“Luna, this is a big deal! It’s not the time to be sleeping!”
Hwaam… It’s still early morning, so how is it not the time to sleep… What are you talking about, Giselle…
“You’re saying that even after hearing this alarm sound…?”
Giselle, her ears ringing from the wee-oo wee-oo of the siren, looked at her carefree roommate with pity.
Luna could barely shake off her tiredness after wrapping herself in her signature ice cloak.
“So what’s going on this time?”
“There’s an intruder at the Academy!”
“An intruder? Are they insane?”
Luna’s question was valid. After all, calling someone an intruder while crawling willingly into a crocodile’s mouth would seem rather ludicrous, much like calling those who named themselves ‘intruders’ in the most reinforced territory of the empire sane individuals.
Sounds of explosions and screams echoed from outside.
With a frown, Luna coldly asked, “Still not caught them?”
“It seems like the opponent is something else… The headmaster has ordered all of our 1st graders to mobilize!”
“How many are there?”
There were officially a thousand elite soldiers dispatched from the empire to the academy. Plus, with dozens of faculty members and many related personnel and students combined, it was safe to say the numbers were in the hundreds.
Luna’s analytical nature kicked in as she tried to estimate the scale of the enemy.
“One…”
“What?!”
However, it was Giselle’s straightforward answer that shattered that thought.
“They said it’s one girl from our year…”
“… Did some demon descend?”
*
Na-me and the academy officials faced each other warily, keeping their distance.
The students weren’t the only ones gulping nervously at the atmosphere that suggested a big fight was about to break out.
– Is it a big one?
– Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud
– Choosing the option to go save her means game over, huh? LOL
– Is it right to scrounge together hundreds just to catch one person? Remnant Academy is truly legendary!
– Thanks to NoName, it feels like I’ve sampled most of the part one Nightmare story.
– Even if it’s a hastily written story, it’s surprisingly solid~
– That author’s experience is no joke.
However, those filled with anticipation were surprisingly few.
Instead, there were numerous viewers who doubted Na-me’s gaming skills.
– There’s no way she can clear it, but she’s so stubborn.
– Hey, please respect the choices of our room leader!
– Looks like we’re going back to square one again.
– I’m so done with Yu Da-hee’s face, LOL.
– Who’s Yu Da-hee?
– YOU DIED
– LOL!
– Please stop! At this rate, everyone is going to die!
– Where else can you find a streamer so immersed in story mode? Just watch it!
It was thanks to Hyaebam, who had been a foundational challenger by carefully playing as a Master without a single loss in League of Legends, that Na-me could boast her skills.
Though she showcased diverse magical knowledge from Wagal, in short, she couldn’t even manage to clear part one adequately.
While occasionally offering help to Adella, her occasional combat sense was commendable; nonetheless, it was still questionable whether she truly excelled at a game like ‘Wagal.’
For that reason, it was easy to find many trying to analyze NoName’s skills in various communities.
[Reasons Why NoName Has Unmatched Talent.txt]
[Legendary Reaction Speed.gif]
[She’s obviously a blatant military Wizard.]
[Undoubtedly overhyped with a basic concept.]
[Regarding NoName’s broad swordsmanship… araboja]
[At this moment, ‘that streamer’ is just a magic button pusher.]
Those harboring resentment towards her had various reasons.
For instance, someone with extensive magical knowledge foolishly pretending to be younger to deceive the general public through streaming.
For instance, her swordsmanship is abysmal when dealing with the masses.
As these kinds of comments flooded the chat window and communities, Manager Dae-sal felt as if his heart was being torn apart.
“If only they could see it from her perspective, they wouldn’t say such things.”
Usually, those managers who watched broadcasts solely on computer or phone screens also logged into capsules to share the same field of view as her.
“Do they really think they can still fight after seeing this? Seriously?”
The scene she was witnessing was enough to take one’s breath away.
The academy’s headmaster and the Bahamut Empire’s guard captain were at the forefront, flanked by hundreds of troops.
Even if it were a game, the scale alone was enough to induce fear. The instinctual terror chilled the spine.
Even Dae-sal, who played Wagal for countless hours, couldn’t guarantee NoName’s victory.
The difference in power was overwhelmingly despairing.
“Where is Alperion?”
The golden-haired girl frowned as she spoke.
Then, an elderly scholar beside the headmaster adjusted his monocle and yelled.
“Ha! Do you bugs have any sense of camaraderie?”
With a single gesture, two soldiers grabbed someone from the crowd and threw him to the ground.
“He’s unconscious but still alive. If you quietly return the Laurel you stole, we’ll kindly hand him over to the academy’s medical facilities.”
“And you want to throw us into prison?”
“Shouldn’t you pay for your crimes? You can’t expect to walk away after escalating this mess like this, can you?”
There was no chance for compromise among them.
“Ha.”
Everyone was puzzled by Na-me’s inexplicable smile.
She felt a sense of familiarity.
The tightening pressure from all sides. An inescapable, weighty malice.
If she had been born in a peaceful era, they could have been in a cozy diner sharing a cup of coffee and exchanging ridiculous jokes, but fate had deemed it necessary for them to stand against each other.
However, seeking morality in battle and war was the most foolish pursuit.
In matters that divide life from death, all that was required was faith in oneself.
And this was where Na-me could proudly declare that she excelled the most.
“I’ll handle them all.”
Once upon a time, to confront Princess Estasha, the emperor issued a decree written in blood to replace the lost royal seal.
[Jealousy’s Witch Subjugation Plan]
[ALL FOR ONE]
The decree commanding the full offensive of all state military forces was ultimately torn to shreds by the princess’s hand.
*
Na-me saw a glimmer of possibility in Adella.
Adella, who appeared as the most suitable class when a specific profession was chosen.
In other words, her talent wasn’t limited to just daggers.
The character designed for the convenience of the system and story progression was truly an overbalanced existence that could be termed hexagonal, or even decagonal.
No matter how much effort one may exert, there are some things that just can’t be achieved.
Just as a man of 150 cm will never run faster than a Jamaican sprinter regardless of how many years he tries, there is always a limit.
However, she, born with limitless talent from the outset, was a mystery even to Na-me.
If Adella’s experience could accumulate through regression, if just enough experience could be pushed into her muscle cells, then assuming that hypothesis was valid, Na-me firmly believed she could defeat the Jin Chronicle.
“Haah!”
The silver-armored knight raised his gleaming great sword with a short shout.
Even amid the reckless charge towards Na-me, she didn’t back down.
When facing multiple enemies, retreating was usually the wise choice, but she hadn’t always fled.
Having temporarily synchronized a contract with the Laurel of Life, Na-me drew upon the full power of her aura.
Neither flesh nor bone would escape the weighty assault tearing through the air.
“Cough-!”
The knight, scanning for the girl who left only an afterimage, finally set his sights on his own abdomen.
“This can’t be…!”
His hand reached for his solar plexus.
But the moment he realized that it was not his hand, his life extinguished pitifully.
Withdrawing her hand that had sharply pierced between the joints of the knight’s armor, Na-me seized the fallen knight’s sword.
[Current Penalty(5): -75%]
All attacks were already halved and halved again as they were unleashed.
[Current Penalty: Attack -50%, Defense -50%]
To make matters worse, even raising the sword resulted in yet another stacked penalty, leaving the watching viewers in disbelief.
– Is the penalty for real?
– If only she weren’t a healer,ㅠㅠㅠㅠ if only she weren’t a healer,ㅠㅠㅠㅠ if only she weren’t a healer,ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
– Huh??
– ?????
“Surround the entire army!”
Under the guard captain’s orders, before there was even room to step, dozens of spears were aimed at a single point.
Clang clang clang!
[Skill Activated: Inertial Tensor Adjustment]
Avoiding the death blades that abruptly changed direction, Na-me embedded her sword into the knight’s neck.
“Krak!”
He hastily retrieved a spear he had dropped and swung it in a wide arc.
[Skill Activated: Gravity Adjustment]
[1st Circle Advanced Skill: Plasma Frequency Adjustment]
Trapped by the muddy ground slicked from the rain, the knights found that their haste to reclaim their spears had led to a misstep.
If they allowed even a moment of space, she would dart in and take their lives one by one.
One knight had his neck twisted at a 90-degree angle, another had his ankles severed, and another had three spears plunged into his side.
Seemingly indifferent to the penalties, her movements increased in speed.
– Wait, why isn’t she affected by the penalty?
– Is this a bug?
– No way?
The seasoned players began to catch on.
The attacks Na-me unleashed could not possibly emerge under the influence of penalties.
“What are you all doing? Can’t you just stop that girl already!”
This time, the senior-looking knight yelled out in an exasperated tone as he charged.
Though caught in Na-me’s defenses shaped by years of training, she twisted in mid-air, her attack missed its mark.
“What the heck is this…!”
“Hand over your weapon.”
With a clean strike that sliced through his face, he fell without letting out a scream.
Without a moment to catch her breath, she struck the knight’s wrist to reclaim his sword.
While Na-me counted internally, her eyes darted around, constantly flicking left and right, up and down.
[Current Penalty(5): -75%]
[Current Penalty: Attack -50%, Defense -50%]
“Haah… It’s too late.”
Another penalty notification appeared.
Na-me snapped irritably, wiping the blood off her face.
Looking around, there were no knights rushing at her anymore.
Instead, she could only gaze with pity at the guards watching her with glazed eyes.
Perhaps it was because the bloodstains had spread further. The academy students were trembling in fear.
“Ha-ha.”
– ?
– ?
– The sudden laughter is so terrifying.
– Is the room leader a psycho?
Gasping and laughing, Na-me suddenly turned serious again as she glared at the enemies.
“I wonder what I should do since I messed up the coding.”
Swish!
She even caught an arrow flying towards her head with her bare hands.
Na-me mouthed the numbers again silently.
Ten… nine… eight…
Before that number reached zero, she picked up the fallen bow from the ground, filled it with mana, and fired an arrow.
“Thwak!”
The arrowhead embedded right into the forehead of the archer fell from a cliff.
[Current Penalty(5): -75%]
[Current Penalty: Attack -50%, Defense -50%]
A stern warning about healers not being allowed to carry bows blared once more.
[‘Medicine’ donated 10,000 won!]
– Could it be that if I change to a new weapon, the main penalty disappears until the notification sounds?
“Bingo.”
At the sharp observation of a viewer, her lips, stained with blood, slightly curled up.
