Yeon vs. Yeon

It’s a process of swapping out the main tank.

We paused the raid to use a rank reset.

,You’re using a rank reset…?”

,You’re a good dealer though…?”

Some of the raid members questioned my use of the rank reset ticket.

It was only natural for them to be curious, as no one except the founding members of the raid had seen me tanking.

,I was originally a tank user.”

,Huh…?”

What’s with all the surprise?

It’s normal for someone like me to be good at everything, whether it’s tanking or dealing.

When an 8-rank user uses a rank reset ticket, all selectable classes up to that rank are unlocked.

In other words, you don’t have to go through the hassle of changing job quests.

I tore the small ticket in my hand.

Beonjjeok-!

As soon as I used the rank reset ticket, a small light swirled around my body and disappeared.

When I opened the skill window, all the skills that had been packed from ranks 1 to 8 had disappeared.

What’s the most efficient tank tree in the current meta?

Actually, there was no need to think about it. There was a good example of a tank in our raid.

Knight 2

Paladin 2

Paladin 2

Arch Knight 2

It was the tree that Dogric was using, and most of the tanks in the top raids also used this tree.

I chose a job without hesitation.

Since I didn’t do a quest to change jobs, there was no effect to announce the job change.

Of course, something had changed.

A subtle halo spreading behind my back, and angel wings that occasionally disappeared, leaving a faint afterimage.

The huge cross aura spread out under my feet was a special effect of each job.

Coming full circle, I’m finally back as a tank.

I took out the kite shield I had stashed in my inventory.

It was the shield I used when I first raided Deron a long time ago.

It was a symbolic item, so I kept it without dismantling it.

I never thought the day would come when I’d use this shield again.

I frowned as I checked the transcendence stones left in my inventory.

Tanks had one more piece of equipment to wear than two-handed sword dealers.

That’s the shield.

That’s right.

I had to use transcendence stones again to strengthen my shield.

Fortunately, I had saved up a lot of gold before the raid started.

,That is…!”

At that time, there was someone who recognized my shield.

A middle-aged uncle rogue.

It was Iyap.

He was looking at my shield with an impressed expression.

Looking at his blurry gaze, it seems he’s lost in the memories of Season 1.

,Everyone, take it easy. I have to go strengthen this shield… I’ll be right back!”

I had changed my rank to a tank job, but I wasn’t ready to challenge the raid right away.

I asked the raid members for their understanding and used a return stone to leave the raid dungeon.

Arriving at Solaris Capital, I immediately opened the auction house and searched for transcendence stones.

,Heok…”

And I was surprised.

Because the price of transcendence stones had doubled.

I expected it to be expensive because the items released by the copy bug had been recovered, but it was more expensive than I thought.

I might have to use all the gold I had saved to use the raid item auction.

I bit my lip and started buying transcendence stones with trembling hands.

While buying bundles of 99 transcendence stones one by one.

A warning message popped up in front of my eyes.

[This item does not exist.]

This is a message that sometimes pops up when buying items registered in the auction house.

It seems that someone else is buying transcendence stones like me.

I frowned and put my hand on the transcendence stone below it.

But this time, it was the same.

[This item does not exist.]

The message that the item does not exist pops up one after another.

I bit my lip and reloaded the item list in the auction house.

,What…”

Every time I press the refresh button, a page of transcendence stone bundles disappears.

This is not a normal phenomenon.

A phenomenon that sometimes appears when a whale user who pours a lot of money raises their specs.

Or it was clearly the work of a merchant user who hoards items to profit from price differences.

Of all times, it had to appear now.

I had no choice but to buy transcendence stone bundles that were more expensive than the market price, crying and eating mustard.

But.

[This item does not exist.]

This time, the same message as before popped up.

What, what the hell is going on?

I frowned and reloaded the item list registered in the auction house.

The movement of the invisible hand did not stop.

I thought it was time to stop, but every time I reloaded the item list, several pages of transcendence stone bundles disappeared.

I told the raid members.

I’ll be right back.

As a raid leader, I couldn’t break my promise.

I groaned, grabbing my head.

Who the hell is it?

The guy who’s sweeping away my transcendence stones like this.

It must be a very, very scary and evil guy.

,Yeon-ah…!”

I turned my head at the familiar voice coming from behind.

Suddenly, a warm breeze blew.

Helena was standing behind me.

Wearing a red robe, she was raising a faint flame around her body.

,Helena?”

Why did Helena follow me here?

I was planning to resume the raid as soon as I finished strengthening the item.

,Why did you come out?”

,I was worried about Yeon-i.”

,Worried about me?”

,Yeah. You said you were going to strengthen your shield.”

,Ah…”

Could it be? Could that be it?

I looked up at Helena.

As always, Helena was looking down at me with a bright smile.

It was a bright smile that she only showed me.

,You should use the gold you’ve saved up in the raid. I’ll lend you transcendence stones.”

I knew it.

Helena was the only one who cared about me.

But it was already too late.

I shook my head and replied.

,It’s okay. I’ve bought about half of them. I just need to buy the rest and I’m done.”

The expenses were higher than I thought, so I was already short of gold to use in the raid.

It was better to pour all the gold into buying transcendence stones.

,You bought them all?”

,Not all of them… It’s more expensive than I thought, so only about half…”

,Then, should I lend you gold?”

I twitched my eyebrows at Helena’s words.

Why does she keep trying to lend me something?

If a person is too nice, they’ll get scammed later.

I looked up at Helena and opened my mouth.

,Do you have that much gold?”

,Yeah.”

I was the one who was speechless at Helena’s confident answer.

She kept sending me exchange requests while I was standing there blankly.

I shook my head.

Then Helena frowned and manipulated her mailbox to send me a letter containing gold.

It’s no use resisting, she’s adamant.

I checked my mailbox with a dumbfounded expression.

,Is that enough?”

Helena sent me 2,000 gold.

To be honest, it wasn’t a burden to me.

If I started farming in earnest, I could easily pay back that amount.

,Thank you…”

,Do you have enough transcendence stones? You said you had half left, should I lend you transcendence stones too?”

Transcendence stones…

It seemed like a good idea to borrow them.

Even now, the items of transcendence stones were disappearing in real time.

If I joined the competition with that invisible hand, I might even lose the gold I borrowed from Helena.

,Thank you…!”

I hugged the bundle of transcendence stones I received from Helena tightly.

Good.

All preparations for strengthening are complete.

As a result of starting strengthening using transcendence stones.

I was able to raise the shield to the highest ether grade.

,I’m done!”

Finally, all preparations were complete.

I raised my hand and shouted.

,Congratulations!”

Helena, who had watched the whole scene from the side, clapped her hands and congratulated me.

I was quite embarrassed.

I spent more time than I thought because of the invisible hand situation that appeared in the auction house.

I hurried back to the raid dungeon with Helena.

,I’m sorry I’m late!”

,Ah, the raid leader is here.”

,Welcome~”

I apologize for being late and check the raid members.

With 40 people gathered, someone would often disappear even in that short time.

But now, everyone was in their place without exception.

I was so relieved.

,Wow… Did you go and fully strengthen your shield?”

Iyap, who was sitting in the corner, came to me and asked.

His gaze was on the shield I was holding.

,Yes! I’ve raised it to the highest grade!”

,Amazing…”

As a raid leader, I should do this much as a matter of course.

I shrugged my shoulders and raised the shield high so that everyone could see it.

Can you see this? If you raise the ether grade to the highest level, a special effect will appear on the equipment.

This shield was also surrounded by a faint wind.

That’s enough bragging.

I cleared my throat and resumed the interrupted raid.

[The approaching shadow of ‘Yeon’.]

I glared at the little girl standing arrogantly alone in the named room.

Since she copies the character information at the time of entry, my current information was not reflected.

,There are no changes to the tactics. I’ll take care of the main tank.”

There are no changes to the tactics.

Just do as you’ve been doing.

,Let’s start.”

The feeling of the shield in my hand was familiar.

The newly changed job tree was not unfamiliar.

Hadn’t I always been watching from the side?

What skills Dogric used in what situations, how Arthur moved and defended against attacks.

Everything was in my head.

,Hoo…”

The moment I calmly took a breath.

I rushed towards me.

,Hiyaaaat!”

Golden light poured out from the magic sword that was swung while running quickly.

It was the basic buff skill [Holy Blessing] of the Paladin, which increases the range and damage of the weapon.

Kaang-!

The magic sword and the magic sword interlock in the air.

The shadow Yeon reacted to my approach.

Jet-black magic was flowing out of the shadow Yeon’s magic sword.

A job that can only be obtained when the Paladin’s job is corrupted.

It was the skill effect of [Azathoth’s Sword], a skill possessed by the Death Knight.

,Attack right away!”

I shouted to the dealers who were waiting behind me for the aggro to rise.

The raid members hesitated for a moment at my order, but soon began to pour out all their skills.

Don’t worry.

I will never let it go.

I narrowed my eyes and slammed the shield in my left hand on the ground.

Kaang-!