Chapter 61 : Red Moon Launch (2)
by fnovelpia
“Here you go.”
Yoo Seoyeno handed over a small pouch of gold coins to the streamer who came looking for her.
15 billion won from the casino.
She had promised to give away 1 billion, sharing some with the streamers who weren’t there at the time.
2 million gold each.
“Ahhh! Silver-hair-nim! Are you really giving this to me? Thank you!”
A typical exaggerated reaction from the streamer.
But the hand gripping the gold pouch trembled slightly, and their expression genuinely seemed happy.
Yoo Seoyeno’s cheeks flushed a little.
She felt somewhat embarrassed.
“200 million gold… was it really that much money?”
To her, it was money she could earn in two days if she set her mind to it.
She wondered if it might be too little, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.
That’s because she had the “Dimensional Distortion” cheat skill.
For other players, especially streamers who had only recently settled in the server, 200 million was a substantial amount.
“Long live, long live!”
The streamer, who had bowed several times to express their thanks, disappeared, excitedly chatting with their viewers about what to do next.
Though the money had been earned through gambling and distributed for public relations purposes.
Good deeds always feel good.
She felt a little warm inside.
At that moment.
Thud-thud-thud.
The sound of heavy footsteps echoed from beyond the plaza.
It wasn’t just one or two.
It was the sound of a group approaching.
Like a dark tidal wave, armed players poured in.
Most ran along the road, but a few, as if wanting to make a unique entrance, climbed the rooftops like ninjas or grasshoppers.
They seemed to want to stand out.
The men who poured in.
There were familiar faces.
‘Ah.’
A memory flashed in Yoo Seoyeno’s mind.
They were the faces she had seen before when they caught the Kraken on land.
CritZone.
And behind him, the 10 clan members with expressions full of tension.
There was a certain solemnity in their faces.
What’s going on?
Did they come to get the 2 million gold too?
The atmosphere seemed ominous, but she dismissed it as just her imagination.
“Silver-hair-nim. It’s been a while.”
CritZone, the leader of the group, spoke up.
There was a strange tension in his voice.
“I’m sorry, but please die quietly without saying anything.”
And as he gestured with his hand,
Swish-!
The clan members behind him simultaneously drew their weapons.
Blood-red sword blades, heavy axes, and magic staffs emitting ominous light.
Yoo Seoyeno, who had been slow to realize the situation, finally understood.
Ah.
These people.
They didn’t come for the money.
It was a sudden ambush.
Rydel had told her there wouldn’t be any PK (Player Killing) in the streamer server.
‘Though I don’t know what’s going on…’
Yoo Seoyeno quickly tucked the gold pouch back into her pocket.
Instead, her slender fingers reached for the hilt of the sword at her waist.
The Kraken Greatsword.
A cursed sword forged with the core of the Land Kraken, it had vampiric powers.
Its attack power was also outstanding, making it a weapon she often used.
“No matter how much of a Silver-hair-nim you are, you won’t be able to handle 11 people!”
CritZone shouted confidently.
He puffed out his chest, as if he was certain of his victory.
The clan members behind him swallowed nervously and adjusted their grips on their swords and shields.
11 against 1.
An overwhelming difference in numbers.
The saying “there’s no match for a mob” came to mind in this situation.
CritZone was certain of victory.
「Ugh, trash」
「11 against 1, is this real? lol」
「Isn’t this too ugly, CEO K?~」
「Wow, but if they gang up on her like that, even Silver-hair-nim might have a hard time, right?」
「Damn, the leader looks so pathetic;;;」
CritZone’s broadcast chat.
11 against 1, a gang-up.
Even in CritZone’s chatroom, there were plenty of comments about how it was embarrassing, ugly, and insulting.
But there were also viewers who were excited by the unexpected villain turn.
The viewer count was reaching its peak.
It was probably because the rumors had spread through the community.
It was going according to plan.
CritZone swallowed nervously.
At this point, he had to win decisively and fully embrace the villain role.
Not as the second-best in the server who was defeated by Silver-hair, but as a revolutionary fighter resisting Silver-hair.
‘Alright. Let’s go.’
At CritZone’s signal, an assassin silently blended into the shadows.
The invisibility skill, “Stealth.”
Without a sound, like a shadow, the assassin approached Yoo Seoyeno’s back.
‘One strike, and this’ll be over…!’
The dagger in his hand gleamed with a deadly nerve-paralyzing poison.
An expensive debuff item.
If it hits, it drastically slows down the target’s speed.
If he could immobilize her, the rest of the group could tear her apart.
At that moment.
Whoosh.
Yoo Seoyeno, who had been looking directly at CritZone, subtly turned her head to the side.
As though she had known someone was there from the beginning.
A split-second movement.
At the same time, her right hand swiftly drew her sword from her waist, like a flash of light.
Swiish—!
With a sharp sound, the silver blade cut through the air.
The movement was as natural as flowing water, yet without a hint of hesitation.
Swish!
“Kck?!”
From what had been an empty space, a faint figure appeared with a scream.
The assassin, holding onto his severed neck, collapsed.
He couldn’t understand why he was dying, or how he had been detected.
He stared blankly at the air, and soon vanished, turning into dust.
An eerie silence descended upon the plaza.
As if nothing had happened, Yoo Seoyeno casually flicked the blood off the tip of her sword.
Then she turned her head back toward CritZone.
“Now… there are ten left?”
CritZone’s face turned pale.
‘It was a perfect Stealth. How did she detect me?’
The Stealth skill made the user completely invisible.
There was a slight shimmer, but in such a dark night, it was impossible to see with the naked eye.
Even CritZone, who had issued the order, hadn’t been able to pinpoint the assassin’s location.
And yet, the assassin had been taken down so easily?
Chills ran down his spine.
“??? What was that just now?”
“How did she see that? Hahaha!”
“That gave me chills, how did she detect it?”
“That person is probably the type to guess the answer correctly from the sound of the spinning roulette at a casino;;”
CritZone broke into a cold sweat.
He had gathered the maximum number of viewers, but if he lost here, it would be a huge embarrassment.
“Don’t panic! Everyone, form ranks!”
CritZone shouted urgently.
He tried to calm his flustered clan members and gave the order to attack.
They had lost one member, but there were still 10 left.
The ambush had failed, but they could crush her head-on.
“Raaaaah!”
The Red Moon clan members roared and charged at Yoo Seoyeno all at once.
The warriors and tankers formed the front line with shields raised, while the magic users and archers in the back started casting spells and aiming.
Blades and magic poured in from all directions.
It seemed like there was no way to escape from the perfect encirclement.
However, Yoo Seoyeno’s expression remained unchanged.
“Dimensional Distortion.”
With a small gesture, the space around her began to warp and twist.
Boom—!
With a deafening sound, a massive stone wall shot up behind Yoo Seoyeno, in the direction where the ranged attackers were positioned.
Bang!
Boom!
The arrows and magical orbs flying toward her were helplessly driven into the stone wall, exploding upon impact.
That wasn’t all.
The rising stone wall perfectly separated the front-line tankers and the back-line ranged attackers.
“What, what is this?”
“Is this that Dimensional Distortion skill?!”
In an instant, their formation collapsed, and the front and back lines could no longer see each other.
Whoosh—!
The next moment.
Yoo Seoyeno appeared right in front of the mages and archers, who were flustered by the stone wall.
Another ability of Dimensional Distortion.
A short-range mini portal.
It was incredibly useful for closing the distance in an instant.
“Gasp!”
“When did she get over here?!”
For the ranged attackers, facing a close-quarters battle without a tanker was as good as a death sentence.
Panicked, they hurriedly tried to defend themselves with their staffs and bows.
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
The Kraken Greatsword danced in the air as Yoo Seoyeno swung it.
Boom!
Before they could even scream, the back-line attackers were shredded and scattered into dust.
“Rear! She moved behind the wall!”
The tankers in the front line belatedly noticed the danger in the rear and shouted, but by then, the backline support had long since disappeared.
The wall vanished, and Yoo Seoyeno’s figure appeared.
CritZone’s eyes trembled.
The people who should have been behind were now nowhere to be found.
Now, only six melee fighters remained in front of him.
“Ah, we’re still at an advantage!”
After all, it was six against one.
The overwhelming numbers were still on their side.
CritZone and five of his warriors charged.
Yoo Seoyeno sighed once.
Clang!
Kaang!
Like a dance, she barely dodged or deflected the incoming swords and axes.
Sometimes, just before an attack landed, she twisted her body slightly and moved as if slipping out of the way.
Thud!
Slash!
Then came the counter aimed at vital points.
Wherever she passed, glittering light dust scattered.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Watching his comrades fall one by one, CritZone thought,‘T-this… this isn’t right.’
His legs trembled like a reed in the wind.
He was sure he had prepared enough.
He had cleared the poison, raided the farms, and redirected the attention of other users to prevent any possible reinforcements.
And in that time, the clan had rushed to ambush Yoo Seoyeno, who was alone.
It shouldn’t have been an ambush this flawless.
But it was.
Step.
The sound of Yoo Seoyeno’s footsteps.
The clan members were wiped out in an instant.
There had been many shouts, but now only CritZone remained, who had been passive in the actual fight.
“I-I can’t just go down like this…!”
He couldn’t afford to be defeated so easily.
His last bit of pride as a streamer.
Clang!
He tightly gripped the Kraken Greatsword he was holding.
A menacing sword, made from the same materials and with the same appearance as Yoo Seoyeno’s.
Since the weapons were the same, maybe, just maybe, he could land a blow.
Perhaps, a miracle could still happen.
Yoo Seoyeno remained silent, simply gazing at him.
The first to move was CritZone.
“Haap!”
With a mighty shout, CritZone raised the Kraken Greatsword high above his head.
Then, like a hero from a movie, he leaped high and aimed to strike the sword down on Yoo Seoyeno’s silver hair.
If this one blow lands.
“Huh?”
A strange sensation as his body floated in the air.
It was high.
CritZone couldn’t understand why he was looking down at the ground from dozens of meters above for a moment.
In an instant, his body was lifted up into the air, dozens of meters high.
The Dimension Distortion skill wasn’t a simple teleportation.
It was the ability to create a short-range mini portal between two points.
Since it was a mini portal, large-scale movement wasn’t possible, but if you used it, you could send someone exactly where you wanted them to go.
Using her skill, Yoo Seoyeno had sent CritZone into the air.
CritZone, who was flailing in the air.
As he regained his senses and tried to summon a pet that could fly, he noticed that something was strangely shining brightly behind him, even though it was night.
The hand of Aegis.
Recently, she had gained control of the city’s guardian turret.
Ziiing.
The blue energy began to condense in the turret’s crystal.
CritZone’s eyes widened in fear.
“W-wait a second…!”
His desperate shout was completely drowned out by the deafening roar of the cannon.
Boom!
The blue energy shell struck CritZone, who was floating in mid-air, with pinpoint accuracy.
Baaaaaam!
It exploded in a brilliant burst, like a dazzling firework lighting up the night sky.
CritZone’s body shattered into countless pieces of light and exploded.
Countless particles of light sparkled and scattered into the air.
Yoo Seoyeno quietly watched the scene from below.
“Sure enough, the firepower is strong…”
The secret organization Red Moon, which had risen to restore order to the server, was obliterated with fireworks after just one hour of activity.
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