Chapter 4 - Chapter 4

📰 Ias GalleryTitle: Newbies Starting with This Summer Vacation Event—Must Read! Author: ㅇㅇ (21.89) This game has two weapons per class, and your playstyle varies wildly depending on which one you pick. But for supports, it splits into support setup or DPS setup based on the weapon, so if you're starting Ias with a support character, you have to go for the support setup. For example, the Saintess class can choose between the Holy Book or a One-Handed Sword. The Holy Book is the support weapon. If you mess up and pick the DPS setup weapon by mistake, just delete the character and start over. Choose wisely.💬 Comments— AnonymousHelpful post, upvoting.— AnonymousI picked Saintess One-Handed Sword after reading this.— Anonymous (OP)ㅗ— AnonymousNot fake, I hit upvote like 1000 times.— AnonymousThat's the fake part.— AnonymousWasn't there some guy running around as a Saintess with a one-handed sword back in the day?— AnonymousSaintess trash?— AnonymousThat guy's account got banned lol. Flooded the gallery with hate pics when he quit, probably got perma-banned.◇◇◇◆◇◇◇[Party application rejected.]

Already the tenth rejection.

Even I could figure out the problem by now.

"Is my character just too ugly?"

Her skin was pitch black, like she could vanish into stealth in the slightest shadow, paired with avatar colors skewed to extreme RGB values.

Anyone with a normal sense of aesthetics couldn't help but feel repulsed by the character named Saintess Nice.

"But I can't give this up..."

In Ias, the Saintess was a classic RPG class designed with blatant sex appeal in mind.

Curves in all the right places—nothing but gratitude for the devs.

That's why most people dressed their Saintess characters cute and pretty, but I didn't want to follow the crowd.

If you're not going to be the best, be the worst.

I had no talent for character creation anyway, so why not make the ugliest one possible?

No way was I changing my character design now like some flip-flopper.

[Vermouth 1-2 semi-casual, no tryhards, LFG][Party application rejected.][Vermouth 1-2 clear exp][Party application rejected.]

"Ah, fuck, seriously."

Why won't anyone take me?

All I want is to play the game purely.

Run raids, make some gold, do some gold farming.

Why are they picking on me like this?

📰 Ias GalleryTitle: Average age in this game is 40s, for real—

I'd even come to a PC bang. Maybe I should set the Ias gallery on fire...

But then this caught my eye:

[Streamer Pod) Eder Vermouth 1-2 Academy Pod LFG]

"Eder-hyung?"

Eder, the shady streamer from the old Doomsday Gallery days.

He blew up with newbie guides and went mainstream, but running an academy pod? No way.

Once a Doomsday bro, always a Doomsday bro.

Time to make Eder-hyung pay for betraying the Doomsday Gallery.

[Party application completed.]◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙[Anonymous donated 1,000 won!] [Why are user numbers dropping lately? Where'd all the newbies go?] 

"Exactly what I've been saying."

The man had been forced into idle mode in the raid lobby for a full hour already.

Ias specialist streamer Eder was stuck in an endless wait for a newbie who showed no signs of arriving.

"Even if it's a LFG for casuals, how can no one join like this?"

Ias raids were typically 4-8 players—no one missing meant no start.

His party was at 7/8, but without that last slot, they couldn't even launch.

💬 Chat— ViewerSupports have been scarce lately ㅇㅇ— ViewerNewbies are just gone..?— ViewerJust start without a support at this point...— ViewerWhen we starting??— ViewerPls anyone come...

The endless wait made the stream drag, and Eder could feel the mood souring.

"Without a support, these guys won't last. It's a tryhard pod—how do we do it without one?"

But this was an academy party full of raid newbies.

No support to keep the team alive? The outcome was obvious.

'Ah, did I mess up making this academy pod...'

Academy pod.

A try party where vets teach noobs the ropes.

Eder, naturally, was the teacher.

He hadn't always run these.

But to mooch off newbie streamers starting Ias and teach raids, his stream exploded.

To keep the vibe, academy pods became core content.

 ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙[Anonymous donated 1,000 won!] [Just make a homework room and skip the raid, Eder lol] 

"Nah, gotta help these folks. Who'd carry newbies without guys like me?"

💬 Chat— ViewerCool— ViewerEder daddy ㄷㄷ— ViewerFather of all Ias newbies, Eder— ViewerWithout him, tons of newbies would've quit— ViewerEdeeeer

The donation nailed his true thoughts, but Eder ignored it.

Going back to his old style would tank his viewer count back to triple digits.

"Ah, seriously, no one's coming? I'd even take a trash-setup gold farmer, please—"

 ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙-Ding! 

Before he finished, the party application alert rang out.

"Whoa, finally!"

Eder hurriedly opened the applicant list.

[Applicant List] [Saintess Nice (Saintess)]

"Huh...?"

The unexpected nickname left Eder speechless and flustered for a moment.

◇◇◇◆◇◇◇📰 Ias GalleryTitle: The Legendary Gold Farmer 'Saintess Nice,' Now Just a Memory—Araboja Author: ㅇㅇ (125.138) As you know, Ias is an RPG rife with gold farming—turning in-game cash into real money ㅇㅇ That's why gold-selling scum from all over flock here, creating total chaos. And amid them all, there's one iconic figure. Saintess Nice. The name sounds ordinary, but check her alt list and you'll see how insane she is.

[Expedition List]

Saintess Nice 2 (Saintess) Saintess Nice 3 (Saintess)

Saintess Nice 4 (Saintess) Saintess Nice 5 (Saintess)

Saintess Nice 6 (Saintess) Saintess Nice 7 (Saintess)

Saintess Nice 8 (Saintess) Saintess Nice 9 (Saintess)

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What lunatic levels 10+ alts exactly like the main? ???: Just loves Saintess that much? (Frog character punching gif) Sure, possible, but nah—she cycles main's jewels and gear to alts. Normies would need new gear, accessories, jewels for that many alts, but she recycles, no extra cost. Plus her gear? One-Handed Sword, not Holy Book. Saintess DPS setup = ultimate gold farm scum. Of course, two years ago she apparently got high and mythic-weapon'd outta nowhere, but reset and gloriously burned out, quit. Still, Saintess Nice remains the gold farmer legend ㅇㅇ So when leveling alts, get new jewels and accessories.💬 Comments— AnonymousOh yeah, she's famous— AnonymousWho doesn't know Saintess trash these days??— AnonymousA surprising number don't.— AnonymousDidn't she get drafted?— AnonymousYeah, discharge time soon.— AnonymousBreaking) Saintess trash showed up on Eder's stream rn lololol— Anonymousfr?— Anonymous (OP)Didn't Saintess trash quit?— AnonymousGuess she came back.— AnonymousReal deal Saintess trash???— Anonymous???[Applicant List] [Saintess Nice (Saintess)]💬 Chat— ViewerSaintess Nice?— ViewerIsn't that the gold farm scum??— ViewerWho the hell is that, chat?

Saintess Nice, the infamous gold farmer icon in the community—Eder knew her well.

Back in his Doomsday Gallery days, she'd spam and terrorize daily.

Titles like "Come wear the armband," "Fuckin Saintess scum," "See what I can do."

"Heh, what a piece of work..."

RPG players' view of gold farmers hadn't improved over time.

💬 Chat— ViewerWhy'd she crawl back?— ViewerBack to sell gold lol— ViewerRan outta cash I guess

Contrary to the hate, Saintess Nice wasn't an extreme gold farmer. Eder, from the same Doomsday Gallery roots, knew that best.

'Ugh... accept her or not?'

Reject now, and he'd wait forever for another support.

Today's stream would flatline.

But accept? That came with its own bomb.

Sink quietly, or roll the dice with a live grenade?

The choice was clear.

"Screw it!"

After agonizing, Eder hit [Accept].

 ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙-Ding [Saintess Nice: Oh] [Saintess Nice: Finally]

A red-clad, bald black character popped into the raid lobby.

💬 Chat— ViewerHe accepted her after all— ViewerWtf lol— ViewerLook at that thing's face ffs— ViewerCheck her gear ffs lololol— ViewerOne-handed sword for real??— ViewerChar creation real?? ffs

The chat ignited the moment Saintess Nice appeared.

Still within acceptable limits, Eder hoped she wouldn't pull anything weird and typed in chat.

[Shield Eder: Hey Saintess] [Shield Eder: Lots of raid newbies here] [Shield Eder: Take good care of 'em... ^^][Saintess Nice: Of course] [Saintess Nice: Full care incoming]

She did military service—maybe she's somewhat normal now.

No, no—Eder shook off the thought.

This was the psycho who'd manually flooded the community for 12 hours straight.

Stay vigilant; her true nature could emerge anytime.

 ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙[Anonymous donated 1,000 won.] [Of course (brandishing one-handed sword)] 💬 Chat— ViewerLmao for real— ViewerBut why one-handed sword fr??— ViewerCan't heal like that— ViewerCheap gear, that's why

"Yeah, why's she got a one-handed sword?"

[Shield Eder: Yeah] [Shield Eder: Saintess, any chance you could swap to Holy Book instead?] [Saintess Nice: Nope] [Saintess Nice: I'll ditch anything else] [Saintess Nice: But not the one-handed sword] [Shield Eder: Got it]

Fine, gear's weird... but this isn't a hard raid.

Plus, quit and back or not, Saintess Nice was top-content level just two years ago.

If she plays straight, the academy pod gets an extra teacher.

Should clear in an hour tops.

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"Alright, big axe swing incoming! Everyone dodge behind the boss!"

 ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙-Whoosh! 💥 DEATH 💥

Saintess Nice has been killed by Vermouth.

"What?!"

[Saintess Nice: Ah] [Saintess Nice: My bad my bad]

"Hey! What happens if you die?!"

💬 Chat— ViewerLolololololol— ViewerShe's nuts— ViewerObvious intentional troll, Eder?— ViewerKick her already— ViewerGold farm scum bus passenger mode ON— Viewer???: Ah just carry me pat pat

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