Chapter 26
Chapter 26
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 26
Chapter Title: Guild Master Isn't Enough With Games Alone
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BOOM! KABOOM!!
Sensing the crisis, SpaceKing's guild members poured out from behind the shield, forming a brutal frontline splattered with blood in Wechen.
Ziiiiing—!!
KABOOM! BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!!!
From the safe rear lines, the affiliated heroes provided support buffs and ranged damage to aid the players.
I took advantage of being pulled back deep into the rear to cast a buff.
“[Kaisha's Blessing.]”
The moment I recharged the NPC heroes' buffs, a frantic voice came through voice chat.
[“1.5 billion left!”]
[HP]
1,519,554,465/20,000,000,000
Almost all the items that reduced cooldowns on ultimate skills were wrecked.
“Abyss! Mura!”
Mura-nim, who had been fighting alongside Hyunwoo-nim, looked up, and Abyss, locked in combat with SpaceKing's guild members at the forefront, swiftly pulled back.
A nimble retreat skill.
Swoooosh—
He zipped to my side, then shot forward again, carving a path.
I followed right behind Abyss, and the enemy guild members in front were sliced apart in an instant.
Fwoooom!
Abyss charged toward the shield at tremendous speed, swinging his greatsword to unleash an ultimate skill.
Swoosh—
Whoosh!
The tip of Abyss's blade tore through the graphics, followed by a pitch-black vacuum that erupted in a massive explosion.
Sssss,
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM—!!!
Rumble-rumble—
The ground around the shield shook violently.
“No—!!”
Shiva shouted loudly and hurled a spear loaded with a skill at me as I rushed toward the shield.
But Fullminak's invincible shield had already arrived by my side.
Bipa's greatest tank.
The runes etched into the berserker's massive frame glowed red.
BANG—!!
Mura-nim deflected the skill-laden spear with his bare body and charged forward.
Thud, thud, thud-thud-thud—!!
Skills layered across his entire form.
His body itself was a weapon.
With Bipa's famed invincible shield, Mura-nim, leading the way to break through, I swiftly loaded my skills.
Targeting the shield, whose HP had dropped below 10 billion under the combined assault from Abyss and the guild members, triggered an immediate frenzied response from the enemy lines.
“Block that—!!”
SpaceKing's guild members threw themselves at me, fearless of death.
KABOOM!!
Mura-nim, buffed with Vajra Indestructible, barreled into the enemy front, detonating his skills in an explosion.
SpaceKing's rankers unleashed everything they had at Mura-nim.
The insane barrage of damage quickly shattered his skills, and Mura-nim's HP began plummeting.
But a tank is a tank for a reason.
They have absurd amounts of HP.
“Muraaa—!!”
Ta-tat!
At the signal, I leaped off Mura-nim's shoulder as he held firm.
The satellite cannon hovering in the sky provided covering fire with lasers, pounding both the ground and the shield.
Swoooosh—
Mura-nim, who had launched me upward, immediately smashed into SpaceKing's guild members.
BANG!
The guild members collided.
In this dizzying instant, to block or protect, the guild members desperately poured on attacks.
Amid the flurry of death logouts.
My skill-loaded fist, brimming with immeasurable billions in lightning power, smashed into the shield.
Swoosh,
KAAAA-BOOOM—!!!!
Ziiing—clang.
With the final blow, the shield shattered like glass, its fragments dissolving into sparkling light.
It was breached!
[system:]
[Wechen's defensive barrier has been disabled.]
In the front courtyard of Wechen Royal Castle, cries of ‘Fuck!!’ echoed as the two sides' fortunes diverged wildly.
Fwoooom!!
Hyunwoo-nim's sword cleaved through the front lines in a massive arc.
SpaceKing guild members who couldn't dodge the sudden strike took critical hits overhead, and one more logged out in death.
“We've got your back!”
At Hyunwoo-nim's command, Gentle Knights' guild members moved in perfect unison to form a protective line.
SpaceKing's guild members, stunned by the barrier's fall, rushed in, but Gentle Knights' defense—specialized in tanking post-alliance—was incredibly solid.
BANG!!
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!!
Tanky bodies and attack skills rained down relentlessly.
“Urk.”
Airborne offense and defense.
I pushed forward against the force shoving back our guild members.
Tap! Ta-tap!
I accelerated by bounding off Gentle Knights' sturdy armor.
In siege warfare's war mode setup, teleport magic gates couldn't be activated within the territory system's radius.
So we had to run or fly in directly.
Thud.
I had to scale the walls.
The moment my feet hit the ground, I bolted toward the castle interior.
A few SpaceKing heroes guarding the rear from atop the walls quickly blocked my path.
“Move!!”
My lightning-infused shout stunned them.
But the heroes hadn't stepped up for nothing.
Someone lunged in.
“!”
I hurriedly raised my sword.
An immense impact, loaded with weight and lightning, slammed into my body.
Clang-clang-clang—!!
Nix.
Among SpaceKing's all-ranker close-range dealers, one of the top three powerhouses.
While the boyish Soap specialized in devastating long-range magic damage, the tall, burly Nix was a warrior type optimized for melee combat.
Whoosh! Fwooom—! Whoosh!!
I barely dodged the rapidly whipping sword tips.
A perfect chain of the three-hit combo skill.
BANG!!
The moment Nix's sword struck the wall floor, I urgently leaped aside, evading the path.
The spot I'd stood exploded immediately.
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM—!!
As expected, the aura in Nix's sword massively gouged and detonated the wall floor.
Average warrior players swung swords moderately for skill effect impact, but Bipa's veteran lifers never stopped there.
Bipa was a VR game played with the body, so real-world physical prowess gave a huge edge.
That's why athletics types skilled in physical activities often raised warrior characters in Bipa too.
I'd heard Mura-nim was from that background.
Ta-ta-ta—
Nix closed the distance in a flash and raised his sword.
But the key point was.
In-game, you could build that physical prowess as much as you wanted.
Of course, practicing game skills, environmental controls like gravity and lightning weighting made the physical sensations differ from real life.
I gripped my sword tight and swung with all my might.
Clang—!
Blocking Nix's attack once, I immediately reset my stance.
BANG! KA-BANG!!
Whoooosh—
As our two swords clashed, a massive gust whipped across the walls.
Pretending nonchalance but clearly tense, Nix's swings were packed with power.
As Nix wildly swung his sword, he suddenly grinned.
“!”
KABOOM—!!
Nix's explosion skill detonated, pressure surging in.
My body was swept away instantly.
Gritting my teeth, I hastily activated a shield skill, and the satellite cannon, sensing its master's peril, unleashed a barrage of lasers.
Swoooooosh—!!
Nix nimbly leaped aside to dodge the lasers.
I was hurled back by the blast pressure, taking in the overall battle situation.
And coincidentally, my trajectory was toward the castle entrance.
Ta-tat!
One foot down, then leap.
Nix's face twisted slightly as he realized my intent. His lips suggested he was voice-chatting Shiva.
The moment my body, propelled by pressure, landed steadily.
Fwoosh!
Sky-blue light enveloped me.
“?!”
[Wechen territory system has activated.]
An icy sky-blue gem.
The territory system, meant to stay cozily inside the building, had appeared before me.
What was going on?
Wechen Royal Castle was unusually small, so this distance was roughly within recognition range.
[‘I've been waiting.’]
A man's voice.
[‘Brave and wise Kaisha. Quickly drive out these vile intruders. Banish them from this kingdom of loyal and faithful warriors.’]
“!”
The territory system opening its own doors—what a surprise.
Wechen's territory system apparently despised the notoriously filthy SpaceKing just as much.
“Of course.”
Accepting, a system window popped up.
[system:]
[Wechen has been affiliated with guild Fullminak.]
[Territory system has opened.]
“Whoa, insane!! This is ridiculous!!”
Shiva, who had just arrived, looked utterly dumbfounded. Enraged, Shiva charged with sword raised.
Nix was rushing from the other side.
Left: Nix. Right: Shiva.
SpaceKing's pride and joy—two incredibly powerful melee human weapons.
Placing both in Wechen was obviously a deliberate strategy.
To defend the castle.
Having to handle two high-rank close-combat specialists alone here.
“What are our guildmates doing?”
[“Sorry.”]
[“This side's completely overrun. How do we block those slippery bastards? Just handle it yourself.”]
That Kali guy, so brazen.
Truth was, close-combat warrior types moved so fluidly they were hard to block.
Slipping away every which way.
[“Guild Master, fighting!”]
[“You got this!”]
[“We believe in you, Kamen.”]
Amid the guild members' infinite trust—or rather, their passing the buck—I quietly smiled and raised my sword.
* * *
During the battle with Goldbunker, SpaceKing had nearly demolished Iskasha Royal Castle.
Above all, Dart and Gilgamesh's fierce skill barrage had left the Iskasha castle area in total ruins.
Yet Goldbunker refused to give up Iskasha, still charging in.
At the forefront, busy Dart ordered from the rear.
[“Open the system.”]
“You got it. Iskasha territory system!”
At Dart's command, Soap shouted the activation phrase within the territory system's range.
Atop the nearly collapsed castle, a red gem floated up.
[Iskasha territory system has activated.]
[‘Aaaahhh—!’]
A woman's voice wailed.
[‘Our once-beautiful castle crumbling! My beloved city! My prosperous, proud lands stained with death's blood!’]
“Oh. A woman.”
Soap gave a curt assessment.
The voice was a high-pitched feminine tone, laced with grandeur, dignity, and authority.
This was Iskasha's territory system.
“Goldbunker's already lost. Holding out more is pointless. Iskasha's ours now.”
[‘Hurry! Extinguish the flames! Our beautiful city! The lives of this land burning! Oh, Goldbunker! How could you fail to protect it! So heartbreaking! So unjust!’]
“You'd better switch quickly. Dragging this out just keeps wrecking the city fighting Goldbunker. I'll put out the fires. So come on.”
[‘Aaaaaahhh—!!’]
At Soap's barely persuasive persuasion, the territory system wailed in grief for quite a while.
After wasting time lamenting like that, eventually.
[system:]
[Iskasha has been affiliated with guild SpaceKing.]
[Territory system has opened.]
Soap checked the map and smiled.
“Okay.”
Iskasha's territory color shifted from Goldbunker's yellow to SpaceKing's black.
Now it was time to activate Iskasha's shield via the territory system to end this pointless war of attrition, despite the battle already decided.
Once the shield activated post-conquest, Goldbunker's guild members would all be bounced outside.
“As expected, we're crushing this siege—huh?”
Soap's eyes widened.
“Huuuuh?!!”
[“......What happened?”]
At Dart's question, Soap panicked hard.
“Uh, w-well!”
Oh god.
No matter how many times he looked, it was real.
On the map, Wechen's territory color wasn't black—it was red.
‘Damn you, crazy Nix!!’
The moment Soap mentally screamed.
[“......Fuck.”]
Soap froze at the low mutter.
Dart had seen the map too.
Soon, SpaceKing's voice chat exploded in shock and dismay.
[“This real?”]
[“Shiva?”]
[“Checked the map to confirm Iskasha conquest—my sanity's shattered.”]
[“Whoa. World's gone mad.”]
[“How is this possible? What happened to the double shield?”]
[“Why are Wechen's handlers so quiet, you fucks? Why no report, assholes.”]
[“Nix-Shiva, you Nix-fucks, come out, over-Shiva.”]
As if in response, the two appeared.
[Nix has died.]
[Shiva has died.]
Via death notices.
[“......”]
[“......”]
[“......”]
[“......”]
[“......”]
SpaceKing's noisy voice chat fell dead silent.