Ch. 3 The Paid Service (1)
-s123: No, I'm a manager. The author is busy right now.
A manager? I didn't know there was a manager
- Junghwa: Hello, I wanted to thank you too. This novel has helped me out for so long.
-s123: Thanks to you, I was able to start another story.
-s123: Oh, and the series will become paid content soon
-s123: Starting with the epilogue, this novel will become paid content.
-s123: I would like to send you a gift, please send me your email.
-Junghwa: A gift?
-s123: Yes, as an apology for the system glitch that didn't count you as a reader.
"...."
This guy is starting his own story?
I wonder if it's set in the same universe?
If he's sending me a gift, then I should accept it.
I hope it's a gift card.
[Time:6:58]
I gave the manager my email like he asked me to and shortly after, I got a notification. [You have 1 new mail]
-2nd Reader, the series will start being paid content at 7PM. This should help you. Good luck
[ 2 file attachments]
"Wow! Did he give me two gifts?"
I was about to click on the files when the lights turned off.
" Huh? What's going on?" asked Shinhui.
"Don't worry, it's just a glitch-"
Before I could finish my sentence, the train suddenly stops, and all you could hear is the tracks creaking. People fell over because of the train's sudden stop. People were screaming that it was a terrorist attack and other people were wondering what's going on.
Everyone that was sleeping woke up and I asked them if they were okay. They said they were and started asking what's going on.
[ Time: 7:00]
Almost instinctively, I checked the time and it said that it was 7:PM.
Oh, it's 7PM, so the epilogue is out.
At that exact moment, alarms started sounding and the speakers were telling everyone to evacuate.
"Junghwa, what's going on?!" asked Shinhui with a worried expression, but I couldn't hear her because I noticed a ball of lightning forming at the front of the cabin.
[The free service of the 8612th planetary system has come to an end.]
[ The Main Game has begun]
What is this? This feels so familiar but so different. This looks like the beginning of the novel I read, but in the novel, a creature with two small horns, white fur, and brown overalls showed up.
"An angel?" said Shinhui while pointing at the front of the cabin.
I looked at the front of the cabin and couldn't believe my eyes. It was a young angel in the front of the cabin. He looked around the age of 14, maybe 15. He had blonde, almost glowing blonde hair, noticeable blue eyes, a white shirt, brown overalls, and he didn't have a halo.
[Testing, testing]
[Can everyone hear me? Can you hear me?!!]
"What are you doing? Is this a prank?" someone asked
[No, this is not a prank-]
"if this is a prank, then can you start up the train? Some of us have places to be!"
[No, this is not a prank, you should sit down for what I'm about to say-]
" Hey kid! Shouldn't you be in school? Who put you up to this?"
Then, a bunch of people started to complain and tell the angel to start the train back up.
" Junghwa, what do we do?" asked Soonhyeok,
"Just wait, let's see what happens, don't say anything. Calm down."
Even though I said to calm down, I couldn't breath, I couldn't hear. Is this real? Is this real life? Is the novel that I read really coming to reality?
How? How's this possible?!
"Wait...the files!"
I quickly take out my phone to look at what the manager said about the epilogue again. Jinsung closely analyzed my movements.
[No results were found]
"What! But that's impossible!
The novel was gone?! And so I were our messages! It was getting harder and harder to breathe. What is this? Why can't I breathe? Am I having an anxiety attack?!
"Hyung-nim, are you okay? You don't look so good." said Jinsung as he put his hand on my shoulder and got closer.
Right. I need to calm down. This is real, and I need to be calm and collected in order to survive.
I reassured Jinsung that I was okay, "That's good, I got worried for a second there." Jinsung sighed in relief, and I thanked him for worrying about me.
Then I remembered that I got an email from the manager, so I quickly open the email and saw that it had 2 attachments. I open one of the attachments and a rush of energy comes out of my phone and goes into me.
[ Congratulations]
[New Skill Unlocked]
[Certain qualifications need to be met to reveal the name of this Skill]
A new skill? Certain Qualifications? How could I get a skill from a file? But could there be another skill in the other file?
I open the next file "What the hell? It's the novel!"
i think should finally see the name of this novel and it's called "Ruined World". I thought it was longer that, but a least I know the name now. It's suspicious that I, and only I got a copy of the novel. But wait, wasn't there another reader?
The manager told me that the author was busy, but who is the author? Who's the other reader? And who's the manager? I don't know anything, but what I do know is that this novel has become reality, me and my friends need to survive, and I have a hard copy of this novel to help me.
[Notice]
[You have gained a New Passive Skill called Fast Reader]
[Details: You are now able to read at a faster speed]
"Huh, so I did get another skill"
[ I said BE QUIET!!]
The angel lashed out at the people who were complaining. He snapped his fingers and the people who were complaining's heads started to pop.
[ I told you! This is not some prank!]
[ This isn't a dream, nor a novel! And it's definitely not the reality you are all familiar with!]
Damn it. I was hoping it wouldn't come to that, but I can't really do anything about that right now, and it won't change the outcome of the 1st Main Game.
[ You've all been living a cushy life until now!]
[ Where you can eat, breathe, exercise, and reproduce freely, without paying for anything!]
[But it's all over now!]
-[ Channel A-7623 has opened]-
-[The Gods are now making an entrance]-
The angel snaps his fingers again and we all get get a pop-up window in front of us like a video game.
-[ Main Game 1: Kill one or more living organisms
Category: Main
Difficulty: F
Time Limit: 30 Minutes
Reward: 300 Coins
Penalty for Failure: Death ]-