Chapter 1 (1/2)
「Haa, this girl is also very pretty」
I sigh whilst looking at the smartphone held in my hand. The girl reflected in my screen is from a new social game app that was now a hot topic amongst otakus, called『Girl Corps』or GC for short. It was released half a year ago and has already ama.s.sed over 500,000 users. The basic concept is, you create an army of beautiful girls, simple as that. Your army then takes part in battles against the demon army and other users. The scenario is that it is set in Europe during the middle ages. All the characters are girls, however they are not ordinary girls. They know how to fight.
「Muu~ but my funds are severely low right now…」
I’m seriously troubled by this games gacha. There are two ways to gain a character in this game. One way is by an event, the other is by paying for a gacha. For one go it’s 500 yen, for 11, it’s 5,000 yen. Honestly, I think the price is ridiculous. Moreover, weapons and items are also mixed in as well as characters. However, there’s no end to the amount of people who buy it. The charm of this game comes from the combo of a popular ill.u.s.trator and a talented voice actor. (TLN: 5,000 yen is around £32. So it’s £3 for one go. Or in dollars it’s $5 for one go and $50 for 11 {All values are rounded})
The new releases this month are Leila-chan and Luna-chan. Both vampires possessing the attributes of a loli little girl. As soon as they were released, everyone was absorbed. The bulletin boards exploded with anger and resentment. Lots of people raised voices against the low probability of the gacha, especially those who got a character they didn’t want, rather than Luna and Leila.
The present time is 23:58. I’m one of the believers that your luck doubles by at least 10 times when the clock strikes 0:00. I don’t really like to believe in the occult, but I can’t help but depend on it this time. Funds have been tight this month, so I’ll only get one chance at this monthly gacha. After restarting the app, I place it on my desk near my computer and begin to pray.
「Anyway, it’s all down to probability」
Whilst I waited, I looked at the bulletin boards using my computer that was flooded with updates. Out of the 100,000 people who had already tried, one person had bought over 1,100 goes, but still didn’t receive a character. Others were optimistic and believed that they would be the one to get her.
「Oh dangerous, it’s dangerous」
With a voice full of resentment, I look at the time. It was now 23:59, 50 seconds left. I quickly switch to the monthly gacha screen.
「…..3,2,1! Ieeee!! Let my feelings reach Luna!!」
As soon as the clock reached 00:00 I clicked the screen, a treasure chest suddenly appeared. I of course, bought the 11 tries one.I had completely disregarded the fact that I had just spent 5,000 yen, as I’m trembling with excitement. The chest began to change colour; Silver, Gold, White and then Rainbow coloured.
「Whoa! Whoa! UR confirmed! This is great!」(TLN: UR means Ultra Rare I think)
Rainbow coloured glow was the proof of UR. I was excited, Luna-chan was UR after all. The probability of a UR is about 1%, so I was very lucky. As the chest is opened, items were suddenly released.
【R Sword of Iron, R Dagger of Iron, Recovery medicine, R Armor of Iron, SR Excalibur,SR Pot, 50,000G, Food, UR Invitation to another world】(TLN: There was also two other items, but it was difficult to translate. One was bra.s.s knuckles I think)
The chance of getting a character is way too low. Food is an item that can recover fatigue to some extent.
…….cruel, this is way too cruel. Even with the UR there, the best item that came our was the SR sword!!
「Well, the monthly gacha is like this…..I spent way too much money」