6 days have passed. I've been grinding and boosting my level in the woods. I took a week off from work and lied about I'm being sick to my boss. I barely got any levels anymore since the dire wolf's levels are way below mine. Double EXP events didn't do anything but thanks to the double drop rate, I got dozens of [Dire Wolf's Soul Essence]. Well, I spent almost 3k of [Lucky Potion (U)] but it was worth it.
"Open Status."
[Name: Trevor
Level: 70
HP: 1730
STA: 296
Status: [Lucky Potion (U)] [Double Stat Value]
STR: 2+0 [ATK: 11+0] [DMG: +0.2%]
AGI: 2+0 [ASPD: +0.2%] [SPD: +0.2%]
DEX: 112+0 [CRIT: 11.2%] [SDMG: 11.2%] [CDMG: 50%]
INT: 2+0 [MATK: 11+0] [WIS: 2]
LUK: 112+600 [DDG: 35.6%] [LCKY: 0.71%]
VIT: 2+0 [DEF: 11+0] [MDEF: 11+0]
CHR: 2+0 [REP: 2] [FAME: Nobody]
ART: 2+0 [SMIT : 1%] [ARTIS : 1%]
EXTRA PTS: 170]
My LUK is still not high enough for it. There's a dagger that I need for my plan. A dagger that doubles the LUK value. It's called [Lazy Luck Dagger] and it drops from a tortoise monster. I still haven't done the tutorial and I can't leave the village because of that, well there's a way to leave this village. On the other hand, I still want to abuse this system. I'm in a dilemma whether I end the tutorial and buy the dagger from the other player or keep leveling my level. But the event will end tonight. I guess I'll try to find the players that want to sell the dagger in the forum.
"Open Forum."
I'm searching in the Buy/Sell/Trade thread and no one wants to sell it. I guess since it's a rare drop, they still think that the dagger must be worth a lot but don't know exactly how much the dagger's worth. There's only one way to find the players that have it, which is to start a thread and looking to buy for that dagger.
I post the thread and I'm waiting for anyone to reply. Since I have nothing to do, I should keep raising my level while waiting for players to offer their daggers to me.
I'm massacring the dire wolves and got 5 soul essence. Then I hear a notification sound. I open the forum and someone replies to my thread.
[W: How much?
Annon T: How many daggers do you have?
W: I have two.
Annon T: RMT (Real Money Trading) or in-game currency?
W: RMT if you can.
Annon T: $500 each, how about that?
W: ?!
Annon T: Is that a deal?
W: Yes! I'll give you my bank account.
W: Check PM (Private Message)!
Annon T: Okay, let's meet up.
W: Where you at? I can come to you.
Annon T: I'm still at the Sarkh Village.
W: ...
W: Are you trolling me? I can't go there anymore!
Annon T: Let's meet up at the Orion's Bank main branch.
W: Right, you can go there. Give me 5 minutes.
Annon T: Okay.]
I left the woods and ran to the Orion's Bank. Orion's Bank is the place where we can store our precious items there and there's a limit on how many types of items we can bring. We can only put 50 different types of items in the inventory and we can only stack up to 30.000 of the same item in the inventory. So the purpose of that Bank system is to store our items.
I approach the Banker NPC.
"I would like to go to the main branch."
Banker nods and opens a gate behind him. I walk in and immediately teleport me to the main branch. This is actually a bug since once a player left Sarkh Village through this method, the player can't go back to Sarkh Village. But someone used a trick so they can go back to Sarkh Village. The trick is simple. All they have to do is just die and they will immediately respawn in Sarkh Village since they haven't set up theirs respawn point.
I'm waiting for the guy near the Banker of the main branch. Then a light green-haired guy is looking around and I can see that he's typing.
[W: Where are you?
Annon T: Near the Banker. Red hair and yellow eyes.]
He's looking at me and I raise my hand. He approaches me.
"Hello!"
I nod and open a browser to transfer the money using internet banking. I close the tab and look at him.
"Check your balance. I've transferred the money. $1000."
He's smiling so widely and looking at me. Here you go, sir!
[Lazy Luck Dagger] x2 obtained!
He's looking at me with curiosity. I look at him and raise my eyebrow.
"What is it?"
He smiles and scratching his head.
"Can I ask you why do you need that dagger? Is that even worth that much? I mean I know it's a rare drop but the stats are just trash... no, it's the worst in the game."
I smirk and look at him.
"Is it though? Well, anyway... thanks for the daggers. I'm going back now."
He reaches my shoulder.
"Can I add you as a friend? I barely have friends on my friend list."
I scoff.
"Sure."
He adds me as a friend and I accept it. He smiles and leaves.
[Lazy Luck Dagger: So tired, so hungry... Oh! Food!
ATK: 1
Doubles LUK status value. Reduced another status by half. If equipped with two [Lazy Luck Dagger] the LUK status value is increase by 3 times. Reduced other statuses to a third of its original values.]
I go out of the Orion's Bank main branch and go to high ground and jump off a cliff and die. It's a natural sight for the other players. Nobody is surprised to see other players do that.
I respawn in Sarkh Village. I equipped both the daggers.
"Open Status."
[Name: Trevor
Level: 70
HP: 1720
STA: 296
Status: [Lucky Potion (U)] [Lazy Luck Dagger] [Lazy Luck Dagger] [Double Stat Value]
STR: 1+0 [ATK : 10+0] [DMG : +0.1%]
AGI: 1+0 [ASPD : +0.1%] [SPD : +0.1%]
DEX: 61+0 [CRIT : 6.1%] [SDMG: 6.1%] [CDMG: 50%]
INT: 1+0 [MATK : 10+0] [WIS : +0.1%]
LUK: 366+1800 [DDG: 100%] [LCKY: 2.17%]
VIT: 1+0 [DEF : 10+0] [MDEF : 10+0]
CHR: 1+0 [REP : 1] [FAME : Nobody]
ART: 1+0 [SMIT : 1%] [ARTIS : 1%]
EXTRA PTS: 170]
Alright. 2.1% chance to be lucky. Now is the time to raise my LUK and hope for the best!
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
[All stats+10]
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
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[Congratulation! Your luck will never betray you!]
[All stats+10]
All the players around me are looking at me with their mouths wide open. They can't see the notification. All they can see and hear are the trumpets above my heads and spreading angelic wings on the sides. I remove the daggers and put them in the inventory. Then a notification appears in front of all the players.
[The Double Event has ended! Thank you for playing and please wait for the upcoming events!]
I look around and the players who just start playing today are devastated. I smile.
"Open Status."
[Name: Trevor
Level: 70
HP: 2530
STA: 390
Status: [Lucky Potion (U)]
STR: 81+0 [ATK : 91+0] [DMG : +8.1%]
AGI: 81+0 [ASPD : +8.1%] [SPD : +8.1%]
DEX: 141+0 [CRIT: 14.1%] [SDMG: 14.1% CDMG: 50%]
INT: 81+0 [MATK : 91+0] [WIS : 81]
LUK: 321+300 [DDG: 32.1%] [LCKY: 0.62%]
VIT:81+0 [DEF : 132+0] [MDEF : 132+0]
CHR:81+0 [REP : 81] [FAME : Nobody]
ART:81+0 [SMIT : 4%] [ARTIS : 4%]
EXTRA PTS: 0]
That's one of the perks of [To be lucky]. Putting an extra point to a stat will have a chance to give extra all status by 10. Back then when I first discovered this, Becker gave me a thumbs up while grinning. Then I realize all the players around me are looking at me. I immediately log out to avoid more of the attention.
I open my eyes and get up from the capsule. I turn on my computer to check the forum. There's a thread that piques my interest.
[Legacy of the Betelgeuse Leaderboard]
[Admin Sev: Based on the data of today's date, here are the players from around the world with the top 5 highest level.
- Kingstar, Level 127
- Queenstar, Level 127
- Ivonna Ivon, Level 119
- Seven Diamond, Level 108
- Lothair Ermes, Level 101]
Honestly, to reach level 127 in just a month is really amazing. Back then, I played for a month and I only reached level 88 and I spent almost a whole day to level up 1 level since then. These guys are maniacs.
I scroll down to see the comments from the other players. People are talking about Kingstar and Queenstar. It seems that they're famous among the players. Based on the comments, Kingstar and Queenstar are rumored to be a couple in real life and one of the players said that he met them in-game and they both are flirting with each other in the cathedral. He even sent a screenshot of them flirting. Then one of the players just commented that there's a live streaming interview with Ivonna Ivon.
I open a new tab and open a game streaming website. There's indeed an interview. A woman with a curly medium-length white-haired that covers half of her right eye and green eyes wearing black ful-vue glasses. The interviewer is crossing her legs while reading a paper in her hand.
"Miss Ivonna, you are a famous streamer with over ten million subs. All your gameplay in every MMORPGs made the people interested in the game you played. That is why you are one of the reasons why so many people play Legacy of the Betelgeuse since your fanbase believes that you are a good game reviewer. You wrote a great review when the game got released. Now, since you have played the game for over a month, what are your opinions about it?"
Ivonna fixes her glasses and clears her throat.
"I'm really enjoying it. It's embarrassing to say that I spent more than 8 hours playing it every day. It's really unfortunate for the game creator, Mister Becker to leave us before the game he created got released and be played by millions of people. If he's still here with us, I would love to thank him for making such a one-of-a-kind game that I personally enjoy. I will say that I will keep playing this game until the day I couldn't play anymore."
The interviewer's mouth is wide open and looks at the camera.
"Did you guys hear that?! For the game creator and developer out there, it's unfortunate for you all because one of the famous and best players in the world won't be playing your game!"
Ivonna is smiling and looks down to fixes her hair. Then the interview goes on.
Well... she's pretty not gonna lie. I know her from one of the games I used to play. She was really good back then but I never knew that she's this pretty. I yawn and turn off my computer. I brush my teeth and go to bed.