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    Chapter 49: The Reclusive Hero

    Yet every hero guild community across the world had already blown up.

    No—at this point, there wasn’t a soul who didn’t know.

    You can’t even attempt the raid right now, and tapping the dungeon on the interface doesn’t do anything;;

    Are we about to witness another major event?

    Which, realistically, amounted to broadcasting to the entire world: “Hey, we’re raiding the Mirror Queen.”

    Cocky challengers had always claimed they’d be the ones to defeat the Mirror Queen, only to end up resurrected beside the Saintess.

    It had practically become tradition.

    The answer was simple: the identity of the “special guest” appearing alongside Irene.

    Whispers of a mysterious person—not even a hero—who had been quietly obliterating high-level dungeons.

    Every time someone claimed to have spotted this “Reclusive Hero,” a high-difficulty dungeon in the area would suddenly be marked as cleared—without fanfare, without a raid party.

    Even Elian doesn’t roll solo like that.

    And yet it was happening in the real world.

    Anyone claiming otherwise has zero evidence and is just trolling.

    The Reclusive Hero was a brown-haired woman.

    But Irene’s reputation for trolling and stirring up the community was well-known.

    So whether it was bait or not, most people were convinced—it had something to do with the Reclusive Hero.

    [3 hours until the Mirror Queen Raid Premiere]

    And those who desperately wanted to know if the Reclusive Hero would show up—

    Well, not this many—far beyond expectations.

    But Irene let it slide.

    It was obvious Exina was sugarcoating things as much as possible.

    “I didn’t hear what you were talking about, and I don’t care to.”

    She grinned and responded in kind.

    She’d already held Exina’s hand.

    And with their egos, there was no way Elian and Exina would delay the raid.

    Irene pressed the broadcast start button.

    Irene spoke.

    – Wait are we supposed to be party members or something?

    – So she’s got like 16,000 party members then?

    – LOL at that point even the Mirror Queen would faint in terror.

    Irene said it with surprising determination.

    – Totally didn’t see that coming lmao

    – LOL Mirror Queen raid declared and even the Hero Guild tried to stop it, and I still didn’t

    know

    – Doesn’t matter, even if Irene declared war on the Hero Guild, I’d still watch

    – Arrest this demon

    Because half the people here were die-hard fans who would show up no matter what Irene did.

    Basically, there were no clueless viewers left at this point.

    Both were excellent bait to gather attention…

    Once the actual raid began, viewership might plummet.

    That bait was practically nonexistent now.

    – Just debut already!!!

    – So now you’re a demon castle general-turned-streamer?

    [Anonymous Donor] has donated 10,000G!
    – You used to reject streaming, and now you’re teasing us with it?

    – Are they just random drunkards in front of the demon realm LOL

    – Drunkard (uses golden magic)

    – Ah yes, our beloved Elian, who’s embarrassing no matter where he goes

    – So is Elian a regular member now?

    She glanced at the chat and naturally walked over to Elian.

    – I saw someone with brown hair earlier…

    – Wait…

    Elian subtly stepped to the side, blocking Exina from the camera entirely.

    She just gave a small smirk off-camera and said nothing more.

    – Who even is this guy again? I haven’t seen him stream in ages

    – I think I lost my memory…

    – Everyone’s piling in now like it’s a gold rush LOL

    – I don’t know this guy, can I get a refund

    • ?????????
    • Who is that?!
    • We’re just casually introducing mysterious characters now??
    • ????
    • ??
    • I don’t know!
    • Wait, she was a Guild Master?!
    • I knew I’d heard that voice—was it during the Hero Guild civil war?
    • Huh? Wasn’t she supposed to be gone?? Still alive, huh?
    • The Emperor’s still alive too, so what’s the big deal LOL
    • ????????????????????
    • Is getting humbled on this show like… a tradition?
    • But why were you and Elian fighting earlier??
    • I seriously thought she was a drunk person LOL
    • “Wow, abandoning the guild for 100 years and acting like the victim… totally different from Irene who’s been working hard since debut!”
    • Okay but now I’m actually curious
    • I wasn’t curious before, but that message got me interested

    Right? Would’ve been cooler if she stayed a mysterious character like Irene


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