Yellow Pee Bro seemed to have a hard time maintaining his positive image.
Just like during the last stream, although everyone got to see his handsome real appearance, he very quickly revealed his true nature again.
And this time, right after making a series of "bold declarations," Yellow Pee Bro immediately started making "bold squatting declarations."
He was basically the center of attention in Siberian Duck's stream.
Siberian Duck could not help getting briefly distracted by this center of attention, then she shifted her focus back to the game.
At this moment, the only character left in the team was Nero, marked with "Trial."
The quest guide had also refreshed in their field of vision, but players were free to move around. They could wander nearby, look at the Ether Spirits, or even go interact with the passionate Burning Calamity Shadow.
Although Nero chose to ignore Burning Calamity Shadow, from the player's point of view, Nero had only said he would not capture Burning Calamity Shadow and would instead capture that giant Mimic Honey Badger.
In other words, if the player wanted to help Burning Calamity Shadow, they could.
Siberian Duck first interacted with Burning Calamity Shadow. Burning Calamity Shadow kept asking for help, and Siberian Duck got two options:
1: "Pat him."
2: "Ignore him."
Siberian Duck chose the first option.
Right after that, the screen darkened, and a line of text appeared in the center of the screen:
"As Nero lightly patted Burning Calamity Shadow, the constantly dissipating lower half of his body seemed to stabilize."
"Thank you... uh... I feel much better now." When the screen lit up again, Burning Calamity Shadow was still lying on the ground. "My legs don't hurt anymore, but I must get revenge on that guy.
"Thank you again for your help. I'm leaving now. Once I finish my training and personally get my revenge, I'll come back and repay you for helping me this time."
The screen refreshed once again, and Burning Calamity Shadow was gone.
After that, Siberian Duck followed the quest guide deeper inside and then encountered that Mimic Honey Badger.
At that moment, the system prompt appeared.
[Players can capture Ether Spirits by defeating them. Try defeating the Ether Spirit before you and capture her.]
Then Siberian Duck entered battle.
With Nero present, victory was naturally guaranteed.
After Siberian Duck won, the game immediately started playing a cutscene.
"Come be my Ether Spirit!"
Nero reached his hand out toward the giant Mimic Honey Badger.
Fake sunlight poured down, passing through the gaps between the branches of trees formed from data before finally falling onto Nero. He became a shadow blocking the sunlight, but his white hair still seemed to glow.
Seeing this scene, the Mimic Honey Badger froze slightly, but she quickly waved her front paw and said, "Where'd this little runt come from? Big sis won't argue with you, and I'm not becoming some stupid Ether Spirit of yours. Hurry up and leave..."
Before the Mimic Honey Badger could finish speaking, she suddenly saw a blur flash before her eyes as Nero already lunged at her.
At that moment, the scene changed and returned to March and Stelle's side.
The two quietly stayed where they were, waiting for Nero to return.
Suddenly, a loud boom came from the distance, and even the ground seemed to shake twice. March and Stelle immediately turned toward the direction the sound came from.
Along with a series of frightened bird cries and chaotic wing flapping, the two only saw huge numbers of fleeing birds and beasts.
They were not only in the distance, even around where the two currently stood, large numbers of birds and animals were fleeing in panic.
A moment later, they saw Nero returning.
When he left, the white-haired boy had been alone. When he returned, he was riding on the Mimic Honey Badger.
It could be seen that the Mimic Honey Badger Nero rode back was nowhere near as spirited as when she fought that group of Fragmentum monsters earlier. She was even limping as she walked, looking extremely miserable.
Things were already obvious. This big guy who had seemed unbeatable had clearly experienced a harsh beating from reality.
After all, she was only a mimic honey badger, not a real honey badger. She did not have the kind of eyes a real honey badger had, the kind that saw everyone as weak and dared to charge up and mess with anything no matter what it was.
But overall, this was actually a good result. At least she survived.
"I successfully captured her!"
After getting close, Nero jumped down from the Mimic Honey Badger and smiled at March and Stelle.
March and Stelle looked at each other and showed helpless expressions.
Judging from what just happened and the aggrieved look on the Mimic Honey Badger's face, it was not hard to imagine the earlier scene. Maybe Nero had been grabbing this thing by the neck and forcing her to make a choice (not really).
No matter what, this at least proved one thing. Whether the opponent was male or female, male or female animal, Nero always treated everyone equally.
At this moment, an old voice sounded out. It was the narrator, as if telling an ancient story. Feelings and memories from the past drifted into the players' ears like a gust of wind.
"Facts have proven that... when a hero defeats the demon king, it is not necessarily to save the world. Sometimes, they may just happen to pass by, and happen to want to capture the demon king as a pet..."
"What kind of ending narration that sounds like the whole story is over are you even trying to do?!", Siberian Duck shouted out her complaint loudly.
Combined with the animation where the camera kept pulling farther away and the Mimic Honey Badger's aggrieved expression, this suddenly inserted narration made her worry about the mental state of the game development team.
Beautiful.
Too beautiful.
This was pure beauty!
That said, the game still had to continue. The screen changed, and a new system prompt appeared.
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