Ch.129124 – Demonstration

[World of Arsheria, a virtual reality game released by Wearsoft in 2044. Wearsoft has faced severe criticism for its inadequate response to the unprecedented e-sports match-fixing scandal last month. And at 11 PM Korean time yesterday, another unannounced emergency maintenance finally caused users to explode with anger.]

Following was an interview with a protest leader, a man passionately demanding change from Wearsoft with an agitated voice.

[Next news. Following the announcement that Seoul Regional Tax Office Investigation Division 4 will conduct a special tax investigation on Wearsoft Korea for three months, Wearsoft Korea CEO Yoo Jong-won has been summoned for prosecution questioning. According to legal sources, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Economic Crime Division-]

It took less than a day for World of Arsheria users to decide on protests after Wearsoft’s excessive mismanagement.

There was already more than enough fuel for the fire, but since the parent company was foreign and they had built trust through user-friendly policies until now, most people wanted to wait and see.

In the end, it was NoName who lit the fuse.

A marathon 12-hour stream.

She spent 10 of those hours attacking Wearsoft’s stronghold, igniting the hearts of World of Arsheria users worldwide.

Regardless of difficulty, clearing Nightmare mode guaranteed you were among the top 5% skilled players globally.

3/3/3 was a gateway that those in the top 1% Master tier had to pass to begin endless competition,

And even 5/5/5 was considered a pilgrimage for Challengers aiming for the pinnacle of World of Arsheria.

Because of this, no one believed 10/10/10 difficulty could be conquered by human power alone.

The developers themselves joked that anyone who passed the highest difficulty would surely be a god-like being.

Like those who tackle centuries-old unsolved problems, top pros and god-tier streamers had attempted this challenge but always failed miserably.

When people realized it was theoretically impossible to clear with skill alone, public interest gradually faded.

A proven unsolvable problem may be deflating, but it’s still a form of proof.

But NoName’s approach was truly revolutionary, shattering those preconceptions.

[“Nocturne isn’t supposed to go down that easily, you bastards.”]

MisterY, renowned as one of the world’s top game strategy streamers, was one of the 20,000 viewers watching her broadcast.

Generally, clearing a legendary quest grants up to three character traits, but in Nightmare mode, they simplified this process by creating a boss fight with Nocturne Nilelink in Part 2.

The three random bosses summoned by Nocturne.

Players can receive traits symbolized by each boss after defeating them.

Coincidentally, the bosses NoName defeated were all specialized for the “Knight” class, perhaps influenced by her Part 1 gameplay.

Mesomia Evening’s [Twilight Clone], Lo Dante’s [Mirage Strike], and Reinhart Schüpot’s [Rule the Country, Pacify the World].

Even for a Healer class character, having traits specialized for one-on-one combat wasn’t bad. After all, it meant increased survivability.

But if it were easy, everyone would have done it that way.

The common trait among the three bosses was their ability to deploy unique mana-blocking force fields.

NoName overwhelmed enemies who essentially blocked all approaches except for Knights who mainly use Aura, using pure swordsmanship alone—reaching an astonishing level.

While the Part 2 boss fight was a fresh shock to very few people, the Part 3 boss fight was clearly impressive even to the general public who didn’t understand swordsmanship or magic well.

<Magic Studies Gallery>

<Question Post>

[What the f**k kind of magic is this?]

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The magic circle is bigger than a futsal field?

[Comments]

-It’s a pan-activation

-Pan-activation, yep

-(Original poster): What the hell is a pan-activation?

└ It’s a method used when you need to amplify a spell’s output or scale

└ (Original poster): So just drawing a magic circle that big makes it a pan-activation?

└ Of course not, pan-activation is basically a completely different magic

└ To explain simply, it’s like how you can easily find natural number solutions for x²+y²=z², but when you expand to x³+y³=z³, it becomes Fermat’s Last Theorem. Similarly, pan-activation is impossible for most magic, and even when possible, requires a completely different approach.

└ That’s complicated as hell;;

<World of Arsheria Gallery>

<Hot Post>

[Hey Jesus, why aren’t you starting the meeting?][347]

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“Shut your mouth, NoName just defeated Beelzebub.”

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[Comments]

-LMAOOOOO

-Free upvotes for this post, you bastard

-Where do you even find memes like this lolololol

└ AI generated?

-Is NoName actually human? After getting 3 laurels, she’s on a completely different level than Part 1

-Maybe the laurels weren’t rewards but chains to control the demon known as NoName?

└ For real lol

-Surprisingly, Adella’s damage contribution is pretty solid too

└ “Adella’s damage contribution” sounds dirty lmao

-If we had someone like her on our side during World War 3, we’d feel so secure lol

└ So secure it would make your soup come back up through your esophagus lol

-The superhuman high school girl actually exists…!

-Namen!

└ NamenNamenNamenNamenNamenNamen

└ Namen

└ Whoa…! We praise you! Namen lololol

└ What’s this now?

[Like if you love Adella lol][85]

If you think she and NoName should defeat Mephisto together and film some hot steamy slippery wet scenes, smash that like button lol

[Comments]

-lolololol

-Goodbye, gay boy lololololol

-(Original poster): ???

-lolololololol

-lol screenshot complete, PowerPoint already prepared

-Mods, don’t take this down, I’m warning you lol

-Dad, why are people laughing at this post?

└ Son, think about why Han Moon-chul TV has been popular for decades.

└ Did you get hit by a truck named Mizza? lololololol

-Some people still don’t know NoName is a minor

└ Wait, really? I thought she was a 60-year-old retired officer?

└ I’d sooner believe she’s Benjamin Button lol

The extraordinary plays that turned the impossible into possible had already raised people’s expectations sky-high, but those expectations were shattered in the worst way.

In the final chapter with only the final boss remaining, NoName was kicked from the game.

If she had succeeded, viewers would have been witnesses to a historic event never to be repeated.

But the emptiness of not even getting the chance to see the end was indescribable.

They couldn’t just let it end like this without doing anything.

[I’m thinking of doing a one-person protest at Wearsoft, anyone want to join?]

It was an impulsive post by a young man, but no one could have predicted the ripples it would cause.

Contrary to people’s concerns, the hastily organized protest group operated systematically, and as foreign media took notice of Koreans’ unity, it gradually became a bigger issue.

And two days later, when the parent company “Intelligence Wearsoft (INCE)” stock plummeted 48% compared to the previous trading day, people named it “Mephisto’s Wednesday.”

* * *

‘Something feels off.’

The past week had been so uneventful it could be considered completely peaceful.

The mundane days contrasted with my increasingly complicated feelings, creating an uncomfortable friction.

At the academy, there was no talk of anything special except for the upcoming field trip.

There was absolutely nothing to learn academically, but watching the children’s enthusiastic eyes was my only joy in life.

Yuna and Haru seemed to have become much closer after the pajama party. Before I knew it, they were naturally chatting away within their group.

I sent several more inquiries to Wearsoft, but still received no response.

When I first got an automated generic response generated by AI, I was beyond angry—I was dumbfounded.

They said my account wasn’t suspended, but play records might be lost during server recovery and asked for understanding. What made it worse was that I clearly asked in Korean, but the response came in English.

And so another weekend arrived.

When your mind is troubled, seek the familiar.

So I thoroughly re-read the journals I had skimmed through yesterday, and spent hours trying to verify the 80% undeciphered parts of Alphonse’s innate magic.

Finally, feeling stuck, I drew a hot bath. Maybe emptying my thoughts while bathing would ease my mind a bit.

Shhhhhh—

My reflection in the mirror felt somewhat strange.

I’m really small.

Everything about me was tiny, as if someone had been proportionally shrunk in Photoshop.

My skin, long deprived of sunlight, was marble-white and smooth, looking soft to the touch.

And that thin, slender neck looked so fragile that I wondered if it might break if squeezed with one hand.

My sharp eyes with unfathomable depth stared back at me. Why such a discontented expression?

Wouldn’t other kids be scared if they saw me?

‘Maybe I should smile more.’

I forced the corners of my mouth up into a smile, but it looked even stranger, so I stopped.

Hot steam rose from the water’s surface.

The bathroom mirror gradually turned white. My naked body slowly lost its form in the fog.

“Ah, hot…!”

When I dipped my toes into the water, I could feel my delicate skin turning red and swelling.

I adjusted the faucet to lukewarm and decided to kill time on my phone while sitting on the edge of the tub, waiting for the water to cool down a bit.

Except for occasional clingy messages from Seo Ma-ru, I didn’t have many contacts in my phone.

I hadn’t exchanged numbers with everyone at the academy, and given my habit of not going out much, this was to be expected.

After confirming the water temperature was satisfactory, I slipped into the tub and accessed my personal community on Tgether as a last resort.

[Day 6 of Praying for NoName’s Return][8] – ❤️

I confirmed my survival by pressing the heart button on the top post.

Sharp-eyed viewers immediately began posting new threads frantically.

“This makes it impossible not to stream.”

[Stream Starting: 0:00:01 – NoName]