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-Whoa;
-Insane. Lol.
-They actually caught it;
-Look at just the head left. Lol.
-Dragon-type boss GOAT — ‘Black Dragon.’
-Ending in explosion is definitely right.
Chat flooding in along with the subjugation completion.
Hanbit, having broken free from the ice, turned his gaze to the following messages.
[Player Black Dragon’s raid has succeeded in the first subjugation of the Snow Drake.]
[Due to first subjugation, rewards have been increased in distribution.]
[Achievement: Fortress Raid Leader unlocked.]
[Title: One Who Broke Dragon Pride added to the list.]
[You have received 40,000,000 gold.]
[Snow Drake’s Dragon Orb (Rank 8 — Epic) obtained.]
[Snow Drake’s Blood (Rank 8 — Unique) obtained.]
[Snow Drake’s Reverse Scale (Rank 8 — Unique) obtained.]
[Snow Drake’s Scale (Rank 8 — Heroic) x10 obtained.]
[Snow Drake’s Horn (Rank 8 — Heroic) x8 obtained.]
[Snow Drake’s Bone (Rank 8 — Heroic) x20 obtained.]
[Slab of Lost Light (???) obtained.]
[Raid Leader Black Dragon is granted reward distribution rights.]
[All raid members receive 40 stat points.]
-Oh?
-Whoa;
-Insane. Lol.
-Everything’s Rank 8, are you serious;
-This is what happens when you kill a level 500 boss.
-The reverse scale actually dropped.
-What’s the slab?
-Let’s monopolize it all.
The chat sped up at the revealed reward list.
Right after, a golden message appeared ahead.
Ding—
[Players who previously cleared Episode 2 are granted the opportunity for a reset and retry.]
-It’s here!
-Episode reset!!!
-Going to Ifrit immediately.
-From when it looked clearable the place was already overflowing. Lol.
-Thankyouthankyouthankyou……
[SmallSpender has donated 100,000 won.]
[!!!]
[SomeGuy has donated 500,000 won.]
[I believed in you.]
[Sword God has donated 1,000,000 won.]
[Congratulations on the subjugation.]
[Taeheun Co. Ltd. has donated 3,000,000 won.]
[Taesung Co. Ltd. has donated 5,000,000 won.]
……
The heated reaction also manifested in donations.
Names of viewers and companies seen often.
And one company name that couldn’t help but catch the eye.
[Yeonhwa Gaming has donated 6,000,000 won.]
[Congratulations!]
A donation message without even the phrase asking to be contacted.
With Luna being right here, it was bound to be that much more on the mind.
“Thank you for the donations.”
Having greeted the viewers, Hanbit approached the raid members again.
Having been freed from the ice, they were each reacting while looking at the fortress, now a complete mess.
At the center, the Snow Drake’s head was crumbling to black dust.
“That was genuinely brutal.”
“Could we really not have caught it without Black Dragon’s briefing?”
“A level 500 boss — it’s not something we encounter either. Fighting without information would have been an inevitable failure.”
“Those who didn’t watch the stream — try watching it from Black Dragon’s perspective. Genuinely shocking.”
Vanguards who had experienced all manner of things — but this subjugation was in a different league.
That much of a powerful existence was a level 500 field boss.
Without Black Dragon’s knowledge and judgment, failure would have been as plain as day.
“Good work, everyone. Thanks to all of you, the subjugation was brought to a good end.”
Hanbit extended a sincere greeting to the raid members.
He had put in his own effort — but ultimately without their strength, the Snow Drake couldn’t have been caught.
“So — do I get formal speech from you now?”
Haemu, who had been walking leisurely around, sidled over and asked.
Quite the attachment — but his ability was something that had to be acknowledged.
The near-impossible skill operation that had been required for the final explosion.
Someone capable of it likely did not exist in this RP — at least not easily.
“You produced the results I needed, so I’ll show respect. Honestly I was a little surprised.”
“……Hearing formality, something feels odd again. Maybe informal is better after all.”
-?
-Lol.
-Informal speech suits Black Dragon.
-Speak informal to the viewers too.
-Cursing’s fine too.
At formal speech being offered, Haemu showed a slightly awkward reaction.
Whatever the sentiment — giving him what he wanted was the way.
“I’ll keep with formal for now. If you want to change it, just say so. Though I don’t know when we’ll meet again.”
“Sure. Feeling like it won’t be long somehow.”
Haemu, giving a nod and turning his gaze to the fortress center.
The Snow Drake’s head that had been there was now completely gone.
“You said you’re keeping all the rewards, right? Can’t imagine how sore it feels.”
He asked with a playfully toned smile.
The other surrounding vanguards also didn’t appear to have any dissatisfaction about the already promised matter.
‘Should I share some of these.’
Hanbit looked over the three body part materials listed in the received reward list.
Bone — good material for physical type use.
Horn — good material for magic type use.
Scale — good material for defensive type use.
Not bad — but not exactly extraordinary material either.
Of course at the current level they would show quite impressive performance.
Could sell them expensively somewhere — but right now was the time to raise the existence value of the player ‘Black Dragon.’
Vanguards who would be on his side and offer help would continue to be needed far into the future.
“The main rewards are unavoidable — but I intend to at least show some goodwill. Let me know which of the bone, horn, and scale you’d like and I’ll give it to you.”
Hanbit began going to each of the 30 raid members individually and handing items over.
Brief words of thanks were included each time.
“Thank you, Raphina. The long-range support from Squad 3 helped us shorten the time.”
“Not at all. But are you really alright with this? They’re rank 8 items……”
Raphina, having hesitated several times, took the horn and asked worriedly.
Heroic grade on top of overwhelmingly high rank.
No information was public — but even the top-tier vanguards would rarely see items like this.
Items of too high a value to hand over out of goodwill.
“It’s fine. I also have a favor to ask of you.”
“A favor?”
“Yes. I’ll tell you all at once in a moment.”
Hanbit continued distributing items to the remaining members.
He stood before the kind-looking man.
“Thank you, Odin.”
-Ah, Odin was there too;
-His presence was a bit low, wasn’t it?
-For someone with that kind of talent, a bit……
-Don’t talk down about Odin.
-Agreed — he’s a good person.
A strange chat arose from viewers at Odin’s appearance.
The reaction was similar from the person himself.
“Good work, Black Dragon-nim. I’m embarrassed I wasn’t of more help.”
Odin — who had not stood out greatly throughout the Snow Drake’s subjugation.
But watching his play, Hanbit let out an honest expression of admiration.
“I’m sorry for assigning you an exhausting role. You must not have been used to supporting the entire battlefield.”
“Not at all. It was truly a good experience. This kind of subjugation isn’t something you encounter often.”
The main role Odin had been assigned was the destruction of elements connected to gimmicks generated throughout the fortress.
As well as using buff and debuff skills in response to the situation.
Being the only player specialized in lightning — a mission assigned accordingly.
He showed an almost perfectly judicious judgment that required no additional commands.
If there was another occasion to work together, he would want to entrust him with the main damage dealer role too.
“Good work. Here — the bone.”
“Thank you.”
Having conveyed the needed item, Hanbit continued the distribution.
And at the last, his feet stopped before a red-haired woman.
“What to do with you.”
Blood — who had participated through complaint.
Not being a selected member, there was no need to share anything.
“It’s fine. I’m satisfied that Bloodletting grew.”
Her interest was focused solely on her own skill.
The way of use that had been changed by Hanbit’s advice.
Blood, who had been feeling frustration and limitation recently, had received sufficient results from participating in the subjugation.
“Satisfied nothing. Leaving out just one person is a bit much. You — not bone…… but scale would be better.”
Her effective strikes that had contributed.
Hanbit arbitrarily selected and handed over a material suited for the Bloodletting skill.
“Scale?”
“It’ll be good for a bracelet. Either way, keep it.”
Having briefly advised her, he moved to a position where all the raid members were visible.
And looking at everyone, said:
“The material I distributed will be difficult for ordinary blacksmiths to handle. We have a player who has learned dwarven metallurgy on our side — I’d recommend entrusting it to them. It just passed midnight so it’s Sunday now, so…… two weeks from now should work.”
-Advertising. Lol.
-Jaeha-hyung is going to be drowning in work.
-You’ve got this.
-The proficiency will stack. Cheers.
Handing materials to raid members wasn’t out of pure goodwill alone.
Because Kim Jaeha would need large amounts of technique proficiency after coming out of the Tower of Vortex.
Of course those who would benefit from dwarven metallurgy were not at a loss either.
The commission fee would certainly be collected properly though.
“Is that the blacksmith Luna left her sword with?”
“Information was circulating in Astra, apparently.”
“The skill rank is still low but the results were good, weren’t they.”
The players exchanged words as though it was information they already knew.
With the sword being practically a second self, the expressions were quite serious.
“Contact DD Studio separately. Then everyone’s busy so we’ll be disbanding shortly — are there those of you who want to reset the Ifrit episode?”
“We are.”
“Me too.”
“Did Edelen too, so might as well keep going.”
Most of the members nodded at that question.
Having participated here with the very purpose of resetting episodes quickly — only natural.
“Then I’ll give a little advice to those of you here.”
-?
-What?
-Abandoning us?
-I mentally participated in the subjugation too;
-Does anyone think they’re not a vanguard by choice?
-That one really just can’t……
The viewers raged at the shocking statement.
But this information was a little different in nature.
“This information is useful only to those as strong as the ones here. Do you all need it?”
-Mid-tier vanguards?
-Hmm.
-That’s a bit much;
-Haha, nothing to do with me then.
-Will you give us a walkthrough too?
-Probably will.
-These guys have gotten addicted to free stuff.
-Let’s set up a membership post.
-Membership is good.
-Agreed.
When mid-tier vanguards were set as the standard, the viewers’ reactions shifted in a different direction.
“Membership?”
Not a regular subscription — a paid membership system.
Indeed, information scattered freely was also an unfair treatment to viewers who had donated money.
“I’ll discuss it with the company once. It’s late, so I’ll wrap the stream here. See you again tomorrow.”
Having ended the stream, Hanbit immediately conveyed episode information to the vanguards.
Being simple information, it didn’t take long.
Having come outside the fortress, Black Dragon’s raid immediately disbanded.
Luna was standing before Hanbit.
“Ah, the donation?”
When he brought up Yeonhwa Gaming’s ongoing donations, she too grasped the intent.
“You can just ignore it. Is it on your mind?”
“The amount isn’t small either. I’m also trying to give other companies that have donated quite a bit small trading opportunities.”
Companies continuously making donations were not few.
Not the same feeling as Vestige — but the thought was to sell the information they needed.
“Hmm.”
Luna, arms folded, briefly sank into thought.
Having quickly made a decision, she immediately continued:
“Then shall we set up a meeting? I’ll come along and do my best to raise the information’s value.”
“……Is that really alright?”
“Of course. They’re people with money, so don’t feel burdened.”
Her playfully smiling face.
Joke or not — either way, proceeding with the deal right away was what was hoped for.
“Understood. Should I go to Yeonhwa Gaming?”
“We’ll come to you. Coming all the way from Incheon to Seoul each time is work too, isn’t it?”
Luna added not to go to any unnecessary trouble.
He indicated it was fine — but her resolve was firm.
The appointment time and location were settled quickly.
“Ah, take this too.”
Luna handed over the shattered mask and said.
The Frenzied Dance Mask that broke after one use.
It could now be used as a material for crafting special items.
“Please keep this, Luna. I’ll tell you how to use it later.”
Hanbit, thinking of the dancing-like swordsmanship, passed the item to Luna.
Since no one but Luna would easily be able to use the newly crafted item anyway.
“Really? Then I’ll gratefully accept it.”
She smiled and put the mask fragment away.
The necessary conversation having wrapped up, Hanbit extended a final greeting.
“Then see you tomorrow.”
***
The next morning.
Hanbit was woken from sleep by the sound of a ringing bell.
“Minho-hyung?”
The other party was Lee Minho — his senior at the company.
They had exchanged occasional messages and dropped formal speech — but actual phone calls had been almost none.
(I left the company and I’m at a startup now. One that develops RP gear.)
“You finally got out. Genuine congratulations.”
The happy news of having escaped from under the team leader.
Sincere congratulations naturally came out.
(It was thanks to you that I made up my mind quickly. More than that — I called because there’s something I want to show you.)
“Something to show me?”
(I think it’d be better to see in person — do you have time?)
Lee Minho — who had noticed a strange pattern in the code and raised the question.
The word ‘Edelen’ written in the language of another world was still clear in memory.
If someone like that had found something — expectations were unavoidable.
“Come to think of it — I also have something to show you.”
(To me?)
Hanbit thought of the reward obtained from the Snow Drake’s subjugation.
The Slab of Lost Light — with no rank and no grade.
The item’s description had nothing special either, but what was engraved on its exterior seemed somehow off.
Something like computer code, one might say.
He had been thinking of contacting Minho before long to hear advice.
“I do have an appointment coming up, but could you come to me? If it’s your company, shall we meet after work?”
(This is my work too, so it’s fine. Where should I go?)
At his ready answer, Hanbit conveyed the time and location.
There was more than enough leeway to have a conversation before meeting Luna.
“Then I’ll see you later.”
