Chapter 49

What’s the most important thing when trying a raid?

Analysis? Judgment? Damage? None of that.

When trying a raid, a lot of time is spent. It can take as little as two weeks or as long as a month, and sometimes even longer.

Playing the game for 16 hours a day during that long period? Even people with good stamina would feel their bodies being overworked with that kind of playtime.

So, what’s important when trying a raid is stamina and mentality.

The time you can spend using the access device is 16 hours.

Excluding time for eating and sleeping, you can play for about 14 to 15 hours.

But if you use all that time just for raid tries, you’ll lose motivation pretty quickly.

That’s why you definitely need breaks to rest your mind and body in between.

What? Sleeping is enough? Absolutely not.

So, I set it up to try for 50 minutes, rest for 10 minutes, and take a one-hour break during lunch.

And right now is break time.

Lunch break is one hour, but Baedeokgae came in after just 10 minutes.

“Huh?”

Baedeokgae saw me, ran over, lifted me up, and hugged me like a teddy bear while resting.

Of course, her hands naturally ended up on my stomach while hugging.

Typical Baedeokgae.

“Baedeokgae unnie, what did you eat for lunch to come back so quickly?”

“I ate frozen fried rice!”

“Is that enough? You should eat something more filling.”

“Being like this is more filling.”

Well, considering she changed her nickname from [Arang Baldukgae] to [Arang Baedeokgae], being like this probably has a much bigger effect on her mental recovery.

True.

While resting in Baedeokgae’s arms, one of the raid party members logged in.

[Munchkin Cat]

LV: 60

Marajjamppong

“Ah… I’m late!”

It was Marajjamppong, the shield healer in our raid party.

Marajjamppong saw me and Baedeokgae together and expressed disappointment.

It seems she came back quickly to talk to me. She must have noticed that I don’t usually go out during lunch and came back as fast as possible after eating.

Marajjamppong is a healer, but she’s not wearing a robe or typical healer outfit. Instead, she’s dressed like a Sorceress from an old game called Dragons, with a high exposure outfit.

Her chest and shoulders are exposed, and her skirt is slit on the side, showing her legs.

Every time I see that, I wonder if Leore is really a 15+ game.

“Marajjamppong, welcome. Here, I’ll give you my spot.”

Baedeokgae got up while still holding me, grabbed my armpits, and handed me over to Marajjamppong.

‘Huh?’

“Uh… Is it okay?”

“Of course!”

Marajjamppong seemed to be asking me, but Baedeokgae answered for me without hesitation.

Marajjamppong looked back and forth between me and Baedeokgae, confused if it was really okay to accept, so I nodded to give her permission.

Marajjamppong, trembling, took me and hugged me.

“Wow…”

Marajjamppong sat down, carefully touching my cheek with a fascinated expression.

Thinking about it, I created this guild, and the guild members joined just to play the game with me.

But even though we’ve chatted a lot in the guild chat, we haven’t really done any content together or had deep conversations. We’ve only run a few daily dungeons together.

Thinking about that, I feel a little sorry.

I should at least help recover the mentality of the guild members I created.

Since becoming Arang, I’ve gotten used to being hugged by someone often, so now I feel comfortable with it too.

I relaxed my body and completely leaned into Marajjamppong’s embrace.

The soft chest I felt on my head.

In the past, I would’ve been like, “Wow, chest…” but now that I’m used to Arang’s body and my mind has somewhat adapted, it’s just like, “Oh, big chest.” The excitement is gone.

While resting on Marajjamppong’s soft chest, I remembered something important.

When I play RPGs, I always choose a female character and spend a lot of time customizing them.

Most guys choose female characters when deciding on a character’s gender. Of course, many also choose male characters.

If someone asks me why I choose female characters, I can say this:

You have to look at your character for at least dozens of hours, sometimes thousands of hours. I don’t want to stare at a sweaty male character’s back, so I prefer female characters.

Usually, when playing RPGs, I pour affection into raising my character. But if that affection goes to a male character, it feels a bit…

So, I choose female characters and dress them up in pretty clothes. During summer seasons, I even put them in bikinis and sexy outfits. That’s one of the fun parts of playing RPGs.

But now, my body… well…

Last time, even with the assassin costume, my body has no sex appeal at all. No matter what I wear, I just look small and flat, so it’s just cute.

When I wore armor, it looked cool, but now, even if I wear a bikini or sexy costume, it’s not sexy… It’s a bit disappointing.

‘But now that I’ve come to my senses, eating and doing rehabilitation training… Will I grow?’

I touched my flat chest and sighed deeply.

While touching my chest, something else came to mind.

‘Wait, thinking about it…’

Even though I became a girl, I didn’t develop an interest in guys.

When I see Kang Hangeul, he just feels like a close gaming friend. But now, thinking about it, when I see girls, I don’t feel anything either. Just a friend feeling?

‘Am I a complete hybrid…?’

I don’t feel anything for girls because I’m a girl. I don’t feel anything for guys because I was a guy. There’s no answer to this.

No. Since there’s nothing to do outside the virtual world, let’s just marry the game.

Since there’s a virtual world, I should try not just Leore but other games too.

==

The raid is progressing smoothly.

Having tried all the raids in most PC RPGs, I quickly recognize similar mechanics and patterns and come up with solutions.

You might think it’s boring and tedious if the same mechanics and patterns from previous games appear, but no.

It’s a completely different virtual reality compared to PC RPGs where you just hit the boss from a third-person perspective and click the keyboard and mouse for mechanics and patterns.

Here, a grand raid boss stands in front of you, and everyone works together as one body to progress through the raid. It feels like being in a hero party from a webtoon, drama, or anime.

This raid makes you understand why Leore is globally famous and why people love raiding.

Of course, it’s still hard.

Boom!!!

Due to a healer’s mistake, the raid party wiped.

It’s been 10 days since the last season’s raid was updated. Our Arang Arang raid party is currently trying the third boss.

The problem now is checking the healers’ skills.

It’s a mechanic we’ve encountered before.

The boss’s health regenerates based on how much the healers heal.

So, healers must never overheal.

If they do, the boss’s health will quickly regenerate, and eventually, if time runs out, the boss will use a wipe mechanic, and we’ll die.

This was a very difficult mechanic even in PC RPGs, but in the virtual world, where healers have to manage the entire raid party’s HP and avoid other mechanics, it’s even more challenging.

Pinkubelly is trying hard to coordinate with the healers, but in the virtual world, different situations keep arising, making it hard to control the healing.

The current healers are [Pinkubelly], [Marajjamppong], and a male guild member, [Baemyu]. The healers have reconfirmed the tactics to avoid further mistakes.

If we can get past this mechanic, we can clear the third boss without any problems.

I thought hard about how to encourage the struggling healers.

“Okay. If we clear this time, I’ll give the healers a wish ticket.”

“A wish ticket!?”

Marajjamppong was startled, Pinkubelly sighed while holding her forehead, and Baemyu’s eyes widened.

==

[Leore Gallery]

[WFK Day 10 Status] [1624]

1st Place: Europe Mea’d Raid Party – Final 4th Boss 88%

2nd Place: Korea Arang Arang Raid Party – 3rd Boss Cleared

3rd Place: Europe Ensidara Raid Party – 3rd Boss 5%

4th Place: USA Paragon Raid Party – 3rd Boss 70%

…

[Why is our gallery owner’s ranking like that?]

ㄴ[Exactly lolololol crazy]

[Is there a chance for WFK? At this point, I’m really getting excited.]

ㄴ[Same, I’m watching the stream right now]

[But why is our gallery owner so good? Really curious? Is he really 15?]

ㄴ[His mechanic recognition and countering are insane]

ㄴ[Honestly, if they had coordinated the combination earlier, they’d be first place now]

[If they just swapped healers with Mea’d, they’d be first place now.]

ㄴ[The healers are a bit lacking in skill]

ㄴ[It’s a shame. But it’s just a raid party made of guild members, and getting this far is impressive;]

ㄴ[That’s true]

ㄴ[But now that they’ve come this far, WFK is possible, so it’s even more disappointing]