The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me Chapter 395: Side Story 1 - The Hero From A Thousand Years A

“Ha… this sucks.”

My na is Kim Hanbyeol.

I’m a typical shut-in loser.

“How many tis have I failed now?”

But I was not just a burden on society. I was once a famous pro gar.

GA OVER

Ending: 7536 (Betrayal of the Succubus Queen)

RETRY?

Y/N

“Looks like taking her as an ally is a mistake… should’ve dealt with her early like usual.”

Thinking about it, maybe I really was just a burden.

I used to be a pro gar, but due to certain circumstances, I was holed up playing a ga called Dark Tale Fantasy 2.

- Tap, tap…

As I stared blankly at yet another bad ending on the monitor, I frowned and picked up my smartphone to check the community.

Dark Tale Fantasy 2 Anonymous Community

Author: MoaningSisterIsolet

Title: Is this ga even ant to be beaten?

- I’ve never seen a ga like this in my life. No save or load options, just retries, all the quests are insanely difficult, and the Demon King is still fine after an hour of hitting her? I’m done with this ga.

The first thing that caught my eye was a post from a newbie who seed to have just started.

[Comnts 13]

[*Anonymous: Newbie gets upvoted lol]

[*Anonymous: Did you ditch Sister Isolet?]

[*Kaniaow(223.36): Young Master… where are you going…?]

ㄴ[Anonymous(117.11): Kitten, out!]

[*Anonymous: The ga won’t survive without you~]

[*Solar: Please don’t quit…]

Of course, the comnt section was a ss. The Dark Tale Fantasy series was full of die-hard fans. They would probably joke about this for hours.

Well, I was not particularly interested in a newbie who wouldn’t last a few days anyway.

Author: Solar

Title: What do you think is wrong with this ga?

- Let’s have an open discussion.

[Comnts 256]

[*Anonymous: Ga? Ga? Ga? Ga? Ga?]

[*Frey’sLegalWife: How is this a ga with all these bad endings?]

[*LuluDan: We’ve decided to call this misery porn instead of a ga.]

[Anonymous(11.24): What are you asking for, do your job properly, you moron]

ㄴ[*Solar: Please don’t swear…]

ㄴ[Anonymous(38.46): LOL, if you’re playing as the Sun God, just shut up and take the insults]

ㄴ[Anonymous(12.48): The admin… talking back…?]

With a blank look, I chanically clicked on a popular post where the admin was being roasted as usual.

I felt a bit sorry for them, but it was their own fault for acting like they were a developer and asking these questions daily to half-crazed users.

And the truth was, outside the monitor, the Sun God was probably just a bearded guy. Even if it was not, anyone who stayed on a community board 24/7 couldn’t be normal.

“These jokers…”

“Pfft. Brother, are you on that community thing again?”

As I was scrolling absent-mindedly, an annoying voice ca from beside .

“…Mind your own business.”

“You’ll never be popular doing this. Stupid. Idiot.”

This annoying girl kicking lightly was my sister, Kim Eunha. She used to follow around a lot, but now she has grown so cheeky she even climbed over my head.

“You should go out sotis. You always played gas even before. And now…”

“Shut up.”

“But still…”

As she said, I hadn’t gone out in a long ti.

It was partly because I liked it, but there was another reason.

“Cough, cough…!”

As she tried to say sothing, she started coughing and covered her mouth.

“…Are you okay?”

“I-I’m fine. Stop pretending to care.”

Actually, my sister has a rare disease. It was a scary disease that would kill her in a few years if left untreated.

“Anyway, I’m fine… So go out sotis.”

“…”

“Stop being stubborn… idiot.”

To take care of her, I quit being a pro gar for a while and stopped going outside… no, even I stopped leaving her hospital room.

If I had enough money, I’d try the new treatnt surgery developed overseas. But even if I spent all the money I made as a pro gar, it wouldn’t be enough for the surgery.

- Tremble…

Ignoring her words and putting down my phone, my hand began to tremble.

This damn trembling that ruined my pro gaming career.

When I heard my sister had collapsed right before the finals of a major pro gaming tournant, this hellish curse has been following ever since.

Whenever I competed with soone, my hands would tremble like crazy. I couldn’t focus on the ga.

Because of that, I hit a slump as a pro gar and couldn’t earn money for the surgery.

RETRY selected.

The ga will reset.

The only solace I found was in the ‘Dark Tale Fantasy’ series.

How I got into the ga was simple.

A close friend who I lost contact with for so reason gave it to as a gift while I was taking care of my sister.

“So this ga is really a masterpiece? The graphics are amazing, it has massive storage, and it is optimized like crazy, it’s like they tortured aliens to make it.”

I could still vividly recall my friend boasting about the ga a few years ago, saying it would shake the gaming world with its overwhelming quality.

“What about the ga you were always talking about? Have you really abandoned it?”

“It’s great, but no new releases. Still fun though. If you’re interested…”

“No thanks.”

“Well, suit yourself. By the way, you heard of Dark Tale Fantasy, right?”

As he said, I had heard of the ‘Dark Tale Fantasy’ series.

A strange ga whose developer and developnt studio were all kept secret. It had a uniquely bleak and hopeless story.

Plus, they promised to give 1 billion won if you cleared even one ga in the series and 10 billion if you cleared both gas, which no one believed.

Despite those conditions, the Dark Tale Fantasy series was globally popular.

“I’ve heard of it.”

“Right? Just try it once. You might like it.”

“…Thanks.”

But back then, I thought of the ga as an unattainable gift.

My ‘hand tremors’ were still the sa.

“…Huh?”

But when I turned on the ga out of curiosity after he left, I discovered sothing surprising.

“My hands… aren’t trembling?”

While playing the Dark Tale Fantasy series, my hands didn’t tremble at all.

Maybe it was because my bleak reality overlapped with the protagonist, or maybe it was just sothing special about the ga.

I didn’t know why, but I beca very fond of the only ga I could play, and after taking care of my sister, I only played the Dark Tale Fantasy series.

[Author: IfYouDon’tLikeItGoToTheDeveloper]

[Title: Cleared Dark Tale Fantasy 1]

[Photo attached]

- Cleared it. Ask anything.

[Comnts 674]

[*Solar: ???????]

[*Lunar: Crazy]

[*Stellar: Wow]

ㄴ[Anonymous(123.36): Admin eting lol]

[*Anonymous: What the hell is this?]

ㄴ [*CaniaMom: Looks fake lol]

ㄴ [*SerenaTheLegalWifer: No, his nickna is registered on the leaderboard]

[*SilverCat: Please share the strategy guide, please, please, please]

And the result was being the first person in the world to clear Dark Tale Fantasy 1.

It happened just last week.

It caused a huge uproar, to the point where the news was posted on dostic and international communities and YouTube.

I felt really good back then, but now I was overwheld by the harsh reality.

My sister’s condition was worsening, there was no sign of clearing Dark Tale Fantasy 2, and my hands still trembled…

- Click, click…

Suppressing my gloomy mood, I put my phone on the desk and stared blankly at the loading screen on the monitor.

Tip: If you receive a penalty, you will be unable to act for weeks to months.

Along with a useless tip, the beautifully designed Sun God greeted from the loading screen today as usual.

“…?”

But why was her expression like that? Did she just wink at ?

- Bzzt…!

“What’s this?”

While I was staring at the monitor with a puzzled expression at her unusual look, my phone started buzzing.

“No one should be contacting …”

Since losing touch with my friend, almost no one has contacted .

Was it spam?

[HN Bank Deposit Notification]

It didn’t seem like it. It was an alert from my bank app.

But… a deposit?

What nonsense was…

“…What the heck!?”

“What’s wrong, Brother?”

I checked my bank app, shocked by the unexpected notification, and nearly fell backward.

[Balance: 1,000,038,740 won]

“What… what is this…?”

Just like the promotional slogan that I thought was rely a marketing gimmick, 1 billion won had been deposited into my account.

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[Author: IfYouDon’tLikeItGoToTheDeveloper]

[Title: Got the money]

[Photo attached]

- Ask away, LOL

[Comnts 120]

[*Anonymous: WTF]

[*Roswyn: No way, where’s the proof?]

[*Lulu(13.93): Makes want to die]

[*Spray: How many zeros is that? WTF?]

[*Solar: Congratulations~]

ㄴ[Anonymous(13.37): Kick out the admin]

ㄴ[*Solar: Don’t be jealous. Let’s all celebrate together with an open heart~]

ㄴ[Anonymous(97.64): I really want to shut her up]

Even after receiving the money, my life didn’t change much.

I went from a hospital room to a new house, but I was still sitting here playing Dark Tale Fantasy 2.

“Brother… where did you get that money…?”

“From the ga.”

“You didn’t get involved in anything bad, did you? If you did, I won’t accept the surgery.”

“It’s nothing like that. Just take the surgery quietly.”

“Th-thank you… Brother…”

The only real difference was that my sister wasn’t by my side anymore.

Eunha was currently undergoing treatnt. According to the latest news, she just started the treatnt surgery thanks to the money I received from the ga developers.

“Maybe this ga isn’t such a nightmare after all.”

Because of this, I, who used to curse the ga daily, now scratch my head and mutter such words whenever I get frustrated.

The ga saved my sister, who was more precious to than my own life.

“…Huh?”

Did the ga like my changed attitude?

“What… what’s this?”

One day, while playing the ga as usual, a miracle happened.

[Na: ???]

[Abilities: Strength 1 / Mana / Intelligence 5 / ntal Strength 6]

[Passive Status: Potential Unleashed]

[Disposition: Irregular]

[Goodness Stat: 100]

It was purely by chance.

While taking a break from the stagnant ga progress and eting NPCs, I completed a spontaneous quest I received early in the ga. Giving a ‘Ring of Luck’ to a little NPC, their stats changed so dramatically that it seed like a bug.

“A bug…?”

Yes.

It was the first bug in the ‘Dark Tale Fantasy Series,’ known for its ticulous system that had never seen a hack or glitch.

At least, that was what I think.

Otherwise, how could I explain the crazy stats of this character?

- Crackle…

“Insane…”

And it wasn’t just the stats.

In our first battle, after hurriedly recruiting her into the party, she deleted all of the enemy’s weapons.

It was then that I fully realized.

Whatever it was, this scruffy-haired kid wasn’t just strong stat-wise; she could interfere with the very system, making her a rare cheat character or bug character.

[??? smiles at you.]

“…”

[She seems to want a na.]

“Hmm.”

I nad her ‘Glare,’ aning a dazzling light, hoping she would shine in this dark ga.

[Author: IfYouDon’tLikeItGoToTheDeveloper]

[Title: LOL, found a bug]

- Can’t tell you exactly because you might exploit it, but I found an amazing bug. This might let us see the happy ending.

[Comnts 24]

[*Solar: What???]

[*Anonymous: Hello, good-hearted bug finder?]

[Anonymous(37.14): Stop bullshitting]

[*Anonymous: Normally, I’d think this is BS, but coming from you, it sounds legit LOL]

[Author: IfYouDon’tLikeItGoToTheDeveloper]

[Title: Gave a cute NPC a na.]

[Image attached]

- This is the new party mber. Her na is Glare. What do you think?

[Comnts 12]

[*Solar: Do you have contact info by any chance?]

ㄴ [Anonymous: Kick out the sycophant]

ㄴ [Anonymous(123.36): The admin really makes want to throw up;;]

[*Anonymous: Is she your type…?]

ㄴ [IfYouDon’tLikeItGoToTheDeveloper: I choose her based on her performance.]

ㄴ [IrinaNyan: To the extent to replace Irina as a mage? Seriously, cut the crap.]

From then on, everything was smooth sailing.

Glare easily broke through barriers I couldn’t overco, even interfering with the system.

Her role truly befits her na as she lights up the dark ga.

It seed like if I continued just a bit more, I could really see the true ending.

Patch Note 1.1

Unexpected bugs have been fixed.

Enjoy your playti.

- GM Sun God

That was until one day, a ssage like this appeared on the ga screen.

[Author: IfYouDon’tLikeItGoToTheDeveloper]

[Title: GG]

[Photo attached]

- Glare is gone… I’m so sad… I was almost there, I could’ve beaten it… Damn, damn, damn…

[Comnts: 16]

[*Anonymous: LOL]

[*Anonymous: So it was a bug playthrough after all]

[*Anonymous: Using a bug, LOL, you’re crazy]

[*Solar: …]

Sohow, the developers found out and patched the ga, deleting Glare from the ga entirely.

How did they find out?

Did they see the post I carelessly uploaded and figure it out?

Or did they inspect my play records?

“Why are they doing sothing they’ve never done before…?”

It was really strange.

The developers never touched anything no matter what the users did.

The ones who never fixed anything, despite all the users’ demands to adjust the difficulty and story.

The ones who rejected all acquisition offers, rger proposals, and interview requests from around the world.

And their first reaction to anything was to delete Glare?

“Phew…”

I was losing motivation.

No, it was not just about losing motivation… I didn’t have the courage to continue this ga.

No matter how much I played, without Glare’s bug playthrough, I couldn’t see a solution to this bleak ga.

So I just sit blankly on the bed, staring at the ga over screen.

“…Sigh.”

After a long ti zoning out, I sighed and stood up.

“Let’s try again.”

Just one more ti… just one more ga.

I would forget about Glare and play one more ti before bed.

Maybe if I just try one more ti…

Server undergoing ergency maintenance.

“…Oh.”

Sitting down, I saw the ssage on the start screen and let out a dumbfounded sound.

“Under maintenance, huh.”

The developers, who rarely conducted maintenance, had scheduled an ergency one, leaving unable to play the ga.

“Phew…”

Staring blankly at the maintenance screen, I sighed and decided to check the developer’s website.

Countdown: 00:59:00

A single coincidence, five realizations, a boorang passing between a half-moon and a crescent.

Expect major changes in Dark Tale Fantasy 2.

Posted by GM Sun God.

The website displayed this cryptic ssage. It had already set the community on fire hours ago, but I wasn’t holding my breath.

I would rather trust the neighbor’s dog over those developers any day.

- Ding!

“…Hmm?”

A special reward for the first clear of Dark Tale Fantasy 1 has arrived.

Would you like to receive it? Y/N

“The first clear reward?”

…Maybe I’ll trust them just this once?

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The day after Hanbyeol clicked to receive the reward, the Dark Tale Fantasy 2 community went wild.

[Author: *Anonymous]

[Title: LOL, DLC? Really?]

I swear I almost did a backflip, LOL. Who releases a happy ending as a DLC?

[*Solar: Maybe there’s an unavoidable reason…]

[*DemonKing’sArmyFighting: These guys aren’t human. They’re demons.]

[*Anonymous: When the countdown ended, the DLC image popped up, and I almost lost it, LOL.]

A DLC announcent for Dark Tale Fantasy 2 caused the uproar.

[Author: AnalysisExpert]

[Title: Summarizing the DLC]

Good news: The DLC is completely free. No paid download.

However, getting into it is tricky.

The key is to et the newly added NPC ‘Glare’ and awaken her as a heroine. We’re currently data mining for more details.

[Comnts 72]

[*Anonymous: Glare? Isn’t that the bug soone found?]

[Anonymous(36.114): Seems like the developers decided to add her as a DLC instead of just deleting her because the one who cleared the Dark Tale Fantasy 1 found it.

[*Anonymous: The community’s best output, LOL.]

[*Insider: An overseas user found files indicating an 18 scene. Is this true??]

ㄴ[*Lunar: Yes.]

Although only a few players worldwide, including Hanbyeol, had cleared the ga, the news of the DLC release set the global gaming community ablaze.

[Author: Anonymous1]

[Title: Where’s our favorite user?]

But where’s our favorite bug finder?

[Comnts 9]

[*Anonymous: Yeah, where is he? He should be freaking out right now.]

[*KaniaMom: I blocked him, but is he inactive?]

[*Anonymous: Did he really go to find the developers? LOL.]

Naturally, the burning community began to ntion the one who instigated all of this, Hanbyeol.

But…

[*Anonymous: What? He hasn’t been active since yesterday? He hasn’t logged into the ga.]

[*Fooloche: That guy not playing the ga? Is he sick?]

ㄴ[*Solar: Well, I’m not sure?]

ㄴ[Anonymous(112.36): Stop being sycophantic.]

For so reason, Hanbyeol did not appear.

[Anonymous(211.36): He’s been reincarnated into another world. Take down this post.]

[*Frey’sLegalWife: LOL, reincarnated into Dark Tale Fantasy?]

[*Anonymous: Faker cut! Faker cut! Faker cut!]

[Anonymous(114.47): Sure, he’s probably sipping cocktails at a luxury hotel right now.]

ㄴ[*Kaniaow: Take down the post, student.]

Hanbyeol’s absence, who never missed a day of logging into the community and ga, quickly drew attention from many.

[Author: Anonymous]

[Title: What’s this?]

Did the developer’s website get hacked?

[Comnts: 1]

[*Solar: What?]

Shortly after, one post with a creepy eye picture on the developer’s website buried the issue.

Today, the Dark Tale series service will be terminated.

Your connection to this world will be severed in an hour.

After devouring all dinsions, I will co for yours.

Sit tight.

Initially, players thought this was just an event related to the DLC update.

But soon, the global gaming community was shocked.

[Service Termination: Thank you for loving our world.]

Even before the DLC was fully patched into the ga,

The services for Dark Tale Fantasy 1 and 2 were permanently terminated.

And no one could ever play Dark Tale Fantasy again.

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My head hurts.

“Ugh…”

Where am I, and who am I?

I opened my eyes.

“…Excuse .”

“Huh.”

Before was a familiar face.

Was this a dream?

Why was the Sun God from the loading screen staring at ?

“Hello?”

“Uh, hi?”

“I am what you call a god…”

“Stop.”

Still dazed, I abruptly interrupted her and stood up.

“Please tell this isn’t happening.”

Cold sweat started dripping down my body.

No matter how I thought about it, this situation scread one thing.

No way.

This wasn’t a web novel or ani, so it couldn’t be…

“You said you’d go to the developers if you don’t like the ga.”

“Shit.”

I’m screwed.

Dark Tale Fantasy, of all places.

I’d rather be in my missing friend’s favorite world, where smart high schoolers play murder gas.

But the Dark Tale Fantasy series? No way.

Why ?

“You understand quickly.”

“Why ?”

“Well, that’s…”

Grasping at straws, I asked, and the beautiful goddess averted her eyes.

“The Eye forcibly severed the world’s connection… There’s no more way to break through.”

“What?”

“S-So… We’re going to make a breakthrough by making you, the first player that ever cleared the Dark Tale series, the First Hero.”

While I didn’t fully understand, the last part was clear.

They were going to turn into the First Hero?

“Wait. What about him? Isn’t it unfair to possess soone?”

“Oh, don’t worry. The original hero is just an avatar controlled by the first clear player.”

“…What?”

“No need to possess him. You just go as you are!”

I still didn’t fully get it, but I was definitely screwed.

The well-mannered villain white mage Maid.

The crazy Ice Witch.

The overly confident troublemaking Princess.

The macho muscle-brained Saintess.

The scheming reincarnate Strategist.

And the masochistic Sword Saint.

I had to form a Hero Party with those lunatics?

No way…

“We’ll give you a return ticket if you clear the ga!”

“Wait!”

“Goodbye!”

“NOOO!!!”

With that last desperate cry, I was thrown into hell.

But that was only the beginning.

From that first day, I fell into this other world, the humiliation I faced as a black-haired otherworlder was just the start…(omitted)

[Excerpt from the introduction of the Book of Prophecy left by the First Hero, Kim Hanbyeol.]

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“Phew.”

The Sun God, who had been staring blankly at where Hanbyeol disappeared, sighed deeply and turned her gaze.

- Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

“Signal detected! Heart function is…”

“Focus! If we can’t revive her now, it’s over!”

In her view were doctors in a panic and Hanbyeol’s sister, who had miraculously been revived after turning she just died.

“Actually… I twisted the fate of your sister, who should have died due to dical malpractice, and brought you here.”

Muttering this, the Sun God looked down at the world and spoke quietly.

“If they make your life difficult, I’ll pull you out again… Just hold on a little longer.”

Her decision would later bring about the Hero Party withdrawal incident and the transformation of the once arrogant heroines.

According to Eclipse, it was quite a spectacle to behold.

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(anwhile, from the point of view of the main story.)