Chapter 0
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Prologue
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"Kiiiiiiaaaaaak!!"
A scream burst from my lips unbidden.
Unlike the protagonists of all those webnovels I'd devoured,
I, freshly isekai'd into this world, was just an ordinary guy.
"Kruuuuuu!!!!!"
"Gwaaaaarrrrrrr!!!!!"
Hot on my heels were those green monsters.
Judging by their scrawny frames and puny statures, they had to be the lowest-tier mobs.
'...Can I take them?'
No matter how dark this fantasy world was supposed to be,
they wouldn't throw an unbeatable foe at me right from the start.
If I stayed calm and handled it right, maybe I could...
'No, screw that!!!'
These things had been snout-deep in corpses just moments ago, and now three of them were chasing me across an empty field.
'This is a dark fantasy world, for crying out loud!!'
For them to survive in this brutal environment,
they had to be tough in their own right.
I couldn't dismiss them as mere tutorial trash.
No, the weak one here was me.
Yi Hyun, aspiring writer with zero real skills or jobs to my name.
That was why I'd bolted the second I saw them.
I had zero interest in becoming goblin party snacks.
"Huff... huff..."
'At this rate, I won't last another minute!!'
But running wasn't easy either.
Shaking them off seemed impossible, and my stamina was way worse than theirs.
'No choice—gotta make a desperate stand before I run out of gas!'
"Status Window!!"
I whipped around mid-stride and shouted.
Every possession story worth its salt had a status screen, right?
"...Kra?"
"......"
'Don't look at me like I'm past my expiration date.'
The goblins tilted their heads,
whispering to each other with strange expressions.
They were probably debating if I was edible or spoiled...
[Loading complete.]
'Yes!!'
A translucent window popped up in that brief opening.
It was unmistakably the status screen from the game I'd isekai'd into.
'I'd spent five hours installing mods and never actually played the game itself...'
"Weapon!"
I frantically rummaged through the inventory tab.
"......?"
"Kaa?"
Even as I did, the goblins closed in slowly.
Unlike when they'd chased me, their movements were cautious now.
True to this dark fantasy world's locals...
[Language Pack loading complete.]
"Is that thing really safe to eat?"
"What if we get sick from bad meat?"
"......"
'They were just being careful about food poisoning. Hygienic little bastards.'
My hands flailed faster through the empty air.
I must've looked like a raving lunatic to them,
'Anyway, hurry up with the weapon!'
but to me, it was a desperate struggle.
A fight for survival.
"......!!"
'Found it!'
And maybe because of that,
I finally spotted the words "Basic Weapon."
It was a dagger.
'I'd rather have a bat, but...'
Beggars couldn't be choosers.
I slammed the equip button.
Now, with this, I'd fight a bloody battle for life and death...
[Mod loading complete.]
[Currently applied mods: 5/5]
[Overhaul Mod - 'Gunner' applied.]
[Basic Weapon changes to 'Assault Rifle.']
That instant—click—
a gun materialized in my hand.
A machine forged from cold steel.
Said to mimic the lingering wrath of the God of War.
"......?"
'Why the hell did the mods come with me?'
I'd just tinkered with a few mods, that's all.
And now the genre had flipped.