The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 17

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 17

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

The Constellations were excited.

└ Kya- Finally seeing the Room Owner get screwed?

└ Intermediate demon beast, hurry up and come.

No matter how much strange behavior I had shown until now.

This time… it seemed they thought it wouldn’t be easy.

└ How many minutes does the Room Owner need to survive?

└ About 7 minutes left now?

└ 7 minutes against Murvess? lol room leader lol how about just tearing up the return scroll in advance?

-I don’t want to.

└ Keu, look at that spirit.

└ This guy lol thinks Muirves is some kind of moon wolf friend or something?

└ Not all epic mobs are the same kind of epic lol

Actually, this kind of reaction from the Constellations was natural.

Originally, Murvess that inhabits the Demon Realm Field is an epic monster over level 100.

If I recall my memories from the Beta Server…

Murvess was such a powerful and troublesome monster that I first killed it only after nearly 200 runs.

So even if it appeared as a level 20 version, it’s a monster on a completely different dimension from epic mobs like the Dalgeumsya Wolf I caught this morning.

‘It’s a nasty bastard in many ways.’

When my eyes met with the grotesque-looking demon beast, a sigh naturally escaped me.

“Phew.”

Was this a situation I had expected?

Honestly, no.

It’s been 10 years since the Earth server opened, so how could I have imagined this guy would still be here?

Besides, the Hidden Dungeon I’m about to enter has one more entry route.

To enter through that way, you need an artifact called the ‘Mirror of Truth’, but…

Anyway, since there are various entry routes, it means it’s an easy dungeon to discover.

So naturally, I thought there should already be players who discovered the Hidden Dungeon.

I thought this gatekeeper had already been defeated and the rift would be open.

If I had known this guy would be here too, I would have safely reached level 15 before coming here.

Things got a bit twisted.

Honestly, in my current state, even I’m not confident.

‘Now I really can’t make even a single mistake.’

Would surviving 7 minutes be difficult?

Actually, contrary to the Constellations’ fuss, surviving isn’t that hard.

What makes this guy troublesome is his hellish regeneration ability.

However, the problem is that just surviving won’t be enough to enter the Hidden Dungeon.

It’s a bastard whose health recovers like crazy every time you fail to perform the gimmick…

To kill it within 7 minutes, I said you can’t make even a single mistake.

Sssssss-

With a spine-chilling sound, Murvess’s body began to writhe.

Murvess, with giant vines tangled in a complex mess, reminiscent of a tentacle monster.

Countless vines writhed and protruded from the creature’s body, and at the same time, I reflexively drew my sword.

Srrring-!

Then, between the vines, from the abyss-like darkness…

-I shall make you dream nightmares of the abyss.

The creature’s blue eyes glared at me.

“Dave-nim.”

Leo, who had approached my side, asked in a low voice.

“This monster too… we can handle it, right?”

There was definitely tension in Leo’s eyes as he took his stance, but it wasn’t the anxious feeling like when the Dryad first appeared.

Probably the experience of coordinating with me to defeat dozens of Dryads was instilling confidence in him.

“Of course.”

Then I should try moving more aggressively.

Of course, Leo isn’t at the level to face this monster yet, but…

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

If I show him how to attack first, wouldn’t he be able to imitate it to some degree?

[Demonic energy awakens from Murvess’s heart.]

So just focus on surviving well, Leo.

I won’t expect you to deal damage.

└ Leo, no way ㅠㅠ At least you should tear up the scroll and run awayyyy

└ Muirbes is angry lol

But the next moment, I couldn’t help but be quite flustered.

Wooong-!

Honestly, I thought I was seeing things wrong…

I discovered a faint blue haze emanating from Leo’s sword aimed at Murvess.

“Wow, amazing…! So this is how you do it.”

What the…?

Don’t tell me he imitated Unity of Body and Sword?

* * *

The world inside the Gate is vast.

According to experts’ research, even just combining all the discovered fields inside the Gate would be about half the size of the entire Earth.

Moreover, there were still unconquered wastelands within this world.

For instance, places like the ‘Demon Realm’ that was first discovered a year ago.

“So what you’re saying is… you discovered traces of a new ‘Tower of Calamity’ at the Ashen Citadel?”

“That’s what I’m telling you.”

The reason the Demon Realm was a wasteland was naturally because it was incredibly dangerous.

Currently, the official level to earn the title of ‘Ranker’ was level 100, but in this Demon Realm Field, even the mobs started from level 100.

So even if a party composed only of Rankers entered, they would struggle from the regular fields – that’s this place, the Demon Realm.

Therefore… it was only natural that most fields of the Demon Realm remained as wastelands.

“And it seems like there are clues about the 3rd job advancement there.”

“Don’t make me repeat myself multiple times. It’s tiring.”

Therefore, even by the standards of top-tier Rankers like ‘The Hero’, Gate conquest in the Demon Realm always required risking their lives.

Nevertheless, they didn’t stop challenging because there were rewards worth taking such risks.

“Ashen Citadel… I almost really died when I went there last time.”

“If you’re scared, just die.”

Though not publicly known, The Hero was currently in the middle of a 3rd job advancement Quest.

And as part of that, she had to go to the Ashen Citadel.

The 3rd job advancement that only seventeen people worldwide had achieved so far.

If The Hero, currently ranked 28th in the world player rankings, succeeded in the 3rd job advancement, even the top 10 would be sufficiently possible.

With this level of reward, it’s definitely worth risking one’s life, isn’t it?

This was also why The Hero, who usually preferred to move alone, started organizing an expedition.

“Oh my, scared. What kind of words are those.”

“Aren’t you?”

“Why are you acting like an amateur.”

The man sitting across from The Hero with a round table between them.

Like The Hero, the Ranker ‘Lightning Spear Ryuganho’ continued with a grin.

“I need to get something out of it too to move, don’t I?”

“You’re not going to say you need LP, are you.”

Ryuganho was ranked 47th, lower than the Hero but still a top-tier ranker.

As a fellow Barga Guild member, Ryuganho had always been on good terms with the Hero.

But even so, he couldn’t help with such a dangerous quest for nothing.

“Help me with the Dragon Cavalry raid.”

“Didn’t I help you last time too?”

“Until I get the Dragon Spear.”

“…Who knows when that’ll drop.”

“I’ll help you with your 3rd class advancement without complaint too. Isn’t that a fair deal?”

“Damn it.”

Ryuganho chuckled.

Despite his displeased expression, she had no choice but to accept.

It wasn’t simply because Ryuganho was a powerful high ranker.

The Ashen Citadel that the Hero was trying to conquer was one of the highest difficulty fields in existence.

There weren’t many rankers with experience conquering this place.

If you counted Korean players, there would be less than five, and Ryuganho was one of them.

Moreover, he had entered the Ashen Citadel as many as five times.

For the Hero, who only had one expedition experience, Ryuganho was a desperately needed party member.

“I’ll earn my keep, so stop frowning.”

“How smooth-talking.”

Ryuganho, who met eyes with the Hero, straightened his posture.

The deal was practically sealed, so now it was time to discuss the specifics.

“By the way, didn’t you say you needed ‘preparations’? You said it would be meaningless to enter the Ashen Citadel without them.”

“That’s right.”

“Have you already gathered everything?”

“Everything I could get with my own power.”

A slight gleam appeared in Ryuganho’s eyes.

“That means…”

“There’s one left.”

“What is it?”

The Hero, who had downed the coffee on the table, answered in a low voice.

“Jerathos’s Banner. It’s in a place I can’t go.”

* * *

If someone asked the players of the Awakened Community this question…

-What’s the most dangerous place on the Island of Beginnings?

Almost all players would answer like this.

└ Of course that’s the Peak of Dreams lol

└ It’s better not to go there if possible.

└ Honestly, I think it’s a bit harsh for a newbie zone.

└ Well, if someone’s talent is insanely good and they could potentially become a ranker, then those people can go ahead lol

└ If you’re not at that level, I don’t recommend Misty Peak.

└ Right. You can graduate from the Island of Beginnings without hunting there anyway.

Misty Peak was such a notoriously dangerous hunting ground.

Even on the Island of Beginnings where player deaths rarely occurred, Misty Peak was the field where casualties happened quite regularly every year.

Therefore, Baek Haram, a veteran of the Island of Beginnings, always stayed alert when coming here.

Today was no different.

Moreover, he was alone now.

‘It’s been quite a while since I came here.’

The reason Haram came here alone wasn’t for hunting.

What he had to do was search this field thoroughly.

Since he had to search every nook and cranny of the field he’d never been to before, having more people would only be cumbersome.

Whoooosh-!

Purple smoke rose with eerie sounds from the cracked ground everywhere.

Avoiding them and entering a safe zone, Haram caught his breath briefly and looked around.

If he had changed to an assassin-type class capable of stealth, the search would have been much easier.

But since he was an Island of Beginnings player who couldn’t change classes in the first place, he had no choice but to search crudely.

‘Don’t overdo it, move carefully.’

Haram decided to take his time.

No matter how fast he moved, finishing the exploration in one day was impossible anyway.

Misty Peak wasn’t that small a field either…

What he had to do now was a search mission that required combing through the entire map.

Of course, he had targeted the ‘Northern Peak’, which players rarely visited, as his first target.

But he didn’t expect to find his objective in just one day.

With that thought, Haram began examining the field with the Mirror of Truth.

The Mirror of Truth, a rare artifact, was the item most commonly used to find ‘distorted spaces’.

The hidden field where ‘Jerathos’s Banner’ was supposedly hidden was likely concealed within a distorted and twisted space.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense that it hadn’t been discovered until now.

‘Come to think of it, there would be no reason to carry this around on the Island of Beginnings… If such a hidden field existed, it’s understandable that it wasn’t discovered.’

Haram thought that after completing this mission safely, he should thoroughly search other areas of the Island of Beginnings too.

If something special like ‘Jerathos’s Banner’ was really hidden on the Island of Beginnings.

He thought there could very well be such hidden pieces in other areas too.

‘This might be more of a goldmine than I thought.’

But after about two or three hours of exploration, all distracting thoughts had to disappear from Haram’s mind.

“Huff.”

Combat was inevitable during the exploration process.

And that process was more difficult than he had expected.

‘They’re all aggressive mobs… avoiding them is harder than I thought.’

After another round of combat, Haram wiped the sweat from his forehead and caught his breath.

It seemed like he’d need to return to the village for maintenance once he finished exploring just this current field.

‘This mission might take longer than expected…’

Thud- Thud-

Moving his heavy steps to find a safe zone, Haram sat on a rock and opened his water bottle.

Pop-

But perhaps because his hands were weak, he dropped the cap.

“Oh…!”

Where Haram was sitting was high ground, so the water bottle cap began rolling down the slope quickly.

But the next moment.

“…!”

Discovering something, Haram unconsciously jumped up from his seat.

‘There…! There’s something there!’

The water bottle cap that had been rolling down the slope with increasing speed suddenly drew an unnatural trajectory and bounced off after hitting something in mid-air.

‘The mirror! I need to check the mirror.’

Instinctively sensing something was there, Haram hurriedly searched his inventory and pulled out the ‘Mirror of Truth’.

Wooong-

[Using ‘Mirror of Truth’.]

Then, confirming what was reflected in the mirror, he couldn’t help but cheer.

“It’s there! It’s there!”

Of course, ‘Jerathos’s Banner’ wasn’t immediately reflected in the mirror, but he had at least confirmed there was a hidden barrier.

‘Stay calm. First, let me record the coordinates…!’

What was reflected in the Mirror of Truth was…

A space with a dreamy and eerie atmosphere, completely different from the ordinary mountain slope scenery.

I’ll have to figure out exactly how to do it from now on, but anyway, if I can just dispel this barrier, I should be able to enter that space.

To achieve this much progress in just one day of mission execution.

Even my superior Yun Sejin, who doesn’t get shaken by most things, would probably be quite surprised to receive this report.

But at the very next moment.

“Huh?”

Haram, who had been carefully examining the hidden space by turning the Mirror of Truth, couldn’t help but gasp involuntarily.

‘What? Did I see it wrong?’

Though the mirror couldn’t show every part of the hidden space in detail.

She was certain she had just spotted a person inside.

‘Don’t tell me someone beat us to it…!’

Feeling urgent, Haram hurriedly opened the guild messenger.

A strong sense of anxiety arose that they might lose their objective if she didn’t report as quickly as possible and deploy personnel.

But at the very next moment.

Ding-!

At the sight that appeared before her eyes, Haram could only freeze in place.

[The Hidden Dungeon ‘Ancient Moonlight Garden’ on the Island of Beginnings has been cleared for the first time.]

[The seal on the artifact ‘Banner of Jerathos’, 13th Legion of the Demon Realm, has been released.]

[‘Night Stalker (No.967)’ item has been discovered for the first time.]

[From now on, ‘Half Lycanthrope (Epic)’ monsters will appear at ‘Misty Peak’ with low probability.]

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