Chapter 25
Chapter 25
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 25
Chapter Title: The Guild Master Can't Survive on Games Alone
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The chat window was overflowing with viewers tuning in to watch the live Bipa siege broadcast.
The hot topic right now was the Iscasha front.
[War mode just started and four already dead]
[They're not letting them put up the shield]
[Iscasha's done for]
[Holy shit lol dying looks so real]
[But is every VR game like this? The quality is insane??]
[Immersion is off the charts]
[Goldbunker's holding up pretty well though]
[Bipa has top-tier realism among VR games but the entry barrier for vet parties is insane]
[Spaceking's definitely the strongest]
[Nah strongest is Fullminak]
[Total bullshit]
[Fullminak and Spaceking are neck and neck, that's a fact]
[What bullshit? Kaisha's been challenging Dart nonstop for several rounds now, ignoring Fullminak??]
[Tried this game once before, way too hard to get used to]
[Bipa straight-up requires genius-level brainpower]
[That's cuz you didn't put in the effort lol]
[Wtf lol even if Fullminak talks big, have Spaceking or Dart ever dropped from Bipa ranking 1? Lol]
[Spaceking up there? Collide with them once in Bipa and all you'd spit is curses]
[Spaceking's number one in Bipa for shitty personality too]
[Fr lollllll]
[Shut up plz. Fullminak's winning the 99th round.]
[Whoa]
[Ooo]
[Skills are nuts]
[Dart's string broke]
[Our bro Dart gets scary when he's mad!!]
[Messirun lololol]
[Whoa Gilgamesh ain't backing down]
[Gilgamesh strong too]
[This Bipa live stream crushing mid-tier shows with real story and graphics quality?]
[Yes]
[Yup]
[Ooh Spaceking re-entering Iscasha finally]
[Spaceking already won this siege imo. Took Wichen and now Iscasha too]
[Ain't it too boring?]
[Nah if sieges start like this from the get-go what we even watching???]
[Don't compare Bipa to dramas. Dramas are scripted plays, this is real-time user-driven reality siege]
[Guys wait a bit, Kaisha's gonna smash that Dart punk]
[Yeah your Kaisha got bounced off Wichen's shield]
[Skill effects are god-tier]
[Shut up if you're hating on Godka]
[But this can't be Bipa's actual last siege, right? Heard rumors.....]
[No way]
[Bullshit no]
[Don't Bipa players deserve salaries? Goldbunker brings in broadcast cash but the split's basically passion pay lol]
[Games are for stress relief but Bipa's realism piles on the stress]
[Then go play hatecraft or smth]
[Those guys do it cuz it's fun]
[Money's nice but slamming skills in battle is pure fun af]
[Heard they make decent cash too]
[Endgame, three guilds left, normies can't even join the 99th siege]
[Given Bipa's history, they ain't the type to quit without pay]
[Big oof]
[Kyaa]
[Whoa straight-up obliterating them]
[Oof as expected Trashking Spaceking]
[Damn Spaceking looks so cool tho lololol]
[At this point shouldn't Goldbunker abandon Iscasha and fall back? Why tank the beatdown?]
[If they do the whole siege ends for them]
[Spaceking looks like winner already but Iscasha occupation not done yet?]
[They haven't seized Iscasha's territory system yet]
[Not just by grinding territory]
[Will fall soon anyway]
* * *
The territory occupation system unlocked.
Spaceking activated the shield right after seizing Wichen Castle. Then he immediately used a siege-exclusive item to layer on a double shield.
"Those bastards. They know they're fucked and tucked tail."
Kali clicked her tongue beside me. Then the Fullminak guildmates' chatter continued.
"Whoa. War mode. Still doesn't feel real."
"The day's too damn long."
"Good work everyone on the ambush."
"Ugh. Thinking about getting backstabbed and dealing with that bullshit from dawn on just brings deep rage."
"Let's vent by smashing Spaceking."
Even as they bantered, preparations proceeded steadily.
They double-checked weapons and items, confirmed skill windows, and positioned chat and hero management screens appropriately.
"I'll head out first."
"Oh, Hyunwoo-nim."
"Fight on."
"Go get 'em!"
Hyunwoo-nim brushed past the guildmates with a quick salute.
Officially under Fullminak now, but originally under Hyunwoo-nim, so the 'Gentle Knights' classification followed behind him.
Gentle Knights clearing the path.
"2nd Division, move out."
"3rd Division, advancing."
Fullminak's 2nd and 3rd Divisions followed.
I looked down at the users charging ahead with Hyunwoo-nim at the lead, gathered my hair into a tight ponytail.
Deployed the satellite cannons into orbit and slipped on my gauntlets.
"Wichen assault commencing. Estimated HP on the active double shield: around 20 billion."
Base siege shield: 10 billion, shield item: 10 billion.
Average attack power for guild members in a siege: about 100k.
Max buffs, peak Bipa-ranking brainpower cranked to full—average skill damage lands at 3-4 million.
Top-tier guild members in Bipa's top three fingers average over 5 million, crits with good brainpower hit 7-8 million.
Ultimate skills obviously exceed 10 million.
To break a double shield in a siege ultimately means striking it thousands to tens of thousands of times.
Plus, Spaceking won't just sit idle while we hammer the shield.
But for now, that housebound guild master is too busy sieging Iscasha.
"Objective: empty house robbery."
Let's wrap it before Iscasha falls.
Leaping off the fleet deck, Fullminak's 1st Division elites followed me.
* * *
War mode kicked off and Goldbunker's guild lost a whopping four members right away.
Note: Once war mode starts, anyone not pre-registered for siege gets force-logged out to Highguard.
Post-death reconnect cooldown: 10 minutes.
But Iscasha was on the verge of total collapse in under 10.
War mode started and Goldbunker's main force lost four key players, widening the power gap massively.
["Ha......"]
["No vibe to broadcast anymore."]
The disheartened casters propped their chins, staring at the Iscasha front.
Losing Iscasha meant Goldbunker was effectively out of the entire siege.
Victory in Iscasha already tilted toward Spaceking.
Goldbunker would soon lose Iscasha, get pushed all the way to Kandil, and just suck their thumbs watching Fullminak and Spaceking.
["We kinda saw this coming from the dawn ambush war break."]
["Real sneaky, cowardly ambush."]
["Ha. But if it's this obvious, who skips the ambush? Ambush decided it all. Should've invested in heroes."]
["True, unless it's Hellcannon-tier, NPCs ain't shit in sieges. Spaceking's hero training is exceptionally nuts too."]
["That's why we got this."]
["Hey, did I tell you to do it this way? Who saw this coming?"]
The casters ditched commentary for a bit to bicker among themselves.
Spaceking had already seized momentum.
Just like the chat complaints about Bipa sieges dragging boringly, the casters were losing interest too.
One caster idly glanced at the Wichen monitor and whipped his head fully around.
["Oh. Kaisha sortieing."]
["Switch screens. We watch that together."]
Iscasha screen—still just attrition, victory decided—got shoved aside, Wichen taking center stage.
Wichen's shield total assault began.
The downbeat casters from Goldbunker's mess perked up.
Kaisha charges.
Reaching the NPC troops' spot, she leaps high.
Watching users dash and fly excitedly across the sky feels refreshing.
["Fullminak 1st Division sortieing."]
Kaisha's iconic satellite cannons spiraled light trails in the sky, chasing their master.
["Gentle Knights' Guild Master Hyunwoo arrived early, commanding the vanguard."]
["Wichen's built-in shield plus shield item—double shield up now. How fast they shatter it is key."]
["They call it shield smashing."]
["Gotta burn 20 billion HP while fighting Spaceking's users."]
["It's tougher than it looks. Speedrun too. But with Kaisha holding Abyss and Hyunwoo in Fullminak—"]
Kwa—bang!!
["?"]
The casters froze.
["......What did I just see?"]
["Glitch?"]
Kaisha's fist, pulled back briefly, smashed the shield again.
Kwa—bang!!
Proving no glitch, one ultimate skill visibly slashed a massive chunk from the shield's insane HP.
["???"]
["No way, right?"]
["This can't be possible......"]
Normally, one hit doesn't visibly dent a 20 billion HP shield.
["What the? What is this shit!"]
["Whoa! No way!!"]
* * *
Nix burst out of Wichen's palace upon hearing the news, spewing curses.
"Fuck?!"
Unforeseen development.
But seeing the grinning Fullminak guildmates, they clearly knew this was coming.
Thinking back, something felt off.
For several sieges, Kaisha had been neck-and-neck with Dart.
Should've suspected when their clashes ended in three straight draws.
Kwa—bang!!
["?!!"]
The thunderous shield strike sent chills racing up Nix's spine.
Not from the noise, but the HP visibly plummeting after one hit.
Beyond the shield, green eyes peered in eerily.
Kaisha hopped back, charging her skill again.
Obsidian-sharp green glow flickered around her swung fist wrapped in the skill.
Sensing crisis, Nix yelled.
"Block it—!!"
Spaceking guildmates rushed out beyond the shield.
But Fullminak wouldn't just watch their guild master get attacked.
Every user in the area charged at each other.
"Where you going!"
Boom, kwa-kwa-boom!! Roar!!
Koo-kwa-kwa-boom—!!
Vanguard Gentle Knights tanked centered on Hyunwoo in melee clash, Fullminak's powerhouse dealers unleashing ultimates.
This was a game you win by just protecting the guild master.
Dodging the barrage and retreating, Kaisha soared back in, slamming the barrier full force.
Kwa—bang!!
No exception this time either.
"You fucking insane?! How's it dropping 1 billion HP per hit?!! Even hiding power has limits, you crazy bitch—!!!"
Cornered Nix lost it and screamed; nearby Mino and Enkar snickered.
"Nix's face is so pitiful. Thought we wouldn't have a last-second hidden card?"
"I was praying for war mode with hands clasped."
"Nuclear bomb not even needed."
"Kyakak!"
Nix's face flushed with anxiety.
Frantically checking the map—no Iscasha occupation yet. And shield HP draining at impossible speed.
This way, it'd break soon.
"Goddamn......"
Fullminak's ultimates revealed.
The hidden card Fullminak couldn't show until war mode.
Guild master hiding her power.