Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 24

It doesn’t break through. It felt like standing in front of a gigantic wall.

The small girl guarding the footbridge of the Frost Wolf Tribe was single-handedly facing fifty enemies.

Everyone felt it. The overwhelming presence. The difference in talent made the girl look like a giant.

She blocked all the ranged attacks pouring in from all sides and the charge from the knight clad in heavy armor.

But everyone facing the girl thought…

Time was on their side. The only reason the girl, who was holding them back right at that moment, was able to endure was thanks to the healers supporting her from behind. If they kept pouring in attacks, eventually that girl would crumble too.

In that moment, a flash of sunlight swung long.

She began to advance forward, deflecting all the incoming ranged attacks.

She was becoming accustomed to it. The girl, Yeo, was slowly getting used to the increasing speed.

The more she used it, the sharper her talent became, like honing a blade.

The item stats were accelerating the blossoming of her talent.

The burning white pain in her head became the foundation of that growth.

In that moment, the shield in the girl’s hand vanished. She began to hold her sword with both hands and moved even faster.

Yeo thought. The shield was cumbersome.

The disappearance of Yeo’s shield meant a drop in defense. Seemingly waiting for that moment, the melee jobs that were stationed ahead began to charge out.

“Push!”

They didn’t hope to knock her down. The ones rushing ahead felt the difference between themselves and the small girl more than anyone else.

So they pushed. If they could just shove her under the bridge, it would be a fight they could win.

The girl’s foot took a step back. The rogue’s blade flew toward her wide-open torso.

But that was exactly the trap the girl was waiting for.

At that moment, a rotation began at her ankle, and the golden blade flew up in a strange arc, sending the rogue’s head flying with a single strike.

Squick-!

Yet she did not stop. The sword writhed like a snake, seeking the next target, and struck the lower half of the charging knight.

Clang! A powerful blow. With that one hit, the knight’s stance faltered, exposing his upper body all at once.

Though wrapped in armor, the eyes visible between his helmet offered no protection.

Just as the girl’s body seemed to slightly twist, she embedded her sword into the knight’s head.

She did not stop there. Using her overwhelming strength stat, Yeo turned the severely injured knight’s body into a shield.

Boom!

A multitude of attacks rained down on the knight’s back. The girl immediately kicked off the knight’s body, sending him flying to the side.

She managed to block the second charge. For a while, a temporary calm followed.

Of course, the ranged attacks kept coming.

“Yeo!!!”

Screams erupted from the healers supporting Yeo from behind.

They didn’t need to say anything. It was time for their mana to be running out.

Yeo raised her sword. The opponent did not approach. The melee jobs stood ahead holding shields, protecting the ranged dealers in line.

It seemed they were bracing for Yeo’s potential charge.

[Command Post has arrived!]

That was the moment. The message from her team member she had been waiting for popped up.

How long it felt. Yeo raised her sword with a small smile.

Her health was dwindling under the attacks hitting her body. But she held on. Just as the sunlight cloak wrapping her began to slowly dissipate…

Yeo stabbed her sword into the ground.

[Proclamation of the Sun God’s Sanctuary]

Boom!

Like the frozen ground thawing, a brilliant aura of sunlight spread outward from Yeo.

The time curled up like a turtle was over. Now it was time to advance.

The drawn sword aimed at the opponent shimmered with golden radiance.

Due to the effects of the sanctuary, many stats increased, and her injured body slowly began to heal as if regenerating.

‘Not enough.’

Her stats had risen. But even possessing the best stats of the current season, she couldn’t draw out all her talents.

‘But it’s sufficient.’

Was it because they were taken aback by the emergence of an unfamiliar skill?

Yeo self-cast a heal on her body and activated her next skill.

[Frenzy]

As her vision turned red and time began to accelerate rapidly, everything started to slow down.

It felt like the grip on her sword was screaming.

Yeo caught her breath and leaned her upper body forward.

At that moment, her body, enhanced by system correction, exploded with blue mana.

Boom!

The activation of [Charge] followed.

The stat increase from the proclamation of the sanctuary, followed by the activation of Frenzy, greatly amplified Yeo’s speed.

As a result, as soon as Yeo’s charge began, her small body shot forwards like an arrow, reaching the enemy forces.

Crash!

The moment Yeo collided with the knight at the front line, the massive knight wielding a shield tumbled backward.

The girl, drenched in red, began to swing her sword, clad in sunlight.

To stop the girl’s movements, various crowd control skills flew in, but the shields from the priests supporting Yeo from behind burst one after another.

That skill, exclusive solely for the small girl, blocked all crowd control even if only for a brief moment.

The girl became a battering ram. No one could withstand her attack.

With reckless abandon, she swung her sword. The direction her gaze fixed upon was where the enemies’ heads were mercilessly severed and sent soaring into the sky.

Boom-!

The moment Yeo’s sword beheaded the last opponent, a translucent message appeared before her eyes.

[Victory!]

*

The small girl named Yeo became excessively famous.

Though it was a recognition built in a short time, at least anyone using the Deron Online gallery couldn’t possibly be unaware of Yeo.

Her small and cute customized avatar, overwhelming skill, and the adorable actions she displayed on streams coupled with glimpses of her icy demeanor from time to time…

There wasn’t particularly any behavior that could be considered problematic. She got caught up in the gold ninja scandal on the first day of the party but settled all division matters without issue the next morning. Hence, that ninja incident was seen as a kind of concept play to maintain an extreme theme.

Interviews from internet articles also helped shape Yeo’s image.

Being a middle school girl seeking romance in Deron, it didn’t take long for her to be dubbed the [Gallery Master].

For that reason, Yeo’s actions became the center of everyone’s attention.

During that time, a post appeared in the Deron gallery.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[Gallery Master is using the play area, LOL!] [17]

(An image of Yeo standing boldly holding the Holy Sword against 50 enemies on a bridge)

So dependable, LOL! Not breaking through at all, LOL!

[Comments]

[This is just too cool;;;]

[Accepted…]

ㄴ[What’s ‘accepted’?]

ㄴ[Pay]

ㄴ[They say they’re worthy of being called a gallery master, you idiots.]

[Is this really stoppable?]

ㄴ[Isn’t it just a well-timed shot?]

ㄴ[I think she can hold on a bit with healers behind her.]

[Gallery Master isn’t streaming????]

[Hehe… it’s because she’s a middle school girl using the play area…]

The image attached to the post was striking.

The brief description reminded everyone of Yeo’s overwhelming physicality, and the sight of her standing alone evoked the word “romance” she mentioned.

Everyone playing Deron must have imagined such a scene. But they knew they could never be that.

They were just ordinary players. Yet this screenshot was enough to ignite the romance that slumbered in their hearts.

As users went wild over that screenshot, the user who posted it created another entry.

[Gallery Master says “Come out next” LOL!]

(Yeo was aiming her Holy Sword at the enemy forces, with the corpses of enemies scattered at her feet)

LOL!

[Comments]

[Still not broken through, huh? LOL!]

[Crazy LOL! So cool, LOL!]

[The healers behind are healing her. Isn’t it all manageable?]

ㄴ[You try it, idiot.]

ㄴ[I’ll do it, so send me some healers, okay?]

[Shit… don’t go into the battlefield today. The pumped-up idiots probably won’t go out at the bridge, LOL!]

ㄴ[For sure, LOL! There are definitely idiots acting tough saying they’re going to use the play area.]

There was no evidence that Yeo had actually said such lines.

But they believed it. That line absorbed perfectly into the image her character portrayed.

Users began to flesh out Yeo’s image even more with the long-awaited entertainment.

Then another post appeared.

[If someone asks about the future of the Frost Wolf Faction, let them raise their heads and look at Yeo.] [127]

(Yeo embedding her Holy Sword into the ground)

(Yeo’s body beginning to turn red)

(Yeo charging and obliterating the enemy forces)

Watching, I felt like I wanted to be in the same party.

No, at least I wanted to be in the same guild…

I never understood those who got immersed in games, but today I feel enchanted…

Yeo is a ninja after all… she stole my heart…

[Comments]

[Isn’t this the guy who used to insult immersers?]

ㄴ[LOL, he’s definitely enchanted, LOL!]

ㄴ[For real… she truly is a ninja… a middle school girl ninja…]

ㄴ[Did you also have your heart stolen?]

ㄴ[Yeah… it hurts… could this be love?]

ㄴ[Aren’t you all pedophiles?]

As time went by and the fervor gradually cooled down…

Another post appeared in the gallery.

[TODAY I WAS DEFEATED BY 50; I AM ONE OF THEM.]

(Video)

Is this really something?

No matter how good the Frost Wolf faction’s bridge is for defense, how can one person hold off fifty? LOL!

The attached item was a video of Yeo. Users who had only seen the screenshot and acquired fragmentary information got to watch that anecdote in video form.

Words escaped. The incredible skill that could only be confirmed through fragments of images began to be revealed without concealment through the video.