I've Become the Hated Nickname
[Voice Comment Function Activated!]
Right after my arrogant provocation went up in voice form.
A hush fell over the community for a moment.
A few seconds later.
At first, question marks started popping up.
Then.
Far from quieting down, the already fierce comment fire intensified several times over!
And the topic shifted immediately elsewhere.
The previously unknown voice comment function had activated, exposing my real voice in full.
On top of that, most seemed to have gone into alert mode.
'Crazy. What the hell have I done……!!'
I wanted to rip my mouth off right then and there.
Broadcasting a wide-area taunt in a place full of the world's top S-rankers. I'd done something historically insane.
But there were some favorable comments too.
'…? What are these weirdos.'
Favorable, sure, but in a super weird direction. I'd issued a brutal warning to wipe them all out, and psychos who liked it showed up.
So the world's elite S-rank bigshots were posting crap like this? Wow… unreal. I stared at it with dead eyes.
Anyway, I had to fix this somehow.
I quickly moved my hand to the comment box.
I tried to type something like that.
Voice wouldn't work, but I figured explaining in text like on Hunter Gallery would do.
But.
'……Huh?'
The typing wouldn't go through.
My fingers froze over the keyboard like they were paralyzed.
Noble Bearing was activating. Even for community posts.
'W-Why?'
Thinking it over, I could guess why.
On Hunter Gallery, I posted anonymously as 'ㅇㅇ', but here the system forced my nickname to 'True Ancestor'.
In other words, my identity here was recognized as True Ancestor.
Which meant.
'Chatting here locks me into Noble Bearing speech too?!'
Even explanations were impossible now.
My only option was to find and disable the function so Noble Bearing couldn't post another voice comment on its own.
I frantically dug through the system settings.
'Found it!'
[Voice Comment Function: OFF]
Phew. Finally turned it off.
I put out the immediate fire and caught my breath.
"My liege. You appear distressed. What troubles you?"
"Just give the order, Master."
As I wiped cold sweat and sighed, Katarina and Siyeon approached with fierce expressions.
They must have heard my brutal statement and come rushing.
"'Tis nothing. Merely a fleeting annoyance from the clamor of lowly beasts."
I cleared my throat and brushed it off.
Their gazes naturally shifted to the community window floating in midair that I was staring at.
They could see the screen too.
"Hoh… Is this a human bulletin board?"
"The reactions to Master are intense."
As they said, my auto-join greeting post was buried in recommendations, cemented as a popular thread.
Comments were still flooding in by the dozens.
Especially the fixed nicknames I'd seen earlier stood out.
'Ugh….'
Even more attention now. The pressure was immense.
I finally exited my post.
'Gotta gather info first.'
Any community, newbies start with announcements.
But no separate notices here.
Instead, a function to sort popular posts by recommendations.
Scrolling through the top ones, I found a guide perfect for newbies like me.
Seeing a lot of newbies lately, so writing this. If you're new here, you'll be clueless and dazed.
I was too at first.
Here's a rundown of rules and tips—read up and have fun safely.
1. Only those who've cleared Nightmare Floor 4+ can enter.
2. You broke Nightmare 4, so you're skilled, but most here are S-rank+ veterans. Don't act cocky or you'll get real-life PK'd.
3. Speech doesn't matter—casual or formal, whatever. Tower translation handles any language.
4. Free talk, tower climb info swaps, daily chit-chat, item trades—variety.
5. Trolling or spamming pulls dislikes. Too many = longer post cooldowns, or even comment bans. Careful.
6. Fixed nicks only for sub-record clears on 1-4. So fixed nicks are the real deals.
7. Voice comments if you speak with strong intent. But don't—leaks your real voice.
8. Most important: Beware specific fixed nicks.
Nightmare 4 lets crazies in sometimes.
Avoid these:
- Artist
- Priest of the Abyss
- Evolutionist
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(Last update 20xx.xx.xx. Adding periodically)
They sometimes post images laced with mental attack skills.
No resistance? Just clicking hurts. Avoid high-dislike, sketchy titles, attachments.
Fixed nicks can't change, so watch the list and you're safe-ish.
New terror post? Make a warning thread.
Happy climbing, all.
'……Terror?'
Terror via mental attack images? Possible?
Damage from pics alone? Never knew.
'Real crazy veterans here.'
Hit home again—this wasn't for casuals.
Anyway, the guide gave basics on the Climber Community.
Especially SoloPlayerWarrior—tons of quality tower info.
Boss patterns, Gimmick strategy posts everywhere.
'Oh, the strategy for Floor 5!'
Luckily, found one for my next Nightmare Floor 5.
Katarina and Siyeon could clear it easy, but I enter personally, so prep for safety.
'Okay, bookmark this, read later.'
Added to favorites and closed screen.
'Gonna lurk only from now on.'
Already aggro'd hard on join greeting.
Branded hate-magnet among global elites—rash moves could drag me into mess.
Plus, comments would just spew arrogant nonsense via Noble Bearing.
Decided: Lurk and leech info quietly.
With that stance set for Climber Community, I returned home safely with my two familiars.
While the Climber Community burned from True Ancestor's debut.
The outside world blazed too.