Ruins Battle

“What the…?”

Early morning.

I was sitting at the dining table, eating breakfast, when I saw the emails that had arrived in my inbox and blankly opened my mouth.

Was it because I exchanged emails with overseas gamers and my email address was exposed?

My inbox was full of spam emails.

“What’s got you so surprised?”

It was Harang who asked the question.

He was munching on toast with half-closed eyes, looking at me.

“Ah, I’ve got a ton of spam emails.”

“Spam emails?”

I nodded and moved the ones that had arrived in my inbox to the trash.

What kind of idiot in the world would impersonate the name of the VRS pro team and send emails like this?

And not just one team, but several teams at the same time.

“What’s it about?”

“They’re impersonating the name of the VRS pro team.”

“VRS…? Is it not real?”

“Why would those people send me emails? I’m not even a VRS user.”

“Heo…”

I answered Harang’s question and shoved the toast into my mouth.

The crispy, well-baked bread was infused with a subtle butter flavor, making it easy to eat.

“You went to the VRS event recently, right? I think they sent it because of that?”

“I did go, but I didn’t win.”

“Why don’t you check it out?”

I nodded at Harang’s words and opened the email that I had thrown into the trash.

The first one I read was from someone who identified himself as a scout from the W.S team.

To summarize the contents of the email:

It contained praise for my unusual playing style and an offer to show off my skills in the world of professionals.

It’s too suspicious.

If only this one team had sent such an email, I wouldn’t have suspected it was a scam.

I cleared the email from the self-proclaimed W.S scout and checked the next email.

This time, it was an email from a scout from N.R.

The content was similar to the previous one.

It said that they were impressed with my playing style and wanted to work with me.

The other emails that arrived below it also contained similar content.

Everyone wanted to work with me.

To join their team.

I shook my head and concluded.

“This is all a scam.”

“Heo…”

“There’s no way so many teams would send an email to one person like this. Especially since I’m not even a winner.”

“That’s…”

“Of course, I know that I’m outstanding and incredibly cute, but seeing as the emails arrived at a similar time, it’s definitely a scam.”

Harang opened his mouth blankly at my answer.

As a result, the mashed toast in his mouth fell out with a tuk-.

How disgusting…

I clicked my tongue and turned my head.

“Why don’t you at least contact them?”

“No. It’s a waste of time.”

“No… it might be real.”

“I don’t care if it’s real. I’m not going to do it anyway.”

“Pro… with your skills, can’t you debut as a pro and make a lot of money?”

“I can make money in Deron.”

“No… Deron… yeah, that’s true, but it’s not going to last forever, is it…?”

“Deron will last forever. I’m going to do Deron until I die.”

“You crazy bitch…”

Calling your younger sister a crazy bitch.

You’re my older brother, you can’t say anything, huh?

“What if Deron goes bankrupt?”

“It’s not going to go bankrupt, okay? Don’t you know the global server is thriving? You’re doing it too.”

“No… I’m saying, what if it does?”

“Hmm…”

I stroked my chin at Harang’s words and lowered my head.

If Deron goes bankrupt…

I still wasn’t worried.

My grades at school were in the top tier.

I’ll be fine somehow.

“I get good test scores, so it’s okay.”

“You… you haven’t been studying until recently, have you? And you still did well?”

I nodded at Harang’s words.

When I first opened my eyes in this body, I needed to study, so I got help from him, but once I caught up, I didn’t need any help.

Isn’t it all because of my innate brain?

Now I didn’t even need to study. Whether it was luck or not, when I took the test, even if there were questions I didn’t know, I was lucky enough to get them right.

“You don’t have a plan…”

“Why don’t I have a plan? Do you know how much gold I earn in a month?”

“How much?”

“Um, well…”

“You spend it all on buying equipment anyway.”

I nodded at Harang’s words.

The reason I collect gold is for the growth of my character.

Spending it on buying equipment was a perfectly natural thing to do.

“Ehyo… I don’t know.”

As I was nodding my head alone, Harang sighed and got up from his seat.

Judging by the fact that he was picking up the bag that was placed on one side, he was going out to do something suspicious again today.

Harang’s bag, which he always brought back home, always contained sweaty gym clothes.

“Hey, when you wash your gym clothes, don’t wash them with mine?”

“I won’t, you bitch.”

“I warned you.”

“I won’t.”

“Hurry up and go.”

“I’m going anyway.”

“And don’t be late. We have to do the raid.”

Harang, who was about to leave the living room, stopped for a moment and turned to look at me.

What is he looking at so intently?

The way he was looking at me was quite disrespectful.

“What are you looking at?”

“Ha…”

Harang, who had been silent for a while, sighed and left the living room.

He was going to leave without saying anything anyway.

He’s making me feel uneasy by looking at me with such eyes.

I looked at Harang’s back and chewed the toast on the plate like crazy.

At that time, Mom, dressed in a suit, walked out of the master bedroom.

It seems that it was already time for her to go to work.

“Did you enjoy your meal?”

“Ah, Mom.”

“Where’s your brother?”

“He left earlier.”

“Already? I didn’t even say goodbye…”

Mom muttered in a small voice, as if she was disappointed that Harang had left first.

Seriously, what’s so pretty about that guy that she’s acting like that?

“Mom. He called me a crazy bitch again.”

“He? You should say older brother.”

“Yeah, older brother called me a crazy bitch.”

“He did? What kind of conversation did you have today?”

I tilted my head at Mom’s answer.

What kind of conversation did we have?

Judging by the fact that I don’t remember it, it must not have been very important.

“There wasn’t anything special?”

Mom smiled lightly at my answer and picked up a piece of toast on the table.

Is she going to fill her stomach with just one piece of toast?

I looked at Mom with a worried expression.

“Is that enough?”

“Yeah.”

“Should I prepare a lunch box for you?”

“You…?”

“There are a lot of delicious things you can order online these days.”

I said that and nodded.

It was okay to sell a little of the gold I had saved up for Mom.

Selling gold to buy a lunch box.

Where else would you find a filial daughter like me?

I looked at Mom, feeling proud of my admirable thoughts.

Mom was also moved, and she was looking down at me without saying a word.

“Hayeon-ah.”

“Yes?”

“Shall we start practicing cooking together from this weekend?”

“Cooking practice…?”

Cooking.

What is she talking about in this day and age?

As long as you know how to boil ramen and fry eggs, there’s no problem living.

I shook my head in disgust.

“No, thanks.”

“Mom is worried. What are you going to do when you get married later?”

“M-Marriage…?”

“Yes.”

I lose my appetite at Mom’s words.

Me and a man getting married.

Just imagining it makes the hair on my body stand on end.

I put down the toast I was holding in my mouth and answered.

“I’m not going to go.”

I’m never going to go.

No matter how much Mom asks, what’s impossible is impossible.

Mom just smiled a meaningful smile at my answer.

She didn’t give a definite answer.

“Take good care of the house. Mom’s going to work?”

“Have a good day~”

With that, even Mom left, and I was left alone in the house.

I put the plate on the table in the dishwasher and went back to my room.

Of course, I was going to log in to Deron.

“What the…”

But I couldn’t achieve my goal.

Deron suddenly went into emergency maintenance.

Looking around the Deron Gallery, there was no detailed information posted, so it seems that they found some kind of defect internally.

I frowned.

I was going to farm gold until the raid started, but I ended up wasting time because of the maintenance.

But what can I do?

Since an error has been found, I have to be patient.

As I was sighing deeply, my eyes caught sight of a game that was sitting in the corner of the desktop.

VRS.

It was a game that I had recently enjoyed playing, so I left it without deleting it.

The estimated time for the emergency maintenance to end was 3 hours.

If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be okay to go for a little while?

The deliberation was short.

Since I didn’t have anything else to do anyway, I decided to log in to VRS.

When I selected the VRS icon, a bright light poured down and my body began to fly somewhere.

I always think this, but the feeling I get every time I log in to the game is quite strange.

The place I arrived at after a short loading time was a dark and narrow waiting room.

I checked my account information in that state.

Whether it was because the effect of the coupon that Deron had given me had ended, all the unlocked characters were locked.

The same goes for the character’s level and characteristics.

It seems that the effect of the coupon is only maintained until the end of the event.

The level is low and the skills are locked.

I can’t enjoy the game properly in this state, so I was thinking of trying a different mode that I hadn’t tried before.

[Battle Royale]

A relatively recent game mode.

Everyone is dropped into a specific map with the same conditions.

The number of people who participate at one time is 100, and there is only one winner.

After searching for information in the community, it seemed that VRS had prepared this mode to attract users with different tendencies.

I should be able to enjoy this mode lightly.

If you’re a true gamer, you learn the game’s progress with your body.

I pressed the game matching button without hesitation.

Then a countdown appeared.

After about 10 seconds, the game was caught.

Is it because it’s a game that many people are looking for?

It didn’t even take 10 seconds to match 100 players.

[Collapsed Ruins]

[Number of people: 100]

The one at the top seems to be the name of the map.

As I was thinking that, my body began to move with the light.

It felt similar to when I moved to the battlefield in the conquest mode.

The place I arrived at with a bright pillar of light was the middle of a very, very, very large ruin.

I was thrown into this area without any explanation.

I felt a slight sense of anticipation rather than embarrassment.

The first thing I checked was opening the inventory.

The semi-transparent window showed my character’s status, the number of items I could carry at once, and the remaining weight.

Since there are no separate strength, agility, and stamina stats, it seems that everyone is on equal footing in this mode.

Currently, my character was wearing nothing but basic clothing.

Farm items to survive and become the last one standing.

I checked the goal of the game mode and started moving from my seat.

The place I’m currently walking is the middle of a half-collapsed ruin.

The cracked and split stone floor and the remains of collapsed buildings are mixed together, blocking the road.

As I was searching around, I found a rusty sword lying on the floor.

[Rusty Iron Sword]

Strength +1

It’s a very simple item description.

But it’s better than nothing.

I equipped the rusty iron sword.