Orngebeard

After becoming #1 in the world after playing a grand strategy game as the most difficult faction on immortal level difficulty, MC receives an invitation to compete in an even more challenging game which takes the MC into the world of the game itself, but as it's weakest lord who will die two days later that appears only as a cutscene in the tutorial as first of many deaths to rock the continent until only one survives to proclaim a new eternal empire.

Can the MC use his game knowledge to successfully survive his impending doom, and rise from the ashes to reclaim the glory he'd won before?

Imperator: Resurrection of an Empire

[You have received a message from the administrator].

The moment I completely conquered the game, the first message window I saw appeared.

Does the administration ever send messages directly to you?

It's a solo-player game, but the strategy ranking is aggregated in real time to create the player ranking.

As such, I'm connected to the Internet, and I can receive messages.

Maybe a slot in an upcoming beta test for the games sequal?

My curiosity piqued, so I clicked on the message window.

Then, successive messages appeared on the screen.

[The game's administration appreciates your strategy.]

[Challenge for glory. This is a favour given only to you, the number one ranked player].

[When you are ready to challenge for glory, the first step is to earn Perks. Perks can be obtained through exploration from the beginning MAP].

Don't tell me there's actually going to be a sequel.

I started as the main character in a rural town in a chaotic war-torn era, became a king, eventually and emperor and achieved the unification of the world.

I'm not going to play the game again unless there is a sequel story, because I don't find much enjoyment in playing a second time, but I was a little attracted to the word "perk".

When you say it so clearly, it seems like there is a hidden plot.

This was not going to be easy to figure out.

But no matter how many times I searched the game's MAP, I couldn't find any perks.

Is this a prank by the administration?

That's all I could think of when I got this far.

I entered the developer's website from my computer.

There was a contact form, so I sent an email asking about the meaning of the message that appeared.

I looked at the clock, thinking that if it was a prank, I would give them a good scolding.

The message from the administration had taken away my sense of accomplishment in conquering the game, and I felt exhausted.

It was already 4:00 in the morning.

There was no time for them to reply to my inquiry.

At least not until later in the day, the one I just got was probably a system-generated one that was sent the minute someone did what I managed to pull off.

I yawned spontaneously and had no choice but to turn off the game.

At that moment, my consciousness suddenly faded.

My surroundings turned dark, and I was struck by a terrible dizziness.

Prologue Part 2