379. Raid Reward '???'
379. Raid Reward '???'
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As the two of them looked at each other and smiled, Serin just stared blankly, as if she were the only one who didn't understand. Yujeong immediately turned her head toward Serin.
Gazing at Serin with eyes full of deep emotion, she spoke right away.
"Rin. There's no other way to settle the raid rewards."
Yujeong spoke as if giving her the answer, her eyes still on Serin.
'How can someone like this exist?'
From asking about the rewards yesterday to bringing up the settlement method today.
Every single question was something only a person raiding for the first time would ask.
So now, seeing her look so innocent again, Yujeong felt a different kind of charm from her than before.
Just as Yujeong was gazing at her with such tender eyes.
Serin let out a hollow laugh and spoke.
"...Only by contribution?"
This time, Sua answered.
"Yes. So let's just check the rewards. You're receiving what you contributed to the raid anyway, so there's no need for you to try to share your rewards with us."
As Sua finished speaking, as if she understood Serin's intention, Yujeong nodded as well.
Serin hesitated, her lips wavering at their response, but eventually accepted it. Sua reached out and pressed the button to check the rewards.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling!!
An incredibly dazzling sound rang out loudly, and the hologram window at the center of them began to be dyed in brilliant golden light.
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Rewards Acquired: Brilliant Five-Colored Ice Shield, Brilliant Trail of Light, Dernia's Sapphire Ring......
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The hologram window, now dyed in gold, began listing item names endlessly.
As if proportional to the extreme difficulty, the number of items appearing as rewards was far from ordinary.
"..."
The three of them, who had been watching the reward hologram with curious eyes, now stared at it as if entranced.
The reward list, which had stretched on for nearly three lines with item names alone, signaled its end as the light faded away at the bottom.
A total of 13 item names were listed. The lowest among them were Unique-grade items, and along with a majority of Legendary-grade items, there were even Mythic items.
"Two Mythics..."
Sua, who had quickly scanned the items, muttered in a surprised voice, and Yujeong's eyes flew wide open.
She recognized a few of the reward items, but most of the item names were unfamiliar to her. She couldn't believe there were two Mythic items among them.
And with good reason. Even in large-scale raids with over ten people, Mythic items appeared as rarely as beans in a drought, and even when they did appear, there was only ever one.
Even when Yujeong thought back to times when the rewards had been genuinely good, she couldn't remember a single instance of two Mythic items appearing.
And even then, because distribution was based on contribution, it wasn't a true acquisition—it was a case of paying a massive amount of silver coins to take it.
"Two from a 3-person raid..."
Yujeong spoke blankly, her gaze fixed on Serin.
If her raid contribution was an absurd 80% all by herself, then it was practically a foregone conclusion that she would take both Mythic items without spending much of anything.
So right now, she was simply curious how happy Serin would be.
"Ah..."
Serin, surprised by the rewards, couldn't hide her joy. But soon, as if conscious of the two pairs of eyes on her, she bit her lip lightly and managed her expression.
Watching Serin, Yujeong flinched slightly at that momentary change, clasping her hands together, while Sua simply burst out laughing.
"Serin. Congratulations, really. Honestly, I expected it to some degree, but still, two Mythic items. I guess you could say it's a reward befitting this absurd difficulty. It was worth all the hard work."
"That's right. Rin, congratulations. And you can just be happy, you know. Why are you trying so hard to hide your feelings? I saw the corners of your mouth go up just now."
As Yujeong teased her with a bright smile, Serin smiled faintly, as if giving up.
"Thank you..."
Having said just that one word, Serin couldn't bring herself to say anything else in the face of the two of them sincerely congratulating her.
She was incredibly happy, but it felt like she was monopolizing the rewards. She was full of the desire to give them something, but she held back her words because she wanted to tell them after everything was over.
Sua, who had been staring at Serin, spoke up as if to wrap things up.
"First, looking at the item list, excluding the two Mythic items, there are nine Legendary-grade and two Unique-grade. Yujeong, what do you think about just cleanly giving Serin the two Mythic items and adjusting the settlement costs with the rest?"
"Sure. That works. That way, Serin's payment amount will come out clean too."
As the two of them coordinated their words like that, Serin opened and closed her mouth for no reason.
She could tell right away that they were being considerate of her. She was just grateful, even for these little things.
Just as the distribution was completely finished, a hologram dyed in brilliant light appeared in Serin's vision.
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Mythic-grade items 'Brilliant Five-Colored Ice Shield, Brilliant Trail of Light' temporarily acquired.
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Serin, who had acquired two Mythic items in an instant, had no time to feel happy before she sensed something strange about that phrasing.
'Temporarily acquired?'
For a moment, she couldn't understand why it was a temporary acquisition. Then she was faced with another hologram.
Ding!
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You do not have enough silver coins to fully acquire the current items.
Would you like to request a payment deferral from your raid party members?
If you do not request a payment deferral, the two items will be listed at 90% of the current Auction House recent transaction price for quick settlement!
Silver coins currently required for payment: 3,471,000,000 silver coins.
Amount deducted due to the value of Legendary and Unique items: 427,000,000 silver coins.
—Total silver coins required for payment: 3,044,000,000 silver coins.
Currently held silver coins: 687,280,000 silver coins.
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"Hey. Sua... what's a payment deferral?"
Serin spoke blankly at the payment amount on a completely different scale, and Sua, realizing something, let out an "Oh" and spoke.
"Right. Now that I think about it, Serin, you don't have the silver coins to pay right now, do you? Yujeong! Do you need money urgently right now?"
Rather than answering Serin, Sua spoke to Yujeong instead, and Serin also turned her gaze from Sua to Yujeong.
Yujeong, receiving their gazes, looked at Serin and wore a strange smile for a moment. Then she shook her head.
"No. I don't need money urgently. Plea, you're trying to give Rin a payment deferral, right?"
"Yes. That's right. I want to give her a payment deferral. There's no way she'd have cash on hand for two Mythic items, no matter what. Yujeong, you know how big a 10% loss is when you think about Mythic item prices."
"Right. 10% is huge. I think it's fine to give Rin a deferral period too."
Yujeong actually thought she could use the payment deferral as bait to stay in contact with Rin, so she felt that amount of money didn't matter at all.
And Serin, who had been quietly watching their conversation, finally understood the situation.
An overwhelming contribution of 78%. But that didn't mean the nearly 20% contribution held by the other two disappeared.
The 3 billion silver coins Serin had to pay now was an amount equal to 20% of the total value of the two Mythic items.
"...You don't have to go that far."
Serin was about to say they didn't need to do that, but Sua quickly continued, as if cutting her off.
"Serin! When someone offers this, you just have to accept it. 10% of two Mythic items is over a billion at the very least. That's an enormous loss."
"That's right, Rin. Just accept it when it's offered as a favor. Besides, someone like you has a certain level of trust guaranteed. Honestly, if it were up to me, I'd lend you the money outright, but I've had some big expenses recently and don't have the funds..."
Faced with a conversation that seemed to allow no refusal, Serin had no choice but to nod.
Sure, a 10% loss on Mythic items might seem like nothing, but 10% amounted to hundreds of millions. Accepting the favor was the right call.
"So, Yujeong. How about a one-year payment deferral period for Serin?"
"Come on, Plea. That's too much. Considering Rin's reputation, half a year should be more than enough for her to pay it back, don't you think?"
Serin, who had been silently watching the two of them discuss the deferral period, smiled faintly and spoke.
"Let's make the deferral period one month."
"Wait. Serin... one month?"
"That's right, Rin. One month seems too short. The payment amount is tens of billions at the very least, isn't it?"
Sua and Yujeong both shook their heads, saying it was absurd, but Serin simply pushed firmly.
"One month is enough."
Having said that, Serin honestly had confidence that she could pay it back no matter what.
3 billion silver coins. It was by no means a small amount, but considering what she had obtained so far and her trajectory, she didn't think it was impossible.
As Serin spoke with such confidence, Sua and Yujeong looked at each other with bewildered expressions.
"Three months."
And as if they had synchronized their opinions, they spoke at the same time. Serin... reluctantly set the deferral period to three months.
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It seemed like the gathering would end with the raid settlement finishing like that, but soon another window popped up in succession, bringing about another situation.
Ding!
It was something even they had momentarily forgotten, so they blankly exchanged glances.