46：Anonymous from Earth

Refréa-sama, she's really not beautiful, is she?

Huh? Really? Is she really this beautiful?

47：Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru's completely lost it, lol

48：Anonymous from Earth

No, she actually looks pretty well made up, doesn't she?

49：Anonymous from Earth

Her hair looks shinier than last time

50：Anonymous from Earth

Too dazzling for someone who's quiet and reserved...

51：Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru's totally lost the composure to do live commentary all of a sudden!

52：Anonymous from Earth

So she's really going to the guild then

Hikaru's finally making her guild debut... Took long enough...

53：Anonymous from Earth

Such a caring old man!

The caring old man who also gave Alex a piece of his mind!!

54：Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru easily dodges the overly attentive uncle, which made me laugh

55: Anonymous from Earth

That uncle's still in his twenties, apparently...

56: Anonymous from Earth

Reflair's arm-lock! A close embrace that kills virgins!

57: Anonymous from Earth

All I ever wanted was to be hugged closely by a beautiful older sister like that...

58: Anonymous from Earth

Seraika: "Distance freak!"

Karen: "Freak of distance!"

59: Anonymous from Earth

But blocked by steel armor,

there's no point in trying to get close, really.

60: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru: "It's hard."

61: Anonymous from Earth

I thought the twins would go even crazier over Reflair's presence,

but they hardly mention her at all.

Why is that?

62: Anonymous from Earth

Seraika mentioned that kind of thing a few times already, didn't she?

"It's because he's kind-hearted that he can't respond to her feelings," or "She really needs him now,"

Sekira is so calculating and scary, isn't she?

63: Anonymous from Earth

Sekira's just a fashion-type tsundere, you know?

64: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru's finally become a proper guild member...

It took so long, huh?

65: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru isn't really the outlaw type, you know?

66: Anonymous from Earth

Wait, isn't the first person from another world supposed to be the heroine!?

67: Anonymous from Earth

Won't even the old man from the black market start worrying, "I haven't seen that guy around lately..."?

68: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru can actually communicate just fine, you know.

Honestly, there are way more socially awkward transfer users out there.

69: Anonymous from Earth

Even Alex was a complete mess at first, you know?

If anything, he even cried tears of sorrow

70: Anonymous from Earth

Isn't it just because he's the older brother of the twins that he's naturally high in stats?

71: Anonymous from Earth

More like, he's just been thoroughly messed around by the twins...

72: Anonymous from Earth

I remember you said before that he basically acted as a parent figure to them, right?

Seriously, that's the truth, isn't it?

73: Anonymous from Earth

The older brother constantly apologizing for the reckless actions of the two sisters he had to parent for...

74: Anonymous from Earth

Their conversation back then

"We did cause you a lot of trouble, but... well, we were just kids back then!"

"Yeah, yeah"

75: Anonymous from Earth

What a terrible excuse-making attitude, lol.

76: Anonymous from Earth

Well, honestly, kids that age do things like that.

It's the parents' fault for not properly caring for them.

77: Anonymous from Earth

I don't know the full details, but even just the bits I've seen...

There's definitely a strong vibe of toxic parents here...

78: Anonymous from Earth

Serika said brightly

"Let's skip the parent talk!"

didn't she?

79: Anonymous from Earth

That's scary...

80: Anonymous from Earth

They never bring up Hikaru's family background on any variety shows, you know.

Rumor has it Serika's been working behind the scenes.

81: Anonymous from Earth

Don't dig too deep,

or you'll get erased.

82: Anonymous from Earth

Is that the "Club Club" thing Alex was the first to do?

83: Anonymous from Earth

It reminds me of the early stages of old-school MMORPGs, so I actually like it.

I wish I could've seen Hikaru's "Club Club" too.

84: Anonymous from Earth

I want to join the "Club Club" and level up too.

Honestly, swinging a staff that big would probably tire you out really fast.

85: Anonymous from Earth

I watched all of Alex's videos, but in Layer 1, it's really just skeletons coming out

86: Anonymous from Earth

The variety is strangely rich though—skeletons with weapons, dogs, horses, etc.

Among them, the strongest skeleton soldier in Layer 1 is genuinely terrifying

87: Anonymous from Earth

Skeletons are weak to blunt weapons, so they're not usually strong, but

they resist slashing attacks and spiritual magic doesn't pass through easily,

so even minor enemies are annoyingly troublesome

88: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru wasn't at all shaken by seeing skeletons, but

Alex was genuinely freaked out, saying, "H-H-Hey, bones! Human bones are moving...!"

If you think about it calmly, bones moving is actually horror-inducing

89: Anonymous from Earth

Alex's "O-Oh, ghosts appear too...?" gave me mixed feelings

90: Anonymous from Earth

Fifteen is still too young to be considered an adult...

91: Anonymous from Earth

After all, it's a world where ghosts actually exist

Wouldn't seeing a living zombie make you faint?

92: Anonymous from Earth

There are definitely some transferals who perk right up when facing a living zombie...

93: Anonymous from Earth

What even is a living zombie?

94: Anonymous from Earth

It just means a fresh zombie, right?

95: Anonymous from Earth

Didn't Karen once explain the mechanism behind zombie creation?

96: Anonymous from Earth

>>95

"In that world, when a person dies, the spiritual energy that was circulating in their body gathers at the life thread. If you leave the corpse as-is, the leftover spiritual energy from the spirit stone gets re-circulated through the body, instantly turning it into a makeshift monster. That's what a zombie is. So, no matter who it is, you must remove the spirit stone after death."

97: Anonymous from Earth

Thanks

Hikaru's Create Undead seems to be a spirit magic that triggers its mechanism

98: Anonymous from Earth

If you need a corpse, then yes

But Hikaru's just needs stones—no problem

Since it even rebuilds the body

99: Anonymous from Earth

Is it the Dark Spirit Stone or the Chaotic Spirit Stone that's needed to create undead?

So if you prepare plenty, you could make an entire army...?

100: Anonymous from Earth

It depends on how much spirit power the technique uses

But spirit power potions exist too, so theoretically it's possible

101: Anonymous from Earth

The ultimate dark mage... this is scary...

102: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru seems kinda happy after receiving the Bronze-level tag

Like

103: Anonymous from Earth

Hey, looks like he's hiring scouts

104: Anonymous from Earth

Grapefruit-chan has arrived!!!

105: Anonymous from Earth

So cute!!! So cute!!! So cute!!!

Cat! A bipedal cat!

106: Anonymous from Earth

Damn it! They've got names like fruits!

107: Anonymous from Earth

Alex hired a few of them, but they never remember the names of the Links guys at all

They just call them all Links, and seem unable to tell them apart

108: Anonymous from Earth

If they're the same color, I couldn't tell them apart either

Their gear is pretty much all similar too

109: Anonymous from Earth

The pineapple girl Alex once hired might be Grapefruit's sister

110: Anonymous from Earth

It seems like Links from other regions also tend to have similar names

We can't even be sure if they're sisters or not

After all, we have tons of people with the same name too

111: Anonymous from Earth

That's true

112: Anonymous from Earth

I really like the long-haired black-and-white cat, Pararumpootan-chan

113: Anonymous from Earth

Pararumpootan-chan is such a beautiful cat...

114: Anonymous from Earth

Why are all these chimeras suddenly gathering out of nowhere?!

115: Anonymous from Earth

I wish Hikaru would sell more oil at the Links Mutual Aid Society and make more friends

There's profit in the Mutual Aid Society!

116: Anonymous from Earth

So it's finally the labyrinth

But no matter how many times I look, the entrance is huge

117: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru is surprisingly ordinary

I thought he'd be more of a socially awkward type

118: Anonymous from Earth

"Onii-chan, you sometimes look really distressed..."

Serika said, but I can't tell where the distress is coming from

Is it because he has a poker face?

119: Anonymous from Earth

Family would understand, right?

The subtle differences...

120: Anonymous from Earth

Even though I'm hanging out with someone as incredibly beautiful as Lady Reflair, I didn't expect her to be so aloof and barely smile, her face as blank as a sheet

I thought the same thing

121: Anonymous from Earth

She's just forcing herself to act like a cheerful type!

Of course it's unnatural for her to act like that!!

122: Anonymous from Earth

Even inside the maze, I could tell she was somewhat relieved

123: Anonymous from Earth

I thought I understood her from watching her hunt monsters alone, but

Hikaru is just way too strong

124: Anonymous from Earth

Parties become more stable when roles are clearly defined

Even without a tank, the dark spirit magic is more than enough to substitute

125: Anonymous from Earth

Against any monster that isn't reliant on sight or is immune to visual attacks, she's practically invincible

126: Anonymous from Earth

Though she's still weak to light spirit magic

127: Anonymous from Earth

You could nearly shut down any ordinary human, right

Even Reifrea is quite surprised by this

128: Anonymous from Earth

Reifrea-chan is incredibly strong too, though

That's more like a lump of iron than a sword

129: Anonymous from Earth

Reifrea-san said she was just a novice Light Holy Knight, but

she doesn't seem to have any magic at all

130: Anonymous from Earth

She's just a brute...

131: Anonymous from Earth

No, no, spirit magic isn't something you can just freely use all the time

Even transfer users who cheat with spirit power boosts can barely manage to learn five spells

Reifrea-sama is only 16, so being able to use two spells is perfectly normal

132: Anonymous from Earth

Helping raise Furuu-chan too, huh, Hikaru

Definitely a beastman (heart

133: Anonymous from Earth

Just staying at level one would only be a burden, wouldn't it?

If only the night vision effect could extend to others as well...

134: Anonymous from Earth

Spirit magic tends to only work on oneself, doesn't it?

135: Anonymous from Earth

Lady Reflair looks awesome.

It's like she's actually dancing.

136: Anonymous from Earth

Ogres and goblins just get blown away helplessly.

Has that invincible series vibe.

137: Anonymous from Earth

So when your rank increases, that's what makes you so strong?

138: Anonymous from Earth

That's right.

You're turning into a monster.

For humans, it means becoming a demon.

139: Anonymous from Earth

So... the Dark Archmage Hikaru will eventually become a demon too...?

140: Anonymous from Earth

So cool.

141: Anonymous from Earth

I know I'm using the darkness fog a lot, but don't I realize it's not very appealing to viewers?

Isn't it contradictory to want high ratings while doing something so inconsistent?

142: Anonymous from Earth

"If Refreia appears, it doesn't matter whether I'm on screen or not—my brother thinks that way. That's it."

"Refreia is certainly beautiful, right?"

"Well... just use whatever you can. As long as my brother is safe, I'm fine."

"Totally. We'll flood the ads with Refreia's face all over the place!"

So it seems.

143: Anonymous from Earth

The twins' casual attitude is insane.

144: Anonymous from Earth

Still, both Refreia-sama and Hikaru are strong.

145: Anonymous from Earth

After all, she's the Great Dark Sorceress.

Refreia-sama is genuinely surprised by this—she's even bewildered.

146: Anonymous from Earth

Refría-chan is mature yet childlike and adorable

147: Anonymous from Earth

Grapefloo-chan is even cuter...

Sometimes when she grooms her face fur, it's so incredibly cute it's unbearable...

148: Anonymous from Earth

The overseas Farly is overjoyed

149: Anonymous from Earth

Still, it's clear that Hikaru had a huge potential audience

Reaching over 200 million on the first day is quite impressive, isn't it?

150: Anonymous from Earth

Fewer people engage in maze-like adventures as transmigrants, so

that alone is worth noticing

151: Anonymous from Earth

More than half of people continue their lives unchanged even after the announcement of the viewership race

It's a mystery how the gods chose the transmigrants, but maybe they should've picked a few more—this situation

152: Anonymous from Earth

Well, we're just watching from safety, so we can say whatever we want...

It's not easy to grab viewers' attention on a reality show like this, you know?

You really have to put your body on the line, and even then, who knows if it'll translate into ratings?

153: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru's initial backlash might have actually worked out for the best.

154: Anonymous from Earth

If Serika and Karen heard that, they'd kill us.

155: Anonymous from Earth

True, if that backlash hadn't happened, we might never have been able to aim for first place like this.

Even if we gradually gain popularity and end up in first place by the deadline,

we'll definitely lose in total points to Jeanne-chan.

156: Anonymous from Earth

Come to think of it, Jeanne-chan's been completely unfazed since the ratings race began.

What kind of mindset does that girl even have?

157: Anonymous from Earth

Truly made of steel. A steel maiden.

158: Anonymous from Earth

Too strong to be called La Pucelle.

159: Anonymous from Earth

I'm watching live, but it seems Jeanne was asked by a village to deal with mountain bandits.

160: Anonymous from Earth

The ratings race—Jeanne is surely going to be our biggest rival.

The faint hue evokes a sense of fragility. The delicate appearance of a tender young girl. Yet her rugged weapons don't match such a gentle look. And beneath it all, an unshakable inner strength. Her combat prowess is merciless. Everything about her is deeply moving.

Indeed, she is a once-in-a-thousand-person prodigy. She is a hero.

Can even the combined forces of Hikaru, Refleia, and Grapefleur stand a chance?

161: Anonymous from Earth

Hikaru isn't the type to be a hero.

162: Anonymous from Earth

But ratings are also a battle on our side.

Serika and Karen are probably scheming something

163: Anonymous from Earth

The ads are really effective. No surprise with such ample funding.

164: Anonymous from Earth

It's only the first day after all. I'm looking forward to seeing how it unfolds from here.