[Guild] Swakkoong: Ah, what’s with this streak, you fraud.
[Guild] GegulGegulFrog: Whoa, Inseong, show us how it looks on you!!!!!!
[Guild] Killer: Busy.
[Guild] Shokrates: Inseong, since you got a rare drop, give up your farming spot.
[Guild] Killer: No.
[Guild] Swakkoong: You were so polite to the leader, why the favoritism?
[Guild] Killer: I said, I’m busy~
[Guild] Swakkoong: This is pissing me off.
[Guild] Freedeal: I guess it’s an established fact that Inseong’s luck is inversely proportional to his character.
Killer, who had just looted a rare gear piece and an earring in an instant, was met with Cha Sa-yoon’s envious glare. Both items dropping from the very first chest… what insane luck…
For a while, the guild chat sparkled like a swarm of fireflies.
[Guild] Freedeal: Gegul, when are you gonna show off that luck of yours?
[GegulGegulFrog has obtained ‘Noble Crimson Fruit.’]
[Guild] Freedeal: Holy sh—
[Guild] GegulGegulFrog: Right now.
[Guild] Swakkoong: This server is cursed.
Instead of cheering each other on, the chat was filled with bragging and complaints. The whole point of pooling together to roll for loot was completely lost.
The second person to score a new gear piece was GegulGegulFrog, who immediately equipped it and strutted in front of the guild members, showing off. It was hard to see, thanks to his camouflage.
[Guild] Swakkoong: Oh, hell yeah.
[Swakkoong has obtained ‘Despairing Soul.’]
Swakkoong’s fashion show followed. If he pulled that from a batch of ten, maybe the odds weren’t so bad after all. Should I try buying three boxes too?
The probability of getting both a gear piece and an earring from just three supply boxes was practically zero. But 0% and 0.1% were still different things.
The purchase happened in an instant. That’s how much WarTum had driven him to throw money at the game. With just a few clicks, three boxes had already appeared in his inventory.
[‘Using ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
Please, please.
Cha Sa-yoon made a wish as he opened the first box.
[‘Obtained ‘Enhancement Shard *30’ from ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
[‘Obtained ‘Underworld Fragment’ from ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
A wasted dream.
[‘Using ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
[‘Obtained ‘Enhancement Shard *20’ from ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
[‘Obtained ‘Instant Recovery Potion *50’ from ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
[‘Using ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
[‘Obtained ‘Memory Fragment Shard’ from ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
[‘Obtained ‘Underworld Fragment’ from ‘Lord of Darkness Supply Box.’]
They say humans repeat the same mistakes.
In an instant, all three boxes were gone, leaving Sa-yoon with nothing but miserable scraps. The Underworld Fragment was a guaranteed drop. In other words, he got nothing. You needed 50 of them to trade for a limited-time seasonal dye, but unless you were willing to buy 50 cash boxes, it was just worthless junk.
“What the hell is a Memory Fragment Shard?”
[Memory Fragment Shard]
Allows you to recover lost memories.
That was the entire description. The item name was highlighted in blue, meaning it wasn’t just trash. A new quest item, maybe?
For now, he decided to leave the unknown item alone and closed his inventory.
After that, no more loot notifications appeared in the party window.
[Guild] Shokrates: I’m done for today. Gotta try again tomorrow.
[Guild] Freedeal: My luck got sucked dry by the people on both sides of me. T_T
[Guild] Swakkoong: Ugh, I wanted the pomegranate tooㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Give me the pomegranate, you cursed box ㅠㅠ
Shokrates, who had been sticking close to Killer, claiming this was a lucky spot, finally backed away. It looked like he had blown through all ten of his additional boxes without getting a single gear piece.
As the other guild members started giving up one by one, there was still one character flashing non-stop. Killer.
[Guild] Freedeal: How many damn bundles did you buy?
[Guild] Oath’s Vow: Didn’t he already get both a gear piece and an earring earlier?
[Guild] Swakkoong: He’s seriously planning to pull 10,000 boxes today and max out everything
[Guild] GegulGegulFrog: Inseong, I’m buying Despairing Soul. Check your whispers.
[Guild] Killer: Not selling.
[‘Killer’ has obtained Noble Crimson Fruit.]
[‘Killer’ has obtained Despairing Soul.]
[Guild] Freedeal: Holy—
[Guild] Shokrates: wow
“Wow, some people are just born lucky…”
Another double drop. How could someone be this much of a luck magnet?
The glow surrounding Killer’s character finally faded. He had attached his new gear piece square in the center of his chest before walking off. The moment he left, Shokrates and Swakkoong pounced on his vacant spot, resuming their desperate unboxing.
Killer, without hesitation, made his way over to Chasa. Was he here just to show off? The sore loser could only glare with a crooked expression as the third fashion show of the day seemed imminent.
But… it did look kinda nice.
Unlike GegulGegulFrog’s camouflaged gear, which made it nearly impossible to see, the pomegranate stood out vividly against Killer’s pristine white uniform, its exposed fruit glowing a deep red.
[Guild] Killer: Hyung, do you like it?
Wait… when did he start zooming in on the guy’s chest?
Snapping back to his senses, Chasa realized he had been staring way too hard. He cleared his throat and quickly pulled his face away from the monitor—just as a pop-up window suddenly appeared.
[‘Killer’ shyly presents a bouquet to ‘Chasa.’]
[‘Killer’ is requesting a trade.
Accept / Decline]
Killer, kneeling on one knee, simultaneously pushed forward a bouquet and a trade window.
What’s he up to now? It was always hard to follow his train of thought, and today was no different.
[Declining the trade.]
[‘Killer’ is requesting a trade.]
[Declining the trade.]
[‘Killer’ is requesting a trade.]
Having nothing to offer, I declined, but the trade request popped back up like a resilient weed. Again with this… At this point, it was hard to even guess what he was trying to do.
[Guild] Chasa: ??
[Guild] Killer: Hyung, why aren’t you accepting the trade? ㅜㅜ
[Guild] Shokrates: Whoa, is this a new part proposal?
[Guild] Freedeal: Man, being single is suffering ㅜ
[Guild] Chasa: Don’t you think that’s a bit too much?
[Guild] Freedeal: Ah, sorry.
Noticing the situation, the guild members stopped opening their loot boxes and started gathering around.
This time, I didn’t even bother pressing decline and just stayed still. A whisper popped up.
[Whisper] Killer: Hyung ㅜㅜ
[Whisper] Chasa: Nah, I don’t need it.
[Whisper] Killer: Can’t you just put it on and take a quick screenshot with me?
[Whisper] Killer: I got a matching outfit, so I wanted to take a picture together.
Now that I thought about it, Killer was a fashion enthusiast who always followed my posts. His sense of aesthetics was a bit… unfortunate, but just because you like something doesn’t mean you’re good at it. Besides, given the nature of in-game avatars, there were plenty of people who dressed way worse than Killer. Take, for example, that guy running around in a bright red poison frog outfit.
Since he had pulled a new accessory, it made sense that he’d want to take a screenshot. And since he managed to get two of them, suggesting this kind of thing wasn’t surprising.
[Whisper] Killer: The earrings look like they were made specifically for a Warlock…
[Whisper] Killer: I’d regret it if I didn’t take a screenshot with you.
His argument was surprisingly reasonable, and Sa-yoon found his resolve softening. He wasn’t even giving it away—just lending it for a screenshot. And it was a limited-edition look, only available to the two of them on the server, with the new accessory equipped… That was actually pretty awesome.
[Whisper] Chasa: o_o
[Whisper] Chasa: Then can I take my own screenshot and upload it too?
[Whisper] Killer: Of course.
That settled it.
The trade was completed in an instant. Sa-yoon removed his usual brooch and replaced it with a shimmering pomegranate ornament. Then, he equipped Despairing Soul on his left ear. It was a simple, close-fitting earring—utterly plain at first glance. But the moment he stepped into the shadows, the golden earring turned jet black, emitting a faint wisp of smoke around it.
Most earrings were extravagant, dangling pieces, so this kind of minimalist design often fetched even higher prices. Especially when it came with special effects like this. Even looking at it again, it was tempting.
Killer, now equipped with the same setup, stood beside him.
[Guild] Shokrates: Isn’t this that thing?
[Guild] Shokrates: The one shy couples wear when they don’t want to match too obviously… What was it again?
[Guild] Swakkoong: Correct! Couple Outfits!
[Guild] Freedeal: The black-and-white contrast does kinda give off that vibe… But isn’t it way too insulting to Chasa to say he’s paired with Inseong? ㅜㅜ
[Guild] Chasa: It is insulting.
[‘Freedeal’ and ‘Killer’ have started a duel.]
Just as that was said, a sudden duel notification popped up between squad members.
Freedeal, probably having accidentally accepted the duel while typing, freaked out and tried to run away. Killer followed at a leisurely pace before using a movement skill to launch Freedeal into the air. Then, he just stood there, casually tossing his sword into the air, wasting time.
The moment Freedeal landed, Killer hit him with a stun skill. And then… still didn’t attack.
In other words, classic toxic gameplay.
