1-1. Koreans do a lot of grinding in games, too.
After finishing all my tasks of the day and returning to my room, I looked through the game interface in earnest. I couldnāt understand everything before because I was so flustered, but in fact, the basics of any game was the most important law.
In order to survive in this place, Iāll need to make the most of the game system thatās been made available to me.
First, the character status window.
Title: Insignificant Worker
There were no HP or MP gauges thatās like the staple in other RPG games. Floating in the air was the indication of my 300 gold and other properties. Even after working hard for three to four days, my money stayed the same.
When I looked to the right, I saw the red emergency siren icon thatās for the passive skill of āperceptionā. Of course, it was turned off for now.
Then, another thing on the right side was a heart shape that I had never seen before meeting Adrian.
The status window that appeared near Adrian earlier clearly said āfavorabilityā. And it seemed like the number of gifts that could be given was also limited.
When I carefully pressed the heart icon, the same list windowālike with the skillsāpopped up.
Having more question marks in this list meant that there were more characters I could raise the favorability with for a good relationship. A favorability system in a horror game? The genre doesnāt match!
Then, at the bottom was the experience bar that I was more familiar with.
The interface looked simple now, but the higher my level and the favorability of other characters, the more new systems could be introduced.
Maybe I can still wake up from this dream. Would I still be able to wake up from this survival-thriller game and go back to being a normal gamer?
However, it felt like this flop game wouldnāt let me go until Iāve achieved a certain goal. Unfortunately, I had a hunch like that.
If a player chooses the wrong class in an RPG, theyāre going to suffer all throughout the game. If the player chooses to be a warrior, theyāll need to strengthen their weapons and raise their level. If itās an archer, another archer of a similar level could hit them with an arrow, too, and thatāll be the end. If itās a mage, they could make ice walls all they want, but if they faint due to mana depletion, itās also the end.
Thatās why players try to look through the occupation or class choices before starting a game.
In that sense, even from the very beginning of this game, Iāve already failed. Regardless of how high I can level up this character, if I canāt do a class change, it would be better to throw away the character and start over.
Due to the nature of this gameās genre, regardless of whether I could raise his favorability later, Adrian might still kill me because, of all things, Iām a maid whose purpose is to serve him. Though Iām a small fry, if a hungry personās faced with just any kind of food, wouldnāt it still look appetizing to them?
Still, thereās hope. I didnāt reach the end of the game, and I was drunk throughout my gameplay so my memoryās a bit woozy in the middle, but I can still remember the people heās going to kill and what tools heād use to do the deed.
Needless to say, all the characters of this mansion were candidates for murder victims, but the tools that could be used were limited.
Besides that, Adrian could hardly use his demonic power at the start of the game, so maybe I could sneakily hide the dangerous tools from the weak young master.
Thereās nothing to be afraid of if the evil devil canāt gain any strength, right? Rather than running away from everything recklessly, maybe itās safer to be close to him while preventing him from getting stronger.
Aight. Unexpectedly, maybe itās not going to be that difficult to survive.
While looking at the pitch-black ceiling, I took a deep breath.
When I first opened my eyes in this game, I was so flustered that I ran away and just screamed all the time. But now, as I organized my thoughts one by one, I could remain calm now.
ć The daily rewards have arrived. ć
Yeah, I donāt have to think so pessimistically. Iāll be able to do anything once I collect my salary every day.
After all this, I can even hire a bodyguard! Or, if I save enough, I can even get out of this mansion completely!
ć Losses have been incurred from breaking the Countessā plate. ć
As though laughing at my hopeful thoughts, those white letters quickly popped up and disappeared. I recalled how Adrian suddenly opened the door and made me break the plate. That small thing is 300 gold?
The moment my shabby 300 gold had dwindled down to 30 gold, my own inner devil woke up.
āThis stupid flop game! This is why no oneās playing this!ā
I poured all my wrath at the pillow I punched dozens of times while shouting āflop gameā.
ć Damages have been incurred from lowering the pillowās durability. ć
When my salaryās already at 30 gold per day, I first wondered why I had only 300 gold in total. But after experiencing this for a few days, I realized the reason with such despair.
This balance of wealth is sh*t! This place was plastered with only disgustingly pricey things all over, so thereās more chances to lose rather than gain money.
At this rate, rather than Adrian killing me, I might just starve to death first.
Ha. Should I just try to find out more about class changing?
Class change ā a character can change jobs or raise their job position (kinda like evolving in pokemon). in hildaās case, she could do a class change by raising her maid status to a ālady-in-waitingā maybe, or if itās a complete class change to another occupation like a seamstress or some other job, that might be possible too. (iām basing this logic from my limited knowledge of rpgs mostly via fire emblem XD iām not actually sure if the game system here is the same)