Chapter 46
Chapter 46
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 46
Chapter Title: Normalization(?)
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Explanation.
A term referring to the act of describing the reasons or circumstances of a certain fact or situation to dispel misunderstandings or suspicions.
And for viewers, an explanation stream was no different from an apology broadcast for some incident that had blown up.
"Finally got sued?"
"Explanation? What explanation?"
"Explain please."
"Did the armchair advisor get sued? What's going on?"
"?????????"
"What is it really?"
"Even if sued, got nothing to say."
"Who? Yura? Hean? Cruise? Real issue wherever."
"lolololol"
Viewers were simply perplexed that what they thought was a normal League of Worlds play stream had suddenly turned into an explanation broadcast.
No one raised any objections to the explanation stream proceeding.
Except for one person, the party involved.
Hmm...
What are they talking about?
Lawsuit? He hadn't done anything to warrant that.
There seemed to be a communication error between him and the viewers.
Was the broadcast title weird?
It didn't look particularly strange...
Looking at the chat window, it seemed the viewers were misunderstanding something.
-Question Mark Maniac has donated 1,000 won!-
【So, Teacher, what's the explanation?】
What explanation?
Can't you tell just by looking?
Preparations were almost done already.
They'd even asked earlier if he was sniping content, so was this pretending not to know?
[(Third Life): Can catch a dragon]
"Dragon?"
"No way, was today's stream another advice fest?"
"So that's the explanation."
"Teacher, titles like that confuse people."
"Sue explanation? Nah, advice explanation."
"Aggro off the charts."
Viewers who grasped the situation.
Could also figure out why this had happened.
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【Did a community post get you scraped?】
"Donation f*** lololol"
"Scraped?"
"Scraped?"
"Scraped? lololol"
"Scraped?"
The chat window flooded with "Scraped?"
Staring blankly at it, Third Life felt his stomach twist.
Shouldn't have turned on the stream...
He could proudly claim expertise on dragons, having accumulated quite a few memories with them.
The way to catch a dragon was simple.
[(Third Life): Uniquely, a dragon's vitals aren't much different from a human's]
Advice born from experience killing many lower breeds and occasionally upper breeds.
[(Third Life): Aim for the head and heart, or eyes and brain]
Spine or lungs were off-limits.
Dragons had something called dragon bone, which made them exceptionally tough, so attacking the spine for paralysis or lungs for respiratory failure was actually worse than avoiding those spots.
Especially the lungs—even if punctured, dragons could substitute breathing with magic.
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【Easy to say, hard in practice lololol】
Watching Third Life speak as casually as if catching an orc, viewers were skeptical.
Easy to say with words.
If it was just talk, viewers could become dragon slayers right now too.
"Dragon weak point? Ah, heart and throat."
"Dragons same as humans, memo memo."
"What about occiput besides spine and lungs?"
"Then that's a vital for humans too, right Teacher?"
What Third Life said was just the basics.
Still, viewers watched the stream with anticipation.
Wondering what mischief he'd pull today.
They were like humans pickled in dopamine instead of drugs.
Third Life's specs were poor.
Currently, worse than Yura's.
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【Shouldn't you level up first? Or at least get a job...】
"Real, why jobless again?"
"Huh? Jobless?"
"In exploration mode, no job means no job shows."
"lolololololol"
[(Third Life): Normally, catching a dragon is done with a standard party of a mage and a swordsman]
A non-sequitur response.
But viewers had long given up on normal communication with Third Life.
They knew obsessing would only hurt themselves, so they instantly reacted to the shifting topic.
"Yes? Two?"
"Two?"
"Two warriors might work."
"But usually swarm and gang up, right?"
Dragon hunts were usually done in large parties raiding in droves—hundreds or thousands for upper breeds.
But a perfectly balanced party of exactly a mage and swordsman was more ideal.
More people interfered when catching dragons. Due to their size, dragons wielded greater power against groups than individuals. Thus, parties of 2 to 5 were optimal.
And Third Life was solo now.
No mage nearby.
[(Third Life): Jobless advantage: no penalty for using both magic and sword]
Today too, Third Life was jobless.
No job was best for wielding both magic and sword.
"Jobless praise begins."
"Teacher, no debuffs means no buffs either."
"Plus minus zero, right?"
He spun the sword around. It looked meaningless, but this checked length, width, and grip. The basic sword given in exploration mode. Perfectly standard length.
This would do.
Third Life slowly advanced.
With the quest text changed, the spawning dragon had changed too.
A dragon blocking both magic and physical damage.
"lololol worse than Yura lolol"
"Teacher, this is doomed, right?"
"Total failure!"
Hmm...
How to handle it. Thick hide and partial scales. Gaps exist.
Tarasque swings tail for ranged attack. He dodged back a step.
Then.
For a test, he thrust the sword between the back shell seams.
Clang-!
The sword bounced off.
Inspecting Tarasque, no major damage.
League of Worlds was a game, so some implementations were inevitably imperfect.
Tarasque was tough, but seams weren't perfectly so.
However, the 50% damage reduction made even weak spots as defended as the rest.
Such historical inaccuracies were regrettable.
Still, vital spots weren't useless. Basics were key.
Ways to attack eyes were plentiful.
First, physical attack, or second, just...
[(Third Life): Flash]
This would do.
Flash!
Pure white light filled the labyrinth.
"Agh! Eye bleach!"
"Air raid alert! Air raid alert!"
"Krah! Warn for this stuff!"
Block sight, tilt head up. Blinded panic makes it thrash everywhere. Carefully avoiding the wildly swinging tail, he reached the dragon's neck.
There, apply Body Enhancement and Explosion Magic to body and sword. Enhanced body swings sword swiftly; explosion from hilt boosts power. Sword flew like a cannon, embedding perfectly in the dragon's neck.
The recovering dragon noticed the intruder stabbing its neck. It tried twisting its massive body. Thud thud! The labyrinth shook like it would collapse.
But too late. Once this far, it was over. Unless upper breed, no missing the neck stab. Pivot on left foot, twist body, manipulate friction below.
Thrashing dragon slips and falls; pulling sword opposite momentum.
Slash.
Neck cleanly severed.
In League of Worlds, decapitation caused instant death for most monsters.
And real dragons ended with neck severed, except a few.
[(Third Life): That's why targeting basics like neck and heart is important]
This was it.
"Bro, don't use your standards."
"??? Dragons die this easy???"
"Rice Burger Uncle doing rice burger stuff here too."
"See? Easy, right?"
"What is this..."
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【Teacher, always wondered: why give advice with that skill level...?】
"Real."
"Real."
"Seriously real."
Even Yura almost typed "real" in chat but stopped.
She stared at Third Life on her phone.
He's really good.
What on earth is his identity?
Curious, but Yura prepared to leave the stream window.
Today's purpose seemed achieved, so time to end.
The chat agreed.
"Today's stream ends here."
"Gulp, satisfying as always."
"Nooo, don't go Ice Age..."
"Teacher, do a communication stream."
But the stream didn't end.
Instead, the community window popped up.
And beside it, a whiteboard.
With text written on it.
[Recommend here]
?
As Yura and viewers went "?",
The broadcast title had changed unnoticed.
[Community Normalization]