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chapter 15
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-4 Unique achieved.
-The community strategy posts are going to explode.
-How are people supposed to copy this?
-Watch the video and follow along~
-See? Easy, right?
[Sword King has donated 50,000 won.]
[I want some private lessons too;]
“Thank you for the 50,000 won donation!”
While Yeonwoo reacted, Hanbit accepted the training book.
Poof—!
With its use, ‘Basic Swordsmanship’ was registered.
All of the skills revealed in the guidebook had now been obtained.
From here on, it was time to move beyond them.
“That won’t be enough for you.”
The swordsman, who had been standing quietly, met Hanbit’s gaze and spoke.
-?
-What’s not enough?
The viewers reacted first to the unfamiliar situation.
Hanbit, who had already expected this, nodded.
“It is lacking. Is there something else?”
“My master has come to Edlen. If you meet him, you’ll receive a completely different kind of teaching.”
He handed over a cloth embroidered with a green sword emblem.
As Hanbit took it, a message appeared.
[Quest]
You have heard news about Swordsman Balder’s master.
If you earn his recognition, you may learn a very special technique.
Objective: Find the Wind Swordsman in the Edlen region.
Reward: Linked quest unlocked
-A special technique?
-Is this a Hidden?
-Wind Swordsman ㄷㄷ
-Isn’t this just another Rank 2 skill?
-A Hidden at the starting area?
-Stop with the delusions. LOL
The emphasized wording ignited an argument in the chat.
‘It is a Hidden, though.’
Among the recommended skills Hanbit had seen,
a few blank slots had shone with particular intensity.
One of them was a Hidden skill obtainable in Edlen.
“Thanks. I’ll go meet him.”
“Find the place where the wind gathers. If you show my master that cloth, he’ll probably… at least hear you out.”
With those words, the swordsman picked up his real sword and disappeared behind the hut.
‘A place where the wind gathers….’
It was a precise description, leaving little room for elaboration.
Ordinary players wouldn’t have the slightest clue.
“What is that? A special technique?”
“Who knows. Probably something good.”
“Hey, hyung! You already know, don’t you!”
The two headed down the mountain path.
The moment they reentered the city, an alert sounded.
Ding—
[Cuckoo has donated 1,000 won.]
[Hundreds moving to the hut. The swordsman’s working overtime.]
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Aren’t they basically all newbies? LOL
-Black Dragon spread poison.
-What if there’s a national kendo team member among them?
-Still looks brutal though?
-If they’re national level, shouldn’t they manage?
-Nah, if they don’t have a capsule—
-Yeah, you can’t buy that with money~
Reading the chat, a question surfaced in Hanbit’s mind.
‘Would a true prodigy manage?’
Hanbit didn’t consider himself talented.
He simply had an overwhelming depth of training and combat experience.
Was there someone with enough innate talent to bridge that gap?
“Then why did your master come back to Edlen? And you’re not going now?”
“Ah, that? I’ll look for him tomorrow.”
-?
-Don’t cross the line.
-Guys, it’s late.
-I go to sleep at 10 a.m., though?
-At least don’t go now;
Despite the late hour, viewers tried desperately to hold him back.
Hanbit answered firmly.
“You didn’t forget today is only day two for me, right? If you’re curious what the skill is, come back tomorrow.”
-Ah.
-Right, it’s only day two;
-Wasn’t it year two?
-If you stayed in Edlen for two years, wouldn’t that be creepy?
-That’s my fetish.
Viewers reacted as if they’d genuinely forgotten.
Seeing this, Yeonwoo raised his voice.
“Ah, that’s true. We really went hard today.”
“Then I’m heading out. See you tomorrow.”
“Yes, get home safe.”
-ㅠㅠ
-See you tomorrow.
-Please ㄴㅇㅂㅈ
-Dragon bye.
-Dragon bye. LOL
Click—
The game ended alongside the viewers’ farewells.
“Phew.”
Removing the gear, Hanbit let out a breath.
“Ugh, it’s hot.”
His hair and back were soaked with sweat.
There was no way he could sleep without showering.
Grabbing a towel, Hanbit was about to leave the room.
Bzzz—
Suddenly, his phone vibrated.
Picking it up, his eyes widened.
[Joo Yeonwoo]
[Hyung, I sent the donations and prize money to your account. I’m going to sleep~]
“…Already?”
He’d expected the settlement to take a few days.
Startled, Hanbit quickly opened his banking app.
“How much was it? How much could it be.”
His gaze focused amid happy anticipation.
He didn’t even need to open the transaction history.
That account hadn’t even held ten thousand won to begin with.
Yet now, it was filled with an absurd amount.
[3,113,000 won]
“Holy shit.”
He doubted his eyes.
It was shocking enough that Yeonwoo had sent the full challenge mission prize,
but there was even more added on top.
Sure, there had been a ton of donations.
“Is this for real?”
Despite his exhaustion, his mind snapped awake.
Earning more than his intern salary in just two days.
And actual playtime had barely reached ten hours.
“Haa.”
A sigh escaped at the unreal disparity.
An intern life stuck at a desk, spying on others,
versus a game played for fun while recalling old memories.
The fact it was a world he knew helped—but streaming and viewers doubled both money and enjoyment.
“…Should I skip work?”
The thought slipped out as he imagined going in tomorrow.
But he knew it was impossible.
Reality wasn’t something that changed over three million won.
“Let’s shower first.”
With a sigh, Hanbit grabbed the towel and left the room.
In the large bedroom, his mother was asleep.
‘A hot-blooded filial son must restrain himself.’
He wanted to wake her immediately and tell her about the money.
But he couldn’t disrupt her workday.
Tap—
Opening the banking app, Hanbit transferred the money.
‘Done.’
After sending three million won to his mother, he nodded in satisfaction.
He quickly finished showering and returned to his room.
‘So what happens now?’
Lying on the bed, Hanbit stared blankly at the dark ceiling.
As expected, RP was indeed the world he had struggled through.
A completely different method, yet it felt like attempting the 56th run.
‘Can I make it this time?’
The goal he had failed to achieve in all fifty-five attempts.
Not even seeing Erfort’s face had honestly stung.
With the environment changed this time, could he reach it?
And when everything ended, there was even a chance he’d face the goddess again.
‘Come to think of it, the developers called Zero….’
His thoughts gradually blurred.
Perhaps he was more tired than he realized—sleep came quickly.
***
The next morning.
“Kang Hanbit!”
Hanbit jolted upright at the thunderous shout.
His arm felt like it was being scorched by hellfire.
“Mom?”
His half-open eyes caught his mother’s face.
Her furious expression and the smartphone in her hand came into focus.
At the same time, he noticed the pain in his arm.
“My arm!”
Where her hand had struck, his arm was red with marks.
Feeling truly wronged, Hanbit raised his voice.
“Why did you hit me?!”
“Talk. Properly.”
His protest didn’t work at all.
His mother thrust the phone screen toward him.
“This money—where did it come from? You took it out of that account, didn’t you?”
The account where he’d deposited the money he sent during his military service.
She’d said it was leftover pay, but the amount was far too large to explain that way.
That was why she’d never touched it.
Money her son had saved with hardship should be used for him.
If he’d taken money from there to give her, she’d be furious.
“What account? I earned this from a game.”
“What?”
His casual answer was absurd.
She knew he played RP, but earning three million won in two days?
It was impossible.
“You know what happens if you lie, right?”
“Why would I lie? I got it helping Yeonwoo with his game stream.”
“A stream? Yeonwoo does game streaming?”
She was well aware of game streaming.
It was constantly in the news, often tied to social issues.
“Isn’t that dangerous?”
“What’s dangerous? I’m just really good at the game, so people donate to cheer.”
“…….”
She was still shocked, but she knew one thing well.
The son before her would never do something bad.
The worst trouble he’d ever caused was secretly trying to drop out of high school to get a job.
That was why she always worried.
“Haa.”
Glancing at the clock, she slipped the phone into her bag.
“We’ll talk again after I get back. You get ready for work too.”
“No, I’m serious!”
Hanbit chased after her, aggrieved.
Putting on her shoes, she said,
“I didn’t say it was fake. I’m just worried it might be too hard on you. Three million won isn’t nothing.”
“It’s not work, it’s—”
“I’m busy, I have somewhere to stop by! Eat properly and get ready for work!”
Bang—!
Hanbit stared blankly at the closed door.
Though he complained aloud, he understood her heart.
No matter how well he’d grown up, that was a child’s perspective.
A mother who’d fought debt for twenty years always felt guilty toward her son.
Maybe his attempted dropout in high school had been the biggest trigger.
“Eugh.”
Sitting on the dining chair, he sighed.
Even if gaming and streaming became his second job, it was fine.
More than anything, he wanted to give his mother a comfortable life as soon as possible.
He couldn’t reclaim the past twenty years, but it was his duty as a son.
“Let’s get ready for work.”
Cutting off his thoughts, Hanbit prepared and left the house.
Sitting on the bus, he pulled out the guidebook he’d packed.
‘What I need is game progression and money….’
The worry from before sleep resurfaced.
There were two main goals.
One was to push the game forward quickly, reaching what he never had before.
The other was to earn money through streaming or in-game elements.
‘Three million won… that really doesn’t look normal.’
Now that he looked again, it was even stranger.
No matter how he thought about it, it wasn’t money you earned in two days.
Of course, yesterday had been a special case.
It was his first time, so the viewers had been extra stimulated.
If he could consistently earn that much, it wouldn’t be strange for his life plan to change.
‘Do I need something bigger?’
Yesterday’s stream had been about acquiring basic skills.
What he’d do today was obtain his first Hidden skill.
Given how rare they were, a strong reaction was expected.
‘That’s where the money is.’
At present, he saw three main income sources.
Donations, items, and information.
Especially information—the timing of sale was crucial.
Most of it would have to be after he used it himself.
‘Maybe I should tease them a bit.’
He was familiar with buying and selling things.
He’d even possessed targets directly before.
Whether items or information, value rose the more desperate the buyer became.
‘I need name value too.’
A sudden thought.
Hanbit pulled out his phone and searched the RPG community.
“Huh?”
The trending posts list immediately stood out.
Every title was impossible to ignore.
‘This actually worked.’
His eyes widened as every post was about him.
Each had hundreds of thousands of views.
Scrolling, Hanbit spotted a particularly provocative title.
