I Quit Being an Idol and Became a Youtuber - Chapter 39

After finishing the character customization, Cheongha opened the hull’s door and stepped out.

Just then, her party, who had been admiring the desert landscape, greeted her.

“Seeing her like this, she really is pretty after all.”

I muttered without realizing it as I saw the protagonist appear under the sun.

I made her, but the result turned out better than I thought.

The cat following beside her was also cute with its pure white color.

After all, there’s no need to spend hours on character customization, right?

“Naro? What’s wrong?”

At that moment, Naro, who had been staring blankly at the railing, pointed towards the barren desert with his hand.

There were several monsters rampaging through the sand.

With actions resembling breaching dolphins, they leaped out of the sand, creating clouds of dust all around.

“…Hey, there’s a person there!!”

Amidst that dust cloud, a girl riding on the newly added mount, Secret, was precariously galloping.

A forbidden land where no one lived.

Seeing a real person there stirred the curiosity within them.

Yet, there was no time to cheer for this new discovery.

“We’re being chased!!”

“…d*mn it, they’re too fast!”

This ship was a cargo transport vessel loaded with supplies for exploration.

With its heavy body, it couldn’t catch up to the monsters that swam swiftly through the sand.

“Ah, there’s something over there!”

A Secret, similar to the one the girl was riding, was running alongside the pack of monsters.

Judging by its saddle and backpack, it seemed like it had already been trained by someone.

“Alright, I’ll give it a shot.”

There was no longer any time to hesitate.

Cheongha quickly jumped down and mounted the Secret.

“Queeek?!”

“Please, just help me a little.”

Though she almost fell at one point, she desperately regained her balance and began pursuing the girl.

[Using the Gauntlet’s crossbow allows you to destroy terrain or fire attachments you have equipped.]

According to the tutorial that appeared on the screen, Cheongha started to push the monsters back using her secondary weapon.

“It really feels like hunting.”

This was a system that also existed in the previous work, “World.” However, as the overall quality of the game had risen, the immersion was even more pronounced.

“What do we do! It’s still coming after us!!!”

“We don’t have any sound bombs left!”

Perhaps annoyed at being interrupted during their hunt, a Valahark changed its target and lunged at Cheongha.

“Hey, Hunter! Catch this!!”

And from her friendly forces came a helping hand.

The Hunter’s basic weapon, a great sword.

“Haaah!!”

As soon as she grabbed the sword, Cheongha leaped from the back of the Secret and swung the great sword.

Kwooor!

The Valahark, whose face was slashed by her great sword, shockingly fled into a sandy pit.

“Are you okay? Little girl.”

The teary-eyed girl nodded.

The reason she was alone here was simple.

“My brother…!”

While practicing riding the Secret with her brother, they were ambushed by a pack of Valaharks, and her brother had tried to lead them away but they got separated.

“Well, as long as he’s alive.”

-??? Is the party leader T?

-Please empathize… The girl is crying…

-Mommy!!

With my cold response, the viewers began to complain.

But who is that last person?

And, to begin with…

“Have you seen anyone else d*e in Taheon besides us?”

-Ah, that’s true.

-That’s how they sell the game comfortably, haha.

-So we’re the ones getting hit by irrational hitboxes?

-Bad guys…

In this series, the only one who dies is the protagonist Hunter.

Everyone else seems to survive even when hit directly by the Black Dragon’s breath without riding in a cart.

By the time I was hit twice by the Black Dragon and crossed over to the afterlife, there was no time to mourn for them.

“So, where’s your brother?”

“…The Secret remembers my brother’s scent.”

In the end, the rescued girl left with her base camp party first, and the three of us remained in the middle of the desert to search for her brother.

Well, now the exciting scene is all over.

What remains is Hunter’s biggest task.

Cheongha cautiously looked at the chat.

As expected.

-Chaek chaek chaek!

-Hello? We are from the National, no, Japan Gunlance Association.

-Can you please tolerate Dual Blades Lia Bi’s blow?

-Honestly, isn’t that just a posture?

-Is the party leader abandoning Japan?

-Please take care of our Hammer too.

-That’s the official one-champion.

-Now that the great sword can control direction, it’s OP, shouldn’t you try it out?

…I vaguely expected this, but it’s already a mess.

* * *

“Uagh!!”

The way to find the girl’s brother was not difficult.

The Secret, which remembered his scent, guided them there automatically.

“Now, it’s finally hunting time.”

What just happened was merely a cutscene. Going out to hunt with real weapons begins now.

As they entered the cave where screams were heard, they spotted an amphibian-like monster on the lower cliff.

“Hurry, we have to run!”

To escape the approaching monster, the man supported his Secret.

“Kweeek….”

However, perhaps he had injured his leg in the process of escaping.

His Secret soon sat down on the ground.

If this continued, both of them would become a meal for the toad.

“Oh no!!”

The protagonist wasn’t the type to simply watch that scene.

She broke off a thorn bush hanging from the ceiling, loaded it into her wrist-mounted gauntlet, and fired it at the monster.

Pak-!

“Kekkwow!!!”

“Ouch, that must hurt.”

While the Chupacabra stumbled around with thorns stuck in its face, the receptionist and the man evacuated with the Secret.

Now only the protagonist remained.

“The target is the amphibious monster Chupacabra! To protect civilians, the guild formally requests its extermination!”

[Quest Accepted]

With the receptionist’s voice echoing from afar, a window indicating the start of the quest appeared on the screen.

I was amazed by the seamless yet high-quality direction.

Swish-!

Cheongha soon drew the blade from her back.

-Oh, the blade.

-Of course, the blade is stylish.

-I can’t manage the evasive slash with that.

-But didn’t you pick it because you could do it?

“Well, you know, since it’s my first time using it, it might be a bit difficult for me.”

Unlike the viewers’ expectations, this was my first time unsheathing the blade.

Honestly, I had hesitated between the great sword and dual blades, but the blade just looked cooler.

Isn’t it okay to practice being stylish at this opportunity?

And since I had heard of it before, I decided to just give it a try.

‘Ah, was that an Uchigatana?’

I haven’t remembered that scene for a while.

From the looks of the blade, it does seem like a Tachi.

Well, either way, both will evolve into a Great Blade, so it shouldn’t matter.

With a wide attack range, I could easily attack enemies, and as long as I grasp their patterns correctly, I could counterattack.

It was a weapon with outstanding performance.

Ding-!

Once I landed all the combo attacks, the sound effects and my blade turned a yellow color.

“I just filled one coating.”

The blade changes the color of its blade gradually with each combo attack landed on enemies, becoming stronger each time and consuming the coating to unleash even more powerful attacks.

With many new motions added in this installment, attack motions had certainly become more spectacular.

[You can inflict wounds on the monster’s body through attacks. Attacking the wounded areas deals stronger damage.]

Following the instructions displayed on the screen, I began to control the character.

As Cheongha’s blade traced a large arc, the green toad’s body swayed significantly.

A red energy swirled from the wound on its shoulder.

I leaped high, kicking off the protrusion from its shoulder.

“Hahaa-!”

With a battle cry, I came crashing down and swung the blade down fiercely.

Swish, swish, swish, swish-!

It was the flower of blade operation technique.

The Helmet Break.

“Oh!! I did it!”

Seeing the damage hitting quickly filled Cheongha with joy.

How many times had I tried to land the helmet break previously, only to waste my coating?

Although the damage wasn’t huge, I was immensely happy just for not wasting the coating I painstakingly filled.

-?? What did I just hear?

-It’s the first time I’ve seen the party leader so excited?

-Is that really our Cheongha?

-What happened to her cool image?

-That all disappeared when she started playing a public game, haha.

-Why does this person keep breaking records?

-But why hasn’t this person encountered any bugs?

-It’s just that the party leader is lucky.

-While everyone else is struggling with bugs, she’s fine over here.

“Ah, that’s right. To be honest, I was quite worried when I saw the bug screenshots.”

Honestly, I was quite shocked when I first saw the wildflower bug screenshots.

The character’s appearance was grotesquely distorted like dough flattened by a rolling pin.

I wouldn’t expect such a horrific appearance to appear in the latest work, Wildflower.

Given the testimonies from those with similarly good specifications, who had encountered frequent issues, it could only be called luck.

“Still, it’s better if it doesn’t crash. Isn’t it?”

-To be honest, I wanted to see the party leader’s reaction.

-Too bad.

-Now, I want to see a normal hunt…

-It’s already encountered so much elsewhere, can you let us see it here?

-Now that the characters are floating in a land without any ground, it honestly feels unpleasant.

“Kweeek!”

How long had it been since I chatted with the viewers, the toad, unable to withstand the continuous attacks, fell over and breathed its last.

“Now that I see it, this one seems a bit cute, doesn’t it?”

Cheongha said as she examined the sprawled Chupacabra’s corpse.

Just a moment ago, it was disgusting to the point of licking its hands to catch me.

Perhaps due to its color resembling that of a frog sergeant?

Larger ones might be less gross. It’s better to be bigger than awkwardly small.

Hmm? Then what about the Pailian? Its very existence is my trauma.

-??? Huh?

-You think that’s cute?

-The party leader’s taste…

-Just figure it out for yourself. So, doesn’t that mean we are like that?

-Sikkkk.

-You really…

-Should I like this or not?

“By the way, let’s gather it up quickly.”

-What? You just said it was cute.

-The poacher mode is scary.

“What are you saying? We just got permission.”

Well, setting aside appearances, dead is dead.

I can’t just throw away these precious materials.

The Titan Hunter series is all about using the materials of monsters you capture to create weapons, so it needs to be utilized properly.

This is definitely not a rationalization.

“Why does such a large body only yield materials three times?”

Once finishing the three gather-ups, Cheongha muttered softly.

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