The good thing about games was that every action ultimately had rewards and results.
[Killed a target who was not a PVP opponent in a non-combat area.]
[Reputation decreased!]
Even if that action came with losses.
[Your body has been trained amid consecutive battles!]
[‘Strength’ increased!]
[‘Stamina’ increased!]
[‘Agility’ increased!]
SLAAAASH─!!!
“Aaaak!”
[Defeated 50 Reincarnators through PVP!]
[Sword’s Roar!]
[Defeated numerous enemies alone!]
[Reputation increased!]
In the end, it all depended on how you used it.
“Hap!”
Slice!
[Killed a target who was not a PVP opponent in a non-combat area.]
[Reputation decreased!]
As I mixed into the chaotic crowd and wildly cut down players, my reputation dropped just as wildly.
At first, these messages had not appeared often because I was killing the ones who had attacked me first, but as it turned into a melee, the judgments began getting tangled.
But.
‘So what?’
A large-scale melee like this did not happen often. It was a fairly entertaining situation too, so a loss like reputation was worth enduring.
On top of that.
[Defeated 60 Reincarnators through PVP!]
[The ghostly energy dwelling in your sword thirsts for blood!]
‘It’s not far now.’
A hidden element that was hard to open was gradually being unlocked.
‘If this goes well, here......’
I felt like I could obtain a reward that was hard to get.
CLANG!
I received an attack and counterattacked.
Then I lured another opponent, who attacked while aiming for that opening, into a trap instead.
‘Good, good......!’
Amid the consecutive battle, my concentration gradually rose.
SLAAAASH!
“Wait, wait, wait! Wait!!!”
I heard a particularly loud voice too. I saw a distracting pink player.
It was the streamer I had killed earlier.
“N-now that it’s come to this! Again! Let’s have a rematch!”
Had she revived and returned? Among the humans gathered here, she was at least a strong player, but.......
“Yang Pinpin, what the hell! Don’t cut in line!”
“No, what do you mean cut in line?! I was fighting him first!”
“Ah, Yang Pinpin, that’s dirty! You already lost!”
“If you lost once, you should yield!”
“Ah, she really has no conscience!”
However, that revenge match did not go smoothly.
Rather, in the middle of the chaos, she was getting harshly criticized by players who seemed to be her viewers.
“Nooooo, anyone can lose once! Don’t you know matches are originally the best of three?!”
“You got wrecked, but you sure have a lot of excuses.”
“Nooo! Wrecked?! I didn’t get wrecked!”
“We all saw you get taken out in one blow.”
“Scrub Yang Pinpin.”
“Cowardpin, go away. Booooooo!”
“Booooooo!”
“Hey! Whose side are you on?! Ack! Who hit me?!”
“Huh? Didn’t anyone see Yang Pinpin get hit just now?”
“Ah, Pinpin Corps, you’re really doing this?!”
Fwoosh!
Amid the chaos, an intense skill sound effect rang out. Immediately afterward.
“Ack! Who was that?!”
BOOM!
Leaving behind a scream, Yang Pinpin exploded with a death effect.
‘She got stabbed to death by her own viewer?’
Was that woman an idiot? She seemed like the dumbest streamer I had ever seen. I did not know about her skill.
“I’m going to catch you!!”
Even after the idiot streamer exploded and died, three players charged in, bloodshot with rage.
At this point, it was not even about hacks or anything else. They were only players charging at me to land a single blow.
‘Then, well, I’ll cut them down.’
Faster than the blade of the enemy rushing in, I cut their neck.
Slice!
That made one.
“Haat!”
After lightly dodging the attack of someone who came in aiming for an opening, I struck through the opening at their side with a thrust.
SLASH!
That made another.
“Uryaaaaah!”
“Hm.”
To avoid getting caught by the enemy aiming for my back, I disrupted their movement with rough motions and counterattacked the surrounding enemies with a spinning slash.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH-SLASH!!
[Killed another player in a non-combat area.]
[Reputation decreased!]
Was it because the spinning slash swept up a player who had not properly attacked yet? My reputation dropped again.
“Ugh!!”
“Damn it, you! Just wait right there!!”
The corpses disappeared to revive while burning with anger. More additional participants had joined.
“Now, enough already!!”
“Get hit!”
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!
A barrage of [Energy Bolts] poured in from afar. Compared to when only a few people had been firing them at first, now the number was close to ten. There were even players firing two or three at the same time.
SLAAAAASH─!!
More than ten magic projectiles flew in at once.
Consecutive projectiles aimed at the opening after my attack. In truth, it was quite threatening. If I could not respond properly, I would be forced into my next movement, then the next, and then it would be over.
But.
‘I’m used to this kind of thing.’
I had experienced similar situations plenty of times in the arena.
Fwoosh, whoosh!
I once again threw potion bottles toward the incoming [Energy Bolts].
However, I only had one hand to throw potions with, so I could not hit every one of the more than ten [Energy Bolts]. Even for me, that was too much.
At most, I could only hit two or three.
But.
‘That’s enough.’
BOOM!
The thrown potion bottle collided with an [Energy Bolt] and exploded.
‘So far, this is the same as earlier.’
Throwing items to block ranged attacks was a fairly well-known trick.
However, when blocking ranged attacks with liquid-type items such as potions, there was another hidden advantage.
SPLASH!
The potion bottle shattered and scattered mist through the air. It was potion liquid. The liquid from the shattered potion bottle spread around and gave a faint recovery effect.
And this recovery effect,
‘has a physical judgment.’
And this judgment had contact judgment with ranged attacks.
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!
The remaining [Energy Bolts] that came into contact with the mist from the exploded potion caused a chain explosion.
This was the reason I had blocked ranged attacks with thrown potion bottles from the start. It was a bit hard against arrows, but it was quite effective at checking “beginner” magic projectiles.
GRRK, GRRRRRRK─!!
My VR capsule screamed under the chain storm of countless effects.
“Damn it, again!”
“Can he block every ranged attack?”
“Not yet! That guy seems a little out of breath too!”
“Looks like he can’t control stamina!”
The gathered players observed my every move, set up a strategy, and continued charging in.
Like a boss raid.
‘This is fun.’
It was a situation born from misunderstandings and nitpicking, but this was enjoyable in its own way.
Slice!
Thinking that, I jumped into the continuing chaos and cut, cut, and cut again.
How long had the battle continued like that?
“Uwaaaa!”
“He doesn’t get hit once!”
“I can’t do this anymore, seriously!”
“I’m getting out of here!”
Eventually, players who had grown sick of it began leaving one by one.
[Defeated 90 Reincarnators through PVP!]
[Overlord!]
[Your overwhelming martial might echoes across the continent of Elysium!]
[Reputation increased!]
And when I killed every opponent who charged in until the end.
[Defeated 100 Reincarnators through PVP!]
[Ghost of the Blood-Drinking Sword!]
[The continent of Elysium trembles at your martial valor!]
[Reputation greatly increased!]
.
.
.
[Obtained title ‘Massacrer’!]
[Reputation greatly increased!]
At last, this chaos bore fruit.
[World Message]
[Reincarnator ‘Kylo’ has obtained the title ‘Massacrer’ for the first time on the server!]
[Recorded in the Title Hall of Fame!]
That day,
I achieved a classic server first a total of two times.
***
Woo-jin, who had even obtained the [Massacrer] title, was satisfied with the results and logged out for the day.
However, the [Elysium Online] game communities, which Woo-jin did not know about, had truly turned into a complete mess.
Far beyond the scene of the 100-player PK he had caused.
[BEST][Are the results of the hack-using bastard raid out?!?!?]
[BEST][Info) Classic server’s ‘first Massacre’ appeared!!]
[BEST][They got wrecked and donated a Hall of Fame entry lolololololol]
[BEST][Hack-using bastard snags Hall of Fame twice in one day lololol]
[BEST][No, my Hall of Fame!!!]
[HOT][New title(old) where a hack-using bastard massacres users]
[BEST][Am I the only one who laughed when Yang Pinpin got cut down?]
[BEST][J-shit’s management is truly legendary]
[BEST][If they had money to make a classic ruined by hacks, they should’ve just updated original]
Kylo’s parries had already drawn suspicion that they might be a hack program.
On top of that, the users living on the community had even banded together and gone after him, saying they would snipe the hack player.
There was almost no one who received Kylo’s achievement positively.
[BEST][Video) Brought a clip of the hack-using bastard’s spinning slash]
[(Video of Kylo simultaneously counterattacking and attacking with a midair spinning slash)]
└[Isn’t that Cyclone??]
└[No, no. Since there’s no skill effect, it’s manual]
└[Manual?? No, he can do that in midair;;;;;]
└[Honestly, if it wasn’t hacks, it would’ve been insane]
└[What is that movement? In other games, they stay still while deflecting every attack because the motion can’t keep up]
└[Is this a game community or a hack advertisement board? lololol]
└[New game hack viral lololol]
[But why is this game leaving hacks alone for hours?? No real-time monitoring??]
└[For real, is it because it’s an old game?]
└[It’s an old-fart game, but even back then, when they managed it properly, they did real-time monitoring]
└[Looks like he’s out of the game now, so he probably got sanctioned]
└[Then are they taking back the Hall of Fame???]
└[Who knows???]
With Woo-jin himself logged out,
the communities that had been observing Kylo’s every move entered somewhat of a lull.
[J-shit bastards abandoned original to open classic and can’t even block hacks in the first month, fuck]
└[For real lololol They said they prepared this by grinding their bones]
Among game community users, negative issues tended to be chewed over again and again.
Even in the lull, sharp criticism toward the operation of [Elysium Online] and its developer Joysoft continued across all sorts of communities.
Amid that community current of criticism.
Only one person.
└[No, why are you calling him a hack user without any evidence? Kylo really isn’t using hacks]
A user appeared claiming Kylo’s innocence.
└[“Him”? Are you the hack-using bastard’s friend?]
└[I am his friend, actually.]
└[Cut the bullshit. Do you have proof??]
└[I’ll verify it, so don’t run away.]
The armored player Ivelin, who had partied with Kylo, had learned of the community situation late at night and began explaining.
[HOT][Kylo really isn’t a hack user]
[He’s a kind person who helped me with my quest for no compensation after one bad-mannered user blew up my party and left in the hidden zone.
The rare item was also something he personally obtained during the hidden quest. He also obtained the title right after completing the hidden quest.
What is this, accusing someone who was perfectly playing the game of using hacks with no evidence? Don’t criticize a perfectly fine expert when you don’t even know anything.]
└[lololol pretending it isn’t him while appearing in person]
└[It’s impressive how obviously this is an alt]
└[So where’s the proof?]
└[I’ll upload more now]
└[(Screenshot of the battlefield burning with poison)]
└[(Screenshot of fighting the Venom Serpent)]
└[(Screenshot of defeating the Lich)]
└[(Screenshot of the dwarf ghosts attaining peace)]
└[Friend code @dlqpfxktmrin4721, I’m Ivelin. If you need more verification, come find me directly.]
└[????????????????? What is this????]
└[There was something like that in the hidden zone??????????]
└[No, I’ve seriously never seen anything like that???]
The four screenshots Ivelin uploaded to the controversial community site
were more than enough to completely overturn the flow of the community.
[Is he really not using hacks?????]
[Wow, then the level 1 ten-chain parry was real??]
[So there really was a hidden route that hadn’t been revealed until now?]
[Kylo cleared all of that alone???]
[And he really cut down 100 people alone in PVP?]
[No, you idiots, do you actually believe that?]
[How does a 100-player war make sense? No matter that it’s a tutorial zone lololololol]
[It’s probably edited, fuck. Those monsters have never appeared in that hidden section until now]
[Who edits that in one hour????]
└[If you use AI, it’s a 30-second cut. Just how much of an old fart are you?]
└[He could’ve prepared it in advance to fabricate it]
Originally, arguments burned hotter when there were opposing opinions. The debate that had been dying down became even more fiery after Ivelin presented evidence.
[If he really isn’t using hacks and it’s skill, what is he???]
[He really did ten-chain parries manually and killed 100 people alone through PK to get Massacrer??]
└[No lololol Can a human even do that? lolol]
It would not be an exaggeration to say that for the entire day, one user named Kylo dominated the game communities.
[Ugh, this place is burning over hacks too]
[Talk about the game, you trash]
[Kylo <- Set this as a banned word already]
As the topic of Kylo continued for hours, some users even complained of fatigue.
[They were excitedly burning him as a hack user, but now that it seems he isn’t, they want to stop controversy]
[No, it might be fabricated, so you just believe it?]
└[Then reveal your ID code and talk like the person who explained did lololol]
However, the argument about Kylo was no longer a debate within one community, but had become a controversy running alongside [Elysium Online: Classic] itself.
The argument continued endlessly, biting its own tail.
[In the end, unless there’s official confirmation from the game company, we don’t know whether it’s hacks or not, right???]
└[For real]
[If he got sanctioned, shouldn’t the people who reported him receive a notice? Where did everyone who said they reported him go?]
└[I reported him, but I haven’t gotten a notice yet]
└[Mine didn’t come either? I reported pretty early too]
└[I checked and mine didn’t come either, fuck lololol]
└[How incompetent is Joysoft really?]
└[It’s fine. The stock went up like crazy]
└[Ugh, it’s Stock Teacher again]
Just as expectations for the game company’s official report results gradually rose.
[They say that isn’t hacks??????]
A huge bomb once again dropped onto the burning Elysium game community.
[They say that isn’t hacks??????]
[(Screenshot)]
[Hello, Reincarnator XXX! This is the investigation result for your report of a Reincarnator suspected of using an unauthorized program.]
A user had uploaded the report result they had received in-game to the community.
[As a result of log analysis, Reincarnator ‘Kylo’ reported by Reincarnator XXX was confirmed to have no history of unauthorized program use!]
[We will continue striving for a better Elysium life!]
[Sent by all of Elin, the guides of Elysium for all Reincarnators.]
The result was no history of unauthorized program use.
It was evidence declaring Kylo’s innocence.
[BEST][I got a report reply too; they say it’s not hacks]
[BEST][Official says it isn’t hacks??(proof included)]
[BEST][You crazy bastards said it was definitely hacks lololololol]
[BEST][Where did all the forest friends go????]
[BEST][Anyway, even pros can’t do it!]
[BEST][So everyone got completely wrecked by skill and cried hacks? lololol]
[BEST][J-shit official) Not a hack-using bastard, but a fucking expert lololol]
[BEST][I apologize for slandering you. I bow my head.]
[BEST][How is the controversy “he’s too good at the game”? lololololololol]
It was a controversy that had set the entire [Elysium Online] game community on fire for several hours.
The moment his innocence was revealed, the backlash began blowing at tremendous speed.
[BEST][List of streamers who saw the clip and immediately said it was definitely hacks.txt]
[BEST][Yang Pinpin went to the 100-player war and got cut down more than four times, so it was a skill issue lololol]
└[People said Yang Pinpin’s control wasn’t that good, and Pinpin Corps protected her while gritting their teeth lololol Now she got exposed, right?]
└[Old-hand streamer(unable to beat one person with dozens of people)]
[BEST][Looking at it again, his control seems insane]
[BEST][Is this a human or a raid boss? lololol]
[BEST][1 vs 100 overwhelming victory without skills ㄷㄷㄷ]
Because of the controversy, video clips had circulated almost obsessively.
[BEST][Today’s controversy was actually a mad movie advertisement for an insane expert lololol]
[BEST][How did something spread as a hack controversy turn into a whole day’s worth of POTG? lololol]
The video clips that had been used to attack him now all became evidence proving Kylo’s skill.
At that reversal, every player who encountered the argument could not hide their shock.
[So this can be done at level 1... lol...]
[Suppressing them without using a single skill is insane]
[If this is really skill, it’s strange that he’s unknown]
[Isn’t he a pro gamer somewhere??]
[Is he someone who played Elysium before??]
And before anyone knew it, the community debate had shifted to just who Kylo was.
Two Hall of Fame entries in just one day. On top of that, the skill to succeed in 100-player PK at level 1.
And yet he was unknown.
It was not strange for the community users to fall into confusion.
[No, so who the hell is Kylo?]
[Whose alt is he??]
[That’s 100% ranker control. His movement is seriously pro-level;]
[Isn’t he Rani’s alt? The only movement like that is Rani when they’re tryharding like crazy in tournaments.]
└[No, no. Rani said they’d just raid on original until the pro league launches]
[Rani doesn’t even dig into content much in the first place, so why compare him to Rani? You should look at rankers who run ranker raid parties and devour content, like Aina, Javanas, and Remulos.]
└[Javanas is playing classic with the same nickname, so why are you bringing up Javanas, you idiot?]
└[No, then who is it?]
└[Would we be doing this if we knew?????? Dumbass]
[Sunloader insisted it was definitely hacks. How is he going to handle the backlash? lololol]
└[For real, a few streamers who were passing on news like cyber wreckers said it was definitely hacks lololol]
└[For real, they’re screwed. How do they explain this? lolol]
└[A few videos are already down lololol]
[Actually, Yang Pinpin split herself and staged the whole thing]
└[Isn’t your Pinpin Corps self-destructing because she got cut down four times in a row?]
First of all, his skill was too outstanding. Speculation continued pouring in that Kylo was a pro or ranker hiding his identity.
In truth, that guess was fairly accurate.
Though he had no intention of hiding his identity, Woo-jin really was a player with a past as a ranker.
However, not everyone reacted positively toward Kylo.
[No, it’s too weird for someone with this skill to be unknown]
[Did J-shit just screw up the hack check?]
[Ranker-level movement aside, that weapon is fucking broken]
[For real. Where did he get Legendary grade in that section? It’s a tutorial hidden zone]
└[Is it confirmed that his weapon is Legendary grade?]
└[If you look at the gifs or screenshots, the effect is definitely Legendary grade]
└[The attack power is also super weird. Does it make sense that everything is an instant kill??]
Kylo=Woo-jin’s achievements were plays that exceeded all common sense of the players.
Even though his innocence had been proven, there were still people who did not withdraw their suspicions.
Because his performance was so extraordinary that it seemed as if he had broken the rules of the game.
[BEST][The legend-class ranker currently causing chaos in Elysium Classic]
[BEST][Summary of the legend-class player who appeared in Elysium Trashic.jpg]
[HIT][There’s a gamer suspected of hacks because he’s too good at games??]
[BEST][Video of an insane expert that even active pro streamers said was definitely hacks]
In the end, news about Kylo went beyond the [Elysium Online] game community and poured into all sorts of general communities and YouTube videos.
[Expert or hacks? The player who devoured the classic server]
By the time Kylo’s achievements had covered the entire gaming-related community in just one day,
a new event page opened on the official [Elysium Online] homepage.
[Elysium: Classic]
[Legend Video Released!]
[Releasing footage containing the achievements of a Legendary Player!]
[Legend Movie: Player ‘Kylo’ Edition]
Gameplay footage containing the achievements of a genius legend-class ranker exactly as they were.
The Legend Movie had been released.