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[Rookie Party Takes Down Level 50 Pacheon-gun]

While not an aggressive title,

The subject itself piques curiosity.

The hottest topic these days is strength.

Level 50 is a range where the number of Heroes becomes extremely rare.

So the Rookie Party that defeated a level 50, symbolizing strength, garnered attention by reaching the top of [Community].

For reference, the #1 post was titled [World Ranking 5th PV Maker Clan Annihilated].

Anyway,

Watching the video,

Fortunately, this world was a game.

Although she was filmed without permission, her face in the video was blackened.

No, her entire body became a silhouette, making it difficult to identify her.

Even her figure.

It felt like her existence was erased from the space and only a flat silhouette in human shape was overlaid.

Her portrait rights were protected.

Phew.

I skipped the video since I knew the content.

I scrolled down to the comments.

I ignored and read past comments without substance like “lol” or “yes”.

• It’s all about fighting wherever you go.

• Isn’t Pacheon-gun the one I saw in last week’s rapidly rising rankings?

• I’m level 40 and met him when we were the same level. He’s already 50 now. Pacheon-gun is crazy strong. He must be quite famous in the Martial Arts World.

• Yeah, he’s one of the top masters in the Demon Sect

• How did such a guy lose to some low levels?

• Even real-life experts can get screwed if their level is too low

• As expected, Awakened Abilities are overpowered

• It completely ignores levels.

There weren’t many comments yet since the post had only been up for a few hours.

With nothing else to see, I closed [Community] and collapsed onto the bed.

“…”

I wonder when Skilla will come.

Time passes.

Meaninglessly.

I opened [Community] again.

In reality, there was always something to do.

Because I had a firm sense of purpose.

Awaken and play the game.

To achieve that goal, I hunted monsters and roamed dungeons, investing all my money in equipment after deducting the cost of buying capsules.

Stronger monsters.

Deeper dungeons.

I went anywhere with a high chance of awakening.

But,

‘Now there’s none of that.’

Already in the game.

The reason to climb the Tower is self-satisfaction.

The higher you climb the Tower, the stronger enemies you can fight without sparing your life.

How wonderful is that.

This was no time to be doing this.

Still, there’s an order to things.

I couldn’t leave without saying anything.

I look at the door.

I try to sense any presence.

It seems it will take a while for Skilla to arrive.

I looked for a suitable post on [Community].

Was this called a gallery? Americano, who was an outsider even on the internet, found [Community] resembling minor galleries unfamiliar.

Most of the posts had useless titles that didn’t interest me at all.

Among them, a few:

[Avatar Reconstruction Possible…]

The gist was that you can use a Wish Stone.

[Why are Solo Climbing and Party Climbing Separate?]

No particular content or comments.

[What Difficulty When Starting the Game?]

A brief comment saying “self-satisfaction”.

[Is It Okay to Keep Dying?]

Long content about death.

The comments were full of speculation.

[Please Check My Skill Composition]

Content about building for Sword Master.

[I’m a Newbie, Please Help]

Content about a newbie living normally but getting caught up in a Clan War.

[Actually, We Are Copied Virtual Personalities.]

Content explaining why no one dies and remains fine even though real bodies have been neglected for a long time.

[About Dungeons]

Content about discovering dungeons identical to reality and conclusions about the reasons.

“…”

I stopped reading after a while.

There were just a bunch of speculative posts.

I even read a top post where people in the comments were insisting their speculations were correct, even though any speculation in the game world is just speculation.

Hmm…

Useless.

Instead of writing this stuff, they should just play the game.

‘Everyone’s so idle.’

“…Am I too?”

I felt self-loathing as I realized I wasn’t much different from them, browsing [Community] out of boredom while waiting.

As I was about to close [Community],

Suddenly I remembered.

Among the posts, people were asking about things they didn’t know.

‘Then…’

I typed in the search bar.

[Black Cat Near Gospel]

I wrote something I was curious about.

There’s a post.

[What’s This?]

The content below the title had [cat] highlighted in fluorescent color.

<What’s This?>

[(Photo of black cat with golden eyes)]

[(Cat photo)]

[(Cat photo)]

[(Cat photo)]

[I see this whenever I get lost, does anyone know what it is?]

<Comments>

• That’s Nero

• I’ve seen it too, is that Gospel?

• Yeah

• I’ve seen it too

• It appears and guides people when they get lost

Reading the comments, it seemed to only be found in Gospel.

I kept reading.

Most reactions were people saying they saw it too but didn’t know what it was.

Then,

• I followed it.

• What happened?

• There’s a small temple where a Sister lives who gives the Main Quest NPC

• Whoa

• Is that real?

Some good information caught my eye.

• Ah, I went too. It’s true. I followed it and found a house where a Sister lives who gives the Main Quest.

• But the conditions to get the Main Quest are tricky.

• First, you need to learn a Holy Skill and reach level 30. Then when you meet the requirements and try to get the quest, she gives you a test that’s pretty annoying

The test was to defeat a devil summoned by the Sister.

• Devil?

• The Sister uses devils?

• She did when I went.

Anyway, you have to defeat the devil, but the annoying part was something else.

• The thing is, you have to deal damage with Holy Skills to defeat the devil. Other attacks barely do any damage, so you need to become a Priest or use a Wish Stone to learn Holy Skills.

• Why make us do something like that?

• Has anyone received it?

• I have.

• Ah, not me but my friend. I had an ongoing quest so I couldn’t, but my friend got the quest there and shared it with me.

• First, this Sister wants us to eliminate devils sealed on earth.

• But these devils are different from others, they seem to be Ancient Devils. So normal attacks don’t work, only Holy attacks work. Heal works too if it has holy power.

• I went with my friend and tried fighting it, but no damage at all lol

• Once you get the quest, the Ancient Devil starts watching you and keeps sending minions. Their attacks don’t work either.

• The failure penalty is harsh too. If you die to the Ancient Devil’s minions, you get a curse on top of the Death Penalty

• If you get cursed…

And so on.

The post continued at length.

To summarize:

1. The Sister wants you to kill sealed Ancient Devils.

2. The Ancient Devil notices.

3. It sends minions.

4. But if you die to the minions, you get Death Penalty + Curse

The curse doubles damage taken.

Additionally,

• The setting is that the curse mixes with magical power, so if you use Heal or Enchantment Magic on others, they get cursed too lol

It even spreads.

That kind of…

‘…Curse?’

Not a buff?

Something doesn’t add up.

“30.”

Americano couldn’t take her eyes off the Sister’s Main Quest content.

Ancient Devil.

Raid.

Surprise event.

Curse.

Double damage taken.

Can spread.

She was smitten.

Skilla returned,

They left the castle,

On the town streets.

Americano had something to give Skilla before parting ways.

Thud.

A heavy box dropped.

Taken out of the inventory.

When Skilla opened the box, it was filled with dazzling gold coins.

“All of this?”

“Yes.”

19 million Gold in earnings.

Withdrew it all.

“Even if I keep it, it’s obvious, what I’d use it for. Please use it instead.”

She handed over the full amount of earnings to Skilla.

Funds for town restoration.

That was most appropriate.

When she thought about what to do with 19 million Gold, she realized she was getting too focused on it.

What she needed was food, clothing, and shelter.

And some item supplies.

There was no reason to keep 19 million Gold.

She didn’t know how things would change at high levels, but for now it was fine. By the time she needed Gold, she’d earn more anyway.

But to maintain food, clothing, shelter and supplies, the base needed to be intact first.

It needed to stay intact in the future too, so this donation could be considered an enhancement cost for the town.

“How well do you think you know me to just give me something like this?”

“Even though you’re a Duke’s daughter, is this amount tempting?”

“…”

Skilla made a complicated expression.

Then sighed.

“You think you’re blessed to have met me. You won’t give it back even if I ask later?”

“Nope.”

And then Americano parted ways with Skilla.

Americano was left alone.

It was quiet around her.

In the middle of town.

She was alone for the first time in a while.

Looking back, it was only a day, but considering how long she’d always been alone before, it was like spending several years’ worth of time together.

Her head was buzzing.

But now she was out of it.

Her body and mind felt light.

She stretched.

“…Ahem. Shall we go.”

To the 26th floor.

She headed straight for the Tower.

“…”

But this,

‘Feels like I’m being followed?’

One electrical signal was trailing her.

Yoo Seung-won.

A Demonic Cultist.

He had remained in town, avoiding the guards’ search.

The reason for staying was just one.

He wouldn’t be satisfied until he got back at the woman who ignored and deceived him.

If he could land a punch on that pretty face, this resentment might subside a bit.

His eyes glowed red.

From what he heard, that woman wasn’t Anonymous, but so what? His boiling emotions were already directed at her.

Even if she said she wasn’t now, the red-eyed Yoo Seung-won was extremely emotional.

Just then, the woman turned into an alley.

Good..!

I can take care of her secretly there!

‘You’re digging your own grave.’

Swift Yoo Seung-won.

He was fast on his feet.

He dashed at once.

He reached out his hand.

The target was the woman’s face.

I’ll smash the back of your head into the ground!

‘I’ll turn you into a bloody pulp..!’

His speed was supersonic.

It would be too late to react to the sound.

“Die..!”

But,

Zap.

An electric light touched his head.

The light in his mind flickered.

“Huh… Huh?”

Yoo Seung-won barely managed to steady his body to avoid falling.

He paused and thought.

What was I doing?

He recalled.

‘Right, that woman…’

His eyes that were looking at the ground.

As he raised them, their eyes met.

A cold gaze like looking at trash was staring back at him.

“F-Fuck!”

Yoo Seung-won was startled and reflexively threw the dagger hidden in his sleeve.

However,

Whoosh.

Blue flames swallowed the dagger and engulfed Yoo Seung-won.

“Aaaaargh?!?!!”

“You won’t die even if I kill you.”

He dies but resurrects.

“Then I should burn you so you won’t think of trying again.”

Whoosh.

Yoo Seung-won rolled on the ground trying to put out the fire on his body.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

Whoooosh.

It wouldn’t go out.

His skin sizzled and boiled.

It cooked.

Like meat.

But the fire didn’t kill him easily.

It burned.

It roasted.

The human body is surprisingly resistant to heat.

Even with fire on it, the brain is still functioning.

Just as his body was turning black like charcoal,

[Heal]

A cool light of recovery enveloped him.

New skin grew on his skin.

His eyes, nose and mouth returned to their original form.

His hair grew back.

And his senses…

There was something to burn again.

“..!!! ..!! …!! ..?!?!!”

“…”

Americano has strong patience.

She continued this for an hour.

Honestly, it was chilling.

What if he had targeted someone else for revenge?

For example, Nabi.

She is not a Hero.

So if she’s secretly assassinated and her body isn’t found, she can’t be resurrected.

The success rate drops the longer it’s left, so when that possibility crossed her mind, [Berserk] ate the emotions and broke through her patience.

No, reason joined in too, and reason, emotion, and [Berserk] formed a determined alliance to thoroughly kill him.

But,

Whoosh.

“..! ..! ..!”

Unable to even scream, he twitched and then lost strength at some point,

Crumble.

He crumbled into fine pieces.