It’s not that kind of malicious broadcast

Chapter 28 – Rogue, isn’t It Great?

Dodat, who gained popularity with his calm and skillful streams free of profanity, was also known for his dedication to never cut a broadcast short or take breaks without a good reason.

『Author: Dodat (Cafe Manager)』

『Title: Notice of Broadcast Hiatus』

『I apologize for the sudden notice of hiatus.

Due to personal reasons, I will be taking a break. I will return recharged and with even more refined skills.』

For someone like him, taking a break for two weeks with just a short notice was unusual, even by his own standards.

But, he simply couldn’t focus on broadcasting. That one match kept haunting him endlessly.

During this unexpected break, as he took a rare moment of rest, he found himself revisiting his long-buried ‘main character’—

『2jihaGoing(Warrior) has been defeated!』

『RogueDaddy(Rogue) → 2jihaGoing(Warrior)』

Naturally, from Gold and soon into the Platinum range, there was no one who could face this serious Challenger-level player.

=VICTORY!=

Even while swapping between wearing plate on his arms and legs, heavy armor, leather on his body, and sometimes even cloth armor, RogueDaddy’s rank kept climbing.

=VICTORY!=

『You have been promoted to Diamond 5!』

But no matter how many victories he piled up, his boiling emotions wouldn’t calm down. He couldn’t figure out what the advantage was supposed to be in mixing different pieces of armor.

‘Disrupting the timing? No, that can be adjusted individually.’

Whenever he felt suffocated from pondering too long, dodat would replay the one-on-one duel from that day on his broadcast’s replay.

Already the 30th time watching the video, the Rogue, moving with brutal precision, slowly dominated the area. She landed a critical strike precisely when his opponent’s stamina was depleted.

Dodat, by now, replaced himself in the simulation with the Holy Knight that had brought him to Challenger.

‘If it were a Holy Knight… No, even with a Holy Knight, I’m not sure. That was insane.’

He thought he could win by raising his guard with a shield and aiming for a counterattack, but then he’d visualize himself losing as his stamina got whittled away.

A Rogue has low health, defense, and attack power—but the highest stamina of all characters.

‘If even a Rogue can be drained of stamina, can a Holy Knight hold out?’

The thought of donning full plate armor and wielding a giant shield to defensively wait for the opponent’s mistakes crossed his mind, but, even if that might give him a chance to win, RogueDaddy, reawakened within him, couldn’t accept such an empty victory.

More importantly—no matter how overwhelmingly he had lost, re-challenging with a Holy Knight against an opponent he lost to as a Rogue was unacceptable to his pride.

In the end, he concluded that to truly win in a one-on-one duel, he had to win as a Rogue.

‘There’s no need to rush.’

From now on, during off-broadcast sessions, he would research Rogue builds even more and, on-broadcast, he would increase the focus on Rogue gameplay. If he kept honing my skills, surely, there will be another chance to face her again.

Thinking this, dodat announced on his fan cafe that he would resume streaming from tomorrow, and habitually searched for ‘Rogue’ on Tw*tter—

Only to come across a broadcast titled 『Rogue Revival Movement – Make Rogues Great Again』 by a familiar broadcaster.

*

-Dandan Dandan.

Just seconds after ending the broadcast, a familiar notification sound began playing from the smartphone attached to my forehead.

Ah.

Streaming on a phone does have its inconveniences. As Lee Yena had no one to text with, I didn’t anticipate this.

『GetDevoured: Are you calling me by any chance?』

The chat, quickly converted by STT, started pouring in as soon as he asked.

『Ark: Sound』

『Ark: could not』

『Ark: be heard

『Ark: your broadcast is now picking up sound』

『GetDevoured: Oh, I see』

『Ark: What’s everyone doing?』

『Ark: Who’s streaming?』

『Ark: You’re sniping too, you @$*(!』

『Ark: GetDevoured, several people are going along with your oblivious attitude』

『Ark: Please answer your phone』

Ah, it was Ark after all.

『GetDevoured: It’s because I’m using a camera now』

『GetDevoured: The call feature is missing』

After explaining the situation to gain some understanding,

『GetDevoured: 5 seconds left』

『GetDevoured: Pick?』

『Ark: Ah』

After smoothly informing them of the remaining time, everyone completed their character selections right on cue.

Us: 3 Knights, 2 Mages, 1 Rogue.

Opponent: 2 Knights, 2 Mages, 1 Priest, 1 Warrior.

Oh—if that’s the case?

『GetDevoured(Rogue): Can one Knight run underground with me?』

『GetDevoured(Rogue): Pick mobility boost and damage share』

『GetDevoured(Rogue): The main force can give up the central fight and take the Red point』

『GrumbleGrumble(Holy Knight): Please, just go mad』

… A Rogue-Knight duo in the underground would work well even in tournaments.

There’s still a long way to go.

*

Lee Yena’s broadcast was bustling, which was quite surprising for a first-day broadcast. Both in a good and a bad sense.

『What exactly is this broadcast about?』

『Is this really keyboard and mouse? Asked for the 7th time.』

『Why is the screen shaking so much?』

『Please lower your head just one more time, please lower your head just one more time, please lower your head just one more time, please lower your head just one more time, please lower your head just one more time, please lower your head just one more time, please lower your head just one more time』

-oo has donated 1,000 KRW!-

【Streamer, where exactly is the camera set up?】

《Good question. It’s on my forehead.》

With a soft voice, the Rogue deftly avoided traps and sped through the underground. This was Lee Yena’s preferred first route, skipping most mobs to get to the chests first.

However, less than 3% of the viewers were actually watching the gameplay.

『???』

『This crazy woman, why install the camera on your forehead』

『Stop sniping Ark, stop sniping Ark, stop sniping Ark, stop sniping Ark, stop sniping Ark, stop sniping Ark, stop sniping Ark』

『Take the lawsuit gracefully~ Take the lawsuit gracefully~ Take the lawsuit gracefully~ Take the lawsuit gracefully~ Take the lawsuit gracefully~ Take the lawsuit gracefully~ Take the lawsuit gracefully~』

『So, you can really play games with keyboard and mouse;』

『Haaang… Tattooed big-breasted noona… Haaang… Tattooed big-breasted noona… Haaang… Tattooed big-breasted noona… Haaang… Tattooed big-breasted noona… Haaang… Tattooed big-breasted noona… Haaang… Tattooed big-breasted noona… Haaang… Tattooed big-breasted noona…』

The chatroom, dominated by repetitive spam taking up more than 80%, was in a state that even experienced broadcasters would find hard to manage.

Of course, streaming with a smartphone attached to her forehead meant Lee Yena couldn’t see the chat regardless of its state.

『Streamer, aren’t you looking at the chat?』

-oo has donated 1,000 KRW!-

【Why did you set up the camera on your forehead?】

《That’s a very good question.》

Perhaps finding the question particularly pleasing, Lee Yena nodded several times—naturally causing the camera to bob up and down slightly.

『For real, this is making me dizzy』

『Isn’t she out of her mind?』

『It’s weird. I’m getting motion sickness watching a broadcast from my room』

『Please lower your head deeply, please lower your head deeply, please lower your head deeply, please lower your head deeply, please lower your head deeply, please lower your head deeply』

Taking advantage of the enemy Warrior underground not catching her Rogue’s route in time, Lee Yena’s Rogue smoothly reached the treasure chest without a fight and began unlocking it.

Rare grade, boots of Swiftness.

Boots that increase movement speed by 15 and reduce the duration of movement-impairing status effects by 80%.

Pleased with the find, the camera once again bobbed up and down.

《These are Boots of Swiftness. I’ll use them for 5 minutes and then hand them over to a Knight. Rogues are great, right?》

『Ark’s broadcast shows the center is getting wrecked right now』

『No Priest, no hope』

『No, why did you put the camera on your forehead』

『You said it was a good question』

『LOLOLOL LOLOLOL said it was a good question, didn’t say she’d answer』

『Please lower the camera, Please lower the camera, Please lower the camera, Please lower the camera』

After neatly closing the chest again, Lee Yena’s Rogue exited the treasure room and paused to listen.

A sound coming from the right. In response, the camera subtly tilted to the right.

『Please fix the camera』

『I can’t watch this anymore』

『For real, this is making me dizzy』

Listening closely as the sound grew louder, Lee Yena timed her stealth perfectly, just as the opposing Warrior appeared from the opposite side. The timing was so tight that he couldn’t spot the Rogue.

『Oh』

『The stealth timing was perfect』

Assuming the Rogue might still be in the treasure room, the Warrior began making his way through the traps. Meanwhile, the Rogue, without looking back or attempting an attack, started running away.

『Not fighting?』

『Fighting a Warrior as a Rogue is just asking to get decapitated』

『You’re getting tailed』

『Is this the Warrior? The next one, maybe?』

Viewers who were questioning Lee Yena’s playstyle started expressing greater confusion when the Rogue successfully evaded the Warrior.

『What’s the Warrior doing』

『??? Won’t you hear footsteps if she runs?』

『Why can’t we hear any sound?』

『Did she spec into Stealth?』

The top-tier utility tree trait for Rogues, Silent Steps, removes the sound of footsteps. Unlike other powerful top-tier traits that define builds, Silent Steps theoretically enable untraceable ambushes, but—

due to the minor issue of Rogues typically getting counterattacked and decapitated, it was commonly regarded as a useless troll trait.

However, like all traits, its effectiveness depends on how it’s used.

With Silent Steps silencing her stealth movement, the Warrior completely lost track of the Rogue’s presence, dismissing her threat and turning to hunt neutral mobs instead.

Meanwhile, the Rogue quietly navigated the underground passage towards the enemy’s rear.

『Sweetsbuzzler(Priest) has been defeated!』

『GetDevoured(Rogue) → Sweetsbuzzler(Priest)』

『Sweetsbuzzler(Priest): No @($!』

『Sweetsbuzzler(Priest): How did you get here』

『Sweetsbuzzler(Priest): Ah』

『Sweetsbuzzler(Priest): Someone protect me』

After successfully eliminating the Priest from behind and slipping back underground, Lee Yena asked again in a low voice,

《Aren’t Rogues great?》

『Oh?』

『Oh』

『Yeah~ But once the Warrior comes back, the center will fall again~ Yeah~ But once the Warrior comes back, the center will fall again~ Yeah~ But once the Warrior comes back, the center will fall again~』

While no one was yet convinced by her Rogue propaganda, most viewers had stopped spamming and were now focused on Lee Yena’s Rogue gameplay.