Chapter 52

EP.52 Rank Climbing and the Witch's Story, and a Spoonful of Gold Sun

In Rainbow Tales, the act of playing ranked matches to increase one’s rank is often referred to by users as "climbing."

Climbing.

The word, which describes the act of ascending to the summit of a steep mountain or high place, has become so naturally attached to the lips of players that the path to victory in ranked games is as arduous and difficult as it gets.

This is because, according to the rules, there must always be a winner and a loser.

To climb, one must necessarily be more skilled at the game than their opponent.

If this game were a 1v1, only skill would determine the rank score.

However, Rainbow Tales is not a game played alone.

A team of six players each, totaling twelve players, must coordinate for a period ranging from twenty minutes to over an hour.

Even lifelong friends can sometimes have differing thoughts, so it was inevitable that various issues would arise when six strangers were grouped together as a team.

If the team’s luck is bad, it naturally makes rank climbing more difficult.

Of course, the more attempts you make, the more your win rate will converge to your true skill level.

The favor of the matchmaker is equal to everyone.

People may call it a luck-based game, but the rank after a hundred matches is your pure rank.

What I want to say is,

those who climb ranks want to meet better teammates.

This can be said to apply to all games, but there are exceptions, like those who want their teammates to perform poorly to show off their own skills.

The reason they want to meet better teammates is that

victory becomes easier.

Or, there is a possibility of achieving a higher rank than their own skill level.

Of course, there are various reasons for playing a duo game,

but the biggest one is to reduce the chance of meeting poor teammates.

Matching with someone means having at least a minimum level of trust with each other,

which means they are a verified person to you.

In my case this time, it was a bit different,

but the result was the same.

In the midst of the bloody battlefield,

the wizard wearing a large-brimmed hat

began to fill the system window with messages.

[ 'Witch Rebecca's' Spell Shatter has been successfully cast.

The Elemental Bloom effect cast by Adriana, the owner of the White Tower, has been immediately terminated, and the spell it was based on has been canceled.

Canceled spell: Flame Wave

Additionally, Adriana cannot recast the canceled spell for the next 44 seconds (affected by Spell Shatter). ]

[ 'Witch Rebecca's' Spell Wedge has taken effect.

The next two spells cast by Adriana, the White Tower owner, will be delayed by 1.6 seconds (affected by Spell Wedge).

Furthermore, control of all spells that have been cast but not yet taken effect will be taken by 'Witch Rebecca'. ]

[ 'Witch Rebecca's' Spell Reversal... ]

[ 'Witch Rebecca's' Witch's Barrier... ]

[ 'Witch Rebecca's' Frog Transformation Potion... ]

"..."

She’s using up the system window all by herself.

After the game starts, the system window displays events or player actions that have a significant impact on the battlefield.

For example, the activation of ultimate skills, which each character has one of.

For a regular skill to appear in the system message, it must have enough impact to change the tide of the battlefield.

In other words, the game’s AI is guaranteeing that each of her actions appearing in the messages is changing the tide of the game.

Well, that’s to be expected.

Considering she’s blocking a powerful NPC that appears as a turning point after the defense line is destroyed, all by herself.

Usually, even the team with the advantage would have to take a hit at this timing, but now it’s unnecessary.

Why are you so good at breaking spells?

It’s partly because the NPC that appeared is a wizard, but it’s not something just anyone can do.

The audience seemed to empathize with her outstanding performance, their eyes wide with amazement.

[ What am I watching right now? ]

[ Adriana is so useless ㅁㅊ ]

[ My eyes are bleeding from Adriana... ]

[ Cut of a 120-year-old grandma ]

[ What’s a 120-year-old grandma? ]

[ Adriana is supposed to be 120 years old, right? ]

[ Is this some kind of lie to make a 20-something beauty look 120 years old? ]

[ Otaku setting nitpicking is really disgusting, ugh, it stinks ]

[ Damn, the wizard is so overpowered ]

[ Didn’t you say the priest was overpowered last time? ]

[ ㅇ; ]

[ If you’re good, it’s all overpowered, lol ]

[ Spell Shatter? Is there such a skill? ]

[ It’s not a skill, it’s a technique. You can do it by reverse-engineering the spell formula, but it’s difficult from the moment it’s cast until just before it takes effect. ]

[ Why does the game separate techniques and skills? Aren’t they the same? ]

[ Parrying isn’t a skill either, think of it as a magic version of parrying. ]

[ Parrying is just about timing, but adding spell reversal makes it really difficult. ]

[ How does a wizard deal with a headache? ]

[ But this person can do it. ]

[ Damn, I can’t understand anything. ]

[ I need to take a break because of the headache. ]

[ wwwwwwwwwww ]

[ So big ㅁㅊ, just want to suck and lose 1:0 ]

[ What do you mean? ]

[ Why is such a talent in Yellow... ]

[ The room owner and the paladin, what’s in Yellow? ]

[ Well, I don’t really believe the room owner is in Yellow lol, who memorizes the Holy Doctrine book? ]

The game’s situation was overwhelming,

and the audience began to talk about other things rather than the almost finished game.

I’ll just ignore the half of the comments that are teasing,

but one caught my eye.

[ Talking about the paladin, he’s been a bit strange lately. ]

[ What do you mean? ]

[ Has he been strange for a day or two? It’s normal for him to charge like a madman, so what’s stranger? lol ]

[ No, not that, hmm. ]

[ Has his style changed? ]

[ That person who always charges recklessly... ]

[ Whenever the room owner is mentioned, he used to light up and start sexual harassment. ]

[ But now when the Holy Maiden is mentioned in the chat, he gets serious and tells people to stop, hmm. ]

[ What’s going on? ]

[ Something... something is happening... ]

[ So he’s taking refuge in the Holy Maiden’s room lol ]

[ Wasn’t there a meeting? He’s been strange since then. ]

[ Wasn’t that yesterday? ]

[ What meeting? ]

[ What meeting? ]

[ I heard from the after-room that the team members from the last tournament gathered. He said he was their coach and couldn’t come, so he asked them to pass on his apologies. ]

[ Why are you telling the audience this lol? ]

[ Now that I think about it, there was a day when everyone took a break together. ]

[ That was yesterday lol ]

[ So the room owner was also absent? ]

[ ? Is that so? ]

[ ? ]

[ Room owner? ]

[ Room owner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

[ Why is the room owner so quiet lol? ]

[ I can’t stand it, I’m going to ask what the room owner looks like. ]

[ I’ve already asked around, but no one answered lol. ]

[ Just remember that she’s very pretty? ]

[ So is she ugly? It’s probably just a polite way of saying it lol. ]

[ Why is appearance so important? As long as she’s a good person and has a pretty face. ]

[ You seem to think it’s the most important thing lol. ]

After a moment,

the game ended.

[ Witch Rebecca: I love you ]

[ Holy Maiden: Yes, yes ]

I don’t know when this love talk will end.

But, since she’s giving me free wins, there’s not much to complain about.

I, too, am a gamer thirsty for victory, so playing a duo with this person was quite good.

Why are you so good?

The technique for breaking spells is not something that can be done with just average skill,

and it’s quite surprising that such a person is in Yellow.

As if reading my thoughts, the other person sent a message.

[ Witch Rebecca: I was just doing it half-heartedly because of the headache. ]

[ Witch Rebecca: But when we play together, I get really serious. ]

Now that I think about it, I don’t remember losing much when I was on the same team as this person.

[ Witch Rebecca: Am I cool? ]

There’s no need to deny a drink of water to someone thirsty for attention.

I just casually replied that she was.

She responded with a heart.

...It’s a bit burdensome, but if I think it’s all because they like me, it’s kind of cute.

As long as they don’t fill the message window with "I love you," it’s

not too bad.

It was good enough to play a few more duo games.

So I asked.

[ Holy Maiden: Do you want to play more? ]

[ Witch Rebecca: That’s what I meant by being naughty. ]

What exactly do you mean?

I can’t say anything.

Anyway, the other person joined the duo match calmly.

And when the match was found,

the acceptance window for the match being completed appeared, and I naturally pressed it...

[ Holy Maiden has joined the room. ]

[ Witch Rebecca has joined the room. ]

[ Guangdong Ohamma has joined the room. ]

[ Gold Sun has joined the room. ]

[ Paladin has joined the room. ]

[ Haribo has joined the room. ]

"..."

They’re all people I know.

And some of them clearly targeted me.

[ Gold Sun: Woohoo~ Found the master~ ]

[ Gold Sun: Another fun tutoring session today~ ]

[ Gold Sun: Tutoring (me) ]

Why are you so excited?

I’m a bit dizzy.

Author's Note (Author's Postscript)

Thank you, Heumchinisa, for your 20 coin donation. I should have thanked you last chapter, but I missed it. Sorry ㅠ_ㅠ

Thank you, Charlejeong, for your 10 coin donation.

It’s a bit shorter than usual.

I’ll be back on Thursday.

Thank you for always reading,

and I love you...