[Guild] Yeoyeorang: This is insane LMAO
[Guild] TurnTheLightsOn: No way LOOL;;;;
[Guild] Ryupe: ????
Apparently they hadn’t expected me to put up an actual bounty here, because the guild members watching the whole thing were horrified.
[Guild] Astaroth: Wait, didn’t you say that guy was a newbie?
[Guild] Maha: This is a bit much against a newbie..
[Guild] TodayIsSunday: Shut it!
[Guild] TodayIsSunday: This is war
[Guild] TurnTheLightsOn: Sudden war declaration LOLOLOL
[Guild] Yeoyeorang: Heunjeok disappears and we were just saying things had been kinda quiet lately,,
[Guild] sky004: This is unbelievable fr
Like I wanted to throw a bounty on some newbie with no pride. But that bastard Ilhwiilbi had made it possible. This wasn’t my fault.
[Guild] MovieIsSoSo: Don’t blame Sunday
[Guild] MovieIsSoSo: Broke people like me need rich people to fight so we profit easy
[Guild] rxrx78: Movie, are you going to hunt the newbie?
[Guild] TodayIsSunday: He already left ages ago;
[Guild] Ryupe: F*ck LOLOLOL
The moment MovieIsSoSo saw my server message, he bolted off in a hurry to find the newbie before someone else stole the kill log reward. Exactly what you’d expect from someone completely crazy for money.
[Guild] Yeoyeorang: So where’s the newbie at?
[Guild] Ryupe: He’s a newbie, probably still in newbie zone
[Guild] MovieIsSoSo: Nah
[Guild] MovieIsSoSo: Near Kalim
[Guild] Maha: Why Kalim
[Guild] MovieIsSoSo: Think he was trying to come to Bell of Lament but got stuck midway after the bounty dropped
[Guild] IOnlyHave6000Won: Just checked the forums, yeah he’s definitely in Kalim LOLOLOL
[Guild] TodayIsSunday: Any kill-log screenshots up yet?
[Guild] IOnlyHave6000Won: Nope, no kill log yet
[Guild] Ryupe: Oh, pretty durable for a newbie
[Guild] MovieIsSoSo: I’m gonna be the first to kill him, omw omw^^>
Without even needing to check myself, I leisurely folded my arms while listening to the live briefing my guild members were giving on their own.
I’d put up 20,000 gold, so multiple people would definitely take a shot at him. There was no way he’d last long before he started dying.
Then he’d get annoyed too, disable field PvP, and contact me.
Roughly twenty minutes, tops. He’d send a friend request or a whisper by then.
‘That’s what you get for acting up.’
Sure, in a game overflowing with veterans, newbies were valuable.
But there were limits.
A newbie who kept crawling all over people and causing trouble like this? There was only so much patience anyone could have.
Like the guild members said, maybe this was a little excessive, but this much was necessary if I wanted the newbie to stop making a scene and back off.
Attention-starved psychos who loved stirring up aggro only learned when you answered with something even crazier.
That was the lesson years of gaming had taught me.
Leaning back in my chair, I waited leisurely for Ilhwiilbi to contact me.
About fifteen minutes passed.
I’d been expecting a kill log to start showing up on the forums by now, so the sight in front of me left me speechless.
[World] RunAndMove: Catch that bastard, holy shit
[World] MovieIsSoSo: Why the hell is he so good at running LMAO
I’d been wondering why skill sounds were going off so loudly nearby, and then I saw him.
From the opposite side, Ilhwiilbi was sprinting straight toward me at terrifying speed with a whole string of players trailing behind him.
Even while fleeing, Ilhwiilbi casually dodged the attack spell an elemental mage launched at him, then used a dash skill to close the distance to me in an instant.
“You crazy……!”
Seeing Ilhwiilbi throw himself at me without a single thought, like a moth diving into a flame, sent a chill straight down my spine.
I jolted and instinctively hit the keyboard.
Crunch!
The attack skill I pressed on reflex landed dead-on.
Ilhwiilbi, who’d somehow made it all the way here with only 30% HP left, took the hit and collapsed to the ground.
“…….”
[World] Ilhwiilbi: .....
[World] MovieIsSoSo: 😦😦...
[World] Ryupe: ?
A cold silence fell over me and Ilhwiilbi.
The players who had chased him all the way here for the bounty, along with the guild members who’d raided with me earlier, all stared at Ilhwiilbi’s corpse with complicated expressions.
[World] NewEleMage: Wait
[World] NewEleMage: What happens if the person who posted the bounty kills him-- ;
[World] asdasd: Exactly;
[World] MyApologyLetterIsInEnglish: Nah nah, he said 20k every time he dies
[World] MyApologyLetterIsInEnglish: Just kill him again
[World] MovieIsSoSo: Uh, could you maybe stand back up, Ilhwiilbi?
[World] Ryupe: This is already a total mess, why would he stand up LOOLL
A bizarre scene unfolded where nearby players all gathered around in a cluster to spectate the dead newbie.
What even was this?
A headache came rushing in, and I pressed a hand to my forehead.
This was not at all the picture I’d imagined.
I couldn’t decide whether I should acknowledge Ilhwiilbi’s skill for stubbornly making it all the way here through an active bounty, or just accept that this insane psycho was way beyond anything I’d predicted.
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Oil
[World] Ilhwiilbi: You’re really too much..
[World] TodayIsSunday: Don’t abbreviate my nickname like that;
[World] MovieIsSoSo: Oil LMAOOO
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Then what should I call you?
[World] TodayIsSunday: Don’t call me anything
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Oil, you’re so mean
Ilhwiilbi completely ignored my chat and kept saying whatever he wanted.
[World] Ilhwiilbi: I only did all this because I wanted to get close to you, Oil
[World] Ilhwiilbi: And you put a bounty on a newbie who just hit level 50 T_T
[World] Ryupe: 😭😭
[World] MovieIsSoSo: 😭😭😭😭
[World] LookAtOurTeamPersonality: Can’t even defend this trashy behavior~
[World] TodayIsSunday: lol; You were the one who started it
[World] NewEleMage: Wait he’s level 50?
[World] MyApologyLetterIsInEnglish: No wonder the damage was hitting like crazy
[World] Ryupe: A bounty on a level 50 newbie? That’s actually wild
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Oil saved me when I was getting PKed haha
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Ever since then I liked you and just wanted to join your guild haha
[World] TodayIsSunday: ? LMAOOO
This bastard had started playing the victim in front of everyone.
Now that I thought about it, even the way he’d dodged everyone else’s attacks on the run over here, only to get hit by mine and die, was suspicious as hell.
[World] TodayIsSunday: You seriously have no conscience after pulling all that on the person who saved you?
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Me? To you, Oil? T_T
[World] Ilhwiilbi: I just wondered if you were the kind of person who normally goes around saving struggling newbies
[World] Ilhwiilbi: I was just curious, that’s all 😭
[World] TodayIsSunday: ???
[World] Ilhwiilbi: If it made you uncomfortable, I’m sorry...
[World] Ilhwiilbi: But I was genuinely grateful to you... and I liked you
[World] Ilhwiilbi: So I only asked if even a newbie like me could join the guild
[World] Ryupe: 😦😦
[World] MovieIsSoSo: 😦😦😦
[World] Ilhwiilbi: I had no idea you hated it enough to put up a bounty....
“Jesus, fuck!”
Bang!
Unable to contain the exploding frustration inside me, I slammed my desk hard.
[World] MyApologyLetterIsInEnglish: What’s with excluding newbies these days?
[World] NewEleMage: So the number one guild on the server just gets to do whatever it wants?ㅋㅋ
[World] Chaerop: Oof that’s kinda too much ㅜㅅㅜ
[World] asdasd: Hmm;; posting a bounty on a newbie in the first place is kinda;;
[World] MovieIsSoSo: Ahem
[World] MovieIsSoSo: The guild master is the problem, the guild members are unrelated!
The nearby players started whispering among themselves after hearing Ilhwiilbi’s sob story.
These hypocrites had all come here to kill the newbie after seeing the bounty chat themselves, yet now they were acting morally superior.
Sensing the crowd starting to take his side, Ilhwiilbi fully leaned into acting pitiful.
[World] Ilhwiilbi: No, it’s okay
[World] Ilhwiilbi: It’s my fault for cluelessly asking over and over if I could join the guild
[World] Ilhwiilbi: I’m sorry, Oil 😭😭
[World] TodayIsSunday: LMAO
[World] TodayIsSunday: LMAOOO
[World] TodayIsSunday: LLOLOLOOLOLOLOL
[World] Chaerop: This is pure madness 😦😦😦
As I started laughing like a madman, the players who’d been spectating hesitated and slowly began leaving one by one.
I irritably swept my bangs back, rested the back of my head against the chair, and let out a deep sigh.
Then I placed my hands on the keyboard.
[Server] TodayIsSunday: Bounty’s over
Using my remaining megaphone, I ended the bounty on Ilhwiilbi.
Then I kept typing.
[World] TodayIsSunday: Fine, Ilhwiilbi
[World] TodayIsSunday: I admit I went too far too
[World] TodayIsSunday: The bounty’s over, so get up
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Then are you letting me join the guild?
This bastard, all the way to the end….
Grinding my teeth, I forced out the reply.
[World] TodayIsSunday: Yes^^
Only then did Ilhwiilbi relax and respawn on the spot.
Finally alive again, he cheerfully greeted me.
[World] Ilhwiilbi: Thank you! haha
Thankful, my ass.
If anything, I was the thankful one.
Smiling darkly, I mashed the skill keys exactly as I’d prepared.
[World] TodayIsSunday: Did you really think I’d fall for that, you bastard
My character swung his weapon mercilessly at Ilhwiilbi.
Thud, crunch!
The impact sounds rang out brilliantly as Ilhwiilbi’s HP plummeted.
If I was already going to be treated like trash, then I might as well personally demonstrate what real trash looked like.
You’re dead today, you little bastard.
[World] MovieIsSoSo: 😦😦😦😦 Sunday calm down
[World] Ryupe: wa I t hold o n.;;
[World] asdasd: ????
[World] TodayIsSunday: You all can die too, same goes for you bastards
After killing Ilhwiilbi, I turned and beat down the guild members and random players who’d been spectating nearby too.
The whole place instantly turned into total chaos.
Ilhwiilbi, who’d died again the moment he respawned, burst out laughing.
[World] Ilhwiilbi: LMAOOO
[World] TodayIsSunday: Laughing without even reading the room, crazy bastard
I unloaded another barrage of skills onto Ilhwiilbi after his second respawn.
He quickly dodged the first attack, but every skill after the second landed cleanly, and he died all over again.
Even if dirt gets in my eyes, you are never joining my guild, you bastard.