Chapter 130
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 130
Chapter Title: Time Attack
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This world seems to absolutely love the words "luck" or "random." Or maybe it's the monsters of darkness that adore them?
The Silver, Gold, and Platinum tickets were hard enough to wrap my head around at first. Heroes drawing their gear randomly with tickets? Sure, if it was crafted from monster corpses, that might make some sense.
But even clearing dungeons doesn't guarantee fixed rewards. And there are provisional dungeons popping up in diffusion phenomena where, aside from the rank, you can't even predict what monsters will appear.
"Isn't this a bit too much, even for them?"
Now even Class Stones were being doled out via random tickets. But Han Minguk was the only one thinking that way.
The heroes, for whom draws were already routine, were solely focused on the 【Class Stone (A) Ticket - Legendary Grade】 that emerged from the pillar of light.
"A Legendary Grade Class Stone ticket? An item like this existed?"
"Yeah, no. Even searching the Hero Pad turns up zero info..."
"Does that mean our raid team got the world's first? No way..."
On one side, Hyun-ah, Yuna, and the spirited newcomer Shin Nayeon were buzzing about the newly acquired Class Stone ticket. They made a surprisingly good trio.
The others were glued to their Hero Pads too. It was that special of an item.
The good news—if you could call it that—was that, like standard gear tickets, it didn't bind to the person who tore it open. It only seemed to bind upon mana awakening.
Either way, using this would secure the full reward from Ppuu's quest. Curiosity suddenly struck about which classes earned Legendary status, so he pulled up his Hero Pad.
【Ether Master (A)】, 【Dimension Gate (B)】, 【Phoenix Knight (A)】, 【Twilight (A)】, 【Mana Nemesis (B)】, 【Asura King Ashrit (B)】, 【Crimson Avenger (B)】…
"More than I expected."
He'd assumed Legendary classes would be limited to just a handful, but there were quite a few.
Then again, this was over eighty years of war since the darkness monsters appeared and heroes awakened. And this was all the Legendaries that had shown up?
Even including A and B ranks... Yeah, they were truly rare.
'I wonder what we'll get...'
A healer he could use would be ideal, but honestly, anything would do as long as it was usable by the GGW team members.
Something like 【Blade of Malice】, a Unique-grade class, but unusable by teammates? That would be awkward—can't use it, can't sell it off easily either.
"If they're gonna give it, might as well make it a ticket where you pick the class..."
Minguk muttered bitterly at Ppuu, who remained stubbornly silent despite his calls. Where did it learn to be so devious...?
The 【Class Stone (A) Ticket - Legendary Grade】 use was postponed. No choice in the matter.
He wanted to rip it open right then and see their Legendary class, but the team's insistence—this was the world's first such item—meant they'd do it at the Hanoi hotel.
Probably to show it off to heroes worldwide there. And it was worth the hype.
But that wasn't the end. Once the ticket talk wrapped, attention turned to the "One Date Voucher."
"So, who's top contributor?"
"Last time it got glossed over weirdly, so Raid Leader, you pick this time!"
"Top contributor has to be the dealer with the most damage, right?"
Minguk found himself rubbing his forehead at the team members chirping about their own top contributions. His head was already starting to throb.
He had to pick one of the nine raid heroes. Picking randomly felt wrong, but he couldn't dodge it either.
"First, anyone Contribution A- or below is out. Aim for next time."
The most objective way was the Hero Pad logs. At his words, the heroes sighed in disappointment and stepped back.
'Huh?'
Minguk tilted his head at the beaming remaining heroes. Surprisingly many had dropped out. All the dealers fell short of A rank, and even Kendall, the main tank's dedicated healer, was eliminated.
Being their first raid, they'd wasted mana and positioning. So the leftovers were the tanks: Hyun-ah, Tanya, and...
"Ufufu!"
Giselle, wearing an expression that went beyond sexy into pervert territory. Tanya and Giselle were proven heroes mentioned in Evolution rankings, and Hyun-ah was one Minguk acknowledged as exceptionally talented.
That made the choice easy. Hyun-ah had dated him the most already, and Giselle was too intimidating.
"My pick is Tanya Ruth. You all know why."
"Wh-what?! Why not me?!"
"Well, Tanya showed near-perfect tanking against two boss monsters as the team's main tank... Hey, no touching there! And in that sudden crisis, her snap order saved the team."
He had to explain to a furiously groping Giselle, but unlike before, everyone nodded in agreement.
"Hahaha! A date with the Raid Leader! I'm on cloud nine today!"
Tanya, clutching the daily date voucher, let out a hearty laugh like a Russian man.
"No, seriously, did you save a country in a past life or something? Awakening as a guy wasn't enough—you've got luck like this too? How many light pillars is that now? If you've hogged that much fortune, share some with me already!"
Kang Chae-young, who turned into a jinx in Memoria raids despite drawing GGW's first-ever light pillar, pouted and lunged at Minguk.
Today's Memoria raid was a whopping 【A-3】 difficulty. Chae-young hadn't even pulled a Revival Stone from two reward chests, forcing her to sneak glances at the team. Then GGW hit the jackpot.
"It's fine. Luck goes up and down. And it's not even my luck? One was from Hero Kang Chae-young, the rest from Cheonho-dong's Lucky Girl."
"Still, they all happened under your raid leadership. Wait—maybe it's not the opener, but the raid leader's luck that matters? Otherwise, I'd..."
"Unnie's just genuinely unlucky."
As Minguk patted Chae-young, Memoria's raid leader, who'd been eyeing the 【Class Stone (A) Ticket - Legendary Grade】, chimed in with an intrigued look.
"You...?!"
"Congrats first off, Raid Leader Han Minguk."
Ignoring Chae-young's outburst, Memoria's leader greeted Minguk warmly. It hit home again how close these two were.
"A ticket for a Legendary Class Stone... Never knew about that one. So the class is random until you open it?"
"Hero Pad says it's randomized."
"Hmm... Then Phoenix Knight or Ether Master would be top-tier."
Intrigued, Minguk eyed Memoria's leader.
Top raid leader in Memoria's first string—one of Korea's elite heroes. Her words carried weight.
"Any reason you think that?"
"You know raid success hinges on tank survival, right?"
Of course. Tank down, raid over.
"Phoenix Knight revives the tank on the spot upon death. Full HP, and it holds aggro on whatever monster they were tanking. You get what that means."
"Uh... yeah. That's broken."
Minguk nodded instinctively at her question. Mid-combat revival? No wonder it's Legendary—just the description sold it.
Phoenix Knight had more: it scorched approaching enemies with blazing heat for damage. A tank outdamaging other tanks.
Ether Master was just as insane. Legendary classes all had skills leagues beyond standard ones.
"Higher raids demand high-rank classes and skilled wielders. Even same-position heroes might need class swaps per situation. Normals work, but it feels like self-handicapping."
As a raid leader himself, Minguk got it instantly.
"So how'd you snag that ticket? Mind sharing the monster?"
"Sure, no secret."
Nothing to hide—no plans to profit off the info.
"Garuda's clones. From 【B-1】 difficulty."
"...Pardon?"
Memoria's leader and Chae-young's faces froze at his answer.
Wondering why, it clicked: Garuda clones in 【B-1】? Big problem.
The World Hero Association's biggest headache was these new Garuda clone monsters appearing everywhere.
"Feels like they're showing up more even in low diffs?"
"Yeah. Could get uglier. With dungeon timers ticking down already, if clones spawn there..."
Minguk's expression darkened too.
Another break here, and Vietnam's toast. Even the Twelfth Calamity Garuda was unpredictable.
But no point fretting. Nothing he could do.
This was 【B-1】 conquering GGW's level—not his worry. Let the Association and Ranker clan leaders sweat it.
GGW was growing at pace with 【B-1】 clears, prepping for later...
"Ah! Leader! Been waiting long?"
A Western woman in a sleeveless white blouse spotted Minguk and waved cheerfully.
It was Tanya Ruth, whom he'd been waiting for. A far cry from her full plate mail and massive shield—super casual now.
Her hair pinned back with a big clip looked age-appropriately cute. Well, her figure made "mature" more apt.
"Who's that?"
Chae-young flinched at the sudden bombshell. Minguk couldn't help chuckling, tempted to tease.
"My date."
Chae-young snapped her head up instantly. Her eyes swirled with tangled emotions—felt oddly off.
Like introducing a new partner to a sex buddy? But this world normalized it.
"Look closer. It's our raid's Tanya Ruth. Siberia's Bear Tank."
"Oh...? Right. But she got business with you?"
"Yep. Top contributor reward from the Garuda clone raid: a date today."
Chae-young's face lit up with genuine envy.
"Unnie, you're not even a guy—why so uncool? Someone might think you're married."
Memoria's leader draped an arm over Chae-young's shoulder, shaking her head. Sparks flew in Chae-young's eyes. Leaving the tense duo, Minguk headed to Tanya.