The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 9

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 9

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

In Lyka’s world, epic monsters are powerful creatures also known as ‘Elite Monsters’ or ‘Unique Monsters’.

Of course, they’re not quite on the level of boss monsters, but they’re still incomparably stronger than regular monsters.

Especially since these epic monsters possess one or more unique skills, it’s common for 2-3 or more players to form a party to tackle them.

Because you need at least one person to break through the gimmicks and seal their skills.

Of course, solo play was possible if you had sufficient specs backing you up…

Click-

└ Room Owner pulled out his shovel? lol

└ What? He’s going to fight right away?

Naturally, level 9 Dave, equipped with ragged gear, was not one of those cases.

Awoooo-!!

So the Constellations couldn’t help but panic from the start.

└ Room… Owner? Aren’t you forming a party?

└ No way, he’s just charging in like that? At level 9, not 19?

Even the Constellation who issued the mission, ‘Scoundrel 2nd Seat’, was included.

└ Room Owner;;; You at least have a return scroll, right?

No matter how much this was a mission designed to mess with the Room Owner, they never imagined he’d charge in without even forming a party.

└ Is this Room Owner’s first epic mob?

└ Of course it’s his first time, damn, he’s only level 9;;

└ Being first isn’t the problem lol Normally even first-timers don’t headbutt like that with no plan lol

So the Constellations were certain.

In a moment, that naive player would…

Get hit by the Dalgeumsya Wolf’s skill, end up in critical condition, and frantically tear a return scroll in shock.

└ Oh oh, here comes the wolf!

Kirrrrrrung-!

└ Wow, look at that killing intent from a level 15 epic.

But no matter what fuss the Constellations made, Dave showed no reaction.

Instead…

Tatat-!

He just charged toward the Dalgeumsya Wolf, licking his lips(?).

* * *

[You have encountered a ‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’.]

Of course I knew.

I knew that if I couldn’t avoid the Dalgeumsya Wolf’s unique ability ‘Moonlight Charge’, I could end up in critical condition.

So I also knew that to catch the Dalgeumsya Wolf, the easiest way was to break the gimmick itself and prevent the unique ability from activating at all.

[The ‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’ casts ‘Howling’.]

[Moonlight descends through the darkness.]

Howling, the activation condition for Moonlight Charge.

Preventing that was the easiest method among Dalgeumsya Wolf strategies.

But…

‘I haven’t fought it that way since my 3rd playthrough.’

For me, having caught at least thousands of Dalgeumsya Wolves, there was no reason to endure such hassle.

Why?

Because I could just dodge everything.

I don’t mean I’d dodge with overwhelming physical abilities.

In terms of stats alone, the Dalgeumsya’s stats were naturally much higher than mine right now.

So dodging by sight would be nearly impossible.

However… given the Dalgeumsya Wolf’s attack patterns, I could preemptively secure positions where Moonlight Charge couldn’t reach.

Tatat-!

Just like this.

[The ‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’ casts ‘Moonlight Charge’.]

After catching Dalgeumsya Wolves about ten thousand times, there are patterns you learn whether you want to or not.

I don’t even remember them with my head.

My body just reacts automatically each time.

└ What? He dodged Moonlight Charge?

└ At level 9?

└ Seems like a fluke.

When the Dalgeumsya Wolf casts Moonlight Charge, there’s always a preparatory motion, and just by confirming that, I’d reached a level where I could naturally find blind spots.

For an Incompetent Hero Aspirant to survive, this level of effort was essential, not optional.

Krrrrrung-!

And once this became possible, the moment Moonlight Charge activated was actually the best timing to deal damage.

The Dalgeumsya Wolf becomes completely defenseless while charging along the moonlight.

The shovel blade thrust up with perfect timing dug in, precisely targeting the Dalgeumsya Wolf’s nape.

Chwaaaaak-!

Actually, with my attack power, piercing through its hide in one blow was nearly impossible.

But in a situation where it was defenseless due to Moonlight Charge and had rapid momentum in the opposite direction…

Puook-

It was possible to deal explosive damage with minimal force.

In other words, a counter attack.

This attack method of using the opponent’s speed and strength against them is called a ‘Counter Attack’ in Lyka.

Kieeeek-!

Feeling sudden tremendous pain, the wolf screamed and retreated.

It must have been confused.

If my weapon had been a tier 2 high-grade equipment instead of a shabby iron shovel, it would have been a perfect counter attack that could have put it in critical condition instantly.

Honestly, I was a bit surprised too.

I did aim for it, but I didn’t expect it to land this cleanly.

Was countering always this easy?

└ Wow, what is Room Owner?

└ This is also a fluke…?

└ If that was intentional, that’s insane?

Seeming quite pained, it bared its teeth even more and this time fiercely lunged at my nape instead.

Awoo-!

This was actually when I needed to be more tense.

Fighting it in unpatternized chaos was more difficult for me.

Well, it’s not like I couldn’t handle it, of course.

Shwaeek-!

Dodge what I can dodge.

Tatat-

Block what I can’t dodge.

Kkaang-!

In the end, if I just concentrate perfectly, there are always ways.

Kkagagang-!

A crisp sound that seemed like it should come from metal scraping rang out.

It was the sound created by my iron shovel colliding with its claws.

Proof that the parry I attempted with the shovel’s back succeeded cleanly.

[You perfectly defend against the ‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’s’ attack.]

[Damage is reduced by 99%.]

But wait, 99% is pretty close to a perfect parry, isn’t it?

This is also really difficult originally….

Clang- Clang- Claaang!

After consecutively blocking the swinging front paws, I dove straight into the creature’s inner guard.

Then I spun my body and struck the creature’s abdomen with the iron shovel’s handle….

Thwack-

Using the momentum from my spinning body, I quickly slashed the shovel blade upward toward the creature’s nape once more.

Slaaash-!

This was exactly the spot I had been aiming for from the beginning.

[You have successfully exploited the ‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’s’ weak point.]

[Defense is ignored by 55%.]

[Power is increased by 78%.]

It was natural that a critically wounded area would become the most vulnerable weak point.

There was no method more powerful for dealing massive damage than attacking this spot precisely.

Grrrrr-

You could tell just by seeing that the creature’s health gauge had already been shaved down by over 30% – the effect was truly definitive.

└ Holy shit this is insane;;;

└ What did you just do?

└ Did you see that parry?

└ No, the parry was amazing too, but how the hell did you deal that damage?

└ Seriously lol how did you do that to make the HP drop that much?

└ Does that shovel have armor penetration options or something?

A pleased smile naturally spread across my face at the surprised reactions of the Constellations.

Cute little things.

They seem to have a lot of questions….

Howl-!

Slaaash-!

Unfortunately, I wasn’t leisurely enough to explain all that.

Awoooooo-!

The completely enraged wolf had cast howling once again.

[‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’ casts ‘Howling’.]

This meant the creature was preparing its second Moonlight Charge.

[Moonlight descends through the darkness.]

If I missed the timing here and allowed the second Moonlight Charge, no matter how well I’d done so far, there would be no answer other than tearing a return scroll.

So I concentrated.

[‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’ casts ‘Moonlight Charge’.]

And just one step.

Tap-!

That simple movement was enough to dodge the Moonlight Charge.

Shriiiiek-!

Moonlight Charge wasn’t the type of skill that could change trajectory mid-cast.

└ Wow, what? He dodged it again?

And now it was my turn to punish the creature.

Originally, when a big technique fails, there’s supposed to be an equally big risk.

Thwack-!

My shovel struck the creature’s back of the head with a quite heavy impact sound.

But this kind of ordinary(?) attack couldn’t deal any significant damage to the creature.

My iron shovel was a weapon with even lower attack power than the basic equipment the village chief gives, so ordinary attacks like this couldn’t deal much damage.

So this was also just a buildup to target the creature’s weak point.

“Huff.”

I reversed the shovel I had swung down and strongly struck upward at the creature’s jaw with the iron shovel’s handle.

Thunk-!

This naturally lifted the jaw, forcing the creature’s wounded nape to be exposed.

And into that spot, I mercilessly drove the shovel blade once more.

Stab-!

This time I ignored a whopping 70% of its defense.

This meant I dealt even greater damage than before.

Grrrrgle-!

The creature made a blood-gurgling sound with a pained expression.

And now the final phase.

It seemed like I just needed to concentrate a little more.

[‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’s’ health has dropped below 30%.]

[‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’s’ unique ability, ‘Bloody Rage’ is activated.]

The point of this final phase was to prevent the creature from ‘triggering’ its Bloody Rage.

A unique ability that grants vampiric abilities the moment it sees the opponent’s blood, while simultaneously increasing speed by about 1.5 times.

It’s an ability that beast-type epic monsters often have, and once you allow this, it becomes troublesome.

There’s a high probability of being dragged into a long battle due to the life steal, plus the increased speed doubles the difficulty of the mechanics.

For someone like me who’s greatly outmatched in specs, this was a situation I had to avoid.

But how do you prevent them from using it?

Swoosh-

I just don’t take damage.

In other words, don’t get hit.

Howl-

Slaaash-!

As the battle tempo grew more intense, the Constellations’ chat continued rapidly.

└ What the;;; A level 9 is actually soloing a Moonlight Shadow Wolf?

└ This is fucking crazy

└ ;;;;;; At this rate he’s really going to kill it? ;;;;;;;;;

└ Room Owner, what the hell is that shovel?

└ That’s definitely an artifact, right?

It seemed like the viewer count had increased while I was frantically fighting, but I decided to finish off the Moonlight Shadow Wolf first before checking.

Crunch-!

After shoving the iron shovel into the creature’s mouth as it tried to bite my forearm with its last remaining strength.

I drew the dagger from my waist in a reverse grip and mercilessly thrust it into the wolf’s nape.

Stab- Stab- Slash-!

And my final attack succeeded in completely severing the creature’s lifeline.

[You have dealt fatal damage to the ‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’!]

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Moonlight Shadow Wolf’!]

Even I thought it was a flawlessly clean battle.

‘Damn…! That was sick.’

I didn’t think I could show a more perfect raid than this with my current specs.

└ Wow… he actually killed it.

└ Damn that battle was delicious lol

└ Is this the Shovel Master?

I thought there was no way I wouldn’t be able to kill it, but I didn’t know I could kill it this cleanly and perfectly.

From the counter attack to the perfect parrying.

To pull off this level of performance against an epic with more than double the specs.

Definitely feels like combat is going more according to plan than when I played the beta version.

Did I really somehow… awaken when I moved to the official server?

Anyway….

[You have gained experience points.]

[Your level has increased.]

[You have reached level 10.]

Since this was my first epic monster hunt after entering the official server, the dopamine rush was considerable.

Epic monsters definitely have that satisfying feel to them.

[You have successfully completed a solo play against an epic monster with stats more than twice your own.]

[Conditions have been met.]

[The grade of your ‘Giant Slayer’ title has grown.]

[Hero -> Legend]

[The effect of your ‘Giant Slayer’ title increases by 1.5 times.]

Seeing all the expected rewards flowing in, a satisfied smile naturally spread across my lips.

Additional free titles, plus some nice miscellaneous item rewards.

[You have obtained the item ‘Dalgeumsya Fang’.]

[You have obtained the item ‘Silver Wolf Hide’.]

[You have obtained the item ‘Mark of Moonlight’.]

Seeing it drop even the completely useless junk item ‘Mark of Moonlight’, this wolf bastard was definitely the Dalgeumsya Wolf I knew.

└ Wow;;; Shit;;; The moon wolf didn’t get nerfed, right? Shit

└ Where would there be nerfs in Lyka lololol

└ Is this room leader noob for real? The stench of failure is overwhelming in battle;;shaking

└ That shovel performance was insane;;

Hehe.

Having Constellations watching and admiring doubled the satisfaction.

Now if I use the bone extraction trait to copy some LP, then collect the mission rewards…

Today’s going to be a perfectly wonderful start, isn’t it?

But just as I was writhing in such happiness.

Something happened that made my eyes go wide.

Wooooong-!

I really hadn’t expected this even one bit…

Suddenly, a beam of light burst forth from the Dalgeumsya Wolf’s corpse.

└ Oh what, wait.

└ Pillar of fire on.

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