Is It Bad That the Main Character’s a Roleplayer? - Chapter 2

◈Episode 2 I shouldn’t have done that (2)

“Irina!”

“It all started with my little sister running out thinking her father had arrived.

The white dress I bought as a birthday present turned red. At its center was a black blade that did not even reflect light.”

“No!”

“The next one was my brother, the chief engineer. The older brother, who saw the knife in Irina’s body and ran away, fell to the same blade without even swinging the sword.

The scene where the shouting voice stopped and the body tilted and fell down is clear.

“Arthur!”

“My mother’s voice calling for my older brother echoed in my ears.”

“You son of a bitch!”

“My older sister, who took the first place after my older brother, ran out holding the mace that had been placed against the wall. It seemed like my sister had tears in her eyes as she passed me frozen.

But even that was swallowed up by the red water that testifies to life itself.”

“Run quickly!”

“My mother shouted something. Was his father’s sword in that hand? Or maybe there was a kitchen knife in his hand.”

“I’m a knight too!”

“No, you can run away!”

“what’s the matter!”

“I think you and your father are here too.”

“Hurry and run away——!”

“You too, take shelter!”

“My memories after that are not clear. I held the sword, and the world turned red, then white again, then black again, then brightened by a single, faint moonlight.” [

It’s a good vessel.]

“The black sword blade stuck in my right arm, dragging down the skin as it is….”

[You’re good. .. will become.]

「Ah, I wish so much.

A soul that can overcome evil, a strong being that will not collapse in front of evil, and a person that can win against evil.

please….

.

.

.

…Can you hear my voice?”

“Huh!”

The moment I heard the last voice, my vision became brighter and air filled my lungs.

“Get down!”

What followed next was a bustling noise as if I was entering a market, and a shout resounding right in front of me.

「Tatara: Trading Post」

Just then, a dull ringing sound like a bell rang in my ears, waking me up to my senses.

It was the moment when the beginning of ‘The Legend of Heroes’ began.

“Ah…”

I unconsciously clenched and unclenched my hand repeatedly. This is because the lingering effect of the opening was so overwhelming.

Are games these days capable of producing images like this… beyond the sense of simply watching them, to the feeling of reminiscing? It’s so vivid that I feel like I’ve been injected with the emotions of that time.

I rubbed the back of my neck for no reason. I’m careful not to use profanity, but it was really, really bad.

“Hey you.”

Was I a little lost in the aftertaste of memories and improved technology? Someone’s voice approached.

Only then did I come to my senses. The opening video must have ended, and a window showing the name of the area must have appeared, and the game must have started.

“Are you not going to get off?”

As you play all kinds of games, your crooked speech becomes almost like a charm. This is especially true if it is something you only see once.

So instead of feeling uncomfortable, I quickly rolled my eyes and took stock of the situation.

People unloading luggage from the wagon and me still sitting on the wagon. And the one person who looks down on me.

At that moment, nostalgia for those days filled me. This is because it was the same scene as the original Demon Knight tutorial, only changed from 2D to 3D.

The tutorial brings back memories like this? Can I immerse myself in the concept? Are you already starting to cry?

I forced myself to change my mind. Even though I couldn’t over-immerse myself, I couldn’t cry.

Of course, there is no way that tears are embodied! Even if I know it’s not reflected, I have to manage my facial expressions.

widely.

So I half-heartedly got off the carriage. I wasn’t conscious of the sensitive and sharp temperament or the concept created based on it.

There was that, but more than that, it was more like a thoughtless action, saying that there wouldn’t even be a window telling me to answer and that it wasn’t even a section where I really needed to react.

“You unlucky bastard.”

But the carriage owner, who saw my actions—perhaps?—clicked his tongue and scolded me. For a moment, I wondered if he was a real person.

Beta testers all said that the interaction with NPCs was great, but it seems they were not empty words.

“You have to pay more….”

“Then the profits….”

“The rebels….”

“The devil….”

Looking at the scene of the trading post that unfolded right after I got off one, I realized something more important.

“…Did they finally catch and eat the aliens?”

The developers made a mistake.

“Did the graphics change?”

The dirt floor with wheel marks or the texture of the exterior wall of a building, various light source effects, shadow effects… In addition, the tickling of the pine breeze touching your skin, the dust floating in the air, and all kinds of smells that sting your nose.

Is that it? If you look closely at the NPCs that fill this place, there is not a single face or outfit that overlaps with them.

I thought it was no joke during the trailer, but I didn’t know that it would be even better in real life. This was truly real virtual ‘reality’!

“There are so many objects, but there is no lag or frame drop…? “Aren’t you crazy?”

When I downloaded it, I wondered how big the file size was, but it turned out to be the opposite. How did you optimize this graphics to achieve that level of capacity? Did you really go to aliens?

“Crazy, really crazy…”

Shim Hae-jin-ju are real bastards. Trying to kill someone by drowning them in waves of emotion. This is legal and it is clearly intentional murder.

“after.”

I clenched my fists as emotions poured in like a tide. That was the best I could do. Even if I really die, I have no time left.

“Don’t block the road, get out of the way!”

Fortunately, someone came to my rescue as I was overwhelmed with emotion. It was an NPC passing by.

I took that as a signal and slowly gathered my emotions.

The words and actions that have already been spit out cannot be picked up, but the pride of the concept-filled person cannot tolerate any more than this. Now is the time to come to your senses and enjoy the game.

And to do that, the first thing to do was to hint at yourself. It was a habit I always had to do when imitating a character.

Now, from now on, I am a demon knight whose arm is possessed by the demon that killed my family.

I’m always on edge because I don’t know when the devil in my arm will eat me, and I force myself to stay away from people because I don’t know what kind of anger it will cause to the people around me. The extra-intrinsic type, who hides his weakness based on his sharp and sensitive nature, is a cheap rip-off!

The settings created based on the trailer video, released information, and official settings were overlaid on me like a mask.

It was the beginning of concept inquiry. Grumbling with an expression

on his face

—of course, the game character’s expression won’t change. It was just for ease of immersion—I put the sword I was holding on my back.

I wondered if it was too long, but my body moved on its own and put it in the sheath.

So what should I do now? Normally, I just go to the person whose quest sign appears, but for some reason, I look around and can’t see anything.

When I looked at the minimap, the function itself was missing and the quest window was empty when I called it up.

If so, will the NPCs that progress the story come to me on their own?

“Ah, adventurer!”

At that time, someone approached me. It was a small child that reached my solar plexus.

“Are you… the adventurer ‘Demon Knight’?”

The name the child spoke was the name of my occupation and at the same time the nickname I had created.

It was set up that way on purpose to add spice to the fact that the name was abandoned after that incident. So it’s probably right that he called me.

Separately, I waited for a moment for a window to pop up. This is because it usually gives you choices or suggests the necessary phrases or keywords needed to proceed, even if it is a free conversation type.

“Oh, isn’t it?”

But it didn’t pop up.

Although I felt a little embarrassed by that part, I decided to give it a positive answer. No matter how I looked at it, it was a quest that I couldn’t miss.

“…No, I’m right.”

The child’s body trembled as he answered coldly, considering the concept. As if he was watching me.

It seemed like a real person, so for a moment I almost tried to comfort him by telling him not to be scared.

“Then follow me. “I’ll guide you to the adventurer’s guild.”

Wow, the character was really well made. I followed the young NPC, who was moving forward with such admiration.

plod along.

The sound of my shoe heels sounded on the dry dirt floor.

Rather, where else would the Adventurer’s Guild be? With that thought in mind, I briefly checked myself. This was to see whether the customization was reflected well.

A leg bag for inventory on the waist and thighs of the True Two-Hender of Destruction, which was received as a deluxe edition and received as a pre-purchase bonus for the design set during character customization.

My vision was so good that I wondered if I was wearing an eye patch, but when I touched it, it was clear that I was wearing one. I think the appearance setting is well reflected in the fact that the hair color visible at the edge of the field is half-and-half.

It was perfect.

“This is the place!”

“Tatara: Adventurer’s Guild”

But how long did it take for me to identify myself before I reached the Adventurer’s Guild?

Considering what I saw while passing by, it doesn’t seem like the city was made small, but rather just had a trading post and an adventurer’s guild attached to it.

“Wouldn’t this be right for us?”

“Did you hear the news? “They said Fanny’s brother went to escort the merchant and disappeared together with the merchant.”

“It seems like there are a lot of missing people these days…”

The inside of the Adventurer’s Guild was very noisy and complicated. In particular, there were a lot of people gathered on the bulletin board, and if you look closely, you can guess that it is a mission bulletin board.

“Secretary! “I brought you an adventurer!”

“Ah, have you arrived?”

Anyway, the place where the child took me was at a window on one side. The person who was just interacting with people looked at me and smiled.

“thank you. Stop and go do your work. And… nice to meet you, I am Izren, an officer from the Adventurer’s Guild of Tatara.”

The clerk gave me a quick nod and sent the child and the person he was handling away.

The skill of handing over the remaining people attached to her to another counter is not something that someone who has tried it once or twice can do.

“You are the devil knight, right?”

“okay.”

“It was easy to recognize because it had clear features. Still, just in case, could you prove your identity with an adventurer card? “There are a lot of people impersonating adventurers these days, so I had to go through the verification process.”

As she spoke, a window blocked one side of my vision.

「Inventory│You can activate the inventory by putting your hand in the bag.

“Recognize the object you want to take out and grab it.”

It was a tutorial that taught the basic system.

I followed the instructions and put my hand into my bag. Then, a related UI appeared and took up a corner of my field of vision.

It was a Tetris-type inventory, with each item occupying a certain number of spaces. Looking at the weight displayed at the top, it seems that a weight system as well as volume was adopted. It would have been nice if it was a

slot

type, but I still wonder why the game is so good. I found an adventurer’s card among the items and took it out.

“Has confirmed.”

The secretary who received the adventurer’s card passed it around to check, and then immediately gave it back.

“Welcome to Tatara, adventurer.”

It was a welcome that made me feel like I was really playing ‘The Legend of Heroes.’

“I know you’ve come a long way, but can I direct you to the request right away? “The client is in a very urgent situation.”

Well, I thought I would tell you how to use the bulletin board over there or here, but it seems like that was a bit later. Well, the system itself doesn’t seem to have changed much from the original, so I can get a good feel for it.

“Guide me.”

And it’s clear that this is also a tutorial of its own. I agreed right away. The secretary immediately got up and guided me.

It wasn’t that far this time either.

Mabel Trading Company. I followed the clerk into the building with the sign in question. As befits a commercial association, there were several merchants wandering around inside.

It’s very noisy, like the inside of an adventurer’s guild, but the graphics are so good that I don’t really care. I followed the secretary’s back, barely able to keep my eyes from turning away.

“The adventurer requested by the Lord has arrived.”

“come in!”

The room we soon entered was a room that looked grandiose from the entrance. Considering that it is called Hoeju, I think it is the room where the owner of the store is located.

“One-eyed?”

But why do you start a fight as soon as you see it?

“You have no manners with your tongue.”

I checked the NPCs inside the room and scolded them. I wasn’t particularly looking for a reaction, it was just a light line that fit the concept.

No matter how well-made a game is, it cannot be designed to respond to everything the player says. This is because the number of cases is too large and the capacity increases exponentially.

So of course I didn’t think the NPC would respond, so I couldn’t help but be surprised the next moment.

The face of the person who was talking to me was horribly distorted. As if he was reacting to my lines.

“Heng! “He’s even more fucked up than I heard.”

“Fix it, old man Hoeju.”

“A certain adventurer, please calm down too.”

Not only did he crumple his face, he even spoke. The same was true for other NPCs that were not targeted. They acted like they were real people.

It seems a little crazy. Did Shim Hae-joo really make a game out of aliens?

“Are you that demon knight?”

“So who do you think I am?”

Just in case, I answered without positive keywords such as ‘uh’, ‘right’ or ‘yes’.

Not only does it not specify required keywords in the game, but also the reaction just now. I was curious as to whether it was really designed to react no matter what the player said.

“Yes, there won’t be two people with sinister faces like you. “There’s no way they would have brought in someone who wasn’t an administrative officer.”

Surprisingly, the conversation continued. I couldn’t believe it, but he actually understood my cheesy line!

“Hoejuniim….”

“Elder, please….”

What are you crazy?

I forcibly suppressed my excitement and glared at the people in the room with a cold expression. A rough-talking old man—probably Hoeju—and a middle-aged man who tried to calm him down were the clerk who came with me.

The number was small, but that’s okay. At the point where each of the three NPCs was able to link appropriate responses in this way, the game was a god game.

“Adventurer, please be gentle with your words….”

Why me? I absolutely hate it. If you’re getting this much response, why play the game if you’re not immersed in the concept? That’s not a concept.

“The object of persuasion was wrong. “Why should I do that?”

“I’m an adventurer…”

“That cheeky…!”

Wow, you must be really crazy. I entered all of this like this. No, it wasn’t input, but the AI was programmed to come up with the lines on its own, right? But why did they give us this much AI?

If you think about old games, it’s almost like giving villager 1 a vocal cord. i love it.

“Just try if your skills aren’t that good… I’ll knock the guy who recommended it…”

“I listen to you, old man.”

“Tell me to listen! “That guy says it out loud too!”

Ha… If I had known this would happen, I would have bought Godjinju stock. The stock has already risen sharply, but looking at the quality of the game, it wouldn’t be surprising if it rose further. It was a pity.

“Hmm! More than that! Let’s start the request quickly! “Isn’t that why you called the adventurer to this city?”

The secretary hurriedly organized the atmosphere in the hall. I wanted to try a bit more personality to match the concept, but this was enough to surprise me, so I decided to give it a go.

I looked at the elderly NPC.

“First of all, you knew the details of the request, right?”

Secretary Izren asked me. It was a meaningless question. I just found out that I came to this city for a request, but there’s no way I would know the details of the request.

“I haven’t heard anything.”

“what? “Oh my…”

He denied it in a cold tone. Then the old man swallowed his curse. If the middle-aged man hadn’t covered his mouth, it probably would have continued to the end.

“yes? Didn’t the guild tell you? Or rather, you volunteered without even knowing anything?”

Izren asked in surprise, but didn’t have much to say.

Well, who did that because they wanted to? When I logged into the game, it was the Jinju guys who immediately gave me a job.

Oh, of course I have no complaints, Mr. Godjinju. I’m just thankful that I can play games like this. Loyalty, loyalty.

“so? “Are you saying that these little bugs can put me in danger?”

In any case, a good concept person uses even things like this as an opportunity.

I continued to have a snowball fight with the old man, acting like a brat with nothing but pride.

“I, uh…”

Then the old NPC mumbled something. I think probably half of my curses will be half of the curses of the person who recommended it.

From what I heard earlier, it seems like the Baron hired me after being recommended by someone.

At this point, I want to see the programmer’s face. Do me first, then ask me second, are you a god?

Unless you’re a god, you can’t make a simple NPC this human-like. Godjinju was a true god!