Closed Beta That Only I Played Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Prologue & 1st Closed Beta (1)

I love to play gas.

Yes, I love them more than anybody else, so much so that I wish I could have a traffic accident.

I thought I would be better off with every part of my body including both hands alright, except for my two legs that I wish could be disabled.

In such a situation I could play gas as much as I wanted without being conscious of anybody, and I’d even gain sympathy from people around .

When I could not get any better grades despite my hard efforts day and night, I particularly felt obsessed with that kind of thinking more strongly than ever.

Of course, my understanding or mory or concentration might not be as good as that of an ordinary person.

When I was very frustrated and disappointed with the lack of any tangible progress in my grades despite the enormous efforts and ti I had given, I first experienced the so-called MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing ga), an online video ga that allowed multiple players to play in the sa space simultaneously.

It was a new world to because I got rewarded for all the efforts I made in that ga.

In other words, when I created the characters to replace and killed the monster with the entry-level weapon in the ga, I always received EXP or experience points for that.

It was not the kind of stuff that required to make the enormous efforts to recite English words hundreds of tis to morize them, but I received a certain amount of EXP in proportion to my performance.

I saw my level going up and stronger than before in the ga because of my repeated actions.

And surprisingly I continued to level up, which was sothing quite opposite to the situation where I found myself trying hard to recall the English words that I had managed to morize but soon forgot.

Of course, I sotis had bad luck when I had to drop items after hunting monsters, but it was okay anyway because I could keep hunting until I found the item that I wanted.

And all the efforts that I continued to make until I secured the item I wanted were never wasted like my studying in vain.

Obviously, there was sothing I earned in the process of obtaining the item, which was none other than experience.

I also obtained other items that proved useful to , even if they were not what I wanted.

Over ti I forgot everything I tried so hard to morize, but I never witnessed my level, experience points, and items decrease or disappear in the gas.

And I didn’t have to worry about it from the beginning.

Naturally, I was supposed to be hooked onto the gas, but I wasn’t.

In fact, I failed to do so because of my parents who wanted to study hard and my elder brother and sister who were smarter than .

As they say, there really were people who never masturbated, but none masturbated only once in their lives.

That could be applied to in the gas.

Once I ca to know the gas, I often thought about them while I was wrapped up in studying.

So, I purchased the second-generation popular VR interface adapter without my parents’ knowledge.

Although it was a used item, I paid over five million Korean won ($5,000) for it. But I had no problem buying it because of my handso allowance.

Right after I purchased it, I didn’t access the MMORPG that opened a new world for because I was not sure if I could get out of it once I accessed it.

Anyway, I am a student at the mont, so I’m not foolish enough to forget my place.

To be honest, I was more scared of my father’s scolding.

That’s why I began to search for the kind of ga that I could play with all my heart before stopping once and for all.

Of course, there were so gas that I was looking for, such as the strategic simulation gas like ‘Star Wars.’

But such gas had fatal shortcomings that didn’t draw my attention.

Naly, they lacked sustainability and continuity.

After all, I found one while I was trying to find role playing gas.

It was a ga I played in closed beta. In other words, it was a role playing ga in closed beta where any specified user could enjoy the given content for a certain period of ti.

As the ga in closed beta suggested, it was a ga which was not yet completed.

I liked it better for that reason because I once wished I could lose interest in the ga after getting sick and tired of it. I needed to concentrate on studying.

Anyway, the ga lacked sustainability and continuity because of its closed beta attribute, but it was the type of ga that satisfied my tastes most. So, I surfed the internet imdiately and searched for a closed beta version at the earliest date, and I finally found one.

Then I entered my email address and mobile phone number in the closed beta participation form, naly the role-playing ga called Forgotten Legend.

***

Ring, ring.

“Ugh?”

I heard a ssage beep on my mobile phone while I was sitting on a chair blindly morizing math formulas that I could not understand. Since I turned off all my chat room notifications including the open ones, I lifted my mobile phone and double checked it curiously. And I confird it.

It was a ssage informing that I was picked to participate in the ‘Forgotten Legend’ ga that would be played in the first closed beta.

“Oh! I made it!”

Of course, I didn’t bet everything on this particular ga.

That’s why I applied to participate in all the closed beta gas for fear that I might not be picked for ‘Forgotten Legend.’

But I waited for the results because it was this role-playing ga that would proceed with the closed beta as quickly as possible.

I slightly checked the ti. It was 8:30 PM.

“Why did they send out a ssage in the evening?”

I waited for the next ssage while grumbling a bit.

At 9:00 PM, the housemaid was supposed to bring so snacks and a bowl of herbal dicine that would allegedly stimulate my brain. Of course, after bringing them to , she would imdiately report to my mother about what I was doing.

“Dang it! The second-generation popular VR interface adaptor can’t download programs by itself.”

The 2nd generation popular VR adaptor.

When I checked the production date on it, it was produced almost 12 years ago.

Compared to the 3rd generation VR adaptor these days, it must be junk.

Of course, I’ve got the 3rd one which is more expensive and incomparably more efficient than the 2nd one and an unpopular high-end one.

But I don’t use it because the 3rd one is equipped with a highly efficient AI helper, unlike the 2nd one that only allows chanical command language. Besides, it basically reports the users’ usage history to their parents if they are a minor.

That’s why I had to buy the 2nd generation VR adaptor for 5 million won.

Anyway I idled away, waiting for the housemaid.

Exactly at 5:00 PM, I heard her footsteps outside the door.

“Juyoung, can I co in?”

“Yes, please co in.”

It’s been already five years since she started working at my house, so she was not just an ordinary housemaid to . So, I replied gently.

In no ti she ca in and put down the herbal soup chongmyongtang and so snacks and fruits by the desk.

“Studying is tough for you these days, right?”

“Well, not really. I have to do it anyway as a student.”

“I see. If you need anything else, let know.”

“Sure.”

She left after that, and I opened the wardrobe quickly.

Then I took out the helt-shaped 2nd generation popular VR adaptor, rather crude compared to the 3rd one.

“I hope it works well.”