Chapter 68
Yeo Min-Ji had lost count of how many tis she had seen the results of the 2nd class advancent event.
-1st Place: Undisclosed/Undisclosed/Martial Arts Master (2nd class)
Anyone could tell that Jeong-Hoon had taken first place.
As befitting a hidden class, he had revealed himself as a Martial Arts Master and then blinded his information, probably to wear the mask of a common grade.
[Whisper/Hoon -> Minzi: It’s a secret.]
However, Jeong-Hoon hadn’t given Yeo Min-Ji a clear answer.
“Wow… So he’s playing hard to get, huh?”
Although it was frustrating that he was being so secretive, Yeo Min-Ji couldn’t back down here. She had to find a way to observe Jeong-Hoon’s martial arts up close.
She had to be even more shaless.
She bided her ti, leveling up and attending guild events, waiting for the right opportunity.
Since the level difference between her and Jeong-Hoon was significant, she waited for content where they could act together to appear.
[Capsule Room Siege Event]
‘Here it is.’
A new event prepared by New World.
They were trying to hold an event using the familiar siege warfare, which was held every month.
[Levels will be fixed at 150 in the event.]
Moreover, all levels were fixed at 150.
That ant it would be decided purely on skill.
“If it’s this…?”
However, there was a restriction that participants had to log in using a capsule room’s dedicated capsule to participate in the event.
Yeo Min-Ji imdiately sent a whisper to Jeong-Hoon, and the reply arrived in the evening, after so ti.
[Whisper/Hoon -> Minzi: Yes, I’m planning to participate in this event.]
At the positive reply, Yeo Min-Ji shouted “Hurray!” three tis and then left for Autobahn, where Jeong-Hoon was.
This was the reason why Yeo Min-Ji had co to find Jeong-Hoon.
“Yes, I’m going to participate in the event.”
“As expected! Then would you like to go with ?”
“I already have party mbers.”
“Wow… You’re so fast? Is it already full with 4 people?”
Oh, the dizziness.
She grabbed her throbbing head and barely managed to keep her balance.
“Yes, but there are only two of us so far.”
Yeo Min-Ji’s eyes sparkled at the ntion of two people.
“Then there are two spots left?”
“…Yes.”
“Wow! What a coincidence! Actually, I’m alone too. Then can I tag along? Right?”
“Would that be okay?”
“Of course! It’s better to be two than one, and three than two.”
Actually, the person Jeong-Hoon had in mind wasn’t Yeo Min-Ji.
‘If I rember correctly, Yeo Min-Ji didn’t participate in this event.’
Rankers had their own individual capsules.
And since they belonged to nad guilds, they received considerable rewards by participating in siege warfare every month.
There was no reason for them to participate in the event.
Therefore, Yeo Min-Ji should have skipped this event as well, but she ca to Jeong-Hoon herself and asked to join the party.
However, it was also awkward to refuse.
If Yeo Min-Ji joined, the difficulty would be easier.
Even if her level was adjusted to 150, she was a proper ranker who had completed the fourth class advancent.
They’re quietly giving hints.
That they would turn their Earth into a ga.
And that if they failed to defend it, it would collapse.
People would later call this event the ‘1st Cataclysm’.
“Huh? Why don’t we et up and go in together?”
“et up?”
“Yes! To participate in the event, you have to get verified at a capsule room. It would be better to move together than separately, since it’s cumberso to move individually.”
Her words made sense.
If they had to move as a group, it would be much more convenient to register and move from the sa capsule room.
“Alright. Let’s do that.”
Yeo Min-Ji smiled brightly and nodded.
“Yes. Then I’ll log out and contact you right away.”
As she said, there was a text ssage on Jeong-Hoon’s smartphone that day.
[This is Yeo Min-Ji! I’ll contact you through this outside the ga!]
* * *
One week before the event.
To prepare for the event, Jeong-Hoon had a three-way eting with Ha-Jin and Yeo Min-Ji.
‘We should get to know each other beforehand. You’ll have customized your characters in the ga, right?’
Thanks to Yeo Min-Ji’s proactive attitude, the three of them t at a cafe near the capsule room.
However, Ha-Jin beca tongue-tied at Yeo Min-Ji’s appearance, and a brief silence fell over the table where the three of them were sitting.
“Hello. My na is Yeo Min-Ji. I turned 21 this year, and my MBTI is ENTJ.”
Yeo Min-Ji broke the awkward atmosphere with a brief self-introduction.
After finishing her self-introduction first, she stared at Jeong-Hoon, and eventually, he opened his mouth.
“Yes, I’m Jeong-Hoon. My last na is Jeong, and my first na is Hoon. I’m 36 years old.”
“Huh? Hey, you’re 21 years old.”
Ha-Jin pointed out his age with a puzzled look.
Ah, right.
He had returned to 15 years ago, so he was 21 this year.
“Just kidding. Yes, I’m 21 this year, and I don’t know my MBTI.”
“You haven’t taken the MBTI test?”
Yeo Min-Ji asked with a surprised look.
“No, I’m not really interested.”
Jeong-Hoon knew about MBTI, but he hadn’t taken the test.
He found it funny to categorize countless people into a few types, and he didn’t feel the need to do it.
Then Ha-Jin tactfully spoke up.
“Is it my turn next? I’m Jang Ha-Jin. I’m 21 years old this year, and my MBTI is ESFP.”
“Ah, yes.”
The self-introductions ended quickly.
Silence fell over the three of them again.
Feeling awkward, Ha-Jin broke the silence and spoke to Yeo Min-Ji.
“Um… You’re the sa Yeo Min-Ji I saw before, right?”
“Yes? Have we t before?”
“When I asked Hoon to take as his disciple, I was the one next to him.”
“Ah, you were that person. I think I rember.”
It could have been a bit offensive since it was a dark past, but Yeo Min-Ji responded skillfully.
“Yes!”
Ha-Jin smiled broadly at the fact that she recognized him.
‘Wow, your so pretty.’
He hadn’t been this impressed in the ga.
This was because those who enjoyed the ga always set their appearance to be as beautiful as celebrities through customization.
So he thought Yeo Min-Ji would be the sa, but what was this?
She was as beautiful in reality as she was in the ga.
He couldn’t help but be impressed.
“Then, since we’ve gotten to know each other today, let’s see each other in a week.”
The introductions were over, so it was ti to return to the ga.
“Yes. Then I’ll be going.”
As Jeong-Hoon ended the conversation, Yeo Min-Ji quietly got up and left the cafe.
“Then let’s go too.”
Jeong-Hoon got up from his seat.
But Ha-Jin couldn’t get up and just stared blankly at the door she had left through.
“…Wow. Hey. I’ve never seen anyone so pretty.”
“Yeah. Anyway, let’s go.”
“I’ll stay a little longer…”
“Suit yourself. Then I’ll go first.”
“Yeah…”
Ha-Jin, still lost in the afterglow, sat still for 30 minutes.
‘Wait a minute… But if they said they would contact each other, that ans they know each other’s personal contact information?’
The thought struck him, and he suddenly ca to his senses.
At the sa ti, envy and annoyance surged through him.
“What is this? Damn, this shitty feeling?”
* * *
Jeong-Hoon entered the ga and headed to the field outside the lord’s castle.
A familiar face caught his eye in the field.
It was Lee Si-Woo, the level 201 DespairedYou, who had subjugated the Ogre King’s horde with Jeong-Hoon.
‘Why is he still here?’
A lot of ti had passed since they parted ways, but Lee Si-Woo hadn’t left Autobahn.
“Huh?”
Lee Si-Woo also recognized Jeong-Hoon.
“Why are you still here?”
“Ah… I have sothing to do.”
“Sothing to do?”
“Yes. I’m going to kill those bastards one more ti.”
The guys who had requested him.
The 120 hours they were suspended for would be over soon.
‘If they had any sense, they would log in a few days later, but that’s not going to happen.’
They were deeply obsessed with New World.
120 hours probably felt like 1,200 hours to them.
So they would be waiting for them to log in while leveling up here.
His prediction was correct.
The Ora-Knight and the assassin tried to log in at the sa ti.
“I’ll take care of them.”
DespairedYou, Lee Si-Woo, drew his sword and approached the two.
“I-I’m sorry!”
“We’ve committed a grave sin! Please spare us!”
The two knelt and slamd their foreheads on the ground.
“Wait.”
Jeong-Hoon raised his hand to stop Lee Si-Woo.
“Yes? Are you going to handle it yourself?”
“Yes.”
“…Alright.”
Lee Si-Woo quietly stepped back.
“P-Please forgive us just once…”
“We must have been out of our minds! We’ll beg like this. Please have rcy on us idiots and spare us just once. Sob!”
As Jeong-Hoon approached, they desperately begged for forgiveness, rubbing their hands together.
If they got suspended again here, it would be for a month.
That absolutely couldn’t happen.
24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours, 120 hours.
In total, a whopping 11 days.
They had been miserable for 11 days without being able to play New World.
And now they had to endure another 30 days?
Their pride was long gone.
“If I spare you?”
“Yes…?”
“You insulted my mother. I can’t let that go.”
“…”
“You’re not really dying anyway. Just die here, and I’ll co back and kill you again in a month. Then it’s a year, right? Oh, and I’ll co back and kill you again in a year. Then it’s goodbye to New World forever.”
The Ora-Knight, Hong Hyun-Woo, and the assassin, Kim Bong-Goo, turned pale.
This relentless guy would definitely get them permanently banned.
“P-Please…”
“If you just spare us, we’ll do anything you ask!”
At Kim Bong-Goo’s words, a strange light flickered in Jeong-Hoon’s eyes.
“Really?”
Seeing that it was working, Kim Bong-Goo added,
“Yes! I can’t take back what I said, can I? So I’ll make it up to you with my body!”
“And you?”
Jeong-Hoon looked at the Ora-Knight, Hong Hyun-Woo.
Both of them had started the trouble, but it was this bastard who dared to insult his mother.
“I-I’ll do it!”
[Lightning Bolt activated.]
At that mont, Lightning Bolt poured out of Jeong-Hoon’s hand and struck Hong Hyun-Woo.
Crackle.
“Ugh!”
He trembled as if electrocuted.
Perhaps because he was level 142, he didn’t die imdiately from Lightning Bolt.
Jeong-Hoon finished him off with Underworld King’s Fist Technique.
Hong Hyun-Woo’s body disappeared once again.
This ant a one-month suspension.
“Your answer is late. You should consider yourself lucky.”
“Th-Thank you…”
Kim Bong-Goo managed to reply in a trembling voice.
“You said you’d do anything, right?”
“Yes!”
“Good. Then I’ll spare your life, especially for you.”
“Th-Thank you.”
“Then participate in this Capsule Room Siege Event.”
“Capsule Room…?”
“This son of a bitch!”
***
Hong Hyun-Woo, out of the capsule, grabbed his hair.
120 hours.
Five days had passed, so he had logged in with Kim Bong-Goo, hoping that the guy might have given up.
But as expected, the crazy martial artist bastard was right there in front of them.
And next to him was the Saber they had hired.
So, as Kim Bong-Goo suggested, they knelt and apologized.
To that damn bastard they wanted to chew up and spit out.
‘But he still kills ?’
He had thrown away his pride and apologized, but all he got in return was a one-month suspension.
Buzz-
Soon after, a ssage ca from Kim Bong-Goo.
[Hey, are you okay?]
“Damn it, you died too? Ha, that’s why I told you not to apologize!”
Hong Hyun-Woo shouted.
Kim Bong-Goo sighed quietly at his irritated voice.
[You should have apologized properly. I survived.]
“What…?”
[…Unfortunately, he said he’ll suspend you again after a month. He said to quit New World if you don’t want to get suspended.]
“That’s bullshit.”
[Anyway, I warned you.]
Click.
“Hey! Hello? Hey!”
Hong Hyun-Woo hurriedly called Kim Bong-Goo again.
But the call didn’t connect.
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