I Became a 6★ Gacha Character

Though Han Se-ah had a reputation for whining about NPC companions, to the point where one of her nicknames referenced it, she didn't actually complain that often in her streams. If she constantly antagonized viewers, she probably wouldn't have grown this successful.

While she was still the only one in the world to have a natural 6★ companion and held the #1 spot because of it, she usually served as a reliable punching bag for viewers. She only pulled out her trump card of "if you're salty, try it yourself" when chat became completely unhinged.

In other words, she redirected their energy when things got too heated. She'd take the hits when appropriate, but when things went too far, she'd counter-attack to change the flow.

"Oh my, someone's saying 'without Roland this bitch would just be selling her tits.' Looks like someone needs their head cooled off. Besides, why would I need to sell my tits without Roland when I have these?"

-Holy shit how do you catch those comments so fast lololol

-Se-ah I have a lifelong wish please enhance Mom's nun outfit with special stones to make it form-fitting that thick fabric makes it hard to breathe sometimes

-Honestly the game doesn't need historical accuracy just show the blonde hair it was pretty

-This scene makes me want to join the stream :) How did you gather such companions?

-Wow pointing the camera so directly thank you

Her broadcasting instincts were impressive - she'd deflect a few times then instantly redirect the camera toward Grace when someone started getting too rowdy. Maybe men's instincts were just that simple?

"So we head to the Adventurers' Guild to post requests?"

"Right. We can let Ellis know the Magic Tower situation is handled."

"For the reward... should we set it at 60 gold to make it an even 100 gold total?"

After negotiating the 40 gold storage fee per ogre at the Magic Tower, we headed to the guild. When Grace stretched habitually, Irene immediately stuck close and massaged her shoulders with holy power, asking if they were sore.

Unfortunately, this was something the slender, athletic Katie couldn't understand or experience. When Han Se-ah zoomed right in on them, even the angry viewers of the East and West were unified with dopey grins.

No man dislikes beautiful women with good figures, and they definitely don't dislike seeing two such women in intimate contact.

"A hundred gold pieces is such a huge amount, yet we can just casually spend it..."

"For 10 ogres that's not a hundred but a thousand. Wow, when I first became an adventurer we fought over a few copper coins from selling herbs."

"New adventurers can't help it."

"You know about that too, Irene?"

"Of course. That's how I started when I first entered the tower."

"Ah right, you had experience going in with other adventurers before meeting me."

While they chatted about fights in temporary parties before meeting me, new adventurers' struggles, and people visiting the temple, the camera focused on gently bouncing flesh.

Whether it was a scheme to drive viewers senile or just blatantly zooming in on cleavage, after a few minutes chat devolved from sentences to primitive grunts. It was quite amusing watching them regress to primates who only knew three words: "Woah," "Tits," and "Uuugh."

But Han Se-ah subtly panned away, showing she didn't plan to rely on fanservice forever. The camera drone naturally moved above my head to film the guild's entrance as we arrived from the Magic Tower.

First-person adventurer perspective after the fanservice, huh?

"Oh, what? You're back already?"

"...Why are you here?"

Opening the familiar wooden doors revealed the spacious hall. With intermediate and high-rank adventurers gone to guild branches inside the tower, only novices who couldn't handle anything tougher than orcs remained, making the city guild quite empty.

And there was Ellis, sprawled at one of the tables munching on a long cookie.

Looks like she came down.

"I thought you'd still be searching for the boss monster at the top floors, but you're back already. Hope you're not bringing trouble?"

"Do some actual work. I thought you'd gone to the underground city or Harpy Kingdom, but here you are."

"I ran when I heard about knight orders moving and Empire folks coming. Getting caught once is bad enough, don't want it happening twice."

Seemed she bolted when word came about Imperial trainee commanders heading to the plains, probably due to her awful experience when the Kingdom's knights settled in the underground city.

Ellis lazily waved for us to sit down. As our group crowded around the table, the novice adventurers discussing whether to hunt goblins or gather herbs turned to stare with sparkling eyes.

Of course - Ellis was a high-ranking guild official. For countryside adventurers fresh off the wagon, she was the guild's untouchable mascot and face. How could they not be interested when adventurers even prettier than Ellis arrived in gleaming equipment to discuss the tower's highest floors?

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After getting prices ground down by grad student labor at the Magic Tower, the Adventurers' Guild set their fee at 60 gold. Though 60 gold per ogre seemed huge, it almost felt cheap considering the hassle of live capture and transport to the Magic Tower.

But who would openly criticize a hero certified by the Goddess planning something big? If they wanted connections, they'd happily take the request.

100 gold total per ogre that would serve as a named monster to fight the boss, live specimen for Magic Tower research, and special enhancement stone material after death. Though 100 gold seemed enormous, listing out all these conditions made people think "Hey, that's actually pretty reasonable?"

"Our adventure's quite unusual though. Our first big expense isn't even equipment but ogre capture."

"Well technically there were Hanna's alchemy bombs too."

And this was just natural for adventurers.

We weren't some ancient Celtic warriors proving bravery by fighting naked with painted bodies, scorning equipment as cowardly. Using money for safety and convenience was perfectly normal.

There could be many different sources of fun in RPGs.

Some might enjoy massive burst damage breaking DPS meters, ultra-wide area skills wiping whole maps, or coordinated party play taking down tough high-level enemies.

Others dig into story and quest details hunting for hidden hints, while some have unique tastes like exploring beautiful maps or grinding to complete area maps.

But one core RPG joy that can't be ignored, even if not the greatest:

"By the way Roland, are you really okay with this?"

"Of course. Better equipment for you all means an easier time for me."

Just throwing money around.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Overwhelming opponents with superior equipment, better characters, highly awakened cards, high-★ awakening... basically dominating through spec advantages.

And the easiest, fastest way to gain "spec advantage" in RPGs is spending money. Whether real cash or hard-earned in-game currency, crushing opponents with better gear.

I consider this a fundamental RPG pleasure. That's why some mobile gamers whale early to briefly enjoy life as a ranker before quitting when they don't want to spend more.

"Wait, none of our party members spent their funds. Does that mean except for what I used on bombs, it's all still there? ...Why didn't I know? Well, it was just piled in a corner of the inventory. Honestly, wouldn't it feel like showing off to count gold in front of you all?"

-Bruh check your gold between streams at least lololol

-This bourgeois bitch needs a spear through her for some trickle-down economics fr

-How comfortable was your gaming that you don't even know your wallet status lololol

-This is like a rich girl trying to pay bus fare with a check

-Want to call her an otaku bitch but it actually makes sense somehow lololol

So our party committed to spending not just a thousand gold, but even more.

Naturally, from my personal savings I'd been keeping aside.

'Can't use special enhancement stones on quest reward trash gear, fuck.'

After all, I too was once an RPG player.