Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: No-Hit NG+10 Barehanded Clear
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[World Eater NG+10, No-Hit Barehanded Clear (Darkla Mode)]
[Video]
With this, BD4 Darkla Mode all-boss no-hit barehanded clear run is done.
Everything else was fine, but no parry meant I had to dodge with rolls one by one—that was the most bullshit part.
Questions? Drop 'em in the comments.
[Comments]
This shit actually works?
I can't even follow it with my eyes—how the fuck is there a guy clearing this?
Fucking lunatic for real lololololololololol
Playtime how many hours? Like 10,000?
ㄴChecked it just now lol
ㄴ30,171 hours
ㄴThought it was a person but turns out it's a beast bastard fuck
ㄴWorld's gotten better—beast bastard can talk now
ㄴNo but the game's only been out for like 10 years—30k hours? Life over?
ㄴThis is life—where you gonna find life?
ㄴ??????
Vanilla no-hit barehanded is already insane, but Darkla Mode no-hit barehanded is straight kekekekekekeke
ㄴJust watch closely and dodge, why can't you guys do it?
ㄴFuck off you fucking retard
Stretching my back with a big yawn, a groan like "ugruk" slipped out of my mouth. Notifications kept piling up nonstop after that, but I ignored them all.
I grabbed the phone on my desk and flopped onto the bed. My head sank deep into the blanket. Ignoring the real-time comment notifications stacking up in the status bar, I scrolled through the BD overseas community.
‘Am I the first to no-hit barehand Darkla Mode clear?’
The game I’d just uploaded a video of, *The Brightest Darkness 4*—abbreviated as *BD4*—was hitting its 10th anniversary this year.
Put nicely, it stimulated challenge runs; put bluntly, its bullshit difficulty had built a massive global fanbase, with Episode 4 smashing sales records.
Communities were crawling with hardcore veterans. Anything short of blindfolded clears or foot-only clears didn’t even register as noteworthy.
The original game was infamous for being brutally hard and unfair, and with guys glued to it for a full decade, it was no surprise.
But *The Darkest Light* Mode—aka *Darkla Mode*—was on another level entirely.
It took the hundreds of scattered enemy-buff mods floating around, refined them to perfection, and merged them into the ultimate enemy enhancement mod.
Made for veterans who’d exhausted every gimmick the game had to offer, its savagery exceeded any imagination.
It dropped right when my playtime hit around 10,000 hours—and I got my ass handed to me in the tutorial boss with zero chance to react.
Patterns that screamed, “Did they really expect anyone to clear this?” were disgustingly common. Especially the instant-death gimmicks, ground AoEs, and wide-range attacks that activated if you didn’t know the tells—I lived off curses for a while.
Grinding through it relentlessly, I finally reached the skill to claim the highest-cycle no-hit barehanded clear. Before I knew it, my playtime had blown past 30,000 hours.
“What now.”
The sense of accomplishment faded, leaving a sudden void. Having achieved the goal I’d lived for over years, I felt like I’d lost my path forward.
‘Wonder when they’ll finally drop BD5.’
If there was news on Episode 5, I could’ve at least looped some happy delusions.
Episode 1 came out 19 years ago, 2 was 17, 3 was 15, and 4 was 10—yet zero word on 5 since.
Four years after release, they dropped a lone trailer flashing the Episode 5 logo, then six more years passed. Fans were starting to lose their minds, and I was one of them.
Maybe sleep it off and think later—I reached to turn off my phone when a different kind of notification pinged, unlike the others.
Curious, I pulled down the status bar. There, atop the flood of comment alerts, sat a fat email.
“What the?”
The preview was lined with English. Mail from overseas. I frowned, figuring it was spam.
Peeking at the content, it started with some “we this” and “you that,” so I nearly trashed it as spam—until one word caught my eye, freezing me.
I tapped the email and read it carefully from the top.
“*The Brightest Darkness* Episode 5…… CBT?”
Long story short: They were recruiting for *BD5* CBT and asking if I was interested. If yes, click the attached link.
“Whoa?!”
I bolted upright without thinking. *BD5*? For real? Instinct screamed to click, but I barely reined in my reason and stopped.
My finger hovered frozen in midair, trembling.
“……No, could be fake.”
Yeah, no guarantee it wasn’t spam. Click a scam link blindly and I’m fucked.
Calming down, I mobilized the hive mind—fingers shaking as I hammered out a post on my phone.
[Yo, got an email from BD devs—what’s this shit?]
[Photo]
Just got this one—BD5 release CBT invite? But idk if it’s phishing or legit fuck
[Comments]
BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?BD5?
Obvious bullshit—15-sec trailer’s all we’ve ever gotten, CBT my ass lolololololol
Anyone can see it’s fake—just delete and block
If you’re dumb enough to believe it I’ll cosign the guarantee lol?
? Nah that’s legit the dev’s official email you idiots
That’s the official mail address—check the link
ㄴHoly shit it’s real
ㄴOfficial email?????? BD5 finally dropping fuck??????
ㄹㅇ official
ㄴBut why this dude get CBT invite?
ㄴIdk lol
“BD devs for real?”
Doubts nagged, so I cross-checked the address—it matched the devs of the *BD* series.
Worried it was a caps/lowercase phishing trick, I booted my PC and verified every letter. Official as hell.
‘If it’s legit, apply first think later. Nothing to lose. Gotta do this, for real.’
Excitement peaking, I clicked the link.
And got sucked straight into the monitor.