[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-19":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Black Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462612,1913,"Chapter 19: Worsening Condition","black-online-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>The 2nd floor, Winter Village, Lurian’s Merchant Wonders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a monocle over one eye, Lurian, the owner of this small merchant store, looked at the varying items on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was calculating their worth quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon looked at the items on the shelf while waiting for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the items he acquired from killing Junior, Alexis, and Rich. They had some really good stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I am willing to give you 555 square coins for these items.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lurian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...So, the real worth of these items is probably around 800 or 900, but I am fine with the amount I am getting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I honestly just want to log off, go eat, and do my needs in the bathroom, and sleep all day.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon nodded, accepted the offer, and received the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+555 Square Coins]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Coins: 1181]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Wow, I have already earned over ten dollars! That maybe can get me a nice steak dinner... not really.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon lampooned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sure was hard to make proper wealth in the tower, but it wasn’t surprising, as he was only on the 2nd floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t going to convert these coins to real-life money and instead was going to use them to purchase more items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Appreciate it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, and then also found that the merchant store was selling Tower Key, so he spent another 200 square coins for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon left the merchant store and started making his way to the weapon and armory store. There was one in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving at the store, there wasn’t much to look for, as he could only afford the cheapest piece of armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Leather Armor: 500 Square Coins]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He purchased it and equipped it under his winter clothing. It included leather padding to protect his torso, simple shoulder pads, bracers, a leather jerkin, and gloves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon then left the store and took a visit to the 2nd floor’s potion master, from whom he purchased five health potions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One health potion cost 50 square coins, so he spent about 250 over there, and just like that, his wealth had been reduced quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Coins: 231]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Fang Raon stepped out of the potion master’s store and entered the chilly air, he stretched his arms above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had done everything that he wanted to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I don’t think I will stay on the 2nd floor any longer. I think my equipment is strong enough to attempt the 2nd-floor boss already, but I need a party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I need to somehow find people willing to do the raid with me, and it also has to be people that won’t betray me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I think players might be quite paranoid of getting betrayed, so it might be difficult to enter a party that is solely made out of real-life friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Well, I will think about that tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’For now, I am off.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon opened the interface and pressed the log out button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness. That’s all the thing he could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made him feel angry as he started to hate the real world more and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going from the virtual game world, where he could see all those beautiful things, to seeing nothing was extremely frustrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon let out a deep sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he tried moving his arm to press the button, but for some reason, his arm wasn’t moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Did it go numb because I played for so long? Ugh, so annoying. I am so fucking hungry, and I am really about to piss my pants!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth and tried moving his other arm as well, but nothing. It didn’t react to any of his commands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Fang Raon’s heart started beating faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried moving his legs. Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon shouted angrily, and he breathed heavily with panic starting to set in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried for ten more minutes until he realized that his body was simply in a completely paralyzed state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It can’t be.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought fearfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Call a doctor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone worked with voice activation, as it was fail-safe in case he one day woke up and couldn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least with voice activation he could still call for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone reached the doctor, and Fang Raon immediately told him what happened, and the doctor only said that he was on the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The call ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blind and unable to move, Fang Raon felt less like a human and more like a helpless animal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor checked Fang Raon’s heart pressure and kept frowning silently as he read the results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t alone, as he came with a couple other doctors and nurses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were equally confused about what had happened, as this felt way too sudden and unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...How is it, doctor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t see their expressions, but from the way they were quiet, he could tell that he most likely wasn’t getting any good news today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know how it happened, but your body deteriorated at frightening speed. You should’ve only reached this stage in your illness in two, maybe three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know what happened, but in just one day since you came to visit my office, your body’s immunity system completely shut down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor said with a serious look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...So this is it? I will be bedridden for the rest of my life like a useless vegetable?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was keeping his overwhelming anger inside him chained and tried to act calm, but his frustration knew no bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish it would only be this, but I don’t think this will be the end. In a couple of years, your brain might also lose against the illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will lose your self-being, essentially becoming brain dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor gave him the bad news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you ever give good news, doctor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was unusually calm—dangerously calm—as if he hadn’t just heard the worst news of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a couple of years, he would be as good as dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I wish I had good news one day for you. Anyway, you cannot live by yourself anymore, so you will be assigned to a caretaker facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There we can study your condition more thoroughly and find a cure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Doctor, be honest. You call my condition Optineurodegenerative Syndrome, but none of you actually know what’s wrong with me, correct?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have had this illness for a decade now, and you still haven’t figured out what’s wrong with me, so you are saying you can find out what this is and even create a cure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In two years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be honest with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Helping you is questionable. However, what we learn from you will also help the next patients of this similar illness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That means I am a lost case...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he remembered the contents of the strange letter from his admirer, and a small spark of hope ignited inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Black Online is your cure...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to have any useless hope, but he couldn’t help himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I will not die like this!’\u003C\u002Fp>",1207,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.437Z",1,"novelbin.me","ced24a531f8e450d8e809623c94e8a766cf9de2d308f1311c5c9f4654ad717dc","black-online-chapter-20","black-online-chapter-18",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]