Chapter 22: (2): Season 1 – Preparation


    Hyun-seok raised his eyebrows. He had been forcibly switched from tutorial mode to easy mode. As a result, he had never tried the entry quest. However, Jong-won had already passed the quest when he moved from tutorial to easy mode.


    Oh, the quest where you had to get 10 orc leather, 3 green stones, and 5 Twin-headed Orc maces, and kill a total of 30 orcs. I cleared it with my past achievements being recognized.


    Whats a past achievement?


    It means the orcs you caught with me before. To be more precise, the orcs you caught in the dungeon were also recognized as my achievements, so the quest was cleared at the same time.


    What? Thats cheating.


    Jong-won looked at Hyun-seok with disbelief. He agreed that luck yed a role, but he didnt want to hear such words from Hyun-seok. It was like the pot calling the kettle ck. But Hyun-seoks face stiffened a bit.


    Hey, you


    Jong-won jumped up. Hyun-seok spoke in a low voice. He could have just thought about it silently, but he said it out loud.


    Battlefield open.


    Hyun-seok, the only yer to have exceeded 100 intelligence stats, could unfold the battlefield whenever he wanted. His body disappeared as if it were about to vanish, and then he stood in front of the door, blocking it.


    Werent you missing 3 green stones?


    Hyun-seok smirked. It was clear from the look of it that the estimate wasing out well. He probably had Min-seo secretly bring out three Greenstones from his stash at home. In fact, Hyun-seok himself didnt know the exact number. No one would think that Greenstones would be piled up in such an ordinary two-room apartment.


    As a joke, Hyun-seok nudged the door. Then, boom! A huge sound exploded like a bomb, even from the iron door. Jong-wons face turned pale.


    What the hell are you doing to a weak ordinary person, you bastard?!


    If someone had heard it, it would have been a scream of outrage. The official No. 1 in the power stat world. A special-ss warrior who could be considered the most famous yer in Korea, currently serving as the second-inmand of the Korean Union, and an IUET graduate, Jong-won had acted like a weak person in front of Hyun-seok.


    Youre being too petty. What harm can there be if a super high-level yer drops some items for a low-level yer?


    Just ask and take it, you bastard.


    Jong-won frowned deeply.


    Dont you remember? Back in the day, we stole panties and socks from our house and wore them secretly, saying that this kind of thing was natural between friends! You son of a b*tch!


    Are panties and Greenstones the same thing? And when did that happen?


    I dont know, man! Its been like ten years. And whether its panties or Greenstones, you didnt answer my call earlier. You must be really busy.


    Jong-won walked out embarrassed. Hyun-seok chuckled as he watched his friends back recede.


    So thats why you deposited 500 million won out of nowhere.


    He remembered checking the text message he had received earlier. The strange thing was that Jong-won, who was far away, suddenly said,


    Oh, right. I deposited 500 million won! I forgot to tell you! Check it out!


    As if realizing it btedly, he shouted out loud. Although they had been friends since childhood, Hyun-seok couldnt quite understand what was going on in Jong-wons head, and he chuckled to him as he sat down on the sofa. Some might find the situation nonsensical and even ridiculous, but for Hyun-seok and Jong-won, it wasnt a big deal.


    If this kind of talk gets out, were going to get a lot of hate.


    Jong-won knew that he had no concept, and that he was probably going to be insulted as a gullible fool, but he didnt feel too bad about it. In fact, he felt that he and Hyun-seok could rely on each other and trust each other, unlike those people, and he got lost in his thoughts as he rationalized their actions.


    Then, there will probably be a yer entering normal mode soon.


    Most of the current events are happening in Korea. There is no way to confirm whether it is a coincidence or not, but most of the events (or phenomena) have originated in Korea and are spreading to the rest of the world.


    Does this mean that the current difficulty level is the limit of easy mode?


    The dungeons that have appeared so far are not at a very dangerous level, although it takes a long time to clear them. In Hyun-seoks case, he could clear them in no time at all. If he cleared them faster than the time originally set, he would receive a reward for a slightly difficult achievement or difficult achievement, which meant that it was not an impossible achievement. It was said that someone else (or many people) could do it, even though it was difficult, as long as they found the right strategy.


    Anyway, he thought that the current difficulty was the limit of easy mode.


    As for me I probably wont have a promotion quest.


    When transitioning from tutorial to easy mode, he was inevitably forced to move to the next level. As a result, the level and experience systems were limited, and any way to be stronger disappeared. This was with the exception of the achievement system.


    Hyun-seok received a monster detector from Sung-hyung and either hunted boss monsters alone or went ying with Min-seo, Pyeong-hwa, and Jong-won, umting achievements. Thanks to this, his remaining stats are now an impressive 320.


    However, the application of the achievement system is bing increasingly difficult. This is due to what happened yesterday. Hyun-seok was lucky enough to quickly find a new dungeon and clear it at lightning speed. However, the dungeon seemed to be quite difficult. Even in easy mode, it was the same for Hyun-seok. Just as a young child who only knows that 2+2=4 might find 22 difficult, there was no difference in the level of difficulty perceived by an adult whether it was 2+2 or 22. The difficulty was the same, but it was an impossible achievement.


    [You have achieved an impossible achievement.]


    [As a reward, you will receive a bonus stat of +50.]


    [Due to penalties for stats outside of easy mode, it will be paid at 50% reduction.]


    Up to this point, it was simr to usual.


    [You havepleted the achievement of achieving 10 impossible achievements.]


    [This will also be recognized as an impossible achievement.]


    [You will receive a bonus stat of 100 due to achieving an impossible achievement.]


    [Due to the penalty, 50% deducted stats will be given.]


    [You will receive the title of the one who pioneers the impossible.]


    There was one thing that Hyun-seok had always felt about the yer system.


    The achievement was distributed differently depending on continuous actions or a certain number, such as 10, 30, 100, etc.


    Anyway, Hyun-seok achieved the impossible achievement 10 times and received a whopping bonus stat of 100. It was reduced by 50% due to penalties, but it was still impressive.


    This was all good, but there was one problem.


    [The achievement system will no longer apply.]


    The achievement system will no longer be applied. The only way for Hyun-seok to be stronger with the experience and level systems limited was through the achievement system. But now that option has been taken away. Its like the games administrator discovered a bug and put a sanction on it.


    In easy mode, theres nothing left for me to gain.


    That means he must move on to a higher mode than easy. Hyun-seok was already worried about that and now he had to switch to normal mode.


    I cant believe Im worried about this Ive really changed.


    He never thought about bing a yer, but now that he cant get any stronger, he feels regret and heartache. He didnt despair, but he did feel uneasy about it.


    Then all thats left for me isforced ss change.


    Forced ss change. However, he doesnt know the conditions for it. Maybe if he raises his stat points tremendously, itll be possible. He feels like it could be possible if he reaches 200 or 300 points in the system.


    Waitthere was a new title.


    Due to the limitation of the achievement system, Hyun-seok was in a bit of a daze, but he finally remembered the notification sound that came from the end. When he opened the stat window, he almost passed out from shock.


    This isinsane! What is this!


    He cursed at Jong-won and called him a scam, but the real scam was right here.


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