After the raucous awakening ceremony, Ryan Carter sat quietly in his room. He had no idea.
"No, is this for real...?"
Still, it's a potential F.
He was of low rank, so his abilities were also low.
Since he had no background, he was practically an ordinary person.
"This looks like you've been expelled from the training camp..."
Ryan Carter scratched the back of his head.
The curriculum of the training center was not easy enough to handle without a background.
From now on, he would have to take the player license test and explore the Abyss, so how could he possibly keep up?
"I'm really sorry, trainee Ryan Carter, but in this state, I can't continue with the training. I'll give you some time to decide whether to leave or not…"
The instructor in charge, Ms. Jung Soo-min, had called him and said.
It was too hard with his abilities, so he should consider leaving the training camp.
'Are you going to retire? Like this?'
He couldn't. He bit his lip.
'Potential may grow.'
Potential is not static.
In some cases, it grew by one or two steps in the measured grade.
A grade could go from A+ to S.
And if you're an F grade, you might be able to grow from F to C.
"Are you kidding me?"
F or C, he wondered what the difference was.
Ryan Carter sighed and sat down on the bed.
There was an e-book reader he had seen before sleeping.
As he sat down, the screen turned on automatically.
[Swordsman Trained for a Thousand Years, Volume 10 (完).]
The page displayed was from the martial arts web novel he had read yesterday.
Gilcheon, a man who had neither talent nor money to learn the third-rate unofficial Samjae sword technique, was trapped in a cave where time did not flow...
It was a novel that told the story of him learning the Samjae sword technique for over a thousand years there, realizing its supremacy, and pacifying the Moorim based on it.
It had been completed quite a while ago but had ended very poorly.
The number of readers who purchased the last volume was only 52.
'Why do I keep reading this?'
One of those readers was Ryan Carter.
He was not just a reader; he was so attached to this novel that he had read it six times.
'Is it fun? No, it's not.'
If it was fun, it wouldn't have ended so poorly.
To be honest, it was a problematic novel.
Meaningless settings, broken probabilities, and even incomprehensible developments.
But he kept reading it.
'A hero without talent works hard and succeeds.'
That's what he liked.
Ryan Carter picked up the reader.
On the screen, the final scene of the third-rate swordsman appeared.
[The long and arduous war with the devil ended like that.]
The epilogue wasn't great either.
After pacifying Moorim and ending the war with the Magyo, Gilcheon became the leader of the Moorim League and gained wealth and honor.
He escaped from the shabby barn he lived in previously and lived 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 alongside him 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 story concluding in a happy ending.
Ryan Carter's eyes naturally turned to the author's note at the end.
- 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 Ryan Carter had 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, not power.
Ryan Carter smirked.
'What should I do if 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 almost nonexistent.
What can you do with this effort?
It is wretchedly broken, shattered, and frustrating.
"It's time to give up..."
Ryan Carter lay down on the bed.
If he had talent like Gilcheon or a chance like the protagonist of a Munchkin novel…
'If only given one chance.'
If that were the case, he wouldn't have regretted it.
Ryan Carter was not even given a chance. Both legs were broken from the start of the race.
"Damn it..."
Ryan Carter 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.
It sounded like a stomach ache. The moment Ryan Carter 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.]
[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 him.
[You have read 'The Swordsman Who Trained for a Thousand Years.']
"I will implement the changes. Currently, the immersion in the novel is at 9%, which is too low and not effective. "
A swordsman who has been trained for thousands of years.
This is a web novel Ryan Carter read a while ago. No, but why is this appearing in front of his eyes?
[Talent! Money! I had nothing. All that's left is poison. Does that mean I have to die? - The Swordsman Who Trained for a Thousand Years.]
Ryan Carter looked around, bewildered.
A strange sensation shook his body. And.
[Strength has increased by 2.3 due to the effect of Tom Reading.]
[You have acquired the attribute, 'Samjae Swordsmanship (C)'.]
Knowledge that was not his own was engraved in his mind.
It was also embodied experience, not just knowledge. Information on the third-rate unofficial Samjae sword method, including how to use it.
"…Uh?"
In the flood of knowledge flowing in, Ryan Carter lost his mind.
Please tell me about any mistakes.