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* * *

[You have chosen the Support class.]

[*Caution* This class is not compatible with the user. Are you sure you want to
choose the support class?]

A system message appears, and the option to choose Warrior shines.

“Why make such a reckless choice?”

The system personally advises against it.

However, Seong Jihan was confident.

“Now is not the right time to choose the Warrior class.”

Choosing Warrior right away might make him slightly stronger through the class
bonus, but he didn’t need that extra strength to get through the Bronze League.

His current power was more than sufficient.

“Instead, I need to acquire the stats unique to the Support class.”

Becoming a Supporter grants players a new power: Divine Power.

“Divine Power grows the slowest,” he recalled.

On the Battle Net, raising stats could be achieved by spending remaining points or
training according to the stat. There were two methods.

“Strength and Agility increase easily with physical training. Even Mana goes up
with practicing magic…”

However, Divine Power was nearly impossible to increase through training.

“To acquire Unique Stats, Divine Power needs to reach a certain threshold…”

Spending precious remaining points to increase Divine Power might backfire.

However, Seong Jihan had a way to increase Divine Power without spending points.

“Until I heard from the Priestess, I believed Divine Power could only be increased
using remaining points.”

Ranked 3rd in the American First Guild, ‘Priestess’.

After the destruction of Korea, he joined the guild as an exile and She had paid a
lot of attention to him since then.

“Annoyingly so.”

Didn’t someone ranked third have plenty to do?

She would often chat while Seong Jihan trained in the guild’s training room.

“Jihan~ There’s a new steakhouse in front of the guild building. Guild members went
and said it’s really good. Ah, I want to try it too.”

“Jihan~ Does training alone really raise your abilities? People need to rest when
they can.”

“Jihan~ Can you stop breaking the poor iron doll and play with me now?”

She was quite noisy.

However, amidst their chattering during breaks, there were many pieces of valuable
information.

Trends of rankers around the world, their estimated abilities, skills, and more…

And among these, there were stories of the rankers’ pasts.

Of course, the Priestess herself was included.

“Jihan~ Do you want to know how I became a Priestess?”

“Tell me.”

“Because my Divine Power was high!”

“Isn’t the cap 10 regardless of your natural value?”

“Hehe… back during the Earth tutorial period. There was an amazing method to
increase Divine Power.”

The method Priestess shared was valid only until before the year 2020.

Considering it was late July now, he needed to utilize this method as soon as
possible.

[You have transitioned to the Support class.]

[A new stat exclusive to the Support class, ‘Divine Power,’ has been added.]

[Rank F skill ‘Heal’ has been added.]

[Rank F skill ‘Strengths’ has been added.]

[Rank F skill ‘Barrier’ has been added.]

Despite the system’s objections, Seong Jihan successfully transitioned to Support

class.

He checked the new skills he acquired.

[Heal]

[Skill Rank: F]

[Required Divine Power: 8]

[Heals wounds.]

Requires Divine Power 8.

This meant that the skill could only be used if the Divine Power stat was at least
8. However, Seong Jihan’s Divine Power was dismal.

Divine Power: -5
A bitter laugh escaped him. It seemed he was not good at anything. Even ‘Strengths’
and ‘Barrier,’ the buff skills, required a minimum of 8 Divine Power.

Seong Jihan smirked and closed the skill window.

“Not using it.”

He couldn’t spare any points for Divine Power, especially when he was fully
invested in his Power. Instead, he could increase Divine Power using the method the
Priestess had mentioned.

But to utilize that method, he needed something. The in-game currency, GP (Game
Points).

And as for him…

GP: 0

He, who had just finished the tutorial, had no GP.

“I need to earn GP. Now that GP is being tallied, I should do some exploration
until the next game.”

GP could also be acquired through in-app purchases or the Battle Net market.

Seong Jihan looked around Yun Sejin’s place. While Yun Sejin had disposed of most
valuable items and left for Japan, there might still be things he could sell on the
market.

“Let’s go treasure hunting.”

Seong Jihan began exploring the penthouse in earnest.

* * *

“Welcome to the Bronze League – Gangnam Area.”

“This mission is Defense.”

A chorus of screams echoed as soon as they were summoned into the game.

Lim Gayeong’s brow furrowed involuntarily.

“So, this is the infamous zombie map…”

A Bronze-exclusive Defense map with 10 towers. The mission was simple: four players
summoned on the towers had to defend against the climbing zombies.

“Protect the crystal and survive against the zombies.”

“The battle continues until 5 towers remain.”

Lim Gayeong surveyed her surroundings as she arrived at her summoning point. A
narrow rooftop space, about 10 meters in radius. Long walls extended on the left
and right sides. The back was the inner part of the castle, leaving no gap for
zombies to enter.

“I only need to focus on the front.”

Step by step.

Lim Gayeong walked towards the front of the tower and looked below.

Countless zombies were packed, gazing up at the tower and drooling.

“…Disgusting.”

This was why she disliked this map. Even though it was a game, the idea of fighting
with those dirty zombies made her sigh.

“Phew.”

The party had to work well together.

She sighed and waited for the others to be summoned.

Flash-!

“…Ah, this map.”

As an archer was soon summoned, he muttered with a disappointed tone.

“Oh, Defense?”
Snicker.

A magician who appeared holding a sparkling, expensive-looking staff spoke up,

casting a significant smile at the two.

Warrior, Archer, Mage.

With three classes already summoned, the only one left was the Supporter.

“The summoned people so far seem to have decent levels.”

Lim Gayeong quietly observed the archer and magician.

Everyone’s equipment was impressive. The archer was wearing at least a B-rank item
stamped with the emblem of the major corporation LK. The magician, while lacking a
guild emblem, had even more splendid equipment than what the top 10 guilds
provided.

With equipment of this caliber, they should be able to handle the basics.

However, Lim Gayeong was most concerned about the one person who hadn’t been
summoned yet.

“In this map, the Supporter is the most important.”

Zombie Defense tended to become a prolonged battle, inevitably leading to resource

exhaustion. Hence, the role of the Supporter was crucial. If only a competent
Supporter arrived, they should be able to manage with the five remaining towers.

As Lim Gayeong thought this while waiting for the missing member, a flash
illuminated the tower. The Supporter she had been waiting for was finally summoned.
And what she saw left her astounded.

“What…?!”

A man appeared, wearing a black tracksuit set, holding a long iron bar. He pushed
past her and was none other than Seong Jihan, who had placed first in the tutorial.

* * *

“….”
The archer from LK was dumbfounded. Even if it was the Bronze League, this was the
Gangnam Area. And the Supporter came with that kind of equipment?

“What the hell?”

This round didn’t look good. Just looking at the Supporter’s equipment made him
feel as if he had stepped into something nasty.

“Are you the Supporter?”

And then, as soon as he saw Seong Jihan, the magician’s face contorted in
displeasure, and he started speaking informally.

“Ha… Look at how you’re dressed. Are you a beggar?”

“…”

“That’s why people like you shouldn’t play during the tutorial season. What’s this
idiot doing here?”

The magician twirled his finger toward his temple, indicating ‘Are you crazy?’
Seong Jihan’s eyes turned cold at this.

“What’s with that look?”

The magician’s anger seemed to intensify upon seeing that gaze.

“Ha, someone who hasn’t even mastered the basics is showing that attitude?
Unbelievable. I’m not playing today.”

With that, the magician declared his intention to quit the game. Hearing this, the
archer hurriedly approached the magician.

“[Link]! Please don’t say that~ Even if the Supporter’s equipment is like that,
based on the fact that he has come this far, he should have some ability.”

The magician cast a probing gaze at the archer, or more accurately, at the LK mark
engraved on his armor.

“Ah, forget it. I can’t play a game with that kind of jerk. Do you know how much
money I spent on expensive equipment just to raise those bus-chung idiots?”
A magician who was very selective about people.

The archer kept trying to convince the magician.

“Don’t be like that… Mr. Support, You should apologize too.”

“Why should I?”

“Well, still…”

Your equipment is just so mediocre!

… It was pointless to say something so straightforward, so the conversation

stalled.

The magician raised his voice again.

“Look at this bastard! I was trying to endure after listening to what the archer
said… I won’t play the game until this brat kneels down and apologizes!”

“Kn-Kneel down? That’s a bit too much…”

Why should someone kneel down for this?

Although the archer looked bewilderedly at the magician, the magician suddenly
plopped down on the ground and went into protest mode.

“Hey, this bus-chung bastard. You won’t get anything if you don’t stick your head
to the ground.”

Lim Gayeong observed the magician, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground like
that. He had started quarreling as soon as he was summoned and now even ordered
someone to kneel down.

The guy seemed to be making a fuss despite his words, but there was a strange smile
on his face.

Finally, she could figure out the magician’s identity.

“The troll mage of the Bronze League, Kim Gyuhyuk…!”

Kim Gyuhyuk, He was once a promising magician belonging to the top 10 guilds.
However, after four consecutive failed promotions in the Silver Promotion Battle,
he had become rather peculiar.

If he was pushed into a team battle like this, he’d unleash complaints against
newbies or those who seemed easy targets. If things didn’t go his way, he’d throw
tantrums like this.

Even though losing would result in level-down and other losses, he continued to
cause trouble without any concern for it. Kim Gyuhyuk was famous as one of the
three biggest troublemakers in the Bronze League’s Gangnam area.

“Trash.”

A person who judged others and caused trouble only for easy targets.

Disgust deepened in Lim Gayeong’s eyes as she looked at him. Still, in a Zombie
Defense game, the magician, alongside the Supporter, was the most critical class.
So, she tried to somehow placate Kim Gyuhyuk.

However…

Step by step.

Seong Jihan approached Kim Gyuhyuk and casually uttered a few words.

“Yeah, we don’t need you.”

“What…?”

With a swift movement, Seong Jihan grabbed the magician’s collar and effortlessly
lifted him off the ground.

“Don’t play the game.”

Whoosh!

Kim Gyuhyuk’s body was sent flying. His bewildered expression and his body
stumbling through the air seemed to be in slow motion for a moment.

“W-what! What the fuck!”

Kim Gyuhyuk’s scream was soon overshadowed by the cries of zombies below the tower.
Screech! Screech!

Sounds of being torn apart were heard a few times.

Flare.

Kim Gyuhyuk reappeared on top of the tower, back to his original position.

He had used one of the three revival chances in the defense game.

“You, you crazy bastard…!”

In the moment Kim Gyuhyuk spewed out curses,

Seong Jihan, who was looking at him with a puzzled expression, said a word.

“You’re still alive?”

“What?”

Several seconds might have passed in silence due to an unexpected reaction.

Seong Jihan, who suddenly clapped his hands, then immediately grabbed Kim Gyuhyuk’s
collar.

“Oh! You can resurrect in the Bronze League, right?”

“…?”

“In that case, Die again.”

Kim Gyuhyuk’s body was sent flying into the sky once more.

“Uh… Uwaah!”

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As soon as he resurrected, the wizard, Kim Gyuhyuk, who was once again thrown out
of the tower by Seong Jihan, activated a protective shield spell without
hesitation.

“Shield!”

This Support seems strong, but at the end of the day, he’s just a Support!’ Kim
Gyuhyuk believed in his magic. He was level 15, after all.

However, the reason he was summoned for this game was entirely due to his
continuous mischief and causing losing games, resulting in a lower matching level.

“This bastard! I’ll definitely kill him!”

With his shield still active, he began to cast a fireball.

“Fire…”

But just as he attempted to turn Seong Jihan into a roasted skewer, Seong Jihan’s
hand brushed against the semi-transparent shield, instantly shattering the
protective barrier like an eggshell.

“huh…?!”

“If you die again, you’ll be left with only one life.”

Seong Jihan smirked, grabbing Kim Gyuhyuk’s collar as he stared in astonishment.

“Hold on…”

“Off you go.”

Whoosh.

Once again, the Mage’s body soared through the air and plummeted down beneath the
tower.

“Aaargh!”

The zombies, eager to get a meal once more, cheered in gratitude as they leaped
toward the plummeting mage.

Crunch! Crunch!
The unpleasant sounds echoed again.

And as those sounds subsided…

Flash.

For the final resurrection, Kim Gyuhyuk shouted as if in a fit.

“Wait, wait! Just a moment!”

Dying like this would solidify his last place standing.

Kim Gyuhyuk shivered.

“The last place penalty… It’s too harsh!”

He had thought that if he caused trouble, someone on the other side would give in
or someone would intervene to end the match.

He never expected to be thrown by this guy like this.

“If my level drops again here…”

The Battle Net system lowered levels for poor performance in-game. If his level
dropped due to defeat, the attributes gained during level-up would vanish.

Of course, losing some stats wasn’t a big deal; he could regain them by leveling up
again. But the issue was with his skills.

“My Skills will disappear!”

The problem was that skills disappeared. Learning skills was more challenging than
gaining stats through level-ups, making the deletion penalty more lenient than for
attributes.

As a result, a skill would only disappear if the level drop was at least 5 levels
below the minimum required level for acquiring that skill.

But the problem for Kim Gyuhyuk was this:

“If I die again now… It’s a guaranteed deletion.”

If he died one more time, his resurrection opportunities would vanish. Being
declared the first casualty in this defense game meant he would experience a level-
down.

So, his level would become 14, and the skill he had spent a considerable amount to
learn from the Battle Net market at level 20 would also be lost.

“This bastard. I’ll get back to him later.”

While internally vowing that, Kim Gyuhyuk seemed to be willing to surrender…

“Alright. I understand that you are strong! You don’t even need to apologize to me!
I’ll participate in the game faithfully from now on.”

“…”

“I’m at level 15. Moreover, I’m the fire mage, which is most useful for this map.
I’ll carry you properly.”

“Oh! You’ve thought well!”

The archer, who had been anxiously observing their dispute, became flustered. Kim
Gyuhyuk, famous for being one of the top three trolls in Gangnam, had actually
given in first. Things were going smoother than expected.

“…The person who participated in the Silver Promotion Match is at level 15?”

Lim Gayeong was also surprised by Kim Gyuhyuk revealing his level, but seeing that
the troublemaker had conceded first, she believed the game would now proceed as
intended.

“Is that all?”

Until Seong Jihan extended his hand again after quietly listening.

“…Huh?”

With a swift motion, Seong Jihan once again grabbed Kim Gyuhyuk’s collar.

“Hey, you said ‘you don’t even need to apologize.’ Anyone would think I started the
argument.”
“Just wait a moment…!”

“Next time, have some manners.”

Swish!

Along with Kim Gyuhyuk’s cries, he plummeted beneath the tower.

“Ah…”

The archer reached out into the air with a helpless expression, but by that point,
it was far too late to catch him.

Squelch!

[Mage class ‘Kim Gyuhyuk’ has fallen.]

[Kim Gyuhyuk has been eliminated from the game.]

In a defense map that was supposed to be played by a 4-member party…

The mage had vanished.

* * *

A chilly silence hung in the air.

“The trash has been cleared.”

However, Seong Jihan paid no attention to it. He stared at the quest achievement
window that had appeared after entering the ’10 Towers’ defense map.

[Limited Quest]

– Achieve 1st place in ’10 Towers.’

[Reward: 1,000 Achievement Points]

It was a quest to achieve 1st place just like during the tutorial, and the reward
was the same as back then.
“I was kind of expecting this.”

Seong Jihan gazed at another quest window that glimmered with a golden light
beneath the limited quest.

The content was something that wasn’t there during the tutorial.

[Linked Quest – Origin of Zombies (1)]

– Single-handedly defeat 1,000 zombies.

[Reward: 3,000 Achievement Points]

-When cleared, the quest continues with Origin of Zombies (2).

“Defeat 1,000 zombies alone?”

Seong Jihan furrowed his brow. This was… an impossible mission. While zombies
weren’t a threat to him.

“The game could end before I finish killing them all.”

The 10 Towers. If 5 out of the 10 towers collapsed, the game would immediately end.
This essentially meant that other players in different towers needed to hold out
until Seong Jihan managed to eliminate all the zombies.

The tense silence in the room was palpable as Seong Jihan continued to…

‘I should focus on the limited quest for now.’

Seong Jihan thought. He walked towards the end of the tower and peered down below.

Arrrggg!

A horde of countless zombies was gathering and crawling up towards the tower. The
steep slope of the tower caused them to slide continually, but they were creating
an angle by trampling over their comrades’ bodies, gradually making their way up.

Watching this scene beside Seong Jihan, the archer let out a deep sigh.
“Sigh… This is why we need a mage.”

If he could just cast a Fireball into that zombie mass, it would easily ignite the
self-made zombie hill they were creating.

With a resentful look, the archer gazed at Seong Jihan.

“If that troll had just cooperated a bit more… But what are we going to do now?
Without the mage, they’ll keep coming up like crazy.”

“So there will be more zombies than usual?”

“Yeah. Have you played games before? To become a pro player, you have to endure
these kinds of trolls and keep playing…”

Tsk, tsk.

While the archer grumbled, Seong Jihan’s ears seemed to block out his words.

“A thousand zombies, huh? Is it possible?”

He was contemplating whether he could clear the linked quest or not.

“Hey! Are you even listening to me? Ugh. Creating this mess and ignoring what I’m
saying… If you’re so confident, then fight on your own!”

Just as the archer couldn’t stand it any longer and yelled.

Seong Jihan responded willingly.

“Oh, really?”

* * *

“Player Seong Jihan. Lacks social skills. Not suitable for Battle Net pro level.”

Since Seong Jihan had ejected the mage from the party, Lim Gayeong had been giving
him low scores.

Regardless of right or wrong, the proper approach for a Battle Net player, as Lim
Gayeong knew it, was to overlook things when the opponent made a move and showed
some restraint.
“He acts recklessly without considering the consequences.”

However, The bigger issue is…

“He chose the support class?”

Someone who suited the warrior class more than anyone else had inexplicably chosen
the support class.

Why would someone make such a choice?

“Is he a troublemaker?”

Since she couldn’t understand it at all, she could only think that he must be
crazy.

And her thoughts led to a single conclusion.

“No value in recruiting him to the Rational Guild.”

If the young lady sees this video, she’ll probably lose interest as well.

With these thoughts in mind, Lim Gayeong approached Seong Jihan with determined
steps.

“I will take the lead. Support, please stay behind.”

Anyway, she was the Warrior of the party, so it was her duty to take the lead.

Even if she didn’t like his behavior, the task at hand still had to be completed.

Meanwhile, Seong Jihan simply raised his hand in a nonchalant gesture.

“It’s alright. Zombies might leak through, so just protect the archer.”

“…?”

Lim Gayeong looked at Seong Jihan with a bewildered expression. Was he really going
to fight alone in this situation?
But soon…

“…Alright then.”

With a sentiment of ‘let’s see how you handle it,’ she hurried over to the archer’s
side.

As Lim Gayeong approached, the archer let out a string of complaints like a machine
gun.

“Sigh… Meeting two trolls in a single day… We’re really unlucky.”

Lim Gayeong simply nodded in response to his words.

“Being at the bottom is a given. Leveling down… It can’t be helped.”

After all the effort to level up during the tutorial, he had dropped a level right
after the next game. The only silver lining was that the troublemaking mage was the
first to die.

Although they would end up at the bottom of the team rankings, at least within
their team, they avoided being the last.

“Yeah. Let’s die quickly and start a new game.”

With that, Lim Gayeong looked at Seong Jihan.

*Thunk* *Thunk*!

Seong Jihan was swinging a bar like he was doing warm-up exercises, and his form
seemed quite practiced.

“It seems quite heavy.”

But he wouldn’t last long with it. No matter how skilled one was in martial arts,
surviving against such overwhelming waves of zombies was impossible. Especially in
such shabby attire?

“Not even a minute.”

Eventually…
“Grrrr…”

An uninterrupted zombie finally began climbing to the top of the tower.

While other towers were still halfway up due to the mage and archer’s efforts, this
tower had no resistance and the top was already reached.

Meanwhile…

“They’ve finally arrived.”

Observing the horde of climbing zombies, Seong Jihan chuckled.

*Swish* *Swish*!

The bar swung through the air and descended upon the zombies.

*Thud* *Thud*!

Zombie heads exploded instantaneously.

Lim Gayeong’s eyes widened.

The speed was incredible.

Even someone like her, who had been through countless battles, couldn’t keep up
with the movement of the bar.

The archer’s reaction wasn’t much different from Lim Gayeong’s. He just stood there
with his mouth agape, overwhelmed by praise.

“…Is this real?”

“…”

“Ms. Warrior, is he really a support?”

“…I don’t know anymore.”

* * *
The rhythmic dance of Seong Jihan’s bar was akin to a circus performance. Moreover,
he targeted only the zombies’ weak spot – their heads.

The Archer finally understood why Jihan was so confident.

The tower was small, and the zombies could only come from the north, so Jihan could
really cover it by himself.

“B-but that metal pole alone shouldn’t be enough for a blood zombie…”

“You’re right.”

Lim Gayeong nodded at Archer’s words.

A blood zombie was an especially strong specimen among zombies. Its head was
covered by a bloody liquid that made it resistant to physical attacks, and you
needed special strength to suppress one.

Of course, in the Bronze League, that strength was magic.

“Ah, if only he had kept the mage alive, we could have been in first place…!”

Seeing Seong Jihan fight unexpectedly well, the archer felt even more resentful.

“Just look at us for a moment! Did he really have to kill him and turn the first-
place team into the last-place one? Ugh…”

And amid the horde of zombies, red smoke began to emanate from some of their
bodies. The archer shouted in frustration, his expression filled with regret.

“B-Blood Zombies…!”

*Whoosh*!

Among the climbing zombies, five of them jumped high and charged forward.

They possessed noticeably superior physical abilities compared to regular zombies.

With red skin and faces made of blood, the Blood Zombies rushed toward Seong Jihan
in an instant.

This is the end.

The archer thought in despair.

“Wha…?”

*Boom* *Boom*!

The end of the bar briefly wavered, and then the heads of the five Blood Zombies
exploded simultaneously. At the same time, from the spots where the heads had
exploded, white flames emerged.

A soft crackling…

In an instant, the entire bodies of the Blood Zombies were engulfed in flames.

“This can’t be real.”

Seeing the flickering light at the end of Seong Jihan’s bar, Lim Gayeong couldn’t
believe her eyes.

The aura of that pure white light…

“Divine power?!”

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