The Return of the Hacked Game Account

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The probability-based character gacha game, <No Lifer>. In a single moment, the game account I had cherished and raised with sincerity and my wallet was stolen. I deleted the app along with a 1-star rating, thinking that was the end of it.

[ <No Lifer> (Ad) Compiler, return right now! ]

One should not mindlessly click on promotional notifications. Not unless you want to be dimensionally transported into a game.

Yeo Myeong, who fell into the world of <No Lifer>. What awaited him was not cute and lovely game characters frolicking in a flower bed… but insane nutjobs (+fully armed) in a devastated world. And… their inexplicable obsession descends upon Yeo Myeong.

“If I do this, you won’t leave forever, right?” One whispers while scratching his neck with a fingernail as if to slit it.

“Keuk… M-Myeong, hurry, esca…” 

One suddenly snipes with an arrow from a distance.

“Because you won’t look at me.” 

One suddenly swings a sword for some nonsensical reason.

As expected, these bastards were best viewed through a phone screen. I was a fool for adoring these kinds of guys and pouring money into them to reach max enhancement.

“Ah, this is driving me crazy…” 

“Who is driving you crazy, Myeong. Shall I kill them for you?” 

“It’s not just one or two people, and you’re one of them. Are you going to commit suicide?” 

“Sure. If my owner wants it.” 

“Ah, okay.” 

“But then, you have to die with me too.” 

“Usually, lines like that belong to either the horror or romance genre, but in this case, it’s probably horror.” 

“Why? Wasn’t that just a bit romantic, though?”

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Setting: Modern Fantasy, Game Possession

Keywords: Multi-Gong (Main Gong present), Love-Hate, Serious, Supernatural Powers, Non-human Entities, Master-Servant Relationship

Gong: San Gun – His official in-game name is ‘Mountain Hero’. He is the incarnation and collective embodiment of Korean tiger folktales. Befitting a spiritual entity that has lived for thousands of years, he is a severe ‘kkondae’ (old-fashioned/preachy), yet he also has a playful and childish side.

Sub-Gong: Hwarang – His official in-game name is ‘The Half-Human, Half-Ghost Hwarang’. Unlike a character motived by the Silla Dynasty, he is trendy and modern. Both in a good sense and a bad one.

Sub-Gong: Gumiho – His official in-game name is ‘Nine-tailed Fox of Cheonggu’. Being a fox, he is a master of flattery, aegyo, and acting coy. He refers to Yeo Myeong by the title ‘Husband’.

Soo: Yeo Myeong – Late 20s. He has a reclusive, introverted, and cynical personality. He grew devoted to the virtual world of games because he hated reality and hated humans. After getting fired from his previous job, he poured his entire severance pay into the mobile gacha game <No Lifer> in a fit of pique, but he quit the game after his account was hacked. A few months later, a strange invitation notification arrives….

Read this when: You want to see game characters pouring endless obsession over a player.

Quote: The sight of these digital children, molded from my own blood-like money, fighting over who gets to kill me. How harmonious. It’s so touching I’m moved to tears.