Although they had participated in the development, Royal Road was a truly fun virtual reality. After the release of Royal Road, there was even a report that humanity’s happiness had gone up by at least 40%.
With the pride that they had opened the doors to a new world, the scientists returned to their own duties.
Yoo Byung Jun muttered to himself.
“People in this world delude themselves too easily.”
On the screen he was watching, he could see the activities of the adventurers on the Versailles Continent.
A user who raised strength while hunting in a jungle no one else would seek out.
A user who trained their basic Stamina while climbing the most perilous mountain in the continent.
A user who was growing stronger as they tested their own limitations on a deserted island filled with monsters.
Yoo Byung Jun felt happy whenever he saw these users.
With endless tests on their limitations, they were experiencing extreme situations that could not be undergone on earth.
“To say that Royal Road is a game…”
After the creation of Royal Road and its release, the public media had gone wild over the technology.
The cutting-edge technology that realized the most realistic virtual reality!
Royal Road’s rapidly burgeoning user-base marked the ruin of existing games.
A new world had opened up for the users.
This caused even people in the general populace who were unfamiliar with games to become fascinated, and articles claiming that Royal Road had calmed the entertainment industry came out one after another.
Corporate managers and directors in the real world found great joy in selling fruit within the medieval castle walls, or even setting off on adventures, armed with a sword strapped to their waists.
As they scraped up enormous funds, they received praise as the stars of the game industry’s next generation.
Yoo Byung Jun smirked every time he saw those articles.
“Soft and lazy humans. They don’t even know their future is hanging here.”
It was something so pathetic that Yoo Byung Jun couldn’t stand it. .
He had dedicated his life to Royal Road. It was a monumental work of art that he had devoted his energy and life to, created as if it were his own child.
If it was just for the sake of making one game, he would have already given up long ago.
***
After chasing the Glowing Skeletons for a long seven days, they discovered the grand prize near the cemetery at last, and they were able to purify and defeat it with the Cleric’s holy magic.
“It’s a success!”
“Great job, everyone”
The Cleric and the Pikeman were especially happy.
“Dain-nim was especially helpful. Thank you.”
Chasing a Glowing Skeleton was difficult even with a skilled hunter. That was because it would go into a mountain with a lot of monsters, or find dungeons and hide inside. As they stopped to fight while chasing after the Glowing Skeleton, it would escape somewhere else before they even realized it.
If they didn’t have a Shaman’s magic to increase movement speed, catching the Glowing Skeleton would have been much harder.
Dain’s teeth slightly showed as she smiled.
“It was nothing. I wasn’t even very helpful in the fights.”
“That’s not true. Even though you’re a Shaman, the power of your treatment and all sorts of beneficial skills… If Dain-nim hadn’t been here, it would have truly difficult to successfully accomplish this request.”
“Dain-unni is a true shaman.”
Dain had firmly won the trust of her party members.
“Unni, stay with us.”
“Will you do the next request with us?”
“Yes, I will.”
For a few months, Dain freely enjoyed adventures together with the party members.
Her fame improved day by day as well. When there weren’t many users in Morata who did not know who Shaman Dain was, she left for an adventure in the Land of the Black Curse.
It was an expedition that over twenty of Morata’s most seasoned adventurers participated in!
After experiencing new monsters and a new dungeon, she returned to Morata.
***
“Whew! I’m back in Morata again.”
Dain grinned broadly.
The Morata she had returned to after a long time… She hadn’t known how much she would miss it.
It was because having savored enough solitude in the sky city of Lavias, she had secured a new position in the North and had made friends in Morata.
“But I have to get the curse resolved…”
Dain made a worried face.