The Bottom-tier Dungeon Streamer Meets a Famous Streamer by Misunderstanding His Strength and Using the Skill "Intimidation," and Becomes a Legend Without Realizing It?! - Chap 1: The Convenient Skill "Intimidation"

“Oh, I remember this mushroom sells for a lot.”

In the first layer of the dungeon bustling with streamers, a young man picks mushrooms in a relatively unpopular shaded area, grinning to himself. Mochizuki Shinya is a dungeon streamer who goes by the name Shinya.

“Ah, is this your first time here? Hello~”

Shinya lightly laughs as he hears the notification sound from his streaming device. However,

“You’ve just been picking mushrooms since a while ago, haven’t you?”

“How dull.”

The comments left are brief, and the viewers quickly go. The current number of concurrent viewers is two. The channel has only four subscribers, a small number. He is undoubtedly a bottom-tier streamer, ranked second from the bottom at F rank by the Dungeon Association.

“Heh, this is fine.”

Yet, for some reason, Shinya smiles contentedly.

“Gyaaaaaaah!”

“Ah, a monster?”

The creature that appears is about the size of a compact car, resembling a boar. Its name is Mega Boar, and it has a threat level of D rank. He’s not an opponent an F-rank streamer can beat on his own.

However, Shinya says with a relaxed smile,

“──Disappear.”

The instant those words were spoken, an aura as if to engulf everything spread around. A flock of nearby birds flutters away in a panic.

“Guu-Gyah⁉︎”

Bathed in such an aura, the Mega Boar makes a frightened sound and flees at full speed.

The skill “Intimidation.” 

An ability that simply makes the opponent believe you are the stronger one. If likened to a game, it’s a power that forcibly induces a state of fear in the opponent, allowing one to escape from any battle securely. That is Shinya’s only skill.

“Well then, back to mushroom picking.”

Shinya delves into dungeons under the guise of a streamer, mainly because streamers have relatively lenient entry requirements to dungeons. He isn’t particularly interested in becoming famous.

He devoted his entire four years at university to gaming, belatedly panicking and starting his job search in his senior year but to no avail. Unsuccessful everywhere, he desperately decided to become a “dungeon streamer.”

However, the result was a disaster beyond tears. His magic power and relic compatibility were ranked at the lowest. With no talent for combat and no money to buy expensive support items, he streamed almost daily for three months yet only managed to gather four subscribers. His days were spent dwindling his savings and running away from monsters.

During this time, he awakened to his skill. A weak individual like him gained the ability to delve into dungeons without fighting monsters. He decided to use this skill for mushroom hunting.

“I want to become an explorer, but that requires a certification.”

Anything found in dungeons typically grants ownership rights to the finder. Selling collected edible mushrooms isn’t illegal. Some people specialize in this, but after the appearance of individuals who over-harvested, becoming an explorer now requires a qualification.

“So, I’m combining streaming with mushroom gathering. This is the best option.”

While it’s a gray area, it’s not illegal.

“If I had awakened to a better skill, maybe I could have become popular.”

At first, Shinya considered leveraging his ‘Intimidation’ skill to become a celebrated streamer. However, a streamer who only stares down enemies to drive them away is hardly appealing for broadcasts.

Moreover, Shinya had several run-ins with troublesome streamers during his streams and ended up using “Intimidation” to drive them away, too.

“If I stand out too much and it becomes known that I’m weak, I don’t know who might come for revenge.”

Therefore, Shinya streams quietly while intimidating those around him with his flashy blond hair and equally flashy clothes. The result is two concurrent viewers, one of whom is

“I’m done for.”

“My life is over.”

“I might as well die…”

posting dark, unrelated comments, and the other is

“Carrots.”

“Potatoes.”

“Onions.”

“Curry roux.”

making a shopping list. Assuming both are bots since neither responds, he effectively has zero viewers. Shinya takes advantage of this to go mushroom hunting with his skill, earning slightly more than he would from a part-time job.

“Ah, I want to go back and play games. I can reach Master this season. If I don’t climb here, I will never make it.”

He earns money by selling mushrooms, sips cheap liquor, and relaxes with games. Although his prospects are nil, Shinya enjoys his peaceful life.

“Kyaaa!!!”

A sudden scream rings, and his streaming device alerts him to an emergency.

“What’s going on?”

Aside from the scream, this is the first time his streaming device has sounded an alarm. Shinya looks around in a panic.

Then, he sees a girl being chased by a monster in the distance.

“Someone, please help me!!!”

A powerful monster, “Dragonaid,” which shouldn’t appear on the first layer, is chasing her. It’s an A-rank monster, over 10 meters long, with a serpent’s body and dragon-like wings. The girl being attacked is Sakurako, a popular streamer with over 500,000 subscribers and over 10,000 concurrent viewers.

Seeing her being attacked from afar, Shinya mutters,

“…Let’s escape.”

He is uncertain to what extent his ‘Intimidation’ skill affects monsters. Such abilities usually don’t work on bosses. If it doesn’t work, he will be the one killed.

Understanding this, Shinya quickly gathers mushrooms and makes a full escape.

“…Why is she coming this way?”

However, the girl being attacked, Sakurako, somehow heads towards Shinya. Not particularly fast, Shinya realizes he can’t escape if this continues and will be caught up in the situation.

And so, the story of Shinya, who becomes an unwittingly celebrated and legendary streamer, begins.