Chapter 142
Chapter 142
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>Translator: penny
>Chapter: 142
>Chapter Title: Outlaw Challenge
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And it hadn't even been three days yet.
There was one topic that never left the homepage and community boards.
None other than Kaiser.
Ever since he'd claimed the number one spot on Raven, his name came up every single day without fail—a sure sign of just how hot he was.
-Kaiser up to what these days? Haven't seen any updates lately?
Even a few days without Kaiser talk felt off.
Finally, when one user couldn't hold back and brought it up, comments poured in like they'd been waiting.
└Pretty sure he's just been grinding hunts since eating dirt at Iron Bastion two days ago? Last I saw, he was in front of the Shadow Lycanthrope dungeon?
└Lmao eating dirt? Kaiser's wipe is hilarious for some reason.
└Even Kaiser couldn't crack the castellan’s mighty Iron Bastion defenses.
The castle no one had entered in a year and a half.
Netizens were gleefully tapping away as talk turned to Sargis Castle—nicknamed Iron Bastion for its impenetrable walls and the fact that it let no one in or out.
-Kaiser stole the hearts of every NPC in Brion, but the castellan was a step too far.
-The great Iron Bastion's lord lives up to his rep...
-But seriously, what do you gotta do to meet the guy? Sure, some NPCs only show up after maxing favor, but this one doesn't even give you a chance to grind it.
-Aw, guess we'll be waiting a while for the next vid. Gotta camp till graduation quest?
They spent dozens of minutes bullshitting like that.
Then, out of nowhere, a post went up.
[Breaking: Holy shit, Kaiser's at it again!!]
With everyone already talking Kaiser, the title hit like a truck.
└? How long since he went into Sargis?
└Wtf now.
└Huh? No vid yet.
└Holding my breath till it drops, go go go.
└Over here! Someone's dead!
No way that silence was him building momentum!
The name Kaiser alone sparked that kind of hype.
And it paid off with a bombshell.
[Live: Kaiser met the castellan!!]
└......What!?
└You thought I'd fall for "fr"? Pfft.
└This troll's lame. Everyone knows he wiped already.
└Lmao right?
Like all trolls, no one bought it straight up.
Kaiser's fame had flooded the boards with bait posts, building immunity—they weren't biting at just anything anymore.
[You morons, it's real. Check the pic below. He just casually logged out looking chill... (jpg)]
But the next post flipped the script.
Just two images attached.
One of Kaiser entering the castle surrounded by crowds, the other of him exiting.
-Fucking hell it's real?!?!
-Insane, insane, INSANE!!!
-This ain't photoshop right? Real deal?
└DMed everyone I know in Sargis. Confirmed. Place is in chaos rn.
└Of course it is—first Godose ever!!
The ripple effect was massive.
Kaiser fans and casuals alike swarmed in.
Meeting Sargis's castellan was huge.
-Barian maxed guard favor to meet the lord, right?
└Dude camped there half a year straight grinding rep. Probably besties with every guard now? Still hits 'em up for updates.
└Berge wasn't slacking either. Pulled every connection, hyped as top dog here, then straight to rock bottom lmao.
└Why you gotta bring up the dating sim gayboy.
└Nooo how'd Berge's image tank like that.
-Arthur straight-up sacrificed hero gear. How the hell did Kaiser meet a lord who ghosts top players?
└Oh, turns out the lord's a Kaisinite~
└Lmao cultist's beaming with conversion vibes again.
└Indeed, how dare a mere mortal refuse the goddess's call. Kaiser just did...
Top players had pulled every trick, yet the castellan wouldn't even show a toe.
It bred grudges, but they had reasons to obsess.
-Sargis scores are notoriously stingy. No wonder everyone's desperate to crack the lord.
-Plus, killer flex: First to clear lord quest! Epic...
-So meeting the lord means we can expect big ranking jumps?
-Huh? Yeah. Another number one incoming?
Sargis gave stingy points compared to Raven and Brion.
Sure, it hit A-rank consistently, even S in Brion, but Third Trial's peak was B+.
-Newbie fresh from Brion and Sargis grad quest that brutal?
-Nah. Easiest grad by difficulty actually.
└Why? Shadow Lycanthrope boss or something?
└Nah, auto-grad. Scores you on Sargis achievements.
└?? Then why cap at B+? Extermination, Empress, Sword Saint, Heavenly Demon—all stuck below A?
Fair question.
Top players breezed through "easy" content—why couldn't they break A-rank? Didn't make sense.
The players themselves felt it worse.
"Strange."
No, they found it even weirder.
They knew their feats weren't lightweight better than anyone.
So they concluded:
"Current players aren't fully experiencing Sargis. Plenty left undiscovered."
"I, Barian, cleared everything Sargis offers—except meeting the lord."
"Something's hidden in that castle."
"Maybe those damn outlaws got a secret?"
That was the reason.
Weird challenges like Outlaw Challenge, rankers sacrificing organs to NPCs for castle access.
No successes, and now everyone had quit...
-Insane... he pulled it off?
-Wow, legendary.
Kaiser was the first.
His past feats stunned too, but cracking a 1.5-year secret? Hype city.
Everyone dying to ask what he'd do for that.
-Kaiser's nuts. Barely two weeks in and pulling this?
-News spreading—guilds gotta be watching.
└Can't ignore this lmao.
-Camping... plz vid...
-Wonder what the lord looks like? Dying to know.
In the heated vibe, one netizen shouted.
[Breaking! Kaiser logged back in!]
Thought he'd dip till tomorrow? Nope, right back.
Chaos inevitable.
└Whoa, where at? Where's he headed? What's up? Lord out too?
└Bbbbbbrrrrr hurry.
└Uh... heading to the forest?
└Forest? Why forest? Quest deets? Whatcha doing there?
└Ffs so slow. Bbbbbbrr answer.
└Dude;; I type 500wpm what you want 700;;
└So what’s he doing;; spill;;
Simple answer to the flood of refresh-spammed questions.
└Hunting.
└...?
└Not hunting—massacre. Slaughtering lycanthropes like they killed his family.
└??
Hook sunk.
└Why?
└Dunno? Sweeping mobs while grinning.
└I'm in Sargis too, he's right. Lycanthrope up, went for it—sudden dagger flies, black explosion. Turn around, Kaiser's charging like psycho. Horror movie shit;;
└Wait you saw too? I did.
└Lycanthropes dropping so fast now, hard to find any. Hunt speed is insane fr.
└?????
└Man laughing while butchering wolves in moonlit forest... ohhh....
Baffling moves sparked questions, but they shook it off.
No way it's just hunting.
Gotta be a quest. Something to find.
That's what they figured.
But...
[Kaiser day 2 post-lord meet: Still hunting.]
[Day 3: Same grind.]
[Day 4....... Ffs lemme hunt too;; Kaiser's a beast....... Ah shit wrong words. No doxxing plz Kaisinite cult.]
Day after day, two days, three, four.
Kaiser kept scouring the forest, hunting nonstop.
Stubborn as hell.
Not even touching the castle or city, zero wasted time—just wiping lycanthrope spawn.
"...Wtf is Kaiser doing?"
"Dunno. At least no steal, so focus—mobs'll snag if you slack."
"Hidden quest maybe? Looking for something."
"...You see 'searching' eyes? Looks like a guy with a grudge against wolves to me."
"Curious af, logged daily for 3 days straight watching—no searching, pure hunts."
The weird streak killed interest naturally.
Soon even Sargis locals tuned out Kaiser.
No point watching now—save it for later.
Which made the shock bigger.
[The final full moon rises.]
[Full moon's pull summons the outlaws.]
"One more day and those bastards leave us alone for a bit."
"Fed up with... huh?"
"Huh?"
Last day of full moon.
Kaiser—who they'd pegged for more grinding—finally switched it up.
Witnesses live were floored.
[Ara....... the man...... half.......]
[Must...... find.......]
The robed outlaw leader advancing with his outlaw legion.
Kaiser behind him, tossing and catching a dagger idly.
"No way...?"
Thought flashed.
Whoosh—thunk!
Kaiser's hurled dagger nailed the leader's nape.
He froze.
Hand reaching back to pull it—
Whoosh—catch.
Dagger yanked free, boomeranged right to Kaiser's grip.
[...Hi....... how...... dare......!]
Outlaw leader's body blackened in rage.
[Die...... human...... interferer...... execute.......]
Surging outlaws swarmed, encircling Kaiser's group.
Hellish fiends with creepy mugs oozing menace—chilling even watchers.
"Hey."
But Kaiser grinned.
"Let's throw down."
Did he get it?
Leader's eyes twitched, face turning deadlier.
Not just outlaws reacted to the signal.
"K-Kaiser..."
Stunned users gawking finally spoke up.
One stammered forever till another yelled.
"Kaiser's starting the Outlaw Challenge!!"
"Wooooah!!!"
"Insane!!! He's lost it!!"
Cheers erupted everywhere.
After a year, the Outlaw Challenge was back.