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◈ The Seven-Time Hero Goes Live ◈
Chapter 34: Free Chapter (1)
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Jun-il decided to hand over the Flash Step scroll for three reasons.
First, Kang Hae-il's survival.
Kang Hae-il seemed to have several times Jun-il's firepower right now, but his combat style was far too crude.
At this rate, it would not be surprising if he died and the story got cut in half.
That was why Jun-il had given it to him, so he could use it to run away.
Second, to build trust with Kang Hae-il.
That way, he could raise his Constellation count and stick close to Kang Hae-il to interfere with him too, couldn't he?
Third, Jun-il did not need it himself.
He had acted on such clear reasoning, but...
“Whew.”
After giving away the scroll and turning around, Jun-il sighed.
‘I'm going to get cursed out for this.’
He thought the Constellations' chat would explode.
Most Constellations could not stand seeing someone help another person only to be betrayed.
But the Constellations did not know whether betrayal would happen or not.
So they hated giving help for no reason in the first place.
To prevent problems before they started.
But then...
-At least he gave one to Hae-il lol. He has a conscience.
-Acting generous with something he stole, legendary lol.
-This is L4GS!? This is L4GS!?
-L4GS, apostle of justice. Damn.
For some reason, the reaction was not bad.
And it did not end there.
Ta-da!
[Hidden Quest Complete!]
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Objective: Increase Affinity with Kang Hae-il
Reward: 500 Feeling (FL), Random Item Box.
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The Hidden Quest had been completed.
So... the Hidden Quest had been about getting close to Kang Hae-il from the beginning.
Someone had even sponsored him because they liked seeing him give Kang Hae-il the scroll.
‘What is this?’
Did that make any sense?
Were these really the same bastards he knew?
Had their values changed in the meantime?
Jun-il was confused for a moment.
-Wow.
-gggg
-This is insane.
-Nice.
-Bro~
-Getting close to Hae-il lol.
-Looks like you came from Hae-il's chat room.
-Damn.
-L4GS is actually Kang Hae-il's true loyal retainer, for real lol.
Their reactions were completely different from the Constellations he had dealt with so far.
‘Is that it...?’
As he read through the chat, Jun-il realized why.
-Honestly, who else helps this much? He took out the Dark Mage, took out the Champion Goblin, gave him a skill scroll lol. He even carries his stuff. Fucking GOAT.
The situation now was the complete opposite of when he had been Yulian.
‘Right. I'm the supporting character... and Kang Hae-il is the protagonist.’
What the Constellations were seeing now was the arrival of a supporting character who benefited the protagonist, Kang Hae-il.
It was not a situation where the protagonist was giving things away to someone else.
‘It turned from a minus into a plus.’
The center of this world was its protagonist.
Kang Hae-il.
If he gained something, it was a plus.
If he lost something, it was a minus.
That was what a Story setting was.
Paradoxically, Jun-il had benefited by giving away the scroll just now.
‘Hmm... This is kind of annoying.’
Things had gone reasonably well, but Jun-il felt strange.
A trace of disappointment, like someone had taken his place, struck one corner of his heart.
‘So I'm not the protagonist anymore?’
His life as the protagonist of a story for around thirty years had not been entirely miserable.
That was why he felt both relieved and disappointed.
‘Whatever. Good is good.’
As he walked along thinking that...
Thump!
A gift box suddenly fell from the sky.
This was probably the Hidden Quest reward.
“Wow. What's this? Does doing good bring good fortune?”
Jun-il put as much effort as possible into acting.
The Constellations could not find out about the Hidden Quest.
-LOL that startled me.
-That would scare anyone lol.
-Legendary way to hand it over lol.
-Doing good = stealing the boss's last hit.
-They're just giving this to him like that? lol.
-Someone must have spent a lot of money. Damn.
Fortunately, the Constellations thought he had simply been startled.
‘Should I open it?’
Jun-il picked up the box and opened it.
[Opening Random Box!]
Whirrrr!
A roulette wheel emerged from the Random Box and began to spin.
S, A, B, C...
Ranks appeared on it.
‘Ah... but if it's this...’
Poof!
Black smoke spread out.
[Miss]
It landed on a miss.
-?
-???
-...?
-Huh?
-What is this?
It was absurdly terrible luck.
But Jun-il had expected it.
Just think about how many shit-filled toilets he had encountered today.
A string of bad luck this contrived was impossible without some kind of manipulation.
-Holy shit, the money's goneㅠㅠ This is crazy ㅠㅠ
It seemed to be from the Constellation who had sponsored him.
Jun-il also found it regrettable, but there was nothing he could do.
‘Take it up with Ram.’
Thinking that, Jun-il kicked the box away.
“Damn it. It was just something I found on the street anyway.”
-He'd think that, yeah.
-LOL, true.
-Why does he get screwed over so much? ㅠ
-What... The odds of getting a miss are insanely low.
-He's F-rank and even the box is a miss? ㅠ
-There were Coins too ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-But don't the Coins go to the company, not him? lol.
But the sponsorship did not end with the Random Box.
Ding.
[You have obtained 500 Feeling (FL)!]
He had gained story currency too.
This money was originally useless to Jun-il, but he could spend it in the Shop Ham had created.
Ding.
Right then, a notification appeared.
[You can upgrade the Shop anywhere, anytime!]
[Cost: 500 Feeling (FL)]
[Would you like to proceed?]
‘Upgrade?’
It looked like he had earned enough money through the sponsorship to upgrade the Shop.
‘Hold off.’
For now, Jun-il decided not to use it.
-Jun-il probably can't even see the Coin sponsorships ㅠㅠ
According to that chat, Jun-il was not supposed to be able to see story currency.
With the Constellations watching, he could neither react to nor use that currency.
* * *
Jun-il returned home.
After showering and changing clothes, he sat on his bed and chanted a spell.
“Jaruru, jaruru, chapaguri.”
Poof!
Then a plump little thing, as thick and curly as those noodles, appeared.
“You called?”
“Yeah. Apparently I can upgrade the Shop. I thought it might look suspicious if I did it alone.”
“Ah...! Very wise! But you've already gathered the upgrade cost!? Five hundred Feeling isn't something you can gather that easily...”
Feeling was a currency that slowly accumulated merely from the Constellations watching.
Still, earning over 500 Feeling with fewer than a thousand Constellations was impossible.
“Eek!? Y-you gathered it!? More than 700 Feeling!”
“Yeah. Well, it just happened.”
Jun-il did not say that someone had sponsored him.
The Story Fairies also could not know that he could see the Constellations' reactions.
“So upgrading this is a good idea, right?”
“O-of course! If we don't use it on our end, it all goes to Ram!”
“I see.”
After all, Ram was the owner of the Story setting.
All the Story Coins created here were meant to go to Ram.
That was why Ham and Pam had created a system to intercept them along the way.
“Then let's do it.”
Jingle!
[The Shop has been upgraded to Lv.2.]
[You can now access Lv.2 items.]
The list, which had contained nothing but music files, changed.
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Comical BGM: 10
Creepy BGM: 10
Exciting BGM: 10
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Spring Flower Sparkle Effect: 10
First Love Filter Effect: 10
Spotlight Effect: 10
Music Bank Camera Effect: 15
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[1/2]
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“...What the hell? What is this? Am I some kind of cameraman? Huh?”
Jun-il immediately grabbed Ham by the collar.
“W-why!? If you use them well, the Constellations will love it! E-especially the Music Bank Camera Effect. It was specially made to suit the demands of the Constellations watching this dimension! Even if you fight like absolute shit, it makes you look like you're fighting incredibly well... Mmph!”
Jun-il grabbed Ham and shoved her straight into his Inventory.
“Mmmph!? Mmph!!”
Ptooey!
Naturally, the Inventory spat Ham back out.
“N-no! Let me finish! And! Effects aren't all there is! Turn to the next page!”
“Page?”
Now that she mentioned it, there was a page indicator.
[1/2]
Like this.
When Jun-il touched it...
[2/2]
It turned to page two.
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Narrative Trick Bulletproof Coat: 550
Narrative Trick Night-Vision Goggles: 200
Narrative Trick Hwando: 1
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[2/2]
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“Narrative Trick...?”
The BGM Effect series had changed into the Narrative Trick series.
“Yes. Narrative Trick. As the name suggests, it means that what's currently happening gets described differently. Those items aren't visible to the Constellations either, and enemies can't perceive them. They won't even know Lord Yulian is wearing them! It's a pretty popular series!”
Something like this existed?
She should have told him earlier!
“So that Hwando? That's a sword, right?”
Jun-il's curiosity immediately turned toward the weapon.
“Yes. It's an Eastern-style sword. It seems to have been made to suit the local flavor.”
“And other people can't see it either?”
“Yes, it should have that ability.”
He had wondered why it cost only one Heart.
There was a reason it was expensive.
An invisible sword.
Even the Constellations could not see it.
‘This is perfect.’
Was this not an item he had never even had during his days as a Hero?
For the first time, Jun-il patted Ham's head.
“Good job. Now this is starting to feel like a cheat.”
Now he understood why Ham had called this Shop connection a cheat.
It was filled with things characters were not meant to use.
“Hehe... Right? I recommend the Bulletproof Coat first. It doesn't weigh anything, and it's literally like having an extra life... Mmph!”
While gently patting her head, Jun-il suddenly grabbed her face.
Whoosh.
He tossed her into the Inventory.
Of course, the Inventory spat her out again.
Ptooey!
“W-why are you doing this!?”
Ham cried out as though she had been wronged.
Pfft!
Jun-il burst out laughing at Ham's expression.
“I was just testing the Inventory. It works well. Now go.”
“Seriously! Don't live like that, Hero!”
Ham vanished while putting on a fierce act that was not intimidating at all.
Poof!
-?
-What's with the buffering?
-Oh, it's working.
-There's a little buffering...
The Constellations perceived Ham's arrival and departure as slight buffering.
‘Ah... I'm sleepy.’
After being active for too long today, Jun-il fell asleep.
Thud.
-You're going to sleep?
-Ah... Stream's over.
-It is about time to sleep~
-Good night.
-Good work~
-bye bye.
* * *
Meanwhile, at Fairy Corporation.
“Aaaaaaaaaaagh!”
As always, screams echoed through the place.
That was because Ram was clutching both cheeks and screaming.
“Why! Why...!? Why!?”
Ram replayed the moment the Champion Goblin was stolen again and again.
He struck the Champion Goblin and retreated at a speed that was almost impossible to see.
Ordinary people who had only just become Awakeners, not Story Fairies, would not have been able to perceive it even with their eyes open.
“I-I still can't figure it out. Isn't that Flash Step...?”
Flip, flip, flip.
Ram looked through Fairy Corporation's setting manual.
The technique exactly matched Flash Step, listed in the physical arts section.
“That's impossible.”
Ram could not understand it.
Flash Step was a physical arts footwork technique that required considerable time and training to master without the skill system.
“Isn't he... just Yulian?”
“He is Yulian, Lady Ram.”
“No, you thick-skulled idiot! Isn't he actually the real Hero Yulian as he was!?”
“B-but he's too weak for that, isn't he? He only took around 14% of the Champion Goblin's health. He just got the last hit. Hae-il was simply... a-a bit too honest and got taken advantage of...”
“Then why did you pick someone so damn honest!?”
“Y-you said we should go with someone who had romantic ideals!”
Damn it.
Now she remembered.
That was right.
Sam, whose collar had finally been released, straightened his clothes and comforted Ram.
“Still, Yulian isn't entirely a bad guy. He gave him a skill scroll.”
“Hah?”
Ram was dumbfounded.
“You call that something!? He didn't explain the ring's ability, and he gave away something useless to himself!”
“Still, giving it to him is better than nothing. If he had just thrown it away, Hae-il would have charged in and fought without Flash Step... Ack!”
Thwack!
Sam ended up getting hit for making Ram even angrier.
“If you like Yulian that much...”
Tap.
Ram grabbed Sam by the collar, spun him around, then slammed him into a monitor.
Boom!
“Get in there, you bastard!”
Sizzle...!
Smoke rose from one monitor as Sam's legs flailed.
“Hah... Hah... Ah. That feels a little better.”
Only now did Ram's anger ease somewhat.
Boing!
Sam pulled his head out of the monitor and flew back over.
“L-Lady Ram... Ngh... You're too cruel. Even so, I prepared something like this...”
Tap.
Sam pointed at a monitor.
Some people had spotted S-rank Kang Hae-il at the dungeon entrance and spread the word.
Reporters had come looking for him.
“The S-rank Awakener the whole country is watching! The Constellations are reacting well too!”
A storm of camera flashes, attention, and praise poured down on Kang Hae-il.
It was the kind of situation Constellations would love.
Sam had prepared even this.
Seeing it, Ram nodded and acknowledged it.
“You did well. That part. But...”
This was not the end.
“What are you going to do about this?”
“!”
Tap.
On the monitor Ram raised was a YouTube video.
[Bukhansan Goblin Massacre Show, Damn]
It was a video of L4GS taking down the Goblin Swarm at Bukhansan.
[1 hour ago]
[280K views]
A video only an hour old had nearly 300,000 views.
#10 on Trending
It had even entered the trending videos.
-L4GS was followed by Bukgo-sl lol.
-Damn.
-Is that L4GS?? Damn.
-What? Goblins? Then it's obviously this guy lol <(_ _)/
Footnotes:
Music Bank is a long-running Korean televised music program known for polished performance camera work.
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