Chapter 154: Cyber ​​Guerilla

As if responding to those words, the floor suddenly shifted.

On the featureless, colorless battlefield, six tiles abruptly rose with a clicking sound.

Each a different color.

Red, blue, green… They shimmered like jewels, scattered randomly.

“What are those?”

“What are we supposed to do…?”

Everyone hesitated. Before they could examine the colors closely, the tiles sank back down.

At that moment, Steve’s head turned very slowly. And then, along with the tiles, three floating orbs appeared.

Thwack, thwack.

Two orbs within arrow range vanished instantly. Lowering her bow, Leah said,

“These can be attacked.”

“One-shot! This is what +11 is for!”

Koharu took care of the remaining orb. But again, the colored tiles appeared briefly and then disappeared.

They reappeared a third time. Leah instinctively stepped onto the nearest tile, a red one. Karen seemed to have the same idea, stepping onto a different colored tile. But the tiles still vanished fruitlessly.

Then, the fourth time. Ciel raised her voice.

“This tile doesn’t disappear!”

Leah quickly glanced over. The tile Ciel was standing on was dark, almost black. Except for that tile, the others blinked out and reappeared.

“We’re supposed to step on them in order.”

Ayame murmured. Leah had realized that as well. But in what order…?

• Minerals?

• Just mineral colors.

• Yeah, there’s no texture, but the colors are the same.

• Current order: 1. Coal confirmed, 2. (?), 3. (?)

• If coal is the start, it’s from cheapest to most expensive. Ascending order.

• Yeah, diamond will be last, probably.

The collective intelligence of the chat deciphered the rule.

Since the map was large and only one person could stand on a tile, they just had to step on the nearest tile in the correct order.

Simple. It was a very simple rule…

“Who got gold?! Why didn’t you step on it?!”

“The tile disappeared too fast!”

If they didn’t react quickly enough, the tile would vanish.

“Senior! Why did you step on the redstone already?!”

“Oops! My reflexes were too fast!”

Mistakes and broken sequences easily occurred.

“It was iron’s turn…”

“Ah, I got confused. I just mined some iron here, so I thought it was the same.”

The tiles appeared in different locations each time, so they couldn’t memorize the pattern.

“Who’s next to coal? How can you mess up the first step?”

“Sorry! I got pushed back. The orbs have knockback!”

They were also hindered by the orbs that periodically popped up.

Leah? She hadn’t made a single mistake since figuring out the rule. She had also dealt with the most orbs.

The problem was, with every failure, the number of orbs increased. So, they had to leave the ones out of range alone.

Thwack.

“Leah, nice!”

Ena had almost been pushed back from her spot in the sequence. If it weren’t for Leah’s support…

“Oops, I messed up!”

But despite being saved, Koharu immediately made a mistake, resetting the puzzle.

“Ah… It’s been a long time since I’ve felt so powerless…”

• It’s chaos lol

• The team leader is about to have a stroke from the team members’ antics…

• ???: Just do your part!!!

• The log is too heavy…

• She stood in for missed tiles, dealt with the most orbs, and even called out the sequence. She did everything.

• But she can’t carry alone lol

• This is cyber boot camp lol

• I woke up at 2 PM like an early bird and got caught up in this. Guess I’ll be burning the midnight oil with them tonight.

Then, at some point, the atmosphere shifted.

At first glance, there wasn’t much difference. There were no serious reprimands, and everyone hadn’t completely lost their smiles.

“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry!”

Instead, apologies that seemed quite genuine began to surface. They had already spent a significant amount of time.

Stamina and focus were dwindling, enemies were increasing… It would be dangerous to stall any longer.

“Everyone, focus!”

In the brief moment before the tiles appeared, Leah raised her voice.
“Don’t fill your hearts with anxiety and doubt. Just think about the spot you’re responsible for. Just take one step there. Trust your comrades with the rest. Then we will surely win!”

• That voice projection!

• Pulling it up from her diaphragm…

• You can tell she has experience with speeches from being a hero…

• Speech (Opera)

• Was I the only one whose face got flushed just now? lol

• It is a little embarrassing…

• It’s a good thing it’s a Blooming collab where everyone’s used to Leah’s RP lol.

“Yeah! It’s time to beat this!”

“We can do it! Fighting!”

With their morale boosted, they tried again.

“Coal!”

Leah’s call overlapped with the voices of the others.

“Iron!”

“Safe!”

Following Ayame, Koharu also succeeded.

“Gold!”

Leah aimed her bow and fired arrows here and there. Once they stepped on a tile, their position was fixed. So, it was best to reduce the number of orbs as much as possible beforehand.

Of course, she couldn’t freely roam the map. She couldn’t leave the area where the tiles appeared.

So, she set a maximum reaction radius and dealt with the enemies within range.

“Emerald!”

Ah, this meant her position would be fixed on the fourth tile. She was closest. Leah quickly leaped and flew, dealing with an orb that popped up next to the tile with a close-range shot.

!

• Wow, that was close!

• Leah’s never missed a tile, though.

While it would have been best if she was last, fourth wasn’t the worst. She had no choice but to trust the others to do their part, just as she’d said herself.

“Redstone!”

While emerald was rarer, the order seemed to reflect overall usefulness rather than just rarity.

“This is diamond physical!”

Miya succeeded as well. Now, only one tile remained.

“Diamond!”

A cry filled with everyone’s hopes and desires echoed—

“Wah? Sorry! I was clearing the orbs around me, just to be safe…”

Ena, who had failed to step on the tile right in front of her, bowed her head deeply.

“What a troll!”

“You couldn’t step on the last one? Are you really as dumb as a cat?”

“Don’t insult cats! My Mimi is smarter.”

“Ugh, I want to flick her forehead 100 times…”

Reprimands erupted from all sides. Was she mistaken in thinking they sounded a little more genuine now…?

“Guys? I’m the most senior here, you know? The only first-generation member?”

Whoosh.

An arrow struck Ena in the chest. But it didn’t cause any damage. Apparently, they couldn’t damage team members in the raid.

“Senior, I’m sorry. I was calculating the trajectory to deal with the orbs more efficiently, and you were in the path.”

“…”

• She totally aimed for her on purpose lol

• Ah, a mistake, she says lol

• If Leah wanted to get rid of one troll, respect lol

• Let’s go, boot camp round two~

• This is cyber torture lol

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Was it because their failure right before success broke their flow?

It took them quite a while after that to finally clear the pattern.

Leah was mentally tired but could have kept going for hours, but the others didn’t seem to be in the same state.

Fortunately, they didn’t have to stay up all night.

Once they cleared a certain phase, they could save their progress.

From the next day, everyone who logged onto the server focused on the boss fight.

When enough people gathered, they headed to the final dungeon.

It wasn’t necessary for all six to be present at the same time.

The members who couldn’t participate on the first day joined in one by one, according to their own schedules.

Since they could join a raid in progress, everyone got to experience the boss, even if only for a short time.

Some cleared it quickly (mostly when Leah was present). She heard that some teams failed even after knowing the pattern.

Perhaps this was the disappointing part. Unlike the first day, having a +12 weapon wasn’t enough to dominate alone.

Of course, it still had some effect, like how the orbs exploded in one hit on the first day. But it meant Leah couldn’t carry the entire fight herself.

A structure where it couldn’t be solved alone.

That was the premise of this boss fight, and the condition set for this server’s final story.

And finally, only the final phase remained.

Coordinating the time wasn’t easy.

Some had changed their sleep schedules due to the server event, but their streaming times were generally different.

There were also individual schedules to consider.

Nevertheless, they all agreed to log in together, all ten of them.

Not just for the boss fight, but for the server’s grand finale.

The time was set for 7 PM.

The moment they agreed to enter the final phase, their IDs started popping up on the server one by one.

Rue, Ena, Ciel, Miya, Ayame, Noah, Koharu, Sara, Karen.

And finally, Leah.

Ten names, lined up on the server.

• Wow, finally a full party!!

• Let’s goooo~

• My heart swells…

• The ten of them lined up like that looks so cool.

• It actually looks awesome despite the Bok graphics…

• Ah… The final battle.