The Shield-Counter Player Who Baits Hits [The Fourth Calamity]

Blurb:

I entered a giveaway for a full-dive game headset run by a little-known studio and, by sheer luck, won one.

The world inside the game was vivid and fascinating. The NPCs reacted so flexibly that they seemed like real people. As a gaming fanatic, I naturally got completely absorbed in it, playing like I was possessed. I even took our niche gaming style, the "collision" build, to new heights. PvP kill-chasers would turn and run the moment they saw me, and the game was an absolute blast.

Then one day, the tutorial NPC mysteriously led me into a little dark room. With an ominous grin, he told me he had a legendary gold-rank hidden quest to offer.

Legendary gold rank! A legendary gold-rank quest! I was tempted. Hesitating for even a second would be disrespectful to the legendary gold rank, so I unhesitatingly thumped my chest and accepted this so-called "hidden quest."

Then I stared at the quest that popped up on my character screen and froze.

[Legendary Gold-Rank Hidden Quest: An Invitation from the Mastermind

Building a faction of your own in another world is a difficult challenge. The administrator of the Fourth Calamity believes he currently has too much on his plate and needs a powerful ally he can trust, someone who knows him inside and out. So he chose you.

We hope you will act as an important collaborator and keep the secret that "this is actually a real world"...

Dear player, do you think you are up to the task?]

Collision build + shield counter: The enemy scratches off one point of my health, and I hit back with 17,000 true damage.

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