Drink Moderately!
"Hey, Kim Min-sung! Congrats on your discharge, you bastard!"
"Ah, when Min-sung was in the army every day was a thrill. What the hell am I supposed to live for now?"
A raucous din filled the air.
The bar was so loud my ears rang.
I'd only been discharged the day before.
My high-school buddies clinked their glasses together.
I'd put off enlisting for as long as I could and gone in last of all, which was probably why their energy was running especially high tonight.
"Ha, just thinking about being a private still makes my skin crawl. Drink!"
"Pour it out!"
We drank like there was no tomorrow.
That was our undoing.
"Ugh… ugh…"
My head felt like it was about to split open.
How much had I even drunk last night?
I couldn't remember a thing.
The film had cut out cold.
But the feel of the bed was wrong.
It wasn't soft.
It was cold.
"…Huh?"
I opened my eyes.
Stone floor.
A square cave passage sealed tight on every side.
This was neither the bar nor my room.
"What the hell is this place?"
Was this that Backrooms thing people only talked about?
Or had I simply not woken up yet?
That was when it happened.
Shrring.
A blue window of light bloomed right in front of my face.
The Great Labyrinth System has confirmed a new explorer.
Granting Status Window.
"…The hell?"
The hologram window started crackling like mad.
[Error]
[Error]
[Error]
Ominous red letters flooded my vision.
"Hey, what the hell? Something's clearly wrong here."
Ding!
Name:₩&&#*^
Skills:None
"Why does my name look like that?"
The characters were completely corrupted.
I didn't even have time to panic.
Commencing Random Skill Gacha.
Error messages erupted again.
[Error]
[Error]
[Error]
Crackle! Bang!
With a shower of sparks, a brand-new window snapped open.
Ding!
(F) Power Strike
(F) Throw
(F) Harden
(F) Glossy Skin
(F) Quick Footwork
(F) Conceal Presence
· · ·
Hundreds… thousands of skills stretched endlessly downward.
The scroll had no end.
"…Hold on a second."
It was supposed to be a random gacha.
So why was the entire list laid out right in front of my eyes?
"This… I can just pick whatever I want, can't I?"