Chapter 17: Starting a New Mode (Part 2)

At Shihyun’s innocent question, Ji-eun furrowed her brow.

“Um, how should I explain this? Uh……. First of all, fundamentally, no. Basically, there are a total of three modes that

can be played in Arfellium.”

“Three?”

There are three types? Shihyun tilted her head.

Ji-eun held up three fingers to Shihyun.

“Solo, Multi, and World. These are the three types of modes that can currently be played in Arfellium.”

Ji-eun slowly folded one finger.

“First of all, Multi is a mode commonly called a multi-game. We’ve played it together a lot, right? 7v7.”

“Aha.”

Shihyun nodded.

Since 7v7 multi-games are played with several people, it was certainly appropriate to call it Multi.

“A genre in which seven people form teams and are put into various small-scale battlefields is called Multi.”

“Then is Solo 1v1?”

Ji-eun smiled and affirmed.

“That’s right. It’s a mode where two people engage in a life-or-death battle in a circular arena.”

At those words, Shihyun’s eyes sparkled.

A mode where you compete 1v1 to test each other’s skills.

That sounds like a pretty fun mode!

“So Solo is usually used as a measure of skill.”

“A measure of skill?”

Ji-eun shrugged and said.

“You know? 1v1 means a complete head-to-head skill battle, and it means that external variables cannot be involved

at all. So, the tier obtained here tends to be valued more highly than the Multi tier.”

“Aha.”

I see. Shihyun nodded and looked at Ji-eun blankly.

Ji-eun, noticing what that gaze meant, slightly averted her head.

Of course, Shihyun didn’t let her off the hook.

Soon, ‘that question’ came out of Shihyun’s mouth.

“Then, is your tier…?”

“…Don’t ask.”

“…….”

Ji-eun quietly cleared her throat and started explaining again.

“Ahem. Anyway… where were we?”

“Solo, and Multi.”

“Ah, and the last one is ‘World’.”

“World?”

It was a strange name.

A different naming method from Solo or Multi.

It meant that World was a completely different type of mode.

But still.

Isn’t the name too perfunctory?

‘How can the mode name be ‘World’…….’

Shihyun muttered that to herself.

“I can explain World more easily. By any chance, Shihyun, have you ever read fantasy novels in the past?”

“Yes.”

I used to read quite a few web novels when I was young.

Of course, at some point, I lost interest and became addicted to games, but novels had traditionally been a hobby that

Shihyun enjoyed.

“Then, have you ever seen the game fantasy genre?”

“Ah, perhaps?”

Ji-eun’s eyes sparkled and she nodded.

“That’s right. It’s ‘that virtual reality game’ from game fantasy novels.”

“Aha!”

With that explanation, Shihyun immediately understood what kind of mode ‘World’ was.

Because it’s an explanation that anyone who has read even one game fantasy novel can understand.

However, there were still some questions.

“Then what is the relationship between World and the PVP mode?”

If it’s similar to the virtual reality game in game fantasy, there will definitely be levels or skills.

Then can you use the benefits of those skills or levels in the PVP mode?

“Um, this is a bit complicated. First of all, levels exist in World. When your level increases, your stats also increase,

and you can unlock the restrictions of PVP ranked games with the level you raised in World.”

It was such an obvious story that Shihyun tilted her head.

Isn’t this no different from the typical virtual reality in game fantasy?

“Instead, there are no skills.”

“No skills?”

“The combat system is the same as the PVP side. Swordsmanship, spearmanship, archery, axemanship…… Magic is a

bit different, but for now, you should think of the combat method itself as the same.”

At Ji-eun’s explanation, Shihyun narrowed her eyes.

There are no skills, just growth.

Isn’t this also a system that is not much different from ‘that world’ she went to?

It’s a situation where suspicion is bound to arise.

‘In the first place, a normal game would obviously include skills to correct movements.’

Just because you give a knife to an ordinary person doesn’t mean that person becomes a master of swordsmanship.

Practice and training are required.

But, of course, not many people want to train in a game.

And actually, people with poor athletic ability tend to be poor in virtual reality as well.

In order to retain such people, it is essential to have a correction value that will help everyone play up to a certain level.

Of course, Arfellium also provides correction through a system called ‘Arcana’.

But that correction is not that great.

If the correction value was high, Kim Ji-eun wouldn’t be using a sword because she couldn’t shoot a bow even with an

Arcana that gives an archery buff.

“Hmm.”

It was suspicious, but there was nothing I could do right now.

Shihyun shrugged and said to Ji-eun.

“First, let’s play the game.”

“Ah, right. Anyway, experiencing it yourself is more definite than listening to a long-winded explanation.”

Ji-eun smiled sheepishly and gestured in the air.

Seeing that, Shihyun asked.

“Are you going to stream?”

“Of course. It’s a broadcast day today, isn’t it? Just a moment…… I’ll share the interface with you now.”

Soon, the broadcast interface appeared on one side of Shihyun’s field of vision.

For the past few days, Ji-eun has been sharing the broadcast screen every time she turns on the broadcast.

She claims that it’s natural because she’s a guest, but honestly, Shihyun thinks it’s a bit of an excuse.

“Ahem.”

Shihyun glanced at Ji-eun, who was clearing her throat before starting the broadcast, and fixed her gaze on the

interface.

Having co-hosted a few times, Shihyun had also become somewhat accustomed to broadcasting.

‘Broadcasting…….’

Should I try it?

At that moment, the broadcast started.

I followed Ji-eun’s guidance and connected to ‘World’.

Then, with a feeling of floating, my vision instantly began to soar into the sky!

“Ji, Ji-eun?”

In a flustered situation, I hurriedly turned to the side where Ji-eun was, and she was also flying into the sky.

Ji-eun, with a playful face, laughed at me and then began to communicate with the viewers.

“Ahaha! I knew it. Hey, I’m right, aren’t I? I told you Shihyun would be flustered when we moved to World, didn’t I?”

I glanced at one side of my field of vision.

Thanks to sharing the interface, I could also see Ji-eun’s broadcast chat.

[For real LOL]

[It is the best to get noob reaction]

[It is a normal reaction when it is the first time.]

[Ah LOL Flying in the sky~~~~~~]

[No No, the real thing hasn’t even started yet.]

[World connection = practically airborne training.]

Suddenly, a suspicious chat caught my eye.

I turned to Ji-eun and asked.

“This is connecting?”

“Ah, yes! We’ll be falling soon!”

“???”

Falling?

Why?

There was no time to understand what she meant.

Because the body that had soared slowly stopped its speed, and then began to fall to the ground according to the law of gravity!

“Ugh……!”

I feel a strange tickling sensation in my stomach.

Actually, I’ve experienced falling from a high place a few times in ‘that world’.

But this was the first time I’d fallen from such a high place.

It’s at the level of skydiving!

‘What kind of server connection is this?’

I couldn’t understand it, but nothing would change if I protested.

I saw in the broadcast chat that many people had protested about this fall element, but Arfellium Corporation didn’t even listen.

[Seeing that, those Arfellium b*stards are really brazen.]

[It makes me want to stab them for believing in their technology.]

[Ah LOL They made something similar to Royal Road, so shut up~~~~~]

[What do you mean P2W?]

“Ugh.”

Suddenly, I felt nauseous.

It seemed to be because I kept glancing at the broadcast chat.

Why, when you ride in a car, you get motion sickness if you keep looking at other things instead of looking ahead, right?

I thought it might be something like that.

I asked Ji-eun with a grimace.

“When does this end?”

“You’ll see the ground soon!”

Come to think of it, it’s really absurd.

If I’ve been falling for a long time and still can’t see the ground, how high up am I falling from?

However, as Ji-eun said, the ground soon began to appear faintly in the distance.

Soon the blurry ground took on its proper shape, and only then could I examine the view of the world.

“!!!”

Below was a well-made medieval city.

The city was quite large.

If it looks big even from this high up, how big is the actual size?

‘It reminds me of the Imperial Capital.’

I recalled past memories.

Certainly, the shape and layout were similar.

The huge statue in the central square, the walls of the palace, the architectural style, etc.

It was really similar, like twins.

It was very similar.

“…….”

At this point, even a three-year-old would know what happened.

It seems that the world called ‘World’ copied the ‘that world’ I went to.

‘……Arfellium Corporation, what the h*ll are they?’

Honestly, I don’t want to be involved with ‘that world’ again, but the problem is that I don’t know the process of

returning to peaceful modern times.

That means I could be dragged there again.

In order to protect the ‘non-everyday’ that I have painstakingly regained, I needed to collect related information.

And the way to do that.

‘I’ll find out if I keep playing this game.’