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The eastern edge of the central continent.

On the last frontier of the Ruspel Empire, a fierce battle has already raged for over a month.

The tension between the Kaimon Alliance and the Ruspel Alliance.

In fact, this battle could have lasted for a month because the top rankers of the Kaimon were not participating in the battle.

New NPCs and quests sprinkled all over the continent with announcements of large-scale updates.

The elite rankers would naturally be interested in that situation, and the relaxed rankers of Kaimon left the Great War compared to the rankers of Ruspel.

“Well, don't tell me we're outnumbered by the Ruspel Alliance. ”

“No, even if you get pushed, you can repair it later. If we push through, we won't even make it to the central area. ”

“Yes, I need to prepare new content first. ”

After so many well-rounded users left the battlefield, the Ruspel Empire was able to defend the last frontier with close proximity.

However, it was also impossible to go up to the station.

It was due to the overwhelming number of Nodes and Territories in the Central Continent.

Military forces from numerous Nodes and Territories were continuously deployed to the battlefield, whereas Roosevelt's camp, which totaled less than twenty territories, was only in a hurry to stop it.

A war tent in the Rusfel Alliance.

The masters of the upper guilds of Ruspel were sighing and repeating their meetings.

“Ha, there's less than a week left for a massive update. ”

A mixture of Martin's frustrations, Samueljin replies in a low voice.

“Yes, exactly five days left. ”

With luck, two of the Allied forces' most important figures begin to open their mouths.

“Martin, do we have to stay tied up here? ”

“You know what? Otherwise, the Kaimons will be absolutely powered up… but if all new content is captured, then it's really hopeless. ”

“Hmmm, but if you keep blocking the wire here and keep blocking Kaimon's army, you can continue earning goods like specialty points and experience points... How much more resin would that be?" ”

“Of course, it might feel that way right now. because it's not a small amount of goods that you can get from the Central Continent. But we don't know what's coming out of the new content. And in almost all cases, new content is usually added as parent to existing content. ”

opinions spilling out everywhere.

Samuel Jinn, who was just listening for a moment, opened his mouth, silencing the crowd.

“Let's all just be quiet for a second. I think we've gathered you here to figure out how to do that. ”

Samueljin's words silence the noisy eldest, and everyone's gaze gathers on him.

And he opened his mouth again.

“Martin and I spent the last few days thinking about dividing our forces into three groups. ”

With this word, a little elasticity flows from place to place.

“Wow…. ”

“Indeed, if that is the way.... ”

Samueljin, who once exchanged his eyes with Martin, opened his mouth again.

“This is as far as most guild masters would have guessed. ”

Samueljin spread out the wide parchment he had prepared and hung it on the wall.

On top of that, the guild's names and the names of its users were neatly organized.

“As you may think, we will now divide the power into three groups. So each group will have a week to complete a quest for new content, allowing them to leave the central continent. ”

Martin, who was sitting next to me, said:

“So while Group A and Group B are stopping the Kaimon Empire, Group C is moving on to new content, and Group C is coming back. And when Group A returns, Group B proceeds in a moveable manner. ”

Since it was not particularly difficult, the masters who once checked the group table that Samuel had made, quickly accepted and nodded.

“That's a good idea. Two thirds of the way down, and I'm sure it won't be a problem. ”

“That's right. The Kaimon have lost all their main rankers, and they've become less aggressive. ”

Samuel looks around the gut and opens his mouth again.

“Please check the pairs of guilds that belong to each of you, and if you are all confirmed, please take a seat. ”

After a while, the noisy playground cleared up and all the people sat down again, Samuel Jinn continued.

“This system will take place immediately from tomorrow, starting with Group A. ”

Martin opens his mouth.

“If you run it for the first week, if you have two-thirds of your troops at ease, you can turn it into a three-shift system. ”

The Roosevelt Wing Department started the meeting again to build a defense line with such freshly refurbished personnel, and after a long time the meeting was concluded.

About the end of the meeting, a man asked Martin.

“But, Martin, Is the Veliant Guild completely different from our route now? ”

The question made Martin and Samueljin's face suddenly distorted.

For weeks now, the Belient Guild has been completely off the central continent.

Martin nods, smiling bitterly.

“It seems that way. ”

“No, I thought there were several Belyant Guild territories in the post office... ”

Samueljin said.

“They think it's abandoned territory. ”

“Hmmm... ”

Samueljin doesn't deserve the Belyant Guild on the route, but he doesn't think the situation is particularly pessimistic.

‘If the large-scale update had been a month or two later, it would have worked all the way to the Central Continent as well as the Mainland of Roosevelt. ’

If it had been so, not only would his guild, Oklan, but he would have suffered a painful blow himself.

‘From this massive update... we must somehow reverse this situation. ’

Samueljin's head begins to spin rapidly.

* * *

The entrance to the 120th arrondissement.

On the big rock in the corner, two men sat down to talk.

One was Ian, of course, and the other was Cheolwoo, GM from Kailan Development.

Ian opens his mouth to Iron Rain in a blunt voice.

“Hah, I can't talk long because I don't want a minute and a second right now. ”

It's been a long time since my drowsiness started pouring in.

Ian, who was enduring with superhuman mental strength, did not like the steel in front of his eyes.

‘Oh, I don't have time to go through the quest right now... ’

However, to ignore the rainbow and continue the quest, the rainbow was too strong.

‘No, no matter how GM… Isn't Level 500 a bit harsh? ’

Since Iron was not a Horseman, the anti-horsepower stat did not work, and I strongly felt that if he hit a few with his bare hands, Ian would be out there playing.

“I won't be gone long. Please take a moment. ”

Ian replied with a grumpy expression.

“Go ahead.”

At that moment, Chulwoo opened his mouth after having thought.

“First of all, I want to say how sorry I am to Ian. We sincerely apologize for the lack of content management that resulted in this unusual play route. ”

As a matter of fact, Ian flinched, even though it was natural for the developer, with a burdensome attitude of caution.

‘I'm sorry, it's not easy to put a metal plate on your face. ’

Ian had originally thought of messing with his mind and making the conversation impossible at all.

However, I couldn't stop speaking politely to him.

“Ugh, umm... You're sorry?”

Chulwoo nodded.

“Yes, Ian. I apologize on behalf of LBSoft. ”

Ian glances at Iron Rain with his eyes wide open.

“Hmm... So what are you thinking? I hope that's not the end of it. ”

Cheolwoo grins his head.

“Of course. It can't be. Our LB has agreed to acknowledge our defects and accordingly provide appropriate compensation to Ian for the damages. ”

Ian's eyes were filled with doubles.

“Oh...? Keep talking. ”

Cheolwoo's words continued.

“We want to cooperate with Ian and seek his cooperation, instead of giving him a proper reward. ”

“Cooperation...? ”

Iron, who met Ian's eyes, sighed and replied.

“Yes, because we're in a very awkward situation. ”

“Hmm…. ”

“Ian is aware that there are only a few days left for a large update. ”

Ian replied briefly.

“That's right.”

Cheolwoo spoke honestly about the situation at LB.

“Our development team needs to finalize to open new content… Ian is in a situation where we can't do that. ”

“Hmmm.”

Ian thought, scratching his back head.

‘Ha, I'd like to say that we can postpone the update if we're on the same page…. ’

Iando's conscience (?) I had something similar, but I couldn't say that.

“So our management team would like Ian to terminate his access right now. ”

Ian immediately replied.

“What's the reward for coming back to me, then? ”

“Well…. ”

Chulwoo took off his mouth for a moment.

“I'll leave you 5% of Ian's Character's Stamina. What do you think?”

At Cheolwoo's suggestion, Ian almost failed to manage his expression at the moment.

"What, you're gonna leave me 5% horsepower?" This is more rewarding than I thought. ’

If you can bring 5% Horsepower, you can absorb 5% damage against all future horsepower factions.

The numbers themselves were short, so I could think of it as a trivial reward, but this was a huge one.

‘But we need to be a little more careful. ’

Ian opens his mouth again.

“Isn't this anti-magical power something you can raise when you're fighting the Horsemen? Does it mean that 5% of it is anti-magical? ”

When Ian asked, Cheolwoo's expression was slightly distorted for the first time.

It was definitely a user who knew what 5% of the anti-horsepower meant, because he felt like he was pretending not to know.

“Hmmm, of course, according to Ian, you can increase your potency with battles or quests against the Horsemen. But one percent is really hard to raise, and five percent is never small. ”

Despite Cheolwoo's explanation, Ian insisted and stretched.

“But like all resistance, I think there's a limit to the amount of anti-horsepower... Right? ”

“Yes, I know that 30 percent is the maximum. ”

As soon as he heard that, Ian immediately opened his mouth.

“So I want you to give me 5% horsepower and increase my maximum. So I'm going to log out neatly. ”

An unexpected offer from Ian.

At the moment of ironing, my face was stiff.

Then I started rolling my head hard.

‘If the maximum horsepower is increased by 5%... the maximum horsepower will be 35%... It's hard to get Max's stats up anyway, so can you just accept it? ’

Iron clears his mind for a moment, then nods slowly.

It was a calculation that Ian would not be able to raise his horsepower by that amount even if he increased the maximum.

“Very well. I'll do that, Ian. ”

And with a cooler acceptance than I thought, Ian felt a bit chilled.

‘What? I didn't expect it to be so easy... ’

But good things.

Ian nodded and replied.

“Thank you, Cheolwoo. So that's how it's going to be handled. ”

Cheolwoo also looked down and replied.

“Thank you for your cooperation. ”

After the deal was concluded, Ian asked Chul-woo about his questions.

“Then Cheol-woo. What happens to all the goods I get from the Magic Cube? ”

As if Cheolwoo had been waiting for him.) I started explaining.

“Once you log out, all goods and items will disappear. Since this is a test zone, the item code will be erased from the system… we can't help it. ”

Cheolwoo emphasizes that he can't help it.

Ian is a little suspicious, but he opens his mouth again.

“Then what happens to my items that have already been enhanced with the stable stone? ”

Cheolwoo's answer followed.

“I'll make sure to keep the enhanced items intact. And maybe the quest you're working on will stay the same. ”

A talking wire, no matter how big the toebox is.

Ian nods slowly.

‘Well, that's far enough. I can't imagine how long it'll take to get the reinforcement stones I collected back to normal roots. ’

Ian smiles and extends his hand to Iron Woo.

“Thank you for your concern, Cheolwoo. ”

Cheolwoo nods, holding Ian's hand.

“You're welcome. I'm sorry to interrupt your play. ”

However, even after saying hello, they both stood there and didn't move.

Ian scratches his back head and talks to Iron Woo.

“After you. I have a few things to take care of... I'll log out shortly. ”

After seeing Ian logging out and trying to disconnect, Chul-woo sighed and replied.

“Hmmm... I see. However, you will need to log out within 10 minutes. ”

Ian quickly nodded and replied.

“Of course, after Cheolwoo leaves, I'll log out in 10 minutes, or five minutes. ”

“I'll believe you.”

As soon as Cheolwoo finished connecting, Ian hurriedly opened his inventory and quickly removed the piled stanchions.

‘We have to use at least everything we put together and end it. ’

And after a while.

Ian hollows, and the world message begins to resound on the remaining ledge.

[User ‘Ian’ has successfully earned the Transcendence Rank Gear by +5.]

[User ‘Ian’ has successfully earned the Transcendence Rank Gear by +5.]

[User ‘Ian’ has successfully earned the Transcendence Rank Gear by +5.]

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