Chapter 1 - Base Camp 1 (1/2)
Gods who felt dissatisfaction over their mundane lives decided to rebel against the Creator.
The Creator, in his wrathful anger, imprisoned all the gods, and summoned all sentient beings into a single game world.
The Nebulus world.
There, all beings had the opportunity to gain limitless power. Once they’d reached a certain level, they would then be able to take on the challenge for the Divine Thrones.
Since these beings would only be able to return to their world once all the Divine Thrones have been replaced, they overcame any challenges that were thrown at them.
And after forty years…
“I’ve sealed away the 72 demon kings of Solomon.”
Chun Woohyuk, the black-haired youth on the Steel throne, spoke.
He was looking over his subjects just as a lord would.
“I’ve destroyed Lilith’s subjects, I’ve driven the Dragon and Giant races close to extinction. Not to mention the countless other mythical creatures I’ve destroyed as well.”
Woohyuk’s subjects did not speak. They had nothing to add to such a simple truth.
“Why then am I still not qualified to challenge a Divine Throne?”
No one could match Woohyuk in terms of fighting prowess.
Be it the Elf Queen, who reached the pinnacle of all magic, nor the Necromancer who commanded a hundred thousand souls, none were his opponent.
“Excuse me, but...”
Allen, the grand wizard spoke up, causing all others in the room to turn to him.
“Maybe the timing just isn’t right, if you could just wait until the next update...”
“I can’t. The others would come for me.”
Woohyuk had created many enemies.
His immense power had caused many people to create factions with the sole purpose of opposing him. Also, he didn’t have many allies either.
At this rate, he would slowly get driven into a corner.
“There must be something I’m missing. It can’t be the fault of this world, from the very start this had always been a perfect system.”
Woohyuk had no doubt that the Creator wouldn’t have bothered making a world that couldn’t be beaten in the first place.
Subsequent updates only existed to give the players small advantages.
“Are you really planning on returning to the past?”
“Do you really think I’d just stay here and play house with you all? There are no more regions to explore and no quests left to complete.”
He’d already done everything that could have been done.
Still, for some reason there were many things that he couldn’t attain.
It was his first attempt, so he had gone fumbling around making mistakes, and it wasn’t like the other players were just lazing about either.
If he had the chance to restart… He would surely do things differently.
“But...”
Woohyuk stopped Allen from continuing.
There was no such thing as guaranteed safety in the Nebulus world.
Soon, another challenge would befall the inhabitants of the world, and many would die once again.
Woohyuk was confident that he was the only one who could put an end to this endless nightmare.
“Lord, I trust you’ll take care of that bastard Logan when you go back.”
“You might as well deal with Marcus as well. There’s no saving him once he goes mad.”
“Ivanov and Alice as well, you should just...”
Names of their most hated enemies started being thrown around by his subjects.
Woohyuk nodded and turned to the pink-haired knight next to him.
“Lady Leifina, do you have anything to add?”
“...Please leave the cooking to someone else. I simply have no talent for it.”
Leifina said this with a trembling voice seeming rather unwilling to admit it.
Woohyuk took out a scroll from his pocket with a satisfied look.
“It can’t be helped if you don’t like it. I’ll be leaving, then.”
[Return Scroll].
It was the reward he had gotten from the three goddesses of Urdabrun, upon completing an Epic quest.
It was a unique item that could only belong to a single person, and would become soul-bound the instant it was given to a human being.
“We’ll meet again, men. Thank you for everything.”
A piercing light erupted as Woohyuk tore the scroll.
* * *
Woohyuk opened his eyes to the chirping of the birds as he took in his surroundings
Poorly-made cabins with a firepit in the middle.
A large forest.
Unconscious people strewn about all around him.
‘Base camp, huh.’
It was the the starting zone for all adventurers, a place which had disappeared many years ago.
He was finally back.
‘I’ll finish this damned game once and for all.’
A single failure was enough.
Woohyuk immediately stood up from his spot.
‘Things are about to get noisy over here.’
He recalled his memories from his first day at base camp clear as day.
He didn’t really want to stand out, so he stealthily made his way over to the edge of the group
A few seconds later, a little girl appeared in mid-air, stepping out of a black portal.
She had blond ponytails tied with cute ribbons, sapphire blue eyes and a stunning red dress.
She looked just like a noble from out of a movie.
‘That girl was always problematic.’
Keeping a low profile was always the answer when it came to her.
Therefore, Woohyuk decided not to make a move unless things got out of hand.
“Wake up, everyone! There’s a lot to do today!”
The first thing the girl did when she appeared was to shout loudly.
Combined with her high pitched voice, the screech startled most of the camp awake.
“T-the hell is this?”
“She’s flying?!”
The people at camp were incredibly surprised upon seeing the girl, who promptly smiled back at them.
“Hello! My name is Eve. It is a pleasure to meet you all.”
“You brought us here?”