chapter 1
1 – Possession (1)
There was nothing more to explain.
Just like I said, I turned on the game and the light enveloped me and I was possessed. That’s it.
I was very confused when I first saw this city, but it is much better now. I must have calmed down to some extent.
Remember the last remaining memories.
It was to find out what I had done to be possessed like this.
…… First of all, it wasn’t to the point of being a game I enjoyed. He was a so-called ‘homework game’ who just came home after work, repeated a few daily quests, and turned them off.
Still, with an update that hasn’t been done in recent months, a new playable character appeared and attracted considerable attention.
I wasn’t much different either.
Even though it hasn’t been that long since I started playing this game, it’s worth noting how tantalizing the new characters are.
It would be easy to understand the worldview of this game if it was a feeling that is commonly referred to as an authentic fantasy.
A world dominated by swords, magic, demons and dragons. In other words, men’s romance.
Well, what would be a new playable character that would create a ripple effect in a game with such a world view?
There is nothing to say at length.
The character that appeared through this update was a person with the ability to handle the power of ‘thunderbolt’.
The only Irregular in the world of swords and magic that uses superpowers?
It was truly a sentence that made my heart feel magnificent.
Ah, of course some might say that.
Isn’t it a similar type of ability, whether it’s superpowers or magic? I wonder if there is any reason to be more attracted to this ability.
If you think about it, that wasn’t wrong.
Actually, there is no big difference whether you drop lightning with superpower or use circle 7 lightning.
But, even so, I will answer like this.
‘You fool! Magic and superpowers are abilities of different systems!’.
Magic is an ability that consumes the world’s mana, but supernatural ability consumes the user’s mental strength as a cost.
There is an obvious difference just by looking at this, but where are you trying to put magic and superpowers on the same line?
This is why non-cheeks can’t do it. Why don’t you know the strangely satisfying taste of a person with a modern feel in a pure fantasy world?
‘But this isn’t important.’
Hmmm.
Anyway, I wanted to say that was the last scene I remembered. A new playable character.
In any game, when a new job comes out, shouldn’t you try it at least once?
There was nothing different about me.
The keyword of a person with special abilities really made my heart pound.
When I came to my senses, I found myself pressing the character creation button as if possessed.
To be honest, it was a very arrogant act to do a new character on a topic that didn’t even push the main story properly, but I hope you forgive me. To be honest, how do you put up with lightning powers?
But now, that’s where the problem started.
Light burst out.
Not a poetic metaphor or anything like that, just a literal burst of light.
And it devoured me. Really neat.
It was fortunate that there was no pain.
After that, there was nothing more to say.
I was just possessed like that.
When I opened my eyes, there was a city and an academy above it.
I half-wittedly realized I had fallen into the world of the game, but there was plenty of other evidence to make that judgment.
I turned my head and looked at a large campus perched high above the city.
First one, Academy.
That was the main setting for this damn game, a place called the world’s greatest educational institution.
A place where talented people with various talents gather from all over the continent. Simply put, school.
How can you not recognize such a distinctive building?
Even if I put everything else aside, that huge clock tower that catches my eye first is telling me the answer right away.
When there were times when I had to wait for loading during gameplay, I tended to use that clock tower as the background screen. It wasn’t difficult to find out.
Feeling a stiff neck for no reason, I gazed at the clock tower.
‘I thought it was a very classy looking clock tower.’
Seeing the real thing, I think that kind of impression was a bit lacking.
To borrow a line from one of the characters, it’s really ‘a clock tower built unnecessarily and magnificently’.
Anyway, first of all, I vaguely sensed the identity of this world through that clock tower.
And speaking of the second reason, first of all, my bodily sensations were strangely heterogeneous.
I feel a sense of incongruity. Or, I feel like my body doesn’t feel like my own.
I don’t think my eye level has changed much, but even looking at my hands right away, I can tell that something has changed.
That’s because my hands and arms didn’t feel all white like this.
That’s when I realized. It’s okay to say that he came.
-f*ck, this isn’t the world I used to live in!
After that, it seems that I stood still for a while because I was suddenly dazed.
That was about ten minutes or so.
After somehow coming to my senses, I wandered around looking for a mirror first, but fortunately, the opportunity to check my appearance came quickly.
It’s nothing special, I just turned my head and there was a mirror there. I was lucky.
It was then that I suffered a secondary mental breakdown. That was bad luck again.
No, I must have looked in the mirror, and there should be my face I’ve seen for twenty years. A silver-haired man I had never seen before was looking at me with a subtle expression.
At that time, a heartfelt sigh came out.
To the extent that I almost asked myself, ‘Who are you?’ To the mirror without realizing it.
Silver-haired and wall-to-wall, I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t speak properly.
I came to my senses a bit late, but when I looked at it, it was a comforting fact that it wasn’t a face I didn’t know at all.
Slightly long, silver hair covers her ears.
Unfamiliar blue eyes, really had a color resembling jewels.
-Ah.
It was only then that I realized that I had become a new playable character for this game.
A boy dealing with lightning strikes.
An outsider in the city.
The person with special abilities, ‘Dante’.
That was my new name.
Diring!
And when I fully recognized it, the blue spear came to mind.
Somehow familiar hologram.
If you are a modern person deeply steeped in media, you probably don’t know the name.
If you don’t know, there’s nothing wrong with that.
Let me explain.
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[Dante]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Attribute: Lightning
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‘Oh, you mean this?’
This blue window is called the ‘status window’. To remember.
“Ha… ….”
Shortly clearing away the short strikes that came at the cost of useless nonsense, I slowly lowered my gaze and read the lower part of the trait.
My heart began to beat softly.
If I said I had no expectations, I would probably be lying.
Still, the name is a new playable character, but wouldn’t it have at least one deceitful ability?
Anyway with that cause and effect, looking at it, it seemed that I wouldn’t be able to return to the original world for a while.
Gulp-
I swallowed a dry saliva.
So you can’t go back?
First of all, that’s good too. I won’t follow
If I could have realized my faults by arguing, I wouldn’t have possessed me in the first place, but anyway.
I won’t ask for anything else, so I want you to do just one favor.
If I have to remain in this world regardless of my will, I will accept it first.
Only one thing is important right now.
It’s just that I myself, not anyone else, know how stupid the world view in this game is.
As is the case with all games or works set in the academy, this place was not a world with a peaceful setting.
I have no dreams or hopes. In just a few years, the whole world will be filled with screams and sighs.
That’s why you shouldn’t be beaten at all.
No, at least let me save one life.
To do so, you must have moderately outstanding abilities.
‘Please, please.’
I don’t even want tier 0 skills.
Any skill that can be used in moderation is fine.
At the very least, I hope that I will be given the ability to confirm my growth potential.
I wanted to believe that having such a small expectation would not be without conscience.
I opened my eyes, which had been tightly closed for a while, and immediately read the next sentence.
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「Oath of Thunder」
“Reach out your hand towards the sky. Then I will respond.”
-Every thunderbolt under the sky belongs to you.
-You will be able to deal with lightning strikes.
– Brain energy used by others cannot have any effect on your body.
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“…… Uh?”
And then, I could say that the characteristics of ‘Dante’, which I confirmed afterwards, far exceeded my expectations.
I don’t know what it is, but I’m still not sure.
But this…… ?
‘Recipe, no. It’s not quite usable–‘
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「Curse of Thunder」
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‘──Go?’
Huh?
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“Have you stretched out your hand toward the sky? You will pay the price now.”
-Every time you deal with lightning strikes, a burning pain comes.
-The level of burning pain varies depending on how long you use Thunderbolt.
-The immunity effect of ‘Oath of Thunder (天雷)’ cannot fully block the thunderbolt you used yourself.
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“f*ck you.”
That’s right.
It’s a game that recklessly drags an innocent person like this, but I’ve never believed that they would be considerate of me in this way.
‘Bastards.’
…… Oh really. I don’t cry