Ranker's Return

Chapter 864

The purple sphere left Tang-E’s paws and quickly flew toward the city walls. The momentum of the sphere was fierce. Everything that got in the way seemed to be crushed. The walls were quiet despite Tang-E’s flying magic. Originally, it was enough to make a fuss several times.

Clack clack clack clack.

However, there was only the sound of the skeletons’ bones and a suffocated breath from the walls. Then a human voice was heard from the walls. “Stop the magic!”

There was a man who extended a black longsword toward Tang-E’s magic.

“Kalen, can we stop this?”

The man’s name was Kalen. The first to turn traitor and the guild master of the Venom Guild, one of the most famous guilds in Arena.

“We can’t stop it, but... there are many undead magicians. There are even more undead than that. We can block it with their bodies,” Kalen replied casually.

‘It looks like that, but it isn’t as strong as one might think.’

He had something to believe in. Just as Hyeonu trusted Kalen and expressed his confidence in front of the large guilds, Kalen believed in him and showed the same confidence.

“Really? Can I believe that?” Crimson asked with an expression of disbelief. He felt it instinctively. The purple sphere that flew was by no means ordinary.

“Yes, look. They are trying to stop it now.” Kalen nodded. It was as he said. The undead who could use magic or demonic magic raised a tool like a staff or their arms toward the flying purple sphere.

However, a problem arose here. The magic that Tang-E manifested was much faster than Kalen thought. The sphere, which was initially just a bit fast, quickly accelerated and became a solid line that left a dark afterimage.The purple sphere literally embedded into the walls before the undead could even respond.

There was an explosion and one wall completely collapsed. The stones that made up the city walls were shattered and the debris scattered everywhere. It was as if a hole had been drilled in it.

The Venom Guild was a bit far away from where Tang-E’s magic aimed and was unharmed. A strong vibration struck them, but they were about to withstand it. It was because it wasn’t a direct impact.

“Is that really right?”

“What went wrong?”

Rose and Crimson saw the missing wall and asked Kalen. There was deep suspicion in their eyes. It asked, ‘Is this what was agreed upon in advance?’

“It’s fine, we aren’t dead.” Kalen hesitantly smiled and scratched the back of his head.

‘This is moderately?’

Inwardly, he was cursing at Hyeonu. The reality was a bit different from what had been agreed upon beforehand.

‘Is this Alley Leader’s idea of moderation?’

The reason he didn’t think about arguing with Hyeonu was because the magic that flew in might really be of the right intensity.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ He is just a smooth talker.

-His confidence pierced the sky. Then he was beaten by reality.

-Perhaps this is a fun hidden camera prank? He is deceiving his own guild members. ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ

-The problem is that he thought about blocking it after he saw it. He should’ve given the order right away when Tang-E was preparing the magic ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.

The audience reaction was good. They were busy laughing at Kalen. The Venom Guild members saw the chat window and exchanged looks with each other.

‘It is going well.’

‘The reaction isn’t bad.’

‘It is a problem to get hit, but... we aren’t dead.’

The end goal of the Venom Guild members was the growth of their streaming and channel. It was fine to be hit by a magical blow and have a wall destroyed.

“Stop, we can’t get hit by the next attack.”

“What are you doing? Stop it!”

The smiling Venom Guild members shouted at the undead around them. The undead poured out the magic they had been preparing. All types of magic poured out. There was so much magic manifested that the air seemed to turn black.

The magic cast by the undead magicians collided with the magic cast by the players. There was a continuous explosion sound without a pause. Their ears became deaf and they couldn’t hear anything.

“Charge! Kill the invaders!”

“Go and make new friends!”

The Venom Guild members, including Kalen, shouted at the undead again. The Venom Guild members were quick when it came to a siege. They were currently the Venom Guild, but in the past, they had a lot of experience taking part in the formations of large guilds. They clearly knew what strategy the imperial army would take.

This was why they were sending out the undead like this. The undead poured out mushrooms after the rain. It seemed like more than in the previous wars. Additionally, the collapse of the wall seemed to have helped. The undead ran out more comfortably from between the collapsed wall.

-By the way, why aren’t you going out?

-Are the undead the only ones fighting?

-You are talking a lot. Go out and fight just once.

-Let’s go out for fun.

The viewers watching the Venom Guild’s live stream urged the Venom Guild. It meant to intervene in the battle rather than just standing on the walls.

“Hey, how can we go out now? We will die right away if we go out now.”

Kalen exaggerated. No, it wasn’t an exaggeration. It was the truth. They would surely die if they went down the walls now. This was a future that would never change.

“Who can create an environment where I can do a mission like that? Based on what I know, thousands of gold coins is just ridiculous.”

‘How much money is hanging around our necks?’

The Venom Guild had many bounties at stake. It wasn’t due to what they did in the Yusma Empire. It was the bounty that viewers of other live streams had placed on the necks of the Venom Guild.

-A man should be hard to ruffle.

-When are you going to have courage if not at a time like this?

-Go down the walls and you will get 1,000 gold coins.

-I’ll put in 500. Go down and come back.

However, the viewers weren’t happy. They didn’t readily agree with Kalen’s words. Rather, they seduced Kalen in the name of the mission.

“I’m still not going. It is really dangerous. To be honest, it is worth going down if there is no one else... however, I can’t do it.”

Kalen seemed to contemplate it for a moment before shaking his head vigorously. However, a completely different reaction came from someone other than Kalen.

“1,500 gold coins?”

Rose reacted sharply at the mention of 1,500 gold coins. It wasn’t just Rose.

“If I have 1,500 gold coins... isn’t it worth going down and coming back?”

It was the same for Crimson. The income of the Venom Guild might’ve increased, but it wasn’t enough to ignore 1,500 gold coins. The value of gold coins increased every day and it was now around 1,200 won per gold coin. In other words, 1,500 gold coins was 1,800,000 won. It was around 1,600 in dollars. It was not a small amount. They could get their hands on $1,600 simply by descending the walls.

“No. Stop it, you idiots,” Kalen frowned and shouted. This mission was a trap and the gold coins were bait to lure them in.

Crimson silently crossed the wall and approached Kalen.

-He is coming for a beating.

-Negotiate with fists.

-Hit first before you get hit.

-Is there any discord? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The viewers poured out all sorts of messages while looking at Crimson, who had a hard expression. Most of the messages were about what Crimson would do to Kalen, who stopped him. Just then, Crimson stopped in front of Kalen. Then he leaned his body toward Kalen.

“Isn’t it okay without me anyway? I will go and come back,” Crimson whispered into Kalen’s ear in a very small voice.

Kalen’s expression hardened in an instant when he heard Crimson’s words. “Does this make sense?”

“Did I say something wrong? To be honest, it doesn’t really matter if I die.”

Crimson justified it. It was difficult for Crimson to show his presence in the battle. More than tens of thousands of people were fighting. It was very difficult for him to show his presence there.

“Yes, but... that isn’t it.” Kalen couldn’t find anything to refute Crimson’s words. It was because he wasn’t wrong. To be honest, even if all the members of the Venom Guild died, they would not lose this battle as long as one NPC was alive.

“Then... I’m going.” Crimson nodded at Kalen and immediately jumped off the walls to join the battlefield.

“Sigh...” Kalen raised his hand and covered his face. A sigh emerged.

***

‘I think it should be over by this point...’

Hyeonu raised his head and looked around. The battlefield was already chaos. Many of the undead had died and quite a few players were logged out. The damage done to each other was great.

‘I’m glad the NPCs aren’t dead.’

The good news was that the priests brought by the Kowloon were unharmed. It was because they only used buffs or divine magic from the rear as much as possible.

‘The battle is over once the guardian comes out.’

This battle would come to an end when the guardian came out. Hyeonu immediately decided to call the guardian.

“I’ve had enough rest so I will join the battle again.”

Hyeonu, who had left the battlefield, rushed back into the battlefield with these words.

‘I’m not fighting alone, so... there are many inconveniences.’

The running Hyeonu kicked against the ground and jumped high into the air. He had to go into the air unconditionally to use his skills. Otherwise, it was highly likely that it would be the players on his side, not the undead, who would be harmed by Hyeonu’s skills.

Hyeonu jumped high into the air and swung the Mixed Sky Sword several times at high speed. Hundreds of dark purple pure energies fell toward the heads of the distant undead. Each one of the purple pure energies showed a power comparable to the skills of rankers. The undead literally burst like crushed tofu. A hole instantly appeared in the formation of the undead.

Hyeonu’s actions caught the eyes of many people. Among them were the NPC priests brought here by the Kowloon Guild using temple contributions.

“The duke came out in person.”

“Help the duke!”

“Concentrate the divine power.”

The NPC priests supported Hyeonu. They placed blessings and divine magic around him.

‘One is helpful and one isn’t... in the end, it is the same.’

Hyeonu gulped in response to the actions of such priests. The buffs were a great help, but he clicked his tongue at the undead being swept away by divine magic.

‘If this is the case, they should’ve used it sooner...’

At most, he received the buffs, but he had no one to fight. Just then, a man appeared in front of Hyeonu with a bang.

“Hey, human. You look bored?”

He used a very awkward tone when speaking. No, the awkwardness was only felt by Hyeonu. It was because Hyeonu knew the man’s original tone of voice.

‘Guardian!’

“Bored? Can I be bored on the battlefield? Even if you looked at the wrong person, don’t you think you have seen incorrectly?” Hyeonu barely held back his smile before responding to the guardian’s words.

“I think it will be over if you die.”

The guardian raised the white spear and extended it to Hyeonu, regardless of Hyeonu’s words.

“Isn’t that what I should say?”

Hyeonu didn’t back down either and extended the Mixed Sky Sword to the guardian.