The protagonist of "Monday the 11th" has achieved a happy ending.
You have fulfilled the third condition of the Quest.
You will be transported back to the real world in 10 seconds.
The ending of "Monday the 11th" can be viewed after Quest completion.
Upon returning to reality, I immediately went to the kitchen, grabbed a bottle of cold water from the refrigerator, and gulped it down.
My mind was racing.
Which skill should I enhance?!
After finishing the water, I pulled out my smartphone and completed the Quest.
You have received the Quest reward for "The Protagonist's Guardian Angel!"
You have obtained a Skill Enhancement Ticket. Please check the Pleasure World App.
Skill Enhancement Ticket
Enhance one skill in the Pleasure World App. You cannot enhance a skill that has already been enhanced.
Cost: 80,000 Points
?Caution
The enhancement effect is random.
So, even if I enhance a skill, I won't know how it will be enhanced.
It was a bit disappointing, but not a loss. The mere ability to enhance a skill was a significant advantage for me.
Now all that's left is deciding which skill to enhance... Damn it. This is harder than choosing between jjampong and jjajangmyeon!
With jjampong and jjajangmyeon, you could just order both. But I only had one Skill Enhancement Ticket. If I didn't think carefully, I'd regret it.
First, let's review my skills...
Complete Recovery, Sensual Amplification, Acceleration, Hacking, Water's Blessing.
These are the five skills I have.
Waiting to use my Skill Enhancement Tickets until I get another skill? That's ridiculous. There's no telling when the next skill will appear, and I want to use the tickets right now.
The saying "hoarding turns to shit" exists for a reason. And if you hesitate, you might lose the woman.
My eyes immediately fell on Sensual Amplification.
It's an amazing skill. I've used it countless times... But Sensual Amplification is already sufficient as it is. Besides, I haven't been using it much lately.
With my growing experience in sex, I no longer need Sensual Amplification to arouse women. In fact, I've been deliberately restraining myself from using it lately because it makes things too easy.
'Sensual Amplification is out! Water's Blessing, a skill I rarely use, is also out!'
I glanced at the hacking skill.
Hacking is heavily influenced by the world's setting. In modern or futuristic sci-fi worlds with abundant technology, it's practically a cheat code. But in martial arts or fantasy worlds lacking machinery, it becomes a useless skill with no opportunities for use.
'Hacking isn't crucial for me right now.'
I eliminated hacking.
'That leaves Complete Recovery and Acceleration...'
Complete Recovery is my trump card. Even if my arm is severed or my organs are pierced, as long as I'm alive, it perfectly heals all wounds and restores me to peak condition. It even fully replenishes my Mana.
Complete Recovery not only restores health but also removes all status ailments. For example, if I were afflicted with a disease or weakened by a curse, using Complete Recovery would instantly dispel them all, no questions asked.
Complete Recovery is essentially like having an Elixir that can be used every twelve hours. No matter how dire the situation, using Complete Recovery can turn the tide.
Acceleration is my second most frequently used skill, after Sensual Amplification. While Sensual Amplification is used during sex, Acceleration is used in combat.
These days, I've been using Momentary more often. With Momentary, I can slice through most enemies in a single strike.
Considering the frequency of use in combat, Acceleration was used more often. And if I enhanced Acceleration, wouldn't it make defeating monsters and enemies even easier?
...Hmm...
After much deliberation, I reached a conclusion.
Full Recovery! I'll enhance Full Recovery!
I weighed the importance of each skill.
Even if I enhanced Acceleration, it wouldn't make me as strong as an A-Class Hunter. Combat would become more convenient, but I wouldn't become stronger without it.
On the other hand, Full Recovery had already proven invaluable to me, and it was clear it would become even more crucial in the future.
Use Skill Enhancement Ticket on 'Full Recovery Lv. Master'?
"Use!"
I tapped my smartphone.
Use Skill Enhancement Ticket on 'Complete Recovery Lv. Master'?
'Complete Recovery Lv. Master' has been successfully enhanced.
Complete Recovery Lv. Master
Completely restores health. Removes all status ailments and heals injuries.
Cooldown: 12 hours
+Death Resistance
Even if instantly killed, you will remain conscious and alive for 15 seconds.
"Oh, oh, oh...! Oh yeah!"
I shouted, my body trembling with excitement.
Complete Recovery, arguably the ultimate skill, had one critical flaw: it required manual activation.
In other words, if I were instantly killed by a headshot, I wouldn't be able to use it.
However, thanks to the Death Resistance effect newly added through Enhancement, even if I die, I'm granted a 15-second grace period.
If I use Complete Recovery within those 15 seconds... this is practically Resurrection! Hahaha!
Choosing Complete Recovery over Acceleration was the right decision.
Normally, I'd test out a new skill immediately after acquiring it.
But the thought of killing myself just to check a skill seemed absurd, so I decided to skip it.
I'm in such a good mood. I'll sleep like a log tonight. I should just head straight to bed... wait, maybe I should check the ending of the Quest World first. I'm a bit curious.
Confirming the ending of the Miracle on the Han River Game World.
In the Game World of the "Miracle on the Han River," I, as the protagonist's daughter's partner, end up having sex with her on the very night I save her family.
What the fuck?! I haven't even held her hand yet...!
Later, I marry her. There's some legal trouble due to stealing a car along the way, but it gets resolved somehow.
As I continue watching my Game World self, I can't help but doubt my own eyes.
...Me, living a stable married life without cheating?!
The protagonist's daughter is pretty, but not so stunningly beautiful that I'd marry her without a second thought.
I realize that my Avatar in the "Miracle on the Han River" is vastly different from me.
"The Avatar is influenced by my actions. And I only spent about two or three hours in that world. That means it was barely affected by me."
I had become a world-class baseball player, using my superhuman physical abilities to become the greatest athlete in the world.
"With a body like this, making a living is no problem at all."
I grew increasingly bored. A normal marriage, a normal life as a professional athlete it was all so dull from my perspective.
But ten years later...
The world of the "Miracle on the Han River" was thrown into chaos.
Monsters had reappeared in human society. Ten years ago, they had emerged from the Han River in Seoul, but this time, mutated animal monsters were appearing in every country around the globe.
"Is this the end of the world?!"
No, it wasn't.
The military wasn't weak. Humans wouldn't be wiped out, but the peaceful world they once knew was gone forever.
"What a letdown."
I fast-forwarded through the ending credits. My Avatar lived to be 95 before dying.
Confirming the ending of the Supreme Grandmaster of the Great Ultimate Game World.
After assassinating the old beggar, I became a wandering ronin in the Martial World. With exceptional physical abilities, mastery of Mana, and the ability to wield sword qi, I quickly gained renown among the ronin.
I even earned a nickname: Brainless Sword. It stemmed from the Yeongcheon Style martial arts I practiced.
Why this nickname of all things?! In some parts of Japan, they even called me Martial Thunder Child! Fucking hell!
Brainless Sword roamed the Martial World, outwardly championing justice and chivalry as he wielded his blade.
Outwardly... that's the key word.
When night fell, Brainless Sword's behavior transformed. Masked and cloaked, he stalked the shadows, secretly seeking out willing women for sordid affairs.
Hmm, his technique is atrocious. If it were me, I'd never do it like that...
Later, Brainless Sword settled with the Namgung Clan and married Namgung So Mi, the clan head's daughter. Of course, the Namgung Clan had ulterior motives: the Yeongcheon Style, a swordsmanship technique that controlled thunderbolts, which Brainless Sword possessed. Without this, they would never have accepted a ronin like him as their son-in-law.
Wait, wasn't Namgung So Mi supposed to be the heroine? Since the story went off the rails from the start, things have really gone sideways.
Fifty years passed fifty years of peace.
With the rise of the Demonic Cult, the Martial World was plunged into war. In the original work, the protagonist had become an Elder of the Wudang Sect, while I had reached the level of Peak Expert.
For reference, in the original story, the protagonist surpassed the Wudang Sect Leader to become the Martial World Alliance Leader.
The problem was me. After fifty years, I hadn't even reached the Transcendent Peak, let alone the Transformation Realm.
Considering my inherent talent, this wasn't surprising, so I felt no disappointment. In truth, the Peak Expert realm wasn't low either. Most of the Martial World consisted of third-rate martial artists, and reaching the Peak Expert level meant one possessed the strength to establish a small sect.
Without the stats from the Pleasure World App and the Yeongcheon Style, reaching this level would have been impossible.
I'm screwed.
I died fighting members of the Demonic Cult's Black Wind Squad. Not against an Elder or a Great Lord, but against ordinary squad members.
That's when I truly grasped the extent of my abilities.
...This could actually be quite useful.
There were videos of the Namgung Clan's martial arts, sparring matches between martial artists, and more. Studying them later might prove helpful.
Monday the 11th: Game World Ending Confirmed.
My companions and I safely returned to port aboard the yacht that had brought us to the island. We immediately reported the horrific events to the police, and news of the island's atrocities spread across the United States, plunging the nation into fear.
Jessie and Rachel really did become my sex buddies. By the way... this bastard's living the high life.
I slept with every beautiful woman on campus. Using my superhuman physical abilities, I became a star in American football, earning a fortune that I used to seduce and bed countless women. Occasionally, I leaned on my fame, money, and persistence to win over those who initially turned me down.
This led to endless sex scandals, but I was a legend in American football. Minor scandals were barely a blip on the radar.
During the off-season, I traveled.
Just going on vacation to sleep with women, huh?
Then I ran into Johnson.
Ah, right. This is a series. Johnson shows up perfectly fine in the next installment. Could that be why?
But Johnson was no match for me. I killed him again. Though a few women were sacrificed in the process, I felt no remorse.
After that, I ran into Johnson from time to time, as if fate were playing a cruel joke.
In the end, I always came out on top.
My final fate in this world was far from ideal.
In my forties, I was enjoying a sex party when a bullet pierced my skull, killing me instantly.
Ugh... This is what happens when you mess with the president's daughter. I need to be careful to avoid ending up like that.
Among the three possible endings, "Monday the 11th" was the least terrible. Though I was assassinated in my forties, at least I lived life to the fullest.
I'm going to live for a thousand years, no matter what.
The day of the support mission arrived.
Han Harin and I headed to the Association together.
An Association staff member handed documents to the ten Hunters gathered in the conference room, including us, and explained our mission.
"Ms. Han Harin and Mr. Sung Yujin will be transferred to Uchuk Village. Your mission is to assist the Chinese Hunters guarding the village in evacuating the residents to nearby Lanzhou City. As the Chinese Hunters there will explain, be aware that using cars could attract Monsters, as they have highly sensitive hearing and smell. The safety of the villagers is paramount, so you'll need to travel on foot, which should take about a week. After completing the evacuation, follow the Association's instructions in Lanzhou City. Once the situation stabilizes, we'll assist with your return home."
Uchuk Village.
A settlement of approximately 5,000 people. Satellite images showed most of the houses were traditional, weathered structures.
The village had likely been aiming to develop tourism, but it was now isolated, awaiting rescue by Hunters. One might wonder why helicopters weren't being used, but China currently lacked the resources for such operations.
Ah, this is already getting annoying...