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“Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck… … ”

A haggard-looking man lay face down on the bed, seemingly unconscious, cursing into the air.

“Ugh, f*ck… … ”

The man, who had been moving his mouth like that for a while, soon let out a curse that was more of a sigh than annoyance.

With that, the man remained silent, his face buried in the mattress.

‘I tried swearing to see if it would make this stuffy feeling go away, but it didn’t. My mouth just hurt and my throat got dry.’

In fact, it was a natural thing.

The swearing knew was that he could not be stressed because he suddenly sweared on a topic with only a fuck and a dog.

On the contrary, if it piles up, it piles up.

‘Ha, let’s stop.’

The man, who had been needlessly hurt, got up with the intention of at least getting his neck wet.

Then, naturally, the sight of the one-room apartment that he had hated so much and had become accustomed to over the past week came into his eyes.

The man felt a mixture of resignation and annoyance as he muttered under his breath a word he thought he would never utter in his life.

“Status window.”

[Status]

Name: Do Yu-jin

Level: 1

Trait: [Blurry Cloak (3★)]

Strength: 5

Agility: 5

Stamina: 5

Intelligence: 5

Horsepower: 5

“No matter how much I look at this, I can’t get used to it.”

Do Yu-jin automatically let out a grumble.

Then, with earnestness, he carefully looked at his status window again.

However, that did not mean that the status window would suddenly disappear like smoke or turn into a donut, which was a miracle.

“Why are you doing this to me?”

For the past week, Do Yu-jin has been here, in the room where the game’s tutorial begins.

Thanks to that, I was finally able to accept reality and finally come to a realization.

“What the fuck.”

That’s the realization that you’re screwed.

◎ ◎ ◎

[Circle Academy].

It’s a game with a common name, and its content is just as obvious and common as its name.

The game’s story is about the protagonist, who gains various connections, makes companions, and gathers heroines to prevent the destruction of the world.

With such a title and content, and the addition of dot graphics, the game was born with an old-fashioned feel that was clearly out of date.

‘But who would have thought that a game like that would be called a god game for a long time among people?’

reason?

It was simple.

Because the story was great and there was a lot of freedom.

To use a metaphor, there was a story that would make you cry even for the yellow dog in the starting village, and the player could take the yellow dog with them if they wanted to.

‘Even though it’s a game that’s been around for 10 years, the number of broadcasters who specialize in the game is in the double digits, so that says it all.’

By the way, Do Yu-jin is not the type to broadcast while playing games.

On the contrary, I was the type who watched the broadcast without playing the game.

However, I knew enough about the game to be able to easily kick around with it, and my hobbies were watching game broadcasts and editing [Circle Academy] articles on the wiki.

But the reason I didn’t play the game was simple.

Because it was too much of a hassle to personally experiment with the numerous ideas I came up with while developing characters.

‘It’s easier and more efficient to just watch someone else do it than to take the time to do it myself.’

Fortunately, Do Yu-jin was a named person in the community.

There was no need to hire anyone because if you just posted a single piece of bait about character development in the gallery, the next day, a bunch of old-time broadcasters would show you whether Do Yu-jin’s idea was right or not.

In addition, sometimes a completely new meta that he had never thought of would appear based on his own ideas, so Do Yu-jin had no intention of changing his actions.

But everything has an end, and that day has finally arrived.

“… … I’ve seen it all.”

Do Yu-jin sighed.

I’ve been searching all over the place for about a month, but I can’t find any interesting articles or videos.

As usual, I threw out a few ideas as bait.

-Ah, kid, you’ve finally gone crazy. And you’ve done it right.

-It certainly looks fun, but is this possible for people?

Perhaps because the meta was so bizarre, even veterans couldn’t bring themselves to try it.

‘So I accepted the game with the mindset of a thirsty person selling land, but I never thought things would turn out like this.’

What should I do from now on?

Do Yu-jin pondered with a serious expression.

I didn’t know if I would be able to return to my original world or not, but that in itself wasn’t really a problem.

‘It’d be easier if I just gave up on going back. I don’t have any family or friends left there anyway.’

Reverse thinking.

If I had to think of something I regret, it would be that I couldn’t eat the new donuts that the store had released, but it didn’t really matter because I got to taste the most amazing donuts in the world.

So Do Yu-jin quickly gave up on returning, but even so, she couldn’t let go of her serious expression.

“Why did I have to fall into this game?”

Well, [Circle Academy] had serious problems.

As I said before, [Circle Academy] boasted a great deal of freedom, and therefore had a huge variety of endings, which was the problem.

70% of the endings in [Circle Academy] were bad endings.

‘There are other parts that are problematic too.’

[Circle Academy] has a Hell difficulty level that makes even veterans tremble in fear, in addition to Easy, Normal, Hard, and Extreme.

And to Do Yu-jin, this place seemed like a world with hellish difficulty.

‘Because the only difficulty that starts with stat 5 is Hell difficulty.’

For reference, the easy difficulty started with 30 stats.

‘In the game settings, was the average stat of an adult male 10?’

When you look at it that way, it would be safe to say that Do Yu-jin’s body is now at a level where she can have an arm wrestling match with a pretty girl.

‘really……’

Do Yu-jin held back a sigh and sorted out the situation.

First, a beginner who is playing the game for the first time is dropped into a world where 70% of the endings are bad endings on Hell difficulty.

Second, judging by his ordinary appearance, he seems to have entered the body of an extra who doesn’t even have a proper name, rather than a leading figure in this world.

Hmm-

“Isn’t this just telling me to stop wasting energy and just bite my tongue and die right now?”

No matter how much I racked my brain, I couldn’t see any glimmer of hope.

Of course, Hell difficulty also had its own advantages.

There were quite a few hidden pieces and events that could only be obtained by selecting Hell difficulty.

‘Oh, and there was also a rumor that you had to play on Hell difficulty to see the true ending of this game.’

Hell difficulty was so hard that no one cleared it and only rumors were circulating, but it was still crazy hard but had its own charm and was like a spicy restaurant to gamers.

But since both of them ate it and died, no one got out alive.

“Now that the game has become reality, none of those are real advantages.”

Most of the hidden pieces and events were all placed in their appropriate locations.

For example, a place where there is a monster guarding the ground that turns it into a lava lake just by existing.

In other words, Do Yu-jin’s information was of no use at the moment.

Phew-

Do Yu-jin let out a deep sigh and picked up the device, the world’s all-purpose machine that was both a smartphone and a computer.

The clock on the screen said it was 9 o’clock.

‘The Circle Academy entrance ceremony was at 10 o’clock today. Fortunately, I have some time to spare, so I can gather my thoughts… ‘

dump-

‘I don’t think so.’

Do Yu-jin’s mind became increasingly anxious as the time for the tutorial approached.

‘What on earth were the main characters in the novels I read thinking?’

Now that I’m in the game, it’s my world?

Pushing out the original protagonist and taking his place?

It certainly seemed possible if I tried to eat all the luck that was everywhere and died.

‘The problem is that I’m not interested in those things at all.’

Money and fame?

Of course I liked it.

But I didn’t want to get it at the cost of a bloody, life-threatening fight.

For Do Yu-jin, the simple days of enjoying hobbies and donuts at home after work were more appealing than that.

‘The easiest way would be to leave everything to the protagonist and then escape the academy right now… … but that would be impossible.’

The world, which was already overflowing with bad endings, has now turned into a hellish difficulty level.

Things were going this way, so I couldn’t just leave the protagonist alone.

Kook-

I had to give the protagonist all the luck in this world.

And I had to break all the enemy’s schemes that would unfold around the academy.

The board itself had to be made into a board for the protagonist to avoid destroying this world.

“… … If the difficulty was easy, would I have just passed it all on to the main character and run away?”

I muttered blankly with hope, but in fact, Do Yu-jin also knew.

No matter how small the possibility, there is no way that someone who puts his life first would put his heart on the gambling table and leave.

“So from now on, I have to move this world without it being ruined, and at the same time, I have to stay out of sight of all the main characters, including the protagonist, so that I don’t get involved in useless things or get in trouble later?”

Hmm-

‘The difficulty is crazy.’

Do Yu-jin’s mouth automatically burst into laughter as she reaffirmed the conditions for her to live a peaceful life.

I wanted to turn around and run away right away, but there was no escape.

So Do Yu-jin stopped grumbling and got up from her seat.

The time now is 9:40.

Whether we wanted it or not, it was time to start the game.