Genius Swordsman In Reverse Game

Sssssssssssss─!

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It happened in the blink of an eye.

Without any warning, shadows suddenly stretched out from the forest, enveloped Jin Yuha, and pulled him into the forest.

As soon as the Utopia Party members realized what was happening, they reached out with anxious faces, but they were a beat too late.

"Jin Yuha─!!!"

"N… no way…?"

"Junior!!!"

"Jin Yuha-nim!?!"

And the party members were about to chase after Jin Yuha when.

Kaaaaaaaaaang─!!!

A piercing metallic sound that tore through their eardrums.

Sophia and Lim Ga-eul turned their heads, perplexed, and Kang Do-hee's gaze was forcibly turned as well.

"Yoo-ri-nim…?"

"...Junior?"

"You…"

There stood Lee Yoo-ri with a shield and a short dagger.

"What the hell are you doing─!!!!!!!"

Puddd─

Kang Do-hee channeled her magic to forcibly break free from the restraints binding her and tried again to head into the forest.

But, Lee Yoo-ri's skill, Taunt, was reactivated, holding everyone in place.

Kang Do-hee glared at Lee Yoo-ri with bloodshot eyes, as if she would kill her on the spot.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing!!! Fuck, let us go─!?"

"Calm down."

"Calm down? Calm down? Right now, The Little Fool has been kidnapped, and we need to go find them immediately! Calm down?"

"Shut that mouth of yours. Kang Do-hee."

"….."

Lee Yoo-ri, lips tightly pressed, spoke with a hardened face. Kang Do-hee looked at her in disbelief.

Usually, Lee Yoo-ri and Kang Do-hee rarely clashed. But now, a sharp hostility rose between them.

The air turned icy cold. Lim Ga-eul and Sofia, though not as reactive as Kang Do-hee, also looked at Lee Yoo-ri, expecting an explanation.

Lee Yoo-ri knew how they felt. She, too, had been ready to run the moment Jin Yuha was dragged into the forest. But she adhered to her principle that in such sudden situations, one must remain cold-headed above all.

'…They're too agitated.'

Acting on impulse in an unexpected situation rarely yields good results, especially in a place where Jin Yuha and Shin Se-hee had both emphasized the danger.

'I need to cool their heads first.'

Lee Yoo-ri exhaled deeply, contemplating how to handle the situation.

"Kang Do-hee, what do you plan to achieve by running in there without any strategy? Do you even know what's in there or where you're going?"

"That's exactly why we need to go in!!! If we don't, we'll lose him for sure! So stop spewing nonsense and let us go!"

"No. I can't allow that. It's exactly what the enemy wants."

"Who do you think you are to allow or not─"

"I am the deputy commander, appointed directly by Jin Yuha."

Lee Yoo-ri cut her off with a resolute voice.

"…..What?"

"In an unforeseen situation, Jin Yuha entrusted me with full authority."

Kang Do-hee's forehead throbbed with a prominent vein as she stared blankly at Lee Yoo-ri.

"Heh. Fucking hell, so you're playing chief with your little badge? Fine, whatever. But what now? Just wait here until the Little Fool comes back? We don't know what kind of state Jin Yuha is in!"

Lee Yoo-ri turned her gaze to Sofia this time.

"Sofia."

"…..Yes?"

"Recap what Jin Yuha said earlier. Summarize it quickly; we don't have much time."

"Um, well, he said… this forest is definitely cursed. We have to doubt everything inside it. We shouldn't trust anyone or anything. We need to be aware of any inconsistencies. And… the offering."

Despite the sudden question, Sofia accurately relayed Jin Yuha's words, albeit stumbling a bit. Lee Yoo-ri nodded as if to say that was exactly what she meant.

"Right, Jin Yuha mentioned 'the offering.' We don't know what's inside, but seeing that he was dragged in, it means they won't do anything to him immediately. If they were going to, they would've ambushed us when no one noticed."

"…..Ah."

"That's… true."

The tense atmosphere began to ease slightly. The safety of Jin Yuha was the top priority for everyone present.

"And Jin Yuha mentioned traps that distort our senses and common sense within the forest. Going in without any strategy is nothing short of a suicide mission."

"…..But that's still just a guess. Can you really be sure? Can you guarantee that Jin Yuha will be okay?"

Kang Do-hee, now calmer, spat out her words sharply.

"No, I can't guarantee it. That's why we need to prepare. Using the information Jin Yuha provided, the items Shin Se-hee packed, and the geographical features of this forest, we need to understand and strategize our approach. That's the quickest way to save Jin Yuha."

Lee Yoo-ri's clear and determined gaze swept across the party members.

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Shooooook─

I was being dragged into the depths by a shadowy figure of unknown origin.

There couldn't be a single hardcore gamer who devoted their life to Velvets who hadn't tried to clear this Jukai Forest with Jin Yuha. Surely, if there were any proof posts, they would have been shared long ago.

'Then what on earth is it? For now, it seems like I'm the trigger. Something that other characters don't have but only I do… And something even Velvets players haven't achieved─'

Then a hypothesis crossed my mind.

'Come to think of it, that voice just now said I was handsome… Could it be, Charm…!?'

Yes, if it's the Charm stat, the story changes.

Originally, this character Jin Yuha was set with an unusually high initial Charm stat compared to other characters. Moreover, as Utopia gained fame from the first semester, the Charm stat steadily increased. And with the demon-hunting and rank-up events.

Because of that, the Charm has now reached the absurd number of 100 at this point.

'Right. Jin Yuha's basic Charm was high. And it's a value that was possible by exploiting the system to form a party from the first semester.'

Charm is a stat that each character is born with, and after a certain point, stat boosters from gacha don't work.

It's a stat that only increases through the fame and achievements of the player's party.

Reaching a three-digit number at this point in the mission window was honestly impossible by normal means.

'Ridiculous… Requiring a Charm stat of 100, which only gives a bit more rewards or a slight bonus in chemistry, as a condition? Are the developers out of their minds? Who are they expecting to unlock this kind of Easter egg?'

Even though I already thought they were crazy for putting people who excelled at gacha into the game world…

This is just too much.

I chuckled in disbelief.

After making that judgment, the next thing that came to mind was the party members left at the entrance. We got separated without me even properly explaining this place to them.

'Tsk, I didn't even get to tell them how to use those items.'

I wondered if the kids could figure out how to use the items we brought. And if they had charged into the forest immediately after I got dragged in, we were really in trouble.

"No, it'll be fine."

At that moment, a face flashed through my mind, and my anxious heart calmed down in a way that surprised even me.

"Because Yoo-ri is there."

Of course, I am the leader of our Utopia party.

But my role is to lead from the front, showing the way and guiding the party members. I am not the pillar that stands strong and protects them from harm.

Instead, the one who holds the party together and provides a sense of stability is Soup.

"That's why I sometimes push for things that might seem a bit too much."

Even in a dungeon like this, where mental attacks are a constant threat, Yoo-ri shines. I knew that as long as Yoo-ri was with us, the party members would never be in any real danger.

Appointing her as my deputy when we received the mission was definitely one of my better decisions.

"With the training we've been through, Soup has become even stronger than her original specs. Yes, I can trust her."

With that, I was able to set aside my worries about the party members for the time being.

"But how much further do we have to go?"

I thought we had come quite a way in, but the path still stretched out before us. After walking for a while longer,

Slick—

The shadow that held me released its grip.

And what I saw before me was…

"Huh? Isn't that…? She's still alive at this point…?"

It was the "client" from the insomnia solution request, someone I had never encountered alive in the original game.

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