Chapter 1

Note: This is an edited MTL as you all are already aware. I should probably stop putting this here, I guess. Haa, life sucks.

A certain memory swept through my mind like a wave.

Mom, I will be a wizard when I grow up!

I could tell right away.

This was Baek Yu-Seols memory.

In other words, the character of Aether World, Baek Yu-Seol, had the same name as the real me.

Yeah. You can do it.

In a world where everything was decided by magic, non-magicians had no choice but to live as the lowest class.

Baeks family was pitiful.

Born and raised by Ivani and his father, who could not learn magic, Baek Yu-Seol dreamed of becoming a wizard amidst poverty.

His parents somehow saved enough money and bought him an expensive second-hand magic book and he devoted himself to studying until his eyes bled.

However, a fatal flaw was found in him.

Of course, doctormy son, did you say mana leakage?

I was unable to accumulate mana in the bodyMagic

A cursed constitution for a wizard, a body that leaks mana.

To have such an extremely rare constitution that it only appears once in a hundred years would happen to him.

He wanted to curse the world, but he did not give up on his dream of becoming a wizard.

Even with a mana leak, he could freely use just one magic, and that was the blinking magic.

From that day on, I started to hone my blinking skill.

Huhhhh

As I pushed air into my lungs and raised my upper body, my mind blanked.

Ugh, uh !

A throbbing headache.

It was a pain that occurred in the process of cleaning up some of the strange characters that came into my head.

In reality, my name was Baek Yu-seol.

The name of my character which I raised in the game Aether World was also called Baek Yu-Seol.

However, it is distinguishable.

That the real me and Baek Yu-seol in the game are different people.

Is not it. Were they both me?

What the hell?

When I opened my eyes and looked around, I realized the place where I was lying was a crumbling hut.

Wheyy!! An old board swayed in the cold winter wind and hit the ground!

It floated down with a sound.

While curling up in the stinging cold, I accidentally discovered a mirror, it was broken and left lying in a corner, neglected.

My next action was almost instinctive.

I picked up the mirror to see my face, and soon I had to doubt my eyes.

Ive gotten younger, havent I?

I was 29 years old.

I used to hear a lot that I looked young for my age, but I still didnt have this teenage-like face.

But my face in the mirror was young as if time had gone back to when I was in middle and high school.

It was difficult to understand the situation properly.

At that moment, a message floated in the air.

[Episode 1]

[Avoid the pursuers and run away!]

Huh?

Rather than a message floating in the air, I was more surprised by the fact that it was such a familiar phrase.

Isnt that the Prologue Quest of the character Baek Yu-seol?

The game Aether World was able to progress the story by transferring to many characters, and most of the episodes start with the entrance ceremony at the academy.

However, the only different thing was that this episode started with me running away from the pursuer.

No way.

I knew the reason very well, so I had no choice but to get up.

I was wearing a medieval-style commoners outfit with a bit of a fantasy style, not a modern one. A dagger was tied to a belt for self-defense along with a water bottle.

In the waist pocket, there were biscuits and miscellaneous items such as a few pennies and a certificate of admission to Stella Academy.

Really?

It was precisely Baek Yu-Seols starting item list.

I hurriedly stroked and pinched myself, but this was no dream. In the first place, even with this biting cold, I was able to realize that this was a reality.

At least

Since most of the other characters are from aristocratic families, they have quite generous starting items.

However, because Baek Yu-seol came from a poor commoner family, he started with nothing.

Such a disadvantage was a good thing for a hard-core gamer, but in reality, it didnt mean anything.

I have to think calmly.

I hurriedly looked for the memories of the moment before I fell here.

True Ending.

Im sure it said something like that.

But this was an otome-game with multiple-ending and a single true ending didnt exist at all.

Is it possible that for over 10 years, no other users have seen the end of the game?

It was understandable that no one had reached the true end of the game.

Damn it.

I put the matter of true ending for later and quickly decided to grasp the situation that was right in front of me.

Snowy mountains in a blizzard, a crumbling hut, a dagger, a certificate of admission.

As far as I can remember, as soon as I woke up, the pursuers came into the hut

As those thoughts fell, I could hear the sound of footsteps from far away.

You bastard, how far will you run!

As if the antennae were blown off the back.

Everything in the world was made up of the law.

In other words, there was mana in everything, and all that moved by it were detected by the cursed body of the Mana Leakage Delay!

To put it simply, I couldnt use magic by accumulating mana in my body, but I was able to feel all the mana around me with my sixth sense.

From the arrow that flew at my waist, the helmet thrown from the back in anticipation of where I would arrive, and the wide-area magic of the flame that was cast to grow in a radius of 30 around me.

I felt like I could hold it, and in less than 0.3 seconds, I used blinking by timing exactly to avoid the shell attack.

Tuduk! Gwang!

Light!!

A rain of arrows fell on the spot I passed.

My heart was pounding, if I had delayed even for a moment, I would have died.

They numbered seven. Two of them fell behind.

It was understandable that they were getting tired because they had to run on a mountain road wearing heavy armor while I was moving by blinking.

But Im also tired of every single thing.

It was painful to endure this cold with cloth, and it was difficult to ride on the slippery mountains, but the most difficult thing is to use blinking continuously.

If you go deep into it even once, you die.

I had no choice but to put my mind to it naturally, and the dizziness was coming.

Its right in front of you!

Hes tired!

The distance from the pursuers was about 100 meters.

But, there is still the next gate`

Wheeeeeeee-!!

Cliffs.

A sharp, snow-capped cliff awaited at the end of the mountain road where I had run at its best.

Between the stone wall and the cliff, there were floating stones floating around at intervals of about 5 to 6m, and I can only cross to the other side if I perfectly execute the Range Control of [Blink].

If I just cross this cliff, I will encounter the passing wizards and will be rescued, and the tutorial will also end.

But to cross the cliff, it was necessary to complete the Blink Cancel in 0.1 seconds.

If I fail even once, I will die instantly.

Its easy to say, its 0.1 seconds.

Most of the players that succeeded had only passed because they were very lucky after challenging hundreds and hundreds of times.

That is, it is at a level of difficulty that a human being cannot do at all.

The minimum number of floating stones to pass through here has exceeded 20, and if you fail in the process, you will die.

Butto be honest.

It wont be too difficult.

Even while climbing the mountain, I had already found most of the sense of distance control.

Some terrain was easily passed by hitting a short blink.

The problem, however, was that the pursuers followed closer than expected.

The cliff was an open space, and there was not enough space to set up a field.

In the midst of that, using blinking that has a cooldown of 3 seconds, and go to the other side?

Its impossible. Im sure Ill die helplessly on a floating stone under a rain of arrows and magic.

Even at this moment, the distance was getting closer.

There was not much time to think.

The most efficient way for me to survive.

Probably.

There seems to be only one.

I have to kill the pursuers.

Surprisingly, even the thought of killing people did not feel uncomfortable at all.

Because they are enemies of my parents in the story development? It wasnt like that.

I just thought I could win.

I think that would be safer.

If this world was a game, it would have been impossible to attack those pursuers systemically.

However, this place was real, and no criminal blindly followed the instructions of the game system.

Whoa

Yeah. I think its crazy. Why did I think this way when Ive never really fought a man in my life, let alone kill him?

Was I this cold-hearted and brave in the face of death?

I do not know.

However, instead of worrying, I gently touched the dagger that was tied to my belt.

Huh! hyuk! It is a cliff!

Damn, where did he go!

The pursuers had chased me to the brink of ruin.

The question of whether I could do it was put aside. I havent quite figured out my situation yet, but one thing was for sure.

If I dont do it now, I will die.

The only experience Ive ever had with a knife in my life was when I sold it at the end

How to use was simple.

Approaching so fast that the enemy cannot resist, and stabbing it at the vital point.

Hiding behind the rock, I quickly rolled over and revealed myself very well, figuring out where they were.

Its the bastard! catch and kill!

Target distance, 8.70.

Towards the archers neck shouting while pointing the bow.

[Blink]

Huh?

puuk!

I stabbed him.

End of Chapte