“Okay! Now that you’ve successfully created your account, let me tell you the important details.”
“First of all, our ‘Lady Rapina’ must absolutely hide the fact that she is Lily. Of course, since you’ve become a private ranker, that’s a given…”
“As you know, NPCs aren’t stupid. Just because the account has changed, they won’t recognize the ordinary Lady Lily as ‘Rapina’… And vice versa.”
Aaaagh!!
“So make sure! Absolutely hide your identity while you act!”
“If you get caught…”
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“This crazy…! Where did that come from…”
The White Guardian, covered in black—no, white—slices the Raider’s legs.
The blue particles fizz out as it gets cut, not gross or disgusting, but the Raider seems to have lost the will to fight, collapsing and staggering.
Currently, the weapon I’m using is a dagger made through the White Guardian’s metamorphosis.
Metamorphosis is a material that can change its form at will.
If you know how to use it, you can change it into weapons other than spears or hammers.
Still, I’d prefer to use a spear or a hammer, but as Leo said, I have to hide my identity.
“Spear and hammer are too obvious.”
I’ve used spears and hammers countless times in broadcasts.
How I handle weapons and move about has spread far and wide.
Of course, I could move differently from my usual self… but there are limits.
In contrast, I’ve hardly ever used dagger skills.
The only time I used it was briefly when I got the Green Hermit, and even then, I copied Yena’s dagger skills, so there’s no chance of getting caught.
Even if someone suspects that Rapina and Lily are using the same dagger skills, the base is Yena’s, so they can’t be sure.
Rapina won’t particularly just copy Yena’s style either.
“…Ah, got it! Take it! Use it here!”
“Yes. I’ll use it well.”
Swoosh!
[PK! User, Kim Cheol has been killed.]
[PK Points increased by 12.]
[Raider experience points slightly increased.]
[Raider level -2.]
[Obtained 3 gold coins, 21 silver coins.]
[Low chance of obtaining a usable machete.]
[High chance of obtaining 5 low-grade potions.]
Nice job.
I killed two Raiders.
Definitely, more loot comes in than when I was an ordinary person.
‘PK points: 12. The Raider named Sang-gu gave me 14 earlier…’
Raiders can accumulate PK points to use in the PK shop.
The shop sells various items and equipment that help Raiders, and the price of the veil of blocking I want is 3000 points.
But the price for the barrier of blockage I wanted is 3000 points.
Points that can only be obtained by killing about 200 to 300 raiders.
It’s a bit excessive if you don’t want to drain the raiders’ stamina, but fortunately, they say you get more points for killing higher-level users.
If you manage to take down one of the top-ranked raiders, you should be able to rake in a lot of points.
“Huh, heeek!”
“Sh, shut up!”
“?”
But it’s been noisy behind me for a while now.
I casually glanced back to see a group of four trembling and subtly backing away.
Wondering why, but at this moment, I’m not Lily, a well-known user, but Rapina, a raider.
Even though raiders can turn on each other, it’s only a fight for hunting grounds.
Now that I’ve claimed the hunting ground, it’s time to start serious hunting.
“Uh… um…”
“Why are you running away?”
“S-sorry!!”
One of the group presented me with their two hands.
In their hands were a gold coin, a silver coin, and a few copper coins.
This seems to be their entire fortune…
Heh.
Clink.
“Uh, eh? What?”
“Don’t be afraid. You won’t get much from killing a few more.”
Since their level is low, even if I kill all of them, I’ll be lucky to get 20 points.
I placed the looted gold coin on her hands.
You’d think they’d be happy to receive money, but…
“…Ah. Yes.”
“T-thank you…”
They bowed their heads, their expressions filled with vigilance rather than joy.
After that, I casually asked them for information about the Banded and sent them on their way.
They didn’t relax their guard until just before leaving.
At this point, I’m confident.
‘It doesn’t seem like I’ll get caught.’
I’m currently not using any holy powers.
I’ve hidden all my holy energy and changed most of my colors, including my hair, to black.
I also altered my mana to a dark color through transmutation.
I considered using the Spirit of Darkness playing in the Space of Despair, but using that would give away the fact that I’m Lily.
It’s better to stick to a dark enough look.
Plus, I’ve covered most of my face and changed my voice with various devices, so there shouldn’t be any problems.
“Then, shall I go?”
To the Banded’s hideout.
■
The Banded guild, a longstanding headache for the Abys Kingdom, was in chaos due to Jackal.
He had sent requests for cooperation to surrounding guilds to expand their active territory and was currently working with them to widen their influence.
I was in the thick of expanding our territory and sending out requests when it hit me.
“W-who’s suffering?!”
“The ‘Massacre’ Guild is down! Over there, the ‘Kieuk’ Guild is also under attack…”
“Captain! The Mindless Guild has been wrecked too! The building got sliced clean in half, it’s total chaos!”
“The Exorcism Guild is—now–!”
–!
—–!!
What in the world is going on?
It’s only been 2 hours.
We simply expanded our activity area and started raiding, and now all the Banded Guilds that had set up shop in the Abys Kingdom are being wiped out.
Of course, these weren’t the most famous guilds.
Compared to the top-tier raiders, they are far weaker in numbers, levels, and equipment, but they had geographical advantages.
“A lawless zone.”
This place had minimal royal power or public safety from the kingdom, making it the perfect condition for raiders to grow without interference.
Moreover, the reason they survived for many years among numerous powerful nations was because those nations chose to look the other way.
“We have to be here so that the trade routes remain valuable! But why…?!”
As regions outside the trade routes decline and become dangerous, it becomes easier for the great powers to manage Abys.
Abys, lacking strength, has no choice but to rely more on the great powers.
“Who is it? Is a Large Guild invading?!”
“I don’t know! Sang-gu and Cheol have gone silent…!”
“From the speed, it looks like a group.”
Ska-gak…
The ground cracks.
The building splits apart.
Boom!!
One side of the wall is completely sliced away, and as it hits the floor, old smoke billows up.
Through the rising smoke, a silhouette in robes appears.
The intruder steps over the debris and into the building.
“…One person?”
Just one.
There’s no presence nearby, and the robed woman doesn’t seem to be waiting for any backup.
She’s really alone.
“It’s an enemy!”
“What the hell do you think this is?!”
“What do you think you’ll do alone?!”
“Wait—”
Sliced.
The five raiders who charged at the intruder were cut down cleanly and disappeared as blue particles.
For an ordinary user, it would have all been over in the blink of an eye, but the Level 80 Jackal could very faintly read her movements.
‘…Crazy.’
And that left him even more shocked.
It would have been better not knowing at all. Instead, knowing just enough made it worse.
‘She’s at least a Ranker! And in the upper ranks…!’
Who is she?
Is there another assassin ranker like this aside from Yena, Demonic Ghost, or Dagger Enthusiast?
“Did you just throw something?”
Jackal quickly racked his brain, but no desired answer emerged.
Swoosh.
Instead, a dagger was suddenly pressed against his neck.
“This is the last one, huh?”
“…Who are you? A hidden ranker or something?”
“Half right, I suppose.”
“…Damn. You shouldn’t have done that.”
Getting swayed by Sang-gu’s words for no good reason.
Jackal let out a sigh.
If the woman in front of him was indeed an assassin ranker, there was no way to escape.
All the other guilds had already been wiped out, and they said this was the last stand.
Even if he tried to flee, he couldn’t escape the assassin’s speed, and logging out would only result in a combat penalty, sealing his defeat.
“The bounty must be really sweet. How much did you get?”
He was curious.
Even the great powers turned a blind eye to them, so if one person could wipe them all out, that wouldn’t be possible with just any reputation.
There had to be other forces or kingdoms backing her up, and she must have received a massive sum of money from them.
The intruder flicked the dagger pointed at his throat and smirked.
“I didn’t get a bounty. I’m a raider.”
“…What?”
Raider?
“Yeah. Raider.”
“Why would a raider…?!”
“Who says raiders can’t rob each other? This way seems to yield more cash.”
“What the hell…!”
Raider versus raider fights didn’t happen.
It was an unwritten rule that had been passed down, but there was a reason for that.
Raiders, whether NPCs or users, became targets for everyone; if they started fighting among themselves, what would happen?
They wouldn’t be able to rob anything properly and would just end up ruined.
So, the reasoning was that while they didn’t have to get along, they shouldn’t attack each other.
Even the Grim Reaper would use force to intimidate other raiders but wouldn’t kill indiscriminately like this.
“You crazy woman! Do you even know what madness you just unleashed?!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Raiders don’t rob each other! You’re breaking an obvious rule like this…!”
“Oh, there was such a rule?”
The woman still held the dagger against him, nodding as if in agreement.
“But…”
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