Chapter 61: Red Moon Bloodline (2)

“Here you go.”

Yoo Seo-yeon handed a pouch of gold coins with her small hands to the streamer who had come to find her.

1.5 billion, won at the gambling den.

She had promised to give away some to the streamers who hadn’t been around when she tossed out 100 million.

Two million gold each.

“Whaaa! Silverhair! Are you really giving this to me? Thank you so much!”

The streamer reacted with the kind of exaggerated flair typical of their kind.

But the hand that clutched the coin pouch trembled slightly, and the smile on their face looked genuinely joyful.

Yoo Seo-yeon’s cheeks flushed faintly.

She felt oddly shy.

For her, it was money she could earn in two days if she wanted.

She wondered if it might be too little, but clearly, that wasn’t the case.

After all, she had the overpowered skill ‘Dimensional Distortion.’

For other players—especially streamers who had only recently set up on the server—two million gold was a huge sum.

“Loyalty, loyalty!”

The streamer bowed several times in thanks and then skipped off, chatting excitedly with their viewers about what to do next.

Even if it was gambling money and a form of reputation management—

Doing good deeds felt good.

It gave her a sense of pride.

Just then—

Thud—thud—thud—

Heavy footsteps echoed from beyond the plaza.

Not one or two.

A crowd.

Like a dark tidal wave, armed players surged in.

Most ran down the street, while some leapt across rooftops like ninjas—or maybe grasshoppers. They seemed to want to make flashy entrances.

A swarm of men.

Their faces looked familiar.

‘Ah.’

A memory flickered in Yoo Seo-yeon’s mind.

She had seen them before, when they came claiming to have killed the Land Kraken.

Kreetzone.

And ten clan members behind him, their expressions taut and serious.

There was a grim determination on their faces.

What’s going on?

Did they come to claim their two million gold too?

The air felt tense, but she chalked it up to her imagination.

“Silverhair. It’s been a while.”

At the head of the group, Kreetzone spoke up.

There was a strange tension in his voice.

“Sorry, but please die without a word.”

And at his signal—

Clink!

His clan members all drew their weapons.

Gleaming swords, massive axes, ominously glowing staves.

Only now did Yoo Seo-yeon realize.

Ah.

These people.

They didn’t come for money.

It was an ambush.

Raidel had told her there was no PK on the streamer server.

‘Whatever’s going on…’

Yoo Seo-yeon quietly tucked the coin pouch back into her robe.

Instead, her slender fingers reached for the hilt of the sword at her waist.

The Kraken Greatsword.

Forged from the core of the Land Kraken, a cursed blade with vampiric powers.

Its offensive power was unmatched—her weapon of choice.

“Even if you’re Silverhair, you won’t stand a chance against eleven of us!”

Kreetzone shouted, puffing out his chest, certain of victory.

His clan members swallowed nervously, tightening their grips on their weapons.

11 versus 1.

Overwhelming numbers.

No one can win against a dogpile—that was the prevailing thought.

Kreetzone was confident.

[Trash]

[11 to 1, is this real lol]

[Seriously, Kreetzone, this is too pathetic~]

[Even for Silverhair, that’s gonna be tough against all that]

[Bro the room owner is making a fool of himself;;;]

Kreetzone’s stream chat.

Even there, people were calling him embarrassing and shameless.

But some viewers were thrilled at this unexpected villain turn.

Viewer count was at an all-time high.

Word must have spread through the community.

Just as planned.

Kreetzone swallowed hard.

Now that it had come to this, he had to win and fully embrace the villain role.

Not the second-best player who lost to Silverhair—

But a revolutionary fighting back.

‘Alright. Let’s do this.’

At his signal, an assassin melted into the shadows.

Stealth skill: ‘Hide.’

Silently, like a shadow, the assassin crept behind Yoo Seo-yeon.

‘This one strike…!’

The dagger in his hand shimmered with a deadly paralysis poison.

An expensive debuff item. One hit would drastically slow her down.

Once her movement was sealed, the rest could tear her apart.

But then—

Whoosh—

Yoo Seo-yeon, who had been staring straight at Kreetzone, slightly turned her head.

As if she had known someone was there all along.

A fleeting movement.

At the same time, her right hand flashed, drawing her sword.

Shiiing—!

With a sharp air-splitting sound, a silver arc sliced the air.

Fluid and precise, a strike with zero hesitation.

Slice!

“Kugh?!”

From what had appeared to be empty air—

A scream rang out, and a faint silhouette emerged.

Clutching his severed neck, the assassin collapsed.

His eyes wide with disbelief—unable to comprehend how or why he’d been detected—

He vanished into shimmering motes of light.

A chilling silence fell over the plaza.

Yoo Seo-yeon flicked the blood from her blade as if nothing had happened.

Then she turned her gaze back to Kreetzone.

“Now… it’s ten.”

Kreetzone’s face turned pale.

‘It was perfect stealth. How did she know?’

The Hide skill renders you completely invisible.

There’s a slight shimmer, but in this kind of dark night, it should be impossible to see.

Even he, who had given the order, couldn’t locate the assassin.

And yet she had effortlessly countered it.

He broke into goosebumps.

[??? What was that]

[How’d she see him? lololol]

[That gave me chills, how did she do that?]

[She’s the one who guessed the right number on a spinning roulette just from the sound;;]

Kreetzone was drenched in cold sweat.

He had gathered a peak viewer count.

Losing now would be the most humiliating outcome imaginable.

“Don’t panic! Form up!”

He shouted urgently.

He calmed his flustered clan members and ordered the attack.

Only one loss. Ten still remained.

The ambush failed, but they’d crush her head-on.

“Waaah!”

Red Moon clan members charged at Yoo Seo-yeon.

The warrior and tank lines raised their shields and rushed forward.

Mages and archers in the rear began casting and aiming.

Blades and spells flew in from every direction.

A perfect encirclement.

No room to dodge.

But Yoo Seo-yeon’s expression didn’t change.

‘Dimensional Distortion.’

At her small gesture, the surrounding space warped and twisted.

BOOM!

With a thunderous roar, a massive stone wall erupted behind her—

Right where the ranged attackers had been stationed.

Boom! Boom!

Arrows and spells slammed helplessly into the wall, exploding on contact.

But that wasn’t all.

The wall completely separated the frontline tanks from the rear damage dealers.

“W-what the hell is this?!”

“Is this that dimensional-whatever skill?!”

In an instant, their formation was shattered.

Front and rear could no longer see each other.

Flash—!

In the next moment, Yoo Seo-yeon appeared directly in front of the confused mages and archers behind the wall.

Another function of Dimensional Distortion: folding space.

A short-range mini portal.

Great for closing distance instantly.

“Gah!”

“When did she—?!”

For ranged dealers, melee combat without tanks was a death sentence.

Panicked, they raised their staves and bows to defend—

Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!

The Kraken Greatsword danced.

Thud!

Without even a proper scream, the backline dissolved into motes of light.

“She’s behind! She moved behind the wall!”

The front tanks finally realized the backline was under attack.

But by then, the support line had long since departed for the afterlife.

The wall vanished, revealing Yoo Seo-yeon.

Kreetzone’s eyes twitched.

Everyone who had been behind her was now gone.

Only six melee fighters remained.

“W-we still have the advantage!”

Still, six against one.

The numbers were still on their side.

Kreetzone and five warriors rushed in.

Yoo Seo-yeon sighed once.

Clang! Ka-chang!

Like a dance, she narrowly dodged and parried the charging swords and axes.

Sometimes, she twisted her body at the last second, gliding out of range.

Thud! Slash!

And then—precise counters to their vitals.

Wherever she passed, light scattered.

Six.

Five.

Four…

Watching his comrades fall helplessly, Kreetzone thought—

‘This… this can’t be right.’

His legs trembled like leaves.

They had prepared so well.

Used poisons, staged fake farms, diverted attention from other users.

Then launched a surprise attack while Yoo Seo-yeon was alone.

It should’ve been flawless.

But—

Step—

Yoo Seo-yeon’s footsteps.

His entire clan was gone.

He had shouted a lot, but barely fought.

Only Kreetzone remained.

“If it’s come to this…!”

He couldn’t go down so pathetically.

His last shred of pride as a streamer.

Clang!

He gripped his Kraken Greatsword tightly.

Same material, same sinister shape as Yoo Seo-yeon’s.

At least with the same weapon, maybe he could land one hit.

Maybe, just maybe, a miracle.

Yoo Seo-yeon remained silent, simply gazing at him.

Kreetzone moved first.

“Hyaaah!”

With a loud yell, he raised the sword overhead.

Like a movie hero, he leapt high to strike Silverhair.

If he could just land this one hit…

“Huh?”

A strange sensation—his body floating.

High.

He didn’t understand why he was looking down at the ground from dozens of meters up.

He had been launched high into the air.

Dimensional Distortion wasn’t just teleportation.

It created short-range mini portals between two points.

Not suitable for large-scale travel, but you could send others through them.

Yoo Seo-yeon had used it to launch Kreetzone into the sky.

He flailed helplessly.

As he tried to summon a flying pet—

He noticed something strange.

Though it was night, something behind him was glowing brightly.

Aegis’ Touch.

The city’s guardian turret—now under her control.

Whirrrrr—

Blue energy gathered in the turret’s crystal core.

Kreetzone’s eyes widened in fear.

“W-wait…!”

His desperate cry—

BOOOOOOM!

Was drowned out by the roar of the cannon.

A blue energy shell struck him midair.

BAAANG!

Like a dazzling firework exploding in the night sky—

Kreetzone shattered in a brilliant burst of light.

Countless sparkling particles scattered into the air.

Yoo Seo-yeon quietly watched from below.

“Yep, that’s some serious firepower.”

Red Moon, the secret society that had risen to ‘restore order’ to the server—

Was obliterated like a firework… within an hour of activity.