"Thank you... thank you..."
The village woman greeted Raon with tears in her eyes, as just moments ago her daughter came back safely.
She thought that she would never see her again, but ever since Raon left, she had been waiting at the village’s gates.
Just hoping that she would somehow return and she did.
"No worries... and the Tower Key?"
Fang Raon inquired.
In that moment, the village woman reached out to her pocket and pulled out a rusty Tower Key of the 17th floor.
"Here, my hero. You deserved it!"
She put it in Raon’s hand, and he thanked her and stored it in his inventory, where it would stay safe.
Then, the village woman returned back to her daughter.
’The next time I log back in, it’s time to tackle the Floor Boss, but for now, I have an important video to make.
’I can’t allow Devon to come back like nothing happened.’
He opened his interface and pressed on the "Log Out" button.
With that, the newly crowned hero of the 17th floor disappeared from the game.
...
Later at night.
It was dark outside the Megaworld, and currently in the apartment, Chaewon and Della were soundly asleep in the bed.
They tried dragging Raon to sleep with them, but he had something to do, and that was to make a video!
Sitting by the living room, by the desk, the computer was wide-open in front of him, and he was staring at the video editing program.
There were hours and hours of footage that he recorded—both from his stream and with the smaller recording camera.
’I’ll start the video with an introduction.’
He moved the microphone in front of him that he purchased a while back and thought about what to say.
In that moment, he opened his mouth.
"The Hunt for the Butcher—I found myself at the 17th floor, and without realizing, I had stepped into the backyard of a demon himself.
"The Butcher was living in here."
Fang Raon said, and then he grabbed the mouse and fiddled with the video editing program.
The spoken words that he just said appeared in the program. He just needed to move the audio to the right place.
He moved it at the start of the video.
’I recorded some good footage of the forest and the tower itself. It can be a good intro to the video, as it feels like a horror movie.
’I could also add some menacing music to it as well.’
Fang Raon thought.
He tried looking for music and came across some haunting tones, which he liked very much, and added it to the start of the video as well.
The first ten seconds of the video were done.
’Let’s see.’
Fang Raon clicked on the start button with the mouse, and the video started playing out right in front of him.
He put the headphones on.
The video started with him narrating, and then it opened with an aerial view of the forest and the tall looming mountain.
The haunting horror music was playing in the background, making him feel uncomfortable, like something bad was going to happen.
The video soon ended, as it was only ten seconds long.
’That’s very good.’
Fang Raon smiled.
He was very pleased, as he wanted the video to feel like a horror movie of some kind, as he wanted to make Devon feel like a horror villain.
So players would treat him as an inhumane monster and not just some other player.
’Now that the narration and the intro are done. I should start with the village scene where I meet the grieving mother.
’It’ll make viewers emphatic, I hope, towards the situation at hand, and will make them hate Devon even more.’
The video continued with him touring around the village, talking with his stream, and then the important moment happened.
The grieving village woman pushing through the crowd, tears in her eyes, begging for anyone to help her.
She then came across Raon, literally begging him for help.
’No music in this part. The scene must feel heavy. Make the viewers feel the sorrow in her voice, as she was already the grieving mother.
’Believing that her precious daughter was dead.’
He was satisfied with that scene and then included a scene where he was talking to his stream about the quest.
’The village part is done with that.’
Fang Raon looked at the length of the video, and it was only six minutes, which was fine, as he didn’t want to make the video too long.
’I am looking to try to make the video shorter than thirty minutes.’
He then did some editing and made a cut in the video, where Fang Raon appeared at the forest clearing.
Removed all the unnecessary traveling, as it really wasn’t needed.
’I did talk to the stream while trekking through the forest, so I can add stuff like that to the video. I don’t want the video to cut straight to the moment when I enter Devon’s fortress.
’It’s too sudden. I need the viewers to swallow the anticipation and tension before that moment.’
He added few minutes of footage of him trekking through the forest, and then finally, in the video, he found the entrance to the fortress.
And the dead skeleton.
’Eight minutes. That’s good.’
Fang Raon nodded with a pleased look.
The video then continued with him entering the fortress. It was really dark. He liked the way it was.
He didn’t want to make it brighter so the viewers would feel as uncomfortable as he did during that moment.
He also added some "uneasy" music, making it feel like anything could happen at any moment.
Then, in the video, he landed in the trap and walked into the room with the smoldering skeleton graveyard.
Then he met with Xiao Yue, who attacked him right away.
’She looks good no matter what angle. Even if she is clearly very angry, she still looks very beautiful.’
Fang Raon thought.
He included the entirety of his fight scene with Xiao Yue, and at that moment, Devon did his entrance in the video.
’How should I make his entrance feel even more... dreadful?’
Fang Raon interlocked his fingers, thinking about what he should add.
In that moment, he thought about something, and a smile crept to his face. It was quite a nefarious thing.
’Devon’s very own soundtrack, like I am introducing a supervillain. Something chilling, dark, and sinister to go along with his persona.’
He searched through the vast selection of music on his computer until he found the perfect track, and it was very much perfect.
Crack~!
Fang Raon stretched his fingers in front of him, and then he put them on the keyboard and loosened his muscles.
’Let’s do this.’
His fingers started dancing on the keyboard as he began adding more and more to the video—going from eight minutes to ten minutes and soon twenty minutes.
The video was starting to look very good!
...
2 A.M.
"Mmh..."
Red-eyed Fang Raon looked at the screen with squinting eyes, and he honestly felt very tired, but he couldn’t go to sleep yet.
He had to finish the video first!
Luckily, he had added everything he needed to the video. It was basically complete. It was twenty-eight minutes long.
A decent length.
’And lastly, I need to make a thumbnail for the video.’
Fang Raon thought, and he looked for some help from another content creation about how to make a decent thumbnail.
It took him another hour, and as soon as the clock struck 3 A.M., he finished the creation of the thumbnail.
’And for the video title...’
Fang Raon contemplated for a moment but made it simple—the Hunt for the Butcher—as that’s the words how the video started.
Felt perfect.
"I am done..."
He stretched his arms above his head and let out a chuckle of relief, as he’d been working on this video for hours!
’I hope the video does well. It would suck if it doesn’t get any views.’
Fang Raon thought.
He grabbed the mouse on the desk, moved the mouse cursor to the "upload" button, and double-clicked it.
[Video "The Hunt for the Butcher" has been uploaded!]
Fang Raon went to his channel, and at last, after over a year of absence, a new video appeared finally on his channel.
His first video had died pretty much, barely getting any viewers these days, as it quickly disappeared from all the algorithms.
It did well when he first uploaded it, but now it’s buried beneath the countless new videos being uploaded every minute.
’For this video to actually have an impact on Devon’s life from now on, it must get millions of views, which is honestly unlikely.
’I might’ve overestimated my ability, as having such a successful first video made me feel like it’s easier than it actually is to get a lot of views.
’I hope the video does well...’
Fang Raon crossed his fingers, and then he closed the computer and went straight for the bedroom.
Chaewon and Della were deep asleep, and he snuggled in between them and covered himself with the blanket.
As if they could feel his presence, both girls shifted slightly and snuggled closer to him and hugged him tightly in their sleep, like he was their very own teddy bear.
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