My body is falling.
It’s not like I’m going to die from a fall, but right now, I’m not in a normal state, so it seems I’ll take some damage.
“Take off.”
The force of gravity that was pinning me down disappears.
I’m floating in the air.
I don’t even have the magical power left to maintain this flight.
Thunk.
“Ugh…”
A mountain made of dragon remnants.
As chaos fades, the smoke that was clouding the sky disappears, and sunlight slowly starts to shine down on the ground.
I sit there for a moment, staring blankly at where the light is rising.
It was always like this after capturing an ancient beast.
Standing or sitting atop the enormous carcass, watching the rising sun.
Even if I want to give it all up and leave, at some point, I find myself back on top of a monster’s corpse.
And I’m grateful.
“I’m really glad I’m not late this time.”
[Lily, are you okay?]
[I’m losing my mind, lol]
[I caught a dragon at level 3, this is gonna be tough, lololol]
[But it’s so cool]
[Wow]
[No joke, lol]
[Lily! Lily! Lily! Lily! Lily! Lily!]
[There’s no way I could follow that]
[If I try, it’ll be obvious, lolololol]
[First, stopping the destruction is impossible]
[Please open the support]
[I feel like donating]
“Support will open after everything is done. For now, let’s finish…”
Peew~
Thud.
“Huh?”
It’s an arrow.
A green arrow naturally caught in my hand.
Upon closer inspection, I see users from the blue team attacking me down below.
One archer is shooting arrows, and two warriors that look like they’re in the melee class are charging at me.
Considering I’m not in a normal state right now, this could be a pretty dangerous situation…
‘Dangerous situation?’
Them?
[?]
[They’ve lost it]
[They’re seriously crossing the line]
[But if they’re going to aim, now’s the right time]
[They’ve got spirit, but…]
I threw my hammer at the approaching warrior.
The warrior retired without a trace from my hammer.
Hmm, loss, I guess.
‘Looks like the blessing carries Raizaka’s powers.’
[Yeah, die, lol]
[Lololololol]
[Lily throws without a care, and they drop like flies, what’s up with that, lol]
[Does the 7 level + Extreme Dragon’s blessing look like trash?]
[Lily is just way too strong, specs too? Can’t stop her]
[Lily is the strongest right now, even if 8 come without penalties, they can’t handle it, uh-huh]
[They came right at her, so they’re level 1-2 babies, lol]
The warrior’s gaze shook at the sight of a comrade disappearing in an instant.
It felt like it would be easy to give up and run away, but maybe it was because life was still lingering, or perhaps just because it was a practice round, they lunged at me nonetheless.
The archer also let loose several more arrows.
I held the spear upside down.
“If I do it like this…”
Crash.
Boom.
“…?!”
‘Destruction.’
Kaboom!
Everyone around me became one with the ground.
[LOL]
[The game crashed]
[Should we be controlling the dragon at level 3…?]
[For real, facing Lily’s team is gonna be super tough]
[Lily not controlling the dragon = game crashes. Lily controlling the dragon = can’t level up and we’re doomed]
[That’s wild]
[Death’s dilemma lol]
[If we’re sending someone, it has to be the Grand General lol. Sending a level 1 general would get sliced up]
[By the way, when did you learn how to use Destruction?]
■
The first scream after defeating the boss ended rather blandly.
From the moment I took down the dragon at level 3, the balance was already skewed.
It was a sharp choice to attack me when I was exhausted after taking down the dragon, but the power difference was just too much.
I went straight to the Blue team’s castle and easily faced off against their level 5 Grand General before smashing the Core.
The Core was a bright yellow gem, and although the Extreme Dragon’s blessing didn’t work, I broke it after hitting it hard enough.
Around the same time, the Purple team’s castle also fell.
The Devil charged toward the Purple team like a demon as soon as he got his blessing.
Even though he got the Extreme Dragon’s blessing, it was still a bit much to face four generals of a similar level…
However, only two generals were guarding the opposing castle, and what’s more, they weren’t rankers.
Naturally, it was to be expected that the Devil, with his superior specs and being a ranker, would wipe them out easily.
And so the match ended.
[The winning team of the Siege War is the Red team!]
“Good job, everyone.”
“It doesn’t feel like we did much though…”
Redberry shook her head in disbelief.
She had been watching Lily’s broadcast while playing defensively in the siege, hoping for something from Lily.
When Lily boldly claimed she would challenge Raizaka, Redberry thought it was reckless.
No matter how much of a hotshot Rookie she was after beating Black, wasn’t she getting a little too cocky?
After all, Raizaka, even as an outstanding ranker, had to form a team to tackle things.
Only ‘single-digit’ rankers with extreme levels and buffs could take down bosses solo.
Only rankers with ‘single-digit’ levels and extreme buffs can take down the target.
During the second Siege War, Leo went solo to take down Raizaka in a bid to turn the tides for his disadvantaged team.
The scene where everyone thought taking down Raizaka was impossible has become the talk of the town, and it’s the biggest reason Leo maintains his unofficial rank as number one, excluding the Sword Saint.
‘But…’
He dodged the Breath attack.
He managed to prevent destruction.
They gathered their strength and prepared for a single blow.
At first, the raid seemed reckless, but as time went on, the feeling shifted to ‘maybe…?’
Redberry hastily bought a few buffs with the gathered resources.
Of course, even with that, there wasn’t much hope.
Compared to Lily, Raizaka is just too huge and powerful.
Adding a bit more, like 1 or 2 out of 10, won’t help them defeat something with 1000 health.
‘What kind of person am I dealing with?’
But Lily won.
She didn’t know why she won, but she did.
“Umm…”
There were gazes directed at me.
Both the team members and the viewers looked surprised by my performance.
But this was all just a gamble I took without a second thought.
In reality, one can’t just unleash this much power or ignore the consequences.
Earlier, I handled the exhausted general users who were at levels 1 and 2 easily, but in truth, high-level rankers would be raising their levels as well.
Unless they’ve already caught the Dragon, if they’re attacked or stolen from just before taking it down, the situation becomes complicated.
“…I feel like there’s a misunderstanding here; it’s actually not this easy. We’d have to double the levels we have now.”
“Even capturing it at level 6 is a problem.”
“I agree.”
“……”
[Yeah, it’s already useless lol]
[Isn’t that saying if you’re at level 6, capturing it is a breeze?]
[If you caught it with 3 buffs at level 3, that’s all she wrote lololol]
[Lily’s expectations are skyrocketing]
[Breaking news) Choco declares a duel with Lily, crying]
[What’s Choco going to do? Seriously]
[If you just raise it by 2 each for 6 rank, you could probably do it in 3 minutes]
[Lily is literally a god…]
“It seems a regular user won’t cut it.”
Black said as he looked around into the air.
With a party of rankers gathered, even such reckless plays are effective.
But the opponents we face are those at a level similar to or higher than ours.
Fighting against opponents of similar or greater levels.
There’s a high chance that this kind of match won’t even serve as practice.
[Well, it’s expected since it’s Black + Lily anyway.]
[But it is shockingly true.]
[I would have won even if it was 1:8 earlier.]
[For real, haha.]
[Let’s call Black Moon.]
[Are the Black Moon Guild members coming?]
“Let’s ask my guild members for help. There might be a few of them hanging out right now. Oh, is there anyone around who is really good?”
Everyone fell silent at his question about calling acquaintances.
The Devil isn’t the type to form ties due to penalties, and I’ve only been at this for a short while, so the only rankers I know are Yena and Leo.
But I can’t call the opposing team.
That leaves Redberry…
“What?”
Redberry turns her head sharply.
Hmm… none, huh?
I feel a bit sorry for her.
“…Could you not look at me like that? It’s not that I don’t have friends, it’s just that I don’t know many rankers—”
“I understand.”
“No.”
“It’s okay.”
It’s faint now, but I also didn’t have many acquaintances in the past.
Once I embodied Lily, I ended up in an environment where I couldn’t help but make friends, but that’s absolutely not strange.
There are so many different people and races in the world.
Someone like Redberry is quite normal.
[Hahahahahaha]
[Haha, so funny]
[Lily, why are you being rude?]
[This is hilarious, lol]
[Redberry has a lot of friends, haha, but they are NPCs.]
[Oh, she says she has a lot of game friends.]
[Redberry has many NPC friends.]
[Poor friendless Redberry, ㅠㅠ]
“…Then start being my friend from now on.”
Redberry mumbles while poking the ground with her foot.
I couldn’t help but chuckle at her.
“Sure! Let’s be friends.”
“What? I was joking.”
“I’m not joking.”
You’re not going to refuse now, right?
“…Just to check, you’re not being nice out of pity, are you?”
“Of course not. I don’t judge people like that.”
I don’t discriminate against ‘people.’
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