Field War (1)

[You have defeated ‘Father’, the guardian of the Cradle of Delusion.]

[Dungeon cleared. Check your rewards.]

[Siege warfare for the ‘Ancient Kingdom Territory’ area has been unlocked.]

[First Clear Reward: You can participate in the first siege warfare as the defending side.]

[Your achievement will be announced to adventurers across the continent.]

[Special Condition: Defeated Father alone]

[Achievement ‘How… How Did You Do This?’ unlocked]

[Check your rewards in the mail.]

The dungeon ended as the final boss died.

The walls that divided the battlefield were restored to their original state.

The ferocious monsters also turned to dust and disappeared.

Vitality returned to my body that was dying from blood loss.

If they were going to restore my health anyway, it would have been nice if they fixed the durability of the equipment too.

It seems they had no intention of restoring the torn clothing.

“W-What? Is it over? Why?”

Why? Because I won.

Soolbbang, who was jumping with his greatsword, seems to have lost his target.

An awkward landing. It was quite funny to see him floundering as soon as he landed.

When I sneered slightly, he avoided my gaze.

Now the only remaining trace of battle was Father’s corpse.

Feeling like I no longer needed to sit on top of it, I lay down sprawled on the floor.

A feeling of exhaustion as if I had poured out everything I had. My body even felt languid, s

I closed my eyes for a moment.

I hear footsteps.

Soolbbang’s are heavy. Elderin’s are clicking. Sansae’s are light.

I guess I’ve reached the point where I can tell who’s who without looking.

When I opened my eyes as the sounds stopped, three people were looking down at me.

Among them, Elderin’s expression looked quite complex.

“Do you have something to say…?”

“No. You did well. As expected of Da-eun, you’re amazing.”

“Pfft.”

Praise always feels good.

Elderin seems to have swallowed something she wanted to say, but if she doesn’t want to speak, there’s nothing we can do.

For now, I can enjoy this leisure a bit more.

After killing a boss, we always need to check the rewards.

How many pillars of brilliant light have been erected?

The screen was filled to the brim just with item names.

Despite saying there was nothing here.

It seems it actually had plenty of treasures.

Party-wide distribution follows established rules, so it wasn’t too complicated.

However, in the middle of the system messages that popped up,

We needed to properly address the fact that siege warfare for this area had been unlocked.

[Siege Status: Ancient Kingdom Territory]

[Defense: Kkambang (Guild Master: Soolbbang)]

It’s really stating the obvious, but siege warfare sides can be divided into two.

Naturally, they were attack and defense.

Usually, the guild that owns the territory enters the defense side.

The defense side is considered victorious if the fortress isn’t captured within the time limit.

They win as long as they don’t suffer a definite defeat, without needing to eliminate other competitors.

On the other hand, there are few restrictions on participating in the attacking side.

In extreme cases, dozens of guilds might participate on the attacking side.

Instead, to obtain the castle, they must surpass all other competitors.

So, being able to participate as the defense is a very powerful merit.

If the guild can hold out until the day of the siege warfare, that is.

Soolbbang spoke with a stern expression.

“For now, it seems only our name has been listed. That’s fortunate. Serin, you guys didn’t get any notifications?”

“It says we need to confirm participation within the period. We can also enter as an alliance.”

“Then drag it out as much as possible and enter late.”

“Yes, oppa.”

Once you step into siege warfare, it’s a natural progression to make enemy guilds.

War begins even before crossing swords.

To make the opponent give up on entering the siege warfare.

Even if not, the fight starts from the field to suppress growth and induce guild member defection.

There isn’t much time.

Even now, various guilds must be gauging the situation.

If they conclude it’s “worth a try”, they will immediately send a declaration of war to Soolbbang’s guild.

Kkambang was originally a mercenary guild that took charge of a part of siege warfare.

Are they prepared for the intense field battles too?

I asked Soolbbang.

“You’ll need to make a quick decision, my price is much higher than you imagine. Do you have the money to pay?”

“I…”

* * *

[Author: IAmNotASlave]

[Title: Cradle of Delusion Walkthrough (Failed) Review]

I saw Soolbbang’s video yesterday and immediately found a party to enter

We challenged with a total of 10 people, and fortunately didn’t hit the maximum number limit

Maybe because the number of people increased, there seemed to be more monsters

The pattern itself didn’t deviate much from the story dungeon

Instead, the difficulty was lowered a bit, like having fewer octopus legs

Avoiding elite mobs came out the same

The problem is that it’s too difficult to catch the last Father

When phase 1 ends, like in Soolbbang’s video, the boss kidnaps one person inside

If the inside bursts, the boss is released and goes wild, if the outside bursts, the game doesn’t work from the start

We just couldn’t hold out against this

We really tried everything to break this

We kept changing the person being dragged in

We tried almost everyone in the party except the supporter, but none lasted more than 4 minutes

But isn’t the first run supposed to be the hardest for a story dungeon?

How on earth did Gawol kill that?

[Comments]

– Did you try putting a supporter inside too?

└ The most threatening target goes in, so we couldn’t

└ Hmm

[Author: UhurukkukuruhuU]

[Title: We Cleared the Cradle of Delusion LOLOLOLOLOL]

(Attached photo: Father copying a bard)

(Attached photo: Bard singing together with Father)

(Attached photo: Playing guitar inside the dungeon)

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

We held out in this state until party members joined and killed it

[Comments]

– What the hell how did you do it

└ (Attached photo: Bard throwing small bombs)

└ I threw bombs with the party members’ inventories all filled with bombs

└ Others shouldn’t hit even once until phase 1 ends

└ Since I was the only one with a high threat assessment, I got dragged in

[Author: KimchiNinja]

[Title: Have You Tried the Challenge Mode of Cradle of Delusion?]

(Attached photo: Father copying Gawol)

(Attached photo: Clear Failed)

What is this? A bug?

(Attached photo: Father copying Gawol 2)

(Attached photo: Clear Failed 2)

F*ck.

Don’t do this

The challenge mode gimmick isn’t just copying one party member

It seems to copy the strongest user among those who entered the dungeon

But the first person who entered was Gawol?

[Comments]

– LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

– LOLOLOLOL

– Enjoy one-on-one with enhanced Gawol~

[Author: HealthyNickname]

[Title: But Is Soolbbang Entering the Siege Alone?]

Him?

With that force?

Hmm LOL

Isn’t it better to just give up and continue doing mercenary work?

[Comments]

– He must be confident, it’s not like it’s his first siege

└ Can he do it?

* * *

New Continent.

The field of Zephyrion embodied complete survival of the fittest.

Here, it’s not just monsters you need to be wary of.

On the main continent, unless you were a siege guild with many enemies, the basic attitude when seeing others was “They’re just passing by”.

However, on the new continent, everyone except allies had to be classified as potential enemies.

No. In fact, you shouldn’t even trust allies easily.

Unless you had built a relationship from the main continent, getting backstabbed was commonplace.

Conflicts between individuals often escalated to guild-level disputes.

“Yes, bro. One mage and one archer. And two warriors. The supporter is a shrine maiden.”

Right there were the thugs of a carnivorous guild.

They were guys who had been doing field battles since the main continent.

With this patch, existing siege forces lost a lot of control.

In the process, small-scale conflicts increased exponentially, but conversely, major issues that required the use of thugs decreased.

Originally, they could have become unemployed, but…

Where is this place now?

Zephyrion is a newly explored land centered on PvP.

To the thugs who now had free time, every person walking across the continent looked like a walking bag of gold coins.

It was quite a coincidental thing.

As it happened, I felt the same way.

“Yes. Firing.”

On top of a tree with a clear view.

The sniper who had completed thorough preparations fired the first shot.

How many seconds had passed since the cold gunshot rang out?

Far away, the shrine maiden who was hunting collapsed, spewing red blood.

A clean hit. Judging by the bloodstains on her head, it seems he even succeeded in a headshot.

“…Shrine maiden down.”

The sniper ‘TorchOfCommieDestruction’ grinned.

It was a gloomy-looking smile that gave me slight chills.

I didn’t see this side of him when we met for party hunting before.

As they say, birds of a feather flock together, I guess he’s been influenced badly in this short time.

Unable to suppress my sad feelings – I restrained both his arms as if embracing him.

For mutual respect, I placed a dagger against his throat.

“Long time no see. Remember me? I’ve become so famous now that everyone recognizes me.”

“Uh… N-Noona? Why are you here?”

“Why do you think? Quickly tell Dongjakyeok that I’ve come to collect your bounty that’s piled up quite a bit. If you die quietly, I won’t target you for a while.”

“Wouldn’t it be better if we tal…”

Where do you think you’re trying to pull tricks?

As soon as I noticed him trying to turn the gun muzzle, I thrust in the dagger.

I cut out the larynx from inside the neck to the airway in one go, and left a long wound too.

Not wanting to get blood on my clothes, I kicked Torch’s body away.

The body falling to the ground went thud.

After twitching a few times, it went limp.

[You have forcibly killed adventurer TorchOfCommieDestruction.]

[You have stolen the opponent’s money and gained 10,395,101 Gold.]

[Wanted criminal eliminated! You have gained a bounty of 28,400,000 Gold.]

“I wonder if he conveyed the message well.”

Well, if he didn’t, it’s just unfortunate.

Since a party member died, wouldn’t they have thought something went wrong?

Belatedly.

Hiding my body among the leaves – I moved towards the prey.

The wind felt particularly refreshing today.

It was a wind that smelled of money.