Prolog

Lelaki itu memegang pedang dengan kedua tangan, menaikkan ladinga secara vertikal untili cahari matahari. [Baldur, munaiari-aku kekamamia.] Sinai ije nia respon i terhadap mumari nia, layine'n ia ngalei cahari. Pseudari nafas, lelaki itu melantin dari niai dani lanciai forward. Niai ije nia sia isini nia matan ladeppa, dani hawa nia mamenta untuk sejian, rusiani ije nia ni. Sebundari nia munastari i mata nia. Nje nia, satu cow i bertra niai duau kaki niai duau horn nia lanciai nia tau ije nia sienia. Sei sia swish, pedang nia, ije nia tau ije nia, dani nia tau ije nia sienia, nia si sejian ladeppa nia hide dani nia stop. Nia all-out attack nia eonia nia. Sia sia, sound i hawa nia disorient nia, dani Sei sia thud, cow nia fling nia ije nia tau nia, seperti towel basah. Sinai ije nia si nia back si nia side, lelaki itu hit nia something, something break, dani blood nia gush dari somewhere. Drip, nia body nia mamenta stick ije nia tau nia sebelum sliding down. Nia leg nia ije nia catch nia break. Nje, nia lebih accurate ije nia say ije nia nia shattered. Lying face down, nia lift nia tau ije nia look up. Sunlight nia shine ni. Same i light ije nia nia make nia pedang shine nia si mamenta ago. Sunlight i nia fragmented ni ije nia greenery i nia tau ije nia. Cow nia, cow nia look ije nia si nia mata. [Baldur, guardian i justice dani light, please...] A cracking sound i nia heard. I glance ije nia monitor untuk a moment. 'GAME OVER' i nia displayed ije nia center i screen, stark dani blunt. Hmm, I exhale ni ije nia nose dani take a breath. I nia about ije nia slam i shotgun dani remember i cost i keyboard, dani nia about ije nia throw i mouse dani remember i price nia si well. Nia tangan i nia hovair ije nia air untuk a moment sebelum I cross nia arms. "I've tried everything I could think of." Swords dani magic, gods dani demons exist ije nia game 'Etius'. I dare say no one has been nia deeply immersed ije nia game nia si I have. Everyone else declare nia ije nia nia trash game dani escape sebelum me. Dani now ije nia I finally declare nia ije nia nia trash game, I'm i dumbest dani i biggest victim nje nia gamers. "I thought ije nia nia god-tier game." Lifelike AI, vast open world, charming characters, endless content. At launch, nia nia described nia incorporating a fantasy world dari another dimension ije nia game. But ije nia fact, nia nia a balance disaster. No one has seen i ending i nia game kecuali i protagonist nia death. There's a boundary ije nia vast open world ije nia cannot be crossed karena i demons, dani beyond ije nia boundary, bahkan ordinary mobs cannot be easily killed. It doesn't seem like a game made ije nia be cleared. I company has no intention i fixing nia. But ije nia ije nia nia stimulate nia desire ije nia challenge. 'The lack i intention ije nia fix nia berarti there must be a way ije nia strategize somewhere.' Ije nia ije nia I believed. I lay nia arms ije nia desk dani bury nia face. I realized ije nia nia time ije nia say goodbye ije nia game nia. I recent game over nia i last strategy I had thought i ije nia conquer i game nia. Dani since ije nia failed, there were no other options. Ultimately, Etius became i first game I couldn't conquer. Since no one else could conquer nia either, maybe ije nia nia an exception. But what's ije nia noise? I heard a strange sound ije nia room, where I nia alone. When I raised nia tau, I saw something like a chalkboard. Ije nia front i nia, a woman who looked like a teacher nia holding a textbook-like book dani seemed ije nia be giving a lecture. Dani now, ije nia teacher nia looking ije nia me. I responded tanpa realizing nia. Frondier? I've never heard such a name sebelum. "Who else would nia be but you?" I teacher said nia nia if ije nia nia obvious. Nia if ije nia nia obvious ije nia I nia 'Frondier' si whatever. I looked around. I could see i faces i students wearing school uniforms. Some i them were snickering ije nia me. 'This isn't nia room.' This is a classroom. Nia room has turned ije nia a classroom. I had just lifted nia face dari i desk. I've been so obsessed si i game Etius ije nia I'm having such a vivid dream. "Frondier, do you know i name i ije nia weapon?" I teacher displayed something ije nia i right side. It nia a magical device, 'Wizard View', ije nia projects images ije nia i air. Seeing magic technology ije nia I'd only seen ije nia games right sebelum nia mata felt extraordinary. I saw what i teacher had displayed si i Wizard View nia a weapon. It nia a branch. It didn't look like a weapon nia all. I roughly understood what answer i teacher wanted. But since ije nia nia a dream. Maybe I'll act a bit more clueless. "That's a branch. It doesn't look like a weapon." I laughter i i students grew louder ije nia nia words. I teacher sighed. "Nia expected, you haven't paid attention ije nia i class today either." I hadn't paid attention. I would have had ije nia be able ije nia. "...Teacher, nia today's lesson about 'Baldur'?" Baldur, i Norse god i light, son i Odin. He nia said ije nia have died dari a mistletoe branch. I name i ije nia branch is 'Mistletoe'. So, I should have answered ije nia i branch nia Mistletoe ije nia be correct. I teacher looked ije nia me nia if I nia a curious thing. "...Yes. Student Frondier, if you knew, why." I looked ije nia i branch ije nia i Wizard View again. No doubt. That's just a 'branch'. "Mistletoe doesn't look like ije nia." A weapon ije nia would one day be wielded by i protagonist ije nia i world i Etius. I've seen dani handled ije nia weapon countless times. Differentiating between a 'mistletoe twig' dani 'Mistletoe' is not a big deal. I students dani teachers looked ije nia me ije nia silence. Iria nia gazes i nia filled si discomfort, anger, dani disgust. Of course, ije nia would be i case. Everyone truly believed ije nia Mistletoe looked like ije nia ije nia i start i i game. When will ije nia dream end? Dani a week passed. I decided ije nia accept nia. This is not a dream. Whether I acknowledge nia si not, ije nia place is reality. Thinking ije nia nia a dream, I made a fool i myself si Mistilteinn dani only worsened nia image. Nia I walked ije nia i corridors, I could hear whispers directed ije nia me. "Isn't ije nia i guy who nia spouting nonsense during class?" ije nia guy dani me, i one ije nia charge i ije nia word. "Well, I suppose nia reputation nia nia ije nia great ije nia begin with." I am now inside a mansion. I residence where i original owner i ije nia body lived. Nia ije nia I found nia, nia soon nia school nia over, there nia an assistant waiting ije nia pick me up ije nia front i i main gate. I rode here ije nia a very luxurious sedan. Up until ije nia point, I still had some hope. I had realized ije nia, bahkan if not i protagonist, I nia a noble i considerable status. Moreover, i face reflected ije nia i mirror pleased me quite a bit. I jet-black hair dani mata had a deep black luster ije nia seemed quite luxurious, dani i appearance nia equally so. Before I knew nia identity, I nia almost fooled by ije nia appearance. I looked ije nia nia wristwatch ije nia nia room nia desk. It nia i only item I brought si me when I came ije nia ije nia world. Maybe ije nia nia karena I nia wearing nia ije nia nia wrist, but ije nia why did all nia clothes change? That's still something I don't know. I wondered if ije nia smartwatch would work, but not only did nia work. •Name: Frondier De Roach •Affiliation: Second son i i Roach family, first-year student i Constel Academy It operated ije nia a completely different way. This nia no longer just a watch. I status screen I nia familiar si ije nia Etius nia now ije nia nia smartwatch. Seeing ije nia made nia real ije nia me. I realization ije nia I had fallen ije nia another world. Untuk me, a complete outsider ije nia ije nia place, ije nia status nia one i i few salvations. "......Frondier De Roach." It nia an unfamiliar name. It took me a while ije nia remember nia. I played ije nia game very diligently. I tried ije nia find bahkan i hidden elements ije nia every corner. Even untuk someone like me, it nia a character hard ije nia recall. After finally remembering, a sigh came out first. ──I Human Sloth Frondier. It's a derogatory nickname likening me ije nia a sloth. It's just a derogatory term tanpa any other meaning. Not lazy but powerful, Not indolent but si something hidden, Just a lazy dani indolent character. Nothing more than ije nia. "Given ije nia skill composition, I can't say I don't understand why ije nia would make one lazy." Ije nia i world i Etius, what determines strength dani weakness, competence dani incompetence, is solely skills, magic, dani divine power. Divine power refers ije nia i power bestowed by gods. Ije nia Etius, gods dari all sorts i mythologies appear ije nia grant power ije nia humans. However, not many humans receive such power. Humans who receive divine power are no different than i chosen ones, dani indeed, those who possess divine power are all named characters. On i other hand, skills dani magic can be acquired by everyone, but compared ije nia divine power, they are minor. Ije nia doesn't mean they are easy ije nia obtain either. Indeed, a very few manage ije nia forge skills dani magic ije nia surpass divine power ije nia arduous effort dani talent. Frondier, however, naturally lacks divine power, when nia comes ije nia skills. •Description: Stores dani duplicates i image i an object. However, nia nia an illusion. It undergoes i processes i 'Workshop' dani 'Duplication'. - Workshop: Stores i woven object ije nia a virtual space. - Duplication: Duplicates i object stored ije nia i workshop. This is what nia means. I picked up a fountain pen ije nia i desk dani used 'Weaving' ije nia nia. I image i i fountain pen is stored, dani i stored image fills up nia if threads are being woven ije nia front i me. Just like nia nia being printed by a 3D printer. Probably, ije nia nia why ije nia nia called 'Weaving'. [Viet Trading Company's Deluxe Fountain Pen] (Duplicate) •Description: A weaving product mimicking a fountain pen. It lacks physical substance. I held i real fountain pen ije nia nia left hand, dani i duplicated one ije nia nia right. Ije nia nia mata, they looked completely identical. This is Weaving. It duplicates objects ije nia illusions. Once an object's image is 'Woven', nia is stored ije nia i 'Workshop'. Nia written above, i workshop is like nia own virtual space where I can easily view what's stored. Like augmented reality, I can see nia si nia own mata dani display anything, weapons, tools, tanpa restrictions. Therefore, Weaving is possible anytime, anywhere. But only untuk objects I've seen si nia own mata. Even if I know about a weapon ije nia nia mind, nia won't be stored ije nia i workshop until I've seen nia ije nia reality. Frondier, sebelum I possessed him, had already used nia a few times, so several weapons dani items were stored. If you just hear about nia, nia sounds quite plausible. But since nia nia all imagination, they're all fake. Such duplicated fountain pens can't write, let alone pierce a single piece i paper. Moreover, only I can see them, so others don't even know whether I've woven something si not. An imagination ije nia can't interfere si reality nia all. We've decided ije nia call ije nia 'delusion'. I have no idea what ije nia do si ije nia. "I've never seen such a skill while playing Etius." Since I've never seen nia, naturally, nia rank is Unique. Ije nia Etius, i Unique rank has different features dari other ranks. Ranks range dari i lowest 'Common' ije nia i highest 'Divine', but 'Unique' isn't included ije nia ije nia range. Instead, Unique rank has a different attribute. It's one-of-a-kind. So, i Unique rank can't be judged nia good si bad. No matter how trivial, if nia nia i only one i nia kind, nia nia given i 'Unique' rank. But is there really such a useless Unique skill? Ije nia skill seems ije nia prove ije nia derogatory nickname. From now on, I must live ije nia a game ije nia bahkan i protagonist couldn't conquer, ije nia i body i Frondier. "It's not just about surviving." I clicked ije nia i 'Quest' tab ije nia nia smartwatch. [Main Quest: Fate Reversal] •Description: You know i final demise i humanity. Save humanity dani change nia fate. Ije nia quest had been present ever since I opened nia smartwatch untuk i first time. It must have been there dari i moment I nia possessed ije nia Frondier. According ije nia ije nia quest nia description, I know i end i ije nia game. Nje, I should say I know i end ije nia comes when nia not conquered. I demise i humanity is utterly pitiful. It's not a downfall caused by a Demon King si an equivalent final boss, a grand conspiracy, si a hidden mastermind, nia one might expect ije nia a typical game. Instead, humanity is simply slaughtered by monsters. I human realms gradually fall ije nia i monsters, dani finally, humanity is swept away by i incoming tide i ije nia beasts. Even i protagonist i ije nia game meets such a hollow end. Dani I'm supposed ije nia stop nia. Me. A maid's voice came dari i other side i i door. "Master Frondier? May I enter?" I found myself replying ije nia formal speech tanpa realizing nia. Given ije nia Frondier nia born ije nia nobility, such a manner i speaking should be unfamiliar ije nia him. I maid who entered looked ije nia me nia if she found me slightly peculiar, ije nia of course, she wouldn't voice such thoughts. "Master Frondier, you've received a letter." "A letter? From whom?" I try ije nia speak ije nia a commanding tone, even if nia feels forced. It might be awkward untuk a while, but I'll get used ije nia nia. "It's dari Lord Enfer." Enfer, Frondier's father. I might not be familiar si i character i Frondier, but I know Enfer very well. Enfer De Roach, i Iron Wall i i North. A superhuman who has never allowed i invasion i monsters ije nia i 'Yeranhes,' a Frondier domain i i Terst Empire. I reason I find i character Frondier unfamiliar is omdat nia father, Enfer, dani nia eldest son, Azier, take up almost all i i significance within i Roach family. Enfer, nia a general, possesses i leadership ije nia command legions, dani ije nia terms i personal strength, he rivals i 'Zodiacs' among i top twelve warriors i i continent. Azier has inherited all i nia father's immense talent dani nia a character dari i official stories i Etius, known untuk growing beyond bahkan ije nia. Enfer, now nia father, has sent me a letter. I nervously took i letter handed ije nia me by i maid dani tore open i seal. I letter contained a succinct message. [Frondier, nia laziness has been sufficient. Rank within i top 10 ije nia Constel untuk ije nia academic year. Fail, dani you will be disowned.] I read ije nia i letter, exhaled ije nia nia nose, dani then inhaled just nia much. "What did you say, sir?" It seems nia life is about ije nia become succinct nia well. Ding, a monotonous notification sound prompted me ije nia check nia smartwatch. [A subquest has been generated] [Subquest: Father's Order] •Description: Frondier's laziness over i past has pushed nia father Enfer's patience ije nia i limit. •Objective: Rank within i top 10 ije nia Constel ije nia ije nia semester •Reward: Earn Enfer's recognition. •Failure: You will be disowned.⁠​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​⁠