Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 225

Changing the position of the main tank.

I halted the progress of the raid to use the rank reset.

“You’re doing a rank reset…?”

“But you deal so well…?”

Some party members questioned me using the rank reset authority.

It was only natural they were confused since none of them had seen me tanking other than the founding members of the raid.

“I, uh, was originally a tank user.”

“Y-yeah…?”

Why are they so surprised?

Someone like me should be good at both tanking and dealing damage.

When an 8-rank user uses a rank reset, all jobs up to that rank become available to choose from.

In other words, there’s no need to go through the hassle of performing a job change quest.

I ripped the small ticket I had in my hand.

Flash-!

As I used the reset ticket, a small light surrounded me before vanishing.

Opening the skill window revealed that all the skills that were packed from ranks 1 to 8 had completely disappeared.

What would be the most efficient tank tree in the current meta?

Honestly, there wasn’t much to worry about. A good example of a tank was within our party.

Knight 2

Paladin 2

Paladin 2

Ark Knight 2

It was the tree used by Dogrik, and most tanks in higher-tier raids also used this tree.

Without hesitation, I chose the job.

Since I hadn’t performed a job change quest, there was no effect announcing the change.

However, something did change.

A soft halo spreading behind me, and the angel wings that would occasionally leave faint afterimages as they vanished.

The huge cross aura that spread beneath my feet was a special effect of the jobs I could choose.

Finally, I returned to being a tank.

I pulled out the Kite Shield that I had packed away in my inventory.

It was the shield I had used during my first raid in Deron long ago.

A symbolic item that I kept intact without disassembling.

I never expected the day would come when I would use this shield again.

I frowned as I checked the transcendence stones left in my inventory.

Tanks had one more piece of equipment to wear than two-handed sword dealers.

That was the shield.

That’s right.

I would have to use the transcendence stone again to enhance the shield.

The only fortunate thing was that I had gathered a considerable amount of gold before the raid began.

“That’s…!”

At that moment, someone recognized my shield.

A middle-aged thief.

It was Iyap.

He was gazing at my shield with a look of awe.

Seeing his dazed expression, it seemed he was lost in memories from season 1.

“Everyone, feel free to rest. I need to enhance this shield… I’ll be right back!”

Although I switched to the tank job, I wasn’t in a state to take on a raid just yet.

After asking for the party’s understanding, I used the return stone to exit the raid dungeon.

Upon arriving at Solaris Capital City, I immediately opened the auction house to search for transcendence stones.

“Whoa…”

And I was shocked.

The price of transcendence stones had doubled.

I expected the prices to rise as the items released through the copy bug were recalled, but it was even pricier than I imagined.

I might have to spend all the gold I had saved for raid items.

I bit my lip and started buying transcendence stones with trembling hands.

As I began purchasing bundles of 99 stones one by one…

A warning message popped up in front of me.

[Item does not exist.]

This is a message that sometimes appears when trying to buy an auctioned item.

It seemed someone else was also purchasing bundles of transcendence stones, just like me.

Frowning, I grabbed the transcendence stone below.

But once again, it was the same.

[Item does not exist.]

The message of a non-existent item kept popping up.

I bit my lip and refreshed the item list on the auction house.

“What the…?”

Every time I pressed the refresh button, bundles of transcendence stones vanished a page at a time.

This wasn’t a normal occurrence.

It was a phenomenon that sometimes happened when a whale user pours immense amounts of money to level up their specs.

Or it was undoubtedly the work of traders hoarding items to profit from price differences.

Of all times, it had to happen now.

Reluctantly, I had no choice but to buy transcendence stone bundles at the inflated prices.

But—

[Item does not exist.]

Again, the same message popped up.

What on earth is happening here?

With a frown, I refreshed the auction house’s item list again.

The movements of that invisible hand didn’t stop.

Wasn’t it time for it to pause?

But every time I refreshed the item list, bundles of transcendence stones kept disappearing by the pages.

I had told the party members.

I would be right back.

As the party leader, I couldn’t just go back on my word.

I buried my head in my hands and let out a groan.

Who on earth could be sweeping away my transcendence stones like this?

They must be an incredibly fearsome and wicked individual.

“Yeo-na…!”

I turned my head at the familiar voice behind me.

A warm breeze suddenly blew past.

Standing behind me was Helena.

Dressed in a red robe, she was conjuring faint flames around her.

“Helena? What are you doing here?”

I was planning to resume the raid right after enhancing the item.

“Are you worried about me?”

“Yeah. I’m worried about you.”

“Me? You’re worried about me?”

“Yep. I heard you’re enhancing your shield.”

“Ah…”

Could it be…?

I looked up at Helena.

As always, Helena was looking down at me with a bright smile.

A smile she only showed to me.

“You should use the gold you’ve saved for the raid. I’ll lend you some transcendence stones.”

Of course.

The only one who thought of me was Helena.

But it was already too late.

I shook my head in response.

“It’s okay. I bought about half of them. I just need to get a bit more.”

The expenditure was higher than I expected, and I was already running short on gold for use in the raid.

It was better to pour all my gold into purchasing transcendence stones.

“Did you buy them all?”

“Not all of them… just about half since they were more expensive than expected…”

“Then, should I lend you gold?”

I raised my eyebrows at Helena’s suggestion.

Why does she keep wanting to lend me something?

A person too kind is often the one who ends up falling for big scams later.

I looked up at Helena and asked, “Do you have that much gold?”

“Yep.”

Her confident answer left me speechless.

She persistently kept trying to send me exchange requests as I stood there dumbfounded.

I shook my head.

Then Helena frowned and manipulated the mailbox to send me a letter filled with gold.

Even refusing made no difference.

I stared at the mailbox with a bewildered expression.

“Is that enough?”

The gold Helena sent me was 2,000 gold.

To be honest, it wasn’t an amount that felt burdensome to me.

When I really kicked into farming mode, I could easily repay this amount.

“Thanks…”

“Is that enough transcendence stones? You said you had half left, should I lend you some transcendence stones too?”

Transcendence stones…

Borrowing them does sound better.

Even now, bundles of transcendence stones were continuously disappearing.

If I got caught up in a competition against that invisible hand, I might lose even the gold I borrowed from Helena.

“Thank you…!”

I embraced the bundles of transcendence stones I received from Helena.

Great.

All preparations for enhancement were complete.

Thus, I started enhancing with the transcendence stones.

As a result, I was able to raise the shield to the highest ether grade.

“Done!”

Finally, all the preparations were complete.

I held my hands up high and cheered.

“Congratulations!”

Helena, who had been watching all of it, clapped her hands and congratulated me.

It was quite embarrassing.

Due to the invisible hand incident at the auction house, I had spent more time than I intended.

I quickly returned to the raid dungeon with Helena.

“Sorry for being late!”

“Oh, the party leader has arrived.”

“Welcome back~”

Apologizing for my tardiness, I started to check the raid members.

With 40 people gathered, it wasn’t uncommon for someone to go missing in such a short span of time.

However, luckily, everyone was present.

That was a huge relief.

“Whoa… Did you come back with the shield fully enhanced?”

Iyap, who was sitting in the corner, approached me and asked.

His eyes were fixed on the shield I was holding.

“Yep! I raised it to the highest grade!”

“Amazing…”

As the party leader, I should be doing at least this much.

I shrugged, lifting the shield high so everyone could see.

Can you see this? When you raise a piece of equipment to the highest ether grade, a special effect appears.

This shield, too, was surrounded by a faint wind.

That’s all the bragging for now.

Clearing my throat, I resumed the halted raid.

[The approaching ‘Yeo’s shadow.]

I glared at the small girl standing arrogantly alone in the named room.

She was copying the character information from the moment I entered, so my current info wasn’t reflected.

“There will be no changes in tactics. I’ll take care of the main tanking.”

No changes in tactics.

Just do as we have been doing.

“I will begin.”

The sensation of the shield in my hand felt familiar.

The newly changed job tree didn’t seem strange at all.

Hadn’t I always watched how Dogrik used his skills in different situations, and how Arthur moved and defended attacks?

Everything was engraved in my mind.

“Ha…”

At the moment I collected my breath calmly.

She charged towards me.

“Hiyaaaat!”

A golden light burst forth from the demon sword she swung swiftly.

It was the Paladin’s basic buff skill, [Holy Blessing], which increases the weapon’s range and damage.

Kaang-!

The demon swords clashed mid-air.

The shadow Yeo reacted to my approach.

From her demon sword flowed pitch-black magic.

It was the skill effect of [Azathoth’s Sword], a skill that could only be held by a Death Knight, a corruption of the Paladin’s job.

“Attack now!”

I shouted to the dealers who had been waiting for the aggro to increase behind me.

The party members hesitated for a moment at my order but soon began pouring out all their skills.

Don’t worry.

I won’t let it slip.

I narrowed my eyes and slammed the shield I held in my left hand onto the ground.