As the others casually chatted again, a certain detail nagged at him, so he asked.
(Dragon Knight) YeUbeomjeol: By the way, how did you know we were blacklisted?
(Assassin) NyamNyami: It’s a trending post on the game forum right now.
(Dragon Knight) YeUbeomjeol: The game forum?
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Yeah, yesterday I think? lol The Spirit Association posted a full list of everyone in GaeSae Guild on the forum. Said they’d blacklist anyone who raids with us, even if they’re from a different guild lol... That’s why three people suddenly left the guild yesterday? It was because of that… hehe
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: ..ㅠㅠ;; Maybe that’s why no one’s joining right now ㅠ
Come to think of it, it had already been nearly five minutes since they put up the recruitment post for Twilight Fair, and still no one had joined.
‘Well, this was a community-heavy game.’
God of Water Veil even posted update announcements and bug fixes directly on the community forum site.
Because of that, players naturally had to use the forum, and pretty much everyone checked it regularly.
(Dragon Knight) YeUbeomjeol: Then while we wait, I’ll go check out the forum post real quick.
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: Gasp; okay.
As soon as Ye Uwon clicked on the game forum, the top post with the most upvotes popped up.
(Free Board) (Hot Topic)
Spirit Shitssociation just dropped a new blacklist;;
It was obviously the one. Ye Uwon clicked on the post immediately.
Today, the Spirit Shitssociation blacklisted another guild
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They went public with it and declared they won’t raid with them ever again.
(photo)
(link)
These fuckers even posted the full guild member list;
Said they won’t even party with any of them lol
Didn’t they used to just vaguely share the guild name before? lmfao
Now they’re naming everyone in the guild, and even players who raid with them get blacklisted too.
Is this shit even South Korea anymore?
‘Oh, I’m on it too.’
When he clicked the link, he found his own name on the list—even though he’d just joined the guild recently.
Feeling a weird mix of absurdity and fascination, Ye Uwon stared at his name for a while, then tapped open the comment section.
Comments
Is that the whitelist? Fuck, I have to raid with them now
Realistically impossible. They’re even blacklisting players who run with them ㅠㅠ
└ They’re calling it a blacklist but they’re just spreading it in private
fuuuuu
└ Wait?? All they did was argue??
└ Massive overreaction tbh. Bet the priest Gisekki clashed with had some hella high rank
kind0724
Some guilds have been blacklisted before, but a top-ranking guild like this? First time, right?? ㄷㄷ
Whoa, they’re famous. That guild’s full of people wrecking shit in Territory Wars
└ Wait, that guild’s famous?
Dear
└ The <GaeSae> guild that just got listed yesterday is ranked 2nd server-wide
This is why there are no Robin Hoods in the 21st century
5555555
My faith in humanity’s dying again
└ Correction. It's the Spirit Priest’s humanity that's dying
Fucking hell, it’s you again, Spirit Priest?
Spirit Shitssociation doing Spirit Shitssociation things
lmfao their nickname now is the School Bully Association.
That GaeSae officer kept cussing them out for running trash gear every time they met lol
(link) That one’s trending already
Blue37
└ tq going no brakes lmao that was satisfying as hell. I’m cheering you on, bro
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Looking at the comments, everyone was flaming the Spirit Association and cheering on GaeSae Guild.
But that was only because the game forum was anonymous.
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: Gasp; still no one joining.. ^_ㅜ
In-game, everyone still needed Spirit Priests, so no one wanted to raid with GaeSae Guild members.
‘Well, yeah. Raiding with people flagged by the Association is just asking for trouble.’
Games weren’t meant to be a source of stress.
How many people would want to tangle with the Spirit Association and make the game a pain?
‘Especially now that it’s fresh gossip. This’ll probably last a few days.’
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Seriously, no one’s comingㅠㅠ
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: Should we change the room title to “Just Breathe”?
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: Nah, there’s a wipe gimmick in this one...
If we bring someone who’s just breathing, it’ll probably take longer ㅇㅇㅇ
Still, someone was bound to show up if they waited long enough.
That’s what Ye Uwon was thinking as he stared at the screen—when suddenly:
(Guild) Gisekki: You guys heading out?
A message popped up in the guild chat.
(Guild) BaekKimchi: nnnn of course there’s a spot
BaekKimchi reflexively typed a reply—then froze.
(Guild) BaekKimchi: h-huh;; ?? G... Gise-nim????;;
She was clearly flustered, and messages started flying in the party window.
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: Why is Gise-nim here?
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: He’s here to farm rare drops, isn’t he?
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: ? huh? that guy? he’d rather pay for them lol
In the meantime, Gisekki sent another message.
(Guild) Gisekki: If you haven’t left yet
(Guild) Gisekki: Invite me
Ye Uwon stared at the chat window.
If Gisekki joined, it would be the first time they’d faced each other since the PVP incident.
(Whisper) BaekKimchi: Gasp; YeU-nim, is this okay..?
(Whisper) BaekKimchi: We probably can’t go unless we invite him ㅠㅠ;;
Since many of the guildies had witnessed the PVP, BaekKimchi asked if he was uncomfortable.
(Whisper) YeUbeomjeol: It’s okay, haha
To be honest, saying he felt completely fine would’ve been a lie.
It was awkward.
But if he wanted to keep being part of the guild, he’d have to face that awkwardness eventually.
As soon as Ye Uwon gave the okay, Gisekki accepted the invite and entered the party.
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: h;; hello
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: Hellooo
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Welcomeee
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: hihi
(Dragon Knight) YeUbeomjeol: Hello
Of course, Gisekki didn’t reply.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: let’s just go already
All he did was rush them.
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: Since it’s all guildies, should we use in-game party voice?
(Assassin) NyamNyami: gogo!
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: yesss sounds good
Ye Uwon saw everyone’s reaction and started preparing to join voice chat.
The game had an in-game voice room feature, allowing players to talk via mic.
Party voice was for parties, guild voice for guilds. Ye Uwon had joined voice rooms in the guild before.
‘Though I never turned on my mic because of the PC café noise.’
He wasn’t the biggest fan of voice chat in the first place. It distracted him from the game.
But after hearing guild members chat a few times recently, he realized they were more fun than he expected—and maybe voice wouldn’t be so bad.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: lol what’s with the fanfare, we’re just off to behead some trash
Ye Uwon quietly set his headset back down.
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: k..shit k...
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: Kimchi-nim... you’ve been grazed...
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: We’re going without voice!!! Let’s just go!!! Just hit “tq” already!!!;;;
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: hoooly shittttt
And so, they left without using voice chat.
‘Still, at least we have one healer.’
Normally, high-tier raids needed two healers to be stable.
But this was a low-tier raid, so as a tank-class Dragon Knight, Ye Uwon could cover.
Twilight Fair: Pathetic fools! How dare you set foot in our sanctuary? You will regret this decision!
Then—SCREEE! A scream scratched at their ears as a single tear from the conjoined twins dropped to the ground.
A huge larva burst out from below and began crawling toward the players at the entrance.
The closer it got, the more enormous it became.
Pet Larva: Skreeeeee!
As it shrieked, baby larvae burst from its ass and swarmed toward the players.
The cutscene ended, and the screen switched to gameplay.
[SYSTEM]
Warning! Stop Twilight Fair’s pet larva from metamorphosing into a butterfly!
This first round had a bit of a bad rep.
(Assassin) NyamNyami: healeri8thisi hate bugs they gross me out
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: fr… ughhh gave me chills
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: just pretend they’re side dishes;
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: lolol that’s you, Kimchi Nyami~
The larva graphics were infamous for being disgusting.