Sorim Grapes is Wronged

33.

Level 50 (1)

May 1st, Saturday. From the morning, Jin was bustling around the house. He said he was preparing an event with friends for Da-bin’s birthday. When I gave him a department store gift card to give to Da-bin, Jin nagged me about whether I had sent a congratulatory text. This nagging didn’t exist until last year. Things have changed, haven’t they…

[Me] Da-bin, happy birthday. Have a great day.

[Da-bin] Oppa sent a birthday text….????

[Da-bin] Did that rascal Jin threaten you? lololol

[Da-bin] Thank youuuu 🙂 Looking forward to the gift

“Did you send it?”

“I sent it and got a reply.”

“Let me see.”

Jin stuck his head in and checked the text content between me and his girlfriend.

“There’s no emoticon, but for you, it’s a good effort… Well done. I’m proud of you.”

“You, get out of here already.”

“It’s still far from the appointment time.”

“It’s polite to go early and wait.”

“Okay, okay. I’m leaving. If my brother wants to play games, I should make way.”

After teasing me thoroughly, Jin left, and I sat in front of my laptop.

I finally reached level 49. But I wasn’t happy at all. It’s because I only recovered one jade seal by the time I reached level 49. Now there’s only one step left to the final destination of 50, but only one…

Angryy hasn’t just been playing around. After ‘Black Light’ lost one jade seal, they seemed to become more vigilant and started causing disturbances all over the empire, keeping me busy trying to resolve them.

While going around dealing with these bad guys spreading like mold everywhere, my name became a bit known in the Western Continent.

Wherever I went, NPCs would all say things like this:

‘Ah, aren’t you Angryy, the ‘Adventurer Walking the Path of a Hero’?’

‘I’ve heard much about your fame, Angryy. I can tell you this…’

‘Angryy, always looking out for the weak! Would you please grant my wish?’

I couldn’t ignore people who recognized me… or rather, because they were quests, I granted all their requests. Later, even the emperor of the Sausage Empire sought me out. Just as rumors were circulating that ‘Black Light’ was also involved with imperial power, Lido Guild Leader and I immediately headed to the Sausage Empire palace.

The current emperor is Gilenda, Kallen’s first son, something Sausage… He was the one who requested Lido Guild to find the jade seals. In short, he’s on our good side.

Gilenda said that his father’s older brother, his uncle, was conspiring with dark forces to commit treason.

I decided to launch a preemptive strike with Lido Guild Leader before they could start their rebellion. According to Beombiga, this is the final quest to reach level 50.

By the way, my fame hasn’t just spread among the in-game NPCs. Because of the incident with Blood Demon last time, my name has also spread among game users.

I kept getting whispers, party invites, trade requests, and mail from strangers, so I blocked everything except for mutual friends.

This led to one more change…

[General/MinoIsMine: Ah~~ I want to be friends with Angryy~~~]

[General/Gakjong: Honestly, Angryy went too far with this]

[General/Gakjong: Blocking whispers, party invites, and mail, but not adding us as friends? This crosses the line]

[General/Gakjong: Should repay with friend requests]

[General/MinoIsMine: Agreed. We have a history together, how can we be treated the same as trolls ㅠㅠ lol]

[General/MinoIsMine: Are you never going to party with us again? Huh?? Huh????]

[General/MinoIsMine: We had a good time when we partied last time…..]

Above the names of MinoIsMine and Gakjong, who were demanding to be my friends, was the text ‘Pale Ear’.

I heard that the Blood Demon guild had challenged the Chang Gwi guild to a guild war, and these two reclusive geniuses had joined to fill the vacant spots in Chang Gwi, as most of their members were inactive.

Gchang was often away, probably busy with preparations for the guild war.

I really don’t understand this thing called guild war. It’s like a factional fight in the game… While conflicts can occur in-game, the fact that they’re trying to resolve it not through real-life conversations or fights, but by making their game characters fight each other… I don’t get it and just find it a bit cute.

[General/MinoIsMine: Please accept our friend requests ㅠㅠㅠㅠ This is too much]

[General/Gakjong: Why should innocent people like us suffer because of bad people]

[General/Gakjong: It’s unfair]

[General/MinoIsMine: For real, we didn’t do anything wrong, why should we suffer ㅠㅠ]

After being blocked from whispers, party invites, trade requests, etc., Changmigak kept portraying me as a cold-hearted person like this.

As I kept hearing this, I started to wonder if I’d been brainwashed, thinking I might really be doing something wrong. Finally, I made up my mind.

[General/Angryy: Okay, send the friend requests]

[General/MinoIsMine: !?]

[You have received a friend request from MinoIsMine.

Do you want to accept?

Accept / Reject ]

[You are now friends with MinoIsMine.]

[General/MinoIsMine: Gasp]

[General/MinoIsMine: ㅠㅠㅠ Wow, amazing ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I knew Angryy would accept ㅠㅠㅠ]

[General/Gakjong: What?]

[You have received a friend request from Gakjong.

Do you want to accept?

Accept / Reject ]

[You are now friends with Gakjong.]

Gakjong didn’t cry like MinoIsMine. He just said this:

[General/Gakjong: A wise choice]

And so, my friend list grew to three friends.

MinoIsMine and Gakjong celebrated becoming friends by dancing and putting on a show.

[General/MinoIsMine: Hehe I’m happy]

[General/MinoIsMine: But Angryy, you did well to block whispers, parties, trades, etc. lol

[General/MinoIsMine: Now when you reach level 50, PvP will be unlocked too lol]

[General/MinoIsMine: I don’t know if you’re aware, but in this game, the real start is from level 50]

[General/Gakjong: Yeah, until now there wasn’t much content except pushing the story, but from now on lol]

[General/Gakjong: You’ll experience a flood of content]

A flood of content.

Those words sent a strange breeze through my heart, making me flinch.

Surely I’m not expecting that, right? While I’m not expecting it at all, I asked out of courtesy.

[General/Angryy: What kind of content is there?]

[General/MinoIsMine: Oh, there’s too much to say]

[General/Gakjong: What do you want the most?]

[General/Angryy: Dungeons]

[General/MinoIsMine: Oho]

[General/Angryy: Now that I’m level 49… there’s no one to match me]

That’s right. I’ve become too strong.

Whether it’s in the field or dungeons, monsters are no match for me. Because of this, I was feeling more boredom than excitement in battles.

[General/Angryy: It would be nice if there were powerful dungeons where I could unleash this strength…]

[General/MinoIsMine: lolololololololol]

[General/Gakjong: Ah, this is ㅈㄴ funny lololol]

[General/Iman: This is hilarious lololololololol]

[General/MinoIsMine: Whoa, what are you lol]

[General/Iman: Ah, let’s all laugh together lololol]

[General/Iman: It’s so funny that someone who’s not even a concept freak is saying things like this lololololol]

A burst of laughter passed.

[General/MinoIsMine: lolol Anyway, Angryy, you’ll get tired of fighting, so don’t worry]

[General/MinoIsMine: First, you probably know that stories from other continents will open up, so let’s skip that]

[General/MinoIsMine: The most important thing is that raids will open lol]

[General/MinoIsMine: No matter how good your specs are, Angryy, you absolutely can’t do raids alone. Your DPS won’t be enough]

[General/MinoIsMine: And then there’s territory and farms,,,]

[General/Gakjong: Gathering, mining, fishing, commerce, PVP, sailing, island independence…..]

[General/MinoIsMine: There’s also completing the Feisia history book and hidden stories]

[General/MinoIsMine: But you’ve probably done most of these while pushing the story lol]

[General/Gakjong: That’s why Angryy’s level up was slow lol Only level 49 after playing all day every day]

I was shocked.

My… level up was slow?

Wasn’t it extremely fast? Beombiga told me my leveling speed was fast. Did Beombiga lie to me? I immediately sent him a whisper. I didn’t worry about not getting an immediate reply.

[Whisper/To Beombiga: Be honest, was my leveling slow until now?]

[Whisper/Beombiga: Hmm]

[Whisper/Beombiga: It depends on what standard you’re looking at]

[Whisper/Beombiga: Usually, if you play about 12 hours a day like Angryy]

[Whisper/Beombiga: You can reach level 50 in three days to a week at most,,]

[Whisper/Beombiga: But in that case, you’d only complete about 30% of the substance like side quests, history books, hidden stories, etc.]

[Whisper/Beombiga: So you’d eventually have to come back to the Western Continent and start over]

[Whisper/Beombiga: But Angryy has completed over 80% in less than 3 weeks since starting the game…]

[Whisper/Beombiga: I think that’s quite fast :)]

I almost felt betrayed by Beombiga, but… listening to his explanation, it seemed he was right. I pressed the hotkey to open the history book. It showed the progress of all the stories in the Western Continent, and I was at 85.7%. The remaining 14.3% couldn’t be completed at my current level.

[Whisper/Beombiga: With a solid foundation like Angryy’s]

[Whisper/Beombiga: You’ll be able to handle future content more easily]

[Whisper/To Beombiga: Yeah]

[Whisper/To Beombiga: But can’t you do raids alone?]

[Whisper/Beombiga: Ah…]

[Whisper/Beombiga: Well, raids are different from dungeons….]