The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 75
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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero
Episode 75
Constellation’s Game [Lyka]
Ding-!
[‘Ice Age’ in ‘Frozen Seoul’ has begun.]
[Both the Black Furnace and White Furnace have not been destroyed.]
…Omitted…
The moment the System Message appeared on my retina, Chloe Kang and I simultaneously stopped moving.
“It’s started.”
We had decided to finalize our last plan starting from the 4th phase.
“The temperature is dropping sharply right away.”
We were now down at the deepest part of the underground city.
Location-wise, north of the ‘Last Stronghold’.
More precisely, a field called ‘Frozen Citadel’ that exists underground.
[You have entered the ‘Frozen Corridor’.]
[Body temperature drop rate is accelerating.]
We had been here throughout the entire 3rd phase.
And the reason was precisely ‘elite monster farming’.
Ice fragments of the Frost Titan scattered on the floor.
Ashes of the Flame Archmage still retaining warmth.
Horns of the Twin-headed Chimera embedded in the wall.
All these remains were traces of our hunting.
What’s interesting is that this 3rd phase was the most peaceful(?) phase for us.
During the interglacial period when body temperature barely dropped, without any interference from other participants.
We could just farm together peacefully, just the two of us.
‘Thanks to everyone being obsessed with the furnaces.’
Thanks to that, Chloe Kang and I were able to equip ourselves with pretty decent gear.
So now it seems like our preparations are finally complete.
I was thinking that when….
[All players who have survived so far will receive the full effects of ‘The Last Brazier’ when staying within the ‘Last Stronghold’.]
[All players receiving the effects of ‘The Last Brazier’ will automatically consume 1 ‘Heat Bead’ every 10 seconds.]
After reading the additional message, Chloe Kang looked quite surprised and spoke up.
“It’s really just like you said, Geonyul?”
Huh? What is she talking about now…?
“According to the message description, doesn’t this mean there’s no longer a player limit for the furnace?”
“Ah, that’s correct.”
“We’ve farmed enough now, so I was thinking we could just return to the furnace.”
So that’s what she meant….
Well, from Chloe’s perspective, it would make sense to think this way.
While other participants were spinning their wheels at the furnace, we created a spec gap through farming.
If we chose to return to the furnace now, it would feel like we were getting the perfect advantage.
However.
“No.”
I had no intention of doing that at all.
“We still have one last button left to fasten.”
The reason we’ve been farming through all this hardship until now.
That reason was sleeping beyond that ice wall.
‘If my calculations are correct. Now it’s worth trying.’
Chloe seemed to have forgotten, but I clearly remembered the ‘boss kill reward’ I saw before the mission started.
∎ Dungeon Boss
Lord of Bitter Cold, General Winter
(General Winter)
Upon boss kill, all players’ body temperature decrease rate is reduced by 50%.
The player who kills it will no longer have their body temperature decrease.
And this reward was precisely… the masterpiece that could break through this 【Frozen Seoul】 itself.
Why is that?
[Warning! Your current body temperature is too low! You must recover your body temperature!]
If I could secure that reward… I could stably receive ability buffs even with body temperature lowered to the extreme.
Simply put, I would lower my body temperature to the limit I can endure to secure ability buffs of over 5 times, then use the boss kill reward to fix my body temperature in that state.
This way, I could have combat power incomparable to other players.
At least within this 【Frozen Seoul】.
“So… you’re saying you want to try killing General Winter?”
“That’s right.”
Of course, from Chloe’s perspective, this would feel like quite a gamble.
As she said earlier, if we returned to the furnace as is, we had a high probability of achieving top 5 results.
In this situation, taking risks to challenge the boss?
I’m doing it because I have calculations about the boss specs….
From Chloe’s perspective, it’s definitely not an easy choice.
But.
Chloe shrugged her shoulders once at my answer, then replied very casually.
“Alright. Let’s give it a try.”
Excuse me…?
You don’t happen to not know what General Winter is, do you?
“It’s a boss. Are you treating me like an idiot?”
“Ah, no. That’s not what I meant….”
“It’s just that following you looks more fun.”
“I see.”
“We’ve already come this far, so might as well do what we want.”
Still, after being together for nearly three hours… has she developed some trust in me?
Her way of speaking also seems much more comfortable than at first….
‘Even so, if the strategy fails, there’s a possibility we won’t even make it to the top 30.’
Or maybe Chloe’s calculations run deeper than I expected.
I thought she might have made calculations similar to mine regarding the boss strategy failure scenario.
What do I mean by that?
Even if the boss strategy fails by any chance, the calculation that we’d gain more than we’d lose.
Rather than bringing back a moderately high ranking, leaving a play impact through a boss attempt would help with the final ranking from a long-term perspective – she had drawn that big picture.
“So, what should I do now?”
By the way… she’s quite proactive, isn’t she?
This is getting a bit scary….
“Even though we have enough Heat Beads, dragging this out too long probably isn’t good.”
This is a valid point.
So I nodded and immediately started moving.
“Good. Then please follow me this way.”
I had already located where General Winter was sleeping while farming.
It wasn’t too far from here.
* * *
Thump- Thump- Thump-
Heavy footsteps that shook the ground reverberated through the Last Stronghold.
Massive shadows approaching from all directions.
With the appearance of the elite wave, participants couldn’t hide their tension.
“Wow… the entire wave is really all elite monsters?”
“Is it even possible to withstand this…?”
“Still, we have to try until the end.”
“Tankers! The front line cannot fall!”
Ice Golems at level 58 with massive frames exceeding 5M.
And displaying equally intimidating presence… level 60 Flame Drakes.
“Damn it…!”
These alone were threatening enough, but behind them, elite Trolls in their early 50s came pouring toward the ‘Last Stronghold’ like a waterfall.
Thud-!
And the first to clash with them was…
Seong-hwan Lee with his massive steel shield at the front.
Clang-!
Seong-hwan’s sword collided head-on with the Ice Golem’s fist.
Using that as a signal flare, the full-scale battle began.
“If the front line breaks, it’s over!”
“DPS players, please position yourselves as safely as possible…!”
“Healers, please focus your care on the tankers!”
Facing the most hardcore difficulty and situation since the <Frozen Seoul> mission began, players gritted their teeth and started working together.
Even the White Furnace Faction and Black Furnace Faction, who had been fighting with swords drawn just moments ago…
As if nothing had happened, they poured out all their capabilities, striving to create maximum synergy.
Whoooosh-!
The process of blocking the dragon flames spewed by the Flame Drake was impressive enough to make observers gasp in admiration.
Mages and supporters unleashed combo skills as if they had planned it, crushing the powerful flame mass in mid-air.
So the audience at Sangam Stage watching this scene couldn’t help but go wild with excitement.
“This is insane, really!”
“Why is this season’s level so high?”
“At this point, it’s like watching a ranker party, isn’t it?”
“It’s not quite at that level yet… but still, this is amazing for real.”
But the ones enjoying this moment the most were actually the production team who had designed the entire process.
Central Monitoring Room at Sangam Studio.
Producer Jang Seyeon was watching the main screen with a very satisfied expression.
“At this level… it’s really a perfect picture, isn’t it?”
“FD Jeongmin Lee really worked incredibly hard.”
“Right. I never thought the picture would turn out this well.”
The content balance was perfectly calibrated.
This was the only way to describe the scene.
Truly the difficulty and mission environments that could draw out participants’ capabilities to the maximum.
Her junior Jeongmin Lee, who had structured this grand framework… Seyeon couldn’t help but find him endearing.
‘Jeongmin, this guy is… definitely capable, that’s for sure.’
Actually, Jeongmin being appointed as FD for this project was because Seyeon had strongly advocated for it to the Director’s Office.
Originally, Jeongmin’s image within the company was… a sociable good person, but not someone who seemed particularly good at work.
Probably his lazy tendency to do everything just adequately at the minimum level was the reason.
So if a strict director like Seyeon was attached right above him, synergy was bound to emerge.
“PD! Participant 36 is out!”
“Participant 25 is also in critical condition.”
“At this rate, holding out for about 10 more minutes seems to be the limit?”
Listening to the briefings coming from each monitoring room, Seyeon thought she should start preparing the stage setup.
Anyway, if all admission missions ended with all participants being eliminated from the mission.
Now they had to start stage recording to announce each participant’s ‘mentee grade’.
“Alright. Stage team, get ready.”
“Yes, PD!”
But at this moment, Seyeon had no way of knowing.
Creak- Rumble-!
That there was still a final climax remaining that none of the production staff had anticipated yet.
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