Genius’s Godlike Game Broadcast

Chapter 162 : Better Durante (1)

Better Durante (1)

Demon Must Cry trial broadcast, on the very last day.

― Why are there so many people! LOL

― Wow, seriously, it's really the final day

― Don't tell me there's going to be lag?

― If the stream lags today, that's lawsuit grounds

― LMAO you could get into legal trouble for that

― Is Tri's staff watching this?

Even before the broadcast started, the viewer count had already exceeded 15,000.

Thanks to that, the chat window was bustling from the get-go.

― I'm definitely going to see the 'Perfect Ending' before I go to sleep, haha

― Ah lol, the best even among the true endings? I can't resist this!

― Honestly, even after Demon Must Cry releases, it'll take ages to get the perfect ending, lol

― Seriously, today is the only chance to see it live

― But why is time passing so slowly!

― Must be like bullet-time right now?

― Bullet-time"

ROFL

― What the heck? Release us from bullet-time already!

The more you anticipate, the slower time seems to pass, but soon the scheduled broadcast time came.

The person who appeared on the once-blackened screen wasn't Lee Gyeongbok.

― Oh? Is this a Demon Must Cry intro?

― Did "Gaekkeom" make this?

― No, this is the editor's style, lol

― Again! Did Black Company do it again?

― The editor got ground down again, lol

-/Encourage the editor

― ???: Hang in there!"

― Every time, the sense for this is just amazing lol

A highlight video that briskly connected the previous boss fights began to play.

The last scene was the climactic battle with Arachne. The difference this time was that the camera was from Arachne's point of view as she took the hits.

Then, with Lee Gyeongbok's sword-drawing, the screen was slashed apart by a cross.

And from the other side, Lee Gyeongbok appeared.

"Trha!"

His cheerful greeting drew immediate responses in the chat. But compared to before, there were even more "lol"s.

The reason was simple.

― LMAO, looks like it wasn't just the editor giving it his all

― Seriously, are we seeing real Perante?!

― Why match the coat color to Purple?

― Wow, that really suits him so well

― For real, even if it's not Durante's face, why does it fit him?

― Guess you do need a good clothes hanger (physique)

― Seeing this, godple has a better body than Durante

Though the game hadn't even started, Lee Gyeongbok was sporting silver hair and wearing Durante's costume.

Only the coat's color had been changed, in homage to the name "Purple," to a dark purplish shade.

["Gaekkeom Bogoinna" has donated 5,000 won.]

[Is this coming as an in-game skin, right? Right?]

["Ipgeumaegi Got Jinsim" has donated 10,000 won.]

[Lee Namjin-eo highly rates this cosplay.]

["Perfect Cosplay" has donated 50,000 won.]

― Honestly, give an upvote if you want to see a Bark John cosplay too, lol

As donations poured in with his appearance, Lee Gyeongbok flashed a smile.

"Ah, thank you for the support. Matching the outfit wasn't requested by the advertiser—the idea was actually from our manager. When I heard about it, it sounded fun."

Even after deciding to pause ads for a bit, the Team Perfect meeting hadn't wrapped up right away. Since it was the last trial broadcast, they'd held a brainstorm to make it more entertaining.

― A smurf doing cosplay even if it's not a homework? LOL

― This is true 'Perfect-Pangmeo'

― LMAO the manager knows his stuff

― Again! Does everyone at Black Company only think of streaming?

― Isn't that the "If you touch ink you turn black" thing?

― Work at Black Company and you turn into a black employee!

In the cheerful mood, Lee Gyeongbok clapped his hands lightly.

It was almost time to progress with the stream.

"Okay, today's the day, right? Currently, about 20,000 people on this channel, plus about 90,000 on the North American sub-channel, and 70,000 in Japan! This is the day so many people have been waiting for."

― Whoa, that's seriously a ton of people

― Almost 180,000 watching the stream?

― You can't NOT watch this

― It just shows how niche package games are in Korea

― Ugh... so many normies watching, I'm frustrated!

― Hey now, people who play online games aren't all normies, lol

― ???: My friends are online friends!"

― What kind of life do you live, sensei...

― Let's start already!

Lee Gyeongbok smiled as he read the chat.

"Before I start, I want to say thank you."

Question marks popped up in the chat.

"As you must have noticed, demon Must Cry's action is great, but the story is a very important element. Yet revealing the true ending before release? That's not an easy decision."

― LMAO, that's true

― Honestly, that's some real big-shot energy

― Can't ignore the impact on sales

― But making it official live, Bang bang!

― For real, it's an alpha-male level reveal

The viewers soon figured out who he was thanking. Lee Gyeongbok nodded and continued.

"But CAP Company did that hard thing. Why? Because they're that confident in their gameplay!"

― Wild, that's build-up for homework

― Capitalist optimization at its peak lol

― But honestly, he's not wrong

― No one would do it without confidence

― Did they catch Purple confidence or something? lol

― Thank you, gaekkeom!

― Thank you, best Gaekkeom!

― Big man! Big man! Big man!

― One uncriticizable pass awarded^^

The chat was flooded with praise for the developer. Lee Gyeongbok waited for it to calm before proceeding.

"With all these people waiting—no reason to make you wait any longer, right? Let's start the Demon Must Cry true ending experience now!"

Wrapping up his remark, Lee Gyeongbok started the game. The chat was immediately filled with excitement and fervor.

― Ah! World's first exclusive true ending reveal!

― Even taken separately, each scene is legendary, lol

― And the fact that Godple isn't nervous at all—legend

― If I had 180,000 people watching, I wouldn't be able to breathe

― This is just a normal Purple stream, though?

With the mood reaching a peak, the cutscene started.

― But now that I've seen Perante, this feels kind of plain, lol

― Seriously, makes Durante look almost scrawny

― How could a half-human half-demon stack up against a god?

― It's starting! Perfect focus ON!

Unlike the chat, the mood inside the cutscene was tense. Durante once again pointed his sword at Beatrice.

"You, and the Church, are hiding too much."

At his sunken voice, she flinched in surprise.

― Wait, seriously?

― Are they going to split up?

― Come on, if she isn't the heroine, then who is!

― Please, happy ending! Please!

The building tension had the viewers filled with anxiety.

"But."

Durante paused briefly and lowered his sword. Then, approaching her, he said:

"I'll treat you the same as you treated me."

Beatrice's eyes widened. Then, as if the memory echoed, a voice with reverb replayed:

"I value your 'human' side more."

It was what Beatrice had told Durante when visiting his office.

― Dang, that's it!

― I knew our girl was the heroine all along!

― Even the heroine stack was a set-up all along?

― For real, they used it like this

― Obsessive fans are weak to scenes where the heroine's words get thrown back at the protagonist!

Beatrice, eyes a little misty, tried to say something, but Durante was faster.

"But there'll be no more cooperation."

"Durante?"

Leaving the surprised her behind, durante grabbed Andro and put him in the lead.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

As she hastily tried to follow, a flash went off from Durante's body.

She reflexively shut her eyes tight and grabbed for him again.

"Ah......"

Her hand passed right through Durante's body all too easily. Even his afterimage soon vanished.

Beatrice looked around in a daze.

With that, the scene shifted.

― Is that a decoy?

― Her eyes look so sad TT

― But honestly, better this way

― For real, she'd just get in the way in a final boss fight

― She'll come back in the ending! She always does!

With the location changed, viewers' focus shifted.

"Huh? Isn't this, that place?"

At Lee Gyeongbok's remark, viewers quickly reacted.

― Isn't it the console-version hell design?

― Yeah, changed a bit, but similar

― What's being hinted at here?

― This is where Ali's final battle was, right?

― Don't tell me Ali's still alive?

― That'd be a stretch, lol

The deepest part of hell's background was similar to where they'd fought Ali. Durante, leading Andro, moved forward through it.

"You must be curious who's waiting for you, durante."

Andro spoke first. Durante let out a stifled laugh.

"Are you planning to trade information for your life?"

"No, not at all. This is just another command I've received."

"Command?"

"Yes."

The chat was filled with question marks at Andro's words.

― Is the mastermind finally getting revealed?

― Is this a hint to the final boss?

― Well, at least it's not our girl

― The "Saint is the mastermind" theory is totally dead, right?

Andro turned to look at Durante.

"The one I serve is the true master of hell—a being closer to the essence of a devil than anyone."

A faint smile crossed his face.

― So he was the final boss after all

― They said he was required for the story, but turns out he was an enemy, wow

― So Andro became a traitor?

― Come on, that's out of character for him

― Does the story even follow up from here?

Viewers were baffled.

Wasn't Andro an ally in the console version?

'No way, andro's definitely an ally.'

Lee Gyeongbok held on to his first impression of Andro. Nothing had changed in the vibe he sensed through divine energy.

'Ajax and Arachne felt unstable, but Andro is definite.'

There were cases where attitudes shifted as the story progressed, but Andro wasn't one of them.

Meanwhile, andro came to a slow stop.

"We're here."

"This is the deepest part of hell, then."

Durante subtly tilted his head back, looking at the gate before him.

It wasn't just any hell gate.

Not only was it big enough to fill his entire vision, but unlike previous hell gates of black rock, this one was made of blood and flesh.

"Since you've collected all the Demonhearts, offer blood and it will open."

At Andro's words, durante unsheathed his greatsword. But he had no intention of bleeding.

"I'm not here to play along after coming all this way."

With that, durante slashed the hell gate and kicked it with all his strength at the center. With a thundering crash, a hole was smashed right through.

― Straight-up destruction?! lol

― Ultimate alpha-style knock, that's what it is

― For real, the gate's just weak

― Should file a complaint with hell's construction company for this

― Construction company in hell, lMAO

Cheered on, the viewers focused on the screen.

Inside the hell gate, in the center, stood a tall throne. A man was slumped deep in a throne made of bones.

"A guest has arrived—you won't even greet them?"

Durante, his greatsword resting on his shoulder, walked toward the throne.

Once at eye level with the throne's master, his face twisted.

"...... What?"

The camera lingered on Durante, then spun 180 degrees to show the throne.

Both Lee Gyeongbok and the viewers reacted almost identically to Durante.

"Are there two Durantes?"

Sitting there was another Durante.

-????????

― What the heck is going on?!

― Was this another Arachne trick?

― Come on, would the final boss be some cheap imitation?

― He looks more like he's restrained than sitting

Strangely, the man didn't react at all, and the bone throne seemed to be binding him.

"This isn't a fake made by Arachne. You'd sense it if you're really Durante."

"How is this possible?"

Durante asked upon Andro's explanation.

Andro, as if expecting this, didn't look flustered.

"Neither of you are fakes. Both are the true masters of hell whom I served."

― So that's why the domain lords reacted that way

― Instead of meeting Durante when he lost his memories, did they meet THAT Durante?

― Yep, that's why they thought it was strange

― Such a densely woven game, wow

― But seriously, why are there two Durantes?!

While viewers mulled over Midas, ajax, and Arachne's reactions, andro bowed respectfully.

"Now, I will carry out my final command."

"What?"

Durante's gaze sharpened.

Andro vanished from view in a blink, appearing beside him.

With the clash of metal, the two were suddenly separated.

-????

― A sudden battle?!

― He was a traitor after all!

Andro once again wielded the black-colored dagger, just as when Lee Gyeongbok demonstrated in a previous strategy session.

"When you returned here, if Durante couldn't defeat me, unseal the throne."

Andro's eyes narrowed. The black serpent wrapped around his arm hissed like metal.

"So if you can't defeat me, I am to reclaim the Demonheart."

Lee Gyeongbok immediately understood.

"That's not really betrayal. More like loyalty?"

― He really is devoted, lol

― Seriously, too loyal!

― Where's the flexibility in hell!

― There's never flexibility in hell, lol

― Feels more like a mid-boss before the final fight

"It doesn't matter to me."

Durante scoffed at Andro's words.

"I've never retreated from a fight I stepped into."

Just then, control returned and battle began. Lee Gyeongbok swung his sword instantly.

With a metallic clang, sparks flew. Andro's dagger closed the distance in a flash.

― Wow;;

― What's with that speed?

― He's faster than before?!

Andro's speed and strength were far above what they were during Lee Gyeongbok's previous strategy attempt. But nothing had fundamentally changed. Despite the fierce offensive, Lee Gyeongbok wasn't pushed back at all.

― Ha, of course, that's Godple class

― Once you've beaten him once, there's no way you lose!

― You couldn't beat him back then, but now you can, right?

― For real, with the option to defeat him, it's actually easier

Viewers breathed a sigh of relief. The situation was different, but the result looked the same.

"The mechanics are the same as before."

After a few exchanges and widening the gap, Lee Gyeongbok spoke.

"My stats are duplicated now, and I have damage immunity too."

A simple comment, but the content wasn't simple at all.

― Stat boosts were thanks to Godple, wow

― Damage immunity? Is that possible?

― Seriously, he doesn't change clothes this time either

― Why is that?

― If that's the case, how can you win?!

― There's not even a bottomless chasm or anything!

Viewers were perplexed.

Unlike before, andro couldn't be permanently removed from the game here. Wasn't it impossible to clear the fight?

But Lee Gyeongbok was relaxed.

"I've already shown you the answer. Can't let my guard down with all these hints around."

He batted away another flurry of attacks, throwing in a remark. But the viewers just grew more confused rather than reassured.

― The answer? What answer?

― Come on; isn't it just hopeless?

― If Godple says there's a way, there's a way!

― Yeah, he'd make a way even from nothing

― Creating something from nothing? That's godly!

― Oh! I think I get it!

― LoL I thought of it too

Thanks to the massive viewer count, some caught on to Lee Gyeongbok's meaning.

"There was one thing that definitely hurt Andro before."

Lee Gyeongbok decided to show the answer to those who remembered. Deflecting the rolling assaults, he countered.

His greatsword, surprisingly-nimble, was blocked by Andro's dagger. Then, immediately from the opposite direction, ali's sword came flying.

Andro tried to block that too, but in a flash, the blade vanished before his eyes.

"It's this serpent."

Turning his blade, Lee Gyeongbok targeted the black serpent coiled around Andro's arm.

"Guh... ...!"

As the blade stabbed through the serpent's body, andro let out a pained breath and fell to his knees.

― Wow! That's it!

― Wow, tHAT was the strategy hint?

― This game is crazy with the foreshadowing, lol

― A master at picking up on hint drops

With Andro's defeat, control was relinquished.

Lee Gyeongbok paused the game to explain.

"If you can't get a direct shot, use the Arachne prism and attack when there's an opening."

A fight that was perfect for using decoys and stealth. But the viewers didn't agree.

― Only the professor (Godple) fights like this!

― Lol, with Elden fan's stats, you don't even need that

― They'd probably just outmuscle each other and clear it

― If I can beat Andro with MY stats, upvote, haha, I'll go first!

― Isn't that an upvote for something else?

― The necklace of victory in his hand!

Smiling at the chat, Lee Gyeongbok cleared his throat to refocus attention.

"Ahem, that's enough of the Andro defeat strategy, let's move right along."

With his words, the viewers sharpened their focus yet again.

"Storywise, now it's the real final boss, time to fight the other Durante."

The last gate before the true ending.

The final boss fight was just ahead.