The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 7

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 7

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

While I was briefly frozen in shock, the viewer count that had risen to 9 suddenly dropped to just five.

The fortunate thing was that the first Constellation who joined, ‘Wandering Goblin’, helped keep my sanity intact.

└ But why aren’t you answering my question?

-Ah, you asked where I was going?

└ Yeah, if you’re level 9, shouldn’t you be hunting here?

Thanks to that, I was able to continue the conversation with the Constellations.

-Um… that’s true, but I do have a specific destination in mind.

During our conversation, two more people left…

[‘Reincarnated Butterfly Mask’ has disconnected.]

[‘Three-Time Ranker’ has disconnected.]

[ON Air : ☺ 3]

Even so, there wasn’t much I could do about it.

Well, it was painful to see potential sponsors leaving like that…

Since I didn’t even know what Constellations liked or their needs, I instinctively felt that trying to do something might backfire.

So I decided to be grateful to ‘Wandering Goblin’ who was talking to me and continue with what I was doing.

Heading to ‘Shadow Ravine’ to hunt wolves.

└ Destination? It’ll be dangerous if you go further from here.

-Really? What’s dangerous about it?

Then a Constellation with an unusual nickname who hadn’t said a word suddenly jumped in.

└ Nah, what’s dangerous about it? It’s just a wolf zone.

And the next moment, my eyes widened once again.

[‘Scoundrel 2nd Seat’ has donated 30LP.]

Damn. 30LP?

At this rate, my teeth are going to rot from all this sweetness…

└ Room Owner, you’re heading to Shadow Ravine, right?

Huff huff.

Maybe because I earned 400,000 won right after connecting, my heart rate was rapidly increasing.

But there was no time to space out.

I couldn’t upset the Constellation.

I needed to answer the question quickly.

-That’s right. I was heading there.

The Constellation’s next words followed.

└ There’s an epic mob called ‘Dalgeumsya Wolf’ that spawns there, have you heard of it?

Of course I’ve heard of it.

Hmm.

Honestly, it’s not just that I’ve heard of it.

That guy is one of my favorite monsters in this early-game field area.

It has a low chance but often drops tier 2 equipment…

And if you’re really lucky, it can even drop up to tier 3 equipment, so I’ve hunted it countless times.

It was the guy I had marked for hunting today too.

So I answered without much thought…

-Hmm…? Dalgeumsya Wolf? I do know about it.

└ Well, that makes things easier then.

I really didn’t expect the conversation to flow this way.

└ How about 100LP if you kill it within an hour.

-What do you mean by that…

└ Wait, does the host not even know what the mission is? lol

Thanks to that, when the next System Message appeared…

I almost did a backflip from pure joy.

[‘Scoundrel 2nd Seat’ has registered a new mission.]

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Dalgeumsya Wolf Hunt

Category: Mission

Difficulty: ??

Clear Condition

– Defeat Dalgeumsya Wolf (Lv15)[Epic]

Time Limit

– 00 : 60 : 00 

Reward: 100LP

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100LP? Is this the real exchange rate…?

[Do you want to accept the mission?]

Faced with this enormous amount (?) I’d never seen before, I didn’t even think to test the waters.

-Accept!! I’ll accept it!!!

They’re offering to donate a whole million won.

If I hesitate and the Constellation changes their mind, that would be a huge loss, right?

[‘Dalgeumsya Wolf Hunt’ mission has been accepted.]

[Honor will increase by 1 upon mission success.]

[Honor will decrease by 1 upon mission failure.]

Dalgeumsya Wolf is a level 15 epic monster.

So it is quite strong.

But still, as that Constellation said… this is just a weak wolf zone.

The probability of me failing to clear this mission approaches zero.

Well, they probably gave me this mission because they don’t know I’m a veteran player…

‘Even so… is Dalgeumsya Wolf really that tough?’

Honestly, even if you’re not a beta tester, a level 15 epic monster should be… manageable with some effort, right?

You could use the terrain to your advantage…

Well.

If we assume a normal level 9 newbie with my current equipment state, it would certainly be difficult.

Thinking back to my first playthrough, I would definitely struggle.

They probably want to see me struggle and barely manage to kill it.

While I was thinking that, countless question marks started flooding the chat.

Even though there were only two viewers besides the 2nd Seat who gave the mission.

└ ?

└ ???

└ ??

└ Room Owner, are you insane?

└ Wait, you’re actually taking this? lololololol

Uh…

Could it be that Dalgeumsya Wolf isn’t the white furry guy I know?

Dalgeumsya Wolf (Lv15)[Epic]

But no matter how I think about it, it’s the same monster.

The level information matches exactly, and it’s even an epic monster.

There are no epic monsters with the same name in the world of Lyka.

└ 2nd Prince, you’re really such a bad guy lol

└ Yooo lmaooo room leader hahaha you said you know what Moonlight Wolf is right?kkk Wait wtf lol you actually know it right?kkk

Excuse me.

It’s kindly written again in the mission information that it’s a level 15 epic monster…?

No matter how I look at it, it seems like that guy I know… right?

“Uh… hmm…”

I really don’t understand why these guys are acting like this.

It seems like I could just go and beat it up.

└ I did nothing wrong? It’s the fault of the guy who accepted the mission lol

Right.

I don’t even know what the fault is, but if there is such a thing, it’s naturally my fault.

└ I was about to leave because it was boring, but suddenly I’m getting a bit interested?

Yes. That’s exactly it, Constellation-nim.

Then will you also spend some money?

└ Room Owner, if you succeed in this mission, I’ll give you the next mission lol

As expected, the three guys remaining in this room seem to be Constellations who know something.

Then as a streamer… I must live up to their expectations, right?

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[You are leaving ‘The Starting Forest’.]

[You are entering ‘Shadow Ravine’.]

[This is an area shrouded in the energy of night.]

[The power of all ‘darkness’ attributes is slightly increased.]

As the guy called ‘Scoundrel 2nd Seat’ said, this ‘Shadow Ravine’ was a hunting ground that could be called a wolf zone.

More than 90% of the monsters inhabiting this field were beast-type wolf monsters.

And among them, the most commonly encountered monsters were level 13 wolves named ‘Grey Wolf’.

So my original plan was to grow to level 12 first by hunting these Grey Wolves as much as possible.

From level 13 onwards, I wouldn’t be able to receive the ‘Giant Slayer’ title effect when hunting them, so I was trying to squeeze out maximum efficiency before that.

But now the story has changed.

The most important thing for me right now is to find the ‘Dalgeumsya Wolf’ as quickly as possible.

It was a guy I could meet within an hour even if I wandered around moderately, but I absolutely must not exclude the case where my luck is absolutely terrible.

Why?

Because under no circumstances can I waste my precious 100LP.

Hehe.

I can’t hide my grinning smile at the strong scent of suckers emanating from the Constellations.

So I was very motivated.

“Is there anyone who can tell me where Dalgeumsya Wolves spawn well?”

Since I didn’t see any other players around, I just asked the Constellations out loud.

The guys in my room seem a bit lacking, but they’re still Constellations, right?

Might there be some areas they know better than me?

└ lololol so funny.

└ This guy is serious?

└ He’s serious, that’s why he accepted the mission lololol

And the Constellations started chiming in one by one, giggling as if something was so amusing.

└ For now, there should be several spawn points inside Shadow Ravine too.

└ How about going all the way up to the Highlands?

└ Nah, that’s too far. He’ll use up all his time getting there lol

└ Ah lol but the situation itself is hilarious lol

Unfortunately, there was no helpful content.

“But hyung-nims, I’m being serious, so why do you keep laughing?”

└ lol it’s funny because you’re serious lol

By the way, my way of addressing the Constellations has now become ‘hyung-nims’.

Originally, if you have money, you’re a hyung.

Since they throw around dozens of LP at a time, they’re naturally much richer than me.

And the Constellations seemed to quite like my way of addressing them.

└ This guy, I really like how respectful he is?

The guy who keeps saying ‘this guy, this guy’ is a Constellation with the alias ‘Count Grape’.

Among the three Constellations remaining in my room, he’s also the only one who hasn’t sponsored me yet.

He’s also the guy who publicly declared he’d give me the next mission earlier.

So extracting mission money from this guy by today could be called my personal sub-quest.

└ Come to think of it, since it’s daytime now, the Dalgeumsya spawn rate would be a bit lower.

└ It’s fine, if you go near the Laurel Tree, there’s definitely one there.

Oh, you know such detailed stuff?

└ But that place is too dangerous. Honestly, telling the Room Owner to go there is a bit too heartless~

Listening to these guys’ conversation gives me a sense of discomfort.

At first, I thought they were some kind of divine beings because of the grandiose title ‘Constellation’…

But judging by their way of speaking, they’re no different from the Earth player users commonly seen in awakener communities.

That’s why opinions about the identity of Constellations are divided among players too.

But one thing everyone commonly says is that Constellations know this game quite well.

Though I still find it hard to agree.

‘Well, it hasn’t even been an hour since I started streaming.’

While thinking that, I continue moving, when a wolf approaches me stealthily, sniffing around.

Hmm.

I’ve been avoiding most fights so far, but it seems like fighting would be better this time.

If I try to run away without fighting here, I’d have to completely change direction, which would take more time to reach my destination.

Grrr-!

As I take a combat stance toward the low-growling wolf, the Constellations post chats as if interested.

└ Oh, Room Owner. Finally going to show us something?

└ lol surely he won’t get beaten here?

└ Come on, if he wasn’t confident about killing regular wolves, would he have accepted a mission to kill Dalgeumsya?

Glancing at that content from the corner of my eye, I drew my beloved steel shovel.

Ding-!

[You have equipped the ‘Sturdy Iron Shovel’ item.]

But apparently my weapon… really struck the Constellations’ fancy.

└ WTF?

└ What’s with the shovel?

└ lololololololol

└ Is this bastard a comedian?

└ The unexpectedness is amazing lol

I wonder if the profession of comedian exists in the Constellations’ world too?

Having such a silly thought for a moment, I readjusted my grip on the iron shovel.

Since I’m showing my combat for the first time, I’m getting a bit nervous.

I can’t disappoint our sponsor hyung-nims…

Awoooo-!

So with a determined heart, I began fierce shoveling toward the charging wolf.

Thud-

While lightly deflecting the charging wolf’s attack, I scraped up the guy’s abdomen diagonally with the sharp edge of the iron shovel.

Slash-!!

[You have dealt critical damage to Grey Wolf!]

[Grey Wolf has entered bleeding status.]

Then after leaping into the air…

I stabbed the shovel straight into the spine of the guy who was panicking from pain.

Crack-

With an unpleasant sound, the guy’s spine broke.

Kiiing-

It was a natural result.

I didn’t just stab with the shovel, but put all my weight into both feet as if driving the shovel into the ground.

[You have dealt critical damage to the Grey Wolf!]

[The Grey Wolf’s movement is greatly slowed.]

But I still can’t let my guard down.

If I carelessly get bitten even once, I’d lose quite a bit of precious health.

I need to conserve my health to face the Dalgeumsya Wolf.

With that in mind, I drove my fist straight into the staggering creature’s abdomen.

Thwack-!

This isn’t just punching.

Then what is it?

[You have struck a weak point accurately!]

[The Grey Wolf has entered a stunned state.]

It’s what you call a liver shot that scrambles the mind.

By now, the creature would be in a state where even breathing is difficult.

So now I just need to finish it off cleanly.

Crack!

[You have dealt critical damage to the Grey Wolf!]

[You have successfully defeated the Grey Wolf!]

The battle was finished in an instant.

[You have successfully hunted a monster.]

[You gain experience points.]

Befitting a level 13 monster, the experience is quite sweet.

Despite being level 9 where the required experience has increased considerably, this single battle filled nearly 6 percent of my experience.

If I hunt about four or five more on the way, I might be able to face the Dalgeumsya Wolf at level 10.

Hmm.

Should I not just avoid wolves recklessly to save time?

While thinking this and looting the dropped items…

└ What the hell?

A chat with a familiar feeling that I think I saw before suddenly popped up before my eyes.

└ What’s with that shovel?

It’s definitely the same chat without a single letter wrong, but the meaning feels a bit different.

└ What the hell is this guy…?

└ Is he a shoveling master?

└ Or wait, is that shovel perhaps an artifact?

└ No, he fights better than expected?

But regardless of how the Constellations reacted, I moved busily for now.

Streaming is streaming, but I still have to do what needs to be done, right?

[Beginning ‘butchering’ of the ‘Grey Wolf’ corpse.]

[The corpse is in good condition, increasing butchering success rate.]

The basic drop only gave me one small fang, but butchering definitively provides me with Grey Wolf hide.

And this hide is worth a whole 1LP per piece!

I couldn’t just leave King Sejong lying on the ground and walk away.

[Current progress: 0%…1%…15%…100%!]

[‘Butchering’ successful!]

But the Constellations’ reaction to seeing me do my main job is a bit strange.

└ Butchering…?

└ What kind of concept is this again?

└ Shit lol there was actually a player who took this trait?

└ How can you possibly take a non-combat trait as your first trait…?

Phew.

I’ll have to revise my evaluation of the Constellations.

It seems these amateur-like Constellations… don’t know much about Lyka.

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