Click. Click.
I kept clicking the mouse repeatedly, changing the amount by incrents of 1—an utterly aningless action.
[Advisor / Ginor’s Report]
[Alliance / Serpina Army / 36 months / Tribute: 2558 gold]
[Action / Ruler]
[My lord, I understand your intent, but it seems unlikely you will achieve what you desire.]
Click.
[Advisor / Ginor’s Report]
[Alliance / Serpina Army / 36 months / Tribute: 2557 gold]
[Action / Ruler]
[My lord, I understand your intent, but it seems unlikely you will achieve what you desire.]
Click.
[Advisor / Ginor’s Report]
[Alliance / Serpina Army / 36 months / Tribute: 2558 gold]
[Action / Ruler]
[My lord, I understand your intent, but it seems unlikely you will achieve what you desire.]
“Ah, for fuck’s sake!”
I only had 2558 gold left.
No matter what, I had to use it to secure an alliance with the most powerful army in the ga—Serpina’s forces.
If I failed, there was no doubt that I’d be invaded and wiped out by the next turn. Ga over.
This ga, Garland Eternity Saga, was a classic that ca out over twenty years ago.
By today’s standards, it was an outdated territory-conquering strategy ga where the goal was to defeat enemy castles and unify the fictional Garland Continent.
It was turn-based—not particularly deep, but not boring enough to drive you away either. It was just... average.
Still, I liked it.
It brought back childhood mories, so I made a habit of attempting a unification run every few months.
The continent was filled with various rulers, but my favorite playstyle was to use the [Random Generated Ruler] option.
I’d already played through all the nad rulers in the ga, even clearing them on the highest difficulty. They’d gotten old.
Sure, this ga wasn’t based on real history, and each ruler’s lifespan and circumstances changed slightly every playthrough.
It wasn’t like the sa ruler unified the continent every ti, so playing as a nad ruler still felt sowhat fresh.
That’s why most players stuck to the nad rulers instead of bothering with random ones.
But for soone like —who’d poured over 10,000 hours into this ga—random rulers were the only way to keep it interesting.
So, to sum up my situation—
I’d rolled [Random Ruler 5338], and my forces had spawned right next to Serpina’s army—the most aggressive, bloodthirsty faction in the ga.
Serpina was the descendant of Jero von Eingart, the last emperor of the unified empire before the age of chaos.
If you played this ga ten tis, six or seven of those tis, Serpina would end up unifying the continent. She was practically the final boss.
In this ga, CPU armies only start invading after the first in-ga year.
With each turn representing three months, that ant I had four turns to form an alliance with Serpina.
I wasn’t giving up yet, though.
This was a twenty-year-old ga—depth wasn’t exactly its strong suit.
And besides, I had a reason not to give up.
My advisor, Ginor—
He had an Intelligence stat of 99.
That was insanely high. Almost the max.
Only one character in the ga, [Eleanor], had a perfect 100 Intelligence stat, but she always died young.
Outside of cheats, a 100 Intelligence character didn’t exist.
In this ga, Intelligence 100 ant 100% accuracy in predictions.
Intelligence 99? 99% accuracy.
Which was basically 100%.
I could trust Ginor.
On top of that, the other nations surrounding weren’t too bad either.
Behind was the Aesheus Army—weak in the early ga but a powerhouse later thanks to their talented officers.
Absorbing those officers as soon as possible was the optimal move.
In other words, if I secured an alliance with Serpina and conquered Aesheus to absorb their talent pool, I’d be in a stable position—practically set up for a speedrun.
To put it in modern terms—
It was like a gacha ga, and I’d hit the jackpot in everything except my starting location.
So there was no way I was giving up.
Right now, Ginor—my genius advisor—was telling , “You can’t form an alliance with Serpina.”
So why was I stubbornly fiddling with the tribute amount, changing it by incrents of 1?
Because.
Sotis, if you kept grinding like this, Ginor would eventually say—
“There is a chance.”
It was a glitch exploit.
How did it work? What was the logic?
I had no fucking idea.
I’d just read about it in so old forum post.
“Keep repeating it. Sotis the advisor’s prediction changes. That’s your chance!”
Maybe it was bad programming. Maybe it was divine intervention. Who cared?
All I knew was—
Even the most ridiculous offers had a “miracle mont” where they got accepted.
I only had 3800 gold left—my entire treasury.
Under normal circumstances, Serpina would never agree to an alliance without a tribute of treasure or artifacts that boosted her power.
Offering just gold was hopeless.
But this exploit...
I’d played this ga for 10,000 hours. My instincts scread that it would work.
If it didn’t, I was dead anyway—crushed under Serpina’s army.
This was my only shot.
“Co on. Just work. Please!”
I clicked.
Again. And again. For tens of minutes.
No—hours.
With YouTube playing on my phone, I kept clicking absentmindedly—
Until finally.
[Advisor / Ginor’s Report]
[Alliance / Serpina Army / 36 months / Tribute: 2556 gold]
[Action / Ruler]
[Your personal visit and sincerity are likely to sway Serpina.]
“It worked!”
I almost missed it, distracted by YouTube.
But I caught it in ti.
99% accuracy.
Ginor’s Intelligence stat guaranteed it.
“Alright. Now I just need to ally with Serpina, crush Aesheus, recruit Yuri as a general, and secure my borders.”
Thirty-six months.
Twelve precious turns.
In this ga, where each turn was packed with possibilities, that was an eternity.
I finalized my plan and clicked the [Send Envoy] button.
[RandomRuler5338’s Envoy / RandomRuler5338]
“Today, I have co to speak with Lady Serpina personally.”
“Please form an alliance with us for 36 months.”
“Condition: 2556 gold.”
[Serpina Army’s Advisor / Jena]
[My lady, you must not fall for sweet words.]
[Serpina Army’s Ruler / Serpina]
[There’s a limit to how stupid you can treat soone.]
“Wait, what?!”
Why?
Why won’t she agree to the alliance?
Ginor’s Intelligence stat is 99.
His predictions are 99% accurate.
But...
There’s one cold, hard truth that’s easy to overlook.
99 isn’t 100.
“Goddamn it!”
One percent!
That cursed 1% chance just ca back to bite in the ass!
[RandomRuler5338’s Envoy / RandomRuler5338]
[I have no need for your pitiful strength.]
No choice.
I had to go with Plan B—abandon the castle and flee to another region.
Sure, I’d take a massive loss in the process...
But I wasn’t ready to throw away this run—not when I had a 99 Intelligence advisor.
Or so I thought.
That faint glimr of hope was snuffed out in the most spectacular way possible.
[Serpina Army’s Ruler / Serpina]
[Guards, is anyone there?]
[Throw this envoy into the dungeon.]
“???”
What the fuck?
She’s taking the envoy prisoner?
I an, sure—technically, the ga allowed this.
But throwing an envoy in prison instead of just rejecting them?
Even the CPU rarely pulled that shit, because imprisoning envoys destroyed your diplomatic reputation.
It made future negotiations nearly impossible.
But this was Serpina.
The biggest tyrant in the ga.
“Ha…”
Still...
Even if I was locked in the dungeon...
There had to be a way out, right?
If I could break out before her army invaded...
Beep-beep-beep!!!
A horrible 8-bit sound stabbed through my ears.
[Serpina Army’s Serpina has beheaded RandomRuler5338 of RandomRuler5338 Army.]
[RandomRuler5338 closes his eyes for the last ti.]
[Ginor inherits RandomRuler5338’s legacy.]
[GA OVER]
“...Ha.”
I was dead.
It looked like Serpina threw in jail just to execute right after.
Hell, imprisoning alone would’ve tanked her reputation—
But executing an envoy?
She’d be totally isolated diplomatically.
Not that she’d care.
That bitch was always like this!
“Ginor, you bastard!”
And what’s this about Ginor inheriting my army?!
I knew it was just a ga, but the timing was way too perfect.
Did that bastard send to my death on purpose?
“This is why 99 Intelligence isn’t enough! It has to be 100!”
It was my fault for trusting a 99 Intelligence advisor.
I should’ve restarted ages ago.
I let out a long sigh and clicked past the [GA OVER] screen.
I was ready to start a new ga—this ti far away from Serpina’s army.
But.
No matter how many tis I clicked—
The screen wouldn’t move.
“?”
Did the ga freeze?
I clicked several more tis—
And then.
For the first ti in 10,000 hours of playti, I saw a screen I’d never seen before.
[Advisor Ginor / Report]
[Do you think 99 Intelligence is a joke?]
“???”
What the fuck?
What’s this supposed to an?
No matter how many tis I clicked, it wouldn’t proceed.
There was only one button I could press.
[Yes. 99 Intelligence is a joke. It should’ve been 100.]
The text made no sense.
But sohow...
It felt like it captured my exact thoughts.
Without thinking, I clicked it.
[??? / Answer]
[Yes. 99 Intelligence is a joke. It should’ve been 100.]
[Advisor Ginor / Report]
[I see.]
And at that mont—
The world began to twist.
“Wait... no way...”
I knew this.
I’d seen this setup in stories dozens of tis.
Getting sucked into the ga world.
But why?
Why the hell was I being pulled into a shitty old ga like this?!
If I was going to get reincarnated, why couldn’t it be in so sleek gacha ga or a novel full of clingy heroines?!
[Advisor Ginor / Report]
[Let’s see how you handle this.]
The mont I read those words—
My vision went black.
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