Chapter 110

Kim Ji-hoon, the director of Legacy of Raid, was very much looking forward to today’s update.

After successfully managing this season of the Abyss, Leore, which was already growing, exploded in popularity.

If it was once famous as a VR MMORPG, it has now become so renowned that it ranks among the top virtual world games.

In virtual world games, single-player games are usually the most popular.

As virtual worlds became more common, people started preferring games where they could feel special or become overpowered, like life simulation games.

In such a situation, Legacy of Raid boldly entered the ranks of top virtual world games.

Of course, the journey wasn’t easy.

Creating a virtual world game requires a significant amount of time and effort.

Making it a real-time service game was an incredibly challenging journey.

But with a systematic structure and a lot of manpower, they succeeded. Initially, they faced numerous losses, but the CEO of the company that created Leore nonchalantly told them to do as they pleased.

Thanks to the CEO’s full support, they eventually launched Leore, and here we are today.

They are generating overwhelming profits and reinvesting accordingly, making the game more fun as time goes by.

And with this Hunt, they are about to open a new season, so they polished it to perfection.

The concept of this Hunt is the fear and unknown terror of the new season.

A new world. A world in danger. A completely different world.

It’s a Hunt that encapsulates such a season, so the entire team worked hard to create it.

Kim Ji-hoon confirmed that numerous users logged in and enjoyed the new Hunt without any issues before heading home.

Having worked overtime for nearly a month for this Hunt, his body had already reached its limit.

Thinking he had made it perfect, he returned home with peace of mind.

Home after a long time. Lying on the bed after so long. Worry-free, he drifted off to dreamland in an instant.

Ring ring ring.

“Huh…?”

In the middle of a comfortable sleep, Kim Ji-hoon grabbed his head and got up, annoyed by the ringing phone.

After a month of overtime, a phone call disrupting his long-awaited rest at home was bound to make even the kindest person angry.

But since it was his subordinate calling, he could only sigh deeply.

Click.

“I told you not to call unless it’s absolutely necessary. Why are you calling me now—”

[Director! We have a big problem!]

“Huh, what…?”

The urgency in the voice made him think someone had collapsed from overwork and died at the company.

[There’s a serious bug in this Hunt!]

“A bug…? A bug in the Hunt?”

[Yes! I’ll show you the video right now!]

After watching the video sent by the employee, Kim Ji-hoon couldn’t believe his eyes.

“User Arang…?”

He remembered the user Arang from the first time he heard about her and the incident at the Event Tournament, which was deeply ingrained in his mind.

“Wait, what is this?”

Kim Ji-hoon recalled the meeting with the QA team after finishing this Hunt.

==

“At this part, the boss doesn’t do anything, right?”

“Yeah, it just uses the same pattern over and over. But wait, it’s under an invincibility buff.”

“That’s true.”

“Eh, then it’s not a problem, right?”

Hearing the QA team’s words, Kim Ji-hoon approached them and asked what they had just discussed.

“If one person takes all the debuffs, the boss doesn’t trigger the next mechanic, right?”

The QA employee nodded.

“That’s right. But since it’s only possible under an invincibility buff, it should be fine.”

Even the in-house raid team at Leore QA couldn’t do it.

They are the best team in Leore, having cleared all Hunts and Raids, with top-tier gaming skills and direct influence on difficulty adjustments.

Even the employee with the best physical skills in that team couldn’t stack 5 debuffs alone and died without doing anything.

That’s actually normal.

There’s no vision.

It’s not just closing your eyes; you can’t even sense light.

From 5 stacks, the visual part of the virtual world completely shuts off, so you can’t detect any light.

In that state, dodging the boss’s attacks, avoiding other users, and collecting black debuff orbs…?

Absolutely impossible.

==

The QA team, responsible for all combat content in Leore, was having a party at the company after the update, ordering various delivery foods to see which raid team would get a Perfect Clear and how users would enjoy their hard work.

“Wow, Mea’d raid team is really fast.”

“Their mechanic recognition speed is insane. How long did it take us to figure it out the first time?”

“14 hours?”

“Crazy. That took forever. But Mea’d raid team figured it out perfectly in just 4 hours.”

“But Arang’s physical skills are really amazing. She’s only 15 but has that level of skill. Her body isn’t even fully developed yet.”

“Arang’s body developing? Wow… She’s already in the top 10 in Leore for physical skills. That’s scary.”

As time passed and Mea’d raid team reached 85% of the mechanics, the entire QA team sighed.

“That’s really annoying.”

“Right. Using debuffs to limit vision is just evil.”

“Who’s going to manage that in Mea’d raid team?”

“Usually, Wanderer and Soma handle that, right?”

“That’s true, but it’s not like you can just decide that.”

“That’s also true.”

==

“…Huh?”

Mea’d raid team, known for their precise and quick mechanic recognition, chose an unusual method.

“Are they really going to have one person do that? Reina knows it’s impossible, right?”

“Isn’t that too harsh on Arang?”

“Ugh… Our cute princess doing such a hard task…!”

Since they are a QA team, not just a raid team for clearing content, they have experienced 5 stacks of debuffs themselves, so they were worried about Arang.

As expected, Arang couldn’t even maintain her balance after reaching 5 stacks.

“Ouch…”

Everyone felt sorry for Arang struggling with the debuffs. But that sympathy didn’t last long.

“Crazy…”

No one reacted to his curse. No, they couldn’t.

The insane movements of Arang on the screen left them speechless.

“What? Is the debuff not working?”

“No, it clearly says 8 stacks there.”

“So Arang’s movements are with no vision… Crazy.”

==

Kim Ji-hoon quickly returned to the company.

His heavy breathing and the sweat already pouring down showed how urgently he had returned.

“Director Kim Ji-hoon!”

“Whew… Whew… Let’s start an emergency maintenance immediately.”

“Understood…!”

He thought it was impossible. No, it is impossible.

No one could succeed, and even the QA team, who had grown stronger through all the combat content and difficulty adjustments in Leore, confirmed it under an invincibility buff.

But in that situation, without any invincibility buff, such a thing happened?

“First, check User Arang’s logs to see if the debuff is working properly.”

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed like the debuff wasn’t working, and the vision wasn’t blocked.

“Director, there’s no problem. User Arang is actually receiving the debuff…”

“Is that the movement of someone with no vision? The next mechanic requires two users with 4 stacks of debuffs, right?”

“Yes… That’s correct… I never thought something like this was possible…”

“Don’t apologize. I didn’t think it was possible either.”

While running Leore, they avoided the two dreaded maintenances users often talked about: extended maintenance and emergency maintenance.

But this Hunt was a very, very serious issue.

They had no choice but to initiate emergency maintenance.

“It will be tough to fix this, but please do your best.”

Kim Ji-hoon apologized to the programmers and asked them to solve the problem within an hour.

Honestly, even the programmers who made it didn’t think this would happen.

In fact, it’s no one’s fault.

It’s just that Arang is doing something no one thought was possible.

==

[September 12 (Thu) Legacy of Raid Emergency Maintenance Notice]

Hello, this is Legacy of Raid.

From September 12 (Thu) 05:10 to 06:10, a 60-minute emergency maintenance will be conducted.

Please check the details below.

[Maintenance Time]

2024-09-12 (Thu) 05:10 ~ 2024-09-12 (Thu) 06:10 (60 minutes)

[Maintenance Content]

– Emergency maintenance to fix Hunt content errors

[Precautions]

During the maintenance, game services will be unavailable, and the maintenance may end early.

Please log out in a safe location before the maintenance begins.

We will notify you through announcements once the maintenance is complete.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.