35.
An hour later, before the selection started, we checked our positions one last time.
A new white flag with a golden eagle pattern was planted in the central square of Veritas, the city to be protected. We have to block the entrance as much as possible so that the flag is not captured by the attacking team.
Once the selection starts, a gauge appears at the top of the screen, and the team that fills the gauge first wins. Every time you kill an opponent, the gauge is filled by the amount of points given, and you had to be especially careful because you could get 40% of the gauge at once if you took the flag.
Among the entrances open to the north, south, east and west, the north gate closest to the center with the flag was in charge of me and other 30 members of the guild, including Yoo Chae, Dorahee, Crazy hunting friend, TheHunter, Harn, and Bright Clouds.
The selection is one of the biggest events held by Zenoris, so I saw a lot of guild members I didn’t know because they didn’t usually participate in the guild chat or their logging rate was low.
With the buffer, Dorahee, taking over the north gate, the tank, Drink some water, and the healer, Harn, will occupy the western and southern positions. Mocha Bread, a summoner who can deal with multiple enemies, was placed in the east.
[All] Pisit blue card: fk ㅈWhen does it start??
[All] Black Wolf: @@@ Recruiting only 2 people from the temple quest @@@
[All] dkandkan: around 7 o’clock
[All] Keigani: Who is the opponent???
[All] A mad bee man: Isn’t it One Heart One Will?
[All] Hershey’s Chocolate: Selling popcorn~^^
[All] King Baek Sung-eung: If you are from One Mind One Will, Early Evening will be good to you ㅋㅋ
[All] Swan: Popcorn please
While viewing the chat of the users flocking to watch the selection, I looked at the guild members waiting for 7:00. It was evident that no one was nervous, probably because there was a difference in skills between the guilds of this opponent, One Heart One Mind.
From 7:00, when the selection starts, all the field PVP will be locked, and the system will be changed so that only users belonging to the guild participating in the selection, Early Evening, and One Heart One Mind can battle. It’s not just Veritas, the situation is the same in other cities and towns.
[Kim Dae-seok: ㅋㅋ]
[Kim Dae-seok: Yoo Jihan, Be prepared ㅋㅋ]
[Kim Dae-seok: The army is coming!]
The message sent by Kim Dae-seok, a member of the One Heart One Mind guild, made me laugh out loud. It wasn’t worth answering, so I ignored it and turned my gaze to the game screen.
[Guild] Yoo Chae: Hyung Hyung
[Guild] Yoo Chae: Will you go to the farm quests after the selection?
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: What if I’m too tired to do that?
[Guild] Yoo Chae: I want to visit too ㅎㅡㅎ
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: okay
After I started the farm quest in earnest, Yoo Chae came to the farm every day to help me. He started by giving items with farm buffs, gave tips on easily completing quests, or bought fairly expensive decorative items.
No matter how much I tell him to decorate his own farm, he’ll say, ‘Wasn’t Hyung’s farm our newlyweds’ house? Or ‘are you going to use your own room now?’ I was in a state of giving up to some extent now that he was talking nonsense like that.
[Guild] Staric: A person close to Gilma-nim like that
[Guild] Staric: It seems like the first time I’ve seen someone like that, other than Drink some water-nim
[Guild] Bright Clouds: ㅋㅋ
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Don’t pay any attention..
[Guild] Harn: fr though, I like that
[Guild] Staric: ? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Crazy hunting friend: But Staric-nim
[Guild] Crazy hunting friend: What brings you here?
[Guild] Staric: Just happened to leave work on time haha
[Guild] Let’s do this: welcome~ ㅋ
[Guild] Staric: But I don’t know about tomorrow tho ㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Staric: ㅠㅠ
A guild member named Staric was an office worker whose logging rate with his Zenoris account dropped dramatically after he had succeeded in getting a job. His skills are apparently quite good, according to what Drink some water told me separately.
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Office workers are really..
[Guild] I’ll take care of you: Who else is working here?
[Guild] Monster born from capitalism: Me ㅋ
[Guild] I’m Dorahee: I’m an office worker too haha
[Guild] Manaolingnam: I am very curious about Gilma-nim
[Guild] Manaolingnam: Is he a student or an office worker?
[Guild] Harn: fr
[Guild] Bright Clouds: He must be a student
[Guild] Staric: A college student?
[Guild] Bright Clouds: No Elementary
[Guild] Harn: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Yoo Chae:?
[Guild] Drink some water: Ah Fuck ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Staric: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Manaolingnam: Ah ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ it’s so trueㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Yoo Chae: Hyung...
[Guild] Yoo Chae: Why are you laughing too..? ㅜㅡㅜ
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: Because it’s funny ㅋ
[Guild] Drink some water: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Even Sleepy-nim admits it~
[Guild] Yoo Chae: ㅋㅋㅋ
<System> Guild member Bright Clouds’s contribution to the guild has been changed to 0 points.
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Ah
[Guild] Manaolingnam: ?
[Guild] Staric: Gosh
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Judge-nim, I didn’t do anything
[Guild] Harn: I’m innocent
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Wait a minute, justice whereㅠ
A sigh came out at the sight of Yoo Chae’s immediate retaliation for being teased by a guild member.
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: It’s just a joke, why did you do that?
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: put it back
[Guild] Yoo Chae: Why don’t you take my side?
[Guild] Yoo Chae: It’s really too much..
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: put it back
[Guild] Yoo Chae: Huk.. ㅠㅡㅠ
<System> Guild member Bright Clouds‘s contribution to the guild has been changed to 180 points.
[Guild] Bright Clouds: phew Thank God
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Sleepy-nim Tk Tk
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: good
[Guild] Bright Clouds: 210 points became 180 points
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Who is the rest haha
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: fkㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Seasoned Crab Sauce: atleast you have somethingㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Staric: ㅋㅋㅋok
[Guild] Staric: Gilma-nim and Sleepy-nim
[Guild] Staric: I understand what kind of relationship you two are in
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: ?
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: We’re not in a relationship?
[Guild] Staric: ??
[Guild] Staric: You’re not Gilma-nim’s girlfriend-nim??
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: ???
Not this again, what the fuck is this bullshit?
[Guild] Drink some water: uk ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Girlfriend ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Let’s do this: Hey Staric-nim, did you already notice?
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: fr You’re quick-witted..
[Guild] TheHunter: Girl ㅋㅋㅋ Friend ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Seasoned Crab Sauce: For reals― ―Why are you two dating secretlyㅡ ㅡ
[Guild] Drink some water: I know rightㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Drink some water: I’m sorry ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: I’m a guy fk..
[Guild] Staric: omg for real?
[Guild] Staric: Then you two... Um...
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Staric-nim is embarrassedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: No, we’re not in a relationship..
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: So when do you get married?
[Guild] Yoo Chae: It’ll happen soon haha
[Guild] Manaolingnam: Oh oh~~~
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Oh~~~
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: fuck
[Guild] Drink some water: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
As I couldn’t hold back my annoyance, I hit Yoo Chae, who was clinging to the side with a staff, but the character’s movements suddenly stopped and the field PVP was closed. At 6:50, the waiting time for the selection began.
[Guild] Drink some water: Guys, stop fooling around
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Focus
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Yes
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Yep
[Guild] Drink some water: If you think something is going to break through
[Guild] Drink some water: use flares before it’s too late
[Guild] Drink some water: especially the central team
[Guild] Seasoned Crab Sauce: ok ok
Almost at the same time as Drink some water chatted, about 30 users appeared on the other side. They were the guild members of the <One Heart, One Will> guild waiting in the respawn zone.
[All] Unyum: Hello haha
Unyum, whom we had met before, sent us a greeting. Two golden swords were strapped to his back.
Come to think of it, did that user named Unyum say his job was a Berserker? Berserkers usually use longer swords or greatswords unlike warlords.
[All] Soeso: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Soeso: hi~~~
Behind the rhyme, many guild members, including Kim Dae-seok, could be seen. It seems that <One Heart, One Will> also invested a lot of manpower to easily penetrate the north gate closest to the center.
‘Looks like there are two or three more than us.’
Then, the key was to quickly deal with the healers, buffers, and tankers on the other side.
[All] Soeso: I’m Sleepy, come on
[All] Soeso: This Hyung-nim will deal with you!
[All] I’m Sleepy: ? ㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] TheHunter: Does he know Sleepy-nim?
[Guild] Harn: I think I heard that he was his real-life friend
What about the opponent being a healer? The probability of encountering a healer who replenished the stamina of the teammates in the deepest part of the camp was extremely low, since they lacked evasion skill and low stamina.
To deal with healers or buffers, who avoid direct skills, Warlord or Infighter, which had a lot of evasion and some damage and tanking, were perfect. Chain Blade is also good.
‘Wait, Yoo Chae is Chain Blade, right?’
Recalling that he had that rare Chain Blade job, I quickly looked at the weapons of the opposing players. Only Kim Dae-seok was holding the white staff that a healer usually carries. Then, there is only one healer.
If only Kim Dae-seok could be killed quickly, there was a good chance that we would win more easily. I typed lightly on the keyboard.
[All] I’m Sleepy: Kim Yoo-chae
[All] Yoo Chae: Yes?
[All] I’m Sleepy: That time we met you..
Uh… what was your username again? As I scratched my forehead and rolled my head, the username of Kim Dae-seok’s sub account barely came to mind.
[All] I’m Sleepy: Do you remember that guy called I got you I got you?
[All] Soeso: ??
[All] I’m Sleepy: The one we met in front of the Keyrant Dungeon
[All] Yoo Chae: Yes, I remember
Since he was Cotton Candy Fox and he was already found out, even if he was Yoo Chae, he would not lie anymore and answered meekly.
[All] I’m Sleepy: That’s Soeso, that’s him
[All] I’m Sleepy: he made fun of you, who pretended to be a woman on purpose ㅋㅋ
[All] Soeso: ???
[All] Yoo Chae: Ah
[All] Yoo Chae: Really? ㅋㅋ
Yoo Chae, who immediately understood what I was saying, took out his golden chain. You’re quick-witted.
[All] Soeso: wait
[All] Soeso: Hey
I smiled deeply at the flustered Kim Dae-seok, who seemed to not know what to do in this situation.
[All] I’m Sleepy: go and kill him
At the same time as the chat, a system message appeared at the top of the screen.
<System> The Guardian Guild Selection has begun!
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Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor: Meimei
HM: (Taken from the comment section; this is based from a meme of pikachu. Lol)
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Yoo Chae Yoo Chae!
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