Ch. 78 Master and Disciple (2)
by AfuhfuihgsChapter 78 – Master and Disciple (2)
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[Heavenly War Zone End Announcement]
[Your points will be settled as is if you discontinue participation]
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“Discontinue.”
Serpina chose to discontinue participation without hesitation at the notification that appeared before her eyes.
The battle that had lasted for days finally ended.
The massive snow mountain that she had single-handedly defended was now filled only with the corpses of enemies, rapidly turning to dust on all sides.
Of course, the Heavenly War had not completely ended.
Some areas were still fighting because they had not yet eliminated all the enemies. If she wanted, she could be dispatched to such places and participate in the battle again.
But Serpina was too exhausted and tired to care about such places right now.
She had done enough. Enough that no one could say anything to her.
“Haa.”
After letting out a short sigh, she returned to her residence, handed her weapons to the approaching servants, and released her equipment.
The points earned with such difficulty were not small.
If she were to squander this, which has more value than currency, including Fate Road and the Tower, communities where all Constellations participate, there would surely be many things to enjoy here and there.
But she would never waste those points.
If necessary, she intended to use every last penny for her contractor, Reina.
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[Reina got hit again ㅜㅠ]
[But she succeeded in guarding. Not much left now]
[I told you not to worry. She’s always been good at getting hit without getting hurt ㅋㅋ]
[Am I the only one annoyed by the newcomers making such a fuss over every little thing?]
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Her eyes had already been fixed on the large screen raised in the air.
Reina was currently performing a battle to achieve an achievement in a dungeon, and on the bulletin board relaying it, users who had recently increased in number were reacting to Reina’s every action.
‘She suffered a lot from the beginning.’
Serpina gave a bitter smile as she deleted a post wanting to see Reina getting punched in the stomach with a click, among the posts that were constantly being uploaded without a break, as befitting a gallery that achieves a relatively high ranking these days.
The mission to be hit a certain number of times that she was currently undertaking was not actually a very difficult mission for Reina.
When Reina first came to Serpina, she was a challenger who was somehow strange.
She seemed to have a lot of knowledge about the Tower, but she had no talent for fighting, so Reina’s climb in the early stages was a fierce struggle every day.
That was before Serpina even created a fan gallery.
In other words, Serpina was the only one who knew what Reina, who was just a challenger and not a Ranker at the time, looked like.
Of course, Serpina had taken quite a few videos at the time, but she had never released them on the bulletin board.
She didn’t want to harm the image of the fandom that regarded Reina as a talented genius swordsman.
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ㄴ“How’s the other side doing?”
ㄴ“They also succeeded in conquering one dungeon now. It’s fierce. It seems like there’s no time to rest. If it goes on like this”
ㄴ“It’s just the beginning, so they’ll keep running at each other at first. In the end, it seems like it’s a fight of who gets less tired ㅋㅋ”
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The ranking competition with Lienblad, who had newly established the rules, was maintaining a tense state enough for the majority of users to immerse themselves in and enjoy.
As the comments said, it was the early stages of the confrontation. It meant that they were pouring out all their capabilities at once.
In the end, true skill would only be revealed in the later stages after their stamina and possessions had deteriorated.
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ㄴ“Isn’t a clearing dungeon better than a gimmick dungeon in the later stages?”
ㄴ“You have to think about achieving achievements, not just simple conquest. It’s right to go with a fast tempo in the early stages and an easy difficulty in the later stages”
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She glanced at the users who were fiercely discussing Reina’s strategy.
The more users who immersed themselves, the more fandom that resided in the fan gallery, the more high-quality information and support would pour in.
And it was her duty as a contract Constellation to convey that to Reina as much as possible.
The ability of the contractor to understand was important, but the ability of the Constellation to convey was also important.
‘It feels like just yesterday that I was guarding a desolate bulletin board alone, but it’s grown so much.’
As the main administrator, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of novelty.
It had already been several years since she noticed that Reina was something special and attractive enough to become her contracted Constellation.
Serpina, who had watched all of Reina’s achievements during that time, was already deeply in love with Reina more than anyone else.
“Do you have any more business?”
“There is business. Very important business. So hurry. I must show that child a perfect appearance.”
The Heavenly War had just ended, but instead of lazing around and resting, Serpina instructed the servants to decorate her as much as possible and raised the corners of her lips.
Her heart was already pounding.
She was clearly the Constellation and she was the one who had to give guidance, but for some reason, it was a tense moment like a fan going to meet a celebrity.
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‘As expected, Serpina didn’t mention her descent on the bulletin board.’
In the end, Reina, who had conquered one dungeon and achieved an achievement that day, hurriedly returned to the guild headquarters with a somewhat tired body.
Reina, who was soaking in a hot tub with a stamina recovery solution under the guise of rest, fell asleep and connected to Fate Road to check the situation on the bulletin board.
And as a result, she confirmed that Serpina had made no mention of the meeting that would be held tonight.
Users were talking about what happened today, discussing future plans, and playing around as usual, writing miscellaneous posts.
“Why?”
Naturally, her head tilted.
Of course, the points earned from the Heavenly War were not received from users, but Serpina’s pure personal property, but it was still a matter of spending a huge amount of points.
Reina, who thought she would write a post on the bulletin board to get opinions, was slightly embarrassed.
If this happened, it didn’t seem like what happened in the sanctuary would be released on the bulletin board, no matter what happened there.
‘Could it be…’
Naturally, Reina’s face hardened.
It was because she felt like the thought she had in case was gradually becoming a reality.
She knew very well that Serpina could beat her up without batting an eye.
If she really did that, she understood why Serpina didn’t mention it in the fan gallery.
She would probably ask her to relay what happened in the sanctuary, but no matter how much it was training, she wouldn’t want to show her getting beat up.
“…I’ll go to the sanctuary as she said.”
“O-Okay.”
Reina, who had no choice but to have such a minor misunderstanding, eventually went out with a somewhat stiff face that even felt solemn.
Kim Ji-eun flinched when she saw her and was looking at her.
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ㄴ“No, it’s been a while since her insight stat exceeded 2000, so why does she keep calling her to the sanctuary?”
ㄴ“Well, that’s up to the contract Constellation…”
ㄴ“There are many vicious Constellations who make you do strange things in the sanctuary…”
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Even within the fan gallery, questionable words began to come out as they watched Reina heading to the sanctuary.
It wasn’t that there weren’t any vicious Constellations who were abusing it, so it wasn’t strange for ordinary users to be dissatisfied because they couldn’t see what was happening in the sanctuary.
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[Just don’t worry, there’s just something to talk about separately]
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Serpina, who was watching it, suppressed such complaints early on as she looked at Reina, who was gradually approaching the sanctuary.
‘I can never tell.’
Serpina, who took a deep breath, faintly raised the corners of her lips as she checked her body, which she had completely decorated for the last time.
How dare she say that she would meet Reina in person and film it for relay?
She herself was in a state of anxiety because she didn’t know what she would do if she had Reina in front of her.
Of course, the gallery users knew Serpina’s true self, who had stopped pretending, but it was a completely different matter to blatantly show that the mask was breaking in front of Reina.
“It’s time.”
And finally, Reina entered the empty sanctuary alone and prepared to meet.
[Sanctuary Descent Start]
At the same time as a huge amount of points were drained from Serpina, intense power swirled from her body.
In fact, even if she did this, it was not her main body moving, but only a kind of hologram that projected her appearance.
But that was enough.
It was as if the gap that was too far to even properly hear each other’s voices was narrowed in an instant, just for this moment.
“Ah.”
Reina, who was waiting quietly, let out a small exclamation at the presence that appeared behind her without a sound.
Before she knew it, Serpina had appeared in the dark space where there was no one.
“You can turn around. Stand up and show me your face.”
When Reina turned around at Serpina’s voice, who smiled with a smirk, Reina finally got up from her seat and turned around.
Clear red eyes and golden eyes meet in the air.
Finally, the two beings saw each other in the same space.
‘‘We finally met.’’
At the same time, both of them thought the same thing.
Author Note
A/N (Author’s note):
Thank you for reading.
Translator Note
T/N (Translator’s note):
Getting beat up is one thing, but getting recorded while being beaten up is well…Great! Beat up more!! Do it to Kat and the Lewd Saintess next!!!!
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