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Translator: uly
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Fullminak's Guild Master
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[Warning!]
[Warning!]
[A gate will open within a 1km radius.]
[Would you like to check the location?]
I gripped the toilet and heaved up sour stomach acid.
"Ughhh—!!"
I felt like I was dying from the dizziness.
I'd played the game so much that I'd finally driven myself insane.
Ding!
[Fullminak guild members are calling for the guild master.]
[Will you respond?]
Even after puking and puking, this damn nausea showed no signs of stopping.
"Huff, huff."
The hallucinations kept coming, and the alert windows floated in front of my eyes.
On top of that, my max level was gone, and the stat screen I'd poured years into had been completely reset.
"This is insane...."
Tears welled up from the frustration.
It wasn't because my precious stat screen had reset—that was definitely a hallucination, even if just looking at it made me want to cry.
Knock knock knock.
The knocking on the door brought another wave of nausea.
I heaved out my empty stomach, gasping for breath, then groped around the floor with trembling hands.
"Ha...."
I found a water bottle and took a sip.
I rinsed my mouth, swallowed a few gulps, and wiped the tears from my eyes.
Ding! Ding!
[Fullminak guild members are calling for the guild master.]
[Fullminak guild members are calling for the guild master.]
[Will you respond?]
I closed my eyes and opened them several times, trying to deny reality, but the auditory hallucinations persisted, and the illusions didn't fade.
Game status windows of all kinds.
This is crazy. I could even see my bound hero skill window.
Lately, the VFA free board had been flooded with users claiming they were seeing hallucinations, stirring up controversy.
They said they could see game stat screens in real life.
We'd laughed our asses off with the guild members, calling it a systematic mental illness among game addicts.
But who would've thought I'd, the guild master, catch it too.
Creak—
The bathroom door behind me opened.
"Ga-hyun, you really okay? Shouldn't you go to the hospital? I told you to ease up on the gaming."
"Shut up."
"B-but what do I tell your aunt—"
"Are you deaf? I said shut up?!"
Kim Je-hyeon hurriedly shut the door and apologized from outside in a deflated voice.
"...Sorry."
You bastard. I wanted to kill him.
This is all your fault. Have some shame, at least.
I swept back my hair with trembling hands and lifted my head. The game status window still floated before my eyes.
I might have lost my mind. Seeing this stuff in real life.
[Name] Kaisha (lv 1)
[Strength] 10 / [Vitality] 10
[Agility] 10
[Brainpower] 99999999+
[HP] 100%
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Even if it's a hallucination, why the hell is my level 1?
It's been ages since I hit max level in VFA, so why is it stuck at 1? And why is brainpower normal, making it feel all too real?
[Slash lv1]
[Thrust lv1]
[Block lv1]
Why is the skill window reset too? This is the total basic skill set you see at actual level 1.
Pissing me off even as a hallucination.
Stress hit me, along with another wave of nausea.
"Urghhh—!"
Nothing left to come up, but my stomach kept churning.
I shoved my fingers down my throat, trying to force it all out and empty my gut.
"Urk. Urgh. Urk!"
[Warning!]
[Warning!]
[A gate will open within a 1km radius.]
[Would you like to check the location?]
Every alert made my skull throb in sync.
Kim Je-hyeon opened the door again.
"Hey, you really okay? Want me to call my doctor? You didn't take any weird drugs, right?"
"Get out, urk, I said, urghhh!!"
This was all that damn Kim Je-hyeon's fault.
If he hadn't told my mom I'd quit my job, I'd be enjoying the climax of my life in the game right now.
* * *
[Why isn't Kaisha showing up?](177)
It's been ages since the gate blew open, and guild master still hasn't appeared;;
Fullminak needs to step up with some sense of duty and lead the awakeners in this crisis. Otherwise, Spaceking and Goldbunker will snag everyone.
Hoping they come out before the siege war hype dies down and scoop up all the applicants wanting to join Fullminak.
P.S.: I'm ready to be Fullminak's loyal meat shield. Counting the days till our esteemed guild master appears.
Comments (177)
-Last three lines are the key lmao
-lololololololol
-Our guild master lol whose guild master is that lol do you have a conscience lolololol
-Guild master is currently MIA.
-I wanna join Fullminak too
└Siege war hype shot their stock to the moon, competition's gonna explode
└Who doesn't know that ffs
-Kaisha really why no show? Still hasn't grasped reality?? Thinks the status window is a hallucination?
└Figured out it was real a few days ago
└What were you doing during the news?
└Law exam prep, cut off from civilization
└Yeah lol
-Turns out it's a netkama lol Did all the girl act
└This guy's hilarious lol Kaisha never acted like a girl??? Dudes playing female chars everywhere and you're brainfarting delusions lololol
└Most convincing theory tbh
└So what if it's a guy? Being a guy a crime bitch? Kaisha bro just come out proud....
-If Kaisha's a girl she'd have shown up already lol Look at Dart and Gilgamesh's faces lololol
-Abyss is probably throwing a tantrum saying they'll quit if guild master doesn't show
-Ugly af so can't come out +1
└Wanna die?
└Lots of Fullminak members here. Watch your mouth
└What'd I say wrong? Fullminak GM's a total game addict, face could be busted
└What makes you so bold? Wanna meet Fullminak IRL?
-Gotta be overwhelming pressure. Dart's face already hogging all the spotlight, no stage left for Kaisha
└Fml.....
└He's hot tho? Tall too
└Nah ugly as sin
└Not really that bad??
└Lol above comments pure jealousy lol Even as a dude he's insanely hot lolol
└Don't badmouth our guild master bro; real life's even hotter and crazier;;
└You Spaceking?
└Yeah
└Guild member alert lol
-Dart's apparently waiting forever for Kaisha to show
└Why? To kill him?
└No way lol
-This is all Dart's fault
-Makes sense to hesitate. Rankers' faces are all public property now. Reveal yours and no normal life ever again
└Fr just look at Dart....
└Whole country memorized names and faces already lolol
-What does Kaisha look like IRL?
└Typical game addict
└Over-immersed otaku
-Fullminak GM image ain't that pathetic tho?
└Just jealousy lol
-God of Siege War. Especially commanding the frontlines in Lowguard battle after, insane
-Guild master where are youㅠㅠㅠ
-Pls be a girl
└Plsplsplspls
└Can't come out cuz it's a guy
└Shut up
-If even Kaisha's a guy... no hope left in life...
-Dart and Gilgamesh both have busted looks stats, Kaisha prob doesn't wanna show. Might get sandwiched and ink out?
└But guild masters being celeb-tier is a plus right
└True that, made regular folks view awakeners super positively. Esp girls lol
-If Kaisha shows up hot IRL too, total cheat power balance broken
└Broken already with Dart lol
└If Kaisha's normal why not show? Coming out would eat Korea whole
└Y... yeah.....
└World conquest ez
-Acted so hotshit in siege war then ghosts, curiosity killing me
-Gilgamesh gold spoon rumors old news but Dart twists my guts every time. How can a human look like that
└I'll tell Dart bro
└Don't ffs...
* * *
One day, a gate opened in the middle of the city.
Being the first time, no one knew what it was and just left it alone.
Then, monsters suddenly poured out of the neglected gate, turning the city into hell.
Later named Dungeon Break (D.B.), but back then, it didn't even have a name.
Authorities were deployed immediately to handle it, but ordinary human strength couldn't subdue the unidentified monsters.
The whole nation went on high alert in this unprecedented crisis, with countless casualties piling up helplessly.
["Whoa. It's real. Camera!"]
A group of civilians appeared out of nowhere and charged into the scene.
["Anyone else getting those crazy warnings lately? What's going on here?"]
They skillfully filmed the site with their cameras.
["Let's broadcast first. My alert calls it a 'gate.' Familiar-looking monsters are pouring out from inside."]
["Looks like the monster types common in northern Lowguard. Pretty familiar to us."]
["Hilariously, everyone's level reset to 1, but no monster beats a mob. Users band together for a raid."]
The raid was a success.
After the video went up, the game streaming channel run by the guild 'Goldbunker' hit 2 million subscribers instantly and even made the news.
Superpowered individuals who appeared out of nowhere, using strange abilities to smash the monsters.
They knew an astonishing amount about the monsters from the gate and exactly how to attack them.
They banded together suddenly, unleashing superpowers to save the city from the gate disaster.
These were Korea's first hunters, later called the '1st Generation.'
The 1st Gen hunters who started seeing status windows right before the gate erupted were, curiously, all users of the VR war game VFA.
As game abilities manifested in reality, they banded together around three guilds.
Spaceking
Goldbunker
Fullminak
Spaceking and Goldbunker's guild masters, Dart and Gilgamesh, showed up immediately and began leading their guilds.
The problem arose with Fullminak.
Countless users whose abilities had manifested in reality waited eagerly for Fullminak to activate, but no matter how long they waited, Fullminak's guild master Kaisha never appeared.
Soon, the internet buzzed with all sorts of speculation and rumors about Kaisha.
VFA is a siege war game.
And Kaisha was the most spotlighted player in the recent 99th round siege war.
Especially Lowguard battle participants couldn't forget Kaisha's performance and desperately wanted to join Fullminak.
At the peak of fame.
No reason for Kaisha not to show up at this timing.
Yet Kaisha stayed hidden, leaving everyone in chaos, and amid overheated speculation, attention-seekers even started impersonating Kaisha.
Finally, a warning video dropped on Goldbunker's official channel.
["Lately tons of Kaisha impersonators stirring shit. Tell 'em Goldbunker GM and Fullminak rankers say you'll get fucked up if caught."]
["Who they kidding."]
["But why not show? I'd be yelling to the world I'm Kaisha."]
["How should I know, but maybe hates showing face. Spaceking GM's got headaches over it too."]
["Talking like you're full. With that face, suck it up."]
["Fair."]
Speculation ran wild: Kaisha's a guy, too ugly to show, died of heart attack post-war, assassinated by Spaceking GM, hiding face cuz famous, etc.
As guesses flew and impersonator clowns pulled aggro, public interest and awareness of Kaisha only skyrocketed.