Love Games
Translator: She.Wee
Chapter 6
Maybe the armor he was wearing before really was trash because just changing the armor reduced the number of times Cheon Noeul died in one hit.
“Hey, why are you there, seriously. I’ve never seen anyone fall from there before. I didn’t even know there was a cliff there…”
– I’ll be right back up!
“…….”
– I’m not dying as quickly as I thought.
Kyungsoo laughed proudly at that comment.
“Of course, you shouldn’t die. Everything has basic SS stats. If you fall and die, why would I have kept it until now?”
– Thank you, hyung.
Cheon Noeul said with a gentle voice. He had a mild personality and was good at expressing gratitude. There’s a saying that if you can’t work well, at least be nice. That saying seemed to exist just for Cheon Noeul.
“What percentage do you set your auto potion at?”
Cheon Noeul’s HP, displayed in the party window, had already dropped by half. Despite that, the gauge wasn’t refilling. He was using a White Tiger item from the fashion shop. Using an item slightly increases movement speed, picks up items automatically, and uses a potion automatically when HP or MP drops below a certain level. Usually, one potion is set at 70%, and another event potion at 50% to recover health.
– What’s that?
“……You don’t know?”
– What?
“Then why did you equip the item?”
– Because it picks up items.
“…….”
That was basic knowledge. No, it’s something they tell you in the tutorial quest. How could he not know this? This meant he didn’t even think to look up a guide. Kyungsoo sighed softly, and Cheon Noeul, sensing he did something wrong again, fidgeted.
“Wait, don’t move and stay there.”
– Okay.
“Press U to open the item window, there are skills in the third tab, right?”
– Yes, yes.
“Enable the auto potion there. Ah, and if it’s a White Tiger, isn’t there a 10% crit damage boost skill?”
-…I was using that.
“Wow… Amazing, then why is it so bad?”
– Because I die if I get hit before attacking. So, I don’t use it often.
Well, that made sense. Even if critical damage was amplified a hundredfold or thousandfold, it was useless if the monster wasn’t hit. Cheon Noeul had never properly used his skills in one-on-one PvP either. After getting hit once and his posture breaking, the next attack was always waiting for him.
“What skill tree are you following?”
– Skill tree?
“… Never mind, I didn’t expect anything. Then what do you want for the second job advancement?”
… Hmm.
There was no response. From what Kyungsoo could see, the skills were probably a mess, and the stat distribution likely a disaster too. Although Cheon Noeul was level 110, he had to complete the final job change quest on his own. Of course, he’d never heard of anyone failing a job change quest, but somehow he was convinced Cheon Noeul might be capable of it. Kyungsoo pressed Esc to log out first.
– Uh, … hyung?
“Log out and give me your ID and password. Is account protection enabled?”
-… Yes? No.
“Good.”
– Why?
“I need to fix your skills. I won’t steal anything.”
Stealing from Cheon Noeul? I’d rather steal from a flea. I didn’t even think he’d have any decent items.
“Do you have around a million bells right now? I need to redistribute your stats. If you don’t have any particular job in mind for the second advancement, going for Sword Master is fine. That’s the Blaze Trigger. It’s easy to control, and I just need to reallocate your skills, so it’ll be faster if I do it. I won’t touch your items.”
– Ah… Okay! I’ve logged out. My ID is Cheon Noeul in English.
ID: cjsshdmf
Password is Cheon Noeul Jjang Jjang 123. The numbers are digits.
Password: *****************
I wondered if he had any secondary characters, but there was only Cheon Noeul in the character selection screen. No other servers were activated either. Well, considering the state of his main character, he probably didn’t have time to raise an alt.
‘ThousandSunsets has logged into the game.’
[Guild] Ji9star: Ah, you’re back again
[Guild] Ji9star: Did you and Sunset log out together? Do you two live together? LOL
“…….”
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Want to die?
[Guild] Ji9star: ??
The guild chat went silent, perhaps not expecting Cheon Noeul to say something like that. Kyungsoo pressed K to open the skill window and then hit Enter to type a message.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Who the fuck’s living together?!
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Ah, these skills are a fucking mess
[Guild] Ji9star: ??
-… Are they really that messed up?
“Ah, did I say that out loud again?”
– Yes.
“Sorry.”
– But it’s okay because you’re cute.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Ah, fuck, what are you saying?!
[Guild] ParkRoach: ???????
[Guild] neutaaaa: ??????
Through the headphones, I heard that laugh again, the one that seemed to vibrate through his throat. That guy knows exactly what gets under my skin. Kyungsoo clattered his keyboard in disgust.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Fuck
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Fuck
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: ಥ‿ಥ
[Guild] Ji9star: Ah… It’s Nyangnim….
[Guild] ParkRoach: Yeah. O.O(Living together)
[Guild] neutaaaa: Living together O.O (Yep)
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Are You Crazy?
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Well I guess you are
[Guild] neutaaaa: LOL, are you too lazy to even use honorifics now…? You don’t even seem to have a shred of intent to use honorifics; no mixed speech allowed.
– Hyung?
“What.”
– Hyung, you can drop the honorifics with me.
Kyungsoo chuckled.
“Seriously, I don’t drop honorifics with just anyone. I don’t even drop them with guild members, why would I drop them with you?”
– Then who do you drop them with?
“I haven’t dropped them with anyone?”
– But you did with King.
“That wasn’t dropping honorifics; that was fighting… Anyway, I’m about to reallocate your skills, but to do that…”
Holy shit, there’s so much money. Does he lose a million bells every time he dies from the death penalty? Kyungsoo blinked and counted the digits with his finger. One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, … hundred million? He just carries around 300 million like it’s nothing? Even after dying that much, he still has around 300 million, which means he had even more.
“Crazy. Why do you have so much money?!”
– Ah.
“This is your main character, right? You don’t have any other characters.”
– I make money from quizzes. The quiz items are quite lucrative.
He was talking about the Illusion Knowledge Quiz that happens every three hours. Solving 60 questions takes about 30 minutes, and it’s pointless if you don’t start from the first question. Also, not many people do the quiz because it’s surprisingly hard. The first-place item, the Luck Amplification Potion, goes for about 5000 each, so that made sense.
“That can earn you money… Interesting. But you should’ve been leveling up during that time.”
-… But I was also busy looking for you, hyung.
“Ah…….”
– So… I need to work hard to make money….
His voice trailed off, sounding pitiful.
“Ah, yes….”
Yeah, in the end, it’s all my fault.
Kyungsoo ignored Cheon Noeul’s words and checked the mess of skills Cheon Noeul had allocated. A warrior who had gone through the first job advancement could use three different weapons. However, Cheon Noeul had allocated points to all three weapons’ basic stats, wasting 60 skill points, and had raised the character’s fixed damage stat, which was useless, to 15 points.
“For now, I’ll allocate points to dual-wielding since that’s the only one I’ve trained with.”
– Yes!
After the job change, the skills would need to be reassigned, so until then, he would have to rely on defense. Kyungsoo maximized the defense stats, adjusted the item skills a bit, and checked the keyboard layout.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Anyone miss the good old days of job advancement quests? (Help me)
[Guild] Ji9star: LOL, are you still doing your job advancement quest, Sunset? Haven’t finished it yet?
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: lol….
[Guild] Ji9star: What about my shoes? -_-
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Anyone who isn’t Earth Star, help me
[Guild] Ji9star: -_-?
[Guild] neutaaaa: Me, me, me^^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Freedom! ^0^
[Guild] Ji9star: Honey? -_-
[Guild] neutaaaa: What; I wanna break up.
It was clear that he was completely squeezed by Ji9star.
Cheon Noeul’s curiosity was piqued by the giggling, but Kyungsoo simply ignored it.
[Friend] QueenOfSpades: Hey
[Friend] QueenOfSpades: you there??
“QueenOfSpades?”
It was a nickname that sounded very familiar. Cheon Noeul replied nonchalantly to Kyungsoo’s mumbling.
– He’s my quiz friend, you can just ignore him.
“Quiz friend?”
– We solve quizzes together.
“Oh, I see…”
So you solve quizzes together. Are they that difficult? The quiz content, which Kyungsoo had never encountered before and probably never would, felt intriguing.
[Guild] ParkRoach: Hahaha, I’ll help too.
[Guild] Ji9star: ಥ‿ಥ Me too… Please match my shoes after my job change *sobs*
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Okay.
With more people, it would end quickly, even with Cheon Noeul. Kyungsoo logged off with a content smile.
“You can log in again to your account now. Ah, also it should be over soon, since Earth Star and Roach said they’ll help too.”
If it weren’t for Cheon Noeul, everything would have been finished a long time ago, but now there were three more people to handle his poor control.
– They said they’d help?
“Yes.”
– …Why?
He sounded somewhat reluctant. But it must be a misunderstanding. There’s no harm in quickly changing jobs for Cheon Noeul.
“Let’s just finish the job change today and grind through the weekend to reach the third stage. There will be more people to help over the weekend.”
– Oh… So will you all be voice chatting?
“No, we don’t usually unless it’s for PvP, but today we will a bit.”
– A bit?
“Because of Cheon Noeul.”
Brother, just call me Noeul. Isn’t it too long?
“Ugh, I really hate it.”
– ……Ugh….
“Anyway, you’re a special case.”
Because you’re the only one who dies by falling backwards into lava under the map.
– Does that mean I’m special?
“Well, I guess.”
– So we’ll keep talking, just you and me?
“Honestly, I am sure that if we don’t, you’ll keep wandering off. I never thought someone could get lost in an RPG game.”
– Great! I’ll work hard!
No! Surprised by his enthusiastic response, Kyungsoo answered hastily.
“Don’t work hard!”
– …Why?
“Take it easy. It’s better if you don’t move at all… just work hard at staying still.”
-Okay….
Even if he sounded dejected, Kyungsoo had no intention of indulging him. He had never once seen Cheon Noeul’s enthusiasm result in anything good.
*
[Party] Ji9star: You guys are too slow.
[Party] Ji9star: I’ll go ahead~ lol~
Earth Star, who was almost twice as fast as others, had already reached the end of the map. Even when others tried to catch up using movement skills, he would just move to the next map in the blink of an eye.
[Party] neutaaaa: Ugh…
[Party] Ji9star: Hahaha, you guys are crawling~ lol
[Party] ParkRoach: Let’s never help with his speed options again.
[Party] neutaaaa: Just don’t heal him, MP potions are expensive lol.
[Party] ParkRoach: Okay, got it.
The MP potions for levels in the 220s had to be crafted by gathering materials. They were expensive to make and hard to gather, making a healer essential for level 220 parties.
[Party] Ji9star: I’ll be good ಥ‿ಥ
For those who had already reached max level, hunting grounds for levels 100-120 felt like child’s play. Cheon Noeul was hanging on a ladder, staying still as Kyungsoo had warned.
“How many are left?”
– Ah… just a moment.
[Party] ThousandSunsets: 100 more Cottonies left.
[T/N: Would really appreciate it if you don’t ask me what cottonies is ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ]
[Party] ParkRoach: Okay, okay.
“They’ll be done soon.”
[Party] Ji9star: Cottony extinction meteor~!~!!!~!!!
‘Spear Rain!’
Earth Star’s character shouted the skill name and stretched his hand to the sky. Sharp spears rained down, piercing the crawling cotton ball monsters. In the short time the skill effects lasted, Earth Star rolled on the ground and barely escaped the attack range.
[Party] Ji9star: See, I still have a long way to go.
[Party] Ji9star: I got hit by my own attack ㅠㅁㅠ
[Party] MeowieMeowMeow: ?
[Party] neutaaaa: It’s a bountiful harvest.
[Party] ParkRoach: What’s that?
[Party] neutaaaa: It’s a bountiful harvest of bullshit~!
[Party] neutaaaa: What kind of crazy person dodges their own attack? Hahahaha
[Party] ParkRoach: Hahahahahaha
[Party] Ji9star: I’m still lacking.
Earth Star demonstrated all sorts of movement skills as he joyfully roamed the map. Even if they were inefficient, he mastered any movement skills he could get his hands on. In Poseidon, he was proudly voted as the most frustrating player to face in PvP.
As soon as his cooldowns were up, Kyungsoo pressed the third skill he had registered.
‘Hooking Star!’
The character adorably lifted a bazooka and spread her huddled body. The skill, which sent colorful star candies and hooks flying in all directions from Kyungsoo, was more useful in the arena than in hunting grounds because it could hit enemies anywhere without fail.
[World] NinjaNinja: Why the hell are max levels here?
[World] Cheon Noeul: ㅇㅅㅇ/
[World] NinjaNinja: Ah….
Players who were doing quests for their second job change cursed and switched to other channels.
[Party] ParkRoach: Hahaha, he raised his hand lol
[Party] neutaaaa: Hahahahaha ㅇㅅㅇ/!!!!! lol
[Party] ParkRoach: Ah, cute lol
[Party] Ji9star: Cute? Ah, does that mean you want to take Sunset’s place?
“Oh….”
Kyungsoo unintentionally let out a sound of interest. He heard the sound effect of completing a quest through his headset. Now, Cheon Noeul was level 120. He only had the final boss battle left, but that was a bit worrying.
[Party] ParkRoach: Should I do that? Will you accept me?
ParkRoach used the ‘Presenting a Bouquet’ emote, which was a limited edition from last season, to show a blooming bouquet of roses to Cheon Noeul. In response, Cheon Noeul used the ‘Straight Face’ emote. Then, as he was slowly backing away, he got hit by a Cottony. Even with the equipment Kyungsoo had given him, his back bent over.
…Why is he like this? Kyungsoo attacked the Cottony that had hit Cheon Noeul with a weak attack to make it disappear.
“Climb back up the ladder right away. Don’t come down.”
– Yes….
Cheon Noeul replied sullenly and climbed back onto the ladder.
[Party] ParkRoach: ʕ´• ᴥ•̥`ʔ
[Party] neutaaaa: (popcorn)
[Party] MeowieMeowMeow: Hahahahahahaha
[Party] Ji9star: The main wife found out her husband was cheating! She’s trying hard to smile….
– Hyung, it’s not me.
“…What?”
– I’m serious. I only have you, hyung.
“What are you talking about? Stop being annoying. Did you finish the quests? There’s only the boss battle left, can you handle that?”
– Hyung. Why are you changing the subject? I only have you, really.
He’s even role-playing in voice chat. Kyungsoo silently greeted the guild members who had logged in. The guild chat scrolled quickly.
[Party] Ji9star: Oh, where did Sunset go?
[Party] Ji9star: No no not Sunset, Sunset-nim ㅎㅎ
[Party] Ji9star: I’m so used to it haha, sorry lol
As he said, Cheon Noeul reappeared among the party members shortly after, probably after visiting the fashion shop. And soon, a window like a wedding invitation popped up in the middle of the screen, showing that ‘ThousandSunsets’ knelt before ‘MeowieMeowMeow.’
‘ThousandSunsets has proposed! Do you accept?’
“Damn, are you crazy?”
– No?
‘No.’
‘The proposal was rejected. A confession event buff will be active for 10 minutes.’
‘Minimum attack power increased by 5%.’
[Party] neutaaaa: Hahahaha
[Party] ParkRoach: Hahahahaha
[Party] Ji9star: Hahahahaha
[Guild] Ji9star: [Breaking News] ThousandSunsets got rejected after proposing with a romantic ring to MeowieMeowMeow!
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: ಥ‿ಥ
[Guild] al0ha: Hahaha
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Seriously? Lol
‘ThousandSunsets has been promoted to Honorary Guild Member.’
Guild member ranks are divided into three categories: the basic rank of Regular Guild Member, the next rank of Honorary Guild Member, and the highest rank of Elite Guild Member, which Kyungsoo belongs to. According to the guild’s internal rules, an Honorary Guild Member must have contributed more than 5% to the guild.
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: ? I’ll tell the guild master everything;
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant : Ah, I was just so happy…ㅎㅎ
‘MeowieMeowMeow has been demoted to Regular Guild Member.’
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: ????????????????
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Gasp???
[Guild] ParkRoach: OMG Wtf?!! Hahaha
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Gasp
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: What The Fuck? =_=
‘MeowieMeowMeow has been promoted to Elite Guild Member.’
‘ThousandSunsets has been demoted to Regular Guild Member.’
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Lol. This time it was really a mistake, sorry sorry
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: Be careful =_=
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Rightㅡㅡ
[Guild] neutaaaa: Haha Meowie, you’re such a punching bag lol
-Hyung, you’re not mad, right?
“I’m not mad!”
Kyungsoo grumbled.
-It seems it’s not time yet.
“…”
-It was just a joke, just a joke.
The item for proposing, the ‘Romantic Ring,’ cost 1,000 won and was a one-time use item.
-But hyung, I accidentally bought ten rings?
“What?”
-So I’ll play a little more joke.
‘ThousandSunsets has proposed to you! Do you accept?’
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: ㅡㅡ
‘No.’
‘Proposal rejected. A 10-minute confession event buff is activated.’
‘Minimum attack power increased by 5%’
[Party] ThousandSunsets: ಥ‿ಥ
Cheon Noeul used a crying motion emoji. The character cried, clutching its face sorrowfully and pounding the ground.
[Guild] Ji9star: [Breaking News] (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ….
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Just Why?
[Guild] Ji9star: [Breaking News] ThousandSunsets got rejected again…(TT)
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Hahahaha
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: (TT)
[Guild] al0ha: Pat, pat….
What kind of patting is that? Kyungsoo grabbed his temples for the first time in a while. He heard joyful laughter in his ears. It felt like his headache would worsen.
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