Being ugly, poor, and stupid is truly miserable.
Lloyd knew that very well.
Back in high school, he had a girl he liked. He approached her with all his effort, even spending money to buy her gifts. Unfortunately, that girl ended up dating his handsome classmate.
"Damn it, my sincere love lost to a handsome face."
Being poor was also miserable. In high school, Lloyd got cancer. Sadly, he was poor, so he struggled to afford treatment. All he could do was wait for death to come.
"And my biggest sin was only stealing my mom's money."
Lloyd was also stupid. Desperate because of his illness, he bought a so-called magical potion from an online shop that claimed to cure cancer. But of course, what arrived was not a magical potion – it was an RPG game cassette.
"I knew it would end like this… but…"
Even though he had been scammed, he still played the game.
Surprisingly, the game was very good and fun.
"Its name is Dark Adventure. It's a roguelike RPG. But when I searched for it on the internet, only other games showed up. Did that scammer never release this game? It's a shame, because this game is very good and realistic."
That day, he managed to finish the game.
But he wasn't satisfied because he didn't get a happy ending.
So he opened the game again and played again.
"This might be the last time I play a game before I die."
[CHOOSE YOUR MODE]
[Normal Mode] [Reality Mode]
After clearing Normal Mode, a new mode appeared.
Lloyd chose [Reality Mode].
"Maybe the happy ending is in this mode."
[WARNING]
[This mode is not a game, but actual reality. You will be transported to another world. After that, you cannot return and must live there until you die.]
"What kind of joke is this?"
Lloyd read it, but didn't take it seriously.
[DO YOU STILL WANT TO CONTINUE?]
[Yes] [No]
So, without thinking, he clicked [Yes].
Suddenly his vision blurred. He thought it was because he had been staring at the screen too long. But after rubbing his eyes, he realized he was no longer in his room.
"Huh?! What's going on…?"
His eyes looked around. He was now in a bustling city.
The city was beautiful. It stood on a vast lake, filled with water. The buildings had ancient European architecture. The streets were filled with horse-drawn carriages. People carried swords and magic wands.
Lloyd finally realized. "That warning wasn't a joke!"
His lips curved into a smile. Since he was little, he had always dreamed of becoming a hero, using magic, going on adventures with beautiful girls, or rescuing a princess.
But he knew it would never happen, and he could only fulfill it by playing games. Yet spectacularly, he was now in another world.
In other words, his childhood dream could finally come true.
"It would be perfect if this damn illness disappeared."
He looked down at his body…
He wasn't transmigrated or reincarnated into this world – he was simply transported. His body was still the same, the body with cancer. Pale white skin, bald head, and a thin, frail figure.
"This is an RPG world, right? First, I'll check my Status Window."
A transparent blue screen appeared in front of his face, showing:
————❮STATUS WINDOW❯————
Name: Lloyd Wiseman
Title: The Chosen One
Race: Human
Class: none
Level: 1
Sigil: 1
[ATTRIBUTE]
Intelligence: 91
Endurance: 1
Strength: 1
Vitality: 1
Agility: 1
Psyche: 1
Arcane: 1
Luck: 101
[MAGIC]
1. Dark Adventure
—————————————————
Lloyd frowned as he saw his power stats.
There were many things he wanted to say about how terrible they were. But first, frustrated, he sighed.
"Class… something very important in this world… but I don't have one… And… what's with this Luck?! 101?! Seriously?! Sure, I got isekai'd, but I'm still cancer-ridden, poor, and ugly. Intelligence too – if I were really smart, I wouldn't have been scammed."
Clicking his tongue, brushing it off, he looked at the Magic section.
Magic was the power to create phenomena.
In this world, Magic was like a weapon, just like a sword or spear.
"Dark Adventure… it has the same name as the game, and I've never heard of any magic like this. Could this be my Cheat, like those webnovel protagonists have?"
Lloyd became a little excited thinking about it.
So he immediately tried using it to see what it could do.
"Dark Adventure!"
Another screen appeared before his eyes.
It showed a picture of a mountain under a dark sky.
There, it said:
[DARK ADVENTURE]
{ New Game }
{ Continue }
{ Setting }
{ Exit }
"What is this? It's like the main menu of that game."
Lloyd was confused.
He then tapped {New Game}.
[UNAVAILABLE. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SAVE SLOT. PLEASE DELETE THE OTHER TO START A NEW GAME]
Clicking his tongue, he opened {Continue}
[1. LEON {Delete}{Extract}]
He clicked LEON to play it. But what appeared was:
[YOU CAN'T PLAY IT AGAIN AFTER GAME OVER]
"Damn roguelike!" Lloyd was so frustrated that he scratched his nonexistent hair. "Is this really my Cheat?! What's the point of this Magic?! Aaaahhh! Wait…"
He looked at it again.
He knew {Delete} was for deleting the save.
But what about {Extract}?
This was the first time he had seen it.
He tried clicking it, and then this appeared:
[Extract is a feature in Reality Mode. It allows you to take Magic owned by the Avatar you played. One Magic costs one Sigil.]
"What?!" Lloyd was shocked and delighted reading that.
Leon – his avatar – was already high-level.
So it had lots of overpowered Magic.
Even better, each only cost 1 Sigil.
Normally, their price was dozens of Sigils.
[Which Magic do you want to extract?]
"I want Scripture of Invocation!" he said excitedly.
This was a Magic that could summon gods or demons.
Lloyd wanted to summon the Goddess of Light, who had the power to heal all kinds of illnesses and injuries. He wanted that Goddess to erase the cancer that would soon kill him.
[Your Sigils have been used up]
[Congratulations! You obtained Scripture of Invocation]