Chapter 2 - Chapter 1: Entry #1 (1/2)

Chapter 2 - Chapter 1: Entry #1

Remake.

Old movies, music, games and novels were recreated again.

Joo In-gong, who had his university admission tests right around the corner, took a deep breath. The black bag in his hand contained a game that had just been released today.

A remake of Knight Saga, Knight Saga: Re.

Knight Saga was Joo In-gong’s favourite game. Due to the fact that it was the best hit of the production company Taro Soft, there were rumours a remake wouldn’t come out unless Taro Soft was in a crisis. Yet, to everyone’s surprise, a remake was released unexpectedly.

It wasn’t just a remake. The number of playable characters increased from two to twelve and it was changed from a regular RPG to a virtual reality game.

In-gong stared at the virtual reality device, which had artificial settings, that he had been given as a gift and took a deep breath with a pious expression.

He had cleared Knight Saga more than 10 times, so there was nothing he didn’t know about the characters, special items, hidden events and so on. However, this wasn’t Knight Saga but Knight Saga: Re.

In-gong was happy to read the manual. He checked the website every day but there wasn’t much new content revealed. However, true fans enjoyed small things like this.

Knight Saga was a story about two sides, humans and demons. The protagonist on the human side was Locke, who was born and raised in a temple. The main character on the side of the demons was Zephyr Ragnaros, the son of the Demon King.

Either way, the progression of the game was similar. The main character travelled around the world levelling up, collecting items and gathering subordinates to achieve their purpose.

The purpose of Zephyr was to unify the Demon World and Human World as the Demon King, while Locke’s purpose was to slay the Demon King and save the Human World.

Yet, in Knight Saga: Re, the number of characters that could be played had increased significantly.

On the demon side, it was possible to choose other princes and princesses who were originally Zephyr’s rivals. On the human side, it was possible to choose Locke’s companies or rulers of other countries.

After reviewing the newly added characters, In-gong gazed toward the virtual reality device that was reminiscent of a white tube. Knight Saga: Re had already been installed.

'OKay, shall I play lightly for eight hours today?”

In-gong laid his body down in the virtual reality device and was surrounded by a bright light.

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The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a roof. Even though it was dark, he was able to see due to the sunlight coming from a hole in the wall.

The boy who was lying down on a folding cot, In-gong, slowly raised his body.

And he smiled with satisfaction.

‘Indeed, an RPG hero should always start by waking up in a bed.’

After nodding his head several times, In-gong looked around. His mouth dropped open with admiration.

‘Wah, aren’t the graphics perfect?’

The various items in the tent looked real. Moreover, the textures of the cushion and blanket in his hands were vivid.

Although virtual reality games had long been commercialized, virtual reality didn’t embody real reality. There were limitations to the technology.

‘Did Taro Soft consult an alien?’

In-gong muttered as he admired it.

He started touching objects like a person who had just started playing a virtual reality game.

Then when he was looking like a fool...

”I am going inside!”

A voice was heard from outside the tent. In-gong looked up with surprise as a huge man entered the tent.

“Oh.”

In-gong was impressed.

The man had well-developed shoulders, arms that reminded him of a gorilla, green skin that couldn’t be seen in humans and lips that peeled back to expose some canines.

He belonged to the orc species that often appeared in games with a fantasy genre.

However, In-gong wasn’t impressed that the man was an orc.

Just like the items in the tent, the orc seemed real.

‘This is almost...no, isn’t it completely diligent?’

He would have believed it was real if it weren’t for the mini map and various menu buttons in the corner of his vision.

”What are you staring at?”

The orc gruffly asked and In-gong replied bluntly.

”No, the graphics are cool.”

“Graphics?”

The orc tilted his head and asked. In-gong once again felt admiration.

‘Wah, we can even exchange conversations?’

The development of virtual reality and artificial intelligence were in completely different areas. It was possible to implement realistic graphics through diligence but it was difficult for realistic artificial intelligence to be created with modern technology. Therefore, he couldn’t actively have conversations with the NPCs that appeared in virtual reality games - only pre-determined questions were asked in accordance to certain keywords

Yet the orc before In-gong had responded to the word ‘graphics’. He might have been designed to react like that to all unspecified keywords but that was still great.

‘Did Taro Soft begin torturing aliens? Why weren’t these facts advertised?’

Was the marketing aimed at surprise?

‘Hey, this doesn’t really matter.’

In-gong decided to enjoy the game. The game was as great as expected, so he would just enjoy playing it.

In-gong came to that conclusion and looked at the orc.

‘I am nervous.’

The orc in front of him seemed so real, he couldn’t open his mouth easily. In the end, In-gong coughed several times before speaking.

“Hum hum. My name is Joo In-gong. What is your name?”

He was awkward about introducing himself, thanks to his name.

The orc frowned at In-gong’s question and muttered something. He couldn’t hear it very well but it seemed like a curse.

‘This bastard, just because my name is Joo In-gong.’

Having artificial intelligence was a good thing but In-gong still didn’t like it. No, it would have been nice if a pretty girl, not an orc, had appeared in front of him. A succubus, succubus or succubus.

However, the orc wasn’t frowning because of In-gong’s name. The orc scratched his head and muttered.

”Carack. I told you that yesterday. And isn’t your name Prince Shutra?”

Shutra Ignus. He was the ninth child of the Demon King. He was one of the 12 characters that could be chosen in the game.

'That reminds me, I didn’t get to pick my character. Does everyone have to play a demon the first time?’

In-gong recalled the story of Knight Saga: Re that was originally from Knight Saga. He was a prince who was a bit weak and had no power. He was like Yan Baihu from the Three Kingdoms series.

“I will be waiting outside.”

The male orc, Carack, clicked his tongue and turned around. In-gong stared at the back of Carack’s head.

'I didn’t want to start with Shutra.’

He didn’t have any dissatisfaction with Shutra himself. His style was just on the other side.

‘Can I change the character?’

Knight Sage: Re was a remake but it wasn’t the same exact game as Knight Saga. There was no need to select a difficult character on the very first gameplay.

'Would Taro Soft really make the first gameplay a fixed character? There might be a bug or it is my mistake.’

If it was a fixed character, it ought to have been either Zephyr Ragnaros or the warrior Locke who were the main characters.

‘I will save and exit the game to search up some information’