episode_0905

The era of special abilities.

In a world where those with the greatest imagination can rule or save the world, only otakus can become heroes.

That’s the case just looking at the four riders right now.

In the case of Seong Ji-eun, who can be said to be the leader, she has an overwhelming amount of magical power, as can be seen from her mother’s pouch.

But who is next?

This is Cheon Ju-yeon.

Although she is older than Hyeon Se-rin and Yoon Hye-ra, she is stronger than both, even though she was not put into combat from a young age like Hyun Se-rin.

The secret is because she is an otaku.

-You’re the only otaku who could become this strong!

If Cheon Ju-yeon heard it, she would have tackled him right away, but tackling her in this situation itself can be said to be one of the typical characteristics of an otaku.

So here’s the problem for a moment.

-Where on earth are the continent’s otakus?

Otaku transcend borders and exist all over the world.

In one world, a platform-wide game released in China under the guise of Chewdeok Mobile introduced gacha elements and earned so much revenue that it encompassed the entire console market.

Its existence proved better than anyone else that there are otakus on the continent, and in fact, if you look around the Chinese community in this world, you can see that otakus exist.

In a very private place.

Although otakus are originally a closed group, in China, a ‘subculture’ can be considered a minor culture that is even more closed than in the rest of the world.

Why did this happen?

The answer to this can be found by looking at the mainstream Chinese culture of the world and the origins of that culture.

‘A worldview in which martial arts is paramount. A world where all fantasy is excluded.’

In China, the Chinese Hero Association chose ‘martial arts’ as a way to not only survive but become the best in a world of omnipotence.

I began to focus on physical training in earnest, using the foundations of traditional martial arts such as Shaolin, shamanism, and Hwasan.

All kinds of classic martial arts movies are starting to grace TV channel schedules.

It’s mainly a martial arts drama where people swing swords and fists instead of swinging magic wands.

A Hwaryong Jeomjeong has been added here.

-what? In Korea, everyone grows up reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms from childhood?

Hwan’s determination led to an accident.

To be precise, it ended up stimulating elements of Chinese culture within Korea that could be called ‘gukppong’ by the Chinese.

-It is not enough to see the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in cartoon form from a young age, and it is said that there are 10 Romance of the Kingdoms books in every school classroom!

Three Kingdoms.

What the heck is that?

If you say that, the last digit of your resident registration number will start with 3 or 4, and you may have heard of people starting with 1 or 2 at least once in passing.

Right after the cataclysm, in the 00s.

Before Korea began to replace books on the Three Kingdoms in classrooms with its own history, such as Samguk Sagi or Samguk Yusa.

-They were able to become that strong because they were taught the Three Kingdoms in Korea! How can we not educate ourselves about the past!

Following this logic, the central government at the time tried to fill the gap by introducing the complete collection of the Three Kingdoms for one family.

From a Chinese person’s point of view, the word ‘gukppong’ refers to the mulberry of their country, but from my perspective, if I were to compare it, I should use the word ‘hwanppong’ –

Coo coo coo.

If he said something like that carelessly, Hwan’s will could get angry and cause Mt. Baekdu to explode, so he decided to just call him Jungppong.

In any case, China took the lead in educating the Three Kingdoms in earnest, and as a result, everyone naturally began to practice martial arts by watching various military commanders in the Three Kingdoms.

Those who held spears became loyal soldiers for the country.

Rather than belonging directly to the nation, those who became members of the Hero Association and wanted to take a different path from the official joined an organization called the ‘Murimmaeng’.

-In Korea, fantasy novels set in China are overflowing!

-What?! Translate and bring it right away!

-Look! Ah, the feast of this ‘new martial arts’!

Lightning believer! Awesome victory! Sima Yihyeop! Cheonma Shinseon! Hwangryongjin world!

-teacher! Use your imagination and keep writing!

– Write. In Korea, if you use martial arts, the government doesn’t like it… and I don’t know Chinese.

-We’ll take care of the translation! You just keep writing your manuscript! I will give you 100 million in advance tax per book!

– Hao.

China had a lot of money.

Coincidentally, Korea also began to educate talented people through a two-track system in a way that revived traditional culture or encouraged foreign fantasy, creating an atmosphere in which martial arts was slowly being lost.

Meanwhile, novelists, cartoonists, and movie producers who mainly wrote martial arts could not refuse China’s offer to bring in a lot of gold bars and write stories.

There may be a world where one day, the story of the rebuilding of a clan written by a returning swordsman achieves such overwhelming results that it is estimated to be one of the top three in estimated sales in the novel world – or unrivaled number one.

-Martial arts? Isn’t that something that came over from China? In that case, just write a story about a passing scholar catching thieves!

-Shaman Geomshin? Is this a story about a shaman holding a sword and slaying monsters? Good title… Hey dude! What kind of shaman are you? Are you politically neutral? Write it again!

-Writer. As you know, the current publishing industry is avoiding martial arts. How about we adapt this a little bit? I’m leaving all the characters as is and decorating it like a medieval European fantasy. yes?

Between 2000 and 2010, Korea in this world completely rejected martial arts.

As a result, those who used martial arts as their subject matter naturally became hungry, and even those who had been using martial arts since before the cataclysm gradually had difficulty completing their work due to a decline in sales.

-Come to China, sir. We will provide all the environments for writing.

-This is unsettling….

-Or, I will buy land in your name on Jeju Island and build a studio. If you set up a martial arts publishing company and publish the manuscript in Korea, we will translate it and take it with you. Don’t worry about tax issues. I will stab you with clean, well-washed money.

-Hehe, this is true… I never write for money…

If there is a writer who says, it is one of two things.

Either they are already making a lot of money and have other cash cows, so even if they don’t write, the money will be much more than what they would make by making up stories.

Or a person who is crazy about money.

And most writers do.

-Are you really saying that I write what I want, but they pay me this much in royalties…?

-exactly. I heard that Korean publishers give authors 10% in royalties. We’ll only take 10%.

-Settlement ratio is 9:1…?

I hope to write stories every time that allow me to unleash my imagination and still make a lot of money.

-We’ll make it for you, sir. Imagine this. Let’s say there is a martial arts article written by a teacher, for example, ‘Blood Demon God’. After seeing the existence of a ‘Blood Demon’ in this novel, wouldn’t it be possible that someday you might really admire this Blood Demon and create an ‘S-Class Hero Blood Demon’?

-Blood Demon becomes a real-life hero…? Does the story I create become the basis for a hero in real life?

-Then, you will have great prestige as the author of the original work.

If it spreads to the second and third parties and brings wealth and fame, wouldn’t that be the icing on the cake?

-Can I just write the manuscript? What about censorship?

-There are only two things we want to censor. Criticism of the pipe, and…

-and?

-Those who use ‘hex’, which Westerners usually show, will be shown as villains!

Only, they had two problems.

-Kwan is not supposed to appear as a villain. In particular, there is nothing to say that the emperor is a black man or anything.

-Uhm….

-Instead, there is a person like Mang Tak-jo under the emperor, and they do harm to the people, and the main character becomes a sworn brother with the crown prince whose identity is hidden and helps him set the country straight-

-Oh oh!

-You can’t even do that. Because it may cause room for ‘discord’.

-Uhm….

After all, China is China, and all negative statements about the country were denied.

-And it’s also impossible to create fire, ice, or anything like that.

-But when it comes to martial arts, the Sun God Church and the North Sea Ice Palace cannot be left out…?

-But they…

-Isn’t it also okay to subdue the cold beauty of the North Sea Ice Palace with a boxing technique and make the frozen Ice Palace melt with a hot bat?

-…I’ll talk to my superiors.

Even within martial arts, stories using magic were extremely restricted, and restrictions were placed on him that he could never be the main character, and even if he appeared in a supporting role, his performance should never be spectacular.

Since we have been training people with special abilities on this basis, how could someone with the same powers of fire, water, wind, and earth as the Four Riders be born?

They all talk about themselves as the reincarnation of Guan Yu and all, and they are holding a Blue Dragon and Moon Blade that can only be lifted with magical power.

And since such people are quiet and try not to do bad things, how can the billions of people in this country live comfortably even though it is said to be peaceful?

‘I have to give back what needs to be returned.’

There are no borders for otaku.

‘Otaku saves the world.’

I personally bring back the culture that had to be born in this land because of Hwan’s will.

“Well, hello. He said he called me…”

“What is your name?”

“Uh, my name is ‘Seokwangsam’…”

“Is it fate? What is your occupation?”

“I am working as a masonry worker with my father. The level of this ability is…E level…”

Despite having the qualities to become an S-class earth mage, this talented person fell victim to the mainstream martial arts meta.

” Gentleman.”

“…Yes?”

“No. I need to create a new nickname first. First of all…”

We will make you the greatest of all people in this land.

“I will make you a Chinese S-class earth magician and hero, [Earth Wheel Demon God].”