New Guild Clash
Noon. The guild clash begins! At the same moment, my stream goes live. As I could already tell from the community reaction earlier, the chat is flying by at a ridiculous pace. Apparently all that preparation I’d put into this clash had actually doubled as publicity, because the viewer count was climbing fast, too.
"Heh heh."
"Guys, do you have any idea where I am right now?"
"Everyone, really. Haven’t you heard not to believe everything you read online?"
Without dragging it out, I cut to the Unknown Universe screen.
"I’m currently infiltrating the Mua guild’s hideout."
"In this new guild clash, where schemes and counter-schemes are flying everywhere, if you want to deceive the enemy, first you have to deceive your allies."
Slash!
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Cutting down one or two as a test, I kept talking.
"The space-defense war is a lie. Things like that are for cowards. I, Haruru, the one destined to stand at the pinnacle of Unknown Universe, came here to wipe out the entire Mua guild by myself."
As expected, the public opinion flipped in an instant. Now it was time to ride that momentum and finish off the rest of the Mua guild. Then the guild master’s chat message popped up. For reference, the little "※" marks the guild master.
What do you mean, how is it lining up? It’s because your side’s spy ended up acting like a double agent without even realizing it. Still, this chaos seems fun. And it’s useful for when I deal with the Ruin guild later, too. Sneaking a mole into someone else’s guild? Fine, then take a taste of your own medicine.
No more words after that. Looks like he was starting to suspect his own guild members. The funny part is, I hadn’t actually planted a mole at all. All I’d done was make use of a double agent.
The lies seem to be having a massive effect. Let them doubt one another, let them tear themselves apart from within, and even drag the Ruin guild into internal conflict.
What exactly had I prepared? I just got lucky enough to discover the spy, then used him as a double agent without him even realizing it. Still, this game is also about public opinion.
And I happen to be a livestreamer. I’m in a position where I can knead public opinion like dough. I have no idea whether the Ruin guild jerks are watching my stream, but let’s lie one more time and stir up a little more internal conflict like before.
"It wasn’t something I prepared. It happened because there were so many people who hated the Ruin guild. Even inside the Ruin guild itself. And what does that mean? It means the whole world—no, the whole universe—wants the Ruin guild gone."
Right. It wasn’t over yet. I shouldn’t let my guard down. But this was too easy, and I couldn’t help smiling.
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By the time all those guild members were collapsing one after another like autumn leaves, there were only a handful left—so few I could count them on my fingers.
"Damn it... I wasn’t planning to use this."
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Wasn’t planning to use this? What was he talking about?
If there was a secret trump card for a guild clash, wouldn’t it be something like a guardian relic or a golem?
"Everyone, looks like something big is coming."
Rumble!
The screen went black for a moment, then shook violently. A game notification appeared.
The Mua guild master has summoned an Ultra Black Golem.
The Black Golem opens its eyes!
"Whoa, what the hell! That thing’s insanely expensive. It’s the best of the guild guardian golems."
"Want a happy story instead of a scary one? If we can bring that thing to an incapacitated state rather than fully destroying it, we’ll be able to use it ourselves after we win the guild clash."
But to do that properly, I’d have to hit very specific parts with absolute precision, which demanded a frightening amount of concentration. I shut my mouth for a moment and decided to check the chat later.
Thud!
That was when it happened.
The golem brought its massive arm down, but not at me.
"Uoooooh!"
That voice I knew so well—could it be?!
"Everyone!"
It wasn’t just Jeong-yong and Mone. I could see other guild members, too. They’d left only the absolute minimum behind and come here to help me.
"Haruru. You’re planning to crack the golem’s core just enough to make it inoperable, right? That expensive thing would be a waste to destroy, and we’ll need it for our guild later. Jeong-yong and I’ll pull aggro. In the meantime..."
"Yes! Thank you, everyone."
If all the aggro is on the tank, then hitting the core is easy. Child’s play—no, easier than throwing money away in Unknown Universe.
I nudged the damage just a hair and tapped the golem’s core.
The Ultra Black Golem has entered an inoperable state.
"From now on, it’s going to be the Shining Parade guild’s Ultra Black Golem. Your golem’s amazing."
Not only that, but lovely notification messages kept popping up one after another.
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"Wow. Look at our guild members, casually dropping them one by one without me even saying anything. You didn’t let your guard down just because they’re tanks and support, did you? They’re people with an S-grade spirit and an SSS-grade Rafi, after all."
The guild members really did join in beautifully. Mone alone is doing the work of several people.
Mua Guild
1/30
That number meant only one thing.
Everyone except the guild master had been taken down.
"As always, I just got lucky, I guess. If the Mua guild hadn’t sent in a spy, I wouldn’t have had to pull dirty tricks like this."
An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. That’s how it goes. I don’t feel one ounce of guilt.
"..."
The remaining guild master said nothing. Didn’t seem like he was up to anything sneaky. When I gave him a closer look, he finally opened his mouth.
"Are you really going to destroy the Ruin guild?"
"Of course."
"Don’t say that so casually. The SSS-grade Mika full transcend you’ve got? The Ruin guild headquarters has so many of those you could trip over them."
I know that better than anyone. But...
Without a word, I linked +10 Element of the Four Elements Necklace.
"You walk around acting like you’ve conquered the world with a +10 Four-Element Necklace, but there are plenty of people with endgame gear that can more than make up for a +10. Do you think you can handle that? Can you handle turning all of us into your enemies?"
"Wow. That’s such a third-rate villain line."
"I asked if you can handle it!"
"If I couldn’t handle it, I wouldn’t have started in the first place."
"Go and tell the Ruin guild master what I said. You people have been running this show for far too long. Ten years is long enough; it’s time to step down. Unknown Universe Slash, Chapter 11..."
"A flower blooms red for only ten days."
The Mua guild master — LaiMen — has been defeated.
You have won the guild clash.
Perfect Game !!!