Chapter 16: flow can control human emotions!!!

I enjoy browsing online communities.

They’re places where all sorts of people gather, making me reflect on many things.

It’s interesting to see how opinions diverge even when discussing the same topic.

But I don’t take sides.

I’m someone who knows how to respect differences in opinion.

【New Dimension Gallery】

【Title: Why isn’t this heal working as much?】

【Author: NewbieHere】

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Considering I’m a priest, shouldn’t it be around 600?

【Likes: 0 / Dislikes: 0】

Of course, heresy is excluded. That’s not different; it’s wrong.

However, it seems this person doesn’t know that yet.

Judging by their nickname, they’re still new, so I’ll personally explain it to them.

If I step in and guide them, they’ll realize their mistake.

【Likes: 0 / Dislikes: 1】

Still, since they’re a heretic, let’s downvote first.

Loo: It’s probably because they’re a heretic.

└NewbieHere: Heretic? There’s such a system in this game?

Loo: Yeah, it’s labeled as a priest or paladin, but they’re all actually heretics.

└NewbieHere: ? ? This game is so weird lol

└NewbieHere: So, what should I do then?

Loo: You’ll probably need to change your class first.

Loo: Or just create a new character.

Loo: Alchemist is pretty good right now.

The flow feels good.

Recently, heretics have been people who refuse to admit their mistakes no matter what.

No matter how much you crack their skull, they refuse to acknowledge they’re wrong.

Honestly, they seem more stubborn than heretics from the other world.

At least in the other world, they’d repent after their heads got smashed once.

Well, that’s partly because of my incredible skills, and also because that world’s situation is… no, it’s completely different.

“Ah….”

Damn.

Shouldn’t have thought about it.

A wave of existential crisis sweeps over me, making me nauseous.

I was already irritated yesterday when people said it was just a ‘persona’ on stream.

You guys don’t know this, but, hey, there really is a god, and if I didn’t believe in him, I’d get my head bashed in by an inquisitor, so what do you want me to do?

Even if it’s just a game, the fact that worshipping some weird god gives you power stirs up my inquisitor instincts.

With this much effort, people should at least be thinking, “Hey? Is there really something out there?”

*Sigh*

No, yeah. I guess they just don’t know any better.

To them, I must look like a lunatic.

I feel like shouting, “Hey, I’m actually on my second life. I wasn’t even born on Earth; I lived in a fantasy world and suddenly got sent back to Earth on my birthday.”

Of course, no one would believe me.

In conclusion, this game isa game.

A bad game.

After all the effort I put in.

“Even though I did everything you asked, you’re just going to throw me away like this? If you were going to send me back to Earth, you should at least give me a fat severance pay for all the work I did.

…Would a house under my name and 18 months’ worth of living expenses be considered generous? No, let’s just say you’re a bad person, Iah. Someday, you’ll definitely be cursed. I’ll make sure to crush your head. You think your head won’t get smashed? Just wait and see, you evil witch. Even a god’s head can be crushed if they’re still alive, right?

‘Damn it.’ I wasted time falling into some random regret.

There was a cult that seemed like they’d convert easily, too.

That newbie, are they still around…?

Loo: You probably need to change your class.

Loo: Or maybe start a new one altogether.

Loo: Alchemist is pretty good right now.

└ NewbieHere : Alchemist?

└ NewbieHere: How good is it?

└ NewbieHere: Hey, where did that person go?

└Mararico: What kind of nonsense is this guy spouting?

└Mararico: Newbie, that’s just some crap, don’t worry about it.

└Mararico: More idiots have popped up thanks to that damn inquisitor.

└ NewbieHere: Oh, really? Thanks!

└ NewbieHere: Yeah, don’t feed the troll’s nonsense.

└ NewbieHere: Haha.

Unbelievable.

What did this person just do?

Why did they butt into someone else’s conversation and ruin my plan?

└Mararico: Yeah, don’t feed the troll’s nonsense.

└ NewbieHere: Haha.

Loo: What the hell, really?

Loo: You’re just leading someone who knows nothing down a bad path.

└Mararico: What the hell, dude, lol.

Loo: How can you encourage someone who knows nothing to become a heretic??

└Mararico: You’re seriously insane, lol.

└Mararico: If you’re mad, come to channel 11.

Loo: Really?

└Mararico: Yeah, I’ll be in front of the Guinevere statue in Ellahon Town in 10 minutes.

└Mararico: My username is Mararico.

└Mararico: Loser buys 10 burgers for the channel, sound good?

└Mararico: With a set meal, lol.

Hmm, 10 burger sets, huh.

Even if I calculate it simply at 8,000 won each, that’s 80,000 won. That’s not a light expense for someone like me who has to save as much money as possible.

…But.

Loo: How about 10 for the channel and 10 for the opponent?

└Mararico: Lol, you sure about that?

If I can win those 10 burger sets, that’s 80,000 won saved.

In fact, it would be great if I could take all 20 sets, but I need to pull in some witnesses to make this a solid deal.”

“Got it.

└Marariko: Haha, are you confident?

Loo: I’m confident.

└Marariko: Lol, just come within 10 minutes, and don’t chicken out.

Hmm, very nice.

Saving 80,000 won on food.

It was clear that I was being rewarded for working hard up until today.

But just in case this guy tries to back out, I should prepare some insurance.

【New Dimension Gallery】

【Title: Go-nick Marariko and a PvP 1-1 match】

[Posted by: Loo]

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This guy randomly picked a fight, so it’s a 10-burger bet on the gallery and 10 burgers from the opponent.

Total: 20 burgers.

PvP 1-1 match at the Guinevere Statue in Ellahon Town in 10 minutes.

【Likes: 42 / Dislikes: 3】

User 1: Oh, lol.

Marariko: Is this guy seriously crazy?

└Marariko: Who’s the idiot that talked nonsense to a clueless newbie? Lol.

└ Loo: Isn’t PvP how we settle right and wrong here?

└ Loo: Why are you talking so much?

└Marariko: You’re seriously dead, man. Lol.

└ Loo: Worry more about losing and running off, man.

└Marariko: Don’t worry; I’ll never lose to a guy like you~

BrokenHeadPriest: Free burger, sweet~

SsssHaaaSsssHaaa: Line up.

Marariko was confident.

From E-rank to F-rank.

In the New Dimension PvP rankings, he proudly held a B-rank, placing him in the top 10 percent of New Dimension PvP players.

Of course, PvP players didn’t have the best reputation in New Dimension-related communities, but Marariko was more confident than anyone.

He believed the negative perception came from people who were bad at the game and criticized PvP players out of envy.

That’s why, whenever someone randomly picked a fight on the forum, he would confidently demand a one-on-one match.

In fact, right and wrong didn’t really matter here.

If he won, he could humiliate the other person, and if they chickened out, it would only elevate his status.

That alone was enough.

He never even considered the possibility of losing.

Being in the top 10 percent among all players gave him the right to be this confident.

And so… Marariko thought it would be the same this time.

Especially since his opponent was an anonymous user?

An anonymous user daring to talk back to him, a well-known figure in the New Dimension gallery?

An anonymous user… talking back?

Marariko couldn’t stand it.

“Phew…”

The area around the Guinevere Statue in Ellahon Town was starting to fill with people.

It was only natural. Marariko, a somewhat famous user in the New Dimension gallery, had made a public bet for burgers.

And on top of that, Marariko had invited all his friends for this execution.”

And so, the appointed time approached.

Of course, Marariko thought there was no way he could lose.

No, from the start, he was sure the other guy would chicken out, or wouldn’t come because it was a waste of money.

Even if he showed up, Marariko was convinced it would be the perfect time to put the cocky opponent in their place.

That’s why he wasn’t even nervous.

“So, who’s the opponent?”

Someone asked, but Marariko just shrugged in response.

The signal was clear: his opponent was a random anonymous user, so he didn’t know.

Nine minutes had passed.

Still, Marariko’s opponent hadn’t appeared.

The atmosphere began to shift.

“Is it another random user?”

“Anyone who trusts a random user is an idiot.”

“A random user can control people’s emotions!!!”

It was looking like this would just be another one of the countless dumb events that happened in the gallery.

Marariko also thought so and was about to sneer at his absent opponent.

And then.

Clank, clank.

The heavy, ominous sound of metal clashing echoed through the air.

Everyone who had been standing still froze in place.

Someone even thought the air itself had turned cold.

At the exact 10-minute mark, a traveler clad in full armor and wielding a massive warhammer appeared.

Everyone tried to convince themselves it couldn’t be true.

[Inquisitor]

As for Marariko, he thought that nickname should never be showing up here.

But.

[Inquisitor has requested a 1-on-1 conversation.]

The system message that appeared in front of him was telling him.

This… is the opponent you’re about to fight.

“F**k! Sh*t.”