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Episode 000. Is it buggy?
“Huh.”
A quiet weekend morning.
I sat down in front of the computer, roughly touching my messy hair, and soon a familiar screen came to mind.
On a black screen, a blue butterfly flies across the screen, and a gust of wind blows behind it, and beautiful typefaces appear.
＜Butterfly Effect＞
In this game, also known as Bufffect, the story of the world changes in real time depending on what choices and actions the character makes, befitting the title of the butterfly effect.
It was for that reason that I could play without getting tired even though it was a single open world game rather than online.
You can freely choose the starting region, race, and appearance, and the character story is different from time to time, so it felt like playing a different game every time.
After entering the account and entering the lobby, numerous characters that had been raised were waiting for the owner with different attitudes.
A barbarian warrior with a mace and an axe, a knight in armor, an assassin squatting in a corner wearing a mask, a mercenary carrying various weapons, and a magician floating in the air with fluttering robes.
Only 100 characters who have seen the ending.
When I first started playing this game, I didn’t know anything about hidden secrets or treasures, so I often started over from the beginning every time, but now it has become a dead person to the extent that I can see the ending in a few days if it goes well.
“Then, shall we run today?”
Tring!
[Achievement Achievement – The one who lived a hundred lives]
[You have led 100 characters to the ending.]
[As an achievement reward, 1 basic ability and 1 special ability are provided to the following new characters.]
As usual, when I pressed the character creation button, an unfamiliar message was displayed with a cheerful sound.
“oh.”
A low exclamation escaped from his mouth.
I thought I had achieved almost all of the achievements by playing Buffett for several years, but it was surprising that something like this still remained.
[Basic ability – Deja vu]
We pass on the experience of living a hundred lives.
The adaptability to all terrains, environments, and situations experienced by the previous character is greatly increased.
[Special Ability]
[Please select one of the following.]
1. Superpower
2. Ruler of Mana
3. Spirit’s Friend
4. … …
About 20 special abilities were listed under the message.
“Because I’m like this, I can’t fold this.”
All of them are abilities that will give you a huge advantage in play if you have them from the beginning.
It seemed that this privilege was given by achieving the not-easy achievement of 100 endings.
“What should I do to spread rumors that I did well?”
I stroked my chin and looked through the list carefully.
It’s definitely an attractive ability, but there are many things I’ve already used for a long time in the game.
“hmm?”
As I scrolled down, I saw one ability that stood out.
[17. magic hater]
– Immune to all types of magic. Instead, you will not be able to handle mana.
Since Verfect is a game that focuses on visuals, there are many magic-related abilities such as magic engineering, magic, alchemy, spiritism, and tribal vision as well as basic magic.
While raising 100 characters, I have seen many abilities such as magic damage reduction, but magic immunity is unheard of.
It was a very good ability even if I took the penalty because the effect was reduced and the effect was not effective at all.
“It will be fun.”
Without further ado, I pressed the OK button.
[Special ability settings have been completed. Please select a race and starting region.]
As soon as I pressed the button, the screen changed and the map of Buffett appeared.
A vast world as if looking down from a clear sky.
Even though I have already seen the scene more than 100 times, it felt new.
Since Verfect is an open world game, the map is very wide and the starting point for each race is different.
Humans in the central continent, elves in the giant forest, dwarves in the rocky mountains, orcs in the southern desert, naga in the sea and lakes, demons in the northern demons.
and several ethnic minorities.
“Let’s go back to the roots after a long time.”
[You have chosen a human.]
After selecting a human, the screen zoomed in further and showed the central continent, the human domain.
“This should be fine.”
After looking through the map for a while, my eyes fell on the small kingdom to the west.
[The Kingdom of Delor. It has a close relationship with the dwarves because of its many rare minerals, and has developed mineral processing and casting technology… … . Do you really want to start in the Kingdom of Delor?]
Skipping the tedious explanation, the kingdom’s foreground was covered with a blurry background, and the last confirmation phrase came to mind.
“done. Now if you just create a character… … .”
[Welcome to the ever-changing world. All of your actions will have a profound impact on the flow of the world.]
When I clicked the OK button, the colorful background disappeared and a black loading screen appeared with the word “butterfly effect.”
“Eh?”
Something was strange.
After selecting the original race and region, you have to set the name and appearance of the character, but that process was omitted entirely.
“Are you a bugger?”
There are good games, but there are no games without bugs.
I tilted my head and entered the force shutdown key.
Flash!
At the same time as I typed the key, a bright light burst from the monitor so that I couldn’t even open my eyes.
His eyes burned as if they had been set on fire, and an excruciating headache shook his bones.
He tried to hold his head, but his limbs wouldn’t move.
I tried to scream, but no sound came out.
[Character creation complete. The 101st life begins.]
‘Eh, what is this… … .’
Consciousness drifted away as if sucked into the light.