"Of course it should be brother Storm Wind that has the right!" Bowler said. "He is the main reason the drake has died."
"Yes, yes, that's why I said I didn't just go ahead and pick it all up. Please just can that fanboy attitude already."
Jack observed the loots again, then asked, "so, how should we divide these loots?"
The others looked at Jack with weird faces.
"What's wrong?" Jack asked after seeing their expressions.
"Bro, you want to divide these loots with us?" Bowler asked.
"Of course he wants to divide them with us! How retarded are you to ask that question? All right, I say old rule. We roll a dice and see who came up the highest and that person will get the priority to choose!" John declared in a hurry.
Now the others were looking at John with disdain.
"You truly know no shame," Jeanny reprimanded.
"Sigh, you people are too straight. Someone offers you a gift and you people turn it down," John lamented.
"Boss, ignore him. Just take all the loots. We already received a lot of benefits from the levels," The Man said.
Jack looked around. He shook his head. He was blessed to have gotten such honest friends. There is no restriction to the loots on the ground, anyone could come and snatch them. Even for John, even if the guy was running his mouth, his restrain from picking up the loots already showed that he knew what was appropriate and what was not. Since they showed him such courtesy, he should return them in kind.
He declared, "We defeated the drake with our teamwork. So it is only fair if the loots are divided. Let's do it this way. Since you all admit that I contributed the most, I will make the first pick. For the others, we will determine based on class. The item will go to the one that suited one's class most. If it is not clear, then we do as John said, we use a dice roll to determine who gets to choose first. There are only nine items, while there are twenty-three of us. Fourteen will not get the item, so those four will get the coins and mana cores divided equally. What do you say?"
"Good friend! I must say, you truly are a fair person," John exclaimed as he put his hand around Jack's shoulder as if they were the best friends in the world. The others threw him another disdainful look.
Jack observed the loots again. Amongst the nine items, four were rare equipment, one super rare magic staff, two rare materials, one rare runestone, and one rare gemstone. Jack was astonished, none of the loots were below rare grade, and there were even so many. He didn't get this many even when he opened a treasure chest. That drake was truly a special existence.
He was about to pick up the super-rare magic staff when Peniel stopped him.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
'Picking up the best loot of course,' Jack answered as if it was obvious. There was only one super-rare grade item amongst the loots.
"Then you are targeting the wrong item," Peniel said. "Go for that Runestone."
"Runestone?" Jack used Inspect on both items to compare.
Illusory Staff, level: 25/55 (super rare magic weapon)
Magical damage: 125
Range: 15 meters
Attack speed 1
Energy: 120
Intelligence +10
Dexterity +6
Mirror Image: Create 4 identical images that will move and act randomly in close proximity around caster, image can't attack and can't be attacked. (If caster already possess the spell, mirror image level +5 instead)
Runestone of Luck (rare runestone)
Empty. Required will to activate.
'I was afraid at first that the equipment drop will be at level 45 like the drake. If it is so, no one will be able to use this equipment. Guess that was not the case,' Jack commented in his mind.
"The level of the items dropped will be in the level range of the party who killed it," Peniel explained.
'The drake was killed by the Grandmother spider's poison,' Jack reminded.
"But that spider is dead already, so you folks are the next best thing."
Jack didn't want to discuss further about the system rule, he instead commented about the magic staff's ability, 'hey, this staff gives spell that is better than my Body Double. It can create four images! My body double only creates two images, that is even after I level it to level 10.'
"It is only better in terms of numbers of images. Your Body Double spell is more tactically versatile. This spell is only good for distraction. It doesn't allow you to switch positions with the images, so if your opponent has keen eyes, they can discern your real self easily. And you can't control your copies, they will always move around close to you."
Jack still felt it was a pity. Even though this staff's level was lower than his rare staff, but its damage was higher. If he increased its level with blacksmithing, its damage would increase further.
'Hm… But I still think this super rare staff is better.'
"Just pick the goddamned rune already!"
'Geez, okay, okay. So bossy," Jack said as he picked up the Runestone of Luck. The others looked at Jack picking up the runestone with bewilderment. They thought for sure he will take the super-rare staff. They had been wondering why he just stared on the loots for some while.
"You sure you do not pick wrong?" Jeanny asked.
"Hey, hey, he already made his pick. Why are you people trying to rattle him?" John complained. Another round of disdainful glares was thrown his way.
'See? Everyone thought that staff is a better pick. What am I doing with this runestone anyway? I assume it will boost my luck once I insert my will into it. But my luck is already so high, are you telling me my superpower luck is not enough?'
"If you activate that runestone every time you are about to kill a boss or open a treasure chest, combined with your already high luck stat, getting more than one super rare equipment is not a dream. You might even get a unique grade one."
'If you say it like that, it does sound better.'
While Jack was discussing with Peniel, John was addressing the others, "all right, following what my best friend Storm had said, we will determine the loots based on class. This super rare staff is for a mage, there are five mages here–"
"Hey! A healer can also use that magic staff!" Bowler exclaimed in protest.
"Ceh, fine! So six of us will roll a dice for this staff."
"Do we even have a dice?" Viral Cora asked, which was promptly answered by John taking out a dice from his inventory.
"Why the hell do you have one?" The Man asked.
"I always carry one," John simply replied. "I will go first."
He threw the dice to the ground. It rolled on the ground and stopped with number six facing up.
"You are cheating!" Bowler promptly called out.
"Friend, a baseless accusation is a sin. You can check the dice if you want. You will also throw using the same dice since I believe it's the only one we have here. If it is rigged, you will also get a six."
Bowler grabbed the dice and inspect it. The dice was registered as junk item. It was most likely something that John had brought over from the real world.
"There must be a trick to it!" Bowler was still not accepting the result, to which John just shrugged.
Bowler threw the dice.
One.
"Ahahaha!" John was laughing loudly without reserve.
Bowler's face was red with anger.
"Stop it! You two are like children!" Jeanny picked up the dice. She checked on it for a while before saying, "it looks all right. Here." She gave it to Trinity Dawn.
Trinity rolled a four. Next came Bitter Rain who also rolled six. Tip rolled a two, and Swellgoing who went last also get a one.
"Since you two get the highest number. You two should roll again," Jeanny told John and Bitter Rain.
Bitter Rain rolled three. When John threw his dice, Bowler was watching him intently. He was going to call him a fraud if the guy rolled six again. Unfortunately for him, John got a four.
"It seemed that fate favors me," John said as he picked up the Illusory Staff and admired it. "For the rest of this expedition, everyone can address me as the strongest mage in the party."
"Strongest my ass," Bowler grumbled.
"Okay, let's continue," Jeanny said to the others, ignoring the two.
Out of the four remaining rare equipment, one was a robe for magic-user. So it automatically went to Bitter Rain who had also rolled a six previously. The other three were a heavy armor chest piece, light armor boots, and a spear.
Everyone had no objection to Jeanny taking the spear, since she was the only one using such a weapon. She happily replaced his uncommon grade spear with this new rare grade one. The heavy armor chest piece was directly given to Giant Steve, since only he and Jeanny were Knight class who could utilize the heavy armor, and Jeanny had already taken the spear.
The last light armor boots were rolled by Fierce Flame, Viral Cora, Weird Trap, Salty Trade, and Wondrouslife. Viral Cora won the dice rolling and accepted the prize.
The remaining two materials and one gemstone were general-use items, so everyone who left rolled the dice for them. Flame and one of The Man's underlings got the materials, while Bowler acquired the gemstone. The remaining people got coins and mana cores divided equally.
