Ye Uwon blinked.
For a moment, he didn’t know how to respond, just resting his hands on the keyboard without typing anything.
This guy’s personality was… I mean… hmm...
Feels like he’s only being like this to me.
Seeing Gisekki being so overly hostile, Ye Uwon was about to type out something like "Did I do something wrong?"—
when suddenly:
(Guild) LifeIsSolo: ㅠㅠㅠ omg he's personally attacking people ㅠㅠ
(Guild) Gisekki: shut up, virgin
Ye Uwon quietly erased what he was about to say.
Turns out, Gisekki was an equal-opportunity asshole.
To everyone.
(Guild) LifeIsSolo: ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ fuck ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
(Guild) TrustingTheCactus: dude don't cryㅠㅠ what's so sad about thatㅠ
(Guild) LifeIsSolo: no wayㅠ not you too???ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
(Guild) TrustingTheCactus: n-noㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Judging from the chat, Gisekki treated everyone like shit.
(Guild) Gisekki: hey Number
(Guild) Gisekki: kick him
Passing by Ye Ubeomjeol’s corpse without a second glance, Gisekki walked over to no.10 — who was still standing there, spaced out — and barked at him.
Ye Uwon blinked, staring after him.
(Guild) Gisekki: no point keeping a tank who loses to a necromancer, right?
(Guild) no.10: wh..wh..ㅠㅠ wh...ㅠㅠ wh..ㅠ
(Guild) Gisekki: oh ㅎ you're saying sorry for bringing in a useless newbie?
(Guild) Gisekki: it's fine lol teamwork and allㅎㅎ
(Guild) no.10: ㅜㅜu fucking psycho bastard...ㅠㅠㅠ
(Guild) no.10: ㅜㅜㅠㅠwhat the hell are you even saying;;ㅜㅠㅠ
(Guild) no.10: ㅠㅠㅜㅠㅠㅜㅠㅠㅠ
(Guild) NyamNyami: rip guild master crying again because of Gise-nim... ㅇㅅ유
While spamming ㅜㅜㅜ in the chat, no.10 rushed over to Ye Ubeomjeol’s corpse, flailing.
(Guild) no.10: oh no ㅠㅠ oh god..ㅠㅠㅠ are you okay, Ye Ubeomjeol-nim?ㅠㅠㅠ
(Guild) Ye Ubeomjeol: Yeah, I'm fine.
It’s just a character death, after all.
Besides, it had been pretty fun.
Even after hearing that, no.10 hovered around awkwardly near Ye Ubeomjeol's corpse, like he didn’t know what to do.
(Guild) Gisekki: what are you doing, kick him already.
(Guild) no.10: shut upㅠㅠ i brought in a seriously good tank and you're acting like thisㅠㅠㅠ
(Guild) no.10: we don't even have tanks in the guildㅠㅠ we were literally planning how to invite the dragon knightㅠㅠ you were thereㅠㅠ you didn’t even object;;
(Guild) Gisekki: not saying anything means it’s invalid
(Guild) no.10: fuck offㅠ
(Guild) Gisekki: kick him.
(Guild) no.10: what is wrong with you;;ㅠ
(Guild) Gisekki: what’s the point of having a paper-thin tank, kick him
Ye Uwon rested his chin on his hand, staring blankly at the chat window.
Gisekki wanted him out.
No.10 didn’t seem to want to.
Gisekki’s argument was simple.
Basically, he's saying I'm too weak to bother keeping.
His revive cooldown had already passed, but Ye Uwon didn’t immediately press the respawn button.
Instead, he opened the guild info tab.
Gisekki — Officer.
no.10 — Guild Master.
Maybe no.10 was just panicking because Gisekki was an officer?
If that's the case...
Quietly observing the chaos, Ye Uwon finally pressed the revive button.
Since everyone’s attention was on the shouting match, almost no one noticed him getting up.
He casually moved his character closer.
And then, while Gisekki was heatedly arguing with no.10—
(Guild) NyamNyami: ?!!?!?!!
(Guild) TrustingTheCactus: ???????????????????
Ye Uwon hurled his massive greatsword straight at Gisekki’s head.
(Guild) no.10: huh?ㅠ
Gisekki dodged easily —
but poor no.10, who was standing nearby, got hit instead and looked completely stunned.
Of course, since they were still standing outside a PVP zone, no HP was lost.
(Guild) Gisekki: huh? lol
Gisekki, sneering, quickly typed:
(Guild) Gisekki: see, can't even land a proper sneak attack lol what’s the point of keeping him
But he’d overlooked something.
(Guild) NyamNyami: hey!! hey!!! Gise-nim!!! look at the ground ㄷㄷ;;
At NyamNyami’s frantic warning, Gisekki glanced down—
and froze.
When did that happen?
His character’s foot was now over the boundary line—
inside the PVP zone.
Meaning—
[SYSTEM]
You have designated Gisekki as a target!
Ye Uwon’s earlier attack hadn’t been a real strike.
It had been a fake first strike, just like Gisekki had used earlier to lure Ye Ubeomjeol into PVP range.
And once a player was targeted, even stepping back outside the zone wouldn’t cancel the PVP status.
(Guild) Ye Ubeomjeol: hehe
(Guild) NaapaPleaseHeal: what's going on rn??? i saw the tag and ran over omg
(Guild) QuengKang: holy shit round 2!! (munch munch))
Frozen mid-motion, Gisekki hesitated.
Ye Uwon didn’t miss the opening.
Ye Ubeomjeol uses <Lullaby of the Sacrificed>.
Caught off guard, Gisekki finally tried to move.
(Guild) Gisekki: fuck?
But it was already too late.
Ye Ubeomjeol uses <Despair of the Sacrificed>.
In an instant, the PVP zone turned pitch black.
From within the swirling darkness, Ye Ubeomjeol’s figure suddenly vanished, replaced by the slow emergence of a huge, towering form.
(Guild) NaapaPleaseHeal: uh is that a mob…?
(Guild) WhereTheDPSAt: not a mob...
(Guild) QuengKang: nnnno
There were so few Dragon Knights in the game that most players didn’t even know what skills they used.
So some of the guild members watching momentarily mistook him for a monster—
but they weren’t the ones who remembered Ye Ubeomjeol’s customization.
(Guild) WhereTheDPSAt: it’s a dragon knight……
A Dragon Knight, cloaked head to toe in shimmering dragon scales, finally emerged fully through the black mist.
His greatsword ignited with a fiery glow—
and then came crashing down in a vertical drop, straight toward Gisekki.
There was nowhere for Gisekki to run.
His feet were still trapped in the swamp, and the ground around him was thick with HP-draining black fog.
[SYSTEM]
Gisekki has been killed by Ye Ubeomjeol.
The system notification popped up.
"……."
For a few long seconds, no one said anything in the guild chat.
The match had ended before Gisekki could even land a single hit, and everything had happened so quickly compared to before.
(Guild) Gisekki: lol
After a brief silence, Gisekki finally typed something.
(Guild) Gisekki: lmao what?
(Guild) Gisekki: lmaooo
(Guild) Gisekki: lmfaooooooo
The chat filled with nothing but Gisekki’s bitter laughter.
Ye Ubeomjeol casually brushed his hands off after seeing the PVP over message pop up.
It might’ve been a dirty win, but everyone here knew Gisekki had no room to talk.
(Guild) WhiteKimchi: damn;; karma cleared...?
After all, Gisekki had been the one to attack an unprepared opponent first.
Ye Ubeomjeol slowly walked over to Gisekki’s corpse.
(Guild) Ye Ubeomjeol: Sorry for the sudden first strike. But last round didn’t feel fair, so I was a little frustrated.
Picking up the defense potion Gisekki had dropped, Ye Ubeomjeol held it out toward his fallen opponent.
(Guild) Ye Ubeomjeol: Here, have your potion back.
(Guild) Ye Ubeomjeol: How about one last clean match to settle it properly? Best two out of three?
There was no mockery in his offer.
Ye Uwon wasn’t trying to humiliate Gisekki.
He simply wanted to beat him properly and earn his spot in the guild.
If we settle it cleanly with a final match, he won’t be able to object.
Given Gisekki’s aggressive personality, Ye Uwon figured he’d never back down from a true 1v1.
(Guild) LifeIsSolo: ㄷ
(Guild) TrustingTheCactus: ㄷㄷ
(Guild) QuengKang: @@ oh no....
But—
(Guild) QuengKang: @@ VILLAIN HAS ENTERED @@
He never imagined that to everyone else, he would look like the villain.