The Black Swordsman's appearance had indeed stirred up some buzz online, but only a little. After all, even gamers had different preferences and levels of interest. Although quite a few people found the scene of the Black Swordsman slaughtering Mutalisks extremely shocking, if it was merely treated as a scripted kill, it was not entirely impossible to understand.
Although many players of that game said they could not find that NPC no matter how hard they looked, everyone else who did not play the game simply did not care.
If that had been all, it would not have counted as much of a trend.
But soon, the Black Swordsman appeared again.
This time, he showed up in an online game. A guild was attempting the first team clear of a raid after a version update, but due to bad luck, they wiped all night. When they returned to the BOSS room again, they were surprised to find a Black Swordsman NPC standing there. Someone curiously clicked on him, and he asked the same question. Thinking, Maybe this is the actual game mechanic? the party members hit confirm, and the Black Swordsman entered the Dungeon with them.
Then he killed the BOSS in three strikes and drifted away.
The entire raid group was left dumbfounded.
Compared to before, this caused slightly more buzz online, but just as before, everyone assumed it was probably a scripted kill and did not pay much attention to it.
But... after that, things changed.
On gaming forums everywhere, more and more players claimed to have encountered the Black Swordsman, and they were playing entirely different games. Some played single-player games, some played console games, and some played online games. Most of them had repeatedly wiped against a certain BOSS several times. When they returned to the