My Fake NPC Got Post-Pinned in the Gallery!

Translator : Elizabeth

“Ehehe.”

When I feel good, wrinkles form on my brow.

To the extent that the wrinkles are so strong they create shadows and drastically change my impression.

Regrettably, now that my body has changed, only the corners of my eyes go up, but the feeling of being in a good mood is the same.

I tore the corners of my mouth into a wide grin.

I feel considerably good right now.

Chwararak!!~

The fluttering bills dancing in my hand.

A whopping 3 million won.

Since they are 50,000 won bills, the thickness is small, but there was still a satisfying hand-feel to fanning myself with them.

Sitting on the chair with legs crossed, I enjoyed the pleasure.

Slap, slap.

I tapped my cheek with the bills.

A sticky and luxurious taste.

So, unidentified broker-ya.

Seemed like you had some scheme, but sorry about that. Since I just snatched the money and left.

Last night's illegal magic stone trade.

I had arrived first and was watching everything. Even bought binoculars with my last remaining money.

Kidnapping, human trafficking—those are extremely dangerous, right?

And obviously, it would become even more terrible because of the curse.

No way, absolutely not.

I'm still too young to let my life go to hell.

So I tried my best for the first time in a while.

Arriving early and watching, as expected, disguised personnel were taking turns walking around pretending to be citizens.

If you observe the vicinity for several hours with binoculars, you can't not notice.

Besides, for Seoul, it was quite a countryside area.

I have a few things to say about my brilliant strategy involving timing and baiting here, but….

It'll get too long so pass.

The conclusion is that I earned living expenses. For now, knowing just that is enough.

So.

[Please use us again next time.]

Absolutely. Never.

There's no way I'd use you again.

I confirmed you had a scheme, I'd be stupid to use you again.

Let's ignore the broker's message that just arrived.

Ding!

[Next time, possible at 3 times the price.]

Uh, this changes the story.

No, are you sending another text because there was no reply?

[Other trades also possible.]

Sure enough.

Another text came 10 minutes later.

Geez, why do they ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠keep wanting to continue trading with me.

Well, having finished the trade without even seeing the trading partner, they must be curious.

Well, the Inventory ability isn't as bad as I thought.

Since storage and ejection over 20m is possible.

Not that the guy would know that.

Now, then what shall I do.

Shall I test him a little.

[5 times possible?]

[…Possible]

[10 times possible?]

[………Possible.]

[Why?]

[Curiosity.]

Hmm.

Feeling of being obsessed. Not bad.

The answers feel efficient and honest too.

Right, for development, one must constantly hold onto and hang onto things they don't know.

I don't know how ordinary people think, but at least he's a guy I like.

Shall I say a rare talent in these times.

Enough to want to take as a disciple.

[I will think about it later.]

The upper hand of the situation is mine.

Nothing good comes from acting urgently.

Leaving room for possibility, I turned off the notification.

Now that I have money, let's enjoy free time. First, delivery food.

“Haa~ So good.”

For three days, I ate and rolled around all day long.

Having money makes my heart feel reassured.

Maybe my dark circles disappeared a little? Is it okay to be this happy?

3 million won earned in just one day.

It feels like life is blooming.

But why.

“Where did twenty 50,000 won bills go.”

Strange.

In three days, one million won disappeared.

Just clothes fitting my physique and a few electronic devices. Got one more monitor, and bought some food ingredients, that's all.

“Ugh….”

Ah, thinking about it makes my head hurt.

As expected, I cannot be happy.

3 million won is too small an amount.

Come to think of it, I spend quite a lot of money. That's why I have no saved money.

This stupid thing.

In the end, I need a means to earn money, but nothing comes to mind except the Tower. If I suffer for just one day, I could earn millions like this time….

Dangerous, really dangerous.

Who knows what will come out this time.

But I can't avoid it forever. Eventually, I have to do it.

Then let's prepare in advance from now. Rather than avoiding it and entering the Tower forcefully when money runs out, deciding quickly and preparing is best.

Because that is efficiency.

First, information gathering.

I accessed the Hunter Gallery immediately.

Scroll.

Collecting information while scrolling down the mouse wheel.

Based on the stories of those who conquered Floors 2 to 10, I took notes as much as possible on what monsters appear, and what gimmicks and hidden elements exist.

Then suddenly, I discovered a strange post.

[What is Nightmare Difficulty?][Poster: Cupid]

It says if you clear Hard Difficulty Floor 10, you can re-enter Floor 1 with Nightmare Difficulty?

OO: Nightmare Difficulty? Such a thing exists?

OO: Probably bait. Cupid: It's real. Looking it up, there are already quite a few who moved on to Nightmare. Looks like it's opened up to Floor 5. Feels like a bonus? ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Cupid: Hunter Association also popped up saying they'll gather related info and announce soon. OO: Why is this real…. OO: I already entered Nightmare. For a low floor, the difficulty was indeed tough.

Nightmare Difficulty Open.

Honestly, it was out of the blue.

Normally I would have thought it was a lie… but thinking about it, aren't I on Destruction Difficulty?

Need to investigate a bit more.

Sure enough, several posts about Nightmare Difficulty were seen sporadically, and the ratio is increasing in real-time. Feeling like it will be filled entirely with Nightmare Difficulty stories in a bit.

[Nightmare Difficulty Proof Video.][Poster: HealMageTanker]

(Video of a foreign ranker clearing a monster wave.)

That is a Nightmare Difficulty video.

Already lots on foreign sites.

As you can see, it's a bit different from Hard Difficulty.

Basically, there are way more monsters and they are stronger. The score that goes up is freaking huge. There are many hidden elements after clearing so there's a taste for farming too.

Hard users might find it worth challenging?

OO: The score was going crazy lol Heard Floor 1 Rank 2 ate 60,000 points.

OO: Still below Burp-zwa right? 2EE: Ah I don't know anymore. I get that there is a next difficulty, but how on earth did Burp make such a score in the open run? You said it opens after clearing Hard Floor 10. Augh. OO: Lost his mind lol

Similar posts keep coming up.

Nightmare Difficulty had the highest proportion, and occasionally my story was mixed in.

This raises the quality of the preliminary investigation.

The biggest problem was that it was hard to compare Destruction Difficulty with other difficulties, but you could say that problem is half resolved.

If I compare Hard and Nightmare, I can gauge the difference between Nightmare and Destruction to some extent.

“Hard Floor 1 has 2 goblins per person. After clearing, can hunt 10 additional goblins via hidden gimmick. Nightmare is roughly double.”

Hard to Nightmare is a 2x difference.

Nightmare to Destruction is about a 7~8x difference?

Crazy thing, just what is Destruction Difficulty doing.

Is there perhaps another difficulty I don't know between Nightmare and Destruction?

Damn it. No doubt.

30 goblins for one person on Floor 1, which was put there for anyone to pass, is really not right.

If it was a 4-man party, a goblin army of 120 would have popped out.

Then just what will appear on Floor 2….

Haa.

Refresh.

I examined the posts coming up in real-time.

Since 2 million won is still left, there is ample time to do preliminary research before entering the Tower.

Know your enemy and know yourself, win a hundred battles.

Let's aim for perfection this time too.

Because I have a body that can't live if not for a One-Try Perfect Clear.

“Huh?”

At this time, I discovered one strange post.

It was somewhat random nonsense, but for some reason, I instinctively couldn't help but click it.

[A peculiar NPC appeared in Nightmare Difficulty.] ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠[Poster: HuntGay]

It appears in a foreign video, some kid goes around bombing goblins on Nightmare Floor 5. Said to be one ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠of the gimmicks discovered after clearing.

Just watch the video first.

(Video of an American ranker filming a kid and goblins fighting.)

Truly crazy.

What magic is that? lol

With a sandstorm, rocks just appear in the sky and slaughter goblins?

Most important thing is that it's a kid.

OO: Wow what is that… there's a skill like that? PhysicsWizard: What. How is that possible. OO: Looks young, but freaking strong lol

OO: Surviving means strong. As expected, must be careful of kids and old people. OO: Can you capture that kid? If you build affinity will she give something? OO: Might teach the rock bombing skill? 2EE: Is there a full video of this? HuntGay: Sending link so go in yourself.

Uh uh.

What is this.

Why am I there.

Can't see well because of the sandstorm, but no matter how you look at it, that's me. Identical to how I was clearing Floor 1.

Come to think of it, was my last curse about appearing in the Tower as an NPC?

Chills.

Intuitively felt something was wrong.

I must not be known to many.

They say if you become famous, people will applaud even if you shit, but conversely, famous people get sworn at even if they save the world. In other words, inevitably many enemies are created.

If the Humiliation Curse is added here?….

Oh no, I was too complacent.

“Ugh….”

Tremble.

Life can get twisted.

Not just the Tower, but in reality too, restrictions will follow many actions.

Click.

I immediately clicked the full video link in the post.

Then the foreign site loaded, and a video of a party conquering Nightmare Floor 5 unfolded.

I watched with my eyes wide open.

Need to confirm my fake guy.

Time in the video flowed quickly, reaching the crisis situation where I was caught by the ankle by a goblin and fell.

Somehow striking down the goblin with a fist with all my might, but the situation not going as intended.

And at this time.

Slash!!

A foreign Hunter saved me.

A situation different from me, who had to survive alone.

“What is this… just what is it.”

My head isn't organizing.

The foreign Hunter is reaching out a hand to the fallen me.

My eyes, which would have been dangerous, were wrapped in relief to the point of arousing protective instincts.

But unlike the eyes, ignoring the man's hand, I backed away and stood up.

The foreign Hunter said something to me, but the me in the video backed away consistently with eyes full of wariness and silence.

When the foreign Hunter approached again at this.

Chwaaa!!-

Ran away with dust.

Surprisingly, the NPC in the video mimicked my exact outfit and personality, wandering the Tower as if a target for capture.

That incongruity filled my brain.

“Haa… Administrator. You real crazy bastard. Why did you leave this kind of strange curseeee!!”

I grabbed my head and shouted.

This really isn't it.

This Floor 1.

I was in more danger than I thought.

If I hadn't worn a hood and mask, my face would have been revealed to everyone.

No, the outline and physique are already revealed.

They will obviously recognize that it's a girl.

I really wish they wouldn't take any more interest.

Gnaw.

I bit my nails and pondered deeply.

This is truly dangerous.

I need a countermeasure.

Regarding the last curse.