A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 46

[Rene]

[Let’s Talk]

[New Dimension | 939 viewers online | 01:59:51]

“Everyone, you did really well yesterday….”

“Thank you for your hard work!”

After arriving at the bar, the promised meeting place, we exchanged simple greetings and clinked our cups together.

Since we didn’t use glass beer mugs, the sound that rang out was a bit dull, but it had its own vibe nonetheless.

“Hmm….”

I gulped down the beer without hesitation.

The refreshing fizz coating my throat felt just right.

─You’re drinking well

“It would have been okay for Lainel to join us….”

─No way

Of course, I thought it was fine for Lainel, the other Rebongi, to join us as he had kept his spot in the broadcast until we cleared the raid.

Even when the broadcast was interrupted midway, he didn’t go to sleep, but stayed in the gallery waiting for me.

I heard he intended to use the strategy tool, ‘Hal,’ during that time… but well, it’s okay since he didn’t actually do it.

However, for some reason, he adamantly refused to come here.

…It’s a shame as I wanted to meet him since he’s been a Rebongi since the second broadcast.

“Then… since we’ve toasted as promised, shall we look at the items now?”

At my words, all the Rebongi nodded.

Honestly, if it were up to my heart, I would have liked to continue this atmosphere a bit longer, but most of the viewers left in my broadcast would want to see the rewards from the Albion Hunt.

《Treasure Chest of Albion》

《A treasure chest containing the rewards from defeating Albion.》

《Level Restriction 65》

I took out the Treasure Chest of Albion from my inventory and placed it on the table.

The Rebongi looked at it with curiosity in their eyes, and my heart raced as I didn’t know what to say.

Taking a deep breath, I slowly opened the chest lid.

Then, two silver-blue lights burst forth from the treasure chest.

《Albion’s Leather Shield》

《The brutal overlord of Nibrload. A leather shield made from the hide of the ancient white dragon, Albion.》

《Dragon scales are stronger than anything and will not be pierced by any attack.》

《Total HP + 10%》

《Defense + 510》

《Grade Unique》

《Binding to the owner when equipped》

《Durability 200/200》

《Level Restriction 65》

“Wow.”

My breath caught at the first item.

Of course, since it’s a dropped item, it’s naturally better than crafted items, but I didn’t expect the unique grade to be this good.

If this is what the unique grade looks like, I wonder how strong the epic grade items are…?

One thing I can definitely say is that the specs will be much better than the equipment obtained from the Tagirion Raid.

=‘Aqua Color’ donated 2000 won. Specs are amazing lol

“Ah, Aqua Color, thank you for the donation….”

It was really just what I wanted to say.

I can feel the reward from clearing after all that hardship…?

Moreover, there were two silver-blue lights that spouted out from the treasure chest.

There was still one more item left.

《An Unknown Dwarf’s Warhammer》

《A warhammer created by dwarves from ancient times to defeat Albion.》

《His final masterpiece still retains its power.》

《Strength + 260》

《Attack Power + 1090》

《Grade Unique》

《Binding to the owner when equipped》

《Durability 150/150》

《Level Restriction 65》

A warhammer.

The second item that appeared was a warhammer.

Its specs were lower than the warhammer I currently used.

But that’s only because I had maxed out the one I got from the Tagirion Raid, so if I maximize this warhammer…

Surely I would become much stronger.

“…”

No one among the Rebongi ventured a word.

They just quietly looked at me.

“If I hit them with this… won’t the heretics repent much better…?”

─Oh, you crazy girl lol

=‘Jeonel Hyup’ donated 2000 won. What on earth did the Elun Cult do to deserve this from you…?

=‘Rockstrike’ donated 2000 won. Just seriously the same all the time…

“…Isn’t being a heretic a crime?”

★

The auction results.

Naturally, the ‘Albion’s Leather Shield’ went to the tank warrior.

Well, it was only natural since there was only one shield user among the tanks.

…How can all but one of the tanks not use a shield?

Fascinating.

Anyway, now it was time for the auction of ‘An Unknown Dwarf’s Warhammer.’

Of course, among our party from yesterday, I was the only one using a warhammer, but there’s still the matter of ethics, so it wouldn’t be right to take it for free.

Just a moment ago, when the warrior took the shield, he paid 9000 gold.

I’d have to pay at least that much.

As I was thinking that and preparing to start the auction, one person quietly raised their hand.

The MVP of the Albion Hunt, the alchemist Rebongi.

“Um, I have a suggestion, is that okay?”

“Oh, yes….”

Nodding, I watched as he took a deep breath and continued.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just give this warhammer to Rene?”

“…Huh? What? Oh, no. That wouldn’t be….”

I waved my arms in denial, but he shook his head and continued speaking.

“Honestly, I think we wouldn’t have cleared it without you, Rene. In fact, the raid wouldn’t have started at all. So is it really necessary for you to pay?”

That can’t be true.

It was a raid cleared through everyone’s combined efforts.

But to get such an item for free is just nonsensical.

Of course, I was truly grateful for the alchemist’s heart, but this was something that shouldn’t happen.

Most importantly, no one would agree to such a statement.

The way to earn money in the raid is fundamentally sharing the gold collected through the auction, so.

If I had bad intentions, I could sell the item immediately and profit.

There’s no way everyone would agree to such a proposal….

“I’m fine with it.”

“I’m fine too.”

…Huh?

I couldn’t understand, but for some reason, all the Rebongi nodded in agreement.

“R- really, you all don’t have to push yourselves…? I have enough gold…”

“Seriously, it’s fine. Like this person said, if it weren’t for Rene, we wouldn’t have even started the raid.”

So, ultimately, I couldn’t oppose the opinions of fifteen people, and I ended up getting ‘An Unknown Dwarf’s Warhammer’ for free this time.

“Th- thank you… haah….”

★

Of course, the reason why the Rebongi handed over ‘An Unknown Dwarf’s Warhammer’ to Rene for free wasn’t because they were a charity organization.

‘I’ll return it to you in gold tomorrow.’

‘Ah, it’s okay. Everyone did this because of me….’

Of course, if we were to evaluate contributions from yesterday’s raid, all the Rebongi would certainly put me at number one.

But that wasn’t because they were Rebongi.

It wasn’t that I dealt more damage than other Rebongi or anything like that.

The reason was the potions.

The raid began suddenly.

Naturally, most Rebongi weren’t prepared for the raid at all.

Despite being top players in New Dimension, their equipment wasn’t the issue at all.

But they also didn’t have an abundance of potions to retry a raid that they were attempting for the first time multiple times.

In New Dimension, potions were quite expensive items.

It could even be seen as odd for someone to carry a lot of them around.

And I was precisely that odd person.

As she frequently roamed for heretic interrogations, I always carried as many potions as possible to deal with any situation.

‘Oh, I’ll provide the potions.’

And right after the ninth raid attempt ended in failure, when I realized we were short on potions, I didn’t hesitate to share my potions with the Rebongi.

Given that the need for potions was far greater than in a typical raid where support was already lacking, it was only natural.

As a result.

The value of potions I shared with Rebongi amounted to nearly 10,000 gold.

Even combining the basic rewards from the Albion Hunt and the gold obtained from this auction made it a deficit.

Of course, it was only reasonable to anticipate a deficit when attempting a raid for the first time, but the Rebongi thought that the burden shouldn’t fall on one person.

Fortunately, after discussing it before I arrived, everyone readily agreed with that viewpoint, making this situation possible.

“Hehe… thank you all….”

Of course, Rene could never be aware of such facts.

Anyway, after the auction was over.

“Everyone, you really worked hard this time. So, cheers…!”

“Cheers!”

They were able to continue their joyful meal time.

“Then see you in the next broadcast…!”

Thus, Rene’s broadcast successfully concluded, breaking records for both peak and average viewership.

【Rene Galleryⓜ】

【Title: I forgot to mention in the broadcast, but I’ll take a break for about a month】(35)