Chapter 53

The next morning. Everyone woke up early and logged into Leore.

This time, all the raid members gathered in the Guild House that I personally bought with my own fingers.

In the huge hall on the first floor, chairs, sofas, beds, and more were set up, and everyone was changing into comfortable costumes.

Everyone was watching the video of the last boss, [Abyss Artamin], that we had just cleared.

“Wow… Arang, how on earth did you do that?”

Sunchoo, lying between me and Baedeokgae, asked me.

In the video, there was a scene of me fighting the boss one-on-one.

The boss, who looked exactly like me, moved like a mirror, using the same skills. Even I found it fascinating.

“I don’t really know either. I just thought I had to win this time.”

“Ugh. Arang, you’re so cool. So cool!”

The mirror-like fight was fascinating, but the next scene was even more overwhelming.

It was a part where I fought the boss purely with physical skills, without using any abilities.

A sword swung without any thought, just to kill the boss in front of me.

The boss and I were fighting like crazy, not caring about our own bodies, just trying to kill each other.

Our swords clashed and bounced off each other, grazing our bodies as if it were a scene from a movie. It was a battle scene that made your palms sweat.

“Wow…”

Everyone was amazed. I didn’t realize it while fighting the boss, but seeing myself in third person in the video, I looked pretty cool.

Especially the scene at the end where I dodged the boss’s attack, stepped on its sword, and struck its neck—it was worthy of applause.

But now, seeing it like this, it feels a bit strange.

I already don’t have limbs in real life, and seeing my character’s head cut off… well, let’s not think about it.

In the end, we all took a perfect screenshot with our titles on.

“Ugh. Everyone, look at this. We even got knights to show up!”

Kang Hangeul excitedly showed off the knights he had found.

Everyone admired them and took screenshots. I also sneakily took a screenshot and saved it.

“I really had no idea I’d get a WFK. Arang, you’re a genius among geniuses. Truly the best player I’ve ever seen.”

Palgili nodded and complimented me. But…

“Loli?”

“Ah, no, no. Forget I said that.”

“By the way, Palgili, why is your nickname ‘Palgili 10cm’?”

“Ah, that’s… When I first saw Arang, she was so tiny and cute, and her arms were so short, so I came up with that nickname. Is it… uncomfortable?”

Hmm… Well, I am pretty cute.

“It’s not uncomfortable. I thought you might know me in real life.”

“Me?”

“Yeah. I thought your arms might actually be 10cm.”

“…Huh? Oh! You mean the concept, right?”

At Palgili’s words, Pinkubelly, Sunchoo, and Kang Hangeul sighed deeply, while Baedeokgae chuckled softly.

Marajjamppong raised her hand.

“Yes, Marajjamppong.”

“About that wish ticket you mentioned last time…”

“Ah, right. I forgot. Do you have something you want?”

“We got a WFK this time! How about a guild gathering!!! I was so disappointed I couldn’t go last time when you suddenly decided to have one…! I want to hug Arang’s limbs and belly like Baedeokgae did!”

Marajjamppong looked at Baedeokgae with envy.

When I looked at Baedeokgae, she turned her head away, avoiding my gaze.

What on earth did she say to make Marajjamppong say something like that?

Baedeokgae, you didn’t…

“A guild gathering sounds good. Let’s set a date and all meet up.”

I had already thought about having a gathering after clearing the raid.

“Yay!”

“That’s great!”

Guild gatherings, offline meetups—we’ve done a lot, but this one feels special.

It’s a gathering after achieving a WFK.

The most famous MMORPG in the world. A game so famous that about 400,000 people watched us clear it. Our raid group got a WFK, and now we’re meeting up.

Ugh. Just thinking about meeting up and talking about the raid is already exciting.

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“Wow. They’re doing it like that?”

We were all chatting and decided to watch the broadcast of the Mea’d raid group, who still hadn’t cleared it.

“Right. Thinking about it now, that seems correct.”

“But since the first target is random, there’s no way to guarantee that, right?”

“That’s true too.”

Right now, the Mea’d raid group was dealing with the Clash mechanic.

We had me, Baedeokgae, and Palgili handle the Clash, but here, the Mea’d raid group had three tanks doing it.

Since the boss only focuses on the Clash target, it makes sense for tanks, who have lower DPS but are tougher, to handle it.

Their DPS is definitely falling behind.

The problem is the final 1v1 Makkora mechanic.

One by one, the tentacles go into the bag, and the last person left has to fight the boss one-on-one.

The Mea’d raid group naturally left their strongest pure DPS, a Berserker, to deal as much damage as possible to the boss.

“Can that Berserker succeed like our Arang did?”

Wow… This feels different from when I watched my own fight.

All 11 raid members are cheering and shouting for the Berserker.

Usually, raids are about everyone working together, cheering each other on to clear it.

But this 1v1 Makkora mechanic is all about fighting the boss alone.

The scary part is that if you make a mistake here, the boss’s health goes from 1% back to 100%.

Oh. Just watching it is nerve-wracking.

The Berserker charged at the boss, who looked just like him.

“Fighting!!!”

We all cheered for the Mea’d raid group, especially the lone Berserker, and I silently cheered for him too, having been in that position.

But…

“Ouch…”

“Ugh…”

“Ah…”

The Berserker died in just two exchanges.

It happened in an instant. The Berserker used a charge skill to rush at the boss, and the boss did the same.

But here’s the problem. The Berserker’s sword clashed with the boss’s, and the Berserker’s charge skill ended first, causing him to lose the clash and get hit by the boss’s charge.

The Berserker was startled and stepped back, but the boss didn’t miss the opportunity.

The crucial 1v1 Makkora 1% mechanic ended in just five seconds.

As soon as the Berserker died, the boss rushed to the bag and devoured it.

The boss’s health shot back up to 100%.

And then the strengthened tentacles instantly killed the Mea’d raid members.

The screen went black and then brightened again, showing the boss’s orb form and the revived Mea’d raid members.

Everyone looked disappointed, and the Berserker was deeply discouraged.

Ugh… I feel so bad just watching it.

“Wow… The boss is really something else. Arang, how on earth did you fight that boss?”

“Umm, I just fought, so I can’t really explain.”

The Mea’d raid group kept trying.

Perfect heals, precise buff timing, and spot-on tactics.

They brought the boss’s health down to 1% flawlessly, showing the dignity of a group that has achieved many WFKs.

The problem was the 1v1 Makkora mechanic.

The Berserker, who is considered the best pure DPS in Leore, kept getting crushed by the boss.

Other DPS took turns facing the boss, but they were all easily killed like adults fighting children.

Eventually, they removed one DPS and added a [Soma].

Then they went into Kang Hangeul’s live stream on Ryutube.

“Oh… Amazing.”

Then, all the raid members started watching the video of my 1v1 Makkora, analyzing it like the [Soma] member.

“Wow, the Mea’d raid group is watching our raid video while doing it?”

Kang Hangeul looked like he was about to cry, his expression full of emotion.

The Mea’d raid group started the raid with the Soma and began the 1v1 Makkora again.

They tried to fight the boss using the [Pentagon] skill like I did, but…

The boss’s [Pentagon] sent them straight to heaven.

In the end, all the DPS failed, and the Mea’d raid group decided to leave a tank.

And then, absurdly, they cleared it.

“Ugh…? Was it really that easy? Wait, you just had to survive…!?”

I thought it was some cool mechanic where I had to use all my skills and dramatically cut off the boss’s head…!

But it turns out you just had to survive as a tank, using survival skills and tanking hits…

Patch that! Normalize it!

Make the game healthy! Huh!?

Does that even make sense!?