Chapter 0: The First Step into Murim

Chapter 0: The First Step into Murim

The First Step into Murim

For production workers at small and medium enterprises, making games was a basic skill.

Of course, depending on the person, there were some that they didnt acknowledge as games. By that, they meant mobile phone applications that only involved automatic hunting, in-app purchases, and gacha could not be recognized as an actual game.

However, for such production workers, these games held a value beyond just being games.

Werent they the reliable genre that allowed one to level up solidly even while working inside a cabinet?

While the salary might not increase, the joy of leveling up was still by their side.

Moreover, these games accounted for over 70% of the conversation among team members, so it could be said that it was more akin to their modern social life than mere gaming.

However, when limited to PC or console games, gaming was a somewhat distant hobby for production workers. Their hobbies were usually drinking alcohol (casually, with a meal), drinking alcohol (company dinners), drinking alcohol (with women), and if it wasnt any of that, then at most, fishing. That was mainstream.

In that sense, his hobby of gaming was quite uncommon.

He was a diligent gamer.

The nature of his job in production meant that a basic two-shift system was in place, with short cycles of day and night shifts, granting short vacations of 2 nights and 2 days or 1 night and 2 days.

During these breaks, he would first sleep like the dead, then sit in front of his monitor with a cold beer in a thermos, sipping as he spent his vacation time.

He wasnt particularly picky about his games.

In the games, he enjoyed many different characters. Sometimes, he lived the life of an outlaw of the wastelands, traversing the West, and at other times, as a commander with superhuman abilities, stopping alien invasions and destroying several planets before ultimately saving one.

He also found it quite enjoyable to be the rebellious Son of God, who had ultimately killed God.

However, most of his gaming experiences involved playing as a knight or a wizard in a somewhat medieval, Western cultural setting.

And amidst his fun, someone commented on his post asking for game comments.

try out the Murim Chronicles: A Tale of Life and Death its hella fun

shitty ching chong1sorry derogatory term game fuck off

no listen;; its seriously hella fun;; theres even a korean patch. hey try it try it2korean meme

Murim, huh

His knowledge of Murim was limited to a few Stephen Chow movies. Like Shaolin Soccer.

He had no choice but to choose an illustration with big breasts from the given presets of appearance.

After all, shouldnt he at least show a well-formed figure in-game?

When he took a break, smoking a cigarette and drinking beer, it was his guilty pleasure to enjoy the view of a female character with a big chest.

It was also a privilege of a single man.

And as for the characters name

Ctrl+V.

(A-Qing)

The pre-copied Hanja characters were entered.

It was incomprehensible how someones name could be A-Qing.

But it was something mentioned in the recommendation post.

After all, entering this would start him off with one of the games most overpowered martial arts, the Sword Art of the Yue3It means moon, but because there will be differentiation later, I kept the chinese romanticization Yue Maiden, in its true form.

Now, the character creation was done.

Before pressing the Start Murim Journey button, he brought up a guide post on his smartphone that organized the route he needed to take in order to farm quickly before advancing to the early-game story.

After all, if it was an open-world game, wasnt it a rule of thumb to farm generously as soon as it started before proceeding seriously?

However, in the end, the preparation was useless.

The moment he pressed the Start Murim Journey button-

He was standing in a chilly cave

Along with a hefty mass that suddenly weighed on his upper body.

1

sorry derogatory term

2

korean meme

3

It means moon, but because there will be differentiation later, I kept the chinese romanticization Yue

/genesisforsaken