Chapter 233
Seojun selected his character Sword God 1 and logged into the server Lunaon.
He started the game again inside the building where he was just before logging out yesterday, the place where guild-related content was being handled.
“Let’s check the guild level first. 3? Aren’t you guys working?”
Seojun playfully scolded them.
In truth, the leveling speed was already incredibly fast.
Since they said so in the chat, it was probably reliable information.
[Sword God Corps 50/50] [LV 3]
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Guild Join Condition: Must be a Sword God.
Notices
1. I don’t know how, but please raise the level a lot.
2. If you cause trouble inside or outside the guild, you’ll be expelled without warning.
3. If you don’t log in for more than three days or don’t participate in guild content at all, you’ll be expelled.
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—You chosen bastards, aren’t you working!
—I want to join the Sword God Corps too.
—But if you’re in the same guild as the guild leader, what can you do?
—I dunno, but it seems like a black company?
—lol
—There’s a guild that forces work unconditionally? Unbelievable.
—Fact) Most guilds do force it.
The third notice that people were criticizing couldn’t be helped.
There were many who wanted to join the guild, but the number of people they could accept was limited.
It was the better approach to set conditions like this and weed out the half-hearted ones immediately to give others a chance as well.
“Those of you calling it a black company, aren’t I still inviting you when spots open up? Hurry and tell me your nickname. What number are you?”
—lolol can’t do that
—Yeah I’m not telling. Please accept me when a spot opens, guild leader!
—lololol I don’t care if it’s a black company
—Meanwhile, ‘what number’ roflol, Sword God number what lololol
After typing a triumphant laughing emoticon in the chat towards the viewers who quickly backed down, Seojun waited on the spot.
‘For now, Taewoo will probably turn on his stream soon, and Dangso already did, so they’ll come when they want.’
The last one was Sishikkoneo, but there was no worry. He checked his friends list and saw that he was online and had left a message.
[Sword God500: I’ll go to the guild house!]
When they said guild house, it meant this building where they were currently doing guild-related content. On the map, it was called the Guild Hall.
There was a real guild house, but they couldn’t build it yet because their guild level and contribution were still insufficient.
Instead, since the Guild Hall map was only accessible to members of the same guild, they figuratively called it the guild house.
“Guild leader! I’m playing after doing all the guild quests today!”
“Hello, Sword God87. Thank you.”
People began to trickle into the hall.
—They’re being diligent so they don’t get kicked lolol
—It’s a privilege to be able to meet the guild leader once more like this, I guess.
—So when are you making the guild house?
“I’m here!”
Sword God331. It was Dangso.
“Didn’t you say you were going to change your nickname?”
“Ha. If I change my nickname, you, Cheonma, might use that as an excuse to kick me out. So I didn’t change it.”
“Smart.”
“……?”
He had an expression that said, “Is this for real?”
But Dangso soon lowered his head, pondered something, nodded, and met Seojun’s eyes again.
His expression.
“What are you so convinced of?”
“Shut up! Anyway, I’ve recharged too!”
“How much?”
Dangso’s current level was 250, so it could be said he hadn’t touched it yet.
For reference, the class Dangso chose was Mage.
“100! Normally, they say you can go with that much.”
—That’s true
—But material prices keep rising, so I dunno now
—Newbies are causing trouble
—Not just BloodSucker, but really a ton of people came in yesterday because of you, guild leader
—Existing users are like ‘whoa’ and keep saying don’t splurge, take it slow lololol
“100? That’s a lot.”
“What are you saying. They say it’s okay if you reach within this range. How much did you prepare, anyway?”
Of course, if enhancements didn’t go well, he’d add more cash.
“For now, 30?”
“Oh come on.”
Sishikkoneo, who was watching the stream, also added a word.
“That’s a bit...”
—Oh come on
—lololol everyone thinking the same
—30 is way too easy, guild leader
—Your friend spent 300, doesn’t that make you think differently?
—There are things that work with your insane controls and things that don’t lololol
In truth, since it was his first time spending money on something like enhancements rather than buying the game, he felt hesitant, so he only put in 30 for now.
And he’d only said it was an enhancement show; he never said he’d do a gwenwang.
‘But everyone seems to want an annihilation war.’
It looked like he’d end up spending more.
It didn’t really matter much, though.
‘But spending 300 like Taewoo is a bit...’
Anyway, to succeed in enhancement, Seojun had even studied up.
“They say enhancement is about the flow? If you catch the flow well, isn’t 30 enough?”
“Pfft. You’ve clearly never enhanced before. Flow, what flow!”
“Why? What.”
“Forget it. You’ll know once you try!”
“That’s true.”
Sishikkoneo also glanced at Seojun expectantly from the side.
It was obvious that both were imagining the scene of the arrogant enhancement newbie who only recharged 30,000 won failing and being frustrated.
“Anyway, now only one more person needs to come.”
“Right. When he comes, introduce your friend.”
“Oh. Come to think of it, you haven’t met Taewoo yet, have you?”
“That’s right.”
“You two seem similar, so you’d probably get along well...”
“Ahem...”
Dangso seemed offended by Seojun’s words and wanted to retort, but since it was his first time meeting Taewoo, he held back.
Seojun chuckled and said.
“Ah, but why isn’t this guy coming? There are 50,000 people waiting right now.”
—Ah Taewoo-shit!
—lol for real
—You’re so frustrating!
—Taewoo just turned on his stream??
“He turned on his stream? Is Taewoo cursing right now? Why? Ah. He says he’s been waiting outside the guild house since earlier?”
“Hmm. This is your fault.”
“You should’ve said so earlier. Sigh.”
“……”
—I know that look in Dangso’s eyes!
—It’s kind of a look you’d give something that’s not human lololol
—Anyway, Taewoo is wrong.
* * *
“Introduce yourself. This is Dangso.”
“Hello?”
Taewoo, who joined last, greeted.
“He’s just a weirdo.”
“Hello? What?”
“You can speak informally to him. And this is MartSishikkoneoRoYeonmyeongham-nim.”
“I watched yesterday’s broadcast, so I know. Hello.”
“Ah, hello.”
“Then let’s go enhance. But hey.”
Seojun looked above Taewoo’s head.
“Huh?”
“What the hell is with your nickname?”
It’s not normal, is it?
—lolololololol
—Is he really a crazy bastard lolol
—Can Taewoo join the guild? Or can’t he?
—He is a Sword God at least lolol
“What’s wrong with this!”
[Sword God Kim Taewoo]
“Just go with Kim Taewoo.”
“That’s taken!”
“Sigh.”
Chat messages said that using a name like that suited him better than a number, but Seojun ignored them and moved to the enhancement place.
To enhance, you have to enter a building called the Forge in Lacl.
For reference, if you could only enhance in one place, that area would become chaotic.
That’s why they had channels, but isn’t it annoying to change channels every time you go to do content?
So the Forge, similar to the guild building, was set up so that only party members could be in the same space.
After forming a party, they went to a vast open building that looked more like a huge steel mill than a forge, and moved to the map.
“If you talk to that NPC, the enhancement window pops up.”
Sishikkoneo also explained about other NPCs.
The NPC for exchanging sub-materials obtained from raids.
The NPC related to accessories, and so on.
“And right now, your gear level is 250, but if you check your equipment, you’ll see they’re all +0. Right?”
“Yes.”
“Top and bottom. Shoes. Hat. Weapon. Those are the five equipment items that can raise your item level. You have to get them all to +10. Think of each enhancement as 1 level.”
Seojun already knew, but he listened quietly, appreciating the effort.
Up to level 300, a total of 50 level enhancements were needed.
“From 1 to 5, there’s no failure in enhancement. But from 5 to 10, the success rate plummets to 10%. Instead, there’s a pity system, so if you take it slow, you can easily reach it and have enough left.”
From 10 to 15, the success rate drops to 1%, they said.
And the state where all equipment was at +15, i.e., item level 325, was the max level.
The materials needed for enhancement were very simple: enhancement stones and gold.
“Who wants to go first?”
“I’ll challenge first!”
“Alright. But first, let’s both get them to +5.”
“Got it.”
* * *
They bought enhancement stones from the auction house with the gold they had prepared and grinded all their equipment up to +5.
Dangso’s enhancement began.
“Hahaha! I’ll start with the shoes!”
Hearing Dangso’s confident voice, everyone around turned on their streams.
“Here I go! Watch closely!”
Dangso, who opened the enhancement window, vigorously stretched out his hand.
[Failure]
Right away, without any special effect, the weapon placed in the slot exploded in a visual effect, and then the message appeared.
“Pfft.”
Taewoo liked that failure the most.
“But it’s still unknown.”
Sishikkoneo commented from the side,
so Dangso pressed it repeatedly.
[Failure]
[Failure]
[Failure]
[Failure]
“Kuhahaha! This is enhancement! Yes! The lock wasn’t just on me!”
“Still, you don’t know.”
“Sishikkoneo-nim? What ‘don’t know’? It’s obvious just by looking.”
“T-Taewoo. Friend of Cheonma, it’s our first meeting, isn’t this too much!”
“Oh. Sorry. Heh heh.”
Seojun watched silently.
—lolololol
—No way!
—You think 10% is a joke? lolol
—Currently Dangso is blowing 2k gold per try lolol
—Material prices really have gone up.
—Newbies, if you take it slow, even though they’re untradeable, they give out enhancement materials, so don’t worry.
And Dangso suddenly pressed the enhancement button one more time,
[Failure]
“No!”
He despaired.
Soon, Dangso looked for someone.
That someone was Seojun, whose expression wasn’t particularly good and was ambiguous.
“H-Hmm. The flow isn’t good. You go first.”
“Didn’t you just say ‘what flow’ earlier?”
Seojun looked at Dangso incredulously.
“I don’t know, just go! The timing is wrong.”
Oh ho? Even timing for enhancement?
“Yeah Seojun! You give it a try too! Let’s hit the pity! Please! Enhancement can’t use that suspiciously suspicious physical ability, right!”
“It’s pure luck...”
It was as Taewoo and Sishikkoneo said.
A gacha where no factor except luck could intervene.
And Seojun wasn’t particularly lucky.
Just like when he got the worst penalty when deciding punishments before.
“Then shall I have a taste too?”
So Seojun wasn’t as confident as usual.
“Please pity. Please pity. Please pity.”
Seojun left Taewoo, who was praying to the game company, talked to the NPC, placed the weapon in the enhancement slot,
—Starting with the weapon?
—Note) Weapon uses a bit more enhancement stones and gold.
—It’s 3k gold per try!
and pressed the enhancement button.
[Failure]
“Nice!”
—Kya!
—Nice!
—Feels good from the start.
—Yeah lol if he cheats here too, that’s really over the top.
“Hmm. It’s 10%, so it can happen. Let’s go again.”
Amid the cheers of many, Seojun maintained his composure and pressed the enhancement button again.
But enhancement doesn’t go as you wish.
[Failure]
“Kuhahahaha!”
[Failure]
“Ah Jin Seojun, you were a pudding-like bastard!”
“What does pudding have to do with it.”
[Failure]
“This is justice! This is justice!”
[Failure]
“It’s karma settlement angle.”
[Failure]
“From now on, let’s only walk the pity path, Seojun. Just from what you did to me yesterday... *sob*...”
“Even you, Cheonma, luck is unavoidable. The flow really isn’t good.”
With repeated failures, Seojun gradually felt the surroundings getting noisy.
Is that why the enhancement wasn’t going well?
“Would you all be quiet?”
He thought maybe he should deal with it.
“Oh? This is the tone he uses when he’s really, genuinely pissed.”
“What are you saying.”
Seojun smirked and pressed the enhancement button again.
The result appeared.
[Failure]
“Kya!”
At this rate.
“It seems like I’m locked.”
“What lock. Just one more time. Hehe.”
“Just kidding. You still don’t know. That’s what Sishikkoneo-nim keeps saying. So for +5, you can hit pity.”
“That’s true. But there’s one left until pity, Seojun-nim.”
“Really? Still, I might not see it?”
Saying that, Seojun confidently pressed the enhancement button.
“Yes.”
For some reason, it felt like it would succeed this time.
His intuition said so.
And the result was.
[Failure]
Seojun rubbed his lips, feeling deflated.
That didn’t work.
“Nope. Ah, let’s go straight to the next enhancement!”
—lololololol
—Ah lolol I like it from the start
—About 30k gold cut!! lolol
—Taewoo-shit is so excited lolol
—Today the guild leader’s tearful angle? Today the guild leader’s tearful angle? Today the guild leader’s tearful angle? Today the guild leader’s tearful angle?
—Guild leader can’t crush it with his physical ability and is flustered lolol
His first enhancement started with pity.
For now, the result that everyone except Seojun wanted had appeared.
For now.