(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: ahhh save meee ㅜ;;
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: Oh! It’s Kimchi with bugs on them!
(Assassin) NyamNyami: ughhhgrossgrossfuuuckkkgmnqwe;alskdjf;;
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: Gasp; NyamNyamiㅠwhere are you goingㅠㅠ;; The poison is spreading!!
If you let your guard down, the larvae would leap up and land right on your character’s face.
Even just watching them ripple their full bodies up close was disgusting enough—and then there was the poison damage ticking every second.
This was exactly why you couldn’t underestimate it just because it was a low-tier raid.
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: you DPS fuckers stop chugging poison!!!!! ffs healer’s dying here
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: Oh, healer, behind you!
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: oooooohshitfuck!!!!!!save me you useless DPS bastards!! ooo!!!
People were screaming as they slaughtered the bugs.
Ye Uwon carefully cast shields on the guild members while killing the larvae.
And then—his gaze drifted to Gisekki.
Unlike the others freaking out, he was just silently slashing through the bugs.
‘Well, yeah, even the first time we raided, he was quiet.’
Ye Uwon figured Gisekki must just be one of those people who didn’t talk much during gameplay.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: the fuck are yall doing.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: self-hating insects? ^^?
…Roughly three seconds later?
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Gise-nim, what???!! ack!! bugs!!! heal me please heeaaallㅠㅠㅠㅠ
(Necromancer) Gisekki: lmao
Guess bugs don’t bother him.
Ye Uwon thought that and kept watching Gisekki’s movements. But… something felt a little off.
It happened when a bug’s legs twitched and it got split in half.
‘He flinched.’
Gisekki seemed to freeze—just a tiny bit. Was it just his imagination?
Maybe no one else noticed because they were too busy.
But Ye Uwon, who’d played long as a tank and was used to watching wide angles, was starting to see it more clearly.
‘He hates bugs.’
He kept watching Gisekki. And just as a half-melted bug oozed in midair, Gisekki’s character visibly flinched—and locked eyes with YeUbeomjeol.
“……”
In that moment of silence, they stared at each other for a beat too long.
It felt like he’d just seen something he wasn’t supposed to.
(Dragon Knight) YeUbeomjeol: What do I do.
Ye Uwon typed that instinctively, almost without thinking.
(Dragon Knight) YeUbeomjeol: They’re too gross, I can’t do anything.
As he subtly hid his greatsword—now drenched in bug guts—behind his back.
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: Huh?? For someone scared of bugs, YeU-nim...
(Necromancer) Gisekki: lol
BaekKimchi started to say something, but Gisekki cut her off with a well-timed “lol.”
(Necromancer) Gisekki: this is why u dont raid with noobs
(Necromancer) Gisekki: tf you scared of bugs for at your age
(Necromancer) Gisekki: esp when you’re a <<tank>> who’s supposed to be “leading the charge” lmao
Like he’d been waiting for it, Gisekki unleashed a rapid-fire rant in chat.
But Ye Uwon could see it.
Even as he typed like a rapper, he was carefully avoiding any larvae near his feet.
‘Why the hell is he even here if he hates them this much? Did he really want the reward that bad?’
Now that he’d noticed it, it was obvious.
Just now, he even spun around to avoid looking at a split-open bug.
(Dragon Knight) YeUbeomjeol: Sorry.
Ye Uwon simply turned his eyes away like he hadn’t seen anything—and apologized.
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Tlqㅏr!!!!!!!!
Still, as they calmly broke down the mechanics one by one, they finally reached the last pattern of Round 1.
At this point, the bugs would swarm one random player.
This time, the aggro was on NyamNyami—who was now absolutely covered in bugs.
(Assassin) NyamNyami: hel
(Assassin) NyamNyami: help me!!!!!!!
NyamNyami instantly collapsed from poison and couldn’t do anything.
Ye Uwon hurried over and began peeling the bugs off her character—but of course…
‘The Pet Larva is targeting NyamNyami!’
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: damn she’s fucked
Unlucky. Even the boss monster, Pet Larva, picked her as its target.
Larva aggro: NyamNyami.
Boss aggro: NyamNyami.
(Assassin) NyamNyami: I hear bells… . .
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Is this… what they call… heaven…?
Her HP started draining fast.
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: ooookay I’ll try to save you.
LeaveTheHealingToMe threw herbs and cast spells frantically—but it didn’t seem to be working.
(Assassin) NyamNyami: When this is over… I’ll finally tell her…
(Undead) LifeIsSolo: No!!! Don’t say that!!!
(Assassin) NyamNyami: I’ll confess to her…
Even with heals pouring in, NyamNyami’s HP kept plummeting.
Assassins were naturally low on defense, so she probably wouldn’t survive.
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: fuck it. let’s leave herㅇㅇ
The healer finally gave up.
Sometimes it was easier to sacrifice one member to finish the phase.
‘Better to save a DPS than a tank anyway.’
But in Ye Uwon’s judgment, saving NyamNyami was better.
She was higher level and had stronger DPS than a Dragon Knight like him—and that would help clear Round 1 faster.
You target ‘Pet Larva’!
‘Pet Larva’ is now focused on user ‘YeUbeomjeol’!
Ye Uwon made his call and pulled the aggro to himself.
Screeeee!
Then he stabbed his greatsword straight into the heart of the Pet Larva that was eyeing him.
As it screamed from the critical hit, YeUbeomjeol activated a shield skill to protect the dying NyamNyami.
‘YeUbeomjeol’ uses AoE Shield <Call of the Sacrificed>. The blessing of dragons is with you!
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Huh? Why am I alive??? Huh???
It was routine in experienced raids to let someone die during this phase.
That’s why NyamNyami was surprised she survived.
While she was still stunned, Ye Uwon covered her plummeting HP with the shield and prepared his next move—
‘Shit.’
Was it bad timing? Or just bad luck?
At that exact moment, the Pet Larva triggered a new phase and broke the aggro.
‘Pet Larva’ is going wild!
The boss suddenly rampaged—and the other larvae did the same.
They started flashing in all sorts of sickening colors as they surged forward.
(Dual Cannon) BaekKimchi: Gasp;; oh god, it’s the monster wave phase.
More bugs incoming, poison hits harder—stay sharp
(Spirit Priest) LeaveTheHealingToMe: yep yep
A swarm of bugs filled the screen so fast it almost felt like the game lagged.
And just then—right on cue—Gisekki spoke.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: fr what’s the Dragon Knight doing? lol
Ye Uwon stared blankly at the chat.
Gisekki had been waiting for a slip-up.
From the moment he decided to join this raid, Ye Uwon had one question.
If Ye Uwon found it uncomfortable, Gisekki had to feel the same way.
So why come at all?
Didn’t he hate Ye Uwon enough to not even check the damn mail?
But now, Gisekki’s reaction answered everything perfectly.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: man you suck.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: I can’t do guild shit with someone this bad lmao
That’s why he came.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: the bugs got more legs than you got skill lmao
He wanted to insult Ye Uwon—until he left the guild.
(Assassin) NyamNyami: Gise-nim; isn’t that a little too harsh?
NyamNyami finally spoke up in chat.
(Necromancer) Gisekki: what, did I lie? this so-called tank can’t kill bugs, can’t pull aggro, fucks up his judgment and gets us into this dumbass pattern.
You could’ve just let the assassin die and ended it. But noooo—
(Necromancer) Gisekki: If she died, I would’ve nuked the larvae with a swamp spell, pulled aggro clean, and skipped this stupid flashing phase lol
(Necromancer) Gisekki: tell me I’m wrong? lmao
The party window went stone cold. You could feel the silence.
(Whisper) BaekKimchi: ㅠㅠ YeU-nim please don’t mind him;;
You did great… you just saved the DPS to clear faster. Everyone knows that ㅠㅠ;;;
(Whisper) LeaveTheHealingToMe: just ignore him lol he’s on some extra shit today ㅇㅇ
(Whisper) LifeIsSolo: dontttttt mindddddd
(Whisper) NyamNyami: Should we disband the party?
The guildies all rushed to whisper Ye Uwon and cheer him up.
Looking at the flurry of messages, Ye Uwon chuckled.
These guild members really were kind.
They didn’t need to worry this much.
(Whisper) YeUbeomjeol: I’m okay, haha