Chapter 6

After finishing the meal, Minhee immediately asked for the character name that she had promised to add, and handed over a note.

“What’s your character name? I need to add you right away. Oh, by the way, this is mine.”

“Oh, yes. Mine is ‘Chanseong.’ I just wrote the name because I had nothing else to do.”

“Wow, using your real name as a character name... You’re really a newbie.”

As soon as she heard Chanseong’s character name, she looked at him with an expression that seemed to say, “You’re really something.”

“Hey, let me see. MinimumMinimum. Is this your ID?”

“Um… Do I really have to say it out loud?”

“Huh? But it’s your character name. You made it yourself and use it in the game...”

Chanseong’s reaction seemed to imply that something was off, but Minhee’s face was already bright red with embarrassment.

She was over 180 centimeters tall, and her height was a complex for her.

‘Newbies shouldn’t be like this! Ughhhhh!’

Not only that, she had even paid a considerable amount of money to make her character small and cute, which was completely different from her real self.

“Ugh... Ugh! Anyway, don’t say it outside.”

“Huh? Oh, yes. Then I’ll do that. So, can I call you MinimumMinimum inside the game?”

“I told you not to say it outside.”

“Oh, right. Sorry.”

“Phew! Hahaha!”

She felt dizzy because of Chanseong’s natural apology and her father’s enthusiastic laughter.

Feeling as if some bad luck had befallen her, she grabbed her forehead and said as she headed to her room,

“Anyway, add me as a friend as soon as you get in. I’ll do the same.”

“Yes, sis!”

Seeing Minhee enter her room, Chanseong also went to his room.

“Alright... Let’s unpack first.”

Most of the items were from when he lived in the mountain dojo, but there were also quite a few training tools.

“Ah... Do I need the dumbbells and exercise equipment anymore? No, that’s not it. I need them even more.”

Without legs, he would have to rely on other parts of his body, so he decided to continue strength training and other exercises.

“Phew~ Done. I’ve gathered the unnecessary items in a garbage bag and will throw them out tomorrow morning. And I’ll start training from tomorrow... So, should I play the game again? Let’s go.”

After tidying up and cleaning his room, Chanseong activated the Phantom Drive-2.

“Here I come. Let’s add.”

“Oh... I can see. Level 52? Is that high?”

For reference, level 52 was the highest level in Another World Archive at the time.

And the guild she belonged to, ‘Hwasin,’ was one of the top 20 guilds in Another World Archive.

‘She said I could ask questions, but I shouldn’t go overboard. Okay, let’s try it out.’

With that thought, Chanseong immediately opened the door and entered the Adventurer’s Guild headquarters.

You are now a formal beginner adventurer. Accept a quest and start your adventure.

Condition: Accept a quest from the quest board 0/1

“Quest? The board... Oh! There are so many people.”

Chanseong couldn’t help but look at the people rather than the system message.

It was the third month of the service. The vanguard had already ventured into the world, but the game was still popular as the next-generation latest title, so many new players were still joining.

‘Oh... There are so many people.’

There were no specific elements to distinguish between players and NPCs at first glance, but he could roughly tell the difference by their speech, clothing, and movements.

Watching the chattering crowd, Chanseong felt the reality of it being an online game and headed to the quest board.

There are three local quests available.

Recommended Lv.1-10: Save the village suffering from goblins.

Recommended Lv.1-10: Large-scale city sewer cleaning operation!

Recommended Lv.1-10: Protect the orchard from giant bugs!

“Three recommendations? Are they trying to disperse the players? Hmm~ Where should I go?”

Three choices.

‘Hmm... Between cleaning and bug extermination, I guess I’ll go with the goblins. I don’t know what goblins are, but it seems like a fight.’

Chanseong immediately chose the quest ‘Save the village suffering from goblins’ and headed to the registration desk to get the map to the village.

The NPC at the registration desk smiled and gave him the map, and Chanseong, thinking it was finally time for a real adventure, looked at the map and headed to the carriage to the quest area.

***

At the same time.

Level 50 Raid Dungeon, Gargant Fortress of the Empire.

The Empire, officially known as the ‘Bernka Empire,’ was the antagonist nation threatening the world in ‘Another World Archive.’

The current emperor, Heinrich Bernka, known as the Great Tyrant, had ambitions that were too large.

The emperor’s ambition to unify the world ultimately led him to ally with the forces of darkness, and the current main story revolved around fighting against this ambition.

This raid dungeon was home to Gargant, one of the tyrant knights directly under the Great Tyrant Heinrich Bernka, and was the most difficult dungeon in ‘Another World Archive’ at the time.

And now, the vanguard strategy team was working hard to clear it.

“Gate damage! Gate damage! Gate damage! No! Mob damage!”

“2 minutes and 10 seconds... Artillery incoming! Quickly supply and set up the terrain!”

“Can’t be late with mob control!”

“Give me some healing!”

“Healers, heal yourself!”

Jae Minhee was busy casting spells and moving around with her guildmates to break through the fortress gate, the first named enemy in the raid dungeon.

‘Phew, this attempt will probably fail too? It’s hard, really hard.’

“Everyone, retreat! Retreat! Get out of the battle area!”

‘Phew~ As expected, the damage is insufficient, causing chaos.’

As a ranged damage dealer, she was waiting in a safe area and watched the raid members come in.

“Ah! The raid dungeon is so difficult.”

“Run fast! You’ll lose experience if you die!”

“At least there’s no level down for raid failures, which is a relief.”

“What’s a relief? We can’t level up!”

“Items are more important than level differences, so we need to clear it!”

‘Phew~ It’s really difficult. The named enemy is this tough... Maybe I should level up more? It might be easier if I level up by 5 more levels...’

Minhee was thinking about the strategy while looking at the raid members from her guild, Hwasin, who had entered the safe area.

In any RPG, raids are the top PVE content, with difficulty-appropriate item rewards and a central role in the main story. In ‘Another World Archive,’ the competitive elements among players were also well integrated, making it even more important.

‘Hmm... Items for the fortress battle or siege to defend the city are needed, but this raid seems too hasty... I’ll ask Eunbyeol for more potions... Oh? This guy...’

‘Could he have chosen the goblin extermination quest as his first quest? This is a complete minefield...’

While checking her friend list to ask a friendly player for potions, she was surprised to see Chanseong’s information.

The quest ‘Goblin Extermination’ in the area where Chanseong was located was a well-known ‘newbie slicer’ and a nuclear mine quest.

She recalled the various complaints written by newbies on internet communities about 3 months ago when ‘Another World Archive’ was launched.

The other beginner zone quests, ‘City Cleaning,’ involved dealing with low-intelligence giant rats in the sewers, and ‘Bug Extermination’ involved dealing with a large number of non-intelligent bugs, making them relatively easy to clear.

In contrast, goblins were small, agile, and used various cold weapons, ranged weapons, and poisons.

That’s not all; they even set up crude traps, making it the most avoided quest among newbies.

‘Should I tell him? Hmm... No, I should see how far he can go and how much perseverance he has before deciding. I’ll let him go through the goblin route, which is a minefield...’

Since she didn’t know what kind of person Chanseong was or what qualities he had as a gamer, she decided to let him go through the goblin route.

‘If he asks for help or advice later, I can tell him then...’

“Alright! If you’re done with the preparations, let’s try again. Everyone to your positions! Ready up! Ready up! We’re getting better. Let’s start quickly.”

Hearing the raid leader’s call, she immediately moved to her position for the next attempt.