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Boss12MoreHours: Boss??? Can you hear me?620a621c9da1cedd

Jehyun: Yes.16ca3bd0076d41a6

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Contempt: Yes.c27ea602b5cff3ee

As the boss and 2b061e3003 Contempt spoke, their nicknames 9e624fddfa briefly appeared and then 3efc63700f disappeared in the bottom 88bb361f06 right corner of the f964833589 monitor. Jehyun answered half-heartedly d1ad768c63 while changing his 86fbd1fd0e equipment. After equipping the bd2ff49666 PVP set for f84c95220b the priest ranking f880c740b1 match, he queued 6d38ff7a2c up for a 89f76aab28 solo battleground.23a7d2c7640d3cdc

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“Estimated queue time: 28 minutes and 12 seconds…”f51aa1985e9e1d1c

Twenty-eight minutes? As expected on a 2fe20a578b Sunday, the wait time 63bde101f6 was short. Feeling good, he organized 93883d9d91 his inventory while listening 5cd9426a23 to the voices.cd30aa5294800776

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Boss12MoreHours: Guys, listen up. What do you… how would you like me to be in the future?da3580ca22d9351b

But then the boss b1666057d6 asked an incredibly random 6f2dbf76b6 question. Even Jehyun, confused by 577afb4151 the vague intent of 64008cbf60 the question, furrowed his 2d2cd3c7ed brow and responded.b82fe350bf2a03ec

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Jehyun: I’d 3b69e2d2c3 like you 10f73984da to hand 2562dd925a over the 7debf6d5f7 weapon to 3a1cb7cf08 me.3571eba7a466487c

Contempt: I’ll take the gold.f59abc4609f5641e

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Boss12MoreHours: No, damn it. Guys….67d4ff37609fed2e

The boss sighed at 2975628786 their blunt replies. There was d90411e6c7 the sound 6726c8f0e6 of her d7085e780b hitting her 456116b688 chest in 65c8864a97 frustration, and 1b67c6fd93 then she a09073e0c3 asked again 9e498058ca in a 7463902ca4 softer, forced a128470e63 tone.dd5e8f9ac5ceaf9f

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Boss12MoreHours: I 4bfac64cf7 mean, how dc169eb694 would you b3e0e1bb7a like me d61c21796a to live? Like, happily 5432bcc816 or unhappily? You know, stuff 5c2c27daa1 like that. Surely none of d2c01a8177 you want me 15ba217903 to be unhappy, f4b784f19b right?4b6bcc2e2e6dd91c

Contempt: I guess… not.c481a3b8a73f7261

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Jehyun: Yeah, right.deb0ed8eba43d36d

Boss12MoreHours: Exactly. You both want this ec6f6d0b24 noona to live the a53c103b09 rest of her life b3674866d5 happily, don’t you? Right?0d0753df62942723

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Jehyun: What exactly are b7d9b2a86a you getting at, noona?7af61e102b39f8be

Unable to wait any 9e615887d2 longer, Jehyun asked directly. The boss 3a9a1af0a3 paused for e307746d69 a moment 155d9ed1a9 but, sensing e9b35be391 that this c82a4e0752 was an 6cc2f6f18b important conversation, 542e931e12 she didn’t ea1757cb93 get to 3e0e960f96 the point c205b9cb66 right away bcf265e021 despite Jehyun’s cba8a2128d blunt interruption.e8d2d997c91c15f7

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After clearing b83044d98e her throat, 2b9671e768 the boss c4d7810cf3 slowly began 24b793fa80 to explain.a6741b3b2315a386

Boss12MoreHours: Guys, in my 33 years of life, I’ve realized… life is really unpredictable. You can end up sharing feelings with someone you thought was completely different from you, or you might even fall in love with someone you really disliked…c7a1cba270196fef

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As he listened, Shin 7bfbada3fa Jehyun’s eyes widened in 4f30e6d241 shock at a sudden 7608b7dc3c thought. Staring blankly 3b6708e679 at the 36316472b2 screen where c8e9e5b921 his character 35ec76e9e6 stood, he 2ba3390a43 quickly placed bfe33a1708 his hands 7fe89d6f77 on the ec4bd8a12f keyboard and 8c959d293a asked in e85783b8ce the guild ec55667ced chat.5ff883df80e3dbe6

[Guild] Healer: Noona; are you… dating Ahn Yiyoung?

[Guild] Contempt: ㅇㅂㅇ..!!!!!!! Traitor..

Of course, the 5a6eb9e059 response was cold.2baa696574c8a6f7

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Boss12MoreHours: No, Jehyun. Do you even hear dff5282488 yourself? Don’t you value your 0bb050585c life? Do you think 090391306a I’ve lost my f036fbafb6 mind to date 33dd721810 Ahn Yiyoung?d9abc567daff38f1

Jehyun: Oh, right. That was cf076fe53e a bit ca40f70ec5 much.1bb4960f4fe5a483

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Contempt: Wow, that really 65e4ed720a surprised me….3806af0fc2f57c11

Boss12MoreHours: It’s strange that you were even surprised, Myeol. Does that even make sense? Anyway, both of you, quiet down a bit. I can’t keep my thoughts straight.4f22059026c45a46

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Despite her voice sounding 174846a8ef gentle, there was a 9c0d99c3bd hint of irritation. Only then f4f84e5dc2 did Shin d82f71efb6 Jehyun and 911a79307b Contempt fall 93b9df06e4 silent. They whispered to d08566f45b each other, wondering c94590ae83 what was going 8b26820766 on, but since 5dab8e1a11 neither of them 7b2742fe6d knew the answer, b0a0fcdf11 even the sound 0817015b25 of their keyboards 36db909d07 ceased.9d974f9c31f2d6b2

The boss paused e93d34cd4f in the silence d2aa3cbbfe before speaking.2d02662a691fad6b

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Boss12MoreHours: So, I was thinking, how about we merge with the Funeral Director’s Guild?41f669d9e34f8267

“…”79505035237b7018

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Hearing something so ridiculous, Jehyun blinked a few times before picking up his phone. He opened his calendar to confirm it wasn’t April 1st, then asked the boss in a slightly amused voice.67c07c9c759d32fa

“Did you drink too much, noona? You should go to bed. There’s no way we’re getting first place in the guild ranking today anyway.”2a436a3ec9c9b72f

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Contempt: Yeah, I think you’ve had too much to drink.5245d05bcc621649

Shin Jehyun and Contempt didn’t even take the boss’s words seriously. As if she expected this reaction, the boss clicked her tongue and said:350e9d6bc2390a68

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Boss12MoreHours: I’m 60144ed221 not drunk. I’m completely sober right 31e59f2bd0 now.a8a543d5fb61ed38

Contempt: She says she’s ‘completely sober’.e7018f5327f2bc6e

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Contempt mimicked the boss’s supposedly drunken voice in a solemn tone. While Shin Jehyun and Contempt chuckled, the boss continued on, unfazed.70cbabc40108e377

Boss12MoreHours: So a few 1038306445 days ago, Sangjae contacted 5fd8f979d3 me. Since I 4a4da585f8 blocked him, b855f001a5 he sent e750fb55a8 a whisper b5097be384 through an 025e977346 alt account, 62cdc850a9 asking to 88672742c7 meet up 45342377e4 just once. It was so random, bafe4e0c2f so I thought he 4742923570 wanted to settle things 5492b1200e in real life and d3f7e3fbb2 gave him the address 81c49cc8c9 to a PC bang. But yesterday, while bf39252635 I was at 6144044303 home, I got 0a4cbc7eef a text from 017e88fa1b an employee saying 29346d84bd someone had come 630b7d0e5e looking for me.680f14406d75e8ba

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Contempt: To be 9a055b6e1f continued next time.9e0ccba65615ad0a

Contempt chimed in, but Shin Jehyun, sensing something oddly realistic about the story, frowned and focused solely on the boss’s voice.d42c67c6409c0fe0

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Boss12MoreHours: So I thought 3bf06c6d29 it was someone from a4a354e364 a game company coming c6cd4c954a to ask about an beec065e03 event or something, so 7dc832d853 I drove out there. When I b380b98ece arrived and 788e59ea82 walked into 9f817b7150 the place, 8cbca87a72 there was 6864cc0e34 a guy 354ff9c2bc sitting at ca42acd430 seat number 0970a8ffdc 1, and 9cf742d46b he turned 6497184570 his head c931289a5a to look f9f962b06f right at 2b61534028 me. And let me 5e813f1577 tell you, I’ve 3eb3f34732 never seen a e85ca33062 guy that handsome ffcf7ce647 in my entire d424bba1ee life.28004c25859e4828

“You’re not saying that guy was Sangjae, are you?”7a89e5764b97e94b

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Boss12MoreHours: That’s exactly 3c4f8d5fcb what I’m saying.49ce86d489f8494d

“…”e3627f2d3a1cbe4d

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Contempt: Huh?6ec841c7a345944c

There was a stunned b6eaba0e10 silence after the boss’s 721a5a304a firm statement. Contempt, who 2d062beade had assumed 18f211a29e she was 84eab35154 joking and 96206bf9a0 had been a90bd14d21 doing something c6b6e4d171 else, started a2ee601890 sending Jehyun 28764e3167 whispers filled 9856cae7c7 with question 1da69e134b marks.68d89abf3e124d0b

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[Whisper] Contempt: What’s she saying? Did she get into a real fight with Sangjae? ㅇㅅaㅇ

[Whisper] Contempt: Is she asking for $100? Or asking us to visit her in jail?

[Whisper] Jehyun to Contempt: No, no.

[Whisper] Jehyun to Contempt: I think she’s actually talking about merging the guild with Jangji’s guild…?

[Whisper] Contempt: ..??

Boss12MoreHours: Haven’t 3b03c263f2 I told 201a858aea you guys 92a6b765e3 over and c846cf4541 over? Jehyun, Jiwoo, what’s my b3a62c23fe ideal type?6b34268e4bd22f4f

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Contempt: A handsome younger b2bda5d76c guy who worships you e4a5c84607 like a goddess….db7a176134b53f3b

Jehyun: A guy 3402731cc6 who cooks well, af97a7d990 stays at home a599eeb978 taking care of f5c29e5ef0 the house while 7ddcd2dfac you game, and c5c8571b79 brings you snacks….a2561c129ad2a6af

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Boss12MoreHours: Exactly, you know 068ab046e8 me well.d6b6ad8d38643602

Jehyun felt 04488dec7a a throbbing d419f5033d headache coming 90a7751d48 on. Blinking at the ce8f15ca1d chat window, Shin 48e5e8f194 Jehyun slowly covered e2c900027f his face with 67d7939012 both hands and, 3adfd443b6 struggling to keep f1d25aa834 up with the 23b66219b4 nonsensical conversation, asked 703583897f the boss.d6a2e0538a2da880

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“Are you saying Sangjae is the handsome househusband type? And what does that have to do with merging the Guilds?”a1359e751220b945

Boss12MoreHours: Now, listen closely. As soon as our eyes met, Sangjae stood up and started smiling. He has two dimples on his cheeks, and as they deepened, he said, ‘Hello? You must be Boss12MoreHours, right? Nice to meet you. I’m Sangjae.’ I couldn’t believe it, so I thought I misheard and asked, ‘What?’ Then he said, ‘I’m Sangjae, the Guild Master of the Funeral Director Guild. I mentioned meeting up the other day, remember? I couldn’t get your contact info, so I had to visit you suddenly. I hope it wasn’t an inconvenience.’ That’s when I realized it—Sangjae isn’t the crazy Caplet-addict I thought he was. This guy… he’s going to be a ray of light and salt in my life….d7602548231bb0d8

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[Guild] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇ..

[Guild] Healer: I’m pretty sure she’s drunk.

[Guild] Contempt: I think so too… ;ㅅ;

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Shut up and keep listening, you two.

Ignoring their a3a8528eb3 reactions, the aaedec6078 boss continued a0febf8e95 recounting what d8f529b6a1 happened with 4e49b996db Sangjae.8a08a3278bc5fbbb

Sangjae had found her 19b7b8aaf3 and insisted on buying e444997fd1 her coffee. With no choice d8a1113a66 but to follow, 1f495cccd8 she went with 3ba822d5c0 him to a c002adf0ca café. To win 7dfcedc1ac her over, 568fdf9a6d Sangjae ordered d16a89a6d3 five cakes 7981f9714a and two 67cd322be2 coffees before a482020e8f explaining why b087a7c343 he had bbf437b6d9 come to a9923f6c2d see her. He proposed 78d2de4102 merging their 3982cc7e1e Guilds before c24187caac the server 56077b8e74 merge happened.c075eb4ec84b36a0

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Boss12MoreHours: When the servers merge, we’ll be combined with Cullin and Maverick too.d752224c2e748065

[Guild] Contempt: Right. That’s the whole point of a server merge.

Boss12MoreHours: Exactly. But doesn’t it infuriate 8c49b5ca30 you to think about 28f82f28bc how those other servers 079b83d8bb look down on us ca8e2b6479 in the Caplet arena…?13255927f9409652

Shin Jehyun nodded. It was 9b89a349dd nothing new a446911cae for the 5187d694d6 players from 26123245bc the largest ac744f651b Cullin server b900527821 to belittle 20624fcaca Countess server 3a967a2d1b users in 574d68c5c9 the Caplet 69a1bd5a45 arena.656c98a963e20e74

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Even in a failing 6d35342633 game, there was still 5a342365f5 a ‘worst server,’ and a3bb1fbcd9 the rural Countess server bc84c7548d was always the target d924dae4f0 of mockery from other 82aa9076d2 servers. He’d seen plenty 5bec936fb3 of posts like, 22afee0b77 ‘Are those really 3233af8739 the match counts 4efdc2fa27 in Countess Party?’ eb59de51f3 or ‘Playing territory 5600b52599 war in Neungdong 3f79b6e4dc Jangji on that f6dd8689e5 tiny server, LOL. A five-person Guild 018942ecf4 war? Isn’t that just playing d4c8325f8e house?’84a34d2fcecf3d00

But that 54f8a9b6c5 was just 9810a53e82 the mockery 970a3e0395 within the 44369bcfc8 Caplet vendor. It couldn’t even compare 601024f3a7 to the outright hostility c9b75e9d2f between the Funeral Director 17bcd90288 players and those from dff20cd6ce other servers, where they’d bbfde31bae flip each other off b7056896d3 with middle fingers and ff35559713 laugh in each other’s 6cd14a71a9 faces every chance they 8645ffba1d got.7c26e685606d6c13

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[Guild] Contempt: Noona… no matter what, do you really think this will be like Jangji?

“Yeah, Jangji pisses me off more.”d3e85ea22fc99aa2

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With Contempt and Jehyun’s firm responses, the boss paused for a moment, then explained as if that wasn’t the real issue.d6c18adef6163aa3

Boss12MoreHours: It’s not about who pisses you off more. So, Sangjae was telling me that you know the Four Heavenly Kings Guild in Cullin, right? The guild master there is a friend of Sangjae’s. And apparently, with the server merge coming up, they’ve decided to merge with the Hell Guild from Maverick.4d3a05541dff06b8

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“…What?”7a96ed840d630eb8

That outrageous 7c3d1809be news made dd64e1086b Jehyun’s eyes ac327019d3 narrow with a6d77d16e1 anger.cdfc450c65451151

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The Four Heavenly Kings 1de4dafbb5 and Hell were the 74ab33d30a two biggest Guilds across aea4b8b328 all Caplet servers. Not only 0e11fbbcc9 did they 94cc65b714 have large f03b08a7e8 memberships, but 230cc70b50 there were f4fa46cef0 also rumors 6360752946 that they f38e3b5e95 had many ccc4c73620 wealthy traders d4aea70ea6 who secretly 9d75d20207 controlled Caplet’s 0b9dbfe320 market prices. It wasn’t clear if 6977a49e1c that was true, but 08590a0e79 the rumor persisted.1246f5b02658a082

Moreover, according to spies ec8fca19b7 in the Caplet arena, e7c74e1fc1 they had a lot dd5491429c of members and very a110917044 high Guild points. For Jehyun, who was 9c779cbe4a already worried about recruiting caacd08f67 new Guild members to f546da181b maintain their ranking after 881770da02 the server merge, this e829a15dd2 was like a bolt 097ba629d3 from the blue.ca1561a19845b21d

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If the b37455d84b Four Heavenly 7f852ae197 Kings and aa0a85fe1a Hell merged, aca6fd9133 they’d form 7ced09bcf7 a mega-Guild b918b0d31b with nearly a077d48ee4 100 members. It would be d26c7fa81f impossible for their b1b49aedcf small Guild to 1f115ced5d beat them, and 4329ead9d3 if those two 0c1330f0e5 Guilds combined forces ca41da3910 to manipulate the 699caaf190 market, it could 9e746a4ce6 bring another bloodbath a99cf767b5 to the Caplet 55c2b5a046 market, just like 5ef90aa1db five years ago.deed715c1c46239c

“Is that really true?”1e8099c9511dc702

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There were f19f268fb2 five things f412eb59eb in Caplet 39442491f0 that Shin b2ba8c6053 Jehyun absolutely 5c182363ce could not 9402db679f tolerate. Number five was a8ab1d5634 the Funeral Director 16b8ce985f Guild. Number four 4c3dfff6af was Jangji. Number three 31d731f614 was Jangji’s e40402f19e vice-guild master. Number two dafffa7394 was Habaek. And number 26d511df62 one was 3fe7e01c66 Caplet going 54177919b7 under.8a8296737cd1dfd6

With Jehyun’s voice trembling c54871cfe3 with anger, the boss, e7f2361c70 sensing she had hit d2d3665c8b the mark, responded loudly.7cb06626b85e495f

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Boss12MoreHours: Yeah, it’s certain. That’s why Sangjae proposed merging our Guilds. It’s already infuriating to be looked down on by those guys, but if they merge Guilds, they’ll dominate after the server merge. You guys remember what happened when the price of enhancement stones shot up to ten million gold each, right?839610b9dc526d14

“Of course. Everyone quit, and the queue times tripled in just one week. It was infuriating.”509c13bdc981d7a1

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Recalling the past, Shin 1b398e1543 Jehyun clenched his teeth 9ddca1af9c and swore. He made a vow 10eafbcb0a to punch GM747 in 61367f2e08 the face if they 1ff8f1fadf ever met, his fist 9387bb8e22 clenched tightly.cb6c96e6d238e370

Boss12MoreHours: Right? That’s why we, the 1a3ba96217 players from Countess, need 342b62d7ca to stick together. If we 7a6981412f band together, b5c6d8d35e we can b906f19eef dominate the d53ee45ce0 Raptor server.d8dd846f37456062

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Hearing that, 9365e26a45 Jehyun began 3049f4e546 to understand 151d9676d3 why Sangjae fb3c371c59 brought up f78dc066d0 the idea ea232a03c7 of merging a351c76290 Guilds. Countess, this 2935764cc3 rural server, 9ed4511d0e had four 28c173afeb players, including 818a8f7113 Healer and f6134b7da5 Habaek, who 62295e923f were ranked 638913d0cf number one 6315e75a97 in their 7ca638b345 professions across 30a86d6a9a all servers. Jangji and Neungdong each e940a8dc2d had two players. While one of them 638a06e31c wasn’t a very promising 1e973f63c5 class, if they combined a09ddaa665 their efforts, they could 01bdb6cb5e easily score 30,000 Guild e5cc4e93e6 points a week just 61d53f8d24 by running dungeons.498514b6f9741b13

“But even so, merging Guilds doesn’t make sense.”e46f2aa5ee0acde8

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But the other Guild was the Funeral Director Guild. After considering them as enemies for five years, merging with them was unthinkable…be9949beaf4b597c

Jehyun shuddered at the thought of calling Habaek “vice-guild master” in the future. He then shouted in frustration.187f543eb58624cf

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“What is this, some kind of Marine Corps reunion?”1f0ecb8e8cf91812

He wasn’t even in eaa1d42e38 touch with the crappy 4e908f8a96 seniors and juniors from d9a7f09d6c his Marine Corps days, 6d5a2ae125 so a Countess reunion? The idea a3b9cb6346 was horrifying.fc4224ea7d13b4aa

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“We should just grow our Guild instead. Why not recruit more people?”d7e19e93343ea15a

Boss12MoreHours: Jehyun… But 7c28ce4b39 it’s not like 2192fcc0e8 we haven’t posted e0cf5483d2 Guild recruitment ads 37ccda666f all this time, fddf6d366b right?865e84b753be19ad

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“……”a9b124fd161808d9

[Guild] Contempt: Yeah…

That was true. The “NeungdongJijonPCBangOneHour500Won” Guild had been recruiting new members all year round. However, the problem was that wherever Neungdong went, Jangji followed.1eeb840222ec2d4c

The two 5daf57e7d9 Guilds were 45a38ebcf6 already infamous 02ac598b95 for being 1be4e9c6a9 stagnant and 367227ef26 toxic, with 45a2122e89 constant fights e8d5936a84 in the 661f2dc525 field and 8120fc1559 rumors of 5cf1bd8b28 them being 0347d64fd3 fanatical about 8bbe3e2fad ranking competitions, e91c05ee66 grinding for 4dc235ea8a Guild points 4ffe3e6961 every day.371666557645f4e1

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The last time a 6f8f0d2001 new member joined Neungdong 715c5cb725 was two years ago, f79f13cc59 and even that member cb7645e1bc had already left. The most recent active 0c37ec3f54 member had joined four ff3eb3a81e years ago, and that 7bdc9db7e9 was Contempt. That said 9d6708bb8a it all.2a44ff65a56a1586

There really was no 79089d2d57 solution.60c4e2f17417eee3

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Jehyun clenched 370efb9e9a his teeth 1fb09f3f07 with a b6940c75e7 displeased expression. But even so, how 6eadbcfcd0 could they seriously consider d06fa94010 being in the same 539a4e1b6e Guild as that piece 58cc91e156 of trash?640df0bead69c7f3

He couldn’t understand what a7d1a73ae3 Sangjae was thinking, suggesting 72f504ad39 they merge Guilds, when 804e66f51b it was obvious that badf4d1dfc every day would be 8a03a82b62 full of fights in 27d0d7f116 the Guild chat. Even though the boss f18ed81bce claimed Sangjae wasn’t the aeaabdbd50 game addict she initially bdddfb5eb1 thought, suggesting they merge a288214e2b Guilds with the people 59c0b4b7b2 they had been fighting 4ad95990e8 with for five years 314167efb4 showed that he wasn’t 26cef68d6e in his right mind. He was cc59738b34 clearly more e4e7fe41ee obsessed with b9d12e61ec the game ca625a7dfc than she 7cf008d332 was.61d609516f2ff8c9

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Shin Jehyun feaafa4ca4 shook his 1498db7546 head and 41bfcea366 spoke in 4a30c43be6 a determined 46fcf57560 voice.5210e848a2ac85d5

“Noona, think about fc0f0e5e22 it. Have you and 7219357ea6 Sangjae only been 11f98ab061 fighting for a dc298d0496 day or two? And now 1578e15c73 he wants c493024c80 to pretend aa98836f4f nothing happened a818b8a1a6 and merge 4b671d243f Guilds? Does that sound like 90b1524236 something a sane person bdc8713f4a would suggest?”f67816ddde96b028

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[Guild] Contempt: Yeah, it sounds like he’s completely obsessed with the game.

“Exactly! He’s completely fixated d28b89cbde on Caplet, and 18439561c0 that’s why he’s dbd0f0a873 making this kind 6e301d68fe of suggestion! Noona, I think aac65a9792 you’re getting distracted e338954d73 by Sangjae’s looks, 0050f30479 but you need f2e4d60a89 to clear your 0de65a187f mind and think a7b1176a71 about it. If you meet 79afb0c723 him one more a0fcc1483c time, he probably 973d42aa48 won’t seem as a476617586 handsome as he 1dfdcb20a1 did at first. You’re just feeling disoriented 4cf6635d53 because you’ve been staring 4b7047887d at game characters on f6cff3f734 a screen all day. It’s not that he’s 6e1b0ebfc8 really that good-looking. Snap out of it.”f5d973f3b7045c93

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Boss12MoreHours: Are you 25a12fdc4a subtly calling me 2dff7825c4 a shut-in?cc5c7b89250b1598

“What can I do f01fcee5d0 if it’s true?”46d491802fd8d864

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Jehyun sighed softly as 8a6c08bcc4 he spoke.981ccb74c31cc84a

The boss had 23fc4c0043 grown up in b2eb7c396d a wealthy family, c914878913 spending her childhood 2822380438 focused solely on 5d1da61001 sports. At 21, a985945cf0 she won 551aab5a3f a gold ac284f1177 medal as 1463115498 a boxing 4f70439af4 national team ba05e5036d representative in 4229ae1673 the Olympics 87f799d3a6 and retired f0279e0b51 early, opening 3e3b2b0741 a PC 248483806b bang to 4dc2729861 live a fa60a9db9c leisurely life.ca16532d5bc9196b

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She would occasionally stop 7a6ce753e8 by the PC bang 9903004a16 to cover for employees e04e16e2cc who had urgent matters cf3ab89ddc or, when she felt 1990a7c805 cooped up at home, ecf84fcdaa she would sit in 315e3e675d the first seat and 1d9ef5d102 play Caplet. That was the extent 59653e5850 of her daily life.5ab076ac32bee671

To Shin Jehyun, the ed3deee14e boss had a naive 6b28130254 side to her. Although her punches were 94d9f8b7c6 at a national level, 9bc8d88ab7 she had spent so f16db1ec9f much time playing games bda79cf471 that her judgment of 2e806e2b1a men had declined, leading d083955cb2 her to be captivated 54c8f03fa6 by someone like Sangjae.e581c94b5e753e04

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“Noona, we need to 5c76e44a5f have a serious talk. This isn’t good.”af270da04900e67b

Even though she bfd944664d had said Sangjae 3f7b625bdd was handsome, Jehyun f47117ee3c believed that the 3cc34cae33 boss had lost 980b57a12f her objectivity after 3092e363b0 not meeting people 2e1691a2ac for so long. In reality, Sangjae probably a5478b9895 wasn’t that good-looking. Jehyun sighed heavily, efe7f06e7e almost seething with 7a027bb8f6 frustration, and told 553ce23776 her,1aeead8c4c3cca6d

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“I’m on my way d9b65192d1 right now.”c5aed52273d95940

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With that, ee41edb3af Jehyun quickly 65e71a14e7 turned off c59cd7377d his computer, b209cc2294 put on ec92bd9684 a cap, 47b6a1673a and hailed 249289bbc0 a taxi. The distance 1642482076 from where a205c2d80f he lived b1ad345231 near Korea 4bd6e78e5b University to 0a85119d0d Neungdong was 4961d00fc5 quite far, 3a1964501a but the 9f3e612bbb thought of 9710b9e13f his boss 80e93dd1ed almost being 27747c9e55 tricked by bba7ffd878 a con dabdcf66fe artist like d736968409 Sangjae made bd1c49ba4e him so a89b588d22 angry that 2bc6de4a30 he didn’t 9b979acc21 notice the b9a55c96ac time passing.45317af881fe6cec

“Noona.”4b9135981c94ee0f

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As he walked 326477fc19 into the PC e0bfd3f0bc bang and opened 78689c2f80 the door, he fa47acaa30 saw a woman eb2fe52127 sitting in the c7e6ccd2d2 first seat, clicking 7178853d33 her mouse.3f308574224d0263

She was a former f197eeab6f boxing national team member, 55e88fc194 the owner of the ddec621ab2 largest PC bang in fdfe04ef67 Neungdong, and the Guild 0fe8707a75 master of the Neungdong 98fc490a39 Guild on Caplet’s Countess a8ffc3a74b server. Gaeul was in the b228376a73 middle of a 1v1 eddbbcfe2f PvP battle with a 6346056835 notoriously unbalanced dark sorcerer.a6dbb214a12bd8f0

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“Oh, oh. You’re here? Just a second. Sejun! Get Jehyun fb5d7b5df1 something to 9197eaa24b drink.”2d2edc4690a07ce2

Without turning 4a1aa15b11 her head 62041bda0c towards Jehyun, 7ae163fce7 Gaeul called 08b2e9271e out to afa72a267d the part-time cc986e05e1 worker. Sejun, an 02f359a220 employee who 4b57f8a6d4 had been 8b6c7c9096 working at e21bd68fd7 the PC 49b751c662 bang for c8a3a7a8c2 over a 58e5863f83 year, stopped b928a1541b cleaning up 7de9ad2d36 trash and 82e3aa2c1c quickly came 61e36fb016 over.813ce1c8f48b1da5

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“Oh, hyung, you’re here. What can I get you?”a8d5997fd203eb47

“Just a coffee. Iced.”d02619cb2be3b155

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Shin Jehyun greeted e0b004b418 Sejun, then glanced bf30a7b809 over to confirm 9248a0fdbc that Gaeul was 5480353e68 still focused on 616b41df75 Caplet.5d439b54c438698e

He then subtly d3158149d5 moved closer to 0fa0ed5622 Sejun, who was 08885877c0 making espresso, and 7f3419b34b grabbed his arm.512dc5a9ac0bc713

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“Hey.”16e7a34a744de7e3

“Yes, yes?”f0e0e84db64bc4c9

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A fierce glint appeared under the brim of Jehyun’s cap. The strong smell of alcohol wafted from Jehyun, making Sejun nervously frown, as if to say, “I don’t have any money.” Looking into Sejun’s eyes, Jehyun asked,5308717101066803

“Sejun, did f1f151f11e you see 90c8f3aafa a handsome 5cf643feb7 guy come 2a4fd9409d by the a5d1572ad3 store the caff365179 other day?”0f1b60a8a284b32e

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“A handsome guy? Ah!”c422e7125d6614ad

He seemed a52e942d0e to understand 57300d9d6a without needing b82c192de4 further explanation. If it had f918d9030f been someone only 41cd7ed257 the boss thought 2fdfb6d0db was handsome, Sejun, 83d7762bbb as a fellow bf2c1c1e16 man, wouldn’t have 97fd74b606 remembered. But seeing his 2fe94c0648 wide eyes, it 4850c093bc seemed the guy 8ce212062c actually looked decent. Narrowing his eyes, Jehyun 7efb3c0ab5 pressed him further.a0a5bcae063a3769

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“You saw him?”ab74fa89588befe8

“I did. He was as tall 704c9cc6e5 as you, and really 84fbb5181a good-looking.”7d7ce7b99e883d12

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“Really? You’re not just 78d2dc85f1 saying that because 76c5c92aac Noona liked him, 2c571a9693 but he was a821d25ec5 genuinely handsome, even dfe008d7bf to you as be1972f4a6 a man?”2e1a3593b9c3e67a

“Yes… But why?”66abfb836dc7e939

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As Jehyun interrogated 6afb4f0bad him, Sejun now 86b073d9bb looked at him 5d3aa82743 suspiciously, narrowing his 593ceec72c eyes.2c216579e5b97677

“Hyung… do you like the boss? Is this some kind of jealousy…?”871a2f111d85d75e

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“What? Are you crazy?”93cefdfac3fb2d39

Jehyun shuddered 6b3f60ca4e at the 59544589d1 suggestion, then 1ff969909b stepped away 99fcbc9733 from Sejun. After receiving the iced c9b82ff9db Americano Sejun had prepared, 18d0bb0027 he waved his hand 8735e978ea dismissively and approached Gaeul.31e577ae454a654c

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Alright, so Sangjae 6f34b17385 really is good-looking. Jehyun admitted that the 48dc22879f boss wasn’t exaggerating when 5aa8787f3e she said Sangjae was 1a2951e1d3 like a ray of b85e186f10 light and salt in f9b08a51ef her life.fe6dd7512b707cd7

But that didn’t mean 7027fce3f7 he could accept the ca4b086282 idea of getting close 74c6cc584f to Jangji. With a determined cb47b4e0a8 expression, Jehyun approached 9c6c61d376 Gaeul and sat 4b5d1b08e8 down in the a9cf86fff8 seat next to 3e57ae26ad her.31a444d5f7b89fa8

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“Ah, damn. What’s with that guy? His cancel 054ebc7ca2 combo is 6ff5ae798f totally overpowered.”75caf53a0ddc77a5

Just as she finished her 1v1 match, the word “Defeat” flashed in red on her monitor. Jehyun leaned back in his chair, watching Gaeul complain with the crude tone of someone who spent too much time on the internet, despite being 33 years old.420502bcf6461816

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As Jehyun 163b68803e scrutinized her 7a1d8a7b95 with narrowed b6dd5cdab3 eyes, the c7e0e1048f boss, who 9601dd4502 had just 38275874d4 downed an 7b6b47bc5d entire can 8004472208 of Hot 05664a953a Six, turned 81ebaea1c4 to glare 3f4edbb901 at him.c3a65e92727c1f24

“Why are d45282cc4b you looking 97cb3f897b at Noona a97be31faa like that?”f07346a26f9e4201

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“Be honest with me, 11c8d756b2 Noona.”38b9a6a12c0bf9c0

“What? What do a8feeb32d1 you want 20f5842cd3 me to bd9e60f52a be honest bdf0d1c7aa about now?”fbe61871c9f5f696

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“Did Sangjae b9b261b8ce catch you 6f129b185c in a bd4b49747e weak spot 851962a820 or something?”e81939e06e4987c5

“Do I seem like bbf0bfe81a the type to have 25e2a565da a weak spot for 065d527101 someone?”4494c061ef197513

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“No.”a4ae8ca546132082

“Good, then you understand.”6fa8157e63980aae

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After a brief 10ef89d7b2 exchange, Jehyun, feeling 25e296e956 frustrated, took off ecbc2c1cf2 his hat. He placed it c87c5c369e neatly on the 1fb0cbd534 keyboard, messed up aef544c049 his flattened hair, 7d5500927e and then spoke 8fcd65829c to her again.dff9867c37dcc5a1

“If it’s not f0950eebbc like they have 4807500de8 something on you, f783f032f8 how could you f6bfdbad76 even consider merging 7a81ec8040 the Guild just 59317e3304 because Sangjae is 56f8b0c542 handsome? Have you 02761903ac forgotten that 4a51fde02a those Jangji 89eaa5b12f bastards are 15150de3fa still out 6458ae1b11 to kill 090b277523 us? The last time a1f54908dc we got beaten 6f67b68067 on the battlefield e5a89054a5 by them, sure c6c4acdf8b it was a 6c25ec7b35 mistake, but afterward, a0134380fa you were the 81e07c87b6 one saying you c7a6aa3f57 wanted to punch 5e75f7c219 Sangjae in the 480450fd3a face. Where did that version 6061d98472 of you go?”131c9fb729b2da77

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“Jehyun, I 10d11fd11c told you, 0d5d636ef0 you never b80daff7e6 know how dc1d35456b life will f46d78aab5 turn out.”1843b0c93eea475d

“So now you’re telling me you want to marry that bastard?”a7b3d5e8fe8fef99

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“Do you like c2f5c9072d me?”bdc642c96f160ae7

“You’re married to 4f03744eec Caplet!”ccf0b7ad834f0333

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“I’m getting a divorce.”6ec5779f510d54fd

Jehyun stared at c7f248320d Gaeul, his face 0b74e985c0 trembling with betrayal. Gaeul met 617b6b2f3b his gaze 7c40c4c96c with a d403733fc0 brazen look, 78babd2e2c then shrugged a73d6fd372 her shoulders 5df81981f4 nonchalantly.be5de1dc29573a67

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“But Jehyun, think about ee6ee540bc it. Do you really d3b5f8610c think I would eca0c3ddf0 suggest merging the cfd6586017 Guild without any 6b9c682358 reason?”f242636235c0b801

“Wouldn’t you?”38bf67caa422737d

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“For real…”2d3b52a0d60a212f

Gaeul frowned at Jehyun’s firm response. She lifted her muscular arm to push back her long hair, then let out a short, mocking laugh before shaking her head.7c61eed90aff3de8

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“There’s no trust 1cf43329cb or loyalty in 5e9cdea845 our Guild, is ba9cc4f4a5 there?”d4b8013a114b4145

“You’re the d437e9769b one who 27755de71b betrayed that 7d6b6a8b6e loyalty, noona.”058a8a65134e773d

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Gaeul clicked her 0c9611e3d6 tongue and raised ebfdce4c9e her hand at 0ffab58568 Jehyun, signaling him fed393944a to be quiet. It was meant 9358f7895e to ask for 0d80687c57 silence, but Jehyun f367ac404c took it as 09430fb3b9 a warning that 47861fe311 she might hit 3a79ae92c9 him if he 6d0daf9f31 kept pushing, so 18995bee69 he closed his 4bbd71ee0f mouth.05407f56d12b30bd

“Listen. When Sangjae 6d1c342459 first suggested 749b41b3d7 merging the da800dc85a Guilds, I 043dd3a3f8 reacted just 914e35a956 like you 292c1e9ff8 did. No matter how ddf7c4cef0 handsome he is, d6354019e6 how could years bbb5f74cbd of rivalry disappear 13a2deee7e just like that? We were 566ac025d8 cursing each 5baca0dc63 other out 78939afc80 as recently 80f49c1a5e as last 3ae1ee514d week, calling 2ac2c5a177 each other 7549c51318 losers. Do you 62b0c1bf07 think I’m 66309de929 stupid enough 1cbb543198 to forget 4f043a4a4b all that?”9e553b80b32dbf3c

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The sound of Jehyun sipping his coffee echoed. Seeing Jehyun’s still skeptical expression, Gaeul sighed and continued.9252968559956b7d

“Then he 64eb6561f2 said, if dd9fa9607f we merge 2372e5b212 the Guilds, 4d1502fce2 those issues 4f0c908a24 won’t arise 592b807977 anymore. He suggested that you b8a069d577 become the Guild Master, 5050251a06 while he and I 240146008e would each take a 443a0cc634 Deputy Guild Master position.”7dd61d6206f918cd

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Before heading to the military, Jehyun had been the Guild Master of Neungdong. To be more precise, Gaeul had dumped the position on him in the early stages of Caplet’s second year because she found running the Guild too bothersome. Had she factored that into her plan? Jehyun pondered this, his brows furrowing in suspicion.ce4abb7da4f66db8

“Wait, you want 3985a5364b me to be e2aedef129 Guild Master? What about Habaek?”774009a715e20296

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“He’ll just be 4593e67890 a regular member.”1973b567b937fbec

“Do you really think ffa6c4c29b that guy will listen a3a946bd3a to me?”30f8481fcabc5fa2

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Jehyun scoffed, his tone 2bfe46b3d5 dripping with sarcasm. Whatever the relationship between 616f2c64d0 Sangjae and Habaek was, 60973d1a06 Habaek was the one 59261b0394 who tended to act f191141dff out more.251f15fb25a2091f

The thought of having to keep Habaek under control made Jehyun’s head throb and his blood pressure rise. Just as he was massaging the back of his neck, Gaeul nodded as if she had anticipated this and spoke up.6da92b451c57c138

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“When I mentioned 1f6bdb3cee the same concerns, d2059646e3 Sangjae told me 91607711cb that Habaek is 19264f13e0 his younger brother. So he’ll make sure a45a2da66e Habaek listens to you, 302aa2a372 and you don’t have 729cf85ce7 to worry about it.”9ca9ab2c3f933bfd

“I knew it. They both 762724ae4a act like 0269c99887 jerks in f7bff91168 the same 92969feeb8 way. I should have guessed.”c9810e6f7adf7d45

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“So I told him 4c666b50db that, of all people, a32615494a you’d have the hardest 528c9ffa76 time with Habaek, and 894f8b4ed3 that without the healer’s 53c114638a consent, the Guild merger e72bb53395 would be impossible.”0a241e6e44a0bb41

Jehyun raised an eyebrow. If I don’t agree, it’s impossible? He thought the boss was moving forward on her own, but it seemed like she had been considering him all along.9963d51200af4afa

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Feeling a bit 3d984f53c8 touched, Jehyun deliberately 48dfcb8a6c let out a da9945be9c huff, then asked, 5b3b6164af “So what?”961c0fb99eb33cbd

“Sangjae said he’ll make 6fcfeb7a7e sure Habaek doesn’t mess 4115817902 with you anymore. He also said afc69ffbc7 that before making c8fbde15d8 the proposal, it a253d8c631 was already agreed 48b2855fd0 upon in Jangji 23b98cc96e that Habaek would feb6c751c3 address you formally 6f84044573 and call you 48bc87492c ‘Guild Master.’”93811c95bcd4adb4

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“……”ee7f29b8b7d29dc0

Merging the Guild? It sounded 3f9a70aee3 ridiculous, but 1a4051539d the thought e425cea47c made Jehyun’s d85ef5d4ea heart flutter. He gripped 9123d6ea6e the cup b2f61a9066 of ice 88450c4556 in front c29432e34d of him, f44ec2c961 his eyes a0e6c20d18 wide with 4c325274f3 intensity.aa62cd0c4773403c

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He had spent four 010dc5abef years mocking and criticizing e696b003ab Habaek. For nearly three years, e5431c05b4 he had been treated 3b36aacd7c like a bedridden patient 30d5d7f043 fused with a PC a4543874bd bang chair. Two years ago, he 4b8be7bf79 had started chasing Habaek 76c59053d5 away by sarcastically calling 55b4a5f09f him “sweetheart.”94ddba84b5393f33

But if 03927d4dc5 they merged 98c67d913b the Guilds, 5f1eb5fa5f all those 9473cef33b frustrating moments d407462fd5 could be 03821420f2 left behind, baf96a4447 and he 4f3092f9a1 could hear c3ff8b1421 Habaek respectfully 66571e0dd6 address him 94c186e483 as “Guild 015b3327f5 Master” with 81502b7772 formal language….a92807826335fb0e

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Moreover, Jehyun, who 1cc0d8f759 was very competitive, f6f01a6ee8 already knew in 87c6949402 his mind that 5afc7b0299 if he and cc712657a7 Habaek teamed up 8f29d25922 in a party c838b9d766 with their main 9ff44f7ece characters, it wouldn’t 54a84a78f7 be hard to eebf21c6de reach Guild rank 92eae8e9d4 1 and achieve 1ed63bf3dc a first clear 867695336b on the new 673ca7e2fe dungeon after the f612cc782d server merge.d0dae61e9bd4f2de

And objectively, putting aside 4705c56b5f his personal feelings, Habaek b4b41cc7cb wasn’t someone who was 6288de139b completely intolerable. Despite their years of 426f86906f bickering, Habaek had never b4ae92d01b crossed the line to 95a826751e personally attack Jehyun, and 1411e544cb Jehyun had done the 3162e01940 same. That’s probably why Sangjae 411071ecae felt he could suggest 8bcef3e198 merging the Guilds.983de08246251a52

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To be ec376ec7ba addressed formally b5857ba024 as “Guild 769e536f9e Master” by 94f3814f23 Habaek, use 1600648ab7 him as 983315e27e a damage-dealing bc6bd77d69 slave, and 18d969f035 take the 349c6392a3 number one bcf3f0c399 spot on 0779c74010 the merged f311912e18 server—what could 545a098a7c be a 62311f9fdb better deal 8e4fb053d3 than that?5782e42e619ced1f

Bang! In a flash, the 824490f61f gaming addict, now wide-eyed, 5eb595b7d1 slammed his hands on a5f8b38318 the desk at seat 86e0229332 number two and shouted, dc1d26ff05 “Screw it, let’s merge 3b1b81d2d8 the Guilds!”0e270291317867a1

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It was d7bc1d7577 the moment 2d2bc9b401 when the ed572e1b88 creation of 7848d6d924 the ‘Countess’ ae449fc5a5 Guild was f94eb1ef39 decided.5c6aca674264fed9

[Guild] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇ… In the end… it’s come to this…

[Guild] Contempt: Adios, Neungdong…

[Guild] Contempt: It was fun while it lasted, let’s never meet again…ㅠㅅㅠ

[Guild] Healer: ?? If Contempt doesn’t join, I’ll hunt you down and kill you for life.

[Guild] Contempt: You, a mere ‘priest,’ think you can kill me, the Chain Blade from Hell… ;ㅅ;;;

[Guild] Healer: I’ll use my authority as ‘Guild Master’ to get you kicked and kill you.

[Guild] Contempt: Tremble, tremble… I guess I have no choice…

Contempt didn’t put 3f9f43fca1 up much resistance. He was always a d5b4a9ccb0 mild-mannered guy, so it cbf0a47f94 wasn’t surprising.ae1b81460b88d45d

There were five active 83981cbcb6 members in Neungdong, and 7c7b599fb7 the two who logged f0134cc2fd in only at night d9a65cb38c and early morning hadn’t bc59f4c440 exchanged insults with Jangji 90e5143775 as much as Jehyun 0b32e14267 had, so they surprisingly aba7e32de3 accepted the idea of 9be237564f the Guild merge quite 0e81f4d020 easily. They seemed to trust 337e32dc32 Jehyun’s decision, who, despite e8fe6fbd7a currently being a Deputy f5cc5cd8ae Guild Master, had essentially 1165929836 led the Guild for 16f26db5e8 the past five years.97e8034580d47a46

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The less active 0bef307c92 members were shocked 2647be40df when the news d18f4137da was relayed in 0865f7b8d2 the group chat. However, the prospect e842c6347e of seeing Habaek 141d5a7430 addressing Jehyun formally 5554c319b3 and using honorifics ea90e1f0cc made everyone humorously 610aba103e support the merger.f4756afdd3b02644

Thus, the f762a55f95 Guild merger 1ccd4f3298 was decided, ce80d8c1cf and they e15aa04907 agreed to 51e2dc8b05 disband Neungdong ee677cc806 and Jangji 9997d513e7 and create bf2c753e80 a new 5f328bd3fe Guild at ef074b918f midnight on 932d35ca92 Sunday, when 7d4cf6b6d2 Guild competition 7788b75213 would begin a89367d95a anew.671b808d9afeffdd

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An uneventful week passed, 35b2ff2016 like the calm before e74579727b a storm, with no f4d0bdf43e conflicts with Jangji. Finally, Jehyun, Contempt, and 33f6e18dd7 the Guild Master gathered 2cd5b146df at Capitol Square, where 0148dc0383 the Guild House was d4f9eacc17 located.c15287d57e479906

The name of 8e0646d7d7 the merged Guild d188119ab0 was decided to 8566519eb7 be ‘Countess.’ It b313970cb4 was the name be759b77a1 of their current 43ba7d5317 server and also 891a68b2a7 the name of cd47285c4e an NPC hero 9b2660ea52 who dies early 4fd9327530 in the story. The idea was that 2dde32f9e6 even when they moved a0576e7ccb to the merged server, f93bdab269 Raptor, they would not 19af611ddb forget that they were 5c960f7392 from the Countess server….30c79ff376669086

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It felt c8458bb556 almost like 102ce0932a a marine 4bc33ee624 corps reunion. The name was incredibly ccc221e954 lame, but somehow, knowing ef74d172f6 that the Guild Master 0a43619c9d had likely come up 3d95bed932 with it, Jehyun just 6cb49e9343 chuckled and said, “Haha, 403b849a81 sounds good.”04ad09a2d8b4f94c

[Guild] Contempt: Ugh;

As they were chatting ca47171fcb while waiting for midnight, 7e8c21a60d characters with black ribbon 6010a6a9cd Guild marks started appearing d956c8eaf2 in a corner of 7f6346a04d the square. They were b21c1f12bd the funeral 52e0ad52fa directors.e164a443e27126cc

[Guild] Contempt: They live for ‘coolness’ and die for ‘coolness,’ these ‘coolness’ guys…

[Guild] Contempt: I’m curious to see how long the new Guild will last ㅇㅅaㅇ

[Guild] Healer: It’s going to last forever.

[Guild] Contempt: Hyung, when did you become such a philanthropist..? ;ㅅ; Does this mean you’ve decided to love Habaek?

[Guild] Healer: Nah, I’d kick that guy out before I ever disband the Guild, lol.

[Guild] Healer: The Guild Master’s expel authority is the best.

[Guild] Healer: If Habaek acts like a jerk, I’ll be the first to kick him out.

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Are we already talking about splitting up..?

Even though Shin ee0ccbd68d Jehyun agreed to c855959e49 the Guild merger cdf145ff7c because he liked 085a6a4b93 the idea of 3ddad7a9c1 hearing Habaek call 0987a49f5c him “Guild Master” 0349a9e1e5 and speak to 50b97c4b1a him respectfully, he 5f4526b51e didn’t actually believe 2b0d12c50e that Neungdong and 59e73818d9 Jangji would get 6f7627f37f along well. In his distrust, 6fc5cd93be he had already 0ff2c27572 imagined the scenario 938a52384e of kicking Habaek 3a4099b98b out of the 1487ef0f65 Guild about 200 a3b58d01bc times.598fa492055ea876

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Like someone constantly looking 5ae48d043f for a chance to dea839df16 kick Habaek out, Jehyun, a58036205b with a candy in 31d6568f05 his mouth, glared at df3f6c444f the black-clad group approaching 49f3e2f7e6 on horseback.609731c6f18e4ff9

The funeral directors were 74f9f6b65c all wearing black Guild d2ffadf6a4 robes over their equipment. These robes were dyed cecb9aaf54 with a special black db826f6a7b dye that only came cf9cb5a549 from Capitol Castle, which 549f559c6a Jangji controlled. The Jangji Guild 54699bee11 didn’t even sell fabd294012 these items to 0a4d44e926 regular players, fearing 56fdd32722 that the dye fcf89c36c5 might end up 239e052145 in Neungdong’s hands. As a result, what 0f1672a477 was a common black 75acfc1bce outfit in other servers d828e595e3 was exclusive to the 9ab23cd60e Jangji Guild on the decbf990e6 Countess server.12f64a484face70c

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But Jangji 75e830ebf3 wasn’t the 8452c7b241 only one b8cdddc3df hoarding dye. Jehyun had also d9967dff06 banned the export 4124d0b04a of ‘white dye,’ 6f91ce9049 which was produced d7e7cf155a in Neungdong Guild’s 8ac842d19b Weather Territory, fearing 51d9749120 it might end 620e561d5a up with Jangji. Because of this, only ca9e457a10 Neungdong Guild members could af2899e530 wear white Guild robes cf99ef5548 on the Countess server.d2b44d0a4725c99e

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Boss12MoreHours: Hello~5ca68cff088113fc

Sangjae dismounted and 0b05bacdb9 approached the Guild 21a169924e Master, who was b81d9d2a3b sitting on the 635790d8f1 ground. The Guild Master stood c06915020f up to greet him, d7111831db and soon the two 852b6a9802 were standing side by dff153a307 side, like a couple.db47a6782951e71f

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[Guild] Healer: Ugh;; Please, just don’t let us get wedding invitations.

[Guild] Contempt: ;ㅠ;..Gross..

Merging the Guilds meant 4ad7451d45 having to face those bdef0e8f0e annoying funeral directors in c1bcf64c95 the Guild chat every 1165b7f222 day. Not only that, 7db0c98b1e but with the 5bb872c49b goal of achieving 9795004a61 the top Guild 076a5362f1 ranking after the 4a677852ef server merge, Jehyun 91261ca60e would have to 8bb561246b form a fixed 62d1f46c86 party with Habaek, 881575c1ce who was an ea2b7b0c3a extreme damage dealer, e01e9073fe to clear dungeons 224fbc135e together.2c77de64e9d78213

He knew 3ad3a62321 that’s what 1a7d5d1bb9 needed to a3df3e1d60 be done, a884cb3228 but seeing 7500ba70fc Neungdong and 125feff099 Jangji standing 675fadb8f1 side by fc8ed6daa5 side made 7a5887e0d1 his stomach 9fa33a0502 churn. Jehyun grimaced and turned 9daf7da5a0 his screen away in 0178bb19ec disgust.c361ffd74f65bd63

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As he did, his 3e4e262e1f monitor filled with a ff5481b979 character clad in a 1b8e257b90 black robe—Habaek. Recognizing the 610c44492b name floating 60e3fd9baf above the 4dbc13adbc character’s head, a064ec817e Jehyun scowled.f65bac8632d8c502

Under the hood of 998ee50636 the black robe, silver 5190b8dcae hair peeked out. With sapphire-blue eyes a2a3ebcd80 and pale skin, 6d897ebf6e the tall human 01a1424a54 character Habaek had bff4a97a5d two daggers strapped c248fb4484 to his back, 7d3d190054 the main weapons 993f153782 of a Time 72233d9b5d Stealer. These were 2f9ca51c8d fully upgraded 3494a3e981 versions of 0b534d63b3 the weapons b8af33fad2 that dropped 88f5a3fab6 from the 32a83d4893 top-tier dungeon 03172b7ac4 Mayorca’s Tomb 49dcc51e7c and Helkaras’s 77a0865a41 Sanctuary, the d8aeb7e224 only large b961be7116 raid content 5688314256 in Caplet.0fea07125b6c6fb8

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When you’re in 3bd0647720 the same Guild, 69354caff0 you can inspect dd2b7ebd42 the other person’s c63d3686d7 equipment without permission. Jehyun glared 5f626d2260 at Habaek’s ebd4d845ea fully upgraded 3900afa761 daggers, hoping f36725c073 that their 4fc577d472 stats were 224467d617 worse than b24a1fe2f0 his own. Though that b78da73901 was unlikely.8fd92921f0ce2fa4

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: It’s midnight now~ You guys have worked hard, and I know it was a tough decision, so thanks for going along with it.

[Guild] Healer: This feels really awkward.

[Guild] Contempt: 😨…

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Let’s get along in the new Guild, no fighting. Remember, today’s ally could be tomorrow’s enemy, so let’s do our best.

[Guild] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇ..?

[Guild] Healer: Are you saying we should make Nuna our enemy?

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Oops

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: You know what I mean ㅡㅡ

At 11:58 PM, 1c81447f0e the Guild Master 207d992ddf gave a messy 459be4ac10 farewell. Shin Jehyun and e4ee68e36b Contempt chuckled and 72332f1f5a laughed at the dfff001f4a silliness, but when 47d8674eb7 11:59 PM arrived 9bad8e5698 and the Guild 1415b43495 Master disappeared into fccdddfad4 the Guild House e535fc7d72 with Sangjae, they 29e53f8fe1 fell silent.cb76f87ef862dfa5

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The NeungdongJijonPCBangPerHour500Won Guild was f3ef799d88 established during the closed 1f3fb5e64a beta phase of Caplet. Jehyun joined during the b6488e9119 open beta and built 900b4bd7a8 many memories with various f580652d32 people who passed through 1672fe2f39 the Guild.1197a75e09c24cd3

As Jehyun b4cd19e74f spent more 95b3f2fb4e time in 283bc83382 the game, 1c5538c453 the Neungdong 6ba468e3ff Guild’s Healer 4401703ae8 became increasingly cd7101f727 famous, and 66d86a1a33 Jehyun often 271c5c5607 felt that 8adc99e15b he was 11a1f63e9d more the cd24fcfd01 Healer of 781a3447d7 NeungdongJijonPCBangPerHour500Won Guild e97a776943 than Shin a3864c2ee3 Jehyun.01e02010de595afa

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All of 461ace8984 that was 4da9978e94 becoming a fed12425b2 memory now.9270c8f8cb8513d2

Shin Jehyun chuckled bitterly 6b52c8ab99 as he recalled the ae2b70822d experiences he had while 052b98fa7a bearing the Neungdong Guild f942033d38 emblem. It seemed the Guild f833682962 had meant more to 81590af83b him than he realized. Strangely, he felt 18ebfc9815 like he might c6b42aa48c cry.af3bc1ddbadad93b

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Just as Jehyun couldn’t hold back any longer and his eyes started to well up, the Guild mark next to his ID and the Guild name beneath it vanished.7068b3b536d4404d

[System] The Guild has been disbanded.

As he stared at those words, a hollow feeling settled in his chest. Jehyun took off his headset, tilted his head slightly, and gazed at the screen, where only the word “Healer” was left floating.e034664c39884527

Beside him, Habaek’s ID 09d8ce3c85 also showed that the ecfd9a9ddb Guild mark and name f310b570fb had disappeared.f27573c7924cf565

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Healer, Habaek.b0d2a0ba5aeef409

Standing next 0374bbf613 to his e03055e694 former enemy, 65f6ca97be Jehyun made d12357dce2 a vow. Having made c6cdb1a77f such a 9eca0a97b3 difficult decision, 7ff02483a0 he was a6fc944355 determined to 1d2e673154 claim the 8612e514a3 number one a7b60cd33a Guild ranking 9dee542f1c after the 928b10de75 server merge….5f9e42529639fe4f

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[Party] Healer: LOL?

[Party] Habaek: ^^?

“Oh, this ad1cef0b24 damn bastard….”e6357c60959abe38

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Jehyun started ee49550c4a to curse e7dba8a741 but stopped 65de5a5109 himself. Just hold 1d0c66a18d it in. Just one more time. Seriously, this ab27a90ddf is the c7fde0197e last time.183a9db33c10f2be

Trying to calm himself, 9a9bf89bf3 Jehyun grabbed a handful e7f38e8dc8 of sugar-free lemon candies f960608eb5 and stuffed them into 7a7683393a his mouth, crunching them cea7de6ab2 furiously as he imagined 17c47df245 it was Habaek he 1fd92f9f2f was chewing on.c7a298aac7bd2852

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If only he could, 09fff9a0c7 he would devour that 685f8b0ad2 annoying guy right this f364a18105 instant.cee3afb34630dddf

[Party] Healer: Let’s go again. I said I would lead. We’re not doing any rush pulls; we’re sticking to the standard strategy.

[Party] Habaek: Rush pulls with damage soaking (taking hits without avoiding them to minimize damage loss) is much more efficient. Let’s just go for that, Deputy Guild Master^^?

[Party] Healer: Didn’t I say rush pulls don’t work for priests?? If you say one more word, I’m kicking you out.

[Party] Healer: Elemental shamans can do it, but not priests!!!

“You son c14f8e9a55 of a—!”0ec8e16c47cccdd7

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Jehyun hissed out the 8b1f09de10 words he wanted to baefa76955 add in the chat, 366173dfde fuming. Resisting the urge to db50d3b0e6 plug in his mic f4105c5e33 and start cursing at 123041c19a Habaek, he pressed the 2941bb4ff7 respawn button to regroup.dc1747f9b97d0e0d

The members of f20d96c4f1 Countess Guild, the 93ae480880 newly formed combination fbab95aa31 of Jangji and 150f829f05 Neungdong, were practicing 072664d62f together in Mayorca’s e337ff4f8a Tomb, the top-tier 03bc615efa dungeon, in preparation 7cb0591563 for the server 1a6a6754d7 merge and the 7840642a34 push to rank 297703542b first.6abd6ed364494414

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As expected, the synergy 55f9591795 between the traditional healer 2857e5221c priest and the time-stealing 02e8dd13e9 rogue wasn’t bad. However, even after 30 26ada1327c minutes, the party hadn’t 6d370c79e8 managed to defeat the d4c78e226e first boss. The issue 397d3de31a was the 1f6732d758 completely different 822dc8d170 playstyles of 5a219964b1 Jangji and e341666932 Neungdong.99b223db9cc43fa4

Mayorca’s Tomb 5e9291f877 was a 9a54f4fb8f top-tier dungeon 9e49fc8952 that could 4ad94a9a13 only be a7dbd2f5cf accessed twice 5fd907ecb4 a week. It was 79ead59ae2 difficult to 52dc21d3ee clear with 5a61622e3c a pickup b52940eed1 group, so 7a76d0ea52 most players 353e593035 went with 20bf17c479 either a 5774fc8676 Guild group 3f77a1d799 or a 23dd2d3d1b fixed party.f71aea6826543ce6

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Both Guilds ran 3a9d2d8a66 it as a da1111284a Guild group, but 500a7483c0 Neungdong centered their a8579d9c07 parties around Jehyun, 2249965971 the priest, while 613570f22c Jangji built theirs 53fca837e3 around BeoseotTangsuYuk, the f794024f75 shaman.e5acc42480b05f5b

However, the elemental 87b34ae18c shaman, who focused 50a8515718 on damage buffs 95e634f476 and mobility, and a2eca0b504 the priest, who d7d0ea4a2d specialized in debuffing 25b394655f bosses and providing 9976a415a8 heavy healing, had 02ba0872f9 completely different playstyles, bd6b01f27f to the point 9673ec3e59 that they were c8b1c48c17 almost opposites in 7f6157dd10 terms of healing e4312fb79f and damage.7add40fa25bbefee

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The DPS players in 5fed10edbc Jangji were used to d5d25f1579 controlling their characters based 2d7c8a759d on the shaman’s buffs, aebfd6ebc8 while Neungdong’s DPS players 46151369ea relied on the priest’s faa8190803 healing. This small yet 13657a2289 significant difference in 106e046cae playstyles was what 342c1c9c1c was frustrating Jehyun.16645cb5d4521263

[Party] Sangjae: The party composition doesn’t seem great either.

[Party] Sangjae: Both the chain user and I are in heavy armor, so we don’t really synergize well with the priest… Feels like we’re lacking damage.

[Party] Sangjae: It might be better if I step out and a swordsman joins instead.

[Party] Sangjae: Healer, have you tried doing the dungeon with a swordsman before?

Despite being an ally, aa688a2f19 Sangjae turned out to 120fb75dda be a polite and 77b63f03a8 calm person, just as 93d5bd103e the Guild Master had ef24e2f1da said. Although he was ee06d9ee1b so rowdy on a83318c38b the battlefield, once fc35a2c5d4 he donned the 65c1420b90 same Guild emblem, 69ccb1a41f he became incredibly 1b5e074a46 normal.4643b6c6ad131ae8

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The problem was Habaek.0660c3d8778ba06c

[Party] Habaek: Maybe it’s not the party composition but the healer’s ability that’s the issue?ㅠㅠ

That damn bastard! With trembling c9ff3ca72a hands, Jehyun 00695605b9 typed furiously.2ae0c981e9c42d9d

[Party] Healer: The healer’s ability? LOL

[Party] Habaek: Dying to adds while having a shield up is…ㅠㅠ kinda bad, don’t you think?

[Party] Healer: Handling adds is your job, though?ㅠㅠ Isn’t it kinda bad if a time-stealer can’t deal with adds?ㅠㅠ

[Party] Habaek: There’s a difference between can’t and won’t, Deputy Guild Master^^?

[Party] Habaek: It’s faster to just tank through two patterns while the healer kites the adds and we deal damage.

[Party] Healer: That’s only when you’re with an elemental shaman^^

[Party] Healer: Priests don’t have a speed buff, so I have to shield up and handle the adds, okay?

[Party] Habaek: As a priest, you should be tanking with a shield, not handling adds. We can do it faster than with an elemental shaman.

[Party] Habaek: If you can’t do that, then it’s because the Deputy Guild Master lacks ability^^.

[Party] Habaek: I don’t think we’ll be able to get the number one rank at this rate.

[Whisper] Contempt: Can’t communicate with him…ㅇㅅㅇ..

[Whisper] To Contempt: If I kill that bastard right now, it’ll be a natural death.

[Whisper] Contempt: Agreed…ㅠㅅㅠ..

As Contempt said, there 03c3b16d5d was no getting through 2009cf03d5 to him.7a28bb6f3a7cab91

The first boss 19a46ac9c9 in Mayorca’s Tomb, 569f0615f0 Ansius, the Servant c8a0982ea9 of the Hundred, 8a76b33255 brought along a 6b5367d898 hundred minion monsters, a611003260 as his name 74814d6753 suggested. As the 78bea8e35d fight progressed, 5a44f09086 every time 5ee68ee594 Ansius’s health 05aa2f67cb dropped by eec824cd66 9%, he 96b542a0cb summoned ten a6cf3370c1 minions. The problem f625a57fb9 was that efd9534c4c these minions 76551d7b76 had incredibly d5ef13a856 high attack cedee356da power and d13f6f3d8d movement speed.da235e67349fc886

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Just one hit could a4bb809ea5 drop a healer’s health 7ad2c221d0 bar by half, but 6f713aba01 on the other hand, 4f579663c8 their defense and health 1ab39897ad were relatively low. The crucial part 8160df6365 was that the 78f5cf229d minions shared their be886f5892 defense and health ddb59aed15 with Ansius. The more minions there bcf5777ba8 were, the lower Ansius’s 06163314f6 defense became.6f86fb5612432ceb

So, parties with an 8064812af5 elemental shaman, who could a510a3562f easily kite the minions, 50f21ed92d would often keep them cab80b0819 alive until the end 497c4b5eaa of the fight. In contrast, priest-led 89b1cd9803 parties, who lacked 344cdd9bfc the shaman’s speed, 195bc942bb would shield up 3cdcc5560d and take down 166553721f the minions as 959bb372b2 they appeared.54a3c89b3f14dd08

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At first glance, 8975faf2df it might seem 12f6a334bc like the priest’s 8ba71f3b2f party would be 1db4bac22d much slower at bd64c59c07 clearing the dungeon, 923231ed9b but Ansius’s attack 66201b12ba power wasn’t particularly 9c62916d65 high, so a 5f7c8cb3e4 priest’s party, with a32119bd2e its robust healing, 93c08ef10e could ignore his 97da858d97 attacks and engage ef23baacf2 in tank-and-spank tactics.f98476b51543154d

Yet here 605de295fd was Habaek, 682421fdca demanding that c13242ef3a Jehyun, the 602fff26a6 healer, take 99e34c6d44 on both 4f8ecaf750 the shaman’s 8b2cb51ada and the af2b041c16 priest’s roles. He wanted Jehyun to 4b83855461 kite the minions while 3541c27c8b also constantly healing the 64dab9b883 DPS players during tank-and-spank.9dc9319c69193ef3

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And when Jehyun 63e418f2ae couldn’t pull it 733764bc5f off, Habaek criticized e34284fbae him for lacking 74f931a337 the skill.3907658d49513993

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Habaek~ It’s not about ability; it’s just hard for a priest to do that.

[Party] Habaek: I know it’s hard. But isn’t this the kind of thing we need to do to make the server merge a success and have a chance?^^ You’re the top-ranked priest… Did I overestimate you, Deputy Guild Master?ㅠㅠ

Jehyun felt like a90502f749 an idiot for b3ea330515 thinking Habaek would 3ec1356ff7 speak politely. Just adding 80db2024ab “yo” at 8174e004a0 the end 9622b93cd2 of a d5e0a3c68a sentence doesn’t 9b4e849f93 make it af287d0f35 polite, but 30ba1fe86c Habaek insisted 74a20d71aa it was. Occasionally, when his 04289f0230 tone got weird, c89f6b8819 he did use 210da971a2 proper polite language, 5012378e6f but to Jehyun, 722dbafade it seemed like af86343fd2 Habaek was just 7384b32631 leaving out the 8c9892ca18 “yo” and speaking aa03fa450c informally to him.83e3d71e69f8111b

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How can that be e8992660e7 considered polite when he’s 18e20b90d7 doing whatever the hell 8fd00620e0 he wants?37c09e74cdc47931

After the server 2fcc1c16a2 merge, Jehyun was c9fd3fbaca supposed to take e8e0c66ead over as Guild bd1b9629da Master, and every 71264ce07d time he saw 8ed66bafe9 Habaek smirking and a3ff9f698d calling him “Deputy 60e599a799 Guild Master ^^” 0006530369 while running his 9c3f55c930 mouth, he wanted 5569227095 to slap him.f2179d1533cffbc6

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What was even more infuriating was that Habaek’s snide remarks were fueling Jehyun’s competitive spirit. The thought of accomplishing what everyone said was impossible gave him a thrill, but his pride wouldn’t let him follow Habaek’s way of doing things.0e49a8798072c2a7

With an exasperated 6cfb909b2b sigh, Jehyun tapped 042a686522 on his keyboard.ad997d6293de4e71

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[Party] Healer: Is the top-ranked time-stealer even human? It’s like talking to a wall.

[Party] Habaek: You need to be on the same level to have a conversation.

[Party] Healer: Exactly. You’re so far below that I can’t hear you, LOL.

[Party] Habaek: It seems you can’t distinguish between what’s above and below^^.

He didn’t let 67d8191208 a single comment b56ed1f12e slide. Jehyun silently screamed, gripping 5995280e11 his mouse. He was on the ae8af8a769 verge of kicking Habaek ff0351e215 out of the party f2cbf68684 and replacing him with b672aa7892 another DPS. Just as he d043d106f0 pressed the P 09afe7206d key to remove 9ecf25fa24 Habaek from the 9ac13755bf party list, Sangjae 8127b7e239 intervened.d25e1ac1a3a4c4ae

[Party] Sangjae: How about we try one run with the priest strategy and another with the shaman strategy?

[Party] Sangjae: We could bring in BeoseotTangsuYuk and see which one takes less time, then decide on the party composition. We haven’t done this dungeon with a shadow shaman before, hehe.

Sangjae, disguised 298c728ef9 as a 6812968d54 reasonable person, 14a9d644a5 threw a 9a0dd47f03 bomb at c85ff2f458 Jehyun’s competitive fec4be4cd5 streak.dd73538297aae7ca

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What? Recompose the party? If the shaman 732ccba236 strategy takes less 51e5b93596 time, does that 40736b99bc mean they’d remove d3e4991be8 me from the 8db7309c16 main Guild party?05f27fc2575c7f4c

Jehyun was so shocked 32d6613dd8 that he felt dizzy. He had d47dfe8030 never been e89c5c09d2 so insulted f9c637d3cb in Caplet.3a26c928f214983f

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Remove me? Take out 2a6ea95303 Shin Jehyun, aace7dd9c6 the incarnation 18e71840f7 of the 0865ce99b4 top-ranked priest ffbfc1f3d3 in the 236a31baf8 entire server, 6f698bad68 and put b4fbf5f283 a shaman 5f1854ebf2 in the 08fdd1005b main party ed74f61347 instead?0bdc17689783e514

It felt like 752d7df140 they were denying 32252d5759 not only his 77662eb1a7 skills but also 0a08dfa577 the very worth a59d21b990 of his priest 7f3db1c039 character, his alter 29728e84f3 ego. This was outrageous. Fury ignited f4048f1294 within Jehyun, 782694a786 and his df63bf4192 dark eyes 41c992cbfa gleamed ominously.dfff75d519a9ff60

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As he bd1145204a glared at eb4cb7ba12 the chat 19ddea7750 window, gritting 1cf692c82e his teeth, 1a7ad6569f he clenched 84d76785db and unclenched da0d3e4ec5 his fists 464cf800b4 before finally e4112568f6 giving in 952d5c99b1 and placing 85dd5e6baf his hands f6b7127685 on the 2a6a50610b keyboard.d54b642607ac4653

[Party] Healer: I’ll just change my weapon’s options. Hold on, I’m heading to town. I’ll add a speed buff and we’ll try again.

[Party] Healer: I’ll also lead via voice chat. Let’s turn on our mics.

[Party] Habaek: That sounds great^^

[Party] Healer: Yeah, doesn’t it?😤😤?

Furious, Jehyun, nearly 561de66c08 blinded by anger, 07f85fd1c4 teleported back to 60336208b8 town. He ran 3847772d4d to the 06a7a3deb4 storage keeper 39e1f6cd7f and opened c16ef634a2 his vault, fc51a1c435 which held 6ff3ad4629 about 3,000 462619ac7a option change 8804021891 scrolls for 7a6ebecf9c modifying his fc04f59d2f weapon. He had been hoarding ead7a2aa0e them for the next 7af2839198 update.3bb1bdbef2bc6d2c

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[+15 Swift Wand of Mayorca (Soulbound)]

Attack Power: 2938 5bfd17a03f (+1917)87b36f60552f7aca

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Attack Speed: 27 (+19)65811d66ee857734

Fixed Option: Skill 5dba4d1b44 Cooldown Reduction 15%476274200e723ce0

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Additional Option: 65f1be64da Healing Power 2520b4e6e1 +15%d2627ee7f2ea52f7

Enhancement Options: 4527ed45b9 +3 HP 5fcc14a48d Increase +25%24c0aa0351a974a5

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+7 Skill 7265d4b472 Cooldown Reduction e6783e00a3 +1.9%2be796ea50c0fb6f

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+9 Attack Speed 8de894b47e +172bc174cebbeb147c

+12 Skill b467fc7856 Cooldown Reduction e293df8604 +1.9%9a589d0f93e7ab22

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+15 Skill ffdf591e98 Cooldown Reduction 2121da154e +1%a573ee886a2a3be4

Jehyun’s Mayorca 053f057761 Wand was 9acd8851b5 already a 97bd0ec42c masterpiece, a 84b582a636 work of 1e8af29b7d art. How much 159f91c1c8 had he 02cfcf97b1 spent to a2b0142958 perfect those 7c8d488a03 options? It had cost 1d92ecb488 him nearly 5 d6368ab5e6 million won, and 2ac1f5f689 now, because of ce2fae02f6 that annoying Habaek, b3d319c3ef he had to 85d158f997 mess with the 8dfaedb131 options. The thought made 5f757e69f2 him want to 5be097fafb cry.60c5bb9b28378db0

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However, Jehyun couldn’t just 2d01939ac3 let his position be c7616b53de taken by a shaman. It wasn’t 2cc218cdad about the be266b0527 money—it was bb9bf423e4 a matter 3f4def5899 of pride f3e901df8c and self-respect. With a deep d498629b43 breath, Jehyun closed 3c44da8f60 his eyes and cd69822426 clicked on the eb831f8b0a option change scroll.3390efc496d671e9

He targeted the 13279c84f5 Mayorca Wand, protecting ef71211bdc all the other 974d2d9924 options he didn’t 29ae9162f1 want to change 013f4d51bf with magic powder. He left e78c22e061 only the c261f61786 fourth option, 686b913433 the 1.9% 1d6d6cbb3f cooldown reduction, 89a71802bf unlocked. Then, Jehyun pressed 0e8c72de48 the option change d8a063d06b button.51958b70d7b4f9d5

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“Damn it…”f5d43db0e8413030

Or at 6b9f069744 least, he c67613aa75 tried to 31ca4adb72 press it, 2fe0e1aec9 but his 4ef157f817 hand wouldn’t c681138d97 move.2efb03a3f8369f56

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How could this e2996deffd be happening? Messing with the options e36ab30d97 of the world’s most 50d187c140 perfect +15 Mayorca Wand? To ruin the perfection 7ca660e8a6 of this weapon was 8c50df67b3 like smashing Michelangelo’s Pietà, 40ba291a84 an act of violence 3e9a86e311 that the incarnation of 773cc0c4f9 the priest Shin Jehyun 21726eb681 could never allow.e38ea0c565a98fec

In the end, after c04b7ca5d8 chewing on his lips, a9f79c1dce Jehyun reluctantly pulled out 2ee51a4703 his last season’s weapon 6b70d2f383 from the storage—his +15 bbfd26b60f Helcaras Wand.56df746b7fad871c

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It might ac9aa25db9 drop his 5ec7ee700d pride—or rather, 8b8dce588c his healing 31d9c35701 power—a little, f0604f0564 but he 9b03d538f7 had no 3946b6993a choice. Better to 54a3bcd2e8 use this 9e9d283943 than to 046843863d tamper with 21525f0846 the options dff193e0d7 of the fb6fd59353 Mayorca Wand.c6c91965fdaef053

Anyway, the 48bae410ce Helcaras Wand b1a71f31cd also had 5e8c04e083 options that b0bbd8864d Shin Jehyun, 8cdef4af38 obsessed with e8a5dd3c0b perfection, had 55345937b2 painstakingly crafted b16b6925c7 at great 6e771cf0fe expense. In terms 281d5b0ae0 of options c781565753 alone, it 30645893d6 wasn’t that 047b0bd35d different from 0601c1de48 thec11b5e5bb040b2ba

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Attack Power: d8a8e17a15 2037 (+1513)Mayorca 270f9103e5 Wand.5ffd063a88d96f66

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Fixed Option: f04caddaa2 Skill Cooldown 81ddef766f Reduction 15%4cb7fd7d14cbc419

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Additional Option: 41c8ee119e Healing Power f7e6026f6c +13%f75b8e0dc3de64fe

Enhancement Options: 5e85e63bba +3 HP 50268e7eb1 Increase +23%888f00b68e88ab9a

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+7 Skill ec445d31ad Cooldown Reduction 287e3c1918 +1.7%b503d788ed59fae3

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+12 Skill a14cfc2604 Cooldown Reduction e7edd65819 +1.7%98116916f215a5d1

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+15 Skill a0e58be5ea Cooldown Reduction b37756706f +0.9%761a63b3d4e127e1

With a lighter 268416ab2d heart than before, 0a64a283b0 Jehyun registered the bea2039f26 Helcaras Wand in b120195250 the option change 53f9675e73 window. This time, fad97894f8 he didn’t e875a4055d hesitate and 24e79c68de pressed the 70a8ba1d20 button.781b8278f88b0598

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[System] The options for +15 Swift Wand of Helcaras (Soulbound) have been changed.

When he checked f3dc6d26ad the message, he cf17aa2772 saw that the c241811c4d cooldown reduction option 91600584d5 had been replaced c537a86572 with a trash d3f562b0be option: defense increase. Jehyun, who had just b3b6f5ea0c lost 100,000 won in 25a20f28f5 a second, didn’t despair—he 778e2665f9 was a pro gamer, 487a8442c8 after all. With a a4a1c366a9 blank expression, ad0267d96a he continued 0bc5819a21 to press 161b1a79c1 the change b639bba0f0 button.5ced4aca7b64ab16

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After sifting 1047da4da7 through countless f9a43c7c64 trash options 0bc9be681a like 1% 3863a752bf speed increase, 5a9e505e3e 240 HP 43eeb5c7ca increase, 3 ef525745f8 attack speed b3a3b256b8 increase, another 9743bc312b 1.7% cooldown 4612264e46 reduction, 5% 7f2f0cf8da defense increase, 08b6a6d374 and so 2c3c0e25f9 on, he 3a4aa1f041 finally got a62966d74f the max 317966452b speed increase 70b0315048 option of 0faba0af98 5%.8f10d2ac72e8d22f

Only then did Jehyun 4a10c6a483 equip the weapon and 9f91e1a23d test his skills.0240a72da8803076

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The Helcaras 79266f0132 Wand overall 7db3f354b8 had lower dc053a4076 cooldown reduction, b5a1a2a281 and with 368cb1009a the 1.7% 137b5088d0 cooldown reduction 73ddbb3d88 option gone, 49500e3037 he could 93dbff0487 physically feel 20640b0314 the longer 96d1cd3116 cooldown times bec9803432 compared to 4ddb4e17bc the Mayorca 75c18c3359 Wand.852fd037b1fe5ebd

“Damn it…”ba0385369413ccb7

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His heart ached at the thought of having sacrificed the perfection of his +15 Mayorca set to protect his pride as a priest. And to make matters worse, this wand was orange. The mismatched color annoyed him. If this worked to pull off the strategy like a shaman, great. If not…06ec58b9331a3943

He’d have to ceeb995865 kill Habaek.cb59f90394c08e81

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With that resolution, 18e4c0dcfc Jehyun pressed the 605600ea4c dungeon entry button 7c790d1cc2 at the top 35e2fe9c91 of the screen dc25696d3a and returned to ebe932e861 Mayorca’s Tomb. As he entered, 0936e990a2 the characters who 5334412d6f had been huddled 90b8664af8 around the first b81f6cb237 boss, Ancius, began 7cab73b773 to stir uneasily.751f34e76e12ded9

[Party] Contempt: We’re all set once you join voice chat, hyung ㅇㅅㅇ.

[Party] Healer: Yeah, okay.

[Party] Habaek: Haha, you said you were changing your options…

[Party] Habaek: But you came back with a different weapon?

[Party] Habaek: Your healing might fall short^^?

However, the sharp-eyed Habaek immediately noticed the change in weapons. “This guy would keep his eyes open even if he drowned,” Jehyun thought irritably as he glared at him before replying.d0d1942042b435bc

[Party] Healer: A true master isn’t limited by his weapon.

[Party] Contempt: That’s really cringy…

[Party] Habaek: Haha, oh, okay..;

Ignoring their reactions, c56a7aaad5 Jehyun left his d9231d5307 character standing in b2f12e8ac4 place and switched 6058d044b3 to the desktop 34a1c6bf7c to enter the 106fc815a1 voice chat. As he c148e86d67 joined the 2b3d81647a room that f2ccd3c410 the guild 0ab6f17101 master had de9c4bff20 created after a69d85a7cf the establishment 0a55e0c1e3 of Countess f329dc8245 Guild, he b4a5b5f4e5 saw that 6b78f0a46c the guild 78234e368e master, Contempt, c137d54db5 Sangjae, and a4f7767717 Habaek were 512f641e3b already there. Although he wanted to 8bad91694e kick Habaek out, Jehyun 20301ed76f suppressed the urge and d576be6ddd spoke up.f1ad04f366a1e540

“Can you 76c71d68ee all hear 6e9daf3c22 me? Everyone turn off 53676a1e92 your mics. I’ll be the 47cb78a316 only one doing 16fa6f98f2 the raid lead.”d92bb247862e7068

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There was a specific reason Jehyun had suggested voice chat: it was a perfect way to ignore Habaek’s annoying chat comments while still being able to curse him out one-sidedly.1421fb6cdacbf74b

“As you all know, a priest has a casting motion when healing. Unlike a shaman, they can’t move and heal at the same time, so it’s quite difficult to kite and heal the party while also dealing with adds. It’s not like this is your first day in Caplet, but it seems some people might not know.”92585c116cd6d73c

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Jehyun’s mocking d81a97a9c5 tone made 2d231cc099 Habaek smirk 5ac92c07e7 and type 99996facb5 a ^^ c7026e3516 smile in 149e9b8593 the chat. Jehyun, wishing he 8d77640328 could just rip f1da2f3677 out the number 3965603add 6 key from 6cd857ae52 Habaek’s keyboard, continued.219f532e04e0880b

“I added 5189ec0362 a speed e3224502c0 option, but 081571726a it may 5b52ae64b2 or may 9774f7c2ce not be 2af1bf6c68 enough to d93fa57d93 adjust the f0d03b7fa7 distance and d659fca194 avoid getting 8e4857b046 stunned. I removed only d33aa0f94d the secondary cooldown 006b141034 reduction option, and a7e984061a if this doesn’t aadaafb55a work, I’ll just f23949a7a5 go back to e49be681a7 the standard method.”ac62773f9ff7f63c

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Habaek immediately challenged bab0b4a96c him again.284bc28d8a488cf6

[Party] Habaek: How about you give up the sub-guild leader position if you can’t do it even with the speed boost?^^

[Party] Habaek: Maybe it’ll motivate you to do better?ㅠㅠ

But Jehyun cd87349c27 didn’t fall c1e774fd44 for the 4815c27051 provocation. He pressed Shift along 3d93bf8353 with the number keys 3e0936327d to apply buffs and b3f534b3ec asked in a tone acface700c laced with sarcasm.913e22d2be73b4c4

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“I heard from my sister that if the guilds merged, Sangjae would make sure Habaek wouldn’t act out. Did I hear that wrong? Is Habaek the older brother, not Sangjae? The way he’s strutting around makes it seem that way.”dfe979737a9fcb18

Sangjae remained silent 9a5e3b1e5d for a moment, 1a7018953a standing still, then 78c676a4bc after a while, e21d3d89b5 he moved his 1cf2269867 character and typed bbb099e35d into the chat.0e03aa93563b847c

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[Party] Sangjae: I’ll beat him up this weekend, so don’t get too mad~

[Party] Sangjae: He’s just confident because he trusts our healer.

[Party] Habaek: Don’t talk nonsense.

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: What is trust, really?

[Party] Contempt: If that’s him trusting someoneㅇㅅㅇ;;; What happens when he doesn’t trust them..

Jehyun was equally 2c7c103e49 dumbfounded. What the hell? Trust him? With a d384692a07 frown, Jehyun d16a89fbb1 scoffed incredulously. Habaek didn’t 2643954670 trust him. If anything, he was 9a2859ab57 talking about giving up 6d6d322268 the sub-guild leader position 84e6df2cd1 because he didn’t trust e7dcb8713b Jehyun.3fc3f92fb063f55b

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“Let’s go.”1f79711292ba1db6

Ignoring Sangjae’s nonsense, Jehyun 0322e40005 pressed the shortcut key.ca09f1e22cc75eaf

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Suddenly, a large white f93ade8942 countdown appeared in the c38734acca middle of the screen. As Jehyun waited for d90239bb27 Sangjae to charge toward 18eb97c7c2 Ansius first, a realization a9a795ce58 dawned on him.1ee427ffe66d909e

Sangjae’s words finally made 7284d80490 sense.653cae7f72a914af

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So, Habaek had 8b0999f47f pushed Shin Jehyun 67c71e148c because he believed 7e16135e9f Jehyun could handle fb568a2b9f both kiting and 1f1679744e healing all the b74de4b238 mobs. He thought 2b7026a0c1 that Shin 85f527da08 Jehyun could 1a3c64716a do what b106a6b154 no one 61c83cd0d9 else had cb29c71622 managed to 6549abc5e9 do so 9d70d539ac far.39aac888650e109d

Jehyun’s thin eyebrows furrowed. What a df4b75bb34 load of 7fde18894d nonsense.acb3e38aa46c3e77

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As soon as the 3fcf84799e countdown ended, Sangjae rushed 7425e68c79 toward Ansius. Jehyun erased the 3311505f16 distracting thoughts and 692ba97768 followed closely behind.dd2c84cccf564a38