Chapter 3
My Villains Episode 003
2. open one's eyes(1)
Uh, what is it?.
Amusement park? why am i here?
“Samchoon！”
A lovely voice coming from behind.
When the silence suddenly broke, I looked back with tears in my eyes..
A girl wearing a T-shirt with a large picture printed on it and a denim skirt was running hopping..
“Was it fun??”
“Oh, it was so crazy! What about the photos? I took it‘?”
“here.”
When I held out the broken smartphone, Jiwon burst out laughing..
“Haha, what is this! It's my uncle's miscarriage.?”
The guy chuckled and flipped through the photos..
“Wow, I really can’t take pictures. Uncle is now an uncle too. My senses are completely dead..”
“Hey, what a man. How can you be a man at 23??”
“Ha, uncle. Age doesn't matter.”
“then?”
Jiwon made a funny expression in response to my question..
It's so disgusting that you look so much like your older sister..
“Of course it's important to look!”
“Hey, I'm young enough, right? Even these days, when you go to a bar, your ID is checked..”
“It's just lip service on purpose. Uncle doesn't even know that.?”
Jiwon and I passed the police line and sat down on the bench..
He massaged my calf and gave me a chin gesture..
“Uncle, they sell churros over there..”
“•••however?”
“I'm hungry.”
“It sounds like a bang. Do you want to get hit hard??”
“Oh quickly!”
“no way… Buy it?”
“hehe.”
“He slapped me for being an old man, but now he orders and eats it naturally. You, a young man, buy it.”
“Oh, it's hard. I can't even do that to my pretty niece.?”
Due to his anger, I eventually got up and headed to the store..
I was waiting for the churros to come out in a store with the lights off.….
Wow, the smell of butter-grilled squid fills my nose..
I can't stand this.
“Hey, Han Ji-won! squid to eat-”
After saying that, I turned around..
Naturally, there was no support on the bench..
“uh.”
There was someone sitting on that bench that should have been empty..
Beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.
“Uh oh?”
A girl with a familiar appearance was looking at me and waving her hand..
The cold wind and water droplets hit my face violently..
••sea smell?
I suddenly opened my eyes to the salty breath that passed the tip of my nose. I screamed without realizing it as the rough sea filled my field of vision..
“Wow!”
“Kid, be surprised.!”
A grim-looking sailor nearby pulled his sails and growled..
“Brother! If you don’t want to get hurt, stick to your butt!”
“yes yes？”
It was only then that I realized that I was standing on a ship in a storm..
It was a ship with two large sails, but the deck seemed crowded with all kinds of miscellaneous items and merchants filling the seats..
As I looked around in panic, the sailor shouted again..
“Sit down! I'm so dizzy already that I feel like I'm going to die!”
“yes? Ah— yes, yes!”
I looked sideways at the sailor's tanned, bulky shoulders. His fearsome look and harsh tone made me collapse..
The seat was only a small gap between the piles of luggage, but I had no choice but to squeeze my butt in..
My teeth chatter as the damp water comes over my whole body..
What is it, Si what is here?
I sat down while a scary-looking man was yelling at me... … What the hell is going on??
I looked everywhere and tried to assess the situation..
As I already understood, I was sitting on the deck of a ship sailing on a stormy sea..
Despite my unexpected behavior, the passengers on deck only gave me a glance, and the crew seemed busy running around like crazy..
Now that I think about it, the waves were so strong that it felt like the boat would capsize at any moment..
Ugh, fuck, I’m getting motion sick… … uh?
I was so sick of motion sickness that I couldn't even take a cruise on the Han River. But for some reason, I feel fine now..
With the cold raindrops, the chilling sea breeze, and all the loud noises piercing my ears, my senses were sharper than ever, but strangely I didn't feel dizzy..
“What is this?……
As I wiped the moisture from my face, I shrugged my shoulders in shock..
I raised my hand and swept my face, but it felt like I was touching someone else's face with someone else's hand - a very unfamiliar touch..
The unfamiliar texture was caused by changes in the face and hands..
First of all, the nose was too high, and the hands were big and rough. My hands were several times rougher than the hands that were sore from working part-time in the kitchen when I was a high school student or the hands that were dry during cold weather training..
“What is this, fuck?……
When I looked down again, my body felt strange too..
If you think of my original body, that is, Kim Seung-soo's body - a height barely above average, skinny arms and legs, and a protruding belly - it was, in a word, the physique of a typical office worker..
But now… … Every time I twisted my body, I could clearly feel the strong muscles throughout my body..
The limbs were surprisingly long, and there was no fat on the waist. Surprised, I felt my marble-like chest muscles as I touched myself..
The outfit was also strange.
The top and bottom were made of leather. The pants seemed to have been processed at least, but the top was rough, as if it were made of rawhide..
Iron armor with loose ropes hung on the chest and shoulders..
There was a knife wrapped in a cloth lying around at my feet, and it looked like something I had dropped earlier when I got up..
My waist was getting in the way, so I looked down and saw that a shield the size of my head was hanging from my belt and was shaking..
What is this? what was i wearing?
I tried to stay calm and started to remember..
‘Pique Request Note’, a blood knight who had been carefully raised for nearly a year, was killed by a trickster..
Whether it was a hack or a bug, it was an obvious cheating play and I hurled double insults at the guy..
The trickster left, and I let go of my anger and sat down again after eating..
I played ‘Nuclear Fighter Lee Saegiya’, a level 1 blood knight I created in a fit of anger..
After successfully clearing Chapter 1 and boarding the ship heading to Chapter 2, I closed the game and fell asleep.…….
‘Wait a minute, get on the boat.?’
My body trembled as if I had been struck by lightning..
The surrounding scenery, my changed body and clothes, the vague knowledge flowing into my head... … The brain received a lot of information and completed the calculation in an instant..
And the so-called ‘feel’ and the remaining piece of cold reason came to the same conclusion..
“this.”
I am 30 this year, a young man or an old man in my 3rd year of working life.…….
“Mr.……
The hardcore character of the Dark World, the blood knight, became the ‘nuclear bastard’..
After trying everything I could to escape reality for a day, I finally came to terms with the situation in front of me..
To quell my hunger, I took out hardened black bread from my pocket, not sure if it was a bag or a bag, soaked it in rainwater, and chewed it. And then I got lost in thought..
The main stage of Dark World is divided into two branches. Campaigns and Expeditions.
Expedition is high-level content that involves wandering around a hellish other dimension and farming items, and the campaign is content that progresses the game's story..
Dark World's campaign consists of a total of ten chapters, including Chapter 1, which is essentially a tutorial..
During the campaign, players go on a desperate journey to prevent Middle World from being tainted by the Dark World..
And the ship I was on was the passage connecting Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the Dark World Campaign..
The crucial difference between the game and reality was that the journey was not omitted with a short video, but rather sailed on the sea while facing wind and rain..
“Fuck you.”
After wiping the moisture from my face, I sighed and cursed and buried my forehead between my knees..
‘Why is it a dark world?……
If I were to express the worldview of Dark World in one word, it could be said to be ‘a dead end without dreams or hope’..
Kings wage war, and lords wage civil war. The church was corrupted, and thieves, monsters, and undead were rampant everywhere..
The future becomes even more chaotic. All other dimensions, including the Dark World, break down the thin dimensional boundaries and come to this place, Middle World.
Because I'm planning to devour it.
“Phew.”
As I closed my eyes for a moment, feeling my head pounding, I remembered the scene I had seen in my dream earlier when I forced myself to fall asleep..
Familiar texts and symbols. It was a character sheet that displayed stats and skills without any room for misunderstanding..
For some reason, the equipment window did not appear, but the character sheet alone was enough to solidify my confidence that I was now in the dark world..
I also checked the status of the stats and skills, as well as the ring on my hand..
The conclusion I came to like that was… … I felt like I was now a character in the dark world. He cleared Chapter 1 and became a level 10 blood knight, ‘Nuke Hacker.’.
Ha, if you were already going to be a game character, I would have sent you a ‘pique request note’..
‘'Pique Application Note' successfully completed the campaign and was a hero who was treated as a savior not only on the continent but also at all levels..
Moreover, he was a powerful character who could never threaten his life at the level of the enemies that appeared in the campaign..
I quietly looked down at the relic left behind by the ‘Pique Request Note’..
Looking at the red-tinged ring, I naturally thought of the original minor wizard who killed 'Pique Request Note'..
trickster. Given the circumstances, he is the old man who I suspect threw me here..
In fact, there was no way to know whether that bastard was a father or a mother-in-law..
I didn't actually meet him, I just inferred his age and gender by meeting him clinically..
Anyway, it's a hidden quest, and since the invitation mentions you, it's definitely related to the current situation.…….
“It's all land!”
“It's South Harbor.!”
I suddenly raised my head at the shout that came from the boat. Seeing people getting off their butts, I also got up from my seat..
Before we knew it, the rain and wind had stopped, and the black ink clouds were retreating to one side..
And under the brilliant sun, the beautiful port city in the distance was dyed yellow..
The beginning of Chapter 2 was 'South Harbor', the southernmost point of the Kingdom of Milanol..
“and-”
I forgot the situation I was in and let out an exclamation..
The Blood Knight's young, healthy eyes reflected South Harbor clearly despite the distance..
A castle built high with brown bricks, a long pier stretching out to the sea, large ships anchored here and there, colorful roofs, and statues wearing unique clothes.
Soldiers wearing human and chain armor, livestock that look like they have never seen before.…….
Although I traveled the world for five months right after graduating from college, the scenery of South Harbor was so new that nothing could compare to it..
I was fascinated by the scenery that was incomparable to any other coastal city on Earth, such as Nice with its endless coastline, Amsterdam with its beautiful night view, and Barcelona with its crowded people..
Car payments, monthly rent, boring company dinners, an old-fashioned team leader and an incompetent manager - I felt a sense of liberation that I had escaped the hellish life in Seoul..
And the unprecedented power boiling through my extremely strong body and blood was what made me gently bring out the sense of adventure that I had hidden in a corner of my heart..
And this happy feeling was shattered in less than five minutes..
nettle.
“ huh?" From somewhere, the sound of the wind tearing was heard, followed by a creepy thudding sound..
Without thinking, I turned my eyes towards the source of the sound and was struck by an unimaginable sight..
There was a man bleeding with an arrow stuck in his neck..
“That's right••••♦•
“What, what……
Even after the arrow pierced the man's neck, it seemed to have enough strength left to remain firmly stuck in the railing, and the man was muttering something with his neck bent..
He raised his hand and felt for the blood-soaked arrow shaft, but was unable to pull it out or break it, and only continued making meaningless gestures..
I stared blankly down at the man's mouth, trying to figure out what he was saying..
“It's a pirate!”
I stared at the mouth of a sailor on a rocking boat until I bumped my shoulder into him and fell..
But in the end, I couldn't hear his will..
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