LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 74
Chapter 74
“We have six crates.”
Lucifer’s report made me ponder deeply.
‘60 consecutive draws… It’s possible, with this much.’
Even when consuming the same magic stones, there are times when the efficiency of gacha reaches its peak.
One is during a pickup event, and the other is during a seasonal gacha event. And today, it’s the winter festival season, which means it’s a pickup gacha event.
‘Pickup gacha events are unbeatable.’
Not only can you target the desired familiars, but you also get extra rewards after the gacha. It’s an event that’s hard for paying users to resist.
‘Fortunately, the winter festival hasn’t passed yet.’
I managed to let the Chuseok event slip by, but the winter festival is an event that must not be missed.
‘In the original work, they must have arrived at the Frost Nest around this time.’
The reason for this judgment is that the winter festival started shortly after arriving at the Frost Nest.
A roadmap that continues from the winter festival to the Christmas event.
During the winter festival pickup period, ice attribute demons and weapons are the pickup items.
Additionally, the probability of getting ice attribute familiars increases significantly during the pickup.
It’s a season where you can specifically target certain attributes. You might wonder why ice, but it’s due to clever marketing.
At that time, most users in the original work were settled in the Rotten Root, using forest attribute fields as their main. After the end of Episode 5, the investigation team released Episode 6 in the subsequent update, and the dungeon was overhauled.
Of course, you could still use forest attribute fields, and the forest was often used in the Frost Nest as well. It was mainly adopted by non-paying users who found it difficult to switch from the previous season’s field, so there’s a statistical trap.
The problem was that the invaders seeking the Frost Nest were mostly fire attribute, which was the opposite of the forest. The indigenous creatures of the frozen land had ice attributes, and the invaders often had the fire attribute, which was the weakness of the forest.
It was twice as hard to deal with them using a forest field unless the field was exceptionally strong compared to other attributes.
In the early days, Lemegeton pretended to be friendly to non-paying users, but gradually made things inconvenient for those who didn’t spend money.
Although it wasn’t an outright attack on non-paying users, it left many users feeling suspicious and led to quite a few leaving.
They thought they could enjoy the game by just maintaining one field and watering it like a plant every day, but that wasn’t the case.
There was even an explanation from the developers once, saying they didn’t want all users to use the same pool of familiars and have a fixed build. If you could clear all episodes with just one field, it would certainly be less fun, so I understood the developers’ stance.
That’s why such events popped up. The event details are as follows:
[Event Details: During the winter festival, you will receive a golden mistletoe every time the Hell Gate opens 10 times. Golden mistletoe is a legendary item in the frozen land, and collecting it might bring you luck.]
In summary, you get a golden mistletoe for every 10 consecutive draws. The golden mistletoe could be exchanged for other items at the end of the event…
‘Did they exchange it for furniture or housing items at the end?’
Anyway, it’s not a particularly memorable part.
If this were the end, it would be a rather dull event, but the real deal was different. As mentioned earlier, the probability of getting ice attribute familiars increases significantly during the gacha.
And…
‘This pickup period features ice attribute demons and exclusive weapons.’
In other words, just by participating in the pickup event, you can draw plenty of essential bosses and basic familiars for the ice attribute field.
Completing a decent field with just over a truckload of magic stones is incredibly efficient.
Naturally, it was a welcome event for those who spent more than a certain amount.
‘Right now, I’m… probably a light spender close to a non-spender?’
The magic stones I obtained through espionage activities in this Solaria universe are slightly more than a non-spender but slightly less than a light spender who buys monthly subscriptions and small packages.
Given my position, this event was absolutely not to be missed. Especially since the dungeon collapsed and I lost a lot of familiars.
“Kekeke… You seem to be deep in thought.”
“…Don’t try to read my intentions.”
The last 6-star item that came to me was the great demon Amon. It appeared as a surprise during the pickup period, bypassing the pickup items and shocking me.
‘It means I hit the half-pity.’
There’s no need to explain the pity system where you are guaranteed a 6-star item, but to explain the half-pity, it means that if a non-pickup item appears before reaching the pity, the pity stack resets, but the next pity stack guarantees a pickup item.
This half-pity state is exactly my current state. If I invest magic stones and draw now, I can definitely get a pickup item.
‘The problem is that the pickup item… isn’t just one familiar.’
This will come up again in similar situations later, but to explain in advance, Lemegeton’s pickups can’t target just familiars.
Of course, it’s not always like that, but most of Lemegeton’s pickups include all types of items in the draw.
What this means is that traps, terrains, familiars, weapons, curses, altars, and even future item types are included in the draw.
In other words, the probability of getting a familiar per draw is currently only 1/5, and it could become even lower with future updates.
‘This pickup only includes demons and exclusive weapons, so it’s a 1/2 probability, but later on, 6-star traps or 6-star terrains might appear…’
Of course, familiars have a higher probability of appearing than other types of items, so it’s not a perfect calculation, but it’s roughly like this.
It’s a gacha structure that makes you understand why it failed despite the vast data. Yeah, it had to be this way to fail with such extensive data.
“Let’s begin.”
I had a lot on my mind.
Now it’s time to focus on the draw.
“Alright-! Hahahahahaha!”
Whiooooo…
The magic stones are being sucked in.
10 consecutive draws, what light will appear in Azeroop’s eyes?
‘Purple!’
Kwaaaa-!
[★★★ Successfully scouted the abandoned snowman.]
[★★★ Successfully scouted the frozen magic orb.]
[★★ Summoning the whistling dwarf.]
[★★★ Summoning the flame imp.]
[★★★★ Summoning the snowball cannon turtle.]
[★★★ Summoning the harpy soldier.]
[★★★ Summoning the gnoll thrower.]
[★★ Successfully scouted the slippery ice.]
[★★ Successfully scouted the curse talisman of cold damage vulnerability.]
[★★★ Summoning the undergrown yeti.]
[Event: Acquired golden mistletoe as a reward for the winter festival.]
‘Not bad.’
Considering the lost familiars, it’s best to think of it as filling the warehouse and focus on the draw.
‘Next!’
Whiooooo-!
‘Purple!’
Luck is on my side.
How many 4-stars will there be?
[★★★★ Summoning the cannibal.]
[★★ Summoning the grave zombie.]
[★★★★ Successfully scouted the hidden crevasse.]
[★★★ Summoning the intangible spirit.]
[★★★★ Summoning the cold-emitting undead.]
[★★★★ Summoning the glacier widow spider.]
[★★★ Successfully scouted the venomous fangs.]
[★★★ Successfully scouted the axe of the cold wave.]
[★★★ Summoning the mimic that looks like a treasure chest buried in snow for a long time.]
[★★★ Successfully scouted the talisman of failed arson.]
[Event: Acquired golden mistletoe as a reward for the winter festival.]
‘Four of them…!’
Three of them are effective hits.
The crevasse, when combined with other terrains, becomes a deadly landscape, and the cold-emitting undead possesses both death and ice attributes.
The glacier widow spider needs no further explanation.
‘I’m lucky, but… it’s not over yet.’
I must hit the ceiling.
Absolutely…!
‘Yes, right about now…!’
Whiooooo…
Crackle-crackle-crackle-!
A rainbow-colored light burst from Azeroop’s eyes.
‘It’s here!’
Items flashed by quickly.
Since all the messages were for items below 4 stars, I paid them no mind.
After all, the item waiting for me was of rainbow grade.
The one I had longed for.
…Azerup’s voice echoed.
Sssss…
The background shifted, like a watercolor sketch of a distant past.
“In hell, there was a demon who did not realize who she was.”
A demon, depicted as a mere lump of clay, appeared in the vision.
“She concluded that all this happened because there were too many of her. So, she decided to reduce them one by one.”
Whioooo…
“She began to take out the things submerged in her heart, placing them into the iron jade, a treasure of hell.”
You are… not me…
The demon’s form in the vision began to appear from the extremities.
“She started with the heaviest and coldest ones. These entities no longer interfered with her and fell into a long winter sleep. Five iron jades were filled, and they became rings, but there were still many entities within her.”
New rings were placed beside the five rings.
“She realized that the entities within her now, unlike the previous ones, only loved her. She gratefully removed them one by one.”
Finally, ten blue rings made of iron jade were created.
The demon’s hand was adorned with the ten rings.
The true form of the demon, who was initially just a lump of clay, was revealed.
“Only after removing ten parts of herself did she know her own name.”
I am… Ipos… Nice to meet you all…
The rings vibrated.
As if responding to her call.
“The demon Ipos, the owner of the ten rings, proudly inscribed her name in the Lemegeton.”
The background vibrated.
Rumble-rumble-rumble…
“The name of the ring is Mirror. It is the deeply submerged self of the demon.”
[★★★★★★ Successfully scouted the Mirror.]
[Event: Acquired golden mistletoe as a reward for the winter festival.]
Whooooo…
Boom-boom-boom-!
The ten rings floated like knuckles.
‘…Damn it.’
I was flustered.
I was prepared, but I didn’t expect to actually get the exclusive weapon…
While I could use this mirror, its true owner was someone else, and I needed her.
‘I need Ipos. Of all times…’
If users saw my situation, they would say I was “bitten.” Since I drew the exclusive weapon, I had no choice but to draw the familiar that goes with it.
Naturally, this could lead to a very negative outcome.
What if another weapon comes out?
Or if another item breaks through the pickup?
Or if I can’t get a 6-star item with the remaining magic stones?
“Will you stop?”
I had 30 magic stones left.
I…
“Continue.”
Azerup laughed.
“Heh… Hehehe… That’s right!”
Hesitation leads to nothing.
Whiooo…
…
[★★★★ Summoning the fully grown Yeti.]
[★★★ Successfully scouted the infected dentures.]
[Event: Acquired golden mistletoe as a reward for the winter festival.]
A lot of things appeared and passed by, but honestly, it didn’t matter.
How today’s drawing would be remembered depended solely on the rainbow light.
20 consecutive draws.
…
[★★★★★ Summoning the Frost Giant.]
[Event: Acquired golden mistletoe as a reward for the winter festival.]
A giant figure appeared, scattering orange light. The giant, with a beard frozen like icicles, had a body as cold and blue as ice, with shackles connected by chains hanging from its arms.
“Hahaha! This familiar smell! A denizen of the frozen land…”
The Frost Giant, about to cause a commotion, saw my serious expression and…
“…”
Quietly moved aside and sat down on the ground.
‘Please… please…’
The final 10 consecutive draws.
Whiooooo…
The magic stones were sucked into Azerup.
Drip.
Drip.
Focusing on the light that would first emerge from Azerup’s eyes, the world seemed to break into frames, as if seen in slow motion.
Crackle-crackle-crackle-!
‘…Please!’
The brilliance bursting forth in the final 10 consecutive draws.
…It was rainbow-colored.
Boom-boom-boom-!