Chapter 66

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Translated by Jinmu

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– ?

– ??

– Huh?

– Is the notice popping up only for me right now?

– Nah, it popped up for me too.

– What is this?

– Has a world notice ever popped up like this before?

– Reset? Retry?

– Fuck, I do not understand this at all.

– And what are private areas?

“…?”

This time around, Han-bit showed the exact same reaction as the viewers.

He even thought it was a message visible only to him, but it was a world-wide notice.

“Hyung!”

While examining the contents of the floating notice, Yeon-woo urgently raised his voice.

“What’s going on with this? Why did a world notice pop up?”

[Black Dragon-nim! What happened? Is there something you know?]

A flying question and a message from Kim Jae-ha that arrived after a long time.

However, he couldn’t possibly say the answer out loud.

‘…Don’t tell me this was talking about that?’

The cause that came to mind was only one.

The word discovered in the code pattern of the RP Gear program, Edlen.

Although he didn’t have any other information, a message like this popped up the moment Han-bit cleared the Edlen episode.

Whether directly or indirectly, he couldn’t help but suspect it was a matter the Goddess was involved in.

“Hyung, I’m asking what this is?”

“I don’t know either. I guess it means we saw the true ending.”

“Hul. Then you can conquer it all the way to the end? You just need to follow the web novel exactly as it is, right?”

Yeon-woo’s eyes were sparkling at some point.

Using it as a weapon for channel growth is good, but it seemed best to lay down some groundwork as a made-up excuse.

“Not until the end. The serialization was cut off in the middle, so I couldn’t see past there.”

“Then should I try looking up the novel too? I feel like corporations are going to start digging through it now too.”

“Forget it. It’s a waste of time.”

– Time millionaires mobilize.

– But seeing how it hasn’t come out until now, it seems like it disappeared?

– Yea, they were digging into it early on.

– Is that the problem here? What the hell is a reset;

– Edlen is already bursting. Lol.

Players who started moving right away seemed to have appeared after the notice popped up.

Just thinking about the rewards, retrying is understandable, but what happens to the episodes afterwards.

If they have to do all of that again, a reset is not an easy option.

‘I did do it really fast.’

Even though he used his past memories and experiences, honestly, he shortened the time far too much.

“But what about you? They said the rewards vary depending on contribution.”

Han-bit, who remembered something, asked Yeon-woo.

Because even though he was the party leader, all progression flowed under Han-bit’s lead.

Honestly, Yeon-woo hadn’t done anything.

“Compared to you, Hyung, I’m at about 5 percent. Oh, it looks like the achievements were only given to you, Hyung?”

“…Are you okay with that?”

“I told you, right? I’m not interested in playing the game myself. Thinking about the company, this is favorable news itself. The channel and your stream scale will grow insanely.”

Yeon-woo answered with a voice that just sounded excited.

It seemed his head was truly full of thoughts about growing the Black Dragon channel and his company.

“Ah, what could the privilege rewards be? It says they’ll be distributed after 24 hours.”

“Well. We’ll know when we get them.”

Han-bit, who shrugged his shoulders, turned his gaze to the clock.

The time was already 1 AM.

“I should get going soon.”

“Yes? Are you suddenly leaving in this situation?”

– ?

– No, where are you going?

– We’re in total chaos right now.

– Don’t abandon us.

– Are they saying we just have to clear it again?

– The other starting cities remained the same though.

– Please have your debates in the community.

– Sit down for a moment first.

– I’m really going to turn to the dark side if you leave.

– FR, I’ll turn everything upside down.

[User InfiniteRetry donated 30,000 won.]

[Don’t go;]

[User ㅇㅇ donated 100,000 won.]

[Explain yourself.]

[User Taesung Corporation donated 1,000,000 won.]

[Hello. We have sent the contract conditions again.]

[User Cave Production donated 3,000,000 won.]

[Hello. We contacted you because we have a collaboration proposal.]

[User Yeonhwa Gaming donated 5,000,000 won.]

[Hello. Regarding the contract, new conditions…]

The viewers grabbing him by the trousers and the corporate donations suddenly pouring in.

There are names seen frequently, but the atmosphere felt a bit different this time.

Was it because they became anxious due to the world message?

“I have work tomorrow. The episode is over too, so I’m going to sort things out a bit and come back. And my affiliation will be under Loafer’s company. I’ll let you know if I think of something worth doing with corporations or streamers. You can keep sending proposals.”

– No…

– Ah, right. My commute.

– I’m screwed;

– Team Leader, it went down like this.

– But what time are you coming back tomorrow?

“I’ll probably turn down the stream around evening, but I’ll leave a notice. I’ll be back as early as possible.”

– It’s a shame, but we’ll let you go.

– See you tomorrow.

– SYT (See You Tomorrow)

– SYT

Greetings from the viewers who finally accepted the situation.

Han-bit closed the game right away.

Thud-

Taking off his gear, he got up from the bed.

He must have sweated quite a lot, his hair and clothes were all drenched.

“Huu.”

Because his playtime was quite long, fatigue had accumulated.

It felt completely different from physically moving around.

“Let’s take a shower.”

Han-bit headed to the bathroom right away and finished his shower.

Coming outside, he quickly prepared a late dinner with the food his mother had prepared.

Slurp-

Finally finishing the warm soup down to the last drop, his stomach felt full.

Having even finished washing the dishes, he returned to his room again.

“It must be an uproar.”

Sitting in front of the computer, Han-bit connected to the community RPG.

As expected, all the popular posts at the top were filled with Black Dragon’s story.

An anomaly occurred as Player Black Dragon, and Loafer, cleared the Edlen episode.

Golden shining world notice.

Due to the unprecedented situation, everyone, regardless of players, corporations, and the press, fell into shock.

To the flood of inquiries, the RP management team announced through a notice that it was not a bug or an error.

– Doing it to the point of even triggering an episode reset;

– Everything from one to ten is strange.

– I’m telling you they should just investigate Black Dragon first.

└ How long has it been since the official response came out saying Black Dragon’s account had no issues.

└ Drawing so much aggro like this, isn’t the game company hiding something?

└ Bullshit. Lol. When did RP ever promote anything? It has hundreds of millions of users even if they do nothing.

– I’m playing after resetting, and it’s kind of fun.

└ FR lol. But you can’t do it like Black Dragon.

– I saw quite a few vanguards around.

– Guilds are already contemplating doing carries.

“It’s a complete mess.”

The comments were chaotic no matter which post he entered.

The fascinating thing was that there were surprisingly more players attempting a retry than expected.

Especially the vanguards, wouldn’t they have no reason to deliberately return and reset?

“Hmm.”

Han-bit recalled the message that appeared upon clearing the episode.

[Player Black Dragon’s party has succeeded in the condemnation of Vares.]

[A special privilege is given to the player who first reached the truth of Episode 1. After a preparation period of 24 hours, privileges according to the contribution will be distributed to your inventory.]

[An opportunity for reset and retry is granted to players who have already cleared the existing Episode 1.]

[The private areas will be partially unlocked.]

The condemnation of Vares and the truth of the episode.

The footsteps Han-bit walked in that world were expressed with the word ‘truth’.

What could be the meaning of deliberately giving other players a chance to reset and retry?

What were they trying to gain through it?

And what are private areas?

He couldn’t get a feel for it at all.

“Team Zero… as expected, this side is the clue.”

The way to get a clue right now is to contact the developers of RP.

The problem is that they are entities operating without exposing themselves to the outside world, so even contacting them was impossible.

Because of that, he had investigated the RP Gear, but this also requires time.

“I should try sending one in for now.”

Since he had nothing to lose, Han-bit connected to the official RP website.

And he left an inquiry regarding the development team through the customer service center.

The result would probably arrive in a few days.

“Now about the items…”

Items Han-bit obtained that were okay to sell.

It was the Essence of the Earth obtained from the dungeon.

He connected to the RP Trader right away.

“I’m not getting used to this Black Dragon moniker.”

His name is Kang Han-bit, but his nickname is Black Dragon.

What light and darkness is this.

He didn’t even become it because he wanted to, so thinking about it again made him feel wronged.

What was that damn Goddess thinking?

“Essence of the Earth. Rank 3… Unique grade.”

Han-bit applied the grade and searched for the item.

However, not a single post appeared on the list.

“Not even one?”

He was planning to set an appropriate price, but this was making things difficult.

Entering the RPG community, Han-bit began digging through past posts.

“9 million won last month? Feels a bit wasteful.”

1 month ago.

A comment saying 9 million won was attached to a post asking about the market price.

To him, who expected at least ten million won, it was a bit disappointing.

“Let’s put it up for now.”

The selling price is up to the seller’s heart.

With that thought, Han-bit drafted a post right away.

“…Auction?”

Among a few sales types, the auction stood out particularly.

Looking at the system, it didn’t seem like a particularly cumbersome process.

“Hmm.”

It’s an item that will be sold if there are people looking for it anyway.

If he set the starting price well, he probably wouldn’t suffer a loss.

“I’ll set the starting price at ten million won… I should set an immediate buyout price too.”

A bid price that can end the auction immediately.

Since it didn’t have much meaning anyway, he roughly entered one more 0.

Click-

Setting the deadline at noon, Han-bit uploaded the post.

Looking at the clock, it was already 2 AM.

It was a very long day.

Thud-

Turning off the computer, Han-bit threw himself onto the bed.

Falling asleep happened in an instant.

***

“Han-bit ssi, are you okay? You look extremely tired today.”

Next day.

While cleaning up the meeting room together before lunch, his mentor Lee Min-ho asked worriedly.

“I had a lot of things to focus on over the weekend. You also have a tired face, Sunbae-nim, are you okay?”

“I’m quite used to it. By the way, I watched your stream for a bit. There were even articles about it this morning?”

“…That was a bit embarrassing.”

The episode reset incident showed a much stronger ripple effect than expected.

It seemed to have been a shocking enough incident for major media outlets to cover it in articles.

And the impact of it also appeared in an unexpected place.

“Hey, experience-type.”

As they came out after cleaning the meeting room, the Team Leader’s voice could be heard.

Han-bit, moving to his desk, stood up straight.

“Did you call for me.”

“Are you holding a concurrent job?”

The abruptly thrown question wasn’t very surprising.

More like a thought that what was bound to come has come.

He was planning to quit this place if he ended up going to Yeon-woo’s company anyway.

Han-bit, who had no thought of bowing down, casually answered with a calm expression.

“Yes. I am running a gaming stream.”

“I am running a gaming stream? This guy is completely crazy. Don’t you know concurrent jobs are prohibited? Why are you so confident when you’re just an experience-type intern!”

Kwang-!

The Team Leader slammed the desk and shouted loudly.

On top of it, articles about Streamer Black Dragon and stock-related materials were scattered around.

It seemed he took quite a big hit from the declining market.

“I am sorry! I forgot to inform you!”

At that time, Lee Min-ho, who was watching the situation, urgently ran over and bowed his head instead.

“No, I heard everything. I’m the one who forced it.”

In fact, Lee Min-ho had informed him about the concurrent job issue early on.

The choice belonged to himself.

“Hey, am I a complete joke to you?”

Frowning his glabella sharply, the Team Leader was just about to explode.

Right before he opened his mouth again and poured out abusive language.

Ding-

An alarm rang from Han-bit’s smartphone.

“Fuck, doing all sorts of things, really.”

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

“Whatever. Write a letter of apology and submit it immediately. I’m going to report this upstairs and hand it over to the HR team.”

“Understood.”

“The company’s running very well.”

Disappearing outside the office while spitting out irritation.

Han-bit, returning to his seat with Lee Min-ho, took out his smartphone.

“Ah.”

The app logo displayed on the alarm was the RP Trader.

Come to think of it, it just turned 12 o’clock.

A concise phrase informing him of the situation.

Clicking it, he was redirected to the auction page.

However.

“…Uh?”

Checking the auction result, Han-bit stiffened like a stone.

Rubbing his eyes once, he checked the amount again.

It took no time to spit out a single phrase of profanity.

“Wow, fuck.”