Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

‘It’s not exactly the same, but there are many similarities. Just like when I caught Haetak on the island of the sunken kingdom, I thought of the youth retreat.’
A closed dragon tribe.

A god served by a dragon and a priestess serving the god.
A kind dragon with covered eyes leading them.
And a priestess with covered face and a sinister trap discovered while coming to the temple.

It all reminded me of the scenario of the collapse of the dragon palace in Plumago.
‘The yellow dragon of Plumago invited Joo Soo-hyeok and Andain, who came to pay their respects at Yongjegeon’s funeral, to the priestess selection ceremony. And then the blind priest suddenly invited us.’
The yellow dragon, who had been eroded by the scales of the Imugi in Plumago, was purified thanks to Andain’s special constitution and briefly regained consciousness.

The yellow dragon unconsciously invited someone with the power to save himself and the dragon palace, and the two headed to the dragon palace, but the scenario ended without doing anything.
As a player, all I got was a hint that Yonggung was now ruined and information about the new character, Yeom Jun-yeol, who would appear next semester.
‘What on earth did PlayerZ intend to do by putting in this hidden quest? Was it a coincidence?’

Every quest had a mission that had to be completed, and the hidden quest was no different.
I opened the quest window.
[Your party has been invited to the Dragon Festival. Please enjoy the festival.]

It said so on the screen, but I couldn’t just enjoy the festival after almost stepping on a trap.
I thought I had to find out what to do here myself.
Just like I had to find out for myself that I had to purify the corrupted spirit that called for a tidal wave in order to save them.

“You’ve kept the guests here for too long. The priestesses have prepared a small banquet, so let’s move.”
My thoughts were not over, but the game progressed.
Yeom Jun-yeol also seemed to be reminded of Yonggung in this situation, but he didn’t seem to care much about it.

It was common for characters and situations based on the Dragon Clan to appear in various creative works, so it didn’t seem strange to me that I had taken the existence of the Shaman from it.
‘And Yeom Jun-yeol doesn’t know everything that happened in the Dragon Palace at that time. Considering the nature of the Dragon Clan, even if the Shaman betrayed them, they wouldn’t tell me in detail what happened in the middle. Yeom Jun-yeol wouldn’t ask either.’
I took advantage of the gap in the camera that caught Yeom Jun-yeol’s attention to glance at Cheongryong.
Then Cheongryong, who had figured out my intentions, shook his head with a heavy expression.

Regardless of whether he really didn’t know the details, Yeom Jun-yeol sat down and tried to eat the food as the blind priest had suggested.
The characters in the game were currently hungry as they were heading deep into the secret realm, so it was beneficial to eat.
Recalling the previous Dragon Palace incident, I didn’t even want to put food in my mouth that the Shaman prepared, but I couldn’t refuse it on a live broadcast.

‘Let’s say the mastermind is watching this broadcast. If I stop Yeom Jun-yeol from eating, he’ll be suspicious.’
The shamans knew that I was among the guests heading to the Yonggung, besides the nobles, and the mastermind also knew.
However, I wanted to maintain my position as someone who got caught up in Yongjegeon’s whims.

There was no way that a person like that would know the whole story of the incident, so I had to pretend not to know anything.
And in fact, it could have ended with the conclusion that it was all a matter of feeling and that there was nothing wrong with the food.
≪Bard jo2god111 died from extreme poison.≫

≪Magician Hongryong died from extreme poison.≫
However, before I could finish eating all the food, my character and Yeom Jun-yeol’s character collapsed.
Eating the Imoogi’s scales doesn’t kill you right away, but it seems that there was a poison mixed in that was more lethal and took effect quickly.

I thought the Yonggung collapse scenario was a little complicated, but this was actually easy to understand.
[Junyeolaaaaaa ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚]
[(꒦ິㅁ꒦ິ) Our supernova… … It’s so heartbreaking even if it’s a game… … ]

[What, can you die even if it’s not a battle?༼⁰o⁰；༽]
[Cut~~~~~ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[You died because you let your guard down, right? ㅋㅋㅋ Look at the spicy taste of the hidden quest]

[-END- Thank you to everyone who watched so far.]
[No indulgence! I’m watching after work nowㅠㅠ]
[How could the dragon tribe treat an unknown supernova like that?]

[Why did you invite him and then kill him???? That’s bad!]
The chat window became chaotic.
Yeom Jun-yeol's fans were sad, those who heard rumors of hidden quests and came to see them tried to scratch, and there were those who took this opportunity to curse and criticize the dragon tribe.

There were quite a few chats where it was hard to tell if they were cursing the dragon tribe in the game or the dragon tribe in reality, but the ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) real dragon tribe was very sad.
"Jun-yeol and our dragon tribe's benefactor...."
"Yeah, the dragon tribe invited the benefactor of the noble tribe and treated him to a feast, but they poisoned him and killed him."

"Shouldn't we protest this to the game company? Even if it's fiction, there's no way we would treat Jun-yeol like that in the dragon tribe's territory!"
Under the studio stage, the dragon tribe and Red Lion team members were openly sad and in pain when Yeom Jun-yeol ate poison and collapsed.
It was a side effect of having his appearance cut down to resemble Yeom Jun-yeol too much.

To be honest, I was sad too.
When the character collapsed and the screen turned black, Yeom Jun-yeol, who had been surprised, calmly sorted out the situation.
“Ah…… Then I’ll press ‘Retry’.”

When Yeom Jun-yeol chose to do it again, a selection window popped up asking if I wanted to do it again as well.
After agreeing, I returned to the situation right after I arrived at the Dragon Temple.
It would have been annoying to have to remove the trap again, but that was fortunate.

“You can’t go back to the time before you were invited.”
“Yes, but if you give up the hidden quest, you’ll go back to the time before the blind priest invited you.”
If you are reading this translation anywhere other than .net or SilkRoadTL, it has been stolen.

Most games allow users to do quests again unless they give up.
There are some vicious games that prevent users from doing the same quest again unless they restart the game by deleting their account if they fail a quest once.
In such cases, it’s common to warn users in advance by mentioning things like ‘important choice’ and ‘important crossroads.’

Yeom Jun-yeol seemed relieved that he could continue the quest, so he seemed to want to continue.
“It seems like something happened at the Dragon Temple, so let’s solve it. What do you think, Yi-shin? If you think of a good idea, tell me anytime.”
Yeom Jun-yeol said with an expectant face.

This situation is not exactly the same as the Dragon Palace collapse scenario, and it is difficult to expect cooperation from the clan.
However, if there were similar parts, there were many ways to do it.
I knew that, but I didn’t say out loud the idea that came to mind.

“Yes, I also want to finish this quest. I’ll leave it up to Senior Yeom Jun-yeol to decide how to move.”
If he uses the same moves as he did in the Dragon Palace, the mastermind might come out and realize the relationship between the clan and the dragon.
The Dragon Palace case should have been resolved through the Dragon Clan’s thorough preparation and the clan’s active intervention.

I made a plausible excuse.
“The blind priest invited Hongryong, and the bard is a free guest. So the blind priest will also be looking forward to your performance.”
“He is not a free guest. Yishin is a precious and close junior who is here to party with me.”

Yeom Junyeol answered my excuse with a very serious and happy tone.
I felt bad about leaving all the game matters to such a good senior, but I decided to leave this one to Yeom Junyeol.
‘Yeom Junyeol doesn’t know much about the Yonggung Collapse scenario like me, and he’s not a game addict like Yoo Sanghoon. If this game scenario really goes like the Yonggung incident, many people will die here.’

≪Magic Swordsman Hongryong died by the brainwashed dragon’s followers.≫
≪Magic Swordsman Hongryong died by the wrath of the altar.≫
≪Magic Swordsman Hongryong died by the carnivorous marine enemy.≫

≪Magic Swordsman Hongryong died by an unidentified assassin.≫
As expected, Hongryong continued to die while recovering the prepared death foreshadowing.
Since Yeom Junyeol, who was full of responsibility, usually took the lead and moved first, he died leaving me behind.

The malice that spread throughout the Dragon Temple was trying to openly kill the remaining playable character, so when Yeom Junyeol went, I also died naturally.
‘No matter how I look at it, it seems like the Yonggung collapse scenario went extremely badly.’
Since the situation was so serious, it had the advantage of being difficult for an outsider who didn’t know the circumstances to associate it with the real-life Dragon King or the priestess.

As time went by, Yeom Jun-yeol became more and more immersed.
As Yeom Jun-yeol played the game, he seemed to see familiar traces of the dragon tribe in the NPCs that appeared, but he never showed it.
Instead, when an NPC that seemed to be based on Yeom Jun-yeol's precious people died, he chose to start over right away.

[No, you're going to do it again here? Kekekekekekekeke]
[This guy is acting up and out of control, so let's just let him die]
[Hongryong is so sweet... ... (இдஇ;)]

[Hongryong and Supernova, fighting! Let's all go back alive! ((o(;△;)o))]
[The NPC that just died was cute, so I wish he lived until the end, but I connected with Hongryong (◍˃̶ᗜ˂̶◍)✫]
The NPC that resembled Yoon Yeo-rang was a bit aggro.

This festival was not a ceremony to select a female shaman, so there were no female shaman candidates, but there were also residents around the secret area who received oracles from the Dragon Temple and helped with the festival.
The NPC that Yeom Jun-yeol wanted to save was that resident, and he had amazing potential, noticed that the Dragon Temple was acting strangely, and he was very similar to Yoon Yeo-rang in that he loved dragons.
In addition to this person who resembled Yoon Yeo-rang, Yeom Jun-yeol would immediately jump in when other good NPCs were in danger, and he chose to do it again without showing any signs of boredom.

‘If Yeom Jun-yeol had done the Plumago, he would have replayed it countless times.’
My heart grew heavy when I thought about the replay.
The mastermind was still aiming for Yeom Jun-yeol’s rampage, and the hint was likely in the replay.

In the midst of the chaos, the confusion grew as to who was targeting the Dragon Temple, who was cooperating, and what on earth was the purpose of doing this.
There were almost no opportunities to fight, and the overall flow of the game was like a mystery game amidst sudden suspicious deaths and massacres, so the chat window was filled with all kinds of inferences and advice.
The only good thing was that there were no spoilers at all.

This was because our party was the only one on the entire server doing this quest.
[Breaking news. There are many users who GG while trying to start this hidden quest on the plot strategy site. The required system time and NPC favorability are too much.]
[If that's the case, who would do the hidden quest? ㅋㅋ]

[Really ㅋㅋ The NPCs in the Dragon's Secret are famous for being rude, so who would farm for this kind of quest? ㅋㅋㅋ]
[The dragons are the same in and out of the game.]
[Wow, so Hongryong and Choshinsang will be the first in the universe to clear this quest! ٩( *˙0˙*)۶ *.｡☆ﾟ｡·*･｡｡★]

[Thank goodness I can watch it live ㅎㅎ]
The strategy was a bit sluggish, but the broadcast went smoothly thanks to the fact that I was doing the hidden quest solo for the first time and Hongryong's solid fan base.
I didn't plan on it, but it seemed like it would be a very successful content in terms of broadcasting.

And then, after doing it again for a few hours and getting closer to the truth little by little, I heard a voice.
≪The higher beings of Zeta are watching your journey.≫