BJ Grand Mage-Episode 2
2fury. Episode 1. lucky day (1).
1.
2020Around 1998, the word virtual reality game became a very familiar word to people..
Eventually, in 2034, the virtual reality game that people had been longing for appeared in the world..
God Wars.
The game that appeared with the title “War of the Gods” was beyond people’s imagination..
At the same time, the speed at which the game was engulfing the world was beyond what people imagined..
2038In 2018, the number of registered players for God Wars exceeded 1.8 billion, and the number of viewers watching the game exceeded 5.1 billion..
It was a moment when not only sports such as soccer, baseball, and basketball, but also all kinds of entertainment enjoyed by mankind, such as opera, concerts, and orchestras, were swallowed up by a single game..
The era of God Wars has begun.
In that era, being good at the game God Wars was an indescribable ability and power..
[Professional player salary reaches $300 million!]
[Two-Handed becomes the highest-paid pro in history.!]
There is also a person who receives an annual salary of over 300 billion won just because he is good at games..
[Hayes Game Company begins listing on KOSDAQ]
[Hayes Game Company, highest price for 5 consecutive days!]
[Goblin Guild pursues NASDAQ listing?]
Even companies that gather players who play God Wars and make profits through them, so-called game companies or God Wars guilds, were praised as the hottest items in the stock market..
[The corporate value of Beta, the strongest guild in God Wars, is?]
[Beta Guild won't change even if given $10 billion!]
Nowadays, the value of a single guild in a game is not only hundreds of billions of won, but also trillions of won..
So many protagonists appeared..
[God Wars changed my life from being an outcast!]
[God Wars, the reason why I, a loner in a room, was able to become a billionaire!]
People appeared whose lives changed to the extent that even Cinderella would envy, and they achieved both wealth and fame as brilliant leading actors..
So many people became leading actors..
“It's too much. Anyway, isn't 300,000 won per day too much for a raid where the survival rate is less than 30%? You know that 80 hours fly by when the game is over.?”
And there were tens of thousands of times more extras than the number of lead actors..
- If you don't like it, don't do it..
“It's not that I don't like it, I'm just asking for a raise in pay. Even at level 100, 300,000 won is too much, and even at level 200, 300,000 won is too much.?”
Hyunwoo Jeong, he was that extra..
- Hey, that's all the Sirocco guild gives me, so what should I do as a broker??
What the 5.1 billion viewers who enjoy playing God Wars games enjoy the most is boss monster raids..
Of course, boss monster raids were a major source of income for guilds and game companies, and they would constantly raid boss monsters to generate more profits..
The important thing here was that the purpose was to generate profit..
“Damn it, if you're going to act like that, at least make me join a guild. There is no room in the Sirocco guild.?”
- Hey, my current position is almost gone. It's not for nothing that the Scirocco guild kids go on raids..
How guilds and game companies must operate their groups more efficiently to generate better profits.
From that perspective, it was very inefficient to always hire thousands of players, sometimes over 10,000, to participate in boss monster raids..
So they started hiring people only when needed..
- It would be better to just accept 300,000 won when they give it to you. These days, I hear there's a rumor that large guilds are colluding to reduce the price of extras..
“what?”
They were so-called extras..
“No, those bastards who make a lot of money are going to reduce the liver of fleas.?”
- What should I do? If you ask me, I'll be good at the game.
Of course, from the beginning, there was not a single person who came into this room dreaming of being an extra..
The same was true for Jeong Hyeon-woo..
“Dude, you hit me in the shin with facts.”
2034When God Wars appeared in the world, Hyun-Woo Jeong risked everything in God Wars to become the lead role..
I was quite confident.
‘Damn it.’
The source of his confidence was none other than baseball, which ruined his life..
Due to the nature of God Wars, where you literally have to control a virtual body with your whole body, the difference in talent between players was very large..
A wizard was a representative example..
It wasn't difficult to use magic in God Wars.
The problem is getting the magic right.
In other games, targeting would be done automatically, but the types of magic targeted in God Wars were limited, and its power was not impressive..
Ultimately, this means that the player must encounter the target directly..
It was not easy even for so-called professional baseball players to hit the running monsters instead of just hitting them..
- Hey, don't be too discouraged though. huh? You were popular once too.?
‘Yeah, things went pretty well at first..’
For Jeong Hyun-woo, a former professional baseball player who was evaluated as having slow velocity but good control, this fact came as a golden opportunity..
Moreover, for Jeong Hyun-woo, who was released from the professional team due to a decline in skill due to an injury at the time, the value of that opportunity was more than a thousand dollars..
Actually it wasn't that bad at first.
No, it was pretty good..
In a situation where there are more players than grains of sand, but there are fewer wizards who know how to use magic properly, Jeong Hyeon-woo's job change became a very good business card..
The number of parties I formed with skilled players increased, and I formed relationships with rankers..
I thought they were in a league of their own.
I thought the flow wouldn't be bad.
- If it hadn't been for your brother's accident back then, it wouldn't have been like this now.······.
It definitely wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't been the worst event in my life..
“It doesn't matter. It's just that I didn't have any shit..”
However, Jeong Hyeon-woo did not think that day ruined his life..
“That's the only reason why I look like this. It's just that I have no talent, no money, and no luck..”
- There is no shit?
“Let’s go?”
At that moment, the tone of the conversation changed, and the two returned to the original topic..
- That's why I do it?
“I have to do it.”
- But like you said, this is dangerous. Are you okay? Anyone can see that the Scirocco Guild is overdoing it..
“The probability of successful raiding is less than 30% according to my calculations..”
- It's really low.
“But there's more than an 80 percent chance that I'll survive.”
Jeong Hyeon-woo’s eyes shone sharply as he spoke..
“My nickname isn't Die Hard for nothing.”
The man behind the smartphone spoke to Jeong Hyeon-woo..
- Your nickname is cockroach.?
2.
Beep!
With a short sound, the door of a white capsule the size of a bed opened, and a man appeared inside..
180Centimeter tall, the man's physique, clearly visible as he was wearing a full-body swimsuit, was quite stocky..
A body that has exercised quite well.
The man took off the helmet he was wearing on his head..
At that time, a man in a cleaning uniform approached me and handed me a candy in his hand and said,.
“Hyunwoo, the job went well.?”
In response to a question from Lee Hyeok-ju, a part-time employee at the capsule room, Jeong Hyeon-woo said while putting the candy he gave him in his mouth..
“What does it mean to do well? In the end, I ended up risking my life and working part-time as a meat shield for 300,000 won..”
“so where is it?”
“Sirocco Guild.”
“What about the Sirocco Guild? Blue Back Lion Turtle Raid?”
“yes.”
The tone is so blunt that even the listener feels depressed..
However, Lee Hyuk-joo's eyes actually brightened at Jung Hyun-woo's words..
“Bro, I want to participate in raids like that because I don’t mind paying money..”
Jeong Hyun-woo smiled bitterly at Lee Hyuk-joo's eyes, which showed even that earnestness..
Hyunwoo Jeong, he was definitely an extra..
No, I couldn't even be an extra..
The reason guilds and game companies hire him is to use him once and throw it away, nothing more or less..
Humans were no different from firewood..
“I wasted all the money I earned from a part-time job to hire helpers for general hunting, let alone boss raids..”
Nevertheless, the world was overflowing with people who dreamed of even becoming disposable human firewood that would be used once and then discarded..
“I no longer dream of becoming like my real brother. I wish I didn't have to spend money playing games..”
In fact, among the 1.5 billion players, the number of professional players who make a living solely by playing God Wars was less than 15 million..
It was proof that Jeong Hyeon-woo was definitely not without talent..
‘There is nothing more miserable than poor talent..’
However, Jeong Hyun-woo knew better than anyone else how miserable such talent and clumsy talent can make people..
Because I've experienced it.
‘In the end, it is a stage for those who are born with natural talents. Whether it’s baseball or a game.’
Not once, but twice.
“Yes, thank you for saying that. Be sure to work hard to level up and succeed..”
Of course, Jeong Hyun-woo didn't necessarily spit at Lee Hyuk-joo's eyes..
I didn’t necessarily throw cold water on his wishes..
“Hey, is that possible? Anyway, the starters will already be playing this game..”
Even if he didn't do that, the world had already put Lee Hyuk-joo's dream in cold water..
“Kids who start now won't be able to move up to the rankings even if they hit the lottery winnings..”
It has been five years since God Wars began its service, and God Wars' vested interests had already created a firm fence..
Not only did they create a perfect stronghold in all aspects that latecomers could not dare to surpass, but they also created a huge kingdom made of those strongholds through collusion..
It was for that reason that Jeong Hyun-woo clung to the current reality without daring to dream of a new beginning..
“Yes, the kids who are raising characters now will never rise to the top even if they spend a lot of money on it. Even if you are overflowing with talent.”
This was the reason why Jung Hyun-woo could not give up on his character, Midas, into which he invested a considerable amount of money and time over five years..
Right now, it wasn't easy to get a job in God Wars..
‘The money I spent on choosing Ifrit’s wizard was close to 5 million won..’
In God Wars, the job is determined the moment you create a character..
The problem is that the way jobs are determined is random..
God Wars players choose one of 1,000 cards that appear when creating a character, and only then are their occupations determined..
And there was even a class for those jobs.
From normal grade to legendary grade.
There were even people who invested hundreds of millions of won by repeatedly creating new characters in order to get the job they wanted..
‘It's nonsense to start over.’
Jeong Hyun-woo, who remembered that fact, clenched his teeth..
‘Okay, that's all for now. What can I do to feed my brother and our cute Hyerin?.’
accepted one's reality.
“3I need to do it again later, so please make a reservation..”
“yes. Don't forget to give me the raid video instead..”
“Yes, I will give you as many videos as I want that won't even get 10 views if you post them on Warstube..”
Ahhhh!
With those words, Jeong Hyeon-woo chewed the candy he was eating and crushed it..
After that, he frowned at the taste of the candy that spread..
“Hey, but what kind of candy is this? Why does it taste like this?”
“Glucose candy.”
“glucose?”
“In a gaming novel I once read, the main character ate glucose candy because it was said to be good for the brain..”
Jeong Hyeon-woo laughed at that answer..
“So how did the main character in the novel become the king of games? I got some kind of hidden class?”
“After getting hit by a truck and going back in time, I played solo as a necromancer.?”
In response to the explanation that followed, Jeong Hyun-woo waved his hand as if it was no longer worth talking about..
“There are all kinds of crazy novels out there..”
“So it's fun. ah! If I could go back to the past, I would have done God Wars even if I had to sell my real organs. My brother is like that too.?”
Jeong Hyun-woo laughed at Lee Hyuk-ju’s words..
“Am I crazy? The moment I go back in time, I will save up all my money, invest it in God Wars-related stocks, and sleep at home scratching my stomach. Anyway, a talentless, moneyless, unlucky bastard gets hit by a truck and can't go back in time..”
With those words, Jeong Hyeon-woo left the capsule room..
Jeong Hyeon-woo, who came out like that, let out a long sigh, and soon his breath covered his eyes..
A world filled with infinitely soaring buildings, yet a quiet world welcomed him..
fighting, fighting!
And the falling raindrops greeted him.
“A, Mr. Binet.”
In the rain, Jeong Hyeon-woo put on his baseball cap and put his feet out in the rain..
It was that moment.
I profit!
‘huh?’
A self-driving truck lost its balance in the falling rain and started running towards him like crazy..
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