𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟔𝟗
[The Unbelievable Defeat of the Emperor Guild.]
[Is it the effect of a legendary item?]
[The strongest guild in Twilight, brought down by a single person.]
[What will happen to the Emperor Guild now?]
“Sigh.”
If only I hadn’t logged in at that time.
It’s not that I regret dying.
Well, to be honest, I did regret it, but the problem was that a few minutes after I died, Aizen, along with the Emperor Guild’s executives and roughly 1,000 guild members, joined the fight.
Moreover, it was even more regrettable because a fierce battle unfolded, lasting for almost 3 hours without rest.
‘If I had logged in when that battle took place……’
We would have definitely won.
However, I had been overconfident in my abilities and logged in hastily, only to be defeated in a fight against a player alone. The thought that this led to the Emperor Guild’s defeat filled me with regret.
‘What’s going to happen now?’
For now, the Emperor Guild is as good as half-destroyed.
That player who occupied the Guild Castle is killing every guild member who logs in, so no one dares to log in anymore.
And since I also died, our fighting power has weakened compared to before.
‘Well, the items matter more than the level.’
What if a legendary item dropped?
If it did, that guy would definitely have it.
It’s a cheat-like item that increases all stats by 300 just by equipping it, so there’s no way he wouldn’t have equipped it. And if he’s wearing that item as well, I thought that it might be impossible to win anymore.
Click━
[What will happen to the Emperor Guild now?]
[Content: Many of you may already know, but two days ago, the Emperor Guild and the Messenger of Revenge Guild clashed.
Surprisingly, the result was the Emperor Guild’s defeat.
It was evident that the Messenger of Revenge Guild had made thorough preparations.
Firstly, they targeted the time when the key members of the Emperor Guild were participating in a raid, and secondly, they used bomb items that seemed to cost at least 100 gold each.
Thanks to this, they achieved the feat of capturing Rudin, who was once called the strongest in Twilight, and then barely managed to defeat Aizen who joined the fight later.
Perhaps if Aizen and Rudin had joined forces, the outcome might have been different, but for now, the victory belongs to the Messenger of Revenge Guild.
However, the reason why the Messenger of Revenge Guild attacked the Emperor Guild is still unknown.
And even if they occupied the Guild Castle, it’s not like they can just take it away, so there’s a possibility that they might return it to Aizen after receiving some compensation.
After all, they’ve already brought down the Emperor Guild, which was considered the best guild.]
‘I don’t think they’ll return it.’
Somehow, I had a feeling they wouldn’t.
Did they attack the Emperor Guild just to show off their power?
Frankly speaking, one bomb item costs over 1 million won.
They detonated hundreds of them, so at least a few hundred million won must have gone up in smoke. To spend that much money just to attack, they must have a definite purpose.
“Phew.”
Anyway, as soon as I died and returned to reality, Illia told me something.
She said that the guy probably has at least three S-rank skills.
One was the Annihilation Zone, and the other was the Skeleton Dragon, so naturally, I thought he had two. I was surprised when Illia told me that the remaining one was a passive skill.
The reason was that the Skeleton Knight’s power was abnormally strong.
She said that he definitely has a skill or title related to it, so I decided to believe her.
Of course, regardless of that belief, there was no way to overcome the current situation.
♪~
“……?”
Just then, my phone rang. I checked and saw that it was Illia.
Well, Illia must be in a difficult situation too.
Since the Guild Castle is occupied, we can’t log in, and naturally, the experiment has been delayed.
After all, we need to be able to log in to see the results.
However, I didn’t feel too sorry because even if I hadn’t logged in, there was a high chance that the Guild Castle would have been occupied anyway.
━What are you doing?
“Just reading the 게시판 (forum) posts. What’s up?”
━I was wondering when you’ll retake the Guild Castle.
Retake? What retake?
“How can we retake it when we can’t even contact the guild members?”
━Huh? Don’t guilds usually have a cafe or something where they communicate?
“I didn’t join.”
━……You should. You don’t want to end it like this, do you, Rudin-nim?
As Illia said, I didn’t want to end it like this, but there was no clear solution.
Should I just log in and wipe them all out?
Except for that Skeleton Dragon Summoner, no one at the current player level could stop me.
And if my goal was to escape, even the Skeleton Dragon Summoner wouldn’t be able to catch me.
‘Thinking about it that way, it’s not like there’s no way at all.’
As long as dozens of skeletons weren’t placed at the respawn point, wouldn’t I be able to escape somehow even if I logged in?
If they did place them, I would just die again.
Still, I felt it was worth a try. I pondered over it for a moment, but since there was no way to log in right now, I decided to put it on hold.
“Well, Aizen won’t just sit still either, so it won’t take long. Don’t worry.”
Indeed, there’s no way Aizen would just stay put.
He invested so much money in developing that territory.
Moreover, the Emperor Guild was the only guild with a territory, so I believed that giving up didn’t make sense, and that Aizen would make a move soon.
━True, the Emperor Guild wouldn’t just take it lying down. Okay. Then come here as soon as you can log in.
“Has the login issue been resolved already?”
━Not completely, but…… it’s better than before.
It seemed like she had been researching this and that while I couldn’t log in.
“Yes, I’ll go right away when I can log in.”
━I think if you log in at the same time as the guild members, you might be able to escape safely, Rudin-nim.
With those words, Illia ended the call after saying goodbye. I thought about Illia’s words for a moment.
Simply put, she was saying to sacrifice the guild members to escape from the Guild Castle.
‘Since I was at the Guild Castle last, I’ll naturally log in there.’
The brief moment when you log in.
If I could just hold out during that time, escaping would be a piece of cake, and if the guild members logged in simultaneously, the chances would be even higher.
‘Hmm.’
Should I try to find out where the Emperor Guild is communicating now?
Click- Click━
So I searched, but strangely enough, I couldn’t find anything like a guild cafe or homepage.
Was it never there in the first place?
Thinking that, I searched a bit more and confirmed once again that it didn’t exist. Then, I went back to the Twilight homepage.
‘Since there’s no way to contact them, I have to solve this on my own……’
Should I try it?
Or should I wait until some time has passed and an opportunity arises?
‘Huh?’
While I was lost in thought, I was browsing the forum posts when I came across a strange post and immediately clicked on it.
[Demands made by the Messenger of Revenge Guild.]
[Content: Finally, the Messenger of Revenge Guild, who attacked the Emperor Guild, has stated their demands.]
And below the post, there was an address. When I clicked on it, I saw a list of demands that seemed to have been written by the Master of the Messenger of Revenge Guild.
“……”
After reading through the listed demands, I couldn’t help but let out a dumbfounded laugh.
‘Are they crazy?’
The post was quite long, but to summarize it briefly, they demanded that I hand over all my equipment and items and then delete my character.
In return, they said they would return the Guild Castle. The fact that they specifically targeted me suggested that this person had a grudge against me.
‘Who could have a grudge against me?’
I’ve lived a relatively harmonious life, so I couldn’t think of anyone.
Who could it be?
Anyway, looking at the reactions to the post, there were responses saying it was ridiculous and others saying it didn’t matter since Rudin rarely logs into Twilight anyway. Naturally, I had no intention of accepting their demands, not even a little bit.
I might as well just sell everything on the Real-Time Auction House.
‘Besides, the fact that they wrote such demands shows they have no intention of backing down.’
So their goal is to eliminate me permanently?
I needed to think about it more, but I had a feeling that it was a valid possibility.
‘Anyway, if this happened because of me……’
I unintentionally caused harm to the Emperor Guild.
I wanted to resolve this on my own, but it was already too late. It seemed like I had no choice but to join forces with Aizen and defeat that guy.
Click━
‘Sigh, if only there weren’t any side effects, this wouldn’t have happened.’
What if I had been able to consistently play Twilight for three months without the login side effects?
I don’t know for sure, but I wouldn’t have died so pathetically like that time.
No, to be more specific, even if I summoned a Death Knight instead of a Skeleton Knight, I think I would have won.
‘Damn Intuition.’
Of course, Intuition has benefited me a lot, but this time, it was nothing but annoying.
If only there weren’t those damn side effects.
Anyway, after closing the post with a mix of frustration, I let out a sigh and went back to the forum. Soon after, I came across another strange post.
[Messenger of Revenge is attacking Rudin’s acquaintances on broadcast LOL]
‘……What’s this about now?’
My acquaintances?
I didn’t have many acquaintances in Twilight.
So, with a hint of apprehension, I searched for the broadcast and entered. Perhaps to show it to as many people as possible, the entry ticket price was only 2,000 won.
━You b*stards, I’m going to report you!
━Oh~ Report? Go ahead if you can.
Anyway, after paying the 2,000 won and entering, I saw three women with mosaic-processed faces being beaten while bound by a restraining spell.
One of the patches implemented in Twilight allowed players to instantly apply a mosaic effect when they didn’t want to be seen. However, the mosaic wasn’t enough to completely hide the identities of the players being beaten in the video.
“……”
As I watched, I noticed that the attackers weren’t using any weapons.
Instead, their Strength seemed to be high, as the women’s heads and bodies were being twisted with each hit.
‘They’re trying to lure me into logging in.’
There’s no way they would intentionally broadcast this unless they wanted me to see it, so my guess was probably correct.
━Hey, hey, handle them carefully so they don’t die. Let Rudin see this too.
━I know. But will Rudin really log in after seeing this?
━If he’s a man, he will. His women are being attacked.
━By the way, she’s really pretty. Can I date a girl like this if I become as strong as Rudin?
━What nonsense. Absolutely not.
━Really? Ah, that makes me even more pissed off.
They were chatting leisurely while continuously beating the women.
However, looking at it objectively, there was nothing to worry about.
Since you don’t feel much pain in Twilight, their HP would eventually deplete, and they would be logged out.
‘It seems like escaping is already out of the question.’
In the brief glimpse of the screen’s edge, I saw a few more players.
They were already surrounded.
Escaping in that situation was impossible, and unless someone helped them from the outside, Yua and the others would have to endure the beating for a long time.
“……”
Suddenly, I wondered if this was the right thing to do.
If I logged in now, driven by anger, I would most likely be killed by the Skeleton Dragon Summoner.
It takes a few seconds to fully log into Twilight.
During that time, if they detonated the skeletons they had prepared, I would die without being able to do anything, so I knew that it was right to just watch, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
━Oh? She’s dead.
━What about Rudin?
━Judging by the lack of contact, he hasn’t logged in yet. Wow, he’s a cold-hearted b*stard.
━Cold-hearted? He might not have seen it yet.
━He would know if he just checked the Twilight forum…… Well, I guess he’s busy since his Guild Castle was taken.
━Kill the rest quickly.
After a while, Sina, who had the lowest HP, turned gray first, followed by Yua and Rine.
And although this was just my guess, it was highly likely that Yua and the others wouldn’t be able to log into Twilight anymore.
It seemed like they were targeted by the Messenger of Revenge Guild simply because they were acquainted with me.
‘Should I go see Yua?’
Since this happened because of me, I thought I should at least apologize. So, I got up from my seat and headed straight to Yua’s house.
Since it was just upstairs, I arrived quickly and rang the doorbell. Soon, I heard footsteps from inside, and the door opened.
“Ah, welcome.”
Seeing her greet me as if nothing had happened, I was relieved, but I happened to notice her hand trembling slightly. I managed to speak,
“Are you okay?”
“……Did you see it?”
Unable to bring myself to say that I had seen it, I just nodded. Yua gave me an awkward smile.
“Don’t worry. Ah, since you’re here, should we call Sina and go out?”
“I’m sorry. But I’ll make sure they pay the price.”
Now it was certain.
I didn’t know what grudge that guy had against me, but at least one of us had to disappear.
With those words, I immediately turned around to head to Illia’s house.
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