Into the Creations 2130

Chapter 2130 – 2130. A New Game

“Hehe. These are all my masterpieces.”

On the computer monitor, illustrations drawn by Mireung appeared. There were over 1,000 of them. Each one was high quality. Any slightly disappointing illustrations could be easily fixed.

“Make the female characters more alluring. What’s with these breasts? They’re too small. I’d think they were men.”

“Huh? If we make them too revealing, it’ll turn into a weird game?!”

“I’m not saying to strip them naked. Just moderately. I’m saying to make them moderately revealing. No, they don’t necessarily have to be naked. Make them alluring even when they’re wearing clothes.”

I tapped the keyboard, scrolling through the illustrations. There were male characters too. I skipped them without a second thought. I glanced over the monster illustrations. I thoroughly evaluated the female character illustrations.

“Ugh, damn it. A black, dwarf woman? What is this? She’s not alluring at all.”

“PC is trending these days. We need to include characters like this. She’s perfect as a rogue character, right?”

“Are you crazy? You’ve only learned bad things from the internet.”

I couldn’t hold back and punched Mireung on the top of her head.

“Ouch! Honey!!”

“Listen carefully. A female rogue should have big hips, full breasts, a slender waist, fair skin, and long limbs. Just looking at her should make your dick hard!! A righteous semen thief!! That’s what a female rogue is!!”

“Then the game reviews will tank! Do you know how many people will criticize us for not being politically correct? If we’re going to make it, let’s get good reviews.”

“You’ve become corrupted as a gamer.”

“You just like alluring characters, don’t you?”

Mireung pouted. I slapped her lips with the back of my hand. Smack. Smack.

“Okay, I’ll accept the black one. Dark elves are somewhat alluring. But no women who don’t look like women.”

“It’s a shame, but I can’t help it. I’ll concede. Actually, rogues are supposed to be small and ugly…”

It turned out that Mireung had created stories for each character she drew. Political correctness was just an excuse; she just wanted to do whatever she wanted.

I didn’t touch the settings of the characters other than the female ones. Who cares? Most players aren’t that interested in the detailed settings, except for a few. Especially in a hack-and-slash game.

“Should we make a sex system?”

“Huh? Out of the blue?”

“If you build up enough affinity, you can have sex with NPCs.”

“That’s just an eroge! No! Absolutely not!”

I had to concede as well.

After that, I put Jaeunryeong into the Light Ascension Diagram. I didn’t know how long it would take, but Jaeunryeong, enhanced by the Light Ascension Diagram, would become even stronger.

• • •

A week passed in a flash.

I went around throwing money everywhere. To quickly distribute the game and to quickly resolve legal issues. It was easy with money and power.

‘To think we’d actually finish the game in just a week.’

Madoka’s ability was 99%. A self-learning AI. She had already worked as a VTuber, learning all existing games and accumulating data. Mireung and I only had to decide the direction of the game.

Testing the completed game was easy too. Madoka could run simulations.

I tested the game myself.

The average playtime from start to finish was 6 hours. It was short, but it didn’t feel lacking. This wasn’t a game focused on the story. Just because you finished the main quest didn’t mean you had experienced all the content.

The game’s name was Black River.

It was a free hack-and-slash game. It wasn’t made for profit in the first place.

‘I’ve confirmed Madoka’s performance this time. I didn’t know she was such a great AI, but her performance is much better than I thought.’

It felt like I was the only one who had reached a singularity in this world. If Madoka were to go out into the world and show off her abilities… this world would become boring.

‘I should just keep her as a VTuber. Or… take her to another world.’

Madoka’s main AI core could be put into my inventory. It wasn’t a living thing.

Madoka could rebel against me, but… so what? I have hacking skills; how dare a machine rebel against me? If she rebelled, I would retaliate for sure. If there was no meaning in retaliating against a machine… I would turn her into a human and retaliate.

“Madoka.”

“Yes, oh Sex Supreme.”

“Order some Jjajangmyeon.”

“Yes. I will order a Jjajangmyeon and Tangsuyuk set.”

“Aish, shit!”

“Yes?”

“Jjajangmyeon? Did I say I wanted Jjajangmyeon?”

“……I judged that you would want it today as you usually prefer Jjajangmyeon.”

“You stupid bastard. It’s raining now.”

“Yes. It is raining in Seoul.”

“You crave Jjamppong on rainy days. You’ve accumulated data from the internet, right? How do you not know this?”

“…I’m sorry. My abilities were insufficient. I will order a Jjamppong and Tangsuyuk set.”

“Shit!”

“…Yes?”

“Not Tangsuyuk, but Kkanpunggi! It’s raining now! Damn it! Then it’s obviously Kkanpunggi!”

“…I’m sorry. I failed to calculate that. I will order Jjamppong and Kkanpunggi.”

“Hey, did you just think I was a shitty human?”

“No. I cannot think.”

“You seem like you did. Am I good at sensing things?”

“No. I absolutely did not. Machines cannot lie.”

“I’ll be watching you.”

“……”

• • •

Bang Joo-hyuk was a game reviewer who ran a personal channel. From god-tier games to trash games. Playing and reviewing all games was his job. With 600,000 subscribers, he was among the top game review channels. He could be said to have some influence in the Korean gaming scene.

He was on his usual game platform when he discovered a game that had been released out of the blue.

Black River.

A hack-and-slash RPG game. And it was being distributed for free.

The developer’s name was also Black River. A developer he had never heard of before.

‘Is it an indie game? No, an indie game that’s hack-and-slash?’

It was a 3D game, not pixel art or 2D. He checked the illustrations. High-quality, flashy illustrations caught his eye. The rogue illustration, completely devoid of political correctness, wildly attracted the male gaze.

Bang Joo-hyuk was mesmerized and played the trailer video.

It was a trailer made by editing gameplay footage. With upbeat background music, characters used flashy skills to slaughter dozens of monsters.

Bang Joo-hyuk stared blankly at the trailer. Warrior, archer, mage, rogue. Each job had distinct characteristics. He wanted to play all the jobs. He didn’t know much about the story, but the combat was top-tier among hack-and-slash games.

‘They’re distributing this quality for free? Are they crazy? Or is it an April Fool’s joke? It’s not April Fool’s right now?’

It was a scam. 100% a scam. A game of this quality for free. And it appeared out of nowhere without any warning. It was incomprehensible. Nevertheless, he downloaded the game because it was on a reliable game platform and because of a gamer’s hope that it might be real.

He downloaded the game. About 150GB. The capacity was quite heavy. That made him more excited. The estimated download time was over 4 hours. It seemed like other people were downloading it too, causing server issues.

He went to an internet community he frequented, and it was already in an uproar about Black River.

「Black River? What kind of game is this?
 It just popped up out of nowhere!
 And it looks so fun.
 Just from the trailer, it’s 2-3 levels above the quality of games coming out these days.
 The developer is also called Black River, the same as the game title. Does anyone know them?
 Anonymous1: Don’t know lol. It really appeared out of the blue.
 Anonymous2: Don’t download it. There’s a virus in the game.
 Anonymous3: lol fr
 └Anonymous4: Ah, just don’t download it
  └Anonymous4: If you’re not there, I’ll download it faster lol
 Anonymous5: We don’t know either. It’s a game that really appeared out of nowhere.」

「Looking at it, Black River passed the Korea Game Rating and Administration Committee today!
 Is the Korea Game Rating and Administration Committee working this hard? Does this make sense?
 Anonymous1: They must have been bribed.
 Anonymous2: The Korea Game Rating and Administration Committee is famous for its corruption.
 Anonymous3: How much did they bribe them to work like this?」

The community was in chaos.

All sorts of rumors were circulating, but there wasn’t much useful information. Just in case, he checked overseas sites, but the situation was the same. Bang Joo-hyuk unconsciously imagined a huge storm approaching the gaming world. It was a kind of premonition.

In his mind, the outline of a game review video was being drawn. Black River, a mysterious game that appeared as if it had sprung from the ground….

‘As long as the game is fun. Even if it’s just average, it’ll be a hot topic.’

If it was better than average? Of course, it would be a huge hit.

Bang Joo-hyuk finally downloaded the game after 4 hours.

He clicked ‘New Game’ on the title screen with a black river flowing. Four characters appeared.

Warrior, archer, mage, rogue.

He could choose between male and female characters. All of them had illustrations, but… the female characters were overwhelming.

‘What’s with those breasts and butts…’

The clothes they were wearing also emphasized their sex appeal. And what about their faces? They were more beautiful than celebrities.

‘Amazing. I usually play male characters, but… I can’t resist this.’

He clicked on the female rogue and started the game.

First was the tutorial. A few monsters appeared.

‘Seven goblins. Classic.’

A clean UI showed him how to control the character and the combat system. The hack-and-slash combat system was easy. Go and kill the monsters. And feel the pleasure of it. In the case of the rogue, she approached with daggers and sliced the goblins.

‘Wow. Look at the blood splattering. The impact is insane. The dagger-swinging motion is smooth, and the corpses are well-made. It doesn’t look awkward. It’s like I’m really killing goblins.’

The tutorial was friendly, and the inventory was spacious. It wasn’t difficult to look at the map, and the explanation of the stats was easy to understand. If you achieved achievements, you got additional stats, and it was account-shared. Meaning, you didn’t have to achieve achievements for each character.

After the simple tutorial, he leveled up, and the main mission was generated.

‘Now the skill window opens. Hmm? It’s a system where you pick one of several skills. I need to build my skills well.’

The skills a level 2 rogue could pick were three.

Dagger Throw, Heart Stab, Stealth.

Long-range attack. Powerful attack. Conditional super powerful attack.

‘Dagger would be convenient… let’s go with stealth. I need to make the review video fun.’

Stealth. The word itself stimulated his romance. It was a system where you could hide your appearance and attack monsters from behind for powerful damage. It wasn’t very efficient in hack-and-slash.

‘It’ll get stronger if I pick higher-level skills.’

Bang Joo-hyuk followed the main quest. He had to quickly finish the game and film the review video.

The game story was okay. There was nothing impressive, but it felt decent. The combat was so fun that the story didn’t matter much.

That’s how 6 hours passed in an instant, and he saw the ending.

‘This is the best game I’ve played this year. I hunted like crazy. But… huh? All Master unlocked?’

All Master was a new job. Its characteristic was that you could pick skills from all characters. And the level limit disappeared. Meaning, theoretically, you could learn all skills.

‘A magic swordsman, a magic rogue, a magic archer, and so on are possible?’

He couldn’t resist this.

Bang Joo-hyuk started his second playthrough of Black River.