TWKH Ch 25

[Party] Contempt: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Hyung seems to be contemplating ㅇㅅㅇㅋ

[Party] SpellChecker: ㅋㅋㅋ Just watch and laugh it off, saying thanks to Elka

[Party] Habaek: I’ll force them to tell the strategy, just mark one dot

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[Party] Boss12MoreHours: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Let’s just ask in world chatㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Gerun is so annoyingㅠ

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It seemed like only Jehyun was hesitant. Jehyun was also tired of Gerun. Combining the 1st and 6th floors, they had struggled in Gerun’s map for over two hours.

But Shin Jehyun’s pride, in his priest persona, blocked his path.

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Stuck on the first boss of the oversaturated dungeon and needing to cheat? Can you still call yourself the top priest?

To maintain his position as the top-ranking priest, Jehyun had fought tirelessly in the battlefield day and night. He almost lost his top rank when the servers merged and the ranking scores reset, but by cutting back on sleep and continuously raiding, he had regained and maintained his position.

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Healer wasn’t just famous for his top priest ranking. He was also renowned as the raid leader who first cleared multiple dungeons before the server merge and achieved the first 20-player clear of the Helcaras raid, making Jehyun famous.

So, during this pursuit of another ‘first,’ he didn’t want to take others’ strategies out of laziness. It felt like it would tarnish Healer’s reputation and integrity.

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Even if this meant the Party lost the first clear of the Black Tower, Jehyun wanted to lose honestly and proudly.

“I’ll stick to my principles.”

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Matgom→ Kinda figured you’d say that.

Contempt→ Stubborn….

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[Party] Habaek: No

[Party] Habaek: I really don’t get it

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[Party] Habaek: No one cares about your principles

[Party] Habaek: No one in the world cares if you stick to your principles or not

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[Party] Habaek: Got a hero complex?

[Party] Habaek: ??

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[Party] Boss12MoreHours: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Let’s just understand

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: His life is Caplet, that’s why ㅋㅋㅋ

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[Party] Habaek: His life?

“…….”

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At that moment, Habaek reacted to the nickname Boss thoughtlessly uttered. “Jae,” referring to Shin Jehyun, was a nickname often used by Seo Eunjae and Jehyun’s friends.

Habaek surely wouldn’t know his identity, but you could never be too sure. Boss, who had been asked by Jehyun not to disclose any personal information, quickly realized his mistake and typed rapidly.

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[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Jae

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: shiyt, jjae jjae jae jae jae jae jae jae

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[Party] Boss12MoreHours: ㅋㅋ maybe hit the keyboard too hard

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Just a typo

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[Party] Boss12MoreHours: typo

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Her life is Capletㅋㅋ

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[Whisper] To Boss12MoreHours: Noona, just stop…

[Whisper] Boss12MoreHours: Damn..ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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[Whisper] Boss12MoreHours: Sorry..ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ My mistake

[Whisper] To Boss12MoreHours: It’s okay.. If Habaek pretends to know, just meet up in real life and become friends.

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As the flustered Boss kept making excuses, Jehyun stopped her.

Boss→ Ahahaha!

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Then Boss’s hearty laugh echoed through the voice chat. After apologizing several more times to Jehyun in whispers, Boss addressed the Party chat.

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Anyway, let’s try Next Snake. Just remembered.

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[Party] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇ? Next Slice? ㄷㄷ

[Party] SpellChecker: Okay, let’s slice it up.

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Boss→ No, no. That’s not it.

“What’s Next Snake? A boxing technique? Neck choke?”

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By now, everyone knew Boss was a former national boxing champion. Hearing Jehyun, they wondered if there was such a technique in boxing, then nodded in recognition as Boss explained.

Boss→ Should I call it a neck choke? It’s just my name for it… I saw it in an ad while playing a phone game. The snake game nowadays involves wrapping around with its body, not just eating. Let’s try that.

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“Wrapping around with its body?”

Matgom→ Ah, I know what you mean.

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Contempt→ Like an anaconda squeezing?

Boss→ Yeah, yeah! That.

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“I’m not sure, but let’s try it. We can’t fully wrap, so let’s just go in circles?”

Boss→ Well, if that’s the strategy, that should be it.

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Not fully understanding but willing to try, they had no other ideas left. Jehyun nodded and cast buffs.

“Okay, okay. Let’s go. Don’t worry about their Party.”

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Saying this to relieve the pressure, Habaek immediately interrupted.

A sacred shield protects the Party.

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Using Call of the Battlefield.

The Party is targeted by the God of Destruction.

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[Party] Habaek: You’re the most worried;

Attack power and speed increased.

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[Party] Contempt: ㅋㅅㅋ..

[Party] Healer: ^^ㅗ

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Start!

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Ignoring Habaek, Jehyun started the countdown. With the signal, flames rose with the familiar intro pattern seen over ten times.

You feel the effect of Kachala’s blessing.

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Gerun is enraged.

Lava is targeting someone.

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You feel the effect of lava targeting.

[Party] Habaek: Targeted

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“It’s me.”

Jehyun got the targeting. Not fully understanding Boss’s idea, he had an idea of what it meant. Holding his ground and firing the magic cannon, he moved just as the lava surged.

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The long-tailed lava followed right behind Healer. So tedious. I hope we clear it this time. Jehyun thought, continuing to circle the map’s edge.

The completely mad engineer Gerun Think I’ll just let you be?

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The completely mad engineer Gerun You wretches! Do something!

Gerun shouted, and subspecies Raptors on the ramp began throwing burning Raptor ore at the players. Seeing two ores crash to the ground, Jehyun turned that way.

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“I’ll try.”

Boss→ Somehow, I have a good feeling about this. I think this is it.

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Matgom→ If it’s not, I’ll ask Elka and shout the strategy through the mic.

Contempt→ Please….

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“Quiet down.”

At the mention of Elka, Jehyun silenced them. His flat voice made everyone fall silent. Jehyun glared at the screen, carefully pressing WASD to control his character.

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The long lava tail followed Healer, who moved on the magic cannon. Jehyun approached the fallen Raptor ore and wrapped the lava around it.

“Huh…?”

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As the long lava tail coiled around the Raptor ore, leaving a bit of space, the Raptor ore wrapped in lava seemed to ignite, and the coiled lava tail caught fire.

“Ah!”

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Surprised, Jehyun moved his character sideways. The lava tail following Healer shortened slightly after coiling around the Raptor ore.

The burning Raptor ore melted and fell below the metal grates. The Raptor ore disappeared without a trace.

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“Wow, damn. This is it?”

His voice was a mix of excitement and disbelief.

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It was a strategy similar to the attempted Snake Bite. However, unlike the snake game, in Gerun, the player’s magic cannon was at the forefront, so they couldn’t directly consume the ore.

Gerun was using lava to melt Raptor ore to make weapons. Considering that relationship, the strategy should have been obvious. The fact that they hadn’t noticed it until now hurt his pride. Boss realized the strategy from an ad she saw.

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Smirking, Jehyun squinted at Boss and asked.

“Noona. Be honest. Did you hear their strategy and lie about the ad?”

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Boss→ Wow, don’t you trust me?

“Nope.”

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Contempt→ I was thinking the same thing….

Boss→ You little punks, doubting Noona. Huh?

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Anyway, everyone felt lighter, knowing the strategy. Shin Jehyun knew Boss played phone games as much as Caplet. She probably wasn’t lying. As if to prove it, Jehyun’s flipped phone vibrated.

Boss→ Check the group chat. I saw this ad.

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Boss posted a screenshot of the game ad she saw from the app store. Not really doubting her, Jehyun laughed and said.

“Okay, I won’t doubt you.”

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Matgom→ Now we clear it?

“Yes, yes. Let’s go for a one-shot.”

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Everyone was skilled at dodging falling ore and lava pillars while firing the magic cannons. With accumulated experience, as long as Jehyun handled the growing Raptor ore, clearing Gerun wasn’t difficult.

Though the lava tail grew longer over time, eliminating the Raptor ore prevented the map from filling with lava as before.

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“Contempt, focus?”

Contempt→ Ha, just stay away from me….

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Midway, Contempt moved carelessly, brushing his magic cannon and reaching a count of 4. One more touch would cause self-destruction, wiping the Party. Jehyun’s scolding made Contempt shudder and sigh, then he fired his magic cannon from a corner.

At 50%, 30%, as Gerun’s furnace health dwindled….

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The completely mad engineer Gerun I must inform Gaitron! Gaitron!

Sensing defeat, Gerun shouted, running behind the furnace. Finally, bang, Habaek’s magic cannon delivered the final blow to the furnace.

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Gerun’s furnace collapses.

The effect of Kachala’s blessing disappears.

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[Party] Contempt: nice Let’s go, second boss +ㅅ+

[Party] SpellChecker: go go

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The massive furnace fell back, breaking part of the wall. Though the furnace collapsed the passage to the second floor, players could climb up the inclined furnace surface.

Second boss, Cavalryman Kavalax.

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The lower half of its body was a mechanical horse, and the upper part had the arms and face of a Raptor—this was the bio-weapon Kavalax. After struggling for over two hours on the first boss, Jehyun was about to suggest taking a short break before facing Kavalax.

[Party] Habaek: Elka’s team has reached the 4th boss.

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The news from Habaek ignited Jehyun’s competitive spirit. There was no need for a break. What was needed for a first clear was not rest, but determination. With a gleam in his eye, Jehyun said,

“…Let’s go straight to the second boss.”

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ElkaRose’s Party had quickly moved on to the 4th boss for a reason. The 2nd boss, Kavalax, and the 3rd boss, the Broken Mechanical Device, had barely changed despite being oversaturated.

Jehyun’s Party also cleared Kavalax on their second try, and they cleared the Broken Mechanical Device using a zombie strategy. As the Countess guild quickly caught up to Jicheonwang’s progress, Caplet vendors and chat were in an uproar. The impact of the public broadcast was bigger than expected.

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Ding, ding, messages from unknown people flooded in constantly. Some contained offensive language that made Jehyun frown.

[Whisper] CleanAfterHealer: Stream-sniping levelㅋㅋㅋ

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[Whisper] CleanAfterHealer: Countess classㅋㅋㅋstream-sniping the Four Heavenly Kings like idiotsㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

It wasn’t true, so he initially laughed it off, but certain usernames bothered him. Continuous messages like these distracted him. Annoyed, Jehyun glanced at the chat window, went into options, and shut off the whisper channel entirely.

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“Let’s go again.”

14th floor. The fourth boss of the Black Tower was the ‘latest model mechanical device RK-18’ developed by Gaitron.

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RK-18 was a killing machine made entirely from Raptor ore. During testing for battlefield deployment, it had to fight off the invading heroes.

Nicknamed “Eighteen,” the fourth boss used a complex and rapid stomping pattern called ‘Kong-Jjik.’ In the third phase of the saturated dungeon, the Kong-Jjik sequence had about seven steps, leading players to call it the ‘fool detector.’ If you couldn’t memorize or react quickly, death was inevitable.

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 Initiating kill sequence.

RK-18 was a collection of numerous small, sophisticated mechanical cubes. These cubes moved organically, changing shape and using various patterns.

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At 50% health, with the message of becoming the ‘latest’ model in the oversaturated state, the cubes that had formed a perfect cube rose into the air, taking on a flat cuboid shape.

Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 No humans shall survive.

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Boom, boom, and the 16 segments divided into a 4×4 grid slammed down with a whirring sound. It was an instant kill pattern that was unavoidable and lethal upon contact.

RK-18’s Kong-Jjik had rules.

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1. It doesn’t hit the same spot twice.
2. The next hit must be close to the previous one.
3. After the stomping pattern ends, it starts a reverse pattern where the previously hit spots become safe zones.

These three rules were key. With quick reflexes, players could survive by recognizing the pattern.

“Number 1.”

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Dodging the first stomp, Jehyun kept moving, calling out the spots RK-18 hit.

“6, 10, 14, 15, 16, 12, 7.”

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When the final hit landed on 7, the cubes rose into the air, spinning in place. It signaled the start of the reverse pattern.

Jehyun quickly moved Healer to the corner near spot 1, where all the Party members gathered.

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With each boom, characters moved in unison. They successfully navigated to the safe zones, proving they weren’t fools.

Of course, not everyone made it.

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Contempt→ Ha….

Boss→ Haha!

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Contempt sighed bitterly, like someone who needed a cigarette. The Party members laughed. The only casualty of the pattern, Contempt, struggled with remembering short sequences.

“Haven’t you improved at all?”

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Contempt→ No, dodging at the start messes up my concentration….

Matgom→ If you’re the first to be hit, you can go there and memorize it.

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“Just follow along with your instincts.”

Contempt→ You know when your body knows but your brain doesn’t… or your brain knows but your body doesn’t… you know?

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“Do you know what that’s called?”

Contempt→ Yeah! That’s called being dumb!

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“Good, as long as you know.”

Feeling embarrassed to have died alone, Contempt yelled in a grumpy voice. Jehyun chuckled softly and waited for the pattern to end, then quickly revived Contempt when RK-18 returned to its cuboid shape.

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Using Miracle.

Using Grace of the Realm.

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Using Shield of Salvation.

A sacred shield protects the Party.

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Using Call of the Battlefield.

The Party is targeted by the God of Destruction.

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Attack power and speed increased.

After healing and buffing post-resurrection, RK-18 transformed into a golem-like shape, swinging its fists. Jehyun deftly dodged and applied a defense down debuff.

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Habaek, Boss, and Contempt returned to their positions and resumed dealing damage. Glancing at the damage meter, it seemed they were dealing damage at a rate similar to the saturated dungeon. Clearing the 4th boss seemed achievable. However, things didn’t go smoothly.

Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 .No should survive humans

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 .process execution

At 20% health, with black smoke leaking, RK-18’s chat displayed oddly.

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“What’s it saying?”

Boss→ Seems like it’s backwards?

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Frowning, Jehyun read the chat backwards. No humans should survive… It was what RK-18 said during the fool detector pattern.

“Is it bugged? Is there something there? Diagnostic first.”

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It wouldn’t say something backwards for no reason. Suspicious, Jehyun narrowed his eyes, looking to identify the first spot.

The cubes comprising RK-18 spread out and floated up. Preparing to slam down, thinly covering the ceiling, Jehyun widened his eyes, trying to identify the first spot.

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But oversaturation lived up to its name. Despite being the first in sequence, RK-18 didn’t just slam one spot. Bang, hitting all but one spot.

“Ah, damn it!”

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You have taken 444000 damage from the Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18.

You have died.

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Boss12MoreHours has died.

Habaek has died.

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Contempt has died.

SpellChecker has died.

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 Extermination complete.

Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 Entering sleep mode.

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All characters died, and RK-18’s lights turned off. Sighs echoed through the headset.

Contempt→ Ah….

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Boss→ Backstabbed like this?

Matgom→ The backwards message was the hint. I thought it was a bug.

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“I thought it was just malfunctioning. Ah, so frustrating.”

Removing his headset, Jehyun ran a hand through his hair. Glancing at his turned-over phone.

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How far did ElkaRose get? Did they clear the 4th boss? He tried not to care but couldn’t help it. Both teams were publicly broadcasting for the first time, and the progress difference was so slight; he couldn’t help but wonder.

“Let’s go again immediately.”

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But watching the broadcast would surely break his concentration. Putting his headset back on, Jehyun said this and pressed the revive button.

Watching his character rise at the 4th boss entrance, Jehyun stretched his stiff neck and asked in a nonchalant tone, as if he wasn’t curious.

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“Did they reach the final boss?”

[Party] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇa..

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[Party] Contempt: I’m a cold-blooded game master..

[Party] Contempt: But I care about the progress of the rival guild’s dungeon..

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[Party] SpellChecker: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Party] Habaek: You said not to worry;

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[Party] Healer: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ;;

[Party] Healer: Curious;;

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[Party] Healer: Tell me

He felt awkward, but curiosity got the better of him. To avoid strategy spoilers, he had turned off world chat and guild chat, so his Party members were his only source of news. When Jehyun asked for an update, Habaek sighed dramatically before responding in the Party chat.

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[Party] Habaek: Elka’s team is so dumb they haven’t seen the final phase.

[Party] SpellChecker: Dumb confirmedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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[Party] Habaek: Their healer keeps dying, making it tough.

Caplet was unforgiving with healer deaths. In most cases, the death of the only healer in the Party led to a wipe. It took a whopping 5 seconds for dealers or tanks to revive the healer.

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Other games had plenty of fast resurrection scrolls, but Caplet only had the ‘Ancient Resurrection Scroll’ from the closed beta.

This made the instant revival buff ‘Salvation’s Grace’ for priests highly coveted by spirit masters. Priests, in turn, envied the spirit masters’ Party-wide invincibility skill, but that’s how it was.

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“They have a player like Contempt too.”

Contempt→ Why are you grabbing my collar out of nowhere….

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“No, I mean they have someone as cute as you.”

Contempt→ Haha….

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Knowing ElkaRose’s Party was struggling gave Jehyun some peace of mind. He gave his Party a 1-minute break, quickly got some water, and returned. Not even a full minute had passed before he urged them again.

“Hurry up. If it’s over a minute, it’s ten million gold.”

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Boss→ Ugh, gamer stench. I’m here.

“Is everyone back? Anyone remember what the last number was?”

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Jehyun asked while casting buffs. They only knew the final phase’s pattern was reversed but hadn’t figured out the exact order.

[Party] Habaek: 11? 7? Something like that.

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“Right? What were the first and last numbers in phase 3?”

Boss→ Ah… wasn’t it 8 and 11?

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Matgom→ Wasn’t it 1 and 7?

They were so used to the saturated dungeon that no one remembered the exact order without the chat briefing. Frowning, Jehyun spoke.

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“If there’s only one safe spot from the start, it can’t be the initial sequence, right?”

The reverse stomping pattern, leaving one safe spot, meant the order was predefined. It was the reverse of the previous pattern sequence, with safe and deadly spots swapped.

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So, if it started in reverse, it had to be the reverse of the phase 3 or phase 2 pattern. Capitol Studio wasn’t cruel enough to expect players to find the single safe spot out of 16 without a hint.

[Party] Habaek: Yeah, true.

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[Party] Habaek: Probably the previous phase 3 order.

[Party] Habaek: But the backwards chat…

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“Does backwards mean reverse shape or full reverse order? That’s what’s important.”

[Party] Habaek: Yeah, we need to see it again.

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[Party] Contempt: ㅇㅅㅇa..

[Party] Contempt: Don’t get it, but hurry upㅎㅅㅎ

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[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Just stay deadㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“Right. Just stay idle during the diagnostic pattern.”

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Contempt→ Really, this sucks….

In the saturated dungeon, the final phase had 7 steps, but in the oversaturated, phase 2 already had 8 steps, and phase 3 had 9 steps. It was understandable why Contempt was struggling.

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Wait, so does the final phase have 10 steps? Or will it still be 9 steps, just the reverse of phase 3? Jehyun narrowed his eyes as he cast buffs.

“Anyway, let’s go.”

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They had to face it head-on.

[Party] Habaek: 1 5 9

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[Party] Habaek: 10 11 6

[Party] Habaek: 7 8 4

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To help Contempt, who struggled with short-term memory, the Party chat was filled with briefing messages. Even if Contempt had trouble with short-term memory, he could follow the chat window.

“You’re doing well as a placeholder.”

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Jehyun praised him and watched RK-18’s health decrease.

Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 Extermination failed.

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 @^#$#&$%#@!$.

Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 Rebooting system.

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After the phase 3 extermination pattern ended, a shield appeared. It wasn’t a difficult shield to break.

Habaek steals time from Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18!

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[Party] Contempt: ㅅㅅ

Habaek successfully applied the time-steal debuff, and things felt good. Jehyun continuously applied defense down debuffs to RK-18. He healed Party members hit by random patterns, waiting to enter the final phase.

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It was absurd that NPCs could spam the same message while players got chat bans for repeating messages twice. Frowning at RK-18’s spam, Jehyun smacked the boss with his wand. Simultaneously, the shield broke, and black smoke began to pour from RK-18.

“Final phase.”

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 .No should survive humans

Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 .process execution

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[Party] Habaek: 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 6, 7, 8, 4

As soon as RK-18’s reversed message appeared, Habaek repeated the phase 3 numbers for reference. Unsure if it was repeating the phase 3 reverse or going in reverse order, Jehyun quickly divided the Party.

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“Contempt and I will start from 4, the rest from 1.”

At Jehyun’s command, Boss and SpellChecker ran to spot 1 as the cubes floated up. However, instead of heading to 1, Habaek changed direction and ran towards Jehyun.

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“Why are you coming here?”

Jehyun asked incredulously, and Habaek quickly responded.

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[Party] Habaek: Feels like it’s here.

Matgom→ Sneaky bastard.

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Matgom cursed, trembling with frustration at Habaek’s betrayal. Since they had split the Party to figure out the pattern, expecting a wipe, Jehyun just clicked his tongue. Within seconds, the cubes slammed down. Only three survived.

Boss12MoreHours has died.

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SpellChecker has died.

[Party] SpellChecker: ㅠㅠ It’s completely reversed.

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[Party] Contempt: Now who’s the fool?ㅇ”ㅅㅇ

Contempt has died.

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Celebrating his survival, Contempt failed to dodge the next pattern and died. Laughter erupted, but it wasn’t the time to laugh. Biting his lip to suppress his laughter, Jehyun followed the reversed numbers in the Party chat.

“This is confusing.”

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1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 6, 7, 8, 4. Repeating the sequence in his mind, Jehyun reversed the numbers in his head.

4, 8, 7, 6, 11, 10, 9, 5, 1.

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So the safe zone after 4 was 8. Jehyun confirmed all spots except 8 were being hit, and quickly moved to the left, to spot 7. Boom, move, boom, move—he mechanically found the safe zones, and time flew by. Finally, having survived to the last pattern with 9, 5, and 1, Jehyun widened his eyes and shouted,

“Ah, what now?!”

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Boss→ There’s more!

Though they had reached the final hit, the cubes hadn’t reverted to their original shape. Trembling, spinning, it hinted at one more hit. Jehyun’s mind raced.

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Phase 1 had 7 hits, phase 2 had 8, and phase 3 had 9. So the final phase should have 10. But this time, the order was from phase 3.

4, 8, 7, 6, 11, 10, 9, 5, 1.

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Recalling the safe zones he just occupied, Jehyun quickly remembered RK-18’s diagnostic pattern rules: cubes never hit the same spot twice.

In reverse patterns, this meant safe zones didn’t repeat either. And patterns always continued to adjacent spots.

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Recalling these facts, Jehyun shouted,

“Spot 2!!!”

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The only non-repeating safe zone from spot 1 was there.

Using Retreat.

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Hearing Jehyun’s shout, the hesitant Habaek moved to spot 2. Instantly, cubes hit all spots except 2, and the failed extermination RK-18 returned to its original form.

They cleared phase 4! Clenching his fist, Jehyun was alerted by RK-18 starting another pattern. The final shield.

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 $!@#%$$#^@

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 .system reboot failure.

“I’ll revive! Let’s do as much as we can.”

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Smoke poured from RK-18. Seeing the shield pattern, Habaek instinctively rushed at RK-18. Jehyun watched, moving to revive Matgom.

Why is the message reversed?

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It’s just a shield pattern…

As Jehyun wondered, the time-stealer swiftly slashed at RK-18. Noticing Habaek’s flickering debuff window, Jehyun instinctively hit the rescue hotkey.

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Using Rescue.

You feel the effect of a reboot attempt.

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[Party] Habaek: ?

[Party] Habaek: Starting a fight like this?

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It was an instinctive move.

If this was a regular final shield pattern, there was no need for the reversed message. A cold intuition told him so.

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“You have a debuff!”

No time to check the debuff on Habaek, Jehyun cast invincibility on himself.

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Using Invocation.

You take 444000 damage from the reboot attempt.

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[Party] Habaek: ???

As the invocation hit, a shockwave triggered, showing a resistance damage log. Jehyun gaped in shock.

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“What the…?”

Boss→ What just happened?

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Matgom→ Wow….

The Party members were equally confused by the rapid events. Jehyun, surprised at his own actions, moved his character back and explained.

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“No, the message was reversed, so it felt weird. Then Habaek got a debuff, so I used it instinctively. If we hit it just now, we’d be dead. 444k damage.”

Baffling as it was, Jehyun didn’t stop. Priest instincts ingrained to the bone moved him. He quickly revived Matgom. After reviving Boss, the blue shield effect on RK-18 disappeared.

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RK-18 now looked exhausted. Seeing the cubes using only basic patterns, Matgom, Habaek, Boss, and Contempt quickly began to deplete its health. Jehyun recalled the recent events with a frown.

“Really, that was so annoying.”

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The recent reboot debuff was utterly useless once the strategy was known. Knowing the strategy, no one would attack RK-18 after the stomping, so it only served to delay the first clear for experienced Parties. It was designed just to frustrate those going for the first clear.

If they had assumed failure at the fake shield and retried immediately, the Party succeeding in the final diagnostic pattern on the next try would have inevitably wiped. Instinctively charging at any blue shield is a dealer’s nature, even if it’s fake.

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“That’s a pattern meant to mess with first-clear attempts. I really hate it.”

Boss→ It’s been a while since Yiyoung pulled a Yiyoung.

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Matgom→ Still, glad we didn’t fall for it. That was awesome.

Knowing the pattern’s purpose made it all the more frustrating. Clicking his tongue in annoyance, Jehyun watched as RK-18 collapsed.

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Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 Extermination… failed.

Latest Model Mechanical Device RK-18 Master… I’m sorry….

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At 0% health, RK-18 exploded into pieces. The drops were unimpressive, just bound enhancement stones. Jehyun and his Party picked up the items without much emotion.

[Party] Contempt: Next time, be born as something useful like a dishwasher ㅡㅅㅡ

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[Party] Contempt: Like a dishwasher or something

“You bought a dishwasher?”

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Long-time guild members’ conversations spanned all sorts of topics. Far from being tense before the final boss, they discussed dishwashers, sparked by Contempt’s chat.

“What’s a student doing with a dishwasher? Acting all fancy.”

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Despite owning a small dishwasher himself, Jehyun teased Contempt. Small and cute, Contempt was fun to tease.

Contempt→ It’s so convenient. Once you try it, you’ll thank me.

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Matgom→ What size did you get? Do they sell small ones? Can you install them anywhere?

Matgom, also living alone, seemed interested in dishwashers.

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Boss→ Are you running a restaurant? Living alone and using a dishwasher. Do it by hand, you environment wreckers.

Contempt→ The installer said it saves more water than doing it by hand!

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“Noona, why don’t you get a dishwasher for the PC café? Sejun hates doing the dishes.”

A heated debate ensued in the voice chat. Jehyun joined the conversation while moving his character. Following Habaek up, he said,

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“Last one there owes ten million gold.”

Contempt→ Ah, that’s unfair!

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As soon as he said it, Boss and Matgom used movement skills to rush ahead. The slowest, Contempt, belatedly summoned his scooter to catch up. The final boss of the Black Tower awaited: Gaitron.