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    As I said before, this dungeon exploration was content that absolutely required team play.

    Considering that TRPGs are basically meant to be played by at least 3 people, including the game master, and up to 7 people at the same time, it was true that there were some restrictions for Maria and I to play alone.

    It could be said that it is similar to barely meeting the minimum number of people.

    This is especially true since we are now controlling a character with limited performance. No matter how strongly you shake your arm, the attack power recognized by the system is ultimately limited.

    Other creators would need to form a party of at least three people to ensure smooth progress. Otherwise, it was normal to have a bit of trouble even with the slime you encountered for the first time.

    But if you had sense, the story was a little different.

    “Attack. [Powerful cut] to slime.”

    Degurrr…

    [success! The knight swings a powerful slash!]

    I swung my sword as the narration said.

    Sigh!

    [The knight’s sword split the slime’s core! Critical Hit! The slime has been defeated!]

    -Are you stronger than you think?

    -One shot cut!

    -Because it’s only slime haha.

    -Did he die instantly from a critical hit?

    -Lee Guo Guo Dun~

    The slime cut by my sword lost its viscosity, melted, and disappeared.

    Originally, no matter how slime it was, it couldn’t be dealt with with a single cut. This was because it was basic equipment and had a certain amount of damage per attack.

    However, targeting weaknesses was a different story.

    The slime’s weak point is its core, which moves slowly inside its body like the wax of a lava lamp.

    Because I swung my sword aiming at that place, I was able to kill it with one sword.

    If you don’t have the skills to accurately attack weak points, you just have to get lucky. If your dice score is high, even a rough swing will result in a critical hit.

    And then Maria’s turn.

    “Use magic amplification potion as auxiliary action power! I will consume one concentration token to fire “Skill – Fireball”!”

    Maria said, pointing her wand at one of the remaining slimes.

    Auxiliary action power was a resource used to change formation by using items or moving tiles during battle.

    And on turns where concentration tokens are consumed, the probability of getting a high number on the dice increases. It could be seen as something like insurance that would prevent an attack from failing.

    As such, concentration tokens were, in some ways, a more important resource than the basic action abilities provided. By increasing the probability of getting a high number of dice, you can increase the probability of an attack’s critical hit, and you can prevent things from being ruined by a low number of dice at important moments.

    Degurrr…

    [Great success! The wizard’s fireball hits the slime! Critical Hit!]

    Kwaang!!!

    The huge fireball created from Maria’s staff hit the slime and exploded.

    The “Skill – Fireball” used by Maria is an area attack magic that inflicts damage to adjacent tiles, and the magic power amplification potion was an item that temporarily increased magic attack power. It wasn’t originally a basic item, but it looks like I had it after upgrading the equipment.

    Thanks to this, not only the slime that was hit directly by the fireball but also the one that was stuck to the tile right next to it was dealt with at once.

    [The battle has ended. Loot: Rusty Sword, Cracked Wooden Shield, and 28 Gold. 16 experience points were obtained.]

    It didn’t make sense for something like that to come out just because you caught the slime, but it didn’t matter because it was a game.

    After the battle was over and the loot was being checked, viewers who had seen the dungeon exploration battle for the first time poured out their admiration in chat.

    -The battle system is delicious?

    -It’s more vivid than VR, and of course it’s delicious haha.

    -Kya, after all, wizards are damage dealers.

    -It’s so cool haha

    -He just uses his body well haha.

    -You have a skill. Do you have any other skills?

    “As far as I know, you can use different skills if you change weapons. If a better item comes out later, I’ll try changing it.”

    “Poradolimaria! Thank you for your 5,000 won donation! The amount you donate will be invested into hardware upgrades!”

    Maria expressed her gratitude for the support she received from her broadcast. And as soon as she received support, one of the concentration tokens that had been consumed was restored.

    In this content, there was a system linked to sponsorship, which was to provide rewards with some merit in the progress of the game depending on the amount of sponsorship received by the streamer.

    Rewards varied depending on the map the streamer was broadcasting.

    In the case of wild maps, a buff was applied that temporarily improved the drop rate of resources and work efficiency, and in personal construction maps, it was possible to obtain furniture pre-made by Awaken for a certain amount of money.

    And here in the dungeon map, the reward was recovering concentration tokens.

    Originally, we thought about setting better compensation, but among the creators who signed with Awaken this time, there are pure YouTubers who do not broadcast live, so we created a system that did not harm the balance.

    “Then let’s go deeper.”

    “Yes!”

    We continued exploring the dungeon further.

    As we went deeper into the dungeon, the monsters became stronger as we grew.

    After about 30 minutes, we were able to meet the middle boss of the dungeon.

    [The knight and wizard passed through a dark dungeon passage and arrived in a certain space. There is a person standing in the center of the room waiting for the two people. His identity, reflected in the torchlight, was a mercenary who explored the dungeon before the knights and wizards. He was a veteran of battles who once raged on the battlefield, but now his eyes are filled with burning madness. Would you like to battle the ‘mercenary consumed by the darkness of the dungeon’? Or would you like to try talking first?]

    “I have accepted the dark power that exists in this dungeon! Surrender to this power too!”

    The guy took a stance with a voice that harshly scratched his vocal cords.

    The mid-boss, ‘Mercenary Consumed by the Darkness of the Dungeon’, had an ominous black energy flowing from its entire body, making it look powerful at first glance.

    Of course, we also changed our equipment and raised our level while coming here, so we didn’t lose out at all.

    Of course, I had no intention of persuading the crazy NPC, so I chose battle.

    “Choose battle.”

    thud!

    The map was transformed along with the sound effect of the door closing behind you.

    There are a total of four enemies, including the mid-boss mercenary.

    [The battle has begun. The turns take place in the following order: mercenary consumed by the darkness of the dungeon – knight – skeleton archer – wizard – skeleton soldier – skeleton wizard.]

    Since the mercenary’s agility ability, which was strengthened by becoming a mid-boss, was the highest, he lost the first attack.

    “The power of darkness is absolute!”

    [A mad light radiates from the mercenary’s eyes. He shouts in an angry voice and swings his sword of darkness to attack the knight.]

    Huh!

    A sword surrounded by black sword energy was swung aiming at my waist.

    Degurrr…

    The dice were rolled to make an evasion decision, but the number came out low and it failed.

    But it wasn’t that there was no way.

    The decision that the dice fail is a system conclusion. In that case, I just need to move my body to avoid the attack. Just like when I first gave the slime a critical hit, there was that level of flexibility.

    Of course, it was impossible to avoid it by running away from the designated tile.

    I leaned my upper body back, almost lying down. In martial arts, it was a posture commonly called Cheopgangyo.

    Then the mercenary’s sword, blazing with black energy, narrowly passed my nose.

    Viewers have already come this far and seen me avoid attacks in similar ways, but their admiration was the same every time.

    -Hey

    -It’s amazing every time I see it.

    -What matrix is ​​it? lol

    -If you play limbo, you will never lose haha.

    [The knight avoided the attack with such agility that it was hard to believe he was wearing armor.]

    Now it was my turn.

    “First, I have to catch the skeleton archer.”

    -Huh, starting with the archer?

    -Isn’t it better to first defeat the boss quickly?

    -I think it would be better to kill the wizard first, but he seems strong for some reason.

    -Oh, just hit ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋ

    ‘what? I think I explained it earlier when I was catching another monster.’

    While thinking that, I checked the broadcast screen. And the answer was found in the number of viewers.

    I wondered why the same question kept coming up, but now I saw that the number of viewers was increasing.

    As Awaken’s content became a hot topic, a huge number of viewers flocked to Awaken’s creators.

    Since I am particularly large-scale, I am attracting more viewers.

    So now my viewer count is…

    ​​[Currently 83705 people watching!]

    It was several times larger than usual.

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