Chapter 239
12:01.
Sikshik Corner called, and Seojun got straight to the point.
“Alright. Explain this allied siege battle.”
[Yes. First off, it’s a siege battle, but guild alliances fight each other. Isn’t fifty people a bit lacking?]
“How many guilds per side?”
[2 versus 2.]
So it’s 100 versus 100 after all.
One guild definitely feels like too few, and three or more would probably be a bit much.
It’s not like some massive event the game company spends months preparing and updating, even if you call it a guild war.
More than anything, they said that no matter the game mode, the foundation doesn’t stray far from the PvP we did in the training grounds.
“Is there no 1v1v1?”
[There is, that mode too. Anyway, this mode is 2v2, so you’ll have to find another guild. What will you do? Honestly, this is the most annoying part. There’s a chance the opponents will team up with Magye, the second-ranked guild on Solarin.]
Monster or Magye.
‘Hmm.’
The guild names are no joke.
Their tendencies are probably similar, so the likelihood of them teaming up is high.
Seojun thought for a moment, then opened his mailbox.
It was on the off chance.
And after checking his mail, he smiled comfortably.
“That’s nothing to worry about now.”
[Really? If the guild you’re teaming with is also a bunch of newbies, then there’s really no answer. We’re already busy enough just raising our own guild members…….]
“Don’t worry.”
[Alright. Then see you tomorrow. I’ll explain the details once we start working on synergy.]
After hanging up, Taewoo came in asking what he was going to do, and Seojun told him not to worry as well.
While showing him the screen.
[Hello, I’m Sarang from the 158th ranked guild, Lunaon. Would you like to do guild war together? For reference, I’m a fan!]
[Hello. If you don’t have a guild to join for the guild war, the 177th ranked Solarin guild, Hunter……]
The mails had arrived even though just a few minutes had passed.
Taewoo’s impression upon seeing this was simple but accurate.
“So we can pick and choose.”
“Well…… Let’s watch until tomorrow.”
And so Seojun ended his day.
* * *
The next day.
Seojun decided to do some engraving.
More precisely, enhancing accessories at the blacksmith to raise his specs.
Unlike the base stats that accessories give, the additional stats gained through engraving also apply in PvP.
As such, this is the only option that top guilds, who value PvP content where they hardly look at specs, really consider.
The highest grade accessories current users could equip were Legendary grade.
Of course, the values of additional options are determined solely by the result of the engraving, regardless of the equipment’s grade.
However, since the next tier of accessories will come out soon in the Four Heavenly Kings raid, they say you don’t necessarily have to pull endgame-level results with the engraving you do now.
They say nothing is more aggravating than pulling the absolute best on a previous tier item when the next tier gear is about to come out.
Anyway.
“I’ll begin.”
Seojun entered the blacksmith and found the Engraving NPC.
-Today’s engraving will be done by Dangso and Taewoo of Sikshik Corner together!
-For reference, this is all luck
-Who will get +8 or higher first!!!
Engraving, just like equipment enhancing, was all luck.
Why do games plaster random systems everywhere instead of guaranteed ones?
The reason is simple.
Because it’s more thrilling.
The thrill from the dopamine your brain releases when you succeed grows higher the deeper the valley of previous failures.
In short,
the more of a rip-off it is, the more people enjoy and spend money on it. No matter how much they curse with their mouths.
Who?
The heavy users.
Suckers like Kim Taewoo.
“I’m going for +10!”
The engraving of accessories worked on a truly simple mechanism.
And while it was simple, it was also vicious.
“Everyone look at my screen!”
The starting success rate is 100%.
Seojun had the streaming screens of both Dangso and Taewoo in his view, and he briefly enlarged Taewoo’s screen.
[Epeed’s Ring] [Legendary]
[+1]
[Additional Effect: Health]
“90% is a piece of cake!”
Then the ring became +2.
He had succeeded at the second engraving.
“Same here!”
The third success probability is 80%.
The fourth is 70%.
That’s right.
Accessory engraving goes up to +10, and the probability goes down each time you succeed.
Right down to the 10% success rate for going from +9 to +10.
The vicious part is this.
“Uwaaaah! No! A 30% chance fails here!?”
“Kekeke. Taewoo, you really are terrible at enhancing, aren’t you? Here! I’ll give it a go.”
Dangso, who had reached equipment level 300 spending a bit more than average, stepped up.
[Partially Broken Ring of Struggle] [Legendary]
[+1]
[Additional Effect: Defense]
“Success! Another success! Then next up too! Kyaaaaak!”
“Pfft. 20% fails here. Dangso-nim, is this real? I at least still had a 30% chance.”
If you fail an engraving, the accessory is destroyed.
Currently, the price per legendary accessory on the auction house hovered around 3,000 gold.
What would it feel like if 3,000 won just flew away in an instant while enhancing?
It would be thrilling.
“Kyaaaaaak! This is rigged! Why does a 20% chance fail here! It should have failed at +8! So I could at least get to +9! Kyaaaaak!”
Look here.
Isn’t Dangso convulsing right now as if he’s been electrocuted?
You can feel the thrill.
“I’ll try again!”
“Go ahead.”
“Taewoo, you just get ready to sob your heart out.”
Dangso started enhancing again.
100%. Success.
90%. Success.
80%. Success.
70%. Success.
60%. Success.
50%. Success.
“Oooh! We’ve already broken through some incredible odds! Is this me? Now if I just break through the exact opposite way!”
40%. Failure.
It’s destroyed.
Back to square one, to be precise.
“Kyaaaaak!”
Dangso was electrocuted again.
And then Taewoo stepped up again.
“Dangso-nim. Take a look at this!”
100%. Success.
90%. Failure.
“What the! Again!”
100%. Success.
90%. Failure.
“This damn game company, seriously, ten……. Aaack! Now that I think about it, this 10% chance! It’s the same damn probability as that equipment refining that never frickin’ succeeded! This game company, you dog-like heavens!”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ the Wailing Wall 10% ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Why is that bastard so unlucky ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This is the real taste
Just as Dangso said, Taewoo really started getting ready to sob.
Soon, the enhancement competition between Dangso and Taewoo heated up.
Their target was +7 or +8.
It’s a harder enhancement rate than you’d think, but assuming the standard odds roughly play out, you would get to +5 and then just need to land the 50%, 40%, and 30% chances in order.
Harder than you’d think, but still a number worth aiming for.
Normally, top guilds require you to come with all accessories at least around +7 or +8, they say.
‘One ring, two earrings, one necklace.’
I don’t know why it’s only one ring, but anyway, since you can wear that many, you could secure a total of four additional stats.
‘They say that normally the combination of additional stats you go for is up to you?’
Even so, due to the nature of Korean gamers who hate even the slightest loss, standard stat combinations tailored to each class had already emerged.
“Kyaaaaak!”
“Why! Why does it keep failing at 10%! Does it make sense that it fails at 10% every other try!? Does it!?”
Amidst the chaos, Seojun quietly communicated with his viewers.
“Hmm. Everyone. There isn’t a beginner stat combination, right?”
-Taewoo is so damn funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No
-Streamer, for assassin ranged classes, you get 1~2 attack/movement speed, and warriors go heavy on tanking
-Everyone tends to get one each of Health and Defense
-Health and defense are important matters
-It seems like beginners should have at least one health and one defense too
“Then, could you all evaluate the accessory stat combination I’ve prepared?”
-Oh right, I was wondering why he didn’t reveal this
-Show us
-I’ll definitely evaluate it!
Seojun opened his inventory. And after going into the equipment tab, he showed the names by tapping on each one.
[Ring of the Soft Breeze] [Legendary]
[Sylph’s Necklace] [Legendary]
[Earring of Freedom] [Legendary]
“Yes. I’ve prepared this.”
He had only prepared these.
And for the people, this was enough.
-I just went and looked up the effects of these items. As expected of the streamer, I knew it ㅅㅍ
-The additional effects are all ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Attack/Movement Speed, huh streamer?
-Yeah, this is just like the streamer! A circus, that’s what it is!
-Why would you even need health and defense if you never get hit anyway ㅋㅋㅋ
-Then if you never get hit anyway, why do you need attack/movement speed?
-That’s a point? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ How about going all-in on attack power, streamer!
What the.
The reaction is good?
I felt very insulted.
Isn’t part of the fun of streaming watching viewers freak out?
And the streamer’s fun?
It’s all the same.
-In the middle of that, Taewoo is failing his fourth 10% chance ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-That 10% chance that never frickin’ stuck when enhancing equipment, why is it sticking so well now?
-Should that guy just be satisfied with +5? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“Then, shall I give it a try too?”
Seojun spoke quite loudly, but Dangso and Taewoo were so fired up from their successive failures and heated competition that they were completely absorbed in their own enhancing.
“Well, I’ll just give it a shot.”
Seojun started engraving the Sylph’s Necklace.
100%. Success.
90%. Success.
80%. Success.
70%. Success.
60%. Success.
“Getting this far is nothing special. Though it seems there are some who can’t even get that far.”
In that instant, Taewoo, who had been absorbed in enhancing, turned his head towards Seojun.
Flash!
Are his eyes bloodshot right now?
This is virtual reality?
Just as Seojun was slightly startled, Taewoo turned his head back and focused on his engraving again.
“I’ll give it a go.”
50%.
Success.
“Phew.”
Currently, Sylph’s Necklace was at +6.
Just one more success and he’d be satisfied.
The chance was 40%, an unfavorable coinflip, but still fairly high.
“Here goes?”
And the result?
[Sylph’s Necklace] [Legendary]
[+7]
[Additional Effect: Attack/Movement Speed]
“I’ll be satisfied with the necklace here. Yes, that was easy.”
He didn’t cheat.
“Kyaaaaak! How did Cheonma get it first!”
“If only I could just stop failing at that damn 10%!”
Compared to those two, maybe it really was like cheating?
* * *
Seojun was the first, and with some luck, finished wrapping up with +7s, while the other two were satisfied at +6 for the time being and called it quits.
Afterwards, he ran around the map again with his guild members to obtain skill enhancement tickets.
Three hours after starting the broadcast, right when they had just finished what they were doing again, a group approached Seojun from afar.
They were riding the same mount, the Golden King’s Crow, and the nickname of the person at the front was Ppoppi Appa.
“Kheup. Ppoppi is cute.”
Taewoo laughed, finding it cute.
The four people around him all had nicknames like Pacheondo Hwang, Heukwol Geomje, and so on.
-All the nicknames are total ahjussies ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-...In LaCl, the ahjussies... are powerful beings...
-Is that Blood Lord-nim? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅅㅍ It is Blood Lord-nim? That person is the current rank 1 guild master
-ㄷㄷㄷ
-Suddenly he looks f*cking imposing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Ppoppi Appa, who seemed to be the leader, spoke first.
“Hello, Sword God-nim.”
“Yes, hello. You came to see me, right?”
The current rank 1 guild master and also called Blood Lord.
“Yes, that’s right. Hehehe. We older folks wanted to join in where you youngsters are playing, so we sought you out. I watched your broadcast well.”
Ppoppi Appa got straight to the point.
“By wanting to join, do you mean you want to do the siege battle together?”
“Keolkeol. It is, but I think it’s still unclear whether we’ll be enemies or allies if we do join. Our Jijon Gunju can’t just throw away the guild war as a loss either, you see.”
“So you’re saying you might side with the Monster side?”
Taewoo butted in from the side, and Ppoppi Appa smiled, answering leisurely.
“We could.”
“I hear Monster is a bad mannered guild?”
Why else would they make such a fuss about a bad mannered guild? It’s because they don’t want to play the game with them.
And if you side with a bad mannered guild, you get branded as a bad mannered user yourself.
His question was asking why they were talking like they might join them, as if they didn’t know that.
And Ppoppi Appa gently stated the reason why he didn’t care about such things.
“Kim Taewoo streamer-nim. Have you ever heard of a Slaughter Order?”
“Hu, huh?”
“We don’t care about bad manners or whatever childish games the kids play.”
At those words, Taewoo flinched for a moment, and Seojun laughed as if amused.
‘They could become enemies?’
-Woah sh*t ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-This is the Blood Lord ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Info) A Slaughter Order is a super toxic move where the big bros who’ve taken over a server pick a single person and subject them to indiscriminate, unlimited PK to make the game unplayable for them
-But in the Blood Alliance, isn’t that average?
-People who completely dominate that wild place itself ㄷㄷㄷ
-Blood Lord-nim declares: Solarin Magye is just a playground for children!