KYB Ch 13

People started chatting casually again, and in the midst of that, Yewoo Beomjeol asked something that puzzled him.

Now that he thought about it, it had been nearly five minutes since they posted the recruitment notice for Twilight Pair, saying they needed one more, yet no one had joined.

‘Right, this was a game that relied heavily on the community.’

GoWV even uploaded patch notes and bug fixes on the community site. Because of that, players naturally had to go back and forth between the community pages, and so, there were hardly any users who didn’t check the board.

As soon as Yewoo clicked the game board, the most upvoted post appeared at the very top.

It was obvious this was the one. Ye Woo-won immediately clicked on the post.

‘Oh, I’m on there too.’
When he clicked the link, he saw that his own name was included on the list, even though he had joined not long ago. He stared at his name for a long moment, both baffled and oddly fascinated by the situation, then opened the comments section.

Looking through the comments, everyone was cursing out the Mystic Association and cheering for the Gaesae Guild. But of course, that was only because it was an anonymous forum.

After all, in the game itself, everyone still needed Mystics. That’s why no one wanted to raid with Gaesae Guild members.

‘Well, yeah, teaming up with someone marked by the Mystic Association is just asking for trouble.’

Games weren’t meant to be stressful.

Who would want to play while getting dragged into drama with the Mystic Association?

‘Especially since it’s such a hot issue right now—it’ll probably last for days.’

Still, maybe if they waited, someone might show up. That’s what Yewoo was thinking as he watched the screen.

A message popped up in the guild chat.

WhiteKimchi typed reflexively, then froze.

WhiteKimchi’s shock was palpable. And then, messages flooded the party chat.

Meanwhile, Kisekki sent another message.

Ye Woo-won stared at the chat for a moment.
If Kisekki came, it would be the first time they faced each other since that PVP incident.

Since many guildmates had witnessed that PVP match, WhiteKimchi asked if he might feel uncomfortable.

Honestly, saying he felt completely fine would’ve been a lie.

It was awkward, sure. But if he planned to stay in the guild, he’d have to face it eventually. Right after Ye Woo-won said that, Kisekki joined the party through WhiteKimchi’s invite.

Of course, Kisekki said nothing in return.

He only urged them to hurry.

Seeing their reactions, Ye Woo-won got ready to join the party voice chat too.

In this game, players could talk to each other through in-game voice rooms using their microphones. Party voice was for party members, and guild voice was for guildmates. Ye Woo-won had joined the guild voice room a few times before.

‘Though I never turned my mic on because of the PC café noise.’

He was never fond of voice chat anyway because it distracted him from the game.

Still, after hearing his guildmates’ voices a few times recently, he found them surprisingly pleasant. Maybe joining this time wouldn’t be so bad—

Ye Woo-won quietly put his headset back down.

And so, they departed without voice chat.

‘At least we’ve got one healer, that’s something.’

Normally, high-tier raids required two healers for stability, but this was a lower-tier raid, so as a Dragon Knight tank, Ye Woo-won could handle it.

Then, with a screech that clawed at their ears, the Twin Tearworm’s tears fell to the floor. Moments later, a massive caterpillar burst from the ground, crawling slowly toward the players standing by the entrance. The closer it came, the larger it grew.

The worm screamed, and from its tail, countless baby worms were born and rushed at the players. The cutscene ended, and the game screen resumed.

This first round didn’t have the best reputation.

The worm graphics were notoriously disgusting.