Chapter 2: It became a game character.

Chapter 1 – I Became a Game Character.

[Are you satisfied with your life?]

[YES / NO]

It’s NO.

I scoffed at the question and chose the option without hesitation.

I have a lot of complaints about my life.

If there’s a God, I’d want to punch them in the face.

[Is there anyone around you who loves you?]

[YES / NO]

It’s NO.

There’s no one who loves me.

They’re all human scum who only see me as money.

My parents and relatives abused me with violence and curses as if it were a daily meal when I was young, then abandoned me and ran away.

After not contacting me for years, when I fortunately got a job at a large corporation, they somehow found out and immediately demanded I repay them for raising me, making a fuss – even now, thinking about it annoys me.

Of course, when I refused, they not only hurled all sorts of insults at me but also threw tantrums and made a scene.

To make matters worse, I was even hit with absurd lawsuits.

Fortunately, the court wasn’t foolish and sided with me, but they still snuck into my house and stole anything valuable.

Each time, I immediately reported them to the police, got everything back, and had them put in jail.

Yet, instead of reflecting, they treated me like trash who abandoned their family.

After that, I cut ties with them again, but then an incident occurred.

My father… no, the man biologically related to me by blood, came to find me, drunk and holding a knife.

And he threatened me to write a will.

He wanted me to write that all my inheritance would go to him after I died.

How foolish; even if he killed me, there would be legal dispute records and records of him coming here, so who would believe such a will?

I later heard he had accumulated gambling debts.

I pretended to write the will and then escaped.

I guess it was fortunate he was drunk; I managed to escape more easily than I expected.

Thanks to this incident, I could truly realize it.

That these people didn’t love me.

Of course, I didn’t expect love from those trashy people, but I at least thought they were human…

To them, I was just…

[Is ‘God’s Prank’ enjoyable?]

[YES / NO]

It’s YES.

‘God’s Prank’ is an MMORPG I absolutely adore.

This game is also the one currently conducting this incomprehensible survey.

It’s a survey I could just skip, but whether it’s a whim or not, I’m not skipping it.

Anyway, it’s no exaggeration to say I poured my entire life into this game.

For me, who had been gritting my teeth and surviving alone in a harsh society, encountering this game felt like finding an oasis in the desert.

The joy and sense of accomplishment I felt for the first time.

The slightly difficult difficulty, dark and bleak story, and somewhat aggressive monetization were all things I enjoyed so much that they felt endearing.

The reason I had lived such a boring and terrible life until now was precisely because of this game.

If you ask if I enjoyed this game, I can only answer yes, nine times out of ten.

[Do you think you have skill in the game?]

[YES / NO]

It’s YES.

Saying I poured my life into this game isn’t just words.

The proof is that I am the number one ranked player in this game.

Fantasy of World is fundamentally a game where players form teams to tackle boss raids.

There are three main positions: Damage Dealer (DD), Tank, and Healer.

Among them, my position is the Tank.

It’s a role that protects teammates from the boss’s powerful attacks and creates openings for the boss.

My tanking role was an absolute iron wall, to the extent that people would say teammates would never die if they raided with me.

And even if my defense were to be breached, I could withstand most attacks head-on with my regeneration (body tanking).

A tank with nicknames like ‘Zombie’ or ‘Meat Shield’ isn’t just for show.

And in this game, there’s also PVP, meaning players can fight each other, and I achieved first place there too.

My damage, which comes from a simple yet surprisingly difficult playstyle of blocking all attacks and delivering counters, is strong enough to surpass the damage of most damage dealers.

People would even nod if I said, “I’m a tank who dabbles in damage dealing (laughs).”.

With such cheating-like skill, many people accuse me of using hacks or bugs, but it’s my own hands and generous investment (real money spending) that created this ‘OP hack’.

I’ve rambled, but if I, the number one player, don’t say I have skill, then who could?

[Which do you think is more valuable: your life or your life in the game?]

[Reality / Game]

I chose the ‘Game’ option without hesitation.

Anyone who has heard my story so far would understand my choice.

[Evaluating…]

[Evaluation Complete]

[Result: Highly Suitable]

[You are ‘God’s…]

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[Error. Error. Error.]

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[Interference detected. Affirmative. Correction.]

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[You are appointed ‘God’s !)#!!($%@’. Do you accept?]

[YES / NO]

“…”

I blinked for a moment, looking at the options before my eyes.

‘Is that corrupted text a hint about a new update?’

‘Does it mean I’ve been chosen as a beta tester before the update?’

‘That’s why they conducted the survey…’

I smiled and immediately selected YES.

[This place can be hell or heaven for you. Do you still agree?]

[YES / NO]

I instinctively laughed upon seeing that question.

“The reality I’m already living in is hell.”

“YES.”

[Player’s consent confirmed.]

[Synchronizing…]

[Preparing body…]

[Synchronizing soul…]

[Checking link…]

[ALL CLEAR.]

[Your objective is to choose the options well and survive.]

[Good luck.]

‘What does that suddenly mean?’

While listening to the incomprehensible explanation, I closed my eyes and opened them again to find myself dropped into a city.

And I was my game character!!

[Loading Complete.]

[Transfer Complete.]

[Body transformation and soul alteration complete.]

[…]

[Good luck in your new life…]

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[…]

[Correction.]

[May your new life be filled with gourmet delights.]

“…”

As I opened my eyes, I easily noticed something was strange.

Although it was too dark to see clearly, I could feel my surroundings with an unusual clarity, realizing this wasn’t my home but an underground-like space.

Clink-

“…?”

As I was flustered by the unnervingly clear sensation of my surroundings, the sound of metal dragging near my ear naturally made me lower my gaze, and there was a long, stretched-out chain.

“A chain?”

And above all, the end of that chain was connected to both of my wrists.

“???”

The chain didn’t seem to be connected anywhere, so movement wouldn’t be an issue, but wearing a chain in an unfamiliar, dark space was clearly strange.

“Is this a dream?”

But it felt too vivid to be a dream.

Moreover, my voice just now…

I recalled one possibility, but I deliberately took a deep breath to calm myself and carefully moved my body towards a nearby puddle, using it as a mirror to look at myself.

“A girl?”

My reflection in the puddle was of a girl I’d never seen before… no, somehow she looked familiar.

White hair and red eyes, old rags draped like clothes, shabby bandages wrapped around her limbs, and chains on her wrists…

This appearance, reminiscent of a s*ave.

“Eun-wol?”

It was my game character’s body.

…

The only difference was that the adult character had become a child appearing to be about 10 years old, but this was clearly Eun-wol’s appearance.

Normally, I would have been unable to accept this situation and would have fallen into a panic, but perhaps because I had become a game character, my reflection in the puddle maintained an expressionless face, as if devoid of emotion.

Thanks to that, I could calmly analyze the situation.

“The survey is the cause.”

In my last memory, I was definitely taking a game survey.

The strange thing was that I couldn’t remember how I ended up answering the survey.

In other words, the cause of me being like this right now is definitely that survey.

“…”

I raised my head and looked around again.

A space with a terrifying and dangerous atmosphere, where I couldn’t tell what lay ahead.

But I felt no fear.

I didn’t even feel like going back.

There was only the joy of escaping that hell and the anticipation of being able to start a new life.

Of course, the current situation itself couldn’t be called good, but if it’s Eun-wol, who I can call my everything… no, if it’s me, then surely…!

Thump-

“…!”

What snapped me out of my thoughts was a vibration strong enough to shake the underground.

Furthermore, a human presence could be felt from far away.

Normally, I would have been scared and confused, but instinctively, curiosity outweighed fear.

Because for a game character, that’s natural.

Yes, that’s natural, isn’t it?