Chapter 4
I changed the name a bit to avoid the eyes of you-know-who lol. The original title is L u c k - B a S e d Ga M e r
<Tutorial Tower>
“Huh?”
The sequence of lights went white, white, white, and green, but at the very end, a golden light shot up into the sky like a firework before returning to the box.
“What the.”
Did I get something good?
Now that the golden light had come to be recognized as the sign of a jackpot, he checked the items inside the box with anticipation.
[Beginner’s Leather Helmet (Common)]
A common helmet made of leather. It seems to have been made to protect the face from animal fangs or thorns.
● Defense +1
“Aish.”
They said it was an Armor set for a Hero, but they had just stuffed in some mass-produced item without even a watermark showing it was meant for a Hero.
[Beginner’s Leather Shoes (High Grade)]
Common shoes made of leather. A leather craftsman seems to have made them carefully, so they look durable.
● Defense +2
The High Grade Armor that had burst out with a green light wasn’t much different.
Its Defense was one point higher, but it still felt far too shabby for a Unique-grade Hidden Class to wear.
But he wasn’t disappointed.
The golden light still remained.
Ever since coming to Fantasia, the golden light had never once let him down.
With his heart pounding, he took out the last piece of legwear.
Would it be pants, or underwear?
A pair of wide boxer shorts greeted Han Youngwoong.
“Excuse me?”
[Blessed Novice Hero’s Loose Pants (Mythic)]
High-performance pants made from the finest fabric, created by aging top-grade Holy Water for 10 years for ease of movement and light weight. They make the Hero’s movements even lighter with the freedom of wearing nothing at all while still providing sturdy performance.
● Lucky Hero Exclusive Item
● Defense +15
● All Stats +7
● Comfortable Fabric (Legendary): Cleanliness, body temperature maintenance. Unlimited elasticity. Strong hold.
● Lucky Evasion (Mythic): 22% chance to evade an attack
He had thought the golden light signified a Unique grade, but apparently that wasn’t always the case.
And what did it matter if it wasn’t?
“Why are you doing this to me, Goddess.”
Faced with those jaw-dropping Options, he tossed aside the irreverent and vulgar thought that they looked like underwear.
He immediately threw off his thin cloth pants and put on the boxer shorts.
“Oh my, look at that guy.”
“What’s with him?”
“A Boing Hammer and boxer shorts. He looks like a total veteran.”
“Look at that Title. He must be an NPC, right?”
Just as the description said, they were loose, well-ventilated leopard-print boxer shorts, with a design that held everything firmly in place and provided unwavering comfort.
He liked them.
The Title, the Boing Hammer, and now the underwear.
His appearance kept getting stranger and stranger, but Han Youngwoong, who had no interest in customization, didn’t care.
===
He had a weapon, and one of his Armor pieces was Mythic grade, so he was about to leave the village to continue his Quest when an NPC guarding the village gate blocked his way.
“You cannot leave yet.”
“Excuse me? Why not?”
Compared to the glittering armor worn by the temple knights, his was shabby, ordinary iron armor, but his attitude toward Han Youngwoong was cold.
“Outsiders may only leave the village after completing the training at the training grounds. Go complete the training first.”
“But I’ve already changed my Class.”
“You have not completed it yet. Check your Quest and follow the arrow to the training grounds.”
The guard NPC did his job with cold precision.
Following his words, he opened the Quest window to sort out this absurd situation, and the Quest he had received before going to the temple was still there.
There were only two choices.
Either overpower the guard and leave, or obediently go back and clear the Quest.
Even if the guard’s outfit looked shabby compared to the temple knights, he still didn’t seem like someone a Level 1 novice user could do anything about.
‘I guess I have to do it.’
He quietly turned around and followed the white arrow.
===
The training grounds Quest wasn’t that difficult.
It was crowded with people, but there was no need to wait, and it was just a matter of being handed a weapon for some basic hunting.
“Is there anything besides a wooden sword?”
“At the training grounds, we issue wooden swords to everyone. Please purchase any weapon you want at the weapon shop in the village.”
He asked the NPC handing out wooden swords, but since the answer was mechanical, he took one anyway even though he already had the Boing Hammer.
Money was money.
[Quest Complete]
[Acquired 10 Copper]
After tasting Gold, it might have felt a little bland, but every little bit counted.
“1,700 won is dinner tonight.”
He had to save it carefully.
He was about to leave the training grounds and immediately sell the wooden sword at the weapon shop, but the NPC who had given him the sword stopped him.
“Where are you going?”
“Huh? To the hunting grounds.”
“Would you like to try challenging the Tutorial Tower?”
“The Tutorial Tower?”
Then, along with that suggestion, a Quest appeared before his eyes.
[Tutorial Quest]
● Grade: Common
● Prove your skills by challenging the Tutorial Tower.
● Reward: Varies depending on the floor
“Hmm.”
“You don’t have to challenge it. But since it’s okay even if you die and you can gain real combat experience, I recommend it over going straight to the hunting grounds.”
He was a little uneasy since he had never fought a Monster in virtual reality before.
But then again, he was wearing Mythic-grade underwear. Would he really die in a mere beginner hunting ground? That thought crossed his mind as well.
“It’s okay. I’ll do it next time.”
“You get 50 Copper just for clearing the 1st floor, so if your skills are good, you could earn quite a reward…”
“You should’ve said that first.”
Varies depending on the floor.
Since the exact amount hadn’t been written, he had thought, ‘How much could it possibly give?’
He immediately headed for the shabby five-story tower towering right beside the training grounds.
Before entering the tower, he opened Fantasia Life and checked.
– The Tutorial Tower is only 5 floors, but is it even clearable?
– Isn’t the 2nd floor of the Tutorial Tower brutal?
– What’s with the guy who cleared the 5th floor? Even if he paid to win and bought his weapon at the shop, the difficulty was insane starting from the 1st floor.
└ The uploaded video showed that you just have to hit them without getting hit lol. He even cleared it with the wooden sword from the tutorial?
└ That’s possible?
└ Well, I died on the 1st floor. That rabbit’s back kick hurts like hell.
It didn’t seem like mandatory content created just to hand users rewards.
It had a properly challenging difficulty, and the step-by-step rewards stimulated the desire to take it on.
He was drawn in by the talk of its high difficulty and by the fact that only a very small number of people had conquered the top floor, the 5th floor.
The 5th floor even has a separate clear record.
– Wow! 1st place is 3 minutes 16 seconds
└ That person bought up all the Gold the moment the game started and got decked out in top-tier Equipment.
– Is 2nd place that god-tier wooden sword guy?
– That’s brutal.
===
In online games, a record was honor.
It was a place where you could legally declare, ‘You guys are all noobs!’
It was a stage where you could prove your skill in any way.
That was why Han Youngwoong’s fighting spirit ignited.
Even if he lacked both skill and money.
I heard you can challenge it again if you don’t like your record. Though clearing it at all seems hard.
Apparently the 5th-floor reward is 1 Gold. I’m so jealous.
‘Should I give it a try and make some Gold while I’m at it?’
Because in Fantasia, Luck clearly seemed to be acknowledged as a form of skill.
[You are entering the Tutorial Tower.]
===
The moment he stepped through the entrance of the tower, his vision changed, and he was transported to a grassland.
[Tutorial Quest]
[Tutorial Tower 1st Floor]
● Grade: Common
● Hunt the Rabbit of the Grassland
● Reward: 50 Copper, 10 Wheat Bread
It wasn’t a very wide grassland.
Nor did it need to be.
A single rather plump rabbit was hopping around there.
“The 1st floor is nothing.”
He had already gathered some information from Fantasia Life, so there was no reason to be especially nervous.
The 1st floor was practically a freebie.
There was nothing special about it, and it was easy enough for even users experiencing virtual reality combat for the first time to clear as long as they didn’t panic.
The plump rabbit didn’t attack first, nor did it retaliate even when attacked.
It was such a simple floor that he wondered what kind of person would even manage to die here, but with so many users rushing in, it seemed some people really were dying in absurd ways.
Han Youngwoong wasn’t particularly talented at games, but he wasn’t hopeless either.
He took out the Boing Hammer and approached the rabbit, which was nibbling on grass.
“‘Lucky Strike’ isn’t going to trigger on the first hit, right?”
As he got closer, instead of bringing down the Boing Hammer, Han Youngwoong grabbed the back of the rabbit’s neck with one hand and slammed it to the ground.
Squeak!
The fat rabbit’s head was buried in the grass.
Having subdued it more easily than expected, he realized that thanks to the all-Stats bonus from his Mythic-grade underwear, his Stats were 8 now, not 1.
Holding the rabbit’s head down, he raised the Boing Hammer.
Even without the golden light flashing, his Stats were already high enough for the tutorial, so the rabbit would die quickly after a few hits.
Boing, boing!
As he struck the rabbit’s head, a light flashed, and the sound of impact rang out once more as if overlapping.
“Oh, is this Lucky Attack?”
The 50% chance Lucky Attack, which activated without him needing to pay attention to it, had triggered.
It was more convenient than he had expected, and the impact felt great.
There was no need to bother swinging one more time, and since the hits applied simultaneously, he could just think of it as double damage.
[Tutorial Tower 1st Floor Cleared!]
After a few more blows, the rabbit’s head drooped lifelessly, and the surrounding scenery changed.
[Tutorial Quest]
[Tutorial Tower 2nd Floor]
● Grade: Common
● Hunt the Beast of the Grassland, the Wolf
● Reward: 2 Silver, 7 Jerky, 5 Lowest Grade Recovery Potions (Common)
Grrrr—
The Monster on the 2nd floor was a wolf.
The difficulty had risen sharply compared to the 1st floor.
Unlike the rabbit, which wasn’t aggressive, the wolf bared its teeth and radiated hostility. It seemed like the average user would have a hard time dealing with it using only a wooden sword.
He fell into thought as he faced the wolf.
‘If Lucky Attack triggers, then what happens to Lucky Strike? Does the golden light flash on the additional hit too?’
Ridiculous as it looked, the [Blessed Novice Hero’s Loose Pants] was an item that showed absurd performance, at least inside the Tutorial Tower.
The Defense was one thing, but the All Stats +7 Option was basically cheating in the Tutorial Tower, where everyone entered at Level 1.
Thwack—!
He swung the Boing Hammer at the wolf, which was drooling as it charged forward with its mouth wide open.
Boing!
“Yelp!”
Even without Lucky Strike or Lucky Attack triggering, the raw damage alone was enough to snap the wolf back to its senses.
And with all his Stats raised so high, his body felt light.
He could see the wolf’s movements, and the Boing Hammer he swung felt heavy.
It was the difference in relative Stats.
At least here, he didn’t envy the rich guy who had bought up all the Gold, or the users who had conquered the Tutorial Tower with just a wooden sword through absurdly good control.
“Just take a few hits.”
“Yelp!”
In the end, Lucky Strike didn’t trigger even once all the way to the 4th floor, but he crushed everything with brute-force Stats and ended up standing before the 5th floor.
‘Could it be that I actually have talent for this?’
Now fully aware of how insanely important Stats were in Fantasia, he stood before a large door.
[Tutorial Quest]
[Tutorial Tower 5th Floor]
● Grade: Rare
● Defeat the Tower Boss, the Elite Goblin
● Reward: 1 Gold, Stat Points (3), Title ‘Conqueror of the Tutorial Tower (Rare)’
“They really give 1 Gold?”
Considering what he had received from the earlier floors, clearing all the way up to the 5th floor meant he would receive rewards worth nearly 2 Gold.
On top of that, 3 Stat Points were an extremely effective reward in the early game.
Even the Rare-grade Title was substantial.
“Those bastards cleared it and kept the information to themselves so they could hog all the good stuff.”
That was only natural.
If the information had been shared, then countless users blinded by the prize would have risked their lives trying to clear the Tutorial Tower somehow.
In RPGs, all those little bits of internal growth piling up were what created massive gaps between users.
Above all, having climbed the tower while personally realizing the usefulness of Stat Points, the reward felt even more enticing.
Of course, judging by all the posts saying that just clearing it was hard in the first place, it still didn’t seem like something that would become easy even if the information spread.
[You can register a clear record for the Tutorial Tower 5th Floor.]
[The 1st-place clear record will be awarded the Title ‘Ruler of the Tutorial Tower (Legendary)’.]
On top of that, there was even a 1st-place Title.
A Title that would immortalize his record in the Tutorial Tower and prove his superiority over all the other users.
The Title would be taken back if someone broke his record, so if he was going to do it, he had to set a record that could never be stolen.
“Isn’t this floor basically made for me?”
Unlimited challenges.
Since the entry level limit for the Tutorial Tower was 5, the conditions were endlessly favorable for Han Youngwoong, who currently wielded a Unique-grade Boing Hammer.
“Should I give it a try?”
Creating ‘Luck.’
That wasn’t a difficult task for Han Youngwoong, and on top of that, he was being given multiple chances to create that ‘Luck.’
[You are entering the Tutorial Tower 5th Floor.]
He immediately charged toward the muscular, gigantic goblin with the Boing Hammer raised high.