Chapter 180
Chapter 180
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>Translator: penny
>Chapter: 180
>Chapter Title: Out-of-Place Chat
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Somewhat out-of-the-blue chat.
-?? What?
-No, it flashed for a second and I couldn't see it properly. There was something in the sky that wasn't there before. Dark gray? Black? Something like that.
-What are you talking about? There's nothing there.
-Don't pull aggro in the middle of this crucial moment, you noob. Focus.
Naturally, the viewers' reactions weren't great.
At any other time, maybe.
But in a situation this critical, pulling aggro without reading the room wasn't going to go over well.
Yet the chat's owner didn't back down.
-No, you idiots. Something was really falling from up there!
-So where!!!
-All I see are the raid boss and the strategy team. What are you yapping about?
Instead, he acted all frustrated, and as viewers flooded the chat with question marks,
"Huh?"
This time, the reaction came from elsewhere.
A strategy team member standing outside the barrier, bracing for golems that could appear at any moment.
One of them suddenly shouted.
"Gasp!"
"L-Look up!"
At the urgent cry, everyone raised their heads.
Jerpak was no exception.
‘……Up?’
Looking up at the sky with a vague sense of foreboding, it was mystical.
A world of vibrant, multicolored hues blended together.
A beautiful, dreamlike scene like the aurora.
And in it, the only black spot stood out.
The black dot grew rapidly. More precisely, it was getting closer.
Only then did Jerpak realize what it was.
‘A, a person?’
At a glance, three dots in human shapes were plummeting at high speed.
‘No way, why are people falling from the sky?’
He didn't know what it was, but one thing was clear.
Something incomprehensible was happening.
The moment he realized it, he heard the sound of wind rushing, followed immediately by a thud! and sand dust clouding his vision.
[Berze: What happened? What just fell?]
[Berze: Jerpak. Respond.]
[Berze: Can't you hear me?]
Berze's frantic messages flew in one after another at the impossible phenomenon.
But Jerpak couldn't respond right away.
‘What the hell is going on?’
He couldn't even understand the situation himself, so what was he supposed to report?
He could only stare blankly, waiting for the dust to settle.
The dust cleared quickly.
After just a few seconds, three people were revealed.
Jerpak's eyes went wide, and he heard someone gasp from nearby.
"Gasp!"
"Crazy……."
It was a far too familiar face.
At the same time, a face that had no business being here.
The man who shocked everyone.
A user now so famous that not knowing him would get you called a spy.
The strongest existing Pratel user.
"Ow, why's the save point in the sky? Gave me a scare."
-I seriously almost had a heart attack, boss.
-Liza! Liza!
-This is perplexing.
The identities of those who had barged into the Luidra raid out of nowhere were none other than Kaiser and his guardians.
"Whoa……."
Perhaps because it was such an unforeseen arrival.
Despite the crowd, silence fell. Their brains still couldn't process the situation.
But after a brief moment, once users grasped it, cheers erupted.
"K-Kaiser!?"
"It's Kaiser! Charlie's there too!"
"C-Crazy!!"
"Woooah!! What the hell!! Holy shit!!"
No, it was more shock than cheers.
Suddenly people dropping from the sky was shocking enough, but Kaiser? Who could stay calm?
-What? What's going on!
-What fell, exactly?
-Surprise event? What the hell's happening?
-Damn, this delay is killing me.
On the broadcast side, viewers still watching a few seconds behind due to delay could only fume in frustration.
But that didn't last.
The moment the dust cleared, revealing Kaiser and the guardians.
-Fuck, what. Scared me.
-What? Are my eyes busted? Why does it look like Kaiser?
-Crazy!! It's Kaiser!!!
-Holy shit, for real? Why's Kaiser there?
-No way the sky drop was real lololol Kaiser, are you actually a god?
-Crazy lololol this is insane.
-Wait, isn't there a 15-person entry limit? How'd he get in?
-How dare you. A god descends, and you question it with human limits! None can block the path of a god……
-Kaiser? Wow, holy shit!!!
-I can't comprehend this. Please explain.
The chat exploded completely.
Kaiser's flashy, sudden entrance had turned it upside down.
[Viewers: 37.13 million]
Over 37 million people hammered the chat, turning it into a festival of question marks.
-Hey, ease up on the chat, it'll crash, you morons!
-You gonna not chat in a moment like this? How?
-Insane, insane, insane, insane. Totally fucking insane!!
-Damn, so jealous of the on-site strategy team!!! If only I hadn't had to shit…
-Kaiser vs Named Hidden Raid Boss vs Hero Guild? Lineup's nuts…… My heart's pounding.
-Ah, should've prepped ten diapers instead of five……
-lololololol so much fun lololol curious about Berze's face.
-So what's the deal? How's this possible? Someone explain.
Chats scrolled so fast it was hard to keep up even watching closely.
In this chaotic scene.
Do-hyun, straightening up amid all the stares, blinked a few times.
"……?"
Then he slowly looked around, frowned, and muttered softly.
"……What the hell is this?"
He'd clearly used a scroll to the hidden raid boss's lair.
He couldn't fathom why there were so many people or why they were all staring at him.
‘Isn't that the Hero Guild mark? And that's gotta be Luidra……? What? Are they already tackling it? No, it's a hidden raid boss?’
As Do-hyun, just as confused as everyone else, racked his brain with questions,
Ding-
Messages popped up before he could even process the situation.
[Entry limit exceeded.]
[The Savior of Forgotten Spirits and the Apostle of Prophecy have encountered Luidra together.]
[Hidden condition fulfilled.]
[Hidden phase activates.]
[Hidden raid boss 'Terrifying Nightmare Luidra' is promoted to 'Nightmare Sovereign Luidra.']
[Trait 'Dream Room' changes to 'Dream Sovereign' and 'Nightmare Room' to 'Nightmare Lord.']
[Luidra has forcibly summoned its true power without fully recovering.]
[Health drops to 30%.]
[Maximum entry limit increased to 18.]
"Huh?"
-Huh?
-Liza……?
……He had no idea what was what, but one thing was clear.
Something was going seriously sideways.
* * *
[Hidden phase activates.]
"What? What phase?"
"Suddenly what……!"
Jerpak and the team, lost in shock at the abrupt alert, yelled in surprise.
What was this, like a jar shattering in the dead of night?
They hoped they'd misread, but glancing terrified at Luidra, it was starkly different from before.
[So that's how it is. You're no mere humans after all. You who dare disturb the eternal slumber I bestowed—drown in a horrific nightmare!]
Luidra's roar, now sharper, rang out with a message.
[Player 'Gride''s 'Dream Room' transforms into 'Dream Paradise.']
And almost simultaneously, a scream-like whisper rang in their ears.
-Aaaagh!! What is this! H-Help……. Gah!! Kaaaaagh!
Slash- stab- stab stab! Kieeek!
"What is it? What's happening! What's going on!"
-Kaaaaagh!
It was Gride in the Dream Paradise.
Unaware of the outside, he'd met disaster mid-mission.
Wondering how the Dream Room had changed to provoke that reaction sent chills down their spines.
A few seconds after the screams began.
They tapered off, and a single alert appeared.
[Player 'Gride' has died.]
"Crazy……."
A skilled executive dead in mere seconds.
Even accounting for low health from the dream essence mission, it defied common sense.
And that wasn't all.
[Hidden raid boss 'Nightmare Sovereign Luidra' enrages.]
[Beware indiscriminate barrage.]
Kyahahahahaha!!!
Luidra swept through allies with its sickle, now twice as huge.
"Aaaagh! What the hell! There wasn't anything like this last time!!"
"R-Run!"
"No, block it! Running won't change shit. Block it…… Huh? Gah!"
Some tried to flee, some to block.
Poor coordination in the unexpected chaos collapsed their formation, and those who'd rationally tried to block were sent flying miserably into the walls.
The power far exceeded expectations.
-Hidden phase nuts lolololololol
-Fuck lolololol
-What the hell is this. No clue what's happening.
-How long since raid start and they're already reeling.
-Wait, what? What's going on? Can they even beat that?
-No idea. Some shit…… Some shit's going down.
The chat was, of course, in pandemonium.
-Berze what now lolol our visual novel husbando's gonna get screwed by Kaiser again.
-But isn't this Kaiser crossing the line?
-Messages say they met up progressing different quest routes, right? Not necessarily his fault?
-I mean, it's not like Kaiser joined the strategy team then backstabbed.
-So was Kaiser's quest also the Luidra one? Coincidence this big is fate.
-Maybe……? Still, Hero Guild's gotta be pissed.
-Who cares. We're having a blast watching!
Back-to-back rare events had everyone flipping out.
[Viewers: 53.14 million]
Word must've spread.
Viewers surged insanely from who-knows-where.
Already over 50 million, chats in every language imaginable scrolling nonstop.
Jerpak was going mad.
‘No, what the hell.’
The raid had drawn massive attention from the start, but what was this mess?
No injustice like this existed.
This was too much.
[Berze: What the hell is this! Hidden phase!? What does that even mean!]
[Berze: No, before that, why'd that guy drop from the sky! Why! Why him again!]
[Berze: Aaaaaaah!!!!]
Already overwhelmed, the master's nagging whispers wouldn't stop.
Eventually, even words failed, filled only with rage-filled howls.
Hearing them, Jerpak glanced around.
[Power…… Such overflowing power……! You who dare free yourself from my paradise without fear, sleep in eternal nightmare!!! Kyahahahaha!!]
Whoosh- whoosh! Slash!
"Aaaaagh! What the fuck!"
"Don't block! A graze is lethal, dodge no matter what!"
"Someone interrupt the pattern!"
"How the fuck do you interrupt that, you dumbass!"
The seductive aura gone, Luidra rampaged like a mad beast.
Its expert poise, moving like a machine, vanished—now allies scrambled desperately just to survive.
"Woooah! Epic!"
"So much fun!! Where's the popcorn! Get the popcorn!"
"Wait, isn't raid failure bad?"
"Who cares! We finished our quests already!"
Former strategy team members, now gleeful spectators cheering amid the spectacle.
[Berze: Aaaaaaah!!!! Kaiserrrrrr!!!!]
And Hero Guild's proud master, lost to madness.
In this insane trinity, Jerpak quietly muted the whisper target and rubbed his forehead.
‘We're screwed.’