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Ch 1

"I fucking did it!"

Those words burst from my mouth, my arms jettisoning upwards in triumph.

'CLEAR' was the glaring message blazing across the computer screen in front of me.

I had triumphed over the ultimate trial in the game.

"Damn right! I fucking did it! I crushed this goddamn game!"

Overwhelmed, a single tear made its way down my face. Considering the brutal six months it took to conquer this game, I couldn't help but be overcome with emotion.

'Tower Defense & Dungeon Attack RPG, <Protect the Empire>'.

This was an old-school game, a classic that had stood the test of over 10 years.

In it, you drafted and trained heroes to protect the city, plunging headlong into the dungeons beyond to secure victory. All the while you're strategizing in a turn-based RPG.

You positioned your characters on the map and commanded them individually.

If a hero that you'd poured time and effort into was killed, they were gone for good, establishing the game's notorious difficulty.

The game was a global sensation in its prime, but now it's just an old classic. So why am I only now claiming victory?

Firstly, nobody had ever conquered it on the highest difficulty.

That difficulty, 'Hell', combined with 'Ironman' mode, where progress was saved automatically. This combination, known as 'Hell's Ironman', had remained unbeaten.

The game kept every player's victory data on its server and ranked it. However, 'Hell Ironman' had remained unbeaten.

Some had beaten the game on Legendary difficulty in Ironman mode, and others had turned off Ironman mode to beat Hell difficulty. But 'Hell's Ironman' had seen no victor until now.

But today, 10 years after the game was launched, a champion has emerged. Me!

Challenging the impossible is human instinct.

Like surmounting a peak that no one has yet scaled. So, I took it on.

And the second reason.

- Damn, RetroAddict finally did it.

- Congrats!!

- Lmao, gotta respect the persistence of the RetroAddict.

- First in the world, well done.

- Thanks for the grueling work over the past six months.

Chat messages came pouring into the chat window on a second monitor next to my game screen.

Seeing the chat log, I could only smile.

"I fucking told you all, didn't I? No matter how damn hard it is! Games are made to be beaten!"

I am a game streamer, specifically a streamer who plays challenging classic games. My ID is 'RetroAddict'.

As for the number of viewers, it's surprisingly large.

Nostalgia always draws a crowd. Watching a battle of high difficulty is always gripping content.

I typically pull in around 3,000 viewers, but as I approached the final stage, that number climbed past 10,000, and with the news of my victory, more viewers were flocking in.

['MissionFairy' has donated 100,000 Won!]

- You can brag all you want today. As promised, I'm sending the donation.