Chapter 124

Arang was suddenly forced to log out right before everyone’s eyes, and the members of the Mea’d raid party were startled.

It wasn’t like they hadn’t seen emergency forced logouts in Leore before.

Sometimes, when kids or emergencies arose, Leore and the access devices would forcibly log them out like that.

“What’s this? Haha. Did Arang’s parents force her to log out?”

Echo laughed at the sight of the emergency forced logout, something he hadn’t seen in a while.

“She’s at that age. She’s only 15, right? Even in the UK, 15 is still a kid.”

Vision chuckled in response to Echo’s comment.

“…Huh?”

Echo, who had been laughing at Vision’s words, suddenly stopped when he sensed the serious atmosphere around him.

The grim expressions of the Arang Arang raid members, as well as the shocked faces of their party leader Reina and sub-leader Emma, made him realize this wasn’t just a simple emergency logout.

“Huh? What’s wrong with everyone?”

Vision, who was often criticized for being oblivious, spoke casually but flinched at Pinkubelly’s loud voice.

Starting with Pinkubelly, everyone began logging out, and Reina and Emma followed suit.

“What’s going on? Where is everyone going?”

Echo sighed at Vision’s clueless remark and thought to himself.

‘If it’s not an external logout… then a physical logout…?’

Looking at the group chat they had created for the joint raid, he saw a message from the Pinkubelly user saying they were heading out to meet Arang.

‘Come to think of it, when I checked the Korean community on Reddit, they mentioned Arang’s health wasn’t great. Does that mean this emergency logout is… because of her health…? Oh no…’

Not long after, the Pinkubelly user confirmed Arang’s condition and informed the joint raid chat that she was okay. Only then did Reina and Emma let out sighs of relief.

With Arang’s health confirmed to be stable, the Mea’d raid party began re-running the hunt to create a strategy that everyone could use.

Normally, after clearing a hunt or raid, they would simplify the strategy to make it easy for the party to follow and get used to.

This process usually doesn’t take much time, but this time, it was expected to take significantly longer.

The reason, as everyone knew, was because of Arang.

The way Arang had shown herself during the stream was something no one else could replicate.

The 1v1 mechanics were in the realm of physical skill, and currently, only about 10 people could pull it off, so it wasn’t impossible.

But the performance she showed during the stream was something no one else could even think of replicating, so they had to create a new strategy that ordinary players could follow.

While the Mea’d raid members, including Reina, Emma, and an operator to inform the entire party of the situation, were working on the new strategy, a break-time issue arose.

Reina, who was a member of Arang’s fan cafe, had seen a post Arang had made not long ago.

“What’s this!?”

At Reina’s scream, the resting Mea’d raid members gathered around her.

“Gasp…!? What does this mean?”

“Wait, hold on… Is this…? It can’t be, right?”

The raid members couldn’t hide their shock and began to panic. Echo quickly checked the post Arang had written himself and widened his eyes.

“Final broadcast of my life…?”

The post read like a farewell letter from someone on their deathbed.

Thanks to having bookmarked it the day before, Reina quickly found Arang’s stream.

Thanks to Reina, Arang’s stream appeared on the screen, and everyone held their breath.

The Arang on the screen was slowly—no, already—a person facing death.

The short broadcast.

Arang spoke her final words and passed away.

Of course, Reddit exploded.

After the event tournament, Arang had no external activities, and due to her family’s circumstances, finding information about her was extremely difficult.

For overseas users, the only way to know about Arang was through occasional appearances on Kang Hangeul’s streams or Pinkubelly’s weekly YouTube videos.

Recently, she had briefly appeared in a hunt stream by the Mea’d raid members.

Overseas users had only known that Arang’s health was a bit worse than others.

At first, they thought the emergency forced logout was no big deal.

But…

Arang suddenly started a stream. And then, death unfolded before their eyes.

**Is this for real? She looked a bit pale recently, but to die so suddenly? Is she really leaving us like this?**

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**It’s so sudden, I can’t believe it.**

**The princess is dead… Just a few days ago, she was so lively, and now her complexion worsened, and she suddenly died…**

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**Korean users were surprised by this, but it seems they had somewhat expected it.**

**What kind of illness did the princess have to leave us so suddenly?**

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In just one day, Reddit mourned Arang’s death, offering condolences and praying for her peace.

Even those who hadn’t known her long couldn’t help but grieve the death of a 15-year-old girl.

**Could it be that the princess’s illness worsened due to stress?**

**Looking at the Korean community, it seems the princess’s health wasn’t great to begin with, but the recent criticism over hacks, illegal modifications, and bug abuse… That’s concerning.**

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Arang’s death. Overseas users began searching for the reason behind her death, suspecting it wasn’t just the worsening of her illness but something that accelerated it.

And the reason, of course, was the recent controversy surrounding Arang.

Despite being hit with a blindness debuff, she dodged, moved, dealt damage, managed debuffs, and even used buffs—her insane performance led to many users criticizing, cursing, and pointing fingers at her.

The amount of hateful comments was enough to mentally break even a healthy person.

In the past, this might have gone unnoticed, but now it was different.

With the overwhelming power of AI, high-performance translation made it easy for anyone to read, meaning Arang could see it too.

**We must find all those who killed the princess and deliver them to her majesty.**

**We must search thoroughly and ensure they can never do this again—no, we must strike them down so hard it disrupts their daily lives.**

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Reddit grew increasingly heated, and the same was true for the Korean Leore gallery.

Seeing Reddit’s reaction, the Leore gallery also began searching for those who had cursed Arang.

Just as things were about to spiral out of control, Pinkubelly’s post and stream cooled the fervor in an instant.

Everyone rushed to the stream, and Arang’s heartfelt apology brought peace to their hearts.

She was alive.

The mere fact that she wasn’t dead but alive was enough for people to breathe a sigh of relief.

But that wasn’t the end.

Arang used this stream to reveal her real-life situation to everyone.

As each detail came to light, overseas users who had known nothing about Arang’s real-life condition couldn’t believe their ears.

The Arang who had always been seen in Leore with a smile so bright it made others smile too, spreading happiness like a virus, was in fact more unfortunate than anyone.

**[Princess’s Red Pill]**

**Is what the princess just said real? Did I hear wrong?**

**She had to amputate her limbs due to a rare unnamed disease, spent a long time in a vegetative state, and now has brain issues making prosthetic arms and legs unusable?**

**A 15-year-old girl went through all this and still played Leore with such a happy expression?**

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**Honestly, I want to believe it’s a lie.**

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**Isn’t that just like ㅇ사나기?**

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**ㄴYou crazy jerk, someone kill this guy**

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**[Why the Princess Had a Happy Expression]**

**A friend told me that the princess wasn’t smiling because she was happy.**

**If you watched her stream this time, you’d notice her expression was completely different from usual.**

**They said it’s because her mind is a bit unwell.**

**All Koreans know this.**

**When her illness was severe, she was so depressed and in pain that a defense mechanism created a new personality—the princess we know now.**

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**Wow… That’s insane. So the princess we knew and the one from yesterday and today were different… Wow… That’s so sad…**

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