Episode 232
Push—.
Seo Jun ended the broadcast and stepped out of the capsule.
Today, too, he felt grateful for finishing the stream without any trouble, just like any other streamer, in a very ordinary and uneventful way.
‘The world didn’t unfairly target me today.’
That was a relief.
During streaming, sometimes strange people appear or pick fights first, forcing him, absolutely forcing him, to respond because he can’t just ignore them as a streamer. That didn’t happen today.
Thus, it ended peacefully.
‘Ah, right. It was a sponsored stream, wasn’t it?’
Maybe the world should have unfairly targeted him?
Seo Jun seriously pondered for a moment, then let it slide without much thought.
Because from today’s experience, he felt it was worth attempting the first clear raid.
‘If I’ve seen a possibility.’
Then he does it.
If he tries it out and sees absolutely no possibility, it’s also the right answer to quickly give up before breaking his head.
But if there’s even a slightest chance, then it’s better to believe in oneself and take on the challenge.
At least, if one wants to.
Even a faint possibility can gradually widen like a hole in a dam, depending on what you do.
That’s why successful people advise those afraid of challenges to just give it a try.
Then why does he want to?
‘The reason is simple.’
Because first clearing looks fun.
And he already met a strange person from the start.
After calmly finishing his tasks, Seo Jun went to the next room.
“So what are you going to do?”
He got straight to the point as he opened the door.
Then he checked what the room’s owner was doing.
He thought maybe he’d be lying on the bed looking at his phone since it was a day off, but Tae-u wasn’t on the bed.
“What are you looking at so intently?”
Tae-u was sitting at his desk.
Showing signs of searching for something earnestly.
“Ah. You came? Hey. I ordered chicken, so don’t worry!”
I see.
“I didn’t really feel like eating it today.”
“Shut up!”
“So, what are you going to do.”
“What do you mean?”
“You seemed interested in the game. Are you going to play it too?”
“Can’t you see the monitor?”
Seo Jun, who had been standing outside the door, walked into Tae-u’s room and checked the monitor.
“Oh? You were looking at classes?”
As expected, he decided to play.
“Yeah. Just because?”
He said ‘just because’, but Seo Jun knew that Tae-u had already about 90% made up his mind to create a character.
‘That’s how it is.’
If you have no interest, you never act.
Acting means you have the intention to.
So when you ask and the other person says ‘just because’, you just let it slide.
“So, what class are you going to play?”
“Hmm….”
“Want me to recommend one? You haven’t logged in yet, right?”
“Yeah. I was watching your stream. What are you going to recommend? Just so you know, I’m absolutely not playing support. No matter how noble, I hate it.”
Support class.
If you choose the mage and mechanic lines, it’s said you can play a support role using support skills.
They recover HP, cast shields, and give various buffs, literally an assisting role.
Although the need for supports in the game hasn’t greatly surfaced yet, most people predicted it would change once the Four Heavenly Kings raid came out.
There are people like Tae-u who absolutely want to deal damage and be the main character, so they hate playing support.
And there are those who like supports because helping others suits them, or they simply like buff skills.
Above all, even though it’s not Lacle now, in most games supports were treated like royalty, so it’s perfect for people who like that sort of thing.
But Seo Jun knew Tae-u’s disposition, so naturally he had no intention of mentioning support.
“Don’t worry. It’s not support.”
“Then?”
Tae-u perked up his ears and swiveled his chair backwards.
“Beginner.”
And Seo Jun beautifully smashed that expectation.
“Hey.”
“What.”
“You know I knew you’d say that, right?”
“Then you should have said so beforehand.”
As Seo Jun chuckled, Tae-u threw his wireless mouse from behind.
But Seo Jun leisurely caught it perfectly with one hand, then gently placed it back on Tae-u’s desk mat and patted his shoulder.
“Too slow.”
“Argh!”
What is this?
“Why do people around me like the exclamation ‘argh’ so much? It’s truly a mystery.”
“Argh! Fine. It’s my fault for asking a guy who picks a class like beginner! I’ll go see for myself and decide!”
Tae-u said that and immediately got into the capsule.
He didn’t forget to flip Seo Jun the middle finger as he sat in the capsule.
Seo Jun lightly shrugged it off and sat in front of Tae-u’s desk. Then he checked what he had been looking up.
There were multiple tabs.
‘Class tier list, character growth guide, gunner build, PVP, etc. He looked up a lot.’
He seemed to be preparing quite standardly.
This guy.
Mr. J.
“I had something to tell you. Guess I can tell you when you come out.”
Seo Jun went out to the living room.
* * *
Even after eating chicken and waiting for over an hour, Tae-u showed no signs of coming out, so Seo Jun wrapped up his day.
And the next morning, when Seo Jun woke up, he checked his friend Tae-u’s account connection time through the VR management app.
‘It’s 7 now, and his last connection was 3 hours ago.’
That means he played games until 4 in the morning.
Impressive.
‘Did he play that game for almost five hours yesterday?’
Of course, since it was the last connection time in virtual reality, it might not have been five hours.
He could have enjoyed another game.
Anyway, he’s probably far from waking up.
As Seo Jun guessed, Tae-u woke up at noon, 5 hours later.
“Uwaaaaah!”
He disturbed Seo Jun, who was reading a book in the living room enjoying the end of semester freedom after final exams, by screaming as soon as he woke up.
“Why, again, from the morning….”
Seo Jun frowned.
Not only was it loud, but it was also so out of the blue.
“Aaaaack!”
By this point, even Seo Jun felt something was serious.
He closed the book, put it on the bookshelf, then slowly went to the door of Tae-u’s room.
“Such a trash game! A crappy game! Ah, it’s really pissing me off.”
What is it?
The sound of him thrashing on the bed, kicking the blanket, came through the door.
“I failed even in my dream! Even in my dream! Argh! That damn enhancement….”
Is it quieting down now?
Seo Jun opened the door.
* * *
“So.”
“Yeah.”
“You’re saying you burned 300 bucks in the game?”
“No. You have to be exact, Seo Jun.”
“Yeah. You burned 300 bucks on enhancement alone? For almost 4 hours? And the equipment level you increased is 50?”
“Exactly! Aaaaack! My money… Ah, seriously….”
Seo Jun truly, genuinely, thought Tae-u was pathetic.
He always does stupid things, but today was especially more stupid.
“How did it happen.”
“Because it didn’t succeed.”
“What didn’t.”
“The enhancement, you bastard.”
“Why are you taking it out on me?”
“Hah. It didn’t succeed to the point I almost thought there was some lock on it. They definitely did something. They saw a sucker come and manipulated the probability. Like I’d fall for that?”
“You already fell for it.”
Is he insane?
“Shut up. I controlled myself well. If it had just succeeded, I would have raced to max level.”
He is insane.
Seo Jun, understanding this borderline human being before him, recalled the things discussed during the ad meeting.
Since he used skip tickets, he must have raised his equipment level from 250 to 300.
He heard that even starting now, if you collect event rewards, you can reach the raid update level without paying.
But, he was told it costs quite a bit if you try to push through with money all at once instead of steadily investing time in events and daily material quests.
Still.
“Does it cost as much as 300?”
The tone back then definitely wasn’t like that.
“Ack!”
“Pfft. So, are you going to quit?”
“I can’t quit, if only because of the sunk cost.”
“That’s sunk cost, you know.”
“Yeah, I don’t know what that is. Your attacks, your sarcasm, your knowledge don’t work on me~.”
Haa.
For a moment, Seo Jun felt dizzy at Tae-u’s brazen attitude and words.
It was a shamelessness he hadn’t even felt in his past life.
“Right. Anyway, you just had bad luck?”
“Really bad. 10%! It was a 10% chance, but I didn’t succeed even once and hit the pity counter every time! For real!”
“Is that the pity system?”
“Yeah. When you keep failing, they just give it to you out of pity.”
“How many times did you hit that pity counter to burn 300 bucks?”
“……Shut up.”
“You counted, didn’t you? How many times you failed? So how much you blew?”
“…….”
“Yeah, no need to dig up painful memories.”
“You already dug them up plenty.”
“So, what class did you pick?”
“Gunner. I’m going to take the sniping tree.”
“So are you going to stream it?”
“Yeah. I’m aiming for the first clear too.”
Tae-u declared solemnly.
“Then do well. Guess we’re competing again.”
So Seo Jun smiled and held out his hand.
“What?”
“Let’s have a friendly competition.”
It was timing for a handshake, but Tae-u dropped his solemn expression and shouted at Seo Jun.
“Hey! You bastard!”
“Why?”
“Let me join your bus just once! Look! From what I saw, your party isn’t even decided yet!”
“Nope. It’s already decided.”
“Oh… Really? That shouldn’t be. My 300 dollars….”
“It was a joke.”
“Ah… shit.”
“Joking aside. It’s good that you’re playing too. I was about to ask anyway.”
“Hehehe. So you’re really letting me into your party?”
“There’s nobody else to do it anyway.”
Everyone was predicting the raid to be an 8-player party.
We’re halfway there now.
“At last!”
“Enough, are you turning on your stream later?”
“Yeah.”
“Then I’ll see you in the game.”
“Okay.”
* * *
[Stream starting.]
[Some idiot burned 3 million won to reach level 300, so I’m going to do an enhancement show too.]
So, did Tae-u reveal himself that he spent 3 million won?
No.
He said he won’t reveal it. Said he’s too heartbroken.
- Seo-ha
- Tue-ha
- Hi
- Why is the title like that?
- LOL who burned 300 만원????
- Did they hit the pity counter every single time for enhancement? LOL
- Everyone! Bloodletter-nims! Please slow down, please!!!!!
- I think it’s Dangso streamer
- Dangso doesn’t have that kind of money. His viewer count is around 100.
Currently, Tae-u is in a state of mental and physical weakness.
So I should be considerate.
“Hello, everyone. The identity of the person who spent 3 million won to reach level 300 is a secret. Because they’re so pitiful.”
Seo Jun started the stream with his opening ment in the capsule lobby.
- It is pitiful LOL
- You’re going to make me curious and then not tell?
- How can there be a person who hits the pity counter every time LOL it must be fictional
- For real, prices went up because of the crowd, but still LOL that level is a bit... the world has abandoned him level LOL
Did he really hit the pity counter every single time?
If I just search a bit or calculate, I’d know how many failures, but I didn’t bother to check.
“For your information, I’m doing a collab with Tae-u today. Tae-u chose the Gunner and already reached level 300 yesterday, so he says he’s waiting.”
- Ah, so it was Tae-u? LOL
- Immediately reveals identity and ruins his friend LOL
- Tae-u-shik, why is his luck so bad LOL
- So if it’s an enhancement show, you prepared plenty of ammo, right?
“Haha. Yes. This enhancement will be done entirely with my own money. I’ll use the gold received from viewers to buy avatar skins.”
- Kya!
- A real man who doesn’t need support
- Not a real man, a rich man
- But anyway, the average is around 1 million won if you push with money LOL
- No, it’s 0 won if you just invest time and get events!!!!!
So the average was 1 million won.
“Then, I’ll head in.”
Time to test his luck.
[Starting the game.]
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