A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 265

[Rene]

[Hello everyone, I’m back after the suspension is lifted.]

[Mystery Labyrinth | 3144 viewers | 00:01:23]

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Wow, it feels like forever since I last turned on the stream, lol.

A day felt like a year, so I’ve been waiting for 7 years, no cap.

I was so bored this past week that I cried… I cried a lot, seriously T_T.

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It’s been a week since the last stream.

It feels a bit awkward, but thanks to consistently doing Spaces, the idea of streaming itself isn’t too stressful.

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…That said, the viewer count has definitely dropped.

I remember hitting 7,000 viewers within a minute after starting the stream before, but now it’s only half that. Just numbers, but still, it’s a bummer.

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I knew this would happen since the last stream before the suspension was… well, what it was. But it’s still disappointing.

Of course, it also means there were a lot of viewers crossing the line back then…

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It’s a complicated feeling.

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“Hello, everyone… It’s been a week since I last greeted you on stream… I’m Rene, the Inquisitor of the Iah Order…”

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But I couldn’t dwell on that forever, so after clearing my throat, I greeted the believers.

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─Let’s just have fun streaming from now on, okay?

─Our poor junior couldn’t stream because of that annoying senior, ugh T_T.

─Let’s teach that hot-headed senior a lesson, shall we???

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The reason for the suspension was, as the chat said, due to my activities as a streamer.

Everyone knows it, so they’re comforting me like this… but in the end, they’re still roasting me.

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Should I feel good about the comfort or bad about the roasting…?

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“Please understand that my senior also went through a tough experience…”

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─Kyaa, Rene’s love for her senior is unmatched T_T.

─How did such a well-behaved angelic junior come from under that hot-headed beast?

─The truth is, they’re both hot-headed beasts…

─Are you not doing Spaces anymore? Please do one more bath Space, please T_T.

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“Ah, Spaces… Hmm. Honestly, I’m not sure… I feel like I already talk a lot during streams, so if I do a Space afterward, will I even have anything to say…? The same goes for bath Spaces… It’s just me chatting while washing up, and I think you’d get bored if I kept doing it…”

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─Nah, I wouldn’t get bored even if you did it every day.

─Why are you deciding the believers’ feelings for them, huh? Smh.

─For the sake of the believers who missed it, wouldn’t it be okay to do it one more time?

─If anyone says it’s boring, I’ll smash their head, no cap.

─I also want to listen to that Space in real-time…

─Are you just stuck at home with nothing to say? No bad chats allowed;;;

─There’s no such chat, though?

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“Hmm…”

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Is the demand for that really higher than I thought?

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Eri was like that too.

If I do it once, there’s definitely going to be requests to do it again.

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“Anyway, the recording is already up on Remagal, the senior’s fan community…? I think that’s enough…”

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─Listening in real-time and listening to a recording are totally different…

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“Isn’t that what makes real-time listening more valuable…? Time is something precious that can’t be exchanged for anything… I want to maintain that value for the believers who invest their time in me…”

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─Kyaa, Rene’s love for her fans is unmatched lololol.

─For real, this is it. While y’all were busy with work or dating, I stayed home just to listen to the Space. Don’t act all high and mighty now, latecomers.

─Dating? What’s that?

─Did you stay home just to listen to the Space, or were you just always at home…? <<< Get out lol.



─Hey hey hey hey hey.



─Stop dropping those philosophical lines in the Space, lol.



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Anyway, after wrapping up the greetings for the comeback stream, I got ready to play the game I prepared for today.



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“The game I’ll be playing today, my first stream back, is this…”



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【Mystery Labyrinth】

【Game Start】

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Mystery Labyrinth.

It translates to “Mysterious Labyrinth.”

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If you ask me what kind of game it is… I’m not really sure.

All I can say is that it’s a PvE game.

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For some reason, in this so-called labyrinth, which is just a plain square map, you strengthen your character before each round starts, and then you fight the enemies that appear.

There are 50 rounds in total, with a boss every 5 rounds… Anyway, it’s a simple PvE game with not much to explain.

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─This is actually fun lol.

─You’ll get so mad if the patterns screw you over that you’ll just turn it off.

─All the big companies are playing Blue Archive 2, but why is she playing this indie game?

─Is there a reason to play Blue Archive 2 right now???? (I really don’t know lol.)

─So, are you playing in a party or solo?

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“Ah, I’ll be playing in a party… Since I’m back after a week off, I thought it’d be nice to play a game I can enjoy with all of you…”

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─She’s already smashing the believers’ heads right after coming back lol.

─Are there still people whose heads haven’t been smashed after listening to the bath Space?

─If you’re a unicorn whose head was already smashed when she was confirmed to be a virgin, then big agree lol.

─If you had announced it earlier, I would’ve bought and downloaded it already, smh.

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“Ah, sorry about that… I only found this game right before starting the stream…”


Oh, I forgot… Hmm… Well, since some people might be buying and downloading it now, should we chat for about 30 more minutes…?”

─Wait, I’m going to download it right now. A price of around 30,000 won won’t stop me.

─I think just doing a solo play once would be fine lol.

“Ah, that sounds good too… I heard one round of this game takes a bit of time, so in 30 minutes, I can practice a bit… And then I can teach you all some things since it’s my first time too…”

─Learning all sorts of things from Rene Sunny hehehehe…

─Stop the dirty thoughts! Stop the dirty thoughts! Stop the dirty thoughts! Stop the dirty thoughts! Stop the dirty thoughts!

─Calm down, Johnson, not yet, wait, stop.

─You’re gonna do it later anyway, so just play BLNA2???

─Rene, a Korean guy is missing ㅠㅠ

─Do these guys have something else instead of brains? Damn lol.

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And so began the solo play of Mystery Labyrinth.

There are a total of 15 difficulty levels, and once you get used to it, you usually play at level 10.

Of course, since this is my first time, I was planning to start at level 1…

─Our Rene should start at level 7, obviously.

─Level 1 is a difficulty even noobs don’t play, Rene.

─Believers <<< These guys just go to hell on their own lol.



─Honestly, level 1 is just too easy…



─This isn’t a VR game, so please stop, you crazy people. What are you trying to summon here?



The chat said that level 1 is so easy even a child could clear it, and there’s no fun in watching, so they recommended level 7.



Level 1 is just to see what the game is like, like playing one round to get a feel for it.



And level 7 is supposedly the best difficulty to start with.



I secretly checked on my phone, and it’s true.



…But I know my limits.



I’m terrible at computer games, so even at level 7, which is supposedly good for beginners, I’d probably die dozens of times.



In the end, I chose level 5.



Luckily, the chat seemed to agree that level 5 was acceptable.



Anyway, the character I chose in the game was Alice.



It’s a character recommended for beginners, with many invincibility skills, making it easy to avoid what’s called ‘unfair deaths.’



[Is this the labyrinth…?]



After finishing character selection, my character Alice landed on a square map called the labyrinth.



It’s not even a maze, just a plain square map. Why is it called a labyrinth…?



Putting that question aside, I checked out the NPCs on the map.



On the far left was the instructor.



An NPC that lets you learn one of the character’s skills.



Next to it was the prophet.



An NPC that lets you choose which NPC will appear before the next round starts.



And that was it.



“Uh… So I learn one skill here and then just start…?”



If my info is correct, there should be four NPCs excluding the prophet.



Of course, one of them appears after round 15… But still, shouldn’t there be at least three NPCs now?



─Yep.



─I recommend choosing the instructor from the prophet. It’s inconvenient without skills.



─At first, you just learn one skill and that’s it.



─The number of NPCs increases every time you clear the round 10 boss.



─Up to round 10, there’s a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 NPCs. From round 10, it’s 2 minimum and 3 maximum. From round 20, it’s 3 minimum and 4 maximum… It increases like that.



─The NPC you can confirm with the prophet is random from the next round lol.



Interesting system.



“So that means it’s super important what NPC appears in the next round… And what NPC the prophet can summon is also important…”



─Yep, that’s right.



─Early on, instructor, blacksmith, and angel are good in that order.



─If you’re unlucky, you might have to fight with 2 skills by round 5.



─What, why are you so smart???



Hmm. Okay.



I completely understand how the game works.



Of course, just because I understand the system doesn’t mean I’ll be good at it… But at least it’s better than going in blind, right?



And who knows.



Maybe I have some talent for this game.



“Alright, let’s start…”



─If these believers are gonna struggle from round 1, I’m giving a thumbs up lol.



…Nah, no way.



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“Ah, I died…”



─How do you mess up three times on the first boss at level 5…?



─Rene, I just canceled my download and got a refund.



─The believers’ frugality is on point lol.



─Rene worrying about the believers’ wallets lol.



─She’s not just worrying about their wallets, she’s also worried about their health deteriorating from stress if they play with her…