304. 'Enhanced' Rare-to-Mythic Grade Random Box.
304. 'Enhanced' Rare-to-Mythic Grade Random Box.
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"..."
Level 65, 99%.
Serin stared at the experience bar with eyes practically dripping with lingering regret, then finally spoke.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow... I'll keep hunting and make sure to hit level 66 on stream."
Thinking about the chat time she had promised the viewers who subscribed right before the stream ended, she couldn't bring herself to keep hunting here.
If she pushed any harder, she felt like she might get a warning message and a forced logout, and it would definitely affect tomorrow's stream too, so she needed to manage her condition.
Honestly, even now she was seriously tired from five straight hours of hunting.
[Wow, you're stopping here?]
[Level 66 is right there and you're holding back...?]
[It's at 99%?]
[Look at the regret dripping from Rin's eyes lololol]
[But five hours of solo play isn't something a person should do;]
[fr honestly telling her to keep hunting here is just unreasonable]
[Rin needs to take care of her health too, if she pushes more she'll get sick again]
[If she overdoes it and takes a hiatus tomorrow, that's worse]
[How does it make sense to hunt alone for five hours in a party hunting ground]
[Yeah let's stop here, she really does seem to be overdoing it for nothing]
The chat was split between people disappointed they wouldn't get to see me hit level 66 and people worried about me, but overall they seemed to agree.
Viewers: 41,559.
When she glanced at the viewer count, she saw that even though it was already nearing 11 p.m., she was still holding forty thousand viewers.
'I couldn't even answer them because I was focused on hunting.'
It was hard to believe this many people were watching even though she'd done nothing but hunt with no real content, but at the same time, she could really feel that the viewers who came in thanks to yesterday's collab and Eunha were beyond anything she'd imagined.
"Then I'll just collect the quest reward, and after that I'll continue with the chat stream I promised."
After that, she slowly made her way out of the dungeon.
As the pure-white snowfield background faded away and a lush thicket full of fresh grass scent came into view, a sense of liberation and pride washed over her for no particular reason.
The dungeon where I had hunted for days was the 'Tomb of the Frozen Knight,' and I hadn't tried to raise the hunting-ground difficulty or bother finding a new hunting ground.
In long hunting sessions aimed at experience, the most important thing was 'grinding.'
Was it a hunting ground where I could keep hunting without difficulty, and could I keep hunting for hours while managing fatigue—those were actually the most important things for leveling.
Once I'd made it out of the dungeon, I opened the quest window first, just as I'd said.
*
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[Tomb of the Frozen Knight Skeleton Kills 2500/2500]
(Time remaining: 2 days 14 hours 56 minutes)
—??? Claim reward.
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*
A weekly quest she'd been working on for days.
The monster kill count was now completely filled, and she was looking forward to the reward.
She figured it would be better than the 500 kills from the daily quest last time.
"Claim reward."
She deliberately said it out loud.
Clank!
A golden-glowing box and a key appeared right in front of her.
She stared at the golden box for a moment, and before long, information about the item was displayed.
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'Enhanced' Rare-to-Mythic Random Box.
Grade: Legendary.
- Description: A random box containing every item classified as Rare-to-Mythic grade currently existing in Another World. Depending on your luck, you can even obtain a Mythic item! (However, quest and bound-only Rare-to-Mythic item types cannot be obtained.)
- Cannot sell to shops.
- Cannot list on Auction House.
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*
She'd suspected as much, but when another random box appeared, a hollow laugh escaped her.
"It's a random box?"
As she spoke, she picked up the key that had dropped in front of her, and unlike before, it was a golden key, which raised her expectations.
Honestly, she'd considered waiting to claim the reward until tomorrow's level-up, but she was too impatient right now, so she just wanted to open it.
[The ??? thing is just a random box lolololololol]
[With Rin's luck, maybe a Mythic?]
[Like a Mythic's gonna come out of that lololol]
[fr getting a Mythic from a random box is luck more absurd than winning the lottery]
[But there are people who've gotten one? About one person a year posts proof on the community]
[Look at the user count, if only one person a year posts proof of a weekly quest reward, that's insane lololol]
[But if it's enhanced, doesn't it at least not give Rares? Is Unique the average reward?]
[Isn't the average Unique? I heard Legendaries barely drop either]
[Mythic let's gooooooooooooooooo]
I paused for a moment to build suspense and checked the chat reactions, then raised my hand.
Click. Clack!
As soon as she fitted the golden key into the slot in the center of the golden box, the box unlocked as if by magic.
Creeeak!
Then the box opened with its distinctive sound, and I couldn't help feeling excited.
'Please, Mythic!'
The moment she found herself desperately hoping.
Ding!
With a flashy sound effect, a brilliant golden effect burst out, and I blinked without realizing it.
Immediately after, a massive hologram swallowed her vision.
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Renia's Silk Gloves.
Grade: Legendary
Base effect: HP 950, Strength 10% increase.
Additional effect: The moment you block an opponent's attack, you can strike back once with incredible force (Does Not Apply in PvP, cooldown 5 minutes. The effect may vary in proportion to the difference in Strength stats between you and your opponent)
- Description: Renia, one of the figures praised as a hero of the Archer class.
These are the silk gloves she wore. Her slender hands, which could fire dozens of arrows in the blink of an eye, held truly incomprehensible power. A grip strength unbelievable from such slender hands. Heavily influenced by that, these silk gloves likewise grant their wearer unbelievable power.
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*
When the hologram faded, pure-white silk gloves appeared in the air.
"Wow..."
The white silk surface was beautifully embroidered with luxurious golden thread, leaving nothing lacking in drawing Serin's gaze aesthetically.
Rustle.
Serin grabbed the silk gloves and smiled softly, then checked the chat first, of all things.
[Huh...]
[Seriously blessed lolololololololol]
[This game is trash...]
[No way, a Legendary drops here too?]
[Trash games are all like that, ugh]
[I'm seriously the only one with no luck]
[Is this game seriously just "the rich get richer"?]
[No way, a Legendary drops here?]
[I'm just glad it wasn't a Mythic, Rin's luck so far has been absolutely insane]
[There were so many people saying "Mythic let's gooo" and now that only a Legendary dropped, look at their reactions lolololololol]
[Isn't that Renia glove expensive even among Legendaries?]
[That thing's value has gone up even more lately because the high-level hunting grounds are a total mess lolololololol]
Seeing the chat explode once again like a guaranteed check, she smiled even brighter.
"Well, for a Legendary, this isn't bad."
After saying that as if it were no big deal, Serin decided to equip the gloves right away.
Slip. Slip.
With the soft sound of light fabric brushing, she put on the gloves as if showing off, and the sight was utterly natural. The silk gloves resting over her pure-white hands seemed to reveal an elegance that matched Serin's mysterious aura.
Slip. Slip.
After clenching and unclenching her hands to feel the fit, Serin brightened as if quite satisfied.
'The fit is better than I thought?'
The impossibly soft silk wrapped around both hands, and she felt no discomfort. From the moment she put them on, she could feel the strength entering her hands completely change.
The 'Strength 10% increase' option was clearly noticeable, which made her even more satisfied.
Deep down, I was a little disappointed that the reward wasn't a Mythic, but I was most satisfied that, unlike Grianne's ring from the last random box, this wasn't an item I couldn't use.
Looking at the gloves again, both the aesthetic appearance of the silk gloves and their practical options were all decent.
Squeak.
When she gripped the cord connected to the Crescent-Moon Weight, it definitely felt different from before.
Along with the thought that she'd be able to use the Crescent-Moon Weight more powerfully and menacingly, an idle thought crossed her mind.
"Right. Then... wouldn't I be able to handle a Buster Sword-type greatsword too?"
The massive greatsword she hadn't been able to wield properly before due to lack of strength came to mind.
[Why does she suit it so well?]
[Wow, Rin is seriously pretty]
[lololol even the way she puts on silk gloves, every little movement is pretty lolol]
[But doesn't wearing pure-white silk gloves with red light armor make the look a bit weird?]
[I think Rin's silver hair with the pure-white silk gloves makes her even prettier]
[I think she's prettier too]
[What's this about a Buster Sword?]
[????Is she talking about a greatsword?]
Watching the chat's varied reactions, she opened her inventory.
The massive Buster Sword-type greatsword she'd bought before and shoved into a corner of her inventory.
She decided to equip the greatsword named 'Leia Greatsword' right away.
'Maybe it'll work.'
The moment the enormous greatsword appeared above Serin's outstretched hand—
As Serin's hand dropped, the flat of the greatsword slammed heavily into the ground.
Thud!
Staring blankly at the sight, Serin flinched for a moment, then muttered with a regretful look.
"...This doesn't seem like it'll work."
If she put all her strength into lifting it, it would definitely be easier than the first time she'd gripped it, but even so, its practicality was still close to zero.
[lololololololololol]
[???????]
[Rin's greed is real lolololol]
[I wondered what she meant by Buster Sword lolololololololol]
[What's with Rin's blank expression lololololololol]
[No, you're a Dancer, don't get greedy about using a greatsword like that lolololol]
[fr a Dancer trying to use a greatsword like that is just wrong]
Embarrassed by the chat's reaction, Serin immediately unequipped the greatsword and laughed awkwardly.
"Hey, still... a dream is a dream, right?"
Honestly, wanting to swing a house-sized greatsword was an unavoidable dream.
***
Rustle, rustle.
Seoyun, packing her things one by one in the dorm, glanced at her smartphone propped up to the side.
—Hey, still... a dream is a dream, right?
Seeing Serin still looking reluctant, with a trace of regret in her voice, Seoyun burst out laughing without meaning to.
"Seriously, sis. What are you, a kid?"
The chat reactions were good, but sometimes she couldn't get used to seeing her talk like that, almost whining.
She knew her sister liked games, but when she saw expressions or ways of speaking her sister never normally used, she sometimes wondered if this was really her sister, and her eyes would drift over like now.
Not long after, when her sister logged out, the Another World logo briefly appeared on the screen and then vanished, and her gaze lingered on it without thinking.
"Another World, huh."
She muttered to herself, and a curiosity arose about whether it was really that fun of a game.
The most popular game of the last few years.
Chaerin had talked my ears off about Another World—how its login rates kept breaking records across both men and women, how successful it was, and so on—and I'd seen it often enough in articles, ads, and news that there was no way I wouldn't know about it.
She'd been contacted that the capsule she'd ordered would be installed at her sister's officetel this weekend.
She was a little excited.
As she watched the stream and packed her things.
BaTalk!
Yoo Chaerin.
[You know we're meeting at Bless Beer at midnight, right? The others were really sad too since you're leaving during vacation]
Chaerin's message appeared.
"Now that I think about it, she told me to start with a Legendary set in Another World... do I really need to go that far?"
Her best friend Chaerin's words came to mind, and she felt a pointless doubt.
'I'm just starting out.'
At Chaerin's words that she'd need a lot of money for starting equipment, Seoyun could only tilt her head.