3.
Anyone who has played AOS games or FPS games will understand that feeling when you have to team up with other people who you have only met for the first time.
‘Ah! Swearing is so necessary in life.’
Cursing is basically a virtue in life. A person who insults others should be cursed back. At least that’s what I believe.
Of course, I don’t swear at good mannered users who are enjoying the game nicely. The people I hate are the following:
1. A person who trolls because he doesn’t like me or confuses me with the enemy team.
2. A person who likes to sexually harass other users.
3. A guy who goes out of their way to start an argument with me.
In fact, it was annoying to list them all, so most of the time I just block those players and focus on the game. In the case of HOL, the higher the tier, the less likely they are to swear or troll at you, because by that point you will start meeting people, who have similar tastes more and more.
Anyway, playing games is just like working on a group assignment so it made me immune to any kind of infighting.
It has been 16 years since I have played online games, starting with StarCraft, which was popular when I was in elementary school. I have been through almost everything, so I thought there would be no more unexpected surprises.
[All] I’m Sleepy: Are you asking me to change my username;
[All] I’m Sleepy: You’re talking shit all of a sudden ㅋㅋㅋ
[All] I’m Sleepy: Do you know me? Why talk so rudely?
Contrary to my expectations, a bastard appeared. I was so angry that I even got riled up. I’m sure everyone has always encountered this kind of bastard in an RPG game to the point that you will start to ignore these kinds of people.
[All] Park Seung-jin99: Ou… omg
[All] Let’s do this: a three-line summary of what’s going on here?
[All] Harn: It’s just the Gilma being Gilma
[All] Harn: End of summary in one line
[All] Park Seung-jin99: Gilma-nim, the two of you know each other or something?
[All] Let’s do this: fr how many times has this been~
[All] Park Seung-jin99: The difference in popularity really is something…
The guild members who came to play quickly turned into spectators and ate popcorn on the side-lines. Drink some water, who had been seeing the situation anxiously, rushed in.
[All] Drink some water: Both of you calm down
[All] Drink some water: I’m recruiting this year because of what happened last time was annoying
[All] Yoo Chae: You can add abusive language as the reason for kicking him out, okay?
[All] Yoo Chae: Even if the username doesn’t have any problems, he couldn’t even put his act together properly ㅋㅋ
[All] Drink some water: Ah shut up;
[All] I’m Sleepy: Could you introduce yourself? ㅋㅋㅋ
[All] I’m Sleepy: Are you a regular customer of mine?
The childish spectacle continued. It was not really flashy or anything, but this is basically what fighting in a game chat is all about. It was a battle where the more childish you are, the higher the chances of winning. If we go any further than this, then we might end up clashing with each other after sending out our phone numbers.
[All] Yoo Chae: Leave, okay? ㄱ
[All] Drink some water: Oh, you’re talking dog shit..
[All] Drink some water: You know that the guild needs a new member right now;
[All] Drink some water: good newbies are hard to find…
[All] Harn: Is Sleepy-nim good?
[All] Soeso: It took him less than two weeks to reach level 200 even though it’s his first time in this game ㅜㅜ
[All] Yoo Chae: So, he leveled up quickly, it’s just that his luck is a little bit good ㅋㅋ
[All] I’m Sleepy: Oh, go ahead, then
[All] I’m Sleepy: Your tongue is very long, huh?[1]
[All] Yoo Chae: ? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Yoo Chae laughed at me like I was stupid, but I didn’t care as I was going to end this chat real soon.
[All] I’m Sleepy: Are you scared?
I already had the PVP[2] field setting turned on from the beginning. In <Zenoris>, the PVP between users was very active compared to other games. It was probably because damage was a matter of skills.
After I reached level 100, I got out of the beginner zone, and I could turn on the PVP setting at that time. It was a system that allowed users to battle with each other at any time.
When I moved the mouse over Yoo Chae’s character, the mouse pointer changed to an attack icon, and it seems that he also has PVP turned on. Just looking at it, I felt like my brain froze.
[All] Harn: Ei ㅋㅋㅋ no matter what, its pro fk vs newbie who haven’t even reached their full level...ha;
[All] Let’s do this: Please don’t do itㅠ
[All] Yoo Chae: ㄱ
[All] Let’s do this: damn it,,
[All] Park Seung-jin99: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The golden-luster level 9 item chain, which Yoo Chae wore around his waist, was glimmering brilliantly. This one hasn’t even reached the max level, let alone have items that were strengthened. A real ignorant bastard indeed.
[All] Park Seung-jin99: I will do my best at being the announcer then...
[All] Park Seung-jin99: It’s a newbie who hasn’t even reached the max level yet, I’m Sleepy on one side..
[All] Park Seung-jin99: -vs Yoo Chae, the Guild Master of the No. 1 guild in the server-
[All] Harn: Kya; let’s goooo omg omg
[All] Let’s do it: fr I can’t wait to see this
Looking at the weapon, it was clear that Yoo Chae’s job was Chain Blade. Before Dark Mage was released, Chain Blade was the most difficult job to handle.
‘Certainly… except for a couple of basic skills, they were all non-targeted skills.’
Non-targeted. In other words, when focusing, most of the attacks can be avoided unlike targeted skills. Of course, I also have an overwhelming number of non-targeted skills, so it’s not advantageous for me at all.
In the end, it was a battle of who had better control over their skills. Avoid the enemy’s skills and match your own skills to a certain level, so that you can survive. The difference between me and Yoo Chae is huge, so if I get hit once, I’ll be done in five moves.
After stretching the fingers of both hands and readying the weapon, the opponent attacked first. Instinctively, by pressing the evasion skill, my character rolled over the ground to avoid the attack.
[All] Park Seung-jin99: Oh?
Boom, Every time Yoo Chae whipped his chain, lightning struck from the sky. Evasion skills also have a cooldown, so I had to wait 7 seconds to use them again. I narrowly avoided a direct attack and fired a quick-cast Ice Bolt.
As expected, Yoo Chae did not get even a single hit. Still, Ice Bolt was a pretty fast skill. Unlike me, who avoided using the evasion skill, I got a sense of how skilled that person was when I saw him avoiding it without even using a skill.
I turned on the moving-casting spell, a skill that uses advanced magic while moving my character and started charging the ice spear spell. The required time to cast the spell is 15 seconds.
Crush!
“Ah.”
As soon as I thought I’d somehow hold out for 15 seconds while casting, the chain swung right towards my character. Tsk. I barely managed to dodge the attacks that came in succession by clicking my tongue and hastily using evasion skills.
In that one shot, half of my stamina was blown away after he tried to attack me.
I sense that I wouldn’t be able to hold on through the 5th one... If that’s the case, just one more hit and it’s over.
[All] Harn: The battle is really crazy..
[All] Park Seung-jin99: That final moment was impressive, but it seems that the battle is not looking good for Sleepy-nim?
The witnesses had already predicted my defeat. I twisted the corners of my mouth and smiled.
If I was thinking that I would lose, then I wouldn’t even be fighting here in the first place. I concentrated intensively and avoided every attack that was pouring out without a break while also checking the ice spear spell charging gauge in my spare time.
95%, 96%, 97%.
Just a little bit more.
98%, 99%.
100%. All gauges were filled completely. Finally, I used the evasion skill to roll on ground and without a moment of delay I drew the Ice Spear into the air.
[All] Soeso: ㅅㅅㅅ[3]
Since the Ice Spear Spell was a targeted skill, it can never be avoided. The character of Yoo Chae, who was excitedly swinging the chain, was wrapped in ice, and stiffened. The damage itself was weak, but it was a skill that can bind the opponent for 5 seconds.
“Five seconds is enough.”
As soon as I confirmed that the opponent was caught, I started charging the fireball spell by mashing the buttons repeatedly.
It was the highest ranked skill among the ones I have and has the strongest damage. It has a big drawback that the character cannot move while charging, but there was no need to worry as Yoo Chae was frozen by the ice spear.
Charging the fireball takes 5.3 seconds. The ice sphere lasts for 5 seconds. Even if there was a period of 0.3 seconds to escape, it cannot be avoided because the fireball range was quite wide.
It’s my win! 5 seconds had passed, and I threw the fireball at Yoo Chae, who was just released from the ice spear. Even if you don’t die with this one shot, there will hardly be any health left, so if I just use a skill with a fast-casting spell...……
“......!”
As I was about to cast a sub-skill in case of an unforeseen situation, I spotted a chain that was shot towards my character.
Urgh! I instinctively pressed the evade skill in a hurry, but it didn’t activate because there were still 2 seconds of cooldown time left. Clutch! As the fireball was exhausted, a chain pierced my character’s heart.
[All] Harn: Wow,fk what was that?????
[All] Let’s do this: What happened?
On the opposite side of my character who fell to the floor, I saw Yoo Chae, who had barely survived with 10% of his health left.
“Haa….”
As I looked at the gray screen, I sighed and wiped the corners of my eyes.
I was careless. Even afterwards, I was hoping that I could still attack without giving up in that situation. Of course, I had to consider it though.
‘Have I become a fool after taking a break from games for nearly 4 months……’
It was a disappointing battle in many ways. Oh, if only I had reached level 210, the result would have been different.
[All] Park Seung-jin99: Sleepy-nim, are you really a newbie?
[All] Park Seung-jin99: I’m surprised;
[All] Drink some water: If I’m being honest, I thought I was having a heart-attack with how intense this battle was
[All] Harn: Me too omg
Drink some water used a resurrection item on me. Until then, Yoo Chae, who was quietly drinking potions to heal himself, gave a comment.
[All] Yoo Chae: okay, i admit it’s not bad
[All] Park Seung-jin99: it’s crazy to be able to avoid Gilma-nim without using a skill break ㅋㅋ
[All] Harn: Even I, who has been playing this since beta, wouldn’t be able to avoid that
[All] Let’s do this: That’s your finger problem
[All] Soeso: It’s a skill he gained from HOLㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Harn: He plays HOL too?
[All] I’m Sleepy: I guess partially
Being annoyed, I answered roughly and drank the recovery potions.
I lost the battle, so I have to leave the guild. It’s not funny to continue to be in this kind of situation.
Just when I thought I found a good guild too, but I know when to step out. This was all because of Kim Dae-seok.
[All] Drink some water: yea that’s right
[All] Drink some water: He used to be a top ranker in every season too
[All] Yoo Chae: What?
It was then that Yoo Chae, who had been indifferent to the conversation, gained an interest in me.
[All] Yoo Chae: He plays HOL?
[All] Yoo Chae: Hero of Legends?
[All] Drink some water: ?
[All] Yoo Chae: You are a HOL top ranker?
“……?”
What, what’s wrong with him all of a sudden?
[All] I’m Sleepy: Yeah
[All] Yoo Chae: How about your username?
[All] Yoo Chae: Could your username in HOL be ‘I’m Sleepy’ as well??
Now he even starts speaking formally.
Mom, I’m scared of this bastard. I guess he really knows me there...………
[All] I’m Sleepy: ??;
[All] I’m Sleepy: If I say yes, then what are you going to do about it…
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TL Note:
1 (Like when you are bragging, the insult works in this case)
2 (Player vs Player)
3 (kinda like clapping or praying)
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Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Sellychi
Ah, No... it doesn't have a manhwa. It's from the prologue chapter in the novel. There was a prologue version with the image.
The I'm sleepy on the left with his ice bolt spell and Chae Yoo on the right with his Chain Blade shining in gold. I would like some manhwa translating team to translate and clean the Prologue. OwO. I can provide the raws in pdf.
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