Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 89

What was Chloe doing after not responding to my message?

He had dashed into the street, showering the players with heals. You could tell just how shocked and flustered he was by his expression.

Low-level players couldn’t withstand the damage from the Corrupted Blood and kept dropping dead.

The ones who were managing to hold on were the tank users with high health.

But not everyone was quietly receiving Chloe’s heals.

A user who noticed a strange debuff affixed to their body declared they were fine and sprinted off elsewhere.

The green Corrupted Blood, scattered as they moved, infected other players passing by.

The problem wasn’t just with them. The most serious issue was with the NPCs, who based on their design, never died and stood there continuously spreading the Corrupted Blood.

The NPC managing the Return Stone beside me was no exception.

Lunaris, the capital city of Deron, was the largest city where both demon and human clans gathered.

It had a high influx of people, and when someone used the Return Stone, everyone arrived at the same spot.

That’s what was causing the trouble. Even now, users appearing via the Return Stone were stepping into the blood of the NPC beside them and becoming re-infected.

“Not like this!!!”

Chloe endlessly poured heals on low-level players, but ultimately couldn’t save them.

He shouted in front of a user who had turned gray and collapsed on the ground.

I approached him and said.

“Chloe.”

“Yes…?”

“Get rid of that Imp first.”

“Ah…”

Behind Chloe, a small Imp was running around wildly, scattering the Corrupted Blood.

It seemed Chloe was too focused on saving others to pay attention to it.

After he put the Imp away, the situation was still spiraling out of control.

Users continuously appearing through the Return Stone were spreading the Corrupted Blood debuff across the entire capital.

“What, what do we do?”

“It’s just a game, why worry so much? And there will be a patch soon.”

I frowned and looked up at the sky.

On a weekday evening, just around the time everyone would get off work, Deron had hastily released a reincarnation-related patch.

It was likely they were keeping an eye on this situation as well.

But Chloe’s next words planted a small seed of anxiety.

“B-but today is the weekend…”

“Umm…”

“The customer service is closed on weekends.”

“Umm…”

Yet knowing that didn’t change what we could do right now.

I went over to a small bench nearby and sat down.

I too was afflicted with the Corrupted Blood debuff, green blood oozing down my body.

It appeared Chloe was in the same predicament.

Chloe, seemingly unable to tolerate this state any longer, logged out of the game.

What a truly weak man he was.

I continued to watch the players’ movements in this state.

Users who entered the capital via the Return Stone were all infected by the Corrupted Blood.

Low-level players didn’t last long before turning into corpses, but high-level players ventured off with the blood still smeared on them. Thus, new infections started to erupt.

It wouldn’t take long for the Corrupted Blood debuff to cover the entire capital.

Everywhere was filled with corpses. Green blood flowed endlessly. It felt as if the entire capital had transformed into the Plague City Fest raid dungeon.

Users died and revived, losing the Corrupted Blood debuff, but the immortal NPCs continued to spread the debuff to the users.

In that moment, I felt my strength drain, collapsing onto the ground.

Since I hadn’t recovered my health, I too had died.

If you die near the capital, you’ll revive at the Resurrection Temple inside.

I too revived there.

At that moment, a pick sound of taking damage was followed by another splash of green blood.

“Ha.”

A short exclamation escaped my lips.

The healer NPC responsible for users’ revival was also infected with the Corrupted Blood.

No matter how many times you die, you can’t escape.

Those low-level users revived, only to die again straight away.

Even just a few steps away from this Resurrection Temple, the corpses of users were strewn about.

Gray bodies fell endlessly on top of the green Corrupted Blood.

Ten minutes passed.

It was a short time, but the situation inside the capital had drastically changed.

A portion of the players, having figured out the nature of the Corrupted Blood debuff afflicting themselves, began to show malicious intent.

After all, it was just a game world. It was merely a simple bug that occurred.

Everyone would have thought that way.

Infected users quickly moved to infect those who were not yet contaminated with the Corrupted Blood.

Their movements didn’t stop there. They began to walk out of the city alongside healer users to spread the Corrupted Blood debuff to other villages.

Twenty minutes had passed since the incident occurred.

World Chat and Guild Chat were bursting with messages.

The entire world was covered in a green bloodbath.

“Antidote!!! Selling Antidotes!!!”

At that moment, a healer user was running around shouting loudly.

Antidotes? There couldn’t possibly be an antidote for the Corrupted Blood debuff.

“Is that antidote really legit?”

“Oh, absolutely! Of course!”

Some users reacted to the word “antidote”.

They approached the healer user, dripping with green blood.

“How much for that antidote?”

“Does it actually work?”

The healer user nodded at their words, pulling out and shaking a purple vial from his pocket.

“30 gold.”

“30 gold?”

“Are you insane? That’s way too expensive!”

The healer user nodded and continued speaking.

“Look at this situation. Everyone’s dying. There’s nothing for sale at the Auction House. The price reflects the situation.”

“How are you going to prove it works? If I eat it right here and it’s effective, I’ll buy it.”

The healer user frowned and shook his head at that statement.

“Even if you eat it now, you’ll just get poisoned again. You need to safely eat it in a far-off place to survive. It’s wasteful. It’s the kind of antidote worth dozens of gold each.”

On the surface, that sounded plausible.

The users standing in front of the healer nodded with naive faces, believing it to be convincing.

In that moment, a user who had shown interest in the antidote collapsed on the ground and died.

Thud—

Seeing that scene, another user opened his mouth as if he had made up his mind.

“I’ll take two. I’ll buy them.”

“Excellent choice.”

I watched that scene, my mouth agape in shock.

I couldn’t believe they would fall for such a simple scam.

Maybe because one person started it? Another user next to him also engaged the healer to buy an antidote.

The users who purchased the antidotes were now holding the purple potion in their hands.

They had actually spent a hefty sum of 30 gold to buy that potion.

Users who bought the antidotes exchanged glances and hurriedly left the capital.

It seemed they planned to use the antidotes in a safe, vacant location.

What a truly ridiculous scene it was.

The healer user, who had tricked them into buying an antidote, cautiously changed his spot, keeping an eye out. Then he started scamming again.

*

Thirty minutes had passed since the Corrupted Blood incident began.

Now every user understood.

That the Deron operators had all gone home and that they couldn’t stop this situation.

Now, not just the game world, but even reality outside the game was beginning to flip upside down.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[Who the heck sprayed blood all over the hunting ground? LOL] [8]

(Image of level 65 elite monsters infected with Corrupted Blood)

LOL there’s nowhere that isn’t affected!

Can’t even hunt LOL

Seriously this is so messed up, who spread it?

[Comments]

[LOL even the monsters got infected?]

N [Yep, most hunting grounds in high-tier areas are infested.]

[There are definitely guys running around with priests spreading blood everywhere.]

N [Spray blood?]

N [Isn’t that the debuff called ‘Corrupted Blood?’]

N [What a bunch of jerks, are they human clan?]

N [They’re from the Demon Clan, I think?]

N [Our Demon Clan wouldn’t do such a thing; it’s definitely the work of the human clan.]

[Newbie got scammed by the antidote…] [22]

(Image of a user who just finished trading with a healer)

I couldn’t get out of the field, so I bought that so-called antidote, but it didn’t work when I drank it.

I couldn’t even pursue that scammer…

I died after respawning in about 20 seconds because of my low level, and that scammer escaped while healing himself…

[Comments]

[LOL.]

[That’s hella funny LOL.]

N [Don’t laugh, damn it…]

[Seriously, I fell for it too; listening to that bastard made me think it was real.]

N [What a loser…]

N [Someone vouch for me.]

[As expected, human clan LOL.]

N [That priest is from the human clan?]

N [Yep LOL.]

[This debuff is supposedly from a raid, so the antidote doesn’t work on it.]

N [Why would a raid debuff come out in the field…?]

N [Isn’t that a bug?]

N [Seems like the Blood Demon King sprayed it.]

N [Is that for real?]

[The Blood Demon King sprayed blood all over the capital!!!!!]

[This definitely seems like that middle school girl Blood Demon King is the culprit.] [22]

The debuff spreading across Deron right now is called “Corrupted Blood.”

But this is supposedly a debuff that comes from the raid…

So the one who spread this blood must be a user capable of raiding.

My sharp mind found a suspect with this clue.

That is the middle school girl known as the Blood Demon King, Yeo…

Doesn’t that sound plausible? Blood Demon = A very powerful being who can manipulate blood.

The Blood Demon King is strong enough to clear raids and win arena tournaments.

So, this “Corrupted Blood” was directly scattered across the capital by the Blood Demon King.

Fufufu!!!

Or maybe not.

[Comments]

[This guy is super smart; that’s quite plausible.]

N [Yeah, let’s just say the Blood Demon King spread the blood.]

[Is this guy mentally ill?]

N [Or maybe not LOLOL.]

[Nah, it really sounds plausible LOL.]

N [For sure, the Blood Demon King is pissed off LOL.]

N [I figured something like this would happen. Those evil demon clan bastards were the culprits LOL.]

N [Our Blood Demon King wouldn’t do that; this is a wicked plot by the human clan (no, it’s not).]

N [You could tell from the moment those demon bastards started flapping their bat wings, LOL.]

[Nobody in the overseas community has seen this yet, right? LOL Seems like the rumor has already spread.]

N [How would they catch wind of this?]

N [Maybe someone leaked it online?]

N [This is for real LOL. While I was watching the stream, a bunch of Yankees poured in.]