Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

Section 13, Chapter 13: Monster Hunter Comedy Troupe (1)

"Good evening, everyone. This is Lan Ruoye, a first-generation member of ESC Club."

That evening, Xu Lin had planned to do his usual live stream, but he suddenly received an invitation from a second-generation junior, so his original talk show project suddenly turned into a game collaboration.

Fortunately, she didn't rush to issue an announcement, so it wasn't a big deal.

On the screen, Xu Lin's own portrait is placed in the lower left corner, and next to her is the second-generation male liver, Sal. Sal's portrait is a handsome little boy with black hair, and his voice is also soft and cute, which is very popular with female viewers.

And the third-generation male liver, Yoru-kun, is designed as a stubble-faced middle-aged man with a mature voice, but he is actually a big boy with a playful personality. He is the only one in ESC whose personality is completely opposite to his character design.

Relegated to the bottom right corner of the screen, she is the only girl in this game collaboration, Tobi-Hina from the second generation. Her character design features green hair, golden eyes, and a white dress. She is also the most skilled gamer among the female Livers in ESC, and gets along well with the boys because of their shared interests.

"So, today's event is a Monster Hunter collaboration."

"But actually I was called here suddenly, and I don't know why they insisted on having me as the host."

Xu Lin's opening remark was strange, but it was true.

Although the girls each streamed their own games to fill time, Xu Lin always hosted the games together.

Well, actually, it's just that when Xu Lin first started leading them in the games, he was the one who brought people in, so everyone's gotten used to it now.

"Well then, let's start with each of us introducing ourselves, beginning with Sal."

"Hello everyone~ I'm Sal, a second-generation member of ESC. Well, I'm a demon from hell!"

Sal's voice is incredibly soft and cute. Xu Lin still doesn't know if this is actually his natural voice, because he never sends voice messages in the group chat.

But according to Miss Xu, Sal himself is also very handsome, not very tall, and very cute.

"Next, Night Lord, it's your turn."

"Good evening, everyone. I'm Yoru-kun, a third-generation member of ESC. It's a real honor to play games with my seniors today."

Ye Jun is the kind of person who looks honest but is actually quite sly, but his voice is surprisingly serious, a pure middle-aged man's voice.

"Then the last one, Kitten, Kitten, it's your turn."

Xu Lin hovered the mouse over the head of the Iris's portrait, indicating that she could turn on her microphone.

"Ah! Ah, good evening everyone! I'm Tobi-Hina, a second-generation member of ESC. By the way, Wakaba-senpai, I just checked your livestream and saw that all your character art is displayed together, but mine is displayed so far away!"

The girl named Iris Chu had a very energetic voice, but for some reason, she inexplicably gave off a feeling of being extremely arrogant.

She herself is particularly unlucky when playing games. I remember during the last ESC Minecraft mining competition, this girl only managed to mine one diamond in a whole hour, earning her the undisputed title of "unlucky player" in the company. When she does gacha live streams, it's always a scene of utter despair and misery.

Because she's so unlucky, she's almost become the target of persecution within the ESC community. She's actually quite interesting, and she doesn't get angry even when she's being persecuted.

"Isn't this a rule that men and women shouldn't touch each other? What's the point of you, a young girl, sitting with a group of grown men?"

Xu Lin thought for a moment and gave a reasonable explanation.

"When will you have a collaboration with me, Senior Ruoye? If you do a collaboration with me, I won't hold it against you guys for never putting my character art next to yours when you ask me to play games together."

"Next time for sure, next time for sure. Isn't it fun to play games together?"

Speaking of which, this Yuanchu has been inviting Xu Lin to do a joint live stream ever since they met, but so far they haven't succeeded even once.

Lin Ge's thorough understanding of pigeons.

"You always say 'next time'? Humph!"

The girl was somewhat dissatisfied that Xu Lin was making excuses for her again, but she didn't say anything more. However, at this moment, Ye Jun, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke in a deep, middle-aged voice.

"Hey, Tobi-chan, didn't you say you were busy when I asked you to play games with me the day before yesterday? How come you're free now that it's Wakaba-senpai's turn?"

"That's right, that's right. They clearly said they weren't coming today, but as soon as they heard that Senior Wakaba had agreed, they immediately changed their minds."

Thrall's voice was so soft and cute that even when he was stirring up trouble, it sounded like he was being coquettish, and it had no intimidating power at all.

"Woman, your name is Truth!"

"Heh~ tui! Night Lord, can you even compare to Senior Wakaba?"

However, Iris was not to be outdone and retorted word by word.

"And Sal, have you forgotten about the collaboration that Sister Yi asked you to do? Don't you know what you were doing that day?"

"Oops! I just didn't see it!"

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. If we keep talking, we won't have enough time to play games."

In the end, it was Xu Lin who spoke up and stopped the three of them from their usual bickering.

To be honest, the three of them were quite reserved at the beginning, so why are they making such a fuss now?

"So, what kind of challenge did you guys call me here for? Let me make it clear first, I haven't played in a while, so I'm not in great shape. Don't blame me if I mess this up."

In terms of gaming skills, Xu Lin is really no match for these younger players. After all, she didn't start out as a professional gamer; she only started streaming games on a daily basis because she got addicted to it herself.

If we're being honest, among these girls, the one who's best at playing games is still Iori Chu.

"It's alright, it's alright, Senior Wakaba, the mission we're doing today isn't difficult."

The words of comfort from Yuanchu only made Xu Lin feel more and more uneasy.

"Mmm, I'll take care of you, there won't be any problems!"

Thrall is always the healer in the four-person team, no matter what game they play.

But this person originally played DNF!

He plays with the "nanny" character the most! The fox-headed nanny!

He's terrible at healing, but he's incredibly skilled at making his teammates disconnect!

"Don't worry, I will protect you."

At this moment, Ye Jun also spoke up. "Well, this guy mainly uses spears, shields, and axes; he's a tank."

"Night Lord, you should just give me a break. Do you think I don't know that your spear never uses a shield and your charge axe only uses super parry?"

Xu Lin followed up with a low-pitched complaint.

His juniors were all quite normal when they first started playing games. They were all very professional and often carried Xu Lin, an ordinary person, to success.

But recently...

Have you ever heard of the Monster Hunter comedy troupe?

These are them!

P.S.: My friend is here, so the next chapter will be a little later, around 11 PM. ww

Section 14, Chapter Fourteen: The Monster Hunter Comedy Troupe (2)

"By the way, what mission are we going to do today? Tell me in advance so I can prepare."

Xu Lin switched the live stream back to the game screen. The four of them were standing in front of the box. Yuan Chu was chasing Sal around the large table where they ate cat food at the Moon Dawn Gathering Hall. Ye Jun was standing quietly to the side.

"Oh, it's nothing. Thrall said he wanted to make a set of Steel Dragon armor, so he asked us to help."

Ye Jun chuckled, clearly up to no good.

"Steel Dragon? That should be pretty easy to beat."

Xu Lin was a little puzzled. Given the nature of their Monster Hunter comedy troupe, they always took on extremely difficult missions and would even cause trouble for each other. Why was the mission objective so simple this time?

"Well, then Night Lord suggested that since it's a Steelix, why not challenge the Ancient Tree Steelix? That's how it is."

Sal continued the conversation.

"I happen to have an Ancient Tree Steel Dragon quest here. It's tempered, has five purple-rare monsters, and one Palico. The difficulty is just right!"

The kite chick decisively added another layer of difficulty, making no attempt to hide its mischievous intentions.

"What?"

Xu Lin was somewhat bewildered.

Those who have played Monster Hunter World should know that there are a few universally acknowledged terrible quests and monsters in this game.

For example, there's the Double (not a typo, because those two dragons really are stuck together!) Floating Dragon, the Tempered Blackhorn, and the Aura Wall Grand Master, etc.

But the Steel Dragon is different; it's not actually that bad on other maps, only on Freedom difficulty.

Ancient trees, rainy nights, battle-hardened steel dragons, five purples and a cat—how many nightmares have these creatures haunted the Azure Star?

"Can you tell me why making a simple Steel Dragon armor set requires doing the world-famous cesspool quest?"

Xu Lin's tone was calm. Don't ask her why she was so calm; it's just a habit.

She really wanted to light a cigarette, but she couldn't; Miss Xu forbade her from smoking.

"Oh? Senior, don't worry about it, don't worry about it~ I'll protect you!"

Iris was still full of energy. Of course, this powerful katana user's gaming skills were trustworthy. Xu Lin believed that she could definitely take on the Steel Dragon one-on-one, and could even try speedrunning it.

But the katana-wielding hero...

Their strength is based on solo play!

"Um..."

"I'll give you loving milk, senior!"

Seeing that Xu Lin was still hesitating, Sal also stepped in to speak.

But his assurances only made Xu Lin more uneasy.

"Your milk?"

Xu Lin skillfully opened Sal's equipment, and then...

"Look, folks! Dragon's Roar Whistle! Look at this seven-on-five spread attack! You call this a healing whistle? Thrall's healing isn't even as high as my weapon's lifesteal!"

"Hmm, Thrall's milk isn't even as good as two handfuls of my Life Dust."