Chapter 5: Character draws are fair to everyone. (2)

“Alright, you can’t expect to be full from the first bite.”

The first ’10-pull’ was a spectacular failure.

It seemed Galactic Train used ‘stars (★)’ to denote the rarity of characters or items.

There were rarities from 3-star to 5-star, and “Seele,” the character I was aiming for, was a ‘5-star’ character.

And in my recent 10-pull, I got one ‘4-star’ character.

Recalling that the goal of the gacha was a ‘5-star’ character, this could be called a failure.

“Hoo… It’s okay!”

“I’ve only done 10 pulls so far!”

“And I have a lot of money!”

Honestly, if I don’t get the character I want even after all 80 pulls, I have no intention of playing this game anymore.

It’s a matter separate from the fact that I have 4 billion won; this is a matter of feeling.

“Anyway, let’s pull, let’s pull…”

With slightly trembling hands, I did another 10-pull.

– Dudududududungdungdung!

The gacha animation in Galactic Train was incomparably more spectacular than any game I had played before.

A train appearing as it crossed the Milky Way would screech to a halt, its doors flinging open, creating immense anticipation.

“Come out…! Seele!”

“Come out!”

“If I spent 120,000 won as soon as I started the game, shouldn’t you come out right away as a service?”

‘I have a lot of money!’

‘If she comes out prettily and quickly, I’ll keep paying for her upkeep, something like an allowance for maintaining appearances…’

“Huh?!”

– Dururururung!!!

The gacha animation was clearly different from before.

Previously, the door opened with a purple light, but now, suddenly, a golden light burst forth.

‘…No matter how I think about it, gold is the color for 5-star characters, isn’t it?!’

“Oh, ohohoh… ohohoh?!”

– Dururung! Chaang!

[Quantum – Hunt]

[Seele]

“What, what?!”

“She really came out right away?!”

I jumped up in surprise and clapped my hands.

‘She came out in 20 pulls?’

‘Really?’

‘No, does this game have such good rates?!’

“Wow… crazy…”

“In the past, when I bought those lucky bags or whatever, only trash came out, and I thought my insides would flip…”

My heart was pounding dangerously.

A shiver ran through my body, to the point where sweat trickled from my armpits, neck, and chest.

‘Is, is this what they call dopamine…?!’

‘The true taste of gambling…?!’

“Th-this, there’s no way it should come out with this kind of probability, right?”

No matter how I thought about it, there was no way a pickup character would appear in just 20 pulls.

‘I got her because I was incredibly lucky, right?!’

‘If I go around bragging about this, I’d get cursed at for being a madman and blocked, that kind of probability, right?!’

“Heh, hehehe… Hahahaha!!”

“You recognize a lady when you see one! Galactic Train!!!”

Excited, I clapped my hands together – clap, clap, clap – and rapidly typed on the keyboard.

First! Let’s see our Seele’s face!!

[Seele] New!!!

In the character selection screen, the freshly pulled Seele was sparkling brightly.

“Hmm… Looking at her like this, she’s also wearing really, incredibly perverted clothes, huh?”

Upon closer inspection, Seele was indeed dressed in an extremely perverted outfit.

Seele, with her purple hair, wore a billowing coat, and underneath it, a pure white high-leg swimsuit.

“Goodness… Who wears hot pants like these over a high-leg swimsuit?”

“And her chest is practically just covered by a bra?!”

It wasn’t quite comparable to the ‘mommy’ style woman I saw at first, but still, this design had a pretty good feel to it.

At least, I didn’t feel like I had pulled her reluctantly or that it was a waste in the slightest.

“And she… her passive was definitely broken, wasn’t it…”

[After defeating an enemy by activating Normal Attack, Combat Skill, or Ultimate, immediately gain 1 bonus turn and enter an Amplified state.]

“Yes! I wasn’t mistaken after all!”

“Just by defeating an enemy, she gets an immediate turn; there can’t be such a broken character!”

‘It seems so broken that I wonder if it’s okay to release such a character in a turn-based game…!’

“How do I level up in this game?”

‘…Don’t tell me I have to grind them one by one in dungeons like in the games I used to play?’

‘That way is really troublesome; it’s more convenient if there are things like experience books.’

“Ah, right… I could just level up like this if I have the materials, right?”

 

I poured all the materials I had to raise Seele’s level to 22.

I wanted to raise it to 40, but it was impossible because I had no materials.

“Then, let’s start by filling in the blanks as usual.”

Since this wasn’t my first time playing a mobile game, it was obvious what I had to do next.

‘I’m not some grandpa playing a mobile game for the very first time, you know.’

“What equipment do I need for this game?”

“Do I have to pay for it?”

“Is this a game where I have to buy equipment or weapons separately?”

I had a feeling, and of course, there was equipment.

It seemed ‘Galactic Train’ was a game where you pull for both characters and equipment.

“Looks like this game calls weapons ‘Light Cones’…”

‘I should pull for a weapon right away too, right?’

‘It doesn’t make sense for a soldier going to war to fight without a weapon—’

“No, no, wait! Se-ah!”

“Get a grip!”

“You’re still just ‘tasting’ this game.”

“What are you doing trying to splurge already?!!”

I hurriedly slapped my pale cheeks.

‘I haven’t even figured out if ‘Seele’ is a good character or a trash character yet, right?’

‘Even if I have infinite money, I can’t buy trash!’

‘…No, I already bought her, but I shouldn’t do something stupid like buying more trash!’

“First, let’s calm down and do a performance test.”

‘Dopamine was overflowing, and my heart was pounding like crazy, but I have to do what I have to do!’

First, let’s try a dungeon that gives ‘experience books’, items that can raise a character’s level.

“I have the main character, who is Physical Destruction, right?”

It seems Physical and Quantum are attributes like Fire, Water, Light, and Dark.

And Destruction and Hunt seem to be classes like Warrior and Rogue.

“Hunt is described as having extraordinary single-target attack capabilities… and Destruction is described as having tremendous attack and survival capabilities, huh?”

‘Destruction already smells like a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none, doesn’t it?’

‘Is it sort of like a damage-dealing tank?’

‘These kinds of classes tend to either become tanks that deal good damage or trash that can’t deal damage and can’t tank either.’

“Still, since this is the only one I’ve leveled up so far, let’s experiment.”

I opened the map and entered the dungeon that gives experience books with a single click.

“Oh…! Seele is pretty!”

“The main character is pretty too, but as expected, she’s worth the money spent!”

It was hard to compare the main character, holding a baseball bat, with Seele, striking a pose with a cool scythe.

“First, let’s try using the main character’s combat skill right away…”

Characters in Galactic Train had three skills.

Normal Attack, Combat Skill, and Ultimate.

Normal Attack was, literally, a basic attack.

Combat Skill could only be used by consuming skill points.

The Ultimate was a skill that could only be used when a gauge was filled, much like in a certain game I used to play.

– “Have a taste of this!”

Anyway, the main character’s combat skill was a refreshing bat swing that hit three enemies simultaneously.

“Hmm… I get the feel of it.”

– “Next!”

Conversely, Seele’s combat skill was a grand, stylish slash at a single enemy with her scythe.

But it didn’t end there.

Unlike the main character, who only shaved off about 30% of the enemy’s health, Seele killed the enemy in one hit.

‘Is this the difference between Hunt and Destruction?!’

– “I’ll end this in one fell swoop!”

Suddenly, a purple light flashed once on the screen.

And, as if it were a matter of course, Seele’s turn began again.

“Ooh! She really got a bonus turn just by defeating an enemy?!”

‘She’s strong.’

‘I really like her, seriously?’

‘Is it okay to release such a good character in a turn-based game?’

“This… she’s a dealer, so she’ll definitely become obsolete later, but I’ll be using her for a long time, won’t I?”

Dealers are bound to feel weak if the game company messes with them even a little.

But this trait of receiving an ‘extra turn’ will surely be usable for a long, long time!

“Her way of speaking is a bit rude, but… I like her! Seele!”

‘I’ll probably use her as an active unit for about two years!’

Seele’s performance was very satisfactory.

Galactic Train, despite being a turn-based game, commendably had an ‘auto-battle’ function, so clearing the dungeon was a matter of moments.

“Ha… But this is her performance without a weapon, right?’

The next most important thing after characters is weapons.

In a game I used to play called ‘Fate’, there were people who considered doing more character pulls because they couldn’t get ‘Craft Essences’, which were the same concept as weapons.

“Then, shall we just get a taste of what our Seele’s weapon is like…”

I clicked on ‘Light Cone Gacha’ below the character gacha window to check its performance immediately.

[In the Night]

[Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 18%.]

“Oh? CRIT Rate?”

“This is important.”

“There are games where it’s standard to get this to 100%.”

[When the wearer’s SPD during combat is higher than 100, for every 10 points of SPD exceeding 100, the DMG dealt by Basic ATK and Skill increases, and the CRIT DMG of the Ultimate increases. Stacks up to 6 times.]

“There’s a strange function where she gets stronger as her speed increases?”

“Wait a minute… But can Seele increase her own speed?”

I suddenly felt like I was fitting together a plausible puzzle.

The weapon that came with Seele… so, the ‘Light Cone’s’ option increases damage as speed increases?

This was definitely made to synergize with some skill of Seele’s.

It was clearly something the game company calculated and created to give players the joy of spending money.

“Ah… there it is.”

[Combat Skill]

[Increases Seele’s SPD by 25%, and deals Quantum DMG equal to ATK to a single designated enemy. SPD increase effect lasts for 2 turns.]

“Her speed… increases, right?”

“Then, doesn’t this mean it’s a Light Cone that only Seele, who can increase her speed like this, can use?”

‘To put it bluntly, isn’t it a signature weapon… a signature Light Cone?’

“Hoo, hoohoohoo… I’ve already spent 120,000 won.”

“Should I just coolly throw it in here?”

The corners of my lips twitched.

When I used to play mobile games, I would never pull gacha just because I felt like this…

‘Anyway, the money is coming out of my, Kwon Se-ah’s, bank account, right!’

‘Who’s going to say anything about this!’

‘…Will Grandpa or Kwon Si-young?’

‘No, they wouldn’t!’

“120,000 won is nothing to me anyway, right?”

“The perfume I broke yesterday cost 1 million won…!”

120,000 won is even money I’ve already spent.

What I’m about to spend now is just digital currency that exists in the game.

‘It means it’s already in my hands!’

‘If you’ve already ordered chicken, you have to eat it all, right?’

‘Right?!’

“Alright! Let’s pull!”

“I have a lot of money anyway, I can’t live vaguely without a signature Light Cone, can I!”

How many pulls will it take this time?

Honestly, I’m not even hoping for 20 pulls.

“Generously estimating… 40 pulls!”

“Yes! Even if it comes out in 50 pulls, I’ll be fine with that!”

Shouting as if casting a spell on myself, I stopped hesitating and pressed the gacha button.

“Alright…! Let’s goooo!!!”

‘You can’t send a soldier to war without a gun!’

‘Seele, wait for me!’

‘I’ll pull your signature Light Cone right now…!’