Chapter 51
Chapter 51
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 51
Chapter Title: Live Broadcast Plans
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It was truly an absurd scene. For Naltorri and Bom Bom, who had been putting on all sorts of desperate shows just to deal a little damage to the boss, it was a moment that left them completely deflated.
“Are you okay?”
Yuseong said to Naltorri.
“Ah, yes. Thanks to you.”
If Yuseong hadn’t helped, they would’ve taken a sword to the gut soon enough. Even with full armor and blocking with a shield, their HP was dropping sharply, so the gear hardly seemed like it would hold up.
“You bastard…!”
Bang!
The boss, whose stun had worn off, tried to charge, but Yuseong’s double shot stunned it again.
“…I knew there was a skill gap, but isn’t this too much?”
Bom Bom, who had approached unnoticed, muttered in a hollow tone. Naltorri nodded quietly in response.
[How is that even possible? Bom Bom’s magic didn’t faze it at all.]
[Critical for double damage, double shot for another double—total of four times the damage.]
[Single-target attacks are strongest with guns anyway.]
[On paper, guns look like total cheats.]
[It’s because it’s Yuseong.]
[Fr, even if you’re confident in your skills, don’t even look at guns.]
“Want to try again?”
Yuseong asked Naltorri and Bom Bom as he kept the boss in stun every time it tried to move.
The two nodded.
“We’ve come this far, so we have to see it through.”
“Of course. When else will we get to fight an upper-tier monster this safely?”
“Got it. I’ll step in if it looks dangerous. Shout loudly if you need help.”
“Yes!”
Naltorri and Bom Bom moved to engage the boss again.
Their battle was terribly precarious due to the huge level gap with the boss. But with Yuseong’s help, they managed to keep fighting without dying.
How much time passed like that?
Finally, the boss collapsed.
“We won!”
“Woo-hoo!”
The two thrust their hands high in the air. The joy of defeating a monster far stronger than themselves shone through their movements.
But the chat window’s mood was entirely different.
[Lol, they’re calling this a win?]
[It is a win. Thanks to Yuseong.]
[Damage-wise, those two combined probably did less than 10%.]
[And that’s only because he stunned it every time it got dangerous.]
[Otherwise, they’d have died the second the raid started.]
Naltorri and Bom Bom ignored the chat and kept celebrating.
[Lolol they’re pretending not to see.]
[Change their nicknames to Freeloader-ri and Shameless Spring.]
“Hey, don’t be like that. We worked really hard too.”
“Yeah.”
The chat exploded with ‘lolol’ and laughing emotes at the two grumbling sulkily.
Yuseong approached them.
“Good work, Yuseong. Thanks to you, we at least got to tango with the boss.”
“Thank you.”
The two had shamelessly acted like they’d beaten the boss on their own for the stream’s sake, but they couldn’t pull that in front of Yuseong.
Yuseong nodded once.
“What now?”
“We’re going to keep hunting thieves. Quest isn’t done yet.”
“Then let’s head back up.”
“You’ll keep helping?”
Naltorri asked with a hint of expectation.
“Since we’ve started, I’ll help until the quest is complete.”
“Thank you!”
Naltorri and Bom Bom had no reason to refuse.
* * *
Boom!
A thief engulfed in flames from Bom Bom’s spell collapsed, leaving behind a bundle as its HP hit zero.
“Oh, there it is.”
Naltorri raised his voice after checking the bundle. Bom Bom came over.
“That completes the set?”
“Yeah. This should be enough.”
Yuseong’s group had been clearing the dungeon for two days now. One day wasn’t enough to gather quest items for two people.
But with near-exclusive control of the dungeon, they gathered everything in no time on the second day.
Naltorri said in a very pleased tone.
“We got them way faster than expected.”
[Perks of a private hunting ground.]
[Sweeping a whole dungeon with three people? Quest items pile up quick. And it’s not a small dungeon either.]
“And best of all, it’s free!”
Using Hers Guild’s private hunting ground would’ve cost dozens per person easily.
[Lol yeah.]
[Who can resist free?]
[What’s up with that guy’s hairline…?]
“You! You’re banned!”
Naltorri spat as he pointed furiously. With his grandpa, dad, uncles, and even great-grandpa (seen only in photos) all bald, he couldn’t tolerate that remark.
Of course, his outburst only entertained the viewers.
Bom Bom looked at him pitifully and asked.
“So, we can leave now?”
“Yeah. But just in case, let’s grab a few more on the way out.”
With that, Naltorri bowed to Yuseong.
“Thanks for the help. We’ve achieved our goal.”
“It’s done?”
“Yes, it’s done.”
No matter how Yuseong thought about it, they’d collected fewer items than what he’d handed over to Eurdr to unlock his linked quest. The strategy guide cleared up the doubt.
【General quests unrelated to linked quests require fewer items.】
‘I see.’
Yuseong’s group headed for the dungeon entrance. As they left the second floor, where they’d been hunting hard, and reached the first floor—
“Hm?”
“Sounds like fighting.”
Heading toward the noise, they found a group of players hunting thieves. The first other players they’d seen in this dungeon—unaffiliated ones.
“About time others showed up. Other thief spots are chaos right now, and this one’s higher level with no entry fee.”
They hadn’t hidden the dungeon at all, broadcasting the whole journey, so people were bound to come.
Naltorri glanced at Yuseong, wondering if he’d be upset. But Yuseong showed no reaction.
‘Of course. If he wanted to hide it, he’d have told them to stop streaming.’
When Hers Guild tried to buy the dungeon for an absurd price, hadn’t he said he’d sell it after his business was done? No obsession with the dungeon.
Yuseong’s group passed them. The hunting party spotted them and slipped into another room. They had to watch Yuseong’s mood.
They spotted a few more players on the way out, but Yuseong ignored them.
After exiting, the group went to Eurdr and completed the quest. Naltorri and Bom Bom’s faces glowed with accomplishment.
“This wraps up this strategy session.”
The joint hunt was only until their quests ended.
“What’s next for you, Yuseong?”
Naltorri asked out of curiosity.
“One errand, then leaving Berhill.”
“Already at that level? Makes sense with the war.”
“What errand?”
“Hunting the side boss near Berhill.”
“Oh, a side boss!”
Naltorri and Bom Bom’s eyes lit up. The chat heated up too.
Yuseong had gained even more fame smashing Hers Guild, but even before, he was known for soloing side bosses back-to-back.
“The nearby one’s that, right? ‘Vampire Tree Tideside.’”
“Correct.”
Bom Bom tilted her head slightly.
“That one has a level cap of 30, doesn’t it…? You’re not level 30 yet, are you, Yuseong?”
Considering how many Hers Guild members he’d farmed, Bom Bom figured he’d powerleveled past 30 at least.
And she wasn’t wrong.
“32.”
“Then you can’t challenge it. Oh, planning to die repeatedly to drop levels?”
That trick existed, but random stat drops on level loss made it unadvisable.
But Yuseong’s answer went beyond her imagination.
“Even if leveled up, as long as you haven’t invested the bonus points from level-ups into stats, you can challenge side bosses.”
“Ah, yeah, that’s true, but…”
Not investing bonus points meant no benefit from leveling, so it made sense system-wise.
Plus, how many people preserved bonus points after leveling?
But Bom Bom was stunned by Yuseong’s situation so far.
“So you fought Hers Guild for ages while saving your bonus points?”
Hearing Bom Bom’s explanation, Naltorri stared at Yuseong in shock. But Yuseong was annoyingly nonchalant.
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“To hunt the side boss. Figured I could handle Hers Guild without raising stats further.”
“…….”
“…….”
Naltorri and Bom Bom fell silent. The chat, however, exploded.
[So he toyed with the guild while underleveled?]
[This guy’s insane?]
[Guild got wrecked by what’s basically a level 30 noob?]
[They’re the bad guys, but why do they seem pitiful…]
“H-ha. W-well, if Yuseong says so, it must be. He did win, after all.”
“Y-yeah.”
Naltorri and Bom Bom gave up understanding and just accepted it.
“Wish we could watch, but we’re not ready for that yet.”
“Gotta level up first.”
[Too bad. Wanted to spectate.]
[He’ll upload a vid, so wait for that.]
[That’s Yuseong’s channel, right? Subbing.]
They’d merged chats when partying, so Yuseong could see them too. Reading the messages, he spoke.
“I will upload a video, but this time, I’m doing a live broadcast.”
“Huh?”
“What?”
Yuseong drove it home to the stunned Naltorri, Bom Bom, and viewers.
“Live broadcast.”
* * *
Yuseong exited the Virtual Reality Device. He pulled up a nearby rickety, dirty chair, sat, and sank into thought.
‘A broadcast, huh…’
Naltorri, Bom Bom, and their viewers had cheered him on, saying it’d succeed. But it didn’t seem easy. From watching them, it looked like it took a ton of effort.
Still, he had to try.
‘Gotta raise attention faster that way.’
It had risen meaningfully during joint streams with others. That alone justified trying his own.
‘Channel’s already set up, they said.’
More than set up—some of his plays were already edited and uploaded as videos.
That explained how streamers like Naltorri had his info and approached for collabs.
It had been a mystery, but as long as it benefited him, Yuseong let it slide.
‘The real issue is this.’
Yuseong opened the Purchase Window.
New purchase items unlocked past 100,000 attention. Among them were those.
〔Live Broadcast (1 time) - 10,000G〕
〔Edited Recording Upload (1 time) - 10,000G〕
Wrinkles formed naturally between Yuseong’s brows.
The items(?) that enabled his personal broadcast. He had no idea how broadcasting to another world worked.
But what did principles matter when there were already so many unknowns? As long as it raised attention.
One thing troubled him, though.
‘Money.’
It was money again.