ID Fourth Wall 'Blaze', Kim Sang-hyeop, dibesarkan di dalam lingkungan keluarga yang sangat ketat.
Orang tua Kim Sang-hyeop selalu mengulangi kata-kata yang sama setiap kali mereka mendidiknya.
'Semua dosa berasal dari keinginan.'
Ayah dan ibunya selalu menekankan sikap pantang dan menahan diri.
Kim Sang-hyeop muda dengan patuh mengikuti ajaran orang tuanya.
Alhasil, kamu tidak akan bisa menemukan mainan biasa, buku komik, atau konsol game di kamar Kim Sang-hyeop.
Alih-alih membolak-balik buku komik, ia membuka buku-buku filsafat.
Alih-alih bermain dengan konsol game, ia mengerjakan lembar soal.
Alih-alih menonton YouTube, ia menonton program urusan terkini yang bersifat edukatif.
Makan dua kali sehari.
Menu vegetarian tanpa daging.
Dari rumah ke sekolah.
Dari sekolah ke akademi.
Dari akademi kembali ke rumah.
Tanpa warna, tanpa rasa, tanpa bau.
Bagi Kim Sang-hyeop, menjalani hidup kelabu dengan hasrat yang dikebiri, 'kebahagiaan' adalah emosi yang sulit dipahami.
Lalu suatu hari, Kim Sang-hyeop tanpa sengaja melewati pusat game di lingkungan rumahnya.
Beip-beip-beip! Ketuk ketuk ketuk ketuk!
Anak-anak sebayanya sedang dengan panik menekan tombol-tombol mesin game.
Awalnya, itu hanyalah rasa penasaran biasa.
'Kenapa mereka melakukan itu?'
Tempat yang sempit dan kotor.
Anak-anak berkerumun menjadi satu, menatap bodoh ke layar mesin game.
Kim Sang-hyeop merasakan rasa penasaran untuk pertama kalinya.
Seolah terhipnotis, ia duduk di depan sebuah mesin game dan memasukkan koin dari saku celananya.
Apa yang terbentang di hadapannya adalah dunia cemerlang yang penuh dengan berbagai warna.
Kegembiraan. Kesenangan. Euforia.
Penuh dengan hal-hal yang belum pernah dialami oleh Kim Sang-hyeop sebelumnya.
Sejak hari itu, Kim Sang-hyeop mulai memainkan setiap game yang ada di pusat game lingkungan.
Aksi, petualangan, balapan, olahraga, tembak-tembakan, RPG, teka-teki, simulasi strategi, dan banyak lagi.
Kim Sang-hyeop dengan mudah menamatkan semua game tanpa memedulikan genrenya.
Ia bahkan berhasil menamatkan game dalam sekali coba yang tidak bisa diselesaikan oleh anak-anak yang lebih tua meskipun mereka sudah menghabiskan banyak uang, hanya dengan menggunakan modal 100 won.
Setiap kali hal itu terjadi, tatapan penuh iri tercurah dari orang-orang di sekitarnya.
'Ada apa dengan anak itu? Dia jago banget main game.'
'Wah, dia menamatkannya hanya dengan satu koin. Hebat banget.'
'Gimana caranya kamu pakai kombo tadi? Ajari aku juga.'
Barulah pada saat itu Kim Sang-hyeop menyadari.
'Ah. Aku jago main game.'
Kemampuan fisik alami dan kepekaan bermain game.
Di Sekolah Dasar, Sekolah Menengah Pertama, dan Sekolah Menengah Atas, tidak ada gamer yang bisa melampaui Kim Sang-hyeop.
Kim Sang-hyeop terus menaklukkan berbagai game dengan mantap, terutama game-game yang terkenal memiliki tingkat kesulitan tinggi.
Fourth Wall, yang terkenal karena menuntut keterampilan fisik yang mumpuni, tentu tidak terkecuali.
Hari di mana ia pertama kali memainkan Fourth Wall atas rekomendasi teman-teman sekelasnya.
Kim Sang-hyeop berhadapan dengan musuh tangguh yang tidak terduga.
‡ Burung Pipit Bulu Baja 'Cheep Sperow' ‡
Tingkat Bahaya: Grade 6
Klasifikasi Ukuran: Kecil
<Catatan Pengamat>
Seekor pemburu berpengalaman yang selalu mengincar biji-bijian di ladang.
Meskipun penampilannya tampak lucu, ia dianggap sebagai hama yang sangat merugikan karena begitu muncul, ia akan melahap semua biji-bijian di ladang akibat sifat rakusnya.
※Ini adalah burung hama.
Boss monster dari Hundred-Year Battlefield Bean Field.
Teman-teman Kim Sang-hyeop tersapu bersih bahkan tanpa bisa memberikan perlawanan saat musuh tangguh yang tidak terduga itu muncul.
Kim Sang-hyeop menyaksikan teman-temannya bertumbangan satu per satu dan berpikir.
'Kenapa mereka tidak bisa menghindari serangan itu?'
Ia tidak bisa memahaminya.
Tak lama kemudian, Cheep Sperow menyerang Kim Sang-hyeop yang kini tinggal sendirian.
Pola serangannya sedikit cepat dan sedikit rumit.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—
Tapi bukan berarti mustahil untuk dihindari.
Kim Sang-hyeop menghindari semua serangan itu dengan gerakan yang bersih.
Pada saat yang sama, ia mulai menyerang balik Cheep Sperow dengan mengayunkan kapaknya.
Thwack! Thwack! Crack!
Karena levelnya masih rendah, damage yang masuk hanya berupa angka belasan.
Meskipun begitu, Kim Sang-hyeop terus melanjutkan serangannya.
Menghindar.
Whoosh—
Menyerang.
Crack!
Menghindar lagi.
Whoosh—
Menyerang lagi.
Crack—!
Berapa jam yang telah berlalu dengan cara seperti ini?
—Ding dong!
[Bos tersembunyi 'Steel Feather Sparrow Cheep Sperow' dari 'Hundred-Year Battlefield Bean Field' telah mati.]
Kim Sang-hyeop mengalahkan Cheep Sperow tanpa menerima satu pun serangan.
Teman-temannya tidak bisa tidak merasa takjub.
Fourth Wall ID 'Blaze', Kim Sang-hyeop, grew up in a strict family environment.
Kim Sang-hyeop's parents always repeated the same words whenever they disciplined him.
'All sin originates from desire.'
His father and mother emphasized abstinence and restraint.
Young Kim Sang-hyeop obediently followed his parents' teachings.
As a result, you couldn't find common toys, comic books, or game consoles in Kim Sang-hyeop's room.
Instead of flipping through comic books, he opened philosophy books.
Instead of playing with game consoles, he solved problem sets.
Instead of watching YouTube, he watched educational current affairs programs.
Two meals a day.
A vegetarian diet without meat.
From home to school.
From school to academy.
From academy back home.
Colorless, tasteless, odorless.
To Kim Sang-hyeop, living a gray life with desires castrated, 'joy' was an emotion difficult to understand.
Then one day, Kim Sang-hyeop happened to pass by the neighborhood arcade.
Beep-beep-beep! Tap tap tap tap!
Boys his age were frantically pressing game machine buttons.
At first, it was simple curiosity.
'Why are they doing that?'
A narrow, dirty place.
Children huddled together, staring stupidly at game machine screens.
Kim Sang-hyeop felt curiosity for the first time.
As if enchanted, he sat in front of a game machine and inserted a coin from his pocket.
What unfolded before him was a brilliant world of many colors.
Joy. Pleasure. Euphoria.
It was full of things Kim Sang-hyeop had never experienced before.
From that day on, Kim Sang-hyeop began playing every single game in the neighborhood arcade.
Action, adventure, racing, sports, shooting, RPG, puzzle, strategy simulation, and more.
Kim Sang-hyeop easily cleared all games regardless of genre.
He had even one-try cleared games that older kids couldn't clear despite pouring money into them, using just 100 won.
Each time, envious gazes poured from those around him.
'What's with that kid? He's really good at games.'
'Wow, he one-coined that clear. Amazing.'
'How did you use that combo just now? Teach me too.'
Only then did Kim Sang-hyeop realize.
'Ah. I'm good at games.'
Natural physical ability and game sense.
In elementary school, middle school, and high school, there was no gamer who surpassed Kim Sang-hyeop.
Kim Sang-hyeop steadily conquered numerous games, especially those notorious for being difficult.
Fourth Wall, famous for requiring physical skills, was no exception.
The day he first played Fourth Wall at his classmates' recommendation.
Kim Sang-hyeop encountered an unexpected formidable enemy.
‡ Steel Feather Sparrow 'Cheep Sperow' ‡
Danger Level: Grade 6
Size Classification: Small
<Observer's Record>
A seasoned hunter always eyeing the beans in the bean field.
Despite its cute appearance, it's considered a very harmful bird because once it appears, it devours all the beans in the field, being a glutton.
※It's a harmful bird.
The boss monster of Hundred-Year Battlefield Bean Field.
Kim Sang-hyeop's friends were swept away without even being able to resist the unexpected formidable enemy's appearance.
Kim Sang-hyeop watched his friends fall one by one and thought.
'Why can't they dodge that?'
He couldn't understand.
Soon, Cheep Sperow attacked Kim Sang-hyeop, who was left alone.
It was a slightly fast and slightly complex attack pattern.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—
But it wasn't impossible to dodge.
Kim Sang-hyeop evaded all attacks with clean movements.
At the same time, he began attacking Cheep Sperow by swinging his axe.
Thwack! Thwack! Crack!
Because his level was low, damage only went into single digits.
Nevertheless, Kim Sang-hyeop continued attacking.
Dodge.
Whoosh—
Attack.
Crack!
Dodge again.
Whoosh—
Attack again.
Crack—!
How many hours had passed like this?
—Ding dong!
[The hidden boss 'Steel Feather Sparrow Cheep Sperow' of 'Hundred-Year Battlefield Bean Field' has died.]
Kim Sang-hyeop defeated Cheep Sperow without taking a single hit.
His friends couldn't help but be amazed.
"Woooooooh!"
"King Sang-hyeop! King Sang-hyeop! King Sang-hyeop!"
"From today, I withdraw my support for Kim Sang-hyeop. From today, breaking free from the support relationship, Kim Sang-hyeop and I become one body. Any attack on Kim Sang-hyeop will be considered an attack on me."
However, Kim Sang-hyeop didn't feel much emotion.
Rather, he found his cheering friends pathetic.
'I'm special. They're ordinary people, and I'm a genius.'
A crane among chickens.
An overwhelming genius showing exceptional talent in all games.
But Kim Sang-hyeop thought this was both a blessing and a curse.
How lonely and empty must be the heart of a genius standing alone among ordinary people?
Everything was easy, everything was simple, everything was boring.
At some point, games no longer brought joy to Kim Sang-hyeop.
He could no longer feel the excitement he felt when first stepping into the arcade, the intense stimulation he felt when first hammering game machines.
Then unexpected entertainment came to Kim Sang-hyeop.
Fourth Wall's PVP mode, Field of Honor, was updated.
In addition to that, the establishment of the Fourth Wall Pro League.
'...Interesting. Finally something worth doing.'
Pro gamer, a profession where you could obtain both wealth and honor by being good at games.
Could there be a profession more suitable for Kim Sang-hyeop?
From that day, Kim Sang-hyeop began aiming to become a Fourth Wall pro gamer.
The first thing he did was gather ordinary people who seemed to have decent game skills in Kim Sang-hyeop's opinion to form a team.
'You guys just do the basics. I'll carry.'
Despite his arbitrary instructions, there were no complaints from team members.
Kim Sang-hyeop's unrivaled skill backed up his arrogant statements.
Practice match record: 127 wins, 13 losses.
Kim Sang-hyeop's team recorded an incredible 90% win rate in a total of 140 practice games.
Nevertheless, Kim Sang-hyeop felt displeased.
'Annoying.'
Victory was natural.
Rather than 127 victories, the 13 defeats bothered him.
Even the causes of defeat were all due to teammates' mistakes.
But it didn't matter.
Roses stand out more among weeds.
He just needed to appeal his solo performance among mediocre players to catch the eye of league officials.
Kim Sang-hyeop's goal was, after all, professional debut.
If he debuted as a pro, he wouldn't need to be with these trashy burdens anymore.
Kim Sang-hyeop never doubted his talent.
He would easily pass preliminaries and brilliantly lift the championship trophy in the main event.
He would conquer not just domestic competitions but world competitions too.
And the first match of preliminaries.
The opponent Kim Sang-hyeop faced was a user who chose the weak human race.
'Is he stupid? Out of all the races, he chose the trash race of humans.'
Not only did he choose humans with garbage racial characteristics, but he was also wearing gauntlets, which are disadvantageous in PVP.
Without even bothering to look closely, clearly someone who doesn't know the 'G' of game.
This guy must be ordinary too.
What's important in PVP is stats and items.
Especially the performance of the weapon used is most important.
Gauntlets are ultra-close-range weapons with fast attack speed but weak attack power and short range.
They're completely outmatched by Kim Sang-hyeop's main weapon, the war hammer.
Not knowing even such simple things, the opposing top laner was charging at Kim Sang-hyeop recklessly.
'Trash again this time. No fun.'
Soon, Kim Sang-hyeop swung his war hammer toward the charging enemy.
"Die— trash!"
The sound of red-hot Raigon cutting through the air.
Whiiiiine—
Accordingly, the opposing top laner's war hammer rushed toward me.
Even while throwing my punch, I thought.
'Blaze, I feel like I've heard that somewhere. Who was it? Shirts made for women or children... that's blouse. ExplorXr... that's browser, right? Flamethrower... ah, no. Blaze...?'
Ah. I remembered.
I had a strangely familiar feeling since seeing the bracket.
Blaze.
The nickname of a pro gamer who was active in the early days of the Fourth Wall League before regression.
I remember him being a berserker type who fought boldly based on orc strength.
'He was probably a super rookie who received attention as a "genius top laner" from his debut?'
But contrary to experts' expectations, Blaze's prime was extremely short.
There were various reasons, but the biggest problem was the player's personality.
He was a player whose skill was among the top tier even among early pro gamers, but he constantly had discord with his team members.
'He ended up being expelled from the domestic league after using abusive language toward directors and coaches.'
After that, he went around foreign leagues, but that didn't last long either.
He retired after messing with several foreign players and getting beaten up on the street.
Later, he tried many things, going from coach to manager, but the results were failure after failure.
Even during his time as a manager, he couldn't fix his bad habit and kept saying things like "talentless bastards who don't even try..." to active players.
How could someone who couldn't even have a player career due to dirty personality become a manager?
'Try to be less pitiful in this life.'
If Blaze loses his talent arrogance early, perhaps he could live a better life?
Then, Blaze's war hammer flew right to my face.
Whooom—
'An adult is trying to think a bit, but how rude...'
I lightly touched the war hammer with my fist.
At the same time.
Bang!
With a fierce explosion sound, blinding flash swallowed the top lane.
Soon, finely chopped iron fragments began scattering in the wind.
Beyond that, Blaze's dazed face was visible.
"What the hell...?"
Blaze looked down at his war hammer... or rather, what 'used to be' his war hammer.
In his hands was only a dangling iron rod with just the handle remaining, the hammer part completely gone.
An expression showing he couldn't understand what had happened at all.
But that was only for a moment.
"Was the weapon's durability... gone? This time it'll hit properly!"
Blaze immediately pulled out another weapon from his inventory.
It seemed he couldn't accept the fact that his weapon had been destroyed.
I clenched my fist and said.
"It would be easier to understand if I burst something other than weapons too."
Drrrrrrrrr—
Raigon vibrated as the gauntlet's temperature began rising endlessly.
Soon.
Whiiiine—
I thrust the fully charged gauntlet forward.
Flames shooting from the cylinder rushed toward Blaze in a straight line.
"Alright, let's start cramming education! If you don't understand, learn with your body!"
The explosion's aftermath completely erased the trees behind Blaze without a trace.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa—bang!
A massive flame bloomed in a trumpet shape.
A moment later, when the flames had completely died down.
Nothing remained where Blaze had been standing.
At the same time.
<First Kill!>
<You have defeated an enemy. Choi Museon → Blaze>
A clear system log appeared at the top of the battlefield.
First kill.
It was the moment when the first point was scored just 5 seconds after the first encounter with an opposing laner in the preliminaries.
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