Chapter 15: Onward to 1st place in the Clan War…!

“Alright…! I’ve eaten heartily and am in a joyful mood, shall we start the clan battle!”

In front of the computer, energy drinks and snacks I ordered via delivery yesterday were set up.

I also had a 50,000 won tuna sushi delivered for my meal, so I was feeling more fortified than ever.

“Heheung, heheung…♬”

Humming a tune, I generously squeezed out moisturizing cream and dabbed it all over my face.

Next, I squeezed out a good amount of body lotion and meticulously applied it to my arms, legs, and even the backs of my knees.

It felt a little like I was overreacting because I had become a woman, but ruining this well-maintained body was too much of a waste.

So, for now, I was diligently applying whatever products were on the vanity that I understood how to use, every single day.

…Not doing this, I mean, isn’t that like throwing away the opportunity of being a 26-year-old beautiful chaebol’s youngest daughter into the trash can myself?

[Hawawa Middle School Girl-chan]

[Clan Lv. 1]

[Clan Members 30/30]

“Anyway, the clan battle starts at 12 o’clock, right?”

The current time was 11:55 AM.

I thought these things usually opened when the daily quests reset, but thankfully, that wasn’t the case.

Well, if the clan battle started at 6 AM, that would be too much of a ‘hardcore player’ time, so that would be a bit much.

“To get a high score in the clan battle, the clan leader has to take firm control, they said…”

At first, I wondered if I could do it well, but surprisingly, it was manageable.

Since it was a clan recruited from the gallery, ‘cliquing’ issues could arise, so we couldn’t use ‘open chat’ or ‘Discord’, but it didn’t matter.

Because clan battles are the PVE end-content in Galactic Train, naturally, common sense dictated that ‘clan chat’ was supported.

Well, actually, come to think of it, in a game that pushes clan battles as end-content, it would be strange if they didn’t support something like this, right?

In this day and age, there can’t be a trash game that doesn’t even provide such basic features.

“First, shall I check how well my hard-earned clan members are doing!”

[MeiLingAbortionPunch]

-Bbi-bbi~ Bbi-bbi~ Bbi-bbi~ Bbi-bbi~

[LenakosBabyPalaceExplorationTeam]

-Lenako’s Efficacy 1. Osteoporosis and Growth Retardation: Lenako’s horns are rich in calcium, thus increasing bone density, aiding children’s growth, and helping prevent and treat osteoporosis. Lenako with water

[SeeleSoftBoobs]

-Ooh ooh Clan Leader-bbi, my d*ck has gotten hard ooh ooh

[SoloConstellation]

-Clan Leader, where you at?

“… …Did I recruit the wrong people?”

I checked what kind of chats they had while I was sleeping, and it was all nonsense?!

Can I get 1st place with these perverts?

First, let’s calm down.

The clan battle has just begun, and each of them has enough combat power to be the ace if they were in another clan, enough to get 1st place!

[LabelleAr]

-Hawawa! Oppa-yas! Middle school girl-chan has arrived!」

-The clan battle attack order will proceed in order of lowest combat power, as discussed yesterday!

-If no one attacks for more than 20 minutes after a boss appears, the next person in line should notify in the chat and then attack!

[MeiLingAbortionPunch]

-Bbi-bbi~ Bbi-bbi~ Bbi-bbi~ Bbi-bbi~」

[MallangChad]

-Clan Leader-bbi… Your concept is so sh*tty, you’re about to give up, right?」

[SeeleSoftBoobs]

-Since middle school girl-chan has high combat power, it seems she can only attack when night comes~」

“Hmm… Chatting like this again doesn’t feel bad, does it?”

They must all be normal people, after all.

First, let’s check the progress of the clan battle.

[Clan Battle Status]

[Stage 01]

[1/4 Phase in Progress!]

The clan battle consists of a single stage made up of 4 phases.

As the stage increases, the bosses’ health and attack power are honestly enhanced.

Players had to attack and defeat the bosses placed one by one in each phase to advance to the next phase.

In other words, it felt like after finishing 4 boss battles, one stage would end, and it would return to phase 1.

“Oh? As expected of our clan! This feels good!!”

[2/4 Phase in Progress!]

While I was thinking for a moment, the phase 1 boss died instantly.

[Goblin Trio (Easy, Multi-target Battle)]

As expected, since it’s an ‘Easy’ difficulty boss, it’s no match for our clan members, each of whom has a fully constellated character, huh?

They cleared it as soon as they entered, didn’t they?!

[ReleasePrincessLili]

-Phase 2 boss is gimmick-based, is there anything I need to know?」

[MallangChad]

-Just hit it now, it’ll die.」

[MintMalaBuMeokPepsi]

-Just worry about it on Hard.」

“Ha… I can just relax and watch comfortably, can’t I?”

Contrary to my initial worries, the clan members were sharing various information on their own and proceeding with the clan battle.

Since everyone has spent a certain amount of money on the game, they’re showing their seriousness in content like this, huh?

[Hawawa Middle School Girl-chan]

[Clan Battle Ranking: 3458th]

“I don’t need to worry about the current ranking. The real differentiation will start from Hard difficulty anyway!”

***

Today, Chief Secretary Lee Eun-byul didn’t particularly call or text, so I was able to focus entirely on the game.

So, I wandered around various anonymous communities and leisurely watched internet broadcasts, allowing me to understand how difficult the currently open clan battle was and how much people were suffering.

[Medusa < This motherf*cking boss, what the hell am I supposed to do? (12)]

[Ever since Very Hard opened, I can’t get 3 stars even if I die and come back to life??? (23)]

[Isn’t Very Hard Gatekeeper just arithmetically impossible to beat? (8)]

[Medusa sh*t, do I really have to pull Lenako to beat this? Can’t I substitute with a 4-star? (11)]

As the clan battle in the Galactic Train Gallery progressed and the ‘Very Hard’ difficulty opened, it immediately became a mess.

Most users could get 3 stars on Easy and Normal even with 4-star characters, and even carry over to aim for the next boss.

However!!! From Very Hard onwards, a completely different world began to unfold.

[★ Reasons why bastards whining about Very Hard difficulty are despicable]

(A picture of the clan battle difficulty still being Hard.)

What the hell is Very Hard, you otaku b*tches lol

Our clan is still on Hard.

I’ve used all 3 attacks, and it’s still Hard!!!

[This is right lol]

[Lol fr, what’s Very Hard?]

[My Hard difficulty friend was here lol]

[Honestly, to get 3 stars on Very Hard right now, you probably need at least C2 Seele?]

[To beat Goblin Brothers Very Hard, Ha Eun-rich is essential]

“The gallery is in an uproar saying they can’t beat it like this, but…!”

Our clan is different!

[Clan Battle Status]

[Stage 23]

[3/4 Phase in Progress!]

[Valkyrie of Ragnarok (Very Hard, Single Target)]

The skills of the clan members I had painstakingly gathered were indeed formidable.

They had automatically absorbed even the strategy guides posted on the gallery and were earning enormous scores on their own.

[Hawawa Middle School Girl-chan]

[Clan Battle Ranking: 128th]

Thanks to them, our clan was able to hit 128th place on the very first day.

“And this, because everyone got the same score that anyone could get, the ranking will definitely differentiate over time, right?”

Stages 1 to 15, honestly, anyone can clear.

A boss that can be cleared with 5,000 combat power will give the same score whether challenged with 10,000, 20,000, or 100,000 combat power.

Everyone gets 3 stars and carries over.

There can be no difference in score.

But from Very Hard difficulty onwards, it’s different.

“Some can’t clear it! Some barely clear it! And strong users like me can get 3 stars and then get 3 more stars with the carried-over party!!!”

[SoloConstellation]

-Seems like everyone except the clan leader has used all 3 attacks.」

[Shuri]

-Clan leader just needs to do 3 attacks.

[LenakosBabyPalaceExplorationTeam]

-Ooh ooh Clan Leader-bbi, do your best, we’re not number 1.

[Trailblazer]

-Clan Leader-bbi! We believe in you!!!

Receiving the expectations of the clan members, I clicked on the first party to attack the ‘Valkyrie of Ragnarok’.

[Party 1 (Seele Carry Party)]

[Seele (Quantum, Hunt) Lv. 90]

It was ‘Very Hard’ difficulty, which normally required one well-raised 5-star and three 4-stars to clear, but I was different.

─ I’ll end this in an instant!

As soon as the boss battle began, the fully constellated, fully superimposed Seele immediately used her combat skill on the enemy.

Since it was an enemy with a certain level of health, she didn’t die in one hit, but her health was nicely chunked away and disappeared.

“And if I press the ultimate right away…!”

─ Scatter with the butterflies!

With a screen flashing so brightly it hurt my eyes, the boss battle was cleared in an instant.

[Valkyrie of Ragnarok Cleared!]

[★ Clear without any incapacitations]

[★ Clear in 10 turns or less]

[★ Clear in 5 turns or less]

I also cleared 3 stars smoothly, so [Party 1 (Seele Carry Party)] could be used one more time.

[LenakosBabyPalaceExplorationTeam]

-5252 Clan Leader-bbi, I believed in you!!!

[Shuri]

-Combat power 1st place Seele is different, indeed.

[ReleasePrincessLili]

-Bbi-bbi Bbi-bbi~ We’re really going to get 1st place, aren’t we??

Riding the momentum, I immediately deployed Seele against [Goblin Trio (Very Hard, Multi-target Battle)].

Unlike before, this was an annoying boss battle with 3 goblins, but…!

“Hoo, hohoho! Seele gets an extra turn when she defeats an enemy, so multi-target battles are no problem either!!!”

Seele’s job is ‘Hunt’, so she should be strong in single-target battles, but…!

Thanks to her ridiculously overpowered passive, she could clear multi-target battles as easily as eating cold porridge.

[Hawawa Middle School Girl-chan]

[Clan Battle Ranking: 107th↑↑]

“Hohoho, I still have 2 parties left, but to think I’ve already climbed this high…!”

[MeiLingAbortionPunch]

-Clan Leader, what party are you using next? Ha Eun-rich?」

[Shuri]

-Since Medusa is gimmick-based, Mei Ling seems good for getting 3 stars.

[ReleasePrincessLili]

-That’s right, since the order is gimmick – single target – single target, Mei Ling seems good?

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

[Princess Medusa (Very Hard, Gimmick Type)]

This boss requires a special action to be cleared.

You had to perform the action the boss demanded, such as dispelling buffs on the enemy or dispelling debuffs on us.

“So, for this Medusa, you absolutely have to dispel the petrifying gaze debuff the enemy casts, but…!”

Mei Ling with 2 or more constellations doesn’t need such care.

There’s no need to annoyingly include an Abundance character with a dispel function.

Because Mei Ling with 2 or more constellations becomes immune to debuffs cast by the opponent when she assumes a ‘counter stance’!

“If I just go in right away and auto-click…!”

─ All things become one! Strike of Taishan!』

[Princess Medusa Cleared!]

[★ Clear without any incapacitations]

[★ Clear in 10 turns or less]

[★ Clear in 5 turns or less]

“Alright! And next! Next!”

[Golden Gatekeeper (Very Hard, Single Target)]

Unlike the Goblin Trio, this one appears alone.

Free-to-play and low-spending users are famous for cursing that the game is dirty from this point on.

Because this guy doesn’t have a grand strategy.

So you might wonder why it’s difficult, but originally, in games like this, the fewer strategies there are, the shittier each pattern becomes.

So this guy just repeats two patterns.

1. Hit hard.

2. Repair.

It was a boss structured so that if our party’s attack power and healing were less than the enemy’s, we could never clear it.

That’s probably why its name is ‘Gatekeeper’, but…!

─ All things become one! Strike of Taishan!

[Golden Gatekeeper Cleared!]

[★ Clear without any incapacitations]

[★ Clear in 10 turns or less]

[★ Clear in 5 turns or less]

For a counter character like Mei Ling, ‘hitting hard’ is no big deal!

[SoloConstellation]
-Wow, C3 Mei Ling just smashes through, huh.
-Suddenly, I really want C3 Mei Ling.

[Shuri]
-I think our ranking will be incredibly high, won’t it?
-Don’t worry about the current ranking; if the scores are the same, the one who achieved it first gets ranked higher. Everyone.」

[LenakosBabyPalaceExplorationTeam]
-Ooh ooh Clan Leader-bbi! You’re the best! I’m so, so happy!

[JainasStarWorldOpening]
-Wow…Clan Leader is really strong 

“Hoo… We meet again. Valkyrie of Ragnarok.”

[Valkyrie of Ragnarok (Very Hard, Single Target)]

Since it was a single-target battle, Ha Eun-rich, who specialized in multi-target battles, was bound to be unhappy.

But who cares! Our Ha Eun-rich is fully constellated and fully superimposed!!!

─ The power of necromancy…!

The flesh golem summoned by Ha Eun-rich didn’t even use a full turn before crushing the boss’s head.

[Hawawa Middle School Girl-chan]

[Clan Battle Ranking: 54th↑↑]

[LenakosBabyPalaceExplorationTeam]

All the way to the Goblins, a cool shoooooot~~~!

[Shuri]
-Today’s clan battle ends at 54th place!
-Everyone worked hard!

[SoloConstellation]

-Clan Leader, between C3 Mei Ling and C3 Lenako, which is better???
-Seeing you get a higher score than me makes me really want constellations.

[NanaAlphaFemale]
-Wow I’m glad I joined this clan.

“Alright… Since we didn’t coordinate every second on Discord like an internet broadcasting clan, 54th place seems like a total jackpot!”

The real ranking competition can be said to be on the last day of the clan battle.

Anyway, I know our clan is 54th, but what about the score I, Kwon Se-ah, personally made?

I’m definitely 1st in our clan, right?

[Hawawa Middle School Girl-chan]

[Score Ranking – Individual Performance]

[1st – LabelleAr / 15632 points]

[2nd – SoloConstellation / 12149 points]

[3rd – LenakosBabyPalaceExplorationTeam / 12032 points]

[4th – Shuri / 11980 points]

“Wow… I’m 3,000 points ahead of 2nd place, huh?”

I am super carrying.

Our clan wouldn’t function without me.

“Ugh, ughhmm… Aaaah…!”

Just like how an exclamation bursts out when drinking delicious alcohol, my body shivered dangerously.

My face flushed red, and for no reason, my toes and fingers tensed up, making my thighs slightly ache.

“Se-ah! Let’s go all the way to 1st place like this!!!”

Feeling incredibly good, I stood up from my seat, clapping my hands and making a fuss.