The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 81

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 81

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

The family trip was enjoyable.

This trip was… a greater healing for me than anything else.

I can’t even remember when I last rested so comfortably.

I probably always carried some degree of discomfort in my heart even after returning.

Anyway, in that sense…

“I’ll be going!”

“Son, you need to be careful.”

“Yes, Mother.”

Having left home early in the morning with high spirits, I took vigorous steps toward my destination.

Where’s my destination, you ask?

First, Seoul Forest Gate.

Today, all participants of 【Hunters School 3】 were supposed to gather at ‘Light Plaza’ in Lumenhart District 13 by 10 AM.

From now on, all mission filming from the main rounds would be conducted inside the Gate.

Filming inside the Gate… it felt both fascinating and strangely unsettling.

[‘Attempting to connect to ‘Lyka-Laika’.]

[Server: Earth]

[Connection Route: Seoul – Korea]

[Connection Location: Alterion Continent – Lumis Domain]

[‘Dave’ welcome to the world of ‘Lyka-Laika’.]

Once I connected to Lyka, I first boarded a Mana Carriage.

Even within the same Lumis Domain, there was quite a distance from my logout point to the filming location, and since the production team had agreed to cover all transportation costs(?)…

There was absolutely no reason not to use public transportation.

Clatter-!

Creeeeak-!

Then, while moving to my destination… the first thing I did was turn on streaming.

Since I couldn’t stream on Friday, this was my first connection in three whole days.

When I was about to start streaming, I was slightly worried that our Constellation brothers might have forgotten me.

[‘Dave’ is starting live streaming.]

As it turned out, my worry was completely unfounded.

Ding-!

[‘Lightfaded Chronicler of Wealth’ has entered.]

[‘Count Grape’ has entered.]

[‘Twilight Silence Mediator’ has entered.]

[‘Three-Time Ranker’ has entered.]

…(omitted)…

As soon as I started streaming, Constellations began pouring in at a level I had never experienced in my streaming career.

[‘Fisherman Awaiting the Abyss’ has entered.]

[‘Gladiator Sold for Cheap’ has entered.]

…(omitted)…

[ON Air : ☺ 2815]

But honestly, this is bewildering.

I’ve hit close to 2,000 concurrent viewers at peak before…

But having thousands of people fill up immediately upon starting broadcast is completely new to me.

└ Dave!

└ Open the door, Room Owner! Open the door, Room Owner! Open the door, Room Owner!

└ You’re back, Dave bro!

└ Well, Friday was understandable. But shouldn’t you have streamed on the weekend?

└ The newcomer is cute lol Our room leader… absolutely refuses to work on weekends haha

What on earth happened during the three days I wasn’t in the Gate…?

└ Holy shit Dave, at this rate isn’t he gonna become a big corporation?;;;

└ Our Room Owner being 1st place in Hunters School ranking matches…

└ It makes my heart feel grand for real;;

└ No… he was my little Dave…

└ You’re talking nonsense lol

But brothers, how do you even know the Hunters School ranking match results?

Since it was conducted outside the Gate, there shouldn’t have been any participants who could stream?

└ Even if I can’t watch the video, I can tell what the result will be ㅇㅇ

└ I only found out because other streamers told me, how else would I have known lol

└ I heard it on Geomhee’s stream though lol

└ I heard it when I went to Loki’s stream lol Loki was praising it like crazy?

└ Holy shit;; Loki praised it that much? Was the room leader really that good???

Ah.

Looking at the Constellations’ chat, I understand what happened.

Most of them seem to have watched through the mentor rankers’ streams.

Not just The Hero, but that player name ‘Loki’ is also the player name of Seo Jihyeok, one of this season’s mentors.

But understanding and accepting are slightly different matters.

No matter how popular an entertainment title 【Hunters School】 is.

That’s still just talk outside the Gate, isn’t it?

It’s even just entertainment from the small country of Korea among countless nations.

But Constellations are this interested in it?

└ The room owner is stating the obvious lol

└ To us, even variety shows with Earth players participating are just content in the end lol

└ Boss, think about it ㅋㅋ What’s more fun for us – hunting in some boring gate we already know all about, or watching this crazy fresh Earth variety show?

Hearing it this way, it does sound strangely convincing…

└ Among Constellations, there are probably those who only seek out Hunter entertainment shows?

└ For real lol

└ Right lolol that’s exactly me lolol I probably would’ve never known about the room leader if it wasn’t for homeschool?

└ You can watch Earth variety shows inside the gate? I can’t resist this hahaha

Anyway, I now understand why my viewers, who were from a small-time streamer, increased so rapidly.

Uh…

But did a few hundred more people join just in this brief moment?

[ON Air : ☺ 3356]

At this rate… all my teeth are going to rot from grinning, brothers?

‘Hehe.’

Although there haven’t been many donations yet, ultimately all these people are my potential income sources.

This too must be the grace of Producer Jeongmin Lee…

Thank you, President Jeong.

If I really win Hunters School, I’ll honor you as my benefactor.

└ By the way Room Owner, if you got S-rank, are you entering Grand Arcana?

What’s that again, brothers…?

└ Wow lol this bastard room leader… didn’t even watch any of the previous seasons of Hunter’s School?

Well, when previous seasons aired, I wasn’t on Earth…

└ That aside, how do you not know Grand Arcana?

└ Yeah, it’s weird that you don’t know about it. That’s probably the most luxurious building in Lumenhardt.

Uh…

From what I’m hearing, it sounds like they’re talking about accommodations, but now I’m the one who’s confused.

It’s natural that I didn’t even know 【Hunters School】 existed until before returning…

I’ve probably stayed in Lumis Domain more than any other Earthling could compare to.

So that means even in my memories spanning countless eons, I had never heard or seen anything called ‘Grand Arcana’ within Lumis Domain.

I’m dying to know how such a thing could be possible, but I can’t exactly ask the Constellations about this…

└ Damn, I want to sleep just one night at Grand Arcana too.

└ Anyone know how much a night’s stay costs there?

└ Yeah, I saw some ranker mention it on a broadcast last time.

└ How much?

└ They paid 750LP for one night in a suite room.

What?

750… you say?

I almost blurted out “Are you insane?” out loud without realizing it.

I mean, even 5-star hotels in Korea don’t usually cost that much.

No matter how advanced their magical engineering is, does that price make sense for a medieval-era hotel?

└ Of course that room was probably a Royal Suite, but even the room assigned to the room leader would be at least 250LP ㅇㅇ

That’s insane.

I’d be fine sleeping in a stable.

Can’t they just give me that money instead?

“…”

Anyway, while having such thoughts and chatting with the Constellations, I was able to reach the filming location before I knew it.

Finding it wasn’t particularly difficult.

Even if I’d never heard of Grand Arcana, Light Plaza was a place I knew very well.

But what was somewhat surprising was…

The magnificent Gothic-style building visible behind Light Plaza.

-Uh… could that possibly be Grand Arcana… brothers?

└ Yeah, that’s it

└ Damn… I’ll get to experience it vicariously thanks to Room Owner.

And soon, I understood why I was seeing this for the first time.

Another participant who happened to be at the plaza asked the filming staff a question with curiosity similar yet different to mine.

“By the way, staff member. Can I ask you something?”

“Yes, of course.”

“How on earth did the production team rent a hotel inside the domain? Do you write rental contracts with NPCs?”

“Ah, well that does happen sometimes, but Grand Arcana is a bit of a special case.”

“Hmm?”

“This Grand Arcana Metropol here is owned by an American conglomerate family.”

“Ah…!?”

“They probably did everything from land acquisition to construction themselves? Grand Arcana would be the first to build commercial facilities of this scale inside a Gate.”

That’s insane.

So this was possible too?

Players could actually purchase land and build structures like this inside domains…

I’m learning something new today.

└ Room Owner, this bastard isn’t planning to do rental business in Lumis later, is he?

└ lol if it’s Dave, it’s definitely possible lol

Now that I hear it, it’s quite appealing.

The dream of being a building owner… it might not be bad to achieve it inside a Gate…

Lumis Domain real estate can’t be more expensive than Gangnam, right?

Thrum thrum thrum thrum-

While I was having such thoughts, suddenly a massive airship came flying toward us from high in the sky.

“Huh…?”

And shortly after.

Whooom-

Creeeeak-!

It slowly docked next to the tall spire of the Gothic-style Grand Arcana.

Looking closely, this splendid building even had something like a mooring station installed for airships to dock.

“Wow!”

I wasn’t the only one surprised, as several other participants were also watching the scene in admiration.

Thud-!

But that wasn’t even the end of it.

Whirrr-!

With a low resonant sound, a blue-colored magic circle suddenly began to be drawn in the middle of the open space.

This is clearly teleportation magic…

What’s this?

Judging by the flow of mana I can sense, it seems like someone who was on that airship has moved here.

“Nice to meet you all, everyone!”

A familiar face that suddenly rose up from the magic circle looked around at the crowd with a bright smile.

Eclipse’s Grand Mage and Hunters School’s ranker mentor.

It was the appearance of Seo Jihyeok (Loki).

└ Oh! It’s Loki!

└ Wow haha I never thought I’d see Loki in this room.

“Well, I seem to have arrived a bit early. Have all the mentees arrived?”

“Mentor Seo Jihyeok!”

“Ah, Shinwoo. You were here early?”

“Well, I have to come early to read the script and prepare, haha.”

According to what I heard from the staff, today’s filming will have Mentor Seo Jihyeok joining us offline in person.

They said that for a while, one of the mentors will take turns coming to the filming site like this.

└ Right, it was the same last season too ㅇㅇ

└ It’s not easy for rankers to follow around every filming, right? That’s probably why except for important moments, they won’t all gather together often.

└ Right. They’re busy people.

The Constellations chiming in like this is surprisingly helpful in some ways.

It’s a bit absurd that I know more about Lyka while these Constellation bastards know more about Earth variety shows, but well…

└ Hey now, we’re honorary Earthlings too.

Anyway, since there was some time left before filming started, I was able to listen to various conversations while waiting.

Among them, something I hadn’t thought of was the fact that Kim Shinwoo, the caster who came into the Gate wearing a suit, was an awakener of a higher level than I expected.

No wonder.

Major hunter variety shows almost always call him to host…

They say he’s around level 45 with a mage-type class, which would be considered quite high specs for a variety show host.

└ Kim Shinwoo lol seems like his level even went up a bit from last season? lol

└ Right lol it was level 42 in season 2.

Why the hell do these Constellation bastards even know Korean variety show casters’ levels?

“…”

While I was having such thoughts for a moment, familiar faces gradually started coming into view.

Setting aside Lee Seong-hwan who had arrived even before me…

There was Park Jinwoo, the incredibly handsome healer that Mother’s daughter praised as her planned first pick. (Siyul seemed to have spent the weekend obsessing over community gossip, and appeared to have memorized the faces and names of almost all the top participants.)

There was Park Hajun, who’s evaluated as Lee Seong-hwan’s most likely rival.

Over there, Park So-mi and Kwon Yuna, who are apparently popular in the community for their idol-like visuals, seemed to have arrived too…

Hmm… my neck feels tingly, like someone’s glaring at me this time.

“Aha.”

I just made brief eye contact with Kangmin-woo, who was our party member.

Was the Ignition Buster a bit too spicy?

His expression certainly doesn’t look very friendly… but I’ll give him a light wave.

Hmm.

By the way, I don’t see Chloe Kang anywhere.

She’s the only participant I’ve actually gotten acquainted with, so I was hoping to at least greet her if we ran into each other….

“You came early?”

I guess it was just a case of not seeing what’s right under your nose.

I had no idea she was sitting right behind me.

“When did you get here, Sohee?”

“Just now.”

“Did you get some rest over the weekend?”

“Thanks to you.”

Anyway, after exchanging a few light words with my only acquaintance(?)… filming time quickly arrived, and it seemed all the participants had gathered in the plaza.

With 100 people plus all the filming staff assembled, it’s definitely bustling.

There are also tons of players who came out to watch, curious about what we’re doing.

While I was thinking about this, Kim Sinwoo the caster’s high-energy voice began echoing throughout this vast plaza.

“Dear viewers and participants! Thank you for waiting! This place is the ‘symbol’ of countless hunters’ dreams and ambitions, as well as the Gate industry’s capital!”

I wonder if this guy oils his vocal cords on a regular basis.

Even if it is scripted… how does he speak so well?

“The place where <Hunters School>’s full-scale training camp begins is none other than…! The greatest landmark of Lumis Domain, ‘Grand Arcana Metropol’!”

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