Chapter 45: [EDen] Do you like Rin-sama who is strong even though her special attack is not a ranged attack but a double attack? [Yuki/Rin/Lunaverse] (1)

Crunch.

The cheese ball crumbled in my mouth.

The savory, salty taste that stimulated my appetite countless times had kept my hand from stopping for hours now.

“Mmm… It’s still delicious.”

“…Unnie. Just how much are you eating?”

“No, I haven’t eaten much. Look, it’s barely gone down at all…”

Looking down, I saw the snack container was half empty.

‘…That’s strange?’

‘It was half full just a moment ago, wasn’t it?’

Crunch!

“Well, whatever. I didn’t eat lunch anyway. I’ll just count this as lunch.”

“What do you mean, whatever? Stop eating my snacks!”

“Uhet?”

Rin immediately snatched the snack container I was holding.

Having lost my snacks, I wore an expression like someone who had lost their country, and reached out towards the snack container Rin had taken.

“Ah, no…”

“And we have to stream soon, so stop eating. The keyboard will smell like cheese.”

“Hiiing… My lunch…”

“…I’ll order something delicious for you later, so don’t make that face.”

Perhaps my ultimate cute expression worked, as Rin reluctantly said that to me.

“That’s Rin for you. She’s a weirdo who reads yuri doujinshi, but she has a kind personality.”

“W-we agreed not to talk about that anymore!!”

“A weirdo who reads yuri doujinshi, though.”

“Don’t say it twice!! And it’s erotica!!”

Rin shouted at me, her face flushed red as she raised her voice.

‘She reacts so well~’

I felt like I understood why my viewers teased me relentlessly every single day.

“By the way, aren’t you starting the stream?”

“Just wait a bit. We can start once the computer settings are done.”

“Ah, I see.”

“What about your avatar model, unnie? Should I get it from your email?”

“Just use a rough image. We’re only going to stream on your channel anyway, right?”

“Okay.”

We decided to stream only on Rin’s channel today.

We had already made an announcement through the channel community.

In fact, compared to my channel’s growth, the growth of other channels was a bit slower.

Miho had reached 500,000 subscribers thanks to a suspiciously well-funded group, but Rin was still at 490,000.

Since Rin had the fewest subscribers among us, I was actively helping her out by collaborating frequently like this.

Having surpassed 600,000 subscribers, I was the biggest one in Lunaverse KR.

‘…But I still don’t know why so many people watch my channel.’

‘Well, my avatar is pretty and my voice is cute, so that probably accounts for over 90% of it…’

‘Is a stream that just spouts lewd things all the time really that good?’

‘No, or perhaps they like it because of that?’

I don’t know.

‘There’s still a lot to learn about the VTuber world…’

‘I need to learn diligently.’

“Preparations are complete, unnie!”

While I was lost in thought, Rin finished preparing for the stream.

On the desk, two computers and three monitors were emitting a bright light, welcoming us.

“Nice equipment. Is it because you’re a computer nerd?”

“Haha… I guess so. Still, your computer at home probably has similar specs to mine, right?”

“Really? I don’t play that many games, so I wouldn’t know…”

“Even EDen runs well on it. That game has graphics that would make most computers smoke and explode if you tried to run it.”

Hearing Rin’s words, I remembered a video I saw on Newtube.

A video where, upon changing the resolution from 720p to 4096p, the computer started making a terrifying fan noise and emitting smoke.

Did it end with an explosion?

Thinking that it might have happened if I had played EDen on my old computer makes me a little scared.

Well, it’s unlikely that a computer made by a large Korean corporation would explode that easily.

“Shall we start the stream then?”

“Yes.”

Anyway.

With preparations complete, we immediately started the stream.

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[Rin Rin has started a live stream!]

[[EDen] Do you like Rin-sama, whose special attack isn’t a double attack or an area attack, but is still damn strong? [Yuki Yuki/Rin Rin/Lunaverse]]

[23,000 people watching]

Continuing from the last stream, we followed Flame, the leader of some red whatever-group.

It was because she had a clue about ‘Lize.’

Perhaps because it was a foreshadowing of Lize, who is likely the final goal, it might be a pretty important part of the game.

“By the way, Rin. Do you know how this game ends?”

“Eh… I’m not sure. I’ve only read the setting book, so this is the first time I’m seeing the game’s story myself.”

“I see…”

‘I was mistaken because she played the game like a seasoned veteran, but this was Rin’s first time with this game too, right?’

It was still unbelievable that she showed such god-like control during battles even though it was her first time.

[WeakestOfTheFourHeavenlyKings has donated 10,000 won!]
-Stop chatting! The story scene has already started!

“Oops, sorry.”

“I’ll start right away. I didn’t even realize it had started because we were chatting.”

After reading the donation from what seemed to be one of Rin’s viewers, I immediately turned my attention to the screen.

And on the screen where the story scene had begun, Flame was seen exiting an alley made of trash.

[Flame: Follow me. I found it right here.]

The place Flame led us to was like the entrance to the junkyard we first reached.

No, looking at it now, it was near the hole where trash was discharged, so should I call it an exit?

[Flame: Look. Someone smashed all the incineration drones.]

Not far from there was a graveyard of incineration drones.

And on a pipe stuck in the middle of them, a white ribbon was tied and fluttering.

[Me: Th-this is…]

[A familiar color, familiar stains, a familiar pattern.]

[No matter how I looked at it, it was definitely Lize’s ribbon.]

“Oh… So you find it here.”

“Right. I thought it would appear much later.”

[BlackenedGorani has donated 50,000 won!]
-EDen’s playtime isn’t that long. You can probably see the ending with just one more stream?

“Eeeh? Is that considered short?”

“It’s short for a major game. EDen tends to transition to an RPG after the story ends…”

“That’s strange… I haven’t played many games, so I wouldn’t know.”

“Ah, but the story will probably be updated over time. There might be additional packs like DLC too.”

-Update!!

-Are you going to play if DLC comes out too?

-Glad it’s short.

-I want to see you play other games too…

-Are you doing DLC too?

-How long are you going to play EDen…

“Ah, I’m not going to play EDen for that long. I’m just planning to try out the beginning part with Rin.”

“Eh. Weren’t we going to play until the end together?”

“I have many other games to play… like Golden Ring.”

-Rejected flatly kekeke

-Rin-sama’s crying face is so hot.

-Golden Ring?

-Not a chance kekeke

-Yuki’s Golden Ring stream? I can’t miss this.

Golden Ring is a Switch game, so multiplayer would be difficult.

There are too many things to set up compared to a computer.

“Anyway, let’s cut the chatter and watch the rest of the story scene.”

After cutting off the series of conversations, I turned my attention back to the story scene.

[Me: …Did Lize do this?]

[Flame: Probably.]

[Flame: Considering there are security robots mixed in, it wouldn’t be the Resistance or us.]

[Flame: Security robots can’t be dealt with by the crude weapons of the lower levels.]

[Me: …Is that so.]

“Then how did Lize take those down? Did she also get a mechanical arm modification?”

“I don’t know. But that seems to be the most plausible story.”

“Lize’s character looked pretty earlier. Her chest was big too.”

“Wh-what does her chest have to do with anything!”

“But she has a mechanical arm on top of that? That just makes her ‘Hotness 3000x’ right there.”

“Please stop saying weird things!!”

-Kekekeke

-Hotness 3000x

-Boobs and mechanical arms are serious business.

-Wiggle wiggle (impossible for Yuki) boobies.

-Honestly, mechanical arms are hot.

-Pettanko~ (Flat-chested)

-Ramen coaster.

-Hard…

“…Hey. Stop making fun of Yuki-chan’s chest.”

‘It’s already miserable without being teased, is there a need to make it even more miserable?’

‘Even if Satan were here, he would have said, ‘Ah, this is a bit much…’ and run away.’

CRASH!!

It was then.

Trash cubes suddenly collapsing, spewing flames.

And beyond the collapsing cubes, the silhouette of a giant humanoid figure flickered in the flames.

[Flame: D*mn it, security robots!!]

[Flame: Run away quickly! Your weapons can’t even scratch a security robot!]

“Eh, isn’t this dangerous?”

“It looks like a battle scene is about to start soon…”

“Good. I was just about to feel the urge to skip anyway.”

-Oh

-Finally, a battle scene…!!

-Battle kii—ta!!!

-Rin-sama mad movie coming???

The chats were excited ahead of the battle.

However, contrary to the viewers’ expectations, a battle didn’t happen immediately.

Wooooooooong!

A low rumbling sound, and the giant figure grew even larger.

The piles of trash were drawn into the black silhouette as if by some force, and the enemy, having absorbed the trash, grew even bigger.

Soon, it became so enormous that it completely covered the view.

From its body, now larger than the flames from the initial explosion, two mechanical arms protruded.

Finally, the piles of trash moved like liquid, and a giant screen buried in the center emerged.

Displayed on the screen was the face of an angry bull made of green lines.

Then, as the bull on the screen roared, its mechanical body twisted and let out a loud noise.

-KUOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[Flame: Th-that’s…]

[Flame: No, that shouldn’t be here?]

[Me: What is that?]

[Flame: The Seven Deadly Sins, Wrath.]

[Flame: Why is a guy who only roams around the 3rd floor… no, the 4th floor and above, here….]

[Me: Is that strange?]

[Flame: Of course!]

[Flame: In the first place, it’s like a direct subordinate of Deus Ex Machina!]

[Flame: It wouldn’t come down to the 1st floor without a special reason… Why…]

However, there didn’t seem to be time to leisurely listen to Flame’s explanation.

No, in the first place, I couldn’t hear it.

SHWEEEEEEEK!!!

A lump of trash, flying at tremendous speed, crushed Flame’s head.

Crunch, crackle….

Sparks flew from the severed wires.

With her head crushed, she could no longer utter any words.

Soon, Flame’s body fell to the ground with a thud, and Wrath’s low growl vibrated throughout the junkyard.

-KUOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Then, the story scene ended, and I regained control.

At the same time, the screen turned red, and,

[!!-ELITE BOSS ENCOUNTER-!!]

[Lv.59 Seven Deadly Sins – Wrath]

The first elite boss battle began.