The Returnee's Hidden Strategy Stream

Chapter 87

[Translator - Jjescus ]

[Proofreader - Starfall ]

Chapter: 87

"Different kind of content?"

It was a rather sudden question.

When he made a puzzled expression, Avantgarde added an explanation.

"I mean showing the viewers a different side of Black Dragon. Streamers are always fighting for content."

-The young guy knows something.

-What are we doing for content today?

-What are we doing tomorrow?

-What are we doing next?

-That... stop...

[Factual Error donated 1,000 won.]

[If Black Dragon does something other than the strategy, we'll lose out.]

-Huh?

-That's right;

-Avantgarde, quickly retract that.

-Let's go for a strategy stream.

Looking at the viewers' reactions, he could roughly tell what they were thinking.

"Hmm."

A different side than before.

While most viewers wanted a strategy, a uniform content was bound to be poison.

Wouldn't it be good to show a different type of play once in a while?

"Alright. I'll do the strategy off-stream from now on."

"Huh?"

-?

-No, wait a minute.

-Let's communicate with us.

-I didn't say anything;

The chat window was in an emergency at the sudden statement.

Seeing Avantgarde's eyes widen in surprise, he chuckled.

"I'm just kidding. I'll keep the strategy as the main content, and I'll show you something else once in a while."

"Phew, I thought I was going to descend into hell."

-Whew.

-I almost blocked Avantgarde.

-Thank you, thank you, thank you...

Avantgarde and the viewers were relieved.

Looking at them, Hanbit turned his gaze to the map and pondered for a moment.

'Then I'll make it myself.'

Coincidentally, there was a new element in the process of making the armor.

Hanbit, who had made several plans, turned his gaze to the camera.

"First, let's go hunting a bit?"

* * *

"Hmm."

In the forest near the hidden area.

Liwei, the leader of the advance team, sat at the base of a tree and pondered with his eyes closed.

The heat hadn't subsided since facing Black Dragon.

"It's a shame to leave it like this."

He had been active as an advance team member of Qingla for a year.

Liwei, who loved competition, challenged various strong opponents.

He didn't just engage in simple physical battles, but tried to gauge his limits through all sorts of competitions.

The countless strong opponents he had faced in the process.

Even among the top-level players called the advance team, their levels varied greatly.

But Black Dragon was different from them.

He felt different from even the underground masters who didn't join the advance team.

"There were many speculations..."

The news circulating in the Korean community had also reached China.

Everyone was bound to be curious about the hidden skills and episode resets.

It was natural to be curious about Black Dragon's identity.

None of them were very convincing, though.

"Liwei."

At that moment, a group of colleagues who were searching around the private area approached him.

As Qingla employees, they were trying to make a profit.

"Did you find anything?"

"...No. As you said, there was nothing. It seems like it was a solo operation by the Black Dragon party."

The female deputy leader of Liwei's team sighed.

They had speculated that the opening and clearing of the private area was done by groups of forces.

They were also convinced that uncovering the inside story would be helpful to Qingla .

"As I said before, Black Dragon is different. It's just a waste of time to chase after him with unfounded suspicions."

"It's unavoidable when a new player shows up like that. I have no choice but to be suspicious."

The woman, who had to make judgments based on limited information, expressed her frustration.

She frowned and looked at the stream.

"What's with the sudden hunting?"

The staff members, who had been continuously observing the situation, tried to find clues from Black Dragon's actions.

However, instead of focusing on the Ifrit episode, he was moving to the snowy mountains to obtain materials.

After a moment of thought, the woman turned her gaze to the cave where the private area was located.

"We need to tackle the private area first. Let's go in quickly."

"No, I'm not going."

"What?"

The woman exclaimed in surprise at Liwei's firm reply.

"Are you joking? How are we supposed to do the raid without you? The other Qingla advance teams are both far away."

"You can do it yourselves. Since Black Dragon has successfully cleared it, it shouldn't be impossible for your specs."

"What are you talking about... Do you know that Odin's raid team is also coming down here? What if we're later than them?"

Odin, one of the advance teams called the crystallization of talent.

Just 10 minutes ago, he announced that he would give up on clearing Episode 8.

And then the news came that he was heading to this private area.

"Since Black Dragon has already succeeded, the order doesn't matter. It might be better to prove ourselves instead."

"Prove? Prove what?"

"The access to the private area depends on Black Dragon's will. Wouldn't it be better to get on his good side?"

"If you get on his good side, you'll end up on the wrong side. If you're going to cause trouble again, please just stay still."

Whoosh-

Liwei jumped up from his seat and slung his spear over his shoulder.

"I'll go and settle the score."

"No, it's not about the score... Hey!"

Bam-!

Before she could finish speaking, Liwei ran off.

There was no player in this place who could keep up with the speed of the advance team.

"Here we go again."

The woman put her hand on her forehead and sighed deeply.

Nothing would work on Liwei once he had a target.

She knew that all too well, so she could only watch him leave.

"How did it come to this?"

Half a year ago, the woman had volunteered for Liwei's team.

There was only one reason.

He was too handsome.

The day she met Liwei by chance at the Qingla headquarters, her life's course changed.

It took less than a day for her to join his team, as if she were hypnotized.

"I must have been crazy."

Even though people would point fingers at her, they would change their minds if they actually saw Liwei.

Even though the only thing she liked about him was his face.

Even though it was only that one thing, he had stolen her heart.

Even when she was furious with Liwei, she would calm down as soon as she saw his face.

"Haah..."

The woman sighed deeply again and shook her head to clear her mind.

She turned to her subordinates and said, "Follow me. We have to clear the raid too."

* * *

"It's been a while since I've been here."

In the snowy mountains near Ifrit.

Arriving at a deep valley, Avantgarde looked around.

"It's not a place where people easily come."

In the snow-covered forest, on the slopes, and in the valleys, monsters could be seen.

This was an area where monsters of level 30 or higher were distributed.

Most of them were animal-type monsters like wolves and deer.

"But what kind of hunting are you doing? I haven't heard of any special items dropping in this area."

There were quite a few players hunting in the field.

This is because progress is blocked if you only push the episode.

The field was a necessary hunting ground, whether it was to level up or to sell loot for money.

However, because the monsters in this area were inefficient, few people visited.

"There are two things I need to get. One is the poisonous fang of a frost spider. The other is the tough hide of a snow flower deer."

"...What?"

Avantgarde was surprised.

The things Black Dragon mentioned were very rare materials.

It was purely a matter of luck, and it wasn't a problem that could be solved by a strategy.

"Are you sure? Since there's no ceiling, it might take a long time..."

-Rare of rare

-Some people hunted for a month for the fang and couldn't get it.

-Does the snow flower deer even appear?

-Isn't it better to just buy it from the market?

-Yeah, you have a lot of gold, so take care of your mental health.

-The fang is currently listed at 2 million gold.

Both Avantgarde and the viewers expressed their concerns.

They were simply items that were difficult to obtain probabilistically.

Although they could be used for weapons and armor, their performance was too ordinary compared to the effort required to obtain them.

"It's okay. It won't take long."

Hanbit was well aware that the materials were difficult to obtain easily.

However, there was a way to reduce the time.

'I haven't really hunted properly.'

Most of the monster hunting in Edlen was done in dungeons.

Moreover, it had been for skills or episode progression, so the purpose was slightly different.

This time, he could experience hunting for the sake of hunting.

"Let's start by getting the venom first. I'll go down."

Hanbit and Avantgarde descended along the slope of the canyon.

The V-shaped path that stretched out endlessly had no end in sight.

Thud-!

The two of them, who had been going down, landed on the bumpy ice.

Although monsters were visible from a distance, there were only a few.

"There are definitely fewer than above. What do you think?" Avantgarde, who was looking around, asked.

Compared to the commonly used upper part of the canyon field, there seemed to be absolutely no advantages.

Hanbit looked at the ground and gave a simple answer.

"I'm going to do something like a mob hunt."

"...Here?"

-?

-Are you sure you see what you see?

-I can't see anything;

-Looking for spiders.

-The admins should spawn spiders.

Everyone's reaction was as expected.

It made no sense to come all the way down to a place with fewer monsters just to do a mob hunt.

"It will take much longer in this terrain. How about looking for a cave or a cliff?"

Avantgarde was well aware of the rarity of the materials.

In the first place, the drop rate was low, and the number of monsters appearing in the field was not large.

And it was too inefficient to use the entire wide map.

"No, it's okay."

Hanbit, who was aware of that problem, had a simple plan.

One piece of information that didn't appear exactly in the community or other sites.

It was a monster's nest.

You could say it was a place where newly born creatures gathered.

'Someone must know about it.'

Players perceive the system as monsters spawning in the field.

But not everyone.

Swish-

Hanbit turned his gaze and looked at the path ahead.

A nest located underground in the lower part of the canyon.

There were a few more near Ifrit, but this was the only one that occurred naturally.

Hanbit walked along the bottom of the canyon.

"I'm going."

[Translator - Jjescus ]

[Proofreader - Starfall ]