Chapter 9
[<Victory!>]
The given time expired, and the match was decided by the points accumulated so far. As Ji-won predicted, it was a comfortable victory. The only unexpected thing was the newbie’s first kill.
[Chelling: Sasa bought a complete set of PvP items..]
[Ddaji: WHAT??????]
[Watermelon Doctor: Is this for real omg]
[Ppojjo: There’s a newbie who got PvP gear before even reaching level 200??]
[Jino: No wonder the first kill]
Mawang was a famous user known to anyone who browsed the Arc Serenity community even a little, and most guild members knew him too. They also knew his items were quite good. Of course, they also knew his control was just as bad.
[Ddaji: How much did you spend?ã… ]
[Ppojjo: You didn’t even need to buy it yet ã… ã… You could’ve gotten it slowly after reaching max level..]
The amazement at the newbie’s gaming style—seemingly investing cash right from the start—didn’t last long. Considering the market price for Holy Knight items, it wasn’t difficult to get fairly good deals even with a small amount of money. Since no one directly witnessed the 1:1 situation, the topic of conversation quickly shifted elsewhere.
[Ppojjo: Anyway, a beautiful victory that started with the newbie’s first kill,,,]
[Ppojjo: This feels good]
[Ppojjo: Let’s collect guild operation fees to commemorate]
[Ppojjo: 10,000 gold each]
[Ddaji: ?? Which part feels good exactly?]
[Chelling: Just a modern-day corrupt official ã…¡ã…¡]
As always, meaningless jokes were exchanged. The operation fee joke came up without fail after every weekly war, usually proposed by Ppojjo and opposed by other guild members, led by Chelling.
Leaving the guild members to their fun, Ji-won opened the guild storage. He checked if the guild rewards had been properly deposited and was putting in some of the spoils he received as individual rewards when Ppojjo suddenly sent several quick chat messages.
[Ppojjo: ?? Sasa]
[Ppojjo: It was a joke ã… ã… ã… ã… lolololololololol]
[Hando: ??]
[Ppojjo: They actually sent it by mail lololololol]
After laughing for a while, Ppojjo uploaded a picture to the guild board. The fresh screenshot showed a mail notification that HolyKnightKnight had carefully sent 10,000 gold. Anyone could see it was a joke, but they actually sent it by personal mail? Ji-won let out a chuckle as he quickly exited the guild storage.
[Hando: lolololololol]
[Ppojjo: What should I do with this adorable newbie..]
[Chelling: Add 10,000 more gold and do another weapon enhancement ã… ]
[Ppojjo: Even though Sasa is a rich newbie with expensive items]
[Ppojjo: We’re not that stingy..]
[Ppojjo: Accept the trade..]
For guild members carrying top-tier items enhanced to at least +12, 10,000 gold wasn’t a large amount at all. Ppojjo, who had been persistently following HolyKnightKnight and requesting trades, must have finally succeeded, as they stood still without saying anything for a while. Then suddenly used a V-sign motion above their head.
[Ppojjo: Sleeve insertion successful ã…Žã……ã…Žvv]
[Chelling: What did you do?]
[Ppojjo: First put in 10,000 gold]
[Ppojjo: Right before Sasa clicked trade, added a potion]
[Ppojjo: Happy hunting]
Two types of “sleeve insertion” existed in Arc Serenity. One was threatening to drop items on the ground, saying they would disappear if not picked up. The other was, like Ppojjo just did, adding other items or gold at lightning speed right before the trade was confirmed. The former was the method Ji-won used when he first met HolyKnightKnight in the dungeon.
[Chelling: This is the Asuka-style sleeve insertion]
[Chelling: It’s useful for giving one-time tradeable items since you can’t refuse like with mail]
[Chelling: Be careful^^]
[Ddaji: Scary people]
[Ddaji: Hyung, I want to be a newbie too]
[Chelling: Throw away your +13 staff and I’ll make you a newbie, ok?]
[Ddaji: That’s a bit…..]
Ddaji, who had blown up dozens of items trying to reach +13, wildly swung their staff as if telling Chelling not to say such frightening things. After being quiet for a while, HolyKnightKnight quietly said one thing to Chelling, who was busy dodging attacks that wouldn’t cause any damage.
[HolyKnightKnight: I’ll keep that in mind]
[Chelling: Good^^]
Chelling smiled proudly as if they had taught something valuable. Thus ended the first war, which quickly spread through the community, making the newbie who scored the first kill against a max-level player an instant topic of conversation.
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Title: Had a war with Plum this week
Author: Anonymous (223.62)
I’m the vice guild master of Coexistence, ranked 31st on Asuka server
After last week’s rankings updated, I checked and saw we were very close in rank, so I thought they might challenge us and they really did lololololol
But Shinmyung didn’t show up; I wanted to see them… They announced a long break just when we matched up….. I watch their streams religiously
Guild members all said it would’ve been nice if we’d matched up a bit earlier so we could’ve been on stream ã…
Instead, I ran into Hando almost immediately after the war started lolol
I’ve watched almost all his videos so I knew roughly how he does PvP, but when I actually met him, I found myself lying down before I knew it
Seems like he went all-in on movement and attack speed, but this… someone said spirit concentration was a trash skill, but he used hunting skills sparingly and then struck without giving me time to dodge, plus there was a supporter next to him so I died right away
And about that rumored Holy Knight user, our guild’s Edrina fixed party dealer fought him and died first, even becoming the first kill of the war lololololol
According to him, he got a warning after just one hit, but there’s no video so who can believe that
Anyway, they’re definitely good, seems like they’re just resting in the top 30 ranks
Comments
➥ I’m a newbie, do people usually post about PvP with specific guilds like this? Seems like my first time seeing it
➥➥ Top guilds do it quite often
➥➥ Yes if there are famous players. The neighboring community posts every time Joker PvPs too
➥ Ah… is he using spirit concentration alone ã…¡ã…¡
➥ Spirit Masters are definitely good
➥➥ Saying Spirit Masters are good, you fucking bastard
➥➥ The comment above went off suddenly lolololololol but overhyping Spirit Masters is a bit much
➥➥ It really depends on who’s using it.. Holy Knights looked good when Holy Light used them
➥➥ Game with dead balance
➥ Plum is a social evil, deliberately hovering around the top 30 ranks just to slaughter innocent players lololol
➥ The fact that they included a level 182 in war shows they must be comfortable.. usually when numbers are tight, don’t they hire mercenaries if someone drops out?
➥➥ Especially since they won even with Shinmyung absent, yeah
➥➥ I’m telling you they’re just taking a break from ranking
➥ Edrina fixed party dealer = Mawang
➥ Did Mawang blow up his equipment?? Maybe he forgot to wear his armor?
➥➥ He posted just yesterday, no way he blew it up that fast
➥ Mawang is washed up, losing a damage exchange to a level 182? LOL lolololololololol
➥➥ You have to consider Holy Knights’ large HP pool;;; One side is a Demon Contractor;; And level difference doesn’t really matter much in PvP anyway
➥➥➥ Mawang log in now
➥➥➥ Why not consider Mawang’s equipment too? He completed his PvP set ages ago lol
➥➥➥ Shouldn’t we first consider that it’s a >>Holy Knight<<? Their base stats are terrible
➥ Red warning after one hit from a Holy Knight?? lololololol Is that even possible?
➥➥ Not surprising for Mawang.. A self-proclaimed veteran with control worse than a newbie lol
➥➥ He’s just making excuses because it’s embarrassing, probably died while fumbling around
➥ Mawang can only do damage rotation anyway lol He was always bad at PvP
➥➥ He barely got into the Edrina party because of his specs
➥➥ He’s a DPS king lol
➥ Mawang bragged about his items all day long only to get wrecked by a newbie……
➥➥ Should’ve used the money you spent on your n0-won nickname to improve your specs more ^.^??
➥ So who is Mawang anyway
➥ I looked him up and his ranking isn’t that high and his items aren’t insanely good either, why is he famous?
➥➥ Attention seeker
➥➥ Don’t you know that inven attention whore?
➥ It’s hard even with good control, seems like his items are better than Mawang’s
➥➥ Basic items are the standard until max level
➥➥ Holy Knight item listings are pretty cheap so
➥ I’m telling you that Holy Knight is an existing guild member’s alt
➥➥ Since they didn’t stream, it’s not Shinmyung, and all main forces were there, whose alt could it be?
➥➥ Who would use an alt for war? Think before you speak
➥➥➥ There are quite a few who multi-client lol Strictly speaking, it’s possible
➥➥➥➥ Multi-client with a Holy Knight lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
➥ Talking about coincidence, how can you win a 1:1 by coincidence?? lol It’s just that his items are insanely good;; Plum is famously a YouTuber guild that screens its members lololol Lots of old guys who pour cash into the game
➥➥ It’s true they didn’t accept guild members for a while after Hando went to the military, but they don’t screen members. When the game was popular, there were many newbies.. If you look up old Shinmyung broadcasts, there were quite a few newbies in the guild
➥➥ If they only accepted rankers, they would’ve just picked from Shinmyung’s subscribers lol The guild master isn’t even Shinmyung lol
➥➥ Regardless, it’s true there are many old guys who pour cash into the game. In fact, Holy Knight is a class that many actual middle-aged men play
➥ Didn’t Hando go to the military?
➥➥ He was discharged quite a while ago
➥➥ You’re slow with news lololol
➥ Didn’t Shinmyung stream the war? I went to the channel out of curiosity but there’s no video this week
➥➥ They’re taking a break from streaming
➥➥ Go to the community
➥ First time here, do people usually name specific users like this? Treating them like gods;; Hmm
➥➥ Yes
➥➥ That’s how it always is
➥➥ Why do you care if they’re self-declaring without stalking?
➥➥ Mawang, log in
Author: Hyacinthus B
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