Acceleration

The event match date for VRS and Deron has been announced.

Naturally, the list of users participating in that event match has also been revealed.

Jupiter and, Yeon.

The two users, known as Sparrow and Blood Demon King, were on the list of participants.

In Jupiter’s case, she directly raised her arena ranking, so there wasn’t much to say, but Yeon’s case was different.

How could a user who hadn’t played a single arena match this season get their nickname on the tournament list?

While people were questioning.

Deron belatedly modified the announcement, late in the evening.

He moved Yeon’s nickname, which was on the participant list, to the top line and put a golden star next to it.

He made the nickname stand out more than anyone else’s, and added a small phrase below it.

[Season 1 Collaboration Tournament Winner!]

There was no further explanation.

It was a very Deron-like response.

People checked the phrase and nodded, thinking that made sense.

A considerable amount of time had passed since the announcement of the collaboration tournament participants.

Those who had their nicknames on the list began to move to VRS one by one to practice.

Some users turned on personal broadcasts to show off their achievements, while others simply played the game quietly.

Jupiter also mingled among those people and diligently played VRS.

However, just one person.

The little girl using the nickname Yeon didn’t show her face until the day of the tournament.

***

The day of the collaboration event tournament.

I was finally able to return home that day.

In my hands, I held a box of chewy, squishy Cow candies that Sohee had given me.

I hadn’t even finished the ones she gave me before, and she’s giving me more.

I threw the ones I received this time into Harang’s room as well.

I had unintentionally gone MIA for a while.

When I checked the messages that had arrived in the group chat, I could see messages from guild members who were worried about me.

“Hmm…”

I groaned as I checked the message sent by Light Seeker-nim.

Despite the warnings I had given, all the IDs I was using had been exposed, and I had been blocked by many people, according to the message.

What kind of posts had I been making to get caught?

I had been stuck in the capsule for three short days, only doing reaction speed tests, so I didn’t know what topics had been discussed in Deron’s community.

I immediately accessed the Deron Gallery.

The topics of the popular posts and 게시글 were ordinary. People asking about job trees, and job postings looking for raid party members.

And even posts from people looking for me, who had suddenly disappeared.

[Where did our Blood Demon King-nim go?] [5]

Did she really run away to play VRS?

[Comments]

[I heard she hasn’t even logged into VRS?]

[Isn’t it just personal circumstances?]

[She’s going to high school now. Didn’t she just naturally quit the game?]

ㄴ[Seriously, she’s a high schooler?]

ㄴ[Ugh…]

I smiled faintly as I checked the posts and comments.

As expected, everyone was looking for me since I had suddenly disappeared.

After all, Jupiter’s words were all nonsense.

There’s no way the users of the Deron Gallery would abandon me and choose Sparrow.

That bastard doesn’t even show her armpits, she’s a very bad person.

I went ahead and searched for my nickname and alias.

It was originally a daily routine, but I hadn’t been able to use my phone for three days while spending time with Sohee, so many posts had piled up.

[2 hours before the event starts… Blood Demon King not logged in…] [6]

[kekekeke that bitch bailed kekeke] [2]

[Blood Demon King-nim, why aren’t you coming? Please kill that cunning Sparrow quickly] [2]

[Who’s the bastard who posted on the VRS Gallery?] [7]

[Jupiter, you crazy bitch kekekeke banned from the VRS Gallery kekeke] [15]

[Was the one that was posted last time really Blood Demon King losing?] [6]

Something felt strange as I skimmed through the recently uploaded posts.

My nickname and Jupiter’s nickname were being mentioned together.

What could be the reason?

And VRS? Could it be that someone filmed and uploaded a video of Jupiter and I fighting?

I quickly moved my fingers and skimmed through several posts.

[Jupiter, you crazy bitch kekekeke banned from the VRS Gallery kekeke] [15]

(Image with a list of Jupiter’s multiple account IDs)

kekekekekeke permanently banned for manipulating votes in the minor gallery keke

Because of that bitch, Blood Demon King and Jupiter are banned words in the VRS Gallery keke

[Comments]

[So all the posts praising Jupiter were her own doing?]

ㄴ[Seems like it keke The creation dates of the IDs are all similar]

ㄴ[kekekekekeke crazy bitch kekekekekeke]

[Not Sparrow but a manipulator keke]

[Crazy bitch…]

[I pressed the Demon race reincarnation button again today…]

[How many IDs does she have?]

ㄴ[Seems like more than 20]

[This is the representative of the Human race…?]

[Isn’t this also a post written by Jupiter?]

ㄴ[lol kekekekekeke]

Manipulating popular posts? Jupiter? How?

I opened my mouth blankly as I skimmed through the contents of the posts.

The IDs in the attached image somehow felt familiar.

No doubt. The owner of those IDs is my secret friend, Light Seeker-nim.

I remembered it clearly because I had even helped to get posts written by that ID onto the popular posts.

But, the owner of that ID was Jupiter?

I was confused. The various advanced techniques I had diligently taught Light Seeker-nim came to mind.

How to change the topic of the gallery using multiple accounts.

How to easily get onto the popular posts.

Even how to kill off a fixed nickname you don’t like.

Because she was eager to learn, I had even given her detailed tips.

But, that person is Sparrow.

I hurriedly checked the contents of the chat room that had been piling up.

Light Seeker-[Squishy Raccoon-yeo…]

Light Seeker-[I’ve been banned from the VRS Gallery…]

Light Seeker-[All the IDs, that is…]

As I checked the messages, a tingling pain spread through the back of my head.

It was a fact I didn’t want to believe, but all the circumstances and evidence were saying that Light Seeker’s identity was Jupiter.

What, what have I been doing all this time?

Bbirong-!

Just then, a text message sent by Deron arrived.

There was one hour left until the event tournament, and if I wasn’t logged in by the time the tournament started, I would be forfeited.

It seemed that they had sent me a special text message because I hadn’t been logged in until now.

I let out a long sigh.

Questioning Light Seeker, Jupiter, is something for later.

Right now, I had to focus on the tournament.

I took off the coat I was wearing and threw it on the bed.

Was it because I had been living with Sohee? My coat had a strong scent of Sohee on it.

Three days.

It was a short time for others, but not for me.

I slowly took a breath and crawled into the large capsule.

***

I hurriedly logged into VRS, and a considerable amount of mail had piled up in my mailbox.

From the mail that had arrived from the pro players who would be participating in the event match together, to the event items sent by VRS.

After checking the contents of each piece of mail, I immediately used the special code that Deron had sent me.

It was a code given to Deron’s participants who hadn’t been playing the game for very long.

As a result of the code, the levels and unlocks of all characters were unlocked.

I should have used the code faster originally, but I hadn’t been able to log into the game for three days, so I hadn’t had a chance to use it.

The strength stat I had was 6, agility was 15, and stamina was 9.

It was the samurai’s stats that I had set up at the very beginning.

I started to modify those stats.

The modified stats were as follows.

Strength 6

Agility 18

Stamina 6

A very deformed stat was completed, with strength and stamina set to the minimum.

I chose the samurai character as is and tried moving my body.

Small hands and feet that were no different from the real thing moved slowly.

I can’t change characters now. I had to play as the samurai, who was at least familiar to me.

I sat in the waiting room and looked at the order of the event matches that would be taking place.

The first match to be held was a conquest battle.

It was a progression method where Deron’s players and pro players were appropriately mixed together to form a team.

You can’t predict who will be on whose team. Everyone is an enemy and everyone is a team.

I slowly took a breath and waited for the time.

How long had it been?

A message appeared in front of my eyes.

The tournament had officially begun.

[This is a message sent to all event tournament participants.]

[Please press the event match matching button.]

[The game will start when all players are ready.]

As the message requested, I pressed the game matching button and started waiting.

After about a minute in that state, my body was immediately moved with a bright light.

A wide-open battlefield.

The numerous soldier NPCs lined up around me filled my vision.

With serious expressions, they seemed to be panting as if they were very excited.

Belatedly, I released my focus and recognized my surroundings.

The figures of users other than the NPCs came into view.

Two knights, one butcher, and even a viking.

There are no assassin users on the team.

I let out a sigh of relief.

“Is there anyone from Deron here?”

A cautious question flowed out.

The one who asked the question was a viking user holding a double axe.

The chain mail and horned helmet he wore on his upper body were impressive.

I cautiously raised my hand to his question.

The only other person who raised their hand besides me was the butcher user.

Two Deron users on the team.

That meant the rest were pro players from VRS.

“Nice to meet you all!”

He’s very sociable.

I was worried that he might be acting like a snob, but he was so bright that those worries were unfounded.

Perhaps it was because of the broadcast that was being streamed right now.

“The combination isn’t bad… But, Yeon-nim?”

“Yes?”

“What about your armor?”

“It’s uncomfortable to wear.”

“Ah…”

The viking user’s eyebrows twitched greatly at my answer.

He didn’t seem to like the answer.

But what could I do? Wearing armor with my current strength stat was close to suicide.

“I think that’s her…”

“Wild hyung said it, that…”

The others, except for the viking user, seemed to recognize me.

Both are knights. The set nicknames somehow felt familiar.

The very beginning of the nicknames.

Both knights had the letters W.S- attached to them.

It’s a team name I remember.

White Snake. A pro team that uses swordsmanship that bends like a snake.

The opponent I competed against in the finals in the last tournament was also from the W.S team.

As the two knights recognized me, the viking user cautiously approached and opened his mouth.

“Ah, do you happen to know each other?”

“No… It’s just that Wild hyung mentioned her a few times, so I remember her.”

“Wild-nim mentioned her?”

The W.S team knights and the viking user began to talk.

I waved my hand towards the large butcher user who was standing awkwardly.

“Hello?”

“B, Blood Demon King-nim…!”

The voice I heard beyond the thick armor somehow felt familiar.

I looked at him with a sullen expression.

The butcher user raised his trembling hand and took off his helmet.

Then, a very familiar-looking woman’s face was revealed.

“Snow-nim…?”

“Yes!!!”

The butcher user’s identity was Snow Mage.