985 < 982.7. Unexpected Encounter (4) >

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Kailan is a game played by countless users worldwide.

So even if you only want to infer a ranker with some known name, hundreds. No, it was more than a thousand.

Since there are over 100 users listed as‘ Top Rankers' only on Korean servers, it is a natural figure based on the world.

That's why Kailan's planning team was never able to monitor all rankers.

No matter how hard you work late (?).

“Representative Kim, have you picked a list of rankers to monitor today? ”

“Yes, sir. Luckily, it's about 80 today. ”

“Phew, that's a relief. ”

“Then, let the record begin. ”

“If you notice anything unusual, call and report it immediately. ”

“Yep!"

So LB had an algorithm to extract users to monitor internally.

The system records users who did something unusual the day before and then draws up a list to monitor them the next day.

And most of the users who are selected every day had to be rankers.

Of course, there were occasional unique low-level users who were attacking the system's loopholes, but it was not as risky as the top rankers.

“Phew, I'm the most nervous when the monitoring team calls. I hope everything goes well today.... ”

“Yes, sir. Every time I call from the monitoring room, I feel like overtime is increasing by a day. ”

“I'm not in that mood, I'm right. Almost like science. ”

“ ……. ”

But what's interesting here is that the frequency included in the monitoring list is not necessarily proportional to ranking.

For Kai, the world's top tier ranker, as an easy example, he has rarely been selected for monitoring.

Even the best rankers tend to play with integrity (?) If so, there is simply no reason to monitor if the planning team is playing in a predictable direction.

When Kai was included in the monitoring, it was usually only when the quest for the main episode was going fast.

“How happy would it be if all the users worked according to their planning intentions? ”

“I see. That would make the Warlabels three times better. ”

And honest like Kai.) If there was a user, there was a user standing almost at the same spot…….

“Well, what's the point of all this nonsense? ”

“ ……. ”

“Why is that scrap turtle over there? ”

“Well, sir... ”

“Phew, NPC brings in a lot of content with both hands. ”

“Hey, take it easy, boss. ”

It was a user like Ian who came to the monitoring room as a regular guest for almost 300 days out of 365 days a year.

The name Ian was almost always at the top of the monitoring user list, and if one day Ian's name didn't appear on the list, it was suspicious in the monitoring room whether he had picked the wrong list or not.

“No, you said it was Turtle Hidden Piece. ”

“Rain, something like that. ”

“Why the hell is Hidden Piece going after the user on his own? ”

“Well, that's ……. ”

“Hidden Piece. Hidden Piece. Shouldn't you be hiding? ”

“Because of the special conditions that Ian's user has... …. ”

And today, thanks to that user, LB's planning team was suffering from measles.

It was evident by Kim, the first team leader, leaping into the monitoring room with the face mentioned above.

“Ha, Hidden Peason or something...... That stupid turtle is going to blow up some content. ”

The nerves of the planning team that are here are directed at the mid-world warfare.

An all-out war between the Spirit Realm and the Racatorium.

The game of the main episode will be completely different depending on how the outcome of this war comes about, so the entire planning team will have to stand in a tight spot.

So what is the outcome that the planning team wants?

Of course, the planning team didn't want a particular faction to win.

All the planning team wanted was for this episode to last as long as possible.

Due to the huge amount of air support in the episode itself, we hope that the war will continue for at least two months and content consumption will be delayed.

And in that sense, Ian's quest to advance the outcome of the war had to be as long and unsupported as possible.

“Positive…… think, Team Leader. ”

“Is this a positive now? I think I blew it up for a week. ”

“ ……. ”

In fact, the planning team, including Kim, did not expect Ian to save Elisha and join the battlefield to end the war with a spiritual victory immediately.

As soon as Elisha returns, Charles and his officers will join the war to balance it out.

That's how episodes were organized in the first place.

However, the sooner Ian completed the quest, the sooner Elisha returned, the sooner Charlie would show up, which is consistent with the imminent end of the war, so the sooner Ian's attack on the altar of machinery would be unlikely.

However, unlike Team Leader Kim, there was also a very positive team member.

“There's definitely a positive side to this, sir. ”

“What's so positive about that? ”

Always Planning Team 1's Happiness Circuit (? Kim Do-hoon, who was in charge, was also trying to calm Kim's excitement today.

“In fact, even without Hidden Piece, Ian must have cleared the altar. ”

“Hmm... I guess so. ”

“Of course, it would have taken a few more days…… but Ian would have cleared out all the encephalopaths in a day. ”

“So what do you want to say, Representative Kim? ”

Kim Do-hoon replied with a meaningful expression on Kim's behalf.

“If you know the structure of the altar, you'll get Ian to the top floor with little or no combat. ”

“W-what? ”

“Ian will then complete the quest without encountering any name-grade monsters, so he will blow up a huge amount of experience. ”

“ ……. ”

“You won't be able to level 100 until you join the World War. ”

“That, I mean.... ”

After listening to Kim Do-hoon's story, Kim was forced to look beyond the excitement that sank.

Of course, he wasn't wrong.

In fact, if you hunt anywhere for a week thanks to your generosity, the difference in EXP would be enough.

However, Kim Do-hoon's next story was also quite tempting to Kim Ui-hwan.

“This isn't just about losing experience, sir. ”

“Then?”

“You know how important ‘transcendent level 100’ is, don't you? ”

“ ……! ”

“Ian participates in a 100 level war and Ian, who is 100 level, participates in a 100 level war. If you think about how different the impact is...... there is definitely a positive side to it. ”

“Oh…? ”

Thanks to the Hidden Piece, Ian saved at least three days and up to a week on the quest.

However, thanks to you, Ian won't be farming anywhere as long as he completes his quest quickly.

Ian was the one who was going to join the battlefield as soon as he woke up the quest.

‘Well, I'm glad Ian didn't get his 100 levels up and wake up. ’

Although it was not yet known among the users, transcendent 100 levels meant more to the middleman than he thought.

That's why the level didn't go up so well at level 99.

When he reached this point, Kim Hye-hwan calmed down a little. He sighed deeply and opened his mouth to his team members.

“Phew, let's all go back to the planning room. ”

“Yes, sir. ”

“Let's go up and reconvene. ”

And even today, the noisy planning team was able to restore peace.

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In fact, it wasn't only because Ian was part of the group that Cheol came to see the group.

As he said, he was attracted by the scent of a powerful spirit in front of the group.

It would have been no different even if another animist had been in the party.

But Ian-rich love story.) The reason I saw Doug was that he built an intimacy with him very easily.

Any user who was not Ian would have joined the quest, but he wouldn't have been so active in the first place.

In normal routes, he would have acted as a bystander until a certain point while the user was attacking the altar.

However, from the first meeting, many people were impressed by it, which immediately led to an increase in intimacy with Ian.

- Special conditions met!

- Increase Amity with Ancient NPC ‘Heavy’ by 100.

- You've reached your maximum intimacy with Chelsea.

Despite being Hidden NPC, he quickly reached maximum intimacy and began to help Ian's group like he did.

“Ugh, this place is a maze, right? ”

Come here, guys.

“Big boy, do you know the way? ”

- Of course it is. Trust me and follow me!

It's like you hit a Cheeky.

Every time the shell of the iron bulb glowed white, the doors of the mechanical altar, which were tied together like a maze, opened one by one.

Of course, there wasn't much combat in the process, but it was cute compared to the name-grade guards I met in the impound.

Thanks to their generosity, Ian's group was able to enter the heart of the altar so quickly that it was so awkward.

“Elisha. We're moving in the right direction, aren't we? ”

- Yeah, that's right. I'm getting stronger and stronger.

“Oh…! ”

And so, more like two hours ago?

As Ian's group makes their way around the machine altar and into the center, they finally reach their destination.

You arrived just before the coordinates Elisha had stamped on the minimap.

There's only so much I can show you.

“I don't see... where Elisha is sealed yet." ”

- Once we get inside that gear-shaped steel gate, there 'll be plenty of mechanical prisons sealed by Elisha.

“Can you take me inside? ”

- Well, that's not gonna work.

“Why?”

- There's a lot of powerful magnetic fields in there made of dimensional magical power.

“Magnetic field?”

- Machine-made beings like me will freeze as soon as they get in there.

Ian, who heard the story of the big man, turned his eyes to the iron gate he pointed to.

And this time, I asked Elisha again.

“Inside, is Elisha's body trapped? ”

Elisha nods and answers Ian's question.

- That's right, Ian.

“Then... let's work hard until the end. ”

In Ian's story, Elisha smiles and nods.

- If it's Ian, he can do it.

At the next moment, an unexpected situation began to unfold before Ian's eyes.

- Tyring!

- The conditions are met.

- The contract with Elisha, the Spirit of Water King, is temporarily terminated.

- Trigger the ‘Elisha Rescue (Hidden) (Epic) (Combo)' Quest.

At the same time the message that Elisha's contract with Elisha has been terminated, her remains have been sucked into the iron gate.

What, what? The last phase was to be cleared without Elisha? ’

Then the serrated iron door, which appeared to have stopped, began to move with a thumping sound.