The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 32

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 32

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

The place where the continent begins.

The first land that all players who have left the ‘Cradle’ will step foot on.

So then…

[Lumis Domain]

This place was enormous in scale, as it was the city where the most players stayed within Lyka.

According to the information on the Awakened Wiki…

The permanent NPC population alone exceeded 4 million, and the estimated daily average floating player count was a whopping 500,000 to 600,000 in this metropolis called ‘Lumis Domain’.

Since the player population officially registered with the World Awakener Association was just over 10 million… this meant that a full 5% of the world’s players were staying here.

“Wow… So this is Lumis…”

So it was perhaps too natural that Leo’s eyes widened as he first set foot in this place.

The scale of Lumis Domain was… simply put, comparable to Seoul, a major city outside the Gates.

In fact, though the population density was lower, Lumis was an even larger domain than Seoul when considering just the landmass.

Therefore, the fact that Lumis had something like this was also…

Whirrrrr-!

Not particularly surprising.

“Hey! If you’re getting on, hurry up. Time’s tight.”

What players called a Mana Carriage… a special carriage that connected all cities within the domain.

“The fare to Lumenheart is 15LP.”

“Here you go.”

Leo had to go to Lumenheart, known as the most bustling district within Lumis, so he had no choice but to use the carriage.

If he walked from the outskirts of the domain to Lumenheart, he might end up seeing tomorrow’s sunrise.

This meant he had no choice but to pay the murderous fare of 15LP.

‘Ugh, this is why until level 40… you must save your return information to the plaza portal.’

Actually, if Leo had arrived at Alterion through a normal class change route, he wouldn’t have needed to take a Mana Carriage from day one.

Players who changed to basic classes all started at Lumenheart Plaza, where the [Guild Buildings] for their respective classes were established.

Moreover, until level 30, the standard was to play mainly Sub Quests and grow in dungeons located inside the city…

So there was rarely any need to leave Lumenheart at all.

“Phew.”

But Leo, who had changed to ‘Gale Swordsman’, had landed in a field called ‘Tempest Hill’.

After clearing the Quest there, to move to the domain… he had to get a 50LP scroll from the Trade Exchange.

Even after tearing that, warping to the outskirts of the domain was the limit, which is how he ended up taking this carriage.

He thought of it as the price for obtaining a hidden class he really liked, but it was still a painful expense nonetheless.

‘Including the scroll cost, 65LP vanished in one go.’

Anyway, once he properly did the ‘return registration’ this time, he wouldn’t need to take a carriage for a while.

The registration fee was also 200LP, but… he decided not to think about such sad facts right now.

Still, these past few days… for the first time in his Lyka life, he had actually made a ‘profit’.

Thanks to Dave’s grace.

Creak-

With such thoughts, Leo boarded the carriage.

After about two more people boarded, the carriage door closed with a rough sound.

Click-!

The carriage consisted of 3 cars with about 4 people able to board each, so probably around 10 people had boarded this Mana Carriage.

‘Players… I wonder?’

Leo briefly stared at the two men and women who had boarded across from him, then turned his gaze back to the window.

They were dressed quite uniquely, which sparked some curiosity, but approaching them felt a bit burdensome.

Unlike Bereshit, the starting village, here it wasn’t easy to distinguish between NPCs and players.

Whirrrrr-!

As the carriage departed with the unique sound of mana resonating, the scenery outside the window distorted strangely.

Recalling that it would take about 20 minutes to reach Lumenheart, Leo suddenly felt drowsiness washing over him.

So he quietly closed his eyes.

But he couldn’t fall asleep.

When the Mana Carriage began shaking in earnest.

Rattle-!

The woman across from him spoke to him first.

“You’re a player. Right?”

In rhythm with the carriage’s swaying, the woman slowly crossed her legs.

Red bob hair swaying on her shoulders, and ruby-colored eyes sparkling mysteriously.

Leo was a bit flustered by the woman’s casual question.

But since there was no particular reason to deny it, he reflexively nodded.

“That’s right.”

“I thought so.”

“You two must be players as well?”

Since she had mentioned the term ‘player’, these two were also likely players with high probability.

The NPCs of the continent rarely used the word ‘player’.

They called players… ‘Gatewalkers’, it was said.

“That’s right. Since we’ve gotten on the same carriage, it’s fate, so would introductions be possible?”

“That shouldn’t be difficult.”

“I’m ‘Sera’. This is ‘Zaid’.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m called Leo.”

“Oh my, your player name is cool too.”

The female player who introduced herself as ‘Sera’ had a captivating atmosphere.

Unfortunately(?), for Leo who had absolutely no sense for this sort of thing, it didn’t give him any particular feelings…

But ‘Zaid’, the man sitting next to Sera, seemed quite displeased with her behavior.

“Why are you giving out my name too?”

“Don’t be so prickly, if you’re tired just sleep, Zaid.”

“Brightening your face even in this situation… is really amazing.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You haven’t forgotten where we were heading right now, have you, Sera?”

“If you babble one more word there, I might cleanly push you out of this tram.”

“Whew.”

Interested in the bickering pair, Leo looked more closely at their outfits.

The man called ‘Zaid’ wore a black leather trench coat with a short fang-shaped necklace.

The woman who introduced herself as ‘Sera’ wore a form-fitting purple robe with bullet casing-like accessories hanging from her ears.

And Leo was soon quite surprised.

“…!”

Both had unique outfits, but that wasn’t why he was surprised.

It was because he could feel subtle mana flowing from their clothing.

‘For equipment to contain mana, doesn’t it need to be at least 7th tier or higher?’

Since he wasn’t an item appraiser, he couldn’t know for certain.

But the equipment the two were wearing… even at a glance, were quite expensive items.

So they were likely high-level users well above level 60.

Though he couldn’t understand why users of that level would be taking such low-cost transportation.

“Phew. Sorry for being noisy, handsome Older Brother.”

“Ah… it’s fine.”

“There’s a sensitive guy here who keeps getting his buttons pushed today… We unintentionally caused you discomfort.”

“Bullshit.”

Leo exchanged a bit more casual conversation with Sera for a while, but soon the interior of the tram became quiet.

Whether she was reading ‘Zaid’s’ mood, she also said a few more words before closing her mouth.

So Leo was able to spend the remaining 10 minutes until arriving at Lumenheart quietly with his eyes closed during the journey.

And a moment later.

“Alright, we’ve arrived. Those going to Lumenheart, please get off.”

Clank-!

The carriage door opened, and Leo got out of the compartment.

‘They were definitely peculiar people. I heard there are many strange people among players…’

And soon, thoughts about those two people were completely erased from Leo’s mind.

After all, they were just passing acquaintances, and he thought he would never meet them again.

Whirrrr-!

But at this very moment.

There was one fact that Leo couldn’t possibly know.

“As expected. I was right, wasn’t I, Zaid?”

“Definitely. There’s no way you’d mistake such a handsome face.”

“It’s a shame. If we had found him just a little earlier, things would have been easier.”

“Anyway, we’ve found one of them for now.”

That fact was that Sera and Zaid riding in the same compartment as Leo… was never a coincidence.

“The other one should… start appearing soon too. Right?”

* * *

The Crite Wyrm is a giant worm.

Though not quite as large as the ‘Sand Worm’ that inhabits the Western Alterion Desert.

It’s a ferocious monster that boasts a body size almost comparable to it.

During my beta player days, I used to call this creature the ‘mineral worm’, and the reason was simple.

This creature, whose shell is covered with hard ore from the start… was essentially a worm made entirely of minerals.

But why am I explaining all this so elaborately?

Well… this is the key point of the Crite Wyrm strategy.

As proof, I managed to take down this monster in just 5 minutes.

Kieeeek-!

Thoom-!

Of course, it wasn’t without the help of my party members.

Ding-!

[You have dealt fatal damage to ‘Crite Wyrm’!]

[You have successfully defeated ‘Crite Wyrm’!]

After the monster fell with a heavy sound.

Nobin, who had a somewhat deflated expression, asked me as if muttering.

“This… actually works?”

“It was designed to be caught this way from the beginning.”

Hyung also muttered with a similar expression.

“Damn… The strategy guide said to prepare to beat on it for at least 2-3 hours.”

“Phew. Really, knowledge is power in this field.”

The Crite Wyrm that inhabits the dark veins recognizes changes in light intensity as ‘enemy movement signals’.

Since Lumen Crystal, which is the Crite Wyrm’s food, was originally a mineral that emits a gentle light.

When searching for food, it also used light signals as the basis for movement.

Therefore, when the pouring luminosity instantly rises above a certain level, the Crite Wyrm goes berserk.

And the duration of this monster’s rampage is 5 minutes.

If you just avoid and endure it during that time, after the duration ends, it falls into a groggy state for 1 minute.

It’s essentially left in a state equivalent to ‘unable to act’ for a whole minute.

So during that time, you just need to deal free damage and easily finish it off.

Thanks to having a fire mage in the party, there was no need to use flash bombs separately.

“How did you know about this, Dave?”

To Nobin’s question, I answered very concisely with a fact(?).

“I bought it from the Information Guild.”

“Ah, I see…”

Though the time I bought it was during my beta player days…

Anyway, I did buy it from the Information Guild, so it’s not a lie, right?

└ Wow, every time the room leader opens his mouth it’s all lies lol

└ But why do you trust him lol Information guilds don’t just sell info to anyone.

└ But hasn’t this bastard been streaming continuously from when he boarded the ark until now?

└ Exactly lol

└ Then when the hell did he go to the Information Guild?

└ No way lol

└ Look at him lying without batting an eye;;

Of course, even knowing its groggy pattern doesn’t solve the entire strategy.

The Crite Wyrm in a groggy state becomes rigid, making its skin even harder, and ordinary attacks can’t even scratch it.

So what was important from here was the 3-tier pickaxe I had procured for 100LP from the Trade Exchange.

The easiest way to destroy the skin of a rigid Crite Wyrm was through ‘mining’.

That’s why NPCs who specialize in Crite Wyrm raids bring along a miner class.

Without a player who knows how to properly use a pickaxe, it’s impossible to pierce through the skin within a minute.

So how did our party manage it?

└ But room owner, why are you so good at pickaxe work too?;;

└ You’re a master at screwing things up lol

└ What does that have to do with anything?;;;;;

└ I meant if he’s good at digging, it’s not strange that he’s good with a pickaxe too.

└ Ah, I do agree with that perspective though lol

I’ve changed to over hundreds of different classes in my younger days… wouldn’t there have been a miner class among them?

“Anyway, I’ve been indebted to you all day, brother.”

“Not at all. I would have been in quite a predicament without your party, hyung.”

While it’s true I carried them, it’s also true I benefited from the party.

Without a fire mage and healer, just thinking about it gives me chills.

Come to think of it, it seems like Hyung didn’t really do much…?

There seemed to be a reason why Hyung had been feeling sorry and wanting to do something for me.

However…

“I don’t know if there will be a chance in the future, but if possible, I’d like to repay this debt.”

Unless you’re giving me LP, I don’t really need anything.

Or maybe… if you could transfer the ownership of this entire Crite Wyrm carcass to me.

That might be a bit tempting?

“We should definitely do that much for you.”

“Nobin is right!”

“I agree too. I don’t know what you plan to use it for, but if that’s what you want, we should do it.”

Nice.

A clean unanimous decision.

These guys turned out to be better people than I thought?

Grin-!

└ Look at the room owner grinning like an idiot lol

└ For real, so transparent, so transparent lol

Then I should accept it without hesitation.

LP should be earned when you can earn it, shouldn’t it?

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