Chapter 1: Rogue Lords (1)
Here’s the new novel everyone. So of you maybe read the previous version, but after the author deleted the novel on Syosetu he decided to rewrite it on Kakuyomu. The reason I decided to start it from the beginning even though it would take more ti to deliver new content is because the author made so changes to the story so I wanted to have the entire series on my site.
[Level 99 achieved!]
[World unification successful!]
The ssage in the ga sparkled. This ga, which I’ve been completely addicted to lately, is set in another world, during the Warring States Period. I’ve been obsessively playing it since the day it was released, and as a result, I’ve finally succeeded in unifying the world.
[You have received a ssage from the administration].
The mont I completely conquered the ga, the first ssage window I saw appeared. Does the administration ever send ssages directly to you? It’s a solo-player ga, but the strategy ranking is aggregated in real ti to create the player ranking. As such, I’m connected to the Internet, and I can receive ssages.
Do I get so kind of reward? Like a coupon?
My curiosity piqued, so I clicked on the ssage window. Then, successive ssages appeared on the screen.
[The ga’s administration appreciates your strategy.]
[Challenge for glory. This is a favor given only to you, the number one ranked player].
[Perks].
[When you are ready to challenge for glory, the first step is to earn Perks. Perks can be obtained through exploration from the beginning MAP].
Glory? Don’t tell there’s going to be a sequel? I conquered the ga completely. I started as the main character in a rural town in a chaotic war-torn era, beca a king, and achieved the unification of the world.
I’m not going to play the ga again unless there is a sequel story, because I don’t find much enjoynt in playing a second ti, but I was a little attracted to the word “perk”. When you say it so clearly, it seems like there is a hidden plot.
Where’s the beginning MAP?
My curiosity exploded. This was not going to be easy to figure out. So I looked around for the perks. But no matter how many tis I searched the ga’s MAP, I couldn’t find any perks.
Is this a prank by the administration?
That’s all I could think of when I got this far. I entered the developer’s website from my computer. There was a contact form, so I sent an email asking about the aning of the ssage that appeared.
I looked at the clock, thinking that if it was a prank, I would give them a good scolding. The ssage from the administration had taken away my sense of accomplishnt in conquering the ga, and I felt exhausted. It was already 3:00 in the morning. There was no ti for them to reply to my inquiry.
“Fuhaaaa!”
I yawned spontaneously and had no choice but to turn off the ga. No, I tried to turn it off. At that mont, my consciousness suddenly faded. My surroundings turned dark, and I was struck by a terrible dizziness.
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I’m awake. That ans the beginning of a new day. Today started as usual, I stretched and yawned. It’s a habit of mine, after I do this, I feel a little refreshed when I wake up.
“What?”
By the way, the scenery in front of was completely unfamiliar. I thought I was dreaming, so I closed my eyes. Then I rubbed my eyes and opened them again. But the fact remained that I was in an unfamiliar place. Was it soone’s house?
For the first ti in my life, I saw a bedroom. It was an opulent dieval European-style bedroom.
Oh! I rembered that when I tried to turn off the ga, my eyes went black and I got so dizzy that I lost consciousness!
What? Losing consciousness and dreaming? I couldn’t wake up from the dream, so I quickly pinched my cheek.
“Aah!”
It hurts. I pinched too hard. But one thing I was sure of was that it wasn’t a dream. How could I feel pain in a dream? I must have passed out and then been moved to this place. I looked around again, horrified.
Was I kidnapped? Where the hell am I?
I walked over to the window in front of my bed, opened what looked like a curtain and looked at the scenery outside.
“What the hell is this?”
I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. This was not the city I knew. It was not a city with a forest of buildings, but a collection of one to two-story buildings. The city was surrounded by a wall. The morning sun was shining on the city walls, and the scenery itself was exotic and very beautiful.
But this was not the ti to marvel at the beauty. What lay before was a real landscape, not on a screen. It was a situation that I could never understand.
I’ve heard that there are cities in Europe that have been left in their dieval state, but this was nothing like that. There was no modern atmosphere at all. The clothes of the people passing through the streets were the sa, and horses and carriages were running along the streets instead of cars.
Furthermore, the place I was in was a castle. It’s the tallest building in the city, and I can see the entire landscape of the city at a glance. I was in the bedroom of the castle, with the window open.
“Are you awake?”
At that mont when my mind was plunged into chaos, I heard a knocking sound from outside the door. Thinking that it might be the person who had created this situation, I hurriedly ran to the door and vigorously opened it. There was an old man with white hair standing there. He was dressed like a butler.
“What do you think you’re doing? Bringing an ordinary person to a place like this!”
I asked the old man, and he started to look at .
“Master?”
The old man suddenly called master.
“Master? Who the hell am I? And who are you?”
I couldn’t understand what was going on, so I asked him. The old man and the two won in maid’s uniforms standing behind him looked at each other with a look of utter fright at my question.
“I’m Landers, the head chamberlain. Isn’t master Erhin, Lord of Aintorian? What is this, another one of your antics?”
The head chamberlain’s eyes widened. He looked terribly confused. But I’m the one who’s confused. It’s not like I’m playing around.
No, wait. Erhin Aintorian? I’m pretty sure Aintorian is a na from the ga I was playing right before I fell asleep. No, no way?
Aintorian was a region where many events of considerable importance took place in the latter half of the ga. Co to think of it, I think the na of the lord of Aintorian in the beginning of the ga was Aintorian Erhin.
You think I’m this Aintorian Erhin?
“Are you saying that this is the Lunan Kingdom and we are in Aintorian territory?”
“Yes, of course. It’s Aintorian, the domain of the Lunan Kingdom.”
“You’re saying I’m an Aintorian?”
“Yes, master……today. What do you intend to do?”
The head chamberlain asked , looking as frightened as ever. I’m deadly serious, what are you talking about? No, I don’t care about that. So, to them, I’m a character in a ga, Aintorian Erhin?
Does that an I’m in the ga? That’s impossible. It was certainly impossible, but the surrounding scenery and the appearance of the chamberlain and maids. It was true that these things made the current situation seem real.
“Mirror……Is there a full-length mirror anywhere?”
“It’s downstairs. Master!”
It was the maids who replied. There was no mirror in the room. I don’t even know if there are mirrors in this day and age.
“Where is it downstairs?”
“I’ll have it delivered right away!”
Perhaps misinterpreting the question of where it was as a request to bring it imdiately, the maids ran off sowhere. I didn’t stop them, because I wanted to see what I looked like right away. Why on earth do I look like Aintorian Erhin?
“And a map! Do you have a map of the country?”
“Maps? Of course we have maps. One mont, please.”
The chamberlain also answered imdiately and disappeared sowhere. His movents were very agile. Well, he calls master, so I guess that’s to be expected.
I went back to my bedroom and sat down on my bed. I was dumbfounded, but clearly I had entered the world of the ga I was playing. That’s the situation, without a doubt.
Eventually, the maids ca back. Two of them were holding a full-length mirror, looking as frightened as ever. But now was not the ti to soothe their fears. I stared into the mirror. My body froze in shock and no words ca out. I couldn’t hide my confusion.
My reflection in the mirror was very similar to the illustration of Aintorian Erhin that was the graphics in the ga. It was like a live-action version of the illustration. I was definitely Aintorian Erhin now, an Erhin lord in his early twenties. The cool illustration had beco reality, and in the mirror was a handso man.
“You think this is ……?”
“Master?”
“I need to be left alone.”
“Yes, sir. Yes, sir!”
The maids obeyed my words and backed away in a huff. Shortly after, the chamberlain ca back with a large map in his hand.
“Master, I have a map for you…….”
I wanted to be alone, so I interrupted the head chamberlain.
“Put it there and don’t let anyone else enter the room until I call for you.”
“Yes, sir.”
The head chamberlain had the sa reaction as the maids and disappeared in a huff. The big door to my bedroom closed and I was alone again.
I’m 25 years old. My hobby is gaming. Perhaps I’ve been punished for my daily life, but the next thing I know I’m in a scene from a ga and beca of the characters. I couldn’t believe it, and I didn’t want to believe it, but no matter how I looked at it, I was in the ga.
Don’t tell this is what the opportunity to challenge glory was all about? Are the developers of this ga gods? Otherwise, it was a situation that could never happen in reality, unless the ga developer was an omniscient god.
This is even more so because what unfolds in front of my eyes is not the inside of a ga with 2D or 3D graphics, but the real world where the ga setting is applied. The expressions and actions of the head attendant, the frightened faces of the maids, everything was real.
You think this is glory? This situation where a ga has beco reality? If this had been a normal ga, I might have had to rejoice as a ga lover. It’s not like I’m that attached to real life. But there’s a problem. This ga is based on war. In other words, it’s a deadly ga. The fact that such a world has beco a reality ans that I will have to live in a ti of war.
My head was starting to hurt. No, it had already started to hurt, but the headache had peaked. I scratched my head and unfolded the map that the head servant had left for . The nas of the places and countries on the map were still the sa as in the ga.
“Wait, that ans……!”
And then I realized the biggest problem. There was a huge issue that would arise if this was a ga setting and I was Aintorian Erhin.
Aintorian Erhin is not the protagonist. He’s not even a supporting character; he’s soone who dies right at the start of the ga. Of all people, I’m that Aintorian Erhin?
The ga tells the story of the ancient Aintorian kingdom, where a civil war hundreds of years ago led to the division of the ancient kingdom and the start of the Warring States Era.
That’s the problem. The Aintorian region is one of the most important regions in the ga, and the one where the outbreaks of conflict by those trying to occupy it are the most common. Most importantly, in the setting at the start of the ga, Aintorian Erhin, which is exactly what I am now, was set to be the first to die in a surprise attack by the Narja Kingdom.
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