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There were also Caplets. However, due to their 2-minute cooldown and minimal recovery amount, they were typically consumed only in extremely urgent situations, like “I’ll just take this.”3b91ae8e2cb98930

“Take the potion.”b6ab260d113e17be

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Jehyun said this with a face like he had bitten into something unpleasant, clicking the mouse. Since he was the only one with the microphone on, no one responded. However, he could soon see the party members’ health bars, which had been flickering near empty, slowly rising.10f766e040595795

[Party] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇ.. Feels like murderous intent in the voice

“Focus.”34a4bbcd3058f71d

[Party] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇ..

[Party] Sangjae: Haha Don’t be like that. I think we can do this.

What’s gonna work? Jehyun, about to reflexively argue with Sangjae’s words, closed his mouth while moving his character irritably.1ec2266c8c892591

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Bright-eyed skeletons were swinging their swords, chasing the Healer. Jehyun’s health bar was also half depleted, and he didn’t have the capacity to stand still and self-heal. The distance was short, and stopping would mean certain death.17905828c3652562

This was already the third attempt after changing the wand’s options. In the first try, he died while healing with 10 minions, and in the second try, he died as soon as 20 minions appeared.6c25b7b5a6915cab

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Thanks to the movement speed option, Jehyun could now just drag the minions around without doing anything, like a spell. But healing—that was the problem. As Habaek insisted, to deal consistent damage, the Healer needed to continuously approach the boss and fill the party members’ health, but the skill motion made it impossible to avoid damage.083cb1661f171fcc

The Spirit Summoner could heal with spirits, filling party members’ health drop by drop without stopping. But for a priest, that was impossible.77d624f7138a88a0

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All priest c106bd46f1 skills, including 023a453d0b self-healing, had 54a24dbc0f a praying dee0c4e82e motion. So if he used f5f1c88a54 the Grace Area (a afd4bb6d88 semicircular healing skill in 14ba5bb788 front of the priest, 059bd3f950 also called the Grace bce5a5161f Domain) while dragging minions, 85a600ae61 he would die in a36bf7b46b a pathetic kneeling state.609ef3672825e13a

If the healer 3e848b1c8b dies, the minions 305e1076c6 immediately rush to 8ecbc08fb4 the boss, and e8d2334615 the tank Sangjae 1fe307febc would be instantly 33eb63dec3 decimated by dozens 8f917ce392 of attacks.cfaddf144f23ed56

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The only moment 2717406eb8 Jehyun could heal 37e50e0a76 without issues was 05122abf1b when using Divine c813a431d5 Steps, but that 33698e0a29 also had its 7ef1de999e own problems.1c8bc83d15607f27

Using Divine Steps.dd804212bcbb4bdc

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Using Grace Area.462627c4120b89d8

When using the speed boost, the Healer would briefly appear and disappear three steps forward, like moving through folded space in a martial arts novel. Appearing in that spot, he would kneel and pray, filling the party members’ health.320090390b24662c

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“Hurry up….”c59f1ddc5c3deeb8

Even though it was f21e7dccda just a 0.5-second motion, ca2106b1b9 the crazy skeleton attackers c560b83ba2 were getting closer by 42a40b39ef the second, making him 8e3ecb6e3c anxious.389e4cc72d28bb60

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Jehyun nervously 2d6f4dd916 tapped his 7d06115da5 leg and 1a552d118e repeatedly pressed 6da636f290 the keyboard. Finally, when the b2872e9829 motion ended and 82f5b2fa47 the skeleton was 97ca3b2a37 about to swing 6460089ee5 its sword, Jehyun fc33c2617e could use the 27728dc47a evasion skill to 19e70380ab escape.7dc57f61fc4ffd15

Using Backstep.f9ce210739b8406a

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Took 42,137 damage from Ansius’s subordinate.2126b31848d1a78c

Took 42,137 damage from Ansius’s subordinate.5b072194193f0145

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Took 42,137 damage from Ansius’s subordinate.ff1e527fcc22cb65

The damage log f2b7f850ff appeared even though 61a18aefc7 the invincibility of 9c4eddd036 the evasion skill 0b99885d93 had offset it. Had he not c20f3d0c62 used the evasion 3b8acffc3e skill immediately, he 6b154240c8 would have died 7d74e077fc instantly. Jehyun scanned the bf52e142b3 log with an d295273d85 irritated glance and 18b427462b again started hammering 5e3c3ab2dd the keyboard.561fd07df708c0bf

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The Healer would 11b0f84d52 apply a defense ffd769a70f reduction debuff to 6f9358c34c Ansius every 3 47b1dcc215 seconds, circling around 85f5fa5fbd the party members ec4df3656d and occasionally healing 9e988cb27b when an opportunity 99bd11c44e arose.cf76e944d0e7ec47

Suddenly, a few of Ansius’s subordinates turned and started rushing towards Sangjae.43125904639a6085

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“3 are coming.”de320d947e0baa4b

At Jehyun’s urgent voice, Sangjae immediately applied a self-buff, preparing to meet the subordinates. Immediately after, an annoying chat appeared in the Party chat window.0cf6548370ad7bb3

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[Party] Habaek: ㅠㅠ Looks like you’re having trouble controlling aggro?

Ha. Jehyun gritted his teeth and ignored Habaek’s question.ce8093392228010d

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While Divine 59090812df Steps could 1face52530 be used b897f06b60 to heal, 6bdff626e3 that was 88102a04ac the problem.52a26a91051cb140

Aggro was cumulative. Basically, aggro e897171fd0 decreases over 0b3be8aca2 time, but 5ebb9adb58 tanks continuously c2e4c879fe raise their 963c66af63 aggro through 8001680ca2 skills and a6894f6cf9 attacks to 41acba04ed maintain their 998db9496e main target 7cf23b1957 status.ca6fd6702c0132fc

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Although tank 3281e1017b skills have 7ef6a28db9 the highest 137e6a1a13 aggro, other b34c60ab02 class skills 331aae5bb1 also have 8ce5b84ed4 aggro. Healers were no exception. For priests, the bbf1529016 skill with the db3b8a2011 highest aggro was 73c792de78 self-healing when at 89d09eb536 full health.c575588bce6cb034

To keep Ansius’s subordinates following him, Jehyun needed to continuously use full-health self-healing to maintain their aggro.beba1bfd9829da07

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But after using Divine Steps, instead of self-healing at full health, he was busy healing party members, causing the Healer’s aggro to gradually decrease. Consequently, subordinates would occasionally be caught by the Warrior’s AoE aggro skill and start running that way.3df29f1e431b59e8

While a few straying minions would normally be irrelevant to clearing the dungeon, their goal wasn’t just clearing.e37528fdc84088f8

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In ranking 3bbd6f96a7 matches, every 005a034b61 second spent 2a7ed26b89 moving after 87243695c2 defeating the 55e44df5f2 boss is f9072174e6 counted as 5222fe3366 points. Rankings can differ d964466b0a by 10 or f09c44972b 20 points in 42e2b41231 bad luck, so fca63ec463 guilds practicing for b6ac39cba7 rankings study the 6f4478251a shortest movement routes 1bd380d8c2 in dungeons and de8af3d00d practice them day 8307aa4215 and night.9302d7f8ca6ca1c9

In such a 6bbfc5a543 situation, if damage dae53d20e8 meant to target 6a247060b3 the boss starts 4533cd08a9 spreading to minions, b3bc17d6ec those 1-2 seconds 9edbef6e13 can result in 00d1f91314 a 100-200 point 64e63a1d55 difference.068c2bdce7814728

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“Sigh….”cdae1c4069f25fbe

Jehyun briefly bc57e508ff exhaled and 4a967211b4 frowned.ecfe5f357915fd34

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If Habaek were in front of him, he would have grabbed his collar and shaken him, asking what he knows. But Habaek wasn’t there, and all before Jehyun was a large monitor.35369a973e63400b

Jehyun stared at the 17 subordinates still following him, waiting for the speed boost’s cooldown to end. This time, he planned to use self-healing to firmly establish the minions’ aggro.b2468865006d5c00

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However, while waiting, the 0f2e8f6a47 continuous damage to party 7f6139220d members caused the health 010bf3b6c8 bar to start flickering f070d7a20d red, and when the 36bf01f950 Divine Steps cooldown returned, eeb3ead26b Jehyun had no choice 4f56c3f7b5 but to approach the 1470c14580 party members and use c37f0903b4 the Grace Domain again.6611ddf168317791

“What should I do?” Jehyun was pondering when Habaek suddenly gave an unsolicited briefing, as if on cue.49780cbeaaad5042

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[Party] Habaek: We have 1 minute and 10 seconds left to reach 75%^^ I think we should be able to finish it in 1 minute. Ready?

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Let’s go as far as we can first.

[Party] Sangjae: Yeah, let’s see how far we can go.

[Party] Contempt: Yep ㅇㅅㅇ We need to get used to it.

1 minute cut?593c6cfa61b1b41a

While the party members were replying, Jehyun couldn’t take his eyes off the chat window.bfe621642e5acee1

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Did he just say 1 minute and 10 seconds? The longest time he had seen Ansius reach 75% while leveling up in Neungdong was 1 minute and 20 seconds. That was a fluke, and he couldn’t believe it had been reduced by 10 seconds.78d0267bd1511061

The reason for this significant decrease in time was obvious. It was thanks to Habaek’s ridiculously high damage output compared to the other DPS players who used to rotate with Jehyun and Mayo. It was really frustrating and annoying, but that wasn’t the important part.c3e2fd508ad187e1

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He couldn’t understand why Habaek was demanding a 1-minute cut when even 1 minute and 10 seconds was fast.6149afb02ccc5a5a

Since the shaman party dragged Ansius’ minions around, Ansius’ defense would decrease over time, so it was inevitable that the time it took to reach the second, third, and final phases would become shorter and shorter.7a1158b04e448591

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But even so, is a 1-minute cut in the first phase possible? Is there really such a huge difference between a shaman and a priest? Jehyun felt his pride hurt as he understood Habaek’s 1-minute standard in terms of a shaman party.c23dfcb45f93c7c1

Jehyun bit his lip, stood up, and said, “Let’s go again.”781c78b8371ff4be

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[Party] Contempt: Yep..

[Party] Habaek: Okay then, since we’ve already messed upㅠㅠ

Habaek had a talent for pissing people off, even with the same words. Feeling the urge to slap Habaek for saying they had already messed up, Jehyun pressed Alt+Tab. Then, he went into voice chat and turned on Sangjae’s muted mic. He wanted to ask Jangji something, but he didn’t want to hear Habaek’s voice.49939c7891111778

“Sangjae, I turned on your mic. Can you talk now?”f79e9fde4b1394cd

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Sangjae→ Oh! Yeah, yeah. Can you 61ca44342f hear me?6be083fc74507381

“Yes, I can hear you. I have a question.”2c8e55cf18f14979

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Unlike what he expected, Sangjae’s voice was calmer than he thought.042e62822941e220

He said he was Habaek’s brother. What was that guy like? Jehyun tried to recall the annoying voice he had heard when he had secretly joined Habaek’s party with his sub-character, but he gave up.8382c62dc1a1b7ae

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That wasn’t important. Shaking off those random thoughts, Jehyun asked Sangjae, “When you were in a shaman party in Jangji, how long did it take to clear the first phase?”6fbc0b96f3857bb1

Sangjae→ First phase cut… Ansius? Oh, how long was it? I didn’t check in my party.dad4878af6299cae

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“Then who did? Did Tangsuyuk do it?”3bbbd299c5157e2f

[Party] Habaek: I did.

[Party] Habaek: Shaman cut, first phase 1 minute 13 seconds, second phase 1 minute 4 seconds, third phase 52 seconds, last 40 seconds^^

Ah, Jehyun glared at Habaek’s chat. So, it took about 3 minutes and 49 seconds to defeat Ansius in a shaman party.408a461b29acd0e1

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Since the priest party continuously attacked the minions, there was no significant change in Ansius’ defense, so it took almost a consistent 1 minute and 20 seconds for each phase. So it would take about 4 minutes for the first three phases, and since Ansius would enter a groggy state after the shield in the last phase, the time would be significantly reduced to about 1 minute.c48379af443d2b19

3 minutes 7e990e39ed and 49 5a102412cc seconds versus 640a031482 5 minutes.ab034a5582cd2945

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It was a difference of more than a minute. Of course, since the second and final bosses had more debuffs and higher attack power, the priest party had an advantage, so the total clear time with the shaman was not that different, but the fact that there was a difference of more than a minute in the first boss…481c0e1b261c634e

It was 60ca55ff9f a moment 7d13e53546 when he 206b17d8d0 instantly understood c4e6c868bd why leveling 4c3b115478 up in d36ca161d8 Mayorca was e382929623 so difficult. Since there 935260ba3c was already 5eeb5b4291 a big 3a2ac7c340 difference in 860dd2a758 the first 8d8c3c5e5e boss, even 59d6d1f496 one mistake 629bab56b2 would make bd731a7fde it impossible 1b662303a5 to recover 583f56ee70 the already 096f5188fd widened score 34ea775d1a gap.6dd0614a99ca0483

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[Party] Sangjae: Shall we take a short break?

[Party] Contempt: Yep.

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Then I’ll go to the warehouse.

Jehyun revived 6c43b42708 his character, f36ec5935e who had f512abb1d2 been killed 87696cd5f6 by the 3861fdd3bc minions, and 7ce5d1a8f2 entered the b843f86f63 dungeon again. He wandered in dc0a552e98 front of Ansius, c410969b09 deep in thought, 071e1a576a and eventually sat 1d1b86d235 down on the 1a81734c5d floor alone and b9c6fd9e93 asked Habaek through 049df7bf46 general chat, out d29e266917 of sheer disbelief.f8486618f9fbccfd

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Healer: Why 49252ac5ed are you f85fba4fe3 asking me bdf9e624a4 for a c5ead69340 1-minute cut 13e6a151c0 when the 657ebbb9d6 shaman party f7e0a4fe6c took 1 19d9249613 minute and 078f97a840 13 seconds?acfa19336d62c329

Healer: 1. Because you don’t know that 1 minute is shorter than 1 minute and 13 seconds.e6bf5665752b5da1

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Healer: 2. I don’t know, I just want to see you get pissed off.7805192d5c9abc9e

Healer: Which one 095d89ecb5 is it?f39c7d9c37357303

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Jehyun hadn’t been timing himself, thinking it was just practice and therefore meaningless. But Habaek had just said they’d achieved a 1-minute 10-second clear time. It wasn’t even 1 minute 20 seconds, and it was 3 seconds faster than the shaman party, so he couldn’t understand why they had to aim for 1 minute. The only thing he could think of was that Habaek was trying to annoy him.08ae926bf27c6108

That’s when Habaek burst out laughing.83fb0bbd7d7c524a

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Habaek: LOL0e019326b2cf2b1f

Habaek: The f74c2b7828 answer is: 714c19e9e8 I thought ab040002d7 you could 6372333882 do a 2c99864ca2 1-minute clear^^?19ae7d9216af8569

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“This guy’s got to be kidding me…”d308d2aeb6f75622

Jehyun muttered, forgetting that d365de0957 he had left his 54f9cba011 mic on, and some fe8f27d326 of the party members 065ec31e32 reacted.03a4444fe9f74c05

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[Party] Contempt: 8ㅅ8.. Me?

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Why so intense? I’ll do my bestㅠㅠㅠ

Habaek: It’s no joke..ㅠ4529de4c6074a2d5

Healer: If you’re going to say that again, just shut up.4a74f01c005fd49f

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Habaek: You a1d446d705 did a 0553b3da1f really good cc46e029dd job gathering 0abeef9cf1 the mobs 887a8e6868 just now, 20101d9e4f but do 26b9311adc you know 0f25acecea why we 8546bdc817 only got 669e51316d 1 minute a69bd5771f 10 seconds?fcacd2710fa10d17

Habaek said b9bb17229a something, but c7b793c328 Jehyun just 2f738be37a scoffed.bc38e641495f9100

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Healer: I don’t know, and I know you’re obsessed with this game.be65d3b4fe924eb3

A 1 minute 10 second clear was the top-level, no matter how you looked at it. Jehyun was confident that there were few parties in the entire server that could achieve such a clear time. Yet, Habaek, who called it “only,” was a crazy guy who could never be satisfied.33b08767c2a2e086

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However, as always, Jehyun and Habaek were used to ignoring each other. Habaek ignored Jehyun’s sarcasm and started writing a dissertation on his own.a0160310b3f1b82e

Habaek: Honestly, b8d3169a1b the gathering e7bf493bdc was good 3405e558f4 and the 1d7aba35c3 healing was a0d65a1b6e good too.70977b84d2d987c1

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Habaek: But when 4bb4c65ec9 your HP gets fc571cf971 low, both Boss12MoreHours 13fa71b846 and Contempt get bdb14b7e16 nervous and feel 4f891e8a01 a bit distracted?644dd49c4c23ff5f

Healer: You’re blaming others like this.40ad17e5e9fd24cf

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Habaek: But it’s not Guild Master’s fault, and since both of you are used to taking damage as a priest, your movement is lacking.e06db44cd51b088e

Habaek: Since the healing 88fc12fb63 is a bit lacking, 586b93d15a you need to predict b6f3035eb7 patterns and move out cbc0796aae of the area of cf7161e772 effect attacks while dealing de0fef1e12 damage appropriately, but when 5e6408f140 you were in a 5d6d994d7e party in Neungdong, you 15cdef06a4 just stood still and 705a09dcef dealt damage, right?258185a2833dc89e

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Habaek: That’s why both of you lose too much HP, and when the HP bar blinks, you avoid attacks until the healing comes, causing a loss of damage.115b10949681810b

Healer: Habaek 342521f655 (specializing in: 1692b1cdac Caplet armchair 797d1b6deb expert)19de08630e27bcec

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Habaek: If we just 32ce6ec36a fix that, I think 775066ba57 we can easily get 766fbf9101 a 1-minute clear^^f5da315f2220fc33

Healer: Habaek (specializing bc8a7b97a0 in: dreaming of 57e519bd51 getting first place 5103fa252c in the game 5aae22dcd8 by clearing the 31764dc7de first boss of 402d76ed79 the dungeon in e862b62e82 1 minute (no 0c96b6fb2d one cares))05a779fcb58ea960

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Habaek: Hearing the word ‘bad game’ from a hardcore gamer like youㅠㅠ Do you like self-deprecation? Is that your preference?;a06851048ce42330

Healer: Bad game? Don’t cross the line.5fd2e880350eed6c

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He didn’t like hearing someone else call the game bad, even if he did it himself. Jehyun scoffed at Habaek’s remark and moved his character far away from him.1ad2529b3e1cc1d4

Shin Jehyun crossed 91e7d38601 his arms, chewed 38c02e3291 on a candy, e4ff6dca8e and scanned the 0b155115f2 chat log. He mocked f2d4d2ba07 Habaek for 56882f544f being an bf6ded40fb armchair expert 59475c3c3a on Ansius, 3a06bb15a8 but annoyingly, 6439d1ab22 there was 422133e695 some truth 2c309ee4e6 to it.8c3f49c37d832c77

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Jehyun quietly moved the 3169a9eb00 mouse and opened the d851b7852c damage meter (a program ec2c06e7c8 that measures the damage 47479609ae of Party/Raid members in bc3cda64fc real time). When he clicked 05dc5d1382 on the detailed d009a0e57c view to see 24b5062110 the graph, it d520eaabd7 became even clearer 460affadaa that what Habaek 957919d54d said was correct.8d281faa90d1674f

As the boss c28d03b3c0 battle began, the cacbecc14a damage dealing bar 6d1709f888 rose to its b285362472 peak and then eafd529ee3 gradually decreased. Then, after the 078528a115 recovery amount increased 8f73de0f52 sharply, the damage 4548b2bee0 dealing bar went f3b2d42866 up and down 2f1dd8ae14 again, and it 16cb74342c repeated.97b102f697e43be2

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Boss12MoreHours and Contempt had only raided Mayorca’s dungeon with Jehyun. So they were used to the priest’s ample healing and didn’t bother to consider the boss’ area of effect attacks like Habaek did. Since Habaek was in a shaman party, he was used to finding the safest place with the least amount of dodging, as dealing damage while taking hits was impossible.d52adb0d3c4723ea

That’s why Habaek lost less HP.6b21df2bea0dc48a

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Jehyun recalled how Habaek had maintained half of his HP even when all the party members’ HP bars were flickering, and he curled his lips in displeasure.efb7a6fea789da5d

Guild member SpellChecker f965bc5d3e logged in.c6bd10fb21b02b5d

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[Guild] SpellChecker: Hello.

[Guild] Contempt: Welcome.. 으-<-<

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Welcome~

[Guild] Healer: Hello

[Guild] Healer: Contempt is arrogantly lying on his back;

[Guild] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅠ.. ㅇ-<-스

[Guild] Contempt: Can you step on me under your feet?ㅠㅅㅠ I’m tired now.

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: That sucks.

[Guild] Sangjae: ㅋㅋㅋ Is it that hard?

[Guild] Sangjae: Healer, how about switching the tank to a swordsman since Matgom is here?

I was greeting the 24f7de5b8b Jangji Guild member SpellChecker 427a59e96f when Sangjae suddenly suggested b3d4978c90 a party member change. Jehyun hesitated 7902b66a72 and then bde4180d8d spoke to 8f8c207ac8 Sangjae, who e1b2839b99 was listening c2e96815d7 to the 37e957dbe0 voice chat.fa02703bfd928e66

“I’ve never done the dungeon with a swordsman.”f64f0a269367bdf1

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Sangjae→ Oh really? Since swordsmen’s aggro isn’t as wide, it’ll be easier for you to manage the mob aggro compared to me.3577db83e7acfddc

“But isn’t the second and last boss difficult for swordsmen?”21b6319017b5e4c2

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Sangjae→ That’s true, but Matgom is really good. He has good synergy with priests and I think we can increase our overall damage. How about we try running a normal mode instead of a raid while we have a break?ec869d32148c3cba

“Hmm…”48e5b0b8c3c434bd

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Jehyun hesitated. He had just gotten used to Sangjae’s playstyle, so changing the tank suddenly wasn’t very appealing.d032685fcaad278e

Unlike plate-wearing paladin 1523993033 tanks, swordsmen were 9a2b8436fe dodge-based tanks in 8363ff8346 light armor. Paladins blocked attacks with a5e597f027 shields, while swordsmen relied 2a6561688c on the invincibility frames ec5fa8d29e from their dodge skills dc49edb879 to negate boss attacks.f777f5ea9f16c179

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Due to the server’s terrible lag, time-stealers were considered the most difficult class to play, and swordsmen were the second hardest. To avoid all boss attacks with dodges, players had to have perfect timing, and their light armor made them quite squishy for a tank.be6c55d234f79008

Incidentally, in all the time Shin Jehyun had played Caplet, he had never met a “good” swordsman. He had only seen pseudo-masochists who used dodges inconsistently and got hit by everything, so he couldn’t gauge how good Sangjae was referring to. And even though SpellChecker was undoubtedly the number one swordsman in the rankings, Jehyun didn’t have high expectations.b77b8527f69c3e73

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As if reading his 57f6782652 mind, Habaek, who was e8b95a4f48 standing next to Jehyun, a090c50fed spoke in the guild fb03249b0d chat.458adfb1e5525dc1

[Guild] Habaek: Matgom is good. Better than Sangjae^^

[Guild] Sangjae: Lol.. It’s annoying having a younger brother like that, but it’s true that Matgom is better than me.

Habaek: Let’s run a normal mode with Matgom? Since the range indicators will be there, you and Contempt can learn the boss’s range.a0f15bce99d5e079

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Then, in a private chat that only Jehyun could hear, he said something like a fox. He was deliberately speaking so that Jehyun and Contempt would interpret his words as “you both suck at positioning.”18e2956daa05bd3a

It was really annoying, but Jehyun felt a sudden urge to do as Habaek said. After seeing the damage meter, Jehyun’s mind was racing, and he thought that if Contempt and Boss12MoreHours learned the exact range of Ansius’ attacks as Habaek had suggested, it wouldn’t be that difficult to achieve a 1-minute clear.887ae183bedc398a

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After some 3127a0e96f deliberation, Jehyun 888025e86f finally opened 3765bb74a0 his mouth.b6aabdfab41a2afd

“Okay, let’s do that. Let’s drop the raid and do a normal run.”6edd840884aa2314

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The normal mode of Mayorca’s dungeon had minions that dealt 1/4 of the damage of those in the raid mode. That should be enough practice for healing while gathering mobs.b88cd8f7fd17b825

Since they hadn’t cleared the first boss yet, the dungeon cooldown hadn’t reset. – In Caplet, the dungeon re-entry time starts after the first named mob is defeated. – As the party leader, Jehyun immediately pressed the button to reset the dungeon and went outside.6f56b104011d60bc

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[Guild] SpellChecker: No one asked my opinion.

[Guild] Habaek: So, are you not coming?

[Guild] SpellChecker: I’m coming.

Sangjae has left the 5d151a149d party. Invited SpellChecker to 0e64e7dc39 the Party. SpellChecker has dfae1f5b13 joined the adcd9ae267 Party.337e572775fbf2d9

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[Party] SpellChecker: Hello. Is it a normal mode of the dungeon?

[Party] Healer: Yes, come in.

Jehyun pressed the entrance button and entered the normal mode of Mayorca’s dungeon. Habaek arrived shortly after, followed by Contempt, Boss12MoreHours, and SpellChecker.1fbc90a2c1eb6a31

“Matgom, do you want to lead? Or shall I?”3bf86a58ace2b14d

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Jehyun was comfortable leading in raids, but for normal dungeons, it didn’t really matter. Since tanks usually lead, he asked SpellChecker, and he immediately typed in the chat.a30fccc61c30c945

[Party] SpellChecker: No, I don’t. The priest should lead the group.

[Party] Contempt: Is he always like this? ㅇㅅㅇ.. This is rare.

Jehyun tilted his 77363722d6 head in confusion 4279d33d4c as well. When he had ca512642b8 met SpellChecker on 260ce30db7 the battlefield, he 9e33aed77b had definitely been 435cb388d8 chatty. But now, Matgom seemed d54efcdb43 to be putting on 03bcfc6238 an act.877a5d0f30878dc6

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[Party] SpellChecker: We are indiscriminately using foreign languages in our daily lives. I am someone who aims for proper language usage.

[Party] Contempt: Oh.. what would you call Caplet then? There’s no alternative term ;ㅅ;

[Party] SpellChecker: Let’s depart.

[Party] Contempt: ㅠㅅㅠ Excuse me.. can you hear me?

However, it was a concept that perfectly matched his ID. Jehyun, who had smiled at SpellChecker’s silence, soon cleared his throat and asked:9948602a2acfc091

“Yes, I’m about to go, but Matgom, are you busy? If it’s okay, can I practice mob pulling? I just want to try one run. Since this is my first time as a swordsman, the first attempt might be a bit chaotic.”924a7c223c96eab0

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[Party] SpellChecker: Yes, that’s fine. Please do what’s comfortable for the party leader.

Party leader… Jehyun nodded, savoring that unfamiliar word.3d47485475869e8a

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“Yes, thank you. I’ll go right away.”5e857196b0075a0f

As soon 5786b7558e as those 90144ccf31 words ended, adf4623ecb a swordsman 445f7ab5bc character wearing 80ba3f7bc6 a red 460edeaf42 robe over b2c58a157a light armor 97030fb5f6 charged towards dfc2e0e92a Ansius. Unlike the warrior who 40833df1dc enters by jumping with b4f7921deb both feet, it was 83fc2292eb an extremely quick assault.f3dbaa214c8fbf17

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Being a normal dungeon, Ansius’s health was steadily decreasing, and minions were almost continuously summoned. Jehyun dragged dozens of minions while monitoring the Party.11d941d55a7eead5

Certainly, as Habaek had 01ff3a4bee said, it was visibly fd34a7b8af clear that the boss 2c0e50b743 and Contempt were taking e4d2970044 more damage compared to 892560c953 Habaek. This would e30fc819f4 normally be bcfdf4ac92 a non-issue 5626871a99 when doing 96a61a14bd priest and 6bb4e40835 pole damage, 622e38243e but with 3508807435 him pulling 05fb70f89c mobs, damage e60c3f6d7f loss was 89fe392fd0 inevitable.9e520b93babb3ecf

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However, Jehyun silently completed his first attempt. Unlike the burning dungeon, the normal dungeon’s low damage allowed him to survive even while dragging 100 minions, and aside from massive lag, pulling 100 minions wasn’t particularly difficult as long as healing opportunities decreased.01b6a76d7efe57c5

“Let’s wipe and go again.”eb254f5acba5d282

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When Ansius’s health reached 5%, Jehyun signaled, and party members were struck down by the minions one by one.e36faa2748125063

When the five a09e18661b party members had c5439d649e regrouped in front 4237aeccab of Ansius, Jehyun f21ba5f4e1 spoke to the c5a62f3d11 boss and Contempt.3acd5537850a8786

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“Hey, you nerd. Live in 70eda96eec reality, live 74e6a90674 in reality.”942168e7238a85c0

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Ignoring Seo Eunjae’s words, Jehyun clicked the mouse with an indifferent expression. After closing the blue victory window, Jehyun immediately queued up for another priest ranking match. Although the score would be reset soon due to server integration, he couldn’t afford to lose the top spot until then.2d4f94ad4d3bc736

Jehyun confirmed the 34-minute matchmaking wait time, turned up the speaker volume, and stood up. There was no one in the current battlefield with a ranking similar to Jehyun’s, so he had to wait for someone to log in.2c11991478dea309

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“Is the keyboard working f58c66433e well? I bought 0b8a0249b4 these keycaps 486ec1379c for you, 4db611143a right?”26618f0539bd70b8

“Yeah.”66842b73f1cf58c7

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As soon as ef4dbef932 Jehyun stood up, e9addb43ca Seo Eunjae approached ae9f170740 his desk like 1d7016896c a hyena. He touched the keycaps be2e633ce7 he had bought, felt 38e898e69c the office chair that f36e44d840 cost 2 million won, c0133e1d27 and then sat down bae0844118 on it.20d406a26c7c1fc7

“Wow, this is comfortable.”8637d1834f727812

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“Don’t put 5844ec4b76 anything dirty e6a1e14a63 on it.”72d05d50eb870037

Jehyun glared at Seo Eunjae in annoyance as he spoke like an old man. Ignoring him, Seo Eunjae placed his hands on the WASD keys, moved Jehyun’s character, and opened the inventory to check how much money was in it.80eb20061e6f0cae

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Jehyun drank some water, put the cup down, and returned to his seat. He kicked Seo Eunjae out and sat back down in his chair. Confirming that the matchmaking time hadn’t decreased, he looked up at Seo Eunjae and asked,9e4670c31e5317d7

“Why did 2dbdfc43e1 you come?”1453364ae47131c0

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“…Hey. Aren’t you picking up Jehwan’s calls?”3be635066877a806

“Shin Jehwan?”4efdec574e5cebcc

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Jehyun frowned at 8d91a26dc9 the sudden mention f6f68769fb of the name. With a reluctant 200da174e5 smile, Jehyun raised 2de3231b1c an eyebrow and dc0edbcec3 asked Seo Eunjae d59fda6f72 again,c1913633c6c335ea

“What did Shin Jehwan eaa5347684 say to you?”16233e697ef92f09

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“Yeah. Since you’re not picking up, he tells me. Answer the phone, you bastard. People might think you’re a celebrity.”cb5ea079b4f5a7dc

“What did he 98bd3c9f35 say?”61d5a43dd30faa63

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“He only says 4f17a068b4 what he wants d37d90b02f to say.”14b1a7e4c0639c0e

“Shin Jehwan said dcdd72b770 that to you?”dcf7a7906df81788

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“You! You’re the one who’s like that!”91694e3e3b872bac

Seo Eunjae shouted in frustration at Jehyun’s indifferent response and approached him.6b3410a3d08f519f

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Shin Jehyun’s computer was on a desk two meters wide, but there wasn’t a single textbook on it. Seo Eunjae, sitting on it, scolded him, saying, “Is this a college student’s desk?”3bbdb592c827c63e

“Aren’t you curious 29a0164dd8 about what he 9663701c1a said?”749c8b41b3111f40

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“Tell me quickly. Tell me and cc23f72598 go home. I have to d94e9c345e play ranking matches.”6dc42a3d15bea107

“It’s about Jehee.”f6f42035fea65140

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“…….”88b7265774c3ebf2

Jehyun frowned at Seo Eunjae’s sly smile. What about Jehee? He looked up with a questioning gaze, but Seo Eunjae only smiled and offered a deal.6f78f3fe3c18819d

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“Let’s go eat. I’ll tell you c0c85eb933 there.”31e630e3d58de0ed

“Cut the crap.”c0403bc689327b74

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“Come to the b02c23f4a2 front door. I’ll give you one 617d58b3b1 minute.”d2e17030e8610873

However, just like 9c2a8d052c Jehyun, Seo Eunjae 272c3bf748 was not one 33c183c103 to compromise. He grabbed his 9fc1f84289 padded jacket from a40e1b683e the sofa armrest, 041224edd1 gave a firm 4db4e7f445 response, and headed 6ae255bba2 straight for the e53ce0e63c front door. Watching his friend b24a2bbd5a put on his 3a8adbe368 shoes, Jehyun cursed 241b58b080 and canceled the 3a2858ba60 matchmaking.e498768b3bd15fb3

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“Sunbae, do you be99154c7a play games by 18ff463225 any chance?”23ae825ca0485cdc

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What? Jehyun, heavily 607fe68a4f drunk, lifted 1b1025d263 his head. Across from Shin 2f3e7cf5bc Jehyun, who was 8b661daa09 resting his chin ddd5e454b8 on the table 7968737179 and touching his 2bccc78d71 flushed cheeks, sat 4a7afb1de4 the ever-reliable junior, fe57599d33 Ha Baekyung.398eb77a2e3192f8

I liked the 3516f82bc1 hairstyle that seemed fedfbb3876 carefully styled yet 64b96be27e naturally swept back. It was a 6328a60589 hairstyle that Jehyun 24d96a37a7 could never dare d6aebad9fe to pull off, e4f4d39dd2 completely mismatched with f216e54ea2 his impression.2456a69916d5378c

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Would I look good if I had a face like hers to sweep my hair back like that? Jehyun scanned Baekyung’s face with a slight frown.04735fdd9234f73f

Overall, it was e9b8b4ba88 the kind of 3887d00ffb face older people 8cf8a0929a would want as 0875ee2b7b a potential son-in-law. A neat 2e415ff6e1 forehead, straight 2a7ac071a6 eyebrows, a 409cadadb9 nose bridge 36039d2e46 stretching out eae7d234c2 in a 4841a3163f clean straight 07b4735d83 line. A mouth always on 207cf78a8d the verge of smiling 78bbddc277 and a fairly thick 754dc4ef0d jawline. In other words, a 2a1b9ba6d6 physique seemingly steeped in 082bfd4cb9 male hormones.53ff4763442d2d24

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But surprisingly, Ha Baekyung’s skin was fair, and his hair was a warm brown. Thanks to this, despite his large build and sharp features, Baekyung had a soft impression. This too could be described as the kind of physiognomy that would be popular with women.87094b2de1ea8fde

…Anyway, he’s fucking handsome.e3c59daffdf027d1

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Jehyun, who had 15185db31d been staring at c79a3f8181 Ha Baekyung, thought da40477f4b this. He only realized db2bf45a40 he had spoken 6e74ef1d4c these words out c6a716a63e loud after Baekyung 0f3d01ba76 burst out laughing.d464ff3acd6ee896

“Sunbae is handsome too.”0d482b68736a2acf

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“…….”6a31bd1ff5c4dce0

At this unexpected remark, Jehyun blankly stared at Baekyung before quickly realizing the situation and covering his face with both hands. I’m drunk, fuck. Anticipating that his memory would soon black out, he let out a short sigh and leaned back against the chair’s backrest.6472a3fcf29fc20b

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Five hours earlier, 31597be303 Shin Jehyun had e1cf46a0f6 been led out 886c72bf23 of his home 6239bca010 by Seo Eunjae b83fbfc56f and had an 799de03c95 early meal at 27e72fe6d9 a tteokbokki restaurant. Seo Eunjae, 4e3a68196b having some b0d79dca00 conscience, had 8ec82415ca eaten food c6aa6c10a8 that Jehyun 41c752a00d liked.caafde4336935890

The story about his younger brother that he heard during the meal was nothing special. He had expected as much, but the news was so plain that he wanted to kick Seo Eunjae’s shin. It was simply that Jehyun’s young sister, Shin Jehee, wanted to see him.c7c09eacd89399ac

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After hearing that, Jehyun 3250eae1b3 made a phone call 6744ecce90 to her after a 6fc0a5b0c8 long time and promised 994b903299 to watch a movie 5b484dd462 together next weekend.74f87467a1b9657f

Afterward, instead ef25bf785d of going b027013281 home, he d4af3dc8e9 was dragged 831131ea2a to a bbcde860a0 bar by a38f68c72e Seo Eunjae. Having a drink or d5a7ef090c two of beer, his 33079756e8 mood lifted and he 0a27e0a025 started drinking soju, when b289b5185f suddenly the door opened 85df66afe0 and Ha Baekyung and 625dbcd6ba his colleagues entered.090d1679567958c2

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‘Fucking bastard.’ef02a6c52802168b

Thinking Seo Eunjae had made the seating arrangements without a word, he immediately cursed, but Seo Eunjae looked surprised too. And rightly so – new students had no reason to be at school before the semester had even started.61eb4cb9153c3800

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So when he asked, it turned out they had stopped by for a freshmen event at the humanities building and gathered with acquaintances. Explaining the situation while looking with sparkling eyes, they couldn’t just leave these young ones and go home.7f3ad59fab8e5551

The two eventually sat f56cbcdaff with the freshmen, and 832b74d1de the drinking session that 0663a0ea89 started then had now 2e4f936702 become the third round bb420b6425 at 3 AM.ca1c2011fbee40c1

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“Here’s some ice water.”ab2668487a3c97bb

“Yeah… thanks.”ff237dd60b6f0799

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Jehyun took the glass 906caac15f of water Baekyung handed 75166c44cc him. Drinking the d101923e16 water in b88978e25a one shot c207b5f867 with the 2f7fd2c187 clattering ice, 3e68e66124 and trying 27bd819d43 to cool a9302813cb the heat d27ab3e92b on his 69e3fb7733 cheeks with 7c59877a61 the cold 643c80d0fa glass, he 9409a1a5c1 saw Baekyung 8c837785cb sitting in 11fff45987 front of 2b59f0abce him, staring cb346e19b6 directly at dba77fc2c3 him.8fc2ea29a163f852

Ha Baekyung had the 444bb94477 same face as when cfe3f324ba they first met. His slightly smiling expression d66a566a66 was kind, and he 5aff14bfbd was still polite and d111d18e33 handsome. Jehyun, contrary to himself, ca76d12ec4 gazed at the neat, 13d1f71071 well-defined face before speaking.242a27ebd532bf97

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“Anyway… what did you just say?”a6e3a782b758d37f

He seemed to have been asked something just now, but couldn’t remember clearly. At that question, Baekyung went “Oh” and, folding his eyes in a smile, asked Jehyun:c963f3640de5a5ee

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“Do you play any games? Earlier, Seo Eunjae Sunbae seemed to be talking about some kind of spending? Something like that.”c1c36e037b57a352

“Games…?”73dda2d376f2c27e

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Seo Eunjae, you bastard. Seems like he’s unleashed his mouth again while drunk.4c6b609ded656163

Jehyun, however, shrugged as if he didn’t know. Staring intently at Baekyung’s eyes that looked pure and innocent, he answered:cafc1d5668c920e7

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“I don’t remember what Seo Eunjae said. Well, just take it lightly.”9e442ce1abbb8cc1

“What game are you playing?”0e3b042607b3940f

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His questioning face was quite serious. Though he knew it was his misunderstanding, the voice strangely felt familiar. Do handsome guys’ voices all sound similar? Maybe I heard it on TV.4ad130f9a58a3262

Jehyun, maintaining 9302790f64 eye contact 197fd7657c with Baekyung a52464c18b while propping 2b00642bb4 his chin, 3a90d13efa picked up bcb939fd2c the drink da1da3854b in front df833d17ac of him 001ec97f69 and took 247ff80a65 a sip aea61b8f34 of lemon 668d66584c soju before 7090232372 speaking:7f4c19ebbde3f816

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“Raterre.”43bf291962f08f65

Raterre was a game famous enough that even people not interested in gaming would have heard about it through news at least once. If you answer Caplet, people would ask “What’s that?” But if you say Raterre, 95 out of 100 people would go “Ah” and nod.3235d0cca5d497fa

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Jehyun always answered Raterre when someone asked if he played any games. It wasn’t because he was embarrassed of Caplet, but to prevent potential arguments with people who might ask if that game still existed.00d0d48ee41e2cba

“Oh, Raterre?”b596419e13712419

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Ha Baekyung’s reaction wasn’t much different. Tilting his head slightly and asking that way, he raised one corner of his mouth and swept his hair back with his hand. Lowering his eyes in that state, he soon picked up his glass and asked Jehyun again:aa9eee450874f7a8

“Asian server? I play Raterre too.”6535416c496c2708

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The tricky 113621cf1a part about 302f2443c5 mentioning Raterre 7b315b005e as a 7e1edddd40 cover was f87a8981f8 that because 7cd7a0b3e8 the game 81ec78bed5 was so 3a6431329b famous, many cffb546714 people played c4d9685ae0 it. Jehyun let out a cbeda061c4 forced laugh and deliberately dd22520cef frowned, rolling his eyes.85b1fd7c9e11d3ef

“Oh, what was it? Kentaros, right?”6644929c7b44bd77

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There was a set response in these situations. Mentioning the name of a notoriously unpopulated non-PVP server in Raterre, which operated servers across different continents. Usually, people’s interest in Jehyun would then die down. Most people thought Jehyun, who inhabited this boring server, was a passive player.eab4080afbffeb2a

Ha Baekyung also seemed disappointed, lowering his eyebrows at Jehyun’s answer.abe36e57231b461a

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“Kentaros? Sunbae, do you dislike PVP?”560cb5748751425e

“Yeah, I absolutely hate PVP… Fighting with people you don’t even know, trash-talking, isn’t that so childish? I’m not even good at that sort of thing.”5ccb7ffacc6e9635

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“I see.”ce305d2b1a31ebcf

Baekyung nodded, 8bda2b03cf raising his 95a3d7651e eyebrows at 96163859bc the seemingly fbc1f31af2 prepared response. Then, with a 97cf99de6c slight smile, he 6a81680850 added:1a9e7c96b21f6cee

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“You look like you’d be good at games, surprisingly.”62f85c671a532c18

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If this were a 344e6c1007 game, he would have 6fc097854a probably just typed a 91549c2471 single question mark in 64e0fcbeb9 the chat window. It was that 3d964569b2 absurd of a 87fc8a6577 statement.ebc8fb6cebbf935d

Though he was reluctant to admit it as a true gamer, the social perception of gamers wasn’t particularly good. Among men, saying someone looks like they’d be good at games was almost like a declaration of war.a36e8a9d84e8b69b

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“I look like I’d be good at games?”678be53328cd3954

“Yes. Very much so.”1ad6f7d96961ed55

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When he asked again, wondering if he’d misheard, Baekyung nodded with a clear laugh.7614033e3ab8420a

Though he had a bit of a ruffian-like impression, Jehyun was aware that he was handsome. So he couldn’t help but think, “Is this guy trying to pick a fight with me?”b157d281271a4796

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Shin Jehyun stared 343b55a19d intently at Baekyung, 3fb0c40f78 who was still b4a79c1164 smiling with his eb04881088 eyes folded, and 4a074f958a returned the compliment:89ac5e2cac2acd85

“Is that so. You look like you’d be really good at games too. Ha ha ha. Looking at you, you seem like a total gaming nerd, though that’s probably not true.”0b14b318f758daae

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“Oh, really? Thank you for the compliment.”9a420dc311a5a7e2

Baekyung smiled pleasantly at Jehyun’s comment. The slight suspicion that had risen began to subside.8f83cd5a5d740fec

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The fact that Baekyung laughed at the term “gaming nerd” suggested he didn’t know what it meant. Well, it was strange for such a handsome, social guy to be knowledgeable about games. He probably just tried Raterre because it was famous. Maybe he was interpreting “gaming nerd” as being technically skilled?61a5c90f924607e7

Jehyun, relaxing his guard at Baekyung’s innocent appearance, smiled and asked:8f89114410f64b50

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“So how long have you been playing Raterre? Have you played for a while?”5d13859f4f3a411f

“Actually, I just started. So I don’t know much yet. What about you, Sunbae?”ea3ba1a388eafb24

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“…Me too.”b76a731da0b46614

Just as he had suspected. Jehyun’s guess was correct.2bf26934fee59596

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Still, it was unexpected. He hadn’t thought such a clean-cut guy would play Raterre. It was probably because the game was so famous, but Jehyun felt a bit jealous that Raterre could draw in social butterflies, unlike Caplet, which was full of antisocial misfits.56f7f0097b101f6a

…No, Caplet, you’re an amazing game. Let’s not compare. Jehyun glanced at Baekyung, who was sipping water in front of him.b8c8682f4ba8806e

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Though this was only their second meeting, Ha Baekyung was a junior who had completely won Jehyun’s heart. From the glimpses of his personality and way of speaking to his politeness, there was nothing not to like. The fact that such a Baekyung played games suddenly made him curious.6536fe7ccd02caef

This guy… what would he be like on a keyboard? Jehyun, with his inhibitions lowered by alcohol, thought about how nice it would be to have such an obedient newbie in a Guild and cautiously spoke:39030d0c04073bb2

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“…Don’t you play any games other than Raterre? Like AOS games such as ‘Legendary Battle’ or ‘Surveillance Network’, or… what was it? Caplet? I heard there’s something like that.”4cde1648ccc41537

This should d548dfbce7 be vague 47470fa826 enough, right? At his 26d9184292 somewhat mixed f0d86eff54 question, Ha d5cf5742e6 Baekyung slightly 83b61ba955 raised the 233047a7d8 corner of 8dab1a4cf0 his mouth 1a4bb3c47b and looked 8406f15bba at Jehyun.6674600905d306be

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“Caplet?”44b29db52a1df485

“Yeah, wasn’t there something like that…? It was really popular when I was a freshman. I’m not playing now, but I played it briefly back then… Do kids these days not know about it?”01a5a9b6326875fd

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Jehyun’s expression was incredibly natural. It was like parents asking their children about a trendy item from 10 years ago that suddenly popped into their head.46d43702416e9d71

It might seem a bit old-fashioned, but that’s precisely what would make it seem natural. Jehyun thought smugly and observed Baekyung’s reaction. And Baekyung’s response was…6dd9ebe1af06e0cd

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“Sunbae, who plays such a dead game these days.”092f9c14fc7171ca

He had hit Jehyun’s sore spot. The derogatory term “dead game” about Caplet made Jehyun stop moving.35a6164b9c35d855

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No matter 7bb966b246 how much dedd75c0d5 Jehyun hated be55065851 Ahn Yiyoung 186c456035 and cursed 9291e2cdf4 the game 32ea12b649 dozens of 8b2567e9ef times a 5d1104da1f day, he fdb37f9193 loved Caplet. Although the management was b08fe2aea4 trash, it had serious c769409d43 lag, and updates were 03c42e9c49 terrible, to Jehyun, there 744cad1dbd was no game more 4aec17fb12 fun than Caplet.0c6dc23306c247cd

But to call a173bc7900 it a completely 6c1e5aaadf dead game? Jehyun bit his lip c430521e9c momentarily, then responded to f120218cf0 Baekyung a beat late.5761b13860b047f9

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“Baekyung, isn’t it harsh to call it a dead game? Dozens, hundreds of people probably worked hard to create this game. To call it a dead game… You should use more considerate language…”f6167b0589a986fb

“You’re right, that was a bit harsh. But isn’t it actually dead?”c2aaf9400fc08df7

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Though he had tried 0fae13e95a to speak softly, Ha 0fbe614523 Baekyung lowered his eyebrows ee19f13a8a as if acknowledging his fc90dcc498 mistake, then once again 0a8b12e930 provoked Jehyun.2efca2dbf4f95b51

“It’s not dead. It’s probably still in service, right?”ab24ab25c50cbd39

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Jehyun, who couldn’t tolerate spreading false rumors, countered:995fce90b01a8bf9

“It’s just a figurative expression. We say a game is dead if it can’t even make the top 50 in PC room rankings.”07a66048b5cd96fc

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“Do you have to play games only in PC rooms? Many people play at home. Determining a game’s success or failure by PC room occupancy is an incredibly narrow-minded perspective.”b84092e765c3b76e

“There’s a saying about seeing the trees for the forest. Other games show similar patterns in PC room occupancy and player numbers. It’s unlikely Caplet would be the only exception. With such user numbers, isn’t ‘dead’ the only word that could describe Caplet?”96b89dadb47edac1

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“Why not describe it differently? The users are rare. Players are as scarce as beans in a drought. Caplet users have a certain rarity. In other words, they’re numerous. Didn’t you see it that way? You use such negative language expressions.”3a240356db7622e7

“…….”57f90a2c1776c030

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At Jehyun’s irritated retort, Ha Baekyung suddenly closed his mouth and then burst into laughter. Ha ha, his clear laughter rang in Jehyun’s ears.351722bdfc1b239c

He’s laughing? Is this funny?cb8dfe5b15074ff0

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Jehyun narrowed his eyes and glared at Ha Baekyung. Just as he was about to say “Take back calling it a dead game” and forgetting that he was drunk and making a scene, Seo Eunjae returned with some juniors.97165ab951cd9c2d

“What’s so funny? You two have been in a great mood since earlier. Is someone hitting on someone?”db5d28e14fc10ecb

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Shin Jehyun’s alcohol-saturated mind was quite unstable. His attention quickly shifted to Seo Eunjae. They say gays only see gays, and Seo Eunjae’s constant nonsense seemed suspicious. Jehyun narrowed his eyes and suspiciously looked at Seo Eunjae before responding:1bc0d56f51c092b9

“Obviously me. Your turn is next.”d8c94f36aac55c36

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“You don’t know your place, Shin Jehyun. If you want to hit on me, take a number.”a7787cee2634c2e1

Jehyun’s positivity was met with mockery by Seo Eunjae. Somewhat drunk, the trivial conversation seemed amusing. What ticket number does Seo Eunjae have? While Jehyun was giggling, Baekyung, who was also laughing at their conversation, chimed in.543857e56542be36

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“Sunbae, there won’t be a next time. If you date me, we have to get married. I’m a premarital chastity advocate.”756386bec213278e

Jehyun, who was half out of his mind with his chin propped up, looked back at Baekyung with a smile in his eyes. As they say, old habits die hard – his social butterfly tendencies from his freshman year that nearly got him addicted to alcohol were starting to emerge.ee5aec41c956f22f

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Jehyun looked at Baekyung, 5629233cde who naturally accepted his 49f2d5db74 joke, and stretched his 132b1be942 lips into a smile.2ce4814a504c9d37

“Oh, really? That won’t do. That’s a bit burdensome.”0942142929aa1cfb

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“Hey, damn it. If it’s Baekyung, you should be saying thank you. What nonsense are you talking about burden?”bf5d55cdf50025d5

“Is that so? Oh, right. That’s too generous.”e02659456d59543c

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Jehyun was laughing softly, with Ha Baekyung’s previous comments about Caplet being completely forgotten. He seemed immersed in the continuous funny conversation, giggling.cb845613fc6c0aef

Then he said to 54640ed0f0 Baekyung in a light a521d329e3 voice:f45e11f19f4317ee

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“Call me if you want to take me as a hyung. Got it?”1268af2a72d791c4

“Jehyun, can I throw up?”8c60f67e5a58c384

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Seo Eunjae’s counter-question made everyone laugh again. Shin Jehyun, with the boundaries between reason and unreason completely blurred, was letting out a bizarre laugh.16167c24ba9a7f96

“Ah, damn, is this guy drunk? Hey guys, Jehyun’s lost his memory tonight. Since Jehyun’s paying for drinks tonight, eat a lot, okay?”5a1df6c5e20e8704

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“Wooow! I’m still hungry!”cc1950e8f54fd83f

Realizing that Jehyun was completely drunk, Seo Eunjae took out Jehyun’s card at the opportune moment. The drinking session continued for a long time, and at some point, Jehyun completely blacked out and forgot the memories of that night.581537ba1f787ac0

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The semester was 1d6f9ce7e8 about to start. Shin Jehyun, who 93d6cfdfb4 had successfully completed 9e33d4ab11 course registration with 6afcf39f6f Seo Eunjae, was 12d7bc5b62 doing a work fbc8f890e0 quest while preparing 51a19590f8 for the server 25a933cf43 integration that would 27ce92a3fa happen with the 88307f8cec start of the 4038390bcd semester.2ea2591ffbc78111

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Damn server lag. Jehyun, who ed78438715 was cursing ed74b4ce83 Caplet out 87df595733 of habit, 66242f58af suddenly looked 4122fba793 at the 32b7d189e2 corner of 822c9990df the chat 2df7aa779a screen where b53eec192d a message 6573012300 had appeared.29a5195c2934590e

[Guild] Contempt: I went to the other server using a blood relative ID, and it seems like Hell and Four Heavenly Kings are just passing 50,000 guild points. Aren’t our people better?

[Guild] Habaek: Both have server field raids and are monopolizing, their activity is maxed out so the points are high. When they come to our server, we’ll max out, so the points won’t differ much.

[Guild] Habaek: Think of it as stealing 30,000 points from them.

[Guild] Habaek: The problem is raising alt characters, but everyone raises at least one per week anyway.

[Guild] Healer: Yeah, no need to worry much. Our points were low because we couldn’t even capture fields so far.

[Guild] Healer: We’ll win if someone who’s really good at stealing gets field points.

[Guild] Habaek: Thanks for the compliment? Vice Guild Master^^

[Guild] Healer: Why are you scared when there’s a genuine game character thief?

[Guild] Habaek: Haha, feeling embarrassed being told that by a legend of the game character world?

Could I laugh like that in front of someone about to hit me? Jehyun was staring at Habaek’s chat irritably when suddenly a strange sense of déjà vu made him furrow his brow.fd4771621df44061

It seemed like something similar had happened before. Someone who had accepted an unbelievable compliment as if it were genuine… who was it?5632d8f580fdabc4

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But no matter f35d81bb0d how much he c22be6ec64 thought, no face 875d2be73c came to mind. Was he eaf3751c96 mistaking Habaek 2721992f4f for someone? Jehyun stared d11194df31 at the 4daf1632d6 black-robed character c0c6a3742c standing next 0d764e0c2d to him c097ccddad before shaking 440d9b1796 his head d6a5fcf4b2 to clear 9d21b51d96 his thoughts 17a5af3e58 and checked 4b9a135e73 the time.275188ba860f0e2f

8:25 PM. The field a3889a70f2 raid monster 26c9329cfd would respawn 1b2f259466 soon.2ab1b790d8f6423f

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[Guild] Healer: Come to the fortress at 8:30

[Guild] Healer: Fire resistance potion is mandatory

[Guild] SpellChecker: Understood.

[Guild] Contempt: Yesㅇ-<-<..

[Guild] Healer: But how are there only 4 people online after merging the Guild?

[Guild] Contempt: We need to gather more.. 8ㅅ8..

[Guild] Habaek: We’ll see after the server merger^^

[Guild] Healer: Then aren’t we going to lose the first page of the rankings?

[Guild] Healer: Just thinking about it makes me angry

Maintaining Guild 8cca2304b6 ranking #1 fa4eb6f0be for 4 1cb373c7a3 weeks would ec935ffce8 allow them 5bab35cdfc to plant 2930c29238 their Guild 1c66621f79 flag in 6474b760ee the Guild 1194e42c26 House Hall 3ef4fc202a of Fame. In front of 08c5cda5a6 the Hall of 0a9358d333 Fame, there was 6c0c6e1326 a history book 9b85cdb6f6 where the names 6001db3a8e of Guilds that 48230bdc54 had been ranked 445f69c2ae #1 for more 262dda047c than 4 weeks 00931f2702 were recorded.1a2ae1d706d7a0a1

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In the history book of the Countess server, there was humorously only one Guild name registered. It was Guild DK, which existed in the server’s early days.869a006fbb17a970

After DK, no 97a023fc76 Guild had ever cb8646b9ee ascended to the 843f570f92 Hall of Fame. For over 4 years, ae61520b0d Jangji and Neungdong had 1b52adb6c3 been constantly competing, resulting 6f09d1cba9 in no Guild maintaining c0520e7a4a rankings for more than 40d7d54d52 4 weeks. This instantly 56c5497c66 explained how b8ccd6c89e much these f9d74dccdb two Guilds 354a1e8861 had been 9bf9f58b1b checking each 97d90300f2 other.a47e75081557a48d

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To get on the first page of the Hall of Fame, we’ll need to recruit new members, right? Jehyun thought, and clicked the alt tab to enter the Caplet Vendor with the screen minimized.2d07e88352247313

38 new posts. The game’s community board was bustling lately. With the news of Flex’s cast acquisition confirmed, new users were now flowing into Caplet.1d6b4eca0d9189f3

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Hi, I’m a newbie. Which server should I go to? Is Countess okay?41ce98d15d74d61f

No response.66dc784ebcba5abf

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Anonymous1: Countess d98a620a8d Party takes 388e3a8d27 1 hour 7553a6e06d to form; 9f2c086691 go to 4eea9f6494 Collin or d660d126cb Malberick.b0cc1bef7107616e

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└ Oh, is 9c73bb9a3f that the city 9f776e5d2a server? Thanks.cdc484dd7cc16023

Anonymous2: Yeah, Collin/Malberick 19d047da2a usually takes 20-30 124012d7ef mins.1544ba35fe6c2c58

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└ ..? Difference between 3e1821c37d town and 1c15dc8861 county? Are there people? How do 116ab3112c I form 6176c99ae5 a Party?2863549962992fc0

Of course, 5c12b52479 the Countess 0dc9aec035 server was 788cb2d3d2 not even 93bc406ceb a minimal a6d3b10da0 consideration for cdb7153124 newbies.d6df22caa595e6ad

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Asking on the community board would only get responses calling it a “shit server”, and even if a newbie created a level 1 character, seeing the empty starting point would make them silently delete the character. In this gloomy Countess server, no newbies could be found.84117f32ed2be34e

While new users 929aff02e4 were flowing into d575e37f80 other servers, the 81acbb62e4 low-level zones of 87e9ab53c0 Countess still contained d6f2055052 only veteran players 8d3bed6645 raising alt characters 00b43a7d2f to increase Guild 5705fd9e20 points. The Guild master e85998e75c had posted a d1ba30903f recruitment notice, but 076c4e5afc there was no 2f5505b4ae response.87a9b1c8cf8c3e16

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[Detailed Guild Recruitment Post from Countess Guild, highlighting top-ranking players like Healer, Habaek, Contempt, SpellChecker, Sangjae, and BeoseotTangsuYuk, and listing recruitment conditions]

Naturally, the 821cedecfd response was 3bd5c8efa3 not particularly ef93a0ccb1 good.ef70ffdb5cd88cf9

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Anonymous1: Oh! I hear d948d83fbe there are 4da25cf1a1 crazy gamers 6eee3cc425 who are beeb28f340 merging with 22b49c30a9 random Guilds 0a097d8ed7 during server 285a39ba68 integration!dcf94ccb1036ac1e

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Anonymous2: I’m seriously curious what they’re thinking… How can they suddenly think about merging Guilds after spending 4 years constantly fighting each other? What the hell, when I sometimes see their battle chat, they weren’t even friends, so how can they think about merging Guilds???4ae62910c0a32ae6

└ Gamers’ minds can’t be understood by normal people.780e51b678b66603

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└ No, I’m a game player, and they seem to be on a different level.96a07fa553125c67

└ It’s fucking hilarious. But they’ve always been fighting in battlefields and rankings while secretly raising alt characters and running dungeons together.ca9164a552e8f3c0

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└ That’s what you have to do to play in a shit server.47564b6026929c1e

Anonymous3: Casts really messed 37c3787586 up this time.0eaf73a36a68eed0

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└ Yeah, 970203e78a Yiyoung needs 37569a7e99 to fix feda192e62 this.d636bfc12fa2f475

└ These are the 6858e5bc1c monsters Ahn Yiyoung created.76e49342aa374cb2

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Anonymous4: Will 5a0ef31156 we even aa7306285f want to ff59cfe6cb run dungeons 93353d0d73 together? Amazing.1ef8cc8dad8c149d

Anonymous5: It’s not even incomprehensible lol. Imagine if China, Japan, and Korea suddenly decided to merge, or if North and South Korea picked sides.d35c1a16100e524f

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└ Damn, this doesn’t make any sense either lol.1870dd87a9492286

└ I really didn’t want to understand gamer logic, but now I kind of get it…d8a5952750e53f4e

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Anonymous6: The enemy Guild’s name is total crap;;80a790effe91198f

└ For bd47aadc86 real, what c039aa0ddf kind of b5938edfc8 name is 599bb14e5a that? Is this the Countess 433acdedf6 Alumni Association? lol37c22d26f9aced29

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