9.
[All] Phohong: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ is it Early Evening again?
[All] White fox: What a bummer
[All] Water eating hippo: Looks like their Gilma has anger issues again
[All] Dragon dragon: Ah, a sweet match
[All] Oh Lovebird: But isn’t One Heart One Will guild on good terms with the Early Evening guild?
[All] John’s tasty beef restaurant: Cassak Bread1 go go go go
The whole chat went into an uproar at the sudden declaration of guild war. Unlike me, who was dazed and stiff, Unyum, who managed to gain back reason, spoke quickly.
[Guild] Unyum: omg;;
[Guild] Unyum: Everyone, please press hold off with the voting for now
[Guild] Beecher: Gilma-nim
[Guild] Beecher: So, we’re not going to war, are we?
[Guild] Popabam: fr.. we better evade war
[Guild] Popabam: vs Early Evening, we would be robbed like dogs...
[Guild] Jang-hoon: Then what else is the point of getting ripped off ㅋㅋ
[Guild] Jang-hoon: It’s not that, right?
[Guild] Soeso: ik It’s not like them to go to the extent of doing this dog shit
[Guild] Soeso: I feel like I’m going to be robbed of my inner core ㅋ
[Guild] Jang-hoon: ?;;
[Guild] The greatness of chicken: why is Early Evening going this?
[Guild] Unyum: I’ll go and find outㄱㄷㄱㄷ
[Guild] Seol Ji-hye: then go ㅋ
[Guild] Seol Ji-hye: I was beaten up at that one time, and I’m terrified now ㅠ.ㅜ
As I watched the situation unfold with my hands prone on the keyboard, I frowned at a sudden thought.
“No way…………”
Do you think it’s…? It probably isn’t. An ominous speculation suddenly surfaced, and a chill ran down my spine.
‘Wake up.’
Anyway, there’s no way I’m that precious or something. To declare a guild war because of a newbie you’ve only known for a week? And it’s to the only friendly guild you have?
I laughed out loud at the absurd thought. This is called being too self-conscious. Of course, they wouldn’t do that.
[Party] Unyum: I’m
[Party] Unyum: Sleepy-nim
[Party] Unyum: Sorry about the Raid;;
[Party] Unyum: I don’t think we can do it right now
Resolving my confusion, I quickly moved my stiff fingers to answer.
[Party] I’m Sleepy: no no
[Party] I’m Sleepy: I understand.
[Party] I’m Sleepy: ㄱㅊ it’s okay
[Party] Unyum: ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
I could feel the embarrassment that Unyum felt even through the monitor. What’s going on, really.
I couldn’t say anything recklessly because I don’t know how guild wars are fought and progressed, but seeing the reactions of the guild members, it doesn’t seem like a normal thing.
‘More than that, if there’s even a vote system, isn’t it possible to not go to war?’
It doesn’t mean that we have to unconditionally accept the invitation to war. While looking at Unyum, who was struggling to get things right, I poked Kim Dae-seok to find out info.
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: Hey so
[Whisper] Soeso: Oh?
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: Can’t we just refuse the vote all together?
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: What’s all the fuss about?
[Whisper] Soeso: Oh, this is..
[Whisper] Soeso: A bit more complicated than you think
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: What is it?
After the chat, Kim Dae-seok became quiet. He seemed to have some reason, so I waited quietly to hear it.
[Guild] Kyoko Kyoko: It’s time to go on a raid;
[Guild] Kyoko Kyoko: I was in a hurry, so I pressed hold for now;;
[Guild] Kyoko Kyoko: How’s it going with Early Evening Gilma??
[Guild] Unyum: There’s no answer ㅠㅠ
[Guild] Unyum: Ah, for reals what’s happening..
[Guild] Popabam: Are you sure you didn’t make a mistake or something?
[Guild] Seol Ji-hye: No, not even
[Guild] Seol Ji-hye: Sudden change of mood is too much
[Guild] Jang-hoon: ik No manners
Like the buzzing guild atmosphere, the entire chat was cluttered. The players seemed to be very excited at the rice cake thrown at a boring time.
[All] Angel Anchor: Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ
[All] Angel Anchor: Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ
[All] Angel Anchor: Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ
[All] PCTa: how many times has Early Evening applied for war?
[All] When the engine is peeled off: Continuous attacks doesn’t make harm
[All] granduca: it’s not the Fever Guild?
[All] granduca: Suddenly, why One Heart One Will?
[All] Pebble Class: Azon or not, Groak Four sec Early Evening Carvings [2]
[All] Angel’s Anchor: Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ Cassak Breadㄱ
[All] Pa-seok: Isn’t this the 3rd time?
[All] Take a special lecture: they are 1cked for
[All] Liu Bei Guan-Woo: King Chiman,, Yoo Chae-chan is an attention seeker,,
[All] Park Destiny: Bloody,, fool,,,,
[All] Knock knock: Ah don’t do it
[All] Independence Fighter: I’m@Bored ㅋㅋㅋ
Watching the chat going crazy all over the place gave me a headache, so I turned the whole channel tab out of sight. As long as the guild war declaration was released on all channels, it was understandable that the resulting wave was not small. Early Evening is the number one guild, so the guild it is competing with must be huge as well.
[Whisper] Soeso: Sorry, I suddenly got a call from my mom
[Whisper] Soeso: Anyway, the reason of what’s happening
[Whisper] Soeso: Rejecting is possible but
[Whisper] Soeso: If you reject the same guild 3 times
[Whisper] Soeso: It’s considered as a defeat
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: ??
[Whisper] Soeso: 3 rejections → 1 defeat, okay?
[Whisper] Soeso: If we lose a battle,
[Whisper] Soeso: A lot of our guild places will be taken away
[Whisper] Soeso: If you make a mistake, your level will drop, and you have to do stuff again.
I tilted my head to Kim Dae-seok’s explanation. So, even if you reject this guild war, if Early Evening recklessly declares war two more times, you can refuse and lose, or start the war and lose, right?
‘Of course, if you just start the war, then if Early Evening loses and One heart, One Will wins...………’
Considering Yoo Chae’s skills and the amount of damage he deals during raids, plus the skills of their guild members, the likelihood of that happening was remarkably low.
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: Hey, this system is a bit weird;
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: Isn’t it only good for top guilds?
[Whisper] Soeso: But the number of guild proposals is limited for each guild.
[Whisper] Soeso: Five times a year...
[Whisper] Soeso: If I remember correctly, For Early Evening, this is their 3rd war this year
[Whisper] Soeso: So, it’s a waste of time for them to use up their two remaining chances yes
[Whisper] Soeso: In terms of gaining, it’s better to defeat another guild than ours
[Whisper] Soeso: If we are at war the second time with the same guild, we wouldn’t be able to kill them
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: So, there’s a chance that the other 2 chances would be used later.
[Whisper] Soeso: ㅋㅋㅋ that’s true too..
[Whisper] Soeso: Anyway, this is something tacit among the gilma
[Whisper] Soeso: We don’t really get along until we are in need of each other
[Whisper] Soeso: Long story short, it’s unconditionally known by the public
[Whisper] Soeso: Even if you win, doing the war itself is troublesome and you will have to deal with a lot of damage
[Whisper] Soeso: Let that idea go before we decide/ if we go on war
[Whisper] Soeso: Let’s not go far as to meet them before the war either~ It would be troublesome
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: okay
[Whisper] Soeso: It’s always Early Evening to use it all up first ㅋㅋ
[Whisper] Soeso: Most guilds don’t even use their 5 times
[Whisper] Soeso: Early Evening is the only guild who uses it up at the beginning of every year ㅋㅋㅋ
“……”
So, in the end, the Early Evening guild is the problem itself.
Since there is a high probability that they will only harm each other, the guild wars that are implicitly avoided are also limited to five times a year, and they use it to openly brag about their strength to guilds weaker than themselves.
‘I didn’t think it would go so far to even have these trashy kinds of rules.’
I remembered the experience of doing the dragon raid while exchanging conversations with a microphone. It’s also true that they gave me items and took good care of me, so it made me feel very uncomfortable that I had been doing things like that on the Internet.
I was in the wrong guild, and they even said that I was good friends with the Guild master.
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: I understand a little bit why they were reluctant about the guild war
[Whisper] Soeso: Well, but that’s not all
[Whisper] Soeso: There are some things that are a way off.
[Whisper] Soeso: First of all, ranked near Early Evening, they’re not on familiar terms with the guild called Fever
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: Fever?
[Whisper] Soeso: yes
[Whisper] Soeso: we aren’t of good terms with them either ㅋㅋ
[Whisper] Soeso: It’s crazy that they go and try to defeat Early Evening as if they were really sick
[Whisper] Soeso: It seems like they tried it twice with Early Evening this year and both ended in loss, so they still have a long way to go
Fever Guild. I feel like I have seen it somewhere before.
I immediately opened the guild window and typed Fever into the search bar.
[3. Fever | Guild Level: Grand | Inn circle: 233 | Guild leader: Significant]
It’s the 3rd best guild on the server. It was then that I remembered the name of the guild as I saw often in the chart.
[Whisper] Soeso: Anyway, why did you ask all of a sudden?
[Whisper] Soeso: Are you saying that we’re the ones that did the bad thing?
[Whisper] I’m Sleepy: It’s because I didn’t know about the war stuff in this game, so I just asked
After hearing Kim Dae-seok’s explanation, I couldn’t understand the behavior of Early Evening even more. They must have guilds that they have a bad relationship with, so the matter of guild war proposals must be quite important.
Judging by Unyum’s reaction, it doesn’t seem like it’s an event that can just be overlooked...….
[Guild] Unyum: Hm;
[Guild] Unyum: Guys, listen up
[Guild] Unyum: Everyone can do it now
[Guild] Unyum: Yoo Chae-nim didn’t give an answer
[Guild] Seol Ji-hye: Yes
[Guild] Popabam: Yep
[Guild] Kyoko Kyoko: oko
[Guild] I’m Sleepy: Yes
After trying to contact the Guild Master of Early Evening for over 30 minutes, Unyum finally gave up that approach with a sigh. As the person in question does not give an answer, he will have no choice but to make a decision.
Early Evening, the one that started the guild war, did not show any response, the entire chat quickly withered.
[Party] Unyum: Sleepy-nim
[Party] Unum: rs as soon as you entered the guild, ㅜ
[Party] I’m Sleepy: No, please don’t worry about me
After a while, I came out of the party to go on a hunting quest in a slightly awkward atmosphere. Whatever it is, if there’s any problem, it’ll come up in the guild chat. Until then, I’ll have to level up.
[All] I’m Sleepy: I’ll go and do a quest
[All] Unyum: Yep
[All] Soeso: ㅠㅠ
I opened the inventory and rediscovered the scroll that I had not used because of the guild war vote. And right at the moment I was going to use it.
[Server] Yoo Chae: Hello this is Early Evening’s Guild Master.
“……?”
A large, bright red text appeared at the top of the game screen. It seems that a ‘gigantic loudspeaker’ was being used, it was a cash item priced at 6,900 won each and was a chat message that was released to all channels within the server.
[Guild] Seol Ji-hye: ???
[Guild] Soeso: Eh?
[Guild] Kyoko Kyoko: What the heck?
[Guild] Beecher: ?
[All] Commander-in-Chief: What the fuck ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Hatcher: Greetingsㄷㄷ what is the Guild Master of a huge guild doing here?
[All] Make it dazzling: Kyaaaah Yoo Chae Oppa`~~><
[All] Bong-Joon Bong-Joon: Blegh
The fact that Yoo Chae, who did not respond to Unyum’s desperate message at all, used a gigantic loudspeaker, or Megaphone for short, started to run rampant again, not only in the guild chat, but also in the entire global chat that had barely died doen.
[Server] Yoo Chae: Sorry for the sudden guild war.
[Server] Yoo Chae: But we had no choice either.
[Server] Yoo Chae: It’s because the One Heart One Mind guild took away something very important from us.
To my surprise, the moment I saw that, the next chat unfolded in my head. It was such a bizarre thought, and at the same time, it was very fucking disgusting.
No way, no way… it’s not, right? Please………
[Server] Yoo Chae: Please return our Sleepy Hyung that you took.
[Server] Yoo Chae: Until then, the proposals for guild war will continue.
“Oh, shit.”
[Server] Yoo Chae: Sleepy Hyung, come back..I will do better....cri ㅜㅡㅜ
As soon as the last message was posted, I couldn’t take it any longer, and buried my face in both of my hands.
—
TL Note:
1 [Cassak Bread] is a gaming term in which players fight and the loser deletes their character, essentially resetting all their progress. Also known as a Character Deletion Duel. A battle to the death or something equivalent in the gaming world.
2 It’s from an idiom [아존나어그로끄네초 저녁새끼들] there’s also this phrase that came on related.
→Azon: an aerial bomb that can be guided to the left or right by radio control (Radio control = Yoo Chae)
then noae means not
Groak → According to Novobatzky and Shea, a groak is someone who stares at you fixedly while you are eating. ; Groak, pronounced as “Grohk” refers to the act of staring at someone while they’re eating, hoping that they’ll give you some of the food. ; To Groak is to look longingly after some wanted object, and specifically, to longingly watch someone while they eat in the hope of being invited to join them. ;
---
Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Sellychi
HM: I was so confused with all the names that I didn't recognize the MC's name. www
It's a bit funny, there's a word to describe Chae Yoo as a whole. It's not pursuser or stalker. It's Groak. lol
And for the Early Evening Guild, it would be Azon. w-w
If anyone wants to be an editor, translator, or proofreader, contact using the contact form on the top corner. Check the recruit page.
please support the translator through kofi.
Buy Hoshimiya a Coffee. ko-fi.com/starlightstream - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.
Please support the author on Ridibooks by reading for free one chapter every day or purchasing chapters.
Leave a like in the right corner or a message. no need to log in.