The Successor to the Underworld Is a Cheat Player

Crack!

The Spider’s leg that pierced through his body not only stopped there but tore him to pieces.

A scene reminiscent of an alley.

The woman who embodied it slowly turned her head and said,

“You’re Chichiron’s mad dog. Are you Saint?”

“….”

Saint, looking up at her.

Faced with a death so overwhelming that it couldn’t be compared to the mercenary.

“Speak. Who are you.”

Saint was smiling.

“No, not knowing is natural, isn’t it?”

Under the brilliant moonlight.

“You might not know, but you have shed great blood. Saint.”

Two men and women were staring into each other’s eyes from different positions.

“Saint Demorus. That’s your identity.”

The sudden appearance of the Black Lady.

Having torn apart a knight-level mercenary, she addressed Saint.

“Saint Demorus.”

Her name, and a title not her own.

“De…morus?”

But the surprise at that title that she couldn’t ignore was brief.

“That’s your identity.”

At that moment.

Rumble!

It felt like lightning striking in her mind.

“Indeed, I had no idea at all….”

The woman who was about to say something to such a Saint.

However, she soon had to close her mouth.

A grin that rose to a grotesque level.

Sky-blue eyes with white hair.

Somewhere, in that face that even exudes mystery,

“…finally.”

It was madness.

“Finally!”

The saint shouted.

Understood.

That secret that had to be hidden for so long.

Understood.

That it was his own secret that should never be told.

But it was the time he had barely endured this tiresome life, waiting.

“I’ve waited.”

The saint rose to his feet.

Late at night, what filled the alley was the brilliant moonlight.

But that was the light of the world.

The world seen through the saint’s eyes.

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[Warning: You cannot leave this area until the tutorial is complete.]

[Warning: You cannot leave this area until the tutorial is complete.]

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All crimson red light and yellow stripes.

The saint said,

“This insane world is finally coming to an end!”

He had persevered in a world painted entirely in red.

But even that was only until now.

“….”

The slender-eyed woman would not know what she had accomplished.

In the once crimson world of the saint, it slowly began to regain its original color.

“Whoever you are, I am insanely grateful.”

The saint murmured in a quiet voice.

“I will make sure to repay this debt.”

“…Surely not.”

That was the last voice of the woman that the saint heard.

As the saint blinked for a moment, what he faced was,

“Finally… here.”

An entirely dim world.

No, he realized that it was floating in a space similar to the universe, glittering with starlight in the distance.

Yet, the saint remained unfazed.

As mentioned, this moment was the one the saint had been desperately waiting for.

[Your life has been confirmed.]

This space was not an unknown territory, but rather a place like reality…

[Your… 4th life has been confirmed.]

For players, it was like a home.

“Finally… I’ve arrived… the Lamp.”

The Lamp, that was the name this space was called.

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Three lives, a world where one was free to do anything.

Yet a world with no end.

Humans all had an instinct to conquer the summit, no matter who they were.

This place.

– Sanctuary.

Sanctuary was no different.

Millions of gamers wanted to conquer Sanctuary, and the challenges of over trillions of people took place.

But not a single soul saw the end of this world.

However, after many years, a player finally saw the end.

It was a glorious moment.

A historic moment.

If there were no ugly truths.

– I did it. I did it!

The first clear of Sanctuary.

The player who achieved that was…

-Hahaha! I did it! Finally made it through no matter what way!!!

An abnormal, cheat player.

It was a coincidence.

He poured his whole life into it, but when he couldn’t see the end of Sanctuary, he fell into despair.

The gift given to the Sein who had lost even the will to live.

[Would you like to play the cheat version?]

It was so absurdly sweet.

Sanctuary, never breached even once.

It was clearly a fraud to everyone, but at the edge of despair, he made a choice.

-Anyway, what does it matter.

It changed his life.

[ID: BIRDMAN]

ID Birdman.

Real name.

-This is insane. It was real, right?

Kim Sein.

He succeeded in obtaining the cheat version of Sanctuary and finally reached the end of Sanctuary.

However, at the end, there was no glory that Kim Sein had envisioned.

-What is this?

Even though it had been enjoyed for over a decade without ever getting bored, the price paid for using unauthorized methods was so hollow.

There was no joy, no sadness.

In Sein’s world.

-What is this…?

It collapsed that day.

The downfall of the empire, the ending of the game that Sein had brought about with his own hands, was bitterly empty.

And suddenly approached.

[Game Over: Lifeform Terminated.]

[Abnormal Access Detected.]

[Initiating Security Measures.]

A world tainted with sickly colors.

-Connection terminated!

He tried to flee in confusion, but it was too late.

[Emergency Protocol Activated.]

The connection did not terminate, and inexplicably, Sein found himself trapped in the game.

Three lives given.

And the end.

But for Sein, who had an abnormal conclusion, a price was given.

[Starting the 4th Life.]

A fourth life that should never exist in the game.

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“Ha… I didn’t expect that.”

Sein, who floated alone in the dark cosmos, murmured to himself.

Every moment had been a series of tension, but here and now, there was no need to be tense.

An absolute safe zone, the Jumadeng was a kind of mental world.

“I only knew that life was given, not that I had to live that life.”

Life given at the beginning of the game.

And the past life.

All starting points were around eighteen.

Because it was a game, that was the case.

What had been taken for granted turned into a cruel hell when it became reality.

Trapped as a cheater, the player Kim Sein had to live on as the back-alley Sein.

[Tutorial]

The prison trapped under that name.

The legacy system that the game boasted of didn’t even function, and as it was a game, the existing safety measures had completely disappeared.

Days that had to be endured to survive.

Nevertheless, there was a reason why Sein could endure.

“If it hadn’t been for nearly a decade of play, I would have died long ago.”

Throughout the years of playing Pre-Chit, before Cheat Play.

Sein had truly lived countless lives.

Sometimes a farmer, sometimes a miner, sometimes a blacksmith.

Sometimes even a hero.

In the life he had experienced, he had many mentors and learned from their teachings.

Back then.

“I just thought it was a play of settings.”

Magic this, meditation that, footwork this.

Even though he did not attribute much meaning to things activated under the name of skills, when Pre-Chit became reality, those became experiences akin to treasures.

Memories he had summoned to survive were not skills, yet they triggered.

Skills he habitually used had become ingrained in his body as habits.

“Thanks to those, I could survive.”

Sein rose to his feet.

The current space was the Jumadang.

And what it meant was that the tutorial had finally ended.

The starting point for all players.

[Your 4th life has been confirmed.]

He had confirmed a 4th life that should never have existed.

[You are…]

Now, it’s the starting point.

[The successor of the Dark Tower.]

Along with it, the twinkling starlight in the distance swiftly approached.

Kurrrung!

A deafening noise as if the sky was collapsing.

Kwaaaang!

Something fell from there and appeared before Sein.

This.

The moment he had been waiting for so long.

“The Stone of Past Lives. It’s been so long.”

Three colorless red stones.

Each containing the lives he had passed through.

The last play, the three lives that Sein could clear Pre-Chit with.

And that was truly.

‘My cheat.’

The cheat key given to Sein.

The lives given in Pre-Chit were all random.

As if the system had gamified our lives, gamers were both ecstatic and regretful.

What they desired was only one thing.

Reality like wind.

-If….

Anyone can have their desired wish.

-If only I could choose my life.

The ability to choose what I would be born as and what life I would live.

That was the true cheat that a saint possessed.

And the three past lives.

Lives that a saint had dreamt and dreamt of for over a decade, playing.

Woong!

The place a saint chose was the final third stone.

The moment a saint’s hand touched the red glowing stone.

Aaah-!

The red stone that had lost its light began to pulsate like a heart.

Soon after, what appeared was.

[Would you like to activate your past lives?]

A single question directed at the saint.

The long-awaited moment, and the predetermined answer.

“Yes.”

The saint finally chose the strongest life that had seen its ending.

[Activating the past life of the Imperial Crown Prince.]

Choosing to start as the Imperial Crown Prince of the empire.

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“…As expected.”

A faint voice could be heard.

“…That’s right.”

The saint was slowly awakening, regaining a vague sense.

“I was in this borderland.”

Accompanied by a clear voice.

“……!”

The saint opened their eyes widely.

Kwaahk!