NOVEL NEXT Episode 11
I chuckled as I read the announcement.
Looks like they were really panicking. The rewards weren’t just small ones either, they were pretty generous. Meanwhile, not only the various communities but also Anty’s chat was filled with praise.
“Wow… Open API, they’re even revealing all this.”
Kya
Kya
Great game, Rasa
Waaah~ Feed!
Good job, guys!
So sweet
Who’s saying this is rigged? It’s just an incredibly bad probability that made it so hard to get, haha.
“Finally, some generous feed!”
Kya
Kya
Praise!
Thanks to Heart, we’re getting this feed…
It seems everyone thinks they got the feed because of me, and Heart’s name keeps coming up.
“Yeah, this is great not just for our current users, but also for new and returning players, right? It’s like viral marketing, taking advantage of the rising tide.”
Hahaha
Good business strategy
“Ragnarok Saga: War with the Gods, as it says, now that we’ve taken down Heimdall… we’re going to seal Fenrir next. Ragnarok is slowly coming! The final chapter of a 20-year-long epic! Start playing now.”
Kya
Kya
Did you get paid for this ad?
I really need to play this now.
I downloaded it after watching this.
“Heh, wait, why are you downloading Moa? Play Rasa! Limited-time rewards for free!”
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[So what’s next? Keep hunting while watching drama and movies?]
“Let’s go!”
Hahaha
Are you the one who’s spending 100 million?
How do you know this? Are you just trolling the game?
Get out of here!
Why are there so many trolls suddenly?
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[I’m a new player, can I start now?]
“Yes, come on in. Rasa is always an open door!”
Hey, new player, run away!
No no no no
Don’t come
If you spend 1.2 million, it’s like heaven.
“1.2 million? That’s not true! You can just buy a decent pet to enjoy casually.”
Kya
Kya
.. is that so? Then hunting will be tough.
Eh, still, it’s better to spend 1.2 million and make it comfortable.
“No! You should try first, and if it’s fun, then spend! Why are you being like this to new players?”
Hahaha
Are you trying to sell me gold?
“Heh. I’m not missing this opportunity either. Heart’s snowball! I’ll also make a new player guide video.”
[User has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[Hello Anty! I’m a new viewer from this announcement. They say if you follow the job of the streamersㅇㅇ, you’re halfway there, so I went with Beast Master after watching you.]
“Yikes!”
Hahahaha
Damn, you picked that one of all things?
Uh oh, apologize, Anty.
“Right now, the 1st-tier performance classes are, if you want to play as a supporter, Idol; if you want to tank, Barbarian…”
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[If you’re a poop sommelier, go Beast Master.]
“Excuse me. The Beast Master buff is incredibly good, you know.”
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 10,000 KRW!]
[Can you recommend a pure damage dealer?]
“This game, pure damage dealers aren’t really great. You need something that helps the party.”
I thought it was just trolling, but it seems like more viewers are joining. After all, this is Ragnarok Saga, the game that was once called the national game.
After giving the new players a bit of time, it’s finally my turn to step in.
[Heart has donated 100,000 KRW!]
[Have you gotten some sleep? And eaten?]
Oh, Heart!
Loyalty, loyalty ^^7
Great Heart, King Heart
The main character of Ragnarok Saga appears, wow;;
“Heart!”
She stood up from her seat and bowed.
“I had a good rest yesterday. Ate a full meal and started the broadcast. Did you eat well, Heart? Did you see the announcement?”
[Heart has donated 100,000 KRW!]
[Yes, haha, Anty, please check the crow’s letter.]
“Ahhh! It’s not a dream. It’s not 1,000 won, it’s 100,000 won.”
Kya
Kya
Wow, wow, wow
The crow’s letter.
It’s a reimagined letter function from another game, adapted into the Nordic mythology setting of Ragnarok Saga.
“What do you mean by ‘letter’?”
Inside the letter, you can send messages, items, and gold. And Heart sent a bunch of Beast Master end-game gear.
Wow
Wow
Damn
How much is all this?
Why are you the only one getting Heart’s feed???
So jealous
You really meant it when you said go all the way.
At this rate, you’ll just plow through Hard Fenrir!
“Damn it! Heart, what is this item?! I’m on fire right now! Ugh, ughhh!”
Hahahaha
Damn, Heart, I love you.
Anty’s energy never runs out, haha.
“I won’t refuse anymore. Instead, I’ll take this item! And this gold! I’ll stand by Heart’s side until the greatest Odin comes out, assisting you till the end.”
Kya
Kya
Let’s go!
So jealous
Anty deserves this.
Yeah.
That’s how it should be.
Anty received the item and immediately equipped everything. Before, Anty’s combat power was 200 million, but after equipping everything I bought for her…
[Level 92]
[Anty]
[Combat Power: 500 million]
In just 100, the current endgame content, Hard Fenrir, now has an entry cut of 500 million combat power.
“Ughhh! Ughhhhhh!”
Anty, damn, hahaha
Anty’s so strong, wow
Damn, Heart!
Breaking news: Anty’s combat power rank settled at 97th place.
“Looks like a lot of new players have joined. I’ll show you the final content, Hard Fenrir. Heart, let’s go right now! Are you logged in?”
Oh
Oh
Something big is coming
Let’s go!
The game was already logged in.
[Anty’s Party Invitation]
[Accept/Decline]
[You have accepted!]
“Heart, are you using a mic?”
This game doesn’t have in-game mic functionality. You need to use something like Rico, but for now, I’ll just listen. There’s no need for mic use in this pattern, and I’m too shy to reveal my Yeo Ah jang voice to the world.
[Heart]: I’ll just go with it for now.
“Okay. I was a little surprised there. I thought maybe you were going to talk through a donation… but you don’t have to do that. You can just chat now…”
With the boss battle, there wasn’t really time for donations, but I was feeling a bit more relaxed. I donated, planning to tease Anty.
[Heart has donated 100,000 KRW!]
[Sorry, I didn’t catch on sooner.]
“It’s okay! I told you, you don’t need to give anything!”
Hahahaha
Anty is so shameless, hahaha
Wow, how much has Heart donated today alone? Damn.
***
Meanwhile, in a different broadcast, inside another studio.
A woman with long black hair and sharp eyes, dressed only in a sleeveless top and dolphin shorts, stares intensely at her computer screen. Her real name is Park Yeon-seo, and her nickname is Yeon-seo.
[Yeon-seo]
[Viewer Count: About 2,000]
[Broadcast Title: Going to Hunt Some Dogs (Day 1 of No Swearing While Playing Rasa)]
The current content being streamed is Ragnarok Saga’s current final boss, Hard Fenrir. The time limit is 15 minutes, and only two players can attempt it.
[Level 94]
[Yeon-seo]
[Barbarian]
Her combat power rank was 49th, just barely slipping to 50th.
Her party member was also ranked 72nd, slipping to 73rd. Both were high-level, but they were cutting it close, using up all 15 minutes, there was a chance they might not make it in time.
The flow is good
Let’s catch it
Let’s catch it
Tap tap tap.
Forgetting that she was even streaming, she focused only on the important briefing. 14 minutes passed, 14 minutes and 30 seconds passed…
[Remaining HP: 0.01%]
[Time Limit: 00:01]
[Quest Failed!]
“Dammit!”
With a near-miss failure, she jumped out of her seat and tried to calm the rage that was bubbling up.
Hahahaha
How could you not catch it? Hahaha
Failed to keep the no-swearing promise!
..
Hahaha
Truly a genius at streaming.
Around 2,000 people in the chat were teasing her.
“Haah… Haah… Calm down, Yeon-seo. These guys are just trolling on purpose. Don’t get baited.”
Hahahaha
Streaming genius, Yeon-seo
Hahaha, you’re hilarious
Yeon-seo. Even though she’s a woman, this is how we call her.
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[Your control is good, but your gear doesn’t seem that great? How about doing the four-line Virgo no-sleep challenge?]
For real, haha
For real, haha
She plopped down, still upset, staring at the ceiling.
“The calculations were perfect. Where did I go wrong? No mistake in damage calculations, no errors in my build. I practiced the 15-minute limit and built it all up.”
She turned to her party member, Idol, for help.
“Did you make any mistakes?”
Huh?
Huh?
Emergency, emergency
I’m scared…
Are you throwing your party members under the bus?
“No, no, I’m not saying that. I was just wondering if my calculations were off.”
She replayed the fight against the boss in her head. Then, she realized something. One of her attacks got stuck in the pattern and didn’t go through.
“Dammit!”
Hahahaha
If that hit had gone through, you would have caught it. What a shame.
Hahaha, Yeon-seo, calm down.
Just a bit more trolling, and I’ll get banned for spam.
Blaming others while doing nothing yourself, haha.
Her party, ranked 48th and 72nd.
Despite their high ranks, they had failed repeatedly to defeat Hard Fenrir. As Hard Fenrir crouched, she let out her frustration.
“This pattern is such bullshit. This healing pattern, damn it. During the pre-cast, suddenly my damage doesn’t go through. Then the boss heals 30% just like that. Damn it.”
Calm down, hahaha
Extreme anger
Insulting, hahaha
“It’s not an insult, damn it. What’s the point of lowering the boss’s health if it just heals back up by 30% when the heal triggers? This is a bad boss design, right? Hey, can the developers even kill it?”
There’s healing reduction and healing efficiency, you know.
This is why the three-line Virgo is a must-have.
Isn’t your party Idol using the three-line Virgo?
“Even if there’s a three-line Virgo… Wait, you do have the three-line Virgo, right? You’re not just stopping at two lines and taking a break, are you?”
“Y-yeah, I have the three lines. I showed the proof earlier. This is so scary…”
Huh
Ugh, trash~
She’s going to punch someone at this rate.
Don’t touch regular people, please. ㅡㅡ
“No, no. I’m sorry…”
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[This is because, lore-wise, Fenrir is the worst wolf on Earth, feared even by the gods. The healing pattern seems to borrow from Hell…]
Yeon-seo silently raised her middle finger.
Kya
Ugh
Hahahaha
Get rid of the essay spammers!
..
Lore nerd, lol
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[Why don’t we just go for the easier Fenrir?]
“Hey! After spending so much on this, are we really going to give up on the final content?”
Hahaha
Yeon-seo is right (Yeon-seo is better with the easier version)
You’re right, haha
??? : The water bottle isn’t a paid item~
“So what’s so different about the easier version? Isn’t it just the pattern and the HP that are different?”
Yeah, yeah
Healing pattern, healing reduction
“Dammit, whether it’s easy or hard, they just change the HP and take the easy route. Is this even a game? Eventually, these assholes will increase the HP by 10 times and call it ‘Extreme Fenrir,’ then increase it by 100 times and say it’s a new boss, damn it.”
Why so angry? Someone would think you failed against Fenrir, haha.
Hahahaha, Yeon-seo, calm down.
Where is there a game that makes people rage like this? Calm down, haha.
Extreme anger
I’m actually looking forward to the ‘Mother of Fenrir’!
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[You can’t even defeat it.]
“Dammit!”
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW!]
[Announcement’s up! Feed time!!!]
“Announcement?”
Yeon-seo took a brief break and checked the announcement.
“Right. It’s not a submarine patch… and no probability manipulation… They gave a clear explanation.”
She finally smiled, after being so furious.
“The rewards are nice, though.”
She’s laughing, haha
She was so angry earlier, but now she’s laughing?
Crazy Rasa fan, haha
Might as well start raising an Idol on my alt account
She’s getting feed, cheers!
After receiving the rewards, she reviewed her Hard Fenrir build again.
“For one line of Virgo, healing skills increase by 25%, and healing skills for enemies decrease by 25%, right?”
When you focus on the valid constellations, increasing the final damage is obvious, so no need to say it out loud.
“Yeah.”
“Ah… should I add one line of Virgo along with my three lines of Leo? Should I also add healing reduction?”
The healing reduction between characters is calculated multiplicatively. With the Idol party member’s three-line Virgo reducing healing by 75%, and then the additional 25% reduction, it seemed like it would have some effect. That’s when a thought crossed her mind.
“Wait, so if you have four lines of Virgo, does that mean you get 100% healing reduction? Since healing reduction is additive for one character.”
“Right?”
“Then that’s crazy. You don’t just get healing reduction, you get a full healing ban. The only one in the entire server.”