CCTnovel Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
[Synchronization Complete]
A translucent blue message box appeared in front of my eyes. It was the so-called 'System', that kind of existence.
[Welcome to the hidden route of 'How to Save Our World'.]
"Damn it," I cursed.
[Main Quest
Content: As the first believer and leader of the Kyros Faith, help the God Kyros to drive away the Evil God Diego.
Goal: Convert more than 80% of the population on the Celeste continent to become a believer of the God Kyros within 3 years (currently 0%).
Success: ???
Failure: Death (Soul Annihilation), World Destruction.
[This quest is automatically accepted as the Main Quest of the Hidden Route.]
I couldn't help but swear.
It was time to admit it.
That I had entered the game.
A few hours ago.
I finally saw the ending of
HSAW was a game that I bought for 30,000 won, I was lured by its flashy illustrations.
30,000 won might not be considered a lot of money for others.
But it was the money that I gained by working hard. Smiling, chatting, and catering to the needs of annoying customers at my part-time job for hours.
And I had spent that money on this...
"This is a game?"
A crappy game.
HSAW was a choice-based RPG game with a medieval fantasy world setting, where the protagonist was literally a loser.
If I made a wrong choice in the story even once, the protagonist would die or the world would end in a bad ending.
And once I died, I had to start over from the prologue.
Not to mention, unlike the flashy illustrations, the in-game characters were 2D.
"I guess they spent all the budget on the illustrations."
It was obvious without saying.
The game review window was full of harsh criticisms, and there were countless refund requests. Even if I ignored all the other flaws, the difficulty itself was hellish.
If I had given up on the game like other players, my future wouldn't have turned out like this.
But because of my personality that had to finish what I started, I saw dozens of bad endings and finally reached the true ending.
The loser protagonist finally saved the world and let peace set in.
"Ha, seriously. It was fun while it lasted, but let's never see each other again."
With the intention of deleting the game right away and never looking at it again, I smiled brightly and tried to press the game's exit button.
But at that moment, a message appeared on the screen.
[Congratulations! You are the first to clear the true ending.]
Because the game was too hard, I've heard that there weren't many users who tried to reach the true ending.
But I never expected to be the first one to clear it. I was happy to have the title of 'first', and smiled when the next message followed.
[Do you want to proceed with the Hidden Route?]
[Yes/No]
[Warning! The Hidden Route has the same story as the original game, but the difficulty is higher!]
...Hidden Route?
I had never heard of a hidden route in this game. It must be something that only appears after seeing the true ending, so this must be another first for me. First clear, followed by the first Hidden Route.
The warning message below the choice bothered me a bit. But I didn't have much to think about.
"I've done this so many times. How hard can it be?"
My competitive spirit rose and I pressed the 'Yes' button right away.
Any Korean probably would have made the same choice as me. But I, Jeong Ji-hyun, would soon regret this choice.
Because right after pressing the button, my vision turned blurry and a splitting headache hit me simultaneously. Soon after, I lost consciousness.
That was what happened a few hours ago.
I woke up in a world with an unfamiliar ceiling, and in front of me was a system message.
[Main Quest
Content: As the first believer and leader of the Kyros Faith, help the God Kyros to drive away the Evil God Diego.
Anyway, I knew well about Revelof Holden.
He briefly appeared as an extra at the beginning of the game and was someone the players passed through at least once in any ending.
'There's also the fact that Revelof Holden's memories somehow flowed into me.'
Anyway, the original work started with the male protagonist Terdius visiting the territory of Revelof's family, the Holden earldom.
There was a brief appearance of the Holden earldom's situation in the original work.
When Terdius Austin entered the Holden earldom as the start of his mission to convert the Herpheon Empire, where the majority of the people worshiped the Evil god Diego. The Holden earldom was facing its second disaster. The first disaster was two weeks ago when the second son of the Holden family committed suicide. And the second disaster was...
That's right. I was that second son who committed suicide here.
But the flow was different from the original work.
In the original work, this body should have died a few hours ago, but it changed when I came in.
'But, the story should be the same.'
Then the start of the original work would be in two weeks.
Actually, I didn't need to know the flow of the original work right now.
'Don't I just have to convert people?' That was all that the main quest wanted.
It was then.
[Tutorial Quest Occurred!]
[Tutorial Quest
Content: Create a religion for the God Kyros.
Goal: Consult with Kyros and name your religion.
Success: ???
Failure: -
[This quest is automatically accepted as a tutorial quest of the hidden route.]
I snapped out of my thoughts after the appearance of a new quest. It was fortunate that this quest had no failure penalty. It must be because it was a tutorial quest.
But there was something that bothered me in the quest content.
'Consult with Kyros?'
No matter how I thought about it, this was impossible. It didn't make sense. Even if this world was inside a game, Kyros was a god.
How can a mere human like me consult with a god?
'Maybe I have to consult with him through prayer or something.'
Ugh, I don't want to do that.
Squeak
Suddenly, a creepy ringing sound came to my ears.
-Greetings, my child.
As soon as the ringing stopped, a low male voice followed. But unlike normal voices, it didn't sound through my ears, but through my head.
'Could it be, Kyros?'
-Hehe, yes. I am your god, Kyros.
No, is this real? Is this possible?
I was so surprised that I just blinked. In all the web novels, webtoons, games, etc. that I had encountered, direct communication with a god was impossible.
There was a significant gap between gods and humans.
And yet, I heard Kyros' voice directly.
Not only that, it was a two-way communication!
'How is this possible?'
-I am weak right now.
Suddenly, Kyros' voice became smaller. And then I understood.
'Oh, I see.'
Just as I knew, 'gods' were beings that became stronger as their myths were spread and their believers increased.
But right now, Kyros has only one believer.
-My child, you are my only believer and the envoy who will work for me.
'Yes, I know that. But can you stop calling me child?'
-Why? Aren't you a child? Compared to me, you are like a newborn baby.
'If we go by age, maybe. But if we go by power, aren't you also a baby among gods?'
I said calmly, and then I heard Kyros sobbing.
What? Why is he crying?