The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 42

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

 

Episode 42

 

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

 

Somehow today, it feels like the compensation for the past two weeks of hardship is all pouring in at once.

 

In a way, rewards beyond common sense were cascading before my eyes.

 

[A creation that transcends the limits of alchemy has been completed.]

 

[The skill proficiency grade of your class-exclusive skill, Seraphic Forge, has been upgraded from F-grade to B-grade.]

 

Did skill proficiency grades… always jump three levels at once like this?

 

Why are there so many messages I’m seeing for the first time today…?

 

[The grade of your alchemical creation, ‘Drakiel,’ has evolved by one tier.]

 

[The tier of your alchemical creation, ‘Drakiel,’ has been upgraded by two levels.]

 

Excuse me?

 

[You have successfully imbued your creation with the will (Ego) of ‘Drakiel, the Ancient Dragon Clan.’]

 

[You have successfully created ‘Drakiel, the Ancient Dragon Clan (Transcendent)(10T).’]

 

Is this… really happening…?

 

└ ???????

 

└ What am I even looking at right now???

 

└ The grade is Transcendent???

 

Transcendent is one grade higher than Mythic.

 

At the current point on Earth server, it’s a grade that only the truly top-tier rankers can use.

 

└ And 10-tier too…?

 

└ Room Owner really made something absolutely insane??

 

It is insane.

 

I can’t believe it either.

 

└ Dave, this bastard is cheating again damn it;;

 

└ Holy shit, if this were an unbound artifact, how much would it be worth?

 

I… don’t want to know that, hyung.

 

“…”

 

While I was thinking such thoughts, a small dragon appeared above the ritual circle that had been emitting brilliant golden light.

 

Grrrr-!

 

Almost identical to the golden lizard I had seen in Raphael’s memories.

 

But a baby dragon with a slightly more magnificent appearance and even small wings.

 

[Would you like to check the information for ‘Drakiel, the Ancient Dragon Clan (Transcendent)(10T)’?]

 

If the Drakiel I had seen through possession was somewhat lizard-like, this one had an appearance close enough to a dragon that anyone would think “hatchling” at first glance.

 

So I couldn’t help but open its information window as if entranced.

 

Ding-!

 

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Drakiel, the Ancient Dragon Clan

 

Classification: Summon

 

Level Restriction: None

 

Grade: Transcendent

 

Tier: 10T

 

Race: Dragon Clan

 

Level: 60

 

Stats

 

Attack Power – 789

 

Defense – 558

 

Health – 9273

 

…Omitted…

 

* Mana Required for Summoning

 

In Combat – 24/s

 

Out of Combat – 0.1/s

 

* Unique Ability

 

-Dragon Fear

 

Deals damage equal to 750% of attack power to all enemies in a straight line.

 

Targets that take damage fall into a fear state for 3 seconds and become disarmed.

 

Mana Cost: 300

 

This is ‘Drakiel’ of the ancient dragon clan, possessing noble bloodline.

 

An individual belonging to the highest tier of dragon clan, referred to as a quasi-dragon.

 

* This is a class-exclusive summon. Classes other than ‘Seraphists’ cannot summon it.

 

* This summon is bound to your account. It cannot be transferred to other players.

 

* Due to excessive level difference with the player, loyalty has drastically decreased.

 

Current Loyalty: 13

 

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Good.

 

No, it’s ecstatic.

 

So it seems like I really did obtain something incredible…

 

└ Room Owner, you can actually use this, right…?

 

Though there seem to be some problems.

 

I… can somehow make it work, right?

 

* * *

 

At the edge of the Alterion Continent’s map.

 

According to top-tier players, the moment you escape that vast ocean, a new world opens up.

 

The most recently discovered portal to the ‘Demon Realm’ region was also found in the ‘Wasteland’ beyond this vast ocean.

 

But only top-tier rankers approaching level 100 could reach the new continent beyond the sea.

 

Players in the 60-80 level range usually make the ‘Novarc Archipelago’ at that boundary their base.

 

It was a much more dangerous place than the Alterion Continent, but still a region where the continent’s influence could reach.

 

Therefore, ‘Brelin Port,’ the harbor closest to this archipelago from the continent, could be called the base city for high-level players who had succeeded in their second class advancement.

 

Whirrrr-!

 

Whirrring-!

 

And now, this place where a massive portal had opened.

 

The plaza in front of ‘Brelin Port’s Return Stone’ often saw players in poor condition appearing like this.

 

This plaza was where countless player parties who had set sail to conquer the dungeons of the Novarc Archipelago would return when they tore their return scrolls.

 

“Requesting medical support!”

 

“Healer! We need to keep them breathing at least!”

 

“Which guild are you affiliated with?”

 

“Aegis Guild raid team.”

 

But even so, the condition of the Aegis Guild members who returned here today was seriously bad to a rare degree.

 

Most of the returning members had suffered such severe injuries that they couldn’t properly support their bodies.

 

Some had even returned already dead.

 

Considering that Aegis Guild’s global rank was within the top 100 and their domestic ranking was 13th… this was quite a shocking incident.

 

Usually, guild raid teams of this scale would meticulously set up multiple safety measures for their guild members’ safety.

 

“May I ask for your player name?”

 

“I’m… Brion.”

 

“Good. We’ve called for rescue personnel, so they’ll arrive soon. Brion, do you need separate treatment?”

 

“I just need to use some potions. Please tend to the others first…”

 

“Understood.”

 

In that sense, Aegis Guild’s player Brion… Kim Gyeongjun had an extremely hollow expression.

 

More than five comrades had lost their lives in this raid.

 

Though he had been with Aegis Guild for over seven years, accidents of this magnitude could be counted on three fingers.

 

Even that was during the early days of the Gate incident, before the raid system was properly established…

 

It could be said that nothing like this had happened even once recently.

 

‘Where exactly did things go wrong?’

 

What could be the reason why a dungeon conquest that should have ended within a week dragged on for a whopping 3 weeks?

 

And what was the cause that ultimately led to everyone having to tear return scrolls without even clearing it?

 

Of course, since it was a newly discovered Hidden Dungeon, there was no data available…

 

But still, he had never even thought it would be dangerous enough to put an average level 80 party in this state.

 

‘It definitely wasn’t the kind of difficulty that should exist in the Novarc Archipelago.’

 

If it had been a dungeon in the Wasteland, he could understand.

 

There, even regular hunting grounds that weren’t dungeons were difficult to survive in below level 80.

 

But this was Novarc, and it was even a place that the guild’s reconnaissance team had explored beforehand.

 

The difficulty they had assessed was definitely around level 70 dungeon level… he couldn’t understand how such a major accident had occurred.

 

As the team leader, he felt the weight of his responsibility quite heavily as well.

 

“Team Leader, support has arrived.”

 

“First, quickly escort the seriously injured, and those who are fine return to the guild.”

 

“Yes, Team Leader!”

 

“Is the raid leader… alright?”

 

“Fortunately, there seems to be no threat to his life.”

 

“Phew. That’s a relief, at least.”

 

Kim Gyeongjun took out a cigar from his pocket, let out a deep sigh, then slowly lit it.

 

Hiss-

 

Perhaps… it might have been fortunate that they managed to return alive even to this extent.

 

‘I need to contact my parents too.’

 

Although the profession of Hunter always involves risking one’s life.

 

His heart felt heavy thinking about his family who would have been worrying about him for nearly two weeks.

 

Once the scene was somewhat organized, he would need to immediately exit the Gate and contact Father first.

 

Among all the people outside the Gate, Father would know the most about the field, so his worry would be even greater.

 

After having such thoughts for a moment, Gyeongjun began moving busily again.

 

For now, finishing and organizing the scene was the most urgent priority.

 

* * *

 

The specs of the newly obtained Drakiel were truly at a level that deserved the modifier ‘catastrophic’.

 

└ Wow, dragon clan familiars really are different;; what kind starts at level 60 before even feeding it experience ㅋㅋ

 

└ I didn’t know dragon clan traits would apply to summons too;;

 

Even setting aside the level of 60, which was comparable to second-class advancement players…

 

The raw ability stats were at an unreasonable level.

 

└ But is it right that the summon’s attack power is almost 800? Isn’t the room leader’s Moonlight Sword attack power 50? lol

 

It’s not even 50…

 

└ For real, even if you bring a dealer who’s done their 2nd job advancement, I doubt they’d even reach 500 attack…

 

└ Honestly, if you look at this from a player’s perspective, it’s at least late 70s level specs lol

 

└ And that’s with some seriously intense equipment setup too

 

The Constellations were right.

 

This cute lizard had ability stats comparable to high-level players who had completed second-class advancement from birth.

 

However, there were about two major problems…

 

└ Then what’s the point lol you can’t even use it in combat.

 

One was that my mana was too low.

 

└ Based on combat standards lol you can’t even summon for 5 seconds, is that for real?

 

└ Still, for non-combat use, you can get about 15 minutes out of it lol

 

└ What’s the point of non-combat standards lol Are you gonna joke around with lizards? lol

 

└ What’s Room Owner’s mana?

 

└ I heard it was 90 lol

 

└ Ugh lol can’t even use skills at all lol

 

The other was that the creature’s loyalty was too low.

 

└ Magic power aside, even if I summon them they probably won’t work anyway lol what’s with that loyalty of 13 lol

 

└ But honestly, that’s understandable. From his perspective, our Dave must look so weak lol

 

So it was literally fool’s gold.

 

Something like pie in the sky.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Still, since it was my first summon, I tried summoning it first.

 

[You have summoned the summon, ‘Drakiel, the Ancient Dragon Clan’.]

 

No matter how low the loyalty, surely it wouldn’t attack its master.

 

Grrrr-

 

[You can name the summon, ‘Drakiel, the Ancient Dragon Clan’.]

 

For the name, I should call it ‘Kiel’ for convenience.

 

└ Booo-

 

└ The name is so fucking insincere

 

└ Isn’t that too much for a transcendent-grade summon?

 

My first summon, summoned with bright white light, was displaying a much more dignified appearance than when I saw it through Raphael’s eyes.

 

Was it because the modifier ‘Ancient Dragon Clan’ was added?

 

Its size seemed a bit bigger too, and above all, its wings had grown much more substantially.

 

Phew.

 

If I could have sold this creature, hundreds of thousands of LP would have been entirely possible.

 

└ Look at Room Owner’s dirty eyes;; What is he thinking?

 

└ Probably regretting that he can’t sell it;

 

How did you know?

 

└ Nah, isn’t he probably thinking about how to work this guy hard enough to get his money’s worth?

 

That’s also correct.

 

└ Poor our Yongyong ㅠㅠ

 

It’s not dragon, it’s Kiel?

 

└ Met a terrible owner and my life is ruined ㅜㅠ

 

Anyway, as my eyes met with the summoned creature, I swallowed dry saliva and approached.

 

Looking closely, its size was quite large.

 

Its sitting height while sitting quietly seemed to be 1.5 times my height.

 

By the way, is conversation possible with this creature?

 

All the spirits could communicate…

 

This was my first time handling a dragon clan throughout all beta play, so it was an unknown territory even for me.

 

Hmm.

 

Anyway, I tried speaking as kindly and gently as possible.

 

“Hello, nice to meet you. Your name will be Kiel from now on.”

 

Why?

 

Because from now on, I need to build rapport with this creature.

 

└ Fuck, why is the room leader’s way of talking so disgusting;;;

 

└ Even the voice tone is different;;

 

└ Damn;; Is this a blind date or something?

 

Even if the Constellations gag at my way of speaking, it can’t be helped.

 

I need to somehow raise the loyalty… to be able to use this creature, right?

 

But just when I was thinking such thoughts.

 

[Grrrr- Kiel… Not a bad alias.]

 

Suddenly, someone’s voice began echoing in my head.

 

[But surely, a mere creature like you… isn’t my master, right?]

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