Chapter 25

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Translated by Jinmu

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Swish!

Swoosh!

The blade of wind carving through the empty air while drawing an arc.

Han-bit distributed points to his stats, excluding Stamina, and continuously used his skill whenever the wind replenished.

Watching that spectacle blankly, Yeon-woo was able to realize it towards the end.

That all three stats of differing natures influenced the skill.

“It’s really an all-stat skill?”

“Stamina is out of the question, but the power of a spirit is originally like that. It’s cut from a different cloth compared to other techniques.”

Chirp!

The little bird listening to the conversation let out a sound as if agreeing.

– Why is this real.

– Cute.

– If all spirit skills are all-stat, isn’t that f*cking tough?

– Elementalists weeping.

The spirit’s response carried high persuasiveness.

Extending his hand, Han-bit lightly stroked the bird.

“We are borrowing the spirit’s power. Several abilities have to back it up to be qualified for that.”

“Still, requesting three types of stats makes the wall too high, doesn’t it?”

“Think of it as minimum conditions rather than a request. It’s meaningless if you don’t catch the spirit’s fancy anyway.”

– It’s not easy for a kid.

– Baby Spirit (5,000 years old)

– Is negotiation possible if I boost Intelligence to get smarter?

– Ok I’m going all-in on Intelligence.

– Wouldn’t replacing your head be faster?

Regardless of the playful reactions.

The power of a spirit is a category that difficult to handle perfectly by that much.

Though, should one say it’s kind since it displays the parts one must realize through senses as stats?

“But then are you going to go as an Elementalist all the way? The efficiency of other skills would likely be subpar.”

“Everything depends on how you use it. How you use it is more important than efficiency.”

Preferred techniques are bound to exist, but right now is merely the starting point.

Depending on the situation, many circumstances where several skills are used in tandem would likely arise.

Of course, it was clear that he would continuously receive a lot of help from the spirits.

‘This should be enough.’

Having finished stat distribution, Han-bit completed collecting the necessary data.

Moving his finger, Han-bit turned his gaze to the information window.

[Black Dragon – Lv.16]

[Title: None]

Strength: 20

Agility: 20

Intelligence: 20

Stamina: 7

Remaining Stat Points: 0

“Haa.”

Watching blankly, Yeon-woo let out a sigh.

“What is it now?”

“Look at this for a second.”

He spoke while popping up his own character information window.

[Loafer – Lv.25]

[Title: Explorer of the Forest]

Strength: 23

Agility: 6

Intelligence: 5

Stamina: 11

Han-bit turned his gaze to the screen.

Then, he asked back with a puzzled face.

“… Why are you like this?”

“The stat points you obtained are just way too many, hyung. I’m the normal one.”

Yeon-woo answered as if finding it absurd.

Han-bit examined his information window once again.

[Loafer – Lv.25]

[Title: Explorer of the Forest]

Strength: 23

Agility: 6

Intelligence: 5

Stamina: 11

The sum of Han-bit’s stats was 67.

The sum of Yeon-woo’s stats was 45.

Considering the level difference and play time, it was an absurd disparity.

“This is normal? Didn’t you just slack off?”

“The only thing I didn’t do was the story! Compared to you, hyung, who has only played for a few days, this makes no sense at all!”

– Loafer is going to cry;

– For real this is the normal one though.

– Honestly isn’t this practically a private server.

– Didn’t they give like 15 stat points if you clear the story?

– If you do f*cking well you can get up to 17.

He felt too sorry to tease that genuinely aggrieved expression.

Letting out a sigh once again, Yeon-woo turned his gaze to Han-bit’s stats.

Then, as if he thought of something, he posed a question.

“But are you really okay with Stamina being at this level? I know because I experienced it, but there are numerous times where you get one-shot by monsters.”

One of the reasons RP is difficult lies in the fact that HP is not visible.

A system that doesn’t display the HP of monsters, let alone the characters.

Due to that, there seemed to be quite a lot of people who invest somewhat in Stamina for stable gameplay.

Strictly pertaining to ordinary players, that is.

“That’s solved by simply not getting hit.”

“… Pardon?”

– Lmaooooo

– Look at that sheer ambition.

– Everyone has a plausible plan. Until they get punched.

– For real he has to get brutally murdered to understand.

The bluff-like tale elicited mocking reactions from the viewers.

To not get hit, you just have to dodge the attacks.

It’s an exceedingly simple truth, but it’s not something anyone can do.

However, Han-bit, who had learned that while risking his life for a long time, did not fall into the category of that ‘anyone’.

Closing the character information window, Han-bit turned his gaze to the camera.

“I will wrap up the broadcast here.”

“Ah, you’re leaving now?”

– What. Why are you leaving.

– Are you sulking?

– Sorry.

The viewers immediately flipped their stance at the news of the broadcast ending.

They are funny people no matter when he sees them.

“I told you I have to go to work. We’ll enter the main story tomorrow, so please drop by in the evening.”

Click.

Pressing the logout button, Han-bit took off the gear worn on his head.

“Phew.”

Sweeping back his sweat-drenched hair, he went out to the living room.

Since his mother was already asleep, Han-bit finished his shower as carefully as possible.

Buzz.

Upon returning to his room, the vibration of his phone rang.

[Hyung, I’ll give you all the donations and prize money received today. It’s 31,392,000 won in total, but I think it will take about 30 minutes due to app maintenance.]

“What is he talking about?”

The promise to split donations 50/50 was still valid.

He had no intention whatsoever of being blinded by a large amount of money.

Han-bit opened the messenger chat room.

[Kang Han-bit: Stop spouting nonsense, and divide the donations exactly in half.]

[Joo Yeon-woo: No, it’s right that you take all of this, hyung. It’s the same context as the prize money.]

[Kang Han-bit: If it wasn’t for you, there wouldn’t even be this kind of opportunity. We earned this together, so don’t say another word. I’m sleeping.]

Toss.

Sending his reply, Han-bit placed his phone face down on the desk.

Throwing his body onto the bed, he listened to the ringing vibration and… couldn’t fall asleep just like that.

“Ah.”

Having recalled a task he had to do, Han-bit raised his body again.

Turning on his computer, he sat in his chair and pulled his keyboard closer.

“I should do as much as I received.”

The hint regarding the hidden skill he had promised the viewers.

Having personally verified the amount, he couldn’t just brush it off half-heartedly.

Because there inherently existed expectations measured in the tens of millions.

“… Where do I write it?”

Asking Yeon-woo is the best, but the vibrations were still ringing.

Giving up cleanly, Han-bit entered the RPG community.

“Login… and non-login, both exist.”

Posts written after authenticating an account and posts written anonymously.

It seemed Yeon-woo uploading the video belonged to the latter.

“Let’s see…”

Bringing his headgear over, Han-bit entered the account identification number located on the login screen.

Whether that was enough to serve as authentication, the sign-up process was completed.

“Shall I write them down one by one for now.”

Clicking the write button, he began unloading the hints in his predetermined order.

However, the task couldn’t even continue for 10 minutes.

“Wow, this is difficult.”

He possessed an ample amount of experiences and knowledge.

The problem was that unraveling them into writing was complicated in various ways.

“I need to write it easily for them to understand.”

The people who would read this text were ordinary players, meaning they were beginners.

In that case, he needed to intuitively organize what was in his head as much as possible.

Tap tap- Tap tap-

Feeling slightly competitive, Han-bit’s fingers moved busily.

It was a few hours later when that task was finished.

***

The next morning.

Opening his eyes early, Han-bit stretched.

“Ugh.”

Movements within the game originate from the mind, but the fatigue was significant.

He probably felt it more intensely because of how much he concentrated.

Of course, it was also simply because he went to sleep late.

“When did this kid sleep again?”

Holding his phone, he opened the chat room with Yeon-woo once more.

There were over 10 messages piled up since the last reply.

Fortunately, it seemed the conclusion was to follow Han-bit’s opinion.

“To think it’s 20 million won.”

A massive amount that felt devoid of reality.

It seemed he sent a bit more than half after all.

It felt like his final string of stubbornness, making a chuckle escape him.

Buzz-!

Just when he was looking into the amount again, the phone vibrated.

It was Yeon-woo’s call.

“At this hour?”

A call early in the morning was somewhat strange.

Harboring such a doubt, Han-bit pressed the accept call button.

“What is happening from early in the morning…”

(Did you really write this, hyung?)

An urgent voice that flew in before he could even finish his words.

It was a truly baffling situation.

“What are you suddenly talking about?”

(The post you uploaded on RPG! Were you really the one who uploaded it, hyung?)

The vehement reaction was somewhat strange.

Turning on the computer, Han-bit headed straight to the RPG community.

And faced thousands of comment notifications popping up at the top.

“…?”

Puzzled, Han-bit clicked the notification and moved to the post.

The content was regarding the hints he wrote yesterday.

I’m leaving the hints as promised.

I simply organized them in the order of Swordsmanship, Sparring, and Spirits, so please refer to them.

1. Swordsmanship

Balder’s first test depends purely on posture and mindset. Swing your sword at least 50,000 times beforehand before receiving the quest.

2. Sparring

Balder displays a very minuscule precursor right before attacking. The basic framework is that you can distinguish them in advance through the changes in his pupils, hands, feet, waist, etc.

First, I will teach you the 15 basic movements, 21 connected movements, and 26 advanced movements.

I wrote it from the player’s perspective, so it should be easy to understand.

1) Right downward slash

Gaze forward, right wrist moved 2 centimeters towards 1 o’clock, left foot moved 1.5 centimeters towards 7 o’clock, waist angled around 10 degrees to the right based on the center seam…

The contents of the post Han-bit diligently wrote out were considerably long.

However, those who saw the hints fell into chaos.

– Wh- What is this…

– Hint (Introduction Course)

– Professor, the progress speed is weird.

– No, how are we supposed to copy this;

– We’re supposed to read precursors like that?

– Looks like I need to train my kinetic vision for 20 years.

└ Do you think 20 years will suffice?

└ Being reborn is faster.

– I think I’m gonna lose my mind.

– Ok I’m diving in headfirst for now.

└ Your head will pop doing that.

– Couldn’t you have uploaded a video or something together with it;

└ Excuse me, but do you not have a conscience, sir?

The string of continuous comments was practically a chaotic mess.

(This isn’t a hint, it’s just a walkthrough!)

Even amidst these reactions, Yeon-woo felt the information was too excessive.

Perusing down the comments, Han-bit let out a short sigh.

“As expected, there are many saying it’s difficult.”

(What do you mean ‘as expected’?)

“You, could you follow this exactly as it is?”

(That is…)

Yeon-woo’s voice, who tried to answer, faded away.

Because he had overly focused on the community’s reactions, it seemed he was re-examining the contents of the post.

And a moment later, a dumbfounded voice was heard.

(No, how are you supposed to copy this?)