Chapter 97

Chapter 97. We Need More Friends (3)

The appearance of the character I was seeing for the first time was, at first glance, that of a “very modestly dressed nun.”

Unlike the others, she didn’t have any decorations or anything.

Her hair color wasn’t particularly unique either—just a fairly common blonde among the countless gacha characters.

Her height was somewhere between 150 and 160 cm?

Ah, her eyes… no, her irises were golden, which was slightly unique.

Though her outfit was more elaborate than a real nun’s habit, it was still incredibly plain for a nun’s outfit in a game like this.

“Was there a character like this?”

Since I couldn’t recall any character like her from my memory, I couldn’t help but tilt my head in confusion.

The only saving grace was that she was definitely a character from “this game.”

“Wait a minute… looking closely at her clothes, they seem similar to Pashtira’s?”

The decorations on the nun’s outfit, who had referred to me as her savior, resembled something Pashtira usually wore.

No, it was quite similar to the decorations on the “modified nun’s habit” from the game’s lore.

And upon seeing that, I realized where the “church” she mentioned was from.

“Ah, that’s right. One of the factions that only exists in the lore—the fanatical church.”

I remembered that Pashtira was also supposed to be part of that faction, so I nodded and welcomed her, assuming this nun was also from that church.

“Well, I’m Icaros, in charge of the base and fleet here… and you are?”

“Oh, my apologies, Savior.”

For some reason, unlike the others, the nun referred to me only as “Savior.”

She pushed through the steam around her and came right up to me.

Holding up the hem of her nun’s habit, which reached her ankles, she gave a light bow and introduced herself succinctly.

“It’s truly an honor to meet the Savior recorded in our scriptures. I’m Partia, a humble nun from the Mayawel Church.”

“Partia?”

“Yes, my Savior.”

And the moment I heard that, a status window for Partia, who had introduced herself as such, popped up in front of me.

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<Partia>

<Level 1>

<Type: Close-Range Combatant>

<Trait: Fanaticism>

<Stats>

Health: SS+

Attack Power: SS+

Physical Defense: SSS-

Magic Power: A-

Magic Defense: B+

Agility: S+

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“What the heck, Partia! These stats! My heart’s racing!”

Despite her plain appearance, her stats were downright monstrous—a human weapon, as they say.

Even considering her loose nun’s habit, she looked quite delicate.

Her limbs didn’t look particularly thick, and while her chest was noticeably large, how did she end up with stats like that?

I couldn’t help but feel suspicious.

“But no, questioning that in a game is just stupid.”

Even if it doesn’t exist in reality, in the virtual world, there’s something called “internal muscles,” which are very convenient.

Assuming Partia was a similar kind of character, I nodded to myself and welcomed her again.

“Welcome. Let’s go inside and continue our conversation.”

“Thank you for your kindness, Savior.”

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After returning from the gacha room.

I told Jessica to show Partia around the base and explain what she needed to know.

Then I immediately opened the gallery to post a question about the character Partia.

Of course, I first tried checking the “Wiki Tab” in the gallery, but unfortunately, it seemed like she was a relatively new character, as I couldn’t find anything about her.

Maybe because the users were busy with the event, the wiki updates were a bit lacking.

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Title: Partia’s Lore and Evaluation

Author: Wiki Officer mk-7

Content: [Partia’s face image]

I don’t have her full-body artwork, so I’ll just post her face image for now.

Our gallery’s boss.

A pure close-range combat character with no ranged abilities at all.

By the way, despite her appearance, her chest size is the highest in the game lolololol.

Comments:

-[Chest size, damn lolololol]

-[True tho]

-[I told you to write an evaluation, and all you’re talking about is her chest size]

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“Messin’ around in the Wiki Tab…”

‘Yes.’

There’s no info post to come out, just those low-quality crap posts left.

Unfortunately, whether I like it or not, to get info on Partia, I had no choice but to write a question post myself.

Oh, by the way, I also asked in the chat.

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-[What is Partia?] (Questioner)

-[Ah, you know about the Partia Empire!]

-[The Partia Empire was a dynasty that ruled parts of West Asia from 247 BC to 226 AD, and at its peak, its territory was… (Display error, character limit 570,151/1,000)]

-[Ah, there’s a character limit, let me add more ㄱㄷ

··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

-[…and the list of ‘Shahanshahs,’ who can be considered the emperors of the empire, is…]

-[Ughhhhhh]

-[This isn’t spam, they’re literally reciting the wiki from memory ㅅㅂ]

-[Is this spam or not?]

-[The one answering]

-[Sorry, my bad] (Questioner)

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I also overlooked the open chat.

And of all things, the question wasn’t “Who is Partia?” but “What is Partia?”

So, in a chat that allows up to 1,000 characters, I ended up encountering a crazy history buff who wrote 570,151 characters.

Whether I liked it or not, I had no choice but to post a question on the gallery.

Anyway, shaking off those thoughts, I scrolled through the gallery window in front of me.

Since it had been a while since I last wrote, I awkwardly pressed the write button and diligently posted my question.

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Title: I’m a newbie, what’s this character Partia?

Author: Icarus

Content: [An image of Partia turned about 45 degrees, talking to Jessica outside the screen]

No, seriously, I’m not trying to troll or anything

I quit the game and came back, so I don’t know what Partia does

From the stats, it seems like a close-combat character, but there’s nothing on the wiki tab, so I have no way of knowing ㅇㅇ

Can someone please tell me?

Comments

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‘Hmm, no problem, right?’

Seeing the question post I carefully(?) wrote, even adding that it wasn’t a troll post.

I thought this was enough, so after one last look.

I pressed the post button and uploaded the question.

While waiting for replies to my post.

I decided to click through the quests piled up by the pirates.

But after completing just about 30 quests.

The sound of notifications started ringing in my ears as I sat in the command seat, frantically clicking.

‘Oh, faster than I thought.’

Surprised by the quick replies, I happily opened the gallery window and clicked on my post, but…

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Comments

-[Gallery owner ㅊㅊ]

-[Didn’t expect the gallery owner to show up here]

-[Gallery owner is a thumbs up]

-[You’re just now meeting the gallery owner? What a pitiful sight]

-[Those who see the gallery owner only now are unworthy of the title ‘ranker.’]

-˪[LOL]

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All these guys did was comment that Partia is revered(?) as the ‘gallery owner’ of the gallery.

Feeling truly frustrated by these comments, I demanded a proper answer, but.

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-[No explanation of Partia, just saying it’s the gallery owner, how am I supposed to know?] (Author)

-˪[The performance is good, so just raise it LOL]

-˪[Yeah, as the above comment says, the performance itself is top-tier LOL]

-˪[You don’t know about returning old-timers, do you?]

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All I got back was, “It’s good, so just raise it.”

Seeing this, I couldn’t help but feel utterly baffled.