Debuff Master

Siegfried couldn't enhance Horse Fly.

There was a long line of Adventurers waiting to enhance their gears in front of the enhancement machines outside the Macallan Kingdom Branch of the Bavarian Workshop. Siegfried was forced to line up behind the others and wait for his turn.

Quite a few Adventurers failed their enhancement and lost their gears.

“I’m… going to kill myself…”

“…”

“I’m done with this game. Bye.”

“This damn enhancement machine! Fuck off! All of you! I’m going to destroy this shit!”

The Adventurers who failed their enhancement showed different reactions, such as collapsing to the ground with devastated looks, logging out without saying anything, raging and trying to destroy the enhancement machines as well as a variety of other reactions.

Of course, not everyone failed.

“Oh! +13!”

“WHOAAA! Winner winner chicken dinner!”

There were equally as many Adventurers who successfully managed to enhance their gears just as there were those who failed and had their gears destroyed.

“Thank you for your offerings!” One of the Adventurers successful in enhancing his gears sneered at those who had failed.

“Wow… That’s literally what Hell looks like. I should probably not become like them…” Siegfried muttered while shaking his head.

It was utter chaos. The region in front of the Bavarian Workshop was no different from hell itself, and Siegfried was witnessing firsthand how much joy or despair a human being could feel.

“Huh? You’re Siegfried-nim, right? Please, take a seat.”

“Oh, are you here to enhance your gears?”

“Wow! I didn’t expect to see a famous person here! But… your level is lower than I thought…”

The Adventurers waiting for their turn, just like Siegfried, recognized him one by one and let him join the game without any hesitation, but…

“Wow…”

“Are you some sort of professional gambler…?”

“How the hell are you so lucky?”

“You won again?”

Surprisingly, Siegfried ended up winning thirteen rounds in a row.

“Wow? Does this make sense?” he muttered in disbelief. He never imagined he would win thirteen rounds in a row, and he won all of the gold that each Adventurer had placed as their bets.

His Lucky Guy Earrings vibrated gently.

His S-grade Graduate Gear, Lucky Guy Earrings, had activated its unique effect, Luck.

Just then, the NPC in charge of calling out the queue numbers shouted, “Customer 987! Please come to the enhancement machine! Your turn will be forfeit if you do not come within one minute!”

He ran up to the NPC and handed his queue ticket. “Here, I am 987.”

The NPC checked the stub and replied, “987… Yes, you are. Please step right up to the enhancement machine and—“

The NPC jumped in fright after recognizing Siegfried and was about to scream something to the soldiers, but the NPC couldn't do so.

“H-His Majesty S—“

Siegfried hurriedly blocked the NPC’s mouth and hushed him up.

“Can you please be quiet? Are you trying to start a festival or something?” Siegfried whispered, and then he asked, “Hey, did your headquarters send notice to all of the branches to throw me a grand welcome if I come?”

“Be quiet, okay? If not… I might start things here, do you understand? Blink three times if you understand.”

The NPC blinked three times in response.

“Don’t make a fuss and—“

Siegfried removed his hand from the NPC’s mouth, but…

“HIS MAJESTY KING SIEGFRIED! His Majesty has visited our branch!” the NPC screamed at the top of his lungs and stabbed the Demon King of Backstabbing in the back.

What happened next could only be described as amazing.

“What? Did he just say Siegfried?”

“That gamer?”

“Why would a Named Adventurer be here?”

The Adventurers started looking around the moment Siegfried’s ID was mentioned.

A marching band ran out from the Bavarian Workshop and started blasting their instruments to throw a grand welcome for their VVIP guest.

“I told you not I'm not a fan of humiliation play! DAMN IT!”

Siegfried was forced to enhance his weapon while being on the receiving end of every single eye in front of the workshop.

***

A rare enhancement show was put on in front of the enhancement machines of the Macallan Kingdom Branch of the Bavarian Workshop, and the star of that show was none other than Siegfried himself.

He could not help but feel burdened by the attention he was receiving. Everyone knew he was here thanks to the grand welcome thrown by the marching band, and even those passing by had dropped by to see what was going on.

He decided to ignore the curious onlookers and focus on his task at hand. He took out Horse Fly and pushed it into the enhancement machine.

Was it because Horse Fly was an Epic item? The cost to enhance Horse Fly was nine times the amount he had paid to enhance Gaia’s Fist last time.

The enhancement coupon enhanced a +10 gear once with a one hundred percent success rate while the equipment protection coupon protected the gear from getting destroyed in the event of a failed enhancement.

Thus, he was certain he could safely enhance Horse Fly to +11 without any problems.

He was not worried at all.

Why?

Yes, only those with absolutely horrible luck would fail their first enhancement.

The enhancement machine vibrated vigorously and started the enhancement process.

The enhancement machine released its steam and cried out.

The light notifying the end of the enhancement process flashed, and the result of Horse Fly’s enhancement popped up.

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

Surprisingly, the enhancement was a failure.

“What the hell…” Siegfried grumbled with a bitter smile.

It was the same for the onlookers.

“He failed the first enhancement…?”

“Wow… He must be extremely unlucky…”

Their reaction was to be expected; it was quite rare for someone to fail the first enhancement, after all.

The enhancement machine vibrated vigorously and started the enhancement process.

The enhancement machine released its steam and cried out.

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

Shockingly, the enhancement ended up in failure once again.

“I failed twice in a row…?” Siegfried muttered as he doubted his eyes.The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the Novᴇ(l)ꜰɪre .ɴᴇt

Who would have imagined he would fail to enhance his weapon from +0 to +1 twice in a row?

“Just how lucky am I going to be later?” Siegfried considered failing twice in a row to be the precursor to extreme fortune later on, so he immediately attempted another enhancement, but…

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

The result was another failure.

“F-Failed…?” Siegfried doubted his eyes.

He was not the only one who doubted his eyes, as even the onlookers did.

“He failed the first enhancement three times in a row…?”

“Is he cursed?”

“That’s too much…”

Their reaction was expected as there was probably no case of someone failing the first enhancement three times in a row.

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

His fourth attempt was a failure as well.

“…?”

He attempted once again.

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

He failed his fifth attempt as well.

“Is this piece of junk testing me?” Siegfried grumbled before shoving Horse Fly and the gold into the enhancement machine and running it once again.

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

His sixth attempt was a failure.

“Eh?”

His seventh attempt was also a failure.

“Are you kidding me?”

His eighth attempt, too.

“This little…”

His ninth attempt was no different…

“Again!”

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

Even his tenth attempt was a failure.

“D-Does this make sense? How can I fail +1 ten times in a row?! Hey, is there something wrong with this enhancement machine?”

Siegfried was already half-insane by the time he failed his tenth attempt.

The Siegfried, who had looked down on the Adventurers going crazy from failing their enhancement just a few hours ago, was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone was equal in front of the enhancement machine! He was no different from the other Adventurers when it came to the enhancement content of the game.

“Wow. This. Is. Really. Fucking. Absurd…” Siegfried gnashed his teeth and was about to explode from rage.

Meanwhile, the onlookers had a completely different expression compared to him.

Of course, there was no need to explain what kind of expression they had.

“Ah… My blood pressure…” Siegfried groaned while holding the back of his neck.

Then, he shoved Horse Fly and the gold required inside the enhancement machine.

This was his eleventh attempt, and the result was…

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has succeeded!]

[Alert: Siegfried van Proa-nim has successfully enhanced the +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp to +1 Vanquisher’s Grasp!]

Fortunately, his eleventh attempt was a success!

Why?

He would have smashed the enhancement machine into pieces if he had failed this time.

However, the onlookers were greatly disappointed by his success.

“Ah…”

“Well, at least he was successful on his eleventh attempt.”

“That’s a shame.”

“It’s no fun if he succeeds…”

Their reaction this time was understandable as well and seeing someone fail for more than ten consecutive times was a priceless sight.

“No fun?! Who the fuck was that?! Come out, asshole!” Siegfried screamed to the point his blood vessels were bulging on his neck.

Unfortunately, the culprit did not dare show up in front of him.

He attempted to enhance his weapon once more.

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim is successful!]

[Alert: Siegfried van Proa-nim has successfully enhanced the +0 Vanquisher’s Grasp to +2 Vanquisher’s Grasp!]

He was successful once again!

He had to enhance Horse Fly to at least +10 to use his enhancement coupon and make it a +11 Vanquisher’s Grasp.

Going from +2 to +3 was quite easy as well, so he did not have a single doubt he was going to fail.

He waited for the result of the enhancement, but…

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +2 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

[Alert: The enhancement of the item +2 Vanquisher’s Grasp has been reset!]

He had failed once again.

1. Some of you might know what game this is derived from! ☜