This Is Not a Game

Are you paranoid?

Let’s imagine one thing.

What would happen to that person if a person appeared who had the ability to bring things and abilities that do not exist on Earth, such as Moorim’s martial arts, fantasy’s magic, and SF’s superscience, to reality?

In all fields, from industry, economy, science, and culture, can he be forever remembered as a great man who is unparalleled in history by bringing about tremendous progress beyond what mankind has built over thousands of years and raising the level of civilization by several steps?

Superhuman ability to deal with the country alone, infinite wealth that does not dry up, honor that no one can touch, power to do anything, etc. Can anyone get what they want and enjoy their favor?

Yooseong’s answer to this was simple.

‘I wonder if it’s going to be difficult.’

A treasure that cannot be protected is bound to become poison.

Martial arts that enable abilities to transcend human limits, magic that lightly ignores the existing laws of physics and common sense, and SF products that transcend the level of modern science by a few steps. Even the country will be interested in it and will try to find out and use the secret somehow.

Some of them will be polite and willing to negotiate on good terms, but there will also be others who are not afraid to use threats or force.

The problem is that when the latter case comes, you have no power to stand against yourself.

I don’t even want the divine ability to lightly destroy a planet or the power to change the terrain with a single gesture, but right now I only have the power to create vines and move my brain quickly.

If you go on a rampage without even the minimum power, you may be kidnapped by a special force somewhere and become a shuttle that carries abilities and goods from another world, or it may be judged dangerous and removed.

-Room corner Hanryang: I can’t trust you guys.

-Balanced: Unbelievable?

-Room limit: It means that I have no faith that you will not harm me.

-Balanced: I don’t understand. Why do you think we’ll hurt you?

-Room limit: If you are a human with common sense, there is a high possibility of that. Think about it. What would you do if someone had the ability to bring things from another world into reality? Would you just genuinely admire your abilities and share your fair share of what that person brings?

-Balanced Joa: I know what you’re thinking. However, everyone here is a user with the same abilities as you. I don’t know if it’s a group or a country, but we have no reason to threaten or harm you.

It was a pretty plausible statement, but Yooseong didn’t go easy enough to give in to this level of persuasion.

Even though it was not his body, he casually sacrificed his arms to kill a monster or threw the whole Cheonma Shinkyo as a bait.

The insanity of using any means and methods for a purpose, and the power of execution to do it in real life.

Until now, it was entirely used to complete the quest, but now that it has returned to the real world, its demonic talent shines in protecting its own comfort.

-Room Corner: The people here must have known each other well while working as users for a long time. There will be some disputes and fights, but they won’t cross the line. But I just became a user and I’m not familiar with anyone. In this situation, if other users try to persecute or kill me as an eyesore or a future competitor, do I have any means to resist?

-Weapon Master: Uh, isn’t that a bit extreme?

-Room limit: It’s extreme, but it can happen. You can resist when that happens, but I have nowhere else to turn except at the mercy of the other person.

-Balanced: I can’t say that there are no such people, but even if there are, there will be very few of them. Even if there is a difference in ideology or thoughts, all the people here are people who want to save humanity and the earth. He wasn’t thoughtless enough to destroy the precious power of the user with his own hands.

Yooseong sighed after confirming the message of Joaek Joa.

As it was exactly the answer I expected, I sent a message of rebuttal that I had thought of in advance without a second of hesitation.

-Room limit: It could be. But can you guarantee my freedom too?

He is not an additional force, but an alternative force that suddenly filled an empty seat as the existing user escaped and left.

And there was a huge difference between addition and substitution.

-Room Hanryang: ‘Life is Oriental Medicine’ disappeared after leaving me with the qualifications of a user. Just as everyone here knows the current situation in advance and has prepared various things to prepare for, ‘Life is Oriental Medicine’ must have played a certain role. But since he’s gone, shouldn’t I play his part?

-Super Ant: Of course it should. Does this place seem like a place where you laugh hahahahaha while boasting about your abilities or things you got from the other world? Did you really intend to use your abilities only for your own self-interest?

-Room limit: It can’t be. Of course I have to help. What I want to say is this. I’m a new user and I’m sure it’s weaker than ‘Life is Oriental Medicine’. That means that it does not have the ability to completely replace the role that ‘Life is Oriental Medicine’ was playing.

A reserve resource that cannot be used immediately and requires some training.

The problem Yooseong thinks arose right here.

-Super Ant: Of course it is. So, I plan to give full support until I grow to a certain extent. Information, skills, items, etc. will be taken care of as much as possible to help you grow quickly.

-Room corner: What will you do if I do not achieve satisfactory growth even after receiving the support?

there is no free lunch

If they provide support, you have an obligation to achieve growth that matches the support.

I have no complaints about that fact.

Isn’t this world originally a give and take?

The problem is when that give and take does not work.

-Room limit: As the situation is the situation, I will not quietly step back. They will try to extract as much as they have invested by asking me to get the things they need or want in the current situation and take them without paying the proper price, or by sending me on a difficult and dangerous quest first to get information.

-Super Ant: That’s…

-In the corner of the room: In the worst case, I might decide that I am not suitable for the user and forcibly rob the user’s qualifications and give it to someone else who is competent and listens well.

-Super ant: ···What kind of paranoia do you have?

-Room corner Hanryang: It’s prudent.

He became a user not because he was chosen by a supernatural being or because he had a special talent, but because he accidentally bought goggles from a previous user and took ownership of them.

There was no need to take unnecessary risks as long as there was a risk of losing the goggles or giving up ownership through threats or torture.

-Room limit: I will stop by periodically to get information. That’s it for today.

-Super Ant: Wait…

After ending the community, Yoosung sighed in relief.

The conversation took longer than expected, but we succeeded in getting what we wanted.

“You mean there are no side effects from using the goggles?”

Yooseong had only one purpose for entering the community: to find out if there were any side effects or costs to pay when using goggles, but everything else was just a fake to hide the real purpose.

How Do Goggles Work?

Why did the monsters appear?

What do you mean by knowing that?

No one is curious about the operating principle or structure of the cutting-edge devices that are used on a daily basis, and even if there are, finding out about them does not affect the use of the device in any way.

Knowing the structure and history of a car and driving does not improve driving skills.

The effect of the medicine does not change whether you take it knowingly or not knowing the composition of the medicine.

It is enough to know that the user can bring abilities and objects from another world and there are no side effects.

“Well then, what shall we do?”

The most acceptable option is to go to a place where order is maintained.

As superhumans with various abilities are appearing all over the world, they will be naturally accepted and treated as a valuable force with the ability to fight monsters.

However, there was one serious obstacle to choosing this option.

“…wasn’t the mobilization order dropped now?”

If this happens in a creative work, you can gain wealth and honor by hunting monsters, or enter an academy and shoot a youthful film full of dreams and hopes, but the reality is different.

The government of the Republic of Korea was dealing with the surreal situation of a monster invasion by presenting a realistic card called the mobilization order.

Fortunately, there was no fatal damage, but there was a high possibility that they would be conscripted into the reserve army and fight as they were trying to protect infrastructure such as airports, ports, dams, and power plants by somehow attracting more people.

“Let’s wait for a while.”

In the first place, even immediate survival cannot be guaranteed.

I can deal with goblins and orcs somehow, but what will I do if a monster the size of a building I saw during the day or something comparable to it appears?

As I said to the ‘super ant’, the first thing to do now is to develop strength.

“Status window.”

Name: Han Yuseong

Occupation: User

Level: 22

Title: The One Who Makes the Impossible Possible

Strength: 20

Agility: 27

Wisdom: 78

Stamina: 38

mana: 27

Possessed Skills: Mystic Eye of Truth (C+), Sura Sensitivity (C), Paraphrase (C), Flash (D), Ending Pain (D), Magic Control (D), Thorns (D).

Yuseong, who was embarrassed by the stats that showed a difference several times higher than he remembered, nodded as he recalled the great pleasure he ate before losing consciousness.

The best elixir certified by the Sea Chun-kyung.

It was something I ate to live, but the effect was outstanding.

One thing I regretted was that I couldn’t get a sense of how strong this ability was, but since I couldn’t drag aggro in this desolate city to test my ability, I decided to go to the shop window for now.

Yuseong, who had been scrolling down the list, ignoring the ranks and fancy names that made you admire just by looking at them, was finally able to find the product he wanted.

-Quest re-challenge ticket

– The right to abandon the quest.

– Quest Temporary Exit Ticket.

“This is it.”

this is not a game