The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 48
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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero
Episode 48
The Game of Constellations [Lyka]
The elite wraiths that had been pouring out screamed as they melted into the sewage on the floor.
No, they weren’t melting—they were being ‘absorbed’ by something.
[Hidden condition: ‘Corrupted Souls of the Waterway’ has been achieved!]
[Phase difficulty has dramatically increased.]
[Final phase has been changed: ‘Monster Wave’ → ‘Descent of the Lord’]
Kuguung!
Mountain-like solid masses began to coalesce within the massive whirlpool at the center of the waterway.
Rotting flesh, wraith remains, and hundreds of years of accumulated sewage mixed together to form a gigantic body.
[Dungeon Boss: Corrupt Lord of the Waterway (Lv.50) has appeared!]
[※Warning: This entity far exceeds the current player’s recommended level!]
The oppressive force of dark magic crushed the entire waterway, and with it, a massive shadow filled the entire space.
Krwaaaaah-!
A whopping level 50.
And not just any ordinary monster, but a hidden boss monster from an instance dungeon.
In other words, this was the appearance of a being close to a disaster that would normally be impossible for someone of my level to even face.
└ Looking at this, Room Owner… can you actually beat it?
└ Ugh fuck it looks disgustingly gross for real;;
But while the boss appearance cutscene was playing, our Constellation bastards were voicing complaints.
It seemed like some of them had been sulking ever since I turned off the stream during the deal with The Hero.
└ But why has Room Owner been so unfriendly lately?
└ For real lol now he doesn’t even tell us what he’s planning;
└ Please communicate with us, Room Owner.
In that case, working for customer satisfaction was what I should rightfully do as a service industry streamer.
-Communication?
So since I had some free time, I decided to entertain the Constellations.
Anyway, until that filth pig finished absorbing all the wraiths, it was in an invincible state so there wasn’t much to do.
└ Yeah, just watching hunting gets boring after a while.
└ Give us dopamine.
Actually, even without the Constellations’ words, I had been pondering something.
Thanks to the unexpected collaboration(?) with The Hero, my real-time streaming viewers had increased to four digits…
[ON Air : ☺ 1071]
I couldn’t help but worry about what kind of entertainment I should provide to satisfy this number of people.
I was also bothered by the viewers who had been gradually leaving since entering the waterway.
└ You’re not thinking about how to milk money deliciously, are you?
This is why sharp-witted Constellation bastards are…
-Oh come on, that’s hurtful. My top priority has always been… the Constellations’ dopamine, you know?
But well, the Constellation wasn’t wrong either.
After all, the biggest reason for trying to entertain the Constellations was to make money.
So my brain, working frantically for a short time, came up with one interesting idea.
-So then, Constellations.
└ Yeah?
└ Thought of something good?
But for that, I needed to build up to it a little first.
-How about we make a bet for old times’ sake?
At my opening line for the buildup, the Constellation bastards poured out fierce criticism as expected.
└ Booo-
└ I knew it would be like this, Room Owner fuck lol
└ Using betting as an excuse to extort money from poor viewers…
└ Admin! Over here!! Please arrest this scammer streamer!!
But even this was within my expected range.
Hehe.
Well, actually, even if I proceeded with betting content like this, some of the bros would graciously let me extort money from them.
After all, any bets I could offer to the Constellations always came with such shocking conditions that they had no choice but to fall for them even knowing better.
But the problem was that it wouldn’t be fun.
Even when getting money extorted, it should be done entertainingly(?), right? That’s how it’s win-win with the Constellation bros.
-Oh my, then how about this, bros?
So this is where my main point begins.
Ttiring-!
[‘Streamer Dave’ has created a real-time betting pool!]
└ Oh ho.
└ New template? lol
└ Suddenly getting hungry for action?
A new function that appeared when my streaming grade rose to Bronze after obtaining numbered equipment… but one I hadn’t used even once yet.
[Streamer is creating betting conditions.]
I decided to launch this function that I’d been thinking I should use someday.
└ Oh lol this is definitely more fun than regular betting lol
└ But what condition are you setting?
└ Obviously boss kill success or failure, right?
Oh come on, bros.
Wouldn’t such a boring condition be completely tasteless?
└ Then what are you betting on?
How about this?
[Condition: Boss Kill Time Required (Up/Down based on 3 minutes)]
└ Crazy lol
└ Excuse me…? 3 minutes?
└ What the hell kind of technique is this again?;;
If I had made a regular bet with the same conditions, the Constellations would have virtually no choice.
Since I would naturally(?) bet on killing within 3 minutes, the Constellations’ only option would be betting on failure to kill.
But using the betting function changes the story a bit.
[Current odds: Up(3+ minutes) 1.079x / Down(under 3 minutes) 13.55x]
This way, not just me but some Constellations could also bet on the dopamine-bursting underdog(?) odds.
└ lololol are those odds for real?
└ Wait but 1.079 isn’t bad odds for the favorite either? lol
└ What kind of crazy bastard bet on the 3-minute Down underdog? lol
But wait a minute.
[Current total prize pool: 1735LP]
Is it real that 1700 in prize money accumulated in just 10 seconds…?
‘Insane.’
Looking at that blind money makes my mouth water.
What does that mean?
It means I want to hurry up and place a bet too.
[Current odds: Up(3+ minutes) 1.067x / Down(under 3 minutes) 15.90x]
So I need justification…
Isn’t it about time for someone to say something?
└ But fuck, Room Owner lol no matter how much you wanted to give dopamine with underdog odds, 3 minutes is ridiculous fuck
That’s it, bro!
└ Yeah you should use conditions where at least some money would reasonably go on the underdog;; That would be more fun, right?
└ How about changing the condition to around 10 minutes?
└ Sounds good? Then I’ll bet on the reverse too.
└ Characteristic of guys who bet on upsets: They went all-in on the favorite lol.
If I had bet on the reverse from the beginning, the Constellation bastards would definitely have been suspicious first.
But if I test the waters moderately like this, then start designing with this kind of feeling?
-This is strange. I might actually be able to do it in 3 minutes….
└ ???
└ Room Owner, is this bastard in his right mind?
└ Then why don’t you put some money down too, room leader lol
└ For real lololol
Ding-!
Damn it.
I can’t hold back!
[‘Streamer Dave’ has bet 1000LP on the Down (under 3 minutes) condition.]
Now, what are you going to do?
└ Wh, what is this…?
└ This… is it real?
Because I bet 1000LP on the reverse, the reverse betting odds plummeted vertically in an instant.
[Current odds: Up (3 minutes or more) 1.55x / Down (under 3 minutes) 2.80x]
But no worries.
From now on, hyenas will start swarming to tear my 1000LP to pieces.
└ Room Owner… you’re finally giving back the money you’ve been taking from us.
└ Seeing that the room leader bet against the odds, it seems like they know something?ㅇㅇ
└ I’m going reverse.
└ (Went regular.)
└ No fucking way, are they really going for the upset lol
└ So transparent, so transparent lol
Watching the cute Constellation hyungs’ chat, I can’t control the corners of my mouth twitching upward.
└ Everyone, how long will you keep getting fooled by the Room Owner? If you want to make money, let’s go reverse!
└ But really, there’s no way a miser like the Room Owner would donate 1000LP;;
└ Seriously, how long are you going to keep falling for it?
└ Are you betting on reverse?
└ I’ve decided to let myself get fooled just one more time haha
With even more enthusiastic support than expected, I really don’t know what to do with myself?
[Current odds: Up (3 minutes or more) 1.11x / Down (under 3 minutes) 9.57x]
[Current total prize money: 14799 LP]
└ What the fuck, where did all the guys who said they were going to counter-bet disappear to?
└ Ah lol if it’s a free 11% return rate, that’s pretty sweet lol
Seeing me almost grinning widely thanks to the Constellations, Leo asked with a puzzled expression.
“Hyung-nim, is there something good happening?”
“Hehe, something like that.”
And while I was getting this happy, our boss finally seemed ready too.
Kraaaah-!
Pitiful prey-!
So toward Leo who was taking a combat stance, I gave very simple strategy advice.
“Leo.”
“Yes, hyung-nim.”
“First fight hard, then when I give you a signal… Don’t do anything else and just stab the boss’s right armpit. Okay?”
“Yep!”
Leo, a very reliable party member who nodded without a shred of doubt.
[Combat has begun.]
[Betting is now closed.]
But I must have been smiling too brightly, as several Constellations couldn’t hide their anxiety.
└ But this 3 minutes thing… there’s really nothing to it, right?
└ Don’t worry lol this is basically like an index fund with 11% returns.
└ Something like a ‘safe asset’….
└ King Electronics assets wow
└ Stop with the flags!
Hyungs.
But you know what?
In my room, originally… safe assets are the most dangerous thing?
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