Chapter 1 - Tutorial Start 01

Do you know someone who's obsessed with a game? I'm that fool who lost his life because of his enthusiasm for playing games.

When I giggled and hit my head slightly, people gave me a questionable look. I looked like a normal man muttering to himself and drawing attention. Even though people looked my way, they were all drinking alcohol, so they only focused on me for a moment before returning to their drinks.

However, no matter how much attention I received, my brain was clouded by alcohol, and I couldn't stop muttering in pleasure.

Lee Ha-neul, 25, died of a heart attack shortly after writing a long article in the community, swearing that the new pick-up character in the mobile game was a man. No matter where you look in the world, you won't find a more ridiculous sentence.

My obsession with the game didn't start out as a big deal. I simply discovered that a mobile game was released on the day I was discharged from military service in the fall of 2022. It seemed more like fate than coincidence, so I downloaded the game without hesitation.

The game, known as Heroine's Chronicle, was clearly designed for addicts. 80% of the game characters were female, and most of the male characters were less than 3★. It was a beautiful girl collecting turn-based RPG mobile game where you organize parties with fresh girls and collect hot skins. It was a challenging game that could hardly be called a masterpiece, but it was quite thick. The servers would sometimes disconnect due to various bugs, there were errors in the ranking calculations, or events would be canceled.

But one thing was certain. Everyone agreed that it was not a masterpiece, but it was definitely addictive.

As much as they targeted otaku, the developers put everything into illustrations and character modeling. By that time, users weren't upset every time the servers went down, but instead were interested in the perks and apology skins posted as compensation.

It was a shame that you could fill your main party and sub-party with apology skins, but whatever. I used to wear the Santa girl skin when it was winter and the bikini skin in the summer.

The problem was that the balance team was worse than the art team. Actually, the way they worked, there may not have been a balance team in the company.

"A new character stronger than a bikini, stronger than a cowgirl, stronger than a Santa girl, stronger than a nurse's uniform, stronger than a bunny girl, a limited-time pick-up event!"

Whether it was due to the developers' generosity or their lack of judgment, every time a new character was released, the power of the stats didn't seem to diminish. Some people said it was good to have a bigger heart, but that was a minority opinion.

"Save my Erica, you punks!" "I raised her with affection and buried her with performance." "All my goods are dead. When does the new character appear?" "We're born with 5 stars, but there are differences in stats. Is that normal?"

If there's a beautiful girl, isn't it natural to become completely absorbed in it? Who wouldn't welcome the perfect top compatibility of their beloved character and aim to overturn the ranking board? Of course, I didn't get angry about that.

I was a collector-type black sheep who didn't cling to a particular character, but rather collected all characters with cash.

If Serica was stronger than Erica, I would choose both. If the main tanker 0 tier had changed, I would pick him too. They say that I don't know how to get wet in a light rain, but I threw myself into the stream, not the light rain.

He earns a poor salary, has had to cut back on his hobby of eating and drinking on trips, and now turns to the gacha to earn money to buy clothes. His hobby is playing mobile games, and his specialty is optimizing decks with new characters, but he is criticized as being a special black sheep.

Alas, it had been a very good life.

Until the last patch.

The characters in Heroines Chronicle were graded by the number of stars. The minimum value of 1★ is 1 star at birth, and the minimum value of 5★ is 5 stars at birth. Even if everyone reached 6★ and full level through promotion, the difference in stats based on birth could not be overcome. Even among the 5-star birth characters, Shin-Kae had higher stats, so no one could shield him from the terrible balance.

[EVENT! Six shining stars!]

The patch in question was a new character launch event. What would happen to existing characters that started with 6★ and moved on to 7★?

From enthusiastic fans called XX moms to aggressors like me who tried to grab even the shattered pieces of balance, everyone formed a public criticism with blood on their necks. Typing with his right hand and checking the balance of his wallet with his left hand.

No matter how much you curse, you'll still get something, so you have to pick a new character because they'll be super strong. Everyone must have been thinking the same thing, and that's why these patches keep happening.

Immediately after the patch, you regret it, but you don't hesitate to reach the payment window. I pressed my smartphone while turning on the target site that I usually use in advance.

50,000 won, 100,000 won, 20th, 30th…shit, you punks.

Whether it was worse than usual, or whether the six-star star was less likely to appear than the five-star star, he could only see a shining rainbow-colored star after spending 850,000 won. Four or less stars are silver, five are gold, and six are rainbows.

No, but the bulletin board set the expected value at 1 million won, so I gained 150,000 won. It's a game where the ceiling of Gacha disappeared with the mother of the development team.

Lightning flashes and stars from the sky wrap around the character's blurry silhouette. A high-quality animation reminiscent of a magical girl's transformation scene. Brilliant blonde hair, fair skin, clear, bright blue eyes, sweet voice flowing through the speaker.

A six-star pick-up character who will cause a breakdown in balance has finally landed on my account.

with just one problem

"Why is the new character male…?"

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The players who tried to sell the Papilla sticker reverse bunny girl skin instead, because of the summer bikini skin sprayed as an apology. Where did these punks get these mean ideas about gender equality? With such concerns, he wrote a 5,700-character punch of gratitude 100 times a day and posted it every day through a macro, until he died of a heart attack.

After that, I woke up and found myself in the world of Heroines Chronicle.

To be exact, it was a world where the Heroines Chronicle was mixed with the jjamppong world. The RPG game settings that I've seen before were secretly incorporated into this continent.

Well, that wasn't the point.

Brilliant blonde hair, white skin, clear and bright blue eyes like a lake, wide shoulders and sculptural body, and even big muscles instead of a oily rolls. To be honest, this body was perfect, so I was confident that I could live anywhere with this body.

The muscular body was so powerful that it was impossible to guess the extent of Statt's reflection of reality. If you apply force to your hand while wearing a gauntlet, you can leave finger marks on a rock, but I couldn't estimate the grip strength in kilograms-force. Furthermore, if you wear armor, helmets, large shields, and iron that seem like basic skins, and run at full strength, you can maintain a speed similar to that of a wagon without getting tired.

How I wish I lived in modern society with such a body.

He appears to be able to live his life effortlessly, whether as a model or a broadcaster, with his handsome face and strong, healthy, and beautiful body. In a modern society, even an ordinary person could have a fan club, but how easy and comfortable it would be to live. Of course, this appearance was not useless in the fantasy world.

During the days when money was scarce and all that mattered was one's physique, I have benefited countless times from my appearance, from the inn waitress who gave me a bonus piece of meat just for ordering soup, to adventurers who helped me when I wandered without knowing anything. In my 10 years of life, my appearance has been an advantage.

Yeah, 10 years.

Ten years in this damned fantasy world, rolling on the floor like a dog with a strong body and weak mentality, was enough time for a stone-hearted social worker who couldn't even twist a chicken's head to become a veteran warrior who could smash ork heads with iron.

Things work out when people live.

I cannot deny that my great looks and talented body with stat buffs helped me survive, but I struggled a lot to adapt to the mental part. Now I am so accustomed to bone fragments sticking out of my broken limbs that I cannot even joke about it.

Nevertheless, I have no intention of staying in a war zone for the rest of my life. Since becoming famous as an adventurer, I plan to earn a lot of gold and enjoy my retirement life, whether that means running a farm or an inn somewhere good, as adventurers say.

That was what I thought until she appeared in front of me.

"Wow, look at that tall tower. I was a little nervous because it was the first generation, but I can't believe this is being implemented. Are you really catching aliens and torturing them?"

A woman in clean and stylish-looking cloth armor, with long, well-managed hair and white skin compared to the dirty medieval serfs.

"Oh, there are a lot of NPCs, too. …Oh! It said you shouldn't use that word yourself. Hmmm, I'll definitely start role-playing!"

And with a translucent camera circling around her head… an internet broadcaster.

"Hmmm, this is the city of adventurers famous for their towers in the sky!"

It has been ten years since I fell into a fantasy world with no dreams or hopes.

[Join a party with broadcaster 'Han Se-ah' 0/1]

The first quest has begun.