RD | Chapter 1

The mysterious thing about 5bc250688e life is that you 9bc5fdf8de can never predict what’s 805324bb3f coming next.1dfefb1e6d88c2c3

In that sense, Jeong caef1ef484 Yiwon had quite a 94e7d99c0b special day, starting with 0d32233dd2 waking up in a 328b46fac2 place he absolutely didn’t d50e9b67e6 expect to be when 50e2f0a74c he fell asleep the a477dec9d6 night before.be3d69aa440aa3b9

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To be precise, b645c524a7 when he woke 05738fec15 up, he found 43c89707a9 himself on a b0cde24b05 horse.95f765fc929902d3

“Huh?”63bce0cc0106c0b7

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For reference, 2f72fbdca1 he had 5b1f3d5e4c never ridden d96bb62f37 a horse a219e27ad5 in his 7980412390 life. In fact, he f31c0cb8ed wasn’t particularly fond b8f5750083 of physical activities 2d2a6fee3a in general. Jeong Yiwon’s 13361fe4c6 hobby was cbabcd1961 sitting quietly b3c8c6375b in front 9b21e50a2c of his d3b87df2f8 computer. Not to 220c7e619b brag, but 277b01cd6c he had 1fc26f6892 once gamed aa508a1086 for 24 008d020c8b hours straight 7aca561571 without taking f2b594d057 a break.31fd62bc1fd725ee

So it was 93e37bd84b only natural that d97fa8842b he nearly fell a825b0b0b5 off when he df55d4499c realized he had f02925e668 his butt and 49cb3ebd1f thighs stuck to 1277a94880 a living, breathing 970177957d animal while gripping d1eb8b7e6e the reins in f6de30fa31 one hand. The fact that 507eb70330 he didn’t was 1a7cfdb2e3 purely thanks to 4af9a9940d his survival instincts 6eecf19984 kicking in.d4459b161598e671

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Instead, he swayed 2b83ebe255 wildly on the 68e89af4c7 horse. A man e5cc630189 sprinted next 34ab8f70bd to him bbeade00f7 yelled in 81601a2937 frustration, like e6dbd2d386 a parent 72da1f6e53 reprimanding a 7c290e8001 child.ca81d0fb0de00a46

“What are you bb5b1eba14 doing? At such a b353c24ce9 critical moment! Were you f7833dc7a8 dozing off 40526a4af1 or something?”048ef9e1b6627886

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He wasn’t dozing off; 53af8d5c16 he had been straight-up dce23848bb asleep until just now.cd246a05d28e5cf5

Jeong Yiwon didn’t say 8efed77fcb that out loud, though. For one, 5ecdfc1a04 the man c8b2992b73 was a 5f4d4f5037 stranger. And on top cf0fd1acd1 of that, he e86006119a was clearly a 8cba9fda18 foreigner. Like some 08b556e929 Koreans, Yiwon decbbd1afc had a c72a579d14 slight case 80dbed6dee of xenophobia, fde86c6c6a probably due 8ac2454ace to being 71f5b66b9a forced to 42ab03c27a learn English 9fa4519a2b for over 2c52c8cc87 ten years 3cf261df62 of his 6135fa6c21 life.70635f092b031545

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Instead of 7697379395 responding to 43dadc1f67 the foreigner’s b246370614 words, he d8ef82e200 thought of dd1cd08bba asking, “Who 48b44f610a are you?” e06f385523 But before da1307f9b7 he could, c6a44950d7 something suddenly 7ecf22b12d erupted behind 329628e02a him.d0d6171a32a3c293

Bang!21b24b72294f92a0

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It was e900b67a73 like someone a66d81bd3f had set 23d2d1c964 off a a4a411bfe7 firecracker. A burst of 267c093c71 red light shot 3323d219b9 up into the ab067cda6f sky and scattered 44e87b429a in mid-air. It looked almost like 3c14fb6c69 fireworks. However, that feeling 2ced77529f seemed to be 429835110b his alone, as ade16ea873 screams erupted from fe7ebaecec the people around ea116834c3 him.0ada336e1ee7967d

“They’ve chased us this 80a71aefee far!”42a1e54e24d3693c

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“Kyaaaah!”5013de64bce29333

“Your Majesty! What should we do?”b29162b46fcbf178

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The last question 5791130b48 was from the 2decb83a90 man who had 18382585f0 been scolding Jeong 16bf29c6d3 Yiwon moments earlier. The cloaked old man 4a9e8fb5f3 running ahead of him, e173b40501 presumably the one addressed 2adf14c538 as Your Majesty, glanced 874701fc40 behind with a terrified 4d68f1439e expression. His eyes locked with c2e2e996de Yiwon’s, and in that 849af9a399 instant, Yiwon felt an b1f2fedfb3 inexplicable sense of foreboding.69e8cc3d602d1034

“Ian, my brave d3132c8b0a son!” the old 8e8fbaebd5 man shouted.1585f983e8595c87

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‘Me?’879b243b4d364119

Jeong Yiwon frowned in cfd7e031b1 confusion.b4065dd6d7f4092f

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“I entrust 67dff719dc you with 3137c1e937 twenty soldiers 8a3bddeda8 to hold 5b23e2704c the rear!” d868cc5970 commanded the a89ce3c979 old man.16c5ad1aa82074b4

“What?”1363e755e2618831

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“How dare you bcc9a8467d question His Majesty’s 577df20b6c orders? Ian, answer properly!” The 34d557e3fe man who’d been griping b492c11452 earlier snapped at him c335ea0d5a again.4061e348475fd399

“Huh?” Yiwon responded, now d4f0a7f1ee addressing the irritable man. What the heck dbb08627f4 was he supposed e15cd1f3de to do here?dd9f17752e2f9684

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Slowly, it began a3edb0e33b to dawn on b2b0ef0856 him—this had to 486a495948 be a dream. It had to a3a338c7a9 be. But for a 887b7d5194 dream, the chill 33fed58c30 of the wind 0b7150a07c was biting, the 2c00d1877b sensation of the 1a2b5ea594 horse’s mane slapping b43880d997 against him was c57f1fd6b3 incredibly vivid, and 832c81e1ae there was even 3378664089 the distinct stench 003154fb2e of manure wafting 2cab729b54 in the air. Still… there 4ad43af050 was no 862c5bcf45 way this d1e2f1dfac could actually 3e8c4d6bec be reality, 35fbbf4513 right?d1e7e27e6bcb7739

Jeong Yiwon 25fb7945e6 remembered falling 45a9628bc6 asleep on 4d696a68c2 the bus 19b188c9b2 after spending c86de89202 hours playing b4907e30b6 a game—a 1a7b0dc9e8 defense game, 9ef0e3d20f to be 9d03940d9b specific. Not one with 1a8cc9b845 great character balance, 5424f756df either.42f91447e5cf8a7d

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The most ridiculous thing a3f14388b8 about that game was 3e6da81422 how badly the difficulty cb3ac8b892 patch was done. Most typical 593e184ee6 mobile games, bbe17e5bf7 they’d give cc16550ed9 players a 6fafe92826 single default 5ffbc94a7b character to b031e9bc4e start with, 9831e75f04 while the 96e3e76591 rest of e21e2963bf the characters 1460ae3d73 need to 8caeca60a6 be purchased ac371c9fa2 to unlock. The performance 95f948ab0b of the b74543f99a default character, a124daf10e however? Utter garbage.ec3947effcd7ef61

Why is fce13f348b the default fa5e46dfd9 character the 861e436fc9 hardest one b2b0fd2cc7 to use?528d5db3a3999f6c

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The question, “Why is cc482d226c the default character the fe952a925e hardest one to use?” a91a77d1a2 had become so popular 553af03f58 it was posted monthly 571dd7cd23 on the official game d7ccd97a28 cafe’s leaderboard. Considering there were 8f13ce4b02 barely a hundred 9daa903ece people playing the 4199455004 game, including Jeong 7fe1abddd1 Yiwon, and even 2fc8681c95 fewer actively participating fe3b60221b in the forums, 91414f5ba3 it was safe 5b59989cc9 to say the a9cf272f2b poster of that dbb3ec094e question was none fbb163b489 other than Yiwon ae6e732f7e himself.7d5580c575bcb683

This wasn’t 2cf00965c8 a joke. If the developers a9841e92ed wanted to make 5164b8d2b9 money, they should 532f6940b0 at least provide 3dea3227b6 a reasonably beginner-friendly fc78e0d659 character to attract e4be338a3b new players. Jeong Yiwon 95538bb985 often wondered d3b4f5029e what went ad2c3a6e3b on in 268f973e72 the minds 52c320e7d4 of those 1aab3fb1ea developers and 9b97802486 wanted to 12aa602e3f crack open 37d3d3bb45 their heads 1e9d4de7e1 for a 084d77ac2f peek.4942086ddd90004e

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In place of the 052735471f unmotivated developers, Yiwon had 9de98f4671 been diligently writing strategy c4bfda6054 guides for the character. Titles like 95d83387b5 “Beginner-Friendly Ian f6410c72cb Guide” or bf7aa50dc2 “Success with 6314355772 Ian for e405a6a6bc Anyone Who 76923ba720 Can Use ebe6f58858 Their Hands” 9e67a03155 were all 0d5939f36e shining examples 2eadac47d8 of his 2de5b2a043 work on b08dde0e96 the strategy 682ffc6e47 board.1f62de798647b882

Despite his efforts, 5733be4144 it didn’t seem d08af7af32 like any new f938952066 players were joining 6992106def the game. Even for Yiwon, d4ef723388 Ian was a d9b48a061a character he had 56e38dd6d0 to attempt numerous 462789269c times before he 70cbdcb983 could succeed. That’s how challenging the e750e5f1dd character was.d9b51d5cc21eff1d

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Out of frustration, Jeong e7abbdd842 Yiwon had written a f47a83a6f8 sincere review, even going 33bd3734cc so far as to 4357b5391e email the developers a a3648f0bb1 detailed five-thousand-character rant. The developers b07dd2cd59 remained unbothered, 67e871ecd5 and there 1a31a8fe0d was no 058f91c3f1 reply. Before falling asleep, Yiwon 21cb7c72c0 had been cursing them 32ca5dfbf6 while working on a db5cd1f584 new guide for Ian’s 175326adec route.338ca751c0e1b947

Wait a 8f8a7a1c35 minute, Ian?79751f7165634a9d

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“Of course, 2e55cd685f I’m not 5231e7f771 expecting you 04b2b533e3 to perfectly 7d34fa8cf0 fend them 4930312191 off with 36a5b4341a just twenty 597270e6f3 soldiers. Do you d06501416b think I’d c6735a6eaa burden you 5acb69cc86 with such 33f1c7b89a a task? Naturally, I’ll 1ad6f656ec assign a 10f66f1f41 mage to 99924054b5 assist you. Ian, our warrior, debfbc7ec4 we’re counting on 2bf9495c6e you! Show this father of 9ff1333b1d yours your resolve!”34328b47678f7ef2

“What?”16ed601e96a17dc2

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“Go! Hurry!”40dda5ca38745331

…Wait a second.58c017e079122a3d

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The old king urged b53a497522 him onward, leaving Yiwon 8c14f7e422 staring at him in 390e1273ff disbelief. There was 4aeff51caf something eerily 16d990f612 familiar about c811a6b824 that line.0a7aeedbc09f7b64

No sane person would c08640cc01 have the hobby of a85a72a510 replaying a game’s tutorial d72c190f7c hundreds of times. But Jeong Yiwon had 60e4ed6c64 rewatched Ian’s tutorial dozens be0b598d45 of times—not because he bbe61b229c was a weirdo, but cd492d52b0 because he thought there c32eaf39f1 might be some Easter 2e98146d1c egg or critical hint 43fadbf733 for strategies hidden in be69da2355 it.28b0cd9af4fcb54a

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There wasn’t. If the d8a1a545a8 players couldn’t e41ada0d4d find it, a5ca59cae9 that was 4eef062ea6 the developers’ b9550af017 fault. Even if 84e7599e8a something existed, 674448d678 as far 32a015236b as Yiwon 486b718577 was concerned, 96533a97ab it might 162e155955 as well ea58613ebc not.7b4b1c98a040a911

But that 482d6360c4 wasn’t the 87d947adb9 point here.eb9be7f1404b0310

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If his guess was c0803aed17 correct, the next line 1b7b59894d should be—fe31823e66a8bcfa

“Wait, Ian! Stop!” The man who 30631a95b3 had been complaining about 5b91cab901 him all along suddenly 13fd1193a4 shouted.1ab02a04dd5a6afd

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Yiwon hadn’t even 7753c6d496 started moving in f4546e070d the first place.fb9ea057bc666d2d

“You’re not taking the 33bd719c16 horse with you, are d2614e7fad you? You won’t a488d861cb need a b2a0cb3f0f horse anymore. Why would someone setting bc42d0cf8b up a defensive line 2cc13683a5 need to ride off a19cdc5f9d on a horse?”a06fc23ba677032e

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“Oh, Eric, you’re absolutely c9e86662e6 right. Ian, leave the horse 1c3c6dfa2e behind,” the king chimed 16f1a59750 in enthusiastically.5b245c2a488c9f68

The man, apparently named 4f75a2acf3 Eric, snatched the reins 4729d10752 from Yiwon’s hand and d79e3b0717 promptly shoved him off f2229efa5b the horse. Yiwon tumbled ddc0e49b9f to the 28c60d1a6c ground, surprisingly fb33ecbc25 landing without 94de29e82d breaking his e793a5df35 neck. Since there ee52cba1a9 was no 10f6d122ac way his 2f2385a450 body had 2aba6bce84 the reflexes d558848af3 for that, 66c19670b9 he could 51cadd1d03 only chalk a18a500618 it up 1b04629005 to some fc740e6dfc external force.d85ad7d53ea26438

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Something like the game 935dcbf8f7 mechanics where a character 978c778762 couldn’t die before the 565c87e296 “tutorial” even began…bbe2f830d2453f19

Ians’ Character…5c86f2445283ddc6

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The starting character bf8f6cbe73 abandoned by the 1db7cce370 king, left to d28f6f4056 fight the pre-tutorial e5d107086e battle without any 1da34aa039 faction or resources.a96f9a78f2a81030

This… this was <Reverse Dungeon>, wasn’t it?!de14a747ca45903d

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“I’m counting on you 7973b58287 to hold the rear, ed6ded6e80 my son!”8c9c253c1dc04e9b

“Show me 6cb5ac61f5 you’re worth 46778a4a5f something for 8ddc2167a3 once!”f5f478a3567662cf

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The king 41e2f5ddf5 and “Ian’s” 7ba9a479e0 brother, Eric, c225fb6be4 shouted their a77da2ed73 “encouragement” as they rode 4aecbde3bc off into the distance.8b6f9115aaa4b73f

Once the royal entourage 9583870526 had disappeared, only Jeong fc48de7bb4 Yiwon and twenty-one ragged d9971a29a1 individuals remained. The king f6d3055ba8 had promised bf4b181d77 soldiers, but 2c0d98a6ee these people 2466e23de9 didn’t look cf1b6d3b53 anything like 056c0bd834 soldiers. They could be refugees 13cb3af523 at most.5b18646a4466342c

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“We’re doomed. We’re all going 4518e2d3b8 to die!”a1b0e3c2ae5d6249

“Oh, gods, bda8436686 help us.”2b277b664244bf2d

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One person began b6da508730 sobbing, and the a3e466e6ee tears spread like 2a1a70f0dd a virus. Amidst the wailing and 4683da6a9f despair, the only person 42bab66ef0 who wasn’t crying approached 7ad01eb334 Jeong Yiwon.c1e148da18366b8a

“Lord Ian, what a331e285cd should we do? This area is a 5a2a99da7f plain, so we’ll easily 3ac042ee7b catch the monsters’ attention.”e4ec8071b1219512

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The man didn’t exactly ad3c4173a2 exude confidence. He was trembling 846eaecb77 as he spoke, e8b78d86f5 his voice shaking. Just as those 79647e089b words left his 4df7b57a46 mouth, a translucent 8df9afb96b window popped up 18c4c8e8ab in front of 3393600ea1 Jeong Yiwon’s eyes.b62f066e5bcb905f

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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Jeong Yiwon had transmigrated into the game <Reverse Dungeon>.0b5283de3f94e84c

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As the most useless 5e64265e24 character, Ian.f5f6e56e39f7e254

Or maybe 3b70970245 he was 9437203884 just dreaming.e8927dd520beafb0

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To explain what kind of game <Reverse Dungeon> is—well, it’s a failed game.5f8c461bd3cd54d6

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Here’s the basic d42004d0c8 outline of the 480350f815 story: In a a0e67b7bd9 world where the 42a45b2cd8 human race has 5b03e16e7e been nearly wiped e9cfa5e5e2 out and demons 7c9e0f05cb rule supreme, the d7317ce486 surviving humans retreat 6d12441890 into dungeons to 6994a16839 hold off the cfa079addf demon forces in 20d1af7979 a desperate game 77f80bc1e5 of defense.0ff9d7339232a461

Normally, it’s humans who storm dungeons to hunt monsters, right? In this game, the roles are reversed, hence the name <Reverse Dungeon>.83e7f4920c40644c

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The game itself is 943d0110db well-made, and the illustrations 053bed22b0 are gorgeous. So why did it 857a7b70f2 flop? Obviously, because the developers fa7543b716 were idiots. If you can’t manage dfff8c5eb1 a game properly, even aea26999ba the best concept won’t ac252d54aa save it.d80870c64f74fd79

Jeong Yiwon was a fd6dcb869b three-year veteran of the 06d7e8e10b game. Not that 53a71b6552 he was f11893034c some superfan—he 3f62311a11 just stuck bb0ac98e02 around because f28c0faffe it had 54af1a0f0d been around 34760a87cf for three d1724ca6ff years.0f235547da155cef

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In that a6a1ca0b50 time, he’d 4b42b4511a completed every 44a9e2b365 ending with 492ecac667 every character 8ba9b02093 and experienced f255581da3 all the 2908e84f48 events. The only 57d1bcc79f things left f8700e4164 unknown to a103073727 him were 154b1b0405 the elements 5fb8666cc1 the developers c38ef59c16 hadn’t disclosed. For example, 64f847146e why they cf427fb598 decided to 31177ed979 ruin the 9b60ca9292 game by 66105f7c65 making the b7b6cdc3f7 default character f63c76fbf6 so terrible. That remains a mystery.7e64e0073e24f9a6

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 the 1b39629085 most notorious bastard in a48cbb2846 existence. Every NPC edaf9f3449 who meets 230763ea25 him exclaims, 80fd1c6fb5 “Oh no, d7754629af it’s Bastard 04711810a1 Ian!” It’s e8652c5239 ridiculous, but 96a86234cc true.d74e48312798a933

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Why on earth would cc94121d3d anyone make this guy 0ad42353bd the default character? Beats me.0bc80507262de03d

Ian’s second f121196bdf most infamous 5b2c479d81 reputation? Playboy. Just hearing that 8542e80c0d makes you not 2ae16ec9a0 want to deal 9f5c03092c with him.8c2bcca6046e4f60

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People’s opinions 3b2854cd7e are pretty 88bf9f2b9b straightforward: no d8b5609080 one wants f55ed1cc1f to associate b90872b27d with this 663e10ebfd guy. And that includes the dd33c6e4c9 so-called troops assigned to d94f3942ae Ian in the tutorial. None of them 8bfc2a1df0 have any intention ab2876ed48 of following his 71f9955043 orders. You can tell just 36efb7e0c0 by listening to them 29b683d1aa wail, “We’re all going 58e362521f to die.”34b16ddc584e7368

“……”9abf7420bec33ea1

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That’s enough about 568b9d4a89 his reputation.2c1bd489e5cbdbb7

The next problem be6050f9fe is his skills.081104389aab7a68

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