Love Games
Translator: She.Wee
Chapter 4
‘ThousandSunsets has joined the guild.’
[General] HalloweenEggplant: Now we can have guild wars.
[General] ThousandSunsets: Did you see that? Haha
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: …?
[General] Ji9star: LOL what the heck!
“……?”
The ramen he was eating slipped out of his mouth. Blue waves appeared above Cheon Noeul’s name. Within those wave effects was a familiar guild name.
‘Poseidon.’
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: This is our temporary guild member ThousandSunsets~ Please give him a warm welcome^^
[Guild] Ji9star: welcome welcome welcome
[Guild] ParkRoach : welcome welcome welcome
[Guild] Neutaaaa: welcome welcome welcome
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: ????
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Meow, applause.
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: What the actual fuck?????
[Guild] al0ha: welcome welcome
[Guild] Honeymoon: welcome welcome
[Guild] KidneyRat: LOL welcome welcome
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Haha, thank you.
Kyungsoo clenched his fist and slammed it on the desk. Pressing G to open the guild window, he saw the channels and locations of the guild members at a glance. The vice guild master had practically handed Cheon Noeul a navigation tool.
Suddenly, word spread, and a crowd of onlookers began to gather, even though they weren’t in a village. The ensuing lag caused character movements to appear choppy.
[General] King1: You were the ones who first mentioned the guild war^^
The previously silent guild master of the failing guild stepped forward. It seemed like they were going to escalate the situation. Although it had been a while since there was such a commotion, it wasn’t a good feeling that it all started because of him.
Kyungsoo, still reeling from the fact that Cheon Noeul had joined the guild, placed his hands on the keyboard in response to the words from the failing guild master.
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: Are you illiterate? The bald guy behind you mentioned the guild war first^^
[General] Iove: LOL revealing your true nature ^-^….
[General] ThousandSunsets: Baldy, Meowie told you to shut up.
[General] Iove: LOL, I’m not bald.
[General] ThousandSunsets: Can’t hear you because you have no hair.
Iove was a bald character with green skin. For a moment, the failing guild master was at a loss for words.
[Guild] ParkRoach : LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
[Guild] Ji9tar: LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
[Guild] Ji9star: I’m getting a tattoo, any suggestions?
[Guild] ParkRoach : ★ Can’t hear because there’s no hair! ★
[Guild] Ji9star: Cool, I’ll tattoo that on my forehead.
[T/N: These two. Lol]
[Guild] Neutaaaa: LOL, so cool….
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Haha.
With Cheon Noeul joining in, the Poseidon guild started making fun of the bald head. Iove just kept laughing.
[General] King1: Stop revealing your true nature and take responsibility for what you said.
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: What true nature?
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: What did I even say?
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: I only mentioned the bald guy.
[General] ThousandSunsets: Meowie, don’t cry.
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: fuck off.
It was a reflexive response whenever he saw Cheon Noeul. No matter how much the guy defended him, there was no reason to speak kindly to Cheon Noeul.
[Guild] ParkRoach : LOL, why give him the finger when he’s defending you?
[Guild] Ji9star: Meowie’s character, LOL.
[General] Iove: LOL, illiterate ^-^
[General] ThousandSunsets: Baldy, shut up.
[General] Ji9star: LOL, seriously.
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: So you want us to take a hit without fighting back? Should we just say, “Sorry, I’m a loser”?
[Guild] Ji9star: Meowie, calm down, relax.
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: What did I even do? You guys started it by harassing someone who was just farming for items. No wonder your guild always ranks below the top 10. Everyone knows you recruit newbies to exploit them.
[General] King1: I’ll sue you for spreading rumors.
[General] Ji9star: Not trying to provoke, but what will you tell the police?
[General] Ji9star: “Officer, they called our guild exploiters! They’re so mean!” LOL.
[General] ParkRoach : LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL.
[General] Neutaaaa: Good luck with that.
The failing guild was notorious for recruiting new characters, earning guild points, and then kicking members out under various excuses. Even if the expelled members complained, they were told they should have researched before joining. This method kept the guild fluctuating between the 10th and 20th ranks.
[General] MeowieMeowMeow: If you’re so upset, let’s duel. You always target those who can’t fight back.
[General] King1: LOL, your class has weak damage, damage output matters the most.
[General] InvisibleMan: Can’t hear you with less than 500k damage.
[General] Iove: LOL, typical weakling.
[General] Ji9star: Baldy.
[General] ParkRoach : Baldy.
[General] Neutaaaa: Baldy.
The Poseidon guild members spammed “baldy” in the chat and then changed channels and locations simultaneously.
[General] VitaFiveThousand: What, is the fight over?
[General] GreenEnergy: I just got here, ಥ‿ಥ.
The once quiet hunting ground was now crowded with guild members and onlookers. They attacked and killed monsters out of boredom, creating a distracting noise. This was the best spot for automatic skill use. Kyungsoo sighed. The leftover ramen broth had gone cold.
[Guild] ParkRoach : They’ll probably doctor the screenshots and post on the forums, LOL.
[Guild] Ji9star: As expected, the failure guild wins the predictability award again. Congrats on back-to-back wins! Your prize is a punch.
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: I’ve opened the free board, LOL. Who wants to bet when they’ll post? I’ll bet 1 billion gold they’ll post within 30 minutes.
[Guild] Ji9star: 20 minutes, 3,000 gold.
[Guild] Neutaaaa: Closest one wins, right? 18 minutes, 3,000 gold.
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: 15 minutes, 5,000 gold, LOL. They’ll copy-paste as usual.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: 5 minutes, 3 billion gold.
[Guild] Ji9star: Oh, already betting? Fast learner, temporary member, haha.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: I hear that often, haha.
Three billion? This guy’s rich. Kyungsoo stared intently at Cheon Noeul’s character, resting his chin on his hand. The guild name above his head felt unfamiliar.
The character with mismatched skin color, eye shape, and items had constantly made me wonder where Cheon Noeul got all that money. It was one of the three great mysteries of Poseidon.
[Guild] Ji9star: Whoa, just got online.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: I won! ㅇㅅㅇ!
[Guild] ParkRoach: Lucky I didn’t bet. Haha.
[Guild] Ji9star: Please, give me a discount.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: No way.
[Guild] Ji9star: ಥ‿ಥ
Kyungsoo gulped down water and accessed the official website’s free board. The title of the post was ‘We declare an official war on the Poseidon guild.’
Title: We declare an official war on the Poseidon guild.
Author: King1 / Gunner
Content: Hello Illusion players, as you know, I’m a good-natured player who enjoys Illusion as a hobby. I’m writing to address the malicious slanderous acts of the infamous guild Poseidon.
One of our allied guild members from “Failure is the Mother of Success,” named Love, encountered a macro user while walking. We went to the hunting ground to warn the macro user, and there we found out the macro user was Berserker ranker ‘MeowieMeowMeow’ from the Poseidon guild.
The Poseidon guild, where MeowieMeowMeow belongs, has been spreading strange rumors about us and making indiscriminate derogatory remarks. Today, they even called one of our innocent allied guild members baldy.
I was furious and wanted to confront them, but Love said they didn’t want to escalate the situation, so we moved to another channel to avoid them. For those unaware, please avoid this malicious guild Poseidon.
Therefore, our guild Doom and Failure is the Mother of Success declare an official PVP war against Poseidon with the account deletion of the malicious macro user MeowieMeowMeow at stake.
◆Time: One week from today at 8 PM
◆Content: 4 vs 4 PVP
If we win, we will demand the deletion of MeowieMeowMeow’s account and an apology. If we lose, I will take responsibility for this post and delete my account.
All four who made malicious remarks today, MeowieMeowMeow, Ji9star, ParkRoach, and ThousandSunsets, must participate.
(18 comments have been posted.)
– Baldy lolololololol
– Team kill? Just adding salt to the wound…
– Haha why are you fighting over this? Lol
– Looks like you’re playing the victim. By the way, I don’t have a guild, but I took some screenshots earlier. Why are you only posting your side?
└InvisibleMan: Next Poseidon member
└ohmyboy: Who does PVP for the 11th guild place? What’s the fun in that?
└ParkRoach: Bragging about being in 11th place once, when you’re currently 32nd, lol.
└I’m not from Poseidon, but you blame them for everything;
– It’s hard to judge from just a screenshot…
└ParkRoach: Nice post! But you have typos! Good-natured > Foolish, Strange rumors > Truth, Derogatory remarks > Correct statements, Baldy > Love, Malicious > Correct
└Love: Poseidon’s personality lol
└ParkRoach: Baldy
└InvisibleMan: Seriously, stop it; Love, don’t mind them
└ParkRoach: [Whisper] You’re actually bald. This isn’t the time to defend; run away.
– Is that a macro? That’s a Berserker skill. The apology should come from Doom… Do you remember the auto-skill promo when Berserker was first updated? It’s a skill that triggers every 10 seconds. Do some research before accusing others.
└Looks like you knew and started a fight anyway lol
└That’s even worse
– Clearly, it’s obvious who’s wrong, but this is entertaining. When’s the account deletion? Can someone stream the PVP? I want to see the Berserker play live.
└If you’re thinking about playing Berserker, stop now. It’s known for its difficult control.
└I’ll just watch
– Did ThousandSunsets join Poseidon? Congrats! But will MeowieMeowMeow get their account deleted because of them? Sunset is so bad at playing that even a slime could kill them without them using any skills, lol. They’re famous for being a bad player.
└neutaaaa: Let me join; I was also called baldy! Why wasn’t I included? I’m so upset I’m crying. Let me fight too.
└Love: Stop showing off your bad personality and leave.
└neutaaaa: Baldy
– Is this your battleground? I came here for strategies, and this is what I see.
Despite constantly being humiliated, Doom’s audacity to propose another PVP made Kyungsoo chuckle. However, betting on account deletion made him a bit nervous. A 4 vs 4 PVP required all four members to perform well since the stats were balanced.
Luckily, ParkRoach was a top 100 healer, so healing and buffs weren’t a concern. Ji9star, though talkative, was a decent Knight Spear with good dodging skills.
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: This is absurd but exciting.
[Guild] neutaaaa: Include me too.
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: I’m so excited my heart is racing!
[Guild] ParkRoach: Hearts always race.
The problem was Cheon Noeul.
[Guild] Ji9star: It feels rude to say this, but I think we’re doomed because of Sunset.
[Guild] Ji9star: 7 days until Meowie’s account deletion… ಥ‿ಥ
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: Lol
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: Account deletion?
[Guild] Ji9star: Oh, right, haha. I keep forgetting you’re in the guild. Forget it.
[Guild] ThousandSunsets: ^-^….
Kyungsoo slammed his forehead onto the keyboard, resulting in a string of meaningless consonants. He stood up and erased the characters with the backspace key, then sent a whisper to Cheon Noeul.
[Whisper] MeowieMeowMeow: What’s your level now?
[Whisper] ThousandSunsets: 87
“……”
The first job change level was 80, and Cheon Noeul had already completed the first job change when they started following. At level 87, it meant they hadn’t leveled up at all since then.
[Whisper] ThousandSunsets: Meowie, I’ll work hard.
Just as they said that, a cute marshmallow monster lightly brushed Cheon Noeul, causing them to collapse on the field with X’s for eyes.
“……We’re doomed.”
There’s no way I can let this character be deleted after all the effort put into it. Kyungsoo was determined to somehow bring this terrible player up to a competent level, no matter what.
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I freaking loved ParkRoach’s and Ji9star chemistry lol.
My Teacher: haven’t done your homework? Get out!
Me: Shut up Baldy
[Expelled]
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