After returning with the Fairy and Silver Coin.
I finished my meal while chatting with Ellie and headed up to my room.
With skilled movements, I locked the door securely. Placing the Goddess Statue on my desk, I couldn’t help but smile slyly.
“Do you know?”
-……
Of course, the Goddess Statue remained silent in response. Thinking back, it did seem to convey its opinions to me in various ways, but it had never spoken directly.
Even when it changed positions, the results were shown, but the process of movement was never revealed.
Thinking of it like this makes it feel like a cursed ghost doll.
Though it is somewhat similar.
Chuckling, I placed my purse next to the Goddess Statue.
Thud!
With that heavy sound, I smiled with satisfaction and opened the gacha after a long time.
“Gacha interface.”
Ding!
With a clear sound, a translucent interface appeared in front of me. However, the content was a bit different from what I expected.
“Huh?”
Unlike usual, the gacha screen didn’t pop up immediately, but a short sentence appeared above it.
Thinking it resembled a notification or announcement, I tilted my head and examined it closely.
[Your reputation has exceeded a certain threshold! Accordingly, a pickup gacha is now available!]
“What the?!”
Finally, this miserable, ordinary gacha… No, it’s not even a game. Anyway, this thing now has a pickup feature added to it??
Goodness. I never expected this at this point. It clearly said my reputation was rising, which opened new features, didn’t it?
I guess my name has become well-known and people have started to take notice because of this recent event.
“This changes things…”
Up until now, I had been deliberately avoiding drawing attention, trying to remain as inconspicuous as possible to avoid becoming famous.
After all, I’ve just started to grow, but most of my enemies are already powerful beings who have reached their limits.
I had to pull off quite a few tricks to avoid the overbearing interest of the Temple… to be exact, the Pope.
If it hadn’t been for Karen’s help, it would have been much harder than it already is.
From now on, it seems better to grow famous as much as I can, within what I can handle.
In the first place, this sort of thing only has meaning when no one knows about it. If I’ve become somewhat famous, even for a moment, the merits of hiding will greatly diminish.
Furthermore, if my reputation rises and opens up new functions, there’s no room for doubt.
If I keep unlocking new functions, I might even find a ceiling limit!
…Well, I’ll think about the detailed strategy later. Right now, what’s important isn’t the ceiling that might be added later, but the current pickup.
In the first place, a pickup gacha suggests a lot on its own.
What is a pickup gacha? It’s a system that greatly increases the probability of a specific something appearing for a certain period, isn’t it?
In other words, for a pickup gacha system to work, it has to display ‘what’ the pickup target is and ‘how much’ the probability is.
Moreover, if they’re using the term pickup, it implies that if you’re lucky, you can draw the same thing multiple times.
Results of 2-star or above can be synthesized and enhanced when drawn multiple times. So, if I have enough funds and luck, I might just aim for a high-grade full-up!
I praised the Goddess of Love for introducing the pickup system, which adds intensity to the otherwise lax gacha.
Specifically, I began to rub the Goddess Statue’s head affectionately.
“Ah! You know I love you so much, right? Right?”
-……
Still no response from the Goddess Statue. But for some reason, the warmth that usually radiated from it felt a bit hotter than usual.
After rubbing and polishing the Goddess Statue for a while, I began to read the announcement completely.
[Pickup targets change on a monthly basis, and one 4-star and one 5-star will be selected as a pickup target during that period.]
“This is good.”
A 5-star is honestly too difficult to draw, but a 4-star is reasonably attainable, right?
[If a 4-star or 5-star is drawn, there’s a 70% chance it will appear.]
Well, 70% is excellent. It’s definitely incomparable to the ordinary gacha where I had to hope for something useful among countless items.
By now, it seems best to avoid ordinary gacha unless absolutely necessary. If the pickup target isn’t good or something I don’t need, I can just wait until next month.
If I save up for a month, I’ll have a much higher chance of drawing what I really want.
…However, my mood plummeted when I saw the last sentence attached.
[However, pickup targets are limited to those obtainable through ordinary gacha. Items that can only be obtained through limited gacha are not included as pickup targets.]
“……”
In the end, it means I still have to spin the pickup gacha, and when a limited gacha appears, I’ll have to spin both together, right?
Of course, that would mean something good might come up, so it’s not all bad news for me… but just the thought of having more items to pull feels suffocating.
“Haah. Fine. Let’s see what the first pickup is.”
This world may not be a game, but typically, the first pickup in gacha games tends to be quite powerful.
While it’s inevitable for it to become trash over time, at least right after its release, during what could be considered an initial version period, it usually deserves to be called a must-have character.
The Goddess of Love, despite being able to tweak the probabilities a bit, can’t control the gacha itself, so someone else must’ve created this frustrating system.
Whoever that guy is, if he knows a thing or two about such pull mechanics, I’m sure he prepared something that sparks desires for the first pickup… something that would be perfect for me now.
Forcing down my rising smile, I activated the notification.
“Alright then. Let’s take a look.”
Ding!
[Ordinary Gacha]
– Consume cash or an equivalent amount of magical stones to randomly obtain items or skills ranging from 1 to 5 stars.
[One Pull] [10+1 Pull]
NEW!
[Pickup Gacha]
– Consume cash or an equivalent amount of magical stones to randomly obtain items or skills ranging from 1 to 5 stars.
– Pickup Target: [4-star Skill: Voice of the Dead], [5-star Skill: Meteor].
– Remaining Period: 29 days 23 hours 55 minutes.
[One Pull] [10+1 Pull]
“My Meteor was here all along!!!”
When it comes to magic, everyone has their own image, right?
Some might think of lightning, others teleportation, or some mind control app, but for me, my mind immediately jumps to Meteor.
In other words, Meteor symbolizes magic to me.
When drawing weak or intense flames, I think I’ve always been anticipating Meteor next…
Perhaps today, I might really be able to pull Meteor!
The price of the pickup gacha is the same as the ordinary gacha, costing 1 silver per pull. Moreover, if I do a 10-pull, there’s an extra bonus.
And the amount I’ve prepared is 50 gold. That means I can spin a whopping 5000 times… no, if I consider the bonus pull, I could spin it up to 5500 times, an insane amount of money!
If I throw it all in, isn’t it quite possible for me to aim for a 5-star??
As for the 4-star Voice of the Dead, I’m not quite sure what that power entails, but judging by the name, I suspect it’s a power of the God of Death.
Powers from the God of Death are famous for their side effects, but they’re equally known for being incredibly strong. Keeping it after pulling would surely be helpful.
“Alright. Go big or go home, great mage meta, here I come!”
Already in my mind, I felt like a great mage raining down meteors with just a wave of my hand as I smashed the pull button.
Not just once, but multiple times. I hammered the button like a madman, fearing that if I paused even for a moment, I would regret it. And then.
Ding!
[1-star: Dried Mana Herb]
[1-star: Processed Recovery Herb]
[1-star: Low-grade Detox Herb]
[1-star: Dried Mana Herb]
[1-star: Dried Mana Herb]
[1-star: Processed Recovery Herb]
[1-star: Dried Mana Herb]
[2-star: Soft Beak]
[1-star: Lowest-grade Recovery Potion]
[1-star: Wooden Arrow]
[1-star: Dried Mana Herb]
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[2-star: Wrist Crossbow]
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[3-star: Universal Key]
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[2-star: Masterpiece – Kidnapped the Youngest Daughter of an Assassination Family]
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★[4-star: Skill – Sound-eating Steps]★
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[3-star: Ability – Gluttonous Stomach]
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[2-star: Ability – Shining Eyes]
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[3-star: Guardian Talisman]
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[3-star: Magic – Exploding Flame]
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★[4-star: Brooch of Aerial Leap]★
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★[4-star: Ability – Voice of the Dead]★
A gacha worth 50 gold allowed me to pull an astonishing number of items, making pressing the button feel like a task in and of itself.
Even if I didn’t pull a 5-star again this time… instead, a lot of 4-stars showed up, so I’m not disappointed.
50 gold is indeed a considerable amount, but I’m sure with this many 4-stars, I’ve already recouped my costs.
However, I couldn’t genuinely celebrate this.
“Have I lost my mind?! Did the pickup potential go crazy??”
Three 4-stars popped up, and two of them were the same pickup item. To make matters worse, one was a duplicate.
While enhancing a power is a good thing, it’s absolutely true that getting a new one often leads to more significant growth.
But in the end, one of them was indeed a pickup power, so I guess it’s alright… sort of.
“Wait a minute.”
Wasn’t it right after all these pickup duplicates that the pickup ability showed up?
“…No limit on pickup duplicates?”
Isn’t the usual rule that after one pick-up, the next one has to be a pickup target for sure? This means, if I’m unlucky, I could keep drawing duplicates!
“What the hell…!”
Just as goosebumps crept over me, about to abuse the Goddess Statue buried among the mana herbs.
The abilities and skills etched into my body sent waves of heat throughout me.
“Gyaaaaah!”
