Chapter 166: Side Story – Park Sihu (1)
yqcYM※ This side story might, or might not be about a parallel universe.ikAL2
3dK“…Fuck.”pPz
K0RThbI couldn’t help but swear out loud.AIKhUaU
R2w7C“Haa…”cmD
EXoWuIt wasn’t difficult to come to the conclusion that I had entered a game.B3sbAo
1dDN『Main Player Park Sihu—.』cLN3
273YA system window – the unique trait of a player – was right before my eyes and I confirmed that it was indeed working. There was the inventory box, crafting window, skills tab, quest guides, and a map, as well as the name of the player.cCZOWoX
StcLIt was very clear that this was a world within the game, ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱ which I had been heavily obsessed with.eXK
wakOTBack in the day, I went around remembering everything about the game and used to be a famous veteran gamer in the forums, but that was a long time ago. Why was it, that I was now in the body of Park Sihu?jHyg7
W3MPMy thoughts were running rampant to the point where I didn’t even question the logic behind it. However, what I did know was that this world was going to be destroyed by Tates Valtazar and that only a select few would be able to survive by then.2L9OBf
aFsIP1Whether I wanted to or not, I had to save the world.zLU8Xd
Cu4“Fuck.”l2NbL
2iYkEgAgain, I couldn’t help but swear at this stupid turn of events.J1DM3
EojujI hated heroes.MipK
P1SWhether it be novels or games, I hated seeing inefficient and annoying plot development of nosy people putting their lives on the line to save others. Fortunately, the genre of villainesses was on the rise so that was perfect, but it was really beyond me how people were able to read old-style fantasy novels.Trh3Oa
nsOcThankfully, the main character, Park Sihu, of ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱ was far from being a cliche hero. To clarify, this game… had an exceptional level of freedom. The ending differed based on the good and evil actions of the player, personally, I was fond of the anti-hero ending.LMJO
NRIJIt was a lot easier than the hero ending, and there were plenty of items you could gain during the game by going down that route.63AfZUk
EdQ0zXThere was the issue that your relationship with some good-natured NPCs could be ruined to the point they wouldn’t enter your party, but the return was so big that it was still worth it.EqU
QG7E‘Alright. We’re going the super efficient route.’3oY5
UxYFirst off, I decided to get used to the system and acquire every hidden piece I could gain from the very beginning.Qbe8H
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MT1NP4Chairman Eriu gave a few short sentences at the entrance ceremony of Merkarva Academy. Erin Danua – an NPC that teaches secret spells and hidden skills in the game.p0M
TYDThe strongest set of moves you could learn from her was the Six Ways of the Spear including Shura, but I had no plans of learning spearmanship.H4yawt
EFW9D8Not only was I not used to fighting with my own body, but it was just straight-up better to shoot spells from far away.WIQ7bq
1ovYZ‘It would be better for her to die early to access the treasures though. Is there a way to somehow make her die a bit earlier?’bzyViL
y2KpDH4Thinking that, I opened the door of the bathroom when—UOz3KrB
c2bv6“Kyaaak! What are you doing here?!”X5G
7ETR“Pervert!”RVBjk
bftTb0“Ah fuck…”rLkY
qJsSNjLDamn it. I quickly walked out and headed to the other entrance. It felt like shit.Nf3OvHC
fcnPbd0Everything was fucked up. This stupid game, this Park Sihu body, and the system that forced me to save the world. Everything was disgusting.YdBrEQ
ddAI’m going to do everything the way I want to. Fuck the story. All I have to do is save the world at the end, right?0olAJ6R
g9k“Slow development – I hate it. Fast plots are always the best, and I’ll live for myself and myself only.”Wq19Q
OdVQ7X“Wait, you too?”LKcg8r
7q5LLDAnd that was when I met Korin Lork, a person from the same homeland who had been put under the same situation.0VVfQ
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5ojRJAKorin Lork.cXLMq1W
D4sA useless trash and a side character of the game.O1K
IT7Seeing him made me think, ‘Wow. What an unlucky piece of shit to go into a side character.’ Well, I liked his face but there was a clear limit to his potential.BRE46B
luRZ“DO YOU KNOW KIMCHI?!”ltK
i0f4KBC“I’m Korean.”g8f
ij8sd“DO YOU KNOW PSY?!”VBghfWJ
4VUP3L“As I said, yes I do.”ijGCOl
EYbLppo“DO YOU KNOW…!”4mtu1R
ZLQBr“Are you a boomer?”zff2L
PUWn1V“…I’m not that old just yet.”8RwEX9
omXiJcKorin said with a sulk. That did look a little cute but from the way he spoke, he seemed quite a bit older than me.LHo2
UYj“Aiya~. I wasn’t expecting to see someone from the same homeland. How old were you?”2DrbAv1
rNBP“I turned 26.”a69
wlyLXdhAlthough I was actually a 22-year-old college student… I lied about my age because Koreans had the tendency to look down on people younger than them.IkJxY
9dX“Oh yeah? I’m a year older than you. Call me Big Bro.”9yddMQ3
HGcDamn it, I should have said 27.kbN6Sg
Cexp2lR‘Big Bro’ my ass. Was he going to act bossy just because he was older? It was as clear as day what his personality was like just from that short conversation.raGo
esb9c“By the way, Sihu. Have you played this game before?”iG3
wFM0VLC“You mean Heroic Legends of Arhan? No, I was about to play when I was suddenly forced into it…”9iEZkK
9RCH61Of course, I have. You will probably even know my name if I told you.zjLW
bYDAfxHowever, there was no need to reveal my cards first, since I wasn’t sure what kind of person he might be. If worse came to worst, he might become my enemy so I opted to give him as little information as possible.9asJxvT
JCY1Cw“Okay. I am amazing at this game, so trust me.”Woan
XGN4Ehew, alright alright.CMiYbSf
13F“Oh right. Do you have the system window and stuff then?”vTpb
Ylx1i“Yeah, well…”Zo20g
Mft3jX“Wow… damn. I’m so jealous.”Lhdr
FzQIiaHFrom the looks of things, it seemed that he had entered the game without even a system window. That was obvious, I suppose because the system was a tool that supported the player, not a side character like Korin Lork.4wP
3vcLjI didn’t like how he was acting all cocky just because he was older, but it didn’t seem like a bad idea to carry around a minion with me.ZloInYv
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765MALDKorin Lork.VTcsh
1z1A2nTA 27-year-old on Earth. He liked games just like an average man, but unexpectedly, he was more of an elite than I thought. From what he said, it seemed that he was from a famous athletic college in the capital, and had been working as a part-time personal trainer in a gym.glyN
JBG8qU“Why were you working as a part-time trainer after graduating from a good uni?”tcJ
WDiG“That stupid coach was getting lobbied and match-fixing. I told him off; he hated me for that and later chased me out of the team.”9CTM
vkoNjfkWhat an idiot. He talked back to the coach even though it wasn’t even himself that was disadvantaged by the match – it was his junior. He was the biggest idiot I had ever seen.1fXY
fW85jne“You said you were on the course to be a part of the national team. You went all the way down to a personal trainer, so do you not regret it?”7gi
XGoZp“Huh? Of course not.”F68
9MaHis reply came out in the blink of an eye. I wasn’t very knowledgeable in the field, but I still knew that being a representative of the country was nothing light and that it was much better than being a personal trainer at a local gym.1n0
yn55qc“If I didn’t tell the coach back then, I probably would have earned more money and had gone to Brazil, but that doesn’t mean anything.”QeOUU
oxtWX“…And why doesn’t that mean anything?”Cf1RxI
nBtWHe would have benefited a lot more had he ignored that one event, and wouldn’t have been forced to look at the belly fat of old women in the local gym or be sexually harassed all the time, so… why was it that he could say that with such certainty in his voice?zANtzyP
tDEl“I stuck true to my conviction. And I think that’s way more valuable…”ksux
qUy0Lw3“…So what if I didn’t make it till the end? I’m sure I would have regretted it to this date if I hadn’t talked back to the coach back then…”UhSGyK
OHlyg“…My life isn’t over yet, and I can start it all over again. Who says being a part of the national team would have been more valuable? It’s up to me to decide the value.”bsZ
sd8uPConviction, justice, being right.kscZsZ
GCUFucking idiot. None of those were anything but superficial.EFMyTU
3V4Despite my short time with him, I could tell that he was a man who was full of himself and whose brain was also infested with muscles.jhBr
ujeSPeople who pretended to be good like him didn’t tend to last long. All the pathetic guys that tried to get my number in college were all like that – acting and pretending to be a nice person.him207s
oKp0LmVThey were bound to reveal their true selves in moments of danger.VAxV5
OhXVWLSHowever, my impression of him slowly started to change over time. This guy… he was the real deal. A bonafide idiot.Guu
G8UGG1iEven on the mission board, instead of being efficient, he always prioritized the time-inefficient jobs about saving and helping the lower class, and all of his plans for the future were difficult, round-about ways of saving people.oGxFvn
IhLSGApparently, we were the only ones who could help out because we knew everything.X5KB
O7aY0vA good-natured idiot. A foolishly nice person.5MvH9Ue
uHSepzXYes, I could admit that he had a good personality. But what about that? He was just an idiot that couldn’t even look after himself.bKrOE
XOQWell, it was still fine. He was a muscle-brain who spent all of his time training in the training rooms to raise a tiny bit of his pathetic stats, even though you could cover for all that with an elixir. Not to mention, he was a fool who thought of me as an ally just because we were from the same homeland, so he was easy to manipulate.VYhb
O2zNM8I could use him as a meat shield in the earlier stages of the game and then deal with him when the time comes.I3Vy1
4pTbGO***lLN
kMhs“Uhk…!”EHriXpR
69uuDamn it. I let my guard down.2W6IB
6gMI thought I was well-prepared against Vampire Marie Dunareff, the boss of the 1st Arc but…VAT
UrJBy killing Alicia Arden, I made Lunia Arden join our group earlier than scheduled, and rapidly nurtured Dorron Warsky and Kranel Luden.n6bdG
1Gp5wpTI acquired all the hidden pieces that could be acquired at the Academy in the early stages of the game including the Yellow Gold Mandrake. My current stats were on par with Marie Dunareff’s before she turned into a vampire.pnz
UK9Of course, it was still nowhere near the awakened Marie Dunareff, but she was still in panic mode and was just a bitch that ran away from the sorrow of turning into a vampire.sLy
0QjccIt was possible to solo Marie in the game with a quarter of my current stats because all you had to do was suppress her for a little bit while she fought with her inner self.6wK
xIpkHowever, due to this being the first real fight, I made a mistake with my control and accidentally shot a spell at Kranel’s golem, destroying it in the process. It was because I was flustered after being wounded by one of the spells of the Blood Hound. To make things worse, another shard of ice destroyed my barrier and crushed the building behind me.5ON2c
quLzPA small mistake in the battle caused a gigantic mess.Um5a
kaLcdHE“Ugh… It hurts.”HiUDyN7
AJEkFOUDamn it. I was late in reacting with a defensive spell. I was pretty sure the last thing I saw was a massive chunk of ceramic falling on my head…MBF
q1hk“Fuck… Fuck. Fuck…”DzX
j9yWith a sharp pain in my stomach, I was slowly coming to myself and trying to see through the layer of dust with my hazy eyes when something started to drip onto my face.XNUxjDV
Aa0yELU“Uhht?”mmGdSX1
b1yEAIt was a liquid smelling like rust. When I used light magic and saw what was ahead, I couldn’t help but gasp.iA2aEJ
w6a“Hey, are you alright?”DbU0nT
OMUxefSKorin Lork. That man was covering for me, protecting me from the remains of the building.2Bvx9Un
QSs“B, big Bro Korin-?”fMI
dMO9y“Looks like you’re fine. Ahk damn it… this hurts like hell.”5hgF
YuTrkqKorin was in a terrible state. He was bleeding profusely from his head, and a Blood Spear that had been heading towards me was piercing through his stomach.GyU
KHFlwHad he been slightly more unlucky, he would have died at once… and was bleeding so much that he might die soon.rDH4FIm
PHsI“Why…?”sqgi600
lzYbrd“Hmm?”7R7Xm
xvCQyjExhaustedly blinking his eyes, he returned a question in response to my question. For some reason, I was incredibly annoyed by that clueless look on his face.3pNSW
ImpE6“You… have nothing to do with me. Why would you…”gqLA
IvJsyCy“They say… ‘Even a slight touch of sleeves creates a destiny,’ so that’s not true…”IzqBwO
x8j“Fuck. You know that’s not what I mean!”AR36Z
mhYM8H“Ahh, Buddy. My head hurts. Please don’t yell…”o96DGCI
FRZU3He frowned as if it was extremely painful, so I forced my volume back down.SU4Fe
mqY“Well…”PRzM
ZfnyI could hear the sound of people creating a fuss outside but all of my attention was on Korin and Korin alone.tWZI63k
VbXFE9“Why… do I need a reason to help you?”bDD4i
l8xG“What?”ddYWA
ATd“Reasons… You don’t need any of that. I just like happy endings.”Ifk4LG
OoCzIPebbles and dust fell as the broken debris of the building started to be lifted from outside. He, who was drenched in blood and dust, slowly continued his statement.raR
qfX4wE“It’s good… if everyone is happy, right? People dying… is not nice. You, uhkk…!”UyIA2c
Iof7“Big Bro? Wake up! You can’t fall asleep! You might die!”4Qu2
XeJvHe woke up and looked back at me only after a few slaps. He looked straight into me with his eyes that were dreamy and hazy… yet within them was the strongest willpower in the world.FFNPd
ZbyaT“You have to be happy… You can’t… die in a place like this…”fE7nW
e8jVElxKorin said while gazing straight into my eyes.CVG
EftAQ“Y, you retard. Idiot. Stupid fool…!”temj5
aKU4I couldn’t believe how much of a fool he was. How could there be such a stupid person in this world?uGOy0i
D4L7How could he put his life on the line for such a stupid reason? How could he do that? How was he able to do that like it was nothing?asJNw
HdTGnsBig Bro… No. Oppa.lO4v
svpB0KLThat was probably when the player, Park Sihu… or Park Sirin from Earth fell in love with this stupid idiot.ExsSk2
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01qFor a very long time, Korin Oppa stayed in the hospital.F7Pky4
KGOIt was partially because of the severity of the injury, but it was also because of his physical limitations as a feeble side character.PqT
PfREiDumbass… all that practice with his spear wasn’t getting him anywhere.zhBoy5
zkp57Marie Dunareff, the perpetrator of this incident, was unable to be found despite the professors and security team being dispatched out on a search. It was clear that she had run away somewhere, but they had trouble finding her traces.043RS
TnLtmHowever, I had a rough idea of where she would be, and finding her would be easy with the help of Yuel the Druid.AUAtOE
CvbFor the next month, I focused on making myself stronger and was already much stronger than the likes of Grade 1 mages. On the other hand, that bitch hadn’t been able to suck human blood so she must have gotten even weaker.LVM6DFw
tbnf“This way.”gV6NX
Rn4qvI arrived at a corner of the Hunting Grounds with the help of Yuel, who was loved by spirits. There, I found Marie Dunareff who was surviving off of the blood of demonic beasts.UuD3
Ie2zc“Fucking bitch. Look at you enjoying your life after almost killing two people.”ZpwxCM
ZkP“U, uhh…”WugGa
BAO1cThe vampire shed tears of blood with her fangs deep inside the neck of a demonic beast, but I knew those were crocodile tears. She was the one who hurt my Korin Oppa.T1jZ
bmGI“How… is… Korin?”7ZM97CY
YNr“…”JMq85w
dNHwkf7Hearing her say that, I remembered the days of the past. She was a 2nd-year senior who was equally generous to everyone, but I could vividly recall her throwing more glances at Korin Oppa.BFMS
42m“…You too, huh?”a1A
ibA0It was only for a short moment, but I was able to notice her glances as another woman just like her. This bitch had feelings for Korin Oppa.JLXo2f
Ev4“Know your place, you damn NPC.”ELdgd
lQd8ndHe is mine – the one and only real one in this fake world.t2sA
rdgHe’s not someone NPCs like you can even dare think about approaching.pYxQP6
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