Thousands of viewers held their breaths as the sound of horse hooves tapped along the shoreline.
“Neigh!”
After a loud neigh, the horse halted its steps.
Thump—the ethereal skeleton unmounted the horse, its ghostly, black sockets staring out into the abandoned building as the wind howled through its broken windows.
The short-haired streamer leaned with his back against the cracked wall, his heart thumping with fear and regret. Fear for the unknown; regret for ever coming here.
His friends held their breath as the footsteps neared their building. The footsteps sounded haunting, as if chains were striking against the ground.
A glowing, green shadow emerged below the door and slowly made its way to the building. It reached the entrance and suddenly vanished into thin air.
‘Huh?’ The short-haired streamer gulped. ‘Where did the shadow go?’
Unknowingly, the streamer camera was pointing at the ceiling, and the chat was going wild.
[Chatter105: Look up!]
[Chatter734: Streamer is going to die!]
[Chatter045: Streamer, look up, please!]
As if he saw those comments, the short-haired streamer lifted his gaze towards the ceiling. A floating skull, glowing green, stared at him with hollow, eyeless sockets.
“A-ah… ah…”
His friends snapped their heads towards him, wanting to shut his mouth in case the skeleton person was still outside. However, they then saw him look at the ceiling, which also caused them to look there.
To their horror, they saw a pair of glowing green lights staring back at them from the darkness.
Smash—the door shattered into a million pieces as a headless skeleton emerged with a glowing green sword in hand.
The headless skeleton swung its sword towards the short-haired streamer. With the skull floating in the ceiling, it could see everything that was happening in front of it.
The skull’s hollow, eyeless sockets acted as its “eyes,” therefore it saw everything like a bird would.
The short-haired streamer raised his metal shield and defended against the sword strike. He then used his free hand to draw the sword before delivering a powerful counterattack.
Swung—the skeleton swung its sword down and deflected the short-haired streamer’s counterattack. The contact of two blades sent sparks flying across the dark house.
The clash of metal echoed through the room.
[Chatter499: Fuck the skeleton up!]
[Chatter499 muted for 12000 seconds for excessive profanity]
[Chatter501: Kill that eyeless monster!]
[Chatter921: You can do it!]
“Sword Rush!” The short-haired streamer placed his sword above his metal shield and began stabbing repeatedly, as if he were determined that with enough attacking, the skeleton monster would die.
The skeleton monster swung its bony arms and slammed its glowing blade into the streamer’s sword, deflecting and parrying the relentless attacks.
The short-haired streamer felt his arm go numb and had to stop his attack. He then backed off and joined his friends side. They all carried swords and shields.
Together, they formed a formidable defense against the enemy.
The skull fell from the ceiling and landed back on the skeleton frame. The intensity of the green light was instantly amplified.
The room was filled with an eerie glow that swallowed the darkness entirely.
“I already fought against him briefly. He only looks scary, but I am confident we can take it down!” The short-haired streamer said to increase the morale of his friends.
It seemed to work as his friends nodded and tightened their grips on their swords and shields.
“I’ll take the lead. Follow me!” The short-haired streamer bellowed and charged forward while kicking the ground, increasing his speed. “Basic Slash!”
The blade sliced through the air with a powerful swing. 𝒩𝚘𝓋𝗅𝒩xt.𝐂𝑂
Cling—the skeleton parried the sword strike and threw a quick punch with its left bony fist.
Smash—the short-haired streamer blocked the punch with his shield, but the shockwave rocked his body with tremendous force.
“Argh…” He barely managed to keep standing.
Luckily, his friend rushed forward to provide backup. He swung his sword in a wide arc, hoping to catch the skeleton monster by surprise.
The skeleton used another arm to smash its glowing sword into the incoming sword, halting the attack in its tracks.
While both of the skeleton’s arms were occupied, the female player lunged forward and screamed.
“Arrow’s Head!” The female player shouted her signature move and stabbed her sword deep into the skeleton’s skull. It went straight through.
“Haha, you did it!” The short-haired streamer celebrated with a loud laugh.
The chat exploded with cheers and showed appreciation to the female player by throwing heart symbols.
“Heh.” The female player smiled, feeling a rush of adrenaline and satisfaction. She then pulled the sword out of the glowing skull and raised it triumphantly in the air.
The short-haired streamer smiled and sighed with relief. He honestly didn’t expect to beat such a scary monster.
“Wild Hunt…”
The wind picked up, carrying haunting words.
The players widened their eyes in shock, and then a glowing sword went through the female player’s heart. She gasped in shock before disappearing.
“H-how!” The short-haired streamer and his friends backed off in fear, not understanding how the skeleton monster survived!
The answer soon revealed itself, and it was something that brought despair and hopelessness to their and the viewers faces.
[The Ghost of the Wild Hunt]
[HP: 2,999,999/3,000,000]
“Oh man…” The short-haired streamer dropped his weapons and resigned himself to death.
…
Waking up from his slumber, the short-haired streamer took off his headset and slammed his fist against the pillow, rage flaring in his eyes.
“What the hell is that? 3 million health, are you guys kidding me?” He felt like ripping his hair off his scalp. “There are more monsters like that in Dark Waters? How can anyone ever reach the Dark Continent? This is stupid!”
He felt like making a complaint to Martial Online, but felt like it was for naught.
With anger, he plopped down on his gaming chair and started the PC. He went to check the stream numbers, and after seeing the highest view count, he didn’t feel as angry anymore.
[Highest View Count: 324,567]
“It’s a little bit embarrassing to die in front of so many people, but they must’ve seen it too. No one could have killed that monster.” He thought, feeling a sense of relief and validation in knowing that others had witnessed the impossible feat as well.
After that, he checked the amount of money he received from that stream and felt very giddy.
Not everyone could become a famous streamer, as there are millions of new streamers every day trying to jump on the bandwagon and become super successful Martial Online streamers and make millions of crowns.
However, it was super hard, and only one out of those millions might succeed.
Before this day, he was also a very small streamer who only made a few crowns per stream, but today’s stream made it to the front page of the ForeverStream. This one stream solidified his streaming career, and he was certain that he would earn thousands more fans.
Even if he didn’t have another successful stream, he could now finally quit school and become a full-time streamer. It was his dream, and it finally came true.
“Whew.” He leaned against the backrest and closed his eyes with a satisfied look. “Ghost of the Wild Hunt… No one could defeat such a monster.
“Ah right, our temporary spawns are still there!” He suddenly remembered and pulled out his phone. He had received many messages from his friends asking whether they should log back in.
He said no immediately.
‘We should wait for that monster to leave. We must’ve been unlucky to encounter such a monster. Tomorrow morning, I should try checking out that place again.
‘Maybe I should make an announcement for it? Yeah, it could attract more people to my stream!’