[Synthesis Complete!]
['Orvis (★)' has become light and disappeared!]
['Jonah (★)' levelled up!]
['Jonah (★)' has obtained the skill, 'Composure'!]
Nice!
I managed to get rid of the trash and my promising 1-star got himself a new skill.
Synthesis was quite useful, indeed.
[This is how heroes become stronger through synthesis.]
[Master, believe in your bond with the heroes.]
[The future of the world is in the Master's hands!]
Since I just now finished the last part of the tutorial, its interface popped back up again.
[The tutorial has ended.]
[Tips from Alam will always help you. Don't miss out on the valuable information to become a powerful Master!]
Alam, huh.
I thought Iselle was the mascot for Pick Me Up.
Probably it was different to each account and Iselle was the one that came up the most.
[For more detailed strategies, please visit the official forum.]
[You have received rewards. Please check your mailbox.]
[Welcome to the world of Pick Me Up!]
[Bapabam!]
Alright, now that we had got the tutorial out of the way, let's proceed with the actual game.
Ugh…
That 1-star trash cancelled my dungeon visit.
I now had to rearrange the party and deploy them in the rift again.
[Adding 'Horace (★)' to 'Party 1'?]
[Yes (selected)/ No]
[Do you wish to challenge the 1st Floor of the Main Dungeon?]
[Yes (selected)/ No]
[Which party will you deploy?]
['Party 1' -(selected)-]
[Opening the rift of space and time!]
The loading screen displaying the lobby came up once more.
After synthesizing that Orvis, no other heroes refused to go to battle.
Good.
I could finally play the game.
[Main Dungeon, the current challenge floor is the 1st Floor.]
[The doors will open after ten seconds. Get ready!]
Hold on.
Did the other 1-stars equip themselves with any weapon from the storage?
Why would they enter the battle unarmed?
Were they bugged or simply idiots? Did I have to equip them myself?
The screen soon faded into a vast grass plain.
My party of five heroes emerged in a flash of light.
[Floor 1]
[Mission Type – Subjugation]
[Objective – Annihilate the enemies!]
A subjugation mission.
The stages in Pick Me Up were different from one account to another.
But its first four floors were mostly the same thing.
Then we should be facing goblins as well in this floor.
[Goblin Lv.3 x4]
Yup. Checked out.
Four scrawny goblins with flimsy daggers.
Should be no problem for my heroes.
['Roan (★)' has fallen into the state of fear. All stats decreased by 30%!]
['Lumi (★)' has fallen into the state of fear. All stats decreased by 30%!]
['Horace (★)' has fallen into the state of fear. All stats decreased by 30%!]
What the?
I knew 1-star heroes were prone to be afraid.
But I did not expect the trait to be this severe.
Would they be able to get rid of their debuff like Jonah?
['Roan (★)' has fallen into the state of panic. All stats decreased by 50%!]
['Lumi (★)' has fallen into the state of panic. All stats decreased by 50%!]
['Horace (★)' has fallen into the state of panic. All stats decreased by 50%!]
No. It only got worse.
The three 1-stars dropped their weapons and ran away from the monsters.
They did not even try to fight the enemies.
Useless.
Thankfully some of my heroes still had their guts.
Crash!
The 4-star Serafina made a huge rock burst out from the ground, causing the goblins to be thrown all over the field.
Jonah immediately rushed forward and scattered the goblins' formation further by swinging his spear around.
He proceeded to engage two of the goblins by himself.
['Jonah (★)' has been inflicted with bleeding. His stamina will be reduced for a period of time.]
One of the goblins managed to injure him as he tore the other one in half.
Boom!
The 4-star Serafina just blasted the other two goblins with a fireball.
These level 3 monsters were nothing to the mage given her overwhelming stats.
Shuck!
I turned and saw the 1-star Jonah impaling the last goblin to death with his spear.
The mission concluded right then.
[Stage Clear!]
[MVP – 'Serafina (★★★★)']
[Reward – 2000G, Iron Ore (C) x2, Copper (C) x1, Leather (C) x1]
Even after two battles, the 4-star hero still had not levelled up.
I could understand with the 1-star Jonah since he just raised his level through synthesis earlier.
Should I synthesize some of the 1-stars I had with her?
Loki mentioned that mass-synthesis could generate stress to the heroes in the lobby, which could cripple the lobby's operation.
I would like to prevent something severe such as that.
The 4-star hero would have to wait.
We were just getting started.
She would level up eventually if I keep grinding.
[Climb the tower and save the world!]
[Main Dungeon]
[Floor conquered – 1 –]
Alright.
The first floor already cleared.
I could move on to the second floor now.
But that would be foolish.
I should level up my heroes properly before moving on to the next floor.
We did not even have fixed members for Party 1 yet.
[Would you like to remove 'Serafina (★★★★)' from 'Party 1'?]
[Yes (selected)/ No]
I felt that battle earlier became too easy because of the 4-star.
My goal right now was to find promising 1-star heroes that could accompany her.
And I would not be able to uncover their potential if the 1-star heroes kept relying on the 4-star Serafina in battle.
[Adding 'Trevor (★)' to 'Party 1'?]
[Yes (selected)/ No]
[Do you wish to challenge the 1st Floor of the Main Dungeon?]
[Yes (selected)/ No]
[Which party will you deploy?]
['Party 1' -(selected)-]
[Opening the rift of space and time!]
Another run without the 4-star this time.
Except for Jonah, the stupid 1-stars still did not equip themselves with any weapon from the storage.
They would still be equipped with the default sword. But it still upset me that they chose to ignore the weapons I had bought.
[Main Dungeon, the current challenge floor is the 1st Floor.]
[The doors will open after ten seconds. Get ready!]
Now that the powerful 4-star was not with them, I should now be able to see the 1-star heroes giving their all and evaluate their potential properly.
['Roan (★)' has fallen into the state of panic. All stats decreased by 50%!]
['Lumi (★)' has fallen into the state of panic. All stats decreased by 50%!]
['Horace (★)' has fallen into the state of panic. All stats decreased by 50%!]
['Trevor (★)' has fallen into the state of panic. All stats decreased by 50%!]
Urgh…
The comments in the official forum were not kidding when they said most of the 1-star heroes were actually trash.
They got scared and debuffed so easily.
Other than Jonah, the 1-star heroes in my party were just running around trying to get away from the monsters.
They dropped their weapons like before and did not even try fighting the enemies.
The promising Jonah, however, engaged the goblins by himself.
He seemed to be trying to attack all the enemies and tried to protect the other heroes.
But at most he could only distract two goblins.
The unoccupied monsters then pursued the terrified heroes running aimlessly around the battlefield.
['Trevor (★)' has been inflicted with bleeding. His stamina will be reduced for a period of time.]
['Trevor (★)' has fallen into the state of despair. All stats decreased by 80%!]
['Lumi (★)' has been inflicted with bleeding. Her stamina will be reduced for a period of time.]
['Lumi (★)' has fallen into the state of despair. All stats decreased by 80%!]
The goblins got to some of the fleeing heroes.
Despite being wounded, they just kept running away from the monsters.
Fight, damn it!