Chapter 8: Gacha Hell

It's never easy to wake up with the effects of mana depletion, my entire body was sluggish and I didn't even want to leave the bed.

I didn't feel the effects so strongly last time, but I guess it was because of my excitement in regard to the dungeon raids and the good sleep I had last night due to the results of the roll the day prior.

Today was very different... thanks to yesterday, my mood wasn't the best, which probably affected my sleeping.

And after looking at my phone, my feelings got even more mixed...

Roy and Sam had sent new messages on our group chat, and they mostly revolved around Roy's neighbour, who wasn't home yesterday and would only be back today during nighttime.

Due to that, Roy wasn't able to go to the dungeon today with us.

Sam showed sympathy to him and said that she would pause dungeon raiding until Roy got better.

He seemed conflicted about it, thinking that he was dragging everyone down and making us stop our progress.

Sam replied that even though steady progress is good, taking your time to rest is also important.

She said it would be dumb to expect everyone to be free every day, and that there was nothing that could be done in Roy's case since it wasn't even his fault that he didn't manage to get treatment.

Roy replies that he went to the hospital when he discovered that his neighbour wasn't home, and so he's spending his time there until noon today when he will hopefully meet his neighbour who can use healing magic.

He also left a message telling us to be cautious in the dungeon, since when he asked for the price of a lesser healing potion it was way above our total gains.

And thus, it seems my party wasn't going to the dungeon today... so this left me wondering what I should do.

I had yet to reply to this news, and I could take my time with it. But the most important thing to do was to decide how my day was gonna go from now.

Having practised with martial arts I guess Sam knows what she's talking about when she says that rest is important.

It's something we often hear, but when immersed in an activity that brings us pleasure we tend to burn ourselves out by spending more time at it than we should, and it's not above me to be guilty of that when it comes to dungeon raids.

The rolls from yesterday were a bit subpar so I wasn't too sure about the rolls this time. Just to test the waters, I tried another roll in the [Skills Banner].

Same as always, I feel as if my mind itself left me, and when I come back to sanity, the first thing I do is check my [Current Skills].

In this menu, I was able to check what had changed from its previous state, and so, the new skill I obtained was:

[Faster Tree Climbing]

Passive Skill. Makes it so the user is capable of climbing trees faster, allowing for higher mobility if the conditions are met. As a passive skill, it is always active. The user may decide to deactivate it at any moment.

Finally. Tree Cimbling. But faster now.

You know what? This one is another miss, and It made me pretty salty about the [Skills Banner].

I've been curious about the other banners for a while now, so this gave me the perfect excuse to try something else.

I still had 1 ticket left, and I could roll on many banners, so I didn't need the [Skills Banner]. I could get a great weapon, a magical helmet, or something more useful from the other banners.

While feeling angry and dejected, in my mind I had already decided not to roll on the [Skills Banner] this time.

But when I focused on the [Weapons Banner] I reminded myself why it would be a bad idea overall, which made me question the legitimacy of rolling in it.

I absolutely didn't want to have eyes on me constantly, and if I were to rely on powerful weapons, it would be hard for me to assess my own shortcomings.

But still... I didn't want to bet on the [Skills Banner] since it was failing me as of late.

The only real option left then was the [Companions Banner]. I knew if I gave it too much thought I'd just create reasons for it not being worth trying out, but you know what? If it had ended up being bad, I'd just run away and call for help.

One might call it cowardice, but I think it's just smart really.

With my newfound determination, I hurriedly gave my last Gacha Ticket to the [Companions Banner].

Once again my mind entered a completely blank state, and when I managed to regain consciousness, an image pierced my eyes that made me believe I was actually dreaming.