The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 35

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 35

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

To clear the 《Dragon Soul Research》Quest, I ultimately have to go to the Dragonvein region in Southern Asterion.

That’s why I was worried.

The entry route to the Dragonvein region that I knew was a warp gate connected from the Alterion Continent, not the Asterion Continent.

So I rambled on a bit about not knowing the way.

‘In the first place, I don’t even know where this Academy or Golden Tower is located.’

But to cut to the conclusion, my worries were unfounded.

As soon as the synchronization work was completed, [Raphael Ester’s Memory] transported me once again.

Ding-!

[Changing ‘memory perspective’ for Quest progression.]

[You have entered the ‘Dragonvein Region’ dungeon in Southern Asterion.]

How nice would it be if all Quests proceeded this way?

Then it would really feel like a game and be convenient.

└ lol look at the room leader getting all happy lol

└ He’s all smiles now that they made him level 105.

└ Going from level 20 to suddenly level 105, adapting to the stats wouldn’t be easy either.

└ But our ‘Dave’ would be different, wouldn’t he?

└ That’s true lol

These guys seem to think I’m all smiles because the Quest difficulty got easier…

Actually, that’s not it.

└ Isn’t it a fact that it got easier after becoming level 105?

I don’t think that’s the case.

As I mentioned before, Quest difficulty doesn’t lie.

I wouldn’t even dare imagine something so audacious as hunting level 60s with level 105 in an SS-grade difficulty Quest.

Probably, at minimum level 110~120 will appear, right?

Just as ancient people are strong, ancient monsters should be strong too, shouldn’t they?

└ This guy knows Leica way too well lol

└ Are you really a newbie???

└ Season 94847th ‘Are you really a newbie?’ appears

└ Ah lol don’t be so desperate for new viewers lol

But surprisingly, my prediction was completely off.

The level of the Draco I could quickly find just past the dungeon entrance was…

[Draco – Lv62]

It was exactly the same guy I knew.

└ What??? Is this a bug?

└ They give you level 105 just to go to a measly level 62 hunting ground?

Apparently so.

└ Not 80 degrees but 60? Damn

└ What the fuck is “eokppa” supposed to mean

└ Ah;; This isn’t right;;

└ This is a bug; It’s definitely a bug;;

The Constellations start going wild.

There wasn’t much reaction when my level was temporarily adjusted to 105…

Now that they think I’m really going to breeze through the Quest, they seem quite upset.

But I still… couldn’t feel completely at ease.

‘This really can’t be right.’

Just in case, I opened the Quest window again, but the difficulty was still marked as SS-grade.

“…”

So I tried killing one as a reconnaissance concept.

[You have dealt critical damage to the ‘Draco’ monster.]

I only have a shabby wooden staff as a weapon…

But if I can’t kill a single level 62 monster at level 105, wouldn’t it be right to quit being a Hunter?

Poof-!

In that sense, I easily killed it.

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Draco’ monster.]

But wait.

[Synthesis Target: Understanding of Draco increases by 0.1%.]

What.

They really give understanding this easily?

This can’t be right…?

└ Room Owner needs to fill 90% understanding, right? So roughly 900 kills should do it?

└ It’s gonna be a real grind though lol

└ Even if they’re just mobs, having to kill that many… seems pretty… tough;;

└ Yeah;; Even though I’m level 105, it’s not like I have any combat skills or anything;

└ Right, Room Owner doesn’t have weapons either.

└ Phew. At least this much isn’t completely free.

└ Will it take a few days?

└ Dave is crazy so maybe he’ll finish in two days?

No.

Really no.

These stupid Constellation bastards.

The difficulty grade of SS is absolutely not that level of difficulty!

└ Shut up and just try killing more.

└ It’ll probably be boring anyway, so finish it as fast as possible, Room Owner.

Sigh.

Yeah, something feels off… but I should try killing more for now.

It’s not like there was any other method anyway.

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Draco’ monster.]

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Draco’ monster.]

…Omitted…

[Synthesis Target: Understanding of Draco increases by 0.1%.]

[Synthesis Target: Draco – Current Understanding: 0.6%]

But killing six of them… didn’t even take 3 minutes.

Since Draco was a monster I’d hunted a lot, my body probably remembered the attack patterns.

└ Wow;; Bullying is bullying but it has its own viewing pleasure;;

└ The room owner even makes bullying tasty lol

So if I optimize it, I might be able to kill them even faster than this…

Hmm.

At this rate, the Quest might end with just about six hours of grinding.

This is really SS grade…?

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Draco’ monster.]

[Synthesis Target: Understanding of Draco increases by 0.1%.]

But suddenly, I have this thought.

Maybe I was too caught up in victim mentality?

Actually, this level of grinding might deserve a high difficulty rating?

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Draco’ monster.]

[Synthesis Target: Understanding of Draco increases by 0.1%.]

Poor Draco friends who still honestly collapse and die, overwhelmed by the crushing level and specs of 105.

Even up to this moment, there were no particular signs of anything unusual, so my suspicions were starting to fade.

So really, just like this… they’re giving me 3 SP for free?

Really?

[Synthesis Target: Understanding of Draco increases by 0.1%.]

[Synthesis Target: Draco – Current Understanding: 1.0%]

Right.

So up to this point, everything seemed really good.

To be honest, around this time I think I had grown some conscience or something, because I was probably expecting about a 10% chance of getting a free meal.

But…

Ding-!

[Conditions have been met.]

[To achieve higher understanding, ‘Raphael’s Memory’ is being modified.]

Of course it wouldn’t be that easy.

[The dungeon’s difficulty level has been increased by 1 level.]

All the false hope up until now was just the evil Lika System’s teabagging.

[The level of all monsters appearing in the Dragonvein Dungeon field has increased by 1.]

Before I knew it, I had boarded the train to hell.

└ Hahahahaha wait, is this a system where the mob level keeps going up by 1 every time you kill 10 of them? Hahahahaha

└ Hahahaha good job haha

└ Lol wait, if it’s 900 of them, does that mean around level 150?

└ Hahahahaha this is so funny hahahaha

Damn it.

You don’t need to calculate it so helpfully for me!

* * *

Every Hunter Guild that exists on Earth operates armed groups that are essentially no different from military organizations.

Of course, the use of force outside Gates is strictly restricted by law… (at least that was the case in Korea.)

But to protect all kinds of interests inside Gates, the Hunter Guilds’ military power was not an option but a necessity.

In that sense, the armed organization that Silver Knights possessed was one of the most powerful groups even by global standards.

That is, the armed group called the 【Four Knight Orders】.

【1st Knight Division】

White Light Knight Division

【2nd Knight Division】

Silver Wall Knight Division

【3rd Knight Division】

Moon Shadow Knight Division

【4th Knight Division】

Crimson Flame Knight Division

They were the actual symbol of Silver Knights’ military power…

And they were also the main players who made Silver Knights one of the top three guilds in East Asia.

Therefore, it was safe to say that anyone working in Gate-related industries in Korea knew about Silver Knights’ four combat knight divisions.

Their every move was constantly being reported in the news…

[Korea’s largest Hunter Guild ‘Silver Knights’ announces completion of combat knight division elite training.]

[White Light ‘Knight Division of Light’ dispatched to Hangzhou, China suppresses largest A-rank Gate in history — 0 civilian casualties]

Some of them received as much public attention as celebrities.

[‘Combat as content?’… Silver Knights Division Commander Baek Seung-ah, advertising model casting rush]

[#FlameValkyrie tag surpasses 100 million views! Baek Seung-ah rises as global short-form queen]

[‘Symbol of Justice’ Lee Do-hoon, flooded with political offers after Gate incident]

But that didn’t mean all four knight divisions were exposed to the public like this.

Especially the 3rd Knight Division with the alias Moon Shadow.

In their case, they were thoroughly shrouded in mystery.

The information about the Moon Shadow Knight Division known to the public was exactly this much content…

* 7-3 Moon Shadow Knight Division

Commander: Wol-yeong’s Spear Knight Kang Do-yun

An armed group that performs most covert operations for Silver Knights.

Known to handle missions such as assassination, espionage, and counter-tracking, with the alias ‘Shadow of Light.’

– Awakened Wiki

– Excerpt from [Silver Knights]-[Four Knight Orders] section.

This was intentional mysticism.

Though not publicly known, ‘Wol-yeong’ was a shadow-like group that handled almost all ‘unofficial missions’ coming to Silver Knights.

For various reasons, these were large and small missions that shouldn’t be known to the outside world.

Handling all of those was exactly the role of the Moon Shadow Knight Division and Kang Do-yun.

“Commander.”

“Yes.”

“You don’t think the value of that one item… is more important than Silver Knights’ cause, do you?”

“Of course not, but…”

Therefore, Kang Do-yun, the 3rd Knight Division Commander, was also a ranker with almost nothing known about him publicly.

Even those belonging to Silver Knights only speculated that he was ‘probably a ranker approaching around level 120.’

“So Wol-yeong moving directly for this matter… the risk is too great.”

“Then are you saying we should just sit back and wait?”

That’s why Kang Do-yun appearing at the Silver Knights headquarters building like this was quite unusual.

Even though it was… the most security-tight direct organization under ‘Master Lee Hyeonmu’ within the headquarters.

Even if it was the ‘Arcana Headquarters.’

“I’m saying we need a little more time.”

“If it crosses over to North America, it’ll be difficult to reverse… You know that well, don’t you.”

“It seems you’re conscious of ‘Kyle’… am I right?”

“It’s an item that would make him drool.”

“Certainly. That’s true.”

A spacious and quiet conference room.

Two men sitting across from each other at a black table, lost in thought for a moment.

3rd Knight Division Commander Kang Do-yun and Arcana’s 1st Team Leader Ryu Gangmin gazed into each other’s eyes while sipping their tea.

They were currently having a secret conversation that shouldn’t be known even within Silver Knights.

“If you move directly, do you have a particular plan in mind?”

“Wol-yeong’s way. Any other plan would only complicate the situation.”

“Master won’t allow it.”

“So Team Leader, please persuade him…”

The justice that was like a symbol of Silver Knights.

Something that completely went against it…

But something that someone believed was for the ‘greater good.’

The conversation the two were having contained that kind of content.

Though it might have been a somewhat personal matter.

“That’s beyond my authority.”

“Team Leader…!”

“However, since you’ve gone this far…”

“…?”

“I’ll give you a hint about the plan our Arcana has.”

At Ryu Gangmin’s secretive words, Kang Do-yun’s upper body unconsciously leaned forward.

“First, let me tell you about the current situation…”

Kangmin, who had paused for a moment, continued speaking.

“First, we’ve leaked information to Duskport. It’s been about two days.”

“That’s…!”

“Ah. Of course, it’s not ‘complete information.’ We wouldn’t be that careless, would we?”

Kangmin’s voice became even more secretive, and Doyun quietly waited for his next words.

“Anyway, since the information has been leaked… the scavengers of Duskport will covet ‘that item.'”

“Naturally.”

“Then those bastards will… inevitably end up killing innocent players. That’s just the kind of scum they are.”

“…!”

Doyun’s eyes widened slightly as he realized something, and Kangmin smiled slyly at him.

“If Wol-yeong tracks down and judges those criminals at that moment.”

One corner of Kangmin’s mouth curled up slightly.

“How about it? With this much… you can see the picture forming, can’t you?”

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