114 – Until a villain becomes a villain again
The first entrance ceremony with friends. An auditorium where numerous students and teachers gather.
In addition to the teachers’ sermons, Hangyeol’s representative greeting for new students.
There, he contrasted the game’s story with reality and imagined a bright future, constantly thinking about what would happen in the future.
I had confidence. No matter how weak it is compared to the main characters, the terror that takes place here was ultimately just a tutorial.
I already knew the aspects of battles and what would happen after experiencing them countless times in the game, and most of all, I got used to my body after receiving help from my friends for a year.
And above all, my friends who were inspired by me started training early, and their skills were much higher than the level they had reached now.
He never thought that he or his loved ones would get hurt or die just in the middle of a tutorial.
Well, of course it was a mistake.
Blood splatters and people die. The worst terrorist incident that has caused too many sacrifices to be called just a tutorial, and you yourself are struggling in the middle of it.
Among them, even though he was an extra like me, one of my friends who trained with me and should not have come forward was seriously injured.
Okay, this is a story that doesn’t matter in the end. In the end, that was the opportunity for her to overcome the wounds of her past and for her to become stronger.
Unlike the extras who leave in the middle, the talent of the supporting character who fights together in the final battle was ultimately higher than mine.
In the end, the problem was me.
When his friends catch four villains, he barely manages to take down one of them.
Fighting style due to past experiences? What’s important about that? Even in the previous world, people didn’t fight by shooting guns or wielding superpowers.
The numerous battles experienced in the previous world were literally nothing more than child’s play.
I was just a person experiencing real combat for the first time. Even if he was fighting as a possessor with memories of the past, he was ultimately only slightly better than ordinary people.
And the prospective heroes of this academy, the friends he was determined to protect – were superhumans, far from ordinary people.
In the end, when I found myself in a position of being protected instead of protecting myself, I realized that moment.
“I was just an extra. No matter what you do, you can’t escape from it. “Just an NPC.”
The resolutions up until now were just the delusions of a lost person, and no matter how hard I tried, nothing might change much.
Was it Ogi or Manyong? I didn’t give up then, and I greatly regret that fact later.
“No matter how long and long the extras are, in the end they are just extras.”
It was okay until I faced the evil brigade that invaded and the mid-boss of the first chapter.
In the first place, it was the first chapter to improve the sense of control in terms of the game, so that even those with a low level of experience could deal with it.
It wasn’t too bad until I faced the next boss.
I was in charge of cleaning up the mischievous villains from the side, and the stronger protagonists captured the boss and achieved victory through a clear division of labor.
That’s why I couldn’t give up hope. I thought that no matter how much I was an extra, I would be allowed to play the role of a helper.
Even though I know why the first chapter is the first. I thought that if I grow, it might help me later.
“I was just happy after clearing the first chapter.”
“Hmm… Just like you think it’s worth it for a beginner who is new to the game to beat the early part of a difficult game?”
“Okay. “I thought I might be able to help in the future.”
I did not give up and continued to train, and although my movements gradually improved, my superpowers still did not develop.
It didn’t matter how quickly I moved my body or whether I developed my stamina and strength through various exercises.
Superhumans develop superhuman physical abilities as their superpowers grow, and in the end, their physical ability, which improves through training, could not keep up with the growth of superhumans.
On the other hand, my friends became stronger as they went along, steadily building up a level of strength that was different from their previous self, and later on, the gap widened to the point where they couldn’t even give advice, let alone help.
Just as something as possible as breathing cannot be explained in words, geniuses had no other way to help Beomjae.
It was probably from then on. I gave up everything, including classes, and focused only on skill training.
Somehow, deciding to improve my skills before the second chapter began made me forget the important truth that remained in the back of my mind.
The importance of choice.
In the previous world, he escaped from that village, joined the organization, failed to betray his brother, failed to leave the organization, or saved that child.
Sometimes it was a wrong answer, and sometimes it was a correct answer – but one thing is certain.
A person’s life changes greatly depending on the crossroads of choice, and if you miss the timing, even if it was clearly the right choice, it can turn into the wrong choice.
“I tried to change the future, but instead it turned out to be even worse.”
“No. Rather, because we gave up on changing the future, the path that was the right answer turned into the wrong answer. “It also mixed with the already changed future and turned into an even worse path.”
A villain Serpent who targets those with a thirst for skill. She had been watching me from the beginning, waiting for me to leave, and I didn’t know it.
If she had been in the past, she would have continued the battle and then run away, but because her friends’ level was quite high compared to hers before, she ended up being helpful in the battle.
Because I rejected her offer, the option of flight disappeared from the choice between flight and battle.
She lost her arm, her homeroom teacher, who was one of the main characters, died, and her friends almost died.
A situation where the three worst options are combined, resulting in the three worst outcomes. There I realized something.
“Even if a person who has lived as a villain clears his past, he cannot live as a hero.”
“It would have been different if I had realized that earlier, but unfortunately, I still couldn’t give up hope.”
No matter how weak it is, cutting something down is a truly attractive ability.
Even if you lose in strength vs. Strength, in the end, you can win as long as you stick close and use any expedient method.
Of course, I had a level of ability that was beyond my reach, but I already had a shortcut called the game’s story and enemy information.
To put it bluntly, right before I was possessed, I was able to beat at least one boss by remembering the pattern even with my eyes closed. Because they were able to win even with the penalty of ruinous talent.
“Really, he was an asshole.”
If you break away from the stupid law that requires you to subdue a villain and become a villain.
If the pathetic ability to cut down enemies’ weapons can be used as an assassination by cutting down vital points such as arteries.
If that happens – I thought that, unlike now, there might be a way to protect those who are precious to me.
“…Like you said, it might have been different if I didn’t have memories of the past.”
“Then you wouldn’t have been doing this sh*t.”
Is it because he didn’t do much good in the previous world and was closer to those who are called villains in this world?
Or is it because I was unable to change both here and there, and kept choosing the wrong options, leading to repeated failures?
Or maybe it was because I didn’t want to lose the warmth at all costs this time.
The young man who met the worst end as a villain dreamed of becoming a hero as a boy, but because he could not forget his past, he became a villain again.
“I don’t think I’ll be too curious from then on.”
“Hmm. Well, that’s right.”
He was considered funny because he was already rumored to be a student who repeatedly failed grades, but his gaze became even colder due to one incident.
I knew it was the villain’s doing, but even so, nothing would change, so my mind was devastated.
Bad thoughts slowly ate away at my mind, and eventually, at the time of the awakening of my abilities, which may have been my last chance, the division eventually broke out.
The final boss of the second chapter, the master of instigation, who was spreading negative rumors and undermining my reputation. He cut off the guy’s head and ran away.
After that, I ended up becoming a villain.
There is no more after that.
The story of a boy who wanted to become a villain and then a hero ends up becoming a villain again, and this is how it ends.
“I still want to see more.”
“…Are you not planning on giving me an answer in the end?”
“What?”
“Why are you looking at this damn past?”
This is the end of the restoration of the past, which is boring if boring, but it doesn’t matter what happens now – in the end, this space does not end.
If it is natural, it may be natural. This world is ultimately just a dream world created by Dream Eater. Because if she doesn’t change her mind, she won’t be able to escape.
A small theater that does not disappear even though it is recognized as a dream, just like before. Being trapped here means-
Perhaps after dying over there, he is being manipulated like the other guys I killed, or this b*tch is playing with me while I am in a near-dead state.
Either of the two is the worst. But all you can do is stare at Dream Eater.
“Or what? Are you going to do something with an already dead baby? Are you planning on manipulating it like the other cubs? Or – are you already doing it?”
I glared at her and asked, but she just smiled and shrugged her shoulders.
“Sorry. “I can’t answer that yet.”
“…What on earth does that mean?”
What on earth does this mean? I don’t know what her intentions are, but-
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“-It’s not the perfect timing yet.”
She just smiled as she played the video again.
-So, wait a little longer?
The image of her speaking in my head again seemed a little blurry.