Reading Webnovels Makes Me Stronger

Chapter 2

The auditorium of the player training camp.

A large number of people gathered at the site where the trainees’ awakening ceremony took place.

It was the trainees who were full of heart to become a player, and the guild scouts who came to see the talent.

“Where are the chief and the second seat this time? It’s very dirty.”

“Over there. They’re right next to each other.”

“You’re tall. It’s nice to see, hey.”

There were many trainees in the auditorium, but the scouts’ attention was focused on one side.

The men and women at the front of the auditorium.

To Joong-hyun Han and Lee Min-ah, who have achieved the best results so far.

“Han Jung-hyun caught a monster by himself. Is it real? Isn’t he lying to promote it in the guild?”

“I saw it firsthand, human. Goblins and orcs. They caught it without any hints.”

“Heh, noona or younger brother, I’m a me. It’d be nice to be in reverse.”

Han Jung-hyun.

Korea’s No. 1 Players Guild, a key executive in Yeokcheon and the younger sister of Seung-ah Han, who is called a saint.

His parents were Han Min-hyeok, a key executive of the Players Association.

“How about Lee Min-ah?”

“A promising player. His practical skills and written scores are also at the top. I’ve heard that there are a lot of behind-the-scenes people who are paying attention.”

“It is said that among them, she has an unexpected background.”

Lee Min-ah.

The guild leader of the 2nd guild Nemesis, Lee Hyuk-ho’s younger brother.

Both lost their families at the hands of the demons and were famous for hating them very much.

“Blood …. Really, I should call it Thoroughbred.”

“Because the hinterland is already paying attention.”

Those two were the hottest potatoes in the training camp.

Because of that, he was not interested in other trainees.

The trainees looked at them as if envious.

“Isn’t this how we’re treated like bridesmaids? They don’t even care.”

“It’s only natural that we’re at the top of the list. Will we catch our eye?”

“Oh, I’m going to get to know you in advance.”

They were eyes full of jealousy.

Park Si-jun, who saw it from the back row, clicked his tongue.

‘If there is a protagonist in life… … .’

I’m guessing you’re talking about the two of them.

Whether it is a novel or a cartoon, there is always a protagonist.

If such a protagonist exists in real life, it would be Han Joong-hyun and Lee Min-ah.

So what about the other trainees and Park Si-joon?

‘Assistant role, no, about extras.’

Just passing extras.

When the main character does something, it is a role that admires while saying oh-oh.

It was such an extra that readers would forget about it when they turned a page.

‘The potential is low. It’s like a real extra.’

It’s not that I didn’t try.

At the training camp, they called Park Si-joon a poisonous species. They say that without talent, it bites like a poisonous bell.

‘Can we make a contract with the background?’

Park Si-jun looked up at the ceiling.

There were all kinds of monsters and statues made in the form of men and women.

‘Behind the scenes.’

The beings that appeared with the Abyss.

They choose players who will venture into the Abyss, and share some of their powers.

Of course, I am not giving it to anyone.

Only those with potential can become players and contract with the mastermind.

‘Potential to awaken the status window.’

Without it, they can’t make a contract with the hinterland, and if they do, they can’t stand their subordinates and die.

‘What they want is high-potential players… … .’

High and low potential makes a lot of difference.

Differences in initial stats, grades of attributes that can be obtained, rate of increase in attribute mastery, etc.

In other words, potential is an indicator of how far a player can grow.

So those with low potential cannot fully accept the backing of the hinterland. Because I’m weak for that.

“I’m going crazy, I’m going crazy.”

Park Si-jun muttered as if frustrated.

The masterminds don’t even care about low-potential players.

There’s no reason to look. As I said before, it is not worth investing in because you cannot fully accept your abilities.

So, it could be seen that the potential test that will begin from now on determines the fate of the player.

– I’ll start the potential test. I will call you in the order of your grades, so whoever calls you from now on should come forward. Han Jung-hyun trainee, forward.

Finally, the potential test began.

Han Jung-hyeon, who was at the forefront, went up on the podium and touched the test equipment.

Silence fell in the large auditorium.

The sound of someone swallowing saliva could be heard.

– Potential, A.

And the potential test is over.

The grade of potential that emerged was A.

“Wow, I didn’t expect it. A?”

“The reverse stream is on, it’s on.”

Cheers erupted from everywhere.

The potential exists up to S grade, but A grade is the best that can be obtained from the examination.

It was actually the highest grade.

“Oh, there are six behind-the-scenes…”

Spheres of different colors appeared next to Han Jung-hyun.

Those were the backgrounds.

Han Joong-hyun looked back at the people behind the scenes with a satisfied expression.

– Han Jung-hyun, please select a background for a temporary contract.

“Yes, the background I will choose is…”

Han Joong-hyun chose without hesitation.

– A temporary contract has been signed between player Han Jung-hyun and the fair referee behind the scenes.

“Is it a paladin lineage? It’s a well-suited background.”

“Because your older sister is also a priest.”

Everyone was convinced by Han Jung-hyun’s choice.

As he came down from the podium, Lee Min-ah, the second seat, welcomed him.

“Grade A, congratulations.”

“Hey, I didn’t know that an A-grade would come out.”

“Well, I guess you’ve already guessed.”

“No way.”

Han Joong-hyun and Lee Min-ah looked at each other and laughed, but their smiles were strangely cold and their words were sharp.

Nemesis, Inverse, or Competitive Guilds.

So, the relationship between the two wasn’t that good.

-Next, trainee Lee Min-ah. Forward.

Lee Min-ah carefully placed her hand on the test device.

-Potential A.

“What, again?”

The inside of the auditorium was noisy.

There are two potential As in one rider.

Six lights gathered by Lee Min-ah’s side.

– A temporary contract has been signed between the player Lee Min-ah and the prosecutor behind the scenes.

“The swordsman?”

“That picky swordsman made a temporary contract?”

Disappointment erupted everywhere.

There were some people who were easy to sign a contract with, and others who were difficult to sign a contract with because of their personality differences for each background.

The aftermath was the latter. It’s also extremely difficult.

“Next Park Si-jun. Forward.”

As the training center became noisy, it was finally Park Si-joon’s turn.

He slowly climbed onto the podium.

I did everything I could.’

He endured the dreadful training camp process and accumulated enough knowledge necessary for a player’s life.

All that’s left is to become a player.

‘… The pre-test results were bad, but still.’

He had been evaluated in the preliminary examination as not of high potential.

He probably rated F to C.

It may change though.

‘B and A don’t even expect it. Come out only C.’

woo woo.

Park Si-jun put his hand on the device.

A light that radiates brilliantly with vibration.

Something flowed from within the magic stone, pierced through his body, waking up something that had been sleeping.

And after a while.

-Park Si-Jun.

A voice was heard from the monitor.

Park Si-joon’s heart swelled with anticipation without realizing it. And.

-Potential F.

“What?”

Park Si-joon asked the question without realizing it.

At first they were wrong, and he doubted. But it was true.

“F Lani.”

Doesn’t that mean that it’s practically the same as ordinary people?

He hurriedly looked around.

– Behind the scenes… … .

As did Han Joong-hyun and Lee Min-ah, behind Park Si-joon must also appear. However.

-… No one showed up.

There was no one by Park Si-joon’s side.

No hinterland had a contract with him. No, he wasn’t even willing to sign a contract. because.

“Hey, he’s in trouble.”

“How useless is it that all the hints are filtered out?”

Because he was the lowest rated, worthless player.

Everyone looked at Park Si-jun with questions and ridicule.

He frowned.

[Name] Park Si-Jun

[Level] 1

[Title] None

[Background] None

[Ability]

Strength: 10 Agility: 10

Stamina: 10 Intellect: 10

[Attribute] : ?

[Skill]: None

“This…….”

Park Si-joon blankly looked at the status window.

The auditorium became even more noisy over him.

The appearance of F, the lowest grade, was as rare as the appearance of Grade A, so it deserved to be a topic of discussion.

‘I didn’t expect much because he had low potential.’

Anyway, it’s an F grade.

Park Si-joon blankly went down the podium and went back to his seat.

‘driving me crazy.’

noisy auditorium.

‘Yes, in my 27 years of life, have I ever been the way I want to be?’

He let out a sigh he had been holding back.

* * *

After the raucous awakening ceremony.

Park Si-jun sat quietly in his room. He had no idea.

“No, is it true…?”

Still, it’s a potential F.

He was of low rank, so his abilities were also low.

Since he has no background, he is practically an ordinary person.

“This looks like you’ve been expelled from the training camp…”

Park Si-jun scratched the back of his head.

The curriculum of the training center is not easy enough that he can digest the remaining training without a background.

From now on, I will take the player license test and explore the Abyss, so how do I simply follow it?

“I’m really sorry, trainee Park Si-jun, but in this state, I can’t keep up with the training. I’ll give you time, so think about whether or not to leave…”

What the instructor in charge, Jung Soo-min, called him and said.

It’s too hard with your abilities, so please leave the training camp.

‘Are you going to retire? like this?’

I can’t. He bit his lip.

‘The potential may grow.’

Potential is not static.

In some cases, it grew by one or two steps in the measured grade.

A grade from A+ to S.

And if you’re an F grade, you might be able to grow from C to C+.

“Are you kidding me?”

F or C, I wondered what the difference was.

Park Si-jun sighed and sat down on the bed.

There was an e-book reader I had seen before sleeping.

As he sat down, the screen turned on at will.

[Swordsman trained for a thousand years, Volume 10 (完).]

What comes out is the page of the martial arts web novel I read yesterday.

Gilcheon, a man who had neither talent nor money to learn only the third-class unofficial samjae sword technique.

By chance, he is trapped in a cave where time does not flow… … .

It is a novel that tells the story of learning the samjae sword technique for over a thousand years there, realizing the supremacy of the drama, and pacifying the Moorim based on it.

It was completed quite a while ago, but it was ruined very badly.

To the extent that the number of readers who purchased the last volume was 52.

‘Why do I keep reading this?’

One of them was Park Si-jun.

He was not just a reader, he was so attached to this novel that he had to go through it six times.

‘Is it fun? No, it is not.’

If it was fun, it wouldn’t be ruined.

To be honest, it was a problematic novel.

Meaningless settings, broken probabilities, and even incomprehensible developments.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

But I kept reading this.

‘A hero without talent works hard and succeeds.’

that’s what i liked

Park Si-jun picked up the reader.

On the screen, the final scene of the third-rate swordsman appears.

[The long and long war with the devil ended like that.]

The epilogue wasn’t that great either.

After pacifying Moorim and ending the war with the Magyo, Gilcheon becomes the leader of the Moorim League and gains wealth and honor.

He escapes from the shabby barn he lived in in the past and lives in a spacious and luxurious house.

The story of how he lived a happy life by finally connecting with the heroine who had been fighting throughout the novel.

[Goddess! It was a new nickname for Gilcheon. -Swordsman trained for a thousand years, just finished.]

With those words, the web novel of 10 volumes and 250 episodes came to an end.

With Gilcheon’s biography ending and happy ending.

Park Si-joon’s eyes naturally turned to the latter.

-I like to write, but I didn’t have the talent to write. Gilcheon is a character I made by projecting myself.

-He likes martial arts, but has no talent for martial arts. But he has the talent to not give up and work hard.

It’s something I’ve read several times.

-Gilcheon, who had neither talent nor money, realized the extreme meaning of Samjae swordsmanship through a thousand years of training.

-If Gilcheon’s efforts made the reader feel anything, this insufficient writer will be satisfied enough and will resign.

He was talking about hard work, no no power.

Park Si-joon smirked.

‘What should I do if there are things that I can’t even try.’

There is no background, no traits, no skills. The potential is low, so the ability is so low that it’s terribly low.

What can you do with this effort?

It is wretchedly broken, shattered, and frustrated.

“It’s time to give up…”

Park Si-jun was lying on the bed.

If Giyeon comes to him like Gilcheon. If you have talent like the protagonist of a Munchkin novel.

‘If only given one chance.’

If that was the case, I wouldn’t have regretted it.

Park Si-joon was not even given a chance. Both legs were broken from the start of the race.

“Damn it…….”

Park Si-jun covered his eyes.

Was it because the light from the fluorescent lamp was dazzling, or was it because of a heartbreaking heart?

[…] Crackle.]

Then a strange sound echoed in his head.

sounds like a stomach ache. The moment Park Si-joon put his hand on his stomach, asking if it was the sound of his own stomach.

[The monster of addiction has awakened from a long sleep.][Characteristics, ‘… … ?’ is renamed to ‘Tom Reading’.][The monster of greed takes pity on you and gives you a chance to implement the first implementation for free.]

“uh?”

Suddenly, messages started appearing in front of me.

[You have read ‘The Swordsman who trained for a thousand years’][I implement the work. 9% immersion in the novel. The immersion was too low and it was not implemented properly.]

A swordsman who has been trained for thousands of years.

This is a web novel I read a while ago. No, but, why is this appearing in front of my eyes?

[Talent! money! I had nothing. All that’s left is poison. Does that mean he had to die? -The swordsman who trained for a thousand years.]

Park Si-joon looking around as if embarrassed.

A strange sensation shook his body. And.

[Strength has increased by 2.3 due to the effect of Tomb Reading.][You have acquired the attribute, ‘Samjae Swordsmanship (C)’.]

Knowledge that was not his own was engraved in his mind.

It is also an embodied experience, not just knowledge. Information on the third-rate unofficial samjae sword method, even how to use it.

“…uh?”

In the flood of knowledge flowing in, Si-Jun Park lost his mind.