Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 76

“Wow…”

I knew about it from the Snow Mage already, but I never expected they’d give 50 times more points than regular users.

“How many points did you get?”

“50 points.”

“Wooah!”

The Snow Mage was so thrilled it felt like she had earned the points herself.

It seemed like memories of what Melvin did came flooding back, as she wildly swung her staff around in the air.

“Do rankers lose points when they die?”

“Yep, that’s right. Every time I die, I lose between 50 to 60 points.”

I activated the Honor Ranking system to check the rankers on the human side.

They used to look like some time-wasting Bill Gates to me, but now they appeared as delicious piggy banks.

I saw the potential of the Grand Commander.

With this method, it was definitely possible.

“Will you stay here, Snow?”

“Yes, because it’s hard to find rankers and there’s no guarantee of catching them.”

“Hmm…”

I nodded. I thought I might get a pretty good ally, but she didn’t seem inclined to move.

“But still, please let me know if Melvin appears again.”

“Sure!”

After parting ways with the Snow Mage, the first thing I did was gather information on the users whose nicknames were on the ranking page.

I checked their equipment states and jobs, aiming for a more definite kill angle.

The first one I had to keep an eye on was, of course, Melvin, who had the Shinobi job.

Shinobi.

I felt during our last encounter that it was a really annoying class.

It didn’t have any clear damage potential, but its utility was just too great.

First, there was the skill called [Swap].

It was a charge-type evasion skill that could activate during an attack.

The maximum charge count was 2, and the cooldown was quite long.

The next skill fitting for the name Shinobi was [Clone].

This was also a charge-type skill, with a maximum charge count of 2.

When used, it left a clone in a hiding state at that spot while the original could hide its presence.

It was all thanks to those skills that Melvin could withstand the combined assault from me and the Snow Mage.

At the moment I tried to attack, he would use Swap or lay down a clone to bait an opening.

Apart from that, his personal skill was pretty outstanding too, making him not easy to deal with.

I mentally set Melvin’s danger level to high.

Hell is just too vast to roam alone.

But I had many guild members and even more allied members.

So when I asked for the positions of the Honor Rankers on the human side, a ton of coordinates were sent to me.

The hunt for Honor Rankers was officially on.

I raced on my foal and galloped on and on.

As I diligently arrived at the coordinate sent by a guild member, I spotted a cruel murderer plunging a knife into the chest of a kind demon user from afar.

The guy’s job was Paladin, a higher version of the Knight class.

The shining aura and heavy movements gave a sense of intimidation to anyone watching.

But I wouldn’t give up. I wouldn’t ignore this. If I left him be, the suffering of poor demon clans would only worsen.

I steered my steed to increase speed.

To prepare for the fight, I used another doping potion and as the distance closed in, I jumped down immediately.

That’s when the Paladin user turned his body. Only then did he seem to notice my approach, raising his massive shield to defend himself.

Kaang!

I swung my sword and hit the shield.

With a powerful shockwave, my sword was pushed back.

The heavy-weighted and tough Paladin stood firm against my attack.

But it didn’t matter. I held the Berserker class, after all.

Berserkers have a passive that ignores defense damage.

This meant that no matter how much he blocked my attacks with his shield, his health would keep dropping.

[Enrage]

Using the Enrage skill, I took advantage of the increased attack speed to relentlessly assault him.

I wouldn’t give him a moment to move.

As my massive Demon Sword continued to pound against his shield, he slowly started to get pushed back.

How long had it been? The Paladin user eventually collapsed.

Honor Points +20

I received fewer points than I expected.

It seemed like the points I could earn varied depending on the points the opponent held.

The enemy I just defeated was a user ranked 13 in the Honor Ranking.

To stack points faster, I needed to take down higher-ranked users rather than these small fry.

*

Sunday came around.

Thanks to continuing my hunt for Honor Rankers, before the ranking system was settled, I managed to rise to 3rd in the Honor Ranking.

It was a shame. Really a shame. If I had just a little more time, I could’ve snagged the Grand Commander.

But what could I do? I had to be satisfied with 3rd place for now.

At that moment, the ranking system settled and a dedicated reward item was delivered through my mailbox.

A dedicated mount, a title, and a faction summon order.

I immediately checked the dedicated mount.

[Hell Wolf]

The name was already cool.

It was something that hadn’t appeared in the Deron I knew, so I was even more excited.

“Come forth!”

Just like summoning a steed, a massive magical formation appeared in the air.

Right after, a black-furred wolf emerged from within the formation.

On the head of the noble wolf were horns symbolizing the demon clan, and weak magical energies flickered around its body like lightning.

The Hell Wolf stood proudly.

In Deron, mounts basically don’t refuse their owners.

I got on top of the Hell Wolf.

“Oh…”

The riding feel was quite nice.

Looking at the options, it had the same stats as the Hellfire Horse I had been riding.

I could say goodbye to the Hellfire Horse for now.

I liked this cool wolf.

While I was petting the wolf’s neck, a huge shadow approached me.

I turned my head to see it was the Snow Mage.

[Grand Commander]

[Soft & Chewy Cow]

[Snow Mage]

The Snow Mage was also riding a dedicated mount.

It looked similar to the Hell Wolf I was on, but she had combat equipment on, making her mount appear much larger.

“Is that a baby wolf?”

“N-no, it’s a Hell Wolf!”

The original sizes of the Snow Mage’s and my mounts would likely be similar.

Seeing as they looked alike, it was clear they used the same modeling.

But mounts are affected by the user’s size.

Naturally, just like how I summoned a foal-sized horse, this wolf appeared much smaller compared to the Snow Mage’s.

Standing side by side, it really looked like a baby wolf.

Other users around were whispering as they saw this sight.

I quickly urged the wolf to run away from the Snow Mage.

If I stayed close to her, I’d keep getting compared.

“Ah! Let’s go together!”

“Don’t follow me!”

I dodged around the village to escape from the Snow Mage’s massive wolf.

Fortunately, it seemed she gave up after following a little and turned to go elsewhere.

I paraded around the village boasting my new wolf, and the users inside couldn’t take their eyes off the newly appeared mount as it drew their envy.

Then suddenly,

[In 10 minutes, the faction battle will begin.]

A message popped up across the server.

Users checked the message and began to move around.

It seemed everyone was getting ready for the faction battle in their own way.

I too had to hurry my preparations.

Yeo-[Everyone should form your raid parties as planned.]

The faction battle had been announced a week in advance, so I had already pieced together raid parties to prepare for this content.

As my command rang out, the guild members began to join their respective raid parties.

I also started forming raid parties and sending out invites.

Since the guild had over 170 members, I inevitably had to split the guild’s ace members.

I would be the first raid leader.

Iyap would be the second raid leader.

Hwarang took the third, and the last, the fourth raid leader would be the Snow Mage.

I would’ve liked to hand over raid leading to Helena, but she didn’t seem willing to part from me.

It seemed a bit burdensome for a current female middle school student after all.

Yeo-[Each raid leader, please report your parties. Fill in any missing spots immediately.]

Iyap-[No problem with the 2nd raid party.]

Hwarang-[3rd raid party has one empty space.]

Snow Mage-[4th raid party has three empty spots.]

Yeo-[Those without a raid party, please apply to the empty parties now.]

All preparations were complete. Now I just had to wait for a natural move to the faction battle map.

[Faction battle begins.]

With the message that popped up in front of me, a huge pillar of light shot up across Hell.

This was the effect created as countless users were moved all at once.

The place we were transported to looked exactly like Hell but with different facility structures.

The fundamental system was similar to the battlefield. However, the map was wider than the battlefield, and the number of participants was greater as well.

“Soft & Chewy Cow 1st raid party, assemble!”

I shouted while riding my wolf.

All the demon clan members had been summoned to one place. With such a massive crowd, I had to ensure our numbers were solid.

I checked the number of party members who had followed me to one place.

Fortunately, not a single one was missing.

I led the party members out of the initial area.

The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th raid parties followed behind me.

The victory condition for the faction battle was simple.

Gain kill points or occupy or destroy important facilities scattered across the enemy side to increase faction battle points.

As long as we maintained a higher score than the enemy faction by the time was up, we’d win.

We had already finished the operation planning with the other guilds belonging to the demon clan.

Our Soft & Chewy Cow’s role was to quickly blow up the enemy’s important facilities and patrol the outskirts to delay the enemy’s reinforcements.

“Hyah!”

I shouted loudly and dashed out with my wolf.

“Wait a sec!!! Guild leader!!!”

In that moment, I heard a frantic voice behind me.

I halted with my Hell Wolf and turned around.

“Ah…!”

The guild members were eagerly running towards me on two feet.

Only then did I realize why the guild members had been trying to stop me.

The mounts. Yes, the mounts were the issue.

Most of the guild members weren’t on mounts.

The Deron of this world was not the Deron I knew. When playing with a keyboard and mouse, everyone galloped off on horses.

Moving the body was handled by the character. That meant riding skills weren’t necessary.

But here, it was different. You needed riding skills to mount.