Role-Playing in the Ancient Past

In the eyes of adventurers, Painted Worlds fell into two broad categories.

One type simply threw people inside without a word and left them to explore. If they found a way out, they could leave. If not, they had to obediently remain inside, biding their time as human batteries for Sain Underground City.

The representative work of this type was Painted World: Anor Londo.

In the other type, adventurers would receive an identity related to that Painted World after entering it, experiencing the painting's content within that small world as a certain person.

The representative works of this type were Painted World: Wolf Knight and Painted World: Waste Stone, both Painted Worlds that had once exploded in popularity beyond their usual circles.

Overall, the second type was more common. To some extent, Painted Worlds seemed to serve Sain Underground City's storytelling more than anything else, allowing adventurers to learn about the legendary stories that had taken place on the land they lived upon.

If asked which type of Painted World he preferred, Hewei would definitely answer the second without hesitation.

After all, how could exploring on your own possibly be more fun than role-playing?

"The last time I entered a Painted World like this, I played the Elden Lord."

He was referring to the storyline in Painted World: Waste Stone, where he had played a Tarnished. That experience had indeed left a deep impression.

The Mimic Tear recently discovered in the Eternal City had made the topic of the Tarnished popular again, raising the profile of Painted World: Waste Stone along with it. It had already been popular before; now it was even more so.

However, information took time to spread. It was only when the church's reinforcements from the Arnor Kingdom arrived that Hewei learned about the new areas