The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 101

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 101

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

I’ve emphasized this several times, but early game management is extremely important in this Midas’s Garden.

In that sense, our party had definitely achieved the best possible results.

[Sales Revenue: +1,850 LP]

An incredible profit that exceeded expectations.

Considering that even during beta testing, I had never achieved over 1000 LP before stage 10… this was truly an excellent achievement.

However.

A sudden thought crossed my mind, and I couldn’t just be happy about it.

Because something felt strange.

‘Why was it so difficult?’

Honestly speaking, the process of clearing the last 8 stages was much more grueling than the difficulty I had anticipated.

I expected it to be tough, but I didn’t think we’d have to push ourselves to the absolute limit like this.

Of course, the difficulty increase was twice as steep due to the deficit penalty…

But even accounting for that, it felt like the party members got exhausted too quickly.

‘Are their specs insufficient? No, that’s not it.’

I thought about it objectively.

Park Jinwoo needless to say showed performance close to S-rank.

Kangmin-woo also fulfilled his role sufficiently at B-rank level or above.

I knew his skills were terrible, but anyway, I was able to make good use of his firepower that was more than enough to cover for that.

The same goes for Eun-a Go.

From what I’ve experienced, this friend is truly an insane cost-performance card.

Is her skill outstanding compared to C-rank?

That wasn’t the case…

How should I put it.

Should I call her the personification of absolute obedience(?)

Her command execution ability was just insane.

Normally, when a party leader gives orders, a typical person would think and judge a bit whether it’s right…

This friend had no such process at all.

She was already executing my orders before even processing them mentally.

So as long as I give detailed orders directly, her performance could reach close to A-rank level, not just B-rank.

Then would the problem be Jin-seong Yu?

‘Hmm.’

Certainly, Jin-seong Yu had the worst combat performance…

But was he enough of a troll to harm party chemistry…

‘Absolutely not.’

Rather, his ability to read the battlefield and his intuition were quite good, so he provided necessary supporting magic at the right times and places.

Then why exactly?

“…”

As I was pondering this, the Constellations suddenly chimed in.

└ Room Owner, weren’t you unconsciously comparing them to Leo?

Hmm?

Wait. Leo…

└ The only one in the party who’s actually played properly is Leo ㅇㅇ

└ Honestly, if Leo becomes the comparison standard, these party members’ abilities are bound to feel a bit lacking.

└ Right, right. Honestly, Room Owner is a bit weird, but Leo’s talent level is also insane;;

‘Ah.’

Listening to the Constellations’ words, the situation suddenly became clear.

While our current party members were certainly excellent in terms of capability and specs as party members.

The performance they could deliver in the same situation with the same specs couldn’t match Leo’s.

So from my perspective, things that should have naturally worked out were slightly off.

And as these issues snowballed, I had no choice but to lead the battles with difficulty overall.

└ I miss our Leo ㅠㅠ

Then let’s think about it this way.

What if… Leo had been added to our party?

‘The situation itself would have been completely different.’

When I specifically imagined Leo joining and drew out the combat structure, even with just a little thought, a completely different picture emerged.

Thanks to that, my head felt a bit clearer.

└ But why didn’t Leo apply for 【Heroic School】?

└ For real, if Leo had applied to law school, he would’ve gotten in easily.

Well, what can you do when he says he doesn’t want to.

He said he wouldn’t apply because he wants to join Silver Knights…

└ Room Owner should try to persuade him well. Honestly, if Leo comes out of Heroic School, it’s an instant success story.

└ Yeah, the streamer now seems to have over 3,000 average viewers… Our Leo still doesn’t even get 100 viewersㅠㅠ

But would persuading him now have any meaning, guys?

It’s probably not about next season…

This season has already started.

└ I don’t know how season 3 will be operated, but in season 2, about 10 special participants were added midway.

└ Yeah, I think that application will be accepted soon?

└ It’s a wildcard participant position, so the conditions will probably be a bit strict…

…?

This isn’t some dating show, and there’s even a wildcard participant system?

└ Yeah there is. Even for the catfish participants, rookies from major guilds can participate too lololol

└ The participation limit is probably up to 300 days?

Wait.

I think I just learned something incredible.

This suddenly makes winning first place incredibly more difficult, doesn’t it?

“…”

The high level cap is one thing, but the biggest problem is that guild-affiliated rookies can already participate.

Simply put, each rookie that guilds seriously nurture could be considered Seong-hwan Lee level.

└ Don’t worry. Guild-affiliated wildcards can’t receive mentor picks anyway.

└ Anyway, the five who debut regardless of ranking are those five excluding them ㅇㅇ

But those guys can still win the first place prize money, right?

└ That’s true.

Damn.

That’s the biggest problem.

I have absolutely no interest in mentor picks, debuts, and such…

But well, worrying about it now won’t change anything, so I guess there’s no other way but to run hard.

Hmm…

Speaking of which…

In that case, I should try to persuade Leo one more time, shouldn’t I?

If I talk to Jeongmin properly, wouldn’t Leo have a good chance of passing?

Leo obviously isn’t a large guild rookie either, and all he has is his amazing swordsmanship talent, but that’s pretty decent too…

└ What are you saying;;

└ Stop putting down our Leo!!

Why?

What does Leo have besides talent…

Ah-.

└ With Leo’s face, even if you mess up every mission, you’d still be in the top 10 of popularity polls lol

Damn it.

Well, I can’t deny this.

Life really is unfair…

Hmm.

I can’t lose first place, so should I just not recommend anyone?

└ For real, what a real man lol

└ The room owner is hilarious lol

Of course I’m joking.

There’s no way I’d be that petty, bros.

└ ( •᷄⌓•᷅ )੨੨

└ ( っ◞‸◟ς)✧

While I was joking around with the Constellations like this, Park Jinwoo’s voice flowed into my ears.

“Team Leader.”

He had been almost completely exhausted just moments ago, but now that he seemed to have regained his senses a bit, he was speaking to me.

“What are you thinking about so deeply…”

“Ah, it’s nothing much, Jinwoo.”

Eun-a Go, who had been beside us, also quietly approached and added her words.

“We seem to have rested quite a bit now, so shouldn’t we start moving soon?”

Wait, you’re not in the military.

Do something about that way of speaking…

“Before we depart, we should also buy some supplies…”

This time it was Kangmin-woo speaking, and unusually, Park Jinwoo agreed with Kangmin-woo.

“That’s right, Team Leader. We’ve secured quite a bit of LP, so I think it would be right to buy something here.”

Though he spoke gently(?), the atmosphere suggested that if we left without buying anything, I’d be murdered by the team members first.

At minimum, we needed to buy potions to recover our stamina so we could proceed to the next stage.

Resting for just ten or twenty minutes wouldn’t restore all our energy.

So I readily nodded my head.

“Let’s do that.”

Actually, after thinking about Leo and lowering my standards for combat a bit…

I had just realized that doing plenty of shopping here was the right choice.

‘Hmm.’

After briefly organizing a wise spending plan in my head, I approached the Pawnshop Proprietor.

“I’d like to place an order.”

“Oho, what are you looking for?”

First, I absolutely had to buy the five most important buff cards.

Ding-!

[You have consumed 500LP.]

[‘Golden Blessing’ buff will be applied 5 times.]

[All party members’ attack and defense power increases by 50% while inside ‘Midas’s Garden’.]

I ran my finger along the display case and spoke continuously.

“From over here… one set of stamina recovery potions, one large mana potion. And please give me one protective magic scroll as well.”

Ding-!

[You have consumed 380LP.]

“…!”

The order was so generous that even the Proprietor’s eyes widened, and the party members looked quite surprised.

“Uh… is it really okay to spend this much?”

“Well, at least we’re not in the red…”

After being in extreme penny-pinching mode and suddenly spending nearly half our LP, they seemed quite flustered.

Kangmin-woo’s reaction was especially bewildered.

Why are your hands even shaking?

“Is… is it really okay to spend eight hundred LP?”

Just the magic bullets you fired in the labyrinth today, if converted to LP… wouldn’t that easily exceed 800LP, friend?

└ lol Kang Minwoo hyung lol is getting famous.

What does getting infected mean?

└ It means you get influenced by your surroundings, yeah

└ Dave class that turns even a chaebol’s youngest son into a penny-pincher…

“…”

Anyway, after spending a total of 880 LP, our party’s financial status became as follows.

[Current Party Profit/Loss: +470LP]

[Current LP Holdings: 970LP]

[Expected Interest Income When Proceeding to Next Stage: 97LP]

Did you see that, bros?

I’m the type who invests generously when it’s time to invest, you know?

So regarding ‘that statement’ about Kangmin-woo getting infected or whatever, I politely request an apology…

└ Bullshit lol

└ Damn, writes it once in a blue moon and thinks he’s funny lol

Anyway, our party, having completed this financial therapy, moved toward the next stage with completely different looks in their eyes.

Just moments ago, everyone had half-dead fish eyes…

The power of money is truly great, I must say.

By the way, what time is it now?

Come to think of it, today… wasn’t it the first broadcast day of Heroic School?

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