Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 151

Hunting grounds with good regeneration rates and valuable drop items always became a hot topic of competition.

In the end, it’s always the powerful forces that secure those hunting grounds.

Even after the server merge, that fact remained unchanged. If anything, the situation had gotten worse.

Naturally, the Soft & Chewy Cow Guild got caught up in this mess as well.

There exists a guild called [Exorcist], formed by users from the global server, not the Korean server.

As implied by the guild’s name, it was a place where people aiming for some kind of role-playing gathered.

Its members consisted solely of the Human Clan, exuding hostility towards the Demon Clan.

When the guild was first established, it was probably just an ordinary guild.

However, after many years, guilds inevitably change, for better or worse.

This Exorcist Guild had also changed.

For the worse.

The reason was unclear. Why the Exorcist, which was once an ordinary guild, came to harbor hatred toward Demon Clan users remained a lingering question.

Iyap glared at the enemies in front of him.

All of them were users belonging to the same guild.

The guild name [Exorcist] floating above them swayed ominously.

Members of a group that loathed Demon Clan users didn’t hesitate to express that hatred, even after the server merge.

Naturally, the Soft & Chewy Cow, composed of Demon Clan users, had also become a target.

When the guild leader Yeo was absent, Soft & Chewy Cow was operated by Iyap or Helena.

But Helena was also unavailable. Iyap had to make a decision.

“Damn those filthy demon bastards. Didn’t I tell them not to crawl out of Hell?”

The auto-translation system smoothly interpreted the opponent’s language.

Thanks to that, Iyap could communicate with them without any issues.

“Didn’t you start this fight first? Are you threatening our guild now?”

“Threaten? No. This is a hunt. I just can’t stand seeing demon bastards wandering in front of me.”

Iyap took a calm breath and assessed the situation. They didn’t have enough manpower to fight right now.

He needed to use a Guild Summon Order to bring in all the currently online members if they had a chance.

However, Iyap hesitated.

Using the Guild Summon Order would undoubtedly escalate the fight to a guild vs. guild scale.

Fighting wasn’t the problem. Losing was.

Yeo, as the guild leader, didn’t care much about the victories and defeats in guild-scale battles, but Iyap was different.

Considering the whole guild, Yeo’s Soft & Chewy Cow absolutely couldn’t afford to lose.

Iyap checked the members currently logged into the guild.

Out of 300 members, 150 were online. If he summoned all of them right now, they would at least be relatively even in numbers.

But there wasn’t enough strength. If every member was the type to enjoy RVR content, Iyap would’ve summoned them without hesitation.

There were specific users that came to mind when thinking of Soft & Chewy Cow.

The guild leader Yeo.

His family member Hwarang.

The wizards representing each element: Helena and the Snow Mage.

And Yerin, the former master of the Shing Sing guild and ex-VRS pro.

Each of them could provide the strength of ten members or more. If they were present in the guild, their power would be even more formidable.

But none of those people were here. Right now, Soft & Chewy Cow was akin to an empty shell.

An uneasy silence fell, accompanied by a chilling tension.

The members of the Exorcist Guild, filled with deep hatred, slowly closed in on Iyap and the members of Soft & Chewy Cow.

Should I just die here? Honestly, there are plenty of other hunting grounds out there.

It might be a bit humiliating, but retreating while promising to come back is…

“I heard the most famous guild on the Korean server had high expectations, but turns out there’s nothing to it?”

At that moment, Iyap’s eyebrows twitched as the silence was broken by a taunting voice.

A surge of hot anger rose from deep within, flooding up his back and into his head.

As a leader, he had to remain composed at all times.

Iyap could tolerate insults directed at himself. He had always been provoked by the hostile alliance before the server merger.

However, he couldn’t stand seeing the guild itself, the one Yeo had built, being insulted.

“That crazy yankee bastard…”

The guild members with Iyap felt the same. Anger began to surface on their faces.

“Why don’t you call that crazy boy over here?”

That was the signal. Iyap felt the world around him turn white.

Iyap – [Everyone, please participate in the fight. We’ve been provoked at the Dire Wolf hunting ground. The opposing guild is not from the Korean server. It’s the Exorcist Guild.]

The order from the vice guild leader went out. All guild members logged into the game checked the chat while those with time rushed to the guild group chat to urge those not online to get moving.

30 seconds.

It had been 30 seconds since the guild chat was written.

Right after that, the number of logged-in members of Soft & Chewy Cow increased by 30.

With that, they gathered 180 members.

Now it was manageable.

Iyap immediately activated the Summon Order.

[Number of individuals summoned by Summon Order: 171]

Excluding those already present at the scene, all the summoned individuals had responded to the order.

In that moment, a colossal beam of light descended from the sky, and members of Soft & Chewy Cow started to soar down.

Boom-!

Kwoooong-!

“Kill them! It’s a summoning order!”

As the Summon Order’s light beam effect activated, the Exorcist Guild charged forward.

They didn’t engage in direct warfare, but due to the forced PVP, the nicknames of Exorcist members turned red. Yet they showed no sign of caring about any penalties.

“Urahhh!”

Fights broke out everywhere. Swords clashed, and dazzling magic was shot into the air.

The combined forces exceeded 300. Adding in the regenerated monsters only made it more chaotic.

Iyap used stealth to hide and watched the unfolding situation.

Leading the charge of the Exorcists was a warrior user.

He wielded a short sword in each hand.

A warrior using dual swords? That guy must be out of his mind.

And he really did look that way.

“Hahaha! Kill those filthy demons!”

His name flickered above his head in an erratic fashion.

[Andersen]

Iyap felt cold sweat trickling down his back. Despite wielding his weapons chaotically like a madman, every strike was sharp and precise. With just two or three strikes, his swords took down the members of Soft & Chewy Cow effortlessly.

He was no ordinary user. He was undoubtedly akin to their guild leader, Yeo.

“Kaha!”

Crimson blood spilled from the cross created by the clash of swords.

Andersen kept pushing forward.

If things continued like this, they would lose. Iyap bit his lip and drew his sword.

It was a foolish decision for a leader to personally enter the fight, but if he didn’t step in, he wouldn’t be able to stop this mad zealot.

Iyap checked the time.

4:40. In a little while, their guild leader Yeo would log in.

Swoosh-

The advantage of a thief lay in ambushes through stealth.

Iyap was among those who effectively utilized this thief advantage.

At least, that’s what he thought.

Swoosh-!

He approached unnoticed and swung his dagger.

It targeted the opponent’s neck and heart in one swift strike.

But—

Clang-!

“Hooh- Where did you go? I wondered where you were hiding…”

Their blades met. Iyap stared in shock at Andersen, who was locking swords with him.

A wicked smile stretched across Andersen’s face reflected on the blade.

“Now, die. Leader of the filthy demons.”

The ambush from stealth was exposed.

As usual, Iyap tried to slip away immediately, but due to his low ether levels, he couldn’t do so.

Iyap took a step back, his cold sweat trickling.

He couldn’t die now. There would be no one to give orders to the guild members.

Once again, he regretted that he had stepped in.

Clang-!

“Die!”

Andersen, who had been engaged in a contest of strength with Iyap, forcefully pushed him away and swung his dual swords rapidly.

Every single attack was sharp. Though Iyap blocked them with a desperate expression, a dark scar appeared on his body.

Slash-!

“Cough…!”

Blood gushed from a diagonal cut starting from his shoulder.

He was near death. Without using a potion or bandage, he would die soon.

Iyap retreated significantly, taking a moment to breathe.

If he was in a bleeding state, using stealth would wear off quickly.

In other words, it meant he had no means to escape.

Strength drained from his body. Iyap sat on the ground and glared at Andersen through his fading vision.

Facing the devil sprouting red horns, Andersen felt immense joy.

This is the moment. This situation. Standing poised to strike a weakened demon before him would appear sacred to anyone seeing it.

“I am God’s representative.”

Just when the mentally-determined Andersen was about to strike down his blade.

Swoosh-!

No one realized the approach. Not even those from the same guild, Soft & Chewy Cow.

A flash pierced through the encroaching Exorcist members.

Light, a flash. In that fleeting moment.

Everyone watching had similar thoughts.

Clang!

“Grragh!”

Andersen felt it the moment he parried a strike aimed at him.

He recognized the significant difference in power. If he continued the contest of strength, he would be crushed and killed.

Panic flickered across his face.

Flap-!

A massive set of demonic wings unfurled behind a girl, filling Iyap’s view.

The long, beautiful hair, illuminated by the sunlight, cascaded down like a waterfall.

“Iyap. Step back and reorganize the party.”

In the calmly spoken voice, Iyap, who had been sitting blankly, stood up.

She arrived. Their guild leader had made her entrance.

Real age didn’t matter. Although Yeo was just a young girl, she was more reliable than anyone else in this game.

Iyap retreated, following the guild leader’s orders.

*

“Cough, this is… an upper-level demon!”

What the hell?

I took aim at the dual-wielding warrior before me and swung my sword.

This guy is out of his mind. How dare he attempt dual swords as a warrior? I should shove a sword in his head to fix that thinking.

Clang!

“Grragh!”

Every attack was heavy. It was only natural. Just before coming here, Helena had sent me a Transcendence Stone through the mailbox, and I had equipped all my armor with complete transcendence.

The stats I had far surpassed those of ordinary users.

[Andersen]

I chuckled lightly and pinned the opponent’s body down with my sword.

Andersen’s body flattens against the ground, as if squashed by a press.

“W-What… how many transcendences has…”

Andersen muttered in disbelief as he faced death.

He must have realized the stat boosts I had gained from my gear.