Cheonma! I'm Certain!
"Cheonma! I'm sure! Betting my entire fortune on it."
"What? For real? That guy's not even done his second job change yet? Why the hell would someone like that be here?"
"No idea... but trust me, it's him. I've looped through Cheonma recruitment videos thousands of times!"
"See? He's got gauntlets on too. You don't see Magic Fist Lords just anywhere."
"Uh... you think?"
"Kinda sounds like it now that you mention... Nah, but if it's real, what the hell's he doing here?"
No matter how much of a prodigy Cheonma was hailed as, he was still just a low-level user.
People rated him highly because of his unfathomable potential, not because he was overwhelmingly strong right now.
Cheonma fans, haters, and pure entertainment seekers mixed in the chat, blowing it up.
They differed on opinions, but agreed on one thing.
With Cheonma involved, things wouldn't stay simple!
For the Silver Lion guild, who should have been the stars, it was enough to make their blood boil.
"Where the hell did this guy come from?!"
"Some Ramark NPC?"
The Silver Lion members, still clueless about Carpe's identity, panicked.
A notification popped up in front of Carpe, facing them off.
A localized war has broken out between the Ramark Kingdom and the Gilliant Empire!
Your temporary affiliation (Ramark) and the target's affiliation (Gilliant) are currently at war.
During wartime, regional penalties and PK penalties do not apply.
Boom!
"Gah?!"
Carpe's fireball slammed into another Silver Lion member.
The hit player let out a short scream before turning gray and vanishing.
"Whew. Another one down."
"Yeah, no kidding. I was hoping it wasn't true, but here he is. These guys."
The sudden ambush from the far rear of their formation.
Nowhere in Silver Lion's plans.
"What? A player?!"
"PK penalty waived notification! Shit, he's with Ramark!"
"Crazy, how'd he know to hide here? Leak?"
"No way! We didn't even know the destination till we got here!"
Silver Lion's security was ironclad.
Even guildmates only learned the real objective 30 minutes ago.
Carpe hadn't expected Silver Lion to hit the fortress either.
If not for that community post yesterday.
Of course, the promo post gave only a vague time window, so Carpe had shrugged it off as "whatever."
Cheonma was different.
He knew every major RaSe event inside out—and flagged this as suspicious.
"Huh? What? So Silver Lion's just pulling aggro with fake news?"
But per Cheonma's knowledge, no national quests this timeline.
Meaning the future had changed.
From Cheonma's experience with Carpe, divergences from his timeline had one cause.
"...Hey, that's unfair. I just followed the quest."
Chasing Mythic class job quests rippled everywhere.
Carpe's big incidents: two main ones.
First, "Elf Forest."
After grabbing the second relic, elves appeared early in RaSe lore.
Carpe used Alteer's elf forest return scroll to warp straight there.
"Huh? No, we've just started a bit of exchange with humans, that's all."
"Really? No conflicts or disputes with humans at all?"
"None whatsoever. Thanks to you, Lord Carpe, our days are peaceful."
Queen Alteer said no deep ties to humans besides Carpe.
The "Revolution" event from Carpe.
Silver Lion was tangled in it, no doubt.
That was yesterday.
From one line—"Server-first national quest"—Cheonma pinpointed Silver Lion's path!
He didn't stop there, predicting routes and ambush spots for Carpe.
Result: Carpe nailed their rear perfectly.
"Reading the future or what?! How'd you know to ambush?!"
"Shit, possessed?!"
Silver Lion nailed the truth—unknowingly.
"Got it, pipe down... Hup."
"Die!"
Carpe ducked a knife aimed at his head.
Followed by magic.
"Wind Cutter!"
The Wind Cutter pierced Cheonma's marked target, dropping him without resistance.
"One-shot again? Not luck?"
"That guy hadn't even finished second job! Insane, one-shotting with Wind Cutter?!"
"Ranker! Gotta be a ranker!"
Something only high rankers over 120 could pull easy.
Attacker revealed as ranker—chat exploded again.
Carpe's level-defying damage created innocent(?) casualties.
Bro was right—rear's weak.
Unlike scrubs like KD pulling Yeopo stunts in Ruana, Silver Lion was massive—but power gaps were huge.
High-levels up front, lowbies/supports in back.
All per Cheonma's prediction.
Yeah, numbers always win. Got it.
Hit-and-run.
Guerrilla tactics when outnumbered.
As Carpe struck rear and pulled back—
Swish.
An assassin-dressed player closed silently behind Carpe.
Nickname: Hassan e Sabah
Level 104. Rank 971. Key Silver Lion firepower.
Not idiots—they sprinkled elites in rear for ambushes.
Hassan was one; rushed over at the commotion.
Perfect backstab.
Even in talent-packed Silver Lion, Hassan was special.
Shadow Master.
Unique hidden class: "burst assassin" dumping all power into one hit.
Concept pure DPS—no HP/MP stats on level-up. No defense gear.
Insane penalties, but godlike damage.
Hassan figured even world #1 Gunter would drop to one clean hit.
Heh. Tough luck, mystery meat. Wrong matchup.
8-star skill—Shadow Walker—erased his presence perfectly.
No eyes in your skull? Can't dodge.
Die!
Hassan's dagger rocketed at Carpe's nape.
Nearly 200 Agility—pure light beam.
But.
Hassan overlooked one thing.
Swish.
"No way?!"
Carpe just tilted his head—dodged clean. Hassan's strike whiffed air pathetically.
"Impossible!"
Shadow Walker perfectly hid presence.
Spotting a rear ambush? Absurd.
Dodged on instinct?
Beyond human.
Real-life boxing coach Hassan was stunned.
Overwhelming talent never seen!
Flashback in Hassan's mind.
I'm gonna be world champ someday!
Prodigy from youth led to boxing.
But world too big—talent short for champ. Ended at welterweight rank 3.
Coaching now, couldn't quit boxing fully...
Never dreamed of finding this raw talent in-game!
This was it.
Talent to rule the world!
"Y-you. Join me, conquer the wor—Guhk."
Thwack!
Hassan ate Carpe's counter—dead instantly.
No defense; unavoidable.
Whew, close call. Thanks for the heads-up, bro.
Bit sad for Hassan.
But Carpe didn't dodge on "instinct."
Just had "Cheonma" eyes on his nape.
That simple.