The Grill-Wielding Saintess of the Dead

Chapter 52 – Damn Raid 1

[Shia’s March 7th Broadcast Compilation of Antics Moments] (1192)

ㄴNumber of Recommendations: 924

『1. Antics Saintess devouring the dungeon cabbage raised by Yeonseo-nim

2. Antics Saintess caught by Yeonseo-nim while stealing cabbage (Why is unnie here?)

3. Not Antics, but I clipped this for my own selfish reasons since Yeonseo-nim and Antics Saintess look pretty together in the shot.

4. The clip of Shia having her meat stolen by an orc while chatting with the viewers.

5. Shia pretending to cry and extorting money from malicious viewers (But honestly, her crying is hot; someone should make her cry for real.)

6. The clip of Shia joking about quitting as a saintess to become the Meat Fairy.

7. The clip of Shia successfully avenging the stolen meat.

8. The moment with Yeonseo-nim tangled up with Tentacle Saintess… oooh.

9. Tentacle clip where Shia revives the orc by accident using Great Healing and then swiftly cracks the orc’s skull.

10. The malicious Antics Saintess not paying attention to the viewers at all once the pork belly starts grilling, too busy eating.』

[Thanks for the clips.]

[Lol, another day of “Antics.”]

[Wow, but Yeonseo and Antics Saintess look really pretty together.]

ㄴ[Pretty x Pretty]

ㄴ[They’re only a year apart lol.]

ㄴ[? What are you talking about?]

ㄴ[Yeonseo is 86 years old, and Shia is 85. She said it on her first broadcast.]

ㄴ[For real???]

ㄴ[Yeah.]

ㄴ[But isn’t it something like a mental age of 21 according to the ethics audit? So she’s 21, right?]

ㄴ[Is it because she’s a Returnee, so she’s special?]

ㄴ[Dunno?]

ㄴ[Go find out, you idiot.]

ㄴ[Ah-lu.]

ㄴ[Tell me when you find out, punk.]

ㄴ[No!]

ㄴ[Lolololol.]

[One of the 13 founding viewers of Antics Saintess’s stream shares their honest opinion.] (923)

ㄴNumber of Recommendations: 1128

『I don’t know much about Hunter Shia.

Actually, not just me, but most of the gallery members and watchers probably don’t know either.

Anyway, about two months ago, I was browsing deep through Twitch, looking for small, easy-to-handle streamers.

Even though I was already subscribed to a big corporation, it’s hard to give up the fun of discovering small-time streamers.

Then, I saw this screen with ridiculously big boobs, and before I knew it, I had become one of the 13 founding viewers of Shia’s stream.

The funny part was, the broadcast accidentally started due to a mishandled drone.

But her face was pretty, and her chest was way bigger than average, so I figured she could definitely become a famous hunter-streamer, even with B-class skills.

Then, rumors started spreading that this busty unnie wasn’t just B-class, but S-class.

Isn’t that unfair?

Not only is she hot and busty, but her hunter stats and skills are also S-class?

Life’s really unfair, lol.

Anyway, I couldn’t watch Shia’s stream for several weeks after her first broadcast because I was too busy with life and couldn’t even log into Twitch, let alone go home.

Finally, when I managed to get some free time, I logged back into Twitch.

Naturally, I turned to see how much my small streamer, my “NaJakBang” Shia, had grown in those few weeks.

To my surprise, Shia’s stream had blown up way beyond what I expected.

She went from my small-time streamer, NaJakBang, to “NaJungBang”… Honestly, she’s now standing on the edge of becoming a big corporation herself.

But the crazy part is, she didn’t blow up because of her hunter skills or looks, but because of Antics.

The guys in the community said she cooks dungeon monsters.

I thought she was doing weird food streams with her pretty face, but it was worse than that.

This Antics Saintess seemed to be on a genuine journey to find the ultimate delicacy from the monsters of the dungeon, every single broadcast.

At first, it was fun to watch.

But slowly, this woman started acting all Antics.

She deep-fried centipedes so disgusting just looking at them made me want to throw up.

Then she would casually raid wyvern nests in the Kurutala Mountain Range and steal eggs.

Does this full-bellied Antics Saintess even understand the sorrowful cries of those wyverns?

Anyway, Antics Shia’s antics were different every day.

Some days, she didn’t act crazy at all, showing a pure saintess-like side instead.

She’d ask the viewers to help her choose clothes or randomly chat late into the night before falling asleep on stream.

To be honest, she looks so pretty when she keeps her mouth shut.

I’ve seen small-time streamers resort to lewd content to grow their subscribers and views.

Typically, the downfall of a female streamer comes when she turns into a “fallen female streamer,” milking a few diehard viewers before fading away completely.

But this woman didn’t go the “fallen” route—she went the Antics route.

Her growth isn’t the problem; I can’t even begin to imagine what her endgame will be—whether she’ll make it to the big leagues or something beyond what I can foresee.

So… once again, today, I tune into Antics Saintess’s stream.

To enjoy this moment before my small-time stream turns into a ridiculously huge Antics show.』

[Lol, this guy sounds like he’s confessing in church.]

[Late-night broadcast confession…]

[One of the 13 founding members, lol. Who came up with this term? It’s so lame.]

[This sounds like the Human Disqualification guy.]

[He called it “my ridiculously big Antics show,” lol.]

[His tone is pure gold.]

[Old man… If you’re working late, at least wave a carrot.]

ㄴ[That’s your future, you idiot.]

ㄴ[Check out that curse, lol.]

ㄴ[Lololol.]

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Surprisingly, both the Hunter Association and the Returnee Management Bureau had dedicated teams that regularly monitored the Hunter Genre Gallery, with the specific goal of managing public opinion.

The Hunter Genre Gallery, since the Great Rift, was the largest community in the country, with millions of users.

It also served as the main barometer of public sentiment regarding hunters and returnees.

For hunters and returnees, their image was of utmost importance.

The awakened, those who had transcended normal humans, had serious conflicts with ordinary people during the early days of the Great Rift.

So many films were made about the conflict between mutant superhumans and regular humans for a reason.

In reality, at the beginning of the Great Rift, when humanity needed to unite to expel dungeons and monsters, conflicts between awakened and non-awakened humans led to even more casualties.

In some countries, civil wars and outright wars even broke out.

Thanks to Yeonseo, who solidified the hunter’s image and barely managed to bridge the gap between awakened and non-awakened, humanity barely survived the Great Rift.

If humans had remained divided a little longer, or if Yeonseo had appeared later, humanity might have perished.

However, even today, hunters and returnees are still seen as superior beings compared to ordinary humans.

Non-awakened people might unconsciously fear how terrifying it would be if those superior beings turned their blades against them.

That’s why the Hunter Association and the Returnee Management Bureau worked tirelessly to portray hunters and returnees as human too—beings who protect humanity.

Thus, hunters, despite not being celebrities or politicians, had to care deeply about their image and dignity.

Of course, there were a few exceptions, like the malicious prank hunter streamer Choi Hyung-min, but any sane hunter would be concerned about how they were perceived.

“Chief Choi Bomi, it’s been three months. Doesn’t this mean things are going well, with public opinion being so good?”

“Usually, the first three months after a return are the most critical time to be cautious.”

For returnees with mental health issues, the three months after their return are seen as a sort of deadline.

It’s the period when returnees are most likely to cause incidents or accidents, or struggle to adapt to modern society, succumbing to PTSD from their “previous world” and making extreme decisions.

In Shia’s case, since her abilities were assumed to be on par with Yeonseo’s S-class hunter level, Chief Choi Bomi and a few others at the Returnee Management Bureau had formed a special task force to monitor her at all times without infringing on her freedom or privacy.

Incidentally, Chief Choi Bomi also knew all about the minor scuffle between Shia and that malicious prank streamer, Choi Hyung-min.

‘Even though Shia doesn’t seem particularly dangerous, I’ve been clearing out all the manipulated opinion posts floating around the gallery…’

If Shia had shown even the slightest signs of anxiety or instability, Chief Choi Bomi and her team would have immediately launched into emergency mode and crushed that insane prank streamer trying to provoke her.

There were plenty of reasons to go after him, anyway.

Later, Yeonhwa told her that the issue had been “appropriately handled,” but Chief Choi Bomi didn’t feel the need to pry into what Yeonhwa meant by “appropriate.”

After all, it wasn’t important enough to report that there was an extra bed filled in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

“Hmm, fortunately, public sentiment is clean.”

“But… I don’t really understand the internet culture these days. Is this really what ‘clean’ looks like?”

Chief Choi Bomi didn’t quite grasp how the toxic netizens kept throwing around terms like “Antics” and “downfall,” along with curse words and a variety of slangs she’d never heard before, and yet this was considered good public sentiment.

“These people are just playing around like this. Younger folks tend to use flashier language and swear more, you know?”

“…But I heard that the largest demographic of the Hunter Genre Gallery is between their 20s and 40s?”

“Maybe they just want to feel young again. Or it’s because there are a lot of older dudes who act like kids.”

“…..I don’t get it.”

“Anyway, for a small-time… no, for a rookie hunter streamer like Shia, getting this much attention from the Hunter Genre Gallery is really a sign of good public sentiment and image. Plus, I’ve watched Shia’s stream a few times myself, and she’s not being controlled by her viewers. If anything, she’s playing them instead.”

“Really?”

Chief Choi Bomi hadn’t personally watched Shia’s streams, but her staff had been monitoring them consistently enough to be considered avid fans.

Some of them seemed to genuinely enjoy the broadcast as fans rather than as part of their job, which showed just how solid Shia’s stream was.

“Then there’s no problem… I’ll just go see the Vice Minister.”

“The Vice Minister is with Yeonseo-nim again.”

“Again?”

Chief Choi Bomi didn’t know what was going on between Yeonseo and the Vice Minister, but ever since she joined the Returnee Management Bureau, she had witnessed the former Director, now Vice Minister, getting berated and tormented by Yeonseo daily.

Even though he had become the Vice Minister now, their relationship hadn’t changed at all.

“Why the Vice Minister again? Is he handling the third ethics audit?”

“No.”

Chief Choi Bomi glanced at the file on her desk containing Shia’s personal information.

For a small country, Korea had over a dozen S-class hunters.

Considering that even China, with its massive population, hadn’t exceeded 100 S-class hunters, Korea had an impressive number.

Thanks to that, Korea had been enjoying its golden age since the dawn of the hunter era. And the reason for that was the living legend, Yeonseo.

But now, Yeonseo was retired.

Despite her retirement, there were still many places that needed her.

She traveled the world with a packed schedule, to the point of needing a personal assistant.

In other words, the hunter world relied heavily on Yeonseo.

It wasn’t for nothing that Yeonseo was called an SS-class hunter, a rank that didn’t officially exist.

In that sense, Shia was seen as the potential anchor for this new hunter era.

Hadn’t Yeonseo herself said, “She can hold her own against me”?

That alone was more than enough to justify expecting great things from Shia.

“For a new S-class to emerge, there’ll have to be some achievements.”

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“………….The wind feels nice.”

-What are you doing?

-Is today just a chat stream?

“…I just turned it on because I was bored.”

-We’re not your friends.

-Is that at your place, streamer?

-Yup, looks like it.

-That’s the Returnee Shelter.

-How do you know?

-My neighbor is that Skeleton Knight, Tia… what was it? I can’t remember the long name. Anyway, we talked about it while drinking.

-???

-But how does a Skeleton Knight drink?

-Doesn’t it just spill out between the ribs?

-Lololol.

“….Sob… Hic…”

-?

-Why is she crying all of a sudden?

-What’s going on?

-Nah, she’s just starting her donation time.

-She’s barely been streaming for a minute, though. How is it donation time already?

As soon as the broadcast began, Shia started sobbing pitifully, catching the viewers off guard.

Even with her previous antics, the combination of a big-breasted, pretty woman crying was still hard for the lonely, inexperienced viewers to resist.

[‘KawaiiHorned’ has donated 20,000 won!]

ㄴStreamer, calm down and tell us why you’re crying. Did something happen?

“I just thought about how the Skeleton Knight can’t eat food… It’s so sad… It makes me cry…”

-…..

-What?

-Antics on.

-She’s starting the Antics not even 30 seconds into the stream, lol.

-But didn’t she drink beer with him before, lol?

And as expected, the chat lightened up as everyone realized Shia was back to her usual antics.

But really, it’s sad when you think about it…

In my case, anything I consume doesn’t go into a physical stomach but gets converted into holy power or stored as soul energy, creating a tombstone.

That’s why I often feel so hungry, but at least I can eat.

But the Skeleton Knight… he really can’t eat anything at all…

No matter how delicious the meat he chews on, it’ll just slip between his jaw and teeth.

No matter how tasty the drink or beer, it’ll all pass through his lungs and spill out through his ribs.

The more I think about it, the sadder I get.

Sob, sob.

Poor Skeleton Knight…

Grrrrr…

“Oh, I’m hungry.”

-Then, are you going to get up now?

“Yeah, I just woke up, and there was a drone camera in front of my face. I must’ve rolled around and accidentally hit the broadcast button.”

-How do you accidentally press the button?

-Lolol.

“Maybe it’s because of my big chest. I might’ve hit the hologram button while moving around.”

-What??? Your chest?

-Lolol. What do you mean your chest pressed the broadcast button, lol?

-That’s nonsense, lol.

-The broadcast was started by boobs…

-But imagine it, though. If the streamer’s massive holy power pouches squished the drone camera while she was rolling around, oooh, I could see it happening.

-Why does that actually seem possible?

-Lolol.

-No, with those massive holy power pouches, it’s definitely possible.

Sigh, these viewers…

They love talking about boobs.

I mean, I like boobs too.

I like my own chest, but in the previous world, Menelapie and Teresa… Ah, never mind. I won’t go there.

Anyway, even though it sounds like nonsense, it’s not a lie.

I really didn’t intend to stream.

I was just rolling around in bed when I somehow pressed down on the drone camera with my chest, and the broadcast started.

Since I wasn’t in an embarrassing state or just in my underwear, I didn’t mind keeping the stream going.

It’s better to have company than to be alone.

“…Since I’m hungry…”

Come to think of it, didn’t I have leftover orc meat from when I ate with Yeonseo unnie?

Meat is good.

Grilled, steamed, boiled, or made into soup—it’s all delicious.

Making a bad meal with good meat is a sin worthy of punishment from the Meat Fairy.

“Alright, I’ll cook at home today.”

-Heu-eung… The streamer’s cooking… and she’s going to eat it all alone…

-Share some with us.

-What are you making?

“Not sure yet…”

I opened the fridge and saw about 10 kg of orc meat left.

That’s roughly enough for 50 servings, so I think it’ll be enough to fill me up.

-A saintess eating meat for breakfast?!

-The saintess I knew was carnivorous.

-Grilled pork belly in the morning sounds totally doable.

-I’m hungry too.

I pulled out the meat and checked the cooking tools.

After receiving my reward from the Hunter Association for taking down the wyverns in the Kurutala Mountains, I had ordered cooking supplies for both outdoor and home use, along with food ingredients.

Of course, I’m not good at cooking.

I’m no professional chef. I don’t even have the skills to cook properly, so I rely on these tools and seasonings to somehow make a decent meal.

Sizzle…

First, I coated a wide grill pan with butter.

-Why is she starting with butter, lol?

-But that’ll taste amazing.

-You’re gonna gain weight.

-But the streamer eats dozens of servings and never gains weight.

-Does all the food go into her holy power pouch?

-Definitely possible.

Butter always makes things taste good.

Yeah, this’ll be delicious.

I cut the leftover orc pork belly into bite-sized pieces and tossed them onto the grill.

Sizzle!

“Hehe, it smells so good…”

-Streamer, streamer, streamer!

-Ya-ya-ya-ya!

-The oil!

-The oil is spilling!

-Ya-ya-ya-ya!

-Streamer! Look at the chat!!!

Grilled meat is delicious on its own, but when you add butter, it gets even better.

[‘GoodMorningAfternoonEvening’ has donated 10,000 won!]

ㄴYou idiot! The grill pan’s oil drain is pointed toward your bed!

“Huh…? Kyaaaah! My bed!!”

I must’ve lost my mind. Of course, the grill pan has an oil drain!

I quickly grabbed the pan with my bare hands and turned it, but my bed was already soaked in a considerable amount of butter and pork fat.

“…Why did I do something this stupid…”

-Lolololololololol.

-Lolololololol.

-Look at the oil map on the bed.

-The saintess’s oil map, ooooh.

[Miracle – Purification]

“…There shouldn’t be any smell now, right?”

At least my purification miracle is all-powerful.

It should’ve wiped out any traces or smell of oil that I recognized as impurities… but honestly, I still felt grossed out.

I’ll have to throw all my bedding into the washing machine after I finish breakfast.

Feeling sad, I started grilling the meat again.

This time, I properly checked the oil drain and placed a paper cup to catch the oil.

Today’s breakfast is butter-grilled pork belly with cabbage.

First, I sear the pork belly in butter.

There’s no need to cook it completely.

I’m just coating the surface with butter, like a pre-grill.

If I ate it like this, it’d just be plain grilled pork belly with cabbage.

But now, I mix in some oyster sauce, cooking wine, and minced garlic.

-Okay, but what’s that sauce?

-What kind of sauce is that?

-Anything with oyster sauce is bound to be good.

-‘Bound to be.’

-For real, lol.

Honestly, I have no idea what this sauce is.

I didn’t follow any recipe; I just added what seemed tasty.

“Now, just like making bulgogi, I’ll add the cabbage and sauce and grill everything together… Done.”

It looked a bit unconventional, but surprisingly, it turned out well.

The orc pork belly, coated in butter, looked great.

The dungeon cabbage I got from Yeonseo unnie tasted good even raw, so no problem there.

And the all-purpose oyster sauce I made.

With delicious meat and delicious sauce, it should only get tastier.

I microwaved about 15 servings of instant rice…

“And breakfast is ready.”

-…That’s breakfast?

-Lololol look at that amount.

-She’s going to eat all that by herself?

-For breakfast?

-Wow, Antics, lol.

-Our streamer… She’s a walking skeleton considering how much she eats…

-Lol walking skeleton, lolol.

“Time to eat! I’m not sharing with any of you. I’ll eat it all myself.”

-Look at her attitude.

-What, come on! Give us some!

-If we come to your place, will you share?

-You’d be lucky not to get eaten if you did, lol.

“I don’t eat people. Even as a joke, don’t say things like that.”

I glared at the chat for a moment.

No matter how malicious, jokes about me eating people were something I wished they wouldn’t make.

Well, I haven’t told these crazy viewers the full story about me, so it’s not like they know.

But that doesn’t mean I’ll explain my life story to them one by one either.

Let’s not overthink it and just eat.

“Chomp!”

Mmm, the combination of butter-grilled pork belly and oyster sauce…

“Blegh….”

Damn it…

What did I make?

-Lolololololol.

-Lololololololol.

-Lolololol.

-Look at her face, lolol.

-Lolololol.

-Who knew the streamer could make a face like that from food?

-Lololol.

-Should’ve followed a recipe, lol.

-There was no recipe to begin with, lol.

“It’s… it’s so disgusting. No, really disgusting…”

The butter trapped the gamey smell inside the orc pork belly, so instead of savoring the buttery flavor, I was assaulted by a revolting combination of butter and rot.

If I had grilled it without the butter, the smell would’ve vanished…

But that wasn’t all.

The sweetness of the dungeon cabbage was so strong that it combined with the oyster sauce to create a dish that tasted like I had grilled the meat in syrup or honey water.

“…Ugh… Eugh… Uweeeh….”

-Lololololol.

-Lololol.

-Why does the streamer suffering make me feel things?

-Is this guy a freak..?

-Actually, I kinda feel the same…

-Lolololol.

-Lolol.

“Really… it’s so gross… Hic… Uweeeh… Ugh…”

-Lololol.

-This broadcast is hitting hard early in the morning.

I’m sad.

So sad, especially this early in the morning.

Sniff, sniff. But a saintess must smile even through hardship…

Go ahead, try smiling after eating this.

I made it, but it’s just awful.

Ring!

“…Hello… Shia is currently sad after ruining a meat dish. If it’s a long and complicated story, please leave a message after the beep…”

[Oh… Shia? This is Choi Bomi from the Returnee Management Bureau.]

“Ah, uh…”

-Lolololol.

-She’s playing around and a government worker called, lol.

I thought it was Yeonhwa, but it turned out to be Chief Choi Bomi…

“Sorry, please forget what I just said… What’s up?”

[Oh, it’s nothing major. I just wanted to ask if you were interested in joining a raid?]

“A raid?”

[Yes! The quarterly Great Hunt is coming up soon, and if you’re considering getting promoted to S-class Hunter, you’ll need some achievements under your belt. I thought this might be a good opportunity, so I’m reaching out. What do you think?]

-????

-What?

-A raid???

-Big news out of nowhere.

-Is the streamer really going to join a raid?

A raid, huh…

Sounds like a hassle…

Raids have a lot of people, don’t they?

Do I have to cooperate?

But I’m not really the cooperative type…

Maybe if it were Menelapie or Teresa, but I’m not sure if there’s anyone I could work with.

“No, I don’t want to…”

[Excuse me?]

-No, what are you saying?

-Is she crazy???

-Why would you turn that down???

-Yo, yo, yo, stop!

-Is she seriously Anticsing right now?

-Please, no more Antics.

-Stop the Antics.

“But I just ruined my meat… How can I think about doing a raid or whatever when I’m feeling so down and miserable…”

-STOP ANTICSING!!!!

[‘KawaiiHorned’ has donated 500,000 won!]

ㄴStop talking nonsense and just say you’ll join.

“I’m kidding. I’ll join the raid.”

-????

-Was this another donation time???

-Our streamer is worse than the malicious viewers.

-She’s driving me crazy, lol.

[Oh, oh… That’s a relief! I’ll add you to the list, then! I’ll send the details about the Great Hunt to your smartwatch, so please take a look when you have time.]

“Yes, I got it.”

[The schedule hasn’t been set yet, so feel free to relax and wait. Sorry for contacting you so early in the morning! Have a great day~]