Chapter 113
Chapter 113
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 113
Chapter Title: Guild Master Isn't Enough with Just the Game
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Stunned by the unimaginable request, I froze for a moment.
That's when Ophen, who seemed to be receiving a call on his tiny, barely visible earpiece communicator, suddenly shouted in shock.
“What?!”
The guild members who had been following him toward the base turned to him with puzzled looks.
I asked.
“What's going on?”
“…….”
Instead of answering, Ophen stood there with his breath held, his face frozen. Then, abruptly, he turned away from us and bolted off in another direction.
Had he used a speed spell? He vanished from sight in an instant.
Maya muttered softly.
“The direction of the smoke?”
Kaizen said.
“We received the same report. Lea-nim and some residents are heading to the military lab that just exploded.”
“!”
“Excuse me, but I as well—”
“We'll go together.”
Kaizen flinched and looked at me.
“If there's help needed, we'll provide it. Let's go.”
I quickly scanned the guild members as if checking their intentions, and they all nodded as if it were the most natural thing.
Kaizen had been concerned about the military lab explosion from the moment it happened.
Even though Ophen had callously dismissed it.
“……Understood.”
Kaizen replied in a heavy voice and immediately took the lead.
* * *
Tap. Tap tap.
Serebia manipulated the screen.
She kept switching the viewpoints from the android troops' visual cameras, meticulously scanning the interior of the military lab.
The lab had been completely demolished by the bomb.
After dropping the bomb, the android troops had entered to dispose of the specimens inside, and Serebia was searching for the test subjects the constellation had mentioned through the machines' eyes.
“It must be thoroughly wrecked, right?”
She flipped through screens, then more screens.
Boom! Kwang!
Android soldiers fired laser rifles, smashing capsules inside the lab and diligently killing off living beings.
From various animals and plants to grotesque insect-hybrid monstrosities and even children that looked mixed with paper.
Boom!
Splatter—
Flutter flutter flutter!
The screams-like sounds from the creatures on screen grated on Serebia's nerves, so she hit the mute button.
As she kept flipping through screens, her hand suddenly stopped.
“……Lea?”
As if someone had smashed an android soldier, the screen showing Lea and several others cut off abruptly.
Why was Lea there?
Wait. This is bad. If Lenox finds out……
Should I tell him?
Lost in complicated thoughts and shock for a moment, Serebia suddenly realized something and snapped her head up.
“Why have you been so quiet?”
A window appeared shortly after.
[The constellation 'Light Arbiter Promising Salvation' says it's already too late.]
* * *
It was just as Ophen had predicted.
Upon hearing that the military was creating test subjects from divine bloodlines, the divine family decided to wipe them out and dropped the bomb.
Of course, they had given a brief humanitarian warning beforehand.
The lab's owners, Kshan and Utia, along with all the scientists, saw the countdown warning from the capital and immediately fled the site.
Thud—!
Splatter—
The three bioweapons, supposedly made from divine blood, burst out of their capsules.
Kshan and Utia had powered them up fully but left without opening the capsules. But for these abnormally strong beings, it was no issue.
They crushed and severed the mechanical devices attached to their bodies as needed.
“Ha.”
The three constellations stepped out of the culture fluid, immediately checking their bodies as they breathed.
They were already clad in military biosuits.
“Damn bastards set all this up without even explaining how to use it and then ran off. Is the neural drive even working right?”
“Northwest 331 degrees—a bomb heading this way. Estimated arrival in 3 minutes.”
Their features were sharp and distinct.
Though their appearances varied slightly, all three shared gray hair and crudely mixed red-and-blue purple eyes.
One said.
“That bitch Kaisha is mine, so everyone else back off.”
Kaisha.
Already a fairly famous name among the constellations.
The other two glanced at each other upon hearing it. If anything, it sparked even more curiosity, making them seem eager to target her too.
Message windows from allied constellations popped up before them.
The three, having safely incarnated into new bodies, glanced at the messages. Three seconds before the bomb arrived, they each erected shields around themselves.
Kwang—!!
The bomb, aimed precisely at their location, utterly demolished the lab building.
Two of them immediately raised shields and scattered in different directions as if they'd been waiting, but one flew deep into the shattered interior of the lab.
Step step.
The bomb's explosive power was tremendous, obliterating half the enormous building in one go.
[The constellation 'Darkness Observing the End' asks where you're going.]
“I can feel the fear and screams of the test subjects inside. It's so fragrant I can't resist. Gotta go in and soak it up for a bit.”
[The constellation 'Darkness Observing the End' mocks if you're not worried about getting killed again.]
“Shut up.”
Asin, the man who strode deep into the experimental building filled with countless imprisoned subjects, spread his arms wide to savor the aura of death and fear.
His eyes lost focus.
“Ha.”
In the Korean society where Asin had incarnated, emotions like 'depression', 'hatred', 'anguish', and 'rage' were easy to sample. But devouring such intense, thrilling fear to his heart's content was rare.
Sure, when really hungry, he'd poke at politicians to trigger man-made disasters.
Asin marveled.
“As expected of a ruined world.”
Not just the lab—the entire world brimmed with death and fear emotions from the dead and survivors.
No matter the dimension, if too many beings drown in negative emotions, the world inevitably perishes.
If that's divine salvation, so be it.
Of course, that was precisely why Asin usually showed humans a modicum of mercy.
They had to be alive to harvest.
[The constellation 'Darkness Observing the End' advises that your target is heading here right now.]
“!”
Asin, lost in the feast of this doomed world's essence, whipped his head around.
* * *
[Kaisha: Error code appeared]
[Kaisha: It's humanoid. You know if you die to the error code after the warning, you're really dead, right?]
[Kaisha: No chance of missing it since the warning pops up, but the problem is that error code is presumed to be insanely strong]
[Kaisha: The European coalition we were fighting got wiped out and retreated in seconds.]
[Dart: What about you guys?]
[Kaisha: We're heading to the exploded military lab with civilians right now]
From Kaisha's description, it seemed Fullminak had no casualties.
Gilgamesh stared blankly at the chat, hand hovering over the keyboard, stunned by news of countless deaths already from the error code.
[Gilgamesh: The error code was humanoid? Those who died to it are permanently dead?]
[Kaisha: Can't check reality, but probably?]
It was so shocking it didn't feel real.
“Whoa.”
The error code's appearance was surprise enough, but it was strong, and it had caused mass casualties instantly.
Gilgamesh muttered.
“Totally horror-level…….”
Kaisha continued.
[Kaisha: Error code's description: white hair, blue eyes, white uniform]
[Kaisha: Warning pops up anyway, so no need to memorize, but]
[Kaisha: Somehow got in touch with coalition insiders briefly—they're forcing logout on severely injured by having users kill them]
[Kaisha: Just in case, tell your guildies the method ahead of time]
[Kaisha: Too late when it happens]
Gilgamesh stuck out his tongue at Kaisha's serious warning.
“Wow, look at this guy. In the middle of that, how'd he link up with coalition insiders who were just fighting?”
Of course, Gilgamesh had no idea that the 'insider' from the European coalition Kaisha was colluding with was the famous British guild Chess's guild master.
If he knew, he'd call Kaisha immediately and stress to stay friends no matter what!
Anyway, as long as Fullminak was safe.
Gilgamesh closed the chat and surveyed the scene.
The Korea-China-Japan three-way battle was in full swing.
From his high vantage, Gilgamesh's lips curved leisurely.
“Now that's more like it.”
No need for the guild's top fighter to step in—they were handling it brilliantly.
Bipa, Korea server rank 3.
Goldbunker's ranking was objectively high, but among the top three guilds that went the distance to the end, it was just the 'last place'.
Goldbunker had been pushed around by the other two, consoling themselves with money. But entering the world war opened things up.
Fullminak and Spaceking were ridiculously strong, after all.
Boom! Kwaboom!!
Mysterious items exploded everywhere with various effects.
In the Korea-China-Japan melee where intel and forces were scarce, flashy gear carried them like divine intervention, giving Goldbunker overwhelming momentum.
Fullminak reinforcements and Goldbunker members leaped freely over ruined buildings.
Current goal: total annihilation of the cornered Japanese forces.
Just then, Gilgamesh's big-spending rocket launcher guided missiles burst like fireworks in the sky, raining down on the ground.
Whiiiir—
Kwa-boom!
Kwa-kwa-boom!!
Gilgamesh burst into laughter overlooking the devastation.
“Hahaha! Dear viewers, you're watching, right? This is the power of the gear bought with your sponsored coins!”
Excited by Gilgamesh's spending, constellations swarmed like clouds, pouring coins.
First hunter to use them this well.
With warnings to use market coins moderately, other hunters stuck to limits. But Gilgamesh, as guild master, spent on another level.
Money always flows to those who spend it well.
Fan service followed as expected.
“Hmph. Be proud.”
He swept back his hair, winked at the sky, and pointed his index finger with a snap—pure comic panel perfection.
Sponsorships exploded.
[Nickname 'This One's the Real Deal' sponsored 200 coins.]
[Nickname 'What Am I Doing Here' sponsored 100 coins.]
[Nickname 'This Addictive Human' sponsored 100 coins.]
[Nickname 'Addicted to Fan Service' sponsored 300 coins.]
[Nickname 'Use Dragon Bullet' sponsored 500 coins.]
[Nickname 'You Guys Are in Danger' sponsored 100 coins.]
…
Amid the unknown viewers' fervent cheers, Gilgamesh grew intoxicated, then snapped to.
“Hm?”
Shooo—
A plane from the sky approached at tremendous speed, then ejected what seemed to be a person from its body.
Not a bomb, but a person?
Frowning at the incomprehensible sight, Gilgamesh zoomed in with telescope skill plus neural amp.
White hair, white uniform, and glimpsed blue eyes.
“!!!”
Exactly as Kaisha described.
The error code had arrived.