Overgeared

As soon as he finished eating, Agnus felt the need to investigate his symptoms. His Internet browsing history looked somewhat like this:

Mana IRL. Skills IRL. Game abilities in real life. Status window showing up in real life…

“Hmm...”

Agnus realized he wasn’t crazy after all. Demonstrating in-game abilities in the real world was no longer something only possible in fiction.

‘The stories of people implementing the skills learnt from games in real life have received public attention for a few years.’

There were quite a few articles about people saying that their eyesight has improved while playing games. The game they were talking about was, of course, Satisfy. Slowly but surely, Satisfy was influencing reality.

“...Someone also mentioned that they could see their status window in real life.”

This was just a claim made by an anonymous person on the Internet. Everyone thought it was a troll so they didn’t think too much of it.

Agnus found that person’s username and sent them a private message.

-Do you still see the status window nowadays?

People who delved so deeply and for so long in the online community that they only saw the sun on a screensaver were affectionately called “mom’s basement dwellers.” The user Agnus was talking to was one such person. Why?

-Of course.

Because they replied immediately.

Agnus felt relieved. He began typing back.

-Have your class and levels from Satisfy been transferred into reality?

He really needed to know this. Agnus was only level 1. It was important to know whether everyone else was in the same boat as him.

-What?Are you an idiot?

“......?”

Why was he being insulted? Agnus was a bit taken aback and reflected on what he had said. Did he offend the other person in any way? Agnus had almost zero social skills, so he wondered what he’d said wrong. However, no matter how much he racked his brains, he couldn’t pinpoint what he had done to upset the other person.

In the end, Agnus asked them directly.

-Why are you calling me an idiot?Did I say something wrong?

- LOOOOOL. I am calling you an idiot because you are one.You’re sending me a message like that at this hour? Lmao, that’s jobless behavior.

“......”

Agnus had never really interacted with someone who spent that much time on the Internet, so he was confused. However, he was serious, and he wasn’t the type to give up so easily. He hadn’t become a first-generation high ranker for no reason.

-I understand why you’re wary of me.If you change your mind later, leave me a message.I can also see the status window in real life, so we could perhaps help each other.

-You have mental issues.

has blocked

“......”

moved. He looked like a statue carved out of ice. He accessed the other person’s member information, but he couldn’t

out how to level

and calm, so he

of Satisfy. The difference between players who participated in the closed beta and those who didn’t was not something to be underestimated. He didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity he had right now. Despite all the suffering he’d experienced in the past,

***

“It’s gorgeous.”

playstyle, which consisted of swinging his greatsword through

the entire surrounding area. Blocking his attack was

shields of the cultivators lost half of their power. Even if the shield blocked the greatsword’s initial damage, the unstoppable pressure shattered

stronger. The eyes of the cultivators swelled like they were about to pop any second now, and the blood vessels in their eyes burst. Blood

legend, Tzudan, warned

think you went in too

he was fascinated by Chris, who had the qualities of an ideal fighter. He wasn’t

capable of what Chris could do at the moment. The cultivators were strange beings who didn’t even exist in ancient times. Chris wasn’t at all intimidated by these monsters, who used intent as a way to attack and shields to block Chris’

I

senses of a

a smile appeared on Chris’ face as he got close to

“......”

found this whole situation ridiculous, only for him to widen his eyes in surprise. The greatsword in Chris’ hand let out the roar of a

strange phenomenon. A gravitational pull seized the great ascension cultivator’s shield, sucking it in. The shield made a screeching noise, like

“You!”

his mouth. This was his innate treasure, which had been refined for tens of thousands of years. The moment the chains made contact with a target, they would trap them and seal their

a fight against other people. He had a lot of experience fighting and winning even against

more experience fighting for his life than a cultivator who

the enemy. Just in time, the footprints that only Chris and Tzudan could see appeared, suggesting a new

Tzudan admired him.

saw the

skill called Five Steps. Chris would follow the footsteps indicated by Five Steps and reach the point where he could

the path of a fighter who would do nothing but fight. A fighter reached only one of two outcomes when in battle: kill the opponent or die

Baaaang!

more attack power after he completed the Five Steps and it struck the cultivator’s shield. It had the power of a

chain pass by Chris without reaching him. He couldn’t withstand the weight of the sword so he collapsed on the ground, though he was at

body of a great ascension cultivator was stronger than any metal. But now, he was severely injured. His

damage despite blocking the

on the cultivator’s head, spilling through the tiny cracks in the shield. He couldn’t believe that his shield had shattered in a single blow, but it wasn’t that big of a

done that. He should’ve escaped using the Earth Escape Arts

Baaaang!

to approach the enemy. Chris had pursued the cultivator, and had done so very quickly. He kept hitting the cultivator’s shield over and over again, and the cultivator was getting

sniping at him. She’d been teaming up with Chris for the past

Arts. However,

“You guys!”

He dug a hole deep underground using a technique or treasure of some sorts and desperately fought back. Both the cultivator

cultivator was alone, while Chris

tried to jump in the hole he’d made, he got pierced by countless bullets fired by a machine gun.