Episode 20
The reason MovieSoft chose to develop this make-or-break project in Korea rather than at their headquarters—which had handled the existing series—lay with Eve Faimo. He was the renowned game developer recruited externally to revive a company that had faltered during the transition to the capsule era.
As both CCO and head of the Korean branch, Faimo boldly decided to lead development locally in Korea, a market previously limited to localization. His rationale? The country’s world-leading capsule adoption rates and trend-sensitive consumer base. Despite early skepticism, his confidence in the series grew as work progressed, and he even began laying groundwork for future installments.
When City of Shadows proved successful on launch day, the sequel project launched at full speed. Everything seemed perfectly aligned—except for one problem. The entire vision now risked derailment from the outset... because of a single streamer.
Summoned to the CEO’s office early that morning, Kim Yoon-chan cautiously ventured, “See? I said I had a bad feeling...”
“Quiet. Explain. Why is Weakness Detection already unlocked?!”
Eve Faimo—
“Hahaha. Right? Never thought I’d get figured out like this.”
Yoon-chan’s sunny smile only deepened Faimo’s confusion.
“‘Figured out’? What does that mean?”
“Boss, we estimated users would need at least a month to unlock Weakness Detection.”
“Frankly, six months wouldn’t shock me. How often does someone accidentally trigger a weapon-breaking exploit, record it, and go viral?”
“Exactly. Even if someone deliberately hunted for weak points, a month would be the absolute minimum.”
“And our game has too much content for players to fixate on Weakness Detection.” Faimo took pride in City of Shadows’ assassination mechanics.
“Right! Who’d waste time breaking weapons with so much else to do? Especially when it’s luck-based!”
The system was designed as endgame content—a thorn for completionists who’d itch over unfinished challenges. The one-hit kills and weak points existed precisely for such players.
“Then why was it unlocked a week after launch?!”
The unlock itself wasn’t the issue. The problem lay in what it enabled: piercing the armor of Richard Neville, one of the game’s rulers, for a one-hit kill. This granted Fragments of Order—a sequel-teasing Easter egg.
Collecting all fragments unlocked a short quest tied to the sequel, followed by a strategically timed teaser trailer to maximize hype. Faimo’s elegant marketing plan now teetered on collapse, as fragments risked being collected before the trailer’s completion.
“Like I said, boss—he read us.”
Faimo stifled the urge to punch Yoon-chan’s annoyingly cheerful face. “Stop circling. Explain properly.”
“Yes sir.” Yoon-chan sent a clip from streamer Seo-Jun’s alpaca collaboration stream.
“Hmm. Clean work.”
“Right? He replicated another player’s discovery first.”
“Skilled. Next clip?”
“Him finding and breaking weak points himself.”
“What?!” Faimo gaped after watching Seo-Jun shatter shield and sword weak points. “How? This makes no sense! Did he glitch into having Weakness Detection?!”
Coming from Faimo—who proudly claimed his games were bug-free—the question underscored the clip’s absurdity.
“No. We checked for that immediately.”
“Then...?”
“After watching all his collab streams—and yes, I’ve become a fan—he apparently deciphered patterns from just two examples. Claims he reverse-engineered what took our AI and team weeks. Hard to believe, but there it is.”
(I didn’t ask about your fandom.)
“What’s our timeline for the sequel teaser?”
“One month.”
“If we crunch starting today?”
“Maybe... a week?”
“Odds of that streamer collecting all Fragments by then?”
Yoon-chan beamed. “I can say with certainty: 100%.”
(You’re not helping, you little shit.)
“We don’t have to drop the teaser immediately—”
“Then our entire narrative crumbles!”
Faimo massaged his temples. Life rarely followed plans, but this? A seemingly minor issue threatening to derail the sequel from day one.
“Oh! He’s starting his stream. Want to watch?”
Through gritted teeth, Faimo politely declined—while resisting the urge to hurl his desk organizer.
"Get out! And stop watching streams during work hours!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Sigh..."
It wasn’t about creating fragments of order from the start.
Even if no one had suggested distributing at least one Musou-related Easter egg for Musou players...
Come to think of it, wasn’t it Kim Yoon-chan who made that comment?
Eve Faimo kept replaying Seo-jun’s video in frustration.
How did he even do that?
She then contacted Kim Yoon-chan via the company messenger and received another clip—this one showing Richard Neville’s heavy armor being disabled in a single move.
‘He captured the Dominator without weakness detection?’
This was...
Impressive.
A visual feast, you could say.
More Seo-jun-related videos flooded in afterward.
Eve Faimo couldn’t wipe the pleased smile off her face when Drake’s location was discovered—because the route Seo-jun found was one of her own ideas.
‘So this is how it gets unveiled.’
It felt fulfilling.
Players enjoying the game they’d poured their souls into, each in their own way.
Users exclaiming, ‘This works too?!’
Exactly the vision they’d hoped for while building the open world.
After rewatching the clips in awe, Eve quietly hit ‘Follow.’
"Hello, everyone," Seo-jun greeted with a casual wave.
-Seoha
-Seoha
-Why’s the stream title like that?
-Seoha!
[1,700 viewers]
The chat raced upward. The near-2,000 viewer firepower was on another level entirely.
His stream had always been chat-heavy for its size, but now messages flew faster than ever.
Thus:
"Joseon’s Assassin, Great Defender, White Horse Patient—you’re all here, right?"
Chats marked with sword icons popped up:
-Yes!
-Roger. I’ll do my best.
-Leave it to me. Joam (owner of 25M points) will manage this thoroughly.
-Edgiest mod names ever lol
-How do you have mods named ‘Assassin,’ ‘Patient,’ and ‘Great Defender’? HAHAHA
These were day-one viewers. Their chat histories showed no violations despite the names, and they’d never missed a stream. So Seo-jun had asked them to moderate—which they’d eagerly accepted.
(Brick Extortion King still hadn’t replied.)
"They’ll be filtering rule-breaking chats from now on. Thanks."
Mid-announcement, Joseon’s Assassin used points for flashy chat effects—flexing that wealth, huh?
"Oh, and we’ve got chat rules now. Skim through them."
-Mod perks look lit
-I want a badge too
-Gimme sword emoji
-!rules
-!rules
-!rules
The rules appeared:
Keep chats stream-related
Don’t argue in chat—DM mods if something bothers you
You know what not to do
TRAVEL’s chat rules varied by streamer: some listed strict guidelines, others just wrote "No informal speech," and some added cheerful notes like "Have fun!"
Seo-jun’s version stayed brief, reflecting his preference for free-flowing chat:
-Translation: Don’t be trash
-Got it
-What exactly is ‘what not to do’?
"You know already. Unless it’s extreme, you won’t even get warned."
(He’d already briefed the mods.)
-Facts lol
-People always loophole-hunt then cry when banned for "following rules"
[‘YY’ donated ₩10,000!]
[Not hiring stream setup assistants?]
He’d have ignored the question normally, but donations demanded acknowledgment:
"...Thanks. Not hiring."
While setup help would’ve been nice, the deliberate use of "settings" felt suspicious.
-LMAOOOO
-Clenched my teeth so hard LOL
-Golden streamer indeed.
-The world's first mechanically challenged streamer. But his skills are insane.
-So what's the stream title?
-Playing Dawn of the Assassins again today?
-Please do some regular assassinations too.
-Let's go Musou mode!
-Show more Weakness Detection. I wanna learn that skill too.
The chat is all over the place since the stream hasn’t properly started yet.
Seojun slowly built up momentum to begin.
“Ah, the stream title? Well... I noticed quite a few people had doubts about how I discovered the fracture points. I apologize for not explaining it properly earlier.”
-Doesn’t look sorry at all.
-Bruh, at least bow your head LOL
“But I’m not using hacks. I’m not affiliated with the game developers either.”
-Why even bring up hacks?
-Actually using god-tier hacks (hahaha)
-Who seriously believes a college student is MovieSoft’s developer?
-So how did you really find the fracture points? Curious.
Seojun nodded while reading chat as if agreeing.
“To get to the point, the fracture pattern I figured out connects multiple trajectories where equipment wears down fastest during use.”
While far from real-world weak points, he believed this was the developer’s intended rule—and he was right.
-??? Still don’t get it
-Are you some blacksmith? How’d you know that?
-How smart is this guy OMG
“Well, I wanted to properly prove it today, but since I already have Weakness Detection unlocked, anything I do will just be called capsule hacking anyway, right?”
[User ‘TravelingScholar’ donated 10,000 KRW!]
[Hack controversies are our stream’s long-standing tradition.]
-Facts LOL
-Too skilled = automatic suspicion
-Long-standing tradition (Day 4 of streaming)
After thanking for the donation:
“So I filed a report.” Seojun suddenly turned serious.
-?????
-A report for what?
-What kind of sudden report is this?
“Myself.”
He opened a prepared Dawn of the Assassins inquiry window:
[Hack Report] [I think I might have accidentally used hacks without realizing. Could you check?]
-LMAO is he crazy?
-So this is why he turned himself in LOLOLOL
-Oh LOL so the devs will verify for him!
“Well, now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s jump into the game.”
Seojun stretched like he’d never been serious, returning to his cheerful expression.
-LOLOLOL this guy’s apology stream attitude?
-Legit quietly unhinged
-Streaming genius LMAO
“Today’s stream... Oh? Got a mission. Thank you, Dawn of the Assassins dev-nim!”
Seojun expertly adjusted settings while accepting the mission.
A window appeared top-left on stream:
[Clear Tower Lord without using Weakness Detection — Reward: 1,000,000 KRW]
A donation reward for mission success.
-Wow 1 million OMG
-Holy crap
-But does Tower Lord even have weak points to detect? No equipment there.
-He means magic, right?
-Wait, can magic be fractured too? Knowing this... is he actually the dev??
Such a huge amount for the first mission.
As if reading their minds: “Right? Could they really be the dev?”
-No way, right?
-Chat, what’s with the naivety LOLOLOL
