The Heroic Landing... Wait, What?
= Now entering a new world. =
"!?"
The sudden electronic voice snapped me back to reality.
I opened my eyes, but everything around me was pitch black.
"..."
...
......
How much time had passed? Suddenly, a notification chime rang out, followed by that same electronic voice.
= You have entered a new world. =
= Player (Human) confirmed. =
= Player (Human) gender confirmed as male; penalty activated. =
"Excuse me?"
Are you kidding me right now?
You’re hitting me with a penalty before I’ve even started...?
I was dumbfounded, but curious about what kind of penalty had been applied, so I opened my status window.
"Status Window."
In the dark void, a bright light erupted, revealing a rectangular status screen.
[Race] : Player (Human)
[Gender] : Male
[Alignment] : Neutral
[Status]
Strength : 5 (10/2)
Agility : 5 (10/2)
Intelligence : 5 (10/2)
Stamina : 500/500 (1000/2)
Mana : 500/500 (1000/2)
[Equipment]
Upper Body : Military Uniform Top
Lower Body : Military Uniform Bottom
Footwear : Combat Boots
Items : Empty
[Inventory] : Rock-Paper-Scissors Machine (Stored)
[Skills]
Status Window (Passive)
Language Translation (Passive)
Meat-Slicing Bone-Cutting (Passive)
Tsunami (Active)
- Tsunami R (Stamina Recovery) (Active)
- Tsunami G (Status Effect Recovery) (Active)
- Tsunami B (Mana Recovery) (Active)
@ If no buff is selected, a skill is cast randomly.
※ Currently abbreviated... Touch to view detailed information.
[Penalty]
# Gender Reversal (Passive)
I looked down at the status window and spotted an item added at the very end.
"...Gender... Reversal? Wasn't that a setting from those fantasy novels?"
No, wait... this isn't exactly the main genre for novels on Novelpia, but still... I hit the jackpot here? Of all things...?
I raised my hand and touched the 'Gender Reversal' entry.
[Penalty]
# Gender Reversal (Passive)
- Since you are currently male, your stats are reduced by half.
- A single choice dictates your fate. You, who chose the path of a man! Accept the penalty willingly.
- If female, stats are increased by 2x.
- ???
☞ Overcoming HINT
- Infinite GACHA
What the hell... a penalty just for being a man...?
The conclusion is simple...
You, a man? Penalty!
You, a woman? Buff!
Isn't that it...?
There's a four-fold difference in stats by default...
Is this for real?
A world where you get a penalty just for being a man, and a buff just for being a woman... this is a truly insane, psycho-level world view.
Usually, they give you some kind of benefit to help you overcome a unique choice...
But there's absolutely none of that here.
Suddenly, I remembered a line from a character in a game I played with my juniors when we went out on leave from the military...
'Do not hope for luck...' was it...?
Anyway, they kindly(?) gave me a hint for overcoming it, but...
In the end, it just means I have to solve it myself with my own ability to pull infinite gacha, relying on my own luck, right?
Heh...
Interesting... very interesting. It's so terrifyingly creepy that it's interesting.
I'm the guy who had decent gacha luck in a game made by a country that even the home of gacha would call vicious, you know...
Just you wait. I'll overcome this and catch up.
As I set my goal and made a firm resolution, an electronic voice informed me that I had reached my destination.
= You have reached the target destination. =
= You have reached the target destination. I don't know how long you'll survive as a man... but do your best to struggle... =
Look at this crazy thing talking.
It sounds like I'm going to die any second now...
I'll grit my teeth, make a comeback, and return...
The notification sound started counting down.
= Arrival at target destination in 10 =
= Arrival at target destination in 9 =
= Arrival at target destination in 8 =
= Arrival at target destination in 7 =
.
..
...
= Arrival at target destination in 2 =
= Arrival at target destination in 1 =
"Alright, open the door. I'm coming! I'll show you the tenacity of a Korean. Wait a second. Wait, did you say Doha? Aaaaaaaah!"
Whoosh—
With the sensation of the ground beneath me vanishing, I began to fall, screaming.
Waaaaaaah!
Clang!
Boom!
"Argh!"
"Kyaa!"
"Die! Die! Die!"
"Fireball!"
"Darkness!"
"Holy Shield!"
The sound of all kinds of weapons clashing filled the air, and explosions erupted as magic flew everywhere.
Screams echoed from all sides, and everyone was swinging their weapons and fighting for their lives.
It was, quite literally, a massive, desperate battlefield on the plains.
The battle had formed a front line split east and west, like the shape of the character ∫, and as time passed, the fighting grew more intense as each side tried to gain even the slightest advantage.
And as time flowed and the sun began to set, painting the sky in twilight, the front line slowly began to solidify into a standoff.
Soon, the center of the front line split open, and as the forces pulled back, figures who appeared to be the representatives of each side emerged.
The figure who emerged from the east had long, wavy, bright red hair that reached her waist, looking as if it were about to burst into flames. She had a high-bridged nose that anyone would call beautiful, cherry-like lips, and a typical cat-like face with porcelain-white skin. She was a beauty of perfect appearance, needing no further description.
The beauty was about 175cm tall and wore dark, ink-colored light armor that wasn't overly revealing, though it couldn't hide her magnificent chest size.
The figure who emerged from the west could be guessed to be an angel, given the six beautiful wings on her back and the halo emitting a pure white light above her shoulder-length blonde hair.
The angel-like figure was also about 175cm tall and wore pure white light armor that wasn't overly revealing, and she, too, couldn't hide her magnificent chest size.
The women who appeared to be the representatives of both sides began to walk slowly toward each other.
Step, step.
Step, step.
They finally met in the middle of the battlefield.
They looked at each other for a moment, and their beautiful lips opened, but the content was brutal.
The angel from the west smiled brightly and spoke first.
"Hehehe, it's been a while, hasn't it?"
The angel's voice, which seemed capable of capturing men's hearts and keeping them awake with excitement just by hearing it, echoed quietly across the battlefield.
"Indeed... it has. But I don't think we're on terms where we can have such a leisurely conversation, are we?"
The beauty from the east spoke in a cold yet nostalgic tone.
"Oh my, you're so cold between us?"
"What? Be.tween. us? You and me, when you act all nice in front and plot gloomy schemes behind my back? That's ridiculous."
Grind—
The beauty from the east emphasized her words, perhaps annoyed by the angel's claim of them being 'between us'. As if that had never been the case.
"Oh my... is my credibility that low? Me, an Archangel~?"
The angel, who called herself an Archangel, fluttered her six wings once and covered her mouth demurely as she spoke.
"Nothing special happened, so I don't know why you're so on edge?"
"Ha, ever since recently, a massive mana wave has been continuously detected from the Angel camp... how could I not be on edge?"
"Ah~ well, it's nothing special, is it? Not enough for the Demon camp to worry about, right?"
"Bullshit."
"Oh my~ such vulgar language...?"
"You keep saying 'oh my' and pretending to be noble... but the image of the Asura from the old days still comes to mind. You must have worked really hard to erase that Asura image, huh?"
Grind—
A grinding sound came from the Archangel who had been covering her mouth.
Whisper, whisper, whisper...
Murmur, murmur, murmur...
From behind the Archangel, reactions of disbelief erupted: "The Archangel?", "Asura?", "Eh?", "No way..."
The Archangel managed her expression, lowered her hand, turned around, and smiled.
"Everyone! Do not be swayed by the Demon's sorcery! We must not forget our purpose!"
A brilliant white light shone from the Archangel's hand as she reached it toward the sky.
Kyaaaaaa!
Arch! Angel!
Arch! Angel!
"Back then or now... your ability to talk your way out of things is truly top-notch."
At the sharp criticism from the beauty of the east, the Archangel spun around and glared.
"...That was a secret I worked so hard to hide... and you just say it?"
"Then what? I'm just a vulgar Demon. I just told you exactly how it is."
"Ha... fine. For now, I was thinking of heading back today... are you going to continue?"
At the Archangel's question of whether to continue the war, the beauty from the east, the Demon, looked into the Archangel's eyes for a moment and then agreed.
"Yes. Today, we shall return as well..."
That was when it happened.
Suddenly, a shadow began to cast over the Archangel and the Demon.
"...?"
"...?"
????
The beings on the battlefield who looked up were forced into confusion.
Because something glowing bright red was falling vertically from above.
The Demon, who had been suspiciously eyeing the Archangel, asked while keeping her gaze fixed on the object falling from the sky.
"...Hey, by any chance, is that you...?"
"A-absolutely not! That's not something we did! What is it? What's going on?"
The Archangel denied it vehemently.
At that moment, four Demons from the east and five Angels from the west moved to the sides of their respective representatives, lining up and standing guard.
"Mother!"
"Archangel!"
They summoned their weapons, which were like extensions of themselves, and aimed them not at each other, but at the sky.
!@#$%^&*$$@^#$^#$# !!!!
As it became visible to the naked eye from the upper atmosphere, a sound came from that something in the sky.
???
"Get out of the way!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to collide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
!!!!!!!
Something glowing bright red collided instantly with the ground between the Archangel and the Demon.
Thud—
..
...
!!!
If it had fallen normally from the sky, there should have been a massive crater and impact phenomenon... but surprisingly, only a little dust appeared on the ground before disappearing.
And a moment later, after the dust settled...
At the center of the strange phenomenon, a being was revealed to everyone, having landed on both feet in a pose known as a 'Superhero Landing'.
Both sides maintained a suffocating tension at the appearance of this new existence.
The being slowly rose from the superhero landing pose, stood up straight, scratched his head, and spoke.
"Oh... oh! I survived... huh? Ah... hello?"
A calm but slightly flustered man's voice flowed out.
"...Huh?"
"...It's a man..."
"That's a man's voice...?"
Whisper, whisper, whisper...
Murmur, murmur, murmur...
"He said he's a man!"
"What? A man?"
"Don't lie!"
"Are you a human...?"
"...Yes? Oh, um... yes, I am a human male... um... by any chance... is this the way to the Angel camp?"
What?
Angel camp?
Human?
Man?
Ah, I can't let this slide...
The Demon, who suddenly felt the desire to possess the man who mentioned the Angel camp, reached out her hand toward the human male.
Slap—
The Archangel, having snapped out of it, swatted her hand away and said.
"You bitch, he's ours, and you're trying to lay a hand on him?"
"Ha, take him!"
"Protect him!"
Waaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thus, the war, which had been in a lull, ignited once again due to the appearance of one human male.
And one man's sorrowful voice rang out pitifully from the middle of the battlefield.
"Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Save meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!"