I Was a Crazy, Berserker-Type Dungeon Streamer, but When I Helped a Beautiful Dungeon Streamer and Treated Her Politely, It Was Revealed That I Was Actually a Normal Person - 43
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Click HereChapter 43: Dungeon Conquer Speedrun
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“Ah, ah… Can you guys hear me?”
In the mist-veiled forest, I began talking to the drone. Despite the fact that I was in a hurry to catch up with Senavia, I still decided to start a livestream.
〈Comment Section〉
[He’s aliiiiiive!!!]
[Uwoooo!!!]
[Wait, what?!?!?!]
[Huh?! You’re alive?!]
[Hang on, I gotta go break the altar I just set up.]
“Umm~ Yeah. It’s been a while. Some stuff came up and before I knew it, a week had passed.”
[What kind of stuff makes you disappear for a week?!]
[Good thing I kept believing and waited for you!]
[What kind of ‘stuff’ are we talking about? LOL]
[Are you seriously still alive?]
The comment section was flooded with joyful reactions from my viewers. Well, I saw some hate comments flowing through, but they were quickly drowned out by the positive comments. The live viewership count rapidly climbed and soon surpassed 100,000 viewers. Still… It felt embarrassing to have so many people worrying about me… For someone like me, who had no friends and wasn’t particularly close to my family, I had long-forgotten about this feeling. Maybe, just maybe, these people actually cared about me more than I thought. If so, I was glad I decided to do a livestream today.
“Sorry for making you all worry. Look, I’m alive and well. See?”
[Don’t make us worry like that!]
[Seriously, surviving a week in the deep levels is insane!]
[Well, this is Hiiragi we’re talking about.]
[Oh, you’re trending right now.]
[Not just trending. You might actually hit #1 at this rate!]
“Huh? Trending?!”
[‘BizMad’ is trending right now.]
[Oh, it’s #1 now!]
[Congrats on trending,’BizMad’!]
BizMad? ….Don’t tell me that’s the abbreviation of the ‘BusinessMadman’ nickname I earned the other day?! At least let me become trending with my actual nickname!
I chuckled wryly to myself.
“Alright, sorry to interrupt the hype, but can I talk about what’s next in this livestream for a bit?”
[Tell us, tell us.]
[Well, yeah. You’re in the deep level of the Okutama Dungeon. Probably not the best time for having a casual banter with your viewers.]
[Is this about the title of this stream?]
[Are you getting married?]
“Who even announces their marriage in the deep level… Anyway, as some of you might’ve guessed from the title, I’ve decided to stop running away and actually clear this dungeon.”
[Wha-?!]
[No, no, that’s crazy no matter how you think about it!]
[Come on, don’t get cocky just because you’ve survived for a week! Get out of there already!]
[Even S-rank parties have been wiped out here! There’s no way you can actually conquer this dungeon!]
The comment section erupted in a mix of concern and disbelief. Usually, my viewers would jump on my antics with an “Alright, let’s go!” attitude for fun. But this time, hardly anyone was in the mood for that.
“Come on, can you all hear me out first? The truth is, I’ve been investigating around in the past week, but it seems there’s no way to return to the upper levels from down here.”
The comment section grew even more chaotic. People were getting confused at my comment.
“You know, remember about the S-rank party that ventured into the deep level of this dungeon 10 years ago? They never came back, right? My guess is, the only way to escape from the deep level is by actually defeating the boss of the dungeon.”
What I said was half true and half false. While I hadn’t found a way to go back to the upper levels, but judging from Master’s attitude, it seemed there was some sort of hidden method to go up.
[The heck with that. That’s so suspicious.]
[I mean, even an S-rank party couldn’t return to the upper level, so I guess he actually has a point there.]
[Well, that place is called the Depths of No Return…]
“And so! I’m going to start a dungeon conquer speedrun!”
[Well, yeah. Might as well do a speedrun. LOL]
[Hiiragi is so weird. He makes us believe he won’t die somehow. LOL]
[LESSGOOOOO!!!]
[I’ve always thought speedrunning to the lower level is too easy for you anyway.]
[Honestly, he looks more alive when he’s doing dumb stuff. Maybe this is better for him.]
“Now then, the first thing I need to do is to get out of this forest since I can’t see anything through the fog.”
Come to think of it, I hadn’t been told where the exit to this forest was.
Well, in that case….
“〈Magic Detection〉.”
I muttered lowly under my breath so the drone wouldn’t pick up my voice. Using 〈Magic Detection〉, I could sense numerous small and big magic presences to the north and east. These were probably the pixies… To the southwest, I could detect scattered large magic presences… Those were likely monsters. So, the southwest was the way to go.
“〈Shock Blast〉.”
I fired a 〈Shock Blast〉 behind me. It was already evening. In this forest, the temperature dropped sharply at night and the already bad visibility due to the fog would become even worse at night. I had to get out of here and find a slightly better place to spend the night as soon as possible.
Using 〈Shock Blast〉 sparingly so I wouldn’t tire myself out, I pressed forward for 30 minutes. While I still hadn’t escaped the forest yet, but the fog had thinned considerably compared to before.
Huh…?
The last time I cleared away the fog, I’d gotten sick afterward. But now, I felt fine even though the fog had thinned. Ah, maybe forcing the fog to disperse was the main problem here. In any case, I was relieved to know I wouldn’t get trapped here.
“GYAOO!!”
“…?!”
A cry that sounded like a cross between a bird and a dragon echoed in the air. No. Not just one cry. There were several cries.
“〈Concealment〉.”
The moment I cast the spell, numerous bird-like monsters flew overhead me… No. There were hundreds of them. Wyverns. A single one was said to have the strength of a B-rank monster. If I hadn’t managed to cloak myself in time, I would’ve been attacked by that massive flock. Cold sweat ran down my back at the thought.
As I crouched down, waiting for the wyverns to pass, I heard rustling in the bushes ahead.
“Kyui!”
From the bushes emerged a white rabbit with jewel-like horns— a Crystal Horn Rabbit. The rabbit seemed unaware of my presence, letting out a cute cry as it glanced around nervously and at that moment…
“GYAOOO!”
The wyverns above let out deafening roars and began circling directly overhead. My bad premonition was blaring. I quickly jumped backward. Seconds later, hundreds of wyverns dove straight down….
“GYAOOOO!!!”
The Crystal Horn Rabbit froze in shock and looked up. But by then, its head was already gone. The wyverns, like ravenous beasts, tore into the rabbit’s body, devouring it piece by piece. I remained frozen, sitting motionless on the ground. I was so glad I had cast 〈Concealment〉 in time. If I had been even a few seconds slower…
The more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t stop trembling. All that remained after the wyverns were gone were bones and pools of blood.
“Haaa… What should I do? I really, really want to go home…”
At that moment, I felt an overwhelming urge to go back in time and punch my past self who had agreed to take on this dungeon in the first place.
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