The dark haired man looked at Kim Seojin with a frown.
"Why don't I remember someone like him? Did something change?"
....
Kim Seojin didn't know that he had caught the attention of someone.
He picked up the rusted black Sword.
The sword looked so weak that it could break from just swinging it around.
He knew that it couldn't be the case. This sword was a reward from the Guardian of the Tutorial. It was a hidden piece. How could it be weak?
He used [Insight] on the Sword.
[Sword of Tutorial]
[Grade: Event]
[A sword that was created specially for Tutorial Stage by the Constellation who loves to use hammers]
[Effects: Strength +10]
[Equipment Criteria: Level 1]
[Reminder: The Sword cannot be taken outside the Tutorial Stage]
'A constellation who loves to use Hammer?'
[Guidance]
He used his second skill on the rusted sword to see if there was anything else he could find out.
[Sword of Tutorial]
[A Sword was made by Heimdall for his son. Heimdall's son broke the sword during training. The sword shattered in three pieces]
[Hidden Description: Part of a Quest. Find the other two fragments of Heimdall's Sword in Tutorial. Once completed, the sword will change and can be taken out of the Tutorial]
'A hidden quest? Just this one sword increases the strength stat by 10. When I equip it, my strength will almost double. And it can get even stronger?'
The sword didn't look like it was in a good condition, but it was something created by Heimdall himself.
"Thank you for the gift."
He bowed before the little squirrel, quite happy with the reward.
"Hahaha, most people would have judged the sword on its looks. It is good that you aren't a fool like those superficial people."
" I hope you can survive the Tutorial. Maybe in the future, I will also be your Subscriber."
The Squirrel laughed, feeling pleased with the young man.
Throughout the last three hundred years, it has seen many Sacrificial Players. Some of them even became legendary beings, but none of them had managed to impress it.
With Kim Seojin, it was different. The Squirrel actually felt impressed by him.
"I am truly blessed to be able to have this conversation with a divine being like you. I will definitely survive the Tutorial!"
"I have a feeling that you will do more than just survive."
It was time for the Tutorial to begin. All the Players had received their classes. Many had even tested the skills they had.
The only thing left was to actually go through the Tutorial which could wipe all of them with a single wrong step.
Kim Seojin looked at the timer above his head.
[00:30]
[00:29]
The countdown has begun. All the Players were looking at the clock.
Kim Seojin observed the other player. Some were excited for the tutorial and some were nervous.
"Huh, that guy?"
Almost all the Players were ready. But there was a man who was still looking just as carefree.
His eyes were closed as he stood with his back resting against a tree. He didn't even look at the timer, but his lips were moving.
He was slowly counting down the time.
[Insight]
Out of curiosity, Kim Seojin used his skill on the young man. But the moment he saw the man's Status Screen, he was left shocked.
The man's status screen looked so different from his.
[Name: Lee Taehyung]
[Level: 1]
[Class: Soulstealer]
[Age: 23 (1057)]
[Traits: Tired]
[Streamer Status: Awaiting Tutorial Completion]
[Subscribers: Awaiting Tutorial Completion]
[Stats]
[Strength: 20]
[Agility: 20]
[Stamina: 20]
[Intelligence :25]
[Magic: 35]
[Equipped Items: Ring of Blessing]
[Free Stat Points: 10]
[Skills]
[Soul Devouring]
[Soul Explosion]
'This... Just what the hell is that guy? He also has ten free stat points? That means he also picked a Unique Rank Class?'
More than the man's class, Kim Seojin was surprised by his stats. All his stats were over twenty, and that was when he hadn't used his free stat points.
'And what's with his age? It says he's 23 years old, so what does 1057 in brackets mean?'
Even after using Insight and looking at the man's Status Screen, Seojin was only more curious about this man.
He wondered if everyone else here had similar stats.
He used Insight on other Players, but none of them had such high stats. There was no bracket next to their ages either.
Their average stats were higher than him, but it was nowhere close to Lee Taehyung.
Even Lee Junho, who picked Arcane Mage class didn't have stats like these.
'Did his stats increase because of his class? I remember that my stats also increased by one. Did his increase by ten or something?'
With more questions than answers, Kim Seojin used Guidance on Lee Taehyung.
[Lee Taehyung]
[A Regressor who has gas seen the end of the world 45 times]
'A Regressor? Someone whose consciousness came from the future? And it's the 45th time he did that? World's end?"
Kim Seojin had woken up three hundred years in the future, so he wasn't someone who could call Regression absurd. But it was still incredulous.
The man who looked like he was the same age as him, was mentally over a thousand years old?"
He had died over 45 times. He was living the same life again and again. But even with the knowledge of the future, he couldn't stop the end?
If it was someone else, they would have long given up on regression. If the fate of the world couldn't be changed, they might have accepted death. But this man kept coming back in time.
Kim Seojin thought that there were only two possibilities. One was that he really wanted to protect this World, even at the cost of going crazy.
The second possibility was that he had no choice. He couldn't control his regression. Every time he died, he was forced to wake up in the past.
Looking at the trait of the man, he was certain that the latter was more likely. The man was stuck in a time loop, trying to change the fate of this world.