The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 12

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 12

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

The diligent fairy Selia had been in a good mood lately.

The reason was simple.

She, who had been a perpetual low-level GM at Laika Corporation, had finally gotten promoted recently.

The newly discovered hero she found was evaluated as having ‘3rd Tier’ talent.

She was promoted in recognition of that achievement.

Having a discovered hero be judged as a 3rd Tier or higher player from the start was an incredibly difficult feat.

Even veteran fairies in the industry would find such talent maybe once out of a hundred hero discoveries.

“So watch and learn, Beron.”

“Of course!”

“You need to become independent soon too.”

From 3rd Tier talent onwards, heroes could aim for ranker status through repeated playthroughs.

For Selia, this was only the second time she had found talent of 3rd Tier or higher in her career.

“This job really is rewarding after all.”

So it was natural that she was excited.

“But Selia-nim.”

“Yeah?”

“Just the day before yesterday, you said you wanted to quit everything…”

“Want to get in trouble, Beron?”

“Eek! N-no!”

Even when her annoying subordinate Beron was being cheeky, she could tolerate it with a benevolent expression.

“If you’re going to say useless things, hurry up and go work, Beron.”

“I… I just got back from the field.”

“Then go back out again.”

“Can’t I rest just a little?”

So Selia chasing him away now wasn’t because she was angry.

“You’ll regret it if you don’t leave now.”

“What?”

It was simply because a guest was coming soon.

A very important guest.

Knock knock-

“Lorenz-nim? Please come in.”

Creak-

The door opened and someone entered, and when Beron’s eyes met hers, he jumped up in surprise.

“Th-then I’ll be going!”

“Don’t slack off, okay?”

“Yes, Selia-nim!”

A tall figure with blazing red long hair.

And a beautiful woman with a cold impression that contrasted with that red hair.

“You came…!”

Beron bowed 90 degrees to her and hurried outside.

Click- click-

The woman who had approached Selia sat down on the sofa.

And naturally opened her mouth toward Selia.

“I told you to speak casually in private, Selia.”

“Still, I can’t do that in front of Beron. You’re a ‘Ranker’ now.”

“Ranker my ass.”

After a brief conversation, she placed something she was holding onto the table.

Click-

And Selia, discovering that object, shook her head and spoke again.

“How long are you going to keep wearing that goblin mask that doesn’t even suit you?”

“If you called me, just tell me what you want. I’m a busy person.”

“You’re as prickly as ever after so long.”

Selia grumbled briefly, then immediately got to the point as requested.

“Find me a player.”

“A player?”

“Yeah.”

Selia nodded.

“A 1st Tier player.”

* * *

In Lyka, there exists a concept called ‘Transcendence Phenomenon’.

Just from the name, it sounds grand and profound, but in martial arts terms, think of it as ‘martial arts mastery’.

So regardless of class, when you achieve play above a certain level, this ‘Transcendence Phenomenon’ activates…

The Unity of Body and Sword that activated with my sword strike just now was one of them.

And Transcendence Phenomena usually come with tremendous effects.

Just like this.

[Due to the effect of Unity of Body and Sword, the attack power of equipped blade weapons increases by 150%.]

[Due to the effect of Unity of Body and Sword, mana consumption for all skills activated with blades decreases by 50%.]

[Due to the effect of Unity of Body and Sword, critical damage increases by 2x.]

If you don’t know what to look for, it’s just a barely visible shimmer, but the effect is literally devastating.

So if Unity of Body and Sword activated while wielding the Moonlight Sword, it’s only natural that a level 13 regular mob would be one-shot.

What surprised me wasn’t that the wolf was split in half with one strike, but that Unity of Body and Sword had activated.

└ ???

└ Why one-shot the wolf?

└ What the hell

└ Is this a bug?????

I keep telling you it’s not a bug.

└ Wow but why is Room Owner good with swords too? Wasn’t he a digging master?;;;

└ For real; is this guy actually a newbie?

└ Well, he is level 10;;

Anyway, Unity of Body and Sword is really difficult normally.

It’s not something you can activate immediately upon drawing your sword like this.

In the Beta Server, Unity of Body and Sword was definitely a Transcendence Phenomenon that required all sorts of ridiculous stunts to barely use…

Shriek-!

But now it happens so easily.

[You have dealt critical damage to ‘Shadow Wolf’!]

[You have successfully defeated ‘Shadow Wolf’!]

If I dodge, parry, and swing as I want…

Clang- clang- slash-!

This Transcendence Phenomenon, which is harder to maintain than to activate, just maintains itself like breathing.

The blue-white shimmer continuously rising from the sword tip is proof of that.

[The effect of Unity of Body and Sword is being maintained.]

Of course, the sword is one of the weapons I used most during my thousand-plus playthroughs.

But still.

Is this really okay?

I was thinking that when…

└ Is this bastard maybe on his nth playthrough?

I couldn’t help but be startled by the chat that suddenly appeared.

└ lololol snap out of it, this is ■■■ lolololol

└ Where is there a ■■■■■ that starts from ■■■ lol

Some meaningful chats come up one after another.

I’m curious, but I decided not to pay attention to it.

According to the Awakened Wiki, there’s no way to find out about content with noise like that even if you ask.

It would just interrupt the broadcast flow.

Anyway, it seems like I’ve been hunting too much, so I should try making some comments soon.

-Bros, this sword cuts really well, doesn’t it?

And for some reason I don’t really understand, my casual comments get pretty good reactions.

Do our tastes match well?

└ The sword cuts well indeed lololol

└ Dae-ive lololol

└ Where did the guy who was crying about the Moonlight Sword being account-bound go? lololol

└ Financial therapy is definitely working lololol

As expected, my hidden talent seems to have been streaming for Constellations.

Seeing the Constellations enjoying themselves gives me energy.

-By the way, at this rate, it’ll be possible at 1 o’clock instead of 2, right?

└ Level 12?

-Yes, bros. 

It’s definitely not because I’m getting a lot of donations that I’m energized.

└ Kyaaa But since you keep hunting with one-hit kills, your hunting speed is insane lol

└ lololol If the Count is starting to get scared now, upvote lololololol 

└ lololol shit

└ Nah lol It’s not time to be scared yet lololol

└ Yeah, that’s right. Honestly, I didn’t know the Room Owner could use a sword well; not 7 days but 3 days is a bit lol

└ Ah lol ‘Safe asset’? lol

Maybe it’s because of the wolves that fall with one sword strike, but I feel like I’m getting more dopamine.

How nice would it have been if it was this easy during beta too?

Swoosh-!

As I swing my sword in a trance while maintaining sword-body unity, I feel like my understanding of swordsmanship is gradually increasing.

How to move my body to swing the sword, and how to cut opponents with the most powerful trajectory.

It feels like my body evolves the more I swing the sword.

[‘Shadow Wolf’ has been successfully defeated!]

[‘Shadow Wolf’ has been successfully defeated!]

As I feel a thrilling sensation and two wolves fall simultaneously, a shiver runs up my palm.

That spinning slash just now was truly perfect, even from my perspective.

Of course, even while thinking this, my sword was moving without rest.

Clatter-

Swoooosh-

But the next moment.

“Hm?”

At the defeat message that appeared next, I couldn’t help but be slightly flustered.

[‘Ink-Black Shadow Wolf’ has been successfully defeated!]

Among the wolves I killed without much thought, there was one level 15 rare mob mixed in.

Why did you die in one hit too?

└ Wow lol You caught an ink wolf too lol

└ Isn’t that the one that gives obsidian necklace?

└ That’s right yeah

Even trying to hold back the clown trying to ascend, I can’t manage my expression at all.

This is a 2nd tier rare grade necklace, so I roughly earned about 70LP.

[‘Obsidian Necklace’ item has been acquired.]

Unfortunately, unlike the obsidian ring, this one doesn’t have darkness resistance options…

It doesn’t matter.

I’ll just use it casually today and sell it on my way home from work.

└ Room Owner is grinning lololol

└ Fucking hell, let it be bound.

What kind of harsh words are those.

You startled me, bro.

Anyway, since it’s a rare item without unique abilities, there’s no chance it’s bound…

You shouldn’t say such ominous things.

Phew.

It seems like my first unique drop being bound will remain my PTSD for quite a long time.

I never want to see it again.

Bound items.

└ By the way, Room Owner earned a lot today, so 2T equipment should be easy now, right?

No, it’s not.

└ Come to think of it, that’s right. Room Owner is rich now?

└ Yeah, even considering 2T accessories are rare, they definitely won’t exceed 100LP.

└ Right, that’s probably worth about 78LP at current market price?

Whose kid’s name is 780,000 won, bros.

└ Room Owner, don’t tell me your lips twitching right now… isn’t because you earned 78LP?

Sigh…

These bros are making me angry again.

└ lololol Room Owner’s face turned red?

As if they’ve gotten a taste for teasing me, the Constellations keep giggling and chattering.

Well, as long as the bros are having fun, that’s what matters.

Separately from that, I’m being very serious right now.

Honestly, not just 70LP, but even 7LP is precious.

No, I have the mindset that even 0.7LP worth of junk items absolutely cannot be missed.

[‘Apprentice Mage Meo’ has donated 25LP.]

In that sense, let me first bow 90 degrees…

-Thank you, bro!

Dismantling work also cannot be neglected.

[‘Dismantling’ of ‘Ink-Black Shadow Wolf’ corpse begins.]

[The corpse is in good condition, increasing dismantling success rate.]

[Current progress: 0%…1%…15%…100%!]

[‘Dismantling’ successful!]

The more you dismantle, the higher your proficiency gets, increasing the chance of obtaining better quality byproducts.

└ No way lol There’s not even enough time to level up but dismantling lololol shit lol

└ This is a concept, right?

└ Please say it is lololol ugh lol

So no matter what these game noobs say, I have to persevere.

[‘Ink-Black Wolf Hide’ item has been acquired.]

[‘Darkness Fang’ item has been acquired.]

See, it’s sweet, isn’t it?

Kya-!

A Darkness Fang came out in one go like this.

This is a sub-material used in crafting 4T daggers.

So even if it’s junk, it should be worth at least 30LP.

If I were an Awakened Wiki authority, I would have put the dismantling trait at the very top of the trait tier list.

I don’t know why others don’t use this good stuff.

└ This feels like both a skill broadcast and a comedy show with an insane concept lol I’m confused as hell

└ But it’s fun, right? Cheers.

└ For real lol

└ That’s right lol It’s not easy to get this much entertainment from ■■■ you know? lol

I still don’t understand why they’re giggling, but since the Constellations’ reactions are good too, it’s a perfect flow.

The viewer count has increased again before I knew it.

[ON Air : ☺ 38]

Nice!

Today I could even buy some pig’s feet on my way home from work, right?

The large size is too expensive, so just a small one…

[‘Seeking Cold Law Party’ has donated 12LP.]

Oh yeah.

Then I’ll just buy the medium size, bro!

-Thank you!

But after finishing the dismantling and neatly collecting the loot, I realized there was one problem. 

└ But Room Owner, if you pick up all those junk item scraps, do you have inventory space left?

When I checked after hearing what one of the Constellations said, there really was very little free space left in my inventory.

“…!”

If I got some good loot but had to give up something due to insufficient inventory space, nothing would be more devastating than that.

I should probably invest about 100LP to get a good bag first.

I’ll do some maintenance before seriously moving into the level 15 zone.

-Oh, I think I need to go to town for a bit.

└ …?

└ You’re going to town instead of throwing away the junk items?

-I can just tear a scroll.

What do these Constellations take me for?

Even if I’m a penny-pincher, I can afford to tear a scroll now, you know?

Besides, I can easily earn over 10LP with the time saved going to town, so tearing it is actually profitable.

So I took out the return scroll I’d been saving and tore it without a moment’s hesitation.

Whoosh-

[‘Bereshit Return Scroll’ has been used.]

[Returning to the starting village, ‘Bereshit’.]

Then as my darkened vision brightened and the view of Bereshit Square came into sight.

The first thing that caught my eye was… the bewildered chat messages from the Constellations.

└ No way lol

└ No hesitation whatsoever lol

└ He really came to town? lol

└ Sure, you can tear a scroll to return to town, but what about going back?

└ It’ll take about 30 minutes to get back to the hunting ground lol crazy

└ So funny lol

└ What’s with this junk item obsession lol

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