Ch 0 - Prologue

「 “Hello, player.”

Welcome to the horror game.

“The Mansion of the Dead” is a manor located in the middle of the Resian Empire’s capital where a nobleman with high authority used to live. This mansion is a place where everything, including the humans living in the mansion, was savagely annihilated decades ago by other humans, who had made pacts with demons. As a result, the entire estate is now steeped in evil energy.

As the days pass, the mansion has become more ferocious, and the energy has gradually begun to spread throughout the capital. The emperor, who cannot stand that power invading, has decided to seek someone to release the curse for tremendous rewards.

However, there are none who have gone in and come back on their own. As a result of people going and only dying, barely a few are willing to come forward now.

You are “Fidelis” of the Swalds, who has come in to win the reward from now on.

In addition to you, there are several other players here as well. It is your choice whether to work together or move individually.

Now, let me give you a brief description of the game.

You have only one purpose.

Avoid the undead in the mansion, find hints, and lift the curse. When you clear a hidden game event, a powerful hint or item will be given to help solve the curse.

You can share hints with other players, and you can take away other players’ items, so please keep that in mind.

Once you lift the curse of the mansion, you can leave. Even if a player other than you releases the curse, you can still escape (though, you won’t receive the emperor’s reward).

However, if you can’t resolve the curse, you’ll be trapped in the mansion until it’s lifted, so please be careful.

Precautions & Game Details:

Playing records are not saved.

After you achieve a bad ending, you will wake up in a different place, and the game will not be reset. (However, you will still lose all the items you have, except for those earned from game events.)

After an event story is cleared, the event will disappear.

You’re the only one who knows this is a world inside a game. (It’s your choice whether to tell the truth to others or not. However, we are not responsible for anything that will happen after that, so please be careful.)

Players can also collect hints and items to lift the curse, but there are skills that are just for you, so please cheer up. (Other players don’t know about the existence of skills, and they don’t have them.)

When you take an action that consumes your physical strength (e.g., running, screaming, etc.), your energy is consumed. (How to recover: minimize movement, sit still, find some peace of mind.)

Please survive well by avoiding the indiscriminately cruel entities, lifting the curse, and earning the reward that you came for.

Please begin running now.

Reading the long wall of text, Ye-in blinked blankly. There were only four words she could utter at that moment.

“Is this for real?”

A dejected voice popped out from between Ye-in’s lips.

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