Chapter 10
Chapter 10
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: The First Cheat (2)
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Finally.
I'd obtained the long-awaited first cheat.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ 'Super Accuracy' has been activated. "Ah."
A sigh slipped from my lips unbidden.
Was it because it wasn't what I wanted?
The disappointment hit just as hard as my expectations had been high.
But that disappointment was short-lived.
"Well... I can just draw Infinite Items later."
The cheat tool wasn't going anywhere.
There would be more chances to earn usage rights down the line.
And I'd only wanted Infinite Items because it looked like the best option on the list anyway.
This 'Super Accuracy' draw was still a legitimate cheat.
As a 'cheat,' it would deliver overwhelming power no different from an S-rank talent.
So, with this cheat drawn, all I had to do was figure out how to use it effectively.
With that in mind, I opened the cheat tool again.
⚔ CHEAT TOOL ⚔ ☆Arena Academy☆
>[v 1.1 plus 8 Trainer]
• [○] Invincibility
• [○] Infinite HP
• [○] Infinite Stamina
• [○] Infinite Mana
• [○] Infinite Items
• [○] Speed Limit Removal
• [●] Super Accuracy [ON / OFF]
• [○] Enemy Slow Motion
Designated Cheat Usage Rights: 0
> Random Cheat Usage Rights: 0
> Cheat Usage Rights Next Usage Count Guide
> ※Click [Here] to check.
"Huh?"
The cheat tool had changed.
"Version's gone up?"
The cheat tool I'd opened earlier was version 1.0, but now it was version 1.1.
The moment I noticed, a message window popped up next to the cheat tool.
⚙ SYSTEM UPDATE ⚙ System 'Cheat Tool' update automatically completed. Would you like to view the details? Of course I had to check.
I tapped the message window.
📋 Table of Contents ✦ Improvements
['Lee Yoo-jin' Player Exclusive System 'Cheat Tool' Visibility Increased]
• □ Increased visibility for easier confirmation upon cheat activation.
• □ Detected difficulty in checking possession and count of 'Cheat Usage Rights' even after acquisition. Improved to display 'Cheat Usage Rights' count when player opens 'Cheat Tool'.
• □ Added 'Next Usage Count Guide' to 'Cheat Tool' for checking next 'Cheat Usage Rights' availability.
"Whoa..."
I couldn't help but marvel.
Real-time updates? Talk about a god-tier game.
"...Almost said that."
No, developer bro.
Were you watching me the whole time?
If you're updating in real-time like this, why not let me draw Infinite Items instead of Super Accuracy?
Am I starting to feel a bit miffed here?
You trapped me in this gift of a possession, so shouldn't you at least show some favoritism?
If full favoritism's too much, give me a slight edge to start with.
No matter how well I know this world as a veteran, starting with stats lower than some passing extra is a bit much.
"...Sigh."
After pouring out my grievances, a deep sigh escaped me.
I didn't know if it was the developer or this world's god watching me, but seeing the real-time update after the draw made me vent all the pent-up frustration from the moment I was possessed.
In a way, it might even be presumptuous to complain.
This being who possessed me into what was a game—or what I thought was a game—might be an unfathomably distant existence.
But separate from those thoughts, unloading my complaints left me feeling lighter.
"Thought I'd shaken off all the regrets, but guess not."
Maybe I'd just been bottling it up in a corner of my heart.
"You get it, right, developer bro? Players gripe and whine while playing games. But hey, I clocked 30,000 hours without ever posting a single complaint online. So you'll overlook this much, yeah?"
Anxious for no reason, I looked up at the ceiling and rattled off excuses to whoever might be watching.
Then I shut my mouth.
"..."
Silence filled the room.
It was quiet.
Nothing happened.
I might've just overreacted.
But what if...?
Better to uproot the seeds of anxiety than let them grow.
With that thought, after about ten seconds...
"Phew..."
I ended the brief silence with a sigh of relief.
"No more complaints."
Time to act like veteran Lee Yoo-jin, not noob-complainer Lee Yoo-jin.
As listed in the improvements, I tapped the [Here] at the bottom of the cheat tool.
📋 Cheat Usage Rights Next Usage Count Guide □ Random Cheat Usage Rights (↑) • - Invincibility: 20 uses
• - Infinite HP: 10 uses
• - Infinite Mana: 10 uses
• - Enemy Slow Motion: 10 uses
• - Infinite Stamina: 6 uses
• - Infinite Items: 6 uses
• - Speed Limit Removal: 6 uses
□ Designated Cheat Usage Rights • - Invincibility: 10 uses
• - Infinite HP: 5 uses
• - Infinite Mana: 5 uses
• - Enemy Slow Motion: 5 uses
• - Infinite Stamina: 3 uses
• - Infinite Items: 3 uses
• - Speed Limit Removal: 3 uses
※Each time you 'unlock' a cheat with a Random Cheat Usage Right, the count increases.
※Designated Cheat Usage Rights do not increase count even upon 'unlocking', unlike Random ones.
"..."
...Count increases?
The random usage right spent on Super Accuracy was 3.
Infinite Stamina, Infinite Items, and Speed Limit Removal—which were at the same level—were now at 6...
"...Doubles?"
Use 6 times to reach 12, 12 to 24?
"...Means I can't just burn through them even when I have enough."
I crossed my arms and reread the notice carefully.
If the count increases with each use—doubling, no less—then I had to hoard them as much as possible.
Even when conditions for use are met, hold off unless absolutely necessary; stockpile designated rights first, then use random ones. That was optimal.
But... there was one issue.
"Still early days, but main quests and top enrollment rank only give random rights..."
I doubted designated rights came from normal quests or simple achievements.
Probably, ways to get designated rights were...
"Tch... Don't tell me."
Emergency quests or feats.
Urgent Quests received when world-shaking events occur.
Feats earned by defeating life-or-death foes or influencing the world myself.
Really.
Truly.
Brutal challenges.
No matter how thoroughly I prepared, these hit suddenly, situations unpredictable, impossible to resolve easily.
That's partly why I wanted Infinite Items.
Thorough prep not enough?
Then prep more thoroughly, more abundantly.
Overwhelming preparation that makes 'hard' a joke.
"Still, worrying about challenges can wait."
The first major incident is mid-second semester after enrollment.
I recalled it as duel season.
While protagonists duel intensely, Fallen invade the academy.
That's when the first Urgent Quest hits.
Anyway, challenges later.
"...Time to lock in the plan."
My plan: Hoard random rights maximally.
Use designated rights first when available, then random.
A clean, efficient strategy.
Ding.
As I thought that, my Smart Watch chimed.
📧 Arena Academy Enrollment Notice Congratulations on passing the academy entrance exam. There will be an entrance ceremony tomorrow, so successful applicants please attend on time. 'Top Scorer' Lee Yoo-jin, as freshman representative, will deliver the oath. Please prepare the oath script. - Ceremony Time: October 14th, 10 AM. *P.S.: This message is sent based on ranking. I activated my Smart Watch, and sure enough, the announcement from the auditorium announcer arrived—enrollment details.
Operating it projected the message as a hologram.
"Heh, I'm the top scorer."
First test, second test.
The third decided enrollment rank, and as expected, my first place made me top.
Just an enrollment rank, but the honor of 'top scorer' filled me with pride.
In the game, I'd snagged 'top scorer' routinely.
But claiming it now, in reality, was exquisitely sweet.
Savoring it like a fine drink, I suddenly remembered I needed a weapon.
"Hmm... What weapon to pick..."
The 'B-grade Item Selection Ticket' from main quest performance bonus.
No category specified, so weapons, armor, accessories—all fair game.
Staring at the ticket occupying an inventory slot, I pondered weapons.
What I had: a pathetic body with bottom-tier stats.
F-rank 'Transfer' skill—two of them.
Cheat Super Accuracy—three.
"Hmm..."
Rough idea formed.
But unclear exactly what 'Super Accuracy' did.
Name suggested cheat-level precision...
"Hold off for now."
After ceremony and class assignment, introductory combat lesson happens.
Pick class training weapons then; test my ideas and use the ticket after.
Plan set, I stood.
Needed to pack for assigned dorm post-ceremony.
But upon rising...
"...Nothing to pack."
Room held only a worn mattress.
"Guess I'll sleep."
I flopped back down.