Leoon

The first feeling I got when I saw Arang-nim was relief.

It was completely different from when I first saw Arang-nim in real life.

,The first time I saw her was… at the event competition.’

Back then, Arang-nim was practically a corpse.

Her eyes didn’t seem like they belonged to a living person, lacking even 1% of vitality, and she had no expression at all, making me mistake her for a doll.

But the Arang-nim in front of me now was different.

Her eyes weren’t sparkling, but at least she had enough vitality to feel like a living person.

If she looked like a corpse before, now she just looked tired from not sleeping for a long time.

Of course, that’s not great either, but Arang-nim was so serious before that this much was a relief.

She was breaking free from the Arang-nim of the past, and the real-life Arang and LeoRe’s Arang were becoming more alike.

,Arang-nim, oh, no, Arang-ah, hello.’

,Arang-nim? Unnie, aren’t you too nervous?’

,How can I not be nervous…!’

,The live broadcast doesn’t start for a while, so sit down here quickly.’

Arang-nim nodded and pointed with her chin at the chair in front of her.

As I sat down, my eyes went to Arang-nim’s arm.

Arang-nim was politely holding her hands together. But I know that her arm is covered in an opera glove that covers her entire arm, and inside is a prosthetic arm, not Arang-nim’s real arm.

,I’m glad. I’m glad I know, so I won’t be flustered or make Arang-nim self-conscious…!’

I’m glad I got advice and help from BellyBlanket, who really likes Arang-nim, even if he’s a bit weird.

==

As soon as I saw Yesol, I knew my thoughts were right.

But after meeting Yesol, I felt a sense of emptiness.

,What is it? She’s pretty, nice, and all that, but it’s like something’s missing…?’

It’s definitely not my problem.

This is clearly Yesol’s problem.

I quickly pondered what was causing this emptiness and realized.

,She didn’t react.’

Usually, people who meet me for the first time show various reactions like “Huh,” “Ah,” “Uh,” “Umm,” etc., but Yesol reacted as if she had known me for a long time.

,I still have a trump card left.’

Originally, prosthetic arms and legs are meant to prevent people from being too shocked when they see me for the first time.

But judging from Yesol’s reaction, she seems fine.

,Unnie, my shoulders are heavy. Can you help me take off my prosthetic arm and leg?’

,Yeah…! Trust Unnie.’

Yesol skillfully removed my prosthetic arm and leg.

,Unnie, you’re good at this…?’

,BellyBlanket-nim told me that I need to learn this so I can make Arang-nim comfortable, and he told me to memorize it.’

,That’s not it…’

,Huh? What?’

,Nothing…’

I was a little dejected that Yesol wasn’t fazed even when I used my trump card.

Still, I felt better talking to a pretty person.

==

LeoRe Live.

Also known as Leoon.

LeoRe’s director, Kim Ji-hoon Ajusshi, comes out and tells us a lot about LeoRe’s updates, patches, events, and so on.

,But usually, shouldn’t they do this before a big update…?’

Leoon is held twice a year, in June and December.

,I guess they’re just telling us what they’re doing next year and what they’re updating?’

Either way, it’s my first time watching Leoon since I started LeoRe, so I’m really looking forward to it.

,Ah, Arang-ah, are you really okay?’

,Unnie, are you uncomfortable? Is it hard?’

,No, it’s not that… I’m just worried that Arang-ah might be uncomfortable…’

,I’m more comfortable like this…’

,U-Uh! O-Okay.’

Kkoog.

Yesol’s hand, which was on my stomach, wiggled around and then gave up after a while and just held me so I wouldn’t slip.

I always feel comfortable like this because I’m always hugged by Anna and Pinku when I eat or shower.

,Yesol Unnie, have you watched Leoon a lot?’

,Hmm… I think this is my fourth time?’

,So you’ve been playing LeoRe for about two years?’

,Right? About two and a half years, to be exact?’

,Is it fun?’

,It’s fun.’

This Leoon starts at 11 AM.

You might ask why the time is so ambiguous, but it seems that LeoRe is not only doing well in Korea but also globally, and the servers are integrated, so they set the time so that people around the world can watch it if possible.

,Ah, it’s starting!’

Leoon started on the large monitor in the hospital room that showed me in the virtual world through the access device.

They played the OST from LeoRe, a pretty MC woman came out and greeted us, and then LeoRe’s director, Kim Ji-hoon Ajusshi, came out.

Kim Ji-hoon Ajusshi also greeted us briefly and immediately said, ,I’ll get to the point,’ and said that he would tell us about the 2025 update plan on the big screen behind him.

I’m a vertical content user in RPGs, so I really like the director.

The first news was about the raid.

[Fifth World Raid]

Act 1: Rift

An illustration of a rift appearing in the clear sky and monsters rushing in like a tsunami appeared on the giant screen.

Instead of just ending with the illustration, they showed a video showing what bosses would appear in the Fifth World Raid and what it would feel like.

,It looks like a total of five bosses will appear in this Act 1 Rift!’

,Wow… that’s cool.’

,Huh. That boss looks so scary?’

,Scary? It’s awesome.’

,Ugh… I always think that Arang-ah likes those kinds of creatures.’

,Yeah. I like them a lot. Because I like Alien.’

,Alien? That Alien series?’

,Huh? You know it?’

,Of course, I know it. It’s a famous IP that’s been going on for almost a hundred years.’

,I didn’t know that…’

I didn’t know it was still going on.

The last movie I saw was well-made, but I didn’t know that IP had continued to this day.

Wait, then maybe a virtual world game has come out?

After a short one-minute video, news about various battle content was followed by stories about new cities.

,Ugh… a rift of that size has finally appeared.’

,A rift of that size? What’s different depending on the size?’

,Yeah. There have always been rifts.’

Yesol’s additional explanation made Leoon even more fun to watch.

After the important update news, there was a video about convenience improvements.

I didn’t pay much attention to the improvements because they weren’t really related to me, but it seems that Yesol, who enjoys horizontal content, thought there were many good updates.

Every time they explained something, Yesol’s eyes sparkled and she tapped my stomach, showing her excitement.

Especially since there are a lot of newbies these days, there were a lot of newbie-friendly updates.

[And the new job that many users are curious about. The next update news isㅡ]

,Huh, a new job! Awesome, what’s it going to be, Arang-ah!?’

,Oh… a new job.’

The new job was Daimonas.

As soon as I saw the illustration, I couldn’t help but know that it was a job with the concept of the Fifth World.

That’s because the character in the illustration had the reverse eyes that I had when I appeared as a field boss.

The Daimonas job in the video felt like a summoner, but it wasn’t.

Every time they used a skill, a monster’s body part popped out from behind the job and attacked together.

,That’s going to be very divisive.’

I quickly raised my head at Yesol’s words.

,Huh? Arang-ah, what’s wrong?’

,Divisive…?’

It looks so cool though?

When you reach out your hand, a magic circle appears from behind and a monster’s hand pops out to attack, and it’s as cool as the ninjutsu in the old ninja cartoons.

,It’s too scary, isn’t it? Just the monster’s hand is ugh…’

,Is that so…’

I really liked watching the battle video.

I don’t know if it will be my main job, but I’m planning to level it up to the maxㅡ

,Uh…’

Yesol started to read my face.

The reason was the very sensitive but necessary topic of job balance.

And there was news of a nerf to the Assassin job.

It’s not just a nerf. There were also skills that Assassins received for convenience or additional buffs, but having played RPGs for a long time, I realized as soon as I saw the details that it was a nerf to the highest potential.

That patch doesn’t really matter.

LeoRe is a virtual world RPG with very large differences depending on the user’s skill, so I know that there are only one or two users who can reach the highest potential.

The problem is that I’m one of those one or two users.

The nerf isn’t big.

But I feel bad. I feel bad.

In reality, the highest potential is only lowered by about 2%.

I don’t really have a chance to reach the highest potential unless I fully maintain my super-senses in the awakened state.

It doesn’t really affect me much either…

But who would feel good about their main job being nerfed?

Convenience and skill buff upgrades.

Originally, Assassins receive different buffs depending on whether they hold the dagger in a normal or reverse grip.

In addition, there is a skill that almost doubles that buff and is almost essential to use, but the buff efficiency duration is only 5 seconds, so the Assassin is a job with a lot of so-called “warm-up.”

There are many inconveniences, such as turning on the buff before using the main skill, strengthening the buff, and changing the buff.

But that inconvenience is one of the fun things about Assassins.

Director Kim Ji-hoon Ajusshi said that as the game LeoRe has been around for a long time, raids have become more difficult, the level cap has increased, and skills have been added, requiring too much learning, so they are reworking all the jobs.

As Director Kim Ji-hoon Ajusshi said, almost all the jobs are being changed this time, just like the Soul Master was reworked, and he explained it all.

I understand.

But I’m annoyed.

Why are all the jobs I choose nerfed?