1 – A First Experience of Possession.
Creeek―
I hear the sound of something breaking.
The taste of sweet yet tangy cereal filling my mouth.
Indeed, it was a cereal with a taste like perilla leaf and mint. I couldn’t believe I was actually enjoying something like this.
“…Damn.”
I irritably toyed with the spoon and let out a deep sigh.
I raise my gaze and look around.
A cramped room.
Not even proper furniture, let alone decent clothes. A desolate scene.
Only the sunlight shining through the window tells me that this is where people live.
This time, I turn my gaze towards the ceiling.
Familiar. But unfamiliar.
The reason it’s familiar is because I’ve been staring at it for two days, and the reason it’s unfamiliar is that it’s only been two days.
“…Sigh, I guess I have to accept it now.”
A total of 48 hours.
If I’ve denied reality to this extent, I should start understanding it soon.
The fact that I’ve landed in a world called “Gosra,” not “Gonis Archive Life.”
“Ugh…they really need to come up with better game names.”
Well, on the other hand, it was probably good for the game company that it attracted attention and gathered people due to the controversy.
That aside…
“…I still can’t believe it.”
No matter how many times I thought about it, I just couldn’t accept it.
I mean, there’s no way I committed a sin worthy of being dropped into this place.
To explain how I came to open my eyes in this world, I have to go back to the day before I was possessed.
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The day before.
It was an ordinary day.
I turned on my computer, put on my headset, and roughly came up with a provocative plan for the stream before turning on the broadcast.
I was an internet broadcaster.
Or, as they called it, a streamer.
I had quit my previous job and switched to this line of work, making a living through broadcasting every day.
In my case, I focused on mobile games that were commonly referred to as “subculture” rather than mainstream games, and among them, “Gonys Archive Life” was the main and core game.
“It’s popular and fun, after all.”
“Gosra” was a genre of mobile game commonly known as “Bonsai Game.”
It had short play times and daily quests that could be easily completed.
Charming and adorable female characters.
In other words, it was a work created by mixing these cute girls together.
In practice, the key to the game was to draw these girls through gacha.
The main focus is capturing the dazzling sight of growth through investment and overcoming personal stories and deep pasts in everyday life, through individual stories.
While there are various games in this genre, “Gosra” gained great popularity due to its thorough care for both light users and heavy users.
Skills and attribute runes obtained through drops or purchases of equipment in the game.
By utilizing these, even the same girl can produce completely different results.
In fact, there was also the fun of growing stronger by combining them according to one’s own taste.
Moreover, with regular patches that prevent focusing solely on one skill tree, it truly couldn’t be anything other than a “god game.”
“Just because it’s been the number one in mobile popularity ranking for 6 years. Isn’t that right, everyone?”
[Oh, hyung. No one cares about that stuff. Just play the game.]
[Yeah, even if you do, it’s only 20th in terms of revenue ranking~ 20th in terms of revenue ranking~]
[Hey, when are we doing the gacha? You’re the comprehensive gacha streamer, right?]
[Hmm, is that so?]
As expected, just like my viewers in my room, they don’t acknowledge a streamer’s words no matter what.
But still, the reason they gathered here is to see my brilliant play.
“Just because I didn’t get a million views on my stage clear video?”
[Hmm, is that so?]
[Hmm, is that so?]
[Hmm, is that so?]
“Well then, as a warm-up, let’s start with stages 95-99. I’ll clear ＜Lunch is Served in Hell＞ first.”
[Ew, foul water.]
[Is it oil, sir? It smells.]
[When people like this occasionally act like complete newbies, why do I feel like punching them in the face for real?]
Regardless of what the viewers say or chatter about, I confidently open the scheduling window.
I choose one of the poised young girls and confidently seat her in the ＜Leader＞ position.
She was a small girl with a black short hair that reached her neck and a pair of soft, fluffy cat ears.
[Map Guide-nim! Please take care of me today, just like always!]
As I lift her up with the mouse, she remains suspended in the air and salutes, which was undeniably adorable.
However, despite being such a precious character that wouldn’t hurt a fly in my eyes, the viewers seem to be anything but pleased.
[Goo-weh-ehk!]
[Oh no! A 1★ sh*t character!]
[Meow alarm, meow alarm. Ah, aaah!]
[Jangchungdong royal pork trotters~meow~~~~]
Well, it’s not surprising to see these kinds of reactions.
Her name is Mahana.
Commonly known as ‘Meow’, this character is a trap, a minefield that appears dozens of times whenever you spin the gacha.
Well, it’s fine.
Since I’ve seen these reactions more than once and I know how to handle them.
Without any special comments, I form a party led by [Mahana].
I confidently take the first step towards the stage known to be difficult.
About 10 minutes later.
The result proves that I achieved the highest score in all grades, with a 3☆ rating.
〔Wow… This cat really broke it.〕
〔Why isn’t my cat like that? My cat seems to be bugged, hehehe;;〕
〔Teacher, it’s the weird owner who spent a whopping 3,000 hours on this. It’s not your cat that’s weird.〕
〔Honestly, even if I spent 3,000 hours, I wouldn’t have the confidence to do as well as this guy. Checking skills and enemy routes in this game, where even Otto and Edwon are prohibited, every second? Precisely breaking through passives and protections to block that tremendous firepower? And not as an evasion tank, but as a main tank?〕
〔I must say, looking at this again, [Uracca], the 5★ with the innate ability to block every attack like a mountain, is amazing.〕
〔This is an unexpected surprise attack.〕
“Well, that’s enough warm-up… Let’s go straight into the gacha time.”
Ignoring the cheering (?) viewers all around, I quickly checked the account that came in by email.
I immediately logged into the “Gonys Archive Life.”
And there it was, the first screen of the game lobby.
A charming girl with flowing blonde hair and blue eyes greeted me from the banner screen.
A player swinging a sword around.
She was the rare limited character of this game, 【Seonghwa Nidia】.
“Let’s see… If she comes out within 200 tries, I’ll stop. If not, I’ll keep going until the ceiling… Don’t worry too much. I’m quite lucky, so I’ll get her quickly.”
〔This guy is talking nonsense again.〕
〔What nonsense.〕
〔Yeah, lol, I only need 10 more copies of the real cat, lol.〕
Just watch.
I’ll show you how amazing my luck is.
I spun the 10th anniversary wheel without hesitation.
And then, still unknown, a white-haired girl with countless breadcrumbs in her name held up a white envelope and threw it down to the ground.
Swish! Papers scattered everywhere.
Each and every one of them was a dazzling shade of ‘pink’.
“What the hell.”
[Oh, hahahahaha, don’t you have two stars?]
[hahahahaha, well, that’s right.]
No, it’s not over yet!
This game often has a surprise twist.
And the more it happens, the more shamelessly you have to come forward.
I shouted with all my might, as if using evil, while gripping the spinning wheel.
“I got it in just 10 spins. Is this good?”
But despite my outcry, only pink papers continued to rise.
And within them, a cute black-haired girl.
Commonly known as a “Meow”.
The problem is… about 5 times in a row… well, quite a lot.
[hahahahaha, as expected, the first-timer is the sacrifice.]
[Heh, it’s digesting well.]
Damn it.
As expected, you can’t beat the first move.
It was the moment when I was about to skip, with my tongue in check, by hovering the mouse.
Ziiing―!
With a sudden burst of light, the pink envelope transformed into blue and started emitting a dazzling, radiant glow.
[???]
[???????]
[JRNR JRNR JRNR!]
[Ah, no, stop that.]
[Yes, it’s a duplicate. No, it’s not Nidia. No, anyway, it’s not her.]
Viewers were taken aback by the sudden calamity(?).
However, what appeared to be indifferent to their wishes was the cutscene that appeared when the first acquisition was made.
【I will now be your guide, embodying the essence of the flame. Nice to meet you. My name is Nidia.】
Even the dialogue came with a grand finale!
“Kya, it’s so cool~!”
In the chat window, words like ‘jujakjujak’ and ‘naraknarak’ were popping up, but it didn’t matter.
I was just proud to have saved another poor ‘guide’ today.
Papabam―!
And perhaps that kind-heartedness was rewarded.
【’Please possess me instead’ has donated 100,000 won.】
【First Account Guide, thank you, Sunsaengnim. I’ve put a small token of appreciation here. Ah~~~ ＜Gonys Archive Life＞!!! I love you! Take my body and soul~~~】
I received a sweet reward.
“Oh my! 100,000 won~~~ Thank you for your support~ Oh, but please don’t say that you’ll sacrifice your soul. What would you do if you really got dragged away~”
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Of course… it was just a joke.
Who would say something like that seriously?
But unfortunately, it seems that the person who stuck me here didn’t think about it that way.
After ending the broadcast that day and finally getting a good night’s sleep, damn… this place…
I remembered my pulls last week in the fest banner last week in blue archive. I spent more than 100k pyrox and I only got 49 3* and and only 9 were new ones the rest is dups. I’d really got f in the *ss there.
Who the heck likes eating anything mint flavored? That’s like eating toothpaste
Fr tho, like why tf does that flavor even exist
It’s actually pretty good you know?
Its pretty good on things you melt in your mouth like candies and maybe chocolate, but it sucks on things you have to chew.