Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 42

I was continuing dungeon farming with my party members when I swung a giant greatsword and smashed the head of a red drake. That’s when I noticed the guild chat setting on fire.

“What’s going on?”

“They say the Ssing-Ssing Alliance is gathering outside.”

I checked the guild chat and frowned. As time passed, the players’ levels increased. Naturally, the once-quiet level 45 dungeon, the [Tomb of Dragons], was now packed.

It was only expected that both our alliance and the Ssing-Ssing Alliance would be looking for action here.

Troubles, big and small, were bound to arise continuously.

“Ugh, so annoying.”

“Maybe we should just handle it.”

I sighed at Iyap’s words. As the war dragged on, the Ssing-Ssing Guild had shrunk significantly, but they were still hanging around and continuing the fight.

“What are you going to do?”

“What choice do I have? Guild members are uncomfortable. I’ll need to go push them back.”

I quickly turned my steps around. We had just taken down our first named monster, so I didn’t feel too attached.

The moment I sheathed the huge claymore I was holding, the blade shrank in size.

As I turned and walked while typing into the guild chat.

“Yeo – I’ll start the fight at the entrance, so come in as soon as you see me.”

Dogrik – “Are we fighting at the dungeon entrance?”

Yeo – “Yes.”

This worked out perfectly. My party members, including me, were done farming weapons.

I planned to test the performance of the new gear we just got.

Heading toward the dungeon entrance, I opened the guild window to declare the fight.

As soon as I checked the rising world message, I typed in the guild chat.

“Heading out now.”

“I’ll go first.”

Saying that, I leaped out of the dungeon.

Bursting out from the cave into the bright light, my vision cleared in an instant.

At that moment, I spotted a big paladin blocking the way.

He wasn’t looking toward the dungeon entrance.

With a massive shield at his back, he had his back turned to me while watching the front.

Swish—

I pulled out the claymore that had been sheathed on my back, and the small sword returned to its original size.

No words were needed. After all, he was an enemy alliance member and we were in a fight.

I immediately swung the sword.

Whoosh-!

With a sharp slicing sound, the wide greatsword sliced through the air and struck the paladin’s side.

In that moment, clang! His body spun quickly, rolling away like a ball.

“What the—?!”

Only then did the enemies blocking the entrance finally turn to look at me, expressions of surprise crossing their faces.

Since we had just started to clear the dungeon, the durations of the buffs were still well in effect.

No special preparations were needed. I dashed straight at the enemies.

“Are you crazy?!”

Leaving behind their horrified screams, I swung my sword wide.

The claymore, surrounded by red bloodlust, showed a range far beyond that of the holy sword.

The overwhelming strength from the increased buff stats shook the tank line blocking my way.

I didn’t let that opportunity slip by.

Stepping forward, I swung down the greatsword I had pulled back with all my might.

Boom!

The attack, loaded with the strength of my entire body, smashed into the ground.

In that instant, a red shockwave spread wide, launching the enemy alliance members standing at the dungeon entrance into the air.

[Wild Assault]

A heavier attack was prepared than before.

Thanks to the system in the game, I could swing a sword larger than my own body freely.

Crackle!

The giant sword, gleaming with crimson blood, spread widely.

That attack tore through the air and turned most users gray.

But it was slow. The wind-up and cooldown time were significantly longer than before.

I couldn’t prepare to counter the enemy’s attacks. A rapidly flying ice spear embedded itself in my shoulder.

Thud!

In an instant, my health dropped as the freezing debuff began stacking.

But they weren’t alone; I wasn’t either.

Soon, my party members who were farming the dungeon with me began to appear.

Since they were members I personally selected, they quickly understood what to do.

Chloe, who had just exited the dungeon, stretched her hand toward me, releasing a green aura.

As my reduced health began to recover rapidly, a translucent white sphere enveloped my body.

A shield that blocked all damage for a limited time unfolded, blocking every attack that was approaching me.

“Come on in!”

I shouted to the guild members and allies who were far away.

In that moment, I used Charge to dive into the enemy ranks.

With the shield active, there was no need to fear death.

Breaking into a flank of the enemy, I immediately used [Wheel Wind].

The gigantic greatsword swept across the ground, Kaga-kak- making an arc before starting to spin in mid-air.

Whoooosh-!

Due to the slow attack speed unique to the claymore, the spinning speed wasn’t as fast as last time.

Thanks to that, I could accurately observe the movements of the enemies beyond the red whirlwind.

As the allies joined the fight, it soon turned into complete chaos on the battlefield.

There were nearly 200 people gathered here.

In the narrow area of the dungeon entrance, we swung our swords without a care.

As I swung my sword from the edge to butcher enemies, a berserker radiating red bloodlust suddenly stood in my way.

He too seemed to be wearing an Orc Warrior’s ring.

But my gear was superior.

Without hesitation, I activated my cherished [Berserk] buff to push my attack speed to the limit.

Clang!

The moment the greatswords collided, a massive spark erupted, causing the opposing berserker to stagger heavily.

I didn’t let that chance pass.

Using the force from my recoiling sword, I rotated my hips.

As my foot stepped forward for the next attack, the enemy showed an unexpected move.

The opposing berserker didn’t back down.

Instead, he leaned into my attack range and thrust his sword at me.

Aiming for my neck, he surely planned to endure with his death skill.

At that moment, my head started to go white from anger.

As my vision expanded, I forcibly twisted the direction of my swinging sword.

The sword that was swinging toward my waist plunged into the ground.

Clang!

With a strong impact, the enemy’s attack followed.

A stabbing attack aimed at my neck sliced through the air.

But I deflected that attack using the blade embedded in the ground.

Swish-!

The blades collided, creating a massive burst.

I quickly spun my body and jumped into the air.

The attack speed with the sword had slowed, but there was no restriction on my actions.

As my small body floated in the air, I gripped the sword still stuck in the ground.

The rotational force didn’t lessen even while airborne.

Immediately, I swung the sword harnessing that rotational force, aiming for the enemy’s neck.

Clang!

The giant blade crushed the helmet but the neck did not come off.

That was thanks to the enemy’s [Resurrection] skill activating.

In that moment, a massive ice chunk flew from my back and froze the enemy berserker in his resurrection state.

His huge body instantly froze. Unable to do anything in his invulnerability, he crumbled down with the ice pile.

I plunged my huge greatsword into the ground and looked around.

Most of the enemy alliance members were cleared, but since we were in a fight, I couldn’t leave my position.

“I guess we should call it a day for farming.”

I sighed and leaned against the massive greatsword.

The blade embedded into the ground was slightly taller than I was.

*

The Ssing-Ssing Alliance and the Soft & Chewy Alliance had been clashing for a day or two.

Having gone back and forth, their fights drew little attention over time.

However, the item details obtainable from the level 45 dungeon were a different story.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[Information Post) Level 45 Dungeon Equipment Specs by Class] [37]

(Warrior class level 45 dungeon equipment image)

(Archer class level 45 dungeon equipment image)

(Thief class level 45 dungeon equipment image)

(Wizard class level 45 dungeon equipment image)

(Warlock class level 45 dungeon equipment image)

(Healer class level 45 dungeon equipment image)

I saw the rankers reaching level 45 and starting to gear up, so I gathered a screenshot.

There are a few weapon types missing, but it seems like the dragon series weapons have similar options.

Oh, and I didn’t realize it, but it seems the equipment size changes depending on the character size?

I took some screenshots of the clash happening in front of the dungeon earlier, and the weapon sizes were all different.

(A picture of Yeo with her arms crossed in front of the dungeon)

(A picture of Yeo drawing the sword she had on her back)

(A picture of a berserker wearing the same weapon)

It’s a comparison shot.

See the difference? The weapon grows when used, but shrinks to fit when sheathed.

[Comments]

[Wow, the rankers are already running dungeons]

[The equipment specs look decent. Can we farm that and prepare for the raid?]

ㄴ[Weapons from crafting are better for level 45.]

ㄴ[Accessories from the battlefield are better.]

[That Orc ring is so jealous…]

ㄴ[For real, I can’t even find it for 20,000 gold lol]

ㄴ[I saw it yesterday, but isn’t there any stock?]

ㄴ[Yup.]

[That girl’s smaller mount is also smaller for weapons lol]

ㄴ[It grows when taken out.]

ㄴ[Whoa… the growth of a sword touched by a middle school girl…]

ㄴ[My sword can also grow.]

[The Orc Ring, where did those bubble-blowing guys go? All the rankers are wearing them, damn it.]

ㄴ[Berserkers and Barbarians are definitely must-have items.]

ㄴ[For real, the difference between having it or not is huge, it feels like a different game entirely.]

The gallery’s topic had shifted to comparing performance of level 45 equipment.

While users were discussing level 45 gear in the gallery, another new post appeared.

[The video for the Global Launch Event Finals has been released, vote now!] [7]

The newly posted thread had the potential to change the topic of the gallery significantly.

The global launch event.

Anyone playing Deron could participate in this event.

The gallery users weren’t the only ones checking the event page; other users confirming the announcement began to check it as well.

Through internal assessment, a total of 100 videos advanced to the finals, and user voting was happening in real-time.

Some users began scanning the videos for voting, while others checked to see if their videos were nominated.

In the early stages of voting, there were swift surges in videos that were climbing quickly.

These were videos from streamers encouraging votes through their broadcasts.

Rumors of fraudulent voting started circulating among users, but the game company for Deron took no action.

Just when it seemed like the rankings were fixing into place, a video that had been buried at the bottom of the rankings surged to the top with an astounding number of votes.

The title of the video was [Absolute Blood Demon Declaration].