Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 80
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With the selection of the editor for Part 2 completed, Serin parted her lips slightly for a brief rest.
“Then, let’s take a 10-minute break before moving on to the broadcast of Part 3: Another World.”
As those words ended, she checked the time, realizing it was already well past 7 o’clock in the evening.
Normally, it would be time to end the stream, but the thought of ending the stream without playing Another World bothered her more than anything else.
So today, she intended to extend the broadcast a bit longer.
Dinner would be taken care of after the broadcast, and she planned to enjoy the game more.
“…”
During the following 10 minutes, Serin simply leaned back in her chair, blanking out her thoughts and remaining still for a moment.
Without any thoughts or worries, she erased even the thoughts about the recently finished editor and just quietly closed her eyes.
“…”
Then she took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
The gentle sound of Serin’s breathing reached the microphone softly, creating a rhythmic pattern.
At that moment, Serin’s stance was one of the methods used to rest when there was too much to worry about or too much to do at the moment.
Not thinking at all and just leaning her body somewhere. That way, her heart would feel at ease.
Then, when the time felt about right, Serin slowly opened her eyes.
“Ah. Ahh.”
Letting out a meaningless voice, she immediately connected to the Another World broadcast.
She gathered her hazy thoughts and spoke.
“If there are any viewers waiting for Part 3 to see the ‘Arena,’ I would like to apologize first.”
If she were to do the Arena in her current state, it would just be a source of frustration. She felt like she would just vent her feelings on people rather than enjoying it herself. So, she communicated that.
Although she didn’t have any particular emotions at the time, she was aware from experience that being around others could sharpen her nerves when she felt tired. Thus, she decided to change her mind and not do the Arena.
Recently, she had been pushing herself with a tight schedule. And because of that, she felt like she might unleash the accumulated stress on people, which would likely lead to an unpleasant scene.
During those brief 10 minutes of rest, she naturally recognized that she felt somewhat drained.
Her body, which was never in great shape to begin with, was tired, but more so, she felt mentally overwhelmed in a short period of time. There were many things to think about in just a few days.
So, she thought that after finishing today’s broadcast, she should just take a rest tomorrow.
“Yeah. It’s gotten really hectic all of a sudden.”
The tasks she had taken on while trying to adapt to this world had grown uncontrollably large, and now her days had become exceedingly busy.
She didn’t dislike the life of mingling with people or thinking about the community and streamers.
It wasn’t that she disliked it, but…
She simply wanted to swing her Crescent Moon Blade without any thoughts for now.
“Today, I will only be hunting monsters in Another World. I wanted to just slice through monsters without any particular thoughts… and to those who were looking forward to the Arena, I promise to stick to the schedule properly next time. But for today, I hope you’ll be a bit forgiving.”
She mentioned it in advance, wondering if there were still people who would be disappointed. She had changed the schedule she announced at the start of the broadcast. However, even knowing that, she felt that she simply couldn’t be in the mood for the Arena now.
[Monster hunting?]
[It’s a shame about the Arena, but I’m curious about monster hunting too.]
[You don’t often see rankers doing hunts.]
[They say they avoid it because they get tired quickly when hunting in parties.]
[They relay things like raids, but they say they don’t show party hunts because they d*e too easily.]
[Is it just me who wonders if Lin will move like she dances while hunting?]
[But where would Lin hunt?]
[If you’re good, you can cover specs, but Lin is beyond that, so isn’t she going to the Chimera’s Forest?]
[Right, where’s she going then?]
Fortunately, the viewers did not show any negative feelings toward her words. Instead, there was an eager anticipation for the hunting.
“I think I’ll choose the hunting grounds after logging in.”
With that statement, she leaned her body into the capsule.
Soon, the familiar sensation wrapping around her returned as her vision faded to darkness once again.
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Hee-ing!
Along with the sound of a horse’s whinny, a pure white stallion rubbed its mane against her hand.
“…The viewers’ horses do the same, right?”
She asked thoughtlessly upon seeing that.
[Yes, my horse does that too.]
[It’s a mount, so it should naturally show affection to its owner.]
[Suddenly so cute, haha.]
[I also summon my horse to play with me when I have nothing to do.]
[There are a lot of bored horses out there.]
[Seriously, the mounts are made so well; it’s reminiscent of playing with pets at a café, haha.]
Seeing the chat, it seemed that this horse didn’t just act that way toward her.
Well, it must be part of the game system, but that thought was oddly disappointing.
The horse currently rubbing its mane against her was ‘Ariane.’
Simply put, it was a winged horse.
It resembled a unicorn, but unlike the unicorns with horns, this white horse didn’t have any horn on its head.
After patting the mane gently, she slowly mounted the horse.
“Ah.”
Then, as she tried to operate the world map, another thought crossed her mind first.
Since she had equipped the new gear that Sua had given her, her specs had naturally changed with it.
And she recalled that she had never shared her detailed specs with the viewers before.
“Before heading to the hunting ground, I’ll share my status window first.”
After manipulating the hologram to change the status window to public and expanding it.
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Nickname: Lin (rinhh)
Class: Dancer.
Title: Dancer Driven Mad by bl**d.
Level: 65.
Guild: –
Total Attack Power of Equipped Gear: 1012
Ranked in the top 4.41% among all users.
Total Defense Power of Equipped Gear: 1105.
Ranked in the top 12.42% among all users.
Maximum Health: 4552.
—Selected Traits:
Unyielding Will (?), Critical Strike (?), Frenzy (?)
—Weapon Proficiency:
Crescent Moon Blade 590. Great Sword 124. Crossbow 0. One-Handed Sword 0. Crossbow 0. Bow 0 — Expand proficiency in other weapons.
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[Wow, holy sh*t.]
[Level 65?]
[Specs are insane, haha.]
[What kind of gear did Plea give you? Haha.]
[Right, you’re wearing the same gear Plea gave you now; what’s up with the item level?]
[I thought the claim about only hunting monsters when Hana was on stream was a lie, but seeing the level, it’s true! Haha.]
[How many thousands… no, if you’re level 65, you must have really hunted hundreds of thousands of monsters?]
[How did you level up? Seriously.]
[At that level, didn’t you finish your skill point assignments with almost all skills maxed out?]
[So that’s why Lin uses all her skills, haha.]
“…Well, I really have hunted a lot of monsters.”
Although she couldn’t say how many monsters ‘she’ had actually hunted in this world, she was certain she had hunted many in the other world.
Not knowing if that all counted towards her current state. But looking at the chat reactions, being level 65 seemed to be sufficiently high.
After that, as she manipulated the hologram to open the world map, she noticed the hunting grounds suitable for her specs were highlighted.
However, most of them were party hunting grounds.
There weren’t many suitable places for solo hunting.
So she started to choose where to go while excluding one area after another.
—The Domain of Black Centaurs.
—The failed Giant Golem of the Dwarfs.
—The Cave of Dwarves Captured by Demonic Forces.
By excluding the party hunting grounds, only those three seemed to suit her specs.
“Looking at the options, the suitable solo hunting grounds are the Domain of Black Centaurs, the failed Giant Golem of the Dwarfs, and the Cave of Dwarves Captured by Demonic Forces. Where should we go?”
Thinking about her plan to take a break tomorrow, she spoke in a friendly manner, seeking opinions.
[Are all three of those not solo hunting grounds?]
[You can forget about the Black Centaur, but the other two are party hunting grounds, aren’t they?]
[Haha, I thought I had misheard about solo hunting grounds.]
[I’ve caught a few of those little dwarf brats there while questing; it’s really something, haha.]
[Even the Centaurs are a bit awkward for solo hunting; if you aggro even one, they sh**t arrows at you from a distance.]
[Yeah, the Centaur’s arena is bad for soloing; all the places Lin mentioned are unsuitable for solo play.]
[The Giant Golem is stuck in the center, making it hard to hit; you should only hunt there with a party.]
[Why are all the viewers jumping in with unsolicited advice, haha?]
[Seems like there are a lot of seasoned players in Lin’s chat, haha.]
[Seriously, I haven’t even been to any of those places; how do they know so much?]
“…?”
Looking at the chat, she was hit with a small doubt.
Were those marked as solo hunting grounds really that? But as she continued to read the chat, it turned out those places were party hunting grounds.
If that was the case, it meant that all the appropriate hunting grounds shown on the world map were literally all party hunting grounds.
“Let’s just check it out.”
She thought she would find out just by directly facing it.
Even if this world was different from the Black Ark, how different could the monsters be?
Moreover, if it was a party hunting ground, that meant the monsters would likely be tougher than in regular hunting grounds.
That thought made it seem even more interesting to her.
“So, I’ll open the voting for 1 minute. Let’s choose where to go from the three options.”
Thus, she opened the voting window and created three options to begin the vote immediately.
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1. Domain of Black Centaurs.
2. Failed Giant Golem of the Dwarfs.
3. Cave of Dwarves Captured by Demonic Forces.
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The result of the short one-minute voting was that ‘Cave of Dwarves Captured by Demonic Forces’ garnered the most votes.
“Going to the Dwarves’ Cave then.”
[Haha, wait, Evan?]
[Are you really going there alone?]
[As soon as you enter, the system restricts you from forming a party, so if you’re going, you really need to party up ahead of time.]
[It’s something Lin might pull off, though, haha.]
[From Lin’s reaction, she seems unaware of those little dwarf brats.]
[The viewers are uniting to pick a truly awful place, haha.]
[Honestly, I’m curious about how far she can overcome with her control skills.]
[But this isn’t just about control, seriously, haha.]
[Yeah, you’ll find out once you get there; it’s awful! Haha.]
[People who’ve been there will know how tough those little dwarf brats are, haha.]
[Those phone dwarfs are at it in chat again. The Dwarves’ Cave has insane specs; everyone has been there regardless of their abilities. What’s up with that?]
Looking at the active chat, it seemed that it was a rather interesting hunting ground.
Since her intention was to unleash her frustrations by swinging the Crescent Moon Blade at the monsters anyway.