The Guide Raid (7)

Seona quickly ran over and turned the tar-blackened Sion white again.

[Blessing lifted]
[Stigma lifted]
When Sion turned white again and was free from the influence of the poison, I lifted the blessing.
The burden on my body disappeared with a whoosh.
‘Come to think of it, the crow is quiet.’
He was angry and whatnot when he was dealing with Han Siyoon, but he didn’t show much of a reaction other than forcibly opening the boss room and turning Han Siyoon into a sparkling pebble.
“…”
No, of course, that was a lot of interference for a Constellation who had ascended to the starry sky.
The damage must be very great.
The coin consumption must have been considerable too.
‘Anyway…’
I looked into the core, into ‘Han Siyoon’.

[Name: Han Siyoon Lv.98]
[Contracted Constellation: The Crow’s Ruins]
[Unique Skill: The Most Terrible Darkness]
[Stigma: Faded Heart Wing]
[ ! Currently receiving a stigma ! ]
Han Siyoon once, the severed wing far away once, Han Siyoon once, the wing once…
No matter how many times I looked back and forth, what I saw was fine.
The stigma was not disappearing.
I thought about it.
As I became serious by myself, the five who had returned after cleaning up the heat of the battle gathered around me.
“Calamity-nim? What’s wrong?”
“Isn’t it because you overdid it?”
“Shut up. Useless thing. If you had done well, this wouldn’t have happened.”
“Both of you, please be quiet…”
“Why are you the most tired, oppa? You didn’t even do anything.”
In the midst of the bickering five contractors, I pushed through and approached the wing.
I was barefoot, so I floated slightly in the air to avoid being grazed by the crystal fragments.
The five of them followed me like puppies.

[Stigma: Faded Heart Wing]
[ ! Currently receiving a stigma ! ]
I looked at the emaciated wing up close once more, but nothing changed.
I made up my mind.
To snatch the stigma given by The Crow’s Ruins.

“Calamity. You know that’s rude, right?”
‘I don’t care.’
They were the ones who tried to pull a fast one on my contractors first, so it was only right that they received this much.
I pushed my contractors back and lifted Han Siyoon, who had become a core.
‘Administrator.’

“Yes, honey. You were cool fighting.”
‘Stop the creepy talk and help me.’
I tried to ignore the slight goosebumps on my body and closed my eyes.
First, I focused my mind on the wing.
The ominous and hateful starlight of the Constellation, which made me want to poke my eyes out just by looking at it, filled the wing.
Well, that’s why it looked so grotesque.
Now I have to drive out this disgusting starlight and fill it with my own.
Of course… I wasn’t confident.
It would be different if it were magic, but this was completely the realm of a Constellation, and even if my instincts led me, there was a possibility that I, a baby Constellation who hadn’t even ascended yet, would fail.
So I needed the Administrator’s help.

“You’re a handful.”
‘So you don’t like it? You were just looking for a chance to touch me.’

“You got me.”
A sparkling light descended from the void.
Starlight, sparkling like fireflies, enveloped me.
It was the Administrator’s light.
As Sion looked at the situation with confusion, Yeon Taeseon said.
“She’s trying to snatch the Constellation’s stigma.”
“How do you know… no, is that possible?”
“It’s possible. It’s just that the success rate is low.”
Cheon Sanho carefully interjected between the two.
Of the three, only Cheon Sanho had a connection with the Administrator, so he recognized that the sparkling thing near his Constellation was the Administrator’s light.
“The Administrator is involved, so it’ll succeed.”
“…”
Then, for some reason, the faces of the two became equally displeased.
The Administrator let out a laugh and placed his hand on my shoulder.
Since he couldn’t manifest, it was a virtual hand made of starlight.

“Your contractors are jealous of me.”
‘Just focus.’

“How heartless.”
Jiiing…
With a faint trembling sensation, the starlight within my body, the power of the Constellation, flowed into the wing.
As the Administrator greatly guided me, I also focused.
The bone wing gradually dyed with a snow-white light.
Rather than a Constellation, I first cut the connection with Han Siyoon’s stigma and touched the form a little.
Since the current form is too grotesque, I’ll change it a little… Hmm, I think white would be a good color.
Because it’s pretty and simple.
And the feathers, not emaciated, but normal… no, Administrator!
That’s not it!
Don’t put in more wings!
‘Are you crazy?!’

“I thought you liked fancy things.”
‘When did I ever!’
Although I bickered with the Administrator, removing the stigma from Han Siyoon was successful.
The completed wing was a single wing split into three.
Although it started from the heart, it was a form that came out from the back, not the front like Han Siyoon’s.
It would probably be very cool when it sprouted.
But the final step remained.
I felt the thread-like, yet steel-hard connection with The Crow’s Ruins.
‘I have to cut this.’
This was almost like pulling out the arm of a living human.
It meant that it would be painful for the Constellation, The Crow’s Ruins, as well.
But to feel guilty about such a thing, the karma he had committed was too much.
I grabbed that sturdy string.
And I pushed in my starlight and began to burn the connected string.

“Oh, a burn. That’s going to hurt.”
And yet, the Administrator sympathized with me and created an intense heat.
I heard a tearing scream from somewhere, and I heard words of hatred directed at me.
It was a voice filled with a terribly thick hatred.
Two of the many hands made of the Administrator’s starlight covered my ears.
Then I couldn’t hear anything.

“Don’t mind it.”
‘I won’t.’
My heart pounded a little, but it was okay.
It was something I had to endure.
I will change.

You’re going to die.
Thud.
The connection between The Crow’s Ruins and the stigma was severed.
As simply as if it were nothing.
I opened my eyes.
Among the starlight, I could see a diamond-shaped white jewel lying on the floor.
It was where the giant bone wing had been.
The Administrator’s hand picked it up and held it out to me.

“Can’t you give this to me?”
‘No.’

“How heartless…”
After saying that, the Administrator immediately disappeared.
Such an intervention was quite a strain on the Administrator, so it was natural for him to disappear quickly.
Of course, I knew it was a strain on the Administrator and called him out.
I wanted to tease him a little.
I took the diamond-shaped jewel-form stigma and toddled over to my contractors.
The owner of this stigma was decided.

The situation where the A-rank gate’s grade had risen to S-rank was quickly confirmed by the association staff.
Like a model of a capable public servant, the staff member immediately tried to evacuate the civilians.
But although the fans knew their lives were precious, among the reporters who were crazy for a scoop, there were some who didn’t know their lives were precious.
Despite the coercion of the association staff, they stayed there and wrote their articles.

[Breaking] Nate-Crow Guild Entry Slime Gate, Grade Escalation
[Breaking] Sudden Gate Grade Rise, Survival Possibility of the Two Guilds?
[Breaking] Association Staff ‘Assessing the Situation’
Like malicious complainants, no matter how much they were coaxed and appeased, they would absolutely not leave the front of the gate.
It was a mindset that they would die writing an article.
In the end, after a long struggle, when the association’s hunters began to drag the reporters away and forcibly evacuate them.
Woong…
“Oh! Oh! Raid! Raid success!”
“Let go of me! They said the raid was a success!”
The reporters, who had roughly shaken off the association’s hunters, pressed the shutter again.
After a brief report that the gate had been raided, no one came out of the gate, and a slightly anxious public opinion was released.
“What?”
“Didn’t they die with the boss?”
“There are two S-ranks, no way.”
“No way can kill a person, you punk.”
The brilliant gate was shining, but it was as quiet as death.
Just as one reporter was about to rashly post a rumor that all the guild members of the two guilds had died.
Woong-
“Oh, oh!”
“They’re coming out!”
The reporters quickly raised their cameras.
But it took a little while to press the shutter.
Because the first thing they saw was a three-pronged white wing.

“The gate has been raided.”
Han Sion, with his snow-white, almost angelic appearance, continued to speak.
“In the process, the Crow Guild was mostly unable to fight, and the boss room was raided by all members of the Nate Guild plus one.”
“If you say one person, who is it?”
“It’s Yeon Taeseon, a temporary member of Crow.”
“What happened to the Crow Guild?”
“They are all injured and are currently being rescued by Vice-Guild Leader Baek Jiye and are coming out of the gate.”
The unprecedented situation where the gate’s grade had risen.
And a situation that was no different from the annihilation of a mid-sized guild.
Even though they were conducting an interview with material that could be used to create sensational headlines, it was as quiet as death.
Only a few reporters who had barely come to their senses were continuing to ask questions.
But in a way, it was natural.
Sway…
Everyone’s gaze was directed at the three-pronged white single wing that had sprouted from behind Han Sion.
Yeon Taeseon watched it with a displeased face.
“Why wasn’t it me?”