Chapter 91
Chapter 91
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 91
Chapter Title: All Survived
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“Pant, pant….”
“Ugh….”
Exhausted breaths and groans echoed from all directions.
No one would easily believe that those sprawled out flat on their backs belonged to Sanctity’s raid team.
“Haa, haa….”
Go Minji, Go Woojin, and Han Sua were in the same state.
‘This is insane.’
Recalling the time before entering the gate, Go Minji scowled fiercely.
She had been utterly enchanted by the elixirs handed to her and the blessed items.
The sudden surge in stats and the new gear had given her an invincible feeling that she could do anything—and indeed, she could.
Especially for Go Minji, who had even received the legendary item known as Oglak’s Twin Fangs from Go Yohan.
“Urk!”
She had been brimming with confidence.
But it wasn’t the case.
“Guh, guhng.”
This place was hell.
A hell even worse than the Black Gate they had faced before.
“C-casualties, fatalities….”
Go Woojin struggled to prop himself up and checked on the raid team members.
The team members scattered and lying everywhere looked like a bunch of casualties and fatalities.
But they were pros among pros.
“Injuries….”
At Go Woojin’s words, the support-class players who had been quickly assessing the team let out hollow laughs.
“All… of them.”
Counting numbers was pointless.
“……!”
But that only shocked the raid team members even more.
Sure, all three of Sanctity’s raid teams sustaining injuries made sense after the battle they’d just endured.
What was truly hard to accept was…
“No… fatalities….”
There were no deaths amid that brutal fight.
No matter how amazing Sanctity was as Korea’s number one guild filled with top-tier players, that made it all the closer to death.
The gates they targeted weren’t low-rank ones anyone could clear easily—they were high-rank gates no one could clear without difficulty.
Of course, no one wanted to die, and no raid leader would abandon anyone to die.
“……!”
Even so, Sanctity always entered with death on their minds.
“No one…?”
“Yes…! Everyone survived!”
Not a single death.
There was a tremor in that realization.
Thud.
Only then did Go Woojin slump down in relief.
“P-po…tions….”
Potions didn’t fully heal injuries.
If they did, no players would retire due to wounds, and no new faces would rise to the top ranks.
Still better than nothing, potions that maximized natural healing and restored vitality were essential for gate clears.
Gulp, gulp.
Sanctity’s potions were famous for their high quality, so the raid team members didn’t hesitate to down them.
“Puha!”
Only then did they start feeling a bit alive.
That was when Go Yohan, who had gone out scouting, returned.
“…Are you a monster? You?”
Go Minji asked in a dazed tone.
“…Thanks.”
Go Woojin followed with his gratitude.
The reason Sanctity’s raid team had no deaths.
Everyone present knew it was thanks to Go Yohan’s timely support against the giants, perfectly placed where needed.
And that wasn’t all.
Tremble.
Han Sua stared at Lee Jaekyung standing off to one side, her eyes shaking.
It had been so long since she last saw him, and Lee Jaekyung had truly become a monster.
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Go Yohan had said something upon entering the gate.
‘Let’s see what it’s like first.’
And they had seen.
The mana density that choked the breath was a different kind of pressure and helplessness from the demons’ curses in the Black Gate.
And the monster they faced was, as expected of an S-rank gate, their first encounter with giants.
Literal giants.
Their forms weren’t perfectly human, but similar—and their size was enormous enough to crush ordinary humans underfoot.
“…We have seven seriously injured.”
One Sanctity guild member reported to Go Woojin in a heavy voice.
“Escape?”
Evacuation out of the gate.
“Impossible.”
S-rank gates were Red Gates.
Once entered, exit wasn’t allowed at will.
“…….”
It was a common occurrence for those raiding gates.
In such cases, the options were to drag the injured along and press forward or leave them behind until the gate clear was complete.
And right now, Go Woojin…
“…We move together.”
Chose the first option.
Go Woojin’s face was full of regret.
Taking full responsibility for the injured to the end might seem righteous, but it wasn’t the best choice for players.
Having to stay in the heat of battle with wounded bodies meant becoming dead weight, and severe injuries could lead to permanent disability.
“Raid leader.”
One raid member with a mangled arm approached on crutches.
“We came prepared for this. Don’t worry about us.”
He comforted Go Woojin instead.
Sanctity’s raid team hadn’t entered the S-rank gate lightly just to help Go Yohan.
They were aware of the dangers they always faced together and saw this as the chance to shape their futures.
“…Thanks.”
This might be their last raid, but Sanctity would take responsibility afterward.
Of course, the sense of defeat and helplessness from no longer being able to play would be unavoidable.
It was then.
Step.
Go Yohan and Lee Jaekyung had approached unnoticed.
“Don’t you resent it?”
Suddenly, Go Yohan asked.
It was a question to both Go Woojin and the seriously injured raid member.
‘Resent what?’
Their eyes said as much.
“You saw it, right? If I’d helped more, you wouldn’t have gotten hurt this bad.”
“…….”
Silence fell at Go Yohan’s words.
Because it was true.
They’d seen him a few times, but Go Yohan really was a monster.
To the point where they wondered why he hadn’t hunted the giants himself and just sent them back.
“Yohan.”
As Go Woojin started to speak.
“Isn’t he the villain?”
Go Minji, already recovered, approached and cut in.
Her berserker nickname fit—her recovery was utterly mad.
“He must’ve left you alone expecting something in return.”
“Go Minji!”
“See? This is all you amount to.”
Squeeze.
“Sanctity? What’s so great about that? Can’t even clear one measly gate properly, yet talking about fighting demons.”
Go Minji clenched her fist tight.
“He left you to feel it firsthand. And…”
She too had felt deep defeat facing the giants.
But it wasn’t just defeat.
“Now he’ll teach you how, or do whatever it takes.”
“…….”
“I know you.”
Go Minji said.
“…This is enough. I know what you’re trying to say, so tell us now.”
It was the exact reaction Go Yohan had hoped for.
“How to kill those bastards.”
That venomous resolve to do anything to grow stronger and survive.
“…And one more thing.”
It was Go Woojin.
“Sanctity isn’t so weak that we have to beg for your help. We all came here of our own will and vowed to take responsibility for it.”
He rose to his feet as well.
Squeeze.
Clenching his fist hard like Go Minji.
“Resent it? We do. Because some Sanctity players will never hold a sword again.”
It was the first time Go Woojin had shown this side.
“But we’ll push forward from that pain. You wouldn’t understand.”
Go Woojin looked at Go Yohan.
“That’s how Sanctity got here.”
“…Isn’t that something you shouldn’t say, hyung?”
He just asked.
Others were on the verge of disability—why step up yourself?
“The raid leader is right.”
The player with the mangled arm said.
“This is how we’ve always come this far. My injury’s because I’m weak, not something to resent anyone over. I couldn’t have started this otherwise.”
“Exactly.”
The players chimed in agreement.
“And we survived thanks to it, right? We were gonna retire anyway—just think of it as retiring a bit early!”
The mood lightened a touch somehow.
“…….”
Go Yohan glanced at Lee Jaekyung standing to the side.
He shrugged his shoulders.
‘Didn’t I tell you?’
That’s what it seemed to say.
And he had to admit it.
‘Maybe I was wrong.’
He hadn’t expected Sanctity to be this strong.
Truth be told, he’d meant to scare them a bit.
Perhaps he’d been pushing away those who kept trying to stand by his side.
To make them afraid, to tell them to run, that this was a battlefield.
‘They came to prove themselves to me.’
That Sanctity could be of help, and.
“We’re not idiots, young master….”
“Please drop that title.”
“Ahem. Anyway, we’ve seen what kind of fights you’re in, what you’re trying to do.”
Raid teams 1, 7, and 10.
They were the ones who had been with him in the last Black Gate or met at the training grounds.
“We’re not in it for some grand cause. Who cares about that in modern society?”
The player said.
“Just think of it as investing our lives in a chance. Investments come with risks of loss, right?”
Snicker.
Small laughs broke out.
‘Up to here.’
Enough with the cheap sentimentality.
“First off, you’re all misunderstanding a few big things.”
“…….”
Everyone listened intently to Go Yohan.
“…Actually, it’s just that I was wrong.”
Go Yohan said calmly.
“…I didn’t have even the slightest expectation from you all.”
Squeeze.
Sounds of fists clenching and teeth grinding rose here and there.
“…I didn’t expect you to get this seriously injured either.”
“…You crazy bastard?”
Go Minji’s cursing reached his ears.