Petani lag 'Choi Museon'.
Jungler 'Lim Munhyeok'.
Supporter 'Bae Minji'.
Mid laner 'Do Jeha'.
AD Carry 'No Name'.
Seluruh anggota Tim LTL pun berkumpul.
Aku menatap anggota-anggota yang berdiri rapi di barisan. Lim Munhyeok dan Bae Minji sibuk meminta autograf kepada Do Jeha.
Aku bisa melihat No Name yang berdiri jauh sendirian, sepertinya sudah terdiam.
"Sekarang. Perhatian."
Ketika kubawa tanganku, mata para anggota pun tertuju padaku.
"Kami akan melakukan uji keterampilan mulai sekarang. Silakan masuk ke permainan, semua orang."
Perkelahian 4-lawan-1 yang sesungguhnya pun dimulai.
― Ding dong!
[Kamu telah masuk.]
[Mengecek informasi pengguna...... Pemeriksaan selesai.]
[Selamat datang di 'Fourth Wall'.]
Aku berdiri di tengah gurunan pasir sekaligus angin sejuk tiada lawannya. Peta ini adalah 'Blade Colosseum' yang baru saja kuingunai Yotta Snail tadi.
Tempat yang dulunya dipenuhi batu-batu tinggi berjejer, kini hanya berupa crater-crater terbuka akibat ledakan yang kuselamaikan.
Dan empat pemain berdiri di hadanku.
...... Thud!
Yang pertama melangkah maju adalah Lim Munhyeok.
[Lim Munhyeok]
Level: 24
Afiliasi: Raksasa
Ras: Orc
Lim Munhyeok yang memilih 'fraksi Raksasa' saat mendaftar akun, lahir sebagai ras dasar 'Orc'.
Ras warrior yang lahir dengan kulit hijau dan otot-otot kuat sebagai nilai dasar.
Di sisinya, kudapati Bae Minji yang dudak dekat, seolah sudah akrab.
[Bae Minji]
Level: 14
Afiliasi: Malaikat
Ras: Elf
Bae Minji yang memilih 'fraksi Malaikat' saat mendaftar akun, lahir sebagai ras dasar 'Elf'.
Penampilannya sendiri tidak banyak berubah, namun rambutnya kini berwarna pirang dan telinganya panjang serta tajam.
Di kedua sisi mereka berdiri Do Jeha dan No Name.
Do Jeha yang memilih 'fraksi Iblis' lahir sebagai ras 'Zombie' dan berevolusi menjadi 'Knight-Timbang Rusak'.
No Name yang memilih 'fraksi Naga' lahir sebagai ras 'Lizardman' dan berevolusi menjadi 'Drakeman'.
Kudepak kepalaku sambil mengamati garis inversi yang beragam.
"Raksasa, Malaikat, Iblis, Naga. Keempat spesies berkuasa di dunia ini berkumpul."
Ditambah aku, manusia dari fraksi Manusia, maka secara tepat semua lima ras perwujudan dunia ini hadir.
'Meskipun manusia bukan spesies berkuasa...... karena mereka adalah makhluk dengan segelintir kemungkinan tak terbatas, keuntungan tim akan selalu dimiliki oleh seseorang sepertiku yang tetap bertahan sebagai manusia.'
Ini juga akan menjadi fondasi dari gambar besar yang akan kudrawatkan nanti.
"Serbu secara bersamaan. Mari kita lihat apa kemafimalian kimiamu."
Kudengkur dijari sambil mengenakan braclet permainan.
Yang pertama bergerak adalah.
...... Whoosh!
Tidak lain, seperti yang diharapkan, adalah No Name.
"Aku akan pergi!"
Sejak awal, petir dari tangannya meluncur ke arahku—empat petir antar-jarak jari, berjumlah delapan.
Klink klink klink!
Para pisau meluncur seperti ular sawa meluncur dari gulungannya.
Aku meregangkan batu karang tercekul di tanah.
Riiiiip!
Ketika kuingergang, batuan raksasa yang tertanam di bawah tanahpun dikorek utuh.
Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!
Para pisau tersebut meresong dalam batu, hanya menembus ujungnya di sisi lain, namun tak mencapai tubuhku.
Namun.
"Kamu agak longgar, hyung."
Kusamadengar suara Lim Munhyeok dari belakang batu.
Boom—!
Dengan gemericik 100 desibel, kapak Lim Munhyeok muncul, membelah batu itu.
'Ah, aku mengangkat batu itu untuk menyekat pisau No Name, dan ia menggunakan rongakannya untuk maju?' Betul juga. Lim Munhyeok memang alami sebagai jungler.
Melihat bagaimana ia menyokong serangan mid laner dan mencampangi pada waktu dan tempat yang tepat.
"......Tapi kamu tetap kakar lagi."
Kuintipkan jari telunjukku untuk menyekatkan mata kapak Lim Munhyeok. Kemudian kusambar sisa reruntuhan batu dengan telapak tangan lain.
Boom boom boom boom! Hancuran batu-batu itu meledakan seperti pellet shotgun.
Lim Munhyeok yang berada di hadanku menangkis dengan kekuatan dan penangkal tipikal Orc, namun No Name di belakangnya tidak.
"Gah!?"
Tulang Drakeman lebih tipis dibandingkan tulang Orc.
Jadi, pecahan batu-batu terbang itu akan menimbulkan kerusikan cukup serius dan memar pada tubuhnya....... Namun.
"Barrier! Penyembuhan! percepatan!"
...... Tidakkah demikian?
Bae Minji sudah berdiri di belakang No Name.
Kekuatan ilahi Elf yang dipinjamkan melalui komunikasi langsung dengan malaikat senior itu sama sekali menyembuhkan luka No Name.
Bukan hanya itu, ia juga memberlakukan barrier pertahanan dan memberikan buff kecepatan, sehingga bagi No Name rasanya ia mendapatkan sayap.
"Th, terima kasih."
"Sama-sama, unni. Ini adalah pekerjaan supporter."
Bae Minji tersenyum ceria di wajah No Name.
Juga, ia mengeluarkan busurnya.
Panah Suci.
Panah putih yang terbuat dengan menggunakan kekuatan ilahi terbang bersamaan dengan panah No Name.
"Kimia ADC dan supporter luar biasa? Tak perlu khawatir soal lantern bawah."
Aku mundur untuk menghindari serangan gabungan No Name dan Bae Minji. Namun.
"Teman. Aku harap kamu tidak lupa akan aku?"
Knight-Timbang Rusak Do Jeha yang menyebabkan getaran energi yang menggentarkanku sejenkai.
...... Flash!
Arus gelap membentuk bentuk petir dan bersinar.
Serangan meneropong dari pedang Do Jeha, Jeoneoeo, meluncur ke punggungku.
"Wow, kalian berencana bersama? Aku mencurigai ini pertama kalinya bertemu."
Dari serangan preemptif ADC, jungler yang mencampangi, supporter yang menyokong, dan banser mid laner yang ledak.
Alur rantai ini mengalir dengan alami sehingga tak terasa aneh.
'......Sungguh, bakat alami itu berbeda dari langkah pertama.'
Bakat itu berlebihan dan menghancurkan segalanya.
Dunia permainan adalah tempat logika ini semakin nyata.
Empat penjahat bakat yang kumustahilkan di sini benar-benar menampilkan kerja tim seperti sahabat yang telah melintasi hidup dan kematian bersama lama, meski baru bertemu untuk pertama kalinya hari ini.
"Do Jeha hyung! Aku ikut!
"Baik, Munhyeok. Arah jam 2!"
Lim Munhyeok dan Do Jeha yang telah akrab, menandai depanku sambil terus mengaburkan pandanganaku.
Sebaliknya.
"Unni! Aku akan menutup ketika kamu menembak!"
"Eh, baik!"
Bae Minji dan No Name yang masih terlihat sedikit canggung, menargetkan belakangku.
'Hmm. Semakin lama aku memperpanjang pertarungan, semakin baik integrasi mereka akan menjadi.' Awalnya, persahabatan dan kepercayaan tumbuh dalam kegiatan intensif atau situasi ekstrem. Mungkin perlu dibawa ke tingkat sedang.
Bang! Boom! Kejar-kejaran antara pukulan kapak Lim Munhyeok dan serangannya terhadap bracletku.
...... Clang! Ketika kapak akhirnya patah, tidak mampu melampaui daya tahan bracletku, ia langsung beralih ke perlengkapan braclet dan menunjukkan tekad keras untuk menyerang dengan pukulan.
"Kamu lebih cocok dengan tinju dibandingkan kapak. Ingin belajar tinju dariku?"
"Keren! Tapi dulu, tujuanku di sini adalah memberikan satu pukulan kepada hyung-nim...!"
Lim Munhyeok berputar di atas satu kakinya dan menyamber pukulan besar ke arahku.
Bakatnya nyata, namun baik perangkat keras maupun perangkat lunaknya mas masih belum halus.
"Kamu perlu naik level dulu dan berevolusi menjadi spesies yang lebih unggul. Ganti perlengkapan setelah itu."
Kusambar pukulan Lim Munhyeok langsung.
Kemudian aku jatuh ke tanah dan meloncat kembali.
Kemudian.
"Gyaaaah!?"
Lim Munhyeok terlempar jauh ke belakang.
Matanya berputar dan HP-nya turun ke zona merah, hampir menyentuh kematian instan.
"Ups!"
Kusetirahat di keningku. Serangan bangun.
Fourth Wall memiliki fitur pasif seperti permainan fighting game di mana kamu menyebabkan kerusikan kecil pada lawan ketika meloncat setelah jatuh, dan Lim Munhyeok terkena serangan bangun itu.
"Whew, aku hampir matuk ke serangan bangun itu. Maaf ya, Munhyeok."
"......Apa? Apa yang hampir membuatku mati tadi? Sekarang juga?"
Lim Munhyeok bereaksi keliru sambil menerima penyembuhan dari Bae Minji.
Ia sepertinya tidak bisa percaya bahwa dirinya, yang relatif berperingkat tinggi, hampir matuk ke kalimat bahkan oleh serangan bangun sederhana.
"Sungguh monster. Tidak bisa menyakitkannya sedikit pun. Itulah sebabnya ia bisa menang melawan Grade 1 monster sendirian. Suatu hari kelak aku juga ingin..."
Do Jeha memandangku dengan mata bersinar.
Entah bagaimana, pandangan itu terasa berat.
Namun.
"Mati! Mati saja! Gyaaaaah!"
No Name terus membanjir panah ke arahku.
"Hei, unni. Sepertinya Museon oppa tidak mengalami keruskan meskipun tertembak panah."
"Gyaaaaaaah!"
Meskipun Bae Minji mencoba melemperdayanya, No Name terus bersemangat.
"Mati setidaknya sekali untukku! Bukan sesuatu yang sulit!"
"...... Benar, tidak sulit. Tapi bagiku tidak ingin mati hanya karena kamu."
Obsesi No Name terhadapku kini berada di ambang kegilaan.
Aku melihat semangat kompetisinya benar-benar hancur... namun aku tidak mengerti mengapa ia begitu bersemangat kebetulan.
'Ah, apakah itu karena gelar aneh yang pernah kudengar sebelumnya?' Aku teringat salah satu gelar No Name.
<Gelar 1: Pembunuh Manusia Pertama>
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Ini adalah gelar yang bahkan bagiku yang bermain selama 10 tahun ini tak pernah dikenal.
'Kemungkinan diberikan kepada orang pertama yang membunuh seseorang melalui PVP... Aku tidak tahu efeknya.'
Ketika No Name memverifikasi jendela statusnya, bagian ini diaplikasikan dengan mosaik sehingga kudapati dengan jelas.
"Itu tidak penting."
Kudiamkan No Name yang melekat seperti lintah, lalu menyamparkannya ke tanah dengan kekuat.
"Gyaah!"
No Name yang tertebar ke tanah, menggigit langsung, memegang kepalanya dan.
"Kamu ini...... ini......"
Lalu.
Mulai menangis.
"Wuuuuuuh...... Payah...... Tidak bisa memberikan kerusakan bahkan sebesar 1 poin... Apa ini......"
"Unni......."
Bae Minji menghibur No Name yang berjuang dengan ekspresi iba.
Kemudian.
"Bukan tidak ada kerusakan sama sekali."
Kuingjuk ke hidungku dengan jariku.
"......Benar? Di mana?"
No Name mengangkat wajah berkelah seketika untuk melirikku.
Di ujung hidungku adalah goresan mikro yang sangat kecil.
Itu begitu kecil yang butuh mikroskop untuk melihat, namun No Name dengan penglihatan tajamnya sepertinya berhasil mendeteksinya.
"Bagus! Kerusakan melewati, aku sedang memuhammadiri...! Tidak apa-apa, suatu hari pasti aku bisa............"
Ekspresi No Name tiba-tiba bersinar cerah.
Benar, ia benar-benar mudah dikendalikan.
Clap clap— Kudepak tanganh untuk mengumpulkan perhatian seluruh anggota tim.
"Dengan melihat semua orang, kudapati poin yang perlu diperbaiki."
Pertama adalah Lim Munhyeok.
"Munhyeok, seperti yang kudikatakan sebelumnya, braclet lebih cocok untukmu dibandingkan kapak. Dapatkan perlengkapan baru, dan pelajari tinju dari hyung di ke
Top laner 'Choi Museon'.
Jungler 'Lim Munhyeok'.
Supporter 'Bae Minji'.
Mid laner 'Do Jeha'.
AD Carry 'No Name'.
All members of Team LTL were assembled.
I looked around at the members lined up in a row.
Lim Munhyeok and Bae Minji were busy getting autographs from Do Jeha.
I could see No Name standing far away by herself, looking spaced out.
"Now. Attention."
When I raised my hand, the members' gazes focused.
"We're going to do a skill test from now on. Please log into the game, everyone."
The full-scale 4-on-1 fight begins now.
―Ding dong!
[You have logged in.]
[Checking user information...... Check complete.]
[Welcome to 'Fourth Wall'.]
I stood in the center of a wasteland with cold winds blowing.
The map was 'Blade Colosseum' where I had recently caught Yotta Snail.
This place, which originally had long towering rocks lined up in rows, was currently filled only with pitted craters from the explosion I had caused.
And four players positioned themselves in front of me.
......Thud!
The first player to step forward was Lim Munhyeok.
[Lim Munhyeok]
Level: 24
Affiliation: Giant
Race: Orc
Lim Munhyeok, who chose the 'Giant faction' when creating his account, started as the basic race 'Orc.'
A warrior-type race born with green skin and a powerful muscular physique as default values.
Next to him, I could see Bae Minji standing close, apparently having become friends.
[Bae Minji]
Level: 14
Affiliation: Angel
Race: Elf
Bae Minji chose the 'Angel faction' when creating her account and became the basic race 'Elf.'
Her overall appearance hadn't changed much, but her hair was dyed blonde and her ears had become long and pointed.
And on either side of them stood Do Jeha and No Name respectively.
Do Jeha, who chose the 'Demon faction,' started as 'Zombie' race and evolved to 'Death Knight.'
No Name, who chose the 'Dragon faction,' started as 'Lizardman' race and evolved to 'Drakeman.'
I nodded while looking over their diverse lineup.
"Giant, Angel, Demon, Dragon. All four ruling species of this world are gathered."
Adding me, a Human race from the Human faction, makes exactly all five representative races of this world.
'Although humans aren't a ruling species...... since they're beings with countless possibilities, it would be advantageous for the team to have one person like me consistently remain human.'
That would also become the foundation for the big picture I'll draw in the future.
"Come at me all at once. Let's see how well your chemistry works."
I wiggled my fingers while wearing gauntlets.
The first to move was.
......Whoosh!
As expected, it was No Name.
"I'm going!"
From the start, she threw daggers at me—4 between each finger, totaling 8.
Clatter clatter clatter!
The daggers rushed like vipers shooting out from hiding in grass.
I grabbed a protruding stone on the ground.
Riiiiip!
When I pulled it out, a giant rock buried underground was uprooted completely.
Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!
The daggers pierced deep into the rock, only poking their tips through to the other side, but couldn't reach me.
However.
"You let your guard down, hyung."
I heard Lim Munhyeok's voice from behind the rock.
Boom—!
With a loud noise, Lim Munhyeok's axe appeared, splitting the rock.
'Ah, I pulled up the rock to block No Name's daggers, and he used the blocked vision to advance forward?'
Indeed, Lim Munhyeok is a natural jungler.
Seeing how he assists the ADC's attack and intervenes at the right time and place.
"......But you're still clumsy."
I extended my pinky finger to block Lim Munhyeok's axe blade.
Then I swatted the scattering rock fragments with my opposite palm.
Boom boom boom boom!
The crumbled stone pieces scattered like shotgun pellets.
Lim Munhyeok in front of me defended against it with the Orc's characteristic robust health and defense, but No Name behind him didn't.
"Gah!?"
Drakeman bones are thinner than Orc bones.
So the flying rock fragments would deal considerable damage and bleeding to her body.......
"Shield! Heal! Haste!"
......Didn't they?
Bae Minji was already standing behind No Name.
The Elf's characteristic divine power borrowed through direct communication with high-ranking angels completely healed No Name's body.
Not only that, she even applied a defense barrier and speed buff, so for No Name it was like gaining wings.
"Th, thank you."
"Don't mention it, unni. This is a supporter's job."
Bae Minji smiled brightly at No Name.
Also, she drew a bow from her waist.
Holy Arrow.
A white arrow made by condensing divine power flew combined with No Name's arrow.
"The ADC and support chemistry is excellent? No worries about the bottom lane."
I retreated backward to avoid No Name and Bae Minji's combined attack.
However, there stood.
"Friend. I hope you haven't forgotten about me?"
Death Knight Do Jeha, emanating fierce momentum intimidating enough to make me flinch for a moment.
......Flash!
Dark currents formed the shape of lightning and swirled.
A slash extending from Do Jeha's sword Jeoneoeo shot toward my back.
"Wow, did you all plan this? I'm suspicious whether this is really your first meeting."
From the ADC's preemptive attack to the jungler's intervention, supporter's assistance, and mid laner's burst damage.
This chain process flowed as naturally as water with nothing awkward about it.
'......As expected, naturally talented people are different from the first step.'
Talent is overpowered and crushes everything.
The gaming world is where this logic stands out even more.
The violent quartet of talents I had gathered here was showing teamplay like comrades who had overcome life and death together for a long time, despite coordinating for the first time today.
"Do Jeha hyung! I'll join in!"
"Got it, Munhyeok. 2 o'clock direction!"
Lim Munhyeok and Do Jeha, who had become close, marked my front while continuously disrupting my vision.
Meanwhile.
"Unni! I'll cover when you shoot!"
"Uh, okay!"
Bae Minji and No Name, who still looked slightly awkward, aimed at my rear.
'Hmm. The longer I drag out the battle, the better their unity will become?'
Originally, friendship and trust bloom in intense activities or extreme situations.
It might be good to draw it out moderately.
Bang! Boom!
Lim Munhyeok swung his axe and continuously pounded my gauntlet.
......Clang!
When the axe finally broke, unable to overcome my gauntlet's durability, he immediately switched to gauntlet equipment and showed the grit of throwing punches.
"You'd suit fists better than an axe. Want to learn boxing from me?"
"Sounds good! But first, my goal here is to land one hit on hyung-nim......!"
Lim Munhyeok spun on one foot and threw a big punch at me.
The talent is real, but both hardware and software are still clumsy.
"You need to level up more first and evolve to a superior species. Change equipment after that."
I took Lim Munhyeok's punch directly.
Then I fell to the ground and jumped back up.
Then.
"Gyaaaah!?"
Lim Munhyeok gets knocked far back.
His eyes were spinning and his HP had dropped to the red zone, barely avoiding instant death.
"Oops!"
I smacked my forehead.
Wake-up attack.
Fourth Wall's PVP has a passive function like fighting games where you deal slight damage to opponents when you jump up after being knocked down, and Lim Munhyeok got hit by that.
"Whew, I almost died to a wake-up attack. Sorry, Munhyeok."
"......Wha, what did I almost die to? Just now?"
Lim Munhyeok reacted bewildered even while receiving Bae Minji's heal.
He seemed unable to believe that he, a fairly high ranker, almost died instantly from a simple wake-up attack.
"Truly monster-like. Can't even scratch him. So that's why he caught a Grade 1 monster 1-on-1. Someday I too......"
Do Jeha looked at me with sparkling eyes.
Somehow it was a burdensome gaze.
However.
"Die! Just die! Gyaaaah!"
No Name continued firing arrows at me.
"Uh, unni. Museon oppa doesn't seem to take any damage even when hit by arrows."
"Gyaaaaaaah!"
Despite Bae Minji's restraint, No Name continued burning with fighting spirit.
"Just die once for me! It's not that hard!"
"......It's not hard. But somehow I don't want to die to you."
No Name's obsession with me was now in the realm of madness.
I could see her competitive spirit had truly gone crazy...... but I couldn't understand why she was jumping around this much.
'Ah, is it because of that strange title I saw before?'
I recalled one of No Name's titles.
<Title 1: Humanity's First Killer>
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This was a title that even I, who had played this game for 10 years, didn't know.
'It's probably a title given to the first person to kill someone through PVP...... I can't tell the effect.'
When No Name verified her status window, this part was mosaic-processed so I couldn't see it properly.
"Well, that's not what's important."
I picked up No Name, who was clinging like a leech, and slammed her into the ground.
"Gyaah!"
No Name, buried head-first, clutched her head and.
"You, this...... this......"
Soon began crying.
"Wuuuuuuh...... Miserable...... Can't deal even 1 damage...... What is this......"
"Unni......"
Bae Minji comforted the struggling No Name with a pitying expression.
Then.
"No. Damage did go through."
I pointed to my nose with my finger.
"......Really? Where?"
No Name lifted her tearful face to look at me.
At the tip of my nose was a very tiny scratch.
It was so small you'd need a microscope to see it, but No Name with good eyesight seemed to have spotted it.
"Good! It went through, damage! I'm improving! Just wait and see! Someday I'll definitely......"
No Name's complexion brightened dramatically.
She really is an easy one to handle.
Clap clap—
I clapped my hands to gather the other team members.
"Looking at everyone, I can see points that need improvement."
First was Lim Munhyeok.
"Munhyeok, as I said earlier, gauntlets would suit you better than an axe. Get new equipment, and learn boxing from hyung in real life."
"Yes!"
Lim Munhyeok saluted and answered briskly.
In reality, it would have looked like a chick folding its wings, but since he had an Orc's body in the game, it didn't look cute at all.
Next was Bae Minji.
"Minji, your heal timing, buff timing, and shield timing were all good today, but it's a bit disappointing that the effects are small because your level is too low. Let's do some raids together sometime. I'll power level you. Ah, isn't the college entrance exam soon? After that's over."
"Wow— sounds good! You can do it before the exam too!"
Bae Minji nodded with a bright smile.
Next was Do Jeha's turn.
"Friend. You have really good physical ability, but your concentration maintenance time seems a bit short."
"That's true. But I don't know where the problem stems from. Can you tell me?"
"I don't think it's a problem with gaming talent. It's a problem with your real body."
I presented a solution to Do Jeha.
"You have so many things to worry about that you get distracted thoughts and tired, so you can't concentrate continuously. Don't play games for a while and rest. Sleep a lot, don't stress, and definitely exercise."
"I'm already doing that though?"
"How is sleeping 3 hours a day sleeping a lot? Sleep more!"
"Bu, but I'm a short sleeper......"
"Shut up. Just rest instead."
In Do Jeha's case, real-life problems are more concerning than in-game problems.
Since he's already a busy guy, the problem is that he might harm his health.
I turned my gaze away from Do Jeha.
Last was No Name, the strange one whose real name I still didn't know.
"Hey, you."
"What."
"You're going to travel around with me for a while."
"?"
I pointed specifically at No Name alone.
"You see. For an ADC, your meta is too ambiguous. If it's bow then bow, if it's dagger then dagger, huh? If archer then archer, if rogue then rogue, be clear about it. And overall I can't figure you out. Very mysterious."
"......"
"So think of it as going on MT and follow me. Let's run some raids to clearly refine your meta and slightly change your items too."
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