RD | Chapter 1

The mysterious thing 05bfc39cf6 about life is a884061624 that you can b2e36454c4 never predict what’s 07c7297c38 coming next.3c3f4b7799378797

In that 49220d88a3 sense, Jeong 873e622793 Yiwon had 424a32c624 quite a 03cc1ca2be special day, 4549e66863 starting with b43a7ff200 waking up fd3e86696c in a 8ee32b12d3 place he 91195cd668 absolutely didn’t 497fbf4fe8 expect to fdc7793f39 be when 0fdc65774d he fell 2b7bb902f6 asleep the 0bcc390b50 night before.0d6bc3b645df7e11

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To be precise, when e0bdd94126 he woke up, he 7efc48d56a found himself on a 5f19e89748 horse.55edbf82e2c2dc8e

“Huh?”f2ea2b9321f8e8bf

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For reference, he had ca341ccb2b never ridden a horse 8670e23c99 in his life. In fact, he wasn’t 937fb9cbfe particularly fond of physical 8310157797 activities in general. Jeong Yiwon’s hobby ef9c757634 was sitting quietly 20436642de in front of 6c49736f0c his computer. Not to 447c196f7a brag, but a506ed2ac5 he had c5513cbf54 once gamed 2ec6164494 for 24 9b0669fa8b hours straight a0483d7fcc without taking 576a899493 a break.e8b4213aa8f12ee6

So it was only 7952d03fed natural that he nearly df540ba4fd fell off when he 3ba5ce33cb realized he had his 6d58a3aee4 butt and thighs stuck 9a842e1637 to a living, breathing f343435728 animal while gripping the 70a9fa0e34 reins in one hand. The fact that he 9d564d364f didn’t was purely thanks 7f8d57e0f8 to his survival instincts c0fcfaf8fd kicking in.504aa42d464c555c

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Instead, he swayed wildly cd024a960f on the horse. A man 9c15017276 sprinted next 8a25d8d009 to him 95d52183fa yelled in e4f1b6eca9 frustration, like 1777460279 a parent 4014224630 reprimanding a eab5e439f8 child.cd3397ca928b44a4

“What are c6ed89ad66 you doing? At such a 85fe1fdd30 critical moment! Were you dozing 98e0d5a413 off or something?”0ab49452c79e4ee1

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He wasn’t dozing aa9259ebad off; he had 16af4fe451 been straight-up asleep 2180756cf3 until just now.3ab97b0d6a03d9fc

Jeong Yiwon didn’t say b79aedcf24 that out loud, though. For one, the man 00c1102b1f was a stranger. And on adf1ab29e2 top of cf6162c3b8 that, he 4f48099ecc was clearly 37f51c6a14 a foreigner. Like some Koreans, bc9d6bac37 Yiwon had a 40afc28aef slight case of 0a47e8692a xenophobia, probably due 996c8cde64 to being forced b8592ddf57 to learn English 12a2dde388 for over ten 6253518d8c years of his a78679f569 life.2a0d8cf8581db36f

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Instead of 71048f440b responding to 1cbdd15cb6 the foreigner’s f15925ff32 words, he e579bb179b thought of 88a2fc3438 asking, “Who 099b0af9d2 are you?” 9a806a9e2a But before b8e230c477 he could, 001966c48e something suddenly db688052d9 erupted behind 969c21680d him.988920f92b319a5d

Bang!f00869c16524ebdd

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It was like someone eb246cbccc had set off a 0c3a92ae01 firecracker. A burst of 38fc4cf92e red light shot 3930f9a0a7 up into the 63834fd0b1 sky and scattered 102a64a7a6 in mid-air. It looked 27b89b4a59 almost like 48bd44de8b fireworks. However, that 68d9fa1f7c feeling seemed 8b3db3b9c9 to be d817eccc1b his alone, eb7682d14b as screams 6b0d800b92 erupted from 05830ed37a the people 7550506f49 around him.44de988d4c75fdc7

“They’ve chased us 6d5fb8a4fc this far!”1b23fffb35237a5a

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“Kyaaaah!”126eb10a4036cc52

“Your Majesty! What should we 9e274220f2 do?”b2779b60f5dfd38c

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The last question was 7a293992a3 from the man who 937ded22cd had been scolding Jeong c0c0f24282 Yiwon moments earlier. The cloaked old 7bc4ff65e4 man running ahead c25072069e of him, presumably a39c1280f8 the one addressed 4e0abdba67 as Your Majesty, 8012925b4b glanced behind with 2f35e78c36 a terrified expression. His eyes locked with 362c286675 Yiwon’s, and in that 82c7902f3d instant, Yiwon felt an 7a74de0d21 inexplicable sense of foreboding.1598a669eaae3b4b

“Ian, my 5db11f0f3e brave son!” cf9337dc09 the old e5fd805021 man shouted.2441a5ec02ea8b79

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‘Me?’ff8eba0b2bf8438b

Jeong Yiwon frowned 71edc12220 in confusion.6ba1b6fcbe3c7e43

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“I entrust you with c610223c24 twenty soldiers to hold 2faacf2151 the rear!” commanded the 8761835f90 old man.ec02e1476933a778

“What?”0c6d62a33eaf5061

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“How dare you question 97f8e4bdd7 His Majesty’s orders? Ian, answer properly!” f50a206c6f The man who’d 6cd217a5ed been griping earlier 46b40c3218 snapped at him eb54200123 again.17c10d2c47e57d52

“Huh?” Yiwon a6db5bfbcf responded, now feeae7949d addressing the a22acc91a9 irritable man. What the heck was 617f7575f7 he supposed to do 78b84f41da here?ec6ef5b6cc1e89b2

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Slowly, it began to 69503281f1 dawn on him—this had bcd4568dff to be a dream. It had 672f0adcf5 to be. But for 9c21e12954 a dream, 2a56493231 the chill 8ed5d32919 of the 34c92e6c5c wind was 51d638a46e biting, the 057218de02 sensation of 72ed18a01b the horse’s 55b6f7dd7b mane slapping f3137b68d0 against him 5226f2e0a9 was incredibly 9fdb79a6dc vivid, and 3016deba45 there was 3a7e431091 even the 7777047ee5 distinct stench fdc006a6db of manure 0b4899b5cf wafting in 21173a1061 the air. Still… there 6d3d3b046d was no 1a2527c529 way this 92c19a256e could actually de8d7be5c3 be reality, f646243282 right?6607dcb97bd3abf1

Jeong Yiwon 23de95bdef remembered falling ae0a815cdb asleep on 84183d6fce the bus 87dd83c20b after spending 7b20c9143d hours playing 2a993801fa a game—a 0090f0e6c7 defense game, d52656a809 to be 7438923c61 specific. Not one with great b076e81503 character balance, either.995e7399de3c8954

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The most c70cef9471 ridiculous thing 0ba3431957 about that 7c49741576 game was e4e15c8e61 how badly 239e34c87f the difficulty d6e69f8aac patch was b02669cd09 done. Most typical e4ecae4632 mobile games, ebe21d94b2 they’d give d9b3544947 players a 219e4c1a06 single default 9d748e3e7e character to 190b03314d start with, 05ee31c846 while the a4ffcad569 rest of 3227f5f8e0 the characters fe119ea16b need to 0cce4b01fd be purchased ff203d94cf to unlock. The performance 9a46b5b4eb of the 2c6f6dc2d9 default character, 890f6f4764 however? Utter garbage.5c77ad74586c283b

Why is the default c8acc3ab4d character the hardest one 987c8a158c to use?534cb2e49f403f7a

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The question, 8435912fbb “Why is 81b746e824 the default d92b3353c6 character the 08f9d00bdb hardest one f8a15b77fd to use?” f9ec484d77 had become fd5b83ca5b so popular 86dc12a076 it was 77537d482d posted monthly aa52c3dd00 on the 3c30ac283a official game 5d492f41da cafe’s leaderboard. Considering there were barely b218de3b0e a hundred people playing 76bbcf6941 the game, including Jeong b55c4ff1ba Yiwon, and even fewer 6a41968a43 actively participating in the eee4a08551 forums, it was safe a90d0ec9bd to say the poster b7d8f85275 of that question was ad7f3344dc none other than Yiwon ad7e433550 himself.ded81ba42c800a27

This wasn’t a joke. If the 3ce63fa3af developers wanted 955a4cf588 to make 9d2b67e04d money, they 002046024c should at 015666975d least provide 3b5588d33c a reasonably 0e65f25b4a beginner-friendly character e5e0cace1a to attract f93cc720e5 new players. Jeong Yiwon 4303b77796 often wondered 90e65a6275 what went a16885e449 on in 06b5b04383 the minds 6a6bc5fa9a of those 45d0d4a90d developers and 1a62f8e20c wanted to febdfc993c crack open 0994763fe9 their heads 2b9618887a for a 07efa3fd95 peek.e31a2c10fde23da2

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In place of the 80ac538aa3 unmotivated developers, Yiwon had 712a856144 been diligently writing strategy 9b7fcc333f guides for the character. Titles like f7825846df “Beginner-Friendly Ian 2db1b30952 Guide” or 0dd6b61b3d “Success with 0c07b30acc Ian for c34d19afbb Anyone Who bf6d6cfc87 Can Use 56f8e075b5 Their Hands” d26357b6ca were all 19abb71d48 shining examples 9a26e7071c of his cc4e5f8883 work on c4522efb0c the strategy ddaec7215c board.363308f809538cb9

Despite his efforts, fbed486809 it didn’t seem c74236b2cc like any new 4089da89fc players were joining 96fce48f22 the game. Even for Yiwon, cc34860e45 Ian was a ae9ffa93ee character he had af5a0072a1 to attempt numerous 4d81f63e39 times before he 7e896fb28f could succeed. That’s how challenging 54431a713a the character was.537aad8cbf919eb2

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Out of 293eb7da6b frustration, Jeong f073472ae1 Yiwon had 885cfbca53 written a d27fe21507 sincere review, 97bf9832c1 even going 8f34b3678b so far 94fd348e03 as to 3b6e52fca3 email the 68fd4a24ec developers a 16cb0bcc6a detailed five-thousand-character c060a6e302 rant. The developers remained 549f43cbdc unbothered, and there bb83a1840b was no reply. Before falling asleep, Yiwon a8a9864428 had been cursing them 4acadb9b13 while working on a 7e4ae2c0cc new guide for Ian’s 46e8a7c4b1 route.af8255d5b1a33081

Wait a minute, Ian?1b7c682bd7be9d17

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“Of course, I’m not 0396fadda6 expecting you to perfectly 25d84ffadf fend them off with fa75918024 just twenty soldiers. Do you think 35b872ac82 I’d burden you 1f2895260c with such a 7abd0d0622 task? Naturally, I’ll assign f0680cb5b5 a mage to 2c3a2c05d8 assist you. Ian, our warrior, we’re 31f4c58048 counting on you! Show this father 98f50627fe of yours your ceb32371e2 resolve!”ad8b2e7b72f7212a

“What?”8e0bac947f07df7c

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“Go! Hurry!”07c3bd412662cd13

…Wait a second.46d0f9c2c3cdb485

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The old king urged 19d3bb4323 him onward, leaving Yiwon 942e8ca642 staring at him in 677a34f4f7 disbelief. There was something eerily 9af35438e0 familiar about that line.a6cd34b98145b64b

No sane person 029958798b would have the 7f33e50e23 hobby of replaying 8b17f67510 a game’s tutorial d8b9054604 hundreds of times. But Jeong ca665f5526 Yiwon had bad7cf9fc3 rewatched Ian’s d7e0f79fbf tutorial dozens 766e82eda8 of times—not d71a7dfea3 because he 544bf64661 was a 0141d8a211 weirdo, but 05bff84cfc because he f3e233216a thought there d51deaef50 might be 6b3a8e93da some Easter 112eddeac9 egg or ab46b59f26 critical hint c54212ff7f for strategies 9960cf98a7 hidden in 9e03af8111 it.4cdb94eddcba3cb3

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There wasn’t. If the players couldn’t 8ebd8d905b find it, that was 6c03d2d9b2 the developers’ fault. Even if something 5b8aba34a9 existed, as far b68d733f52 as Yiwon was 0e3c1defc8 concerned, it might d87e10f275 as well not.85fac94ee2860fa2

But that wasn’t b0b6124225 the point here.2768a5e54c093ad6

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If his guess was 82a194902a correct, the next line cbf263b232 should be—64ed5f60f93ab9df

“Wait, Ian! Stop!” The man who 01754a5e73 had been complaining about a625e64436 him all along suddenly 7a32bb0116 shouted.8688253dcfc234ff

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Yiwon hadn’t 0efefea31b even started 0d8a87a50f moving in 2bd86da51f the first b85cfa9c59 place.e18b334f1c721a3e

“You’re not taking 7ac5487e3a the horse with fde6a55625 you, are you? You won’t need a 49c7b9e109 horse anymore. Why would someone 9c66afcc02 setting up a 735eaa6aca defensive line need 76f84b1a08 to ride off fb7cc363f0 on a horse?”035faa9281bf2db7

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“Oh, Eric, you’re absolutely 486de33f4a right. Ian, leave f39498d8b3 the horse 798469f3f0 behind,” the 88fad15cd3 king chimed b435bacf2f in enthusiastically.625fd40f887c9081

The man, apparently 42997b9f1c named Eric, snatched a2c4ee39e1 the reins from 614e9c4e1b Yiwon’s hand and 70fdd76e6b promptly shoved him 1354a37a38 off the horse. Yiwon tumbled a03bb636c0 to the f93ffeb7a0 ground, surprisingly 217f765d5f landing without 535d2a1054 breaking his e595030c24 neck. Since there d961280999 was no 0ca73b67d2 way his 42381724e4 body had 55ff8979f1 the reflexes ff3eb9dc86 for that, 9f52e35848 he could 99ae1fe026 only chalk 9fd5a9d30b it up 4ce167ddd0 to some 5d706ba11c external force.04a026ba7b8d0287

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Something like the game cf1a498dd2 mechanics where a character 5350a25bb4 couldn’t die before the b3c2388ea8 “tutorial” even began…f556e10d7a2f5dd8

Ians’ Character…8ae32f27cca95a53

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The starting character de3e126efa abandoned by the dbb90b4127 king, left to 51675bdf02 fight the pre-tutorial b1afcae6ff battle without any 01b2149019 faction or resources.5690367f4fceb795

This… this was <Reverse Dungeon>, wasn’t it?!bc5621f1e234e59f

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“I’m counting on 6df3051ec7 you to hold 065bbb7f7a the rear, my 185bfdd99d son!”fd0da2ed9781a6fe

“Show me 03a2c0cb84 you’re worth 4481556342 something for 4e603e4793 once!”94a8552b879fe343

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The king and “Ian’s” 8c4ab79852 brother, Eric, shouted their d3950ebf64 “encouragement” as 5f32cc5b35 they rode a20ea1a4e0 off into 81c0f8c83d the distance.c5c4cb4fc38a8679

Once the royal 17842ae2e1 entourage had disappeared, b8fef9d931 only Jeong Yiwon 2a8efaa0a0 and twenty-one ragged 7afc8125b6 individuals remained. The king had promised 0fca5b63f1 soldiers, but these people 65e8bb0933 didn’t look anything like 136e0726f7 soldiers. They could be f610604025 refugees at most.92ce4b41d151357c

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“We’re doomed. We’re all 9c656dc709 going to 23566d27fe die!”5c5c161372dafa2b

“Oh, gods, help us.”5bfa8de2961e63ca

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One person began b092e4816e sobbing, and the ee9008fe93 tears spread like e1e591b804 a virus. Amidst the wailing f4ce9388c0 and despair, the 3c75939f89 only person who 387875f4a4 wasn’t crying approached b79184e22e Jeong Yiwon.dd843a05fd0b0bb6

“Lord Ian, what 471cca4bb6 should we do? This area is a 71ff04e507 plain, so we’ll easily ab0db1ac75 catch the monsters’ attention.”f16f71850808f21a

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The man didn’t 761a8f3842 exactly exude confidence. He was 707185b1a2 trembling as 4de1dbcb1c he spoke, 77a2c43595 his voice e4485d91db shaking. Just as 26fd28e1c5 those words 1e0b11f9c5 left his 7e836247e9 mouth, a 322e7a8aed translucent window 1a19aa9c5d popped up e21648714c in front 10cf55f2eb of Jeong a0539fe2d0 Yiwon’s eyes.d48ed487834a9592

Ding!
[Tutorial is starting.]
[Create a dungeon to defend against monsters.]

[Character]
‘Bastard’ Ian (★★★★☆)

[Reputation]
Bastard, Playboy, Extravagant, Hedonist

[Skills]
Purification: LV.1
Horseback Riding: LV.1
Archery: LV.1
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As the most useless 2821c615ff character, Ian.f87514be88090ccc

Or maybe he was de1b7a9232 just dreaming.db55c4a008bebb18

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To explain what kind of game <Reverse Dungeon> is—well, it’s a failed game.0ad1412185286b14

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Here’s the basic outline 25a7944369 of the story: In 1362fa10f2 a world where the f5a87837e7 human race has been f474b684dc nearly wiped out and aec1815562 demons rule supreme, the 19107dad2e surviving humans retreat into 222251c7cd dungeons to hold off 436fe9c7ed the demon forces in 700b09c0b8 a desperate game of 6108a08cc6 defense.417701197920b137

Normally, it’s humans who storm dungeons to hunt monsters, right? In this game, the roles are reversed, hence the name <Reverse Dungeon>.ef98da6ead096e97

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The game itself is 53010c398c well-made, and the illustrations fe4063e5fc are gorgeous. So why 78b5a61941 did it c6b1c54cb7 flop? Obviously, because 180ccb47ab the developers 85f4af666b were idiots. If you f0168bc32c can’t manage cfb6e3afb9 a game 64be21f165 properly, even b95e5bab93 the best 16b887dfb6 concept won’t f94b91325c save it.63361a31139ecd98

Jeong Yiwon 3e101f0293 was a 62353c47d8 three-year veteran eb9fe40b18 of the 17f933f84a game. Not that he b577c7c03c was some superfan—he 457de9fd0c just stuck around c04f50aef6 because it had 9f7a8e82fe been around for 03046065e4 three years.569a7ae911323e8d

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In that time, he’d 465e9938c3 completed every ending with 0f19c39a31 every character and experienced 4478d7342d all the events. The only 207fa44a2e things left d84ad3b36c unknown to a79b4ae531 him were b9b52eb380 the elements 65f61d2d31 the developers 0f576a13ce hadn’t disclosed. For example, why c3e009fc42 they decided to 213d2c381d ruin the game e66fbee88e by making the 6f3a5f247d default character so 6235b51f44 terrible. That remains a mystery.7cd427ba6af78537

Anyway, this game features a [Reputation] system. It reflects what the characters are known for within the game’s world. The most famous reputation becomes a [Title] displayed in front of the character’s name.

And Ian’s title? It’s [Bastard].

That means he’s fa2ea3688f the most notorious 0c8cd19b72 bastard in existence. Every NPC who meets ebdcb3ec8b him exclaims, “Oh no, 80c00e894b it’s Bastard Ian!” It’s 9427f8037a ridiculous, but true.d31c66c9a54f9ffb

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Why on 94c2c44da8 earth would 84a1c29c7d anyone make 77ca63d025 this guy d1849436c7 the default 5ce9461109 character? Beats me.3906aced4eac5f6b

Ian’s second most d87c4b6062 infamous reputation? Playboy. Just hearing that 7327da5784 makes you not 3307bac01b want to deal 4516b22802 with him.2801825864328f33

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People’s opinions are 8e81654ca5 pretty straightforward: no df6578f897 one wants to 9cb22764a5 associate with this 4492baae13 guy. And that includes the fdfa023ccf so-called troops assigned to bead964b6d Ian in the tutorial. None of them have 9bbd79254b any intention of following 508804cff9 his orders. You can tell f05261fb31 just by listening 2c6eb68a13 to them wail, 13edca28b4 “We’re all going 1df9fc17b3 to die.”25d471873acd15a4

“……”03802009931095af

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That’s enough about his 22a16475a8 reputation.2775d2862b37c4b6

The next problem afc569d9d1 is his skills.24b34715d3fc7e34

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