With the prompt to choose a song appeared, Max turned to Lily and said.
"Feel free to choose one you like."
"Hnn… Okay." Lily nodded and looked at the list of the song.
There were many, starting from popular songs sung by artists in the top chart to indie songs. Everything was available as the ga company collaborated with the most popular music platform in the United Nation.
Naturally, Lily's new song was also there.
"Let's choose this one." She smiled and clicked the song.
The title appeared in front of them in bold letters.
'Breeze, Take Away!'
— It's no surprise she chose this
— Hahaha, can you win against her with her own song, Breeze?
— This song is so good! Lily is GOD!
— But this song's BPM… It's pretty high, you know? Are you sure you can handle it?
Right.
Even when compared to so songs, this song's BPM was pretty high. The aliens' movents were depending on the beat. So the higher it was, the faster the aliens moved.
"Really?"
Lily was unaware of the fact and tilted her head. Then, she turned to Max.
"I don't mind playing hard music." Max said, nodding to her, "I might be bad at the ga but that's okay too as long as we have fun."
— What a model answer.
— This is how a good boyfriend act, always making his girl happy
— Can I call you Master Breeze? MASTER!!
— Maidenless squad, take note. You should do this when your crush want to do sothing
Many exaggerated their reactions. They were being dramatic as they comnted, making Max and Lily chuckle at their silliness.
The next prompt was to set their difficulty and they both decided on dium. It was just a casual stream and they weren't going for high scores.
"Then, we begin!"
As Max spoke, a fast song played. The beat began slowly before building up into a fast rhythm and Max was imdiately greeted with aliens moving around.
Slash!
He swung his sword and destroyed an alien.
Bang!
Then, he shot another one with his gun.
"Good! Just like that!" He cheered for himself and turned to look at Lily. "Are you doing well, Lil-- Woah! Lily?!"
At that mont, he witnessed Lily's amazing skill. Her hand moved swiftly, moving in rhythm to the beat of the song, and she was destroying the aliens as soon as they appeared.
A golden 'Perfect' appeared on top of the aliens' body as she cut them apart. Their parts disappeared and turned into light as she shot them. It was beautiful and elegant, almost like a dance. Her figure was graceful and captivating.
Max was awed by her performance. It was as though she had practiced this before. He didn't expect her to be that good in this kind of ga.
— I don't think I've ever seen soone did so many perfects in this difficulty
— either
— Holy crap, Lily is sothing else
— Lily is too amazing
— The cutest girl is the most talented one
Right.
Unexpectedly, she did really great in this ga despite being a newbie.
On the contrary, Max only attained 'Great' and 'Not Bad' instead of perfect. He always missed a beat or so, being too fast or too slow to slash the alien.
"Listen to the beat." Lily said. Her hand danced around, cutting the aliens in a beautiful display of rhythm, "Just follow the beat and you will get a Perfect!"
"I see." Max nodded, focusing his mind on the beat. He listened closely to it and tid his attack. And as a result…
Slash!
Bang!
'Perfect' and 'Perfect!' appeared above the alien.
"Yeah!" He exclaid.
Now he knew the trick to the ga. As long as he could ti it properly, he could get a Perfect!
"Let's do this, Lily!" Max said, readying himself to follow the rhythm.
Lily looked at him and nodded, "Let's!"
She began dancing and singing. Her movents were graceful and elegant, flowing like a stream of water. Her voice rang sweetly through the air, singing along to the beat of the song. She was a sight to behold.
Max followed suit and moved his hands, cutting and shooting the incoming aliens with perfect timing. He didn't try to cut them too fast or too slow, but just at the right ti. It felt great and satisfying.
His score climbed as more aliens fell to his attack. It wasn't enough to catch up to Lily but at least his score was in a good place.
— Aah! This ga is so much fun to watch!
— Lily and Breeze's duo is so aweso!
— We got a free concert in the stream! How lucky are we to watch it live?
— I love this stream. Lily is too cute
— This is what I've been waiting for! Lily's live singing!
The song continued, and so their dance.
Aliens killed, points added, and scores climbed.
Since he was given advice earlier, Max only missed a few aliens. Other than that, his performance was pretty good. Not as great as Lily's but good nonetheless.
And it was enough to put him in third place, just 500 points behind the second place. While Lily, as expected, was leading by miles ahead.
The song neared its end, and so was the alien army.
"Let's finish it!"
Max shouted, shooting and slashing the aliens.
"Un!"
Lily nodded and began dancing faster. She slashed the alien's arm, dodged a blow from its sword, then shot another. Her sword passed all the right lines and cut them in the right places while her gun never missed a shot.
— Lily's too powerful.
— What a talent! It's the first ti she played the ga, yet she already mastered it?
— I can't believe she can play it so perfectly.
— No kidding, it's almost like she's a natural at it
"Here cos the final wave!" Max said, raising his gun.
The song was at its end and the alien's army started to appear more. They ca from all sides, all of them were trying to get to him and Lily.
Max was ready.
After all, he knew the last part of the song, where the beat got faster, would be difficult. However, with a little bit of concentration and the knowledge of what was coming up next, he was able to keep up with the rhythm. He was ready to take down every single alien.
Following the beat, he cut the alien's body, shooting them as they fell.
Then, as the song was nearing its end...
Bang!
Bang!
"Here it cos!"
The final wave appeared. Max's fingers danced, shooting the enemies as fast as possible. It was the final push to finish this level and the aliens were coming at him in a swarm of red lines.
He was pushed to his limit as the aliens approached him.
"Ah!" Max shouted. He was struggling to keep up with the rhythm.
The aliens approached him quickly, and he had to move fast to keep up.
In the end, he missed so of them but managed to keep himself alive.
As the song reached its last note, Max slashed the final enemy and sighed in relief.
"Yes!"
With that, the ga ended. The aliens disappeared, leaving behind only the remnants of their broken exoskeletons. The song stopped, leaving only the sound of the wind.
The result screen appeared before Max's vision and he looked at the final score.
[Perfect: 168 Great: 92 Not Bad: 7 Miss: 10]
[Rank: B-]
"B-?" Max muttered, seemingly disappointed by his own rank. "That's pretty low. I guess I need more training. Lily, what about yours?"
Looking to his left, he saw Lily staring at her result with a smile. Her eyes were filled with satisfaction as she turned to Max while making a peace sign.
"I did my best." She replied, smiling proudly, "S-Rank!"
In front of her, the screen showing her score read,
[Perfect: 285 Great: 2 Not Bad: 0 Miss: 0]
[Rank: S]
'Nothing beats her in the music departnt, I guess.' Max smiled proudly at her and high-fived her hand.
"Now then, should we continue to play?"
"Un, let's play so more."
— Yes! Let's play!
— Go! Lily! You can beat Breeze in the next song!
— I wonder which song you guys are choosing now
"Then we continue! It's my turn to choose now."
***
In the strear forum, viewers of various strears talked in a special thread. They were all there to share information about the latest event, the Strear Wars.
— Did you guys see Breeze and White Lily's latest stream?
— I did. Breeze's performance was not bad, but White Lily's skill is amazing.
— I agree, she did a perfect score on that difficult song!
— So she really has talent in music.
— Yeah, her voice is amazing, too.
— I wish she could stream more often
So were talking about their favorite strear, while so talked about Strear Wars.
— I heard this from my friend, but this year's Strear Wars will be held in VR. All viewers will be able to join the outside Lobby and gather to enjoy the atmosphere. There will be a special segnt where we can et our favorite strear too!
└ Really?
└ Is this information confird?
└ Fake fake fake fake!
— ^^ Strear Wars held in VR World is confird. So strears accidentally leaked it when they read the email loudly
└ lololol, streaming incident
└ Who is stupid enough to do this?
└ ^ Flexy. He's been invited as the Master of Ceremony
└ lolol, so it's him
— I am looking forward to the Strear Wars!
Not only the viewers, but all strears who had been nominated also looked forward to it. They talked about the event in their livestream, anticipating themselves to be the winner.
After all, the best newbie strear of the year would be announced in 2 days.
The excitent reached its peak.
Reviews
All reviews (0)