Prologue – Episode 1 Bad Ending

[You have cleared the game.]
[The ending will begin soon.]

Looking at the huge black hole in the middle of the red sky, I muttered.

“…… It’s over.”

10 years ago.

This world became a game.

Reality became a game.

We became ‘players’.

The game Master, commonly referred to as the GM, gave out quests and watched how the game plays out.

Of course, it’s not us who enjoys the game.

Distant beings in the sky.

For those beings called ‘Gods’, we were forced to play this game.

They participated in one location among numerous GM-run game boards and enjoyed the game.

There were some who were just watching, or some who were directly participating using their favorite players as their avatars.

And as a result.

Humanity has perished.

‘What a trashy game…’

I’ve played tons of games, but I’ve never played a game that’s trashier than this.

The hard-to-reach ending is the destruction of humanity.

‘I wanted to fuck over those bastards, at least in the end.’

A bitter smile lingered on my lips.

I looked at the black hole.

If I had attained Godhood, I could enter that hole, but I was someone’s avatar.

Of course, you couldn’t be a God if you are someone’s avatar.

In other words, I have to live alone in this abandoned world.

‘What would she think of me like this.’

I wondered what my God, the one who had made me her avatar, would think of me like this.

Will she laugh?

Or send a gaze of compassion.

No, she might blame me for making this happen.

[You have achieved the bad ending ‘Lonely World’.]

What I heard was not her criticism, but the voice of a familiar system.

‘A bad ending…’

If this isn’t a bad ending right now, what would it be?

Now that I think about it, if I had made a slightly different choice while playing this game, this ending might not have come.

However, it cannot change the conclusion that has already been reached.

[I pay tribute to you who cleared all the quests alone!]
[All plays will end soon. Thank you for your hard work.]

Yeah, it ends like this.

I raised my sword in my hand at the faint voice in my ear.

Now that I have heard the words ‘You did a great job’, I don’t think there is any more roles left for me.

There was no need to explain what would happen to the character of a game when the service ended.

‘There’s only one answer left now.’

I had no intention of living in this alone world.

The moment I came to that conclusion and was about to stab myself in the chest with my sword.

An unexpected message window appeared in the air.

[Because you have cleared the single mode, the DLC store will now open.]

“…… Uh?”

What does this mean?

DLC Shop?

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It’s a familiar name for me, who once enjoyed console games.

It is an abbreviation of DownLoadable Contents, and can be said to be contents that can be additionally downloaded and used in the game.

‘But why all of a sudden?’

I hurriedly opened the explanation window for the DLC store.

The description of the DLC store was extremely simple.

[You can purchase DLCs to help you in the game with the points you have acquired.]

Currently, there is only one DLC I can purchase.

Yeah, only one.

The moment I saw its name, I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide.

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Round 2 Package: You can restart the game from the beginning. Several perks are unlocked.

Price 1,000,000 points

==

[Other DLCs are currently unavailable. It will be unlocked on the 2nd round.]
[Current Points: 1,700,000]

“2nd round, package?”

In other words, the game starts over from scratch.

It’s pretty common in the console game category.

The ability to get what you couldn’t get in the first round in the second round, or to play with multiple perks.

‘Do the gods know about this?’

No, if they did know, they wouldn’t have left me alone.

Rather than ending with the destruction of mankind, it would have led to the extinction of mankind.

Why do I have this feature?

‘No way.’

When this ‘game’ started, I was given one attribute, ‘Single Player’.

Until now, It didn’t mean anything to me.

Because there was no explanation for the characteristics, and there was no special effects given to me.

“Did ‘Single Player’ mean this?”

No wonder, ‘Single Player’ is activated only after clearing all the games.

A laugh came out.

I even thought it might be an illusion and that I went crazy.

However, if what I see now is real and not an illusion, I can be sure of one thing.

‘That I could flip this board over.’

I raised my finger.

Then I purchased the round two package in the DLC store without hesitation.

1 million points are required for the purchase.

I have cleared the game up to the end and collected 1.7 million points.

In the second half of the game, there was not much to use it on, so there was a lot of it piled up.

[You have purchased the 2nd package]
[Second round privileges are applied.]
[From the start of Round 2, you will be able to purchase various products in the DLC Shop.]

The message came into my mind, and gradually my vision turned white.

‘Please.’

I hope the description is not false.

If I could really start over, I would be able to correct the wrong judgments I made.

I could even change this crappy ending.

‘Ah.’

I felt the sensation of my body floating, and my consciousness gradually faded away.

[Try to achieve a good ending in the second round.]
[Then I hope you enjoy the game.]

at the end of that word.

My 1st round is over.

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