SWNOVELXO Chapter 17
1. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hikari-chan was saved!!!”
2. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Thank goodness!!!”
3. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That was the first time I cried watching a stream.”
4. Viewer Watching the Stream
“>3 Me too. Can’t believe something this moving actually happened.”
5. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Seriously thought it was all over ; ;”
6. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hikari-chan, I’m so glad!!”
7. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Totally smitten with Hoshi-kun.”
8. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hikone Hoshi is the strongest! Hikone Hoshi is the strongest!”
9. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That timing of his arrival was truly godlike.”
10. Viewer Watching the Stream
“It was really just in the nick of time.”
11. Viewer Watching the Stream
“I thought it was all over.”
12. Viewer Watching the Stream
“White-knighting, but this time it was actually well done.”
13. Viewer Watching the Stream
“The moment he showed up, it turned into a gag, lol.”
14. Viewer Watching the Stream
“The crime of ruining hamburgers is serious.”
15. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That will go down in legend.”
16. Viewer Watching the Stream
“All the tension just flew out the window, lol.”
17. Viewer Watching the Stream
“A gag character appearing in a serious situation.”
18. Viewer Watching the Stream
“The sprained finger was seriously hilarious.”
19. Viewer Watching the Stream
“How did he get away with just that, lol.”
20. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That must’ve hurt, lol.”
21. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That blow could’ve broken even the strongest shield in existence.”
22. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Ultra-high-quality shield < Hoshi-kun’s little finger.”
23. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That’s just crazy, lol.”
24. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Daruma dropping was too epic.”
25. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Really laughed at that, lol.”
26. Viewer Watching the Stream
“How does one even think of playing Daruma Otoshi in front of an S-rank monster?”
27. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hoshi-kun: ‘Oh, this seems to work.'”
28. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That part seriously gave me a stomachache from laughing, lol.”
29. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Now anyone can conquer it (narrow-eyed).”
30. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Even the sacred sword 【Hikari】 couldn’t blow it away, lol.”
31. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That’s the man known as Hikone Hoshi.”
32. Viewer Watching the Stream
“One million viewers, seriously amazing.”
33. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Those are some rare numbers to see.”
34. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hoshi-kun’s viewers also came flooding in.”
35. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Yeah, but first off, we should praise Hikari-chan for putting up a good fight against the Skeleton King.”
36. Viewer Watching the Stream
“>35 That’s definitely true.”
37. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hikari-chan seemed pretty capable too.”
38. Viewer Watching the Stream
“But the pets arrived late, right?”
39. Viewer Watching the Stream
“>38 Isn’t that weird?”
40. Viewer Watching the Stream
“What is?”
41. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hikone Hoshi was in a different dungeon, right? That means he had to leave that dungeon and enter Hikari-chan’s dungeon. The travel distance is bugged.”
42. Viewer Watching the Stream
“True, how could he be faster than the pets?”
43. Viewer Watching the Stream
“The dungeons are far apart too.”
44. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Is that so? Don’t think too hard about it, it’s Hoshi-kun after all.”
45. Viewer Watching the Stream
“>44 Sorry, you’re right, lol.”
46. Viewer Watching the Stream
“But everything seems to be excused just because it’s Hoshi-kun, lol.”
47. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Sorry, don’t mind it too much.”
48. Viewer Watching the Stream
“It’s all good.”
49. Viewer Watching the Stream
“It just means he was that amazing.”
50. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Always surprised by Hoshi-kun.”
51. Viewer Watching the Stream
“The sister’s appearance satisfied me too.”
52. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That was too good of an entrance, lol.”
53. Viewer Watching the Stream
“‘You need to tie up trash properly.'”
54. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Calling the Skeleton King trash so casually is hilarious.”
55. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Mom’s appearance was divine.”
56. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Is Erika Mom’s Uber still around?”
57. Viewer Watching the Stream
“An Uber that
delivers to an S-rank dungeon’s deep layers.”
57. Viewer Watching the Stream
“>56 She only has eyes for Hoshi-kun in her world.”
58. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hoshi… I’m so jealous of that guy.”
59. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Hoshi-kun showing emotions around his sister is cute.”
60. Viewer Watching the Stream
“And in the end, he offers the hamburger.”
61. Viewer Watching the Stream
“After all that talk about hamburgers, him giving it away first is sly. Hoshi-kun, the unintentional charmer.”
62. Viewer Watching the Stream
“That expression on Hikari-chan’s face made me cry.”
63. Viewer Watching the Stream
“>62 It’s like a movie.”
64. Viewer Watching the Stream
“My Hikari-chan fell for Hoshi-kun, huh ( ˙-˙ )”
65. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Literally a legendary stream.”
66. Viewer Watching the Stream
“Anyway, glad Hikari-chan was saved.”
In the guild of the same town as Hoshi, inside their meeting room.
The stream of Hikari, which had just ended, was watched by over a million viewers.
“……”
The guild staff, who had been watching this stream that would likely become legendary, remained silent, unlike the reaction of the general public.
During the stream, an incredible theory about Hikone Hoshi had been brought up in the meeting room.
“Is such a thing even possible?”
“Don’t ask me…”
The director, clutching her stomach in discomfort, was responsible for dealing with Hikone Hoshi, as tasked by the guild headquarters. She could be considered a victim in this situation.
If these women were ordinary guild staff, they would have been reacting with joy and excitement to the stream, marveling at the appearance of such an incredible explorer.
However, the staff here had to deal directly with Hikone Hoshi himself. They were overwhelmed by the daunting task.
“There’s also someone talking about it on a certain message board.”
“It seems so.”
The topic in question was the “strange travel distance” briefly mentioned in the latter half of the message board.
Hoshi’s actions this time involved:
Exiting the dungeon he was in → Traveling → Entering Hikari’s dungeon → Saving her
The problem was “Melon and Cotton Candy arriving late.” This implied that Hoshi exhibited superhuman abilities even outside the dungeon, allowing for rapid travel.
But this was odd.
Explorers could perform superhuman movements inside dungeons due to the influence of “mana.” On the surface, where mana does not exist, such movements are impossible.
“It can’t be…”
And so, an unbelievable theory was raised in this meeting room.
Recently, the “Magic Core” had become a topic of discussion among guilds worldwide. A monster possessing a Magic Core can live and exhibit its power even outside of dungeons.
The director, with a look of not wanting to even imagine it, voiced the theory.
“Hikone Hoshi. He might be the first human in history to possess a Magic Core…”