After Louis finished reading the detailed explanation about this world, he began thinking about the strategy he would use here.
According to what Robert said, and after many experiments done by previous players, they discovered the best way to use the optional skill and item given at the start.
The method was to choose a country with a large number of hunters, take advantage of the chaos to hunt monsters—and even low-level hunters—to secretly collect achievement points slowly… until the right moment comes, when the player awakens as a real hunter with the system's help and receives a special ability that can be used without restrictions.
But the problem was that everything had to be done in secret.
If the player was discovered targeting hunters, he would become a public enemy of the country and all its hunters.
For this reason, Louis refused to follow the same path.
Staying close to the main character would give him many opportunities to gather even more achievements, and without risking turning the whole world against him before the main story even begins.
As for Main Mission 2, very few players survived long enough to learn the identity of the "Savior" or the country he belonged to.
Only the major powers knew this information.
The proof was that someone, using a fake identity, managed to get an excellent S rating in this world a few years ago.
As for Main Mission 3, no one knew anything about it except that same mysterious player.
But Louis, based on his previous experience, was almost certain that this mission was related to defeating the final enemy of this world: the Dragon King.
After organizing his thoughts, Louis opened the list of skills and items he could choose from.
He immediately noticed that it was completely different from the list he saw in the previous world, which made him suspect that each world had its own special selection list.
But before he could finish choosing—
A loud warning echoed in his mind:
[Warning: Only one minute left before the door to the next world closes.
If you are late or decide to retreat, you will lose one of your three lives as a price.]
Louis looked up at the timer… the blood-red color covering it made the atmosphere even more tense.
He glanced around the waiting room… but no one was there.
It seemed everyone else had already entered the stage.
He focused on the selection list again, filtered it quickly to match his strategy, and within seconds made his final choice and jumped straight toward the door.
As soon as he crossed through…
A floating screen appeared in front of him, filled with random faces:
[Player L.K, please choose your appearance and your starting location in this world.]
Louis chose the same face he used in the previous stage but added a slight Asian touch.
Then he selected South Korea as his starting point.
As for his name, he let the system choose one automatically that would match his identity in this world.
[Identity confirmed.]
[Good luck.]
And the next moment… he disappeared.
A few seconds later, Louis opened his eyes to bright sunlight.
He found himself sitting on a chair on the balcony of a room.
He looked around and immediately recognized the familiar scenery.
This was Seoul… without a doubt.
After observing for a moment, he went back into the room and searched it carefully.
He found his legal identity, a passport, clothes, a modern phone, and several other items.
After confirming that everything was in order, he went out to walk around the city for a while.
*** *** ***
After spending a long time planning and preparing, Louis — who had used his teleportation skill to travel to America two days earlier — looked at the time shown by the system. It showed that only a few minutes were left until midnight.
At that exact moment, Louis decided to take his first bold step in this world.
On that day, the United States of America and the Scavenger Guild, the number one guild in the country, experienced the biggest theft ever recorded in history.