NOVEL WEB Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Part-timer, Becames a Totem (2)
Not long after, comments started pouring into the post.
[Close-Range Spy: What Sanz?]
[Donuts: Welcome]
[Goollreu: Moon lol night lol lol lol mas lol lol lol sac lol lol lol re lol lol lol]
[Shotgun Attack: This friend must have enjoyed Undertale lol]
[Love Death Cat: (Watching the newbie with curiosity) Meow meow meow…]
[Seonggiseonggisa: Newbie hi hi~]
[Dairy Cow Bikini Dance: That nickname is legendary lol]
ㄴ [Pooshungppashung: You’re one to talk lol]
I guess it was because the nickname was quite attention-grabbing. It could also be because I’m a newbie.
It’s better this way. This is better than no one looking at it.
I rode the momentum and wrote the next post.
[How do I change this nickname?]
I wrote it because I decided it would be better to change my nickname than to delete the post.
Even if I delete the post, wouldn’t it be a pain to write a post someday if I don’t change my nickname?
The first comment on the second post came 30 minutes later.
It was the most nerve-wracking 30 minutes of my life. I kept refreshing my post during that time.
I feel like I blinked my eyes thousands of times.
[Not a Netkama: lol]
━ …
This is infuriating.
ㄴ [Don’t just laugh, tell me]
The reply came very quickly.
[Not a Netkama: Are you a PFP?]
PFP…Was it an abbreviation for Finger Princess?
It means someone who doesn’t even bother to search properly and asks questions because their fingers are like a princess.
[I don’t have fingers]
This isn’t a joke. Not only do I not have fingers, I don’t have toes, eyes, nose, or a mouth.
I’m just a glowing piece of wood, nothing more.
[Not a Netkama: You’re crazy lol]
[How do I change my nickname?]
[Not a Netkama: Lurk for three days lol]
[What’s that?]
Is it a new slang term? Or is it a word used only in this community?
I don’t know because I don’t use online communities very often.
[Not a Netkama: Shut up and lurk for three days. Just read posts for three days and observe. If you want to survive in this world, you’ll need to read a lot.]
[Then will you tell me how to change my nickname?]
[Not a Netkama: ㅗ]
The comments stopped after the convex iron.
Lurking…I guess all I have left is time.
Since I don’t know when Priestess Paya will wake up, it might be good to take a quick look around the community.
There are quite a few pages.
How about going to the very first page and reading from there?
I’m curious about what the first people who came to the community were like.
Were they also suddenly possessed in the game like me?
I blinked my eyes and moved to the first page.
[Spotty: ?] (5)
[Dabudabu: Is anyone there?] (35)
[Jack-o’-lantern: What is this?] (5)
[Boogeyman123: .] (4)
[Abraham: Where did everyone wake up?] (8)
[Pumopumo: Is this a hidden camera prank? Cave special?] (3)
[Kim Manbok: I’ll just ask one thing. What is a…community?] (7)
Most of the posts were written by people who hadn’t grasped the situation yet.
There’s even one person who doesn’t know what a community is.
Another characteristic is…a lot of comments?
I looked at Dabudabu’s post, which had the most comments. It had a whopping thirty-five comments.
[Dabudabu: Is anyone there?
I’m a 37-year-old man living in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province.
The situation is not good, so I’m writing this in a hurry.
I’m alone in a cave right now.
I woke up here after sleeping at home.
At first I thought it was a nightmare, but it wasn’t.
Apart from the strange armor I’m wearing, the body I’m moving right now isn’t my original body.
I don’t know what I’m talking about either. I’m controlling someone else’s body right now.
It’s the body of a blue-eyed Westerner. Someone I’ve never seen before.
I hear strange noises outside.
It sounds like laughter, and it sounds like screams.
It doesn’t sound like a human voice, but I can’t tell what animal it is.
I’m too scared to go out.
Is this hell? Are you people who are reading my post human?
I haven’t eaten anything for two days. I don’t think I can hold out any longer.
If you’ve seen this, please respond. Please, I beg you.]
It’s a post that conveys the writer’s desperation, fear, and terror. Even I felt heavy-hearted reading it.
Let’s take a look at the comments.
[Spotty: I woke up in a cave too]
[GwiSeuTaBeuRo: I also woke up in a cave, my body changed, and I came to a different place]
[Jack-o’-lantern: Everyone woke up in a cave. What country are you from? Where is Anyang, Gyeonggi Province?]
ㄴ [Sintoburi: Anyang, Gyeonggi Province is a region in South Korea. The writer and I are Korean.]
ㄴ [Jack-o’-lantern: I’m from Germany. All the text here is in German. It seems like it automatically translates the language here.]
It seems that not only Koreans but also people from other countries have been possessed in this game world.
Most of the comments were people who didn’t understand their situation well, empathizing with the writer or asking various questions.
[George: Did you happen to read a strange email before you went to sleep?]
This comment was relatively sharp.
ㄴ [Dabudabu: I don’t remember well. I think I might have. I did check several emails.]
ㄴ [George: You probably read the email sent by ]
ㄴ [Dabudabu: Ah, I think that’s right. It was an invitation from a failed game. It seemed like a prank, so I read it and deleted it.]
ㄴ [George: It’s clear now]
ㄴ [George: I’ll make a post, so read it]
I scrolled down to find George’s post.
It was a post with even more comments than Dabudabu’s.
[George: Listen up, everyone.
My name is George Nelson. I’m 51 years old and served in the United States Marine Corps for 23 years.
I’ve grasped the situation and can help you.
I don’t know how much time you have left, so I’ll get straight to the point.
If you’re reading this, you probably woke up suddenly in a cave.
You woke up in someone else’s body, wearing strange armor. There will be a sword and shield next to you.
Don’t think it’s strange and listen carefully. You are now a Wandering Paladin in the game world of .
Don’t ask why, how, or what. I don’t know either.
What’s certain is that you received an email from the game company that operated the discontinued game, clicked the white window in the corner of your vision, and found this community.
You’ll hear strange noises outside the cave. A horrible sound you’ve never heard before. You’re probably still in the cave because of that.
As you know, there’s no water or food in the cave. You could eat or drink bats or groundwater, but it wouldn’t be very good for your health.
I’m telling you for sure. You have to get out of the cave before your stamina runs out, before you lose the strength to fight because you’re hungry.
The things that are targeting you outside are beasts that have been mutated by demonic magic.
There’s a protective seal engraved in the cave that keeps you safe for a while, but its effect will disappear after 72 hours.
Before that, you have to make up your mind and fight the beasts.
The beasts already know you’re in the cave. You can’t avoid the fight.
You have to kill them and move to another location while your body is still intact.
Fortunately, these new bodies we’ve received have learned various combat skills. If your stamina is good, you can win.
What you do after you get out is also important.
If you see a round creature floating in the air, duck before you’re spotted.
If you’re spotted, get out of the area as quickly as possible. They are the demons’ cameras, CCTVs.
If you’re spotted and stay in the same place, you’ll be attacked by every living creature nearby in a few minutes.
As in the game settings, most places are occupied by demons or demon worshippers.
You have to go to a place where there are as few people as possible. Go into the mountains and find a new shelter.
Don’t even go near where you see lights. If you see a city or town, go in the opposite direction.
If you go that way, you’ll have to fight hundreds of monsters alone.
You can’t win in the state you’re in when you just come out of the cave. Even if you do go, you need to gain enough experience points first.
Be sure to cook the infected animals before you eat them.
I’ll say it again. We are Wandering Paladins, and this world is a world that has been destroyed by demons.
Survival comes first, and the rest comes later.
Kill the demons, their worshippers, and the mutated monsters and gain experience points.
Just like in the game you know, we only get stronger by killing monsters.
Good luck.]
In a way, this is the first information/strategy post in this community.
But no matter how much I think about it, there’s something strange. Cave? Paladin?
Just in case, I checked the comments.
[Jack-o’-lantern: That’s right. Paladin. That was it.]
[Sintoburi: I knew it. The pattern engraved on the armor, I thought I’d seen it somewhere before.]
[Dabudabu: In the game? I don’t quite understand. Did someone implement the game I played in reality?]
ㄴ [Jack-o’-lantern: Mister. That’s not what’s important right now. You said it’s been two days. Go out and fight before it gets harder to hold on.]
[Full Play: I picked up the sword and shield after reading this post. It feels very familiar. Like I’ve used them a lot.]
[GwiSeuTaBeuRo: Thank you, brother.]
[Spotty: Can we…go back home?]
ㄴ [George: Let’s not think about that for now. Safety comes first.]
The next comment was a bit interesting.
[One Bulls: We’ve entered the game world. I wonder. Did we all fall into the same world? Or did we fall into parallel worlds with similar environments?]
If possible, I hope we fell into the same world.
Even after looking through all the comments and reading the posts written after this one, there was no information I wanted.
Paladin. Paladin. Paladin.
No one questions the fact that everyone woke up as a Paladin.
As if it’s natural to become a Paladin when you come to this world.
…Am I the only one who woke up as a totem?
Am I the only Loa?
I think I’m in deep shit.