"Sir, there is a registered user with the [Protagonist] Path!"
A woman yelled to their superior behind her.
"What? Is that true?"
The superior walked up to the worker, looking at her computer screen.
Other workers stood up to see the worker's screen, who was displaying it to the superior.
The superior took out his phone, before dialing a number and calling it.
*Ring* *Ring*
Sangmin Kim, in charge of the Community Team of the Board of Player Status under the company Polareys, was watching videos before the phone rang, quickly answered thinking he had been caught slacking off watching Polareys videos online.
"Ahem, yes?"
"Sir, there is a registered use with the [Protagonist] Path!"
'Protagonist, protagonist...'
"Protagonist?!"
He stood up in surprise, before sitting down and grabbing his mouse.
"What is the ID?"
"It's Player ID 3189043247"
Sangmin quickly opened up a tab before typing in the ID to see the general profile of the player who had selected the [Protagonist] Path.
"Set up a meeting with the Board of Player Status as fast as possible!"
He pulled up the player, showing general information.
Player: Park Hyunsuh
Display Name: Para
Age: 24
VR Pod Location: Seoul, South Korea
Nationality: Korean
"Interesting..."
--+--
"I've been getting the hang of this," I thought, looking at my status screen.
[Status Screen]
Name: Para
Path: Protagonist
Avatar: Beowulf
Titles: [Overachiever][Start of a Saga]
Level: 21
HP: 100/240
MP: 30/30
PLA: 115/165
ATK: 25 (+20)
AGI: 25 (+17)
INT: 5 (+5)
DEX: 15 (+8)
Available Stat Points: 90
I had killed a few more [Malichyte Wolves] before I started to not get the [Overachiever] buff after some [Malichyte Wolves] had similar or less levels than me, and the [Start of a Saga] buff only applied to when there were more enemies than me.
Only a few hours passed since I first killed a [Malichyte Wolf] and I'm already Level 21, which seemed like good progress, or maybe this kind of thing was pretty common.
Other than the first wolf, the rest increased my Level by 1 or 2, until around Level 20.
I roamed around Euridian, planning to enter it once I was satisfied with where I was, until I discovered a dungeon.
I walked up to a cave, as [Monster Tracker] had detected a group of Enemies in the cave.
[Wolves Den] - Recommended Average Level: 25
- Recommended Party Number: 5
- One Time Dungeon - Quest Connected
Which is where I left off.
'With my buffs, and the probability of the wolves being higher leveled, I could just solo it,'
With that thinking in mind, I entered the dungeon.
Entering the dungeon, I felt the temperature drop significantly due to the lack of sunlight.
I used [Monster Tracker] which detected 3 [Malichyte Wolves] in front of me.
I raised my newly made weapons, which was just 2 long wolf legs that I had ripped off a wolf when I was getting sick of the low range of the teeth and the low durability of the wooden club.
[Malichyte Wolf Club] + 20 ATK
[[Monster Legend] has activated!]
I ran at the one on the far left, as it looked much smaller compared to the other two.
I slammed the right leg into the [Malichyte Wolf], flattening it's face and disorienting the animal.
Immediately alert, the other two [Malichyte Wolves] turned to face me, on edge.
I raised my left leg, before bashing it into the neck of the disoriented [Malichyte Wolf], breaking it and killing the [Malichyte Wolf].
[Level Up!]
I looked at the other two who were still looking for a weakness, anger in their faces, growling at me.
[Malichyte Wolf] - Level 25 - [Neutral]
[Malichyte Wolf] - Level 25 - [Neutral]
I raised my 2 weapons, as one of the [Malichyte Wolves] charged to my right.
'Planning for a pincer attack,'
Focused, I had my eye on the [Malichyte Wolf] in front of me, occasionally glaning at the one who was at my right.
I made a movement running forward before just throwing the left leg at the [Malichyte Wolf] in front of me, causing the [Malichyte Wolf] on my right to charge at me, attacking me when I was focused on something else.
The left leg hit the [Malichyte Wolf] in front of me, disorienting it long enough for me to change targets and doing a large backhand swing, slamming the right leg into the side of the [Malichyte Wolf] who was charging at me.
This caused the [Malichyte Wolf] to be knocked back flying due to my buffed strength into the wall.
While the [Malichyte Wolf] was knocked back, I swiftly ran toward the disoriented [Malichyte Wolf] before raising the right leg with both hands and swinging down as hard as possible on it's head, hearing a loud *Thwack* and the [Malichyte Wolf] died, breaking into shards.
I picked up my thrown left leg, before sprinting to the injured [Malichyte Wolf] before it could stand up properly and slamming it's head against the wall, killing it.
[Level Up!]
'Now it takes 2 wolves to level up?'
'I hope it doesn't start slowing down,'
I activated [Monster Tracker] again, seeing another 3 wolves ahead.
'And the cycle begins anew,'
--+--
-An hour earlier-
"So what did you call us for now, Manager Sangmin Kim?"
Around a table, 6 people were looking at the person in front with a Presentation on a projector.
"This urgent meeting is due to a user selecting [Protagonist] as their Path,"
Whispers ensued.
Sangmin went to the next slide showing a profile of Hyunsuh Park.
"This player is the first [Protagonist], one of the few Unique Paths in the game,"
"Hmm, a rather masculine name for a girl,"
One of the members offhandedly mumbled, looking at his visual profile.
"That's because it's a guy,"
Sangmin corrected, to the surprise of the Board.
"Continuing on, Hyunsuh Park has entered the game very late compared to other people, reducing the chances of him getting [Protagonist]"
A hand was raised.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"This is simple, [Protagonist] was the only Unique Path in the game at launch, and is good early game due to how solo oriented it was,"
"If we are worrying about it being underpowered, shouldn't it be more balanced out due to the Artificial God, Alecrine?"
"Technically, yes but this is more due to it's Unique Skill, [Murphy's Law],"
"[Murphy's Law]? I thought it just made the [Protagonist] more unlucky,"
"Technically yes, but the secondary function is that it leads the [Protagonist] to the Act 1 Main Scenario,"
"But didn't the first Main Scenario already end?"
"Yes, but because the [Protagonist] was expected to be selected much earlier than calculated, the careful analysis shows that a scenario similar to a bug appeared,"
"How so?"
"It automatically teleported the [Protagonist] near the second Main Scenario key,"
"What!?"
Another hand was raised.
"What's the issue, if it was due to [Murphy's Law] then it probably killed off Hyunsuh Park when it teleported him, which transports him back to Placida as he didn't set a residence,"
Sangmin sighed.
"You are forgetting that he has [Plot Armor], Head Manager Suyoung Jo,"
"Why is this a problem anyway, the area where the Act 2 Main Scenario starts should have monsters that would easily kill Hyunsuh Park,"
"This is where the issue begins, as of now, Hyunsuh Park is killing a majority of the [Malichyte Wolves] in the area, and is expected to reach the key to the beginning of the Act 2 Main Scenario,"
"What? How?"
Sangmin moved onto the next slide.
"Hyunsuh survived by climbing up a tree and applying the [Avatar] of the Hero Beowulf,"
"So...?"
"Due to this he gains a large buff regarding Monster-Type enemies, allowing him to consistently kill the [Malichyte Wolves]"
"So what do you propose,"
"Over-leveling the last boss of the dungeon he is approaching."
There were some nods and agreements around the table.
After some thought, Suyoung sighed before agreeing.
"What if he wins?"
Sangmin smiled, before just shrugging.
"Then he deserves to be his name sake, a [Protagonist], and we don't do anything."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, after all, if we go according to plan and increase the level of the boss according to Hyunsuh's buffs, then even he should have a hard time with it,"
Sighing Head Manager Suyoung Jo stood up.
"Raise your hand if you agree with Manager Sangmin Kim's proposal,"
Everyone raised their hands.
"Then it's decided, we will be buffing the temporary boss animal [Alpha Malichyte Wolf] according to Player Park Hyunsuh's max possible buffs."
"Meeting adjourned."
A/N
Enjoy.
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