episode_0019

The beta test will last for a total of one week.

You might be thinking, “What kind of beta test only lasts for one week?”

I would have liked to finish the beta test right away and launch the official version.

Akare was already a game that was guaranteed to be a hit, and many people wanted to play it themselves.

The period set after compromising with reality was exactly one week.

A week or so should be enough time to figure out what’s wrong with Akare and what needs to be fixed.

“Right? Aka-chan.”

“···Affirmative.”

Since the beta test began, Akachan has been dedicated to monitoring and collecting records.

Whether it’s bugs in supposedly perfect virtual reality games or job satisfaction.

If we look at the records that Akachan collected with the authority of the Creator, they weren’t bad overall.

There are currently six occupations you can choose from.

It’s still early in the game so I’m not sure yet.

User satisfaction was very good compared to the performance of all occupations.

There is a common belief in RPGs that you should do the job you want to do.

There were many cases where the reality of the job I wanted to do was different from what I had imagined.

“That’s why I named my job as intuitively as possible.”

At a glance, you can tell, “Oh, this is that kind of job.” So that you can immediately recognize it.

For this reason, the beta test was going smoothly. There were no major problems.

Although it keeps getting burned in certain galleries due to balance issues.

That was natural, since people who were crazy about the Gald Cup gathered there.

Just looking at other communities, there is a positive response to the game. Healthy feedback.

There are only things like that, but no matter how I looked at it, the Ingame Gallery where people play Gald Cup all day long was strange.

“First, let’s prepare the avatar.”

We have safely overcome the difficult first day of the beta test, which was full of chaos.

Now it was time to take care of the things that had been written down in the plan.

The most popular uniforms and swimsuits were brought to you by the Creator’s authority.

“Why the uniform···.”

The uniform was exactly the same as the one I was wearing now.

No, why was this the most popular?

If even Avatar released this, it was clear that public opinion for self-character daughters would grow even stronger.

Even from my perfect aesthetic perspective, it was definitely a pretty outfit.

“What a shame.”

It’s a piece of clothing that will sell like hotcakes, but you can’t help but be mindful of public opinion.

I brought up the uniform that was most popular after the ‘Aurora Uniform’.

“Swimsuit···.”

Three costumes I had planned in advance: a maid outfit, a uniform, and a swimsuit.

Surprisingly, there weren’t many swimsuits recorded in this world.

Swimsuits that were designed to only cover important parts were not pretty no matter how I looked at them.

“What should I do with this···.”

If you sell swimsuits like this as avatars, you’re bound to get criticized.

Because I didn’t want to see my perfect aesthetic sense being harmed.

While I was searching for a solution, Akachan spoke quietly.

“You can analyze it with capsules.”

“How?”

Aka-chan swung his sword at me.

“Wear it yourself.”

What does that mean?

“Aka-chan? If you bring the actual swimsuit, there will be a problem.”

“Record editing is my specialty.”

As per Akachan’s solution, the capsule scans the user’s body.

During this process, the clothes the user is wearing are also recorded.

This record is transmitted as is to virtual reality and saved.

“Then let’s wear it like Akachan···”

“I’m busy monitoring.”

“···.”

At least during the beta test, Akachan couldn’t leave the virtual reality.

Since I had to take immediate action to resolve any issues that arose, leaving my position was out of the question.

“Ugh···.”

Aka-chan was really annoying.

Is this how a boss feels when he sees an employee who is swindling his salary?

Of course, Akachan didn’t do salary work, but rather worked diligently.

Sometimes, I really find it annoying that they tease and tease me like this.

‘swimsuit···.’

A shameless outfit that exposes far more skin than it covers.

Walking around stores in real life, looking at things, and even trying them on.

You have to bring the swimsuit you chose and enter the capsule wearing it.

It was truly embarrassing and shameful just to imagine.

But if you can just hold out for that short amount of time, you can make a lot of money.

Pride won’t feed you, but shame will give you the money to feed you.

I fooled myself into thinking that this was all for the future and started preparing for my first outing in a long time.

***

Kim Seon-a (26), who works part-time at a clothing store in a department store, was surprised when she saw a customer entering the store.

Hair and eyes reminiscent of the blue sky. An exotic yet beautiful appearance.

She was a woman who looked like a heroine from a comic book who had torn herself out of the comic book and emerged into reality.

“Welcome! If there’s any clothes you’re looking for, we’ll help you!”

“Oh, yes. Do you have a… swimsuit?”

Kim Sun-ah reflexively scanned her body, especially her mind.

The scan results are truly on another level.

It’s natural for jealousy and envy to arise when you grow up to a certain level.

It was a size that was out of the category of moderate, not even covered by a baggy hoodie.

It’s not just that it’s stupidly large, it’s also perfectly in harmony with the overall proportions of the body.

Envy and jealousy. It’s natural to feel such negative emotions when you see a woman who is superior to you.

Comparing myself to others was so rude that it actually made me feel respectful.

I want to become friends with that person. There is no harm in looking good to that person.

That woman was so beautiful that it made me think like that.

“This is the hottest swimsuit these days. How about this!?”

“Wow··· Oh, that’s amazing···.”

Would you like to try it on?

Aurora, who was holding a swimsuit, smiled awkwardly at Kim Sun-ah’s suggestion.

“Ahaha, will you hang out with me?”

“Of course! It will suit you really well!”

Aurora swallowed a deep sigh at Kim Sun-ah’s passionate recommendation.

It wasn’t unusual to try on clothes before buying them.

The problem was that it was a swimsuit, and the one the staff recommended was extremely revealing.

“Okay, the locker room is this way!”

The changing room that I was forced to enter like that.

Aurora took off the clothes she was wearing in a half-hearted state and put on a swimsuit.

“Ugh···.”

As expected, the skin tone exposed was much more than the area covered by the clothes.

It was a swimsuit so that was to be expected, but this swimsuit was just that bad.

Should this really be called a swimsuit? It was closer to a bikini.

But from the beginning, I came here with the intention of buying a bikini-like swimsuit like this.

“It’s pretty, but···.”

Aurora thought of the Demon King who had made her like this.

If that Demon King had seen the sight just now, wouldn’t she have attacked me right away, saying, ‘You damn bitch!’

Aurora sighed, thinking that the Demon King of Ksare was still a crazy woman.

“Sigh···.”

Capitalism is cold.

After finishing her appreciation, Aurora put her original clothes back on.

I came out of the locker room and paid for the swimsuit I had just tried on.

“It’s 245,000 won~”

“···Please pay in 3 installments.”

Aurora hurriedly left the place, carrying a shopping bag full of bikinis.

***

[Daehyeop Kim’s broadcast has started. – Talk 1 second ago]

―――

Explain

What the fuck

Backgammon is a serious crime

It would be great to date Raven

Explain

―――

As soon as the broadcast started, the chat window quickly started to light up.

A black screen with nothing visible. Viewers quickly gather.

How long did it last like that?

The screen changed and Kim Dae-hyeop appeared in a suit.

“Guys, what did I do wrong?”

Daehyeop Kim started pouring oil on the burning chat room without even saying hello.

“Did I hit the emergency bell because I was stuck in the progress bar?”

“And then you appeared on Sweet’s show, had a party, and slandered me for 10 hours?”

“Did you break your promise to the viewers that you would watch it after eating?”

“Did I just watch the event where Raven’s identity was revealed?”

“Did you indirectly spoiler-light Sweet about such an event?”

After taking a moment to catch his breath, Daehyeop Kim continued speaking with a serious expression.

“What on earth did I do wrong?”

It was the great hero Kim who went so far as to throw a bomb instead of just pouring oil on it.

―――

You are the best, Daehyeop

Seriously what did I do wrong

This crazy kid

It’s so shameless it’s just funnyㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Let’s go to the abyss of the Great Hero

―――

Regardless of whether it was negative or positive, a huge amount of ‘interest’ was focused on Daehyeop Kim.

The ability to draw this kind of ‘aggro’ is one of the abilities that a streamer must have.

Kim, the great swordsman from Wrecker, knew better than anyone how to draw this kind of aggro.

“What I said before was actually a joke. Oh, I’m really sorry. Akare was so funny that I forgot to turn on the broadcast.”

After casting the greatest aggro ever, Daehyeop Kim revealed his hidden true feelings.

He also admitted his mistake for breaking his promise to viewers and apologized.

Despite this, the excitement in the chat window did not cool down at all.

“I’m going to do a 24-hour broadcast, so please cool down a bit.”

The heat in the angry chat room gradually died down during the 24-hour broadcast aimed at winning the hearts of the people.

―――

ㅇㅇ’s 10,000 won sponsorship

– What did you think when you first saw the wizard skill yesterday?

―――

“Wizard skills? Honestly, I felt inferior, but I proved it in the boss fight. I don’t really care about it now.”

The hunting ability of the unmanned and magician was bound to be much better for the magician with a high-performance area-of-effect skill.

But in boss battles, those wide-area skills didn’t deal much damage to the boss.

On the contrary, I kept dying throughout the try due to its poor utility.

On the other hand, the unmanned unit was good for boss battles due to its passive ability suitable for holding out and its short cooldown movement skills.

I’ve proven the results myself, so I don’t have to think about balance anymore.

To begin with, the only places that were burning over balance were certain galleries.

“Then let’s slowly… connect to the real world.”

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reality

If Akare isn’t reality then what is it?

See you later

Where Raven is, that’s reality

When you log in, confess to her

―――

Kim Dae-hyeop got up from his seat, moved the mouse to end the broadcast, and then went to the capsule.

As I entered the capsule and connected to the virtual reality, Akare, a new world unfolded before me.

“Every time I log in, it’s amazing.”

The sensation of the wind through your skin.

The energy of people walking the streets of the capital.

Everything, everything that feels real is actually virtual.

[Daehyeop Kim’s broadcast has started. – Akashic Records 1 second ago]

Kim Dae-hyeop, who was out of his feelings, turned on the broadcast again.

He took out the items he had prepared in advance and showed them to the viewers.

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[ Traces of Heresy (4/4) ]

– Item drop source, Servant of Darkness

– When used, the location of the dungeon ‘Hideout of Heresy (3)’ is revealed.

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Traces of heresy that drop with a certain probability when defeating a servant of darkness.

When you collect four of these, the location of the heretic’s hideout from the main quest will be revealed.

Of course, there were nine more dungeons like this, so it was difficult to clear the main quest right away.

“I definitely have to go.”

Still, progressing through the main quest and challenging new dungeons was guaranteed to be fun content.

Now that I’ve graduated from the Warlock’s Cradle dungeon, there’s absolutely no reason not to do it.

At that moment, when they were about to reveal their location using the traces of heresy.

[Looking for you in the Mercenary Guild.]

[ Upon acceptance, you will be teleported to the Mercenary Guild. ]

A system message appeared before Daehyeop Kim’s eyes, and it was also shown on the broadcast screen.

“Um···.”

Call of the Mercenary Guild. Conquest of the Heretic’s Hideout.

Daehyeop Kim, who had been weighing the two possibilities, made a choice.

“Accept.”

The hideout of the heretics could have been done later, but this event was too good to miss.

Upon answering the call, Daehyeop Kim was teleported to the mercenary guild and looked around.

Unlike before, when it was empty, there were many mercenaries inside the guild building.

While I was looking around like that, I heard a familiar voice.

“You’re here.”

“Raven?”

Raven, who was crazy and couldn’t be included on the broadcast screen last time, appears.

Then Raven explained the whole story to Daehyeop Kim.

Raven had a secret conversation with the Emperor.

With the Emperor’s help, she became a knight of the Imperial Knights.

In return for his help, he was ordered to investigate the county where the plague was beginning to spread.

“I remembered that you said you were a mercenary last time, so I came here.”

Raven took out a thick bag of money and handed it to Daehyeop Kim.

“I will hire you.”

Unilateral employment.

But I couldn’t refuse.

“Will you go with me?”

Because Raven with her smiling eyes is so pretty.

I couldn’t possibly refuse.