Chapter 46

Baedeokgae.

Honestly, if you just look at her appearance now, you might think she’s just some random pervert passing by, but Baedeokgae is actually the number one [Grim Reaper], an assassin job similar to the [Assassin] I’m trying to raise right now, in our country.

First of all, being number one in a virtual world game is anything but ordinary.

It requires physical ability and strong mental fortitude. And equally important is understanding.

You need to study a lot about the job, skills, motions, cooldowns, buffs, and so on.

In other words, Baedeokgae is a genius who lacks nothing.

[Grim Reaper] is a job that uses stealth and shadows, unlike [Assassin], which uses blood and the moon.

I did consider whether to go with [Grim Reaper] or [Assassin], but in the end, I chose [Assassin] because overlapping jobs in raids is a synergy loss.

Right now, I’m at level 1 and know nothing about the assassin job, so I’m not exactly reliable, but I should ask Baedeokgae to teach me about assassins.

Click! Click! Click! Click! Click!

This should be okay, right?

==

“Basically, because of the [Stealth] passive skill that all assassin jobs have—”

Surprisingly, Baedeokgae is seriously explaining the assassin job to me.

The most important thing when raising assassin jobs is survival, she says.

Among all jobs, assassins have the worst health and defense stats, so much so that if there’s an area attack, assassins are often the only ones who die.

“That’s why defensive gear is more important for this job than others. It’s better to barely survive and have one more life than to die in one hit.”

“True. There’s a big difference between dying in one hit and dying in two hits.”

“On top of that, because of [Ambush], you usually have to attack from behind, which makes it tricky.”

[Ambush]

When attacking from behind, critical hit chance increases by 5%, and damage increases by 5%.

It seems like a big deal, but it’s not that significant. However, it’s a skill that determines the proficiency of an assassin job.

Basically, there’s about a 10% difference in total damage between attacking from behind 50% of the time and 90% of the time.

“Assassins already have weak bodies, so it’s really hard to keep moving behind the boss every time it moves.”

“What about during mechanics or when you have to be in front?”

“That’s when you have to think. Is it better to just attack and cycle through skill cooldowns, or wait and use skills when you can definitely attack from behind?”

“Hmm…”

It’s definitely tricky.

With [Soma], I could just maintain chain attacks and dump all my skills on the boss whenever they came off cooldown, but assassin jobs require so much more thought.

“I think that’s enough explanation about the common assassin skills.”

“Okay. Thanks, unnie. I think I’ll get used to it quickly because of you.”

“Then… now for the favor…”

“Ah. Got it.”

Baedeokgae sat down on the sofa first, and I lay down on the sofa with my head on her lap.

The sensation is no different from reality, and the soft sofa makes my body feel relaxed.

I closed my eyes and sighed at Baedeokgae’s touch, filled with affection.

==

[Leore Gallery]

[Gallery Owner’s Direct Change] [97]

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Looks like the gallery owner is ditching Soma and switching to Assassin?

I ran into the gallery owner in today’s daily dungeon matching lol

I have a lot to say, but I won’t.

[Lololololololololol]

[Wow, but they’re going for Assassin, huh? Soma was already crazy good, how good will they be as Assassin? Scary]

ㄴ[Looks like they’re determined to break the meter lolololol]

[Isn’t Assassin going to get nerfed too? Lololololol]

ㄴ[Lolololololol 100% chance]

ㄴ[But does Assassin even have anything to do?]

ㄴ[There’s a ton. First of all, Leore has a lot of difficult skills.]

[For Assassin Users: Soma’s Major Change (Spoilers)] [952]

Assassin users are probably scared of the nerf right now.

Due to the assassin job’s unique backstab mechanic, there’s a big gap between users.

Soma, being a melee DPS, also had a user gap like assassins, but our gallery owner widened that gap to almost double, leading to the job being revamped in this nerf.

It’s not officially acknowledged, but everyone knows.

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Looking at the gallery owner’s Soma logs, you can see a nearly 50% damage difference compared to other Somas.

Of course, a nerf was inevitable.

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After the nerf and restructuring, looking at the current Leore logs, you can see that Soma’s overall damage has increased by 5%.

Especially for top-tier Somas, the damage increase is close to 10%.

The gallery owner’s insane talent made some unreasonable skills viable, and after revamping them to be more user-friendly, Soma has improved.

In my opinion, if the gallery owner uses the Assassin job, the user damage gap will likely become extreme, increasing the chances of Assassin getting buffed.

They might do a nerf to raise the floor.

[Honestly, if an Assassin applies to the raid, I don’t want to accept them lolololol]

ㄴ[There are so many Assassins, you can pick and choose lolololol]

[But will the gallery owner be good at Assassin too?]

ㄴ[With that insane physical ability? Of course they’ll be good]

ㄴ[They’ll definitely be number one in logs this season]

[I’m still at level 5 or something? Seeing them parry the Orc Chieftain’s attack and cut off its head at that level makes me so jealous]

ㄴ[For real lolololol that physical ability is insane]

[Our Gallery Owner’s Status] [62]

Our gallery owner hasn’t said a word about this since the last gathering.

What is it? Just tell us. I’m about to die from frustration.

[Hmm….]

ㄴ[Stop with the nonsense]

[It’s natural for a post that’s going to disappear to have no comments]

ㄴ[?]

[Our Gallery Owner’s Status] [X]

This post has been deleted.

==

I quickly leveled my assassin to level 30 and did the second job change to [Assassin].

[Assassin] uses dual daggers, unlike [Grim Reaper], which uses a single dagger.

“Oh, what’s this? There’s a cool skill right from the start?”

[Assassination]

Depending on how you hold the daggers, you receive additional buffs.

Forward Grip: Attack Speed 10%, Skill Haste 10%

Reverse Grip: Attack Power 5%, Critical Damage 5%

I held the daggers in a forward grip by default. Then, a buff icon with a normal moon appeared in my buff window.

When I held the daggers in a reverse grip, a red moon buff icon appeared.

The [Assassin] job seems to be about switching between forward and reverse grips depending on the situation.

Looking at the skills, each skill has additional effects depending on the grip.

It’s more fun than I thought. I really like it.

After changing to [Assassin], I immediately logged out of Leore.

I was planning to go to sleep right after finishing Leore, but Anna unnie came over, so I came out to reality for dinner for the first time in a while.

For some reason, Anna unnie hugged me tighter than usual today.

“Arang. Should unnie try Leore too…?”

“Leore…?”

I tilted my head at Anna unnie’s sudden suggestion to try Leore.

From what I remember, Anna unnie didn’t really like games.

The reason she gave me the access device and made me play games was just because I couldn’t do anything with my body, so she connected me to the virtual world, and Leore was because of Sunchoo unnie.

But now, Anna unnie suddenly wants to try Leore.

“Yeah. I want to have the same hobby as Arang…”

Ah.

It’s true that Anna unnie and I don’t really have any common ground. The conversations we have are just about whether I slept well, woke up well, or ate well.

It’s hard to even think of us as family with just that level of conversation.

I always feel gratitude and love towards Anna unnie and my parents.

I can’t even put into words how grateful I am to my family, who have taken care of me all this time, thinking of me as Arang.

If I can play Leore with Anna unnie, it will definitely be more fun.

“Okay. Let’s… do it together…”

“Okay!”

But since Anna unnie doesn’t seem to have a talent for games, I’ll make her take a life skill job to make my doping materials. Okay.

==

After finishing her daily routine, Baedeokgae didn’t log out of the access device but stayed in the virtual world room.

Moving two fingers in the air, Kwon Mi-ae opened the menu and opened the Leore screenshot folder.

Of course, it was filled with screenshots of Arang.

And most of them were of Arang wearing assassin-exclusive costumes after changing jobs to assassin.

The combination of Arang’s already cute appearance with the sexy costume was quite fitting.

Cuteness and sexiness can coexist.

“As expected of Arang!”

The costume itself is pretty, but the sight of Arang without her shorts…

“I have to save this.”

Kwon Mi-ae backed up the screenshot of Arang in the leotard costume without shorts from the Leore screenshot folder to the access device’s storage folder.