𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝟎
“Thunder Strike!”
Kwaaaang!!-
[Skill Damage! 11,943.]
[Skill Damage……]
[Hostile player……]
One Thunder Strike blew away three enemies. The damage, amplified by the Guardian Shield, turned them gray in a single hit, and that included Heuksin, the Yonggammusang Guild Master.
‘That ended more easily than I thought.’
After easily eliminating Heuksin, who had been arrogant after learning an S-rank skill, I cleaned up the remaining enemies nearby and slowly looked around.
‘……Still a lot left.’
Moreover, all the phantoms had disappeared. Thanks to that, it seemed like the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members were also wiped out. However, one surprising thing was that no one was attacking me despite that.
No one dares to attack me even though I’m the only enemy left?
But whether they attacked me or not, the image of the annihilated Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members filled my mind.
‘Huu, that idiot Jeokseong.’
If he hadn’t recklessly attacked, his guild members wouldn’t have been wiped out.
Anyway, it was a good thing that no one was attacking me. In short, it meant they had lost their will to fight. Having also killed my target, Heuksin, I thought there was no need to rush and started examining the items dropped on the ground.
At a glance, there were dozens of items scattered around me.
Items dropped as proof of killing hundreds of people. Among them, Heuksin’s items must have dropped as well. So, I opened the item window, discarded the items that looked low-grade at a glance, and picked up only the relatively expensive-looking ones.
“Wow, he’s even throwing away items.”
“I’m envious.”
‘……Envious, my foot.’
The moment I left this place, they would surely rush in like a pack of dogs and pick up the items. Anyway, after finishing organizing the items, I approached the Yonggammusang guys standing at the starting point, and they started whispering amongst themselves with nervous expressions.
“Hey, what do we do now?”
“If we all rush in at once…… it won’t work, right?”
“What nonsense are you talking about when more than half of us are dead!”
“And the Guild Master is dead too.”
“……”
Listening to their conversation, it seemed like I could end this without fighting?
It wouldn’t matter if I fought, but it wouldn’t be strange if the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members logged back in soon, so I wanted to wrap this up as quickly as possible.
“If you run away now, I won’t attack.”
As expected, the Yonggammusang Guild members were greatly shaken by my words. At a glance, there seemed to be about 200 of them left. I had killed less than 100, so the remaining 200 or more must have been killed by the phantoms. In any case, they seemed to be seriously contemplating my words.
“I-if we run away, can we live?”
“Do you think the Guild Master or the executives will let us off if we run away?”
“Then what? Should we just die here?”
Well, from their perspective, they seemed to be in a dilemma.
Even if they fought, they had no chance of winning, and even if they ran away, if someone reported them later, they wouldn’t be treated well within the guild. It might be a natural reaction considering their circumstances. It was a bit unfortunate if I thought about their situation, but I couldn’t let them off the hook.
Step-
I slowly moved my feet to help them make their decision. I was planning to kill them without hesitation if they actually came within my attack range, but one of them saw me slowly approaching and turned around to run away.
“Ah, I don’t care!”
“Hey! You! Wait for me!”
As one person started to run away, the rest of them started to flee as well.
The number of people dwindled rapidly.
The remaining guys hesitated about what to do, but soon realized they had no chance and ran away with all their might. Eventually, I was able to send away everyone at the starting point in that manner.
Pabat!-
At the same time, about 10 people logged in at once, and then players started logging in one after another like a string of beads.
They must be the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members, without a doubt.
As soon as they logged in, they looked around with bewildered expressions.
“Huh? Where’s the Yonggammusang Guild?”
“I don’t see the Guild Master either.”
‘So, did I keep my promise with Jeokseong?’
Although Jeokseong and his guild members were annihilated, I had achieved the results Jeokseong wanted, except for that part. I approached the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members who had logged in to explain the situation.
* * *
“Thank you, Rudin-nim.”
After waiting for about an hour, Jeokseong logged back in, and after confirming his guild members positioned at the starting point, he thanked me.
Of course, Yonggammusang Guild members tried to log in during the waiting time, but the number of Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members currently deployed here was 400.
Since they become momentarily vulnerable while logging in, focusing attacks at that moment could instantly kill most opponents. Therefore, nothing had happened so far, but no one knew what would happen if another guild allied with the Yonggammusang Guild appeared.
“And this is the box you mentioned, Rudin-nim.”
After expressing his gratitude, Jeokseong immediately sent me two Luxury Shop Boxes through a trade request.
Two Luxury Shop Boxes worth a whopping 500 gold each.
‘With this, I can get another unique item.’
What kind of item will I get?
Looking at my current equipment, there was nothing to touch except for accessories. So, I hoped for an accessory that would increase my magic power or provide healing.
The reason was to activate my area-of-effect skill, Roar of the Thunder Dragon. Because my magic power was so low, I hadn’t been able to use it properly lately.
Moreover, the attack power of Roar of the Thunder Dragon increased proportionally to my magic power stat, so increasing my magic power would naturally increase the damage as well.
“Excuse me, Rudin-nim. What are your plans after this?”
“Well, why do you ask?”
“Could you help us for about 3 days? Just until then.”
‘3 days……’
Isn’t that too long?
He was asking me to help them fight against the Yonggammusang Guild for 3 days, and looking at the situation, it seemed like I would have to fight like crazy alone. That’s how precarious the current state of the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild was.
The number of people logged in was only 400.
Compared to the Yonggammusang Guild, which had 3,000 members, it was a ridiculously small number, and considering their allied guilds, 400 people wouldn’t be enough.
‘I haven’t finished my business with that Heuksin guy yet, so it’s not like I can’t help……’
Then I suddenly remembered the existence of several guilds allied with the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild.
“What about your allied guilds?”
“I contacted them, but…… they said they couldn’t help.”
“So, we have to resolve this with these numbers. Is that it?”
“Yes.”
Trying to resolve this with 400 people would be hopeless. But even with me, casualties would be inevitable. As seen in the previous battle, 8 members of the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild were annihilated.
Wouldn’t a similar situation unfold if another fight broke out?
The only difference would be that the number of casualties would change from 8 to 400.
‘Even if I help, it’s not a situation I can resolve.’
“You seem troubled.”
At that moment, Jeokseong, who had been observing my expression, spoke with a regretful tone.
“Oh? It’s the Fighting Spirit Guild!”
“Everyone, get ready! The Fighting Spirit Guild is here!”
“……?”
Suddenly, at the mention of the Fighting Spirit Guild, I checked and saw numerous people with hostile marks above their heads approaching this location.
They seemed to be the Yonggammusang Guild’s allied guild.
Although I couldn’t know the exact number, they seemed to have at least 700-800 people, but surprisingly, they didn’t seem to have any intention of fighting. They stopped their approach and only about 10 people came closer.
“Was it Jeokseong? Anyway, it’s been a while. To think you’d rise again with the help of someone else.”
“What brings you here?”
“We received a request for mediation. They said to stop this harmful act, regardless of the reason.”
‘Did that Heuksin guy say that?’
I thought about what would happen if this battle continued. Wouldn’t they end up fighting against the Yonggammusang Guild’s allied guild? One thing was for sure, Heuksin wouldn’t log in while I was guarding the starting point.
He wouldn’t log back in after being knocked out with a single skill, let alone after a fierce fight with me. Therefore, the most likely scenario was that they would clash with the allied guild, and in that case, the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild would also suffer significant damage.
‘So, they requested mediation from the Fighting Spirit Guild in front of them?’
He was surprisingly quick to grasp the situation.
“Did you think I would accept?”
“Then what? Are you going to fight? Or did you think this number of people is manageable? It seems you didn’t consider that we can gather more than twice this number by evening.”
“……”
“This is a chance for you too. The one who requested mediation is Heuksin. If you accept, he said he would stay quiet for at least a month, so you can reorganize until then, can’t you?”
“He’s wary of Rudin-nim.”
At Jeokseong’s words, the other person chuckled and nodded.
“Whatever happened, he said he didn’t want to fight Rudin. I heard he lost over 300 people to him. Ah, you must be Rudin.”
While speaking, he shifted his gaze towards me, and I, meeting his eyes, nodded. He then scanned me with a curious expression, but I was no longer bothered by such gazes.
“Well, if you have the skills to kill hundreds of people alone, you could probably participate in raids too.”
“What nonsense are you talking about……”
“Anyway, he said the same to you. He’ll apologize, so let’s stop here.”
‘He really didn’t want to fight, huh?’
Apart from the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild, my presence alone was a disadvantage for the Yonggammusang Guild. However, it was a little disappointing to see him acting completely opposite to when he was confidently demanding compensation.
‘Hmm, what should I do?’
Honestly, I wanted to refuse, but it felt wrong to keep killing him after he expressed his intention to apologize.
“So, Jeokseong. I’m curious about your opinion.”
“I……”
“You’re not going to choose the path of killing all your guild members, are you?”
At those words, Jeokseong turned his head to look at his guild members, and I followed his gaze to look at the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members as well. I didn’t say anything in particular, but their eyes were filled with anxiety.
‘As expected, we’ve rested for too long.’
Leading guild members who already thought they were going to lose and trying to defeat the Fighting Spirit Guild in front of them would probably be impossible.
And Jeokseong, realizing this as well, bit his lower lip and said,
“One month is too short. 3 months. And if he returns the dungeon he stole, I’ll accept.”
‘Tsk.’
Jeokseong presented his conditions without hesitation. He was accepting the lifting of the hostile relationship. It might have been the best choice he could make, but……
‘To give up such an advantageous situation.’
To be precise, it wasn’t Jeokseong who was at an advantage, but me.
“That’s not difficult. He probably already obtained all the items he could get from that dungeon. What about you?”
The player, nodding his head, turned towards me and asked for my opinion.
“……Well, if he offers appropriate compensation, there’s no reason for me to stop.”
“The compensation is Heuksin’s problem…… Anyway, the result is good.”
The player, whose name I still didn’t know, muttered to himself and then spoke to the guild member next to him.
“Contact Heuksin with those conditions.”
“Yes.”
And the guild member logged out. After waiting for a few minutes, I saw the guild member logging back in. He seemed to have spoken with Heuksin in reality.
“He accepts.”
“As expected. Then tell him to log in.”
“Yes.”
With a short reply, the guild member logged out again. Watching him quietly, I felt a bit sorry for him. Anyway, the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild members, who had been listening to the conversation, slightly relaxed their tense expressions, and then I saw Heuksin, the Yonggammusang Guild Master, logging in.
“Tsk, lucky b*stard.”
Heuksin spat those words at Jeokseong as soon as he logged in. He didn’t seem happy with the current situation.
“Just lift the hostile relationship.”
“Ah, fine. But remember this. I made this decision because I’m not ready yet.”
‘Ready for what?’
What was the preparation he was talking about? Thinking about it, it seemed like he hadn’t yet acquired the skills or equipment to maximize the efficiency of his S-rank skill. But wasn’t the S-rank skill just an area-of-effect continuous damage skill?
‘……No, an S-rank skill can’t have such a trivial effect.’
Then, thinking about what other effects it might have, I was bothered by the fact that he summoned skeleton knights without any corpses at the beginning. Perhaps the S-rank skill Heuksin possessed was a skill that allowed him to summon skeleton knights without corpses?
Anyway, after talking with Jeokseong, Heuksin lifted the hostile relationship. On the other hand, I still had a hostile mark on him because although he lifted the hostile relationship with the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild, he hadn’t done so with the Emperor Guild.
And after lifting the hostile relationship with the Bulgeun Taeyang Guild, Heuksin looked at me.
“I’ll contact your Guild Master later to discuss the apology and compensation.”
‘Huh?’
What did he mean? Wasn’t he going to proceed right away? But thinking about it, he said he would negotiate with Aizen, so there shouldn’t be anything to worry about. Aizen wouldn’t just let it slide as if he were a good person.
“Tsk, to think things would turn out like this because of one guy.”
After a brief moment of contemplation, Heuksin seemed to have lost interest in me, as I didn’t give him any answer, and turned his head to leave somewhere. Although the hostile relationship between me and Heuksin was still in effect, I thought he wouldn’t attack me first, as he wasn’t a fool.
‘Well, if I don’t like it, I can just kill him again.’
One way or another, obtaining two Luxury Shop Boxes seemed to be the biggest gain today. It made me feel good for a while, but on the other hand, I could tell that Jeokseong’s expression next to me was not good at all.
Perhaps it was because of the three-month period.
‘Three months……’
Come to think of it, would it be more likely that he would reorganize and rise again during the remaining three months, or would it be more likely that his guild members would leave?
Such thoughts crossed my mind, but it seemed like it would depend on Jeokseong’s capabilities.
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