Party, No Thanks.

“Heok!”

The moment I logged into the game, I quickly checked my body.

My muscular arms and legs were nowhere to be found. Replacing them were pale hands and feet, just like my real body.

Wiggling my small hands, I could feel just how much power that enormous demon body possessed.

The height that allowed me to look down on the surrounding buildings had also disappeared.

I had returned to being a very small girl, just like my real body.

Of course, being a game character, I was still an incredibly powerful girl.

Helena-[Yeona, are you back to your original form?]

Yeon-[Yeah.]

Helena-[That’s such a relief…]

Helena, or Sohee in real life, hugged me as soon as she saw me at school today.

Sohee was the one who had watched my transformation most closely.

She said that seeing me turn into that demonic form in real-time was terrifying and horrifying.

Sohee said she had nightmares that night because of it.

Feeling anxious because of the nightmares, Sohee clung to me all day, not letting go.

As if she was afraid that I, in my real form, might turn into that horrible demon.

The other students were giving us strange looks, but I couldn’t just leave my friend in distress.

I had no choice but to let Sohee cling to me.

I ended the conversation with Helena and looked around.

The invasion event had been forcibly terminated, but it didn’t seem to have had a significant impact.

Still, just in case, I turned around and went to find Nerim.

[Nerim]

Hell Witch Job Instructor.

The witch, wearing a black hood pulled low over her face in front of the Witch’s Workshop, recited her set line as I approached.

“Do you have business with me?”

It was a typical reaction, no different from any other user.

When I was doing the hidden quest, she had taken off her hood and shown her face.

But since she wasn’t doing that now, it seemed the hidden quest was completely over.

Even when I showed her the sword in front of Nerim, she didn’t show any special reaction.

This time, I headed to the Temple of the Sun God while wearing the Demon Sword.

Was it because of the effect that lowered the favorability of NPCs related to the Sun God by two levels when equipped?

The NPCs in the Temple of the Sun God wouldn’t talk to me.

They all turned their heads and ignored me.

Of course, if I unequipped the Demon Sword, the favorability returned to normal.

I had a feeling that there were more Easter eggs hidden related to this Demon Sword.

Of course, it was just a hunch.

I headed out to the hunting grounds with the Demon Sword. When you get a new weapon, you have to test its performance.

Yesterday, the invasion event happened as soon as I got the Demon Sword. It meant I hadn’t even had a chance to properly swing the weapon, so I was planning to use it properly this time.

As time passed, many low-level users grew and moved up.

It meant that the top-tier hunting grounds, which used to be empty, were now crowded.

The current top-tier hunting ground, [Drake’s Domain]

A place where level 45 elite monsters poured out, and I had also used this hunting ground when I was leveling up.

When I was leveling up, it was hard to find anyone near here.

But now, there were quite a few people wandering around.

“Looking for a level 43 rogue party!”

“Looking for a mage to grind to max level with!”

Just like the scenes I had witnessed in the low-level zones before, people were looking for party members.

Some were silently waiting with signs stuck in the ground, while others were shouting their lungs out, going from place to place.

“This body descends…”

I muttered in a small voice as I stepped into the hunting grounds.

After uploading the “Absolute Blood Demon Declaration” video, the number of people who recognized me in the game had increased significantly.

I drew my Demon Sword, feeling two conflicting emotions at the same time.

-I want to hunt quietly without being noticed by people.

-I want people to recognize me.

It’s a feeling that everyone who plays games experiences.

Wandering through the hunting grounds, someone who has no connection to you recognizes you and shows surprise. That feeling is really good.

It felt like I was a famous celebrity.

If I were Deron playing with a keyboard and mouse, I would have flaunted it openly.

I would have swung my Demon Sword around wildly, showing off my strength.

Everyone has a desire to show off.

It wasn’t a strange feeling at all.

Black energy began to creep out from the dull light of the sword’s blade.

That black energy mixed with the red blood energy coming from my body, creating an incredibly cool sight.

In that state, I activated the Paladin job’s buff skill, [Holy Blessing].

Golden divine power poured out from the sword’s blade. It didn’t stop there. I also used a Taechuk (Great Blessing) doping potion, which I could use freely in a normal field.

“Wow…”

I hadn’t even started hunting yet, but a rogue who was passing by started to admire my appearance.

I shrugged my shoulders and walked forward.

“Isn’t that Yeon?”

“Who’s Yeon?”

“That, middle schooler… raid first clear.”

“Ah…”

They recognize me. People around me started to recognize me.

As expected, famous people shine wherever they go.

The corners of my mouth twitched and started to rise for no reason.

“But she’s really small.”

“How did she do the character customization?”

“Is she really a middle schooler?”

“No way, would a middle schooler even think about team composition?”

“There’s probably an old man inside, right?”

“An old man with that body?”

They were whispering to each other so I wouldn’t hear, but my character, enhanced with various stats, had excellent hearing.

I could hear everything.

I let out a small laugh. How could I be an old man? There were users who sometimes played as middle school or high school girls, but I was different from them. I was a real, current middle schooler.

Just then, a Drake respawned in front of me.

I wanted to gather the monsters and kill them all at once, but it was impossible because other parties were spread throughout the hunting grounds.

I glared at the Drake with my sword pointed at it.

The moment its red eyes turned to me, the Drake’s heavy body, covered in scales, began to run towards me.

I scanned the Drake with calm eyes. The breath that had been scattered by a slight excitement also calmed down in an instant.

Feeling a faint sensation stimulating my head, I moved as my instincts told me to.

Legs spread shoulder-width apart and the sword raised as if pulled back.

The moment a crackling, faint lightning spread out, I thrust the sword forward and stretched out my leg.

The movement was incredibly fast. The sword, cutting through the wind, lightly tore the Drake’s mouth, and my upper body moved diagonally to deflect the Drake’s attack.

The movement didn’t stop there. I pulled my back foot forward and lightly rotated, using my front foot as a pivot.

The sword, which had been stuck in the Drake’s mouth, came out to the side and soared into the sky as if preparing for the next strike.

Immediately after, a strike carrying the rotational force of my body fell downwards.

Seogeok-!

The moment the Drake’s head was cut off, black lightning crackled and fell from the sky!

It was an attack that fell on the already dead Drake, but anyway, I succeeded in creating the very flashy, cool, and overwhelming scene I wanted.

I cut off the elite Drake’s head with just two attacks.

-Aren’t I too strong?

Compared to the ordinary users around me, I could definitely feel my overwhelming strength.

“Wow, fucking strong…”

“Isn’t it because of that Orc Warrior Ring?”

“No, even with the ring, you need a good weapon…”

I pretended not to hear the people whispering and sheathed my sword.

Seureureung-teok-!

It was a clean finish to the end.

Although I had only killed one Drake, I could definitely feel the greatly increased attack power with the Demon Sword.

At that moment, someone started to approach me.

The tanker user, wearing full plate armor, looked like a giant castle moving.

“Excuse me.”

The tanker user’s gaze was fixed on me.

There was no one else around. It was clear that he had come to me for something.

Is this what happens when you become too famous? I raised my hand to stop him from approaching further.

“I don’t do parties.”

“Huh…?”

“I said I don’t do parties. I prefer solo play.”

Was he surprised by my unexpectedly polite refusal? He was making a strange expression.

His refreshing impression was slightly distorted.

“No…”

“It’s difficult even if you ask me like that.”

I repeatedly and politely refused his repeated requests.

The tanker user, perhaps not expecting to be rejected, turned his head and looked back with a distorted face.

Behind him stood users who appeared to be a priest and a mage, all of whom seemed to be his party members.

The three’s gazes intertwined in the air.

They seemed to be exchanging opinions with their eyes without saying a word.

At that moment, another Drake respawned.

I immediately swung my sword and slaughtered the Drake.

As expected, I had become too strong to hunt here.

Lost in the intoxication of my own strength, I was letting out a subtle smile when I suddenly felt an intense gaze from the side.

It was the tanker user who had been trying to invite me to a party earlier.

“No, this is our spot…”

Spot…

Spot?

I tilted my head and blinked.

Did that mean I was misunderstanding all along?

He didn’t come to invite me to a party, but to tell me that this was the spot they had been hunting in?

“Even if you’re strong… we’re still…”

I couldn’t hear the tanker user’s last words.

My face was flushed and my ears were ringing.

“Hey, are you okay? Yeon-nim?”

“Heu, heum…”

My whole face felt hot.

I cleared my throat, averted my gaze, and sheathed the sword I had drawn.

It wasn’t a party invitation. I was misunderstanding all by myself.

How would that have looked to other people?

No wonder the tanker user’s expression wasn’t good. It wasn’t the typical reaction of someone who had been rejected for a party invitation.

Other users around me must have seen this too.

“Wow… did you see that just now? Party, no thanks.”

“Crazy bitch…”

They, they didn’t say that. I just politely refused.

Party… no thanks… I swear I didn’t use those words.

I turned my head and glared at the users who had just been talking, but they didn’t avert their gaze.

Instead, they confidently met my gaze and talked among themselves.

“Her face is all red?”

“She must be embarrassed…”

“Isn’t she just enjoying it? In the event participation video, she calls herself a Blood Demon.”

“Wasn’t that just acting?”

“The Singsing kids say it wasn’t? She thinks she’s a real Blood Demon.”

“They say she likes it when you call her Blood Demon-nim?”

I felt like I couldn’t breathe.

I hurriedly turned around and started using the return stone.

The sound of the return stone casting, giiiing-, was followed by the voices of the users, which I heard fleetingly.

“Blood Demon-nim is running away!”

“Blood Demon-nim! Party, no thanks! Please say it to us!”

Beonjjeok-

Immediately after using the return stone, I opened my eyes in the middle of the capital city.

I sat down on the ground and grabbed my head.

I guess I should change my character customization.

When did this game release the character customization change item?

I frowned, trying to recall the vague memory.