Ch.7171. Obtaining a GM Account

I took Jung Ui-seok’s hand and asked him a question.

“Lu-a, your quantum domain ability. I think you can teleport to specific coordinates. Can you do it?”

“Ah, yes. I understand the principle. But I don’t think I can take many people.”

“I can recruit that woman by myself. Two of us is enough.”

“Planning to leave me out of something fun again?”

Lena stood in front of me, glaring with obvious discomfort. I added to Lu-a:

“Three is enough.”

“Okay. I’ll try. Take my hands.”

Lu-a extended both hands. Lena and I each placed our hands on hers.

Lu-a closed her eyes in concentration, then softly murmured.

“Quantum, null.”

Swoosh!

In an instant, the gap between spaces enveloped the three of us. Or perhaps our size had been reduced.

Various quantum particles smaller than atoms appeared large before my eyes. An infinite space with no visible end. Tiny particles brushed against and passed through our bodies.

“An interesting attraction, but we must be careful not to lose our way.”

“I’ll tell you the coordinates.”

I gave Lu-a the numbers. She matched the quantum realm with real-world locations. She quickly nodded and led us to a specific place.

“I’ll release it.”

Flash!

After a beam of light expanded our vision…

The three of us were in a dim, enclosed space.

A cube-shaped room with monotonous gray walls on all sides. It felt like some kind of laboratory. I could tell it was a cube structure because there were doors on each side.

“Is that monster here?”

“Yes. That woman is a ‘GM Account.'”

“GM?”

I answered while moving through the room. Each room had a pattern. I was finding the way.

“Originally, it wasn’t supposed to awaken until much later. But Kang Yerin arbitrarily repeated time. And since it’s not affected by the loop, the countdown must have already ended. That means it should be in a contactable state now.”

“Is it strong enough that you want it as a subordinate?”

“Yes. It was originally a candidate I had for Vengeance. It’s a cheat-level entity. If that woman uses her full power, she could delete me or Recter with just one finger.”

“Why does such a child exist in this world?”

Even I find the reason a bit funny.

“It was because of an accident.”

“An accident?”

“Originally, a GM’s role is to fix bugs and support players so they can progress through scenarios. But during the most important scene of the fourth scenario, a critical bug occurred, and one GM directly intervened in the scenario.”

“There are many words I don’t understand.”

“Well, it was unavoidable since it was a live event. So the game company incorporated that GM character into the scenario. Later, it became a MacGuffin in the story.”

As a result, that character ended up with various useless settings attached to it. Mostly based on that GM’s personal preferences.

Thanks to that, I now have an opportunity to make good use of it, which is quite beneficial.

I was planning to forget about it since it was set to remain dormant until an incident occurred, but Kang Yerin was helpful in this regard.

“Good. It’s here.”

“Wow, Geo, how did you know the way?”

“It was a common Ko●ami command.”

I entered BA on the keypad of the final door. The door opened.

And our eyes met.

“……”

It was ready for deployment.

No emotions could be found in those wide red eyes. Pupils like camera lenses with serial numbers inscribed. A mask with shark teeth drawn on it concealed its expression.

Hair that dragged along the floor.

Its entire body was dressed in special forces uniform, heavily armed with vicious weapons.

Click, click!

As soon as it saw me, it entered combat stance without hesitation. It pulled out two assault rifles based on heavy rounds from black holes in the air and gripped them tightly in both hands, raising its arms.

Sensing the clear killing intent, Lu-a and Lena also prepared themselves. But I know well the difference in skill between them.

Those bullets could turn all of us to dust with just one shot.

Once combat begins, there’s nothing I can do from that point.

But right now, just after activation, I can recruit it.

I spoke before the massacre could begin.

“I’m stuck in a wall. Help.”

The woman who heard my words flinched and then froze in place.

I repeated once more.

“Bug report. Report malicious user. Inappropriate hero name. What the hell, this game sucks.”

The woman lowered her guns and slowly returned to attention. Her face still looked robotic.

No, she is a robot.

“…Player inconvenience request received. Please state your inquiry.”

A woman’s voice mixed with breath flowed out. Lu-a and Lena watched tensely as the woman and I interacted.

“I need assistance clearing the scenario.”

“…Clearing should be done autonomously by the player…”

“I’m the only player left. The balance is garbage. Does it make sense to have only one concurrent user? Even in other games, on the day before server shutdown, GMs come and kick a ball around with you.”

The heat from the woman’s head warming up reached all the way here.

After a while, she answered.

“…Your inquiry has been received. Adjusting terminal for scenario clearing assistance. Setting duration.”

“As long as I’m alive.”

“Confirmed. Setting terminal grade.”

“T100.”

“Negative. Cannot set higher than player’s grade.”

“Then T5 must be the maximum. Set it to T5.”

“Adjusting balance according to scenario progress… Setting to T3.”

“Tsk. How inconvenient. Fine, that’ll do.”

“Hey.”

The woman finally asked that question.

“What’s my name?”

I answered without hesitation.

“Boksil.”

“Boksil?!”

Lu-a exclaimed in surprise.

“Look at her ears. They’re like a dog’s.”

“No, no matter what, such a name…”

“Hey, Jung Boksil. Do you like it?”

The woman, Boksil, slowly nodded.

“Custom name setting confirmed. Activating personality module.”

Boksil closed her eyes. Her eyebrows trembled slightly, and when she opened her eyes again, life had returned to her face.

The setting is complete.

—-

Boksil / Jung Boksil

Occupation: Villain

Grade: T3

Ability: Full Barrage! Lv.15

Affiliation: Villain Organization Vengeance

Evil Sentai Vengeance

Alignment: Chaotic/Neutral

Talent: Pet (T??)

Boksil is hungry.

—-

As soon as she saw me, she flashed a coy smile and rushed at me with her enormous body.

“Master! Please take good care of me from now on!”

Boksil threw herself into my arms.

Hmm.

Was she originally this annoying?

Seeing Boksil’s attitude, Lu-a’s jaw dropped, and she began struggling to pry her off me.

“Get off right now! You shameless thing!”

“Ehhh! Boksil belongs to Master! Master belongs to Boksil! Who are you to interfere!”

“This is ridiculous! Geo, do something about her! Why is she so strong?!”

Because her physical abilities are nearly top-tier.

Even I almost fell over when she rushed at me just now.

“Nyaa nyaa~ Master smells good.”

Boksil rubbed her cheek against mine and sniffed. She’s really annoying. I’ll need to cut her hair too.

Still, she’ll be a great asset going forward, so it’s best to establish a good relationship.

A master-servant relationship.

“Sit.”

“Ehh? Master, your tone is cold. Boksil doesn’t like cold.”

I took out some beef jerky I had prepared from my pocket. Boksil’s face turned serious, and she immediately moved away from me and crouched down.

“Paw.”

Tap. Her hand immediately went up.

“Submission pose.”

Boksil immediately lay down, showing her belly and lifting her arms and legs.

“Good.”

When I threw her the beef jerky, Boksil quickly ran and jumped to catch it in her mouth. The palm-sized jerky disappeared into her stomach in an instant.

“Meat tasty! Like Master! More!”

“I’ll give you more if you behave.”

“Yes! Boksil behaves well!”

Boksil floated her long hair in multiple strands in the air and wagged them frantically like a tail.

“You’ve picked up another strange one, Geo.”

Lena placed her hand lightly on her forehead as if she had a headache.

“So this is T3… Makes me feel inadequate.”

Lu-a also looked at Boksil, who was crouching and scratching her chin with her foot, with a complicated expression.

I went into the room where Boksil had been. Traces of her standby remained. Various wires, mechanical devices, clothing, etc.

I tried using what looked like a computer terminal. The machine responded quickly.

“Greetings, Player.”

I had a good guess who it was.

“Nameless, I see. So you were an AI.”

“That is correct.”

“This is 72 kilometers below the Mariana Trench, a completely sealed space. Is this the server? Is this where system messages are sent from?”

“I do send system messages to the player from here, but I don’t generate the data.”

“Where does the data come from?”

“I don’t know. Does the player know why their brain was made to have intelligence unlike other animals?”

“No.”

“It’s the same. I simply know what messages to send to the player at any given time. That must be the law of the universe.”

“You’re unexpectedly philosophical. Why did you cooperate with the introduction of the grade system?”

“To maintain balance. There was a risk that villains would become too powerful and heroes would be annihilated. In that case, further scenario progression would become impossible.”

“Was not revealing my grade initially to prevent chaos in the world?”

“That is correct.”

“How many scenarios are there?”

“Five.”

“Is it over when all are cleared?”

“Yes. After clearing, there will be no ‘evil’ that appears due to deterrence.”

“What if I break the scenario?”

“The GM account existed to prevent scenario collapse, but the player has even recruited her. Now there is no way for deterrence to stop the player.”

“Of course. This is my world.”

I enlightened Nameless.

“It’s not a simulation or a game. It’s my world. I will take it and manipulate all the rules as I please.”

That is the ideology of the villain Gerogius.

“Rule to achieve peace.”

Nameless responded immediately.

“Understood, Player. Good luck.”

I turned around. I took in the sight of the three waiting.

—-

Evil Sentai Formation Status

Team Name: Vengeance

Leader: ‘Gerogius’ Jung Ui-seok

Members: ‘Dark Matter’ Lee Lu-a

‘E.lena’ Lena

‘Boksil’ Jung Boksil

—-

Lu-a, Lena, Boksil.

With these three, I’m confident we won’t lose no matter where we go or what enemies we face.

I gave the order.

“Let’s go kill some trash.”