𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟖
Jeokseong’s request was unexpectedly simple. He wanted to form an alliance with my guild. When I asked why, he said it was to persuade the remaining members who refused to log in.
Frankly, instead of telling them to log in with confidence because Rudin was helping alone, it might be easier to persuade them to log in on time because they had formed an alliance with the Emperor Guild.
In the end, I agreed and contacted Aizen, told him about Jeokseong’s story, and requested an alliance. Aizen, since it wasn’t a difficult task, immediately agreed to the alliance.
Thanks to this, I heard another thank you from Jeokseong, but I was preoccupied with the Demon King Agreenes, so I replied briefly and ended the conversation.
Honestly, the Yonggammusang Guild was not a problem.
No matter how strong they were, would they be stronger than the Demon King? I could definitely say no. In addition, the fact that I, who had caught four raid bosses, had run away from a single Demon King, continued to bother me.
Click-
‘But really, there’s nothing to do.’
I had roughly decided to log in at 2:40 PM, and after checking the time, which had just passed 2:00 PM, I let out a small sigh.
‘Even if I go to the homepage, it’s all about the subjugation.’
Click-
[The Karzen Kingdom’s subjugation quest has finally appeared.]
[Demon King Agreenes. What kind of monster is it?]
[More than 10,000 players are gathering to participate in the subjugation quest.]
[Demons appearing in the Karzen Kingdom. Is the cause the subjugation request?]
Articles listed on the main page of the homepage.
Even after a quick glance, there were only articles related to the subjugation request. I clicked, hoping that there might be other articles, but it was a waste of effort. And since I had already read all the listed articles to kill time, I wasn’t curious about their content.
[The skills of Demon King Agreenes that have been identified so far.]
‘Huh? I don’t think I’ve seen this article before?’
More importantly, if it was about skills, it meant someone had actually fought him. I thought it was quite fast that they had even fought the Demon King when his location was unknown, so I clicked on the article.
[Content: The Hwarang Guild of the Karzen Kingdom received a report that the Demon King had been spotted near the entrance of the Beadi Mountain Range and were the first to participate in the raid. It was a large-scale raid with over 1,000 members, but the result was a defeat. When about half of the members died in an instant, the Hwarang Guild Master eventually decided to retreat. The skills the Demon King used at that time were……]
‘Half means about 500 people died?’
Based on the Demon King’s abilities I had experienced, it wasn’t particularly strange. Besides, even the Kraken was attacked by over 10,000 people, so I couldn’t understand what confidence these guys had to attack with only 1,000.
Anyway, after reading the article about the Hwarang Guild’s failure, I also looked at the skills of Demon King Agreenes listed below.
[First, he summons something like tentacles from the ground. According to those who have fought the tentacles, the attack power is 7,500. Defense is 1,000. The health is unknown, but it is estimated to be around 10,000. The problem is that he continuously summons these terrifying tentacles. From what I saw, it seemed like he summoned about 100.]
“100……”
There was no way to strategize against this. If he summons 100 tentacles, each with an attack power greater than most bosses, wouldn’t others think the same as me?
[Also, if you are hit by a penetrating attack from these tentacles, all your skills are sealed and your movement becomes extremely slow. I heard that agility is reduced by 90%. The penetration rate is just an estimate, but it seems to be around 100~120p.]
‘Agility decrease too.’
I had expected the skill seal, but the agility decrease was unexpected. As expected, the information gathered by someone who had experienced it firsthand was different. Anyway, after scanning the information about the tentacles used by the Demon King, I turned my attention to the other skills listed below.
[The next skill he uses is ‘Song that Leads to Despair’. Within the range of the song, health decreases by 100 per second, and there is also a slight stat decrease effect. And since agility is included among the decreasing stats, if you hear the song and get hit by a penetrating attack from the tentacles, you’ll be almost unable to move. The song seemed to last for at least 3 minutes.]
“……”
3 minutes is 180 seconds. That means a total of 18,000 damage. It was a skill that could kill most players with just the song alone.
[Lastly, when the number of dead players reaches a certain point, he uses their corpses to summon demons. It seems similar to a Necromancer’s corpse summoning, as the corpses of players used for summoning in this way cannot be resurrected. It seems like he summons a low-ranking demon with about 10 player corpses, and a mid-ranking demon with about 50.]
Finally, demon summoning.
Low-ranking demons were nothing special, but apart from that, I was disappointed that they had only identified three skills. Only three skills were identified after 1,000 people went in? The three listed skills were extraordinary, but it was unlikely that the Demon King, designated for the subjugation request, would only use three skills.
‘The battle time is surprisingly short.’
And the Hwarang Guild’s battle time was only 15 minutes. It was written at the end that they lost half their members and retreated in that time. Considering the rapidly increasing strength of players, it could be interpreted that the Demon King who appeared yesterday was stronger than the Kraken.
‘Anyway, now that his location has been revealed, many people will challenge him, right?’
By the way, what kind of items would drop from a raid boss stronger than the Kraken?
I already knew that Unique items drop when you kill a raid boss above a certain level. In addition, since the Demon King was stronger than any other raid boss, it was highly likely that he would drop Unique items as well.
No, maybe he would even drop Legend equipment?
‘Legend equipment……’
The Unique equipment I had obtained so far had never disappointed me. Except for the 100 Pockets. The 100 Pockets weren’t bad, but their performance was a bit lacking compared to other Unique items.
Of course, it was a performance worthy of a Unique item since you could get potions and materials for free.
Anyway, after spending some time reading a few people’s posts on the bulletin board, I checked the time, which was 2:38 PM, and immediately attempted to connect to Twilight.
[May you find what you desire on the streets illuminated by Twilight……]
The place I was transported to after connecting was the hideout of the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild. Yesterday, after forming an alliance with the Emperor Guild, Jeokseong conveyed his gratitude and suggested we move together from his hideout, to which I agreed and logged out here.
And as soon as I logged in, I could see a total of 8 players, including Jeokseong, the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild Master.
“Ah, Rudin-nim. You’ve arrived.”
“Yes.”
By the way, why is the atmosphere like this?
Even in the cramped space that felt suffocating, everyone seemed unfazed and quietly bowed their heads in greeting. I also greeted them in the same way, but it felt more like a formality than a sincere greeting asking for their cooperation.
However, some of them looked at me with surprised eyes, as if they hadn’t expected me to actually log in.
“Haha, everyone is nervous before the battle.”
“It’s fine. Let’s go.”
“Yes, we’ll do our best.”
Since the discussion was over yesterday and I logged in on time, I judged that there were no further issues and led the 8 members of the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild, including Jeokseong, out of the mansion.
Step-
“……?”
But where did the Yonggammusang Guild members go?
As soon as I stepped out of the mansion, I thought we would have a fight, but unexpectedly, no one appeared.
“There are no Yonggammusang Guild members.”
“……As I expected, the information might have already leaked.”
When I said that while looking around the empty surroundings, Jeokseong’s voice sounded a bit serious.
‘The information leaked?’
But somehow, I thought it was possible. They would have posted on the internet cafe to inform their guild members, and it wouldn’t be strange if someone changed their mind and informed the Yonggammusang Guild.
And as Jeokseong said, if the information had leaked, the Yonggammusang Guild members were likely to have made some preparations at the starting point.
‘Well, it won’t matter.’
No matter what preparations the Yonggammusang Guild made, I didn’t think it would be that difficult.
“But we can’t just not go.”
“That’s…… Yes, you’re right.”
“When there are no other options, not worrying about it is the answer.”
After that reply, I immediately headed towards the starting point and contacted Aizen to request a hostile declaration.
[Hostile relationship request completed.]
[From now on, the ‘Emperor’ Guild and the ‘Yonggammusang’ Guild are hostile.]
At the same time, when I arrived at the starting point, I could see quite a few Yonggammusang Guild members, as if the information had leaked as Jeokseong said.
At least 500 or more?
Since I had declared a hostile relationship on the way, I could recognize them at a glance because of the hostile mark above their heads. But there were more than I expected.
‘How did they gather so many people?’
Murmur~ Murmur~
“What? Why did the Emperor Guild declare hostility?!”
“At this rate, will the Emperor Guild come over too?”
“Oh?! That’s Jeokseong over there!”
“Seems like it? The Bulgeun Taeyang Guild Master.”
“I wondered why so many people were gathered at the starting point.”
“Are they going to fight again?”
‘At this rate, 10 minutes won’t be enough.’
The Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members will log in in 10 minutes. Thinking about that, I felt that time was short, so I ignored the surrounding chatter and spoke to Jeokseong.
“I’ll go first.”
“Be careful.”
What’s there to be careful about?
In fact, it was a fight with many restrictions for me. If I killed a normal player mixed in the starting point, I might experience something similar to yesterday.
However, it was better to fight than to just waste time. I made that decision and ran forward with all my might.
Thud!-
“He’s coming, it’s Rudin of the Emperor Guild!”
“How dare you declare hostility to our guild!”
“I’ll kill you!”
“Jayer’s Guardian Shield!”
[S-rank skill, Jayer’s Guardian Shield activated.]
Fwoosh!-
Perhaps the guy who died to me yesterday described my appearance, because my identity was revealed as soon as I started running. But I didn’t care about that and first used the Guardian Shield to prepare for magic attacks, and then swung the Roar of the Thunder Dragon towards the closest guy.
Crackle!-
[Hit damage! 5,450.]
‘The damage is refreshing.’
“Whoa, whoa, it’s a fight!”
“Run away!”
There was no frustration like when I fought the demons yesterday. Most of the Yonggammusang Guild members had lower agility than me, so I could easily attack them, and intoxicated by that, I relentlessly killed the Yonggammusang Guild members while enduring all the attacks pouring in from all directions.
Crackle!-
[A player from the hostile force has been……]
‘Are there no normal players left?’
Boom!- Crash!!-
[Overwhelming defense! Damage……]
[Damage taken……]
The clash between me and the Yonggammusang Guild. In the midst of that clash, the normal players immediately fled the starting point, perhaps because they didn’t want to get caught up in it and die. Thanks to that, only hostile players remained around, but the problem was their number.
‘There are so damn many.’
If I kept catching them like this, I wouldn’t be able to catch everyone in 10 minutes. However, since I could catch the Yonggammusang Guild members just by swinging the Roar of the Thunder Dragon, I decided to push through with the number of phantoms.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Pop!-
As soon as I made the decision, I used Phantom Shift as much as my stamina allowed, and as soon as I created a total of 10 phantoms, the situation started to change.
Boom!- Bang!-
[A player from the hostile force has been……]
“What? Why are there so many Rudins?!”
“It’s a phantom! Use phantom dispel magic!”
“Illusion Removal!”
‘Hmm?’
While I was replenishing my depleted stamina, a light flashed from the phantoms that were almost massacring them, along with the shout of Illusion Removal.
‘Was there a skill to remove phantoms?’
I decided to watch without stopping my attacks, and after the light flashed about three times, I could see my phantom disappear.
“Damn it, why aren’t these phantoms disappearing?!”
“Their health is over 7,000!”
“The rest of you, protect these guys! Get rid of the phantoms first!”
‘……I need to kill those guys first.’
Although it hadn’t been long, the number of players I had killed exceeded 100. As a result, items were even dropping on the ground. Although I felt bad about the items, I felt that I needed to catch those players who were eliminating the phantoms first in order to defeat them even faster.
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