Genius’s Godlike Game Broadcast-Chapter 62 : I Heard Elden Soul Is Hard? (2)

I Heard Elden Soul Is Hard? (2)
The cemetery, the starting area of the game "Elden Soul," also served as a tutorial. However, as the series had a reputation for being difficult, the tutorial was different from those in other games.
"I don't know why there are so many traps in a cemetery like this."
Lee Gyeongbok said this as he looked at the broken arrows scattered on the ground. The traps blocked the path with collapsed stone coffins, set up exactly where you had to pass.
"Did they make these to catch grave robbers? Seriously, every trap here feels like it was meant to kill you."
And it wasn't as if they were weak enough for you to withstand, either. The arrows that shot at Lee Gyeongbok flew straight for his head and heart, and, with a time delay, at his solar plexus.
If you couldn't react, you died — that was the basic premise of the Elden series.
― But you don't die, do you!
― How are you supposed to react to arrows flying at you?
― Seriously, it's so dark you can't even see anything, geez
― Oh haha, but you can tell just by the sound, you know?
― Fact) The viewers get killed even if they know.
― Once you experience this, you always raise your shield in narrow passageways lolol
― Learned it good, haha
Lee Gyeongbok chuckled at the chat. As he took one more step forward, some undead lurking behind a sarcophagus lunged at him, their eyes flashing.
He couldn't afford to let his guard down.
But for Lee Gyeongbok—
"I see it."
He hadn't let his guard down for even a moment.
His red-hot, broken longsword stabbed straight into the glabella of the undead.
"I told you, just hit them, right?"
The struck undead collapsed instantly. With a casual kick to the corpse, Lee Gyeongbok drew his sword and shrugged.
― Seriously lol, that's not possible!
― Here we go again, with the swagger!
― For real, the undead probably died from frustration hearing that, haha
― Fr tho, they had 1 HP left and died from getting trolled
The viewers joked as if this situation was ordinary. However, among them, there were some who couldn't understand what was happening.
― Like;;; How does anyone get through all this?
― You practiced beforehand, right?
― Fr though, if you don't know, you're guaranteed to die here
― Eclipse, who only streams Elden series, died here three times
Those were the new viewers who had just joined after seeing the MetaGamer interview. Not yet used to Lee Gyeongbok's skill, they were understandably suspicious.
However, Lee Gyeongbok didn't need to explain himself.
― Oh haha, trap dodging is Godple's specialty.
― Fr lol, why else would he be ranked number 1 in the world!
― What do you mean, number 1 in the world?
― Godple is ranked #1 in capsule tutorial records, lol
― Can't believe it? I couldn't either lol, the thing is, there's evidence
― Fr, just watch the MasterDissection episode and it'll all make sense
― If you're Korean, you gotta study Purple channel first!
The long-time viewers already knew this and had even seen related content. Any skeptical opinions quickly got drowned out.
Meanwhile, Lee Gyeongbok continued progressing. Soon he passed through a dark corridor and arrived at a new room.
'What's this, a complete gift set?'
Rising steel spikes, flying arrows, fire pouring from the ceiling, spell circles that bound you for a set time, and so on.
It was a trap room packed with every type of trap he'd experienced so far.
And that wasn't all.
'Even undead are hiding here.'
Not only were some lurking behind obstacles as before, but others hid within the sarcophagus or among the corpses killed by the traps.
The enemy placements were so devious that you could feel the developers' malice.
― Wow, lol
― Fr, this room is the real deal
― No more spoilers!
― Oh, hush!
― All right, Purple channel fans, hush up now~
The chat responded as if they all knew the cruelty of this room.
"Looks like this part is difficult?"
Lee Gyeongbok laughed at the chat, which clearly revealed the viewers' inner thoughts.
― Oh, you got caught because of the viewers!
― What's the moderation bot doing!
― Haha, this isn't a spoiler, is it?
― Aw man, it's all out now!
The disappointment in the viewers was obvious.
'Well, I do have to pass through.'
What Lee Gyeongbok sensed with his spiritual energy wasn't just threat. Could it be that after overcoming the fiendish ordeal the developers had prepared, some fitting reward awaited?
A sweet sensation washed away his discomfort all at once.
But just as he was about to move—
['SinceItCameToThis' has proposed a quest!]
[Condition – Do not use any weapons until you clear this room]
[Reward – 50,000 won]
A viewer had issued a quest, hoping to see Lee Gyeongbok struggle for once.
― Wow, you're not allowed to use weapons?
― Set up a date with Miss Yudahee!
― This is totally something a Black Company would do, right?
― Fr, not even giving proper equipment, lol
― Is this really the character of Purple channel's viewers...?
― The science checks out
― Oh haha, we all learned this from Godple!
Lee Gyeongbok happily accepted the challenge, his chat window full of delight.
"Thank you for the quest. Well then..."
Before he even finished speaking, a guide message appeared in front of him.
['Backseat Prohibited' feature is enabled during quest progress.]
[Chat window will be available again after the quest ends.]
"Oh, even backseat warnings. They must really want to see me get messed up. This isn't Qdari, is it?"
Lee Gyeongbok kept his composure, smiling even wider.
"All right, let's go."
He put away his weapon and loosened up his hands. While the chat window disappeared from his view, he seemed just as engaged in the conversation.
― Qdari, lol
― Qdari just pops up and gets smacked, lol
― Backseat lock? Totally intentional.
― Lol, this is gonna be great
― There's basically no way through this part, it's so nasty
― Traps and undead placements change every time you die here
― Didn't Anatomy count the patterns?
― Yeah, he counted 941 patterns, lol
Unlike other rooms, this area reset itself each attempt. You couldn't just brute-force your way through by trying many times.
While expectations ran high in the chat, Lee Gyeongbok moved with ease, dodging arrows and steel spikes as if it were nothing. Yet the viewers weren't disappointed.
― Wow! That's insane!
― He's literally gonna clear it on the first try at this rate!
― Even if he does, he'll be annoyed at how ridiculous it is, lol
― Fr, the intended way is to find a hidden exit
― This is where you learn that not everything you see is all there is.
The trick to this section wasn't dodging the traps—it was finding the detour through a destructible wall in the corridor before you entered the room.
And above all—
― Has any streamer even made it through this part?
― Yeah, I think there was a foreign streamer on Reddit.
― Yup, he barely scraped by, almost dead, but then realized it was a dead end and rage quit, lol
― Seriously, are FromSoft developers Satanists or what, lol
You got nothing even if you somehow made it through the ordeal.
But Lee Gyeongbok thought differently.
'What could be here for them to go this far?'
The sweet feeling grew stronger as he advanced.
He took a short breath and crouched. An undead who had been lying in wait tried to ambush him, but Lee Gyeongbok instead grabbed it.
"Hold on a sec."
As he spoke, flames dropped from the ceiling. The undead, held in his grasp, took the fire like an umbrella.
-???????
― What's with the undead shield, lol!
-na, never imagined using undead like that!
― Protip: If you can't use weapons, use the traps.
― Gruesome stuff happens all the time at a Black Company!
― First time I've felt sorry for an undead, ㅠㅠ
The developers' persistence didn't matter to Lee Gyeongbok. Instead, he used the traps to dispose of the undead and moved forward.
"Quest complete, right?"
['SinceItCameToThis' has donated '50,000' won.]
As he reached the end of the corridor, a completion message appeared. The viewers were amazed.
― He actually cleared it on the first try! Tang
― I needed over 20 tries just to reach halfway...
― The average clear video is over 30 minutes just for this part
― Is this an edited video? It's at least an hour live, lol
― Godple took like 3 minutes, lol
― Ah haha, I'm clipping this for my cup noodle alarm
― Seriously, are you crazy, lolol
Checking chat, Lee Gyeongbok calmly gripped his weapon again.
"Well then, let's see what's waiting at the end here."
His words brought laughter to the chat.
― So hyped for this
― Clip is locked and loaded!
― Already tons of fun, lol
― Time to mark the editing point!
― Perfect for Purple channel clips!
― Let's all become jawless in awe!
― Mouths closed!
However, everyone kept themselves in check, as if conscious of each other.
Finally, at the end of the corridor, what came into view was—
"... A cliff?"
Like the ground had collapsed, a bottomless pit stretched out before him. After all that effort, he'd have to turn back.
Many streamers and players had despaired here, and viewers thought Lee Gyeongbok would too.
But their expectations were wrong.
'Seems like there's something below.'
He was certain. His sixth sense and spiritual energy pointed to a single spot.
He stepped to the edge beyond the corridor.
"Gyaaaaa!"
An undead hidden at the corner leapt at him. The developers' last trick.
The moment you lowered your guard, thinking the danger was over, you would be dragged to your doom and have to start over.
But Lee Gyeongbok was different.
"Geez, so noisy."
He stabbed his red-hot weapon into the ribs of the undead, then tossed it off the cliff without resisting the force.
The undead's ragged clothes, engulfed in flames, vanished into the darkness.
-?????
― He reacts like that?
― Even here, you're [per][fect]? Who are you, really...!
― Not even FromSoft could stop Godple...!
― FroGod! FroGod! FroGod! FroGod!
― That's why this game looks easy for you, lol
-(game face)(game face)(game face)
― But for viewers, it's hell difficulty!
― Yeah, that's the problem—hell mode
― Fr, for Godple, who's from hell, it's actually perfect!
Viewers had hoped, just this once, to see Purple get frustrated. But when even this last hope crumbled, they gave up.
Yet Lee Gyeongbok stood at the cliff's edge, his glabella furrowed.
When question marks started flooding the chat, he grabbed the shield slung across his back. What he did next was even stranger.
"Oh, this works."
He struck the wooden shield with his red-hot broken longsword. With a crackling sound, the shield started to smoke and caught fire.
What was he doing? Lee Gyeongbok spoke up.
"When the undead fell earlier, I saw something below."
― Eh?
― You saw something?
― What're you saying?
― Wait, no way;;;
Before the viewers could react, Lee Gyeongbok swiftly returned to the corridor and turned back.
Thanks to the burning shield, the area around him grew a bit brighter.
Bouncing lightly, he sprinted towards the cliff. First, he threw the burning shield to illuminate the area, then took a running leap.
― It's daegomtang! Domehwanchya!
― Uwaaaaaa!
― No way;;; this isn't the way you're supposed to die!
― Hold tight! You're gonna fall!
Everyone felt certain he would die. But Lee Gyeongbok had no such intention.
He grabbed the hand axe at his waist and glared at the walls.
'Now!'
The shield smashed against the wall and shattered. He then plunged his sword and hand axe into the stone.
His body jolted, but he didn't fall any further.
"Whew."
He exhaled and looked down. The shattered pieces of his shield briefly illuminated the floor below.
There, a pile of countless undead corpses was stacked like a mountain.
― Damn, that scared me.
― That was thrilling in a whole different sense;;
― Just watching made my knees weak, geez
― There's got to be a reason why you're doing this, right?;;
― You're going to make this a weird highlight clip
The viewers had no idea why Lee Gyeongbok was doing this. Rather than explain, he kept moving.
Surprisingly, it didn't take long for Lee Gyeongbok to find a small ledge to climb onto.
― What the heck?
― Where is this?
― No way... Did you spot this when the undead fell earlier?
― God, does he have divine eyes or what
― Is this an unreleased secret area? Is that it?
― There are secret areas even in the tutorial zone!?
― This is a real first discovery, lol
The chat exploded. As he put away his hand axe, Lee Gyeongbok nodded.
"Has no one else come here before?"
The mood in the chat changed as quickly as ebb and flow in a tide.
― Nope, never
― Seriously lol, I've watched this spot dozens of times, never saw a streamer find it
― You wouldn't notice a secret spot like this while seething in frustration, haha
― Can't even find it searching on Google, looks like a real first
― Searching in English for cemetery and hidden wall didn't work, his is legit
― Is this another legend or what!
Loyal viewers ed their findings, and others couldn't hide their excitement.
"Ah, thanks for searching. Anyway, let's check it out right away."
Lee Gyeongbok thanked everyone and started walking. The hole, which looked like it would barely fit a person, gradually widened as he went deeper.
"Feels like someone's here?"
He whispered to himself as he glimpsed a vague silhouette. He didn't sense any hostility. Rather, a feeling of satisfaction radiated from the figure.
― Who is that?
― What is this? Seriously, what is it?
― Looks like he's wearing armor.
― Is it a hidden item?
― Maybe an enemy?
― Hit first, ask later!
― Hurry up and go!
― Ah, leave it to Godple already!
The chat mixed speculation and urgency. Lee Gyeongbok approached without hesitation, and soon the silhouette's identity was revealed.
"A knight?"
A knight in black armor and helmet knelt on the ground. It had likely been there for a long time; its armor was covered in dust.
The knight was holding a sword vertically with both hands, head bowed forward. The pose looked like a prayer to someone.
"Who are you?"
At that moment, control shifted and a cutscene began.
― Did Godple ask that?
― No, the tone felt a bit off
― Whoa? Is this a cutscene?
― There's a cutscene in a secret area!?
― Damn, this is nuts
― Sit down! Sit down!
― Everyone, take your seats already!
The excitement in the chat only grew. The chat was buzzing, but the cutscene was filled with silence.
When the knight didn't answer, the protagonist carefully placed a hand on his shoulder.
Then, like a cloud of dust, the knight's form began to crumble.
"What...?!"
Not just the armor, but even the sword fell apart like grains of sand. But not everything vanished.
Where the knight had been, a cluster of unknown light floated. The protagonist, as if enchanted, reached out toward it.
At his touch, the light flowed into the protagonist's body like a stream of water. The golden glow wrapped around him, radiating brilliantly as it was absorbed.
[You have obtained 'Unknown Soul.']
A message appeared at the same time.
― Unknown Soul?
― What's that!
― If you don't know, it's 'Unknown Soul,' haha
― Whatever it is, it feels amazing.
― Wow, that's wild
Before the excitement in the chat could subside, another message followed.
['Soul' function has been unlocked.]
[You can now obtain 'Soul.']
With that, the cutscene ended.
Lee Gyeongbok tilted his head slightly, disappointed.
'What? That's it?'
Soul is a concept used as currency for character growth; you get it by defeating enemies. Players use Souls to level up their characters.
Lee Gyeongbok already knew this from Choi Byeonghun's explanation.
Since it's a feature everyone gets, it didn't seem like much of a hidden secret.
But the chat's reaction was completely different.
― You unlock Souls already?
― Why is this happening now?
― And even the method is totally different, lol
-〈This message has been removed by the moderation bot. (Warning 1)〉
― Viewers, stop with the spoilers!
-〈This message has been removed by the moderation bot. (Warning 2)〉
― Hands off the keyboard now!
-〈This message has been removed by the moderation bot. (Warning 1)〉
― Everyone, calm down!
― No, why is this a spoiler?
-〈This message has been removed by the moderation bot. The user can no longer participate in chat. (Warning 3)〉
― What's with the self-ban, lol
― Loyalty to Godple, salute^^7
The rowdy chat soon calmed down once several viewers were automatically banned by the moderation bot.
Thanks to this, both Lee Gyeongbok and the viewers realized—
"There's still in Elden Soul—"
Not only was he the first to discover this area,
"But apparently, there are endings nobody knows about yet."
He had just kicked off a whole new development in the game's story.