I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 20

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Ahh… this is great.”

I finally moved into the dormitory.

Lying on a wide and fluffy bed that was on a different level from the old mattress in the studio, I finally felt like I could live.

“The room is so nice.”

I looked around while lying on the bed, only moving my head.

With a width that seemed to be about 50 pyeong, a sophisticated and modern design that looked like a modern house.

And the luxuriousness of having a personal training ground in the room and a ‘automatic cleanliness maintenance’ magic installed that kept it clean without me having to clean, as expected of a modern fantasy worldview.

How did I know that?

It was written in a pamphlet called ‘Dormitory Room Guide’ on the bed.

Anyway, I was very satisfied that such a room was my room.

As expected of Arena Academy.

The treatment based on ranking was definitely there.

Feeling so good, my eyes gradually closed due to the comfort of the bed.

‘…It’s only been a few hours since I enrolled in the academy…’

For some reason, it felt like a long time had passed.

So, for a moment, just a brief moment… it should be okay to fall asleep.

Just as I thought that and was about to close my eyes,

Twinkle twinkle!

“Ah, right! The quest rewards!”

I spotted the quest window blinking in the corner of my vision.

“I almost fell asleep without receiving the quest rewards.”

The drowsiness that was coming over me suddenly disappeared.

I sat up and leaned my body against the headboard of the bed.

And with a heart full of anticipation, I rubbed my hands.

“What kind of rewards will it give this time?”

The matchup separately prepared for the top 8 students in the entrance ranking.

Since I am the final victor of that matchup and showed overwhelming victories against Arthur and Lee Seo-yeon, who are among the top 1 and 2 of the main characters, I think I definitely showed the dignity of the top student to everyone in the training ground, as the quest title suggests.

So, the event quest should be sufficiently satisfied as well.

Thinking that, I opened the quest window.

Ding.

Ah, it’s dazzling.

Unlike the main quest that shone in gold, the event quest sparkled in rainbow colors.

Despite being a childish display of lights, it was an extremely brilliant and beautiful light at this moment.

Under that light, the long-awaited rewards were listed.

“Oh.”

Although they were the rewards written in the quest, receiving them directly like this felt very good.

But this was just an appetizer.

There were still ‘additional rewards based on performance’.

In other words, ‘performance bonus’ remained.

Thump thump.

Clearing a quest and receiving rewards was always enjoyable.

But what if those rewards multiplied?

What if the quality of the rewards got upgraded even more?!

‘Ah, I’m drooling.’

The corner of my mouth twitched, just like when I took ‘Unicorn’s Tears’ last time.

At that moment,

Bam ba ba bam!

Fanfare resounded in my ears.

And finally, the long-awaited message appeared.

[☆★Performance Bonus!☆★]

A message shining in dazzling rainbow colors.

And under that message, additional rewards shining in gold were listed.

“Select Cheat Usage Ticket!”

I couldn’t help but shout.

Then, I quickly looked around and realized that I was in my room.

And according to the ‘Dormitory Room Guide’ pamphlet, the dormitory rooms had very good soundproofing.

…Then, there should be no problem even if I shout as much as I want, right?

As soon as I thought that, I jumped up from the bed and shouted.

“As expected of the event quest!”

I believed in you!

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There was a brief commotion due to my excessive release of dopamine.

I, who had barely calmed my excited emotions, sat on the bed again and leaned against the headboard, looking at the point shop.

Why am I looking at the point shop?

[B-grade Item Selection Ticket x2]

[B-grade Talent and Skill Selection Ticket]

[A-grade Talent Selection Ticket]

It’s to use the selection tickets I received as rewards.

Originally, it would be right to save the selection tickets like accumulating points and use them at the appropriate time.

But for that, my current abilities were too lacking.

The only talent I had was ‘Discerning Eye of the Decrepit Gunman (B-)’.

As for skills, I only had ‘Transfer (F)’ and ‘Instant of a Moment’ derived from Discerning Eye of the Decrepit Gunman, but since I had ‘Super Accuracy’, I didn’t need any other skills for now.

And even if I didn’t purchase skills from the shop, I could learn skills by taking lessons from instructors at the academy.

So, what I need right now is talent.

“Hmm… what should I choose?”

First, I’m looking for B-grade talents.

However, since there are so many talents sold in the shop, it was very difficult to decide what to purchase.

Moreover, I have a choice disorder where I agonize for about 30 minutes between jjajangmyeon and jjamppong when ordering delivery, so choosing a talent was a real struggle for me.

“This won’t do… I should select the A-grade talent first.”

Although I didn’t think of the selection tickets, I had thought of one A-grade talent while accumulating points, so I searched for a talent in the point shop’s search window.

‘Strong Mind (A) – 200,000 points’

It was a mental resistance talent.

I immediately purchased the talent.

Dong.

[Insufficient points. (Current points: 40,000 points)]

With a short beep, a message appeared indicating that the purchase was not possible due to insufficient points.

And immediately, a message asking whether to use the A-grade Talent Selection Ticket appeared.

[Confirmed that the player possesses an A-grade Talent Selection Ticket.]

[Do you want to use the A-grade Talent Selection Ticket? YES / NO]

Since it was a talent I had already decided to purchase, I pressed the YES button without any hesitation.

[The A-grade Talent Selection Ticket has been used.]

When I looked at the shop with that message,

‘Strong Mind (A) – Purchase Completed’

It had changed from 200,000 points to ‘Purchase Completed’.

I immediately checked the talent ‘Strong Mind’.

“With just this…”

I don’t need to drink antidotes or such…

How envious I was of the mental defense possessed by the main characters.

Just thinking about the second exam, it was like I could still taste the bitterness in my mouth.

But now I have mental defense too.

However, someone may be puzzled.

Why did I choose ‘Strong Mind’, a mental defense type talent, among the many A-grade talents?

It’s because the Fallen that appear later have many skills that interfere with the ‘mind’.

And in fact, the reason I chose ‘Strong Mind’ is not only for mental defense but also because of the derived skill ‘Mind Clarity’.

There are mental recovery skills similar to ‘Mind Clarity’, but there are few that provide extreme recovery.

Other than ‘Mind Clarity’, the only skills that have extreme recovery are possessed by priests with high positions in the Great Temple, Noah, and Gloria.

Therefore, ‘Mind Clarity’ is an incredibly good skill that you wouldn’t think is a derived skill.

Having the ‘Mind Clarity’ skill in a situation where your mind may collapse?

Then you can not only make a miraculous comeback but also have a chance to counterattack.

It is literally a trump card.

“Now, all that’s left… are the 2 B-grade Item Selection Tickets and the B-grade Talent and Skill Selection Ticket, right?”

Still, while purchasing ‘Strong Mind’, I had roughly thought about what to buy.

I immediately searched for a B-grade talent in the point shop.

And before thinking of anything else, I immediately purchased it.

This time, it was a simple talent without derived skills.

However, there was no talent more necessary for me than this.

There are two reasons why I purchased this talent.

Among my stats, the lowest are ‘Health’ and ‘Strength’.

Of course, ‘Sacred Power’ was the lowest since it was ‘0’, but sacred power was almost like a special stat that only occured when you received baptism from the Great Temple or had a faithful heart for God like Noah, so I made an exception.

Anyway, ‘Health’ and ‘Strength’ are the lowest in my stats, and ‘Agility’ is the highest.

I have essentially become an agile position like an archer or thief.

To increase ‘Health’ or ‘Strength’, I have no choice but to consume secret medicines or train.

And training is only as good as the training itself, so unless you’re the child of a prestigious family, you won’t see much good efficiency.

Of course, it’s also okay to aim for potential by purchasing a training-related talent, but… it’s much more efficient to buy a talent related to high stats instead of buying such a talent.

And secondly, I have the ‘Cheat Tool’.

Although I don’t know when, I will obtain powerful cheats like ‘Infinite Health’, ‘Infinite Stamina’, ‘Infinite Mana’, ‘Invincibility’, etc. that have the same effect regardless of whether the stats are high or low, so even if I work hard to raise my stats from now on, it will only be useful for now and become useless later.

So, instead of raising various stats, I decided to go all-in on agility first.

And as a result of using guns in today’s duel, the cheat ‘Super Accuracy’ was cheating enough to be used as my main weapon.

I decided to use melee weapons after obtaining infinite health.

That was how useful the power of guns with ‘Super Accuracy’ applied was.

So the 2 ‘B-grade Item Selection Tickets’ I currently had, I decided to use them on firearms.

Having used all the selection tickets like that, I took my upper body off the headboard I had been leaning against and laid my body on the bed.

“Ah, this is great.”

As the softness and comfort enveloped my whole body, the drowsiness that had disappeared earlier came over me again.

I slightly raised my wrist and checked the time on my smartwatch.

[PM 10:21]

“Ah.”

I haven’t even had dinner yet.

If I go down to the cafeteria now, I probably won’t be able to eat, right?

And to buy something to eat from the convenience store… I have no money.

“…I’m doomed.”

The living allowance given by the academy… comes out next month.

…Although all facilities in the academy, including the cafeteria, are free… it’s not that money is not needed.

So… I need to find money… but…

“…Ah… I don’t know…”

For now… I should sleep.

“The me of tomorrow… will solve it…”

Muttering like that, I… fell asleep, succumbing to the drowsiness that had come over me.

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The next day, morning.

In the training ground exclusive to Class 1-A.

“…?”

Am I not awake from sleep yet?

Bang! Clang!

“…Why, why.”

Why is Lee Seo-yeon shooting a gun?!

I wanted to lose my mind at the unbelievable reality.

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