Chapter 13
Chapter 13
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: Guild Master Isn't Enough with Just the Game
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After finishing the Goldbunker guild comms, Gilgamesh glanced at Hela and scowled hard.
"Hela from Man Hell?! I was legit scared shitless when that psycho summoned that birdcage in the sky last time and started snatching up NPCs!"
"Yeah. That happened."
It was the kind of impact you never forget.
[Name] Hela (lv99)
—Korea Server Ranking 11th
Affiliation: Spaceking
Position: 1st Legion
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Gilgamesh had Goldbunker's chat window open next to me, yapping away.
"That bastard snagged female characters half the time too. Couldn't get enough of the handsome or pretty ones. Your fave's in some real danger if you ask me."
"Shit."
I spat out the curse on reflex, and Gilgamesh burst out laughing.
"Not even Pavlov's dog."
He wasn't wrong, though. I'd seen Hela dragging Helcannon around with my own eyes a few times.
So I even warned Dart once.
'Hey. Keep Hela away from Helcannon.'
'......You leaving her to me?'
'She gets messed up, you're out too.'
'As long as she's not crippled.'
Asshole.
We had to rescue Helcannon from those crazy bastards ASAP.
Of course, being a game NPC, she didn't seem to mind much.
Even if Dart screwed around, she'd probably be treated like royalty in the guild.
Dart caught my expression and smirked at me.
'Overimmersed otaku bitch.'
'Shut it, you bastard.'
We traded a few barbs, but after learning about my dark little crush, Dart started flaunting Helcannon right in front of me.
Not that I was complaining.
Snapping out of the flashback, I checked my hero skill window. Messiah's cooldown was almost up.
This ultimate was going down close and personal.
With Hela showing up, I figured I'd drop a descent effect on the ground to boost morale.
I called out to Gilgamesh.
"Messiya."
"Yeah?"
"Guard Iscarya tight."
Strategically, losing it this early would suck.
No sooner had I finished than the Goldbunker brass voice chat lit up.
I turned on the audio.
["Iscarya east end, Kingjo here. Spaceking's army's coming into view. Four legions total. Commander looks like Binu."]
["Roto here. Iscarya combat prep complete."]
"No way it was real."
What, you thought I was bluffing?
I was rolling my eyes at Gilgamesh's reaction when an alert popped in the Fullminak member list.
[Maya-nim has logged in.]
"?"
Lunchtime already? Even then, no way someone with a job had time to game.
[Name] Maya (lv99)
—Korea Server Ranking 24th
Affiliation: Fullminak
Position: 1st Legion
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["Maya here. Everyone's working hard. Where should I head in?"]
"Your company's?"
["Quit today."]
Whoa.
["Whoa."]
["Maya-nim's a legend."]
["O. Respect."]
"You said game waste wasn't an option."
["Not just the game. Company's been in the red lately, started giving me shit. Heh. Fucking pricks."]
Damn. Real assholes.
["If Maya-nim has trouble finding another job, come to ours."]
["Thanks just for saying that, Hyunwoo-nim. But right now, the 'company' word makes me puke."]
["Oof. Sorry."]
I got the puking feeling.
Word was Hyunwoo-nim's company was pretty big. Mura-nim dropped a hint once, calling it a secret.
Hyunwoo-nim was heir to some major corporate family.
Maya appeared in Wichen's airspace.
["Maya-nim, Hela's kidnappers incoming at Wichen 9 o'clock. Mind throwing up a defense line?"]
["Got it. On my way."]
Skill window pinged cooldown complete. I set it to hold and called Messiah.
"Messiah."
She summoned right beside me.
My pretty girl.
I kissed my cute hero's forehead, and Gilgamesh next to us made a face like he'd bitten a bug.
"Overimmersed otaku, huh. Figures, you're infamous for it."
Short for overotaku. Or overimmerser.
Common nickname for Bipa players who treated NPCs too human-like.
I'd stopped caring ages ago.
Gilgamesh spoke up.
"I'll head to Iscarya then."
"Take all the guildies and lock it down. We got this side."
"Gotcha. No bitching later."
"Fullminak's cut stays high."
"Already said I know."
I scooped Messiah up princess-style. Before dropping, I glanced back at Gilgamesh.
"Win it."
Then I jumped off the battleship.
* * *
Lunchtime.
[(LIVE NOW) Korea VFA/Bipa Ambush/Bipa Siege/Spaceking Raid/Wichen Clash/Kaisha Close-Up/Fullminak-Goldbunker Alliance]
Goldbunker was streaming the Bipa siege live.
Thumbnail was straight-up Kaisha.
Smart move.
Word of Kaisha's close-up spread through communities, flooding the live chat with fans.
[Ugh ㅠㅠ our unnie's too sweet ㅠㅠ win for her ㅠㅠㅠ]
[Kaisha special is peak]
[Unnie kiss my forehead too...]
[I got one too ㅠㅠ]
[Wanna be Kaisha's bonded hero]
[Now I get why they're Fullminak. Just let Fullminak eat Goldbunker.]
[Fr ㅅㅂ lololol]
[Fullminak hard-carrying lol]
[This is true eye candy.. so precious....]
[Unnie if you die you answer for it ㅠㅠ]
[Goldbunker's too much of a burden on Fullminak??]
[But no Goldbunker, no close-up siege footage]
[True]
[Other guilds banned from streaming]
[Live quality's meh even now. Goldbunker compiles and edits well.]
[Not old-school siege vet anymore, top rankers oil party, can't even enter, gotta watch???]
[Bipa siege turning mid]
[Hollywood scale]
[Hollywood couldn't make that lololol VR games and Bipa's in another world quality, y'all know??]
[Bipa famous for reality bugs and scandals]
[Here for Kaisha]
[Fullminak's 10% cut real? Wtf? I'd rage if I were Kaisha]
[Goldbunker edits fire tho]
[My heart's 100% Kaisha]
Kaisha fans and war content viewers mixed in the chaos.
Goldbunker milked the Fullminak alliance hard, centering streams on 'Kaisha.'
Popularity exploded, as expected.
In the footage, Kaisha unleashed descent effects, landing at the alliance frontline.
Chat scrolled wild with Kaisha watchers.
So fast you couldn't read shit.
If Kaisha knew, she'd hound Gilgamesh for a bigger cut.
Participating Goldbunker members captured her. They swapped decent angles for the live feed.
Wichen battlefield.
Two casters yapped.
["Y'all too much? Without us, no Bipa streams. See Kaisha going ham. Military mindset fr."]
["Spaceking's worse. Get caught streaming? Decapitated and hung on walls."]
["Ex-Spaceking, I know."]
["I'm ex-Fullminak. Kaisha-nim, sorry. You raised me but my rank tanked. But my paycheck's fine."]
Chat pinged.
[Traitors' broadcast huh]
[lololololololol]
[ㅅㅂlolololol]
Casters laughed at comments, switched topics.
["Yes, Wichen Clash. God Kaisha from Wirentia descends."]
["Carrying Messiah. Prepping 'End of the World' maybe."]
["100%."]
["Hela-led Spaceking forces southbound fast."]
["Fullminak lightning defense line forms."]
["Command from Fullminak brass? Troops move in sync."]
["Knife-sharp drill."]
At Fullminak's 9 o'clock, defense split off clean.
Maya floated ahead, NPCs behind like a shield wall.
Users in between eyed front tense.
Rooooar—
Spaceking army charged fast.
Hela led cavalry and users, sweeping arms wide mid-air.
Following NPCs glowed red, users buffed up, prepping attacks.
["Here we go. Buffs incoming hard."]
["Hela's infamous but command's top-tier inside too."]
["And strong. Died to her a few times."]
["Fullminak's got Kaisha front and center. No way they charge that."]
["Spaceking charging. Countdown."]
5.
4.
["Over."]
["Tense af."]
3.
Maya raised hand, spears poked through NPC shields.
Users summoned bonded heroes in unison. Nearby heroes assaulting Wichen walls turned front as one.
2.
1.
["Clash!!"]
["Chaaarge!!"]
Boomboom—
Fullminak front shuddered hard.
Neighhh—!!!
Kablooey!! Kaboomkaboom!! Boooom!!!
Spaceking cavalry pushed the gap, but didn't budge easy.
Defense wall swelled huge.
["Overwhelming skill amp! Kaisha for sure?! Basic Bipa brainpower buff, but that dramatic? Only Kaisha!"]
["But using there wastes DPS amp."]
["Defense first."]
Behind NPC melee wall, hero skills barraged.
Thud! Thoom—
Kaa-boom!! Kaboomkaboom—!!
Holes punched in defense fast.
["Spaceking heroes mid-long range spam! Fullminak mostly melee! Mids-long reloading!"]
Kaisha zoomed in sudden.
Messiah in arms' eyes lit bright casting.
["Messiah End of World incoming!"]
But enemy buffs lingered. Still, Fullminak mids-longs fired.
Whiiirrr—
["Huh?"]
["Timing?"]
Spaceking users buffed unison like planned—Kaisha and vassal smirked subtle, picture-perfect.
Kaisha lips moved, Messiah eyes flashed again.
["Ffs."]
["What? Feint?"]
["Looks like."]
Proving it, Fullminak ultra-dense mids-longs streaked air.
Whirr, shiiiirrr—
Spaceking buffs, stacked thick thinking End cast, evaporated.
Bang! Bang!! Kabang, kaboomkaboom—!!!
Crackle—!!
Buffs maxed gone, Fullminak hero skills hammered exposed NPCs.
Spaceking lines bloodbath before rebuff.
["Kyaa! Perfect timing!! Nice shot!!"]
["Woo—!! Fantasticspritefuckingcider!! Sweet potato from dawn ambush cleared!!"]
["Feint End with mids-longs to drag buffs, real End rips 'em and skill barrage! Repaying Spaceking's dawn headshot!!"]
Didn't see the nose-slice coming.
Knew all the skills, still ate it raw.
Spaceking staggered from shock hit.