Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 274

Helena furrowed her brow while looking at her mailbox.

The gold that was supposed to come in this week hadn’t arrived properly.

Of course, the traders who had been with her since Season 1 were still sending her the promised gold.

[Sender: Chikmani]

[Subject: This week’s gold!]

Thank you for your continuous purchases.

The deposit account is the same as before!

The gold price has been rising recently…

As Helena read the contents of the mailbox, she stroked her chin.

She hadn’t forgotten to send money to those who had faith in her.

A sudden spike in the gold price.

But Helena wasn’t flustered.

If the gold got more expensive, she’d just buy it accordingly.

If someone didn’t want to sell to her, she’d just offer to pay more than other opponents.

It was a very simple solution, but it was also a method with a definitive effect.

Of course, if this kind of fight continued, the price of gold would keep rising, but that was of no concern to Helena.

Would anyone notice if she scooped up seawater in a bucket?

Helena quickly sprang into action.

She logged onto the trading site, writing that she would buy all the gold at prices that were definitely higher than the recent trading rates.

But she didn’t stop there. She also reached out to individual sellers who weren’t using the item trading site.

For a certain period, she promised to buy gold at prices significantly higher than the average market price.

Exactly five minutes later,

Helena was able to fill her inventory with the right amount of gold she had needed to buy today.

Helena smiled as she looked at her inventory.

Seeing the pile of gold reminded her of her friend Yeo’s bright smile.

Lost in that happy thought, Helena received a message from a stranger.

Asel – [Hello, Helena.]

A nickname she had never seen before.

Helena instinctively frowned.

Helena – [Who are you?]

Asel – [I am Azel, the Guild Master of Satan.]

Satan?

Helena’s mouth dropped open as she read the message.

It made her recall what she had seen earlier regarding the war.

But why was this person messaging her?

Rubbing her temples, Helena continued the conversation.

Helena – [What do you want?]

Asel – [I heard you are buying up a lot of gold. I’m sorry to ask, but could you please stop your purchases for a moment? The gold price is soaring.]

Helena – [Nope.]

It was a refusal that needed no further thought.

What was the problem with buying as much gold as she wanted?

Asel – [… It’s because of war funds. Aren’t we part of the same demon clan? Please understand.]

Helena – [Nope.]

Asel – [If you keep buying like this, the price of gold will continue to rise… both sides will suffer.]

Helena closed the message window.

She had expressed her refusal twice, but her opponent didn’t give up.

There was no value in continuing the conversation.

That was Helena’s judgment.

Clink—!

Clink—!

Helena continued to stuff the gold arriving in her mailbox into her inventory, continuing her trading.

Then, at one moment, the trades coming to her came to an abrupt stop.

Wondering what was going on, Helena noticed that the message window was flashing repeatedly.

Asel – [You will regret this… let’s see how far you can go.]

Regret?

What did he mean? Helena couldn’t quite make sense of Azel’s message.

“Hmm—”

A lazy sigh escaped her lips.

Helena revised the content she had posted on the trading site.

She raised the price she was buying gold for even higher.

The sudden drop in trades meant that an opponent had appeared who was buying gold at an even higher price than her.

So, she’d raise it more.

Without hesitation, Helena raised the price.

The gold price had risen by 30% compared to the previous day.

Helena had raised her buying price by 10% compared to that rate.

The trades continued to alternate between coming in and stopping.

As she swung her golden sword for a while, Helena received another message from Azel.

Asel – [Are you still not going to give up?]

Helena chuckled lightly.

In fact, it was what she wanted to say.

Of course, she didn’t reply. It was too annoying.

Double.

Helena modified her post again.

If she raised it casually, others would casually keep up, too.

She needed to raise it so high that it wouldn’t be worth competing against her.

Though her gaming experience wasn’t long, Helena knew how to use her money wisely.

The price of gold soared to double.

Helena didn’t stop trading. If she paused, the price would undoubtedly drop again.

But Helena couldn’t buy gold at her desired price.

That was also because Azel kept raising the buying price.

Double to triple.

Triple to five times.

An unseen battle for gold.

A chicken game between them.

The first to yield would suffer a severe blow to their pride.

Of course, Helena was not thinking about any of that.

As she kept raising her buying price, she received another message from Azel.

Asel – [Let’s stop. You will really regret it.]

Naturally, she didn’t reply this time either.

About five minutes passed in that state.

[satan guild declares war on Soft & Chewy Cow guild.]

An unexpected declaration of war.

The sudden turn of events shook the guild chat of Soft & Chewy Cow.

Helena frowned.

She didn’t mind if someone came to challenge her.

But with Soft & Chewy Cow, it was a different story. Her dear friend, the one she loved, had a guild that was being declared war upon.

Yeo, the guild leader, always did her best.

If her guild members were attacked, Yeo would become furious.

Yeo’s anger would reflect Helena’s own.

A fire began to rise within Helena, who had been calm until then.

Yeo – [What the hell is going on? Does anyone have a problem with Satan?]

Snow Mage – [Wow!!!! A fight!!!!!]

Iyap – [I’m messaging the management on the Satan side, but I haven’t received a reply yet.]

The quietly simmering anger began to grow.

How long had it been?

Lost in thought, Helena slowly began to move her hands.

If the opponent was moving, then she should move as well.

What Helena wrote on the trading site was this.

[If you kill a user from the Satan Guild and send me a screenshot, I’ll pay you 1,000 gold or give you equivalent mileage on the trading site.]

Simple yet something nobody could easily overlook.

Helena’s trading rank was VVIP.

Using the privileges of that rank, she plastered her message across all the banner ads of the trading site.

Of course, that wasn’t all.

Satan had declared war first. It was a situation that couldn’t be stopped now.

Turning on the in-game auction house, Helena began pouring out the gold that had been resting in her inventory.

She wasn’t concerned about the prices. As long as it was not at ridiculous prices like 100 or 200 times, she would buy at 2 or 3 times the average bidding price without hesitation.

Potions, alchemy materials, various magical engineering items—PVP essential items started vanishing from the auction house in no time.

The gold spent was replenished through more purchases.

Helena thought that pressuring the opponent like this wouldn’t cause them to crumble easily.

Then, she’d hit harder.

Information about other guilds allied with Satan could easily be found in online communities.

Helena drafted messages to the management of all the guilds allied with Satan.

The message sent to all the guilds was simple.

“Withdraw from the alliance with Satan, and I’ll pay you gold. I’m also willing to offer cash if you prefer.”

It wasn’t about telling them to fight against Satan but simply promising huge sums for withdrawing from the alliance.

It was a blow to the opponent’s head without giving them time to think.

There weren’t many who would respond to such an absurd message.

But even if it was just one person, if someone contacted Helena and received the promised sum, it would change the flow.

How long had passed?

Helena finally received the reply she was waiting for.

kaokao – [Is that true?]

Helena – [It is. I can send it right away.]

kaokao – [So we really don’t have to fight?]

Helena – [Yes. Just withdraw from the alliance.]

kaokao – [If you give me the promised money, I will.]

Helena immediately used the mailbox to send gold to the other party.

She didn’t entertain the thought of the recipient running away.

After all, hadn’t she promised an immense amount of gold?

If maintaining the group is less profitable than breaking away, there would be no reason to remain.

Helena’s predictions were spot on.

kaokao – [It’s real… I’ll withdraw from the alliance as promised.]

Helena waited.

And waited.

Like a fisherman anticipating a catch.

About ten more minutes passed.

A great exclamation mark started blinking in Helena’s mailbox.

What she had been waiting for had arrived.

They must have thought it was an outrageous lie.

But someone had received the promised money.

Rumors must have spread rapidly, leading to the results Helena had hoped for.

Exactly one hour after Helena began to take action,

The aftermath of her moves was anything but light.

The alliances of the Satan guild, which once exceeded ten, were now reduced to fewer than half, and thanks to the bounty Helena had posted, many began joining the Babel alliance.

The momentum had completely shifted towards Babel.

But Helena did not stop.

She sent all the PVP items she had purchased over to the Babel alliance.

Having sorted everything out, Helena walked lightly toward the place where her friend Yeo was waiting.

In front of the Capital City.

A place filled with many onlookers.

The cute and soft Yeo stood amidst them.

“Yeo!”

“Oh, Helena?”

Yeo, who had been standing there dumbfounded.

Helena smiled brightly as she looked at Yeo’s face.

“What’s happening?”

“The… the alliance with Satan suddenly started dropping…?!”

It was something she already knew.

Helena turned her head to check the Satan faction.

Expressions of confusion, embarrassment, and shock were mixed together.

In the ranks of Satan, where multiple guild marks used to get intertwined, only one guild mark remained.

The illusory golden sword had crept up to their throats.