The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 26

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 26

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

When it comes to information within the world called ‘Lyka’, I seem to know more than most Constellations.

But that’s only limited to the world provided by the ‘Beta Server’.

So when it comes to ‘streaming’ related aspects… situations that surprise me pop up from time to time.

Just like this.

[Constellation, ‘The Golden Master’ shows a slightly surprised expression.]

[Constellation, ‘The Golden Master’ thinks there was no need to go that far.]

[Constellation, ‘The Golden Master’ says “But it seems better.”]

Throughout my streaming so far, this was a completely new format of System Message that made me flinch in confusion.

Until now, the Constellations’ chats had always followed the format of ordinary streaming broadcast chats…

This was the first time I’d seen someone post a chat expressing their own state like this.

But somehow, it seemed I wasn’t the only one surprised.

└ Huh???

└ That’s insane?

It seemed like posting chats in that way was beyond what ordinary Constellations(?) could do.

└ A ■■■ Constellation already entered the Room Owner’s room?

Man, the noise in the chat is so frustrating.

Honestly, until now I didn’t care much about the noise and wasn’t really interested…

But this makes me curious, you know?

So I asked.

-Can’t other people do that? Is chatting like that something special…?

But the responses I got back were reactions like they found it absurd.

└ WTF;; Room Owner doesn’t even know what a ■■■ Constellation is?

└ Wasn’t this guy a veteran player?

└ This is ■■■, you guys;

└ I thought he was a special case where a veteran got some hidden piece;;

└ Is this bastard possibly acting?

Come on, stop with the useless talk and just answer my question.

Sigh.

This is frustrating to death.

I wish I could know even a little more information…

While I was thinking that, Three-Tailed Constellation, an early viewer, understood my feelings.

[‘Rascal Three-Tailed Constellation’ has donated 10LP.]

But…

The chat that followed was quite interesting.

└ Only graduated Constellations can do that.

Excuse me?

Graduated?

└ That’s all I can tell you. Even if I say more, it’ll just get noisy and the Room Owner won’t be able to see it anyway.

Ah, I shouldn’t have asked.

Now I’m just more curious for no reason.

But the word ‘graduated’ itself seems like quite meaningful information.

From the feeling of the word itself, it seems like they’re in a completely different realm from other Constellations.

Hmm.

While I was making such speculations, another Constellation slipped in and added a comment.

This was also quite an interesting story.

└ Graduated Constellations can’t communicate directly with players. That’s why messages come in that way.

Ah…?

Come to think of it, ‘The Golden Master’ has never chatted even once, right?

Hearing this far makes it somewhat interesting.

And… I can smell something.

What kind of smell?

The smell of massive capital.

└ Anyway, Room Owner is amazing; already getting donations from a ■■■ Constellation;

└ Even in ranker rooms, ■■■ Constellations are hard to see, Room Owner’s potential is really insane?

Thank you for seeing me that way, bros!

Anyway, I’ll work hard…!

I need to make a lot of money.

[‘The Golden Master’ has donated 300LP.]

[Constellation, ‘The Golden Master’ says “I’ll look forward to it a bit more.”]

Wow, is this the class of a graduated Constellation?

They coolly donate 300LP with the same feeling other Constellations toss 10LP.

It’s so sweet my teeth might just rot away completely.

I can’t just let this slide.

Of course not.

“Thank you, bro!”

Thwack-!

When I reacted out loud for the first time in a while and did a dogeza, the Constellations giggled with delight.

└ ㅋㅋㅋ The host is excited, huh?

└ Ahh lololol but honestly it is pretty exciting lol

└ I don’t know what it is, but thumbs up for a Room Owner who’s happy because he thinks he’ll make money.

Thumbs up indeed.

└ Coming here after watching those ranker rooms where they act all serious and tough is fucking hilarious ㅋㅋㅋ

That’s exactly it, Constellation.

So please do a lot of promotion… and if possible, it’d be even better if you could settle down here. Yes.

“Ehehe.”

A silly laugh leaks out, but there’s no need to hide it anyway.

The Constellations like it even more when I act like I’m missing a screw somewhere.

└ So room leader lol, stop fooling around and let’s hurry to phase 3, right?

You’re absolutely right, bro.

I definitely can’t have something like The Golden Master getting bored because I’m wasting time.

Ding-!

[‘Hall of Truth’ has been entered.]

[You have not chosen any path.]

[Conditions have been met.]

[You are being guided to the ‘Path of Chaos’.]

After confirming the message I’d been waiting for, I took a deep breath and stepped inside the Hall of Truth.

Step- Step-

Now the final gateway.

So if I just pass through here safely… I’ll finally succeed in my first job advancement, not as a beta player.

Rumble-!

Watching the spatial structures violently twist with a roar, I heightened my senses to the maximum.

This place… is really difficult.

“Whew.”

You might think we’re almost done now, but actually this is the main dish of the Ascetic’s Altar Quest.

Moreover, what’s spread before my eyes is the ‘Path of Chaos’, which has the highest difficulty among them.

Even during beta, I rarely passed through this Path of Chaos in one go… so this would definitely be the most difficult gateway since I started playing as ‘Dave’.

[‘Forgotten Tutorial’s Ghost’ has donated 15LP.]

└ I really didn’t expect you to know even this much… The Golden Master probably isn’t expecting you to clear it in one go either, so don’t feel too pressured, Room Owner.

But from the moment I decided to choose this… I never once considered retiring.

Why?

Click-!

[‘Pilgrim’s Staff’ equipment has been equipped.]

[You can now use the equipment’s unique magic, ‘Light Binding’.]

Because I’m no longer the beta tester hero Geon-ryul Lee.

It seems like Dave, who became an official hero… has slightly better talent than during the beta.

└ Wtf Room Owner;; You can use a staff too?

└ Huh;; If you’ve never handled a staff before, it’s better not to touch it;;

└ If it’s your first time using one, even casting will give you a headache, right?

Excuse me?

The talent that the fairy said was at least decent… was on the mage side, wasn’t it?

* * *

The Golden Master presented the following condition as the mission clear requirement…

– Clear the 1st class advancement Quest without selecting any basic options.

However, this condition could be interpreted differently depending on how you think about it.

Actually, the moment the class advancement Quest changed from ‘Navigator of the Celestial Expanse’ to ‘Ascetic’s Altar’…

It became impossible to select the navigator’s equipment, which were the ‘basic options’, so just clearing the Quest would satisfy all conditions.

But there was one ambiguous part: how far The Golden Master considered the range of basic options to extend.

If he thought even the ‘Hall of Truth options’ that only appear when you reach the 3rd phase of the Ascetic’s Altar were also options.

I would have failed the Quest the moment I chose one of the three options.

So I completely excluded the options.

Abandoning all options and entering the ‘Path of Chaos’… was also a good way to raise the ceiling of the Class Gacha.

Well, looking at the results…

[Constellation, ‘The Golden Master’ thinks there was no need to go that far.]

It seems he was going to acknowledge the mission condition as achieved just by coming to the Ascetic’s Altar.

But even if I had known that beforehand, I would have made the same choice as now.

Since I ended up choosing a luck-based random gacha for my first class… I should at least maximize the ceiling, right?

Even though thanks to that… I ended up doing all this body contortion.

Whooom-!!

[Casting has been completed.]

[‘Light Binding’ is activated.]

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has temporarily entered ‘Incapacitated’ state.]

[Switching equipment.]

[‘Pilgrim’s Longbow’ equipment has been equipped.]

Pying-!

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster’s weak point has been accurately struck!]

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has taken critical damage!]

[Conditions met, ‘Head Shot’ effect is activated.]

[Damage is amplified by 300%.]

[Target falls into ‘Stunned’ state for a short time.]

Ping- Piping-!

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has taken critical damage!]

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has taken critical damage!]

This thing’s HP is seriously thick, for real.

When the hell is it going to die?

└ No, this is really dizzying lolol 

└ Are staff and longbow originally equipment that can be swap-played? lolololol

└ No, Room Owner lol Why are you doing circus acts when we told you to clear a Quest lol

Why, you ask.

Because this is a Quest that can’t be cleared without going this far.

└ He’s doing combo attacks that should be done in party play all by himself lol

└ Is he using binding magic right now to guarantee headshots?

└ Yeah, seems like it.

└ Hah… Room Owner, this bastard really has different combat techniques.

How exactly is a level 20 non-class player supposed to kill a level 37 epic monster using normal methods?

└ I’ve seen shield knight classes that fight while swapping sword and shield;; but fighting like this…;;

└ This seems like gameplay that’s only possible before class advancement? There probably isn’t any class that fights like this?

Nope, wrong.

There’s one weird class called Magic Archer.

It’s selectable during 2nd class advancement… and it’s not even a hidden class.

Click-

[Switching equipment.]

[‘Pilgrim’s Staff’ equipment has been equipped.]

How do I know so well?

I didn’t particularly want to know either…

[Consuming mana.]

[Casting ‘Lightning Chain’ magic.]

└ The most amazing thing is that he’s casting basic elemental magic even though he’s never learned the skills;;

└ Isn’t it possible if you can properly draw the spell formula?

└ Theoretically yes;; but even decent mage players can’t easily cast magic without skills, right?

└ Isn’t 2nd circle magic doable?

└ Nope. Plus it’s fucking inefficient so no one would do it that way.

The Constellations seemed to keep chattering about something, but I wasn’t in a leisurely enough situation to properly read all those chats.

Since the mana potions I had farmed were almost running out, I needed to finish this with this combo attack if possible.

Zzerjjeong-!!

So I unleashed a final attack on that HP tank using every possible means available in the current situation.

[‘Lightning Chain’ magic has been activated.]

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has taken critical damage.]

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has entered ‘Electrocuted’ state.]

[Switching equipment.]

[‘Pilgrim’s Longbow’ equipment has been equipped.]

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster’s weak point has been accurately struck!]

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has taken critical damage!]

[Conditions met, ‘Head Shot’ effect is activated.]

…and so on…

After unleashing all my attacks satisfyingly, I leaped backward to create maximum distance from the creature.

The recent attack should be enough to take it down…

But if the damage was insufficient, I would need to run around and recover mana from now on.

But fortunately, my last arrow successfully cut off the creature’s breath.

Ding-!

[‘Ascetic’s Obsession’ monster has been defeated!]

“…!”

Finally, the class advancement Quest that took a full half day was completed.

[Conditions have been met.]

[‘Path of Chaos’ has been successfully cleared.]

[‘Hall of Truth’ acknowledges you as a true seeker.]

[Guiding you to the ‘Ascetic’s Altar’.]

With the appearance of the long-awaited System Message, the wall in the center of the Hall of Truth that had been blocked until now crumbles down.

Kuguuuuuung-!

Then the central courtyard of the hall opened up brilliantly, and pure white light poured down dazzlingly into the center of the space.

└ Ooooh!

└ He really cleared this;;

└ Nice! Now you’re going to class change?

The Constellations were right.

The space that had just appeared as the wall crumbled was precisely the ‘Seeker’s Altar’ that was also the title of this Quest.

Now I just needed to climb up there and I would finally be able to make my first class change.

[‘Ascend the Seeker’s Altar and receive the oracle.’]

[The light of Lumentia will illuminate the path that truly suits you.]

For a luck-based random gacha, they sure package it grandly.

Step- Step-

With that thought, I stepped onto the altar.

At that moment… I wasn’t sure if it was just my imagination, but it felt like all the light illuminating the altar was pouring down onto me.

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