The Most Powerful Witch in History

“…This is driving me crazy.”
Looking at someone’s reflection in a lake with water so clear it couldn’t even be compared to the algae-infested Han River, I frowned deeply.

“What is this…”
I muttered, furrowing my brow with a sour expression. A somewhat sharp voice echoed here and there around the lakeshore.

“…”
…What was reflected in that blue water was none other than a beautiful girl. Pure white hair without a single blemish, clear eyes that seemed to contain the sea, and small, plump lips.

It was certainly a very beautiful appearance that others might mistake for an idol or celebrity if they saw it.

…But there were two problems with this,
The first was that this beautiful woman reflected in the lake was not a stranger, but someone familiar.

“Why is she…”
From the appearance to the white witch’s hat on her head and the high-grade equipment with various accessories attached.
No matter how many times I looked, this figure reflected in the lake was ‘Arianna’, my playable character from ‘Deal and Attack’.

“…”
It was unbelievable enough that a computer character had become real, but there was an even more shocking fact:

“Why am I, as Arianna…”
…The fact that I had transformed into her.

When I moved my right hand, Arianna reflected in the lake moved her right hand the same way, and when I nodded, she nodded the same way.

Even when I touched my face and body, I felt smooth and soft fair skin, not the uncomfortable body covered in flabby flesh.

“Ha.”
A wry laugh escaped me without realizing it.

I had certainly been waiting for the shutdown time of ‘Deal and Attack’, the MMORPG I had played for over 10 years, and suddenly lost consciousness after seeing a red light coming from the monitor.

And I woke up in Arianna’s body on this vast, unknown lakeshore.

“This is ridiculous.”
As a situation that seemed like it could only be seen in novels occurred, a sigh automatically escaped.

“…”
All senses were vivid, so it wasn’t a dream or a lie. Judging by the cool breeze blowing, it wasn’t some elaborate VR hidden camera prank either.

Moreover…,

-Screeech!

“…”
Seeing something like a pterosaur gliding through the sky in the distance, this lakeshore where I was now wasn’t even Earth itself.

“This is maddening.”
As various pieces of information that weren’t organized, no, couldn’t be organized, hit me all at once, I could feel my head slowly starting to throb.

Waiting for a game shutdown and then waking up in a remote place in the body of the character I had been playing – who would believe it, who could understand it all at once?

“Hah…”
…I let out a sigh and adjusted my posture.

There were so many questions, causes, and reasons I was curious about, but I couldn’t just sit here lamenting my situation.

“Arianna…”
I stood up abruptly and began to examine every part of Arianna’s body, which had now become my body.

The snow-white soft skin, the well-balanced attractive figure, the protruding breasts and flat crotch vividly conveyed the fact that I had really become Arianna.

“…”
If possible, I’d like to take off all my clothes and examine more carefully, but no matter what, I couldn’t do that outdoors. What I could see now was enough to make me face the fact that I had really changed into her.

…After roughly examining my body like that, I plopped down on the lakeshore again and fell into thought.

“Hmm…”
If I had become Arianna, could I also use her abilities and skills? If I could use them, how should I activate the skills?

“Skills…”
I continued pondering with a goofy smile.
As the thought occurred that I might actually be able to use Arianna’s skills, the witch’s magic, now that I had directly become her, the serious emotions from just a moment ago disappeared, and excitement began to well up.

“Originally it was Z and W…”
In the original ‘Deal and Attack’, you would set up 4 main skills and activate them by directly inputting commands on the keyboard. But now that I had directly become Arianna, I had no idea how to manifest them.

…Should I recite the incantations Arianna chanted in the game? Or just repeat them in my head?

“S-Status!”
…Believing is seeing, I blurted out the first word that came to mind.

“…!”
Then, not long after, a blue hologram screen appeared in front of me. It had brief information about Arianna, that is, about me.

LV. 798

Job: Witch

Title: Fire Witch

“Oh…”
I stuck out my tongue at the technology that surpassed imagination, truly like something out of science fiction. I wonder if this is what virtual reality games will feel like in the distant future.

“…”
Since I had already opened the status screen, I started to look at more detailed information about myself by turning to the next page.

“Job is Witch, elemental group is Fire attribute…”
In ‘Deal and Attack’, you could choose your main job when you reached level 50 and your apprentice status was lifted. Among them, I had chosen the Witch job, which best matched Arianna’s customization.

In fact, it was quite highly rated as the epitome of hexagonal jobs at the time.

“Next, current location.”
As I slowly scrolled down the hologram, the next thing specified was my current location.
It didn’t show a detailed map, just roughly indicated the place name, but for me who had been transported to this unfamiliar place where pterosaurs were flying around, even that much information was gratifying.

“My current location is… the Forest of Gragu?”
…Seeing the information that I was currently located in a place called ‘Forest of Gragu’, I frowned deeply.
The Forest of Gragu was certainly one of the early-game areas in ‘Deal and Attack’. It was a map that newbies often frequented to gather herbs or hunt slimes.

I couldn’t remember what the forest looked like since my newbie days were 12 years ago.

“Forest of Gragu…”
Anyway, the fact that this place was the Forest of Gragu meant that this world I was in now was the world of ‘Deal and Attack’. I had fallen into a somewhat familiar place rather than a completely alien planet, so it could be considered fortunate in misfortune.

“Alright.”
Having extracted quite useful information, I nodded and continued to examine the status screen.

“457,000 experience points until the next level…”
This time I confirmed information that wasn’t very welcome.
To reach my next level, that is, level 799, I needed to gain 457,000 more experience points.
To reach the max level of 800, I would need to gain nearly 1 million more experience points.

The unimaginable number made me feel almost nauseous.

“Skill list…”
The last part of the status screen was a list of skills I could currently use. In ‘Deal and Attack’, a ultimate-type skill was unlocked every 100 levels, and sure enough, the skill that could only be unlocked at level 800 had a lock icon on it, preventing me from seeing what it was.

“Hmm…”
Staring intently at that unknown skill, I fell into deep thought for who knows how many times.

“…”
…For reasons and causes unknown, I am currently in Arianna’s body in the world of Deal and Attack. Skills are usable, and looking at the inventory, all the legendary equipment I originally had was present without exception.

If so, even if it takes a bit more time, wouldn’t I be able to reach level 800, the max level, and confirm with my own eyes the last skill of the ‘Witch’, Deal and Attack’s final legacy that no one else has seen?

…Maybe this situation is an ‘opportunity’ for that.

“Alright.”
Having roughly made some decision, I got up, dusting off my bottom. Others might have tried to return to reality, but I had something to do before that.

First, reach max level and confirm with my own eyes what exactly that vaunted sealed skill is. That would be my final act of respect for ‘Deal and Attack’ and this ‘Arianna’ that I had been with for 12 years.

“Where should I go…”
But the 1 million experience points needed to reach level 800 was no small matter. It might be barely enough if I defeated all the strongest beings in this world’s lore.

Moreover, unlike in reality where I could just tap the keyboard a few times, now I had to fight directly with this body, so I didn’t know what variables there might be.

It could take quite a long time.

“Should I go to town first…”
I muttered, scratching my chin.
Attached to the Forest of Gragu was a large city called the ‘Village of Beginnings’, a mecca for newbies.
If I went there, I might be able to confirm more detailed information and the differences between the game ‘Deal and Attack’ and the real ‘Deal and Attack’, in other words, the ‘variables’ that might be lurking everywhere.

“…”
I tightly gripped the ‘Salamander’s Staff’, my pride and a limited hidden item for the Witch job that I had barely obtained after spending over 2.5 million won, and finally took my first step.

-Grrrr.
“Huh?”
…And simultaneously, the sound of something coming from far away. When I turned my head, I saw a beast in the form of a wolf glaring at me murderously from about 30m away.

And floating above such a beast was a red hologram. It briefly described what the beast was and how strong it was.

LV. 15

“Oh…”
Its identity was none other than a Forest Wolf.
It seems it had come to this lakeshore to drink water and encountered me.

-Grrrrrr

“…”
The monster, baring its terrifying teeth and slowly approaching me. It was the subject of fear for newbies who were out gathering herbs for basic quests, armed with nothing but a wooden sword, called the newbies’ boss monster.

…But that only applied to ‘newbies’.

“Fireball.”
I raised my staff with an indifferent expression and muttered the skill name, and a fireball created at the tip of the staff flew at a terrifying speed and burned the wolf.

The Forest Wolf, which turned to ash immediately without even a chance to scream. Moreover, the surrounding grass and trees were burned to a very serious degree.

Even though I used the weakest skill, it was this much, so it seemed I needed to control my power a bit more. Since this wasn’t a game, I should be able to control the strength of skills according to my will.
“Hmm…”
Then I carefully opened the status screen again. That was still a named monster, so shouldn’t it have given at least some meaningful experience?
“…”
It seemed there was still a long way to go.