The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 20

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 20

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

Silver Knights has various organizations.

Starting with the 1st Knight Division, which is practically the face of Silver Knights to the outside world…

From the Human Resources Department that oversees knight selection competitions, to the Special Operations Unit composed of elite members.

However, among them, there was one organization whose name wasn’t even known to the public…

That was the special organization Arcana.

The only organization among all that was directly under Master Lee Hyeonmu, where almost all activities within the guild were classified as confidential.

Ranker Ryu Gangmin was the Team 1 leader of this Arcana.

“Good work, Haram.”

“Not at all, I’m only sorry for failing to complete the mission.”

And today at Arcana headquarters, ‘Baek Haram’, a player from the Human Resources Department, had been summoned.

The reason for his summoning was naturally due to the mission he had recently undertaken.

The reason ‘that mission’ was assigned to Haram through the Human Resources Department in the first place was because Arcana had requested it from Team Leader Yun Sejin.

“No, no. Just pinpointing the location in such a short time was excellent.”

“…”

“Besides, thanks to you, the secondary tracking has become much easier, hasn’t it?”

“Thank you for thinking of it that way.”

As of today, Haram transferred the mission back to Arcana.

And finally, he delivered the gameplay recording of the mission process to Team Leader Ryu Gangmin.

It was for the purpose of secondary tracking of the target.

‘That silhouette. It felt somewhat familiar.’

The recipient who had obtained the ‘Flag of Jerathos’.

The client had made a re-request to find him.

The fact that the client had already obtained the Flag of Jerathos… was still unknown to anyone.

‘I’m not sure if target identification is possible with just that blurry afterimage reflected in the Mirror of Truth…’

They’ll probably find him.

If it’s Arcana and not somewhere else… they’ll manage it somehow.

So Haram no longer needed to worry about this matter.

“Well then, I’ll be going now.”

“Understood. Let’s meet again on the day of the knight selection competition.”

“Understood, Team Leader.”

After Haram left Arcana’s office, silence once again filled the room.

And after a moment.

Knock knock-

“Team Leader, it’s me.”

“Come in.”

A new person opened the office door and entered.

“So. Did you gather the information?”

“There were some results.”

“Sit down.”

The man who sat across from Ryu Gangmin took out a tablet slightly larger than his palm from inside his jacket.

Then he brought up a screen and slid it forward toward Kangmin.

“Please take a look first, Team Leader.”

Ryu Gangmin naturally took the tablet, and his gaze fixed directly on the screen.

And on that screen, the following content was listed in order.

[Unique Item (No.967) – Night Stalker]

[Former Inscribed Player – Sardine (Deceased)]

[Current Inscribed Player – ???]

[Classification: Cloak]

[Equipment Max Level: 30]

…and so on…

Kangmin, who had been reading through the content without even moving, took a small sip of the tea on the table and spoke quietly.

“Hmm. That makes sense.”

“What… do you mean?”

“Ah, no. Pretend you didn’t hear that.”

Ryu Gangmin chuckled.

Right now, the face of one man was floating in his mind.

Wol-yeong’s Spear Knight.

Or, the man called by the name Shadow Lancer.

‘Certainly… 3rd Knight Division Commander. It’s an item that guy would drool over.’

If this numbered artifact could go to him, the 3rd Knight Division’s power would double.

This was no exaggeration, and if that happened, Silver Knights’ prestige would rise even higher.

“Hehe.”

In that sense, Kangmin made up his mind.

He would put this unique item, the tenth to appear domestically, into the hands of the 3rd Knight Division Commander by any means necessary.

* * *

Click-

As I opened the front door and entered, my eyes immediately met with Mrs. Kim Juyeon sitting on the sofa.

“Son, are you late?”

The wall clock was pointing exactly to 8:20.

“Ah, Mother. Cut me some slack for this much.”

I was about 20 minutes late, but knowing this would happen, I had prepared an excuse.

“I was late because I was buying this, really.”

When I smoothly handed over the white plastic bag I was holding in one hand, the wrinkles on Mrs. Kim Juyeon’s furrowed brow slightly relaxed.

“What is this?”

“Something Mother and Siyul like.”

“What, pig’s feet?”

“Mother knows too, how incredibly long the line at this pig’s feet place is.”

“Ah, I know.”

“I used my daily earnings… bought a large half-and-half. Isn’t this worth being 20 minutes late?”

Just then, the door at the end of the hallway burst open, and an answer came from elsewhere.

“Oh, approved. Totally approved.”

Phew.

I didn’t know Lee Siyul would already be home at this time.

This kid… he said he studies at the study hall until 10 every day, but that was a lie?

“Today I couldn’t study well at the study hall.”

“Bullshit. When did you ever?”

“It was just today, okay?”

“Yesterday you said you couldn’t go to the study hall because you were meeting a friend?”

“Yesterday was unavoidable because of an appointment.”

Anyway… I was slightly debating whether to buy medium or large, but it would have been a disaster if I hadn’t bought large.

I even skipped lunch so my stomach was stuck to my back…

With two pig’s feet killers joining in, if it had been medium, I probably wouldn’t have gotten more than a few pieces.

Why would I worry about such things when I’ve earned an enormous amount of 2.5 billion?

Damn it.

It’s because I don’t feel like I earned 2.5 billion, but rather like I lost 500 million.

I should have just sold it for 3 billion.

No, I think I could have sold it for 3.5 billion…!

‘Keuheuk.’

Even if I try to console myself that there are still numbering equipment left, it doesn’t really help.

No, rather, the moment I think of the numbering equipment sleeping in my inventory, my stomach just churns even more.

Why?

Because it’s an item I can’t sell right now.

All numbering equipment has conditional binding after all.

‘Why the hell does this kind of thing drop with such miraculous probability?’

It’s not impossible to sell, but I need to do something called ‘liberation’ to be able to sell it.

How do you do liberation…?

You grow the numbering equipment to its maximum level.

Of course, liberated numbering equipment would be worth whatever price you name.

The problem is I have no idea how much money it’ll take to reach liberation.

To raise the equipment level of growth-type equipment, you need other equipment as food instead of experience points.

They’re even picky about their food, only eating equipment of the same grade as themselves.

And naturally, as they grow, their grade increases, so the closer they get to level 30, the more high-grade food I’ll need to give them.

Night Stalker grows up to legendary grade at maximum…

Phew.

At least it’s not mythic.

I’m grateful it’s at least a 900-series equipment, the lowest numbering.

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Night Stalker

Classification: Unique (No.967) – Cloak

Level Restriction: None

Equipment Level: 1/30

Grade: Rare (Growth Type)

Tier: 2T (Growth Type)

Durability: 500 / 500

Main Stats

All Stats +20

Dark Attack Power +30

*When equipment level grows, all stats increase.

– Options

All skills with dark attribute +1 grade

All skills with dark attribute +20% power

Evasion +10

*Upon soul liberation, all option values are enhanced by 2x.

An ancient existence.

This is the treasured item of the ‘Master of Night’.

Wherever there is darkness, the deep night’s blessing shall descend.

* This is an account-bound item. Cannot be transferred to other players.

*Upon soul liberation, account binding is released.

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As expected of numbering equipment, the options are incredible.

Dark all-skill enhancement.

And it’s +1 grade, not level.

That means hero skills become legendary grade, and legendary skills become mythic grade.

Plus +20% skill power on top of that.

Any dark-type dealer would go crazy seeing this, right?

But well…

“…”

From my perspective, it’s truly nothing but a burden.

If I had gotten this during beta, my happiness circuits would have overloaded and melted away completely.

The more I think about it, numbering equipment seems like the worst compatibility item for freeloaders.

Just having this could make things quite dangerous.

* There are only two ways to transfer ownership of numbering equipment.

 1. Grow the numbering equipment to maximum level and then ‘liberate’ it.

 2. Kill the owner of the numbering equipment.

– Awakened Wiki

– Excerpt from [Numbering Equipment] section.

‘Even NPCs go crazy over numbering equipment… Earth’s players wouldn’t be any different, would they?’

For reference, even during beta play, I had to experience death several times because of this numbering equipment.

The moment I was registered as the ‘imprinted player’ of numbering equipment, hyena-like bastards constantly targeted my life.

So this is actually equipment you shouldn’t equip until you become ranker level.

The moment you equip it, you get imprinted and the name [Dave] gets permanently stamped as the ‘imprinted player’.

How do you check that?

The Lika System just provides it.

Just like this.

Unique (No.966) – Ancient Seal

Imprinted Player – Undiscovered

Unique (No.967) – Night Stalker

Imprinted Player – ???

Unique (No.968) – Starlight Dagger

Imprinted Player – Undiscovered

Unique (No.969) – Heart of Evil

Imprinted Player – Undiscovered

…and so on…

Hmm.

Since I’m looking anyway, I took a peek, but it’s a bit different from what I expected?

I didn’t know that among the thousand numbering items, undiscovered items would approach nearly 90%.

Even on the beta server where I was the only player, the 500-series and later equipment always had owners for more than half…

Well, that’s not what’s important.

“Phew.”

Anyway, I can say I only have one choice.

Work hard freeloading to fill up this money-eating hippo’s belly…

Then liberate it as quickly as possible and sell it straight to the marketplace.

Well, if I manage to achieve liberation… I’d earn enough money to buy several Hangang River Apartments.

‘If I burn all 250,000 LP at the marketplace, how many levels could I reach?’

That path would definitely be quite treacherous.

‘If I slowly monitor the marketplace and assume I efficiently purchase only urgent sale items… I wonder if I could still reach level 15.’

Come to think of it, I can’t burn all 250,000 LP.

Since I’m carrying this time bomb in my inventory, I need to get some expensive insurance too.

‘Horus’s Feather. That was about 10,000 LP in market price, wasn’t it?’

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Horus’s Feather

Classification: Miscellaneous (Consumable)

Grade: Mythic

Tier: –

Durability: –

* Unique Ability

-Blessing of God Horus-

When the item’s owner suffers damage that would lead to death, it nullifies that attack and transports them to the ‘Temple of Horus’. 

* ‘Horus God’s Protection’ only activates within the Alterion Continent.

* When the ‘Horus God’s Protection’ effect activates, the Feather of Horus is destroyed.

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Looking it up, it costs about 13,000 LP… I’d be crazy to skimp on money here just because it’s expensive.

No matter how much I love money, it can’t be more precious than my life, right?

So paying off our family’s debt will probably have to wait until after I’m freed from this shackle.

Why can’t I just solve the debt problem first?

Because I’m scared, okay?

I don’t want to carry around dangerous stuff!

“Ugh.”

I must have been looking grim by myself, because Mother’s daughter, who was eating pig’s feet next to me, glanced over cautiously.

“Older Brother, aren’t you going to eat?”

Mrs. Kim Juyeon also chimed in with a comment.

“Son, you didn’t spend all of today’s earnings, did you?”

Well, it’s a similar situation.

How did you know?

I really have to acknowledge your intuition.

“It’s not that, my stomach’s just feeling a bit off.”

I brushed it off vaguely and picked up a piece of pig’s feet, but that brat Siyul Lee started asking for trouble.

“Older Brother.”

“What now.”

“Your stomach feels off… but you can eat pig’s feet?”

This kid?

Thwack-

“Ow!”

I gave him a solid flick on the forehead, but Mother was on my side until the pig’s feet fell.

“That’s right, you brat. You can’t even put one piece of pig’s feet in your brother’s mouth.”

“Tsk. He said his stomach feels off! I can worry about him a little!”

“Worried about running out of pig’s feet?”

“No way!”

“Phew.”

I thought this returnee’s rice-eating life was going too smoothly.

Still, if I can just get through this crisis…

I’ll be able to become happy, right?

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