The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 64

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

 

Episode 64

 

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

 

As I mentioned earlier, the most core objective of Phase 1 is farming.

 

And while there are various types of this farming… the most important among them would naturally be the ‘heat orbs’.

 

In this ‘Frozen Seoul’, heat orbs were the most important resource.

 

And at the same time, they were also items directly connected to survival.

 

So I was confident.

 

If this woman named Chloe Kang moves well according to my plan, I’ll be able to sweep up tremendous points beyond what the production team intended.

 

“A party… What makes you think I’d want to party with you?”

 

What do I mean by that?

 

Probably, if there are no special variables in my thinking…

 

Among all the participants here, there’s no player with more destructive power than Chloe Kang in terms of area dealers.

 

I even rate Chloe Kang’s firepower as superior compared to Rowel the Explosive.

 

It’s just that if Rowel has the penalty of poor aim(?), Chloe Kang has the bigger penalty of being in a state where mana backflow has erupted.

 

But thanks to the field characteristic of body temperature continuously dropping, the possibility of erasing this penalty has emerged.

 

Since I cleanly confirmed it with the experiment just now, it was safe to say there were no variables.

 

‘Up to this point is probably the correct answer.’

 

So the timing was incredible.

 

Thanks to me helping at the perfect timing, Chloe Kang also recognized my necessity.

 

Even if she saw with her own eyes how I make cooling patches… it wouldn’t be that easy, and depending on me would be more convenient than trying to reproduce it herself.

 

This woman would never be able to refuse my proposal.

 

“Obviously your firepower.”

 

“Firepower?”

 

“If I continuously suppress that mana backflow for you… at least there’s no better dealer than you in here.”

 

After pausing for a moment, I drove the point home once more.

 

“So how about we do business together, limited to this first mission?”

 

Actually, it’s not that special or amazing a proposal.

 

Cooperation within dungeons was something the system recommended…

 

If we produce good results through cooperation rather than individual play, the mentors’ evaluation surely couldn’t be bad either.

 

“Well, try it out with me, and if you think partying with me is a loss, feel free to bail.”

 

But that won’t happen, right?

 

Once I get my hands on that PDA terminal right behind you, there won’t be any party member better than me.

 

“…Alright.”

 

Huh… even so, I didn’t expect her to accept so readily.

 

She was a much cooler friend than I expected, wasn’t she?

 

“But if my body starts overheating again, the business contract is immediately void.”

 

“Well, that’s…”

 

“I don’t want to become a burden to others.”

 

She worries about all sorts of things.

 

Would I have proposed a party if I thought she’d be a burden?

 

“Don’t worry about that. Anyway, then…”

 

[You have proposed party membership to participant ‘Chloe Kang’.]

 

[Participant ‘Chloe Kang’ has joined the party.]

 

Okay.

 

With this, the contract is sealed.

 

Now it was time to act immediately.

 

Every minute and second was precious.

 

“Then first… excuse me for a moment.”

 

When I suddenly stepped forward, Chloe Kang looked slightly surprised.

 

“What, what are you doing?”

 

Passing by the flustered her, I reached straight for the shelf behind the cashier she had been facing away from.

 

A display case thickly covered in dust.

 

The ‘item’ I was looking for was placed there.

 

Thud-

 

What I picked up was an old barcode scanner with a completely cracked screen.

 

[You have obtained the item ‘Old PDA Terminal’.]

 

It was a junky PDA terminal that convenience store part-timers might use for inventory checks.

 

Chloe Kang, who spotted it, asked with a puzzled expression.

 

“What are you going to use that trash for?”

 

“Trash? How disappointing.”

 

I wiped the scanner’s screen clean with my sleeve and pressed the power button.

 

Whirr―

 

“If used well, it’s an item that’s almost cheat-level.”

 

With a short vibration, green light came on over the cracked screen…

 

[Beginning heat detection.]

 

[Collecting heat information within a 30M radius.]

 

When I confirmed the item was working normally, laughter leaked out without me realizing it.

 

[IG-T3 Tactical Thermal Imaging Detector]

 

This was the original name of this item.

 

‘Come to think of it, it’ll have far more versatile applications here than in Iron Grave.’

 

The reason this item was essential in Iron Grave was because it could locate assassin-type monsters in advance.

 

But in this 【Frozen Seoul】, in addition to that, it would also help find objects related to ‘heat’…

 

It was truly an item close to a cheat key.

 

‘Good. Things are going quite well from the start, aren’t they?’

 

Now I was finally ready to head out to work.

 

It was exactly 20 minutes since the dungeon had opened.

 

* * *

 

Chloe Kang was actually in quite a confused state because of this man called ‘Geon-ryul Lee’ who had suddenly appeared.

 

‘How did he figure out the mana backflow at a glance?’

 

The fact that she was born with a ‘heavenly punishment’ that frequently caused mana backflow was a secret known only to a few closest people within Escul Labs…

 

Even if he was a participant who had approached her with prior knowledge about her, this part was completely incomprehensible.

 

‘So he’s saying he figured it out just from seeing me collapsed.’

 

Moreover, though it was a temporary measure, ‘Geon-ryul Lee’ had used an extraordinary method to solve her pain.

 

From Chloe Kang’s perspective, for whom solving this pain that was no different from a heavenly punishment was her greatest wish, she couldn’t help but be tremendously shocked by this.

 

‘I need to figure out what kind of person he is as much as possible.’

 

Actually, the reason Chloe Kang applied to this 【Hunters School】 wasn’t because of growth or success as a hunter.

 

She was from a royal family and wasn’t particularly interested in success as a hunter anyway.

 

So the reason she came here was solely to meet her mentor ‘Han Soeun’.

 

If Han Soeun, Korea’s top healer who even had the nickname ‘Saint’.

 

And if she could join the Halo Guild that she belonged to.

 

The expectation that she might find a solution to this pain that even Escul Labs couldn’t find… that was the only reason she applied to 【Hunters School】.

 

So from Chloe Kang’s perspective, she couldn’t refuse Geon-ryul Lee’s party proposal in the first place.

 

Han Soeun aside, if this eccentric man could help even a little in curing her heavenly punishment.

 

It was none other than Chloe Kang herself who had to stick to him somehow.

 

‘If I can build a friendship, it would be easier to ask more questions.’

 

So actually, Chloe Kang was in a state of trying her best to be friendly toward Geon-ryul Lee.

 

It wasn’t easy because of her sharp way of speaking that stemmed from her natural sensitivity…

 

In fact, if someone who knew Chloe Kang had seen the way she spoke to Geon-ryul Lee, they would have rubbed their eyes and checked again – she was definitely making an effort.

 

“Phew.”

 

Anyway, for that reason.

 

Chloe Kang was planning to give her all to party play as well.

 

From Geon-ryul’s perspective, only if the party with her proved helpful would he try to maintain this partnership(?) for longer.

 

And she was quite confident about this part.

 

After all, she was a player who belonged to quite a high level among those who applied for 【Hunters School 3】.

 

If she could really keep suppressing the penalty of mana backflow, she was quite confident about combat as well.

 

But….

 

“Miss Sohee. That, you know, you have a penetrating skill, right?”

 

“How… do you know that?”

 

“For now, until I draw enough aggro, you can’t use any skills except that one.”

 

“For now… alright.”

 

This kind of situation unfolding before her eyes… honestly, she had never once imagined it.

 

“Now! Cast Overdrive now!”

 

“That’s dangerous…!”

 

“Cast Drive and immediately use your annihilation skill! You agreed to follow orders!”

 

“Damn it, I don’t know…!”

 

Kwaaaaaa-!!!!

 

She didn’t know exactly what had happened, but at some point during the entire battle, she had been getting dragged around doing whatever this man told her to do.

 

“Ugh… I’m at my limit now. The backflow is….”

 

“What are you talking about. You should be right before overload.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Just put on a patch and rest for a bit. We’ll move as soon as you recover.”

 

At first, following Geon-ryul’s orders was just a ‘whatever happens, happens’ attitude.

 

After all, if it hadn’t been for Geon-ryul, this first mission would have been completely ruined already.

 

But as the battle continued, Chloe Kang couldn’t help but be more and more shocked.

 

‘How does he know my skills… so incredibly well?’

 

When she operated her mana by cycling through skills according to Geon-ryul’s orders, mana backflow really didn’t occur like magic.

 

‘Could it be that he knows… everything about the class I have?’

 

And that wasn’t even all of it.

 

This incomprehensible man’s combat ability was also at an absurd level.

 

If you only considered damage share, naturally Chloe Kang herself was far superior.

 

[Party member ‘Geon-ryul Lee’ has activated ‘Perfect Parrying’.]

 

[‘Flame Goblin’s’ attack is perfectly defended.]

 

[Damage is reduced by 99%.]

 

Clang-!!

 

[Party member ‘Geon-ryul Lee’ has succeeded in ‘Perfect Blocking’.]

 

[‘Overheated Slime’s’ attack is perfectly deflected.]

 

[Damage is reduced by 100%.]

 

Essentially, this man alone was perfectly covering all roles except for the dealer position.

 

‘What, with just a steel pipe and picking up something like a manhole cover….’

 

Even the creature he was using as a summon was at a pathetically low level.

 

The unique and cute-looking black rabbit doll couldn’t do anything except stay still.

 

– Bani wants to rest too….

 

“You can’t.”

 

– Bani quit. Quit right now.

 

“What did you even do.”

 

So as time passed, the identity of the man called Geon-ryul felt like it was getting sucked deeper and deeper into a maze.

 

‘I can’t even tell what his class is….’

 

So all Chloe Kang could do was just follow Geon-ryul’s orders well.

 

“Good. Let’s go this way this time.”

 

“How do you find monsters so uncannily well?”

 

“There’s the heat detector we farmed earlier. Did I call it a cheat key for nothing?”

 

Come to think of it, how did he know to farm that hidden piece?

 

Could he possibly be a planted fake participant by the production team…?

 

I don’t know.

 

I should just keep my mouth shut and do as I’m told.

 

Chloe Kang had such thoughts as she quickly followed behind Geon-ryul.

 

The ‘Heat Orbs’ they had farmed were already….

 

[Participant ‘Chloe Kang’ currently possesses Heat Orbs: 155]

 

Well over 100.

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