Swordsmanship Genius Transcending Through a Covenant Episode 1
[The Savior has died.]
I slammed my hand on the desk involuntarily as I watched the character collapse miserably on the floor.
“Aaaargh!”
It was the moment when months of effort went down the drain.
How could I have put so much effort into raising this character?
I mean, he was the savior who would save the real world.
But to think it was so futile…
“Fuck!”
I gulped down the energy drink I had placed beside me and looked at the screen again.
As expected, seeing the character who remained unchanged and dead made me sigh involuntarily.
Last Savior, an open-world RPG famous for its hellish difficulty.
It was the only game where I couldn't clear the final achievement despite pouring in a whopping five years.
A 0% completion rate for all challenges meant that no one had been able to break the final achievement.
The problem is that the final achievement is seeing the true ending.
It effectively meant that no one had seen the end of this game.
[Would you like to begin a new salvation?]
“Phew.”
It features a roguelike format where the character restarts upon death, with the new character's traits and starting location being random.
That is why it was a game that made me want to take on the challenge even more.
To begin with, I was the kind of person who wasn't satisfied until I cleared every single challenge in any game I played.
It didn't matter whether it was simple repetitive grinding or a complex puzzle game.
What can't be done? You just have to keep at it until it works.
I cleared countless games with that mindset and became quite a name in the community, but…
■ [I forgot how many days it took to complete the achievements]
- Failed
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Wait, failed again this time?
└They said it was King, but failed again lol
Why does this headbutting dinosaur bang its head every time? The reason is not even in AI.
Now, it has become a famous name in a different sense.
None other than a headbutting dinosaur with many tries.
Still, isn't this person the one with the highest progress?
└I cleared everything except the last achievement, so yeah.
└But why are you teasing me?
It's fun lol
Although I am being slandered for a truly utterly simple reason, anyway.
"ha."
The important thing was the fact that it failed again this time.
There is nothing you can't achieve by taking the time.
This is especially true for package games without monetization elements.
There was a time when I thought that way.
Is there anything in this world that just won't work no matter how much time you spend on it?
Considering that I had spent more time on this game than on any other, it was certainly something worth considering.
I calculated efficiency to achieve the best results, and despite trying several times, I failed.
The biggest problem was that there were unnecessarily many elements of destruction.
I personally verified four destruction endings alone, and checking the community revealed no others.
First of all, the indiscriminate wars of conquest waged by the central empire.
The summoning of an evil god by Southern fanatics.
A corpse rampage by Western necromancers.
On top of that, there is the massive invasion of the demon race starting from the north.
It meant that only by blocking everything would you meet the minimum requirements to reach the true ending.
If we don't block it, the game itself will be over from the start.
We managed to block the first three, but the biggest problem was the massive invasion by the demon race.
“How are we supposed to stop the North from being half-swept away right from the start!”
That was the biggest reason why this game was such a shitty, failed game.
They should have moved the start time forward in the first place, or at least postponed the Great Invasion event.
A total failure of a game.
I know that saying this won't change anything.
All I could do was press the start button.
Because I was the one who wanted to overcome this mess, even while feeling how awful it was.
“Hah, whatever. Please, just let me start as the First Prince with the ridiculously overpowered trait this time…….”
Honestly, if I can't see the ending this time either, I'm going to go find the production company or at least leave a 5,700-character review.
[Savior has completed the 10,000th challenge for the first time.]
A message that pops up the moment I think that, accompanied by a fanfare that bursts out as if to mock me.
As I read it slowly, the back of my head naturally felt tight.
It's not like I'm making fun of anyone.
It was a situation that made my teeth grind, but I tried hard to hold it in and was about to start the game when...
[Are you planning to take on the challenge again, undeterred by ten thousand failures?]
As I saw the message appear again, as if mocking me, I unconsciously grabbed the monitor.
It was obvious to anyone that this was just teasing.
[Would you really like to try again?]
"of course!"
Just as I was about to click the mouse while looking at the last phrase that appeared.
I immediately realized something strange.
The screen… … .
A halo of light briefly brightened as if a flash of lightning had burst; when I closed and opened my eyes in an instant, what I saw was… … .
"what."
It was an antique-style room that I had never seen before.
Startled by the sudden situation, I sat up blankly and looked around.
Why me.
Is it here?
My original bed was replaced with a luxurious bed.
Not only was the room much more spacious, but the furniture was replaced with items that one would typically see in a medieval noble's home.
'Middle Ages?'
Coincidentally, Last Savior was also in a similar era.
My last memory came to mind naturally.
When I visited the production company, I thought about reviews and such.
No way, right?
Ugh.
The moment I thought that, along with a slight pain, the memory of this body came to mind.
Ian Rashid.
He was the second son of the Rashid family, a man who fell into despair after losing both parents at an early age.
The only remaining older brother, who had locked himself in his room for a whole year, took charge of the family's affairs as the head of the household.
As I scanned through my memories of the past like that, I was able to be certain at once.
I'm screwed.
That this is inside the Last Savior.
* * *
Rashid family.
It was an insignificant family.
A family that is practically not very important in the game. If it has any significance at all, it is likely that it is destroyed by the Great Northern Invasion, one of the early game events.
I'm screwed, just like that.
The good news is that this time is exactly five years before the game starts.
The problem is that I’ve entered a goddamn game where one wrong move and I’m doomed.
Five years until the Great Invasion.
With the massive invasion, the North suffered a major blow, and most of its territories fell into the hands of the demon race.
One of the events that is virtually unstoppable.
I recalled that to see the true ending, instead of stopping this, I used to focus on reclaiming the North afterwards.
“Five years, five years…….”
It was enough time to give it a good rub.
Perhaps it’s possible to go beyond simply surviving and see the true ending.
Moreover, in the North, the strong prevail.
As long as you have power, you will receive a certain level of recognition, which will be of great help to your future maneuvering.
If you don't grow right now, you're practically dead in five years.
Even if I somehow managed to escape or whatever and survive, there was no chance of surviving the numerous events that would follow.
It means I have to become strong somehow.
To survive in the North and avoid destruction, one had to have power.
While I was finding a notepad to write down the major upcoming events one by one.
“Confucius, did you cough?”
A voice was heard from outside.
The voice that remains in my memory was that of the butler who had looked after me since childhood.
“I left the meal outside…….”
"Uh, I'll be out soon."
“……Huh? Ah, yes! Understood!”
Clang!
Along with the sound of something falling, the sound of someone running quickly was heard.
I suppose it comes from coming out after being cooped up in my room for a whole year.
It was understandable that the butler was surprised.
Anyway, what was important right now was a way to get stronger quickly rather than their reaction.
Since I was born into a noble family, I might as well make the most of it.
No matter how humble a family may be, a noble is a noble.
I have to do everything I can, if only to stop the upcoming event.
That’s going to be tough.
I had to become strong, if only to survive.
After all, the voices of the weak are usually ignored here.
"then……."
I calmly went outside and followed the butler, who still looked surprised.
At the place where I arrived, one person was waiting.
“Ian?”
"older brother."
“Ian... so it’s him.”
A figure slowly approaching and touching my face.
He's handsome.
It was a familiar face.
After all, it appeared in the cinematic of The Great Invasion as well.
In the beginning, it became a hot topic because of this appearance.
However, after that, it received attention for something else.
There were all sorts of people.
Lords fleeing, nobles who have given up entirely, and even those who become minions of the demons.
In the midst of this, Cain Rashid led his soldiers and played an active role, even displaying a glorious death.
It was a performance that really touched a man's heart...
Ha, I wish it had turned out like that.
