Martial Arts Returnee’s Game Broadcast

Chapter 241

1.
[The Silent Swordsman phase has ended.]

?Turn 3?
[Great Demon Phase (Start)]

[Story mode]
[Chasing Squad side]

The chasing squad organized to deal with the Silent Swordsman.
They had reached the Giant’s Rock Mountain.

[What is this? Why can’t we see a single giant?]
[Search for survivors.]
[We need to find out where the giants went after being slaughtered!]

Five generals following the Great Demon.
Among them, the Eagle General.
When he glared fiercely, flying demons hastily began searching the area.

Rustle

Soon, a small demon caught by the claw of a demon.
The Eagle General saw through its true nature.

[Pathetic Fallen Ghost, tell me everything you know.]
[If you fail to uncover the Silent Swordsman’s location, you will die.]

The Fallen Ghost revealed everything it knew.
The Silent Swordsman had used the dead giants as subordinates and led an army to face the King of the Abyss in a decisive battle, and during that time, it had escaped.
The lower half of its body, which seemed incapable of growing, had begun to regenerate, and the Silent Swordsman had killed the King of the Abyss, causing the curse over the rugged mountain range to disappear.

[If we cross the Rugged Mountain Range, what awaits us beyond it… is our homeland!]
[Those bastards… must be plundering the civilian demons with full force.]
[This is actually an opportunity. The civilian demons, though weak, are numerous. Their endless greed will slow down the invading army.]
[While their feet are tied down, we will give chase. The march begins. Don’t fall behind!]

The chasing squad began to ascend.

2.
[Warning. Warning.]
[The Great Demon’s Chasing Squad has entered the base.]
[Combat has begun due to the surprise attack.]

[Our side has advisors.]
[The advisors are making suggestions.]

[High-ranking Official: “Leave this to us and continue preparing for the march. Their intention is undoubtedly to delay us.”]
[Tou Da: “It’s too risky to leave enemies behind! We must annihilate them before moving!”]

[If you choose High-ranking Official’s suggestion, the defense battle will be skipped. Although a significant portion of your forces will stay at the base, you will conserve your action points for the next turn.]
[If you choose Tou Da’s suggestion, you will enter combat mode. However, your action points will decrease from two to one for the next turn.]

?Interaction options?

1. Choose High-ranking Official’s suggestion.
2. Choose Tou Da’s suggestion.

Both options have pros and cons.

Choosing High-ranking Official’s suggestion will leave the defense to the subordinates, making the base vulnerable and possibly causing more damage, but it allows for faster marching.

Choosing Tou Da’s suggestion will involve Ha Eung Eung directly in the front line, ensuring strong defense, but the speed of progress will be slowed due to fewer action points.

‘It’s a matter of whether you trust your subordinates or not. Even if you do, deciding who to leave in charge of the defense and who to save for the next turn is crucial.’

The event called <The Feast of Devouring>, which is taking place in the rising region, is also a problem.
This is a clear warning.
Before the feast ends, you must reach the capital of the Great Demon’s territory in the rising region.
If not, something terrible will happen.
The number of turns left until the event ends is not disclosed.
Perhaps there are still ten or so turns left, or maybe only one or two turns before the feast ends.

• This is tough.
• Whether to leave the enemy knights or take them with us, it's one less invincible knight for sure.
• Since when did the enemy knight become an icon of trust and faith in the player-only restaurant boss fight?
• For real, the sense of incongruity is so strong it’s hilarious.
• I’ve never lost by listening to Tou Da’s advice~
• Don’t gamble with the higher-ups?? It’s easy to get caught by the gambler’s error.
• Yeah?
• When tossing a coin, there’s a pattern, so next time it’s going to be what’s expected. I’m talking about probability errors. Mistaking simple randomness for a pattern leads to a loss.
• Tou Da’s not gambling, it’s truth!
• If Tou Da says so, I’d bet even my house documents on it!
• I already bet my house on a mess of gambling???
• Trustworthy words from a true housing loan person, Eom Gil-dong's Housing Subscription Mortgage^^
• You didn’t bet your house on it, right? You bet Eom Gil-dong’s house?

As usual, the audience’s chat, which can’t be relied upon, fades into the background.
Ha Eung Eung made a decision after deep thought, alone.

[? 1. Choose High-ranking Official’s suggestion.]
[Distribute the forces. The forces involved in the defense cannot be used in the next turn.]

?Interaction options?
[For the next turn, you must leave part of your forces out of the defense. The forces you will conserve are… (Multiple selections possible)]

1. Keep the enemy knight’s legion of demonic beasts.
2. Keep the mighty helper’s Fallen Ghost legion.
3. Keep the guest legion of Yachen Minglang.
4. Keep High-ranking Official.
5. Keep the advisor Tou Da and the Dute Shrimp Engineering Corps.
6. Keep the wandering merchant and the merchant corps.
7. Keep the porters.
8. Keep the boogeyman.

[? 1. Keep the enemy knight’s legion of demonic beasts.]
[? 5. Keep the advisor Tou Da and the Dute Shrimp Engineering Corps.]
[? 6. Keep the wandering merchant and the merchant corps.]
[? 7. Keep the porters.]
[? 8. Keep the boogeyman.]

All the forces except for the Fallen Ghost legion, the guest legion, and High-ranking Official are kept.
This is essentially a defense strategy relying everything on High-ranking Official.

[Hieek!!]
[Hoek!!]
[You’ve left too few troops!! I wish at least the boogeyman was left!!]

Tou Da’s panicked reaction, shown through several icons, draws a sigh from Ha Eung Eung.

‘This scaredy-cat. Can someone so timid really play the role of an advisor?’

It seems that Tou Da isn’t careful, but rather always chooses the safest option in every situation.
A highly conservative NPC when it comes to avoiding risks.
Given his past of being constantly beaten by giants, it’s not that hard to understand, but he must be taken with a grain of salt.

?Interaction options?
[Tou Da’s suggestion to reconsider is…]

1. Believe in my judgment. (Comforting with words)
2. Shut up before I smack you. (Threatening)
3. (Silently gives him a head flick.)

Ha Eung Eung, who had been making bold decisions one after another, hesitated for the first time.

[Hoek…]
[Hieek!!]
[Hoek?]

The different reactions when she makes eye contact are amusing.
She wants to comfort Tou Da, the reaction icon king, but a part of her desires a bit of fun.
Smacking his bottom.
Flicking his forehead.
Either one would feel quite satisfying.

• The level of choices????
• Doesn’t the variable choice differ per player?
• Yeah, some choices involve what the player wants to do.
• You wanted to do at least one of these: bottom smack or forehead flick?
• Treating Tou Da like this??
• Honestly, if Tou Da’s that cute, he could get away with it.
• Don’t make our cute Tou Da cry!!
• The Dute Shrimp fan club strongly supports choice 1 for Tou Da!
• Not really? I want to clip Tou Da crying though?
• You’re a spy!! You’re part of the Human Face Rent Group!!
• Did I get caught?
• Did I get caught? Hahaha!
• So what’s the choice for smoothness?
• You’re a demon…
• You’re a pedophile…
• You’re possible…

[?1. Believe in my judgment. (Comforting with words)]

Yeah, what could be wrong with comforting him?
Ha Eung Eung controlled her desire.

[Hieek!! Hoek!! The human doesn’t listen to me! Tyranny!! The cruelty of not listening to the advisor’s words has opened my eyes!!]

...Maybe it wouldn’t have hurt to flick his forehead.
She regrets her decision as High-ranking Official steps forward with great dignity and swings his fist.
Thwack!

[Ugh!!]
[What kind of rude attitude is this in front of the lord? Act with the seriousness expected of an advisor, you little half-demon.]

• Haha, Tou Da just got schooled, didn’t he?
• Even as part of the Dute Shrimp fan club, this is proper training.

3.
[The phase of the Great Demon has ended.]

?Turn 3?
[The White Spirit General Phase (Start)]

[Story mode]
[Special Forces side]

The chasing squad sent by the Great Demon. They reached the Giant's Rock Mountain, ahead of everyone.
Using the Fallen Ghosts hiding in the area, the Special Forces managed to gather intelligence and continued their forced march toward a well-guarded demon village.

[Our mission is to infiltrate the rear of the Great Demon’s territory and inflict as much damage as possible.]
[We must burn all the villages we encounter and kill the inhabitants.]
[However… all the villages are already burned, and there is no trace of the inhabitants.]

The Special Forces, roaming the war-torn interior, felt like they were haunted by ghosts.
They discovered corpses hanging on poles.
Unlike the bodies they had found earlier, which had been dead for some time, these corpses seemed recently placed, and all of them were flying demons with broken wings.

[This…! Is this not one of the Great Demon’s beast-like flying generals, the Eagle General?!]

The leader of these aggressive flying demons, the Eagle General, had been left hanging on the city walls.
His fearsome reputation was now mocked by his death, strangled by the city walls.

[Soldiers of the White Spirit General, what you hoped to achieve has already been done. Our master, the Silent Swordsman, and the forces who serve him have already accomplished what you aimed for.]
[If you seek death, raise your weapons. If you seek life, lower your weapons.]

The force distribution was a great success.
Without even seeing their faces, they had taken down a field boss-level demon.