The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 116

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 116

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

I was the hero, the world’s one and only ray of hope.

So it wasn’t particularly strange that a terrifying dragon lay fallen beneath my sword.

Whoooooosh―!

A brilliant rainbow-colored pillar of light shot up high into the sky, bright enough to blind anyone who looked at it.

A single item floating in the center of that light.

[Dragon Slayer’s Greatsword]

[Grade: Transcendent]

[Tier: 13 Tier]

My hands were trembling as I discovered it.

A 13-tier transcendent grade greatsword.

If I just picked this up and sold it… couldn’t I buy a Gangnam apartment, no, two or three buildings in Gangnam?

All I had to do was pick it up and it would be over.

My life of hardship would end right here.

“It’s mine… this is mine!”

I screamed with joy and reached my hand toward the light.

Just as the cool sensation of the sword’s hilt was about to touch my fingertips.

An unexpected System Message blocked my path.

Ding―!

[System: Inventory is full.]

[Cannot acquire item.]

“…Huh?”

What?

The inventory is full?

That couldn’t be right. I always made sure to keep spare space available.

I frantically opened my inventory window.

[1. Empty Potion Bottle (Washed)]

[2. Empty Potion Bottle (Washed)]

…

[48. Empty Potion Bottle (Washed)]

[49. Lumen Gemstone (Rough Stone)]

[50. Lumen Gemstone (Rough Stone)]

“…”

My inventory was packed full of trash.

Well, actually it wasn’t trash but my precious bottle deposits.

No, right now it was definitely trash!

“No, no! Throw it away! Throw it all away!”

Like a madman, I tried to take out the glass bottles and throw them outside my inventory.

If I couldn’t get a 13-tier transcendent item because of bottle deposits, it might be better to just climb up the Grand Arcana Tower and jump off.

But then.

Ding―!

[Warning: Cannot discard this item.]

[Reason: Compliance with ‘Environmental Protection Law’]

“…What?”

[System: You declared yourself an ‘environment-loving Hunter’ on broadcast. You cannot litter in nature.]

“No, damn it, when did I! Hey, you crazy system!”

I wailed.

But the system was merciless.

Meanwhile, a red countdown began appearing over the transcendent item before my eyes.

The time remaining until the ownerless item would disappear.

[Looting Time Available: 5… 4… 3…]

“No! Don’t disappear! I was wrong! I’ll sort my recycling properly!”

I reached my hand toward the empty air.

But the numbers cruelly continued to decrease.

[2… 1… 0.]

Flash―!

The rainbow-colored pillar of light shattered into pieces and scattered into the void.

My Gangnam building, my retirement fund, evaporated into thin air.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

So this was…

Such a terrible nightmare that I’d never had one this bad in my entire life.

“No! My bottles!! No, my sword!!!”

“What the… why are you suddenly going on about bottles while sleeping?”

Huff- Huff-

“Did something go seriously wrong after eating tuna sushi…”

I barely managed to come to my senses and opened my eyes to find Chloe Kang sitting next to me with an incredulous expression.

Ah, I had fallen asleep on the sofa.

But… could you not look at me like I’m so pathetic?

It’s just because I’ve never had such a brutal nightmare, not even in elementary school.

Phew…

“Good timing that you woke up. Wash your face and it’s time to go down.”

Was it already almost 2 o’clock?

“There’s 5 minutes left, you know?”

You could have woken me up.

Before I had to experience the full version of that nightmare…

* * *

The mental damage from that terrible dream was considerable, but since time was up anyway, I couldn’t afford to dawdle around.

After refreshingly washing my face, I headed straight to the Convention Hall located on the 3rd floor of the main building with Chloe Kang.

The time was 1:58 PM.

The spacious hall was already packed with 100 participants.

‘This big hall is completely full.’

It looked like all the B~F grade participants had gathered this time too.

They probably walked here diligently while I was taking my nap.

Our team members must have had a hard time coming from so far away, right?

Of course, I also suffered a bit because of that nightmare…

Hmm.

“Filming will begin shortly!”

But looking around, the cheerful atmosphere from the morning was nowhere to be found, and a tense atmosphere was circulating instead.

Was it inevitable since it was right before receiving report cards?

Chloe Kang and I sat down in an appropriate spot, and soon Kim Sinwoo came up onto the platform.

“Now, please everyone take your seats.”

Caster Kim Sinwoo, holding the microphone, cleared his throat and looked around the audience.

And after a moment.

Click-

The hall’s lighting dimmed, and the large screen at the front lit up.

Then Kim Sinwoo began his opening remarks.

“This mission was really eventful, wasn’t it?”

Participants nodded their heads at Kim Sinwoo’s words.

“It was a time when strategic capital management and cold judgment were more important than ever, not just brute force to defeat monsters.”

As Kim Shinwoo’s words continued, the participants’ expressions changed in various ways.

“Countless variables and plot twists that even the production team couldn’t predict…”

Even though the results hadn’t been announced yet, honestly, each team probably had some idea of their performance.

Well, our team would obviously be first place, so there’s no need to be nervous.

└ Why do you think that, Room Owner?

└ Other teams might have made bigger profits, right?

Unless hidden stages appeared for other teams too… it’s physically impossible, brothers.

And Seonghwan’s team only made 300 LP in profit anyway.

└ Seonghwan… what?

└ ㄷㄷ What’s with suddenly acting all friendly;

└ Got one red ginseng candy and immediately became secret friends?

Oh come on.

He just told me to speak casually, so that’s what we agreed on.

└ Red ginseng friend lol

Ah, seriously, it’s not like that, okay?

“…”

While I was briefly chatting with the Constellations, Kim Shinwoo, who had finished his introduction, began the main proceedings.

“With that said… you’ve waited so long. I’ll now announce the final results of the 1st Main Mission, 【Midas’s Garden】.”

Drumroll―

With the drumroll sound building tension, the ranking table for the 1st mission slowly appeared on screen.

But when I checked the screen that appeared, I…

[1st Main Mission Final Rankings]

[Tied 1st Place: Team 1 (Geon-ryul Lee), Team 2 (Seong-hwan Lee), Team 7 (Kwon Yuna) – 100 points]

[4th Place: Team 4 (Hajun Park) – 96 points]

[5th Place: Team 5 (Jooha Bae) – 92 points]

…(omitted)…

I couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

‘Hm? Tied for first place?’

First place was as expected… but the word ‘tied’ in front of it was completely unexpected.

‘No, I thought there was quite a score difference… they’re just lumping this together as tied first?’

Well, honestly, even if the score difference was huge…

Considering the labyrinth’s special nature, I didn’t expect them to make the rewards directly proportional.

But still, tied first place is a bit much.

This isn’t some grade-based college entrance exam, what’s with this communist scoring system…

‘It’s definitely disappointing.’

I understood the production team put a ceiling to balance things, but from the participant’s perspective, it felt incredibly unfair.

We went through all that trouble and even defeated the hidden boss, but if the results are exactly the same, isn’t this reverse discrimination?

└ Holy shit;;; this is gonna be pretty controversial, isn’t it?

But just as I was internally cursing the production team.

“Of course!”

Caster Kim Shinwoo raised his voice as if reading my mind.

“There must be those disappointed that the massive LP earned through sweat in the labyrinth isn’t reflected due to the score ceiling. Especially Team 1, who recorded overwhelming profits!”

He grinned and brought up the next screen.

[Special Reward Regulations]

“So we prepared this! Additional rewards for the [Final Profit LP] acquired in the labyrinth!”

He paused for a moment, then shouted.

“To the top three teams who achieved profits beyond the production team’s expectations, we’ll immediately pay prize money equivalent to double their final profit LP!”

What?

Is this… for real?

└ Damn lol do the producers know Dave well??? wow

└ How did they know to give our guild leader a customized reward lmao

“This prize money will be distributed based on team members’ contributions…”

“…!”

Before Kim Shinwoo even finished speaking, a calculator faster than a supercomputer started running in my head.

‘Wait. So…’

Existing profit: 9,624 LP.

Double that would be…?

Total: 19,248 LP.

‘They’re going to distribute this amount… based on contribution?’

Honestly, hand on my heart, my actual contribution is over 70%.

Strategy planning, orders, boss dealing, even fund management.

But since this is a broadcast, being modest and very conscientious, even if I only claim about 40%…

‘7,699 LP…?’

I quietly closed my mouth.

How could I fail to understand the deep intentions of the perfectly fair Hunschool production team…

It seems my sins run deep.

└ Wow lol but the Heartstopper production team is really generous lol

└ Exactly ㄷㄷ They’re burning an extra 10,000 LP just to give mission bonuses when they could use that production budget elsewhere?

The flag of ‘Down with Communism’ that had been burning in my heart just moments ago disappeared without a trace.

Instead, what rose proudly in its place was… a golden statue of the goddess of capitalism(?).

‘G.O.A.T.’

As expected, Lyka is a land of fair opportunity.

This transparent system that rewards you with cold hard cash based on your efforts.

The Hunschool production team, now that I look at them, aren’t they truly learned people?

I tried to suppress the corners of my mouth from ascending to heaven with a cough.

“Ahem.”

Chloe Kang next to me looked at me with eyes saying ‘What’s wrong with him now?’, but what does it matter.

This is what happiness is.

“Next, I’ll explain the future mission direction and elimination rules.”

Anyway, after the brief commotion from the results announcement passed, Kim Shinwoo’s explanation about the upcoming schedule continued.

“As mentioned before, this team mission will proceed through a total of 3 rounds. That means two more additional labyrinth conquests will take place.”

Well, the explanation was quite lengthy, but to summarize:

1. Each participant will receive additional individual scores between -4 to +5 points based on team scores and contribution.

(If the team score is 100 points, individuals will receive scores between 96-105 points.)

2. The current teams will conquer labyrinths a total of 3 times, and the average score from these three conquests becomes the [Final Mission Score].

3. Finally, the [Popularity Vote Score] will be determined through the [1st Public Popularity Vote]…

4. With the determined [Final Mission Score + Popularity Vote Score], all participants’ rankings and grades will change.

5. Based on the changed rankings, participants ranked 81st-101st in F grade will be mercilessly eliminated.

Definitely…

Now that elimination is mentioned, it finally feels like a survival show, right?

“Ugh, I knew it, but it’s brutal, so brutal.”

“Still, I want to avoid first-round elimination…”

The weight of the popularity vote wasn’t revealed, but I’m secretly worried too.

‘In the end, it means skill alone isn’t enough.’

Well, I’ve done well so far, so first-round elimination is unlikely…

But still, that inventory reveal content keeps bothering me.

While I was thinking about this, Kim Shinwoo continued speaking.

“Now then, from here on… we’ll reveal this week’s schedule!”

As his words ended, the screen showing the ranking table moved to the next page.

All the participants who had been murmuring fell silent as if by agreement, fixing their gazes on the screen.

[Week 2 Schedule]

[Day 1~2: Personal Maintenance (Gate exit prohibited)]

[Day 3~5: Position-based Mentoring]

[Day 6: 2nd Mission Theme Announcement]

‘But wait.’

Personal maintenance… what’s that supposed to be?

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