Joshua shouted as he watched a rainbow envelope flash into the screen, complete with matching fireworks.
I've got the IUR!
IUR as the gaming community shorthand for "Impossibly Ultra Rare". Gacha games already have low rates but IUR takes it to ridiculous degrees. According to the game website, the game's one and only IUR have a 0.000001% chance meaning 1 in a million.
This IUR was offered in the game's anniversary paid banner as the grand prize and advertised as unique meaning only one person would ever get it. But, the community's reaction to the banner is lukewarm at best; besides the grand prize, the rest of the reward is trash compared to the other banners introduced in the anniversary event. Thus, the gaming community consensus was to ignore it and focus on the more rewarding banners.
Joshua would have followed the crowd normally but he received the result of his last medical test and he knew that his time is running out.
Even if it was just once in his life, he wants to say that luck smiled upon him!
Joshua has always been unlucky. His parents passed away before he was even born. Even though they left him an inheritance lo live comfortably, his uncle and aunt coveted it and only gave him a pittance from the child support he was supposed to be receiving. Thus, he worked part-time to support himself and tried to do well in school content in the knowledge that he would get the rest of his inheritance and out of his guardian's care once he was of legal age.
Unfortunately, just when everything was looking up, Joshua was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer.
At that time, he gave up completely.
That is when Joshua found Gacha games!
Here, with enough money, he can control his fate.
Unlucky with a roll?
You only need to pay a bit and you can try again.
And thus, Joshua slowly got addicted to gacha -trying out different games and whaling in a lot of them. In his journey to try different gacha, he met Fantasia online a popular gacha game for a century-old franchise, which has become his main gacha game.
After three years of playing Fantasia in which his cancer steadily got worst, this banner appeared. According to the game website whoever is lucky enough to get the IUR will have a miracle. There was a various discussion online on what that meant and most lean on some superpowered character or item.
But, Joshua didn't care about that.
He cared more for the fact that the item is unique meaning only one can get it.
With his time running out, it could be a way to show that he lived on this Earth.
With nothing to lose, Joshua mortgaged everything he owned and used it to roll like crazy.
it's better to use it this way than have the money falling to his relatives with his death.
And finally, Joshua succeeded!
He looked at the screen wherein the item animation is unfolding.
Golden gates slowly open to show the Goddess Fortuna on her throne. Her hand is raised toward the front as if inviting the player in.
A notice box popped out.
notice
The Goddess of Luck smiles upon you!
Would you like to receive her favor?
And below that a simple yes or no option
Joshua, of course, pressed yes.
After he did that, black spots began swimming around his vision. And the pain that habitually wrecked his body seemed to intensify.
The notice box is now replaced by a loading bar.
12%...
Am I going to die?
30%..
I didn't even know what I got yet…
55%...
At least, I made it.
78%...
Joshua focused his gaze on the smiling goddess above the loading bar Luck, huh?
99%
If I'm reborn in the next life, I want you to smile smile at me at the beginning …
That was his last thought before he lost consciousness.
X.x.X
When Joshua opened his eyes, he was no longer lying on his hospital bed but on a dirt floor. Looking around, he noticed that he seemed to be in a wooden shack with a wooden table and a small hay bed next to it. There was an abandoned bottle beneath his feet labeled Adventurer's Awakening Potion, Exp. Batch #1 Z.V. and Use before: 3rd week of Kore. the year 1030.
He would like to look more but a message box popped into thin air before.
message
Congratulations you just died!
But, through the grace of the Goddess Fortuna, you are reborn in another world!
Wait, what?
message
You received the ability Gacha World!
The ability to draw items, abilities from various worlds.
Currently, ability is at C-rank.
10 gacha points = 1 item draw
100 gacha points = 1 skill/ability draw
Gacha points are gotten by completing the quests issued by the system and devotions to the Goddess.
Dismissing that message, another one replaced it.
message
The Goddess Fortuna has gifted you a 1 x skill ticket to help your transition.
Good luck!
After that, it was replaced with a wheel of fortune and a special event banner - Midgard World.
Joshua blinked at the familiar skill list. He played this game before!
[ ] Swordsman
Rank E Sword Mastery (1-60);
Rank D Skill Bash (61-90)
Rank C:Health Recovery (91-100)
[ ] Archer
Rank E Bow Mastery (1-60)
Rank D Charge Arrow (61-90)
Rank C Owl's Eye (91-100)
[ ] Thief
Rank E - Dodging Mastery (1-60)
Rank D - Steal ( 61-90)
Rank C - Envenom (91-100)
Gacha World is the primary ability of Joshua. The highest tier that could be drawn is equivalent to the rank of the ability. Evolving the ability would allow Joshua to draw higher abilities.
The Ranks used in this quest would follow a letter tier list which is denoted as
S = Godlike
A = Legendary
B = Epic
C = Rare
D = Uncommon
E = Common
The quest would use a narrative system for the most part except when using certain abilities which invoke luck in that case we use the trusty 100 dice.
Main Skill: Gacha World
Rank: C
The ability to draw items, abilities from various worlds.
Currently, ability is at C-rank.
10 gacha points = 1 item draw
100 gacha points = 1 skill/ability draw
Gacha points are gotten by completing the quests issued by the system and devotions to the Goddess.
Side Skills:
Increase Health Recovery
Rank: C
Works by stimulating the body's life energy to heal any physical injury.
At Level 1, it will regenerate superficial damage (minor scapes and wounds) almost instantly as long as the user can concentrate. ( Its feasible to use the level 1 version in battle but you need at least a 5-minute break to at least heal yourself. ) Since this is using the body's life energy, at level1 it can only be used thrice a day. (And yes, level 2 will either upgrade it to be usable in battle without break or increase the daily usage)
Special Traits:
Mark of Goddess Fortuna
The Mark that Goddess Fortuna gives to those who won her favor. It is said to luck will come to those marked with it!
Cantrips start at D rank and anyone who becomes a mage is an automatic C rank adventurer due to the nature of the ranking system. You'll get magic but not on the prologue. ^^
IUR as the gaming community shorthand for "Impossibly Ultra Rare". Gacha games already have low rates but IUR takes it to ridiculous degrees. According to the game website, the game's one and only IUR have a 0.000001% chance meaning 1 in a million.
First, I'm going to roll a 1d100 dice. The roll itself will be appended in the tally sheet or in the post itself for transparency... and for our first roll ... 97!!! .... You guys got the best prize.... quite an auspicious roll for a gacha quest. lol
So, once I've rolled, we will now check it to the player pick. I usually will provide the gacha roll result on the choices itself. In this case, a 97 roll for Swordsman is Increase Health Recovery while for Thief is Envenom. Note that the skill, you'll be getting is at level 1 and can level on their own through the gacha or training. Note 2: Picking Swordsman and Thief will not lock you in a path. Just think of it as skill categories, you can invest your gacha points in.
Now, at this stage, if there is a tie, I will roll another dice and decide that. But, since this is the first roll, I will allow you guys to pick the first skill with their corresponding description!
[ ] Increase Health Recovery
Works by stimulating the body's life energy to heal any physical injury.
At Level 1, it will regenerate superficial damage (minor scapes and wounds) almost instantly as long as the user can concentrate. ( Its feasible to use the level 1 version in battle but you need at least a 5-minute break to at least heal yourself. ) Since this is using the body's life energy, at level1 it can only be used thrice a day. (And yes, level 2 will either upgrade it to be usable in battle without break or increase the daily usage)
[ ] Envenom
Works by visualizing the target and invoking the poison law into a weapon that one was holding.
At level 1, the weapon will cause weak corrosion damage whenever it hit the target. (That means cause superficial acid burns beside being stabbed). At this level, it can only work when the weapon is being directly touched and each application only last 5 minutes. (As always, the upgrade can extend the poison duration). At level 1, can only be invoked 3 times.
