Chapter 2: Found
I opened the front door.
The chilly air seeped into his nose.
'Why, it's colder inside than outside.'
A chill of chill sprouted chicken meat.
She brushed off the snow on her shoulders and head and put on her shoes. I left the hamburger lunch box I bought at Eight Eleven and an envelope with cider on the couch. Turn on the boiler with the remote control placed in the shoe rack at the entrance and dive like you fall on the two-seater sofa.
I took out the battery that was mounted on the charging base.
I opened the phone case, replaced the battery, and turned it on. The LCD lit up white. Enter Windows after fingerprint recognition. I touched the app in the center.
It is a mobile game released two years ago. The developer is Mobius.
Now, two years later, Pick Me Up has become a popular game with nearly 2 million downloads worldwide.
Loading popped up and connected to the main screen.
[Welcome to Pick Me Up!]
[T O U C H!]
Touch the main screen.
The familiar view of the waiting room greeted me.
In the Oval Office of the waiting room, a blonde man sits more or less.
6-star Grand Knight, Siris. As the leader of the main party, he was my first and last natural four-star hero, the Super Rare character.
He recalled the time he summoned Siris.
At the time, I was quite angry, because I poured out five hundred, and I didn't get four stars, let alone five. Five hundred won is not. It was five million won. So when the first fanfare sounded, I even burst into tears. Thanks to him, I grew gold and jade, and I scooped out all the good materials.
Later, as I got into the game, I realized that 5 or so doesn't go anywhere, but that's later.
When I touched Siris, an illustration appeared.
She was a green-eyed beauty with blonde hair.
I smile fondly. Although he is not a 5-star or ultra rare by birth, he is now a special hero who can never be compared to any 6-star character.
I pressed the 'X' in the upper right corner to close the illustration and looked at the other heroes sucking in each facility in the waiting room.
First, the heroes rolling hard in the training camp. Most of them are 1 or 2 stars obtained by free draw. Among them, it is said that a jackpot that surpasses the 5-star birth will be born with a very low probability, but almost all of them end in a bang. So did I.
Even in the world of mobile games, gold spoons and dirt spoons are divided.
Heroes under 3 stars will disappear as composite materials for advanced heroes. I'm crying and eating mustard because the percentage of high-end heroes above 4 stars is extremely low, but on average I do.
Second, the heroes who completed the training course safely. It's not worth it as a focus on a small number of missions of 5 people or less, but it's worth participating in large parties and special missions.
Finally, the main forces that I pampered.
It is a party that selected and selected only prospects from among many heroes, and now they are all 6-star Manlep, and a week ago, they broke through the 88th floor for the first time in Korea. They are heroes who will not be given anywhere.
A game that doesn't roll only with the stats of the status window, not only with visible skills.
I thought back to the struggle to become No. 5 in the world.
'It was like a dog.'
It was very doggy, really.
The subtitle of Pick Me Up is a hyper-roguelike summoning RPG, or roguelike.
It means Unpal X Mangem.
Pluck is lucky, but ability is lucky, and combat is lucky.
Basic instructions can be given, but the battle ends with the heroes grudging on their own. They also take care of when and how to use their skills. Often, they become incapacitated for unknown reasons.
As memories of that time came to mind, the hand that held the phone tightened.
'No way.'
It's just the old days when I didn't know anything about pick me up.
There are definitely areas that can be covered by operation and know-how.
I was a living witness.
I was a dirty bastard.
I've run the paid draw more than a thousand times, but I've never seen a five-star hero ranked below the top 100 in the world. To be honest, there are very few 5 stars, let alone 5 stars. Even if the 4-star probability is 5.0% and the 1-star probability is less than 4%, isn't it too much?
But if Pick Me Up were a game determined solely by star ratings, pure luck, I wouldn't have made it to the ranker. You can overcome luck with skill. It was also the biggest factor that drew me into pick me up.
Today is Friday. Check the status of the waiting room and give instructions to the heroes. The number of heroes in possession has become so numerous that it is almost impossible to control them all.
And check the announcements.
[Pick Me Up, Surpass 1 Million DL!]
[Thanks to the enthusiastic support of masters around the world, the total downloads of Pick Me Up have exceeded 1 million! We will hold special events accordingly. Please see below for details.]
Before you know it, you've passed 1 million.
'Open up, Advent Dungeon!'
Gems and gold aren't bad, but they're things you can afford. Now that the operation is on track, it is overflowing. The right to subpoena doesn't even bother it. I pulled it out and it didn't come out.
All I need is a hero awakening!
Your chance to earn a 7-star hero called Dream Rating!
I examined the notice with trepidation.
<Event Details>
[1. From January 20 ~ February 1, 27XX, 2 Gems will be distributed every day. A chance to get a total of 5,100 Gems! However, if you do not connect, you will not be rewarded.]
[2. All logged in masters will receive one Advanced Hero Summon Ticket, which will be summoned from at least 1 stars!]
[3. End of event! Transcendent Advent Dungeon opens.]
Confirming the third event, I let out a scream of joy.
It was the first Advent dungeon of transcendent difficulty to open in three months.
In the main waiting room, I chose the 'gap in space-time' at the bottom left of the menu. The blue summon expanded, listing dungeons.
[Climb the tower, save the world!]
[Main Dungeon: Current Climbing Floors - 88]
[A dungeon feast that changes every day!]
[Day Dungeon: Isralta Mine (Advanced - 5 hours)]
[Collect all kinds of rare materials!]
[Exploration Dungeon: Exploring, Saints (remaining time 17 hours 35 seconds)]
[Prove your strength!]
[Advent Dungeon: Difficulty - Super Level]
Be.
The Advent dungeon of transcendent difficulty was open.
I swallowed. There was a mix of joy, excitement, and nervousness.
'The Book of Reverse Heaven.'
The key ingredients for becoming a 7-star hero.
Other materials were once available.
If you only master the Book of Reverse Heaven, which drops with a very low probability in the Special Advent Dungeon, you can create a 5-star hero that has been released in less than 7 in the world. Instead of being No. 5, they can aim for No. 1 in the world.
I opened the Hero box and examined the heroes.
There is a party that is made up of heroes who can identify the pattern of the boss but are not a big loss when they are gone. They are useful, but they hinder the operation of the waiting room.
Their role is to be the advance team.
Pick Me Up employs a heinous system that disappears when a hero dies.
Hardcore by name.
With a single mistake or luck, a hero who has spent tens of millions of dollars or hundreds of hours of hard work is gone. Some people curse who plays these games, but I, or even me, and other pick-me-up enthusiasts, don't care at all.
So it was fun.
It's a mobile game, but it's also a thrill that is close to reality.
If infinite challenges are possible, roguelikes don't work.
The tension of not knowing when or where you will die. The satisfaction of watching the battles performed by internal artificial intelligence that is unique to each hero. The joy of growing up and the frustration of dying. A feeling of liberation when clearing a layer.
It was the essence of pick me up.
I sent a makeshift party to the Advent dungeon.
We don't know which boss will come out.
What level you have, whether you are kaiju-type or humanoid, and what type of skill you use.
The advance team will analyze the boss's pattern and then oxidize it vigorously.
[Scroll!]
[Advent Dungeon opens!]
[Warning! Warning! Warning!]
A red message announcing the appearance of a strong enemy appeared on the screen.
The field type is Dark. In terms of the pick me up setting, it is a 'superdimensional space'. It was just a rare map with pitch darkness. Having cleared the dungeon thousands of times, I can only count the Shadowfield as having seen it.
As it was an Advent dungeon, I entered the boss battle directly without any progression section.
However, as soon as I entered, a message appeared on the right side of the screen announcing the hero's status change.
['Diora(★★★★★★)' is terrified! All stats are reduced by 30%.]
['Nicholas' is ★★★★★ terrified! All stats are reduced by 30%.]
['Ghent(★★★★★)' is terrified! All stats are reduced by 30%.]
['Akelta(★★★★★)' is terrified! All stats are reduced by 30%.]
['Melky(★★★★★)' is terrified! All stats are reduced by 30%.]
'These bastards?'
The boss hasn't even appeared yet.
Soon, Diora, the party's leader and main tank, printed out a proposal.
[Diora (), leader of the '38 Party'★★★★★★, suggests retreating, will you accept?]
[Yes / No (Optional)]
Without hesitating for a second, I pressed 'No'.
['Diora' ★★★★★★ panics! 50% of all stats......]
['Nicholas' ★★★★★ ....]
['Ghent' ★★★★★ is...]
'Earl?'
No matter how bitter it is, it has five stars and six leaders. The level was also raised to the limit. Those guys panicked. Panic is something that newly summoned heroes can only look like in their first battle.
Then there is only one conclusion.
'He's a guy with horror powers.'
The conclusion was quickly reached. A list of items and skills that increase fear tolerance was listed in my mind.
This may require the formation of a second selection party.
Soon, the boss appeared with a dynamic sound.
The boss's name popped up at the top of the screen.
[SS▩SH⊙∈※ Lv.999]
"What, this?"
What's your name? Is it a bug?
The appearance is even more spectacular. I know it's a small species, a humanoid, but it's all mosaicked. All you can see is the minimal form. I couldn't recognize the rest.
['Diora' ★★★★★★ falls into despair! All stats are 80%...]
['Nicholas' ★★★★★ ....]
['Ghent' ★★★★★ is...]
I let out a hearty laugh.
What else are the levels? 999? It's an obvious system error.
I'm going to see all the bugs in Pick Me Up.
Two years after it opened, no bugs have been reported except for a few pranks.
I pressed the camera button to take a picture, then waited for the end of the advance team. I want to do something about it, but once I enter the battle, I can't take it back.
The battle began.
I used a few unreleased potions with Gem, but my despair didn't work.
80% reduction With a very stiff move, Diora stepped forward with her shield in hand. Nicholas and Ghent, the dealers, as lieutenants, and supporters Akelta and Melki to the rear.
It's a canonical formation.
Then, in the dark field, a field painted deep purple, the boss moved.
"...."
It was a massacre.
Without resisting, Diora died. Even though he had combat follow-up skills, he didn't even have a pre-death state of "empty death".
Because of the mosaic that surrounded the boss, he didn't know what skill he was using. He just stumbled closer, leaving only the corpse where he had left.
[Diora ★★★★★★ returned to the arms of the goddess, her fighting spirit will forever be remembered.]
['Nicholas' ★★★★★ ....]
['Ghent' ★★★★★ is...]
The seven letters 'You Lose' come to mind in the center of the screen.
It lasted less than 10 seconds, and the party of Manrep, including the 6-star, was wiped out.
"Holy crap."
I knew I was going to die. I had expected it. But is this the harvest? Do you know how long it takes to grow five stars?
At the minimum, you have to look at the instrument to get a quote!
"Dog-like, lucky!"
Is there a bug going to pop up there?
No matter how much I complain to the customer center, they won't restore it. Once a hero disappears, it can never be recovered for any reason.
He tapped the liquid crystal and hit it.
Uh, by the way....
"Why don't you go over?"
The screen does not flip to the waiting room.
With the boss looking at the center of the screen, 'You Lose' still floats.
"What's all this damn bug?"
I pressed the power on the right side of my phone.
If it's a bug of this magnitude, it's not a customer service, it's a phone complaint.
My phone shut down forcefully and I waited for it to reboot.
"... Crazy."
It doesn't turn off.
The power did not turn off. 'You Lose' still on the surface. The boss standing inside the field looked at me over the screen.
The part of the boss's mouth that was crushed by mosaic seemed to whisper something.
"I found it. 」
And consciousness was immersed.
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