The Ruined World Was Mistaken for a Game-Chapter 18.1: Early Access (4)
Translator: Dreamscribe
FS Games was originally an unlisted company wholly owned by Ohsung Group.
Now, Jinwoo owned all of its shares.
That was because he had completely acquired FS Games, which was on the verge of collapse, through legitimate procedures. At the time, it was worthless, but now it had become a game company with enormous potential.
The prevailing opinion was that it would surpass not only Ohsung Electronics but the Ohsung Group itself.
It was justified.
Because they had created a fully-fledged virtual reality game. Arsilan Saga was a complete sanctuary, and Lee Jinwoo was the Creator God who had created that sanctuary.
It had now gone beyond praise to reach the realm of worship.
Even the largest game community in Korea had already become a dedicated community for Arsilan Saga.
[Title: Got an Item.]
Received a request from the Adventurer's Guild to eliminate a monster that suddenly appeared. The client claims to be the Village Chief, but looks a bit suspicious.
Went to the forest, found a goblin.
Killed it and it gave me a sword?
Paid 2 gold for an appraisal:
[F-] Durable Longsword
A sharp sword with durable endurance.
Picked up a sword with an actual rank.
Went back to Evanth and blew all my money to request an enchant.
[F] Durable Longsword+1
A longsword imbued with fire attribute.
Reacts to the user's Magic Power and emits flames.
*Added flame attribute
Fuuuuuck! It succeeded on the first try!
Now heading out for grinding.
TankThief: Wow, awesome. What skill did you learn?
└Flame Swordsman (OP): Learned the basics and Bash at the Training Center.
WalkingTheMagePath: Look at those flames. The romance is insane.
Anonymous1: Planning to spend all my money on the 2nd batch of Soul Link. Is that sword for all classes?
CriticZ: The game is just perfect. You don’t need to worry about class or advancement, you can just learn what suits your taste. No penalties. Just do what you want.
└BowGuy: For real. Try different stuff and keep doing what suits you best.
PleaseSellItToMe: The only downside is that the 2nd batch of Soul Link hasn’t been released! Lee Jinwoo, sell the Soul Link now!
└GoatMan: You think the Creator God is your buddy? You little shit?
└Flame Swordsman: This bastard's gone crazy because the God is being lenient? You wanna die?
└PleaseSellItToMe: I'm sorry.
Just by players entering, the entire area around Evanth was cleaned up. Animals affected by Erosion were nearly extinct, fields were cultivated, and buildings increased.
The Heroes tackled every Quest they could find, regardless of type.
"Anyone want to team up for a building Quest? Daily pay is 10 gold."
"Looking for a herb gathering party. Let’s meet at the village central plaza."
"Any Orc tanks going to hunt wild boars?"
"Anyone with 100 Contribution Points? Can you accept the Village Chief Quest now?"
"Sewer maintenance pays 20 gold a day! First ten only!"
Rewards included gold, items, and Contribution Points.
Contribution Points were awarded each time a request was completed. Higher Contribution Points allowed access to quests with better rewards.
It all depended on one's mindset.
Players found even tough tasks fun because they thought of it as a game. Since the Quests weren’t repeatable and mostly disappeared after completion, they were all the more passionate.
'Since it's reality, that part can't be helped.'
It was a part that couldn’t be implemented because it wasn’t a game, but rather reality, and yet it was praised for adding extreme realism.
Jinwoo smirked and nodded.
If you think positively, everything looks good. Now, everything he did would look that way.
After checking out the situation in Evanth, Jinwoo went to work at FS Games and attended the morning meeting.
“More than half of the Heroes now have skills ranked F or higher and are actively going out to hunt.”
“How about renting out the land around Evanth in exchange for Contribution Points?”
The growth rate of the players was incredibly fast.
They truly deserved to be called Heroes.
At FS Games, players were being referred to as ‘Heroes’.
“Sir, is this possible by any chance? The Salvation Headquarters is curious about this too....”
"About what?"
Han Yong-seon cleared his throat and quietly handed a document to Jinwoo. It looked like a proposal, and it even had a carefully crafted and impressive cover.
What could warrant such effort?
“This is...”
As soon as Jinwoo saw the contents of the proposal, he understood why Han Yong-seon had behaved that way.
"It's adult content. We'll have to make it available when we officially launch the service."
With the Bio Golem body, anything was possible, but for now, it was locked. Regulations related to adult content could easily be resolved using the grandfather card.
An employee participating in the meeting suddenly spoke up while thinking about something.
“If we make it paid access, I think we could rake in a lot of money?”
Jinwoo, along with everyone in the meeting room, looked at him.
No one said a word, as if telling him to continue.
Startled by the sudden attention, he cautiously opened his mouth.
“Uh..., if we monetize things like stamina or size, shape..., wouldn’t that be... good? Or maybe a light...lightsaber that goes zzing! and pops up? Ha... haha! S-sorry!"
He quickly bowed his head.
Ah!
Ideas for monetized content were exploding in everyone’s minds.
To FS Games employees, Arsilan was a world where anything was possible.
‘...Strawberry-flavored...’
‘It might even have a socially beneficial effect...’
‘Various things you can’t do in reality...’
‘What if we introduced a unique battle system?’
‘Strong vibration up, down, left, and right...’
‘Create something like a tentacle slime...’
As everyone remained silent, lost in various thoughts, Han Yong-seon cleared his throat and spoke.
"Come on, let's give him a round of applause! Employee of the month!"
Clap clap clap!
As Han Yong-seon playfully said it, everyone chuckled and clapped. In any case, the atmosphere in the meeting room was good.
It was hot and lively!
Time for a topic change.
“Sir, did you see the trucks in front of the building?”
“Yes, I did.”
In front of FS Games’ headquarters, the street was filled with protest trucks equipped with electronic displays. No game company had ever amassed this many trucks.
Their demands were simple.
“Please, release Soul Link!”
“We’re willing to pay more! We even brought a coffee truck today. Tomorrow it’s lunch boxes, and the day after it’ll be a buffet truck!”
“We worship you. O Creator God, please grant your holy grace (Soul Link) to us, your sinful followers.”
“All gamers in Korea support FS Games and CEO Lee Jinwoo. We will always stand by and love you!”
Messages like those were everywhere.
It was a protest, but a good kind of protest.
The art team leader sighed.
“Not just me, even our youngest team member has turned off their phone. We keep getting contacted by people begging us to get them Soul Link.”
“I see.”
Jinwoo nodded.
At the moment, everything was functioning without issues, and the plan was proceeding smoothly and steadily.
It seemed like it was time to increase the workforce.
As long as Soul Chips could be supplied, they could be mass-produced quickly.
Jinwoo was deliberately controlling the production of Soul Chips. He needed to pace things until they could secure more Magic Stones and upgrade the Magic Tower’s capabilities.
‘Good thing I prepared the temporary villages in advance.’
They weren’t as large as Evanth, but there were several small villages. NPC placements had already been scheduled. The structure was designed so that players would naturally flow from temporary villages into Evanth.
Due to the players’ influence, Evanth would develop from a village into a larger city. That’s why it was designed with scalability in mind.
Once players filled up the village, the background NPCs would be removed. If you combined Evanth and the temporary villages, they could easily accommodate around 50,000 people.
“We’ll proceed with the second pre-order as scheduled. The supply is 50,000 units, but that number could increase.”
“Understood!”
Fifty thousand heroes.
That was enough to begin the First Erosion Subjugation.
Now it was time to slowly build things up.
When Jinwoo mentioned that,
“Is Leon finally making an appearance?”
“Oooooh!”
“Leon-nim, at last!”
The meeting room became noisy.
Even though he hadn’t properly appeared yet, fans of Leon were already emerging inside FS Games! Ever since the video of Leon in motion was shown, even more fans had been growing.
Leon mugs, Leon cushions, Leon figures, Leon bromides, life-size Leon standees, and so on, they were already planning to make related merchandise.
‘Leon..., is he really that much special?’
Jinwoo recalled Leon’s appearance.
Ah! He is that special.
Anyway, it was nice to see people working with such passion and joy.
Once the meeting ended, Jinwoo returned to the CEO’s office.
‘Leon..., guess I have to?’
He was prepared to do anything if it was for saving Arsilan. Even the people of Rainsword’s domain were doing their part, so there was no way the lord himself would refuse.
Still, a sigh naturally escaped.
Chapter 18.1: Early Access (4)
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