Chapter 15: Blazing Ephterel Gallery, and

Eftarel Gallery.

It’s an internet gallery where people share stories about Eftarel Verden, a game based on virtual reality.

It’s a place where discussions about Eftarel-related information, news, and streamers in Korea are the main topics.

However, as Eftarel’s popularity was gradually declining, not as many posts were being written as before.

These days.

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[Title : Going to meet you again today… 742nd attempt]

I will not despair…

Mobidik will surely accept my will someday…?

Hehe

[Comments]

-Another stack of disgustingness added today;

-How long is this f*cker going to keep doing this?

-Mobidik despaired because of guys like you…
ㄴ Sh*t lmfao
ㄴ So that’s why he despaired lol

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Such meaningless posts are uploaded.

Sometimes, it comes back to life when a newbie appears or when there’s talk about a streamer playing Eftarel.

But now, the Eftarel Gallery.

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[Title : From today on, the gallery owner is Ashilis lmfao]

If you disagree, I’m right.

[Comments]

-This is right lmfao.

-Call her Hero, how dare you;

-Ah, sht, the gallery is fcked up because of some random newbie;
ㄴ Some random newbie my *ss lmfao.
ㄴ Do you think the ‘holder of the last fragment of the Holy Sword’ is a joke?

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It was suddenly engulfed in a huge firestorm of news.

To be precise, it was fueled by a user and what that user had achieved.

[Eftarel Gallery]

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[Title : I, who watched the Hero’s streaming in real time, will summarize the gallery’s hype.(★)]

Hello. Eftarel bros.

I’ve come to put out this fire.

I’ll get straight to summarizing.

1. A newbie, now called ‘gallery owner’ or ‘Hero’ in the gallery, played Eftarel. At the same time, she turned on a live stream.

2. And me and a few other Eftarel bros who like to check out small streamers went into the newbie’s (hereinafter referred to as Hero, go to another pinned post to see why she’s called that) stream.

+Hero doesn’t know she’s streaming. In fact, donations are blocked and she doesn’t react to chat. It’s unclear whether this is a concept or not.

1. Hero was a newbie. Her achievement completion rate, story progression record, and playtime were all zero. Naturally, there was no record of a full reset.

2. Besides, the game difficulty was set to Lunatic? So I was watching Hero thinking, ‘Ah ㅋㅋ newbie, get ready for despair ㅋㅋㅋ’.

3. But she immediately triggered the wraiths in the tutorial and started ‘Black Wave’, and just broke through and passed ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.

4. At this point, I started to think that Hero might be a player with awesome physical abilities in real life, or an awakened being. But considering it was Lunatic, I thought it was still okay.

5. There’s nothing to summarize here. And the battle with the tutorial boss, Mobidik, started < This is where the gallery + official site hype starts.

6. As soon as the battle started, she skipped Mobidik’s phase 1 ㅋㅋㅋ No pattern appeared. Same with phase 3 ㅋㅋ. At least phase 2 ended after Ebion raised its front leg. The viewers, including me, were shocked ㅋㅋㅋ.

7. And the long-awaited Mobidik hidden trigger, one of the gallery’s hot topics, appeared ㅋㅋ. Now the gallery members are guessing the trigger conditions. Suddenly, Mobidik said a line and moved on to the berserk phase.

8. Here, the weapon provided in the tutorial broke, so Hero kept dragging out time while avoiding the patterns, and Mobidik’s berserk phase ended.

9. I don’t know if it’s because his health ran out, but an event appeared. It wasn’t just a story where Mobidik’s name came up occasionally, but Mobidik was directly involved (for details, check out the video in the pinned post).

10. But that wasn’t the end ㅋㅋㅋ Mobidik gave her the last fragment of the Holy Sword, which many gallery members and streamers speculated hadn’t been updated yet ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.

11. So Hero achieved ‘Lunatic Mobidik First Clear (No Death, One Try) + Fragment of the Holy Sword’, and the Eftarel bros who saw it in real time started spreading the hype in the gallery. Now Hero’s streaming video is also uploaded on the official site, so that’s also a mess ㅋㅋㅋ.

+And the reason she’s called Hero is because she called herself a hero ㅋㅋ.

I almost curled all my fingers when I watched it live ㅋㅋㅋ.

[Comments]

-The writing is so messy, is this a summary, you idiot?
ㄴ For real ㅋㅋ This f*cker who can’t even clean his room is going to summarize the hype ㅋㅋ.
ㄴ This is a pinned post?
ㄴ [email protected]#$

-She’s making a fuss just because she beat Mobidik ㅋㅋ.
ㄴ Doesn’t this Eftarel bro even read the pinned posts ㅋㅋ?
ㄴ Ah, I can beat him too (can’t) ㅋㅋㅋ.
ㄴ It’s not the first clear of Mobidik (saw a video of easy clear) ㅋㅋㅋ.

-A newbie who just started Eftarel cleared Mobidik with no death on the first try? Bullsh*t, you idiot ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ I think you’re the idiot ㅋㅋㅋ?
ㄴ (Link) Go and see Hero’s play record here ㅋㅋ.

-Is the video in the pinned post not fake? I thought I was watching a f*cking movie ㄷㄷ.
ㄴ You guys are making me curious, I’ll go watch it.
ㄴ I watched it, and can a human do that?

-When I was a newbie, I saw Mobidik for the first time and was so scared that I couldn’t do anything and died; Isn’t she scared?
ㄴ It’s even in first person;
ㄴ I think the user is an S-rank awakened being, otherwise it’s impossible.

-What’s with Mobidik’s line? Does Mobidik originally say that when you beat him?
ㄴ No, no. Originally, he just says something like ‘You are not worthy…’ and just dies and gives despair.
ㄴ I think it’s a real hidden route;

-So when is the gallery owner streaming?
ㄴ Already calling her gallery owner lmfao. So when is the gallery owner streaming?
ㄴ Call her Hero, you disrespectful;
ㄴ She looked so pretty… Heueung, big sis… I’m cold…

-But Hero, that btch, was so fcking immersed ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.
ㄴ For real ㅋㅋㅋ It was like she was talking to Mobidik ㅋㅋ.
ㄴ The mom call at the end was so f~cking funny ㅋㅋㅋ.
ㄴ Didn’t her real name come out? I think she’s Korean.

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[Title : Reactions of streamers to the video in the pinned post(★)]

[Video]
[Video]
[Video]

There are a lot.

I’ll summarize the reactions of the named streamers.

Lee Haemin : (Opens mouth wide and stares blankly) This is really crazy…

Jilpungnodo : Wow… No matter how fast I am, I can’t follow that? And it’s Lunatic, right? I couldn’t even clear easy, how can I do it ㅋㅋㅋ.

3dae1100beauty : Hawawa… I want to meet her and try the 3 major exercises together (he’s a man).

Roomcorneranalyst : It’s not a hack or a fake? Anyway, is it an over-immersion concept ㅋㅋㅋ? Ah, it’s so f*cking funny ㅋㅋㅋ.

Park Minkyung(Trueyuri) : Her voice is definitely a woman’s, right? I want to scold her with a confession when she turns on the stream…

The supernova of Eftarel that named streamers are praising… Ashilis… Who the hell is she…

[Comments]

-Our country really likes to be a voyeur of other people’s reactions.
ㄴ Can’t resist national pride ㅋㅋㅋ It’s a mess in foreign countries too ㅋㅋ.

-Didn’t Lee Haemin, that b*tch, get a donation mission?
ㄴ Yes, she did ㅋㅋㅋ.
ㄴ She’s still doing it ㅋㅋ.

-But it’s understandable that there are hack accusations because there are so many parts that don’t make sense ㅋㅋ.
ㄴ I agree, the movements and, in the first place, does Mobidik die that fast?
ㄴ Most of the body’s activities are performed by the brain. If the synchronization rate is high, the capsule replicates the physical abilities or senses that the user’s brain remembers. So, according to the analysts, it might be possible if she’s at least an A-rank top-tier awakened being or higher.

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[Title : Eftarel streamer Lee Haemin in real time ㅋㅋㅋ(★)]

She was admiring the ‘Hero’ video, and the chairman of that stream gave her a mission, saying that if she cleared it too, she would get 10 million won.

Lee Haemin happily accepted it, and the chairman immediately sent 10 million won. He told her to do it until she cleared it because she received it. At that time, Lee Haemin, this b*tch, was so happy?

But the reality ㅋㅋ?

She analyzed the Hero video for 11 hours, couldn’t figure it out, tried it herself, and lost her mind ㅋㅋ.

In the meantime, she received the donation in advance, so she can’t stop, so it’s so f*cking funny that she’s asking for a refund ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.

[Comments]

-How can she clear that ㅋㅋㅋ.

-Aren’t other streamers also challenging Mobidik on Lunatic?
ㄴ That’s right ㅇㅇ But they’re all despairing ㅋㅋ.
ㄴ The Knight of Despair’s name value is amazing;

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[Title : Eftarel Over-immersion Legend ㅋㅋㅋ(★)]

[Video]
[Video]

I brought our gallery owner’s lines ㅋㅋ.

It’s so f*cking cringey, but why is it so cool ㅋㅋ.

[Comments]

-Otaku perverts are really disgusting;
ㄴ It’s obviously a concept, but they’re praising it so much ㅋㅋ.
ㄴ Does that look like a concept to you? Don’t slander our Hero.

-But even though Mobidik is a cool boss, is it worth crying like that? If she’s a newbie, doesn’t she not know the story?
ㄴ Yes, that’s why there’s a rumor that the game company made it for advertising.

-I almost cried when I saw our Hero mourning Mobidik ㅠㅠㅠ.
ㄴ But for real, I don’t know why she’s crying ㅋㅋㅋ.

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[Title : (Official) Mobidik trigger conditions are out(★)]

1. Difficulty Lunatic.

2. Survive the ‘Black Wave’, the event that appears before Mobidik.

3. There should be no achievement achieved by failing to Mobidik even once. In other words, if you died to Mobidik even once, you can’t see the event unless you do a full reset.

4. If you clear phase 3 and start the berserk phase, the event condition is met (Mobidik says a line once).

5. If Mobidik’s health drops below 30% in that state, the event occurs, get the fragment of the Holy Sword that appears there, and defeat Mobidik to end the event.

Yes.

If you do this, you can get the fragment of the Holy Sword ㅋㅋㅋ.

Keu

Kekeke

Kekekekeke

How the f*ck do you do this?

[Comments]

-No, it can’t be anything but a hack.
ㄴ This time, I agree with the hack accusers.

-If everything from the over-immersion concept was intentional, it would be legendary;
ㄴ For real ㅋㅋ.

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Like this.

While the Eftarel Gallery was burning with all kinds of hype.

“Yujin-nim.”

“Huh?”

Yujin, the person in question, was about to enter the capsule to enjoy Eftarel again, when.

“You shouldn’t get too immersed in the game. Let’s go for a walk with me.”

“I, I’m fine······.”

She was caught by Sephie and was forced to go out.

At the same time.

“Th, this person······!”

Yoo Haneul, a guild member of ‘Wildness’, a guild led by Shin Hakcheol, an S-rank awakened being in Korea, couldn’t hide her shock.

She leaned forward from the comfortable chair. She put her face close to the computer monitor as if she was being sucked in.

The reason was simple.

An internet gallery site.

Yoo Haneul, who doesn’t play Eftarel herself, but spends a lot of time watching streamers’ broadcasts, mainly about Eftarel Verden.

In the Eftarel Gallery.

[Title : The reason why Eftarel’s official site is in chaos right now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ(★)]

She saw a post with this title.

She was curious about the post, which was even designated as a concept post, and finally moved the mouse to read the contents.

And the content of the post.

Thump―!

It was so shocking that Yoo Haneul, an awakened being who had experienced countless things that ordinary humans couldn’t, stood up, knocking over her chair.

The content was about the community where users of Eftarel all over the world, including Korea, managed by the game company of Eftarel Verden, resided.

If it had ended there, Yoo Haneul would have thought that there was a normal update and would have passed it by with moderate interest.

“Qui, quickly······.”

The video attached to the post.

To be precise, the video that was said to have been uploaded to the official site was the cause.

The content of the video was this.

An amazing story that a user who had never played the game before cleared Mobidik on Lunatic difficulty for the first time since the game’s release.

In addition, the revelation of a hidden event and the possibility of a hidden story made Yoo Haneul, who loves Eftarel, excited.

But when she realized that the protagonist of the video was a white-haired woman who seemed to have lost her vitality.

She felt a feeling closer to despair than excitement. Yoo Haneul immediately moved the moment she sensed it.

She was at the headquarters of the Wildness guild. And Shin Hakcheol, who returned from the association yesterday, was residing at the headquarters.

Yoo Haneul got on the elevator and headed to the top floor of the building, clicked on the post she saw in the gallery on her phone.

“Quickly, quickly!”

Was it because her heart was racing?

Anxiety crept into a small crack. Perhaps she was overwhelmed by the burden of knowing that she might be the only one who knew of a being that could endanger Korea, or even the whole world.

So, to relieve that anxiety, Yoo Haneul wanted to share what she had seen with someone else.

There were two targets, and for now, it was Shin Hakcheol.

It would be a while before she reached the top floor, but she desperately hoped that the loading on her phone would end faster.

Ding― The elevator stopped.

Yoo Haneul immediately jumped out the moment the door opened, pushed past the guild members she encountered, and ran. Feeling short of breath, Yoo Haneul reached the tightly closed door.

Bang―!

“Guild Master! Look at this, look at this!”

She burst through the door, holding out her phone, and hurriedly spoke.

“The woman who came out of the gate with us and disappeared right after! That woman is here, here······ Huh?”

The tremor in her heart was greater than the physical tension. Yoo Haneul poured out words like a torrential downpour, but there was no reply.

But there was a presence, so when Yoo Haneul began to wonder, she heard an answer.

However, it wasn’t Shin Hakcheol’s voice that she knew well.

“Came out of the gate together, huh······.”

A woman’s voice.

It wasn’t unfamiliar, but it wasn’t familiar either. Yoo Haneul blinked. The sound of high heels clicking slowly approached.

Now that she thought about it, there were three presences. One was Shin Hakcheol’s. The other was probably Baek Ji-a’s.

And the last one was······.

“What’s her name?”

“Yes, yes······?”

Yoo Haneul slowly raised her head.

She realized that the sensation of the phone in her hand had disappeared, and that the woman with purple hair had taken it.

“You said something very interesting, can we talk about it?”

“Who, who are you······ Gulp!”

Yoo Haneul raised her head and looked at the woman’s face. And she gasped.

From behind the woman, Shin Hakcheol and Baek Ji-a, who were talking with the woman, let out a big sigh.

“Do you really not know who I am?”

The woman’s question.

Yoo Haneul blinked and answered in a trembling voice.

“Be, Belladona······.”

Purple hair.

A unique purple circle tattoo that imprisons the left eye.

Yoo Haneul knew the name of the woman with sharp eyes and a fierce impression.

Belladona.

A German-Korean and one of the few S-rank awakened beings in Korea.

“You know, so why are you asking?”

She narrowed her sharp eyes and stared at Yoo Haneul. Yoo Haneul slowly lowered her gaze to the floor, belatedly realizing that she was too excited.