‘That was easy.’

It had never been easy to defeat a named monster without suffering any injuries, even if that named monster’s rank was low. The skeleton knight was supposed to last longer, as even though we were able to deal with the second wave of summons, we couldn’t avoid the Energy Drain from the first summon. If Jung Ha-Yan hadn’t activated her floating spell, then things would have been bad for us. In a nutshell, knowledge was power.

The skeleton knight that used a lot of its mana with the first drain in mind was defeated as Kim Hyun-Sung bashed its head in. The way Kim Hyun-Sung fought during this fight was shocking, but the way Skeleton Knight Baan was defeated wasn’t how I expected a legendary-ranked monster would die.

Anyway, the expedition party managed to defeat the monster without any major sacrifices, and we obtained another chance to fight the next monster. Obviously, I was looking forward to the small event after the battle, and I was sure the Black Swan Guild was also looking forward to this moment since their members were trapped here.

- You people are strong.

“...”

- Baan’s defeat was a matter of course, as you people are powerful, but I never imagined Baan would be defeated so easily. I’m sure the guardians will be really happy if they see you.

‘All right, just give us the reward already.’

I was sure everyone had the same thought, but they just couldn’t say it out loud.

- As I explained before, a reward will be given during the expedition. One of the items displayed in the museum will be randomly presented as a gift. It’ll be the same as before. You can spin for all three rewards after you have completed the entire expedition—

“We’ll start right now,” I interrupted.

It was dumb to wait. It would be a different story if out of the 500 items, we received an item that would hinder our expedition or if we obtained a difficult-to-control cursed item. Fortunately, the chance of obtaining those kinds of weapons was lower than us obtaining a legendary or mythic item. The expedition was going along very smoothly, but we had to gamble. Even if we did obtain a cursed item, we would still be able to handle a legendary-ranked monster. However…

‘We’ll be annihilated if a mythic-ranked monster is selected.’

The only way we could have a chance at defeating a mythic-ranked monster was…

‘Equipment.’

It was to equip our party with mythic-ranked items. Kim Hyun-Sung didn’t use hammers, but we would have a chance if we had the hammer we saw earlier. Obviously, one item alone wouldn’t change everything, but if the regressor’s underleveled equipment was upgraded…

‘General Kim Hyun-Sung will do everything.’

He would make a breakthrough somehow.

‘He has to get an item no matter what.’

Only then would the party be safe...

- As you have seen before, items that can hinder your expedition can appear as well.

“It’s fine…” I replied.

I wasn’t sure whether Max had said it because he was worried or if he simply didn’t want us to take the items displayed in the museum, but I saw him nodding.

- If that’s what you want, then alright. Just like earlier, I’ll need one person to come up and spin the wheel.

“Okay.”

Excluding Park Yeon-Joo, the only people with high luck stat were Dialugia, Jung Ha-Yan, and me.

‘I can't let Dialugia do it.’

It could be a problem since her luck stat was too high. It would be absurd if an item like the parenting set came out, but it would be dangerous if Jung Ha-Yan or I spun the wheel because an unimaginable item for stalking could get selected if Jung Ha-Yan did it.

‘Kim Hyun-Sung’s stat isn’t bad.’

His luck stat wasn’t high but it was decent and he was desperate for a weapon more than anyone else here… If his luck stat helped him in a situation like this, then it might compensate him for the reward he had lost out on.

“I think it’ll be best if Mr. Hyun-Sung did it this time. Unless there’s someone here who disagrees,” I suggested.

“That’s fine with me.”

“Spin it, Mr. Hyun-Sung.”

“No, it should be someone with a higher luck stat than me…” he said.

“You should spin it, Mr. Hyun-Sung,” I told him.

When I spoke with a firm voice, he nodded and walked toward the wheel. After releasing a short sigh, he spun the wheel, and once again, everyone focused on it.

“Please…”

It would be nice if a mythic-ranked weapon was selected because we would be able to safely proceed with the remaining two battles. Kim Hyun-Sung also looked desperate. I was sure there was a weapon he had his eyes on, but we had been so busy that he hadn’t had the chance to walk around on his own. He had always been sad about not being to wield a legendary-ranked weapon after I took Juliena away from him, and it felt like that sadness had always been written on his face. I was sure he would be satisfied with a legendary-ranked weapon, but what he needed wasn’t a legendary-ranked item.

‘It’s mythic, Hyun-Sung!’

If a legendary-ranked item was selected, then it had to be one on the brink of ascending to the next rank. If possible, the Frost Greatsword would be nice. It would be best to get a weapon that even I couldn’t read with Mind’s Eye.

[The wheel is spinning]

‘Please.’

[A rare-ranked weapon, Archmage Isaac’s Magic Sword, has been selected.]

“What?”

- This is one of the weapons that entered here through the rift. It’s a low-ranked weapon, but it’s a valuable item…

‘That’s not what I’m asking, you bastard.’

I wasn’t the only one who remained quiet at this absurd situation, as everyone looked at the magic sword that popped up with confusion. We passed the test pretty easily, but the process itself hadn’t been easy at all. The skeleton knight was definitely a legendary-ranked monster, and the expedition party worked hard to win the battle. The reward was so ridiculous I wanted to laugh.

Kim Hyun-Sung stared at the result he had gotten from spinning the wheel. There were less than 10 rare-ranked items here, so in some ways, the chance of getting a rare-ranked item was lower than getting a legendary-ranked item. He had basically proven that he was unlucky. He had to be disappointed because he clenched his fist, but he didn’t throw the sword or start cursing. He simply looked down at the sword in silence.

“I’m sorry,” Kim Hyun-Sung apologized.

“No, don’t be sorry. There’s no guarantee that the result will be different if someone else had spun the wheel. I’m sure we’ll get a better weapon on the next one,” I assured him.

“Alright…”

“Don’t be so disappointed,” I comforted.

“He’s right, Mr. Hyun-Sung. Having a high luck stat doesn’t guarantee that you’ll have good luck in draws like this and considering the fact that I picked a legendary-ranked named monster earlier, our luck stat may not apply to draws like this…” Park Yeon-Joo chimed in.

That could be the case, but it would be nice if it was true. Having high luck stats didn’t mean you were born lucky. Of course, I had no idea what would happen if one’s luck stat went over 100 points, but I saw a few people in the slums with ridiculous luck stats. When I thought about how Kasugano Yuno had zero points in luck, I naturally thought about how I had to do more research on the stat itself.

However, if our chances would increase even slightly based on our luck stat, then it was better to bet on that.

Kim Hyun-Sung was just unlucky this time, but what bothered me more than this was…

‘Is it really random?’

It was whether all the draws in this dungeon were random. Actually, before thinking about that, Max’s attitude was a problem as well. He was obviously proud of this museum. It was clear why the Rift Guardians had created this place and why Max looked up to his creator, the Rift Guardians. I understood just how attached he was to this place when he started to explain the displayed items. The boy wanted to continue to take care of the museum, and even though he had said it was the will of the Rift Guardians, I was sure he wouldn’t let a valuable item be taken away from this place if he was an intelligent being.

Max wasn’t a perfect intellectual being, but he was close to an intellectual being. The fact that he started chattering away when the special guests arrived was a sign that he was an intellectual being. Even now, the boy looked as if he was relieved. He may look indifferent to other people, but since my eyes were different from others, I could sense a strange emotion from him.

‘Even though he’s pretending to be a machine…’

He was a type of intellectual being, and I even thought about the possibility of him being the dungeon’s hidden named monster…

‘I don’t think he is...’

This Rift Museum was being taken care of by a system, not the boy, and even though that system was created by the Rift Guardians, a transcendent being currently managing this entire continent had to be managing that system as well.

If I could ruin all of this, then I would have slipped out of this place after snatching a mythic-ranked item and ignoring the museum expedition the boy was in charge of. It was the same as the tutorial dungeon. We could leave after completing the quest, and the important thing was…

‘How much authority does the manager have over the system?’

Was Max able to manipulate the odds? No matter how hard I thought about it, I wouldn’t get an answer. I was certain that his main job was to take care of the items displayed here. When he showed the parenting set earlier, he probably had the ability to take out the items, but that was probably all he could do.

These various thoughts were giving me a headache and unlike me, who had a lot to think about, Max was still chattering about different things, but it was mostly about the sword Kim Hyun-Sung had just received. The boy looked disappointed because even though it was just a rare-ranked item, it had been difficult to acquire it.

- I’m kind of sad about having to give away an item I have grown so fond of. Even though its rank is low, it’s one of the items that had been displayed in our museum for a long time… But there’s nothing I can do about it…

“I see…”

It was impossible for a manager to resist the system.

“I have a question, Max,” I said.

- Yes?

“How much authority do you have in this museum?”

- I don’t quite understand what you’re asking, but I’m just a manager who manages the system here, and I don’t really have the power to do anything.

I couldn’t deduce whether he was speaking the truth or not, but I believed that he was telling the truth. If he were the dungeon boss, then he wouldn’t have treated us like this in the first place.

“Got it.”

- After having many conversations, it’s now that time again. It’s the next part. Once you complete the second part, I’ll give you enough time to look around the museum, so please hang in there.

“Then the next part…”

“I’ll spin it,” I volunteered.

“Oh, right. Your luck stat is high as well.”

At this point, I didn’t think it would be bad for me to spin it since we would be able to relax a bit once we were done with the second part of the test. I had no idea just how much time Max was going to give us to relax, but I wanted to use that time to gather more information about the museum.

‘I need more…’

Escaping from the dungeon’s basic system is impossible, but there may be another way.

‘Epic rank.’

Since Park Yeon-Joo had picked a legendary-ranked named monster, the next monster had to be an epic rank! Since Kim Hyun-Sung had shown his bad luck in the last spin, I felt less burdened.

[The wheel is spinning]

When I used my mana, the wheel started to spin violently. I couldn’t help but hope that it would land in the purple section, which was epic rank, or the blue section, which was rare rank.

‘It’s fine.’

I had never once thought that my luck had become worse after coming here. Everything was on track, and even though we had experienced some dangerous situations, the human named Lee Ki-Young was born with a lot of luck overall. However, that expectation was shattered in an instant because when the wheel slowed down, the location the needle was going to land on was making me anxious.

“W-Wait, time out.”

[The wheel is spinning.]

“W-Wait!”

[The wheel is spinning.]

“Please stop. Shit….”

[The wheel is spinning.]

“Ah.”

[The wheel has stopped.]

[The mythic-ranked monster, Fragment of the Ancient God, has been selected.]

“…”

“…”

“…”

A heavy silence descended upon the room. I had to do something about this situation, so I unknowingly started shouting.

“I-It’s rigged!”