NOVEL NEXT chapter 55
55. The night before a fierce storm in a peaceful daily life
In BJ Shusia’s voice full of surprise,
I checked the skill effect by moving the mouse pointer.
When I checked it myself, the effect of my buff skill was as strong as she said.
Even if I just started the game, isn’t the balance broken? The buff effect was so great that I was worried.
At this point,
Isn’t the very existence of my character a sin?
Such an overbalanced character.
But in hindsight, it wasn’t my fault.
It’s the game company’s fault that made this,
It’s not my fault, is it?
Since we are shifting responsibility like that,
Before I knew it, Shusia, who had received my buff, started fighting against the Fallen Angel.
Those two were holding all kinds of sh*t in the cutscene as if they were about to have a great battle…
When we enter the battle,
The battle ended very quickly.
“Wow… Do you guys see the damage? What is a buff…
Huh? End? Is it because it’s an event battle?
Are you going to collapse soon?」
Really pointless,
Shusia, who received my buff, easily took down the Fallen Angel with tremendous damage.
Well, of course, as she said, it might be because of the special situation before the event.
Even so, is it because the battle ended too blandly?
I was so dumbfounded that I lost my pulse.
「Still, it’s the final boss, but it’s a bit of a bummer to end it so blandly after getting all the forms…
Ah, but the cutscene is ready.”
She seemed to think it was too futile, so she was reacting negatively.
After such a futile battle,
Another in-game cutscene was playing.
The Fallen Angel began to scream, saying that he couldn’t collapse like this. Then she left the word that it was too dangerous to leave it like this, and he used the skill.
A powerful shock wave spread around the other angels, and Shu Shia and her character were pushed back by the shock wave.
No, to be precise…
The Shu Xia character was horribly thrown behind her and rolled on the ground. But my character was just pushed back slightly.
「Huh? Hey Roble! Is this ok?!
The man was attacked?! It’s crazy?!”
It was only slightly pushed back,
Shusia was speaking in a frantic voice.
Is this something to be so angry about?
It’s just a slight push back?
Compared to your character, this isn’t even an attack… Your character rolled on the ground a few times before falling out.
After the shockwave attack was over,
The Fallen Angel said that since she had become like this, she would have to get rid of even the hero.
Then, I reached out my hand toward the Shusia character, but my character hurriedly blocked the gap and activated something like a protective shield.
A black haze rose from the Fallen Angel’s body, and soon something like a beam began to erupt from her hand.
Suddenly, a scream was heard.
It was none other than Shusia’s scream.
「Kyaaa! No! Don’t stop me, saint!
Just avoid it! I can die!”
It was such a cry that I was mistaken as if I had actually been attacked.
He seemed very immersed in the game.
Before the beam reaches my character,
The screen started to turn white, and the screen suddenly switched.
「What is it? What’s going on?」
I hope this
Did you skip the scene where a man is attacked because you couldn’t bear to show it?
Somehow, it was like that.
Inside the converted screen,
My character and the Fallen Angel knelt down on one knee almost at the same time, and they were gasping for breath as if they were very tired.
The fallen angel was barely breathing,
I was asking my character why he had to work so hard to stop it.
At the Fallen Angel’s question, my character smiled and left these lines.
[Kretos: hahahaha, what a stupid question.
I’m looking for a woman, ha, what’s the reason? Gut.]
… Oh sh*t
My idol is broken….
I have carved it deep into my bones that character names must be chosen very carefully.
At that time when I was learning such a new lesson,
The screams were heard again.
「Kyaaa!」
This time, unlike before, it was a high-pitched scream that came out of emotion and joy.
「What, what, really! You’re so cool!
Roble Are you really crazy!
How did you come up with this scene?!」
Unlike me, who was lamenting the cheesy lines, Shusia was very moved and shouted with a joyful voice.
Is this such a great scene?
I really don’t know.
「Wow, the chat window isn’t a mess either.
The price paid for this scene: Do you see a lot of people with broken heads? Well, I understand.
From now on, I’ll bury my bones in Robel. Seriously.」
Shu Xia was raving about her appreciation of the scene she just had, and she even made her remark that she would be with her forever.
Leaving Shusia behind, I focused on the cutscene again.
At my character’s cheesy lines, the fallen angel gave a lonely smile and left an impression that I knew it would come out like that if it were you.
However, the goal was achieved,
He was leaving a meaningful message that it would be difficult to rally the warriors in the future.
And then her black vortex appeared beside her, just as she first appeared.
She moved her body into the whirlpool,
‘Let’s meet again when we recover’
After leaving another meaningless word, it was completely sucked into the whirlpool and disappeared.
「Recovery?… Ah! Now the rice cake is solved!
I was wondering why the final boss suddenly retreated to the rear after running amok at the forefront…
There must be a reason for this! The number of rice cakes is crazy.”
Such a story was hidden.
Then this isn’t just a simple tutorial, it’s a pretty important part of the story of the game.
… Wait for a sec.
Such an incredibly important story was only planted in a tutorial?
My character, a single user?
Is that alone?
The tutorial is about this…
Are you doing this to show how big the story is after this?
The scale is enormous for a truly exclusive character.
After the Fallen Angel disappeared, the screen went dark for a moment, and the location changed before I knew it.
The place that changed was in front of the temple where I first started, where my character and Shusia’s character were standing facing each other.
My character was leaving a message of thanks to Shusia for responding to the call.
But even with my character’s greeting,
Shusia’s character was tilting her head with a puzzled expression.
At that time, a voice came from the broadcast.
「Huh? What? Is it buggy?」
Bug? What the hell is going on?
「No, what a bug at this important moment…
It’s a bug that doesn’t output lines. Doom Hye-seon, do you really want to do this?」
Can’t output lines?
Huh, something strange?
And strangely, my character also noticed this strangeness.
[Kretos: Oh my God… Could there be a hearing problem?]
[Shushia: (Just looking at the saint)]
[Kretos: No, maybe… (claps)]
[Shusia: (looking at the saint’s hand)]
[Kretos: As expected… He said it would be difficult to assemble. It is clear that something was tricked.]
[Shushia: (Saying something)]
[Kretos: Oh… I can’t hear either.
What should I do….]
「Huh? You can’t hear the voice of the Holy Son?
Could it be that my character has become deaf?
It’s not… You can hear the surrounding sounds.”
Ah, yes.
Looks like that fallen angel cursed something before stepping back.
But isn’t this a little too far-fetched?
A saint who wields such great power can’t stop just one curse?
Isn’t this saint, in fact, incompetent?
Why are you telling such an unreasonable story…
[Kretos: … ah! Soul Link! That’s it.
If it’s a soul link, you’ll be able to communicate.]
… Soul Link?
Why are the skill descriptions suddenly out of the blue?
Just like that, the cutscene ended, and we returned to the normal game environment.
Returning to normal environment like that,
Suddenly, a system message window popped up.
{!Guidelines!}
{In accordance with the Male Protection Act, chatting with other users has been blocked to protect males.}
… Omg.
Blocked chat?
No, does this make sense?!
What if you block chatting in an online game?!
Shocked by the instructions, I pressed the next button.
{If you want to communicate with other users, you can use the Soul Link system to communicate with other users through links.}
… Ah.
Now I understand.
This must have been blocked by the system to prevent other female users from easily approaching men.
But it’s so strange to just block it,
I added a setting in the game that says it happened because it was cursed.
Somehow…
I thought the curse was too outlandish, but that’s why.
Sounds like you set this up well.
It’s a bit forced, though.
「No, it’s not a bug. My character says he can’t hear me talking directly.
What? Why are you suddenly hitting Doom Hye-sun’s shield?
People! No matter how much I do 1 a day, I won’t do it!”
While I was reading the instructions, Shusia was arguing with the viewers.
Leave her behind,
After turning off the system message, I proceeded with the tutorial related to Soul Link.
When I clicked on the window pointed to by the tutorial, something like a messenger window appeared on the screen.
After opening the screen. As explained in the tutorial, I pressed the button called Add Soul Link.
Just like when using a summoning skill, a small notification window with an input field came to mind this time as well.
Of course, I entered Shusia in the input field.
「Just by looking at it, the boss in the story is telling us…
Huh? Wait a minute, why is the tutorial popping up all of a sudden?
… Is it possible to communicate with the saint only by forming a soul link? What do you mean?”
When I added Shusia to Soul Link, I heard her embarrassed voice on the air.
She was perplexed, but as if she had completed the tutorial properly, her name had been added to my Soul Link window before I knew it.
Confirming that, I tried talking to her through her in-game chat.
[Kretos: Can you see the chat?]
「Oh! A man started chatting!」
[Shushia: Yes! Looks good!]
Confirming that the soul link worked, I nodded and started chatting.
[Kretos: I think it’s okay to talk about it here instead of on the air]
[Shushia: Yes! I’m so glad!]
[Kretos: By the way, can’t you just talk over the air? Lol]
「Oh, that’s right.」
She said with an awkward laugh.
「By the way, what is this Soul Link?」
In response to her question, I explained the Soul Link system and the information I had seen.
「Ah~ that was it.
That’s why people said whispers and adding friends didn’t work.
Well, it looks like Roble blocked it well.
Besides, it’s nice to have it blocked in the game settings so that it doesn’t feel awkward.」
After hearing my explanation, she seemed to understand perfectly and expressed her opinion about it.
「By the way, what will the man do now?
I saw a portal in front of me… 」
[Kretos: A portal?]
「Yes, it seems to be a portal to the starting town.
How… Are you going to continue?」
Hmm, what should I do?
Even if I turn off the game right now, there’s nothing to do anyway, so shall we just continue?
After thinking about it for a while, I made a decision and entered the chat.
[Kretos: Yes, let’s continue]
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“What the hell are you talking about?!”
Yunhee jumped up from her chair as if she couldn’t stand it any longer and expressed her anger.
Yoon-hee’s unexpected wild behavior made her body tremble once, as if the people around her were startled.
But only one person…
Opposite Yoon-hee, only the woman who sat in the most prestigious seat was looking at Yoon-hee while maintaining her composure.
She seems to be trying to calm Yoon-hee down,
She said in a calm voice as she raised her hands and showed her palms to Yoon-hee.
“Calm down, Yoon-hee.”
“Do I look real now?”
Although the woman’s words to calm down were overshadowed,
Yoon-hee’s anger showed no sign of waning at all.
Rather, Yunhee raised her voice and spoke in an argumentative way to the woman in her seat of honor.
“We lowered the conditions, provided convenience, and even made concessions…
What are you talking about now?”
Yoonhee was grinding her teeth as if trying to hold back her outburst of anger.
“It’s impossible to move?!
Are you kidding me right now?”
“Now, calm down. Mr. Yoon-hee.”
Yoon-hee’s anger At her childish cry, the woman in her seat opened her mouth with a puzzled face.
“We tried to arrange it as soon as possible, but…
Now the economy… As you know, the Seoul real estate market is particularly unstable….”
“All right. I won’t listen anymore.”
Yoonhee raised her hand as if she didn’t want to hear it anymore, and moved her arm as if to draw a line for her.
“I’ll talk to the men’s department about the rest.”
Yoonhee spoke as she pulled her chair behind her.
She then began to pack her gear as if she were about to get out of her meeting room at any moment.
Because of Yoon-hee’s actions, the woman who sat in the high table,
The mayor of Seoul hurriedly got up from his seat and stopped Yoon-hee.
Her cold-hearted side that she has shown so far is nowhere to be seen, and she is very embarrassed.
“Yoo, Yoon-hee! Wait a minute! Please listen to me more!”
“All right. We want to live with our families soon, but we can’t wait any longer.”
Yoon-hee glared at the mayor of Seoul and said.
“I will move to a new city recommended by the Men’s Department. Please know that.”