Overpowered Reincarnation Perks! - Chapter 1.1
Becoming a hero has been my long-cherished dream since childhood.
A hero who saves people in danger and leaves to rescue others without looking back. That resolute back view looked so cool.
As an ordinary person, I couldn’t become such a hero, but if I had some special ability I wasn’t aware of, maybe I could save people in crisis.
I had held this dream, which might be a childish fantasy, in my heart for all twenty-six years of my life.
It didn’t mean I wanted to save someone and die in their place, though.
Screeeeech!
I didn’t expect to die getting hit by a train after saving a child who had fallen onto the tracks.
I thought I had time to avoid it since I saw the train coming from afar, but when I came to my senses, it was right in front of me.
My whole body was torn apart, so I’m not sure how I died. But since the child survived, I might at least get a newspaper article calling me a brave citizen.
They say a tiger leaves its skin when it dies, and a person leaves their name. If my name, ‘Sung Ju-in,’ is etched even in a newspaper article when I die, it’s not a bad ending.
I couldn’t become the hero I dreamed of as a child, but for an ordinary human, I did pretty well. I smiled bitterly.
Everything around me was pitch black.
I thought a grim reaper might come to get me if I died saving someone, like in some movie, but nothing was visible.
‘I guess there’s no afterlife.’
Just as I thought that a system window popped up in front of my eyes with a fanfare mixed with mechanical sounds.
Pitiful Victim Lv.1
Excellent! You are a righteous person who saved another’s life.
A new life is granted to the righteous person who died before their natural lifespan ended.
Do you accept this life compensation?
Yes / No
…If I press [Yes] here, does that mean I’ll be reincarnated?
So there’s no afterlife, but there is a reincarnation truck.
No, what hit me wasn’t a truck, it was a subway.
I glared at the system window, which was even more unrealistic than a grim reaper.
Why “Pitiful Victim” of all things? I would have received a Brave Citizen award if I were alive, so I’d appreciate it if they could remove that “Pitiful” modifier.
I reached out towards the system window. It was fascinating that my limbs were intact here, even though my whole body had been torn apart when I died.
[Yes]
Unless you’re suicidal, I doubt anyone would press [No] here.
Naturally, I clicked [Yes], and a small hourglass started spinning with a window saying [Loading……].
Why is it so slow? Hurry up, Korean style!
If you’re going to give it, give it quickly. New life! New body, new life!
If possible, I’d like to be reincarnated as a golden spoon villainess in a fantasy world like in the romance fantasy novels my friend read, pretending to avoid the male lead while actually setting flags to capture him and living the sweet life.
Even though I’m a pitiful victim, I did die saving someone, so shouldn’t I get at least that much compensation?
But the new window that appeared after the loading finished shattered all such expectations.
[Beginner’s Privilege]
You will die in 30 days after saving one person.
Excuse me. Could you explain which part of this is a privilege?
I died saving someone, and you’re only giving me 30 more days to live, only to die again saving someone else? Are you kidding me?
I don’t remember swearing much in my life, but this situation was infuriating enough to make me curse involuntarily.
“What the f…”
But I couldn’t finish the sentence.
My vision blurred, and I felt something sucking my body in.
I’m not sure where I’ll end up, but I had a feeling that wherever that damn system window was sending me, the world I’d be reincarnated into wouldn’t be a very nice place.
***
My premonition was right.
“Ugh!”
I felt like I was suddenly dropping from midair and hit my back on the ground. It hurt quite a bit as it was a stone floor.
“Oww. Ouch…”
I’m still young, so I can’t let my back go out first. As I gently rubbed my sore lower back with my palm and got up, I saw tall trees.
One tree, two trees, three trees… anyway, many of them.
‘Is this a forest? Or in the mountains?’
Given the large rocks and considerable slope, it was likely to be in the mountains.
Is this South Korea or another world? With nothing but trees and rocks everywhere, it’s impossible to tell.
I examined my appearance. It was my body, but I wasn’t wearing the work clothes I had on before getting hit by the subway.
It wasn’t a fluttering dress that might appear in a romance fantasy novel either.
I was dressed like a traveler suitable for mountain hiking, with a fairly thick outer garment, gloves, pants with pockets, and even long boots. Judging by this, it doesn’t seem to be a primitive, ancient, or medieval era.
“Where on earth is this…?”
I need to get out of here first to figure out my location.
I started climbing the mountain. I thought it would be better to go up to a high place and look down overall rather than blindly going downhill to assess the situation.
Fortunately, as soon as I left the densely wooded area, my view opened up.
“…Wow…”
It was a spectacular view even from the ridge, not the summit. A vast mountain range stretched from one end of my vision to the other.
Just by the scale, it’s not a mountain in our country. Then, is this really another world?
I tried to recall the novels I’ve read or games I’ve played so far. I don’t remember encountering any works with such a vast mountain setting. The possibility of being in a novel or game I know was almost zero.
‘Then, is this really dimensional travel? A different planet, not Earth?’
If it were inside a book or game, I could at least try something based on known information, but with only mountains in sight, it’s just overwhelming.
I wonder if I can get down before the sun sets. But I can’t even see the first sign of a village down there, so I’m not sure if people even live nearby.
The 30-day time limit privilege was already terrible, and now the world I’ve fallen into is like this.
A peaceful second life has gone out the window.
“Of all places, even when they reincarnate me, it’s to a place like this…”
I was cursing the system with no business ethics when suddenly a screen popped up in front of my eyes like a hologram.
Pitiful Victim Lv.1
Remaining lifespan: 30 days [Beginner’s Privilege Applied]
You will die in 30 days after saving one person.
Currently recruiting party members.
Current waiting members: (0/2)
So system windows pop up here too.
Unfamiliar text appeared below the not-at-all-appreciated privilege.
‘Recruiting party members?’
Recruiting party members, does that mean I should escape the mountain through party play?
‘Then, is this inside a game?’
I’ve never heard of such a game, whether it’s about being stranded or survival. Surely it’s not a flop game.
“Wait. But if I need to recruit party members…”
It was suspicious that I wasn’t being told to perform some action or find an item but to gather party members first.
Telling me to gather party members without any tutorial or assistant NPC means I’m in a situation that requires party play from the start.
That is, it means a mission is coming that requires the combined strength of multiple people.
For example, having to hunt a monster that can’t be caught alone.
‘Don’t tell me this is a world with monsters?’
