The Ruined World Was Mistaken for a Game-Chapter 82: Episode 2 (2)

The Ruined World Was Mistaken for a Game-Chapter 82: Episode 2 (2)

Translator: Dreamscribe
The day the invasion was repelled and the Great War was won.
That scene was being broadcast not only in the Soul Shop and game rooms, but also through various video media. The broadcasting station managed to survive until the end and was able to broadcast all the key moments.
The place with the largest crowd was, unsurprisingly, the Soul Shop.
People watched the Great War through the glass windows installed outside the Soul Shop. The grand hologram images reflected beyond the glass stopped people in their tracks. So many people gathered that they overflowed into the roads, prompting the police to come and control the area altogether.
People couldn’t take their eyes off the Great War.
They were dumbfounded by the overwhelming spectacle, and when the breath of darkness spread to Solis and Marogo, they screamed.
“Uwaaah!”
“We won!”
“Kya!”
“How are we supposed to watch movies after this.”
“I hope Soul Link comes out soon.”
When Leon declared victory, everyone on Earth who had been watching the Great War cheered. As such scenes unfolded across the world, it was impossible not to acknowledge it now.
Arsilan Saga was an invasion force.
With madness and pleasure, and the romance everyone dreamed of as its weapons, it was slowly occupying Earth. There was no way to resist this quiet and expanding force of invasion.
All they could do was wait for the day of complete conquest.
Given such circumstances, it had become natural for people to mention Arsilan events on social media.
[Marco Scolanti]
We search for reality in movies and dream of movies in reality.
Arsilan!
Is the history of Arsilan, created by all of us, a movie or reality?
The only world where the boundary between movie and reality disappears, Arsilan. That beautiful world always makes me dream and gives me the courage and strength to live in reality.
#Settling in Marogo #We won! #Took a photo with the angel-nim #Reconstruction of International City Marogo begins!
Film director Marco Scolanti lived in Arsilan, filming many videos and presenting them through Arsilan Worlds. He hid his real name, but his skills were so outstanding that he had a large number of subscribers.
The number of heroes affiliated with the Kingdom of Sillion was 3.13 million, ranking higher than the Earth nation Moldova. It rose sharply during the Great War, and now that momentum was even faster.
There were even predictions that, at this rate, it could hit ten million by the end of the year.
After the Great War ended, reconstruction was underway throughout Arsilan. Jinwoo could have restored everything exactly as before by dispatching staff, but he did not. What was destroyed, collapsed, or disappeared was also a part of Arsilan’s history.
Joy overflowed in Arsilan.
The people of Arsilan celebrated their liberation from long suffering, and the heroes shared in the joy.
Jinwoo, wearing the Robe of Concealment, took in the scenery of Arsilan after emerging from Solis.
Golden Arsilan had been reborn.
The magic barrier shimmering in golden light made the land of Arsilan appear even more beautiful.
“With one swing, dozens of them disappeared, I’m telling you!”
“Come here, I’ll tell you a really awesome story.”
“Sigh, if only you came a bit earlier. You guys really missed out on life!”
After the Great War, veteran heroes were eager to share their tales with the newbie heroes who had just logged in. They looked at the newbies who missed out on a once-in-a-lifetime event with pity.
“Oh! Found a gem!”
"Wow... that looks pretty awesome."
“Hehe! This is the reward!”
The collapsed Gate of Invasion in Arsilan had left behind a massive structure as large as a mountain. Many heroes clung to it, mining it. Quite a few rare minerals were embedded in that structure, likely remnants that came along when the higher being created the gate.
They were things not found in Arsilan until now.
‘Nice.’
It served as a fairly good reward.
Jinwoo smirked and moved to Evanth.
The area around Evanth was also dyed in golden hues. This was due to the wide fields of rice paddies and wheat fields. Beyond that scenery, large storage warehouses and windmills used to store the grains could be seen.
It looked like a painting.
“Waaah!”
“I’ll be the king!”
“Hehe!”
The children were playing in front of Evanth without a care in the world. Jinwoo stood still and watched the children for a while.
Amy was making a flower crown, and the children were running around her. Fairies were also flying with the children, laughing brightly.
Laughter never ceased.
Now, they could run and play freely without worrying about getting scolded by Tia.
When he listened closely, he heard the sound of singing.
There were people playing instruments and singing in front of Evanth. They were trainees from HJ Entertainment.
‘Oh, not bad...?’
They handled Arsilan’s instruments quite well, and their singing was excellent. The heroes stopped in their tracks and watched the trainees’ performance.
[F] Song of Strength
You heard a song that makes strength surge.
Strength stat increases.
*Strength +3% (3 hours)
Heroes who listened to the whole song received a buff.
“Oh? It’s a buff! Thank you!”
“I’ll become a fan of those unnies!”
“Ah! I saw you fighting on the Marogo walls!”
The trainees were slowly becoming famous.
Jinwoo noticed a bard burning with passion on the other side.
"Ugh, urgh!"
“M-my ears...”
“Ugh, that guy’s at it again!”
The heroes quickly fled the area.
It was Romantic Bard.
He was once a hero notorious in the musicians’ village, Harmonia. He was infamous enough to have a bounty on his head, but thanks to his performance in the Great War, he had risen to become a war hero of Harmonia.
Jinwoo didn't know the detailed circumstances.
‘Ugh, hmm.’
Even to Jinwoo’s ears, Romantic Bard’s playing and singing were dreadful.
Yet his song carried a strange power.
[D+] Song of Nightmare (Debuff)
Inflicts terrible nightmares on enemies. Fortunately, it does not affect allies, but they will still suffer from the terrible sound.
*50% chance of hearing loss
*20% chance of loss of motivation
*20% chance of mental confusion
*10% chance of limb paralysis
Jinwoo couldn’t help but be shocked.
A D+ rank debuff with as many as four effects. Jinwoo checked the Romantic Bard’s information.
[Lv.64] Romantic Bard
Title: [C] War Hero of Despair
Race: Human
Class: [Hidden] Debuffer (1st Job Advancement)
[War Achievements]
*Inflicted debuffs on 57 giants.
*Induced mental confusion on 21 siege weapons, causing them to charge backwards.
*Burst countless enemy eardrums and paralyzed them, greatly weakening their combat power.
*Scheduled to receive 3rd-grade medal.
It was a remarkable talent.
Though it was debatable whether it could truly be called a talent, in any case, that’s what it was.
Jinwoo could understand how Romantic Bard had contributed in the war. Since the range of the debuff extended as far as the sound of his song, he was enough to become a nightmare of the battlefield.
Romantic Bard did his best to play and sing, but he had no audience.
“Ugh...”
Romantic Bard dropped his head and knelt on the ground. He wanted to be cheered like those trainees, but that was a fate he could not have.
Amy approached and patted his shoulder.
Romantic Bard was moved.
“Thank you. I’ll... I’ll keep going! I won’t give up on my music.”
“Uh? That’s not what I meant....”
“Listen. This song is for you!”
As Romantic Bard started singing again, Amy’s face went pale, and she ran off in a flash. Romantic Bard looked determined not to give up on singing as long as he had even one fan.
He once again set off on a lonely path.
Jinwoo slowly shook his head and began to walk.
The place he arrived at was the cemetery. The cemetery was open, and many heroes visited, leaving flowers at the tombstones.
Jinwoo quietly bowed his head.
“We did it.”
Jinwoo could proudly say it here.
“We won.”
For the first time, Jinwoo smiled in front of the tombstone.
“And we always will.”
The pain was over.
No one would be sacrificed anymore. Jinwoo spent a quiet moment at the cemetery.
[Boss! The work is complete!]
A message came from FS Games.
Since his smartphone was synced, he could receive calls or texts even in Arsilan.
[Make it public.]
[Understood!]
Jinwoo replied to Han Yong-seon with a gentle smile on his lips.
[Notice] In 30 minutes, the final video of Episode 2 will be released. Please make sure to watch it.
An information window appeared in front of all heroes.
When they clicked the window, a message popped up stating the video would be released in 30 minutes. The chat window was also automatically connected.
-Huh?
-What’s this?
-Suddenly a video release?
The chat window scrolled rapidly. It was stabilized by splitting into several rooms according to the number of viewers. After 30 minutes passed, the video was released.
A calm melody began to play.
It was an arranged instrumental version of the Song of Return.
[Episode 2]
With those words, the video began.
The scenery of Evanth appeared. Heroes, smiling brightly, were setting out to open cities and villages.
Heroes discovered the village of music and held performance competitions, and created countless potions to break the seal of the village where alchemy lay dormant.
-That part was so fun.
-I suffered like hell making potions.
-I’m in there! Our guild too!
-ㅋㅋㅋ why do they keep blowing up?
When scenes of potions exploding came up, the chat was filled with laughter. All the villages that had been opened appeared one by one. As people gradually filled Marogo, the city’s development played out like a flowing piece of music.
-I feel proud.
-Marogo is more comfortable than my real-life home.
-I just moved to a studio apartment. Just living in Marogo now.
Each hero began to share their own stories.
As Marogo bustled with people, the screen shifted. A golden shard soaring into the sky pointed toward the capital, Solis.
Heroes on a romantic journey.
They discovered Solis.
In front of Solis, countless people had gathered, laughing, chatting, and cheering.
[The Wishes We Made]
As the heroes watching the video saw the inscriptions carved into the walls, they burst into laughter.
-ㅋㅋㅋ look at those ridiculous wishes.
-If it weren’t for Leon-nim, we’d have been in trouble ㅋㅋㅋ
-Ugh, the average level of heroes...
There were quite a few bizarre wishes. Fortunately, those disappeared when Leon became king.
[Our Kingdom, Our King]
A majestic coronation video played, and Leon declared the founding of the nation. Cheering heroes and Arsilan people passed by.
Leon’s bright smile, the birth of the guardian dragon, Helby smirking with her arms crossed, and heroes looking at each other fondly.
Those scenes unfolded along with cheerful music.
The chat went quiet for a moment.
Everyone returned to the past, once again reliving the lingering emotions of that time.
[The Great War]
The music shifted, and the atmosphere darkened.
However, the video was not dark. On the contrary, it was full of energy.
Heroes prepared for war in cities and villages, shouting at each other, grabbing each other by the collar. But they quickly reconciled and got to work.
They installed cannons and set up traps.
At one point, an explosion wiped out dozens of heroes in an instant.
The scene showed a hero covering his face while watching that spectacle from atop the castle walls.
-It was all manual labor ㅋㅋ setting bombs was insanely hard.
-Time passed so fast.
-How did we even set all that up?
The music tempo quickened.
In the midst of a passionate performance, the Gate of Invasion came into view. Enemies poured out, and the heroes stared at them with solemn expressions.
Desperate resistance.
Heroes fought desperately, shouting as if crying while carrying out their orders. Once each village had met its quota, the heroes looked at the approaching enemies and smiled.
They raised their thumbs and faced death.
-How did we even survive that?
-I was there, it was seriously close.
-I’m tearing up.
-It was so hard. Now I feel like I can do anything.
The sacrifice of the orcs, the sailing ship that suddenly appeared with the tidal wave.
And the breath of darkness that extended from the Gate of Invasion.
Heroes shed tears as they watched Arsilan people die. Wiping their tears, they picked up their weapons again and stared beyond the walls. As they looked at the black swarm of enemies rushing in, the heroes opened their mouths.
‘For Arsilan!’
‘Do not retreat!’
‘Hold the line!’
The heroes held the line for Arsilan.
No one hesitated to throw themselves forward. They blocked the breath of darkness and advanced toward our king and the Gate of Invasion. The sight of them riding horses and laughing as they galloped was still a joy to behold. When light burst from their weapons, the surprised expressions of the heroes were captured.
-Kya!
-That was seriously insane
-The feel in the hands was crazy back then
They tore out the Gate of Invasion, and amidst the cheers of the heroes, Leon declared victory. The thunderous roar of the cheers blended with the music and echoed out.
[The Story We Created]
[Arsilan Saga]
All sounds grew quiet.
With beautiful memories of Arsilan, the names of every hero who participated in the Great War appeared. There were so many names they filled the entire screen and scrolled quickly upward.
-Oh! I saw my name!
-Wow! They really included everyone.
-Somehow... this is emotional.
The heroes watched in silence until all the names had passed.
Flying vehicles of the Helby Lovers Group in the sky.
Heroes stunned as they faced gigantic monsters.
Fairies born from flower buds.
Heroes fighting in Valhalla, laughing while eating giant pieces of meat with orcs.
At the ruined Gate of Invasion, heroes and angels took a group photo together.
These memories unfolded in the background as the heroes' names continued to rise.
When all the names had passed, the screen showed the Heroes Flowers blooming in a beautiful field.
[Episode 2 Happy Ending]
Happy Ending.
It was the happy ending we made.
With that sentence, the video came to an end.
It was a tribute video made for the heroes.
The UI of Arsilan Worlds changed to a peaceful mode, and the prologue of Episode 2 disappeared. This tribute video would now take its place.
-Uwaaahhhh!
-How could they suddenly drop something like this...
-This is too overwhelming!
-We did it! We really did it!
Laughter or tears from deep emotion.
The heroes’ reactions were passionate. The view count soared rapidly. Many heroes replayed the video again and again on the spot.
Jinwoo was also immersed in the afterglow.
“Whew...”
Jinwoo closed his eyes.
For a while, he would be able to live comfortably without worries.
A vacation didn’t sound like a bad idea.
‘Maybe I should try going overseas?’
Now that Arsilan was safe, he could travel without concern. Spending money freely sounded fun too. Just as Jinwoo was planning his vacation.
[CEO-nim, I've organized everything you mentioned in the last broadcast and placed it on your desk!]
Another message came from Han Yong-seon.
“Ah.”
Jinwoo had made a lot of promises and pledges during the broadcast before the Great War.
He got carried away, thinking he could do anything if they won the war.
That scene flashed through his mind.
Jinwoo tightly shut his eyes.
His briefly happy vacation plans crumbled to dust.
* * *
Jinwoo briefly escaped from reality and returned to the mansion.
When it was time to go to work, he went down to the dining room. As always, his family greeted him. Everyone looked happy.
Jinwoo quietly sat down at the table.
“Is everything going well with the preparations?”
At Lee Woon-sung’s words, Lee Hee-jin and Lee Cheon-woo perked up their ears.
“Preparations?”
“Yes, haha! It looked like there was quite a bit to do, but you can take your time.”
“Y-yes, I guess... I’ll take it slow....”
“I can wait, but I don’t think our heroes can. They must be itching to get moving. Hahaha!”
Fulfill all the pledges! And release the events!
That’s how it sounded, like a threat.
No, it probably was a threat. Jinwoo looked at Lee Hee-jin. His noona was always kind to him.
Would she comfort him?
“Eat a lot. You need energy to work.”
“Ah...”
“Chew properly. If you get indigestion, you can’t work. Should I feed you?”
“Ah, no... it’s fine.”
“I also bought some supplements, so make sure you take them.”
Smile!
Lee Hee-jin said so with a bright smile. Her voice was very gentle and sweet. Jinwoo started to feel a little scared of her.
Lee Cheon-woo put a hand on his shoulder.
“Mm, hang in there.”
For the first time today, Lee Cheon-woo actually felt like a hyung.
After finishing his meal and getting ready for work, Jinwoo stepped outside. As always, the three of them came out to the front of the mansion to see him off. Their gazes felt unbearably heavy.
Jinwoo arrived in front of FS Games headquarters and looked up at the large electronic billboard. It was installed before the Great War.
It was filled with the most recommended phrases from Arsilan Worlds, and most of the content were messages praising Jinwoo.
He looked at the billboard hoping to get some healing.
[Praise the Creator God!]
[Thank you so much for saying you’ll do it all!]
[If you do everything for us, what’s left for you?]
[Don’t push yourself, but please do it all!]
Guh!
There was no healing at all!
A subtle threat was mixed into the praise. Jinwoo trudged inside and entered the CEO’s office. A stack of documents listing all the pledges was radiating tremendous presence from the top of the desk.
‘There were some things I said just in passing, so those... should be fine, right? I was just joking.’
Jinwoo cautiously looked at the documents.
Then immediately closed them again.
“They really wrote everything down.”
Hahaha!
Our staff are just too competent!
Knock knock!
Han Yong-seon entered the CEO’s office.
“CEO-nim! It’s time for the meeting!”
“...Give me just five more minutes, please.”
“Yes! Take your time!”
Han Yong-seon left with a bright smile.
"Hmm."
The sky was so clear.
The weather had warmed up, it was the perfect day for a vacation.
So... let's work.
*****
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Chapter 82: Episode 2 (2)