Chapter 2 (1/2)
The reason Soo Hyuk let out a sigh, as he went up to the exercise equipment filled third floor, is because he had to exercise. Soo Hyuk originally did not exercise. There’s not enough time to even read a book, but exercising? It was unheard of.
This Soo Hyuk, the reason he began exercising is because exactly four years ago, he came to a realization. Up to four years ago, once Soo Hyuk sat down he would not move. Is that why? His body became weak and his stamina went down as well.
Because his body became weak and his stamina declined, the time for reading shortened little by little. Soo Hyuk was shocked when he found that when his stamina decreased, the time for him to be able to read a book also shortened, so he began to exercise right away.
Although, he had thoughts of reading while exercising, he restrained himself. He thought that if he exercised, the time he would get to read would increase.
And the way Soo Hyuk thought was exactly right. After three months passed since he started exercising, Soo Hyuk was able to build his stamina so that he could read a lot longer than before. After that, although Soo Hyuk hated exercising, he continued.
This was only to lengthen his reading time.
“Even though I don’t like it, there’s nothing I can do.”
Soo Hyuk went on top of the running machine. And in order to loosen his body, he began to walk slowly as he turned on the TV.
-Hahahahaha! You humans are stupid!
As soon as the TV came on, a pretty boy with handsomely good looks, which many women would be bewitched by, appeared.
-You guys thought with your strength, you could seal in me, the Prince of Darkness. Hahahahaha!
The man’s identity was the Prince of Darkness. And in front of him were a magician, a warrior, a priest, etc., people with different occupations gathered to seal in the Prince of Darkness.
“Is this a movie?”
He didn’t know the exact story, but if it was about the Prince of Darkness and humans it must be a movie.
-Wow, team leader Yang, is this really what you call a play video?
However, Soo Hyuk soon realized it was not a movie.
-Yes! Isn’t it amazing?
-To think we’d hit a gold mine! Though I do approve. The graphics are extremely exceptional. Out of all of the games I’ve seen, the graphics are remarkable.
-It’s not only the graphics that’s outstanding! Honestly, we are more confident in the story than the graphics. The story!
-Oh, then we will be surprised by the graphics and then surprised again with the story?
-No! You will be surprised once by the graphics, then fall straight~ into the story. There’s no time to be surprised!
The thing he thought was a movie wasn’t a movie, but a game.
“Wow, there must be lots of development.”
Soo Hyuk, as expected, has played a virtual reality game. He’s played FPS and RPG. However, they were not like what just came on, games with extraordinary graphics. Anyhow, the games must’ve advanced during the time Soo Hyuk quit gaming.
-When was the hardest time for you?
This is what the reporter asked.
-The hardest time…
And the following answer made Soo Hyuk stop on the running machine.
-No matter how I think about it, it was when I made the library.
“Library?”
What do you mean library? Soo Hyuk caught his breath as he focused on the interview.
-A library?
-Yes, a library!
-I’m confused! I thought you would say, magic implementation into the story or when you have to fix a bug. Why was creating a library the hardest for you? Isn’t it something you could just implement?
Team leader Yang laughed as he replied to the reporter’s question.
-Haha, you’re correct. The building itself, you can just implement. The problem is the books that would fill the library.
“…!”
And as soon as Soo Hyuk heard team leader Yang’s response during the interview, his eyes grew wide.
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“Hoo….hoo….”
Soo Hyuk breathed coarsely as he pressed the stop button. The speed on the running machine slowly began decreasing, then stopped completely.
Only then was Soo Hyuk able to come down from the running machine. He caught his breath as he headed down to the first floor to take a shower and began washing off his sweat.
‘Pangaea….’
While washing off the sweat, Soo Hyuk recollected on the game he saw while exercising, ‘Pangaea’.
‘They said there’s an enormous amount of books.’
Implementing the books in the library was the hardest in Pangaea. After taking a shower, Soo Hyuk walked straight towards the computer. And then began researching information on Pangaea.
‘December 31….’
Soo Hyuk went onto the official homepage and saw the open date. The open date was December 31.
‘There’s a little over two months left.’
Today’s October 15, I have to wait two months and fifteen days from now on. After Soo Hyuk checked the open date, he looked for other information. Of course, the only information on the homepage was specifications on the capsule needed for play.
‘…. The specifications are no joke?’
The specs on the capsule needed in order to play Pangaea surprised Soo Hyuk. The capsules he had at the moment made it impossible for him to play.
‘Well, it has been five years.’
They were capsules he attained five years ago. To spin them in the latest games was irrational and obvious.
‘I can’t save my allowance.’
In order to play Pangaea, he needed a new capsule. Therefore, he couldn’t save his allowance. Even if he saved his allowance, it wasn’t an amount of money he could purchase it for and above all, if he saved his allowance, he wouldn’t be able to purchase books.
The reason he wanted to play Pangaea wasn’t because he wanted to hunt or because he wanted to experience the world of fantasy personally.
The library, the reason why Soo Hyuk was showing interest in Pangaea was because of the books inside the library. But in order to read those books, he couldn’t purchase any books? It was a contradiction.