The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 15

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 15

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

The structure of the Thicket Maze changes randomly every time you enter the dungeon.

Therefore, the coordinates of the exit cannot have a fixed location either.

So our party’s decision to split up and search for the exit in both directions was perfectly textbook.

Since the maze would be cleared as long as any party member found the exit.

Of course… if we’re going by my standards, having explored this place thousands of times, the story becomes a bit different.

‘The Moonlight Garden maze isn’t actually completely random.’

The Awakened Community explains that there are no special rules to the Moonlight Garden maze.

But to cut to the conclusion, that’s wrong.

The maze structure of the Moonlight Garden consists of exactly 32 patterns.

In other words… thirty-two types of patterned mazes appear randomly.

So actually, I had already figured out which pattern it was the moment I saw the maze entrance.

I knew where the exit was from the very beginning.

It’s just that my purpose wasn’t in finding the path.

The Constellations, who couldn’t know this, were already grinning from ear to ear.

└ lol should I tell them about this or not? lol

└ No no, absolutely don’t tell them, they already know it well lol just leave it be lol

They look so cute, seeming to itch to say something but holding back.

Since I need to drag out as much time as possible here to increase the failure rate of the level-up mission, at least the Constellations who bet LP on the mission wouldn’t want to help me.

But what exactly are these guys wanting to say?

Obviously, it’s hints about the maze.

This Thicket Maze gives you one hint about the exit each time you reach a dead end, but I kept ignoring them and proceeding.

They probably think I don’t know.

They can’t think I don’t need to know.

[‘Blood Bloom (Blodbloom)’ monster has taken critical damage.]

[‘Blood Bloom (Blodbloom)’ monster has been successfully defeated.]

Even my decision to run right first was because the exit was in that direction.

They probably can’t even imagine that I’m deliberately avoiding just that area.

└ Damn- lol but is it even possible to be this bad at finding directions?

└ For real lol this is like the third time they’ve whiffed

└ Even if you deliberately try to avoid it, it seems hard to avoid it to this extent ㅋㅋ

└ Didn’t the guild leader use up all their luck getting the Moonlight Sword? lol

└ He’s not even opening the hints in the first place, so it’d be weird if he found it…

So why am I doing this?

This seemingly pointless behavior is exactly the hidden gimmick of the Moonlight Garden.

Woooong-!

When you step on the magic circle drawn at the end of a dead end, a System Message appears like this…

[You have reached a dead end. The dark energy of ‘Moonlight Shadow Plaza’ grows stronger.]

Stepping on all of these is the first thing I need to do.

└ That’s insane. Isn’t the room leader already at 6 stacks by himself? lol

└ Phase 2 is gonna be chaotic?

└ Going down dead ends 6 times alone wouldn’t be easy either lmao

└ But seeing that there’s still time left, their combat sense is pretty amazing lol

No matter which maze pattern appears, this Thicket Maze has exactly thirteen dead ends.

Hitting all these points and then exiting through the exit at the end.

Strengthening the second phase wave to maximum like that… is the first condition of the hidden gimmick.

By the way, since I’ve been to seven places, it’s about time I meet our party member…

“Oh! Dave!”

Just as I had that thought, I spotted Leo running toward me from afar.

Where we met was the eighth dead end by my count.

And fortunately, the moment I arrived here… the System Message I’d been waiting for appeared.

Ding-!

The hidden message that only activates when the second phase wave is strengthened to maximum appeared.

[Conditions have been met.]

[The full moon reveals itself.]

It seemed Leo had cleanly hit five dead ends before coming here.

A smoother start than expected.

‘Perfect.’

Checking the time limit, there were still about 5 minutes left.

Thanks to getting a skilled party member, we had plenty of time.

“Huh…? What’s a full moon…”

Leo, seeing the hidden gimmick fulfilled for the first time, looked puzzled, but there’s no time to explain that now.

First, it’s time to escape the maze.

“From now on, follow me. I think I found the exit.”

“Yes!”

Whiiiing-!

Moving boldly through the passage I knew, we were able to reach the exit portal with about 4 minutes remaining.

Ding-!

[You have discovered the exit of the ‘Dreamlike Forest Maze’.]

And the moment we stepped outside the exit.

[The first phase ends.]

[Moonlight Shadow Plaza is elevated to maximum rank.]

The second hidden message I’d been waiting for revealed itself.

* * *

The Constellations watching me wander in the maze initially giggled.

└ Room Owner’s confidence is okay, right?

└ lololol no way lol exit please show up now lol I’m gonna cry lolololol

But they started sensing something was off from when the first anomaly occurred…

[The full moon reveals itself.]

└ Huh? Wait. What’s this?

└ Huh?

└ The full moon revealed itself? Isn’t this normally not a thing?

└ Uh…? Right. It was so long ago I don’t remember well;; but this seems like the first time I’m seeing it.

When the first phase was cleared like that, they started getting flustered.

[Moonlight Shadow Plaza is elevated to maximum rank.]

└ ;;; What’s this?

└ The rank went up?

└ What the fuck??? Anyone know what this is?

And when my provocation was added on top of that…

-How about it, bros. Seems like there’s something there, right?

Countless handshake requests started pouring in from the Constellations.

└ No way;;; This is really the first time I’m seeing this;;;

└ Does the room owner actually know what they’re doing?

└ What is it-_- Tell me too;;;

But what surprised the Constellations the most was when we finally arrived at Moonlight Shadow Plaza and the second phase began.

[The second phase begins.]

[Pass ‘The Trial of Moonlight Shadow Plaza’.]

[Remaining time: 20 minutes]

[Clear Condition: All party members survive]

First off, the impact was intense.

Rumble- Boom-!!

As the message announcing the start of the second phase appeared.

A tremendous roar echoed, and the dungeon’s structure itself underwent a massive transformation.

Even more than that….

[Special conditions have been met.]

Rare monsters that could never appear in an ordinary Moonlight Garden began spawning in droves.

[The spirit of forest and moonlight, Moonwarden Dryad, is being summoned.]

If the Constellations were beings who knew this game well, they would recognize just how special this was.

└ ???

└ This is… seriously??????

└ Dryad? This could appear in ■■■???;;;;;;

└ How did you do this;;;

Semi-transparent silver bark that reflected moonlight.

A dreamlike monster with the form of a faceless woman, her entire body covered in that bark.

The Dryad was a monster closer to a spirit than a plant-type monster….

It was so rare that you couldn’t even catch a glimpse of it in regular fields.

Not only on the Island of Beginnings, but it was hard to see even on the continent.

Generally, it was a monster you could only encounter after starting to climb the Tower of Trials.

└ This is insane for real;;;

└ Room Owner, what the hell are you doing?;;

Of course, the ones appearing here are half-baked.

Why?

Because these guys don’t drop ‘Moonlight Sap,’ the Dryad’s core drop item.

Well, if you could farm material items worth 100LP each here… honestly, it would be a game with broken balance.

Anyway, the mere fact that these guys appeared in a dungeon on the Island of Beginnings would be shocking to those who knew this game.

Even I first summoned Dryads here around my 500th playthrough.

The shock I received then was probably similar to what those Constellations were feeling.

└ How exactly did you do this?

└ Room Owner;; Can’t you record today’s stream and upload it?

Would that work?

I don’t even know how to record or how to upload.

Even if I knew, why would I do that for you?

└ Damn; seeing even Dryads appear, this might be a hidden mechanic;;

And right now, the most encouraging thing….

Wasn’t the fact that I succeeded with the mechanic, nor that I summoned Dryads.

From my perspective, this was something I could definitely succeed at.

However, the fact that I succeeded in an epic-level provocation against the Constellation bastards was the most important achievement for me.

From experience, provoking Constellations is profitable.

‘This time I think I really hooked them?’

So what I needed to do from now on was?

└ But Room Owner, is clearing this possible?

Successfully clear the second phase.

If I couldn’t clear this, all the provocation would be for nothing.

In that sense, there was one more thing I needed to be careful about.

“D…ave sir?”

“Yes.”

“Wh, what’s happening here?”

Our party member who was perhaps even more flustered than the Constellations.

I needed to take care of Leo.

“It’s nothing special.”

“Huh…?”

“It’s just a hidden mechanic being activated.”

“…!”

“I know this place pretty well. You can trust me.”

If Leo, our only party member, got scared and tore a scroll or something.

The mechanic I worked so hard to activate would become useless.

In the Moonlight Garden, if even one party member leaves, everyone gets kicked out.

That absolutely couldn’t happen.

“In that sense, Leo.”

“Yes.”

“Would it be okay if I give orders from now on?”

“This… the difficulty is manageable, right?”

“Of course. I’ve done this at least dozens of times, so you don’t need to worry.”

The Constellations who would have fiercely criticized this as a lie earlier were now unusually quiet.

Perhaps they were thinking that everything I’d said so far… might all be true.

Of course, the premise that Dave, who just reached level 12, had been to the Moonlight Garden was already beyond common sense.

But the situation unfolding before our eyes was even more surreal than that.

“Then, I’ll leave it to you, Dave.”

“Understood.”

And fortunately, our party member wasn’t that much of a coward.

He could have been plenty scared by this unexpected situation….

Rumble-

Screech-!

As the wave began in earnest, his wavering eyes actually became calm.

Even his back view as he drew his sword looked resolute.

Hmm, so this.

It was definitely the ideal party member behavior….

└ Well, now our Leo will carry us, right?

Excuse me?

└ Wow, our handsome guy looks like a painting just drawing his sword.

What a subtly annoying guy.

Swoosh-!

With that thought, I drew my sword without hesitation.

[The effect of Unity of Body and Sword activates.]

Ah, naturally I drew my sword toward the Dryad.

Don’t misunderstand, okay?

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