Chapter 29: Dorong Server (2)

[“Then… shall we do that?”]

She quickly showed her agreement.

Since she wouldn’t get anything if she didn’t accept, anyway.

I think she made the best choice.

[“But how are you going to send me…?”]

“Originally, there’s one inventory save ticket hidden in each area, you know? I’ll give you that.”

[Ah, so going by dying is also going lol]
[So you’re just going to send her to her death lol]
[???: Why are you trying to walk? You can just respawn.]

I got a little heated because the chat’s reactions seemed to be teasing me.

But since that was exactly what I was thinking, I couldn’t say anything.

“Ah right, and later you have to join the cult I’m making.”

[“A cult…?”]

A reaction that seemed to ask what on earth that was.

Of course, that was a natural reaction.

The cult was a new content that was added as Dorong Server Season 2 began.

It’s a content that came from expanding the ‘guild’ function from Season 1.

You can think of it as a ‘larger guild with an object of worship’.

“Yes, I’m planning on making the ‘Chicken Cult’.”

[“Pfft!… Hoo… yes, then I’ll do that.”]

It seems she burst out laughing quite a bit…

Even I thought that having a chicken as an object of worship was a bit funny, so I just let it go.

Still, if you think about worship efficiency, a chicken farm is the best.

I smiled and continued with my next action.

“Follow me, you have to enter the clock tower to get anything.”

[“A-aren’t the mobs there level 40 by default…?”]

“Ah, right… then Telly-nim, would you like to hide in that watchtower? The mobs don’t come up to the watchtower.”

[“You mean you’re going in alone, Naru-nim?”]

Huh? Why is she asking something so obvious?

I have to get the item from the clock tower to do anything.

[“You’ll die in one hit, you know?”]

Ah, so she was doubting my skills.

[For real lol]
[You’re the only one who’s confident lol]
[Memo… the streamer here… has insane groundless confidence…]

Telly-nim and the Loser-kuns.

They all looked like they had no faith.

“Watch carefully, and tell everyone…!”

Of course, seeing is believing.

If I show them my amazing play, they’ll all surely bow their heads.

<Nightmare Clock Tower 1F>

[She’s really going in lol]
[Three wishes]
(TL Note: A meme from a viral video where someone says ‘three wishes’ instead of ‘rest in peace’ at a funeral.)
[Rest in peace with an action beam.]

I lightly ignored the viewers’ sneers and moved my hands according to my instincts.

Tadak… tak

The mobs placed on the map couldn’t touch me at all.

Actually, to be precise, I dodged them all.

This mode was so heavily modded that there were all sorts of attack patterns.

“Ehehe… what a bunch of losers.”

Of course, those patterns couldn’t beat my dynamic visual acuity, which had become cat-like after my body changed.

[?]
[What’s this?]
[How did you do that, you f*cking b*tch]

Hmph, so you finally recognize my skills.

How about it? Do you get it now?

<Nightmare Clock Tower 30F>

And so, without getting hit once and without hitting once, I arrived at the top.

<Mad Repairman Mikel (Lv.50)>

[So what are you going to do about this one? lol]
[Mario-haem is strong, for real]
[The difference seems bigger than David and Goliath;;]

There’s still one final boss left, but whatever.

It was a foe that wasn’t scary at all because I had a trick to deal with it easily.

Whoosh… whoosh!

The foe that rushed at me as soon as the initial invincibility ended.

I smiled and placed a sand block on the ceiling right in front of me.

[?]
[Seriously, how did you do that? lol]
[This works]

At that, the foe was helplessly caught between the sand blocks and took suffocation damage.

1 minute, 2 minutes… as time passed, the damage accumulated.

“Farewell, loser.”

In the end, it died after enduring for a few more minutes.

It was a truly loser-like end.

<WonderLand_Naru has defeated an A+ grade boss monster!>
[WonderLand_Siro]: ?
[MiHo03]: What’s this, for real
[utoto0909]: ?
[Sancho]: No, but the server has only been open for two hours lol

Natural reactions.

Because even in the last season, A-grade or higher boss monsters were only manageable after the 4th or 5th day.

[No, what is this? lol]
[Legend legend]
[This is a real legend lol]

Eheheh… good, very good.

I looked at the viewers, who had done a complete 180, and smiled with satisfaction.

“Then I’ll open the box.”

Clunk-

The treasure chest opens with a heavy sound.

After a brief pause, items shot up like a fountain.

Oh, I hit the jackpot!

At this rate, it’s like getting 5 SSR characters in a 10-pull.

I can’t help but think that the goddess of luck has descended.

[?]
[Seriously, what is this?]
[End-game setup in two hours since the server opened lol]

Even I can’t believe it.

If it’s like this from the beginning… would it be okay to discard all the plans I made for later?

But the dopamine party ended there.

Because I was suddenly forcibly summoned by the operator.

The dark scenery of the clock tower that was visible just a moment ago is completely gone.

Instead, what appeared in front of me was a place with the atmosphere of an interrogation room.

And Dorong-nim’s avatar was also there.

[“Hello, Naru-nim.”]

“Uh… yes, hello.”

[Didn’t you get summoned for using a hack? lol]
[Gasp]
[Naru-naru, what on earth did you do to get dragged into the room of truth…]

No, is this really the room of truth?

With the iron bars and the dim lighting, it does have that feel…

[“…ru-nim…”]

But no matter what, I didn’t do anything wrong, right?

What I just did was just using a trick.

And… getting the items was just being lucky?

[“Naru-nim…?”]

Oops, I was too deep in thought.

To think I couldn’t even recognize him calling me from right in front of me.

I stopped my thoughts and hurriedly answered.

“Yes! Why did you call me?”

[“The place looks a bit like this, but I didn’t call you for anything bad…”]

[Too bad]
[Why isn’t it an arrest?]
[So close]

…I’ll see you guys after this conversation is over.

For now, the current conversation is more important, so I’ll ignore those reactions.

[“The reason I called you, Naru-nim, is because of a balance? issue, should I say?”]

Aha, so you came to somehow take away the end-game setup I got on the first day?

I understand.

Because I would have done the same.

A crazy veteran player who’s fully geared from the first day shouldn’t be roaming the server, right?

Yes, yes, the relative sense of deprivation would be enormous.

[“So I’d like to make a suggestion.”]

Huh? Weren’t you just going to take it away?

Seeing that he said ‘suggestion’, it seemed it wasn’t a confiscation.

[“I’ll just collect the legendary weapon and the job change ticket, and in return, I’ll give you coins for half the market price of the collected items, based on last season.”]

That’s a pretty good suggestion.

What I had thought was that he would confiscate everything.

But he’s only taking two things, and on top of that, he’s giving me coins, even if it’s for half the price.

I feel that it’s a sufficiently merciful punishment.

[“Ah, for the record, I said it was a suggestion… but you know, right?”]

Ahem… right, it wasn’t a time to judge whether it was good or bad.

This is the Dorong server.

A world where the powerful person named Dorong is a dictator.

In other words, whether I like it or not, I have to do as I’m told.

So in the end, my answer converges to OK.

“I will do that.”

[“Alright, then I’ll send you back to your original location.”]

A brief blackout.

After that, the sight of the clock tower from before appears again.

…For now, I should go down.

I perform a free-fall motion through the slightly open window.

[?]
[Why are you committing suicide? lol]
[A family is collapsing]

Oh my, what is everyone talking about.

It’s nothing, they’re overreacting to me trying to do a water bucket trick.

I take out the water bucket from the top right of my inventory.

Then, just before impact, I use that bucket.

My character took no damage at all and was safe.

“First, I’ll bring the inventory save ticket to Telly-nim.”

She’s probably… at the watchtower, right?

Right, since I emphasized it so much, she’ll surely be there.

I head towards the watchtower near the city entrance.

As expected, Telly-nim was there.

[“Wow, Naru-nim, is that message that popped up earlier for real?”]

Telly-nim brought up the story from just now as soon as she saw me.

Certainly, it wasn’t easy news to believe.

But who am I?

The first person on the entire server to defeat an A+ grade boss monster.

Even though I caught it with a bug-that’s-not-a-bug, I still caught it.

Whoosh

I smiled and threw the inventory save ticket to Telly-nim.

“Was that answer enough?”

[“Oh my, more than enough. I pledge my loyalty.”]

As expected, she’s a quick-witted person.

She picked up the item with lightning speed.

[“I’ve used this, so can I just die now?”]

“Yes, your items will remain even if you just die. Ah, and… you have to keep your promise from earlier, right?”

Telly-nim nodded her head.

The action that followed was a jump.

Not just any jump, but a jump towards the outside of the watchtower.

Whoosh-splat!

[Tell222 fell from a high place.]

[She just went straight down lol]
[???: Yeah, I’ll just rip her off and be done with it]
[Her reaction time is top-tier]

I’m a little flustered.

I didn’t know she would go so quickly.

Hoping it wasn’t a rip-off, I left Steam City.

Well, even if it is a rip-off, I can just release the ‘Inquisitor’ later and execute her.

I just didn’t like the hassle.

That’s why I have to finish finding the hidden job as quickly as possible now and go collect the debt.

If Telly-nim spends all the money, I’ll have to sadly send her to the Gulag.

In the end, the reason I’m rushing.

Isn’t it for Telly-nim, not because I’m greedily trying to monopolize everything?

Right, of course.

Speed, that alone will be her salvation…