Chapter 49 – Raid Status

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What’s the most important thing when attempting a raid?

Analysis? Judgment? Damage? None of those.

Raids take a lot of time. They can last from as short as two weeks to a month, or even longer.

Playing the game for 16 hours a day for that long? Even people with good stamina would find that overworks their bodies.

In other words, the most important things when raiding are physical and mental endurance.

The endoflife terminal allows for 16 hours of use per day.

If you subtract the time for eating and sleeping, you can play for about 14 to 15 hours.

But if you use all that time raiding, you’ll quickly burn out and lose motivation.

That’s why you absolutely need time to rest your mind and body in between.

What? You think sleeping is enough? Absolutely not.

So, I’ve structured our schedule as 50 minutes of raiding, 10 minutes of rest, and an hour for lunch.

And now it’s rest time.

It’s supposed to be an hour for lunch, but Belly Cover came back in just 10 minutes.

“Huh?”

Belly Cover saw me, ran straight over, picked me up, and hugged me like a teddy bear.

Of course, her hands naturally went to my belly.

As expected of Belly Cover.

“What did you eat for lunch, Belly Cover Unnie, that you came back so quickly?”

“I ate frozen fried rice!”

“Is that enough? You have to eat something more substantial.”

“Being like this makes me feel more full.”

Well, she *is* a pervert who changed her nickname from [Arangs Foot Licker] to [Arangs Belly Blanket], so this probably does more for Belly Cover’s mental recovery.

I’ll admit it.

While I was resting in Belly Cover’s arms, another raid group member logged in.

[Munchkin Cat]

LV: 60

Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup

“Ah… I’m late!”

It was Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup, who’s in charge of shield healing in our guild raid group.

Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup checked that Belly Cover and I were together and looked disappointed.

It seems like she rushed back to talk to me. She must have confirmed that I never go out to Leore during lunch and came back as quickly as possible.

Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup is a Healer, but instead of a robe or other healer outfit, she wears a highly revealing outfit like a Sorceress from the slightly old game Dragonz.

Her upper chest and shoulders are exposed, and her skirt is slit on the side, showing off her legs.

Whenever I see something like that, I wonder if Leore is really a game for 15-year-olds.

“Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup, welcome. Here, I’ll give you my spot.”

Belly Cover got up while holding me, grabbed me by the armpits, and handed me to Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup.

‘Huh?’

“Uh…? Are you, are you sure it’s okay?”

“Of course!”

Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup seemed to be asking me, but Belly Cover answered for me as if it was nothing.

I nodded and gave my permission to Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup, who was looking back and forth between me and Belly Cover, wondering if it was really okay to accept.

Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup trembled as she received me and hugged me.

“Wow…”

Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup sat down and carefully touched my cheek, looking amazed.

When I think about it, I created a Guild, and now the guild members join only to play games with me.

But even though we’ve talked a lot in the Guild Chat, we’ve never really done any content together, or even just had a deep conversation or played around. We’ve only done a few daily dungeons together.

When I think about that, I feel a little bad.

I need to restore the mental health of my guild members, even if it’s just like this.

I’ve gotten used to being hugged quite often since I became Arang, so now I even feel comfortable.

I relaxed my body and completely snuggled into Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup.

The soft chest I feel on my head…

If it were before, I would have thought, “Wow, breasts…” but now that I’m used to Arang’s body and my mind is somewhat fused, I just think, “Oh, big breasts.” I don’t feel much emotion.

Something important came to my mind in Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup’s soft chest.

When I played RPGs, I always chose a female character and worked hard on character customization.

Usually, when guys decide on the gender of their character, most of them choose a female character. Of course, there are many people who choose a male character.

If you ask me why I choose a female character, I can say this:

I have to look at it for at least dozens of hours, and at most thousands of hours, and I don’t really like looking at the sweaty, muscular backs of male characters, so I prefer female characters.

Usually, when you play an RPG game, you put your affection into raising your character. But when I think about that affection going to a man, it feels a little… off.

So I think that choosing a female character and putting her in pretty clothes—bikinis in the summer, and sexy clothes—is one of the fun things you can get from playing RPG games.

But now my body is… um…

The Assassin Costume from before, and my body now… no matter how you look at it, you can’t find any sexiness. No matter what clothes I wear, I’m just small and my body is almost nonexistent, so I’m just cute.

When I wear armor, it’s cool and good, but now even if I wear a bikini swimsuit or other costumes like that, it’s not sexy, so… it’s a little disappointing.

‘But now I’m getting my act together, eating, and doing rehabilitation training… will I grow?’

I touched my chest, which is flat as a board, and sighed.

Touching my chest reminded me of something else.

‘Wait, when I think about it…’

I didn’t suddenly become interested in men just because I became a woman.

Whenever I see Uncle Kang Hangil, I just feel like he’s a close gaming friend. But now that I think about it, when I see women, I just feel like they’re the same woman, so I don’t feel anything. Just a friend feeling?

‘Am I a complete hybrid…?’

I don’t feel anything for women because I’m a woman. I don’t feel anything for men because I used to be a man. There’s no answer.

No, since I have nothing to do after escaping the virtual world anyway, let’s just marry the game.

Since there’s a virtual world, I have to try not only Leore but also other games.

==

The Raid is progressing smoothly.

Having gone through all the Raids in most PC RPG games, I quickly grasp and come up with solutions when similar Gimmicks and Patterns appear.

You might think that it’s not fun and boring if the Gimmicks and Patterns you’ve done before show up, but no.

This is a completely different virtual reality from PC RPGs, where you simply look at the Boss from a distance in a third-person perspective and hit them hard, and click the keyboard and mouse to do Gimmicks and Patterns.

This Raid Boss of magnificent size is standing coolly in front of you, and everyone is doing the Raid as one, so it feels like I’m really becoming a Hero Party from a webtoon, drama, or anime.

It’s a Raid that makes you feel why Leore is famous all over the world even though it’s an RPG game, and makes you like Raids.

Of course, it’s still difficult.

Kwang!!!

The guild raid group was wiped out due to a Healer’s mistake.

Ten days have passed since the last Raid of the season was updated. Our Arang Arang guild raid group is currently attempting the 3rd Boss.

The problem now is checking the Healer’s skills.

It’s a Gimmick I’ve experienced before.

It’s a Gimmick where the Boss’s Hit Points increase as much as the Healer heals.

In other words, the Healer must never overheal the guild raid group members.

The Boss’s Hit Points increase as much as they heal, and the Boss’s Hit Points increase rapidly the moment overhealing occurs a few times. Eventually, we can’t defeat the Boss over time, and we die from the annihilation Skill that the Boss casts.

This was a fairly difficult Gimmick even in the old PC RPGs, and it seems quite difficult because the most important and busy Healer has to manage the Hit Points of all the attack party members in the virtual world and avoid other Gimmicks.

Pink Berry is talking with the Healers to adjust, but it seems difficult to adjust the healing because different situations keep happening in the virtual world.

The current Healers are [Pink Berry], [Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup], and [Baemoo], one of the male guild members. The current Healers reconfirmed the tactics once again to avoid making any more mistakes.

If we can safely pass this Gimmick, we can clear the 3rd Boss without any problems.

I worked hard to think of a way to cheer up the struggling Healers.

“Okay. If we clear it this time, I’ll give the Healer team one wish ticket.”

“A wish ticket!?”

Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup was startled, Pink Berry sighed with her hand on her forehead, and Baemoo widened his eyes.

==

[Leore Gallery]

[WFK 10th Day Status] [1624]

1st Place European Mead Attack Party – Last 4 Boss 88%

2nd Place Korean Arang Arang Attack Party – 3 Boss Clear

3rd Place European Ensidia Attack Party – 3 Boss 5%

4th Place American Paragon Attack Party – 3 Boss 70%

…

[Why is our Gallju’s ranking like that?]

ㄴ[I know lol crazy]

[Is there a possibility of doing this WFK? I’m getting really excited at this point?]

ㄴ[I’m watching the broadcast right now]

[But why is our Gallju so good? I’m really curious? Is she really 15 years old?]

ㄴ[The Gimmick understanding and solution are crazy]

ㄴ[Honestly, if they had matched the combination or worked together in advance, they would be in 1st place now?]

[If they just replaced the Healer with the Mead guild raid group, they would be in 1st place now?]

ㄴ[The Healer side is definitely a little less skilled]

ㄴ[It’s a shame. But it’s just an attack party made up of guild members, so it’s amazing that they’ve come this far;]

ㄴ[That’s right]

ㄴ[But if you come this far, it’s possible to do WFK, so it’s even more of a shame]