Chapter 85
Even on the way to the slime hunting ground, the two continued to exchange jokes without a break. From personal interviews to tricks like jokes and personal play tips. Although the subject of the conversation continued to change, the purpose of the story did not change much.
“ha ha ha. That's how I successfully cleared the dungeon and ended up eating this rare item...”
A large shield that looked like it was made of monster bones. Bruce's face was full of pride as he tapped his shield with his hand, probably because he had good performance.
“Wow... it’s amazing as expected! As expected, the rankers are different!”
“Ah no. There are many people who are stronger than me. That's about as far as the name is known. And maybe my reputation is lower than Younghee’s?”
“Oh no. How many viewers do I have? Do you see about 4,000 people now?”
500,000 subscribers. Younghee's channel is running towards 5,000 real-time viewers.
“Ah, that’s a lot. Besides, if you have Younghee-nim’s looks, wouldn’t you end up filming a CF at all?”
“Eh, that can’t be.”
“No really.”
Didn't they say praise makes whales dance? The two of them are trembling with humility, subtly showing off each other as if they had matched their words. Seeing them cheering each other up and raising their thumbs, Tan exclaimed as if he could not stand it.
“Ah-oh! Master, what the hell are these bitches doing? Can't I just kill him?”
“what? Why are you having seizures again?”
“Aren’t you upset when you see that situation? There was a frenzy of sucking and biting each other, saying that they were not good at each other, and that they were not at the level of monsters that were rolling around on the floor.”
From Tan's point of view, they were not even as bad as the claws. However, watching them laugh and pretend to be proud of each other, they reacted violently as if hives broke out all over their bodies.
“master! Can't we just kill them? huh? You did a lot before, right?”
But Jaeyoung didn't even respond to Tan's words. I just keep my mouth shut and follow the two of them.
“ah. I'm sorry Choco Pie, we only talked about things that were too personal.”
“no. You can just keep talking.”
Young-hee notices that Jae-young is not talking about anything. She smiled and talked to him, but Jaeyoung hit the iron wall with a stiff face.
“Uh... have you ever caught a slime, Choco Pie? Your level is... 52?”
As if embarrassed by the cold reaction she had never experienced before, Younghee quickly changed the topic of conversation, but after grasping Jaeyoung’s level from the details of the party members, she said with a strange expression.
“Why is that?”
“No... nothing.”
Saying that, Young-hee smiled broadly and changed the topic to another story. However, Jae-young clearly saw the emotion that was revealed in the moment on her expression as she passed by. A smile as if everything went according to plan.
* * *
‘It wouldn't be bad if the level was 52.....'
Young-hee uploads videos with various contents on Arfandia. She was caught in an unintended controversy because of the video content she recently filmed, and was in a difficult position in many ways.
[Aaaaaaa! Help me.]
[Kyaaaaaaa! I'm sorry!]
Content that hunts high-level monsters with users I met along the way. At that time, Young-hee took a clumsy beginner user who didn't know anything and went to the spider cave to hunt. And there, I unexpectedly met the boss monster giant queen spider. When a powerful enemy appeared that she could never match, she unknowingly made the novice user who had followed her as a scapegoat and ran away.
- Wow..... This is a bit.
-Actually, I needed a bait to buy me time to escape while hunting.
- Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Is it true that you throw it away and immediately show off?
- Even Satan admits to playing bad manners.
An act done instinctively without knowing it. However, since all of them were revealed to viewers in real time, Young-hee's image was seriously damaged. To the extent that the management, who was in contact behind the scenes to sign a contract with him, expressed concern.
“It is difficult for the image to be damaged in this way right before the contract. If Younghee becomes a member of our agency, her image will be the image of our ‘GM Entertainment'. If we cannot restore the image that has been lost due to this incident, it seems that it may be difficult for the agency to proceed with the contract further than this.”
The GM Group has recently shown a lot of interest in Arcadia and is expanding related businesses like octopus feet. In particular, while handling video editing, copyright issues, and miscellaneous issues, GM Entertainment invested a huge amount of money to recruit famous rankers or users with excellent growth potential by offering a down payment.
Young-hee was also on the GM Group recruiting list. He was on the verge of signing the contract after accepting a huge down payment, but he was in a situation where everything would go to waste because of a flashy incident.
“Then what should I do...?”
Young-hee was in tears when she heard that the contract might be canceled. An employee of the agency made a suggestion to him.
“There is an image restoration plan we have in mind... but would you like to hear it?”
“really? how....?”
“First of all...”
The method suggested by the agency. It was to create a situation similar to that time.
“So... this time, you want to take a similarly clumsy-looking user and create a situation where he is in danger of dying while hunting?”
“Yes. Instead, unlike before, take responsibility until the end, protect the user, and make a video in a way that successfully finishes the hunt. Viewers’ dissatisfaction will subside considerably when they see Younghee’s changed appearance from before, and her image will also recover.”
At the same time, the agency employee took out a piece of paper for her.
“This is the scenario we envisioned. Please familiarize yourself with it as much as possible and move similarly.”
A meticulously planned script. Various comments and situations were written in it, but Young-hee was surprised to find out where she was going to hunt.
“A slime habitat...? I can't do it alone here!”
A hunting ground slime habitat with a recommended level of 80-110.
This place was absolutely impossible to attack with a small number of parties because all the slimes around it would flock to attack when you started hunting.
Moreover, Young-hee has just passed level 100. He was reluctant because he didn't have enough ability to deal with the slime group easily, but the agency staff talked about it as if it was okay.
“Oh, don’t worry about that part. I'm going to attach one of our people to the video we're going to shoot this time. If you go on a broadcast with him, it will go as planned without any major problems.”
Bruce, ranked 34th by GM Entertainment. Moving along with him according to the thoroughly planned script, Younghee glanced at the user who was following indifferently from behind with strange eyes.
“.....”
A user who does not know what he is thinking. No matter how much he spoke to them, he responded with a short answer and was defending himself, so no matter how hard Younghee tried, she couldn't pull out the amount of broadcasting.
‘Haa... why are there people like that?'
Choco Pie Joa doesn't even show a hint of showmanship. After several attempts to be intimate, Yo?ng-hu?i gave up talking to him. After all, I will never see you again.
“Kwauuuung.”
“Kwuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
“Kyaew kyaew!”
An area that used to be a village for beginners before you know it. The three of them arrived at the place, which has now become a habitat full of slimes.
‘Ah, there are so many slimes. After... It's annoying.'
‘If I shoot this video properly... I can succeed too.'
‘They're still cute, then and now.'
The party fell into silence for a moment in their own thoughts. And it was Yo?ng-hu?i who broke the brief silence.
“Hmmmm... Come on! So, shall we start in earnest from now on? Slime hunting with Bruce, who is ranked 34th, and Choco Paijoa, who is level 52! Let's get started!”
With a lively voice, Young-hee took her first step into the slime habitat. Without even imagining what would happen in the future.
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Slime.
A greenish monster with a slippery, jelly-like appearance. Despite being a monster, he was the most loved and well-known guy in Arcadia.
“Kwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.”
A cute crying sound that jumps around with bright eyes. In the past, there were times when beginners were neighborhood drummers, but now slimes are reigning as Arcadia's top-notch monsters as strong players that no user can easily deal with.
“Choco Pie is dangerous! Fire Buster!”
Wow.
“Kwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.”
A flame attribute magic cast by Younghee. As if they couldn't withstand the power of the 4th circle magic, the six slimes, swept away by the magic, made a pitiful noise and fell down in gray.
[Experience level has risen.]
[Item slime drops have been acquired]
“Haa... haa.....”
Young-hee sat down on the floor and exhaled heavily as she inhaled the mana potion. . However, despite her struggles, there were countless slimes running around the three of them.
Toong Toong.
“Kwuuu! Kyakywa!”
“Kwuuuuuuu!”
Slimes approaching with strange cries as if saying, ‘I will not forgive the villains who killed my precious comrades!' Seeing that, Yo?ng-hu?i shouted at Bruce with a disgusted face.
“I’m going to rest for a while... because my mana isn’t recovering...”
“Don’t worry. This is enough for me alone.”
spam.
“Kwuuuuuuuu .....”
Level 130 Bruce. Decorated with expensive rare items, his ability was strong enough to handle dozens of slimes without any burden. So, while he was dragging aggro, Younghee could concentrate on recovering mana without any burden.
“Choco Pie, don’t go anywhere and stay close to me.”
A resolute face full of determination, as if it would protect you unconditionally no matter what danger might come your way. At her words, Jaeyoung was so absurd that he couldn't respond. And she kept directing the appearance of protecting Jaeyoung until the end, killing the slimes that approached them one or two at a time.
-Wow, is a ranker a ranker?
- Even though 20 slimes attack as a group, their stamina doesn't drop very much
.
-Younghee doesn't run away this time and fights well.
-I know. It's definitely different from last time.
-lol. I must have reflected on it because I was cursed at so much.
Viewers pouring out positive reactions. In response to their reaction, Yo?ng-hu?i shouted with pleasure inside.
‘done! Success! success!'
Bruce offsets the damage with a shield at each slime attack timing, stabs a vital spot with a sword, and calmly removes the slimes one by one. And whenever the slimes he missed come to attack Jae-young, Young-hee assists him by blowing magic.
Seeing this, Tan said with a sullen face.
“This is just that.”
“what....?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? You keep deliberately driving the slimes towards their owners and pretending to protect them. They’re doing this to campaign for their superiority by taking people who are uglier than themselves.”
“okay....?”
It's a situation where I'm slowly getting that kind of feeling. Jaeyoung also felt that the two of them played drums and janggu and did everything together, treating him like a folding screen without saying anything even if he just stood there without asking for anything from him.
It's like human nature to take relatively ugly kids with you to highlight that you're handsome and pretty. Convinced that he was being treated as a hogu and being used, Jaeyoung's head began to spin rapidly.
“how will we do it....?”
“what?”
Jae-young, who was certain that the situation was not exactly clear, but that the situation was being created and used in their broadcast somehow, decided not to dance to the rhythm of the two. And at that moment, various plans to feed the people who pass through Jae-young's head.
“Tan and El.”
“Why do you call the owner?”
“Why is that?”
Jaeyoung said while looking at the two curious faces.
“From now on, even if I say something strange by myself, don’t think I’m crazy, just ignore it.”
“What are you talking about....?”
Young-hee smiles and says something as if communicating with the viewers. Seeing her like that, Jae-young smiles wickedly and says,
“At this point, I also want to film a video properly.”