Chapter 644: Something in Disguise of a Guild War

Chapter 644: Something in Disguise of a Guild War

"Will you not accept?"

The two master users, Maga and Cat Tower, had achieved their goal and were completely exhausted. That was why the only ones in the Lotus Guild at the moment were a few guild members angered by the Black Wind Guild's indiscriminate PK and Oxygen. Meanwhile, Hydro was thinking of the situation quite critically.

"It involves character deletion, bro."

Character deletion. If they lose, everything they had worked on will disappear. Well, it wouldn't be a problem if they were confident enough to win. But anyone with a brain would see no reason to accept a fight that would only acknowledge the trouble caused by their own existence. On top of that, there was certainly no reason for the Black Wind Guild to take the risk since they could just continue harassing the Lotus Guild through PK.

"However, the Black Wind guild master wants the Goumda material that you have."

"That guy's not stupid, sister. He’s just nasty. His PK-ing our guild members is just a show to gain the upper hand."

Fundamentally, the request had been made, but there was no reason to accept it. So how could they be drawn into this?

Davey simply shrugged his shoulders at their worries.

"That's not important."

"What will you do?"

"If they accept, they'll be swept away in one go. If they run, they'll be dragged away."

Either way, there was no big loss for Davey. He just didn't like the guy who dared to claim ownership over what he had gained.

[Ping!! The Black Wind Guild has accepted the guild war with the Lotus Guild. The type of guild war will be selected by the Black Wind Guild. The mode of guild war is Siege and Annihilation.]

Surprisingly, the Black Wind Guild showed its guts by accepting a solitary guild war.

"Is this guy an idiot?"

"If it's a Siege and Annihilation, it's just about fighting in masses."

At Hydro’s scathing remark, Oxygen's expression changed into one that was full of uneasiness.

There was a saying that there was no life against being mobbed. This was especially true in Alf Online, where no matter how much one excelled, if many applied debuffs, one could only be indiscriminately attacked. So for the Black Wind Guild, which had a vast number of members and PK-specialized items, it was the most efficient choice to defeat everyone in the Lotus Guild.

Except for one person.

"Davey, don't you feel it?" Illyna called Davey while looking at the rules and details of the guild war. "It's obvious. They accepted knowing you’re a threat. This means there might be a chance that they would do something to you."

This was, in fact, the least likely scenario.

"Or, there's a way to prevent you from participating in the guild war."

But Davey remained unfazed. Whatever they chose to do, it did not matter to him.

"Are you in charge?" Davey asked as he watched Hydro begin to manipulate the panel to organize the guild war.

"Well, I'm part of the management team too. Our guild is a small community guild with not many people. Almost everyone has a rank of some sort," Hydro explained.

Davey nodded and didn’t say anything more.

But then Oxygen cautiously asked him, "Um... Davey, if we kill them... do they die in reality too?"

"Do you want me to do that?"

"Ah... No, that's not what I meant..."

"Then that's settled."

As of the moment, it was just a matter of waiting until Hydro safely activated the guild war to know the situation.

"So? If the guild war is Siege and Annihilation, is there a plan?"

"Well, if you have made weapons, you should test them, don't you think?"

At Davey's words, Illyna tightly grasped Caldeiras. She would probably be quite surprised when she would use it for the first time.

"But, bro... You're not a guild member of the Lotus Guild. Will you be able to participate in the guild war?"

"Then just give me the contract. It will be effective for a while."

It was all thanks to the Black Wind guild master, who presented the contract, that Davey had formed some opinion about it.

"I’ll just burn it after everything is done."

Davey might appear as an NPC to them, but he was a living human being just the same.

"Then what about the participants? Who will participate in the war?"

"The two of you, don't fight. The trauma probably hasn't faded yet,” Davey firmly instructed.

This quietened Hydro and Oxygen, leaving them unable to protest or object.

What Davey said was, after all, true. The two of them had experienced traumatic events like they were in reality, not just in the game. Hydro had almost disposed of all his items, and Oxygen was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, more commonly known as PTSD, to the point of being unable to fight.

Ultimately, this left the guild with almost no members who could participate.

So what should they do? The answer was simple—employment contract. Through it, one could temporarily become a member of the Lotus Guild and directly participate.

"Illyna, Perserque, and I will take care of it."

Because when Davey said he would be offering support, it did not just mean material support.

"Call me the boss. I aim for a clean group."

Workplaces that make their employees work overtime and grind them down was a no-no. But of course, inventors were an exception.

-??? has been banned.

"Let's keep excessive jokes to a minimum, please."

[Hypocrite: ???]

[This is unbelievable.]

[The streamer is...awesome.]

Woo Jong-Seok watched seriously and attentively, anticipating Her Majesty's next move.

Dark clouds began to gather, surrounding her staff and forming a ring. Then when Her Majesty raised her staff high into the sky, the magic circle that formed around her stirred, and from high above, raindrops began to fall one by one. In the next second, it became a downpour.

The rain she summoned had appeared, and this surprised and confused the users who were watching. Being outside the range of the defending guild members, intercepting her directly was impossible. And so, they were left waiting for what would happen next while wondering why she was only pouring rain with seemingly no purpose.

However, it did not take long for them to realize that was a misconception.

"Freezing Cloud."

"Wind Circling."

She consecutively cast two more spells.

She brought her staff down and eased her tight grip around it. Then, she slowly opened her eyes that had become filled with symbols. As her red pupils moved, it seemed as if a trail followed, spewing forth black power.

A fleetingly brief moment later, her charming voice then flowed clearly, saying,

[The frost begins.]

Crack crack crack!!!

At the same time, the sky began to change, and above the area, a huge ice fissure seemed to start forming in the sky.

Shh...

Light converged on both of her sides as she held her staff in one hand and used magic in the other. Not long after, the light revealed two beings. One was a young man with black hair and red eyes who was dressed in a black uniform—Davey. And the other one was a girl with honey-golden hair and a look with a golden flow who was holding a giant sword—Illyna de Pallan.

"Shall we start?"

"No,” Davey disagreed. “Let's experiment with this side first. Perserque, drop it.”

After Davey said those words, the Black Wind Guild members felt both the beauty and a sudden fear of her magic.

It was just a simple game. A game where one was protected from pain and heat.

So why did they feel cold?

Not long after, the purpose of the rain she had summoned became clear to the Black Wind Guild members.

As the freezing cold winds swirled, the rain from the sky crystallized into ice spikes or turned into massive hailstones which then began to fall. Davey carried out all of these processes quickly and efficiently, not because her magic was weak, but rather because he was exceptionally strong. And so the defense wizards, who were waiting, suffered concentrated attacks from the indiscriminate hail falling from the sky.

"Now, let's start testing the equipment capabilities. Let's see what happens to the wall after three hits," Davey said, passing by Perserque as he moved in the direction of the wall behind her.

When he got close enough to the wall, he swung the giant hammer he was gripping securely with both hands, as if he was lifting it off the ground.

Boom!

"The wall's durability is solid! Even that monster Goumda took time to damage the wall's durability, so don't worry!"

"If we just buy time, we’ll win! And we have enough wall repair kits anyway, so don't panic, guys!"

Although they were confused by the hail, the senior guild members of Black Wind still found it in themselves to shout assurances at their fellow members, believing that the Saint of Tionis's attack, no matter how strong, would not break the wall in one go.

Boom!

As they expected, the giant hammer's blow, imbued with light, struck the wall hard. But the repair kits quickly fixed the wall.

Since breaking inside the castle during a siege warfare was nearly impossible, it seemed inconceivable to breach the wall unless they used extreme force or simply climbed over it.

"Wait until he approaches the top of the wall!"

"He... He’s still not moving."

The Black Wind Guild members were puzzled upon seeing Davey make no attempt to enter while still holding the hammer with a satisfied expression. But then one of the guild members realized the reason. A giant symbol had appeared on the wall, followed by another.

The problem was that the two symbols overlapped, forming a new symbol. If this continued, with the third...

Most users were familiar with those who executed the three-strike counting attack. The pattern of three strikes was an attack pattern used by Goumda, and it had led to many raids tasting the bitterness of failure.

"The spirit's special skill... The three-strike armor penetration damage..." Woo Jong-Seok, who was live streaming the guild war, murmured, just like the members of Black Wind Guild who realized the same.

[Is that Goumda's weapon?]

[This is insane! Planet-destroying weapon incoming!]

Similar thoughts ran through the members of the Black Wind Guild.

"Stop him!" A senior guild member, who had been blocking the hail with his shield, screamed in alarm once he realized Davey's intention.

The advantage of the wall was its overwhelming defensive and sustaining power, but Davey's hammer, the Corona Destroyer, forged from the Heart of Goumda, was not just a mere game item. Its effects were simply beyond what they could handle at this level.

It was too late by the time they allowed a third hit. Above the wall, a symbol indicating the broken shield appeared with a loud sound. And then, the entire wall began to change.

The strategy to ‘hang in there’, or to stubbornly endure, was flawed from the start.