Mommy's Rebellion
Lee Hye-jung and the Second Team cleared the gate without a hitch.
If you looked at their hunting method in detail, it went like this:
1. Secure a point—a safe spot for the main force to stay.
2. Scatter the lure team, including Lee Hye-jung, in every direction.
3. While they do that, the main force digs traps and waits.
4. When roughly twenty-five to thirty werewolves are lured over—
5. Spring the trap and swallow them clean.
That’s about as detailed as it needs to be. Honestly, you could just sum it up as “lure them in and kill them.”
It was completely different from the usual raid battles where teams were pressed for time and faced more than ten sudden crises a day. Strategy? At best it was forming formations or occasionally tackling a mid-boss. No matter how hard you looked, there was nowhere that required real brainpower.
That was exactly why a team leader had to focus more on roles other than command.
“Alright, kids, gather up. Today was seriously great. The tank line was excellent, the damage dealers were good-good. Supporters, I’ll give you kisses later.”
That was her domain as a manager.
Nutrition, sleep, condition, even mental state.
She had to take care of and manage her team members.
Since they were human, repeating the same work for a long time inevitably led to boredom, and boredom led to carelessness.
That was why, especially at times like these, the team leader had to constantly check for any leaks in their combat power, shake off complacency, and ignite passion and fighting spirit.
The former—stamina—could be handled by Lee Hye-jung waking up early, going to bed late, and caring for them like a true Mamang. But the latter—passion and motivation—was never easy.
Fortunately, Lee Hye-jung had a cheat key in her arms: Lee Shin’s Instruction Manual.
“Hey, Soo-pil, come here. You need to move more aggressively. Just because your hyung and noona are good at tanking doesn’t mean you can just sit back and suck your thumb. Starting tomorrow, try stepping forward just one pace ahead of them.”
“Shin-ik is good at everything, but his side steps are a little too fast. I know your footwork is solid, but try syncing up with the team.”
“And our Princess Yena… whoa, those shoulders… Ow, Princess, that hurts. Haha.”
The more time she spent with her younger teammates, the more Lee Hye-jung realized something.
Their talent was on a completely different level from her own lacking ability.
The starting line had been different. The path that the old Lee Hye-jung had desperately clawed her way up was, for these kids, simply the starting point—a road they naturally passed through.
The unfair wall called talent.
Yet instead of being jealous like the lady next door, Lee Hye-jung only felt sadness in front of that wall. It was the part of her that Lee Shin truly respected, and the very reason he had given her the Instruction Manual.
Fostering talent.
If the Mountain King used the manual as part of his strategy, Lee Hye-jung used it to raise her younger siblings.
“Lee Hye-jung’s team is crossing the ruins. One, three, eight—extremely solid play as they continue their lure-and-hunt strategy.”
“This is fascinating. Look at the hunting time per monster. It’s steadily decreasing. To shorten the time this consistently, every single day… it can only mean…”
“They’re growing during the raid itself. There’s no other way to explain it.”
So-called a fostering-type commander.
While the Mountain King raised the empire Lee Shin had built to even greater heights, Lee Hye-jung was laying the foundation at the very bottom.
She took on all the dirty work for the sake of her younger siblings’ growth.
“I’ll do it.”
“No, I’ll go, sis.”
“It’s fine, noona will handle it.”
When audio like this filled the battlefield, the Yongbung fans fell into a melting pot of emotion.
Honestly, there were still voices questioning Lee Hye-jung’s appointment as team leader.
They acknowledged that she was one of the founding contributors who had built the empire with Lee Shin from the bottom, but they still claimed her level fell short compared to League One.
Yet Lee Hye-jung was proudly proving her worth.
Gate Day 8
A wall surged up between the shadow werewolf pack that Lee Hye-jung had lured. The werewolves who had been flailing suddenly came to their senses only to find themselves split into four groups. Even when grouped together they were barely enough—now that their formation was torn apart, the result was obvious.
Magic flew first, followed by swords and spears.
Gate Day 11
The second mid-boss fight. Because of its clone and shadow traits, it was famous for being extremely difficult.
But Lee Hye-jung showed off a dazzling performance in this very boss fight.
She dribbled the clones with two of her lure-team siblings while simultaneously controlling the shadows using light sources.
“I did my homework. These clones are incredibly annoying—they keep spawning no matter how many you kill. And she’s handling them like this?”
“It’s not flashy, but the three of them are moving like one body, barely dodging the clone attacks!”
“Wow? Ohhh! Whew~! The more I watch this team, the more charming they get!”
Gate Day 14
The magic that used to require two casts was now enough with one. Two sword strikes had been reduced to one. Wasted movements had dropped dramatically, and they had even reached the realm where they could predict the shadow werewolves’ behavior.
The Second Team had become completely proficient.
Their hunting speed gained even more momentum.
And then, right before the 15th day of the gate, only one guild remained in the raid: the Mir Guild.
Round 8 – The day of the rivalry match.
Caster Baek Seong-jae, commentator Choi Moon-seong, and the rest of the broadcasting staff were in a panic over an unprecedented situation.
“Heh heh, never thought I’d ride a helicopter.”
“Hyung, this isn’t the time to be laughing. Pilot, hurry, please hurry!”
“Who would’ve thought a raid and a rivalry match would overlap? I’m losing my mind.”
Going back to the past was fine and all.
But why did the schedule have to be modern?!
Back then, rivalry matches usually took two weeks. In the modern era, they happened almost every weekend!
A ridiculous situation had arisen where they had to run a rivalry match while the raid was still in progress.
Thanks to that, the broadcasting station had to scrape together people from the entertainment division, current affairs division—everyone. The commentators had to fly straight to Busan for the rivalry match the moment the raid commentary ended.
The fans were just as bewildered.
Should they watch the Second Team’s raid that was growing visibly stronger by the day?
Or the rivalry match where Lee Shin’s kids were fighting?
It was an absurd dilemma, but to the Yongbung fans it was as serious as choosing between mom and dad, or black bean noodles and spicy seafood noodles.
Fans of other guilds looked at these Yongbung fans with pity, but deep down they were envious.
While others struggled to even appear on the real-time search rankings, Mir dominated them as easily as eating meals and monopolized the league’s topics.
Even if they got cursed at, it was better to stand boldly at the center like that. Fans of guilds that never got attention could only feel depressed.
At this point, the other guild leaders were going insane.
They were already annoyed that Mir had suddenly promoted their Second Team, but now they had dug up some ancient, outdated strategy and were shaking up the entire league however they pleased.
What made it even worse was that it was actually working.
“I’m sorry. We got completely outplayed.”
“Getting excited after watching Mir’s Second Team ended up backfiring. We let monsters slip by and gave up exploration points just to shave off even one second…”
“Even a rough calculation shows we’ve already passed eighth place. If they fill the full time limit with hunting like this, even our guild in fourth is in danger.”
Due to the nature of the raid, first through fourth place all received the same victory points. In other words, as long as you crossed the fourth-place cutoff, the victory points were the same.
After grinding with their main roster only to get crushed by the Second Team as well, several guilds including the Hae-mu Guild stormed into the Bureau.
“Director! Isn’t this against the rules?!”
“Who enjoys watching a match that drags on like this?! The Bureau needs to impose sanctions!”
“The league schedule is getting completely messed up! Look, the raid and rivalry match are overlapping right now! This is unacceptable.”
However, the Bureau’s response was ice cold.
“It is not against the rules at all. Next.”
“Well, you asked who would enjoy it, but the viewership rating for this raid is the highest of the year. There’s no need to worry. Next.”
“We will handle the schedule ourselves. And Hae-mu Guild Master, I warned you once before, didn’t I? Do not encroach on the Bureau’s domain. This is my final warning.”
From the Bureau’s perspective, between the other guilds who increased their entry slots but only used their main roster and the Mir Guild that actively utilized their Second Team in line with policy—who was more lovable?
Obviously the Mir Guild.
The league had been feeling stagnant, and they had been worried. Now that fresh wind was blowing through it, how could they not adore and appreciate Mir?
Perhaps that was why the next day, the league’s main banner featured a photo of Lee Hye-jung and the Second Team. The text written on the banner showing them sitting around a campfire in a strategy meeting read:
— Finding the future in the past.
Amid all the controversy, Mir’s Second Team continued their hunt with stubborn determination. At 20 days and 17 hours of gate time, they finally stepped into the boss room.
Eight beams of light flew toward the back of Lee Hye-jung’s head.
Slash—!
Blood sprayed out.
The blood burst against the shoulder of the tanker who had blocked it. Even though he had used his shield, wounds still appeared.
A werewolf twice as big as the shadow werewolves.
True to its name, the creature that used not only physical abilities but also sorcery with its two heads was the boss—Twin Head Werewolf Hont.
Its tricky trait was its defense-ignoring attacks.
That was why simply blocking with tanks was impossible.
The standard strategy was for the tanks to rotate defense and buy time.
During that rotation process, there would inevitably be slight gaps… and right now, Lee Hye-jung was the one filling those gaps.
Whoosh—!
Lee Hye-jung leaped over the healing tanker and slid between the boss’s legs like a snake.
The distance was so close that the boss’s unique killing intent made her entire body tingle.
When Hont roared and swung its sharp claws, Lee Hye-jung responded by releasing smoke.
Using Poison Mist and Poison Step, she left afterimages as she moved.
Completely dodging everything was impossible.
She only dodged what she needed to.
As the attacks continued, Lee Hye-jung’s combat uniform became soaked with blood. Light scratches were the norm; chunks of flesh were torn from her shoulders and sides, and blood burst from the bridge of her nose.
In the suffocating barrage, Lee Hye-jung crawled across the floor, rolled, and struggled in a pitifully desperate manner.
Yet somehow, she kept buying time.
While she drew its attention, a fierce offensive continued from the opposite side. In fact, the back of boss Hont was already covered in spears, arrows, and all kinds of wounds.
Was it angry? Or did it sense danger?
One of its heads trembled, then its cheeks puffed out. Black flames flickered between its fangs.
It was a wide-area pattern that dealt defense-ignoring damage using cursed flames.
I have to dodge this!
The moment Lee Hye-jung made the judgment and tried to command her team, a veil rippled above her head as if it already knew. It was the blessing buff from the holy healer Seo Ye-na.
Immediately after, the tanker Choi Soo-pil shouted and waved his flag. Everyone’s speed increased instantly, and they scattered in all directions to avoid the pouring black flames.
“Ooh!”
“Haha!”
“Hehe!”
The Second Team was laughing as they ran.
“Hahaha.”
Lee Hye-jung couldn’t hold it in either and laughed along with her younger siblings.
At some point they had stopped needing to speak, yet their coordination was perfect. It was working. The timing matched like gears, and they could clearly feel each other’s breath—when to enter, when to exit.
And the moment everyone’s breathing synchronized—
Realization struck.
“!!”
Her field of vision exploded outward as if something that had been blocked was suddenly pierced. Lee Hye-jung’s world grew wider.
How should she describe it? It felt like looking down at everything from above the sky?
So this is what the Mountain King sees.
She could see the positions of her younger teammates, feel their awareness, and even sense the panting of the exhausted boss Hont.
I can do this?!
Lee Hye-jung, who had slid across the floor leaving scratches, immediately reversed direction and charged toward the flames.
Her siblings’ voices came from behind, but she sprinted forward.
And then she dodged the faint flames…?
“Oh!”
She really dodged it!
Her clothes melted and her skin was slightly scorched, but her movement was completely unaffected.
Scattering poison, she closed the distance in an instant.
Only then did she see the creature’s startled eyes. With two heads came two pairs of eyes—its surprise was doubled.
Lee Hye-jung smiled brightly and stabbed both daggers into its heads.
And then—
“Kids.”
The weapons of her younger siblings, who had followed her with absolute trust, finally pierced the boss’s body from all directions.
Slice!
Shhhhhhh—!!
Above it, colorful magic circles unfolded over the struggling boss.
And then—
Rumble—!!
The heavens and earth shook.
It was a flawless, perfect counter. The teamwork was so good that even the Mountain King would have given them 120 out of 100.
In that case, it had to die.
The Twin Head Werewolf Hont, its eyes losing focus, finally collapsed.
7th Round
📍 Gate: LV7 Civilization Destroyer Werewolf
📊 Total Clear Time: 500 hours 59 minutes 3 seconds (New longest time record)
👑 Boss: Twin Head Werewolf Hont
🏆 MVP: Lee Hye-jung (Rating: 9.3)
And the final rankings were:
1st. Taeyang Guild
2nd. Shinseong Guild
3rd. Kirin Guild
4th. Mir Guild (New!!)
5th. Baekgeom Guild (—1)
1st. Mir Guild (—)
2nd. Kirin….
Total Points Acquired:13000p
Special Reward:Second Team’s stat growth will be accelerated.