Chapter 4
[Chelling: But Sasa, is leveling up your priority right now??]
[Chelling: I’ll power level you 6^^6 fighting!]
Chelling, who played the game out of both duty and love, seemed quite pleased with the new guild member who had joined after so long. Ji-won laughed a bit seeing someone who usually whined about hunting with their alt characters—though they never actually postponed it—volunteering to help HolyKnightKnight. This time, HolyKnightKnight didn’t refuse, perhaps because they had been struggling with hunting on their own.
[Guild][Chelling: I’m going to power level our newbie, anyone who wants to join line up behind me]
[Guild][Ppojjo: Me me me]
[Guild][Chelling: You’re a priest so I’ll accept you^^]
[Guild][Kkangki: Ugh I’m in a dungeon, can’t I join after I finish? ã… ,ã… ]
[Guild][Chelling: Nope haha]
[Guild][Kkangki: Ah ã… _ã… ]
For guild members who were mostly near max level, “helping a newbie level up” was a special and fun activity. It must get boring to run the same dungeons over and over, repeatedly hunt to save money, buy items, and upgrade specs. In fact, Ji-won also completely abandoned his plans to go to a dungeon and was naturally switching to hunting weapons.
Ji-won quickly formed a party and invited the guild members who had just said they wanted to join in the guild chat one by one. Finally, he invited HolyKnightKnight, and it was refreshing to see a cute low level slipping in among the list of max-level party members.
[Guild][Hando: Shall we go?]
After checking HolyKnightKnight’s level and the party composition, Ji-won decided on a location without hesitation. With this setup, it had to be a high-level hunting ground. With a priest who could cover them, it made sense to go somewhere they could earn as much experience as possible.
Ji-won headed to the airfield first, boarded a prepared airship, set the coordinates, and then called the guild members.
[Chelling: Isn’t it super hard hunting as a Holy Knight?]
[HolyKnightKnight: I think the hardest part is not being able to kill multiple monsters at once]
[Ppojjo: Holy Knight attack range sigh…..]
[Watermelon Doctor: ã… ã… Since you’re getting power leveled anyway, let’s just rest during this time]
The guild members who boarded the airship didn’t even ask where they were going, just gathered in a circle and started chatting. The center of conversation was, of course, the Holy Knight newbie who would soon be receiving power leveling from the max-level players.
[Chelling: Sasa, you just need to trust our Guild Master ㅇㅇ]
[Chelling: He’s the strongest Spirit Master and will take good care of you so you won’t die haha]
At Chelling’s sudden comment, Ji-won took his hands off the keyboard and smirked. This guy is hyping me up again. Ji-won was particularly skilled at controlling his character compared to other users, and he was well aware of it. As a high-spec user, Chelling always envied others’ control more than their items, and even when he first joined the guild, he said he was instantly captivated after watching Ji-won’s boss clear video.
[Hando: Hahahahaha of course]
[HolyKnightKnight: Yes haha I’ll be in your care]
In the midst of habitually spamming “k” in Korean, HolyKnightKnight’s chat suddenly popped up. Ji-won put down his coffee at the unexpected response. He thought HolyKnightKnight would just say “yes” since their chat style seemed rather blunt, but the two syllables at the end and the polite “I’ll be in your care” caught Ji-won off guard. In truth, he loved situations like this—when someone younger or weaker showed dependence on him.
I should help them earnestly. It would be great to get their level up quickly so they can join boss parties with the guild members.
[Hando: Here we are]
The airship that had been smoothly advancing finally came to a stop. They landed at the “Sun’s Outer Tower,” where level 190 monsters were scattered about, a fairly expansive map that stretched out beyond the screen.
As discussed earlier on the airship, Ji-won placed HolyKnightKnight in the center of the map with Ppojjo, handed over a ton of potions needed for hunting via trade, and reminded them once more.
[Hando: Sasa, don’t leave that shield]
[Ppojjo: Yes yes, the monsters here are high level and can land critical hits, it could be dangerous even with a Holy Knight’s HP pool ã… ã… ]
[Chelling: Just stay still and we’ll feed you all the experience points~]
[Chelling: Let’s go guys]
Chelling, bravely calling out like a warrior on horseback, quickly ran to the right side of the map. Without explicitly discussing the plan, the guild members instinctively took their positions, and Ji-won also knew exactly what to do in this situation.
Since Chelling went right, Ji-won moved his character to the left. Then he summoned a spirit and habitually bombarded the air with hunting magic skills. Monsters that were lower level than Ji-won’s max-level character collapsed immediately when hit, and Ji-won promptly distributed experience to the entire party.
While it would be most efficient to have HolyKnightKnight kill monsters directly, Arc Serenity’s monsters were programmed to move only within designated areas, making it impossible to gather them. So the faster and easier method was to just have HolyKnightKnight stand still while party members capable of quick hunting wiped out every monster without leaving a single one.
[Party][Ppojjo: My protection wears off in 10 seconds ã… ã… ]
[Party][Ddaji: Guild Master to the rescue!!]
Ji-won quickly flew to the center position on his spirit, timed with the protection wearing off, and swiftly eliminated the monsters that had gathered around. At his skillful execution without any wasted movement, Ppojjo, who was standing still maintaining the shield, used a clapping emoticon above their head.
While everyone was busy hunting at their positions, a single message from Ppojjo, who was the only one with HolyKnightKnight, suddenly appeared.
[Party][Ppojjo: Wait]
[Party][Ppojjo: Did Sasa just hit that monster?]
[Party][Ppojjo: ????]
At the sudden question, all party members stopped hunting and focused on the chat.
[Party][HolyKnightKnight: Ah, I accidentally pressed the wrong key]
[Party][Ppojjo: But just now the damage was]
[Party][Ppojjo: Or not??]
[Party][HolyKnightKnight: What?]
[Party][Ppojjo: No no, please continue]
[Party][Ppojjo: I must have seen wrong, I think Watermelon’s skill and Sasa’s skill coincidentally hit at the same time hahaha]
[Party][Watermelon Doctor: I turned off damage numbers though??]
[Party][Ppojjo: Really?? Then I must have just misread the numbers hahaha]
[Party][Ppojjo: Sasa, do you have damage numbers turned on?]
[Party][HolyKnightKnight: Ah yes]
[Party][Ppojjo: I see, it’s better to turn them off when hunting as they can be distracting]
Ppojjo quickly concluded the situation, suggesting it must have been their mistake, and offered a tip before moving on. After the conversation ended so abruptly, the guild members all shifted their attention from the chat and actively resumed hunting.
The hunting session continued for over three hours until HolyKnightKnight mentioned they needed to log off. Ji-won only checked the time after confirming HolyKnightKnight had gone offline. He stretched his arms out and then typed on the keyboard again.
[Guild][Hando: Anyone want to run a dungeon?]
* * *
Title: Plum recruited a Holy Knight
Author: Anonymous
Saw it while looking at guild rankings, there’s a character I haven’t seen before
Why a trash-tier Holy Knight?? And the level is awkward too;
Comments:
➥ They probably took them for the guild class skill, since Holy Knights are rare
➥➥ Isn’t the Holy Knight special skill HP increase? That’s useless hahaha
➥➥ It’s good for battles since you can’t drink potions
➥ Seriously, why a Holy Knight of all things?
➥➥ For the additional passive skill
➥➥ Could be another guild member’s alt? Or maybe a friend
➥ Plum, you bastards, please let’s not see you in battle ã…
➥➥ You won’t even get matched with them unless you’re in a guild ranked in the top 50 on the server haha
➥ These guys seriously value game life over real life;;;
➥➥ What are you talking about, their Guild Master is a Sewon University student
➥➥➥ ?? How do you know that?
➥➥➥ He’s famous, quit when he was in high school to study hard, then made a glorious return after getting accepted to Sewon University hahaha
➥➥➥ So jealous, living the god life in both game and real life…..
➥➥➥ The world is fair, he must be either crazy or scrawny
➥ I have hipster syndrome and want to try leveling a Holy Knight, how is it?
➥➥ Go for it^^
➥➥ If you have hipster syndrome, try Priest instead.. Holy Knight performance is pretty bad, especially when there’s Dark Knight which is a superior version in the knight class, why bother?
➥➥➥ It’s decent if you have the capital
➥➥➥➥ No haha use that capital on another class haha
➥ Speaking as a Holy Knight player, it’s truly the worst. Don’t even think about raising one unless you have high capital. Even with investment, the efficiency is terrible haha. The few advantages are being a warrior class + very high HP, but battles are all about who hits first in this meta~ Attack power is inferior to Dark Knights too
➥➥ Holy Knights are defense characters, so of course their attack is weak haha
➥➥ That’s why it’s boring, something needs to change ã…¡ã…¡ I understand the game itself blurs the tank/DPS/healer distinction, but how long are we going to rely on just doping up and dealing damage? Let’s try dividing positions a bit
➥➥ Holy Knights are basically walking potion banks, good for stalling in battles
➥➥ Still no match against a gang-up
➥ ??: Do the devs nerf Holy Knights whenever they’re in a bad mood??
➥➥ Holy Light hahahahaha
➥➥ That’s actually a fact
➥ I wonder who this person is..
➥➥ Probably a friend of an existing guild member
➥ Oh, is this Shinmyung’s guild? I really want to join
➥ But why doesn’t Shinmyung create his own guild instead of joining this one? There must be tons of rankers and subscribers willing to join if he made a new one
➥➥ He and the Plum Guild Master are best friends
➥ I looked up Plum, their lineup is insane. But what does the Guild Master do?
➥➥ Hando? He’s known for his control
➥➥ Shinmyung’s friend
➥➥ Search on YouTube, he doesn’t show his face or voice, but he’s good at boss control
* * *
Title: Why praise the completely washed-up Plum guild?
Author: BBQFlavoredKnight
Do they have the #1 ranked user? Are they the #1 ranked guild? No, right? But every time I see posts flooding in about these guys whose only credential is playing the game for a long time, it pisses me off haha. What does it matter if they get a new guild member or not? Attention-seeking bastards;; I don’t care
Comments:
➥ This guy must have been PK’d by Plum haha pathetic
➥ W-w-what does it matter? I-I-I don’t care
➥➥ Attention-seeking.. bastards.. tap..tap.. Mom, I told you to leave~~!
➥ Veterans = strong, isn’t that obvious..and they’re famous because they have YouTubers in the guild
➥ People keep talking about Plum because multiple people discuss them ^~^ How would the guild members who keep quiet feel? Just go back to hunting more, server rank 527 Fairy King Heinrich III!
➥➥ Is that Chelling?
➥➥ This one is so persistent too damn haha
➥➥ How did you find the author’s character?
➥➥ The dedication to dig through all the old posts is incredible
➥ Completely washed-up hahahahahahahahaha Let’s 1v1 any guild member
➥➥ Leave them be.. they need to vent their frustration after getting stomped
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
