Side Story Chapter 114 - Trait Gacha (4)

Swirl—!!

A blue message window enveloped Balrog, and a roulette in the air spun rapidly.

“Ohh, this is why you and the other humans sometimes stare blankly in the air.”

In fascination, Balrog tried to grab the blue message window, but his giant hand simply passed through it.

“Hmm. It seems it can’t be touched.”

“But it goes away if you swipe it away,” said Oh Kang-Woo as he stared at Balrog, who looked like he wanted to split open his prey’s head and devour their brain.

However, he was simply amazed by something he was seeing for the first time.

“Hehe. I’m excited to see what kind of Trait I will get!”

Balrog clenched his fists and smiled hideously as if he wanted to massacre a family and jump rope with their intestines. As Kang-Woo already mentioned, he was simply excited.

‘Can’t you do something about your face?’

Kang-Woo could never get used to Balrog’s hideous face.

‘Well, it’s better than tentacles.’

Balrog was an angel compared to Lilith’s true form.

“It’s slowing down!” shouted Balrog as he stared at the roulette only he could see.

Riiing!

[You have acquired the Trait【Overlord’s Titanic Might (Rank: S)】!]

“Whoa. I also got an S-rank, just like the queen.”

“The fuck? For real? Two S-ranks in a row?”

Kang-Woo’s eyes widened in disbelief.

‘What about me?’

As someone who got C-rank and B-rank Traits with two pulls, he couldn’t be more frustrated.

“What does it do?” Kang-Woo asked.

“Hmm. How can I check?”

“Press the Trait’s name.”

Balrog nodded and reached for the message window. He read through the message window’s contents and exclaimed in surprise, “A-Amazing!”

“What? What does it do?”

“From what I’m reading, the power of the Overlord enters me and temporarily multiplies my strength by five.”

“Seriously? Five?”

Kang-Woo’s mouth was left agape. Although it was temporary, a multiplier of five was insane.

‘Not only that, it’s Balrog.’

Kang-Woo couldn’t even imagine the insane amount of power Balrog would be able to exert.

“You’d better be careful when using that. One wrong step and the ground under you would cave in.”

Kang-Woo was not exaggerating; if the current Balrog’s strength were to be multiplied by five, he could easily cause a natural disaster. One wrong punch could destroy everything around him and create a crater several kilometers deep.

“Kehehe! I will keep that in mind!!!” Balrog laughed heartily with his chest puffed out, seemingly liking the Trait he acquired. He then pointed at Kim Si-Hun with shining eyes and shouted, “Hear that, brat?!! It seems my spars with you will be a bore now!!”

“Ngh...” Si-Hun grunted and bit his lip.

Si-Hun always came out slightly superior in their usual spars but considering the absurdly powerful Trait Balrog acquired, there was no need to even question who would win. Balrog who was five times as strong would destroy any form of defense Si-Hun could muster.

“Hyung-nim, please let me go next.”

“Bwehehe! Is Balrog making you impatient?”

“I... can’t lose to that muscle pig.”

Kang-Woo snickered and placed his hand on Si-Hun’s shoulder this time.

Swirl—!!

The roulette spun for a third time.

Balrog burst into laughter and taunted Si-Hun, “Kahahaha!! No matter what Trait you get, it will be meaningless before my 【Overlord’s Titanic Might (Rank: S)】Trait, brat!!!”

A blood vessel bulged from SI-Hun’s forehead.

“Uhh... mm. Balrog,” Kang-Woo called.

“Kehehe!! Yes, my king? Are you worried that brat will despair?”

“No, not that.” Kang-Woo shook his head and looked at the roulette slowing down. “From my experience...”

Tick, tick, tick.

The roulette was on the verge of stopping. A strong intuition popped into Kang-Woo’s head.

‘Yeah, like always...’

Riiing!

[You have acquired the Trait【Thousand Martial Treasury (Rank: SSS)】!]

“H-Huh? It’s... an SSS-rank Trait.”

The protagonist was bound to hit it big in such situations.

“Yeah, I figured.” Kang-Woo nodded in dejection.

“Th-Thousand Martial Treasury? What kind of Trait is that?” asked Balrog wide-eyed after hearing it was an SSS-rank Trait.

Si-Hun read the Trait’s description and answered, “It allows me to freely learn a thousand kinds of peerless martial arts.”

“...”

Kang-Woo could tell the Trait was overpowered just from its description. Not only that, but since Si-Hun possessed exceptional martial arts talent, he could seriously learn a thousand peerless martial arts and be able to use them freely.

“...”

Balrog’s expression crumpled. He did not understand what martial arts was but he could instinctively tell Si-Hun’s Trait was absurdly overpowered.

“WHAAAAAAAAAT?! THIS IS TOO UNFAIR, MY KING!!”

“Just endure it.”

‘That’s how novels are these days.’

“Fuuu... alright. First, congratulations, Si-Hun.”

“Thank you very m—”

“Actually, no. I take that back.”

“Pardon?”

‘I’m getting even angrier now.’

“WHY AM I NOT GETTING AN SSS-RAAAAAAAAAANK?!!”

“AGREED!!! THIS CANNOT BEEEEEEEEE!!!”

“HOW IS THIS FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIR?!!”

“PAY FOR MY FRUSTRATION WITH YOUR LIFE, BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!”

Kang-Woo and Balrog glared resentfully at Si-Hun, who stepped backward in confusion.

“Hoho. Why don’t you calm down, my king? You too, Balrog. Get it together.”

Lilith calmed the two demons down with a smile.

“Ngh... anyway, you guys sure are lucky,” Kang-Woo mentioned.

Two S-ranks and one SSS-rank.

‘Five S’s in total.’

High ranks that were nowhere to be found during his pulls were being pulled so easily by others.

“Eve, are you sure you didn’t rig this?”

[Of course not. As I’ve mentioned before, the types and ranks of Traits are completely random. There is nothing I can do to change that.]

“Then what about me? Why am I not getting good ranks?”

[Because you’re lacking—]

“If you tell me that I’m not desperate enough, I might tear you apart out of anger.”

[A-Ahem! I-I’m sure you’ll get one next time!]

Eve quickly edited the message as if fixing a typo. Kang-Woo sighed deeply and walked toward Lilith.

“Is it my turn this time?”

“Yeah. Come here.”

“Hoho. Please let me get a good Trait.”

Lilith suddenly grabbed Kang-Woo’s hand as he was about to put it on her shoulder, and leaned in to kiss him.

Swirl—!!

The roulette spun at the same time as the sudden kiss.

Riiing!

[You have acquired the Trait【Delver of Dreams (Rank: A)】!]

“Pwah! Haaan~ A kiss with my king after so long feels so good ❤”

Lilith placed her hands on her cheeks and twisted in joy as if she were not interested in what Trait she awakened. Kang-Woo stared at her and chuckled.

“So, what did you get?”

“Hmm... Oh, what a shame. It’s an A-rank trait called Delver of Dreams.”

“It’s about time a lower rank appeared. What does it do?”

“Just a moment, please.”

Lilith manipulated the message window skillfully despite seeing it for the first time and read the Trait’s description.

“Hmm~ how interesting.” Her eyes shone. “It’s an ability that can display a target’s dreams.”

“Whoa, what? That’s pretty good!”

Lilith’s specialty was information gathering and analysis. Hence, the ability to view someone’s dreams was considerably useful to her. Dreams were a culmination of information learned in the past. Even if the individual had forgotten about something, it could even be shown vividly in their dreams.

“It doesn’t seem like it would be of much help in picking up traces of the Titan, but... I should be able to make good use of this.”

Lilith smiled in satisfaction.

“Alright. Lastly,” said Kang-Woo as he looked to Cha Yeon-Joo.

“Hmph.”

She turned away as if she weren’t interested, but the way she was shaking her leg gave away how much she was looking forward to it.

“Come here, Yeon-Joo.”

“I feel like... I won’t get anything good for some reason.”

She was walking toward Kang-Woo full of excitement despite saying that. Kang-Woo lightly wrapped his arm around Yeon-Joo’s slender waist.

“This is the last one, Eve.”

[Okay~!]

[( つ?>﹏

Swirl—!!

The roulette spun along with a cute emoticon.

Riiing!

[You have acquired the Trait【Physical Potential Awakening (Rank: C)】!]

“SHIT!!! I KNEW IT!!!” shouted Yeon-Joo after seeing the result. “WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WITH A C-RANK TRAIT?!!”

She rapid-fired curses and swears as if her world had ended.

“I mean... this is the normal result. Everyone else was just too lucky.” Kang-Woo smiled bitterly and patted Yeon-Joo’s back. “So, what does it do? Even if the rank is low, it can be amazing based on the circumstance, so don’t be too upset.”

“Tch... Just a sec.” Yeon-Joo read through the description as she pouted. She then became wide-eyed. “Huh...? H-Huh? F-For real?? This isn’t a joke, right???”

She read through it again and again in disbelief.

“What is it?” asked Kang-Woo with his head tilted but Yeon-Joo could not answer due to shock. “Eve, show me Yeon-Joo’s message window.”

[Okay!!]

A blue message window appeared in front of Kang-Woo.

【Physical Potential Awakening (Rank: C)】

Effect: The Player can achieve physical growth in a designated body part by awakening its maximum latent potential. If applied to the entire body, the Trait’s effect will be halved.

“Huh...?”

Kang-Woo frowned as if he couldn’t understand. It was a mediocre ability as one would expect from a C-rank Trait. There was no reason for Yeon-Joo to be shocked beyond belief.

‘No, wait a second.’

Kang-Woo checked the description again.

‘Achieve physical growth... in a body part?’

Kang-Woo’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“KYAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA!! AMAZING!!! THIS IS AMAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!” Yeon-Joo’s laughter echoed throughout the living room. She pointed at Seol-Ah and shouted confidently, “HAHAH!!! JUST YOU WAIT!!! I’M GONNA HAVE A STACKED MID TOO!!!”

Yeon-Joo smiled ecstatically and used the Trait’s ability on her breasts without hesitation.

Whoooom—!!!

Bright light wrapped around her and gathered around her breasts.

“A-Aaaahh!!”

Tears welled around Yeon-Joo’s eyes. The humiliation and mockery she had faced until now would be no more starting today.

“STARTING FROM TODAY...!!!” She raised her arms high and shouted, “I AM REBOOOOOOOOOOOOOORN!!!”

Her【Potential】opened its eyes.

Riiing!

[There exists no latent potential in the designated body part!]

[Canceling the Trait’s activation!]

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

“...”

Her【Potential】closed its eyes.