The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 91

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 91

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

Kuuuung―!

A massive vibration traveled through the shield all the way to his wrist.

The descending axe blade of the ‘Frost Giant General’ was brutally heavy.

For an ordinary tanker, just maintaining a defensive stance would have been overwhelming against such crushing weight.

But there wasn’t even a hint of wavering in Seong-hwan Lee’s expression.

‘No matter how strong it is, if the trajectory is obvious…’

The moment the axe made contact, he subtly adjusted the angle of his shield.

Meeting force with force is amateur.

The essence of shield techniques lies in deflecting the opponent’s force sideways while simultaneously using that recoil to create your own attacking opportunity—a perfect unity of offense and defense.

Kwajik!

Keureureugeuk-!

Taking advantage of the deflected impact, the edge of Seong-hwan Lee’s tower shield precisely struck and pressed down on the giant’s knee joint.

The moment the massive frame staggered.

Seong-hwan Lee’s eyes flashed sharply.

“Now!”

As soon as his order fell, the archers in the rear simultaneously unleashed a barrage of arrows.

Ping- Pipipping-!

And in that fleeting moment when the giant writhed in pain and showed an opening.

Seong-hwan Lee leaped without hesitation.

Seogeong-!

A single clean sword strike.

With that, the battle ended.

Kukung-

In the blizzard caused by the massive frost giant’s collapse, Seong-hwan Lee slowly lowered his shield.

And he checked the System Message that appeared before his eyes.

[Dungeon Clear]

[Final Contribution Score: 1,253 points]

‘1,250 range…’

Seong-hwan Lee nodded with inner satisfaction.

It’s not easy for a tanker, whose position focuses on defense, to receive high contribution scores.

Even surpassing 1,000 points puts you in the upper ranks among tankers.

But 1,253 points.

This wasn’t just a good performance—it was a score that partially overcame the limits achievable in the tanker position.

‘Not bad.’

Seong-hwan Lee lightly caught his breath and walked toward the dungeon’s exit.

A score that differed by only 3 points from the highest score he’d achieved before participating in 【Hunters School】.

With this much, he’d done his absolute best.

He was confident that no other participant would receive a higher score in the tanker position.

But at the same time…

He wasn’t confident this score would be first place overall.

‘First place will probably be… Geon-ryul Lee. That person, right?’

Seong-hwan Lee’s expression grew slightly flushed as he thought of one participant.

First place overall in the entrance mission.

The protagonist of a reversal no one had expected.

In fact, many participants were dismissing him as ‘lucky’ or ‘a lucky guy who monopolized hidden pieces.’

Some even mocked him as manufactured hype for broadcasting purposes.

But Seong-hwan Lee’s thoughts were different.

‘Luck? No way.’

He remembered clearly.

The shocking performance Geon-ryul Lee had shown in the final moments of the entrance mission.

Though it was obscured by the chaotic battlefield situation, Seong-hwan Lee had definitely seen it.

Movement that pursued ultimate efficiency, without a single unnecessary motion mixed in.

That wasn’t something you could imitate just by picking up good items.

‘That was… play that absolutely couldn’t be achieved without innate sense.’

He wanted to know.

Whether the thrill he’d felt was a mistake, or if it was real.

‘If my eyes weren’t wrong…’

Seong-hwan Lee opened the tightly closed dungeon door and stepped outside.

‘He must have shown something again this time.’

* * *

Three hours had passed.

From S-rank to F-rank.

All participants’ 【Position Determination Battle】 had ended.

After the last group finished their conquest, the production team gathered all participants in the training ground again.

The previously excited atmosphere suddenly grew subdued.

It was time for the 【Ranking Battle】 results to be announced.

The players gathered in the training ground cautiously asked each other about their scores with tense expressions.

“What score did you get?”

“870 points… Ah, quite a few arrows missed because of the wind…”

“I got 992 points. Breaking 1,000 is really tough.”

“992 is really good though?”

“By the way, I heard Yuna got way over 1100 points. How did she do that?”

“That’s crazy. 1100?”

The score ranges varied.

From 800 points to records exceeding 1000 points.

What was interesting was that participants who received high grades definitely tended to have high Position Determination Battle scores as well.

Participants shared such stories while waiting for the results to be announced.

And shortly after, mentor Seo Jihyeok, who had finished tallying the scores, stepped onto the platform.

He grabbed the microphone with his characteristic relaxed smile.

“Everyone worked hard. As expected of 【Hunters School】 rookie mentees, the overall level was quite high. Scores slightly higher than the average from Season 2 were recorded.”

Seo Jihyeok’s gaze swept over the participants.

Since caster Kim Sinwoo was handling the studio proceedings for the [Position Determination Battle] recording, Seo Jihyeok was concisely hosting.

“Actually, long speeches aren’t necessary, right? I’ll announce the results immediately. As promised, 1,000 LP will be immediately awarded to the 1st place in each position.”

Gulp.

The venue became so quiet you could hear someone swallowing dry saliva.

When Seo Jihyeok lightly waved his hand, a massive hologram screen appeared in the air.

“First, the tanker division.”

[Tanker 1st Place: Seong-hwan Lee (1,253 pts)]

As soon as the score appeared on screen, gasps erupted from various places.

“Wow… 1,200 points?”

“A tanker got that score? He must have basically done both tanking and dealing?”

“As expected of Seong-hwan Lee…”

An overwhelming point difference.

With a gap of over 200 points from 2nd place within the position, no one could object to the result.

Seong-hwan Lee bowed lightly with a calm expression.

“Next is the close-range dealer division.”

[Close-range Dealer (Warrior) 1st Place: Hajun Park (1,265 pts)]

“Ooh!”

This time it was a slightly different kind of exclamation.

Hajun Park had edged out Seong-hwan Lee’s score by a narrow margin.

The boy with beast-like eyes was staring at the screen with an indifferent expression.

Just a 12-point difference.

But considering the positional difference, it was hard to definitively say who had the advantage.

But the really interesting part was the announcement results from now on.

If up to this point the results were what everyone expected, from now on the results would gradually deviate from expectations.

First, let’s start with the mage position…

[Mage 1st Place: Chloe Kang (1,257 pts)]

Chloe Kang taking first place overall among mages wasn’t outside the realm of expectation, but the problem was her score.

“Wow, Sohee is in first place?”

“1257 points…? That’s slightly higher than Seong-hwan, isn’t it?”

“That’s insane… I thought Yuna would be first since she said she got in the 1190s.”

“Whoa.”

“Mages do have it a bit easier to score points than tanks, but still…”

No one had expected Chloe Kang to record a score slightly higher than even Seong-hwan Lee.

From Seong-hwan’s perspective, this was quite a surprising score too.

‘Chloe Kang, huh. I should keep an eye on her.’

And the first place in the healer category.

[Healer (Support) 1st Place: Park Jinwoo (1,206 pts)]

This was a result that deviated from participants’ expectations in a slightly different sense.

“Wasn’t Jinwoo A-rank?”

“Wow, so an A-rank can take first place in their position too.”

Park Jinwoo was the only participant among the position-wise first place winners who wasn’t S-rank.

But even these two results couldn’t be more shocking than the long-range dealer position results announced last.

“Now, lastly, the long-range dealer category.”

Whirrrr-

“Who’s the archer? Jooha Bae?”

“I heard all the archers got screwed because of the wind on this map…”

“There might not be anyone who got over 1,000 points.”

“But Jooha definitely got over 1,000 points for sure.”

<Grenis Gorge> was called the graveyard of archers.

Due to the environmental variable of strong winds, it was common for long-range dealers to score lower compared to other positions.

But Seo Jihyeok’s expression on the platform was peculiar.

He seemed somewhat troubled, yet intrigued, as he curled up the corners of his mouth and spoke.

“To be honest… even I’m a bit surprised by this result.”

The venue instantly fell silent at Seo Jihyeok’s words.

A result surprising enough to shock Seo Jihyeok, who was called a genius mage?

Just what score could have come out?

“Usually, the wind in this gorge is said to be the enemy of archers. In that sense, the score is surprising, but…”

Seo Jihyeok snapped his fingers.

“Honestly, what’s more surprising is the name of the first place participant.”

The final number appeared on the screen.

[Long-range Dealer (Archer) 1st Place: Geon-ryul Lee (1,078 pts)]

“…?”

For a moment, silence flowed through the training ground.

People rubbed their eyes and looked again, wondering if they had misread the results.

The score was surprising but within the expected range.

1,078.

It was only about a 20-point difference from second place.

So what bewildered the participants was…

“What… what?”

“Geon-ryul Lee? Wasn’t he a close-range dealer?”

“Was he… originally an archer?”

As soon as the silence broke, shocked murmuring spread like waves.

A participant who had never been seen shooting a bow even once during the entrance mission was first place in the long-range dealer position.

But the participants’ shock didn’t end there.

“But everyone.”

At Seo Jihyeok’s quiet voice, everyone’s gaze focused on the platform once again.

“It seems I need to announce one more result that’s even more surprising than this.”

Zing-!

When Seo Jihyeok snapped his fingers once more, the screen switched again.

And what appeared there was…

[Overall Position 1st Place: Geon-ryul Lee (2,038 pts)]

A result that no one could understand, one that destroyed common sense.

“…”

The participants, whose thoughts had momentarily stopped, could only blink with dazed expressions.

Wait, wasn’t he in the 1,070s as a long-range dealer?

Then where did this score of 2,000 points come from?

Did he get a thousand more points added from other positions?

Weren’t you only supposed to choose one class?

Seeing the participants’ confused expressions, Seo Jihyeok also let out a chuckle.

“This is the first time I’ve seen a score like this too, but…”

Seo Jihyeok continued while staring at Geon-ryul Lee.

“So I’d like to ask, participant Geon-ryul Lee.”

“Yes?”

“Just what did you have to do in there… to enter as an archer and achieve 340 points as a tank, 460 points as a close-range dealer, and 160 points as support?”

* * *

After the <Rank Determination Battle> was finished.

The participants who had finished dinner were finally given free time.

From 7 PM after dinner until 9 PM when team announcements would be made, it was free time with no special schedule.

Therefore, most of the mentee participants were busy enjoying <Grand Arcana>’s entertainment facilities after finishing their meals, but…

“Ah… this is heaven.”

I returned to my accommodation like clockwork, took a clean shower, changed clothes, and flopped straight onto the bed.

Lying on a bed so vast that I could roll sideways three times without falling off… it was truly filled with happiness, wasn’t it?

And why was the bedding so soft and fluffy?

I wanted to buy the whole thing and bring it to my room at home.

‘Though it probably wouldn’t fit in my room…’

So I was… enjoying happiness close to perfection, except for the fact that I couldn’t check the Administration Bureau Exchange app.

Of course… I couldn’t deny that the biggest share of this happiness came from the 3,000 LP prize money from the position determination battle.

└ Honestly, 2038 points does qualify for receiving 3,000 LP

└ How the hell did you do that lol

└ Even rankers rarely see total scores over 1700 points, damn

└ Maybe this crazy bastard is the only one who ever attempted something like ‘multi-position score farming’?

<Memory of Grenis Gorge> where all specs are equal, naturally means even rankers can’t set incredible records.

It was a structure where everyone was level 50 and could only use predetermined equipment.

However, the reason rankers still scored higher was because the countless know-how and skills gained in the process of becoming a ranker were added to their talent…

In that sense, my ability to exceed 2,000 points was naturally thanks to the ‘multi-position score farming’ that involved playing multiple roles.

Of course, even if I had just focused intensely on archery, there was still a possibility I could have taken 1st place overall…

But there’s always that one-in-a-million chance, right?

So I simply… chose the play with the highest probability of earning 3000LP.

It was obvious that there wouldn’t be anyone else who would attempt this kind of thing, or even anyone who could attempt it.

└ But forget all that, room leader… why the hell didn’t you play archer?ㅠ If you had played archer, you’d definitely be a ranker for sureㅅㅂ

Please don’t try to provoke me, guys.

No matter what you say… I’m not doing archery, okay?

└ But why the hell not? You might actually shoot better than Choi Jaemin;

Oh come on, why are you all being like this.

How could a mere mentee possibly shoot better than a mentor who’s like the heavens?

My archery skills… aren’t that good, you know? 

If the other participants had just adapted to the wind a bit better, they could have easily gotten high scores…

└ Shit! Dave Chappelle… I was wondering why he hasn’t been doing teabagging lately

└ Dave’s first technique “Deception Strike” is out ㄷㄷ

But while I was lying on the bed like this, giggling and chatting with the Constellations.

Click-!

Suddenly the door opened, and someone… no, my roommate entered the room.

└ Gasp;;

└ It’s Chloe Kang;;;

└ Room Owner! Attention!!

Wait, why what!

Why should I get up from my own bed?

“…”

But my thoughts and body were already acting separately.

For some reason… I was already standing up straight.

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