Streaming Life After Paying Off Debt - Chapter 50

– Hero (with history of violence)

– Considering appearances, you’re more of a monster;;

– Me – Rock

“Is that an auditory hallucination? I’m hearing voices trying to defame me from somewhere…”

Even after leaving the village, I was still hearing voices filled with jealousy directed at me.

– Auditory hallucination, what the heck? hahahaha

– Miju Miju… now you don’t treat us like people anymore…

– It’s a bit upsetting.

– Seriously, dial it back a little;;

The voice hovering by my side was insisting on the conclusion of my journey.

“Evil monster! No matter how much you try to tempt me, my firm resolution will never waver!”

The fact that they are using schemes to stop my journey proves that I am on the right path. With an unwavering heart, I stride forward with vigor.

– Expert has donated 10,000 won.

[Hero! Thank you sincerely for saving our village.]

As if to congratulate me on shaking off the temptations, I received a reward from a villager who had chased after me.

“Not at all. I’m just doing what needs to be done.”

– So the chat is the monster and the donation is from the villagers? What the heck hahahaha

– Look at how cheerful the voice got…

– They said you need to gather the settlement amount~

What matters is not the money, but the heart that delivers the money. Ignoring the continuous defamation by the monsters unaware of this fact, I continue speaking.

“The money you’ve sent will be used as travel expenses to defeat the monsters.”

– Expert has donated 10,000 won.

[You’re truly amazing! I want to erect a statue to honor your achievements, but can I see your real face?!]

Seemingly moved by my figure, I received another reward from the same person.

The life of a hero is like walking on a kn*fe’s edge, a life where losing one’s life wouldn’t be unusual.

Building a statue for someone like me means I would leave behind the footprint of my existence. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse.

“Thank you for the kind words, but I’m afraid removing my mask is impossible.”

Even so, I utter the words of refusal. If my identity were to be revealed, monsters could appear to take advantage of it and deceive people; I couldn’t cause harm to others for my own selfish desires.

– Summary) The unit price doesn’t match.

– I came here for a face reveal, so what is this?

– Since you can’t see the face anyway, if you want to completely stuff me into a hole, downvote it hahahaha

– Then you wouldn’t see the chest, right?

Looking at the monsters who expressed regret toward my choice, I was certain that my choice was right.

– Duntang has donated 10,000 won.

[Hero, hero. Then could you at least change that lousy mask?]

– For real, for real

– Just do a mask cam…

– Even if you wear a helmet, at least make it a normal one…

The monsters continued to obsess over my mask. I felt the reason for the traditionally used protective gear and expressed my explanation.

“The last time, when I faced monsters while wearing a black bag, I had some thoughts about it.”

– You’ve been treating us as monsters for two years?

– Controversy/Viewers criticism

– There hasn’t been a day without some controversy.

That day, I had no special preparation and had to wear the bag out of necessity, but there were numerous discomforts. The rustling discomfort of wearing it and the lack of a wide field of vision, plus the plastic that suffocated me every time I breathed.

I sought a new mask to solve this and finally found a perfect masterpiece.

“Allow me to introduce! My new mask!”

With a fit that was perfect for my head, a wide field of vision from the large openings, and breathing through a sizable vent, my mask completely compensated for all the previous shortcomings and was being transmitted through the cam.

“Now, I can proceed with my journey without worrying about my identity being leaked!”

– Please leak it.

– Normally, they’d at least do a mask cam, but why is there a plague doctor here…

– Exercising with that on is something else;;

– I get it, so just change it!!

The mask resembling a crow continued my words.

“Then, I will continue to protect world peace!”

Continue the game!

And then to stage 20.

“Three… two… one…”

I sink down, trembling legs giving way. The hero act had long worn off. Finally, I reached the limit of holding on with sheer will.

– Thud!

– hahahahaha

– Is this a slapstick comedy? hahahaha

– Even then, look at how well the cushion works for the b*tt hahahaha

– Sweaty and all, wow;;

Strength left my legs, and I fell backward to the ground. The viewers burst into laughter at the sight of me sprawled out.

– Hahaha! Is that all you’ve got?

Even the AI within the game was laughing at me.

“Y-you coding junk!”

– But you lost, right?

– Coding junk >>>> flesh junk

– The end of the human era is here!!

– Now, feel my attack!!

The AI declares an attack toward my fallen self.

“Yeah, you can’t attack.”

However, I had long realized that unless I took up a stance, the AI wouldn’t attack. In that stagnant situation where nothing progresses, I expressed my discontent to the viewers.

“Guys… this game is too hard…”

To defeat just a regular mob, I had to perform 30 exercises in two sets. In other words, assuming I was doing squats, I had to sit and stand a total of 60 times to defeat it.

– hahahaha

– If Miju regrets it, super upvote

– I feel like I’ll take a break again tomorrow, nervous about it, super upvote

– Super upvote~

“Super upvote…”

Responding, I clutch my trembling legs and rise. At the same time, the remaining enemy health, still glowing red, caught my eye.

“Why does this guy have so much health?!”

Having already hit over 60 times, seeing that more than half of the health was still intact was enough to fill me with despair.

– Are you losing, Hero?

– “Win”

– A victory declaration as soon as you get back up!!

“I’m losing! You b*stard, I’m losing!”

Glaring at the enemy still waiting for me, I adopt a defensive stance with my trembling arms.

– Hahaha! Are you ready for my workout?!

As soon as I took my stance, the Mid-Boss began his attack.

– But seriously, why is it this tough? Back when I played, it was just 10 in a set.

– For real, if you add up everything I’ve done until now, it feels like I’ve done it a thousand times?

– It’s because it’s the highest difficulty, yeah.

– Don’t let them know there’s an absolute difficulty setting!

“What? There was a separate difficulty?!”

But upon realizing that shocking truth, I dropped the ring I was holding onto the ground.

-GAME OVER-

Leaving the fallen character behind, I approached the monitor as if to eat it. My drenched in sweat appearance was being transmitted through the camera.

– Wow, look at those br*asts!

– If I get a ban for this, let’s accept it.

– Everyone, record it in advance. If I get banned, the replay will disappear.

– Meanwhile, that plague mask is hilarious hahahaha

The chat room was filled with raunchy comments directed at me. However, my mind was consumed with the recent content I had just witnessed.

“Guys, can you repeat that? Was there even a difficulty in this game?”

– Yeah, there’s easy, normal, hard, impossible, right?

– You beat the game on the highest difficulty? Are you stupid?

– If you’re dumb, your body suffers (true story)

“No! I didn’t even get to choose?!”

– User has donated 1,000 won.

[Explanation) This game selects the difficulty based on your first tutorial clear time.]

Upon hearing the explanation, memories of my frantic running around in the past resurfaced.

“So that was the difficulty setting?”

– Yeah.

– The game was made quite uniquely, hahaha.

– Honestly, even watching it, I thought it was really tough~

“d*mn…”

All the struggles I had endured to defeat the enemies felt hollow.

“Then, how do I change this difficulty?”

– What?

– Honestly, having come this far, changing the difficulty feels a bit cheap.

– For real, if it were me, I’d clear it at the highest difficulty.

“Yeah~ get lost~”

As expected, the viewers never answered the questions I asked. Anticipating this situation, I found the way to adjust the difficulty through a search.

“If I do this…”

Entering the settings window, various difficulties appeared. I pulled the cursor that was pointing to the top down.

– Wow, I never thought you’d actually set it to easy.

– I thought you were a real man but turned out to be a push-over…

– Even the neighbor’s puppy plays on normal;;

“Yeah~ if you’re jealous, you should buy it and play~”

I raised my finger along with the ring in response to the haters. As I entered the stage, a familiar silhouette emerged in the dim screen.

– Hahaha! Your adventure ends here!

The Mid-Boss, which had been like the wall of wailing just moments ago. I started doing squats against him again.

“Ten!”

– My Lord, I’m sorry. Ugh!!

“Already dead?”

With two or three sets of ten, in just twenty times, the wall crumbled.

– This is lame…

– That guy is all fluff.

– Is it right for the boss to be weaker than trash mobs?

The viewers were clamoring about the absurdly easier difficulty.

“Shall we… go for the ending soon?”

I declared victory while laughing at them.

And then, to stage 40.

– Thud!

“Ha… d*mn…!”

– hahahahahaha

– Are you losing?

– “Losing”

– Is that all there is?

I was once again the target of mockery.