The Beginner's Luck (4)
※ Jjang Kke Ppo ※
※ Pull the lever to win loads of coins!
And...
※ Super Cool ※
Coin Rewards
..
70
20
☞ 500
90
1
..
Bam-ba-ba-bam! Bam bam-bam bam-ba-ra-bam!
Waaaaaaah!
You’ve won 500 coins!
You’re absolutely on fire!
You’ll give it another go, won’t you!?
An unbelievable celebratory sound rang out from the machine that had been mocking me all this time.
........!?
5, 500!?
Stunned by this astonishing coin win, I looked at Lord Cheonma.
‘...’
‘...’
Lord Cheonma, seemingly just as taken aback, stared at me with a blank expression.
Sssssshhh-
Swoosh-
Swoosh-
Swoosh-
Swoosh-
Five black circles appeared and vanished from the joystick, which had been completely empty, and in their place stood five stacks of coins, each estimated to be 100 gold coins high.
Seeing this, I let out a cry.
“It’s hit the jackpot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“…!”
“Hah! You, you scared me! What’s going on! You gave me a fright!”
Startled by my voice, brimming with joy, Merlin, who had been nodding off to my left, woke up and started throwing a tantrum.
Whether you’re throwing a tantrum because you’re startled or not… . Is that any of my business right now?
I’ve just got 500 coins now, you know?
Grrrrr... I believed in you, Cheonma-chan!
“As expected of Lord Cheonma! I knew you’d pull it off!”
“...Hmm... Well, of course~ Who do you think I am? I’m Cheonma. I am the greatest in the Dark Sect. The greatest under heaven. and the greatest of all time!"
As I lavished praise on Cheonma-nim, she seemed to be in high spirits, puffing out her chest and singing her own praises.
Watching her like that, I couldn’t help but think once again that a beginner’s luck really is the best.
“What’s this~? What is it! Oh~ what can I do with these coins now?”
“Ah~ Now we have to spin the gacha.”
“Eh? Wasn’t that just spinning the gacha?”
“Yes. That was just a means to increase the coins needed to spin the gacha. Now we have to actually draw the gacha…”
As I continued speaking, I pulled the lever once more.
Clunk
The machine’s screen changed, switching from the Jangkebo to the Gacha.
※ GACHA ※
*Insert 10 coins and pull the lever once to play 1 GACHA.
*Insert 100 coins and pull the lever once to play 10 GACHA.
*Please insert 1 coin to reset the item list.
*Please insert 1 coin to view the item list.
※ Pull the lever to spend coins and try to win items!
....
This is truly ruthless.
It seems coins are consumed the moment you try to do anything.
Well, I suppose that makes sense... I’ve only just realised it now.
Why 100 coins were given as a reward.
It’s because they’re used up so quickly that they’re easy to recoup, so they give you plenty.
“Right then… I’ll have a look to see what’s in there. Lord Cheonma, I’m going to use some coins to see what’s available right now—is that alright?”
“…Why are you asking me that? They’re yours, aren’t they?”
“…Since you drew them for me… you can still exert some influence over them, can’t you? "
“No. You can do whatever you like with that. Ah, I’ll ask you about this later... no, wait. I’ll ask you about this privately later. It was an interesting ability. A Supporter? You said this was the ‘helping’ type, didn’t you, Merlin?”
‘Huh? Yeah. A Supporter is based on the concept of helping. But why? What was interesting about it?’
“Ah~ You’ll have to experience this for yourself to find out. Hehehe.”
‘Tsk...’
‘....’
Cheonma-nim smiled at me.
That’s it!
The tool!
Eh?!
As long as I made the master (?) laugh, that’s all that matters!
Right?
‘Hahahahaha! I’m glad we could create such a synergy of laughter. So, is this enough to pass for now?’
“...What? Laughter synergy? Did you mean that just because I found it funny? Not at all. It was just amusing. Now then, I suppose I should show you something useful?”
“Um... I suppose I have to draw this one too...”
“...Is that a draw as well?”
Heavenly Ma-nim’s eyes sparkled as she asked me back, upon hearing my mention of a draw.
It seems she’s really got a taste for these draws...
“Yes. We need to do a draw. Let me just check the item list.”
I raised my hand, picked up a coin and inserted it into the slot.
Ding!
※ GACHA ※
ITEM LIST
..
Canned beer x2
Elixir 1
Elixir 2
Elixir 3
Stamina Potion
Mana Potion
..
...?
Recovery potions and...
I reckon these are potions used to boost my stats...
Recovery potions and... I get the potions, but...
A can of beer?
.. What on earth is this..
No...
If I could just crack open a nice cold can of beer right after a gacha session... I’d fall asleep in no time!
Deciding to look on the bright side, I resolved to invest exactly 100 coins in the Celestial Horse, who had shown me such incredible beginner’s luck today.
“Lord Cheonma. Why don’t you give the ‘10-pull’ a go?”
“10-pull? What’s that?”
“It was the text on the screen earlier… Apparently, if you put in 100 coins in a row and pull the lever once, it counts as 10 pulls—they call it a ‘10-pull’… and it actually works.”
“Ooh… That’s quite a handy feature, isn’t it?”
“Indeed. My ability is all about convenience.”
“Hmm…”
Heavenly Horse, who had been looking over the item list screen, turned to me and asked.
“.. Hmm~ What would you like to try and get?"
‘Me? Why?’
‘I don’t see anything I particularly need over there. If there’s something that’ll help you, I’ll give it to you.’
“Gosh.... Well... That’s nice of you... but I think I’d better have a few more goes at the item list first. Spending one coin to see if a better item appears isn’t a waste… I think that would be better.”
“...Shall we?”
“Of course. Who knows? Maybe something you need will turn up?”
“Right…”
With the Celestial Horse’s permission granted, I refreshed the item list a few more times, but nothing caught my eye.
It was on the tenth refresh.