Chapter 21

Jaeha smiled as he looked at the chat window and spoke.

“Well, if my Total Ability ends up falling short of B-Rank, I won’t go anyway. So no need to worry. When you think about it, I’m their hard counter.”

―Ohh, now that I think about it, that’s true.

―Oho. Might get a good show today.

Jaeha shrugged his shoulders once and continued.

“Either way, I’ll finish clearing Harpy’s Cliff first. I need to hit level 40 and check my Total Ability before I can decide whether to head into Elf Forest.”

And with that, Jaeha resumed slaughtering the harpies.

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After finishing off all the harpies, Jaeha switched the camera to third-person view. Then he immediately checked his status window.

[Na Jaeha]

[Trait: Ranged Dealer]

[LV: 40]

[Total Ability: 276]

[Skills: MuTube, Grant Me Power, Half Recovery, Divine Physician Hua Tuo’s Secret Art, Bow Mastery, Mana Shot, Marksmanship, Breath Control, Shadow Walk, Stealth, Shadow Eye, Metallurgy, Rapid Fire, Triple Shot, High-Speed Rapid Fire, Clone Technique, Indestructible Body, Five Elements Arts, Throwing Arts]

“Passed B-Rank.”

―What’s the Total Ability?

―What is it?

“276.”

―If you factor in his physicals, he’s basically A.

―Agreed.

At that, Jaeha spoke.

“I’ve made B-Rank. And since I said I’d do it, I’ll be attempting Elf Forest.”

―Why not just skip it? Put a team together, go once, and if it seems fine, then go for real. That’d be better.

―Too much risk.

―Yeah. No reason to stake your life on something that isn’t even certain.

“No. It’s fine.”

Jaeha smiled at the chat reactions, and messages started flooding the window.

―I get that you’re streaming to bait attention and get popular, but…… tone it down.

―Arrogance only ends in death.

―Look at him flexing with fancy words.

―Who cares.

[User 7768** has been forcibly removed.]

[User 2221** has been forcibly removed.]

“Please don’t fight. I appreciate everyone worrying about me. But I’ve judged that I’m fully capable, and I just ask that you trust me.”

Jaeha smiled as he said that, then looked around and continued.

“If I lacked confidence, I wouldn’t have started in the first place. Still, since there are people worrying about me, let me say a few brief words. No one in this world has solo-cleared a C-Rank dungeon while still C-Rank. And no one has ever held a weapon like this either. Nor has anyone grown this quickly in such a short time while playing an archer—a class people openly look down on.”

―Heavy~

―Ahem.

―Now that I look at this guy. He’s got real conviction.

“Well, I’m sure some people will say I’m arrogant, like a few of you already have. But the reason I get that kind of evaluation is because I haven’t proven myself yet. If I completely clear Elf Forest this time and prove I have that ability, then I’m sure the reactions will shift from that to things like ‘amazing’ and ‘a pioneer.’”

With that, Jaeha switched the camera back to first-person view.

“In the end, it all comes down to results.”

Jaeha smiled faintly and said.

“And if I do die so pointlessly, then I suppose I was just a man of that caliber. I’ll do well, so don’t worry. I’m heading in now.”

―Kk;

―He’s got solid logic.

―Practically a philosopher.

Jaeha smiled at the chat reactions and made his way toward Elf Forest.

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“I’ll start right away.”

With that, Jaeha entered the dungeon immediately and pulled out Sarlinga from his subspace. Then he slowly looked around. Trees so massive that a “wow” escaped involuntarily lined the area.

They stood densely packed, and the trees themselves were enormous. Thanks to that, only small slivers of sunlight filtered down. Various reactions were popping up in the chat window.

“Well, in other dungeons I can manage while glancing at the chat, but since this is my first time here, I hope you’ll understand if I can’t check it as often. Instead, that friend who shows up often will manage the chat for me. So no need to worry.”

Then Jaeha immediately used his buffs to begin hunting.

* * *

Swoosh―

Using Shadow Eye, Jaeha watched the arrows flying from afar with his own eyes and dodged them. When broadcasting through the system, what Jaeha saw was what was transmitted to the viewers by default. So essentially, everything Jaeha saw went out on the broadcast as-is.

—He’s insane. He can actually see that.

—Seeing that in that situation and reacting with his body to dodge it, that’s pure physical ability.

—Basically world-class level.

—Basically, nothing. He’s just the best in the world, period.

The chat window was scrolling up at an incredible speed as always, and Jaeha lowered his gaze from the chat and continued hunting.

Swoosh—

Swoosh—

Swoosh—

The elves mostly appeared in family units. When they showed themselves at once, there were at most no more than ten. But this time, it seemed like at least twenty to thirty or more individuals had appeared.

“That’s quite a lot of them.”

—(Lore guy) This is why the Elf Forest, while actually being B-Rank, is treated as practically A-Rank. The elves, who mostly appear in groups of around five, gather in five to ten family teams to fight once they start losing one-sidedly. And their coordination is also at an incredible level. Their intelligence is high too, so they shoot from maximum range to avoid revealing their positions.

—Whoa, that’s insane. The difficulty.

—Was this made to be cleared at all?

—This is why elf byproducts are welcome everywhere, but elf dungeons in most countries are practically idle, to the point of closing their doors.

“It’s annoying, but I wouldn’t say it’s difficult.”

Saying that with a slight grin, Jaeha fired another arrow.