With the goal of clearing a beginner dungeon, Rakuna’s stroll stream began.
By the way, the dungeon she is diving into today is a different beginner dungeon from yesterday’s.
That’s because once a connection is established between dungeons, the connected dungeon is reclassified as the higher-difficulty dungeon due to dangers such as monster influx.
This is to avoid situations like: “The entrance is a beginner dungeon, but once you go inside, there are advanced monsters.”
Yesterday’s beginner dungeon ended up connecting to an advanced dungeon, so it has now been reclassified as an advanced dungeon.
And so, this time she traveled a bit farther away to do a dungeon stream. Since it was Rakuna herself who caused the connection in the first place, she can’t deny it feels like she brought it on herself. Incidentally, a personal drone tells her the dungeon’s location. Even if you have absolutely no sense of direction like Rakuna, you won’t get lost.
As soon as she entered the dungeon, she started her stroll while chatting with her black egg viewers.
Rakuna still had many mysteries surrounding her, and she was being bombarded with questions.
〝What kind of training did you do in the Abyss?〟
〝Aren’t you going to use exploration gear?〟
〝I want you to tell us what skills you’re using.〟
〝Have you ever eaten a monster?〟
Glancing sideways at the comments displayed by the tracking drone, she steadily continued deeper into the dungeon.
“Ah, well, even if you call it training, I didn’t do anything that special. I was just defeating monsters while learning from Grandpa, that’s all. …Um, as for exploration gear and skills and stuff, I’m not really familiar with that kind of specialized knowledge, so I guess I just don’t really understand it…”
〝Whaaaaat!?〟
〝Are you serious?〟
〝That strength with no skills!?〟
〝Y-you’re kidding, right?〟
〝So Abyss-chan can even make jokes now? I’m shocked (eyes rolling back)〟
〝You seem so plain and simple, Abyss-chan, and now I’m disappointed! You’re a total superhuman!〟
〝↑ You knew she was superhuman ever since she slapped the drone lol〟
〝Huh, a madman? (hard of hearing)〟
〝Wait, is gear and skills really “specialized knowledge”? lol〟
〝No gear and no skills used… she just “doesn’t know”…? (trembling)〟
〝Hey, how did this girl even pass the Explorer license exam? lol〟
〝Did Grandpa Training not teach her any of that? lol〟
It was no wonder the comment section was stunned.
A hundred years ago, at the same time dungeons appeared, the people who ventured inside obtained the mysterious power known as 『skills』.
It’s believed that 『magic element』—which likely accumulates inside the body when monsters are defeated—has something to do with it.
It’s taken for granted that explorers generally acquire skills, and it’s common knowledge that explorers with superhuman strength employ some kind of skill.
Some streamers even explain what kinds of skills top-class explorers use, and speculation threads get lively. In fact, online there were even threads trying to predict what kind of skills Rakuna had.
The correct answer was: “What are skills?”
A brutally difficult question with a 0% correct rate.
Rakuna, not really understanding why viewers were so shocked, blinked with a blank look on her face.
But just as she was about to open her mouth to have them explain 『skills』 to her—
“—!?!?!?”
She suddenly widened her eyes and stopped.
Her expression quickly hardened, a deep crease forming between her brows.
Then she set the backpack on her back down on the ground and hid behind it like a shield.
〝???〟
〝What’s wrong, Abyss-chan?〟
〝What is it, what is it?〟
In the direction Rakuna was staring—
Though it had to be nearly a hundred meters away, there was some kind of silhouette.
The filming drone also captured what she was looking at.
〝What’s that?〟
〝A monster?〟
〝No, that looks like another explorer, doesn’t it?〟
As the viewers guessed, the figure ahead seemed to be an explorer.
Unlike Rakuna, they were properly equipped.
〝Pretty solid gear for someone challenging a beginner dungeon.〟
〝Definitely doesn’t look like E-rank.〟
〝That gear doesn’t match a beginner at all, unlike Abyss-chan.〟
〝Well, Abyss-chan’s gear is what doesn’t match the dungeon lol〟
Rakuna stared at the explorer ahead in silence for a while.
Her brows furrowed; her face grew increasingly severe, almost like a demon mask, and then she started trembling with tears welling in her eyes.
“…Ah… ahh… w-w-what should I do…?”
〝Ah.〟
〝Ah.〟
〝She’s shaking like a chihuahua.〟
〝Is this… that thing?〟
〝Abyss-chan’s dislike of people just activated.〟
〝↑ It’s not a dislike, she’s just a little bad with people.〟
〝This is way past “a little bad” though lol〟
〝Is this going to be okay?〟
〝She was having so much fun a second ago, too lol〟
〝The mood shifted.〟
Turning her face toward the camera, she pleaded with tears gathered in her eyes.
“…W-w-w-what should we do, everyone…? …M-m-maybe we should retire for today? Yeah, okay, got it. Um, so, today we’re no longer able to explore. I will be giving up the stream!”
〝Wait a second lol〟
〝Retire???〟
〝No way lol〟
〝Just having a person there makes a beginner dungeon’s difficulty skyrocket, I’m dying lol〟
〝It should be way safer than a dragon though lol〟
〝Please, try a little harder lol〟
The comments flooded by at high speed.
Every message was some variation of “Don’t stop” and “Hang in there.”
And of course it was—only thirty minutes had passed since the stream began.
Rakuna stared at the screen with a serious expression and thought for a moment.
Looking down, she let out a small “Mmm…” under her breath.
After a while, still wearing that tense expression, she nodded slowly and deeply as if she’d made up her mind.
“…All right… I’ll try my best! This is the first time in my life someone has cheered for me! …But it’s dangerous over there, so I think I’ll look for another route!”
〝Dangerous lol〟
〝The strongest enemy: “HUMANS”〟
〝This is getting more tense than an advanced dungeon lol〟
〝“I’ll do my best to avoid people!” ← No, that’s not it lol〟
〝Also, stop casually saying sad things like that lol〟
〝We’ll keep cheering for you from here on out (tears)〟
〝I mean, she can talk with us just fine, so maybe she can manage?〟
Among the comments were quite a few urging her to communicate, hoping to help her overcome being a t-i-n-y bit bad with people.
Since she’d been chatting normally just a moment ago, many comments suggested she might be able to keep that momentum going.
In response to those viewers, Rakuna answered:
“…Mmm. See, you’re not humans!”
〝Not humans lol〟
〝I’m dead〟
〝Don’t say that with a bright smile lol〟
〝Savage lol〟
〝*She doesn’t mean any harm.〟
〝That’s right, we’re black eggs.〟
〝That’s right, we’re not humans.〟
With the appearance of Rakuna’s strongest enemy, the difficulty of her beginner-dungeon stroll stream shot through the roof.
Encouraged by the black eggs, she resolved to press on deeper.
Naturally, while taking every precaution to avoid running into humans.