‘Was this a scenario dungeon?’

Actually, there was a lot of talk about whether or not this place was a scenario dungeon.

A scenario dungeon literally means a dungeon with a scenario.

A dungeon where numerous quests are combined to form a single story.

Of course, it must be above a certain size and level.

‘It’s a fact that wasn’t revealed in my previous life.’

As always, the answer is one of two.

The people who obtained this scenario died without revealing the information.

The obtained reward was too rare, so the contents were thoroughly hidden.

Thinking about it, I remembered what Han Se-rin used to say.

“I don’t know why the hell this dungeon is called the New World.”

When I was a swordsman, I couldn’t understand why Han Se-rin was dissatisfied.

Originally, he was a guy with a lot of anger in his heart, so I thought it was just that.

“It’s not probable, it’s probable!”

Of course, it is necessary to secure a minimum probability later.

If you clear ‘New World’, you will be given the right to move to another server.

To be precise, it was a ‘Shinsegae license’, but it was a license with an expiration date.

It was a little different depending on the quality of the clear, but we usually received 2 years.

“Nope. Still, this alone isn’t enough. Think carefully. It’s a dungeon with a very important timing to announce the official opening. Besides, the name is Shinsegae. Would you have given such a grandiose name just to get a license? Hey. If it’s not a decoration on your shoulder, think about it!”

Of course I didn’t think of anything like that.

That was the role of a guide or lord, and my role was to wield the sword well.

Anyway, it seems that there is a scenario hidden here that I did not know about.

“As everyone has seen, success in soloing for the first time seems to be the condition for triggering the scenario.”

My heart was pounding.

Challenging the unknown, by soloing.

[You will be given a ‘Memento Fragment of a Madman’.]

It was an item that had never been acquired before.

A bead-shaped item was sent to the inventory.

“Let’s check this first.”

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[Fragments of Memories of a Madman]

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When I took out the ‘Memento Fragment of a Madman’ and held it in my hand, a welcome unfolded.

“We were happy.”

It was in a forest where the warm sun was shining.

Small huts were huddled together, and a peaceful scene was seen with the sounds of mountain birds and children playing.

An old man was sitting on a small bench in front of the hut, looking at the children happily.

“It was a dazzlingly beautiful day.”

However, someone in a white coat appeared.

It was a man with yellow hair and glasses.

‘uh?’

It was a face I knew.

‘Surgeon John Frick?’

The right hand was made of machinery.

That hand was called the ‘all-powerful hand’.

That hand had the nature of changing into a saw, a knife, or even an axe.

John Frick visited this small town with a leather bag in his left hand.

With a gentle smile on his face.

“John Frick. Until that filthy living experimenter shows up.”

A horrific sight followed.

one rainy day.

John Frick poisoned and knocked down all the villagers, and conducted all sorts of experiments on living organisms.

They cut off their limbs and reattached them to other places, and artificially created Siamese twins.

I also tried to create monstrous creatures by bonding with other creatures or monsters.

“I only have memories of resisting.”

The old man was grafted onto a spider-type monster.

Imprisoned in iron bars, he became increasingly grotesque with all sorts of drugs and experiments.

The world went dark and only voices could be heard.

“Ahh. Bring back my happy days.”

The fantasy ended there.

With a clang- sound, the ‘Memento Fragment of a Madman’ was shattered.

It turned into a red powder and rained down, and it began to scatter in the wind.

“That’s why it’s a setting that the monsters here were originally human.”

The important thing was that this monster was related to ‘Surgeon John Frick’.

John Frick was a worldwide celebrity.

A character who is extremely popular, especially in the United States.

His origin is unknown, but with his excellent surgical skills, many healers have healed people who have given up, and some have even called him God.

‘Was he originally a biological experimenter? And is it related to the New World?’

That was an interesting fact.

It seems that Han Se-rin, who was shouting out loud that there must be something more hidden in this dungeon, was right.

But I also discovered another interesting fact.

“Is the crumbled powder moving in one direction?”

The red powder flew somewhere as if it had a will.

It was the corpse of ‘The Madman of the Wilderness’.

It seemed to hover around my right shoulder, but was soon absorbed into my right arm.

thud!

The madman’s right arm fell off.

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[The Madman’s Right Arm]

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‘This is given as an item.’

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An elastic arm created by grafting a lava tree that has taken root and grown in lava.

It is hard, tough and resistant to heat.

Equip Restriction: Guide only

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“It’s only for guides, but it doesn’t really matter.”

I pulled out my rule breaker.

Removed the wearing restriction for guides only.

“I will try it on.”

Five.

Interesting?

“Your arms have gotten really long.”

Besides, you could extend it even longer if you wanted to.

“It’s a bit like a rubber band.”

I swung my right arm around.

There was a slight sense of heterogeneity, but it moved relatively well.

“This seems to be made of a very special tree called lava. I think I know why I gave you this here.”

I immediately went back the way I came and headed for the lava valley.

“If you use this, you will be able to take out the magma fruit.”

Using the relayer’s vision, he accurately read the location of the magma fruit.

He stretched out his arms right away.

“It is quite hot.”

It was just that I could endure it, but it wasn’t that it wasn’t hot.

It felt like my flesh was melting.

But it didn’t matter.

The fact that I could get it on my own, without the help of guides or bandits, was the most important thing.

“The fish rushes in and bites them, but to no avail.”

It was the arm that easily blocked my sword.

The crude bite of such a fish had little effect on me.

“I picked it up.”

He took out the magma fruit that was submerged in the lava.

Lava dripped down my arm.

profit-

The lava that fell to the ground hardened with a sound.

“Magma fruit farming success. Let’s drive this momentum and head straight for the Burning Fortress.”

I entered the barren wilderness again.

[Enter the field, ‘The Wilderness of Experiments’.]

A field that has changed a lot from what I knew originally appeared.

“… … Wouldn’t it be easy?”

Strangely shaped monsters swarmed.

A monster in the shape of a centipede made by joining several humans together.

A monster with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake.

There was also a monster with the face of a lion and the body of a sheep.

‘There are many things I see for the first time.’

They were artificial creatures.

Levels are mostly around 70-80.

“Let’s fight first.”

I cut a few guys, but there was something special about them.

“You won’t die even if you are cut?”

Even after cutting off his head, he moved.

I think it’s because they are lifeless things in the first place.

“Ah, that is difficult. My stamina is also declining.”

If a monster army of this size were to appear, of course there would be tension.

By the way, I know how to kill them.

It’s all in a similar context to ‘The Madman in the Wilderness’.

There will be something like a black marble somewhere, and you just have to break it or get it out of your body.

‘I’ll have to fight fiercely and die.’

I think it will be more fun if you die a few times.

“It would be nice to retreat and think of a way.”

That’s a bit of an insulting choice.

“This time, I will fight and die. We can have fun fighting.”

Instead of thinking about stamina or efficient combat, I decided to just rely on my instincts.

He swung his sword like crazy.

Suddenly, I was out of breath and my head was dizzy.

My body felt as heavy as wet cotton.

I didn’t even know how much time had passed.

As if an hour feels like 10 minutes when you are immersed in a game, your sense of time has become dull.

I don’t even remember how we fought.

‘yes?’

Why are there no more attacks?

“… … Aren’t you dead?”

I was going to die, but I think I killed them all by mistake.

I can’t remember, but there were monster corpses piled up like a mountain around me.

Black sludge and green blood formed puddles everywhere, turning the dry land into a swamp.

“I was in such a trance… … I didn’t even know that I had unfolded the defense mystery.”

It seems to have crossed the realm of transcendence and entered the realm of selflessness.

In an extreme situation, a realm where one abandons one’s ego and draws out one’s instinct for combat.

‘Did I already experience this?’

Already experiencing the realm of selflessness that can only be experienced at level 200 or higher.

I didn’t even think about it.

It felt like an electric current was flowing through my body.

“There are five fantasy swordsmen… … !”

There is only one fantasy swordswoman that I can properly control with my own will.

However, in the realm of selflessness, I dealt with as many as five fantasy swordsmen.

“I honestly don’t remember. But it’s okay.”

Unbeknownst to me, my words sped up.

In the past, when I was a swordsman, I tried hard to look back at myself who had entered the ‘realm of no self’.

Because the realm of selflessness brings out another of my skills that I didn’t know about.

“Because there will be a recorded video!”

I can study myself from a more objective point of view, immersed in the realm of selflessness.

I unknowingly clenched my fists and let out joy.

“I can, more, become stronger.”

I reached level 95 without my knowledge.

everything was perfect

[Achievement, ‘The one who destroys artificiality’ has been acquired.]

Holding on to my pounding heart, I moved on.

far away

Toward the ‘Burning Fortress’ perched on the cliff.

[Enter the field, ‘Burning Fortress’.]

* * *

Bonjour TV’s Bonking has been feeling a serious sense of crisis lately.

It was because Kang Mi-na, who had been thought to be the 2nd place in the rankings for many years, has been maintaining the 1st place for several days.

‘I can’t lose to Minha TV!’

Bonking’s pride couldn’t allow that.

He wanted to become the best streamer player in Korea.

Except for Kim Chul-soo.

‘Kim Cheol-soo is an outcast anyway.’

From the point of view of Bonking, Kim Chul-soo was a person playing in the realm of the gods.

It wasn’t a competitor in the first place.

So, his only real competitor was Minha TV.

‘No.’

If Minha TV was a traditional competitor, Kim Jalal TV was a rapidly emerging competitor.

Even Minha TV alone is daunting, but KimJalAl TV has also appeared.

‘It can’t go on like this.’

He planned new content.

[‘Chul-soo Kim, a player from the outside world’, attacking the new world. Will it be possible to follow the composition of ‘normal players’?]

He recruited rankers and players with whom he had been acquainted before and set out to attack the New World.

The broadcast garnered quite a few responses.

“Even regular players can do it! You have successfully hunted turtles with great ease! As expected, the first place in the swordsmanship ranking! Hyunseong Lee is amazing!”

-It’s a foreigner: You took Lee Hyun-seong and you’re a normal player? You make dog noises fresh hahahahaha

-??? : is you

-Kim Cheol-soo is a god: ? It’s a normal person less than Kim Chul-soo.

Bonking was also excited about the pretty good response.

‘I got on the flow!’

I came across the lava valley.

“But we also have an excellent rogue!”

You succeeded in extracting a magma fruit from lava using a thief-only skill.

“This we did better! Next is the barren wilderness! Thanks to Kim Chul-soo, I found my weakness. Let’s attack right away.”

Level 88, Lee Hyeon-seong tried the same method as Kim Cheol-soo.

‘Oops!’

I gave my head on purpose, but it felt like my head was being crushed.

The pain was much worse than I thought.

The mouth of ‘The Madman in the Wilderness’ was overly closed, dangerous, and full of stench.

‘tongue. I need to find the tongue.’

It was brief, but even Lee Hyun-seong fell into a panic.

‘found.’

In the end, he succeeded in pulling out his tongue in the same way as Kim Chul-soo.

But he wasn’t happy at all.

‘If my colleagues hadn’t attracted attention while attacking the madman in the wilderness… … I couldn’t. If I had done it alone, my head would have been smashed.’

I felt a distant wall with Kim Chul-soo.

Whether or not he knew how he felt, Bonking continued to broadcast excitedly.

“Lee Hyun-seong! Hyunsung Lee did it! It’s not completely soloing, but it’s a play close to soloing! I will call Lee Hyun-seong the Sword King!”

Lee Hyun-seong couldn’t hear that loud voice.

‘Kim Cheol-soo. How far have you gone?’

I felt alone in a noisy crowd.

Bonking continued to speak quickly, still maintaining high tension.

“Five! We have also entered the scenario! I will reveal the name of the scenario!”

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[Glory to those who follow the lonely footsteps___.]

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“It’s the first time I’ve seen it. The text on the back is blank. Follow the lonely footsteps. After all, it seems to mean that I am following in the footsteps of Cheol-soo Kim, who is soloing, but I guess I will have to go further to find out!”

Bonking spread his chest and shouted loudly.

“The angle of the L tube has been servered! King Jeong?”

Without Cha Jin-hyeok’s knowledge, a new scenario proceeded.