown lightning to find the door. He heightened his focus and added a sharp edge to the lightning. The size of the concentrated lightning gradually grew larger.

– Again??

– Lightning, do your thing!

– Is that the key?

– Perhaps????

There was no need to answer. He would show them through action. The condensed lightning heated his arm like it was burning. It was the first time he had created such a powerful lightning bolt with his intact body.

Even with the Selfish Sacrifice skill. Creating a key strong enough to open this door was no easy feat.

‘I have to open it in one go.’

He couldn’t afford to use this multiple times. It was better to use force once, even if it was taxing, than to fail by trying to conserve energy.

He enlarged the lightning.

– Go, Suhyukmon!!!

At the perfect timing with the chat, Suhyuk shot the lightning bolt he held into the keyhole.

Boom-!

Crackle-!

A bright light burst out. The surroundings were bathed in a golden hue, and a loud noise echoed. It was quite a dramatic shot.

The bright light from the keyhole gradually faded. The light didn’t last as long as expected. Suhyuk’s face showed a hint of disappointment.

‘This is the best for now.’

It was certainly powerful. Using such a high-level skill on the second floor was over the top. But even considering that, it didn’t satisfy Suhyuk.

He knew why.

He was no longer the Suhyuk of that era, just sharing the same name.

His lightning was smaller, and his stats were insufficient. There was still a long, long way to go.

Sure.

‘Still, with this…’

It should suffice as a key.

Creak-

With a heavy noise, the door slowly opened. The ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred, revealing a gigantic space inside.

‘The Sixth Stage, legend.’

Millennium Mountain. The legend that a fragment of lightning was hidden here was the core of this stage.

‘So, this wasn’t a mountain but a disguise to hide the door.’

Suhyuk looked up at the mountain that rose above the clouds. What on earth was hidden in this mountain?

Though he knew it was related to the legend of lightning, he had a feeling that wasn’t all there was to it.

– Something big is coming.

– Thump thump

– Let’s go~ Let’s move~

Step-

Responding to the viewers’ excitement, Suhyuk slowly walked through the wide-open door.

A vast, dark space with no ceiling in sight.

It was the moment he stepped fully inside.

Creak-!

Boom-!

The door that was wide open slammed shut, and the gigantic scenery inside the door was revealed.

『You have entered the “Path of Lightning”.』

*

Inside the village’s barracks. Not a single knight among those gathered had a bright expression.

“Can that person really obtain the lightning?”

At the old knight Dale’s question, Ferius nodded.

“It’s possible. Certainly.”

After sending Suhyuk off, there was only one thing they could do. A full-scale battle with the giants. It was their final stand to prevent the giants from rampaging any further in this country.

“You have great faith.”

“He has already proven himself once. There’s no need to doubt him further.”

“Is that so?”

Dale nodded at Ferius’ repeated reassurance. The masked stranger. Though he wasn’t even a knight, Ferius, a talented young knight, had faith in him.

There must be a reason behind his faith. Perhaps he really could retrieve the lightning from the legend.

But.

“Li-lightning or not, we’re all going to die.”

Meanwhile.

A soldier, trembling in the hot weather, voiced his fear.

“Yo-you don’t understand. That giant… the power it possesses….”

He was a survivor from the village ravaged by the giant. He wasn’t entirely wrong. The fragment of lightning was a legendary item, but the giants were legendary beings as well.

Even if that stranger obtained the lightning shard, could he truly defeat the giants?

They were hopeful, but no one could be certain.

Step-

Ferius approached the terrified soldier. The soldier, filled with fear. Having barely eaten for days, his face was gaunt.

“But can we just give up?”

There were many people in this village. People who had fought against giants, sometimes fleeing, all gathered here after surviving. They couldn’t give up now.

-Even the smallest glimmer of hope had to be seized.

“Let’s believe together without fear. In the young hero who moves for us without expecting anything in return.”

With Ferius’ comforting words, the trembling soldier slowly calmed down.

“I-I understand…….”

It was then.

“We’re in trouble!”

A messenger came running in from outside the barracks, breathing heavily.

“T-that thing is here!”

Thud-

A faint tremor from afar. Ferius’ eyes widened.