Chapter: 00

The ending screen appears.

Congratulations!

You have achieved 'Conquest Victory' through sheer force!

You will go down in history books as a great conquering warlord, and will be revered for thousands of years!

"Finally… I won… at last…."

Emotions surged through me.

The whole journey flashed through my mind like a beacon.

"…."

A single tear rolled down my cheek.

You might say I'm overreacting.

But I certainly wasn't.

The game I'm playing is a game where you choose one of 100 lord characters to manage your own faction and compete with other lords to become the ultimate winner.

The most difficult character was undoubtedly the "Otto de Scuderia" monarch.

[Otto de Scuderia].

Difficulty : ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ (Nearly impossible to complete)

Even the developers who made 'Territory Wars' acknowledged that Otto was the hardest character in the game, and it's true.

His stats are terrible, the people around him are a bunch of human trash, and the environment of his estate is a living hell.

That's why, even after five years of the game's launch, no one has yet beaten the game with Otto Character.

– How did you do with a character that was made for suffering?

– If there are people around you who don't like it, he recommends you to use Otto. Haha

– This is a real f*ckin' mess.

– I've been playing this character for a year and I couldn't clear it at all ㅡ it's not a character that was supposed to win.

– R.I.P already a cold dead body…

So everyone turned their backs on Otto.

A few veterans and newbies tried to clear the game with Otto out of curiosity, but they all gave up after a while.

There were plenty of other good lord characters to choose from, and there was no reason to stress over playing Otto.

But I was different.

'I will break through, I will.'

Obsessed with the idea, I began to frantically research Otto's character.

I went through a lot of trial and error along the way.

I lost count of how many times I died and how many times I replayed and did this for three years, in all my spare time, until I finally found the best build for Otto.

And today.

I finally succeeded in beating the game with Otto.

The first time in the world.

So you can imagine my excitement.

[Reminder: Do you want your achievement listed on the server?]

[Select: Yes / No]

With trembling hands, I pressed the button.

[Notification: Connecting with the server….]

[Notification: Your achievement has been registered!]

[Notification: Congratulations!]

[Notification: You have entered the Hall of Fame!]

The main screen of the official website surfaced, and the grayed-out portrait of my Otto character was activated.

And underneath it, my nickname appeared.

[Otto de Scuderia].

1. Otto's equation [Korea].

2.

3.

The Hall of Fame is only available to the three highest point scorers in the game for each character.

For other characters, there are so many people playing and so many people who have cleared the game that the rankings are often up and down.

But not me.

Unless I shared my optimized build, it was 'Very' likely that no gamer would ever clear the game with an Otto character.

I doubt my nickname will ever disappear from the Hall of Fame.

Unless the game shuts down, that is.

'None of you will ever realize that this piece of sh*t is actually an epic fraudulent character. Hahaha.'

Then.

[Notification: Hardcore mode is enabled!]

[NOTE: To play Hardcore Mode, click on the skull on the main screen and press the Start Game button!]

'What, there was a hardcore mode? That can't be true….'

I've never heard of 'Territory Wars' ever having a hardcore mode.

The game doesn't even support Co-Op, only a single campaign mode….

Furthermore, while the game did support a save function for resting, it was designed to delete all saved files when your character dies.

In other words, there was no need for a hardcore mode.

Click! Without thinking, I clicked on the skull marker in the center of the game's opening screen.

Immediately, the entire screen erupted in flames and a notification popped up informing me that Hardcore Mode had been activated.

I hit the Start button.

[Notification: Hardcore mode has started!]

[Notification: The game is starting!]

[Notification: 3!]

[Notification: 2!]

[Notification: 1!]

Then a familiar scene unfolded in front of me.