Chapter 18: Starting a New Mode (Part 3)

It didn’t take long to land on the ground.

I was worried that I would roll around clumsily because the falling speed was too fast, but fortunately, the falling

speed began to slow down slowly from about 30 meters above the city.

Soon, Ji-eun and I landed softly in the middle of a large square.

“Ugh!”

Unlike me, who landed in an awkward posture, Ji-eun landed naturally as if she were descending stairs.

I should land like that later.

Thinking that to myself, I looked around.

Even though people had fallen from the sky into the square, most people didn’t pay much attention to us.

Only one or two people glanced at us.

It seemed that it was a familiar sight to users who played ‘World’.

‘Well, they must see people falling from the sky every day.’

It’s natural that even the most amazing sights become nothing special if you see them often.

“Wow, amazing!”

I turned my head at the exclamation that came from behind.

Ji-eun was looking at my legs with a slightly surprised look.

“Shihyun, you didn’t fall. Is a game genius different after all? Usually, newbies roll on the ground during their first

landing.”

[Agreed]

[It’s kind of funny to watch sometimes.]

[Noob cry!]

“Genius, I didn’t even land as naturally as Ji-eun.”

[Actually, Euning also rolled like a dog when she first fell.]

[???: It’s strange? I fell???]

[LOL]

As soon as there was an opportunity, the chat window diligently teased Ji-eun.

Seeing that, Ji-eun shouted.

“Ah, be quiet! It’s been a while since Shihyun looked at me with admiration. You’re ruining the mood.”

“Haha.”

“Sigh, really…….”

Ji-eun, who was shaking her head, soon looked at me and opened her mouth.

Her eyes seem to be sparkling.

“Well, let’s just play the game. The game.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“First, follow me.”

Ji-eun said that and strode ahead.

As I followed her, I glanced around.

‘I know this place.’

A place that clearly remains in my past memories.

The buildings, signs, and store names that I pass by were the same.

‘But it’s a little different.’

No, to be precise, it’s not exactly the same.

The ‘time’ is different.

For example, like this.

When I first marched in the capital square as a Hero, there was a draper’s shop in the place where the greengrocer’s

shop that I just passed by was located.

At the time when the war with the Demon King was at its peak, the store was closed due to the collapsed economy,

and it was empty, and after I cut off the Demon King’s head, when the Demon King’s army was running rampant…….

‘In the first place, nothing would have remained since the Imperial Capital was ravaged by the Demon King’s army.’

That’s it.

Certainly, this city was the same as the Imperial Capital in ‘that world’, but that doesn’t mean that this game world is

connected to that place.

Because this city reflects the past of that place.

It’s a good thing.

I was worried that playing ‘World’ might be a trigger to fall back into ‘that world’, but fortunately, it didn’t seem like

that would happen.

Then…….

“Shihyun?”

“Yes?”

“Why do you have such a serious expression?”

Suddenly, when I came to my senses, Ji-eun was looking at me with strange eyes.

It seems that my thoughts were revealed on my face.

I slightly raised the corners of my mouth.

“It’s nothing.”

“Then hurry up and follow me!”

“By the way, where are we going now?”

I’m following her because she told me to, but I don’t know where we’re going.

Was there anything great here in the past?

I tried to recall my memories, but nothing really came to mind.

Ji-eun grinned at my question.

“To the tutorial!”

Tutorial?

Usually, when you first start a game, the first thing you need to do is learn the basic controls.

What key do you need to press to move your character forward, how do you open the inventory, where is the quest

window, etc…….

Of course, you need to know something to play the game, right?

And normal games usually create a tutorial process to teach beginners such controls.

By going through the tutorial, you naturally learn the controls.

Therefore, the tutorial is a rather essential element in the game.

There are cases where it is impossible to proceed with the game at all without going through the tutorial, so you can see its status.

Then, what about Arfellium’s tutorial?

‘……Was there a tutorial?’

I don’t remember.

Of course, I can’t remember.

I’ve never done such a thing, so how can I remember?

In the first place, I went straight to 7v7 Multi from the beginning.

Of course, there was no such thing as a tutorial in that process.

If I had to say, I moved my body a little before starting the game to check my senses…… something like that?

“Actually, Arfellium is famous for being a very unfriendly game.”

Ji-eun said that as she walked ahead.

“It’s true, you know? A virtual reality game, it’s not like the old days where you play with a keyboard and mouse. It’s a

game where you move your body directly, but they don’t give you any tips or tutorials.”

[For real, it is really a brazen business.]

[What kind of game doesn’t have a tutorial LOL]

[Ah, learn it on your own LOL]

[Learning control with your body LOL]

“Of course, this virtual reality itself is completely the same as reality, so there’s no need to learn any controls.”

Ji-eun said that and glanced back at me.

And then she smirked and waved her hand.

“It’s not like you have to learn how to move your arms and legs again because it’s virtual reality, right?”

That’s true.

Arfellium’s VR device, which provides virtual reality that is completely similar to reality, didn’t have any discomfort

in movement.

‘There’s a slight discrepancy in the senses.’

I can just adapt to that.

And actually, I thought that this difference in sensation might be because the grade of the VR device is low.

The VR device I’m using is the lowest grade.

The performance might be a little lower.

“Anyway, so the users who started in the very early days seem to have been a little worried? To make the game

popular, a lot of newbies need to come in, but this game’s system is a newbie cutter from the start. The new users

who were barely coaxed to come in couldn’t adapt and all ran away, so the experienced users were worried.”

-Thud.

Ji-eun stopped walking and looked back at me.

I glanced up.

I see a stone building that looks like a monastery.

At the entrance of the building, there is a round iron plate with a T engraved on it.

Unlike the gloomy atmosphere, there were quite a few users walking around the building.

It feels like a guild office.

“……Here?”

Even though I asked the question, I know where this place is.

A stone building at the end of the capital city. A T-shaped signboard.

This was the place where I defeated the minions of the Demon King’s army in ‘that world’.

There was an uproar because the minions had invaded the capital.

I remember.

And what’s inside this…….

“This is the tutorial area.”

“???”

What does she mean?

I couldn’t understand what Ji-eun meant for a moment.

As I tilted my head, she smiled.

“Unlike normal games, ‘World’ does not have field distinctions. In other words, monsters can appear in the city. Of

course, they usually don’t appear, but if you’re unlucky, you might run into them.”

[But they really need to make field distinctions]

[For real, monsters are everywhere]

[I remember when I was walking around the back alley at the western base and got caught by a werewolf and my

head exploded LOL]

[I met a giant crocodile in the sewer LOL;]

“And there are monsters inside this building. It’s a place that some experienced user discovered, and originally, if

something like this appeared in the city, it would usually be subjugated. But this place is like a spawn area…….”

“Ah, then.”

Ji-eun nodded.

“We use this place as a tutorial area.”

Only then did I look around again.

Certainly, there are many people who look a little awkward.

And most of them were following someone’s back like chicks following their mother hen.

I looked at that, and then turned my head.

“But why did you bring me to the tutorial area……?”

Ji-eun already knows roughly about my swordsmanship skills.

‘Because I grinded people in the 7v7 Multi.’

Then she should know very well that I don’t need something like a tutorial, so why did she bring me here first?

“Of course, I know Shihyun’s skills. They are amazing.”

[Super Beauty Sword Master~~~~~]

[The Slaughterer of Multi Normal LOL]

[I really want to see her reach 30 and play ranked.]

“But that’s against people.”

Ji-eun looked at me with a meaningful expression.

“Will Shihyun be able to do well against monsters whose size and speed are different from humans? I don’t think so.”

“Uh…….”

“Anyway, the monsters inside here are simple, so let’s do it as combat practice! I’ll give you a lot of advice and help you!”

[Is the gallery owner finally showing her aspect as an Arfellium senior?]

[Until now, she has only been carried.]

[But the gallery owner is also really bad at hunting monsters.]

“Manager, please ban that person from chatting.”

Ji-eun, who lightly suppressed the chat window, looked at me with a triumphant expression.

You could feel the desire to show the dignity of a senior that she hadn’t been able to show until now from her expression.

“…….”

I didn’t say anything.