The Perfect Game Mate 8

Chapter 8

[Chelling: ????]

[Chelling: ??]

Despite the notification appearing clearly in the global chat, Chelling kept spamming question marks in disbelief. HolyKnightKnight, seemingly dazed by what they had just done, stood there blankly without responding.

Of course, Arc Serenity wasn’t a particularly difficult game to reach max level, and there were quite a few high-level users, so it wasn’t impossible for a level 170 or 180 player to win if they had good enough equipment. But the user HolyKnightKnight had just killed wasn’t just some high-level character that would die from a single hit like a scarecrow.

Demon King. A user infamous for constantly stirring up drama in the Arc Serenity community. Chelling, who had encountered him in PVP a few months ago, had personally experienced how terrible and awful his control was, but that didn’t mean his equipment was equally poor. The items he had personally showcased in his posts weren’t server-tier or anything absurdly expensive, but they were still quite substantial for PVP use.

Besides, hadn’t HolyKnightKnight said this was their first war? They probably wouldn’t even know what abilities would be good to equip or how to enhance them properly. As Demon King’s character completely disappeared after slowly fading away, Chelling asked in disbelief:

[Chelling: Did you gear up, Sasa???]

[HolyKnightKnight: Ah, yes]

[HolyKnightKnight: I didn’t gear up myself, I bought it]

[Chelling: wtf the entire PvP set?]

[HolyKnightKnight: Yes]

Items sold as complete sets were usually above a certain level of quality. These were typically traded for real money, which meant each piece had its own value.

[Chelling: A newbie who bought a complete PvP set before reaching level 200..?]

[Chelling: You’re too precious lolololololol]

Chelling wasn’t the only one amazed that a newbie who hadn’t even reached max level had achieved the first kill. Since the war had been going on for quite a while, everyone should have already encountered enemies, and now the guild chat was exploding.

[Guild][Hando: ??]

[Guild][Ppojjo: ???]

[Guild][Ddaji: Wow first kill alreadyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Chelling: Sasa, accept party invite]

While staring blankly at the incoming messages, HolyKnightKnight was snapped back to attention by Chelling sending a party invitation, suggesting they form a party first.

[Party][Chelling: One more big spender in our guild..]

[Party][Chelling: Let’s go^^ we’ll pave the way]

[Party][HolyKnightKnight: Okay]

As HolyKnightKnight followed Chelling’s lead, they suddenly remembered what the guild master had said about recording. I should have started recording from the beginning, but I forgot. With that in mind, they briefly left the game to turn on the recording program as instructed, but when they returned, the situation didn’t look good.

[Party][Chelling: Sasa, where did you go?ㅠ]

[Party][Chelling: You shouldn’t leave in the middle..^ㅠ]

[Party][HolyKnightKnight: Sorry]

Not sure what happened, but guessing that taking their eyes off the game screen was a mistake, they apologized. Looking around the map belatedly, they spotted enemy guild members on the opposite side. Already four of them grouped together.

[Party][Chelling: Ah, the numbers are so uneven]

No matter how experienced Chelling was, they couldn’t face that many opponents with a newbie who had just entered their first war. If there had been just one fewer enemy, they might have tried. This was always the problem with these chaotic, brawl-like wars. Even if you’re skilled, you can be taken down quickly with bad luck.

[Party][Chelling: Follow me]

Just as things were looking difficult, a hidden portal came into view. These hidden portals, which transported users to random locations, repeatedly appeared and disappeared in a semi-transparent state. They would vanish after 3 minutes or if more than 3 people passed through them.

Since there were only two of them, and no fool would follow them into a portal without knowing where it led, it was the optimal choice. Chelling entered the portal without hesitation and sent a message in party chat.

[Party][Chelling: Sasa, take the hidden portal in front of you]

There was no way a newbie could properly see the faint hidden portal that appeared and disappeared. Ah, I should have told them before warping. By the time Chelling regretted it, HolyKnightKnight, whose fingers and brain didn’t seem to connect properly, was already trapped inside a circle formed by the enemies.

Even a Holy Knight with high HP as their advantage would become helpless against skilled control and experience. Especially in a situation where four opponents were ganging up on them. It was completely different from when they defeated Demon King just moments ago. Back then, the opponent just took hits, but this time, no matter how much HolyKnightKnight swung, they couldn’t land a hit.

Above all, their unresponsive hands couldn’t dodge or deflect attacks at all, so the damage they took accumulated until the screen turned red.

Can’t even use potions, what should I do here? As HolyKnightKnight tried to use a skill by pressing the K key, they accidentally hit the J key instead. This activated the sitting motion that was registered to the J key by default.

“Uh…”

This isn’t right. They tried to cancel the motion, but by then, a skull mark had already appeared above their character’s head. Dead.

They hadn’t had high expectations for their own reflexes, but they didn’t expect to die so pathetically. Maybe this game really isn’t for me. Too stunned to even click the confirm button in the center of the screen, they stared blankly at the display as chat messages popped up above the characters surrounding them.

[Hot134: Seriously ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ why did you suddenly sit down ㅅㅂㅋㅋ]

[Hot134: Funny as hell]

[Nori: F**kingㅋㅋㄱㅋㄱㅋㄱㅋㄱㅋㄱㄱ]

Naturally, mockery poured in from the enemies. Even though they would have died from being ganged up on anyway, suddenly sitting on the ground was strange behavior by anyone’s standards.

[Guild][Hot134: Did Demon King really lose to this guy?]

[Guild][Hot134: Are you insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Guild][Nori: Hey no matter how bad your control is, this is too much;;;;]

Demon King’s guildmates were busy laughing and at a loss for words at the character that died so pathetically. Trapped at the respawn location after death, Demon King defended himself to his guild members, claiming it was an unbelievable amount of damage, but he had long become an object of ridicule.

[Watermelon Doctor: Sasa, why did you come back so quickly ㅋㅋㅋㄱㅋㄱㅋ]

[Watermelon Doctor: The protagonist of the first kill]

[HolyKnightKnight: Ah..]

[Watermelon Doctor: But I was the first one killed, so~~~!]

Watermelon Doctor, the first guild member to arrive at the respawn location, comforted HolyKnightKnight by saying that being the second to die was still good. No matter how high the HP and defense of a Holy Knight, they had to take into account that HolyKnightKnight was a newbie who had only started recently.

[Watermelon Doctor: I’m a mage so]

[Watermelon Doctor: My HP is pathetic, if I can’t form a party quickly I die fastㅠ]

[HolyKnightKnight: So being a mage isn’t all good]

[Watermelon Doctor: That’s right]

[Watermelon Doctor: But if you have support next to you and good control]

[Watermelon Doctor: It’s overpoweredㅋㅋㅋㅋ The attack power is high to compensate for the small HP and weak defense]

So each class has its pros and cons. While processing this newly learned information, the war continued as always, led by the veteran guild members. From the occasional guild chat messages, it seemed that Chelling, who had disappeared through the hidden portal, had formed another party and was successfully eliminating enemy guild members.

The guild master, who had been flying in after joining with Ppojjo and two other guild members nearby and smoothly taking down enemies, immediately changed direction upon hearing of HolyKnightKnight’s death sooner than expected. If only they had spawned a little closer. Ji-won, promising himself for the next war, immediately turned his character’s view and continued killing users caught in his radar. Having formed a good party from the start, he faced no difficulties at all.

[<Plum> guild member ‘Chelling’ has defeated <Coexistence> guild member ‘Floorida’! (+3P)]

[<Plum> guild member ‘Hando’ has defeated <Coexistence> guild member ‘ayasee’! (+3P)]

[HolyKnightKnight: Everyone seems really good, you all work well together]

[Watermelon Doctor: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’re people who act like Arc Serenity is their life]

[Watermelon Doctor: You can get good quickly too if you practice, Sasa]

I wonder, really… Watermelon Doctor, who had been excitedly chatting right next to them, asking when they had geared up to beat Demon King in a 1:1 fight, quickly moved to gossip with other guild members as they entered the respawn area one by one. Left alone, HolyKnightKnight sank into contemplation about their hands, which seemed to be much more problematic than they had imagined.