<Chapter 1>
Hyun-jun opened his eyes in a dark underground prison.
‘Where is this?’
Just a moment ago, he had been in his own room.
But now, he was in a cold, dark underground prison.
Clink.
He tried to move his body, but long iron chains bound both his hands.
Chains radiating a blue aura that suppressed his strength.
Those chains were connected to the ceiling far up, leaving him unable to budge.
“What is this…!”
Hyun-jun was startled by his own voice.
Because the voice was not his own.
Even the language wasn’t Korean, yet it felt incredibly familiar.
Amidst his panic, the worst possible scenario came to hyun-jun’s mind.
‘Is this, by any chance, that?’
There was a trope like that in web novels.
A case where a reader who harshly criticized a web novel ends up taking possession of a character within that novel.
Usually, they are forcibly put into the possession of the protagonist or an extra by the author.
Perhaps because he had seen so many cases like that(?), hyun-jun managed to gather his wits despite the confusion.
‘There’s only one way to confirm this situation.’
After taking a deep breath, he spoke into the empty air.
“Status window.”
<Ulric’s status window>
-Class: Dark Knight.
???.
-Level: 1.
-Strength: C.
-Speed: C+.
-Stamina: D+.
-Magic power: E.
-Possessed aura cultivation method: [Luminosity Control].
-Possessed background and traits:
[Aura specialization].
[Melee combat specialization].
[Weapon Specialization: Greatsword].
[Wanderer acquired].
[Hot and cold-hearted personality].
[Most noble secret identity].
“Hah…”
The name written on the status window was Ulric.
It was indeed the name of the protagonist of this work, Dark Knight in a dark fantasy.
The moment he confirmed the name of the entity he had taken possession of.
“Ah…!”
Ulric’s memories flowed in.
His life up until now.
And even the memories of living trapped in the Time Prison, plagued by guilt for 10 years.
‘To think I am Ulric.’
Ulric was the strangely unnoticeable protagonist of ‘DKDF’.
No, his presence as a protagonist was faint, but his presence as a source of frustration was absolutely massive.
‘From the starting point of the story, it was just a continuous string of massive frustrations.’
Ulric commits the ‘Royal Family Massacre’ alongside his companion Dark Knights and is arrested by the Imperial Guard.
And he ends up locked in the Time Prison for a long time.
The Time Prison was a place designed so that the incarcerated would not age, but would gradually weaken.
Then, 10 years later, the kings of the Three Kingdoms that formed after the empire split make a decision.
To offer Ulric as a ‘Living sacrifice’ at the sacrificial tower.
‘..Being offered as a living sacrifice is frustrating enough in itself, but the process is just as frustrating.’
It isn’t until past chapter 61 that Ulric gains some sort of realization and attempts an escape from the sacrificial tower.
What’s even more frustrating is that even that self-reliant escape fails again!
And the plot flows into him being rescued by some guy called the ‘Platinum Druid’ who just happened to be passing by.