Chapter : 1
Myeonghun liked gas.
Simulation gas where he could rule a territory, a nation.
Thus, it was perhaps inevitable that Myeonghun would co to love the ga called [Pangea Universalise].
A fictional world called the Pangea Continent.
A vast world with over 80 nations and more than 5,000 families.
Moreover, each family had its own events and stories, so he could always enjoy it in a new way.
Thanks to this, Myeonghun’s life after work was in front of the computer.
To enjoy the countless possibilities that arose in the history of this magnificent ga.
But that, too, ends today.
-Click
[Would you like to delete?]
[Yes]. [No]
The ssage on the screen blinked as if urging a decision.
Looking at it, Myeonghun hesitated without realizing it.
Is deleting it the right thing to do?
It would probably be hard to find a ga this good.
He thought that even if he deleted it, he would just end up reinstalling it later.
But the hesitation was brief.
Myeonghun soon put strength into his finger.
[Yes]
-Click
The ga file on the monitor screen began to be deleted in real ti.
[5%, 10%, 35%, 75%….]
As the deletion progressed, the lingering attachnt in a corner of his heart kept shaking Myeonghun. Out of disappointnt, Myeonghun unconsciously smacked his lips.
“It was really fun….”
It wasn't an empty phrase; it was genuinely fun.
That’s why he had invested a long ti of 6,000 hours into playing the ga. But Myeonghun knew well.
That it was ti to let it go.
He had postponed deleting it for a very long ti. In fact, in a way, he should have deleted it earlier.
A whopping 6,000 hours.
He had enjoyed it to an obsessive degree.
He had even run out of ga content to consu, so for his last playthrough, hadn't he created and played with a custom family that didn't even have any special events?
“Yeah, I’ve enjoyed it to my heart’s content.”
Besides, his work was about to get busier, so he wouldn't have enough ti to play gas.
The life of a ga addict is over now. It was ti to live in the real world.
“Well, if they had released a new DLC, I would’ve played more….”
Smacking his lips in disappointnt, Myeonghun flopped face down onto his bed.
Before he knew it, the sun had set and it grew dark.
It was about ti to sleep if he wanted to go to work tomorrow.
“Haaam-.”
With a yawn, Myeonghun slowly closed his eyes. His consciousness gradually drifted into darkness.
[Deletion complete.]
[A special gift is provided to you for playing 6,000 hours. Reality DLC Edition! Feel and experience it for yourself.]
[Warning! You can actually die in this ga. Prepare for death.]
Without even having a chance to check the unknown phrases that appeared on the monitor screen.
* * *
It hurts.
My head hurts like it's going to shatter.
The severe headache was so bad it made my stomach churn, and I felt a wave of nausea as if I were about to vomit right away.
“Gak, keok.”
On top of that, why was it so hard to breathe? It felt like sothing heavy was resting on my chest.
‘He, help….’
My head hurt, and it was hard to breathe.
But because of the sothing pressing on my chest, my voice wouldn't co out.
“Ugh, ughhhhhh.”
I choked and gasped, trying desperately to exhale. My body was gradually reaching its limit.
But despite my efforts.
My consciousness began to fade into the darkness beyond.
“Keo…k.”
And just as I was about to let out my last breath.
“My goodness, My Lord-!”
Along with a strange man’s shout.
With a clattering sound, the thing that had been pressing on my chest disappeared.
“Keoheuuuuuuuk. Keoheuk.”
I rolled on the ground, greedily gasping for air. Drool was dribbling out, a disgraceful sight, but I was glad.
Because thanks to that, I could breathe.
“That was a close call, My Lord.”
‘Heok, heok. M… My Lord? Don’t tell
he’s talking about ?’
After catching my breath for a while, I clutched my dizzy head and turned toward the voice.
A dense thicket lush with trees ca into view. At the sa ti, I also saw a man looking at
with a worried face.
A typical Westerner with distinct features, blue eyes, and blond hair.
‘This is driving
crazy. What the hell is this situation?’
A Westerner suddenly looking at
and calling
‘My Lord’?
And what is this unfamiliar place?
Are they filming a hidden cara show or sothing?
‘No. Wait a minute. What is this?!’
Then I was startled by a sudden realization.
The words the man was speaking to . It wasn't English or any other familiar foreign language.
“What is the matter?”
A language I had never heard before.
And yet, I understood his words now. So naturally.
When the thought reached that point, fear surged. I staggered back and tried to get up, pushing myself off the ground.
“Keuheuk.”
But an unbearable pain washed over . In both my head and chest.
That wasn't all.
[System recognition.]
[Initiating synchronization.]
[Synchronization rate 10%…. 15%….]
An unfamiliar, androgynous voice ca from sowhere, and strange text began to appear before my eyes.
“Ack-!”
I unknowingly plopped down on the spot.
“Oh? My Lord?”
The man cried out as if screaming.
But I couldn't answer him.
[Synchronization rate 20%…. 30%….]
As the numbers before my eyes climbed, sothing was continuously being injected into my mind.
Unfamiliar mories I've never seen before.
Unfamiliar recollections I've never experienced before.
Where this place was and who I was. It felt like my brain was turning to mush.
“Get a grip, My Lord.”
‘Ughhhhh…. Shut up-! Why ?! Why am I ‘My Lord’!’
My head feels like it’s going to explode, yet he keeps spouting nonsense, calling
‘My Lord’.
I felt like I was going insane.
I wanted to shake off the man clinging to
and scream at the top of my lungs.
But in that mont.
[Synchronization rate 100%.]
[Synchronization complete.]
A mory vividly surfaced in my mind.
‘The Lord of Bellua.’
‘Johan, the sole heir to the Margraviate in the Elang Kingdom.’
The identity of Johan, the great dieval lord, not Myeonghun, the modern office worker.
It was the mont two egos rged into one.
At the sa ti, once again.
-Tiriring.
Along with an unfamiliar alarm, nurous notification windows cluttered my vision.
[System activation complete.]
[A special gift for you, who played Pangea Universalise for 6,000 hours. Feel and experience it for yourself through the Reality DLC Edition!]
[Notification: You have beco Margrave Johan de Bellua of the Elang Kingdom.]
[Notification: The powerful figures of the kingdom covet your domain.]
[Notification: Your domain is divided.]
[Notification: Survive and bring prosperity to your family.]
* * *
‘Ha, haha….’
Do they say your mind goes completely blank when you experience sothing unbelievable?
‘What…?’
My current situation was exactly like that. It was so hard to believe that all I could do was stare blankly and blink.
‘Pangea Universalise? Don’t tell
it’s that ga?’
My brow furrowed on its own.
If it’s [Pangea Universalise], isn’t that the ga I used to enjoy playing?
But why is it showing up?
And like this, of all tis.
‘This is crazy.’
I scratched my head vigorously, but nothing changed. The status window was still in front of my eyes, and I was left alone in an unfamiliar thicket with a man I’d never seen before.
Moreover, this sensation on my skin.
It was too vivid to be a dream or a hallucination. Also, the mories of Johan and the identity as Johan that surfaced in my mind were being accepted without any sense of incongruity.
As if it had always been that way.
‘Does that an… this is real?’
Cognitive dissonance is setting in.
Transmigration into a ga.
Wasn’t this a common trope that frequently appeared in the novels I read to kill ti on my way to work?
But for sothing like this to happen to .
‘Can I even get back ho from this?’
Just then.
A loud notification rang out again.
-Tiriring.
[Pangea Universalise Reality DLC Mode!]
[You who crazily enjoyed the ga-! Depart into the ga world! Now you must beco a real person and revive your family.]
[Notification: Make your family the greatest family in the world.]
[Notification: Perhaps if you succeed, you might… be able to return ho?]
[Notification: So please be sure to survive-!]
“What, survive? Be suuuure?”
‘Damn it-!’
Seeing that, I cursed inwardly.
Reality DLC Edition? I never wanted sothing like this.
But what is all this?
Is so son of a bitch god toying with ?
For a mont, anger flared and my blood pressure rose. But at the sa ti, my boiling heart cooled down. It was because I realized that getting angry wouldn't change anything.
“My Lord, are you alright now?”
A worried voice ca from beside .
The man who had been next to
ever since I opened my eyes.
And at the sa ti, this man's na ca to mind.
“Ah…! Sir Biden.”
He was one of the few trustworthy vassals in my mories.
“What on earth happened?”
I asked, rubbing my throbbing temples.
At that, Biden cautiously opened his mouth.
“During the hunt, your horse suddenly collapsed. You fell headfirst, but thankfully you woke up right away. It is truly fortunate. Thank you, God!”
Biden made the sign of the cross and praised God. But my expression crumpled terribly.
‘Huh? The horse suddenly collapsed?’
Why would a perfectly fine horse suddenly collapse?
Sothing slls fishy.
Besides, the place I had been transmigrated into was the world of [Pangea Universalise].
In the ga, falling from a horse was a widely used thod to assassinate the heir to a domain.
“Ugh. Help
up. I’m going to check on the horse’s condition.”
“Yes.”
As my body was still unwell, I walked with Biden's support.
And soon.
Not far away, I could see a horse with its neck broken, its body trembling.
‘Wow, is this for real?’
The mont I checked the horse’s condition, a hollow laugh escaped .
It would have been great if it had accidentally tripped on a tree root or a clod of dirt while running. But no matter how I looked at it, this was a planned accident. The horse’s mouth was frothing with a whitish-blue foam.
Just as I thought.
[Traces of assassination have been discovered.]
[If you record and investigate the symptoms, you can identify the poisonous herb.]
[Notification: Information updated.]
[Threat of Assassination – An assassination attempt has occurred against the heir to the domain. You need to cherish your life.]
[Notification: Be careful.]
The notification windows popped up noisily.
‘I’m going to lose my mind. This is just one thing after another.’
My head started throbbing again. As if transmigration wasn't enough, there's an assassination threat from the very beginning?
“Is there a problem, My Lord?”
Seeing my hardened expression, Biden asked cautiously.
I stared at Biden for a mont before shaking my head.
“No, it’s nothing.”
My mind was in turmoil, so it was still difficult to grasp the situation accurately.
Besides, my whole body ached, perhaps as an aftereffect of the fall. I needed to rest sowhere comfortable and organize my thoughts.
“Let’s return to the castle. I think I need so treatnt.”
Thinking that, I gave the order to Biden.
At that, Biden's face lit up.
“I will prepare at once, My Lord.”
He imdiately called the soldiers and brought a litter from sowhere. It was the kind you could lie down on at an angle, like a lectica from the ancient Roman era.
It seed impossible to bring a carriage because the space was too narrow.
‘By the way, of all the worlds to be transmigrated into, it had to be this one, phew….’
An age of barbarism and desire.
Violence is prioritized over words, God over reason, and honor over rationality. That’s why life in [Pangea Universalise] often ended with a bad ending.
In other words, I was now in a very perilous situation.
‘Oh, my head.’
When my thoughts reached that point, a groan escaped my lips on its own.
I wanted to give up the position of lord right now and live like a playboy, but there was no guarantee that those blinded by power would leave
alone.
‘Tsk.’
To have to worry about survival and engage in a terrifying power struggle as soon as I ca to my senses in a strange land.
‘In the end, it seems I’ll have to see so bloodshed.’
And as I was thinking that.
“Whoa, whoa. Stop, stop, My Lord. We’ve arrived.”
Biden rode up next to
on his horse and said.
Before I knew it, we had arrived at the city.
The castle gates were opening as if they had received a ssenger pigeon in advance announcing the lord's return, and dozens of mounted horses were galloping this way.
‘My new ho… no, a battlefield?’
I murmured, gazing at the distant castle walls dyed red by the setting sun.
It felt as if I could sll the tallic scent of blood from sowhere.
Perhaps it was a premonition of my own arduous future?
I flinched for a mont. But I soon shut my mouth firmly and steeled my resolve.
‘Let’s see if I can survive this.’
Co what may, it was now ti to fight for a new life.
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