Guild War: Betrayal and Vengeance

– We could probably catch more…

“If the revived ones come as backup, it gets annoying. It’s better to retreat quickly.”

Behind my character, who was rapidly escaping, several enemies chased after me.
‘How far will they follow? To the ends of the earth?’

“What?”

I paused for a moment, thinking I might as well kill the chasing enemies and earn some points. It was then.

DontOrderMe was hit by a ranged skill from my blind spot, entered a stunned state, then, hit by a sudden burst of damage, lay down on the spot.

“Wow, I never imagined that.”

– Are you okay? I’ll come as backup right away.

“No, don’t come. I’m already dead.”

‘Where was my last revive point again?’

I quietly clicked my tongue, about to press the revive button, when their chat appeared.

[All/ChugIt: He ran away like a coward LOLOLOLOLOL but in the end LOLOLOLOL.]

[All/ChugIt: You should have watched your blind spot LOLOLOLOL IDIOT LOLOLOLOL.]

[All/DrinkUp: SoonToDie is nothing special.]

[All/EnjoyIt: The last hit was mine~~~ but I gave it away~~~]

‘These bastards are picking such a cheap fight?’
My subtly upward-curved lips trembled.

‘Alright, I’ll revive and only chase you guys relentlessly.’
‘Even after the guild war ends, I’ll chase you down and PK you. If you don’t like it, quit the game.’

[All/DrinkUp: Why are you silent? Scared?]

[All/DontOrderMe: I’m not chatting with people who can’t even use proper spacing, you finger-chopped bastards. See ya.]

[All/ChugIt: Look at him talking about spacing because he got thrashed LOLOLOLOLOL.]

[All/DontOrderMe: Father is going into the room, you brats.]

I tightly suppressed my surging anger, rotated my wrists, and loosened my hands.
If I didn’t retaliate after being provoked, I wouldn’t sleep tonight.

I would definitely get them. Definitely.

Crunch, crunch,

I gritted my teeth, waiting for the revive time to end, when something caught my eye.

“What? Them? What is this?”

The guild name next to the nicknames of the attackers was different.

‘Then they weren’t guild members of [ArrogantFire]…’

I frantically rolled my eyes to check the guild war points.
Seeing the opposing guild’s points slightly increase, it confirmed that an [ArrogantFire] guild member killed me.

‘This was passed on… Ah… these f-cking bastards?’

– What? What’s wrong?

“Those hooligan bastards seem to have dragged in another guild. An [ArrogantFire] guild member killed me, but the damage leading up to my death was from someone from another guild. They seem to have planned to farm points by taking the last hit.”

‘Even I didn’t think of this.’
‘So many loopholes, even.’
‘Is this game even functioning normally?’
‘During a guild war, people from other guilds deal damage and just hand off the last hit to farm points?’
Beyond anger, my blood pressure rose, and I involuntarily clutched the back of my neck.

“I called it a dead game, and it really became a dead game. No one must have known because no major conflicts had erupted until now, but those guys, exploiting loopholes like this, are truly…”

‘I wish it would just really die and shut down the server.’
‘So I could switch to another game without any regrets.’

– We can follow suit too.

“Follow what?”

– You said they called in another guild to attack, didn’t you? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. We can do the same.

“I don’t have any friends…”

‘No, I do have some, but I don’t know if they’re logged in.’
‘I haven’t even added them as friends yet.’

– I have some. Guilds that can help. I’ll ask them to leave them with just 1 HP, in a groggy state. I’ll ping the coordinates, so you can come there.

A specific coordinate appeared in the chat window.
‘No, he just said that a moment ago, and he’s already called someone to help?’
‘Is this even possible?’
I moved to the coordinates with a bewildered heart, and there… a major catastrophe was unfolding.

“What the…”

The screen was filled with unfamiliar users, flaunting dazzling effects as they rampaged across the battlefield, and [ArrogantFire] guild members, battered by them and immediately in a groggy state.
‘How should I put it… I felt like an idiot for having been racking my brain all this time.’

‘Life is truly futile.’

I stared with cold eyes at the enemy guild members who collapsed and died instantly with just a few basic attacks.

“…Are those your friends?”

– Rather than friends… they’re just acquaintances. We’ve played games together for a long time.

“I see…”

‘I shouldn’t go around saying I know how to play games.’
Looking at those guys and then reflecting on myself, I realized I had been a frog in a well.
‘I really need to get serious about gaming and improve my skills for a while.’
‘I might as well get more gear too.’

As I, lost in self-reflection, weakly took down enemy guild members, the angry chat messages from the [ArrogantFire] guild members appeared.

[All/Laugh: No;;; you ****!!!!!!!!!111]

[All/Laugh: Why are you meddling!1!11]

[All/GiveMeTenMillionWon: Exactly;;; Why are irrelevant bastards interfering;;;]

[All/Geezer: Are you curious about the reason?]

‘Oh, oh, I didn’t expect him to chime in there.’
‘I wonder what he’ll say.’

I killed the sprawled opponents one by one, gaining kill points, and kept my eyes on the chat window.

[All/Geezer: It’s because you are too weak.]

[All/Geezer: And because of that, it’s not fun.]

[All/Geezer: Grow stronger and return.]

“What, is he chuunibyou…?”

My voice involuntarily slipped out loud.

I regretted it.

I hadn’t meant to say anything to his acquaintance.

Just as I was about to hastily say it was a mistake, I heard PatchNote’s reply and nodded.

– He is indeed a middle school 2nd grader.

“I see.”

‘So he really was a middle schooler.’
I had learned TMI I didn’t want to know.
‘I need to erase it from my mind.’

[Notice] Guild War Inspection and Update Information

[Guild War Inspection and Update Schedule: XX/XX (Wed), 20XX]

1. Date and Time: XX/XX (Wed), 20XX, 10:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM

2. Content: Guild War Inspection and Update
   ※ For detailed information regarding the Guild War update, please refer to the notice below.

[Additional Guild War Update]

※ Game and launcher access will be unavailable during the inspection period.
※ Inspection times are subject to change.

[Update Notes] Guild War Reorganization

※ Guild War Reorganization

• Guild War has been changed to Siege War.

  • Upon declaration of war, you will be moved to a PvP-enabled siege area.

  • The siege area is inaccessible to other guilds; only guild members of the warring guilds who accept area transfer will be moved.

  • Guild Wars can be spectated with the consent of the warring guilds.

• Siege strongholds have been added for each guild.

  • One stronghold exists per guild.

  • If a new guild war occurs after one has ended, the stronghold’s HP will be reset.

• The levels of users participating in guild wars will all be adjusted uniformly.

  • New users can also participate in guild wars.

  • All users participating in guild wars will be adjusted to Lv.100, and skills can also be used according to that level.

• Guild War Victory Conditions

  • Acquire Points
    └ The guild war siege time is 120 minutes, and the team that acquires the most PvP points within that time wins.

  • Annihilate Enemy Forces
    └ The team that annihilates all enemy forces during the guild war siege time wins.

  • Capture Enemy Stronghold
    └ The team that defends its own stronghold and depletes all of the enemy stronghold’s HP wins.

(More)

After the chaotic, bewildered, dizzying guild war ended, the guild group chat was on fire.
They even mentioned me specifically, calling out for an afterword, so the vibration continued even with notifications turned off.

I sighed and checked the chat room.
There, the gamers, led by Beta noona, were running wild.

[Im Hyerin: @ParkJungwoo SoonToDie come out, over.]

[Im Hyerin: @ParkJungwoo Ah, hurry up!!!!!!!!!!!!]

[Lee Seyoung: Hear, hear!!!! SoonToDie-nim, come out quickly!!!!]

[Y.]

[Im Hyerin: Did unfamiliar bastards really declare war?!!]

[Yes;]

‘What, what’s with her tone?’
‘Did she drink?’

I made a wry face and briefly explained what had happened in-game.
For example, how we pushed through despite being unexpectedly ambushed, or how they were about to lose, so they brought in mercenaries from other guilds and spammed bugs that weren’t even bugs, so we did the same.

After my explanation was finished, the guild members in the chat room were enraged, expressing their fury.

‘Honestly, it was justifiable.’

Even if I hadn’t been involved and only heard about it, I would have been pissed off and gone to shake the opponent’s collar.

[Im Hyerin: These damn bastards, kaaaah-ptooey!!]

[Im Hyerin: Comrades, these brats are looking down on us.]

[Im Hyerin: It’s clear they don’t properly know the power of veterans, isn’t it??]

[Im Hyerin: I’m going to smash those brats’ heads!!!!]

[Im Hyerin: Bring it on, bring it on!!!!]

[Lee Seyoung: I, too, shall join, comrade!!!]

[Lee Seyoung: Comrade!!! Leave it to me!!!]

[Im Hyerin: Good!!!! Comrade, let’s think together about how to smash those brats!!]

[Lee Seyoung: Shouldn’t we, of course, smash their skulls?!!]

[Lee Seyoung: I’m getting my tools ready right now!!!!]

I couldn’t help but admire their crude swearing.

‘These people, were they North Korean spies?’
‘And look at how noisy it is, even in typing?’

[Im Hyerin: Comrade OneHitForTheLord, where are you!!!!]

[Im Hyerin: Come out immediately!!!!!]

[Kim Hyunho: Who are you.]

[Im Hyerin: Comrade OneHitForTheLord!!!!]

[Kim Hyunho: Do you know me?]

Meanwhile, OneHitForTheLord-nim was backing away, saying he didn’t know these people.