Chapter : 21
The Rice-Farming Hero’s Capitalist Streaming
Game of the Constellations [Laika]
When I logged back in the next day, the Constellations were treating me like I was insane.
└ ???
└ You rice-farmed the Zeratus Banner?
└ Is that for real?
Even though I hadn’t said how much I sold it for, just the fact that I’d sold it at all was enough.
└ Wait… so the rice-farming wasn’t just a concept?
Hey.
It was never a concept, not even for a second, guys… seriously.
└ Weren’t you a veteran, streamer???
└ Selling the Zeratus Banner is legit newbie behavior tho lol
└ Of course he’s a newbie lol how could a ■■■ player be a vet?
└ Then how does a newbie even know about a hidden dungeon? lol
└ Sir… what are you even doing? There has to be a reason;;
└ If you’d just held onto it, that item’s insanely useful in the Demon Realm!!
└ He’s still on the Island of Beginnings, Demon Realm’s way off lol
└ Even soㅠㅠ that’s not something you can buy just because you have money…
Judging by their reactions, these guys at least knew some of the uses of the Zeratus Banner.
But they’d never imagine the truth.
The reason my expression was rotten wasn’t because I’d sold something I shouldn’t have—
it was because I’d sold it way too cheap.
Anyway… well.
What’s done is done.
└ By the way, where’d the numbering item go?
└ You’re not equipping Night Stalker?
Thankfully, I didn’t need to explain anything further about the numbering equipment.
└ You absolutely can’t equip that right now lol
└ People who know better—why are you acting like this? lol
└ Troll out! We wanna watch you for a long timeㅠㅠ
└ Feels like someone’s trying to get you killed, streamer
└ Luckily he’s not that stupid lol
They’d clearly played Laika before.
They knew how dangerous it was to equip numbering gear at a low level.
└ Joining a guild that can protect you might be a good idea
└ Yeah, a trustworthy guild that can babysit you until you use numbering gear safely would be best
So I decided not to mention my grand plan.
If I told them I was going to unlock numbering equipment just to rice-farm it…
they’d actually riot.
Why?
Because…
└ lol I wanna see the streamer become a ranker already
└ How long until ■■■ opens? ■■ left?
└ At this pace he might legit hit ranker before then
There were quite a few people genuinely expecting me to go for ranker status now.
Aiming for ranker, then rice-farming numbering gear?
Unlocked gear, at that?
Even I have to admit—
that’d be completely unhinged.
“Alright, brothers! Dungeon grinding again today!”
└ Gooood! Let’s go!
└ You gotta hit at least level 16 today—possible?
What’s my main job?
Farming, obviously.
At least until level 20, there’s no time for messing around.
└ Can’t wait to see what insane thing he does today lol
Because of that, I couldn’t really show them the kind of insanity they were hoping for…
And after grinding nonstop—
Ding!
[You have gained experience.]
[Your level has increased.]
[You are now level 15.]
A day passed.
[Your level has increased.]
[You are now level 17.]
└ ??? He hit 17 today?
└ How is that even possible???
Another day passed.
[You have gained a massive amount of experience.]
[Your level has increased.]
[You are now level 19.]
└ This streamer is actually trying to hit 20 wtf
Of course I am.
What, you thought I wasn’t?
* * *
Over those two days, the Constellations’ screaming only got worse.
Was it because leveling nonstop was boring?
Thankfully, no.
They just didn’t like my attendance record.
└ Streamer, let’s be nice—how about overtime today?
└ Seriously;; who logs off at 8 PM in this game?
Hey.
Clock-in on time, clock-out on time.
What’s the problem?
└ The word “clock-out” itself is hilarious
└ And if you start at 6, you’re supposed to already be working at 6
…Excuse me?
└ So work more. Logging off now is unacceptable.
└ Facts.
└ Upvote.
sigh…
As expected—every industrial accident is basically murder by capitalists.
A social execution.
An inevitable death.
And so I must overcome this trial.
What does that mean?
It means I’m logging off.
“Guys, the mission’s losing tension. Pacing matters.”
And honestly, it’s not even fully my choice.
Challenging Lady Kim Jooyeon’s authority this early…
yeah, that’s suicide.
[‘Count Grape’ has donated 15 LP.]
└ Pacing my ass. Just do a no-end stream, streamer
└ lol Count Grape’s already given up
└ Whatever, at this pace the mission’s cleared anyway
└ Wait what? I missed today and he’s already 19??
└ Yeah, and 78% exp lol
└ Holy shit lol how many hours left?
└ 18 hours lol even if he sleeps there’s 10 left
And so began Return Day 5.
As always, I clocked in sharply at 6 AM and began preparing for the hunt like a machine.
What was strange was that even though all I did was grind, the viewer count didn’t drop—
it kept slowly rising.
[ON Air : ☺ 103]
Three days ago it didn’t even break 130?
True—but that was after hours.
This was within three minutes of going live.
Yesterday, peak viewers surpassed 200.
Today, 250 might be possible.
└ From tomorrow you’ll at least be on time for work, right?
“No, I’m already clocking in on time.”
└ No. You need to be hunting at 6 sharp.
└ If you clock out at 8, at least have the decency to clock in properly.
I’ve never been late!
sigh.
Is every world the Constellations live in just a black company hellscape?
6-to-8, no real meal breaks, high-intensity labor—
why do they keep downplaying this?
At this point, I’m a full-blown workaholic!
Totally unfair.
Of course, the Constellations didn’t care at all.
└ Ancient Moonlight Garden again today?
Of course.
Until level 20, there’s no better farming spot.
Yes, it’s a party dungeon.
Which is why—for three days now—I’d been in a fixed duo with Leo.
He perfectly matched my schedule.
Good thing I don’t need to look for another party member.
Honestly, finding someone better than Leo on the Island of Beginnings is nearly impossible.
And I didn’t want to share info about a hidden dungeon with anyone else anyway.
“Wow, you’re punctual again today, hyung.”
“Of course.”
That’s the correct reaction.
“Thanks to you, I’m getting more diligent too!”
Our coordination was way better than day one, cutting clear time almost in half.
Shorter clears meant faster farming.
I was genuinely grateful to Leo.
“So, you’re all ready?”
“Yes!”
This guy’s even been helping me while wasting his own EXP since yesterday afternoon.
He hit level 20 yesterday morning, so he can’t gain EXP on the Island anymore—
yet he keeps running dungeons with me.
Sure, it benefits him too, but still.
Gratitude is gratitude.
[You have entered the dungeon ‘Ancient Moonlight Garden’.]
We were so familiar with the dungeon now that we chatted while clearing.
“By the way, Leo.”
“Yes, hyung.”
“When are you planning to change classes?”
“I’ll do it when you do!”
“Me?”
“You’ll hit level 20 today, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Then I’m fine skipping EXP for a day. I’m already leveling too fast thanks to you, haha.”
Class change, huh.
He’s right—I need to do it today.
Delaying it would mean wasting EXP, and that’s unacceptable.
“Yeah… I guess I should seriously think about it.”
But honestly?
I’m indecisive.
During beta, I always followed the fairy’s recommendations.
Choosing freely is new to me.
“Huh…? Aren’t you obviously going swordsman?”
“Why?”
“You’re insanely talented at swordsmanship…”
Thanks for the flattery, buddy, but…
my talents are painfully average.
The administrator-certified ‘Talentless Hero’ being called gifted is a bit much.
“Hmm.”
I remember it clearly—around my thousandth loop.
The fairy summarized my talents in one brutal sentence:
“How can someone be bad at nothing and good at nothing at the same time?”
That’s me.
I’ve used swords the longest, sure,
but talent-wise, bows or magic might actually be better.
Summoning? Spirits?
I wouldn’t be particularly worse—or better.
Though I definitely need to eliminate any class that costs a ton of money.
That alone cuts down the options a lot…
“Anyway, hyung.”
“Hm?”
“I’m sticking with you until you stop partying with me.”
“…!”
“So don’t abandon me!”
Why was that so creepy…?
A handsome guy being clingy is stressful, okay?
└ Aaaah!! Leo no!!
Wait.
Constellation.
What exactly is “not okay” here?
└ What’s so good about this dark-skinned guy!!
└ Big sis will treat you betterㅠㅠ hurry up to ■■■, Leoㅠㅠ
sigh.
There are way too many ideologically dangerous Constellations.
At least some are normal.
└ Our streamer’s not like that, okay?
Upvoted.
Still… if Leo were a beautiful woman?
I’d probably enjoy Laika twice as much.
└ Then would Leo even party with the streamer? lol
└ Facts lol
Hey.
That’s a low blow.
Seriously, you guys are cruel.
[Conditions met.]
[The master of Ancient Moonlight Garden, ‘Shadow Lycan’, appears.]
Anyway…
A little past 10 AM, we completed our first dungeon clear of the day.
[Zeratus’s minion, ‘Shadow Lycan’, has been defeated.]
And then—
[You have gained a massive amount of experience.]
[Your level has increased.]
[You are now level 20.]
At last, I successfully completed the second mission given by the Constellations.
└ Whoever called it a “safe investment”… what a bastard
└ He actually did it? He actually did it??
└ And he slept 8 hours every day and still had time left lol
Alright.
Time to collect.
[You have completed ‘Count Grape’s’ mission.]
[You have received 2000 LP as a reward.]
[Your fame has increased by 20,000.]
Nice.
Welcome, twenty million won.
[You received 250 LP from ‘3rd Run Murim Master’.]
[You received 300 LP from ‘Executioner Second Throne’.]
[You received 150 LP from ‘Looking for Ice Mage Party’.]
…etc…
After collecting everything, over 3,000 LP was added to my inventory.
Which meant my total LP was now—
[Current remaining LP: 255,246 LP]
More than 255,000 LP.
