Episode 0

[…I understand. I will accept your offer to join.]

The moment Ji-hoo laid eyes on that phrase, he erupted in joy, blurting out a string of expletives.

“Fuck, I succeeded. Finally…!”

Among the characters appearing in the notoriously difficult character investment game, Guild Master, Agnes Neptune was one of the hardest to recruit.

Having already recruited a series of challenging characters, Ji-hoo naturally took on the challenge enthusiastically this time as well, but who could have known that this woman alone would take up a whopping five hundred hours of playtime.

‘What a crazy bitch, really.’

The strategies for each situation were random, and there wasn’t even any reference material to consult. Having succeeded in recruitment despite such insane difficulty, Ji-hoo was naturally overwhelmed with emotion.

Of course, her stats were also insanely high, matching the difficulty. While high stats were commonplace for a legendary figure in the mercenary world, she stood out among the top-tier mercenaries. Rather than leaning towards a particular attribute, her stats were evenly distributed, making her a balanced type character.

Ji-hoo planned to capture this joyful moment with a screenshot. And then he would excitedly boast about it on the community.

After flaunting the screenshot he had taken to the community, Ji-hoo yawned as his body began to slump with fatigue…Well, it made sense for him to be tired since he had stayed up all night to get Agnes.

He lay in bed, gazing at the dawn light faintly brightening outside the window.

‘…I was supposed to go home today.’

But his body had long been consumed by sleep.

As soon as he closed his eyes, his consciousness swiftly fled from the real world.

Knock knock knock.

At the sound of a knock, Ji-hoo abruptly woke from his sleep.

“Ah.”

However, what he saw was not the familiar sight of the room he rented, but an elegant room he was seeing for the first time in his life.

“Young master.”

Just like,

“Have you awoken?”

‘Like the world of Guild Master.’