Chapter 24: Bonus Mission Triggered
That night, Seunghoon lay on his bed, the glow of his phone screen casted soft shadows across the ceiling of his room. His blanket was pulled up to his chest, but his body remained still, not quite ready to sleep.
For the first time since days, he wasn't playing late at night. Instead, he was lying down. Thinking. Not about the game they played or the game but streaming.
That word wouldn't leave his head.
He tapped the search bar and typed "Rise of Legends streamer Korea".
Dozens of results came up instantly. There were clips from MeTube, Litch, Liklok. Even newer platforms he hadn't heard of before came up.
There were thumbnails of streamers mid-game, their cameras placed neatly in the corner, chat flying at the side of the screen with hearts, laughing emojis, and reactions to every single thing they say.
He clicked on the first recommended channel to watch on his screen.
The screen loaded with a delay. The moment it came through, he was met with bright overlays and a smooth-talking guy in a headset reacting to a jungle invasion.
"Yo! What are they doing? They're three levels behind—wait, hold up, hold up! Chat, you seeing this?!"
The screen cut to a team fight that the streamer managed to turn around with perfect positioning and reaction.
The chat blew up: