Chapter 232

Chapter 232

[#What did I just see? #How is that possible?]

Jin-Hyeok did not find anything suggesting an ulterior motive in Black Panther’s thoughts. Jin-Hyeok tried to figure out if Black Panther had an ulterior motive but did not find anything. Black Panther was just feeling intense emotions, and Jin-Hyeok could understand why.

‘Well, Miri was indeed impressive.’

Jin-Hyeok was also surprised at what had happened. His attack was much stronger than he had anticipated. He was a bit flustered himself, which resulted in a 0.2-centimeter error. He had been lucky. If he had hit the monster precisely, he could have evaporated Anderson’s head.

-That would have been nice, too. Another head to smash in. Find the newest novels at novelhall.com did this hammer take after to become so crazy?’

Normally, it spoke like a cultured, noble lady, but in battle situations, it just flipped. Miri said it was influenced by Jin-Hyeok, but that seemed to be incorrect. If it were influenced by him, this would never happen.

‘Ah, wait!’

Jin-Hyeok thought of a possibility.

‘Black Panther might be pretending right now!’

The Navigator could be using various tactics to deceive Jin-Hyeok’s Broadcaster’s Insight, such as pretending to be very surprised to suit the current situation.

‘Oh, if that is the case, I’m less disappointed in him.’

Jin-Hyeok loved it when other Players pretended to be surprised to deceive him. Having strange and unique tactics was always good as it would be good content for his channel. Jin-Hyeok wished Black Panther was properly deceiving him.

‘Yes. He is hiding something!’

Just thinking about what the Navigator could be plotting made Jin-Hyeok’s heart beat faster. Jin-Hyeok thought it would be even better if Black Panther was planning something dangerous and thrilling.

***

Black Panther was genuinely shocked.

‘How is that possible?’

He shared the same sentiment as the viewers. He had not expected someone to launch an attack this powerful, especially one that precisely targeted a monster hidden in the sand. To his knowledge, no Player was capable of such a feat. Aside from his personal feelings toward Jin-Hyeok, Black Panther felt nothing but awe for that attack. He had not expected the Streamer to pull off something like that.

After overcoming his shock and awe, he regained his composure and fell deep in thought.

‘So there was indeed a monster...’

Black Panther had also sensed something resembling a worm under the sandy beach. He had dug his tail deep into the ground moments before.

‘I was sure it was a water vein.’

It seemed like the monster had a detection evasion ability.

‘Did Kim Chul-Soo accurately identify it as the Sand Worm?’

No matter how Black Panther thought about it, it did not make any sense.

‘How can someone exhibit such extraordinary attack and control and have better detection abilities than me? Is this the power of the famed All-Rounder?’

Black Panther shivered. His eyes met with those of Chul-Soo, who looked at him from a distance. It felt like Chul-Soo’s eyes were saying to him, ‘Aren’t you supposed to be prepared for something like this as a Navigator?’

Of course, that was not what Chul-Soo was thinking. Chul-Soo was actually thinking about what kind of tactics Black Panther was planning.

Regardless, Black Panther felt unjustly accused.

‘I had prepared too! It’s not like I didn’t!’

When Jin-Hyeok had said a monster was lurking below them, Black Panther did not fully believe that but still made preparations.

‘If the monster was the type to hide and wait, it would wait for our numbers to decrease. In that case, it was only right to let the Players with strong defensive abilities get on the boats last.’

This was to ensure they could buy time in case the monster emerged.

“Okay, we do not plan to drain your wallet too harshly. Let’s keep it light, say one hundred million. Say what? Of course, it’s one hundred million per month!”

Eventually, they agreed on one hundred million a month. Jin-Hyeok marveled at how easy it was to achieve a monthly salary of one hundred million. The tough Sae-Rin, now sitting next to Jin-Hyeok, suddenly acted demurely. “You heard everything, right? We agreed on one hundred million monthly. Can you give me ten percent as a brokerage fee?”

“Sure.”

“Really?”

‘Wow, I can never get used to her acting all modestly!’

There were aspects in which she had become tougher than before she had been his regression, but there were also parts that had become more repulsive.

‘I never thought in my life I would see Sae-Rin’s coy voice and crescent moon-like smiling eyes.’

“How did I do~?” she said coyly.

‘What’s with her... Is she also thinking of creating good content for my livestream?’

Jin-Hyeok shivered.

Sensing his mood, Sae-Rin smiled more brightly and pressed herself closer to him. Then she leaned her head slightly forward. “Praise me~”

‘... Can I praise you with Miri?’

***

Sae-Rin giggled.

‘He is so cute!’

To Sae-Rin, Jin-Hyeok was someone who never panicked—a weird person who, no matter what happened, always thought of how to create good content for his Eltube channel. However, there was one thing that made Jin-Hyeok fluster, and it was precisely situations like this.

“How did I do~?”

Every time she behaved like this, Jin-Hyeok got noticeably flustered.

“Praise me~”

Such acts would make Jin-Hyeok stiffen in an unmistakable way.

Sae-Rin indulged in a pleasant fantasy.

‘Does he like me?’

Otherwise, there would be no reason for Jin-Hyeok to react this stiffly. She felt inexplicably happy. It was quite delightful that she was one of the few people who could make him panic.

‘Let’s see, we are about ten minutes away from reaching that island.’

Since they were in the Dungeon, just letting the time go by felt like a waste. Sae-Rin wanted to help with Jin-Hyeok’s livestream, so she initiated a conversation and asked Egan, “I saw that you guys deliberately placed Tanks at the back in case the monster attacked suddenly. That’s right, isn’t it?”

“...Yes.”

“That means you anticipated the monster’s attack, right?’”

“Well, it’s actually...”

Sae-Rin deliberately used provocative wording. It was perfect for creating thumbnails or preview videos. “Did you plan to eliminate your competitor Chul-Soo by allowing the monster to attack him?”

“...What?” Egan was taken aback. He felt even more wronged.

‘Who would betray that crazy guy?!’ Egan thought.

He had seen the attack very clearly—the attack that obliterated the head of the giant worm monster with just a swing of a hammer.

‘Who would dare to dream of betraying such a monster?’

“Wait, is that really the case?” Jin-Hyeok smirked. He had never even considered that Egan would betray him, and he viewed this as part of the livestream. Such content was indeed capable of attracting the attention of the viewers.

It was a minor issue for Jin-Hyeok; however, for Egan, it was almost a matter of life and death. For some, it was entertainment; for others, a survival documentary.