Can't Resist a Gacha
Can't resist a gacha, lol.
[Measuring first-clear rewards…]
[Reward measurement is delayed. Please wait a moment.]
Delayed?
That was a first for me.
"Is that supposed to happen?"
[?]
[Loading what lol]
[No wait, explain first lmaooo]
[What did you just do?]
[Is it bugged?]
[Why is it doing that?]
[Are the Lily cheat accusations coming back? lol]
[But seriously why is it doing that]
[No Mythic item?]
[expain pls]
"An explanation? Hmm… that darkness — I mean, the boss — showed up, so I modified the sealing ritual a bit and sealed it away."
A seal powered by burning away its divine authority, rather than consuming the souls of the sacrificial victims.
Everything had gone exactly as I planned, and the sealing had succeeded without a hitch. If I were being pedantic about it, it was closer to banishment than sealing, technically.
…Wait, could it be failing to register it?
The Void Space connected to my soul was a realm somewhat detached from reality — a conceptual space, like a world of imagery. If DeoEn's system couldn't perceive that space, then from its perspective, the dungeon's main boss might as well have just vanished into thin air.
After all, in order to measure the reward, the system needed to know how the boss had been dealt with — and it had simply disappeared without a trace.
[I'm sorry, what?]
[?]
[Modified WHAT, Lily lmaooo]
[Oh, so she sealed it?]
[Sealed??]
[?]
"Yes. Don't tell me you all thought I killed it?"
The method had been a bit rough, sure, but I'd gone out of my way to be considerate.
[e]
[e]
[oh ok lmaoooooooo]
[yep]
[For real, I thought Lily was just a maniac]
[fr lol]
[The dead-eyed stabbing was the killer part ngl]
[That was terrifying]
[Yena wailing had me dying lmaooooooooo]
[Oh, it was sealed all along…]
[And here I thought she just straight-up killed it]
"…Anyway, that's how it went. How long has it been since I disappeared?"
[A minute?]
[1 min]
[Like 50 seconds]
[Hasn't been long]
That took less time than I'd expected. It had felt like ages.
Even accounting for the delay, it was far shorter than usual.
[Measurement complete.]
[You have acquired 300 gold and 300,000 EXP.]
"Oh."
That was a hefty chunk of EXP for a single dungeon — on par with my 3rd Advancement quest. My level had shot straight up to 65 in one go, and the money wasn't bad either.
[Not bad EXP]
[300k?]
[300k whoa]
[lmaooooooooooo]
[Around $4,500, delicious]
[Surely that's not all?]
[Surely]
Ding!
[Choice — Prevention of the Sacrificial Ritual has been selected.]
[More than half of the beastkin survived. You have acquired the Talisman of the Beastkin (Mid Grade).]
[While holding this talisman, favorability with the beastkin race increases by 30.]
Clack.
A token dropped into my hand, emblazoned with a pattern of brown fur. This felt like a little bonus on top.
[You may select one additional item of your choosing as a bonus reward.]
Fwah!
Several items unfolded before my eyes.
The first thing to catch my attention was a familiar blue eye, radiating a distant, unfathomable aura…
[The first item is Mythic grade: Blue-Ring's Eye.]
…What?
I'm sorry, what?
[?]
[????????????]
[Hold on, look over there lmao?]
[Yena lmaooo]
[LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]
[Wait, it was for Lily too?]
[What lmaooooooooo]
[Eye NTR?? lmao]
[Yena weeping blood incoming lol]
[Ah lmao, so that's why she went and stole an eye lol]
It was only one eye, granted, but it wasn't much different from the one Yena had used. Being Mythic grade, its performance and effects were already proven. The blue eye practically radiated its power, as if urging me to choose it right away.
I nearly picked it on the spot — then turned my head away. I should look at the others first.
The second item was a long scroll glowing with a faint blue light — a magical scroll that looked packed to the brim with writing.
[The second item is a scroll inscribed with the magic of the highest-ranking water spirit, Naiad. It can be used semi-permanently.]
"A spirit?"
Skeptical, I ran my eyes over the scroll. It was certainly inscribed with the distinctive, unusual magic script unique to spirits and seals — no doubt a scroll imbued with the power of a highest-ranking spirit.
But why on earth was this showing up as a reward?
[?]
[Naiad?]
[???]
[Why a spirit??]
[That's something Leo would absolutely covet lol]
[Naiad? Name your price, that thing's a fortune lmao]
[Insane]
[I feel like the Mythic item is better though]
[Whoa]
[????????????]
[If it's reusable, the scroll might actually be the better pick]
[If it were Leo she'd take this one instantly lol]
[A scroll that isn't single-use is god-tier, ;;]
After that, the system continued introducing a parade of wondrous and unusual items. They all bore some loose connection to the dungeon, but the kind of connection that made you think, really?
What stood out even more was that none of the items had anything to do with the actual main boss, the Shadow Spirit.
And above all…
The quest didn't clear.
The Source had wielded power on par with a world boss, and I'd secretly hoped that maybe — just maybe — my advancement quest would clear. If it had, I could have unlocked my Divinity right then and there.
But as expected — perhaps because I'd trapped the thing in a conceptual space — the system didn't register it as defeated. And in my current state, I had no way of actually capturing it…
I'm short on time, though…
[The seventh item is a 'Very Mysterious' Random Box.]
"…A random box?"
A random box, in a lineup brimming with Mythics and Legendaries?
I lifted up a single box prettily decorated with a red ribbon. It was cute, but…
"Is this thing any good?"
[NOONONONONONONO]
[NOOO]
[YESSS]
[NOOOO]
[Don't pull]
[GACHA GO GO GO GO]
[LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO]
[Those boxes are either total garbage or absurdly broken consumables, nothing in between lol]
[With Lily's luck? Possible]
[fr lol]
[Gacha's not a bad option though?]
[No, when there's a guaranteed Mythic on the table, gacha is a bit…]
["Very Mysterious" tier is actually solid though?]
[Info: even on the best possible pull, it's at most Semi-Legendary to Legendary]
"Hmmmm…"
Honestly, none of them had really grabbed me. They all looked useful, but none were Mythic-tier powerhouses like the spear, or the hammer, or the Flute of the Abyss.
But I kind of want to pull something.
"So 'Very Mysterious' is the best one?"
[Nope]
[Very Very Very Mysterious is the top one]
[Very Very Very]
[VVV Mysterious is tier 1, this one's tier 3]
[LMAOOOOOOOOOO]
[Still, even the plain Very Mysterious box is pretty pricey. Just not Mythic-tier pricey]
[Just take the Eye or the Naiad gg]
[Grab the Eye and give it to Yena lol]
"Wee~ell, okay then!"
Somehow, just holding the thing put a smile on my face.
[Wait?]
[No way. No, right?]
[Lily?]
[There's a Mythic item right there]
Ding!
[…Would you like to select the 'Very Mysterious' Random Box?]
"Yes!"
Fsss…
All of the dazzling items dissolved into motes of light, leaving behind only a single pretty gift box in my hand.
"Yesss."
[?????]
[?]
[?]
[Lady Lily?]
[LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO?]
[Are you perhaps insane?]
[Yena wailing lmaooooooooo]
[GACHA lmaooooooooo]
[Whoa]
[Someone actually chose gacha over a Mythic item?]
[????????]
[Gambler Lily lmaoooooooooo]
The chat window erupted into chaos. Something about the gift box and the reactions made my mood soar all on its own.
"Now then, let's open it right away."
[Opening the 'Very Mysterious' Box…]
A brilliant light welled up from within the box.
And then, it was over.
"…Huh?"
A dud…?
"Lilyyyyyy!!! Why did you do that!!! Why! Why! WHY!"
The moment we returned from the dungeon, Yena was there waiting — and she threw a full-blown tantrum. The rims of her eyes were red; she must have been expecting a lot.
"…Well, it was fun, so that's what counts."
[LMAOOOOOOOOO]
[Ah lmao, "it was fun, so that's what counts" lol]
[Can't resist a gacha lol]
[Fun >>> Mythic items]
[Lily really is a streamer through and through lmaoooooooooooooo]
[God of Gacha Lily! God of Gacha Lily! God of Gacha Lily!]
[Wait, is that not the same god I know?]
[LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO this is hilarious, honestly]
[I acknowledge Lily as a true entertainer]
[She's got the content sense of a pro lmaooooo]
"Waa… waa… WAAAAAAAAH!!!"
I gave an awkward grin and laughed for no particular reason, but Yena's tantrum showed no signs of stopping.
Still, it wasn't as if we'd walked away empty-handed.
I doubt it looks that way from Yena's perspective, though.
Money, EXP, and the talisman were all standard fare, but we'd also taken down the world-boss-level Shadow Spirit, so calling it "nothing" wasn't fair. If anything, I'd come out ahead of even the Blue-Ring's Eye.
But from where Yena stood, I'd gambled away a Mythic-tier item in a single instant.
Yena collapsed like some tragic heroine of a melodrama, and I gave her slumped shoulders a few gentle pats.
"Hnnnggg… my item… okay, it wasn't mine, but still… my item…"
"Don't cry. You're breaking my heart."
[No it doesn't lmaooo]
[Seeing moments like this, she really is a stone-cold maniac]
["You're breaking my heart" — why are you smiling, Lily]
[Ah, but that was genuinely such a waste though]
[fr]
[Selling that thing could literally cover a down payment on a house…]
[Newtube clip potential > house]
[Newtube clip potential is king, let's be real lol]
"Well, at least I got this."
"…A completely useless, decorative bracelet…"
"Useless? It's nice and smooth, isn't it?"
I fiddled with the purple, sleekly polished bracelet that had come out of my dud pull. A Rare-grade item with no stats, no enchantments, no skills whatsoever.
Well, it did have one thing — Bound to Owner — but Yena was right: it really was nothing more than an ornament. It was strange that it was even graded 'Rare' at all.
What on earth is this actually for?
Pressing my fingers into the bracelet, I kept patting Yena's shoulders and soothing her.
While Lily soothed Yena, somewhere in the deep, dark depths of DeoEn's sea…
Krrrrrrrum…
Celestials…
An ancient, colossal body opened its eyes.