Ch.15How to Live Day by Day (2)

Unfortunately, I don’t have a talent for writing.

-[Idiot]

-[SSS-rank is just for show? Huh?]

-[Sigh, this is why newbies are hopeless]

-[Newbie GTFO]

Contrary to what I expected, about half the comments were criticisms directed at an incompetent newbie.

‘At this rate, I’m really going to get roasted.’

The experience of being suddenly cursed at by a faceless crowd tends to put tremendous pressure on the person involved.

I decided to ignore those comments as much as possible and focus only on the helpful explanations.

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Comments

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-[Looks like you got Pashtra, so jealous.]

-[To use her properly at this stage, it’s best to have her attack from a distance whenever pirate ships appear.]

-[No, this is too annoying to explain in comments, I’ll write a separate post]

-[Oh, explanation guy has arrived]

-[Follow the link I’m posting]

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But someone seemed to think I was genuinely a newbie (a “newb-drop,” as in dropping in as a newbie…) and was sincerely trying to provide an explanation.

From my perspective, getting a detailed explanation was fortunate, so I silently followed the link they provided.

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Title: Hey, the guy who asked about raising Pashtra, read this.

Author: Seaweed Kimbap

Content: [Explosion image]

While melee characters can use the mining grind exploit, for ranged burst damage characters like Pashtra, that method is terribly inefficient.

What I recommend is taking out ships with poor durability, and instead of dismantling them, have Pashtra attack and sink them.

Pashtra gets bonus experience when attacking ships, so rather than tying up a shipyard line for dismantling, it’s better to just destroy them and use it as an XP farm.

Comments

-[Good solid content]

-[Wait, you’re seriously suggesting destroying ships? You can’t recover resources that way.]

-[Above comment doesn’t get it. Early game you struggle to build even one ship, but later you’ll have patrol ships overflowing.]

-[For real, and since it’s about destroying ships regardless of HP, the XP gain per action is higher than melee characters grinding minerals]

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‘Hooo.’

Along with the post, additional advice poured in through the comments.

It was a completely different response from the polite post I had written just 30 minutes ago, and I found myself nodding involuntarily.

And of course, Pashtra wasn’t the only one I had asked for advice about.

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Title: Hey, why aren’t you talking about Berial?

Author: SlurpSlurpBerialsThighs

Content: [Image emphasizing the absolute territory between Berial’s military skirt and boots]

First, check out Berial’s absolute territory

Isn’t that performance all about those delicious thighs squeezed by the belt of her boots peeking out from under that sexy skirt?

Anyway, that’s the most important part. It seems the newbie is stuck on how to raise Berial.

Raising Berial is actually simple. Since she’s a gold-tier Doll Master, she gains more experience as the number of units she commands increases.

She also gets bonus command experience, so even if you just attach Berial to command other characters, she’ll naturally suck up experience and grow.

[Berial image], [Berial image 2]

So other newbies reading this post, pull for Berial and find enlightenment

Comments

-[This is a true believer]

-[I acknowledge your true love]

-[The username radiates credibility]

-[That username is insane…]

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With such a “credible” username, I could only tremble with gratitude.

‘Thank you… overwhelming thanks…!’

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Anyway, with the help of those ridiculous jokesters, I received various tips and training information.

And after being forcibly given 187 different resources on how to take the most arousing screenshots of side boobs and thighs.

‘Alright, I completely understand.’

I decided to immediately apply all the curricula to our Berial and Pashtra, excluding the self-proclaimed “187 Collection of Sexy Tips.”

Although as a result, our long-awaited girls’ talk was completely ruined.

“If the Commander wishes it, shouldn’t we comply?”

“Hmm.”

“And while my specialty is doll manipulation… commanding other superhumans isn’t a bad idea either.”

The stern-looking Berial, of course.

“Ahh, Commander… how did you know I love blowing things up♡”

“…?”

“This is… definitely love♡”

“Let me make this clear, you’re only allowed to destroy pirate ships.”

“Of course♡ I couldn’t possibly destroy your precious babies♡”

“…What?”

Pashtra, who makes sexual innuendos as naturally as breathing and verbally assaults me when I told her to destroy pirate ships.

“Then I’ll be off to mining… I mean, training!”

“Hmm.”

“Commander.”

“What is it, Jessica?”

“Don’t you think Ignis has found her true calling since coming here?”

“…Indeed.”

And Ignis, who somehow became a miner by vocation and transformed into a training-obsessed fitness freak.

Looking at those three subordinates who seemed both indifferent and pleased at the same time, I could only nod.

After watching those three subordinates leave to do their assigned “training,” I decided to learn about the facilities in this base that I hadn’t properly understood yet, so Jessica and I began to look through the new manual.

The problem was that in the game, “manual” was just a term for information clusters that could be checked in real-time with a click.

But since this was reality, they gave me a literally thick “manual.”

“Uuugh… duh-tah-tah… duh-tai… duh-oo-tah-tah-ya…”

“Commander, suddenly making those noises won’t make the manual memorize itself automatically.”

As a result, not only was I dragged into a game, but I also had to experience my brain melting while looking at a manual that seemed as complicated as a civil service exam from my previous life, and actually was disgustingly complex.

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Meanwhile, at the same time Icarus was turning into a mumbling mess with the real manual in hand…

The community that had become a mental sanctuary for users who were “self-proclaimed” kidnapped and imprisoned in the NEW Astral Lagrange.

The so-called “Gallery” users were brilliantly burning with two random pieces of bait that had suddenly appeared.

First was the interpretation of the attention-seeking question Icarus had just thrown out.

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Title: Hey, isn’t that guy who asked about SSS-rank actually showing off what he pulled?

Author: BlameTheGameNotMyself

Content: [Image 1], [Image 2]

At first I thought it was just trolling, but looking carefully, it seems like a newbie who luckily pulled 2 SSS-ranks to start?

But he’s afraid of getting lynched if he says it directly, so he’s pretending he got one through hibernation or something based on what he’s heard.

Comments

-[For real]

-[He’s trying so hard to look like a returning player, but to us he’s just a baby newbie]

-[Babies are babies, we should embrace them]

-[Newbie babies can have bad manners sometimes]

-[The problem with being a veteran is that if this is his real situation, he’s a veteran with dementia]

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Posts identifying Icarus, who was once actually a veteran player, as either a pure newbie or an old man with dementia.

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Title: But aren’t there hardly any people in our gallery who’ve pulled SSS-rank?

Author: Mahabharata

Content: And from what I heard earlier, he has two SSS-ranks plus one SS-rank

With that kind of lineup, wouldn’t he be among the top players in our gallery?

Comments

-[Then he could potentially become a ranker]

-[Trying to butter him up early?]

-[Nothing wrong with that]

-[But it’s not wrong to say that the superhumans this guy has cover close-mid-long range or can counter various situations]

-[Oh shit.]

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Title: How come some people start with 2 SSS-ranks while others can’t get even one? FFS.

Author: Thyroid’s Aria

Content: [Image 1], [Image 2]

Why have I already done 60 pulls but don’t have a single SSS, only SS? And they’re all wearing military uniforms which makes me feel weird

Comments

-[We’ve got a Nazi here…]

-[Armed SS fan…]

-[Do you perhaps want to turn Jews into soap?]

-(Author)[No fuck, I didn’t choose to pull these]

-[There you are, Mein Führer…]

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The small ball Icarus had launched was turning into a huge snowball.