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My life is over.

It’s not a negative story like your life is ruined or you’re about to die. I’m retired and all that’s left to do is play and eat with the money I’ve saved.

Of course, 29 is still too early to retire. However, as a professional gamer, he was at an age close to the downhill slope, and unless he was someone with a huge sense of mission or ambition, he was at an age where he could consider retirement.

That’s right. I was a professional gamer. A pro gamer who is successful in his own right. And the moment I thought I had saved enough money to last a lifetime while working as a professional gamer, I decided to retire.

So what are you doing after retirement? It’s simple.

“What game should I play next~ I hope it’s a relaxing game.”

I was stuck at home and playing games all day. Of course, among professional gamers, there were so-called insiders who had outdoor hobbies. But I was different. Even before I became a professional gamer, I enjoyed playing at home, and I still enjoy playing at home.

My hobby after retirement was to buy a lot of games that weren’t on sale and to play them one by one whenever I was bored. It was a luxurious hobby that I could not have imagined before making a lot of money.

“The game we are going to play this time is… Did you say it was the age of swords and magic?”

This time it was a war game. It is said to be a game that involves moving thousands to tens of thousands of soldiers to fight a large-scale war. Although it requires a high-end PC and does not have many users, it seems to have been completed quite well and has a good story.

And 10 minutes later, when the installation was complete, I played the game for the first time and noticed that the story was really good. Starting from the prologue, videos appeared in important scenes and the rest was told in text, and the story was like this. When the protagonist was 15 years old, his older sister was taken away by the emperor as a concubine.

The vengeful protagonist graduates from a military academy, or in modern times, a military academy, becomes a professional soldier, goes to the front lines, accumulates a tremendous amount of military service, and becomes a central figure in the imperial army. Of course, it goes without saying that his older sister, who was the emperor’s favorite concubine, had great support for him. In that he succeeded with the support of his family and was himself a genius general, it could be seen as a similar case to Guo Geobyeong in Chinese history.

The protagonist gained a tremendous amount of wealth, power, and honor due to his genius ability and the emperor’s protection, but he was not satisfied. He took control of the imperial army and started a rebellion.

The main character, who took control of the imperial army, defeated the emperor’s army in an instant like a genius general and killed the emperor who cherished him like his own child with his own hands. This scene was a sad scene.

However, the protagonist may not have thought about what would happen after the successful rebellion, but after being newly crowned emperor, instead of staying in the capital of the empire at the center of the world, he returned to his hometown and lived quietly with his older sister. However, rebellions broke out all over the world and he was heavily burdened by the rebels. will be executed by

As a result, it is a bad ending, but the scene where the main character gets promoted at lightning speed due to his desire for revenge and kills the emperor, the target of his revenge, with a sad face is truly cathartic. That’s why I wanted to give this story high marks.

And when a week has passed.

“Ha, it was fun… ”

There were a lot of empty coffee cans on my computer desk and dark circles were forming in my eyes. The game was so fun that I forgot to sleep and focused only on the game. Thanks to this, I was able to beat a game that was supposed to have 1,000 hours of play time in just 150 hours.

“Ugh, I’m sleepy. Now that I’ve seen the story, let’s get some sleep… ”

The moment I thought that and tried to get up from my seat.

[Congratulations on being the first in the world to clear it! A survey has arrived from GM. If you answer all questions, you will receive a small prize. Would you like to comply? Y/N]

Something strange appeared on the monitor.

“What is it? this? World’s first clear? Me?”

The game was a little difficult. No, if you think about it, I think it was quite difficult. Even I, a world-class professional gamer, had a hard time. But the first clear? Does this mean no one has cleared it so far?

“Anyway, it’s a survey. They said they would give out a small prize.”

It’s a small product. I don’t know if it’s something that can be bought with money, but if it’s a game-related product, I wanted to have it if possible because there are many cases where I can’t buy it with money. Moreover, if it is the first clear reward, it will be rare.

-Y

I responded to the survey. What should I ask? Would you like to ask about the parts that were uncomfortable or difficult while playing the game? Well, since I said I cleared it first, it might make the next game easier. That’s what I thought, but the content of the survey was different from what I thought.

[Question 1. If you could choose someone who resembles you in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who would it be?]

“… ”

I was speechless from the first question. I thought you were going to ask about the game, but why did you suddenly talk about the Three Kingdoms? Just because it’s a war game, does that mean the developer is a historical otaku? What question is this?

By the way, he resembles a character from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms… I’ve never really thought about it. However, if you are the type whose style is most similar to mine… There is no such thing.

“Is it Guan Yu?”

When I was a professional gamer, I had a lot of pride. It was normal to lose if you lost on the opposing line, but I fought like a mad dog until the end. As a result, when I won, I won big, but when I lost, there were times when I lost really big. As a result, his nickname was Dice. So, I think I felt some kinship with Guan Yu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who did not retreat from Jingju until the end even though he knew he would die.

“Ah, I understand.”

If you ask about games from the first question, users may feel pressured, so you’re trying to ease the tension by talking about your hobbies. After entering Guan Yu, I opened the following questionnaire. The next survey will definitely be about games…

[Question 2. If you could choose someone who resembles you in Chohanji, who would it be?]

“… ”

Again. This time, it is Chohanji, which is more minor than Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I wanted to answer, ‘What is that, you idiot?’, but what made me even more upset was that I had read Chohanji. This time I didn’t think about it that long. There was only one person in Chohanji who looked like me.

“Hanshin.”

This is also similar. No one can deny that my skills were world-class, but I lacked management skills. Usually, talented professional gamers pursue a career as a leader after retirement, but I can’t even dream of that. This is because it was not visible to other managers or coaches. In that respect, I am similar to Hanshin.

“Ha, are we really going to start a proper survey now? ”

I don’t want to do any more self-reflection. Why should you come to a game and look back on your life? I wish we could start the real survey now. With that in mind, let’s press the ‘Next’ button.

[congratulations! You match the type of talent we are looking for!]

The survey started making strange noises.

“What bullshit? What is your ideal talent?”

[You have been selected as a beta tester for Age of Swords and Sorcery 2! Beta testing starts right now!]

“What is this…? ”

I don’t know what you mean. I tried to speak, but my voice no longer came out. Suddenly, my eyes turn pitch black. I hear sound, but I don’t see anything. I don’t feel anything.

‘What’s going on?’

My mind is blank. I think it’s been like that for a while. And then I come to my senses again.

“General! warlord! Are you out of your mind?”

“General?”

When I looked around, I saw medieval soldiers wearing armor. I thought it was cosplay, but it was hard to see because there were so many soldiers around. There seemed to be thousands of people.

When I looked closely, I felt like I knew who they were. These were the generals from the game [Age of Swords and Magic]. It looks exactly like the armor seen in the game. The people in front were officers and knights, and those in the distance were soldiers.

“What the hell is this… ”

I couldn’t get used to the situation, which felt like I was in a game. I grabbed a middle-aged man nearby and asked him.

“Where is this place?”

“General! Have you even forgotten where you are! Didn’t the general lead 20,000 soldiers of the Breastmire family to the battlefield under orders from the head of the family to enhance the honor of the Breastmire family? Then he suddenly complained of a headache, fell from his horse and lost consciousness!”

“… The Brestmire family?”

The Brestmire family. I knew the name. It was a family that was destroyed in the beginning because of the main character, Vinnet Franz.

“The Brestmire family? Then my name is… ”

“Have you even forgotten the general’s name! Aren’t you General Georges Brestmaier?”

Georges Brestmaier.

When the main character establishes a military career in the beginning, he becomes jealous of the protagonist and says that he will make a military career himself, leading 20,000 of his family’s soldiers to war. However, the fate of the hero is ruined and he is executed by the emperor.

And I am that damn nobleman.

I was possessed by a stupid nobleman who died in the beginning.