chapter 1
Start with Giyeon
A famous brand cafe in downtown.
“Customer number 26. The Americano you ordered came out.”
“thank you.”
I put the coffee I had received on the table and took the iPad out of the bag.
This is to find out about the academy entrance exam to be held soon.
Two girls in school uniforms were chatting next to each other.
“Did you see that?’
“Like what?”
“I posted something on Instagram~”
“ah. You mean that ‘Dark Knight’ video?”
I bowed my head in shame.
After all, it was my story.
It originates from some video that has been circulated on the internet.
early morning.
A dim alley with neon signs in the distance.
A man in a black robe was stabbing someone on the floor with a dagger.
Inside the monster’s robe, there was only darkness.
The screen was strangely warped, so it was impossible to tell not only the height of the monster, but also the body shape of a woman or a man.
“Sa, save me!”
Muscular man with bald hair.
He threw his stomach on the floor and trembled.
You try to get up, but your body won’t listen.
The monster put his hand on his body.
A blue flame blazed from his whole body.
The flames spread like wildfire and engulfed his body, and it wasn’t long before only ashes were left in its place.
The assailant took a post-it note from his pocket, wrote ‘robbery’ and carefully placed it on the ashes.
He looked towards the camera and put his index finger on his lips.
Gesture not to speak.
The screen shook as the presumed owner of the camera nodded violently.
“I will never tell you!”
The assailant nodded and slowly disappeared into a deeper and darker alley.
This is how the video ends.
A video that an office worker I saved secretly took with a smartphone.
He posted the video on the Internet and it went viral.
‘I told you not to. I don’t know about grace… .’
he’s a f*cking guy
As this video went viral, the hunt was re-examined and people started calling me ‘Unidentified’ or ‘The Dark Knight’.
‘Unidentified’ is probably a nickname derived from my robe, and ‘The Dark Knight’ seems to have been taken from a certain movie in that it punishes criminals.
know.
gurgling
But this is ‘common sense’.
People feel nothing strange about the cringy nicknames given to heroes and villains.
Because this is a different world.
‘Hero Name: ZEUS’, a hero genre game featuring gates and monsters, heroes and villains.
I was introduced to the world of this game.
It would be lengthy to explain how this happened.
When you have cleared all branches of the game ‘Hero Name: ZEUS’, which you played without knowing the passage of time.
A message popped up on the monitor.
———-<First Clear Bonus>———-
Congratulations on reaching 100% for the first time in the world.
As a reward, you will be given the opportunity to explore the world with actors directly in the world of ‘Hero Name: ZEUS’.
Upon clearing, you will receive a wish ticket that allows you to make any wish.
(Note: You cannot save and load, you only have one life.)
Accept?
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I thought it was an extra story and pressed accept, and that was the beginning of this hardship.
A bright light pours out of the monitor as soon as the button is pressed.
When I opened my eyes, I was in a game world.
His name is Shinno.
Age is 15.
He is about 180 cm tall and has a sharp face.
It was a new body in this world.
After a brief denial of reality, I accepted that this was reality, and decided to look at the most important thing.
‘Do you know? You may have some cheating skills… .’
“Status window.”
————<Status window>————
◈ Name
Shinnoda
◈ Ability
[Strength 085 D]
[Agility 114 E]
[Intellect 448 F]
[Luck 003 E]
[Comprehensive E]
◈ Skills
[Telekinesis 097 F]
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Garbage.
An E-class Awakener who barely enters the dungeon as a porter rather than a hero.
Because the stats are weighted on one’s abilities before awakening, they are stronger than ordinary people, but they lacked in many ways to fight evil with the main character.
Obviously, the message I saw at that time was clearly marked as ‘clear’.
In order to make a wish, you have to complete the main story.
In the second half, the world becomes so dangerous that it is dangerous to walk outside.
Regardless of whether the story is involved or not, the strength to protect me is absolutely necessary.
‘There is only one way.’
This is the only way I can do it if I have completely mastered ‘Hero Name: ZEUS’.
lead dominance.
I pondered.
The talent that can be achieved with these abilities.
hermit’s leather.
Dragonfly’s ability.
There are other miscellaneous things, but they are not comparable to these two, and there are many things that are better if you follow the main story anyway.
To get rid of the horns in a short time, I missed school the very next day and went to Gwanaksan Mountain.
One of the heroines of the original story, ‘Yongcheonhwa’, gets blackened for some reason.
It is in a cave in Gwanaksan Mountain.
Yong Chun-hwa joined the villain anyway and fought, but after being abandoned by the main character and betrayed by the villain, she died miserably, so I did not feel guilty about taking her performance.
‘It might be better for her to do this instead.’
The whole process of her getting a cast came out of the game and there were no conditions.
If you go to a certain cave in Gwanaksan, you will find a red gem, which you can bring to your chest.
It was a little difficult to find the cave, but after finding a lodging at the bottom of the mountain, I decided to search for it for three days and finally found it.
red jewel.
What was like a red haze was a softly spreading crystal.
I held it to my chest and the jewel slowly entered my body.
A message that appears with a light sound effect.
<< Acquire skill >>
————-<Skill>————-
◈ Name
succession
◈ Rating
000 A
◈ Description
Executes a dying enemy and permanently absorbs 1% of the enemy’s stats. (A red gem is visible to an enemy that can be executed.)
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————-<Skill>————-
◈ Name
dragon heart
◈ Rating
— A
◈ Description
A dragon heart that produces near-infinite magical power resides in its body.
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“I got it! haha.”
Not one, but two.
It’s also an A grade.
It was a skill that could not even be seen unless it was the main character or the people around him.
When the number in front of the rank reaches 1000, whether it is a stat or skill, the rank rises and the effect becomes stronger.
However, ‘Dragon Heart’ was a skill that could not be developed as there were no numbers.
Succession skills were the best.
For some reason, I thought it was strange that Yongcheonhwa, which had little presence, became stronger in an instant.
Since the game is from the main character’s point of view, the skill of Yongcheonhwa was not detailed, so I didn’t know that such a skill existed.
‘It’s a scam skill… ! I’ll just try.’
I was optimistic for a moment, but I quickly remembered a problem I had forgotten.
Last Boss, Demon King.
A fraudulent monster whose defense is so high that it doesn’t deal any damage at all.
Therefore, the role of the main character is very large in the Demon Lord Raid.
This is because of the main skill of the main character, ‘Guardian of the Species’.
————-<Skill>————-
◈ Name
Guardian of the Species
◈ Rating
000 B
◈ Description
Damage taken is reduced by 50% and damage dealt is increased by 50% against the owner and other species.
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A skill that was explicitly created to defeat monsters.
This skill even grows.
Damage pumped up to 100% when reaching S rank.
Thanks to this skill, only the protagonist can inflict significant damage.
In the end, what matters is the level of growth of the protagonist.
What is worrisome is that the protagonist moves with free will.
He is now a 16-year-old boy.
It is not a puppet without blood or tears under the player’s control.
‘Hero Name: ZEUS’ is a game famous for its hardcore difficulty.
The most infamous part is by far the main character development.
Every ability, every skill is important.
Don’t waste your time in vain.
If you spend time on a date with them because there are a lot of women around you, you run out of strength and die in the next episode.
However, if you do not manage the favorability of the people around you, you cannot join the party.
It was a game that had to be ‘good’.
‘Can a normal boy, not a player, do this?’
As long as the controller ‘I’ is gone, the protagonist may set up a harem at the academy and stop training.
As long as the controller called ‘I’ is gone, the main character can only train garbage skills and eventually become an asshole.
The conclusion came out.
I have to support the main character from the side so that he grows up straight.
Only then can you make a wish by defeating the final boss and clearing the main story.
Of course, I have to train myself for my own survival.
‘I’m going to the academy next year. He’s the same age as the main character, so it must be the same rider.’
At that moment, an old-fashioned voice echoed in my head.
[Heirs. What is your name?]
“What, what!”
I looked around and realized that there was no one there.
Having read novels and games of this genre, I have a feeling.
The jewel that I absorbed.
It must be like the ego that dwells there.
Besides, I expected it because there was a scene in the game where Yongcheonhwa was talking to someone alone.
“who are you?”
[I am Dragon Lord Laurakis. The last surviving dragon. As for me, it is the strongest dragon under the long history of the dragon family, from the days of Hatchering… .]
“Wait. I think it will be very long, can you summarize it in three lines?”
[The rude one. The journey I have been through cannot be summed up in just three lines.]
“Then I won’t listen. Just tell me what you want now.”
[dare. After, no. What I want is the resurrection of the dragon race. First of all, you must resurrect me. You would have been given a dragon heart. Dragon Heart contains the souls of 32 dragons, including myself. therefore… .]
“No, you’re just telling the conclusion, aren’t you?”
I think I heard a ‘crack’ somewhere.
A voice more powerful than before was heard.
[In conclusion, I just need to soften the dragon’s body and breathe my soul into it. For that, you need to raise your rank. I will borrow your body and cast a high-level magic that transfers souls. To withstand the aftermath.]
I don’t really believe it
According to the story, this dragon Laurakis took control of her mind and carried out all kinds of evil, aiming for a time when Yongcheonhwa was mentally exhausted after hearing bitterness from the main character.
‘It’s stuck to the dragon heart, so I can’t throw it away, so should I pretend to believe in it for now? I eat my heart hard so as not to take away my body… .’
Anyway, at this point, there is nothing better than this among the skills that an E-class Awakened can get.
It’s the gig I’ve chosen.
We must endure with evil and strength.
[this guy! I hear everything you think! And who is taking your body? A human body… Besides, he’s exceptionally weak among humans!]
Laurakis’s angry voice.
Since I didn’t know that I came from another world, it seemed like I couldn’t hear it unless I thought about it.
“It’s unusually weak. That’s at least the top 10% of the planet.”
Awakened beings appear in about one in 5,000 people.
Among them, the number of E-class and F-class, which are difficult to engage in combat, is significantly reduced.
“Anyway, let’s do it. Mr Laurakis. My name is difficult, so I will just call you Laura-sama.”
[If you continue to be arrogant, you may be able to recover the power that was given to you. this guy.]
“Ugh. sorry. Then can I call you Kiss-sama?”
[no… Eheh, just call me Laura-sama.]
Anyway, this guy won’t give up on me.
You mean waiting without promise knowing who will come to a cave where there are no people?