I regretted saying I was hungry. Just as I stepped out of the room, the chief invited me to dine with him. Even though it was just for me to eat, the portion was huge. But… “It tastes fucking terrible…” [There might be a cultural gap due to the different times, which can’t be helped.] … Read more
[NTL Corporation] To commemorate the company’s name change, Armonia created a title for me. COO of NTL Corporation. Our company now has two employees. As soon as I entered my office, I couldn’t help but exclaim in awe. The office was brilliantly arranged with a fancy desk, a sofa for guests, a table, and a … Read more
Enel Corporation(1) Enel Corporation, a private company in the constructed universe. Their business was to identify protagonists scattered throughout the universe and sell this information to God’s agents. The protagonists emitted a high purity and quantity of Enel, a divine resource, influencing not only themselves but also the ordinary people around them. God’s agents have … Read more
〈Episode 1〉Prologue: NTL Corporation In the world, there exists a thing called a protagonist. Everything revolves around them, and everything they do has meaning and changes their surroundings. An absolute immutable law. Ordinary people like us, no matter how desperately we struggle, cannot etch our names in history or become objects of admiration looked up … Read more
Star Grave(2) The Lord of Darkness—Deadred. Just one sentence is enough to describe how powerful he is: Lord of the 7th Floor, the Dark Continent. Well, the seventh floor was a special case, having two Lords—but that didn’t make him any less powerful. Anyway. ‘How the hell did this guy manage to consume that…?’ Frankly, … Read more
Star Grave(1) The 9th floor of the Labyrinth, Star Grave. This floor also serves as the final gate to reach the 10th floor where the ‘Abyss Gate’ exists. Monsters that should’ve only appeared there were now spawning right in front of us. I had hunted this type before in the Basement Floor 1 library, so … Read more
New World 4 Our current situation was very simple. Ba-dump! We’d gotten the location of the dimensional stone from Rek Aures’s “friend” we met outside the wall. After finding the Dimensional Stone, we took the portal, thinking we’d just have a look and turn back if it didn’t seem right. But… “In other words, that … Read more
New World 3 We were outside the walls, in a place where no one else existed, but Baek-ho’s group had detected a presence. And not just in a team, but… “It’s just one person… surprisingly, they seem to be sleeping” Ironically, the fact that there was only one made me feel even more uneasy. It … Read more
New World 2 There are dozens of materials required for the Immortality Imprint. While most of them can be easily purchased from the market, the three core materials are different: they’re by-products of rare Level 3 monsters. All three have high essence values, so very few people hunt them while using distortion magic. That meant … Read more
Companion 4 What’s my relationship with Lee Baek-ho? The GM had clearly been reluctant to ask this question, but had finally decided that he couldn’t wait any longer. There hadn’t been a good moment to ask before, and, judging by his choice of words, he’d given the matter a great deal of thought. “It’s not … Read more