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Afterward, Jehyun caused the party to retry about five times. When they wiped three times, Habaek suggested that he try infiltrating instead, but Jehyun refused. It wasn’t just because he didn’t like the idea of pushing his responsibilities onto someone else—it was also because he felt confident that with a bit more effort, he could reach the Spirit Stone within the three-minute time limit.

“Ah, this is driving me crazy.”

The real problem, however, lay in Shin Jehyun’s impatient nature. Even when he arrived with plenty of time to spare, the sight of the Spirit Stone in front of him made him rush. Just one more step, and then another—and he’d end up getting caught by Anakia. It could have been as simple as taking it slow and steady, but that was far easier said than done for Shin Jehyun.

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“Sorry, I’ll give it another go. Let’s take a five-minute break.”

With a sigh, Jehyun set down his headset. He ruffled his hair in frustration, stood up, and checked the time. Quite a bit of it had passed, yet they were still stuck on the first boss.

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After doing some quick mental calculations, he grabbed one of the candies he had set out earlier and popped it into his mouth. As he drank some cold water from the dispenser, he thought of his cute junior.

What was really pressuring Shin Jehyun wasn’t just the tight time limit. It was also the thought that he needed to clear the dungeon by 9:30 to watch a movie for his assignment. This looming deadline only added to his stress.

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It’ll work out, right? It wasn’t even a brand-new dungeon, so he had deliberately budgeted a shorter clearing time. Now, though, he realized how naive that had been. He started to worry that he might owe Baekyung an apology and puffed out his cheeks slightly as he drank water before returning to his seat.

When he checked the chat window, he saw a private message from Habaek. He remembered he had unmuted Habaek to discuss siege position assignments.

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[Whisper] Habaek: If it’s too much, I’ll just do it.

[Whisper] Habaek: We’re not grinding ranks here. We’re just trying for a first clear, right?

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[Whisper] Habaek: Feels like dragging it out like this is pointless.

How could someone infuriate you so thoroughly with just three lines? Habaek was efficiency-obsessed, always going on about optimal play, and his words grated on Jehyun’s nerves. Jehyun glared at the chat with a cold expression before typing a response.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: No, I’ll do it.

[Whisper] To Habaek: I’ll clear it this time.

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[Whisper] Habaek: LOL, how about betting your guild leader position on it? ^^

[Whisper] To Habaek: Fine. If I fail again because of me, I’ll hand it back to Noona.

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[Whisper] Habaek: Give it to me instead.

[Whisper] To Habaek: Screw off.

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It seemed like Habaek had his eye on the guild leader position. He had mentioned something about taking the deputy leader role before. Jehyun clicked his tongue in annoyance and stretched.

This time, he had to succeed. He slapped his cheeks lightly for focus and popped a lollipop into his mouth for a sugar boost. As the five-minute break ended, he started the buffs and checked the team’s readiness.

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“Anyone not here?”

All the characters shuffled slightly, signaling they were present. After confirming, Jehyun started the countdown and entered the dungeon after activating his skill.

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He used Party Rescue to take the debuff from Contempt and then moved his character straight into Anakia’s Nest. Controlling his character fluidly, Jehyun navigated through the densely packed eggs. Reaching the corridors in record time, he took a deep breath and began moving carefully according to the rules.

Slowly, Jehyun, damn it, slowly.

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He repeated this mantra to himself over and over. Remembering his new motto, Rush and you’ll die, he moved with deliberate caution, pressing WASD.

“Heading to the Nest.”

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Finally arriving at Anakia’s lair, Jehyun gave a briefing and began carefully approaching the Spirit Stone behind Anakia. Playing a game of Red Light, Green Light, he froze every time Anakia opened her eyes.

Matgom: 15%. Where are you?

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“I’m in front of the Spirit Stone.”

Contempt: Oh, looks like we might clear it this time? 13% now.

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Boss: Let’s move to the second boss. 12. 11.

At the moment Boss announced 11%, Jehyun quickly pressed F to interact with the Spirit Stone. The grayish stone began to glow white, triggering a cutscene on the monitor.

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Contempt: No berserk! It’s down to 8%!

Jehyun let out a deep sigh of relief as he watched the cutscene. The Spirit Stone glowed white, emitting a clear blue shockwave that dispersed the black energy from Anakia’s back. The shockwave continued past Anakia, reaching the berserk spirit beyond the walls.

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The terrifying, grotesque spirit was subdued by the wave. Standing still, it shattered under the heroes’ attacks, disappearing into fragments. Then, the screen darkened. When the cutscene ended, Jehyun’s character was teleported to the spirit’s location.

“Ha….”

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Picking up the soul-bound enhancement stone dropped by the berserk spirit, Jehyun let out a long breath before issuing a firm command.

“Let’s head to the second boss quickly.”

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There was no time to rest. Two more bosses remained. Leading the way, he moved toward the next location.

The boss following the berserk spirit was Anakia’s Guard Captain, who would appear if infiltrators were detected and instantly wipe the party. In lower-difficulty dungeons, it was the first boss.

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The Guard Captain used teleportation and unleashed party-wiping skills upon arrival, requiring quick reactions. He also frequently used sustained damage moves and dealt heavy damage with basic attacks, demanding careful monitoring of the tank.

The Insane Guard Captain.

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The title had changed. What new mechanics were waiting this time? Jehyun stared at the Guard Captain and refreshed his buffs.

“Let’s go.”

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The Guardian Commander had two new patterns. One was casting consecutive annihilation skills.

Before teleporting, the Guardian Commander would use Space Rift. A long spear would graze the left side, opening a space on the right. Characters within that range would be teleported to the Guardian Commander’s rear-right. Immediately after, the Commander would teleport to the left-front, casting an annihilation skill in all areas except within a 3-meter radius. If a character couldn’t reach the Commander within two seconds of the damage activation, they would die.

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Those hit by Space Rift and teleported were afflicted with a movement speed reduction debuff, making survival nearly impossible for characters with limited mobility. In the Overload version, Space Rift was cast consecutively, so even characters with two or more escape skills could die with a slight misstep.

“Left.”

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At Jehyun’s briefing, the Guardian Commander’s marble spear grazed past where the Healer had been standing, carving a semi-circle. Dodging the spear in place with a sidestep, a black hole appeared on the right in the same semi-circular shape.

No characters were teleported this time. As soon as the black hole disappeared, all party members rushed to the Guardian Commander’s left-front position, where the Commander would soon teleport. In a flash of light, the Commander appeared, and spears rained down from the ceiling and floor across the area, sparing only the 3-meter safety zone.

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The sight of translucent, milky-white marble spears raining down was breathtaking, but for the players, it was nothing more than a resource-heavy, lag-inducing nuisance. Clicking his tongue, Jehyun dashed back toward the Guardian Commander, who had returned to its starting position.

“Ah, damn it. Right!”

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As Jehyun ran, the Guardian Commander’s spear aimed to the right, signaling that a black hole would appear on the left—where Jehyun and the party members were running. The mobile classes immediately used their skills to get out of range, and even the slower Contempt stopped moving to avoid the black hole’s area.

The only one caught in the black hole was Jehyun.

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Just my luck. Smirking, Jehyun used a burst move to rush toward the Guardian Commander as soon as he was teleported to the rear-left. The annihilation skill was already marked in red on the ground, and he couldn’t reach the safe zone in time, but that didn’t matter.

Using Rescue.

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[Party] Habaek: ?

Habaek has died.

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[Party] Habaek: What are you doing?

Just before the annihilation skill hit, Jehyun smoothly used Rescue to swap places with Habaek, who was safely in the safe zone. Habaek dropped right into the middle of the spear rain and died instantly, causing Jehyun to stifle a laugh.

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“Oops, wrong target.”

In parties with Priests, this kind of substitution in emergencies was a common tactic. Given the difficulty of recovery if a Priest died, there was no other choice.

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However, Habaek, having only ever played Enhancement Shaman, had likely never experienced such a sudden death. Imagining Habaek’s bewilderment, Jehyun couldn’t hold back his laughter.

Contempt→ Isn’t Hyung laughing a bit too hard?

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Boss→ Ahahahaha!

“No, it’s just… his reaction must’ve been priceless.”

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Fearing Habaek might explode in anger, Jehyun bit his lip to suppress his laughter. Eventually, he explained the situation.

“In Priest parties, this is how it’s done in a pinch. If I die, recovery gets much harder.”

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[Party] Habaek: What about Resurrection Privilege?

[Party] Habaek: Did you just throw that out the window?

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“You save that for when it’s absolutely necessary.”

Priests had a new skill, Resurrection Privilege, which allowed them to instantly revive a designated party member without any delay. Jehyun responded to Habaek’s complaint as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, then moved to the center of the map to revive the fallen Habaek. After reviving him, Jehyun cast buffs and apologized once more.

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“Sorry?”

It was an insincere apology, delivered in Jehyun’s typical style. He then refocused on the raid.

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Fortunately, the Guardian Commander’s new patterns—consecutive annihilation skills and summoning five minions at the last 10% HP—were the only differences. Although the minions were strong, Jehyun, who had experience handling 100 minions under Ansius in Mallorca’s Tomb, found managing five to be a trivial task.

While Jehyun kited the five minions, the party swiftly drained the Guardian Commander’s HP, clearing the second boss in a single attempt.

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The real problem arose with the final boss, Anakia.

“Damn it, Yiyoung…!”

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The dungeon reset upon wiping to Anakia, throwing them back to square one.

This had never happened before. Not even Caplet, known for its harsh mechanics, had implemented such a ridiculous and trashy system where failing at the third boss meant restarting from the first.

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But what was this? The guild members, staring silently at the enraged spirit standing proudly in its place, were at a loss for words. Even Jehyun couldn’t speak, his lips tightly shut.

“…This must be a bug, right?”

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After a long silence, Jehyun finally spoke, but no one responded.

It was understandable, given the message that had appeared after the party wipe.

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Anakia has once again fallen into a deep slumber. The synchronization of the Spirit’s Resting Place is being reset.

The wording was eerily similar to when the enraged spirit had first appeared. No matter how they read it, it seemed to suggest the dungeon reset was intentional.

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What kind of nonsense system is this? Jehyun stared blankly at his monitor in disbelief. Remembering the Caplet forum, he alt-tabbed to check the community.

However, the forum had no mentions of the dungeon reset, likely because no one else had reached this stage yet.

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“Is the Cast address still Shinyoungsamro 37?”

“They dared to give me a stealth quest?”

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“I’m heading over right now, Yiyoung^^.”

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Anonymous 1: This trash quest? Making us repeat an already broken dungeon? Unreal.

Guardian, seriously. Dying from phantom hits that didn’t even connect. I’m so pissed.

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Why reuse main story mechanics in a dungeon? What a garbage update.

Any stealth tips? This quest is two years old, and I can’t find anything. All the guides are gone. When are we supposed to stop before Anakia wakes up?

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Anonymous 1: When its eyelids tremble.

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└ Can you even see that? It’s so far from the entrance. By the time I think, “Is it now?” it’s already awake. Damn it.

Anonymous 2: Can’t see it? Time for eye surgery, old man.

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The forum was abuzz with stealth tips, but nothing about the third boss. No parties seemed to have reached that stage yet, leaving Jehyun with no new information.

Realizing they’d have to figure it out themselves, Jehyun sighed deeply and spoke in a weary voice.

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“Let’s start over…”

Matgom→ Yes…

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Boss→ Oh no, I’m dying here.

Everyone was exhausted from this unprecedented situation. The thought of having to restart from the first boss every time they wiped on the third added immense pressure. Among them, Jehyun, who had to deal with the stealth mechanic, felt the most overwhelmed.

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It felt like a stone was weighing down his chest, but they couldn’t give up. Silently reequipping his patience, Jehyun cast his buffs and prepared to begin again.

Thankfully, having gone through it a few times, it wasn’t too hard. Pushing his endurance to the limit, Jehyun cleared the first stealth section without trouble, defeated the Guardian Commander, and returned to Anakia in 20 minutes.

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Standing before the final boss again, his anxiety began to rise. Knowing that failing again would mean restarting from the beginning, he steeled himself and gave the command.

“Let’s not make mistakes this time.”

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Boss→ Yes, yes.

Contempt→ Okay…

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Enraged Anakia had an attack speed and damage 1.5 times faster than in the Overflow dungeon.

Anakia resembled a dragon but had feathers, giving it a bird-like appearance. Its moveset included five basic attack patterns, an unavoidable area skill, minion summons, and a shield. With each phase, its attack speed increased, making the fight progressively harder.

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This increase in speed meant dodge timings, already narrow at 0.1–0.3 seconds, varied with each phase. For robe-wearing characters, even one hit was fatal, while light-armor characters were left near death. This made the clear difficulty extremely high.

Transitioning from Overflow to Overload added several unexpected changes to Anakia’s patterns, to the point where it felt like a completely different dungeon. It was now clear why Cast had excluded these patterns from the Overflow update.

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“Stay away from enraged Anakia!”

Anakia roared, raising its long, feathered tail toward the sky. Jehyun used a movement skill to get closer to Anakia’s body while issuing a briefing.

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“Tail spin incoming. Stick close.”

Before he even finished speaking, Anakia’s tail began spinning like a propeller, sweeping the area around it. Jehyun, seeing the razor-sharp feathers carve into the ground, immediately dodged and moved away from Anakia. The boss then leapt into the air and slammed back down, creating small flaming patches around its landing zone. These flames dealt continuous damage and didn’t extinguish.

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Matgom→ I’ll move it.

“Okay.”

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Since the flames persisted for five minutes, repositioning was necessary whenever they appeared. As Matgom pulled Anakia to the side, Jehyun moved away from the nest center in preparation for the minion phase.

“Get away from enraged Anakia!”

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“Minions of Anakia, protect me…”

At 90% HP, Anakia curled up, a translucent dome-shaped barrier forming around it. Simultaneously, small doors in the nest’s ceiling opened, releasing dozens of explosive elementals.

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As soon as Jehyun activated self-healing, the explosive spirits—programmed to target the first entity that drew their aggro—darted straight toward him.

Activating self-healing.

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HP has been restored.

Activating God’s Steps.

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The speed at which the spirits flew was almost like that of missiles. With their incredible velocity, Jehyun kept a close eye on them as he used quick-step to move to the opposite side of Anakia’s shield. The spirits, rushing at Jehyun, collided with Anakia’s shield with loud explosions, causing cracks to form.

As the party members continued their relentless attacks, the semi-transparent shield soon shattered and dispersed.

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“Careful.”

At that moment, Jehyun immediately activated retreat.

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Activating retreat.

Resisted condensed energy.

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Inflicted 211,483 damage on Anakia.

Contempt has died.

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SpellChecker has died.

[Party] Contempt: Ah ㅠㅅㅠ I forgot

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It was the wide-area explosion pattern triggered after the newly introduced shield from the over-saturation phase—a mechanic that had wiped out the party earlier. Right after evading the explosion, Jehyun dashed to where SpellChecker had fallen and cast resurrection on him. Once SpellChecker sprang to his feet, Jehyun healed and buffed him, then pulled the boss, Anakia, away to rescue their teammate. He then ran to Contempt to cast resurrection again.

The party quickly regrouped and resumed their assault on Anakia. Dodging the ceaseless barrage of basic and wide-area attacks brought them into phase two. While party members continued to fall, there was no dungeon time limit, and Jehyun managed to survive long enough for Anakia’s health to steadily dwindle despite the slow pace.

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The real difficulty began when they entered phase three.

Frenzied Anakia: Go away!

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Frenzied Anakia: Children, protect me…

In phase two, explosive spirits appeared from two locations; in phase three, they emerged from three. By this point, it became challenging to manage their directions. To destroy all three groups of spirits at once, Jehyun needed to enter the shield, but that wasn’t feasible.

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Each explosive spirit dealt 500,000 damage, and each group consisted of 20 spirits, totaling 10 million damage. Together, the three groups could deal 30 million damage, shattering the shield.

Although there was no time limit for the boss, failing to break the shield within 30 seconds resulted in a party wipe, creating a dire situation.

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Frenzied Anakia: Go away!

Frenzied Anakia: Children, protect me…

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Activating retreat.

Activating God’s Steps.

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Inflicted 500,000 damage on an explosive spirit.

Inflicted 500,000 damage on an explosive spirit.

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Inflicted 500,000 damage on an explosive spirit.

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Contempt has died.

Boss12MoreHours has died.

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Habaek has died.

“Ah…”

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To eliminate all three groups attacking from 12 o’clock, 4 o’clock, and 8 o’clock simultaneously, precise angle adjustments were necessary. Even a slight misposition caused the spirits to miss the boss.

The immense explosive damage instantly killed the DPS players, and Jehyun also fell. Staring at the darkened screen, Jehyun kept his mouth shut.

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Matgom → Sorry.

“No, no. It was my mistake.”

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Matgom → No, I positioned wrong.

To handle the explosive spirits more efficiently, SpellChecker, the tank, needed to position properly to lure all three groups simultaneously. The problem was that Matgom’s class was a swordsman.

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Unlike a lancer, who defends and evades in place, the swordsman class relied on numerous evasion skills to confront the boss. Naturally, this meant they couldn’t hold the boss in place like a lancer could. The boss’s attention often shifted, and there were instances where the boss would quickly follow after Matgom during his evasion or charge timing.

As a result, Matgom unintentionally shifted positions, preventing Jehyun from successfully luring all the explosive spirits. When Matgom apologized, Jehyun shook his head, denied it, and clicked the revive button.

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Without a savior’s privilege and with Matgom being unable to resurrect Jehyun alone, they had to reset the dungeon once again.

“What’s everyone doing for dinner?”

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Though frustrated, Jehyun checked the time and asked over the mic. It was already past six.

Boss → Eating bread.

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Contempt → Wow, same. I bought a sandwich earlier.

Matgom → I’ll pass. Can’t eat well during times like this.

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“Habaek?”

[Party] Habaek: I have to head out later, so no time.

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[Party] Habaek: Let’s just speedrun?

“What? When do you have to leave?”

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[Party] Habaek: At nine.

Hearing that, Jehyun frowned. They had three hours until Habaek needed to leave.

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Jehyun had about 20 more minutes, but once Habaek left, that would be the end. Would they be able to break the boss before then? The thought of having to start the infiltration all over again made him feel frustrated. Nodding, Jehyun immediately announced the restart.

“Then let’s go right away.”

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Time was tight.

“Capital Studio” announces completion of innovative construction method development

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News has come from Capital Studio under Flex that they have developed new technology.

On March 16th, Capital Studio applied a new technology called “Regression” to Caplet, a method that had never been attempted in other online games.

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Users’ reactions to the “Regression” method have been enthusiastic. On the Caplet community site, Caplet Vendor, there are comments like “Yiyoung, you idiot, I hope you regress back to your military training days,” “Not just the dungeon, I want my life back before I met this shitty game, regress me back you assholes,” and “I wish Yiyoung would regress back before getting paid, haha” showing their excitement.

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Anonymous1: Hahahahahahaha, this is so funny.

└ Actually, it’s not funny…

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Anonymous2: The more I think about it, it’s ridiculous. What kind of crazy people make us go back to the first phase if we die at the third phase? I wish they’d think a bit before doing things.

└ If Ahn Yiyoung had thought, they wouldn’t have made something like Caplet.

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└ This guy is cursing like crazy but enjoying it more than anyone else, haha.

└ Who’s enjoying? I’m deleting the client right now;

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Anonymous3: I’m losing my mind with this infinite infiltration.

Anonymous4: We just gave up, haha. We couldn’t do it anymore. We’ll do it when a proper strategy for the 3rd phase is out.

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└ 222 I also just left…

Anonymous5: From today, I hate moths.

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Anonymous6: I thought I was going crazy because of the spirit monsters, but they made us catch them again, so I just cursed and disbanded the party, haha.

Anonymous7: I wonder if they’ve cleared Kante and Jicheonwang yet?

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└ Yeah, Jicheonwang is in the 3rd phase now.

└ I wonder who’ll be the Perkel, haha. LoveCool cleared Kante, so let’s have Jicheonwang take care of the spirits.

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└ They’re streaming it right now, go check it out.

└ Where’s it being streamed?

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└ [Link]

At 8:30 PM, Jehyun stood in front of the first boss again. During a short break, he checked out the Caplet Vendor. Unlike before, there seemed to be parties entering the 3rd phase, and the vendor was in an uproar due to the dungeon reset. After seeing many posts criticizing Ahn Yiyoung and Capital Studio, Jehyun laughed and clicked on a link to Jicheonwang’s stream. He was curious about how far they had progressed since he already knew the patterns.

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Boss → Jicheonwang is streaming?

Contempt → Huh, really? What phase are they in?

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It seemed that Jehyun wasn’t the only one checking out the vendor, as Boss soon brought up the news of Jicheonwang’s stream. Jehyun accessed the stream on his phone and started his buffs. After the buffs were finished, he saw Jicheonwang’s party facing off against the 3rd phase boss.

Boss → 3rd phase… it’s phase 3.

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Anakia’s health was at 27%, about the same point where Jehyun’s party had wiped. Jehyun, not wanting to believe it, checked their party composition.

Jicheonwang’s tank was F3, a lancer who could stabilize the boss and deal damage by pinning Anakia to the wall. The healer was a spirit master (F2), and the damage dealers were Time Thief Yella (F1), an illusionist, and Dark Sorcerer Iljik Chasa. It was an extremely light and high-damage composition.

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As a result, F2, the spirit master, was clearly struggling.

Jehyun frowned as he saw F2 fall after failing to lure the explosive spirits. If only they had a priest instead of a spirit master… he thought, shaking his head and trying to dismiss the thought before speaking.

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“Looks like they wiped. Let’s clear it this time. I’ll handle the healing, Matgom, just make sure to position well.”

Matgom → Got it, I’ll go.

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Jehyun turned off the stream on his phone and immediately started the countdown, heading toward the spirit monsters. He used invincibility to resist the sensory attack, removed the debuffs from his party members, then swapped places with Contempt and began the infiltration.

The infiltration went smoothly. He wasn’t an amateur to make mistakes at this stage when the first clear was so close. With a stern expression, Jehyun moved his character quickly through the gaps, keeping on track through the corridor without making any mistakes. He followed the rules flawlessly, silently reaching the spirit stone in front of Anakia without being detected.

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Everything was going smoothly. Jehyun felt that this time, they might actually clear it. Calmly, he placed his hand on F and waited for the signal from his party members.

Matgom→ 12%.

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“Okay.”

As he picked up the spirit stone in time, a video appeared, and then the healer was moved to the first boss map. Jehyun quickly looted the items and silently ran toward the second boss.

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It seemed like Jehyun wasn’t the only one who felt this was the opportunity. The others were silent, perhaps because they were nervous.

The second boss, the Guardian Commander, was cleared more easily. Everyone had gotten used to the wipe mechanics, and this time, no one got caught in the black hole from the space split.

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First clears typically happen in one of two ways: either by repeating death and resurrection like zombies for a long time or by all party members becoming so skilled with the dungeon that they clear it without mistakes.

Jeheon had a strong sense that the second method would apply to this “Sanctuary of Spirits” dungeon. He swallowed dryly, maintaining a slight tension, hoping it would carry on until the end.

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“…Matgom?”

Boss→ Ah… did it disconnect?

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Contempt→ What the hell!

The expectation was shattered around the time Anakia entered the 3rd phase. SpellChecker, the tank, wasn’t moving before summoning the minions. Jehyun quickly noticed the anomaly and called out for Matgom, but the offline status appeared.

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Losing its aggro target, Anakia immediately turned and attacked Habaek, who had the highest accumulated damage.

“Just hold on a little longer.”

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Seeing Habaek pull back, Jehyun urgently spoke. If Matgom could reconnect, there was still a chance. If he could just reconnect before the minion summons started, they could still make it…

Get away, you frenzied Anakia!

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Please, protect me, my spirit children…

[Party] Habaek: It’s over.

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But before SpellChecker could reconnect, the minion summoning phrase appeared. Anakia, circling Habaek, crouched near the center and cast a shield, while explosive spirits poured out in three directions around her.

Damn, it was about to be a clear moment. With lingering regret, Jehyun couldn’t give up right away and yelled.

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“Just break the shield! I’ll take one hit, and if two explode into the shield, the three of us should have enough…”

But before he could finish that thought, Habaek left the party.

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Habaek left the party.

[Party] Contempt: What?!

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Boss12MoreHours has died.

Contempt has died.

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The death logs kept appearing, and Jehyun stopped moving.

Explosive spirits flew toward the healer, and Anakia, now without an aggro target, ran toward Jehyun. Shin Jehyun was killed by Anakia and the explosive spirits, unable to do anything.

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“……”

Jehyun blinked as the screen turned black. What the hell was this? Slowly, anger began to rise within him. Expletives filled his mind.

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No, stay calm. Jehyun suppressed his boiling emotions. He forced himself to join the voice chat and muted his mic before sending a whisper to Habaek.

[Whisper] To Habaek: Where did you go? Why did you leave?

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[Whisper] To Habaek: You said you had to leave at 9.

[Whisper] To Habaek: Haha? It’s not even 9 yet.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: If we retry, it’ll go past 9^^.

It was 8:45 PM. As Habaek said, if they tried to retry, even if they cleared it immediately, it would be past 9. But…

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Jehyun’s hands trembled as Habaek responded. He quickly typed a message after seeing SpellChecker’s reconnect message.

[Whisper] To Habaek: If you hadn’t messed up the fatal, we would’ve cleared it.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: ? We didn’t clear it.

[Whisper] To Habaek: We cleared it, Matgom reconnected.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: We couldn’t because of the shield.

[Whisper] To Habaek: Ah~ you couldn’t deal enough damage, huh???

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[Whisper] To Habaek: Why are you suddenly starting trouble?

“Dammit, you think I’m not going to start trouble now?”

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Jehyun muttered incredulously in a harsh voice, then put down the headset, which was filled with apologies and chatter from Matgom, who had just reconnected. With a sigh, he ran his hand through his hair and stared at the screen. He then began explaining the situation to Habaek.

[Whisper] To Habaek: If we explode two spirits, it would deal 20 million damage. If you, Noona, Contempt, and I all go full DPS, the shield should break. Why couldn’t we break it?? Isn’t it strange that we couldn’t break it??

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[Whisper] To Habaek: I’m leading this, so why are you deciding on your own and leaving?

[Whisper] To Habaek: If I’m the one clearing, it’s cleared. Why are you making decisions on your own?

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[Whisper] To Habaek: Come back in.

You invited Habaek to the party.

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Habaek declined the invitation.

[Whisper] To Habaek: Hey.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: I get it. I’m sorry for leaving early.

[Whisper] To Habaek: But I told you I had to leave at 9.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: We don’t have enough time.

[Whisper] To Habaek: Ha…..

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Dammit, are you kidding me? The first clear chance got ruined because of you, and now you’re concerned about your “schedule”? Jehyun swallowed the curse rising in his throat and took a deep breath.

He wanted to slap Habaek in the back of the head, but if he pressed him too much right now, Habaek might just log off.

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What mattered now wasn’t cursing out Habaek—it was getting the first clear. Jehyun steadied his trembling emotions with difficulty and tried to calm him down.

[Whisper] To Habaek: Leave 10 minutes later. You’ve got some time before your scheduled time anyway.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: Huh? You’re not the type to leave at 9 when your schedule is 9:10, right? I’m sure there’s some extra time. Think about it.

[Whisper] To Habaek: We can get the first clear this time.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: We only need one more try.

But there was no reply. Growing more anxious, Jehyun kept typing.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: I’ll get you the first clear title.

[Whisper] To Habaek: No response?

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[Whisper] To Habaek: Are you ignoring the guild leader?

[Whisper] To Habaek: Hurry up, just come. We just need you!

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You invited Habaek to the party.

Habaek declined the invitation.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: Dammit, just do one more try before leaving!!!!!!!

[Whisper] To Habaek: I’m not mad.

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[Whisper] To Habaek: Hyung will clear it, you just stand there and deal damage.