Chapter 5 - The World Humiliates Me.
The World Humiliates Me.
Translator : Elizabeth
[What is up with the current Rank 1? Is that score crazy?][Poster: OO]
Did Burp-zwa resurrect?
Is that really Burp-zwa???
No crazy how did he get 100k points.
That's not the overall score right???
OO: Fr how did he do it. Swish: What else, probably a bug.
OO (Poster): There was no announcement this time though? Swish: Oh, is it real?
[Is the score gap between Rank 1 and 2 real lol][Poster: Bullshit-das]
Praise him.
From now on, our God is Burp-zwa.
Seeing the nickname is Burp-zwa, he is Korean. Therefore we must praise him.
Ah, our God Burp.
Burp-zwa who fought a 1v1 with the System and came back winning.
Burp-zwa who beat the American rankers and put his name on 1st place.
Let us commemorate the name of the One who will descend in person someday here in advance.
SteamedBunPecker: He was quiet lately but started writing novels again lol OO: Bu! Burp!! Bu-Burp!! LongLiveKorea: Kiya~ National pride chills. OO: Is Burp-zwa the guy who disappeared yesterday? Is this 1st place his too?
Rice-Daughter-Daddy: No no probably just an impersonation. Ranker probably got inspired by Burp-zwa or something. OO: Why would they bother doing that lol They'd be busy making their own name known.
[Looks like this is bugged again?][Poster: 2EE]
This is a figure that can't come out even if you solo Hard.
If you read the paper analyzing System score measurement, you can know how absurd this situation is.
(Screenshot of data paper.jpg)
Even receiving maximum bonuses, theoretically passing 50,000 points is close to impossible.
But 100,000 points?
Very high probability it's a bug.
OO: Isn't there a route we don't know? If you find something hidden, the score puffs up.
2EE: Still makes no sense. A 70,000 point difference with 2nd place really makes no sense. 2EE: Unless there is a higher difficulty. OO: No bug announcement popped up this time though. 2EE: That's why it makes no sense. If it's not a bug… did he find and kill a Raid Boss? Or infinite monster spawn? 2EE: Maybe there's a gimmick or boss summoning method on Floor 1 we don't know about. OO: Aha well if you find out more share some. Bullshit-das: Praise him, for Burp-zwa there is no impossible. Repeated bugs are skill. Ah, has he truly surpassed the limits of the System.
[Burp-zwa. Just what are you….][Poster: PhysicsWizard]
At this point didn't he fr fight a 1v1 with the System and come back alive lol
Don't know who it is but surely S-Rank?
Burp-zwa: Correct. Came back alive.
PhysicsWizard: ???? OO: He said he Burped the System.
[Who really is Rank 1??][Poster: OO]
It's still Floor 1 so don't know if he's strong, but making that much score means he found something right?
Wish he would share this a bit.
Anyone know who Rank 1 is?
OO: Still haven't cleared Floor 1?
OO (Poster): Trying to find info on how he did it before clearing OO: Would you share a hidden route if it was you? OO (Poster): Ye OO: Bullshit lol
Huh.
When did time pass like this.
realizing it, I found myself scrolling down the gallery until the previous day.
My story is coming out, how can I endure not reading this.
If my story hadn't been cut off, I might have come to my senses much later.
Shake shake.
I shook my head and looked into the mirror.
As expected, my brow didn't tear… but the corners of my eyes are curved pleasantly.
Receiving attention is quite nice.
A feeling of heat rising inside my chest and floating.
Jump.
Thanks to that, I regained my energy.
This is the real fatigue reliever.
Me, who was just a trivial salaryman, became Rank 1 with a trash ability?
Should I try Floor 2 like this?
Then how many more stories will come out.
No, let's quit it.
I don't want to risk my life for that. Even worse, because of the curse, I would experience things more terrible than death.
Just this Floor 1 was torture.
Wasn't I dragged to a Destruction Gate of unknown identity and almost helplessly done in?
Once is enough for such an experience.
Flump!~
I lay on the bed and stretched.
I feel like I slept a lot but I'm still sleepy.
Physical fatigue is familiar, but it's been a long time since I was driven into a corner mentally.
It was an experience worse than when my sphincter gave out in the elevator because I couldn't hold it back in elementary school.
As expected, I never want to experience it again.
[Floor 1 Ranking 1st Place - Burp (102,910 Points)]
For more dopamine, I turned on the ranking window.
Thanks to the gallery, I overdosed on dopamine more than usual, but strangely, while feeling satisfaction, I keep wanting dopamine.
They say humans are slaves to pleasure.
I have really been tainted too.
[Floor 1 Ranking 2nd Place - Justice (35,710 Points)]
Currently, Floor 1 2nd place is in the 30,000s range.
A score difference of about 70,000 points with me. This must be why they praised me so much in the gallery.
[Overall Ranking 1st Place - Justice (184,910 Points)]
… …
[Overall Ranking 48th Place - Burp (102,910 Points)]
Regrettably, my Overall Ranking dropped a lot.
Overall Ranking is the sum of all floor scores.
During the open run time, I was 1st, but beating those who continued climbing was impossible.
This will continue to drop in the future.
Might be a little regretful.
Now then, Reward Time to blow away the regret.
Time to open the reward I left after clearing Floor 1.
Since I took 1st place with an overwhelming score, surely the System has prepared a good reward.
If lucky, life reversal with a jackpot skill.
Naturally, the higher the score, the higher the probability of good rewards too.
Let's go.
[Will you receive the Floor 1 Reward?]
Accept.
[Calculating Floor 1 Reward.]
[Score Total 102,910 Points.]
[All rewards are adjusted to B-Grade or higher.]
[SS-Grade Reward is added to the products.]
[3 types of new products are permanently added.]
Whirrrrr~
The system window spins sideways.
Roulette draw horizontal version.
Clear rewards are in the format where the product landed on here is given, but surprisingly, thanks to the high score, my minimum is apparently B-Grade.
Even an SS-Grade appears?
This is an unrevealed grade.
An unknown grade that no one has eaten before.
Ah, could I be this happy?
Is it okay for the weakest me to enjoy such luxury?
I know even C-Grade rewards don't pop up often, but minimum B, and up to SS.
Truly Life Reversal Time.
Surely an unprecedented reward will come out.
“Come out!!”
feeling so good, I clenched my fist and shouted.
Please let it be A-Grade or higher. Please.
Click.
Soon, the roulette stopped.
Surprisingly, the grade floating there is SS-Grade.
Piercing through atrocious probability, it stopped at the highest reward.
“Kueeeeh!!”
I raised one fist above my head.
It's my own ceremony that comes out when I feel too good when no one is around.
A pleasant thrill.
What big deal is a curse like that.
I'm going to transfer to a new life now.
Indeed, what kind of thing will the SS-Grade reward be.
Thump thump.
[Congratulations. All Stats increase by 100.]
Crazy. All Stats 100.
Did I hear correctly right now?
When just a difference of 1 makes you stronger or not, all stats 100?
It's a nonsensical figure.
I know 'All Stats' rewards are extremely rare to begin with, but to land this.
Paaaaah!!
Light wraps around me.
I feel my body becoming stronger.
Finally, I am being reborn as a true Hunter. Now I'm not afraid of things like goblins.
Ding.
[Humiliation Curse activates.]
[All stats are fixed to the lowest level.]
Ssuuup.
The light faded.
“Eh.”
Silence settling down suddenly.
Nothing happened.
Bang, Bang!!
That bastard Administrator, really.
How much more do you intend to play with me?
Were all the joys and sorrows I felt over the past few days the System's trickery?
Don't know if it's really his mockery though.
To think I'd get hit in the back of the head like this.
Today's dopamine flew away entirely.
Stat Lowest Fix is seriously….
Really feel humiliated.
“Hehehe.”
Bang!!!
Everything gets fixed if you hit it.
I slammed my head on the desk again.
Ah, only now is my mind waking up a bit.
In the future, I should hit it periodically.
While being so wary and careful of the Humiliation Curse, to think I forgot the fact in front of the happiness right before my eyes and even did a ceremony like a fool.
What a shameful thing is this.
I'm so glad I live alone.
Drip.
Blood leaks out, but automatic recovery anyway.
If I can restore my complacent mind with this much, that is indeed the icing on the cake.
Let's be more careful in the future.
Today's Lesson.
Beware of sweet bait.
Because that is surely a build-up for humiliation.
Vrrrroom!!~
“Huh?”
As I was resting a bit, my phone vibration rang.
The caller is the landlord. I picked up the phone without much thought.
“Hello.”
“Bachelor~ About this month's rent…… Eh?”
“What is it.”
“By chance, are you the bachelor's niece? Can you put him on the phone?”
“………He is not here right now.”
“Really? Not there right now? Aigo… what to do about this.”
Landlady Ajumma.
Usually a benevolent person, but if rent is late, she becomes strangely fastidious that day.
Come to think of it, it was today.
Rent payment day.
“If it's about the rent, I will tell him.”
“Oing? The bachelor has a very admirable niece~ Voice sounds like you'd be very cute… by chance do you like rice cakes (tteok)?”
“Yes?”
“My daughter made rice cakes but there's too much so I can't eat it alone. I'm thinking of sharing some, would you perhaps like to eat some?”
“How much rice cake is th… No, I don't like them that much.”
“Really? Still, if you change your mind tell me. Pass the message well to the bachelor. Got it?”
“Yes. Then keep up the good work.”
Temptation with a surprise rice cake attack.
I barely held back the words 'I want to eat'.
I'm not on the side of liking rice cakes, but I almost fell for the thought that food expenses would be saved for free.
If not for the lesson that sweet bait is a build-up for humiliation, I would have been helplessly done in.
Let's be careful of even trivial things.
Because my curse does not distinguish species or gender.
And who am I.
Am I not the unprecedented Ranking 1st Place.
Even if I just sell the magic stones I brought back from exterminating goblins this time, the food expense problem is solved.
Meaning I can buy and eat things like rice cakes to my heart's content.
Then now I have to sell the magic stones….
How do I sell them?
Because I don't have an ID, it's difficult to sell magic stones to official exchanges or guilds.
Hunter Market is also rejected for the same reason.
Then what's left is illegal….
Hmm.
Is it okay for a pure member of society like me to access the Dark Web and sell magic stones?