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Chapter 1
The First Game in Human History!
The Greatest Game in Human History!
Finally, born with advanced technological prowess, the virtual reality game, ‘Sanctuary’ was a magnificent game adorned with numerous accolades. The primary objective of the game was to leave a significant mark on the continent of Sanctuary by finding one’s own destiny within the randomness of life.
If that were all, it would have merely been a well-made initial virtual reality game. However, Sanctuary was different.
– Three Lives!
In Sanctuary, three lives are given to the player. The player inherits the achievements of each life to the next, evolving under their influence.
That is to say…
– Reincarnation System.
Given the benefits of reincarnation through past lives.
Sanctuary captured the attention and love of countless players.
Of course, the game was not without its issues.
– Damn it! Does this difficulty make any sense?
– How…
The biggest problem in Sanctuary.
– It’s been 10 years since Sanctuary came out, and nobody has cleared it. Does that make any sense?
No one has cleared the game due to its extreme difficulty. Even becoming a hero and defeating the demon king. Even becoming a saint and saving the world from evil.
Even becoming the emperor of the empire did not cause the game’s ending credits to appear.
The game company said,
– There are definitely ending credits.
Sanctuary has an ending.
And finally, on the 13th anniversary of Sanctuary’s opening.
– What’s that? Have you seen this?
– Sanctuary!
A single announcement that concentrated hundreds of millions of gamers worldwide.
– The first Sanctuary clear has been achieved!
A monumental event that made headlines even in the news bulletin. However, following reports from gaming YouTubers, many gamers couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
– The first clearing of Sanctuary was not achieved through normal gameplay.
In other words,
– A cheat player cleared the game.
It was news that only brought cold stares and immense disappointment.
– The cheat player will face consequences proportional to their actions.
Furthermore, the developers of Sanctuary issued a stern warning to cheat players.
***
“This is outrageous!”
A scream echoing through the back alley.
“To call this a punishment is too much!”
In frustration, the residents of the alley quietly closed their windows.
There was no one here to help.
“Barely…!”
Thud!
At that moment, a flying kick landed on the face of the shouting man.
“Ugh… Ugh!”
The man groaned in pain.
“Barely?”
The man standing before him glared at him with a chilling voice.
“You said ‘barely’ just now? Seriously?”
“Y-yes…! Barely!”
“Is this guy insane?”
The man didn’t stop kicking the fallen man.
“Sigh.”
When the kicking finally stopped after a few minutes,
“I’m here, boss.”
Another man approached and handed a towel to the man who was kicking.
Another man brought a piece of furniture and placed it in front of the man.
Thud.
The man sat down.
In the darkness of the night, the man’s face was revealed in the brilliant moonlight.
White hair as if drained of color, eyes the color of the sky.
His subtle yet beautiful appearance seemed to catch anyone’s attention.
“Say it again. ‘Barely’?”
“Ugh…”
The fallen man whimpered without any response to the man’s words.
“I told you not to fuck around in my territory.”
“That… that…”
“Keep talking.”
Under the man’s gesture, his subordinates lifted the fallen man up.
“I… I asked for Rose!”
Rose, the top-notch woman famous in the underworld.
“But what came out was Rose, but a wildflower!”
“Pfft.”
The subordinates couldn’t help but turn their heads, suppressing their laughter.
“You find this amusing?”
But at the man’s subsequent tone, the subordinates quickly lowered their heads.
“Sorry, boss.”
“We’ll settle this later.”
The complexion turned ashen.
“Whether it’s a wildflower or Rose, if you call for one, you have to pay for it. Isn’t that right?”
“What the fuck!”
Whack!
The sitting man kicked the barely standing man.
“You dare to swear at me after benefiting from it?”
“Ugh…”
“If you use it, you pay for it. Isn’t that a simple principle? You have no money yet you dared to call for Rose with a few silver coins. You penniless bastard.”
“I… I’m sorry…”
“This is the last time.”
The man stood up.
“If I catch you pulling this shit again, I’ll make sure you can’t use roses or wildflowers ever again.”
White hair and eyes the color of the sky.
Despite a noble appearance that one might trust, the man was rough to the core.
His fierce demeanor only added to his ruggedness.
The man.
He was none other than.
“Boss?”
“Go through him and get the rest of the money.”
“Yes, boss.”
He was the Mad Dog of Chichiron, Sein.
***
It was another day of completing the tasks excellently and heading back.
“Bor is crazier than me.”
The man spoke of Bor, the owner of the moon of Chichiron’s underworld.
“If I called for Rose, but a wildflower showed up, even I would lose it.”
No, would this madness ever end?
Bor was halfway killed, and the underworld was about to be set ablaze.
But what could he do?
“This is my life.”
The slums.
He was born and raised there.
Life didn’t even allow him to leave this narrow alley.
Survival meant doing anything, even licking the backside of a mugger.
That was the life of Sein.
After years of struggle, he finally claimed his territory.
“I guess you could call it success.”
He smirked, twisting one corner of his mouth.
A truly harsh life.
Who could blame anyone?
It was his own fault for being born like this, and his own fault for living like this.
Even if regretful, he had been harshly dealt with by the given reality, and it had been a long time.
‘It was a life I thought I would never get used to.’
Sein with a rough, wolf-like appearance.
But his current appearance was somewhat vague, that of a regretful sinner.
“Anyway…”
The alleyways of Chichiron.
While quiet during the day, at night, this place was noisy.
But it was already late at night.
“It’s too quiet.”
Sein, standing still, looked around.
Since then, not a single shadow of a person, not even a rat, could be seen.
It was a strange situation to anyone else, but Sein remained calm.
“Hmm.”
A sobbing sound echoed from somewhere.
“Who’s crying on such a fine day?”
As Sein spoke, shadows began to appear slowly in the alley.
“It’s me… You son of a bitch!”
“You’re that asshole from earlier, aren’t you?”
The guy who made a fuss about getting a wildflower instead of Rose.
He appeared in the alley, wrapped in a blanket, having been beaten up and stripped of everything worth money.
The problem was.
“Heh.”
He wasn’t alone.
“Are you with the cripple?”
Laughter accompanied the appearance of figures, too many to count.
Even after careful inspection, the alley was already filled with shadows.
Thomas, the cripple, one who is sharing this narrow Chichiron with me.
No matter how much of a bastard Bor was, he wouldn’t do such a thing.
“Do you understand now?”
“Bor, I knew he owed you, but to stab me in the back like this.”
Finally, the shadow revealed itself.
A blond guy with a prosthetic leg.
“Long time no see. Mad Dog.”
“Don’t you dare call me a mad dog. Cripple.”
“…Hmph.”
In no time, Sein found himself completely surrounded.
Already, there had been clashes here and there due to Sein taking over the territory.
“Wanna start a war?”
“War? What nonsense.”
Snickering, the cripple grinned ominously in the moonlight.
“It’s a hunt.”
Though he looked for a way to escape, there was none.
‘Looks like he’s been prepared for a long time.’
It had been over a year since he took over the territory, so it might have been inevitable.
Sein was about to pull something out from his pouch.
“It’s useless. Your lackeys have already gone far away.”
“Yeah, well, they said they had a stash of money.”
The guy who was crying and getting beaten just a moment ago raised his voice, claiming to be on Sein’s side.
“Hah. Money, money, money.”
Though he intended to pull out a whistle, Sein took out something else.
Swish.
A sharp, gleaming dagger.
In this garbage-filled alley of the underworld, it was quite a sophisticated item to obtain.
“You’ve been too much of a nuisance, Mad Dog.”
There was no choice.
‘About six in the front, seven in the back… Five on each side, perhaps? I’m ready.’
Despite being cautious, it seemed inevitable that one would become dull over time.
“Today, I’ll kill you here, and I’ll take over the alley of Chichiron.”
The cripple’s right hand slowly rose.
And finally, the moment it struck down.
“Kill him!”
The subordinates of the cripple began to rush in.
Clang! Clang!
Sparks flew out.
Even though outnumbered, Sein was the boss who controlled one of the alleys in Chichiron’s underworld.
Experiences of countless fights since childhood.
“Hiiyah!”
Sharp sword strike that one wouldn’t think could come from an alleyway native.
And movements quicker than anyone else’s.
“Why is that guy fighting so well!”
It seemed like a trap one couldn’t escape from.
“Argh!”
Sein had already dispatched more than seven opponents.
“What are you doing? Come in.”
Sein, wiping his hands on the clothes stained with the blood of the cripples’ organization members.
Truly a Mad Dog in every sense.
“What are you all doing! Kill! Kill him!”
Even with the cripple’s orders, his subordinates couldn’t step forward easily.
“Useless lot…!”
Frustrated by the sight of his subordinates, who despite countless preparations couldn’t hunt down one Mad Dog, the cripple finally moved.
Or rather.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll have to step in.”
More accurately, it was the shadow next to him.
“You know my sword is expensive, right?”
“Of course!”
A man wielding a sophisticated sword that didn’t match the alley.
It seemed the cripple had indeed made preparations for hunting down the Mad Dog.
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