Chapter 136
Translator: uly
Chapter: 136
Chapter Title: Being a Guild Master Isn't Enough with Just the Game
Offen said,
“Undermine faith in Lenox and deify Kaisha. That way, we weaken Lenox's power and grant strength to Kaisha.”
“Oh, so she's a goddess too.”
“Yeah. Gods grow stronger when more people place their faith in them and bestow power.”
As a resident of this world who perceived 'gods' as real entities, the woman easily accepted that Kaisha was a god.
The woman typed away, while Offen stared at the hologram screen.
From the outside, it looked like a quiet dawn, but the people of the Central Nation were communicating online like this, with lights blazing in every home.
They were sharing their anxiety and the situation while watching Lenox's battlefield.
Offen said to the woman,
“She came from outside, so using her powers against Lenox won't be easy.”
“Outside? The polluted outer world?”
“No. Apparently from an entirely different world.”
“Really?! Wow, that's amazing! But she's a trustworthy goddess, right? Of course, I absolutely trust you.”
The woman asked while her fingers flew across the keys.
After Offen sent the people he'd brought away and returned home, the woman had logged into the internet to help with his work.
Namely, spreading the word about 'Kaisha,' just as Offen had instructed.
The woman was posting across internet sites about 'Kaisha' fighting Lenox, and how Kaisha's army was helping the people of the Central Nation.
“Yeah. She's trustworthy.”
Offen replied flatly after a brief pause, as if thinking it over.
“My mom—well, Lea—chose that woman too.”
“Lady Lea?”
The woman paused and looked up at Offen with a startled expression.
“She prophesied that woman would become the master of this world. You should know my mom has the gift of foresight.”
“That's incredible. I'll post that too, so tell me more details.”
Offen was surprised by the woman's words.
“What? You're posting that on the internet? How will you prove it's a prophecy from my mom?”
“We're all about to die here—what does proof matter? If you have to, post a video of yourself online. Anyone seeing your face, which is the spitting image of Lady Lea, will believe it. Ah, hold on.”
The moment she posted, a flood of reactions and testimonies poured in, and the woman exclaimed in surprise.
“Wow! Kaisha's army is beating back the android soldiers and helping people! That's the group I helped earlier, right?!”
People who had actually seen the Fullminak guild members on-site were leaving comments, and posts with photos and videos of them attacking the android soldiers were going up.
With Lenox rampaging and the Central Nation on the brink of collapse, online public opinion easily lent strength to these strangers.
Moreover, as Fullminak guild members everywhere responded to the constantly circulating name 'Kaisha' by pulling out their guild flags and waving them around, the situation solidified further.
A rampaging Lenox.
Kaisha, come to subdue him.
In the sleepless Central Nation, the name of a new god, 'Kaisha,' spread like wildfire.
* * *
For some reason, Kaisha felt her power growing stronger and stronger.
‘Field dominance has intensified.’
Like gaining momentum, Kaisha's control over the field was rapidly strengthening.
Accordingly, the output of her allied team was gradually increasing as well.
Within the 'God's Domain' that Kaisha had spread wide to counter Lenox's dominance weakening the enemies' mental strength, Dart and Gilgamesh unleashed relentless attacks.
Boom! Kwaboom! Kwarung!!
Lenox countered with repeated teleports and explosions, but his movements were noticeably slower after sustaining massive injuries from the one-minute battle with Kaisha.
Each time an attack skill struck Lenox, the vivid sound of blood dripping onto the floor could be heard.
Gilgamesh muttered over voice chat.
[“Man, why does my breathing sync so well with this guy? It's kinda creepy.”]
Since Gilgamesh and Dart's combat synergy was so perfect there were no openings, Kaisha hung back a step, continuously applying buffs while observing.
『0:04:01』
Four minutes left.
With momentum building on the root-damage-focused main DPS attacks, they pressed without respite.
Dart snapped.
[“You properly tracking the boss mob's teleports or what? What am I supposed to do if the tank's always half a beat late?”]
[“How the hell am I supposed to know where he's teleporting?”]
[“Sense it with mana!”]
[“Yeah, I ain't feeling shit. It works 'cause you're a monster. Argh! Why'd you Gil-block me outta nowhere?!”]
[“Piss off. I'll tank too.”]
[“You bastard!”]
Kaisha smiled faintly as she listened to the two bicker.
Their camaraderie was something else.
She'd chew them out if the banter slowed their attack speed, but despite the back-and-forth, their assaults showed no gaps whatsoever.
Kuboong!
“!”
At that moment, an explosive aura erupted from Lenox.
Dart and Gilgamesh, who had been pouring burst damage while bickering, hurriedly teleported to Kaisha's side.
The cornered Lenox was unleashing his final rampage.
Whoosh—
Kwarung!!
Nearby buildings shattered, and the ground exploded completely, but the area shielded by Kaisha remained mostly intact.
Purple eyes glaring down at the three flickered with deep rage and melancholy.
Gravity in the purple field centered on Lenox lightened, and ruins from buildings and all matter began floating upward.
Gilgamesh said in alarm.
“Whoa. This is bad. Can we take him down before our time limit?”
“It's over.”
That was his last-ditch struggle.
The moment Dart answered Gilgamesh's question, a storm-like gale whipped up.
Whoooosh—
“God's Domain.”
“God's Domain.”
Following Lenox's domain declaration, Kaisha's followed suit.
Thud!
Crackle. Zzzip.
Space warped, and sparks flew in both their eyes.
As Kaisha clashed with Lenox in a battle for field dominance, she said to Dart and Gilgamesh,
“I can't hold it long. Burst him the instant we move in together.”
“Got it. On three.”
“Shield up.”
The moment Gilgamesh quickly counted to three, the three teleported simultaneously.
Thud!
Lenox thrust out his hand as if waiting, his eyes sharpening as purple energy crackled across the area.
Kwaaang!
Lenox vanished in an explosion, and all floating debris hurtled madly toward the three.
The three raised shields, scattered, and charged at Lenox.
Kwaboom! Kwarung!
Vision went white.
In the chaos of everything exploding and colliding, Kaisha raced forward and thrust out her hand.
“Lenox!”
The instant Lenox teleported, Kaisha pursued and grabbed his arm.
Grip.
His gloomy purple eyes shook at her desperate expression, devoid of killing intent—like she was trying to save him.
“!”
Lenox quickly refocused, glaring at Kaisha and clamping down on her arm, rapidly gathering brainpower to explode it—but Kaisha's spatial dominance had grown too strong, and his skill wouldn't activate.
Seizing that brief opening Kaisha had created, Dart's lightning struck Lenox.
Kwaaaang—!!!
“Nice shot!”
Gilgamesh whooped excitedly and charged in, slamming a fist skill home.
Boom!!
Struck by Gilgamesh's fist, Lenox plummeted almost vertically into the ruined ground.
Kaisha teleported.
She aimed to finish with a final blow in that gap, but hesitated upon seeing Lenox's eyes shift from purple to blue.
Gilgamesh yelled from above.
“What are you doing?!”
“W-Wait a sec…….”
The rampage seemed over.
Someone had said killing Lenox would make the central system uncontrollable.
Kaisha hesitated, fist raised over the bloodied Lenox looking up at her, and glanced at the system window.
『00:00:41』
The moment the field fully escaped Lenox's dominance, a quest success notification finally appeared before the three.
Ding!
『[Quest Success]
Lenox's abnormal status has been successfully resolved! The central system's doomsday program linked to Lenox has been halted!』
Kaisha looked at the mission window with slight bewilderment.
‘Huh?’
One of the survivors met in the building had said Lenox needed to be kept alive to stop the doomsday program—and it had resolved just like that.
Of course, that info from the survivor was still useful.
Beyond halting the annihilation system, a living Lenox was needed to properly seize and utilize the central system in various ways.
Rewards followed.
『[Quest Completion Rewards]
—Experience points distributed based on contribution.
—Additional divine experience points from faith gained during story progression.
—Random special item granted.
—A portion of Lenox's held coins automatically distributed.
—Lenox's skills 'Space Explosion' and 'God's Domain' acquired.』
The three paused at the astonishing 'new skill acquisition' reward, but right after the quest rewards were granted, the next notification appeared.
Ding!
『[Quest Guide]
Mission end countdown now begins. Once it ends, free Babel Tower logout will be possible, and territory occupation will no longer be feasible—so hurry if there are any lands you haven't claimed yet.』
『01:00:00』
The three glanced at each other.
“…….”
In the silence, the first to speak was Gilgamesh, who had heard shocking words from Credit earlier.
“What do I do now?”
“Why?”
“Credit already said it's hopeless and to take it slow.”
“……What?”
What kind of situation was that?
After Kaisha's stunned reaction, even Dart stared at Gilgamesh with eyes full of complicated emotions.
At that moment.
“Lady Kaisha!”
Hyunwoo and Mura appeared at the freshly concluded battlefield— the two who had said they were heading to provide support.
Kaisha glanced at them, then back at Gilgamesh and asked,
“Send reinforcements?”
“Call accepted, obviously.”
Support deployment was decided the moment Hyunwoo and Mura arrived, but Gilgamesh sighed with a still-troubled expression.
“Sigh. Maybe it'd be better to just evacuate the survivors and merge with Fullminak.”
Kaisha said,
“Go check the situation yourself first. Hyunwoo-nim, Goldbunker sounds serious, so go support with Mura-nim.”
“Yes. Heading out with Gilgamesh-nim right now.”
Kaisha nodded at Hyunwoo's words.
As Gilgamesh, looking somewhat gloomy, prepared to leave, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Kaisha.
“Oh, right—how's that plan to seize the central area and control the android soldiers coming along?”
While they exchanged those words, Dart glanced at Lenox, who had plummeted powerlessly after the final lightning strike.
Step by step.
He approached, sword in hand.