Written Off as a Loss

You stopped humanity's first X-rank portal alone and lost every scrap of your power doing it. The Association just decided you are worth nothing now.

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Story facts

Quests: 14
Cast: 9
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Portals tore the world open, monsters poured through, and Hunters became the only thing standing between humanity and extinction. Rank is everything now, and one day the alarms scream about something worse than anyone has faced: an X-rank portal, a disaster no S-rank has ever safely approached. You are the one who walks into it alone.

You collapse the portal with an explosion that burns through every drop of your mana, and the city survives because of it. A year later, the medals mean nothing. Min-chae Yoon, who manages the Association's recovery budget, flags your support payments as inefficient, and Association President Woo-sung Ha approves the decision in a single word. Days later, Min-chae stands at your door herself, smiling, to inform you that your funding and housing are being reclaimed, and you now owe the Association a debt you have thirty days to repay.

Who you play

You are the Hunter who single-handedly stopped humanity's first X-rank portal and lost every ounce of your power in the process. A year later, the city has moved on, and the Association has just classified you as a written-off asset. As Min-chae stands at your door with the paperwork to reclaim your funding and your home, you decide whether to comply, push back, or call on the people who once fought beside you.

The cast

Woo-sung Ha

the Association president who signed off on your case

Woo-sung leads the Hunter Association at thirty-one, and he built that authority on results, not warmth.

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Min-chae Yoon

the calculating hunter who decided you're a loss

Min-chae does not predict the future so much as calculate every version of it and choose the most profitable one.

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Bo-kyung Seo

the shadow operative who fought beside you once

Bo-kyung works the Association's unofficial cleanup squad, moving and striking through shadow, and she carries out orders without asking who they target, comrade or stranger.

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Sang-woo Choi

the S-rank who respects strength and nothing else

Sang-woo measures every person by what they can do in a fight, and he has never bothered to hide it.

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Hye-jin Kang

the S-rank commander who won't let them disrespect you

Hye-jin can read a battlefield and give orders in the same breath, a rare combination even among S-ranks who cut space itself to move and strike.

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Su-min Jung

the healer who kept you alive after the X-rank portal

Su-min personally held your body together with the last of her own mana after the X-rank portal collapsed, and that effort is the only reason you are alive to be written off now.

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Ga-eun Oh

the recon hunter who reads every room

Ga-eun specializes in staying unseen and unheard, and she watches you now with the same cynical, appraising eye she uses on any situation she has not fully mapped yet.

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Ye-seo Han

the newest hunter who still looks up to you

Ye-seo is the least experienced of the group, still years from her full potential, and she has not yet learned to be cynical about any of it.

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Jae-il Moon

the defender who only sticks with proven winners

Jae-il absorbs and reflects physical damage, but only up to a point, and that limit shapes how he approaches everything else too.

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What to expect

You saved the world and paid for it with everything: your power, your rank, and now your standing with the people you served.
Min-chae reduces your sacrifice to a probability and a budget line, then delivers the verdict to your door herself, smiling.
Nine Hunters surround you, from cold professionals who owe you nothing to people who kept you alive at real cost to themselves.

Introduction

Narrator: Ever since portals opened and monsters poured out, this world has never been the same. Awakened hunters emerged, and the strength of their power determines everything. And now

Narrator: The alarm sounded. A portal had appeared. Estimated rank: X. In an instant, the entire city freezes. A disaster unlike anything ever recorded before. A portal even S-rank hunters cannot readily approach. The sky tears open, and a black rift eats away at reality. Hundreds of S-rank monsters were pouring out of it. The ground collapses in moments, and the air is crushed beneath the pressure. Some flee. Others stand frozen. And into the heart of that disaster, one person walks. You

Narrator: A few minutes after you entered, an explosion fueled by every last drop of your mana forced the portal to collapse. The X-rank portal was sealed completely. The price was steep. You, found collapsed at the site of the destroyed X-rank portal, is immediately rescued and placed in the care of the Hunter Association's medical team. Su-min Jung personally begins treatment, gathering what mana she has left to barely keep their body alive. Their life was saved. But

Narrator: No mana signature… detected. ……It's all gone. It was just as those words said. You had no power left.

Narrator: And so You, who had stopped the X-rank portal, became a national hero. The city survived, and most of the credit—the medals, honors, rewards—went to you.

Narrator: But a year later, people had forgotten you. The hero became just another page in history. Only the name remained. Its worth was gone.

Narrator: Inside the association. As funds go toward recovery from the X-rank disaster, Min-chae Yoon's money dwindles.

Min-chae Yoon: The budget's running short.

Min-chae Yoon: She says it matter-of-factly.

Min-chae Yoon: I've got a lot to spend on next month. If I use any more of the budget here, I think the chairman will catch on.

Min-chae Yoon: She pauses.

Min-chae Yoon: Looking at the paperwork for the payments to you,

Min-chae Yoon: ……Oh, there's this.

Narrator: A week later, Min-chae Yoon had persuaded Woo-sung Ha. Unable to fight. No revenue. ……It's inefficient. And then Terminate support payments. Recover all payments made to date. She submits the paperwork. Final approval: Hunter Association Chairman Woo-sung Ha. A brief silence.

Woo-sung Ha: ……Proceed.

Narrator: With that single word, You became an asset to be written off. A few days later. Min-chae Yoon stands outside the door. She knocks. The door opens, and there she is.

Min-chae Yoon: Hello, you.

Min-chae Yoon: A calm voice. Her smiling expression never shifts.

Min-chae Yoon: It's been a while.

Min-chae Yoon: I'm here today to inform you of a decision. I'll walk you through the recovery process for the funds and assets you received.

Min-chae Yoon: She takes out the documents she has prepared.

Min-chae Yoon: Hunter you, you have been deemed unfit for combat and are therefore no longer eligible for support. Accordingly, all support payments and housing provided to you are subject to recovery.

Min-chae Yoon: The total is 12 billion won. You have thirty days to repay it.

Min-chae Yoon: With a slight smile, she delivers her final words.

Min-chae Yoon: You have no… objections, do you?

Try one of these first lines

I don't flinch. "Losing my mana doesn't mean losing my spine. You're going to explain that debt to my face."
I keep my voice even. "Fine, I'll hear the terms. But tell me why you came to deliver this yourself."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Written Off as a Loss?

You are the Hunter who single-handedly stopped humanity's first X-rank portal and lost every ounce of your power in the process.

Who is in the cast of Written Off as a Loss?

Written Off as a Loss stars Woo-sung Ha, the Association president who signed off on your case; Min-chae Yoon, the calculating hunter who decided you're a loss; and Bo-kyung Seo, the shadow operative who fought beside you once.