Chapter 15: Streamer Han Se-Ah 5
Han Se-ah seemed excited about using magic.
Her steps toward the tower were light.
It was nice to see her enthusiasm.
Thankfully, it didn't seem like she would give up, even after learning about the harsh realities of conquering the tower.
"Roland, do you plan to return to the tower?"
"Of course."
If you don't go, I'll have to beg you to come with me.
Suppressing my pitiful thoughts, I said what she and her viewers would want to hear.
"Well, it would be great if I could be on the front line while you show off your skills as a mage."
"Really!?"
"It's hard to find excellent mages in the higher floors. Most of them end up in the Magic Tower for research."
To be precise, mages also retreat to the rear because they dislike living rough like me.
Even with my top-tier physique, I've had enough of the homeless lifestyle.
There's no way that mages with fragile bodies would endure sleeping in a poisonous swamp for over six months.
That's why top adventurers staying on the highest floor of the tower struggle not only with supplies but also desperately search for skilled mages.
If Han Se-ah keeps leveling up, she might receive offers from every party.
Her talent is so great that even non-players who sleep in the tower would seriously consider kidnapping her.
"Admittedly, living rough does seem difficult."
"But we have to do it if we want to climb the tower. I've had enough rest."
By subtly hinting at the possibility of forming a party together, not just as a guide or senior adventurer, I caused quite a stir for Han Se-ah and the chat window she secretly peeked at.
Gamers were naturally excited when the world's only 6 NPC subtly dropped hints.
We entered the tower while I gently baited her with my words.
Han Se-ah confidently stepped into the dark entrance without any hesitation, having been here once before.
As always, the refreshing, wide-open plains greeted us.
"Today, let's climb the tower a bit."
"How far are we going?"
"Let's just get familiar with the first five floors and then head back. It's better to go further with party members.
Even though only weak goblins appear on these floors, the danger increases the farther we go."
After saying that, I took out a small lantern instead of the adventurer's badge.
One was my worn-out lantern, and the other was a new one I secretly picked up at the guild counter when I asked for a party member.
Of course, the new lantern was for Han Se-ah.
While she stretched her arms wide and enjoyed the scent of grass, I quickly looked away from her ample chest, which her leather armor couldn't fully cover, and handed her the lantern.
It was a small brass lantern, smaller than the palm of a hand.
"What's this for?"
"It shows the location of the passage to the next floor. It's usually carried by the party's guide, but there's no harm in having one."
The golden lantern held a floating magic stone shard instead of an oil-soaked wick.
The elongated, pointed magic stone shard hovered in midair like a compass needle placed on a floating leaf.
If the magic stone in the adventurer's badge was pressed to create a hologram, this one pointed in one direction like a compass needle.
The adventurer's badge showed the way out, while the magical golden lantern indicated the way up the tower.
Honestly, she was much better than I was in my first year as an adventurer.
Back then, I relied solely on my armor and charged in like a primary school kid throwing punches.
After catching the goblin and picking up the magic stones, we continued walking through the plains.
We should have encountered other adventurers by now, but today was unusually quiet.
No matter how vast the plains were, adventurers had to gather to move to the upper floors.
Just as I thought about it, I heard noisy voices.
"Are those other adventurer parties?"
"We're heading toward the passage, so it's about time we met them."
I couldn't understand what they were saying, but it certainly wasn't the cackling of a goblin.
As we followed the lantern-lit path, the dots in the distance started looking like people.
Of course, only someone with extraordinary physical abilities like me could see them like that. Han Se-ah's camera still showed them as dots.
The party consisted of two male front-liners, one female front-liner, and one female ranger.
It was a fairly common beginner adventurer composition with three front-liners and one ranger.
Front-liners were numerous since even those without formal swordsmanship training could wield a sword and shield and be considered a front-liner.
"Is this my fault?!"
"Then it's my fault?!"
As Han Se-ah could finally see the four novice adventurers, their voices became clearer.
Judging by the well-maintained armor worn by the front-liners, this wasn't a bottom-tier party struggling below the 5th floor.
So, without fear of a goblin ambush, they were arguing loudly.
The two women in the group, the female warrior and female ranger, were shouting and red-faced, while an older man and a younger man stepped back, not even trying to intervene.
From their lack of intervention, it seemed the party leader was one of the women.
"...I wonder what's going on?"
There's nothing quite as entertaining as watching a fight.
Han Se-ah couldn't take her eyes off the two people, who were so close together it seemed like they might even resort to grappling.
At the same time, the camera drone hastily flew around.
Han Se-ah's reaction to the fight seemed rather intense.
The camera had flown far away, and Han Se-ah was focused on the broadcast, so she wasn't paying attention to me.
Unable to resist my curiosity, I pretended to watch the fight and opened the chat window.
-23 A petty fight indeed
-Still, a 3 should be recruited early on
-They should fight to the death
-Don't know what's going on, but can't we take the ranger?
-Have the winner form a party with Roland-sensei
Wait, there's a 3 character?
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